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NY: Cherry Lane Theatre, 1994. Original edition. not bound. Fine. Printed in full color on white card stock, with inset photos of the four female vocalists. Musical direction by Rick Lewis. Staged and choreographed by Tina Paul. Directed by Stephen Harris. 22" x 14" A tribute to the girl groups of the 1950's, "THE TAFFETAS" salute the sounds of The McGuire Sisters, The Fontane Sisters and The Chordettes.

San Francisco: Colt Press, 1939. First Edition. Cloth-backed boards. Very Good. pp: 66, (1), colophon; rubricated title-page, vignettes in margins, printer's device above colophon. Presentation inscription on blank flyleaf, signed by the author. Bound in cloth-backed pale-green boards, Colt Press device mounted on cover, paper spine label; edges of boards sunned. 11.5" x 8.25" Limited to 750 copies issued from The Colt Press by Jane Swinnerton, William Roth & Jane Grabhorn. Thomes emigrated from New England to California, sailing around the Horn in 1849.

1845. Original manuscript. Very Good. 4pp. Printed form, accomplished by hand in sepia ink. In part: "To the Justices of the Court of County Commissioners...of Aroostook.... At a legal meeting of the inhabitants of the plantation of Bancroft...the said inhabitants gave in their votes for a County Treasurer.... The whole number of ballots given in was fifteen--15 [crossed out] Eleven--11...." All eleven votes went to Darius Daggett. On page three is printed the section of the Maine statutes relating to election results. Docketed in the verso. Original folds; small hole from removal of wax seal, no text loss. 9.5" x 8" Signed by Daniel Beane and Jonathan Quinby, Assessors of Bancroft Plantation, and by A.C. Shores, Plantation Clerk. This election took place only six years after Aroostook County was set up, and five years after Bancroft Plantation was organized.

N-Y: Greeley & McElrath, Tribune, 1844. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. 16pp, double columns; Some scattered foxing. 9" x 5.75" Greeley rails against changes in the tariff law as proposed by General McKay of North Carolina. He calls McKay's bill "full of absurdities and inconsistencies . fraught with deadly hostility to your [the American people's] interests and welfare." [American Imprints 44-2775.].

New York: Greeley & McElrath, Office of the Tribune, 1844. First Edition. Softcover. Good. 16pp, double columns. Neatly removed from a nonce volume, and spine reinforced with archival paper. 8.25" x 5.5". Some faint staining. Greeley rails against changes in the tariff law as proposed by General McKay of North Carolina. He calls McKay's bill "full of absurdities and inconsistencies...fraught with deadly hostility to your [the American people's] interests and welfare." [American Imprints 44-2775.].

Philadelphia: American Iron and Steel Ass'n, 1882. First Edition. Softcover. Good. 24pp. Printed brown wrappers; removed from a nonce volume, back cover gone; spine reinforced with archival paper. 8.5" x 5.5

Leipzig: Limited Editons Club, 1930. First Edition. Cloth-backed boards. Very Good/Very Good. Folio. 120pp; full-page and vignette illustrations. Bound in cloth-backed Japanese paper boards; traces of foxing at spine. Plain cream dust wrapper, original slipcase worn at corners. 14.5" x 9" This is #97 of 1500 copies, signed by the artist.

Middletown [CT]: County of Middlesex, 1882. Original document. Very Good. Printed form, accomplished by hand. Names the licensee, dates of issuance and expiration, and fee paid; signed by two county commissioners and the county clerk. Printed with filigree corner and border decorations, county seal, and an eagle symbol. 9.75" x 13.25" Suitable for display.

Knoxville: Univ of Tennessee Press, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. pp: xli, 498 with indices. Bound in brown cloth, gilt lettering on spine, decorated dust wrapper. 9.25" x 6" Includes a bibliographical essay, more than 6,000 entries, an author index, and a subject index.

Albuquerque: Univ of New Mexico Press, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. pp: vi, (i), outline map, 306 with index. Bound in brown cloth, blue lettering on spine, printed dust wrapper. 9.5" x 6.25" Noted as the first history of frontier journalism in the Territory of New Mexico. Includes a checklist of 732 newspapers.

