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New York: Argosy-Antiquarian, Ltd, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Four thick volumes. Bound in red buckram, gilt lettering on spines. 9.25" x 6" Especially strong in Western Americana. Limited to 750 copies.

Newton, MA: Crofton Publ Co, nd. Reprint. Hardcover. Fine. pp: (viii), 299 with appendices and index, 23 legal case references. Bound in blue cloth, gilt spine lettering. 11.25" x 8.5" This Bibliography of the Union Pacific System comprises two parts: I-Union Pacific Railroad; II-Oregon Short LIne Railroad.

Weston-super-Mare, UK: Glovers, St. James Works, 1927. Original document. Very Good. Broadside, 14" x 13.5", printed in black on white tissue paper, floral border in red and gilt; illus from a 3/4-length photograph of The Prince of Wales in military uniform. Archival repair on verso of top left corner, otherwise a well-preserved example of this fragile item. This broadside details the Prince's itinerary at each of his stops on June 7-8, 1927. He went on to serve as King of England from 20 January to 11 December, 1936, when he abdicated to marry the American Wallis Simpson. [Broadside unrecorded by OCLC and WorldCat.].

Durham: Duke Univ Press, 2012. First Edition. Softcover. Fine. pp: xv, 326 with index; frontispiece, 114 illustrations. Bound in pictorial wrappers. 10" x 8

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.

New York: Harcourt Brace, 1954. First American Edition. Original Cloth. Fine/Very Good. 159pp. Bound in black cloth, gilt spine lettering. In the original dust wrapper with shelfback sunned. 8.5" x 5.75

New York: Farrar, Straus & Cudahy, 1959. Stated First printing. Original Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 134pp. Bound in black cloth, gilt spine lettering. In the original black, printed dust wrapper. Prior owner's name and 1959 date on endpaper. 8.5" x 5.5

New York: Program Publishing Co, 1947. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. (16)pp; illustrated throughout from photographs, some full-page. Includes: "The Story of Duke Ellington" (running text); "Farewell to Jazz Fakers" by Duke Ellington; "Duke Ellington - Musical Pioneer" by Leonard Feather, plus Feather's notes on the concert program. Bound in pictorial yellow wrappers, 12" x 9" The concert program: Jazz Accelerando; Bojangles; Creole Love Call; You Name It; Liberian Suite; Resume; Songs by Lu Eliot; Violet Blue; The History of Jazz in Three Minutes; Songs by Albert Hibbler; Duke Ellington at the Piano. Personnel: Trumpets--Al Killian, Ray Nance, Harold Baker, Nelson Williams, David Burns; Trombones--Lawrence Brown, Tyree Glenn, Quentin Jackson; Reeds--Johnny Hodges, Harry Carney, Jimmy Hamilton, Russell Procope, Jimmy Forrest; Rhythm--Duke Ellington, piano; Sonny Greer, drums; Wendell Marshall, bass. Vocals--Albert Hibbler, Kay Davis, Lu Eliot.

New York: American Tract Society, 1860. Original Cloth. Very Good. 72pp; engraved frontispiece view, tissue guard. Bound in blue cloth, blind-stamped rules and sunburst device on both boards, gilt spine title and decorative rules, buff endpapers; minor spot on cover. 6" x 4" Biography of a young Christian who goes to school in New Haven,, returns home an invalid, is converted on her sick-bed, and dies in 1842 at age 21.

s.l.: Francis R. Niglutsch, 1921. First Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good. Unpaginated, including many b&w plates. At the end is a 36-page section, "The Science of Selling: Hints from a Successful Book Salesman." Bound in green, grained cloth over flexible boards, floral endpapers; nick at top of back cover. 10" x 6.75" [OCLC locates a 10-volume set of this title, with three institutional holdings of this salesman's dummy.].

Boston: Leonard C. Bowles, 1854. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. 15pp. 9" x 5.5" Written at top of cover: "His Excellency Emory Washburn / with the respects of Stephen ___[?]. 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, dedicated to teaching science and the trades.

Philadelphia: Theo. Presser, 1896. First Edition. Original cloth. Very Good. 301pp; portrait; front free-endpaper removed. 7.75" x 5.25" Elson, editor of Boston's "Musical Herald," arranged more than 2,000 songs and composed some of his own. This book is his informal record of several vacations abroad in Germany, Norway, Sweden, Austria, Italy, Switzerland, France, Belgium, and England, with much discussion of concerts, recitals and musicians. [Smith, American Travellers Abroad, E20: "An informal record of several vacations of a musician abroad."].

Boston: Crocker & Brewster, 1825. Second Edition. Original Wraps. Good. 72pp; 72 woodcuts; front cover lacking. 6" x 3.5" First published in 1825, this primer includes the Westminster Assembly's Shorter Catechism, and Directions for Studying the Scriptures. The author, formerly Minister of a Church in Beverly, Massachusetts, was "now Principal of Female Seminary in Wethersfield, Ct." [American Imprints 20403].

s.l.: s.n., 1880. First Edition. Decorated Boards. Very Good. 13 plates of views from photographs (25 views in all), accordion-fold (leporello) format. Views include: Ryde Pier; Esplanade Gardens; Sandown Bay; Village of Shanklin; Old Bonchurch; Ventnor from West Cliff; Ventnor from the Pier; Carisbrooke Castle; Osborne House; West Cowes; Princess Green; Parkhurst Barracks; &c. Folds into cloth-backed red boards, gilt lettering and decorations. 5.5" x 4.5" [OCLC/WC does not record this title. UVA's Alderman Library has a similar title dated 1870.].

London: Queen's Institute of District Nursing, 1932. First Edition. Printed self-wrappers. Very Good. 52pp. This is a seemingly exhaustive May-September list of gardens. who owns them, which county they are in, and hours open to the public. 7.25" x 5.25

s.l.: s.n., 1850. Original photograph. Very Good. Two sepiatone images (3.5" x 3..25"), colored by hand, mounted side by side on white card stock, 4" x 7

London: Imperial Hotels, 1930. First Edition. Pictorial Stiff Wrappers. Fine. 16pp; 10 half-page views from photographs, double-page view of Imperial Hotel & Turkish Baths on Russell Square, map on back cover. 4.75" x 3" The hotels featured and shown are: Imperial, National, Bedford, Lincoln, Royal, Raglan, Endsleigh, County, and Premier, along with the Imperial Turkish Baths.

London: Cook--Wagons-Lits World Travel Service, 1932. First Edition. Pictorial Stiff Wrappers. Very Good. 96pp. Text illus throughout from photographs and maps. 8.5" x 4.75" Features inexpensive tours by rail, road, and steamer to various destinations in England.

Des Moines, Iowa: Erickson Co, 1918. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 68pp, printed in blue ink. Comprises unused record-keeping forms along with instructive text: Why a Farmer Should Keep Records; How to Keep the Record; What to Consider in Selecting Your Banker; etc. Calendars for 1919 and 1920 on final page. Bound in printed stiff wrappers. 8.5" x 5.75

Edinburgh: Royal Scottish Geographical Society, 1917. First Separate Edition. Softcover. Very Good. (15)pp; foldout map bound at back, "The Coalfields of the United States, Worked and Unworked." Original printed wrappers. Removed from a pamphlet binder, spine reinforced with archival paper. 9.75" x 6". Deaccessioned by the Museum of Comparative Zoology (withdrawn, clear title confirmed).