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London: Vanity Fair, 1889. First Edition. Very Good. Full-color print, signed "Lib", chromolithographed by Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, and published as Men of the Day, No. 437, in the August 24, 1889 issue of "Vanity Fair". Image is 12.25" x 7.5". Includes the leaf of biographical text.

Los Angeles: KRLA, 1966. First Edition. Printed Self-wrappers. Very Good. 16pp; illus from photographs. Printed on newsprint, folded once as issued. 15.25" x 11.5" The article on Dylan occupies four full pages of text with 12 photos, based on his notorious press interview. Along with Dylan, this issue also has stories on the Rolling Stones, Beatles, Tom Jones, Four Seasons, Jack Jones, Dave Clark Five, Sam the Sham and the Pharoahs, Jay and the Americans, and others.

Malibu, CA: Manhattan Transfer, 1981. First Edition. Softcover. Fine. 16pp; illustrated throughout from color photographs. Bound in color-pictorial stiff wrappers, 13" x 9.75". [Image shown cuts off margins of program.]. This large-format concert souvenir contains lots of performance shots and individual close-ups of the extremely talented and entertaining jazz-vocal group: Tim Hauser, Cheryl Bentyne, Janis Siegel, and Alan Paul.

[Colorado Springs]: [Thayer & Howbert], 1880. First Edition. Decorated Cloth. Very Good. Contains 12 plates of views in leporello (accordion-fold) format. Based on photographs, the views include: Manitou with Pike's Peak in the Distance; Manitou Bath House; Ute Iron Spring; Colorado College, Colorado Springs; The Antlers; Colorado Springs and Pike's Peak from the Plains; Garden of the Gods; Monument Park; US Signal Station on Pike's Peak; Pike's Peak Trail; &c. Two full-page views, otherwise two views per plate. Decorative red boards, stamped in gilt and blind. Cover soiled, interior clean and tight. 6" x 5

NY: D. Appleton, 1897. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. pp: 59, (6) publisher's ads. On the cover and title-page is the stamp of A.N. Webb, Salem, Mass. On the cover is the signature of Frank S. Perkins. 5" x 3.75

London: H. Grevel & Co, 1891. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. pp: viii, 172 with index, (4) publisher's advert; color frontispiece of a Zaehnsdorf binding, tissue guard, 37 illustrations, some full-page. Bound in gilt-pictorial blue cloth over beveled boards, top edges gilt, others rough-trimmed, blue-coated endpapers. 8.25" x 5.5

Denver, Colorado: Nolie Mumey, 1959. Limited Edition. Printed Stiff Wrappers. Fine. 24pp; Nolie Mumey's commentary on leaf tipped at front; large, folding map at rear. Bound in decorative paper covers in facsimile of the original. In a simulated wood-grain shelf box, paper spine label. 7.25" x 4.75" This is #225 of 400 issued, reprinted from the only known copy of the 1859 original, owned by Thomas W. Streeter. [Howes, U.S.iana R127. Streeter Collection 2132. Wagner-Camp 343a.].

Des Moines, Iowa: Kenyon Co., Map Makers, 1911. First Edition. Printed Stiff Wrappers. Very Good. Full-color map, folded inside card covers, opens to 21" x 20". 1910 census printed on verso. Red card covers, printed in black. 5.5" x 3" [Not seen in OCLC or WorldCat.].

San Francisco: Southern Pacific Co, 1900. First Edition. Very Good. Broadsheet, folded as issued, opens to 21" x 28". Map printed in terracotta and green. Verso is filled with text, beginning: "How to Reach Western Oregon -- Take any route to New Orleans, El Paso or Ogden, and thence the Southern Pacific Line. The trip through any one of these gateways will lead you over the famous scenic Shasta Route to Ashland and on and through the length and best of the State of Oregon to its terminus at the metropolis and port of Portland, situated on the Willamette River, but a short distance from its confluence with the great Columbia....

Indianapolis: Marmon Motor Car Co, 1930. Softcover. Fine. 23pp; 20 views from photographs, showing the Marmon Sixteen five- and seven-passenger sedans, the seven-passenger limousine, five-passenger convertible, five-passenger close-coupled sedan and two-door coupe, two-passenger coupe and convertible coupe, chassis, engine, etc. Bound in tan wrappers, stamped in silver and black. 8.75" x 11" Described herein as "the world's most advanced car....It rightfully belongs with the modern skyscraper, the modern airplane....Four years of uninterrupted designing [conceived in 1926], testing and refining....Sixteen cylinders. Two-hundred horsepower...." The Marmon Sixteen was produced for only three years, 1931-1934.

