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Topeka, KS: Hudson & Ewing, 1879. 46 x 58 cm. Carlotta Patti, the famous singer, was drunk at her performance at Leavenworth. The present charity treatment of colored people in Topeka may develop welfare dependency. The Negro exodus from the South hasn't stopped. President Rutherford B. Hayes' annual message to Congress takes up most of front page. Newspaper, very good. . Catalogs: History.

New York, NY: The Daily Graphic, 1881. 38 x 52 cm. Huge, full-page drawing on front page shows Uncle Sam standing on the gangplank of a ship, being implored by Mr. Blaine.""America's Disregard of Her Own Interests."" Uncle Sam: ""This is rather rough, Mr. Blaine: It is humiliating that we cannot have ships of our own, isn't it?"" Editorial discusses new Congress, for the first time in six years one with a Republican majority. New speaker is General J.W. Keifer (Rep. OH), which paper notes is the first ""real soldier"" from Civil War to attain that office. It notes that Blaine, a former speaker, was a ""stay-at-home""---- one who did not fight in the Civil War. Report of attack on Sarah Bernhardt as result of anti-Jewish riots in Odessa, Russia. Encounter between an Arab Slaver and a British Man-of-War. Arab dhow sailors fired upon HMS London, killing its Captain and three sailors. Death of Hattie Howard at the hands of her paramour. Issue includes a weather map from U.S. War Department.… Read More

Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Publication Board, 1948. 44 x 58 cm. Headline: ""SDA Polls Grads On Negro Question"" --Students for Democratic Action polled UNC graduate school students, and 70 per cent of 593 students pplled would not object ot having Negroes in their classes. Newspaper, very good. . Catalogs: History/Race Relations.

New York, NY: Women's Christian Temperance Union, 1888. 38 x 56 cm. WCTU Brigade Reviews. New York City: What to see and how to see. Address by Frances E. Willard, President, before the National WCTU Convention. (takes up most of this issue.) Paper periodical, good. . Catalogs: Religious/Temperance.

London, England: Adam & Charles Black, ca. 1903. 9.5 x 14.9 cm. One of a set of four small volumes about Charming women. This volume includes tale of the Kemble family, in particular Fanny and Adelaide, also Mary Monckton, Countess of Cork, and Anne Benson Procter. Includes engravings of Frances Kemble and The Countess of Cork and Orrery. Portraits and illustrations from rare and famous pictures by masters of British and French Schools. Green leather on board with elaborate gilt printing on spine, circular emblem on front. Heel and toe of spine worn, inside front hinge partly cracked, good. . Catalogs: Biography.

London, England: Adam & Charles Black, ca. 1903. 9.5 x 14.9 cm. One of a set of four small volumes about Charming women. This volume includes story of the loves of poets, including Robert Burns' attraction for Alison Rutherford, also Bess Burnet, Maggie Burns, and Clarinda. Clarinda was Agnes Maclehose, of whom Robert Louis Stevenson claimed she was the best woman Burns every encountered. Also Jane Maxwell, Duchess of Gordon-- tale of chasing an old sow through the streets of Edinburgh in 1759. Also Henrietta Howardm Countess of Suffolk.Engravings of Duchess of Gordon and Mrs. Graham, as well as other illustrations.Portraits and illustrations from rare and famous pictures by masters of British and French Schools. Green leather on board with elaborate gilt printing on spine, circular emblem on front. Heel and toe of spine worn, Front cover blemished, inside front hinge cracked, fair.. . Catalogs: Biography.

London, England: Adam & Charles Black, ca. 1903. 9.5 x 14.9 cm. One of a set of four small volumes about Charming women. This volume provides a Foreword in which author declares that the Dainy Dames he describes are all endowed with Charm. They may not be beautiful, or famous, or witty, or good, but they all possess Charm. Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire captured the attention of Gainsborough, who preserved her features on canvas, and an engraving of that famous portrait is included here. Elizabeth, Duchess of Devonshire. ""Sacharissa"", the sweetest of the sweet, was Dorothy Sidney, born in 1617. Finally, Elizabeth Vassal Fox, Lady Holland. Portraits and illustrations from rare and famous pictures by masters of British and French Schools. Green leather on board with elaborate gilt printing on spine, circular emblem on front. Spine damaged, left side of cover split, fron cover barely attached. Poor. . Catalogs: Biography.

London, England: Adam & Charles Black, ca. 1903. 9.5 x 14.9 cm. One of a set of four small volumes about Charming women. This volume includes Story of Catherine and Mary Horneck, who charmed Edmund Burke, Joshua Reynolds and Oliver Goldsmith. Gossipy narrative about ""The Jessamy Bride"" and ""Little Comedy"", Oliver Goldsmith and the rest. Margaret Power, daughter of a disreputable, dissipated Irish squireen. Also Catherine Hyde, Duchess of Queensbury--skittish, eccentric, witty, warm-hearted, and beautiful. Lady Mary Isabella Somerset married Charles, Duke of Rutland, Viceroy of Ireland. Portraits and illustrations from rare and famous pictures by masters of British and French Schools. Green leather on board with elaborate gilt printing on spine, circular emblem on front. Very tight, neat and clean copy. Very good. . Catalogs: Biography.

New York, NY: Dairymen's League, Inc, 1920. 26 x 34 cm. Q&A on League Cooperative Plan, photo of a ""real dairy family""; Mineral feeds. Ads for silos, mechanical milking, De Laval cream separator, feeds, work shoes. Paper periodical, one inside page has 6 cm. closed tear. Good. . Catalogs: Educational/Agricultural/Dairying.