Bismark, Dakota: Tribune Printers & Binders, 1888. First Edition. Original Cloth. Fine. 85pp. Bound in maroon cloth, blind-ruled borders, gilt cover lettering. Major sections of this report are: Report of the Commissioner of Immigration: Report of Territorial Statistician; Dakota Weather Service; Agricultural Products; Land Entries (settlers and homesteaders); The Railroads. 9.5" x 6.25" "It was ... understood to be the paramount duty of the commissioner to instruct those not already residents of Dakota on questions relating to the growth and development of the territory; to urge upon investors and home-seekers the opportunities here offered, and to endeavor, in every laudable way to find occupants for the 24,000,000 acres of rich agricultural and grazing lands; laborers and capitalists who shall develop our mines and industries, and merchants and tradesmen who should build up our cities and commerce ...." (McClure's report). [OCLC locates three holdings: Minot State U, Alexander Mitchell Libr,… Read More

New York / Philadelphia: Greeley & McElrath / Godey & McMichael, 1843. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 16pp. Neatly removed from a nonce volume, and spine reinforced with archival paper. 8.25" x 5.5" [American Imprints 43-1189.].

Philadelphia: American Iron and Steel Ass'n, 1881. First Edition. Softcover. Good. 11pp. Printed salmon wrappers; removed from a nonce volume, back cover gone; spine reinforced with archival paper. 8.5" x 5.5

Portland, Oregon: American Music, 1941. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 50 pages; one illustration from photograph. Contains words and music to 20 songs performed by Texas Jim, including: When the Robins Sing in Texas; Saddles in the Sky; Buckaroo at Eighty-two; Fiddlin' Fool of the Prairie; Out Arizona Way; and 15 more. In the original pictorial covers, 12.25" x 9". Light spotting at top of cover.

San Antonio, Texas: Branch Office, Texas Wool Grower, 1883. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 8pp, large folio (unopened broadsheet). Contents include: mutton and beef production; the wool market; sheep-breeders exchange; herd law; From Comanche County--Herding Sheep, On the Prairie; real estate and livestock listings of the Texas Investment Company; illustrated adverts; etc. [Unrecorded by WorldCat.].

Austin: W. Thomas Taylor, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. pp: xix, 158 with index, colophon; 39 plates from photographs. Bound in brown cloth and patterned boards, gilt spine title. 10.25" x 7" Designed and printed at the press of W. Thomas Taylor.

Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University, 1890. First Separate Edition. Softcover. Good. (7)pp. Original printed wrappers. Removed from a pamphlet binder, spine reinforced with cloth. 9.75" x 6". Deaccessioned by the Museum of Comparative Zoology (withdrawn, clear title confirmed). "Proceeding by rail to Alexandria, Va., where arrangements had been made for a vessel of suitable size to accommodate a party of twelve, the expedition embarked upon the Schooner Idlewild (60 tons), Captain Kelly, and dropped down the Potomac River the same evening to Fort Washington, Md....

Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1928. First Trade Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. pp: (xi), 410 with index, colophon; color frontispiece, 143 black-and-white illustrations, some full-page. Bound in cloth-backed blue boards, paper spine label, top edges gilt; in the pictorial dust wrapper, lightly chipped at top of shelfback. 8.25" x 5.5

New-York: D. Fanshaw, 1844. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 55pp, Dedication on verso title is signed in print as T.S. Neatly removed from a nonce volume, and spine reinforced with archival paper. Faint foxing here and there. 8.25" x 5.5" Sedgwick vehemently opposed the annexation of Texas to the US. [American Imprints 44-5562. Sabin 78843. Eberstadt 106:308. Raines, Bibliography of Texas, 184. Streeter, Bibliography of Texas, 1533.].

Camden, NJ: RCA, 1941. First Editions. Softcover. Very Good. Leaflets dated: December 1939, April 1940, January 1941. Featuring recordings by the popular orchestras of: Freddy Martin, Ozzie Nelson, Artie Shaw, Glenn Miller, Charlie Barnet, Jelly-Roll Morton, Sammy Kaye, Hal Kemp, Duke Ellington, Tommy Dorsey, and others. Includes photos of most. These 6.25" leaflets open to 13.5", 17", and 20" and each is printed in a different color. The cover of the first leaflet is lightly soiled.