Search Results: Americana from Bygone Books

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1919. Soft cover. Collectible; VG. As per Senate Resolution No. 447, that this manuscript be printed as a Senate Document, and that an 10,000 additional copies be printed for the Senate Document Room. 65th Congress 3d Session. Small quarto, stapled wraps, 56 pages, in the original mailing envelope. Condition is VERY GOOD+ in a GOOD envelope: 1/4" closed tear to bottom edge of front cover, otherwise has been nicely protected in the envelope; the mailer has been opened along top edge, has a few closed tears and light soiling. The address of Senator Lodge on the death of Theodore Roosevelt...

Plymouth, Vermont: The Calvin Coolidge Memorial Foundation, 1973. Soft cover. Very Good. Jay N. Darling. Calvin Coolidge: cartoons of his presidential years featuring the work of syndicated cartoonist Jay N. "Ding" Darling, August 1923-March 1929. Edited by Edward Connery Lathem. Plymouth, Vermont: The Calvin Coolidge Memorial Foundation, 1973. Issued to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Calvin Coolidge's succession to the Presidency of the United States, August 3, 1923. No additional printings noted, Lg 8vo, stapled pamphlet, unpaginated, b/w illustrations throughout. Condition is VERY GOOD+ with slight edgewear, slight discoloring to covers at edges, 2 small stains on rear cover. Calvin Coolidge took the brunt of many a cartoon - having a "Silent Cal" right now might be a good thing.

California: McClatchy Newspapers, 1950. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Centennial Vignettes. Murray Olderman. California. McClatchy Newspapers, [1950]. Description: Centennial Vignettes, a collection of cartoons by Murray Olderman, a feature staff cartoonist of the McCaltchy newspapers, celebrating the centennials of California: 1948 - 100th anniversary of the discovery of gold in CA; 1949 - 100th anniversary of the Gold Rush; 1950 - 100th anniversary of California's admission to statehood. Quarto stpaled wraps, 32 pages, each of a cartoon vignette of a person important to California history drawn by Murray Olderman, that originally appeared in the newspapers between 1948 and 1950: includes Kit Carson, Peter Lassen, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Larkin, John Fremont, William Tecumseh Sherman, Joseph Revere, etc. A Walt Disney "B" on rear cover. Condition: NEAR FINE: very slight wear.

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott,, 1898. Hardcover. G+. E. S. Holloway.. 9th edition (1898, first published in 1895). 12mo, blue decorative cloth, top edge gilt, 248 pp, b/w illustrations, frontispiece photograph of Gunston Hall, VA. Condition: GOOD+ : a mildly cocked spine, small tear to spine head gutter, brownish stain to front board, some scattered soiling to rear board and spine, internally clean throughout. Wharton covers topics on colonial days in America: women in the early settlement, early poetesses, colonial dames, old landmarks, weddings and merry-makings, and legend and romance. See also Wharton's companion volume "Through Colonial Doorways.

Union City, Tennessee: Pioneer Press, 1974. Soft cover. VG+. 4to, stapled illustrated wraps, 61 pages, b/w illus. VERY GOOD+ : minor wear.

Portland, ME: Anthoensen Press, 1936. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. DESCRIPTION: Special reprint from the Saturday Evening Post, © 1948 Curtis Publishing; this 1986 edition printed letterpress by The Anthoensen Press of Portland, Maine is limited to 1500 copies. However, there is a bookplate on the rear paste-down saying "This special edition is limited to 50 copies. This copy number 36 (handwritten in)", and includes a business card from the Press. 8vo. green cloth with pictorial paste-on, gilt titles on front board and spine, b/w woodcuts as chapter headings. 25 pages. CONDITION: NEAR FINE / no jacket: small mark on front board, tiny brown stain on bottom page edge of last 5 pages, otherwise like new.

