Woman's Home Journal: An Illustrated Monthly Magazine; October 1908

By: N/A

Price: $10.00

Publisher: The Cushman Company: 1908

Seller ID: 1747693

Condition: Good

Lightly toned, minor tears to fore edge. 1908 Large Softcover. An early women’s magazine. Filled with contemporary articles and advertisements. View more info

Images of RLT: We'd Only Just Begun - An Historic Montage of the People Who Made R.L. Thomas a High School, 1962-1994

By: N/A

Price: $30.00

Publisher: S.N.: 1994

Seller ID: 1813005

Condition: Near Fine

1994 Large Hardcover. 304 pp. A collage of articles, photographs, verse, and descriptive text telling the story of R.L. Thomas High School from 1962-1994. View more info

History of Herkimer County, N.Y., with Illustrations Descriptive of Scenery, Private Residences, Public Buildings, Fine Blocks, and Important Manufactories, from Original Sketches by Artists of the Highest Ability; and Portraits of Old Pioneers and Prominent Residents

By: N/A

Price: $75.00

Publisher: W.E. Morrison & Co.: 1980

Seller ID: 1837059

Condition: Near Fine

1980 facsimile of 1879 original. No jacket. Boards faintly rubbed. An exceptional copy. 289 pp. Original green cloth, gilt titles. Numerous historical engravings throughout, map of New York State precedes text. Extensive, detailed table of contents for easy reference. View more info

Hundertjahrige Geschichte Des Deutschtums Von Rochester

By: N/A

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Deutsch-Amerikanischen Bund Von Rochester Und Umgegend: 1915

Seller ID: 1852239

Condition: Very Good

Wrappers lightly rubbed, scuffed at upper edge of spine. 1915 Trade Paperback. 255 pp. A German language centenary history of German culture in Rochester, NY. Filled with black & white illustrations & photographs. View more info

The New and Complete American Encyclopaedia: or, Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, in Seven Volumes; on an Improved Plan: in which the Respective Sciences Are Arranged into Complete Systems, and the Arts Digested into Distinct Treatises; Also the Detached Parts of Knowledge Alphabetically Arranged and Copiously Explained, According to the Best Authorities; Containing a Digest and Display of the Whole Theory and Practice of the Liberal and Mechanical Arts, Comprising a General Repository of Ancient and Modern Literature, from the Earliest Ages Down to the Present Time: Including All the New Improvements and Latest Discoveries Made in the Arts and Sciences. The Superfluities which Abound in Other Dictionaries Are Expunged from This for the Purpose of Incorporating Complete Systems and Distinct Treatises the Whole Forming a General Circle of Science and Comprehensive Library of Universal Knowledge (From the Encyclopaedia Perthensis, with Improvements)

By: N/A

Price: $675.00

Publisher: John Low / E. Low, New York: 1805

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 1762981

Condition: Good

First American edition. Engraved frontispiece in vol. 1, other engravings and maps appear to have been removed. Bindings in need of repair, a few spine labels missing, boards rubbed, foxed throughout. 1805 Full-Leather. Complete in seven volumes. 4to. Original full calf. Two column format. The first American edition of the Encyclopedia Perthensis, originally published in Scotland from the mid-1790s to 1805. Combines dictionary-style entries for single words (e.g. 'revolution) and encyclopedic entries for subjects (e.g. 'revolution of France'). Among the first encyclopedias to be printed in the... View more info

The New York Tribune. A Sketch of its History. Illustrated.

By: N/A

Price: $30.00

Publisher: S.N.: 1883

Seller ID: 2006584

Condition: Good

Wrappers toned, top edge slightly gnawed affecting margin only. 1883 Stapled Binding. 26 pp. Printed wrappers, stapled binding. An account of the foundation and development of Horace Greeley's newspaper, The New York Tribune. The paper was founded in 1841, and existed through several name changes and mergers until 1966. During the 1850s it was among the most widely circulated newspapers in the United States. Includes engravings of Tribune counting room, Mr. Reid's study, and circulation map. View more info

Pictorial History of Christ Church, Boston: The Old North Church of Paul Revere Fame

By: N/A

Price: $3.00

Publisher: Acme Printing Company:

Seller ID: 2008359

Condition: Near Fine

[32 pp.] Stapled binding, photographic printed wrappers. Black & white photographs throughout. A brief historical sketch of the church made famous by Paul Revere's midnight ride View more info

Views of the New York World's Fair [NY Worlds Fair in Pictures]

By: N/A

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Quality Art Novelty Company, Inc.: 1939

Seller ID: 2043548

Condition: Good

Wrappers loose but included, wrappers rubbed. 1939 Stapled Binding. 48 pp. A collection of black & white photographs depicting the famous 1939 World's Fair held in New York City. View more info

Laws of the State of Delaware, from the Second Day of January, One Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety-Eight, to the Twenty-Fifth Day of January, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Five. Volume III.

