Americana from Old Bookshelf

New York: Fox & Company, 1903. Audio Book (Cassette). Good. 162pp +approx. 50 pp ads, large folding map. Covers and spine chipped and worn, contents slightly wavy, folding map in nearly original conditional, tho' small fold tears neatly reinforced with archival tape.

Boston: Keith's Music Publishing House, 1844. Soft cover. Poor. Oblong 24mo. 48pp. Printed wraps. Cover and contents are age-darkened, chipped, partially damp-stained, 3 separate leaves partially torn away with some loss of text, however most music and lyrics are intact and readable. An early example of temperance songs sung at temperance meetings. Amusing lyrics.… Read more about this item

Hartford: Board of Agriculture, 1914. Soft cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 168pp. Pictorial wraps. Front cover barely attached, spine half missing, contents are clean and unmarked. A listing of farms for sale arranged by county. The towns and cities are listed alphabetically and each includes a detailed description of every… Read more about this item

Boston: Sampson, Davenport, & Co., 1885. Hardcover. Good. 182p, folding map. Brown cloth, gilt spine lettering. Fading mainly to spine, text is yellowed, staining to margins of first 7 leaves, folding map has several clean tears along folds, some extending beyond folds. Map is otherwise quite fresh looking. Binding is tight, owner's name and… Read more about this item

Bridgeport, CT, 1949. Soft cover. Very Good. Oblong 8vo. 44p. unpaginated. Yellow card stock wrapper. Light soil to cover and mild toning to contents. Souvenir program of the first Barnum Festival, illustrated. Laid-in is a Festival bulletin listing some of the events taking place during the Festival from June 10-14, 1949.

Amherst, N.H.: Joseph Cushing, 1805. First Edition . Soft cover. Fair. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 22pp. Stitched phamphlet. Chipped along left margin, occasional light spotting, rear cover missing, text is complete. This is the original first printing from 1805, not a recent publication.

Concord, NH: Edson C. Eastman, 1865. Soft cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 46pp. Vol. LXIX. Stitched wraps with string tie. Dog ears and moderate staining, rear page torn but no loss of text. Articles include "Experiment with the Potatoe" [sic] and "Surface Application of Manure".

New York: Frederic A. Brady, 1864. Hardcover. Poor/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 312pp. Blind stamped black boards with gilt stamped decoration to front cover. Covers and frontispiece detached but present, backstrip missing, owner's name, bookplate and pencil notations on front pastedown, bookplate of Military Historical Society of Massachusetts on rear pastedown, text… Read more about this item

Albany: J.B. Lyon Company, 1911. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 534pp. Blue cloth, gilt lettering to cover and spine, New York State Seal embossed in white and gilt to front cover, numerous illustrations, one fold-out map and one fold-out illustration. Slight wrinkle to front cover and spine, faint damp stain to… Read more about this item

Los Angeles: Press of Commercial Printing House, 1917. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 117pp. Marroon cloth, gilt lettering. Light dampness stains to boards, endpapers lightly stained and text has a few wavy pages, but is otherwise very clean. Front endpaper is INSCRIBED and SIGNED : "To my… Read more about this item

New York: Robert Carter and Brothers, 1869. First Edition . Hardcover. Fair. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 220pp. Quarter bound leather, marbled boards. Cover worn and paper covering partially torn away. Church library stamp and binder's label on front pastedown, owner's name and address on rear endpaper, contents age- toned and scattered foxing… Read more about this item

Ann Arbor, Michigan: Edwards Brothers, 1964. Hardcover. As New/Very Good. 81pp. Red cloth, gilt lettering. Exterior and interior are clean and sound. Dustjacket is mildly toned, unclipped, light edgewear. Inscribed and SIGNED by author on front free endpaper. Folksy discussion about the local post office in Southport, Connecticut by a former postmaster. … Read more about this item

Greenfield, Indiana: National Historical Society Publishers, 1923. Soft cover. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 192pp. numbered consecutively, decorative wraps. Edges chipped and torn, contents are age-toned but sound. First Quarter deals with a broad miscellany of American historical topics: frontier, voyages, Indians; Second Quarter features a number of articles on New York City.… Read more about this item

New York & Chicago: A.S. Barnes & Co., 1876. Original Wraps. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original printed wrappers, not bound. Part 9, pages 393-456. ND but 1876. Allegorical representation of U.S. on its centennial on front cover, back cover lists other centennial publications by publisher, engravings throughout. Covers are torn and… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Ketterlinus Litho. Mfg. Co., 1932. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. Unpaginated, 24pp. 24mo. Illustrated wraps, stapled spine. Seven color illustrations. Light wear and soiling to covers, binding tight and contents clean. Published for the Celebration of the Two Hundredth Anniversary of the Birth of George… Read more about this item