West Lebanon, NH: G.H. Dana, 1888. 9.3 x 19.6 cm. Little booklet provides handy table to find when animals will be born after service, for sows, mares, cows and ewes. Offers sheep and cattle bells, bull nose punch, copper bull rings, lamb tail dockers and toe trimmers, cattle, sheep and hog labels, more. Booklet offers engraving cuts of animals for advertising, $1 each. Paper booklet, heavy cardboard cover, worn, soiled, fair. . Catalogs: Farming/Advertising.

West Lebanon, NH: C.H. Dana, ca. 1917. 9.4 x 20.5 cm. Advertisement for Dana's Bull Nose Punch; labels for sheep, hogs and goats; ear marking labels; Punches for sheep and hog labels; Large cattle labels. Milking tubes for sore and obstructed teats and hard milking cows. Poultry leg bands. Pilling's Instruments for cutting strictures in cow's teats. Printed testimonials. Paper booklet, very good. . Catalogs: Farming.

Hanover, NH: Dartmouth Press, 1859. 14.2 x 22.7 cm. Frontispiece shows engraving of campus. President was Rev. Nathan Lord, D.D. Rev. Roswell Shurtleff was Prof. Emeritus of Moral Philosophy and Political Economy; Dixi Cosby, MD was Professor of Surgery; Edward Elisha Phelps, MD, LL.D., was Professor of the Theory and Practice of Physic; Albert Smith, MD was Prof. of Materia Medica and Therapeutics. Lists of students in each class. Course of study. Paper booklet, cover marked ""Springfield City Liby"" and ""Dup""; spine frayed and worn, cover has dogear, fair. . Catalogs: Educational.

Hanover, NH: Dartmouth College, 1874. 14 x 22 cm. Publication features literary genius of Dartmouth students. Hamilton as a Young Writer describes Alexander Hamilton as a revolutionary pamphleteer. ""A Proposition"" by Franz Boyd is humorous piece that suggests boxing up 300 Chinamen and smuggling them through the Upernavik custom-house. ""Mr. Webster in Court"" relates story of celebrated divorce case (and others) with Webster as counsel, in 1848. . Catalogs: Printed Matter/Educational.

Boston, MA: Unitarian Sunday School Society, 7 Tremont Pl, 1877. 15 x 20 cm. "The Other Girl's Doll"" by Lucretia P. Hale, Part II. ""A Monkey's Instinct"", ""The Snowdrops"" Paper periodical. Owner's name in pencil on cover. Very good. . Catalogs: Children's/Religious.

New York, NY: The De Laval Separator Co, ca. 1935. 20 x 22 cm. Brochure tells of features of ""the world's best milker""-- seven styles of new milkers. Forty advantages of these magnetic milkers. Details shown include udder pulsator, alternator action, perfect synchronization and timing; barn air is excluded. Table provides information on High Record Cows milked with De Laval Milkers, e.g. Helm Veeman Woodcrest, a Holstein, produced 36,217.7 pound of milk in a year. Advantages of teat cubs by De Laval. Features of De Laval Pulso-Pump. Paper brochure, two color, very good. . Catalogs: Farming/Advertising.

New York, NY: The De Laval Separator Co, 1918. 22 x 29 cm. Magazine for De Laval sales force and other employees. Cover features farmer holding large turkey. Editorial notes that World War I is ending -- We have much to be thankful for. J. Waldo Crane, Superintendent of De Laval's northwest U.S.territory. That Musical Cow poem. Periodical, folded horizontally in center, good. . Catalogs: Farming/Advertising.

New York, NY: The De Laval Separator Co, 1919. 22 x 29 cm. Magazine for De Laval sales force and other employees. Cover features cow with calf milking her. M.L. Clendenan, One of Saskatchewan's Live Wires. He's the De Laval agent at Estevan.Following up the Follow-up, by G.L. Busian, Manager, Advertising Dept., Chicago Office. What a Cow Thinks of when she's being milked. Periodical, folded horizontally in center, good. . Catalogs: Farming/Advertising.

New York, NY: The De Laval Separator Co, 1919. 22 x 29 cm. Magazine for De Laval sales force and other employees. Cover shows cow drinking from a stream. Many ads for De Laval. The Creed of a a De Laval Traveler by C.M. Adams, Cheyenne, WY. Christian G. Raichle, De Laval Supervisor, Galesville, WI. National Dairy Show to be held in Chicago, Oct 6-12, 1919. Good Housekeeping again endorses the De Laval. Photo of De Laval exhibit at last year's National Dairy Show. Periodical, folded horizontally in center, good. . Catalogs: Farming/Advertising.

New York, NY: The De Laval Separator Co, 1916. 22 x 29 cm. Magazine for De Laval sales force and other employees. Cover features sign: ""We use the De Laval Cream Separator."" Cheer for June: ""make this June a record breaker."" Eric Carlson, a Swede who made good in Tennessee. He's the De Laval agent in Murfreesboro, TN. Results of Supt. Timmerman's ""Spring Drive"" on Crossroad Signs in Western Michigan. Photo of Indians in Gordon, Nebraska who use De Laval separators. Periodical, folded horizontally in center, good. . Catalogs: Farming/Advertising.

New York, NY: The De Laval Separator Co, 1916. 22 x 29 cm. Magazine for De Laval sales force and other employees. Cover features broom, and message: ""Make a clean sweep in April."" Ideas for getting there first with calls on prospects. William Hartley Davis, with De Laval since 1906. Photo of Joe Shackelford, De Laval Agent in Texas, sold 15 De Laval separators at a clip, using his Ford automobile. Photos of junked separators of other brands, replaced by De Lavals. Periodical, folded horizontally in center, good. . Catalogs: Farming/Advertising.