By: N/A

Price: $250.00

Publisher: M. Bradford and R. Porter: 1816

Seller ID: 2095800

Condition: Good

Boards rubbed & soiled with minor loss, endpaper edges lightly stained. 1816 Full-Leather. 113, [1] , 119-146, 151-399, [1], 5, [1] 30 pp. 8vo. Full calf with leather spine label, gilt titles & rules. A record of Delaware law detailing legislation in place relating to various topics, including: elections, slaves, commerce, property, medicine and infectious diseases, militia, etc. Table of Private Acts follows text. View more info

1860 Colton's Map: New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, & Delaware. / Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, & Connecticut.

By: N/A

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York: J.H. Colton and Company: 1860

Seller ID: 2172992

Condition: Very Good

Unfolded. Minimal loss from bottom margin, a few faint spots. 1860 Single Sheet. Two maps on opposite sides of a single sheet. 10 3/8 x 12 5/8. The Colton family was very successful in the business of map publishing, beginning with J.H. Colton and continuing with his sons George W. and Charles B. Colton. View more info

Yellowstone through the Gallatin Gateway: The Milwaukee Road

By: N/A

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad / Poole Bros., Inc., Chicago:

Seller ID: 2178571

Condition: Near Fine

Edges lightly rubbed. [48 pp.] Black & white photographs throughout, half of which are enhanced with orange highlights. A pictorial guide to Yellowstone National Park, printed as a promotional item by Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad, with a list of their information and travel bureaus following text. Popular sites such as Old Faithful and the Morning Glory Pool are featured, and motor coach tours are advertised (several images of Lincoln touring cars). View more info

[Ordinances, City of Portland, 1855] The Charter and Ordinances of the City of Portland, Together with the Acts of the Legislature Relating to the City, Collated and Revised by a Joint Committee of the City Council

By: N/A

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Benjamin D. Peck: 1856

Seller ID: 2203738

Condition: Very Good

Edges rubbed. 1856 Hard Cover. vx, 384 pp. CONTENTS: List of Ordinances in this volume; List of Statutes cited; City Charter and Amendments; Agents; Alien Passengers; Amusements; Auctioneers; Billiard Rooms; Boats and Lighters; Boundary Lines; Bowling Alleys; Bridges; Buildings; Carriages; Cemeteries; City Clerk; City Constable and Messenger; City Engineer; City Hall; Clerk of the Common Council; Constables; Courts; Cows; Criers; Dogs; Drains and Sewers; Elections; Finance; Fire; Gunpowder; Harbor; Hawkers and Pedlers; Hay; Health; House of Correction; House of Reformation; Intelligence office... View more info

Street Directory of the Principal Cities of the United States, Embracing Letter-Carrier Offices Established to April 30, 1908. Revised in the Division of Dead Letters Under the Direction of P.V. de Graw, Fourth Assistant Postmaster-General

By: N/A

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Order of the Postmaster-General: 1908

Seller ID: 2203777

Condition: Very Good

No jacket, edges rubbed, pages lightly toned. 1908 Large Hardcover. 904 pp. Contains the names of the streets, avenues, courts, places, lanes, roads, wharves, etc., to which mail is delivered and embraces the letter-carrier offices established to April 30, 1908.Keywords: STREET DIRECTORY PRINCIPAL CITIES UNITED STATES AMERICAN HISTORY AMERICANA LETTER-CARRIER OFFICES APRIL 30 1908 DIVISION OF DEAD LETTERS P V DE GRAW FOURTH ASSISTANT POSTMASTER-GENERAL View more info

Early Arts in the Genesee Valley: Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries

By: N/A

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Genesee Valley Council on the Arts: 1974

Seller ID: 2206705

Condition: Good

Wrappers lightly toned, pages faintly dog-eared, pages 55-62 loose from binding but included. 1974 Soft Cover. 158 pp. Number three in a series published by the Genesee Valley Council on the Arts. CONTENTS: Acknowledgements; Biographies of contributors; Preface; A cornucopia of Genesee Valley history in art; Portraiture in the Genesee Valley; Landscape in the Genesee Valley; Still-Life & scenes from history, fantasy, and daily life; Animal painting in the Genesee Valley; Fabrics & stitches in the valley; Furniture in the Genesee Valley; The other decorative arts; Other exhibition items; Bibli... View more info

Caricature: The Wit & Humor of a Nation in Picture, Song & Story, Illustrated by America's Greatest Artists

By: N/A

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Leslie-Judge Company: 1920

Seller ID: 2207248

Condition: Very Good

No jacket, no publisher date (circa early 1900's). 1920 Large Hardcover. Unpaginated. Caricature: The Wit & Humor of a Nation in Picture, Song & Story, Illustrated by America's Greatest Artists.KEYWORDS: ART ARTISTS CARICATURE WIT HUMOR View more info

