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Newcomen Publication Number 1095. Publisher's stapled card-stock wrappers, octavo, pp. 24. Illustrated.

Wraps, 16mo, pp. 23. "A catalogue to serve as a guide to the collection brought together from old Albany homes, places of local historic interest, etc., and associated with the early days of the Settlement . The collections are assembled in Room C. At the end of [the] Catalogue are entries of additional articles in other rooms of the building ." Light wear to the pamphlet, as with age and careful handling, and staples are rusty. Withal, GOOD in the publisher's white wrappers. Ensconced in a clear protective display sleeve with white cardstock backing board. An uncommon item, unrecorded in OCLC as of April 2019.

Hardcover, reprinted in facsimile from the edition of 1850, octavo, pp. 111. Black and white illustrations. Very Good in the publisher's blue cloth with spine lettering gilt. Dust jacket was not issued with this title.

Original cloth-backed boards, 12 mo (7 1/4 inches in height x 5 1/4 inches in width), pp. 128. Hubbed spine with paper label. A little shelf wear and a spot of discoloration to the label. Attractive Club Library bookplate on front pastedown. Tissue-guarded frontispiece. Club Incorporation; Constitution; By Laws; Founders; List of Members With Dates of Membership; Honorary Members; Deceased Members; Authors/Works Bibliography; more. A bit of shelf wear at spine ends and board tips over the century, and white cloth has some inevitable soiling that shows more readily than if a darker color had been chosen for the publication. GOOD and sound, withal.

Publisher's stapled wrappers, octavo, pp. 40. Front panel illustration of star Ethel Merman by Peter Arno, New Yorker Magazine's influential cartoonist. Includes many period advertisements and bygone polite theatre requests such as "Ladies are requested to remove their hats." As collectors and scholars of the era are aware, the cheaper quality paper used for this item is a bit toned and brittle and should be handled carefully (we have provided a clear archival display sleeve with white card-stock backing board for storage). Indeed, the upper tips of the first two leaves have chipped away over the decades (no loss of text) and the front and rear wrappers are separating upwards from the foot of the spine. A pleasant divertissement notwithstanding.

Quarto, pp. xii, 177. Publications in Archeology 14. Illustrated. Light wear, as with age & handling. GOOD and sound in the publisher's stiff illustrated wrappers.

Removed from a bound volume, octavo, pp. 23. Foxing, and just light shelf wear. GOOD and ensconced now in a clear protective display sleeve with white cardstock backing board.

First edition, octavo, pp. xi, 208 plus index. Very good in the publisher's light green cloth with dark green spine lettering. Dust jacket very good and ensconced in a sheet of archival Brodart.

Publisher's blue-lettered beige cloth over boards, octavo, pp. xv, 225. Black and white illustrations.

Edition limited to 190 copies, reprinted by special permission from Girl Scouts Loan Exhibition Catalogue, and with additional illustrations, quarto, pp. [72], followed by pp. [9] of plates. Illustrated throughout. Just a bit weary. Erosion and paper loss at crown and foot of spine and a short neat tear with no loss at mid fore-edge of upper wrapper, but nearly GOOD and still more than serviceable. SIGNED on the title page by collector McKearin.

Fair-only in the publisher's fragile printed green wrappers, octavo, pp. xxi, 144. Short tears / chipping along wrapper perimeter and erosion of the thin wrapper paper at spine ends. Nicks at fore edge and bottom edge of final leaf. Stowed safely now in a clear Ultra-Pro sleeve.

Publisher's glossy illustrated card-stock wrappers, octavo, pp. xv, 205, [1]. Illustrations. Inscribed by the author to previous owners on the title page. Condition is Very Good.

Conference publication Number 2. Seventh edition, 16mo, pp. [viii], 231 plus index.This copy complete with the large fold-out map inside rear wrap. Good and sound in the publisher's lightly soiled laminated wraps with curling fore-edges.

Publisher's original blue-green cloth with spine lettering gilt on a blue label, octavo, pp. xiv, 214, [1]. Two maps.

Sixth impression, the three volumes uniform in publisher's original gray cloth with black spine lettering, 16mo (6 3/4 inches in height by 4 3/4 inches in width). Pagination: Volume I: xii, 212; Volume II: vii, 235; Volume III: vii, 230. Majority of the board tips with some shelf bumping. Printed gray dust jackets with unavoidable nicks and short tears due to the especially thin paper the publisher chose for this project. On the front pastedown of each volume, neatly applied, is the unique and clever bookplate of Truda T. Weil (1899-1971). Miss Weil, a leader in school integration, retired in 1969 as Assistant Superintendent of Elementary Schools in New York. She held numerous important positions during a long career, including educational adviser to Mayor La Guardia in the nineteen-forties. Her New York Times obituary described her as "a statuesque woman known for her elegance of dress" and "mellifluous voice."

First printing, so stated, in the publisher's original stapled card-stock wrappers, octavo, pp. 20. A couple of black and white illustrations. Some shelf and handling wear has accumulated across the decades, and an old splash of fountain pen ink on front panel (see our image). GOOD and sound, withal, and protected now in a clear display sleeve with white card-stock backing board. Newcomen publication number 1068.

Stapled wrappers, octavo, pp. 59 plus ads. Fair condition with shelf and handling wear. Staples rusty. Spine rubbed and strengthened long ago with a strip of tape. Previous owner has made a few pencil notes and a library call number inside front wrap. Numerical stamp at top edge of 1st page. Text unmarked.

Stapled illustrated wrappers, oblong octavo (7 3/4 inches in height x 10 inches wide), 32 captioned black and white illustrations on pp. [32]. No publication date but circa early 20th century. Wrappers are separating at foot of spine and have edgewear and shelf soiling. Page tips bumped lightly. A few old creases. The two page panorama view "Niagara Falls from the Canadian Side" at the center of the pamphlet has worked loose from the staples and is simply laid in. Ensconced now in a clear protective display sleeve with white card stock backing board.

Removed from a bound volume, octavo, pp. 30 plus Officers of the Society roster. Just light shelf wear. GOOD and ensconced now in a clear protective display sleeve with white cardstock backing board.

Small (6 x 4 inches) pp. 8 early twentieth century auto fabric supplies catalog. Short neat marginal tear with no loss on last leaf, otherwise GOOD in the publisher's thin stapled wrappers. Safely stowed now in a clear protective display sleeve with white card stock backing board.