Palm Desert, CA: Dean Publications, 1974. Soft cover. Very Good. Palm Desert, CA: Dean Publications, 1974. 4to, stapled wraps, 49 pages, 3-color illustrations. Condition is VERY GOOD+ with little wear, clean and tight. Includes the Park history, information on hiking, camping, geology, plants, animals, fishing and boating, seasons, facts of life, a road guide and park map, family fun games and an index - what's not to like? An excellent and fun guide.

New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1976. Soft cover. Very Good. 4to, stapled wraps, 52 pages, color and b/w illustrations, centerfold of girl paper dolls on stiff cardboard. Condition is VERY GOOD+: light edgewear to extrmeities, crease along top edge of front cover, internally clean and tight - appears unread. A visual feast of American ephemera, mostly from the Burdick Collection at the MMOA.

Canaan, NH: Phoenix Publishing, 1967. Soft cover. VG+. 8vo, wraps, 148 pages. VERY GOOD+ with sl. edgewear.

Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, , 1956. Soft cover. Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 4to, stiff card wraps, unpaginated - lists 65 b/w plates of Revere silver, 1 page of Revere marks. Cover design adapted from Revere's engraving of "Landing of British Troops in Boston", 1700. Condition is NEAR FINE with slightest of edgewear. Book is composed by The Stinehour Press in Lunenburg, Vermont.

Mount Vernon, NY: Peter Pauper Press. Soft cover. VG+. Woodcuts by An Unknown Hand. Cover says "Bound at the Printing Office Williamsburg Virginia; colophon states "The present Volume has been prepar'd, printed and publish'd at the Office of the Peter Pauper Press in the town of Mount Vernon, New York State." With a preface to the "Courteous Reader" by Paul Leicester Ford. 8vo, wraps with paper label on front cover, bound in marbled paper, 77 pages, woodcuts by An Unknown Hand. VERY GOOD+ condition with just the slightest curl to the cover corners.

Union City, Tennessee: Pioneer Press., 1974. Soft cover. VG+. Reprint ed. 4to, illustrated stapled wraps, 53 pages, b/w illustrations. Condition is VERY GOOD+ : slight wear.

Old Sturbridge Village, MA: Old Sturbridge Village / Meriden Gravure Company, 1955. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. No additional printings or editions noted, 8vo, stapled pamphlet wraps, 32 pages, blue and white illustrations. Condition: NEAR FINE: no visible wear. The fascinating story of young America as found in old blue Staffordshire.

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1893. Hardcover. VG-. 13th edition, blue decorative cloth, top edge gilt, 237 pp, b/w illustrations, ribbon bookmark. Condition: VERY GOOD- / no jacket: light edgewear; owner bookplate; front hinge slightly loose. Wharton covers such topics as: the Meschianza, New York balls and receptions, the American Philosophical Scoiety, the Wistar parties, old love letters, and Philadelphia dancing assemblies. See also Wharton's companion volume "Colonial Days and Dames.

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co., 1927. Soft cover. Very Good. On the cover: "The city that every American should know." Illustrated brown paper wraps, oblong 9 1/2 x 12 1/2", 32 pages, sepiachrome photos of Washington, D.C. and 3 pages of B&O advertising w/ maps; map of the Baltimore & Ohio System on last page. Condition is VERY GOOD with slight edgewear of a few creases; very minor soiling at center from rusting staples. A tourism brochure for railroad travel to Washington DC, with many vintage photographs. Calvin Coolidge was President and he along with George Washington grace page 12.

Williamstown, MA: Corner House, 1968. Reprint Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1968 reprint edition of the original 1922 publication. 8vo, dark green boards, 319 pages, bibliography. Condition: VERY GOOD+ book / VERY GOOD jacket: book has an owner name on fep; jacket has light edgewear along top edge. An early (1922) attempt at trying to understand the role of women in the colonial period in America, women until then largely ignored. The author made extensive use of diaries, letters, and other contemporary sources available to create an absorbing portrayal of women in both the northern and southern colonies. There is of course much more known today, but an informative and eye-opening read nonetheless.