Jest on Sex: Sexplosively Sexsational Sinerama of Life...For He and She Ages Over Sexteen to Sexty

By: N/A

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Encore Press: 1953

Seller ID: 2207347

Condition: Good

No jacket, light stain to front endpaper. 1953 Hard Cover. 192 pp. A humorous collection of articles, songs, poems, cartoons, jokes, and more on sex.KEYWORDS: JEST ON SEX SEXUALITY HUMOR SOCIOLOGY AMERICANA LIFESTYLES View more info

Tales of the Great Lakes: Stories from Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin

By: N/A

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Castle Books: 1986

Seller ID: 2207850

ISBN: 1555211208

Condition: Fine

A fine copy.Near Fine. 1986 Hard Cover. 474 pp. They can be as still as a millpond, as angry as any storm swept ocean. The Great Lakes and the major states bordering them—Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota—are the heartland of America. The land supplies the goods: grain, meat, timber, and steel. The Lakes provide passage for those goods around the world. The two—land and water—are inseparable, their destiny interlocked.Tales of the Great Lakes encompasses the stories of the men who built the Midwest—the giants of industry, builders of cities, intrepid seafarers, writers who ch... View more info

Work and Win: An Interesting Weekly for Young America -- Fred Fearnot In New Orleans or, Up Against the Mafia by Hal Standish (New York, February 13, 1903, No. 219)

By: N/A

Price: $7.00

Publisher: Frank Tousey: 1903

Seller ID: 2208479

Condition: Fair

Front and rear wrappers loose from binding but included, three-inch tear to rear wrapper, edges heavily rubbed. 1903 Stapled Binding. 28 pp. The story of Fred Fearnot In New Orleans or, Up Against the Mafia by Hal Standish.KEYWORDS: MAGAZINES PERIODICALS EPHEMERA WORK WIN AMERICANA AMERICAN HISTORY View more info

Views of Los Angeles and Vicinity

By: N/A

Price: $125.00

Publisher: H.M. Mosher: 1904

Seller ID: 2208481

Condition: Very Good

Wrappers lightly creased, faint stain to bottom edge of pages, ink note on front flyleaf, a few captions in pencil. 1904 Soft Cover. Unpaginated. Black-and-white photographs of various places in and around Los Angeles, California. View more info

New City on the Merrimack: Prints of Lawrence, 1845-1876

By: N/A

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Merrimack Valley Textile Museum: 1974

Seller ID: 2259829

Condition: Near Fine

Spine faintly toned. 1974 Stapled Binding. Unpaginated. Prints and drawings which illustrate the growth and development of Lawrence from grassy river banks in Methuen and Andover into a separate entity, an urban community of 35,000 people by 18176. There are several hundred items in the collection of the Merrimack Valley Textile Museum, illustrating with precision and detail the building and maintenance of the dam, canals, mills, and housing for the city. View more info

One Hundred Fiftieth Anniversary of the Sullivan-Clinton Campaign: Historical Programs and Dedication of Markers along Route of March

By: N/A

Price: $15.00

Publisher: University of the State of New York: 1929

Seller ID: 2259845

Condition: Very Good

Wrappers lightly toned. 1929 Stapled Binding. 63 pp. Pageants: Genesee Country, Leicester, September 14, 1929; Finger Lakes Area, Geneva, September, 21, 1929; Newtown Battlefield Area, Elmira, September 28, 1929. Includes black-and-white photographs. View more info

History of Montgomery and Fulton Counties, N.Y., with Illustrations Descriptive of Scenery, Private Residences, Public Buildings, Fine Blocks, and Important Manufactories, from Original Sketches by Artists of the Highest Ability; and Portraits of Old Pioneers and Prominent Residents.

By: N/A

Price: $150.00

Publisher: F.W. Beers & Co. / Geo. Macnamara, Printer: 1878

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 2260272

Condition: Good

First edition. Binding shaken with a couple gatherings loose or loosening, 2 inch chip from spine base. Newspaper articles laid in. 1878 Large Hardcover. 252 pp. Folio. A history of two counties in New York State located in the area between Utica, Saratoga Springs, and Schenectady, with maps and numerous engravings throughout. Also includes important chapters on state history, including information about Native Americans, the French and Indian War, Montcalm's campaign, the American Revolution, and the Erie Canal. View more info

Memorial of the Centennial Celebration of the Battle of Oriskany, August 6, 1877

By: N/A

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Oneida Historical Society: 1878

Seller ID: 2264266

Condition: Good

Edges rubbed, hinges starting, light stain, rear endpaper missing. 1878 Hard Cover. 199 pp. The Battle of Oriskany, fought on August 6, 1777, was one of the bloodiest battles in the North American theater of the American Revolutionary War and a significant engagement of the Saratoga campaign. An American party trying to relieve the siege of Fort Stanwix was ambushed by a party of Loyalists and allies of several Native American tribes, primarily Iroquois. This was one of the few battles in the war in which almost all of the participants were North American: Loyalists and allied Indians fought a... View more info

1786 History of Seneca Co. [County], New York; with Illustrations Descriptive of Its Scenery, Palatial Residences, Public Buildings, Fine Blocks, and Important Manufactories, from Original Sketches by Artists of the Highest Ability.