Worcester, MA: Aegis Office--C,B Webb, Printer, 1854. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 16pp, sewn. Original wrappers. 9" x 5.5" WorldCat finds only two locations of this pamphlet, and the AAS has one. Emory Washburn (1800-1877) served as Governor of Massachusetts, 1854-1855, and wrote a number of legal treatises. He was instrumental in the founding of Worcester Polytechnic Institute, and speaks here of agriculture in Worcester County.

Boston: J.H. Eastburn's Press, 1858. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 8pp. Original wrappers; old vertical crease. 9.5" x 5.75" This prospectus centers on the need for an ag school in Massachusetts in order to prepare young men for careers in farming, much as other colleges prepare them for other careers. "...It is proposed to solicit bequests and donations throughout the State, to obtain the means of purchasing suitable lands, and erecting the necessary buildings for a school or schools, where in addition to the usual branches of a sound but simple American education, the pupils shall be taught, in a practical manner, the best methods of husbandry adapted to the soil and climate...." The officers and trustees of the proposed school are listed, with Asa French as recording secretary. Some writers on the subject see this as the beginning of agricultural education in the US. [WorldCat locates only the NYPL copy of this pamphlet. The AAS has one as well.].

Trenton, N.J.: Naar, Day & Nar, Book and Job Printers, 1882. First Edition. Original Wrappers. Very Good. 12pp. Bound in printed tan wrappers; few minor spots on cover. 9" x 6" Describes military action in September, 1778. [Felcone, New Jerseyana 1760.].

Detroit, Michigan: Maxwell Motor Company, Inc, 1918. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 32pp; 20 full-page illustrations from photographs, and smaller views of the eight Maxwell factories. Printed throughout in black with blue highlights. Bound in pictorial blue wrappers. 5.5" x 8" Features Maxwells priced from $745 to $1095, with exterior and interior views of: Touring Car, Open Touring Car, Roadster, Sedan, Berline, Coupe, One-Ton Truck, and Truck with Stake Gate Body.

Peoria, Illinois: Manual Arts Press, 1923. First Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good. 128pp w/ index; full-page and text illus from photographs. Light shelf wear to corners. 8.75" x 5.75" Chapters: The Art of Entertaining and Being Entertained; The Choice of Equipment for the Dining-room; The Rules of Table Service; Principles of Menu Making; Menus and Service for Social Occasions; How to Serve Food Attractively.

Fort Scott, Kansas: Monitor Printing Co, 1900. Revised & Enlarged Edition. Leatherette. Very Good. 145pp; frontispiece portrait of author, other full-page portraits and views from photographs. Bound in grained leatherette, gilt cover title; tail of spine chipped. 6.25" x 4.25" Written on the front endpaper: "Presentation copy from Eugene Ware," historian and author. [Howes, U.S.iana, G240. Decker 24:174--"...a chatty and informative work describing the vicinity of Ft. Scott during the days of the Jayhawkers and Border Ruffians."] This is an expanded version of the 1899 first edition. [Socolofsky & Dean, Kansas Bibliography, 3557.].

Washington DC: Printed by Gales & Seaton, 1820. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 15pp. "[59]" printed above title. 9.75" x 6" [American Imprints 3875. WorldCat finds two library holdings; add the LC deposit copy and the AAS copy.].

Worcester, MA: Evening Gazette, 1889. First book edition. Softcover. Good. 30pp; frontispiece portrait. Lacking original wrappers. 9" x 5.75

Washington DC: Tippin & Streeper, printers, 1848. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 26pp. Neatly removed from a nonce volume, and spine reinforced with archival paper. 9" x 5.5" Abernethy, the Governor of Oregon Territory, and others write here from Oregon City, describing fatal encounters with the local Indians, including the recent massacre of 11 missionaries among whom were Dr. and Mrs. Whitman. All men, women and children at the mission are named. along with a list of goods (blankets, guns, ammunition, tobacco, etc.) that were surrendered in order to recover the captives who had not been killed. [Howes, U.S.iana 111 (aa): Includes account of the Whitman massacre. Submitted by Joe Meek.].

Washington DC: Printed by Gales & Seaton, 1820. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 15pp. "[59]" printed above title, and changed by an old hand to "(17)". Neatly removed from a nonce volume, and spine reinforced with archival paper. 8.5" x 5.5" [American Imprints 3875. WorldCat finds two library holdings; add the LC deposit copy and the AAS copy.].