By: N/A

Price: $125.00

Publisher: W.E. Morrison & Co.: 1976

Edition: Reissue

Seller ID: 2264281

Condition: Good

1976 reissue. Spine repaired. Related articles laid in. 170 pp. Folio. Reproductions of 74 engraved plates, map of Seneca County precedes text. An illustrated 90-year history of Seneca County, originally published in 1876 as part of a series of similar county histories. View more info

Some Early Massachusetts Broadsides (A Massachusetts Historical Society Picture Book)

By: N/A

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Massachusetts Historical Society: 1964

Seller ID: 2265075

Condition: Near Fine

Pencil doodle on front wrapper. 1964 Stapled Binding. 29 pp. A collection of reproduced broadsides from early Massachusetts. View more info

Floods and High Water, 1936: Pennsylvania's Greatest Flood Disaster in Pictures

By: N/A

Price: $15.00

Publisher: The Telegraph Press: 1936

Seller ID: 2265079

Condition: Very Good

Front wrapper creased, edges lightly rubbed. 1936 Soft Cover. Unpaginated. A collection of black-and-white photographs of the Pittsburgh flood of 1936. On March 17 and 18, 1936, the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania witnessed the worst flood in its history when flood levels peaked at 46 feet (14 m). This flood became known as The Great St. Patrick’s Day flood, and also affected other areas of the Mid-Atlantic on both sides of the Eastern Continental Divide. View more info

The Four Kings of Canada. Being a Succinct Account of the Four Indian Princes lately arriv'd from North America. with a particular Description of their Country, their strange and remarkable Religion, Feasts, Marriages, Burials, Remedies from their Sick, Customs, Manners, Constitution, Habits, Sports, War, Peace, Policy, Hunting, Fishing, Utensils belonging to the Savages, with several other Extraordinary Things worthy Observation, as to the natural or curious Productions, Beauty, or Fertility, of that Part of the World.

By: N/A

Price: $350.00

Publisher: J.E. Garratt & Co: 1891

Edition: Reissue

Seller ID: 2265379

Condition: Very Good

Wrappers lightly toned, 1/2 inch tear to spine head. 1891 Soft Cover. 47, [1] pp. Printed wrappers, sewn binding. 1891 reissue of 1710 original (Sabin 25282, Howes C106: These were Iroquois chiefs taken to London by Col. Schuyler of Albany.). An account of colonial Canada published for the British book trade, providing a great deal of contemporary detail about Native American culture, specifically within the Iroquois tribe. View more info

Campbell-Whittlesey House (Rochester, New York)

By: N/A

Price: $8.00

Publisher: The Campbell-Whittlesey House:

Seller ID: 2266370

Condition: Near Fine

No publisher date (circa mid-late 1900's). A very nice copy. Unpaginated. The Campbell–Whittlesey House, also known as the Benjamin Campbell House, in Rochester, New York is an historic Greek Revival home, designed by architect Minard Lafever. It was built in 1836, and added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 18, 1971. Campbell was a flour miller,[2] as were many of Rochester's first residents. The home featured parlors painted in a dozen different colors and furniture stenciled with gold.[2] From 1939[2] until July 2010, the house served as a museum operated by the Land... View more info

Guide to Historic Plymouth, Massachusetts: Localities and Objects of Interest (Illustrated)

By: N/A

Price: $10.00

Publisher: The Rogers Print: 1964

Seller ID: 2266374

Condition: Near Fine

Spine faintly creased. 1964 Small Softcover. 70 pp. A guide to Plymouth, Massachusetts, illustrated with black-and-white images. View more info

Brief History of the Pilgrims: A Continuous History. Their Formation in England, Life in Holland, Experiences throughout the Years of the Establishment at Plymouth. Taken from Bradford's History and Contemporaneous Writings of Bradford and Winslow.

By: N/A

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Burbank, Inc.:

Seller ID: 2266375

Condition: Very Good

No publisher date, text block beginning to loosen from stapled binding, first ten page edges bumped. 63 pp. Brief History of the Pilgrims: A Continuous History. Their Formation in England, Life in Holland, Experiences throughout the Years of the Establishment at Plymouth. Taken from Bradford's History and Contemporaneous Writings of Bradford and Winslow. View more info