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275th Anniversary. Harwich, Massachusetts. A Sketch of the Years 1694-1969, in Text and Pictures

Harwich, 1969. First edition. #56 of 300 copies. Cream-colored stapled paper wrappers. 56 pp. Illus. with 7 drawings, 46 photos, 2 facsimiles, and 1 two page map. 9.75 x 6.75 inches. Includes facsimiles of original charter and purchase contract of land from Indians. Very good+ with light soiling to wrappers and inscription and partial genealogy of a leading citizen on copyright page and tissue.

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Book number: 12397

Keywords: New England States, , New England States, Regional History, Massachusetts, Cape Cod, New England, Harwich,

(Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne, and Chicago Railway Company)

Circular. To the Bondholders and Stockholders of the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne, and Chicago Railway Company

(New York), n.p. 1864. First edition. Self wrappers. 7 pp. 8vo. Proposed bond issue, letters, telegrams, and court documents pertaining to lease agreement with the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. The Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway (1862) was the reoganized Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Rail Road which failed in 1859 and was sold at foreclosure on October 24, 1861. Very good, light browning to edges.

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Book number: 46085

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: Transportation, Economics & Finance, , Americana, Transportation, Economics & Finance, Pennsylania railroad Railroads, Pamphlet

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Czechoslovakia: Its Beauties and Features of Interest

Praha, V. Neubert A. Syndve, 1920. n.ed. String tied illustrated paper wrappers. [ii] 55 pp. [1]. Illus. with 86 b/w photos + 3 colored maps [ 1 folding 17 x 29 inches). Sq. 8vo.(19 x 27 cm.). Beautiful and crisp photographs taken circa 1920, though there were later reprintings of this book. Beautiful cover art. A very good copy, soiling to wrappers with small tear, otherwise bright; map with tear along one fold. A nice copy.

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Book number: 25682

Keywords: , Czechoslovakia,

[Paris Commune of 1871]

Hommes Et Choses Du Temps de la Commune; Récits Et Portraits Pour Servir à L'Histoire de la Première Revolution Sociale

Paris, [Éditions d'histoire sociale], 1968. Facsimile reprint. Paper wrappers. 226 pp. 24mo. Number 149 of 1000 copies. Originally published in 1871 by Imprimerie Ve Blanchard. On cover: Paris libre, du 18 mars au 4 avril 1871. Limited reprint of this scarce publication from the Paris Commune. A near fine copy with faint crease to front wrapper.

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Book number: 42978

Keywords: European History, , European History, Paris Commune Social movements, Book

[New Hampshire. Election of 1810]

[Manuscript Document Signed] Letter of Election Results of Concord Nh for the 13th Congress, Addressed to Samuel Spanhawk, Secretary of State Nh

Concord [NH], 1810. 1 sheet. 8 x 12.5 inches. Election Results from Concord, New Hampshire, for the Representatives of the 13th Congress, 1810, a true copy from the record attested to by John Odlin and signed by the three Selectmen of Concord, Nathaniel Abbot, Edmond Leavitt, and Therburn Wiggin. Addressed to Samuel Sparhawk, Secretary of State for New Hampshire. The most votes went to the incumbent, Daniel Blaisdell, but he lost statewide to Josiah Bartlett Jr. and Samuel Dinsmoor, who had come in 7th and 6th respectively in Concord. Votes returns are uncommon. We have located only one other similar item, the 1823 vote return from New Castle, N.H, in the Library of Congress. Very good, old tape repair to chip where seal was opened affecting one word, edges lightly browned, small tears along margins and folds.

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Book number: 44269

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: Autographs & Manuscripts, , Americana, Colonial & Early America, Autographs & Manuscripts, New Hampshire , Election of 1810., Manuscript

(Queen Elizabeth 2)

[Map of Queen Elizabeth 2's Passage Through the North Atlantic, Signed]

1974. Framed in wood. Framed size: 41 x 24 inches; image size: 39 x 22 1/2 inches. Color map of the North Atlantic with route plotted from Southampton to Cherbourg to New York on November 1974, with distances, and signed by the Captain, Mortimer Hehir, and the then navigator, Ronald W. Warwick, who would later become its captain. A fine copy in a very good frame with a small chip to the lower right corner.

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Book number: 38560

Catalogue: Nautical

Keywords: , Nautical, Graphics,

[Chilean Revolution of 1891]

La Nacion (Diario de la Tarde) Ano 1 No. 281 Enero 10 de 1891- Ano 2 No. 371 Abril 23 de 1891 [91 Issues]

Santiago de Chile, Impr. Victoria, 1891. First edition. Disbound, lacking boards, but all issues stitched at spine. 4 pp. each [364 pp]. 67 cm. Folio. 91 issues of four pages each of a publication from the Chilean Revolution of 1891 which ran for 475 issues from February 2, 1890 while the trouble between Balmaceda and the Congress was reaching a fever pitch through the start of the revolution until April 23 , just after the Battle of Pozo Almonte, 1891. Rare. We could locate only a single set, at the BN Chile. Fair to good, first and last issues torn and chipped, corners worn away, but rarely lacking text, folded, browned some issues fragile.

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Book number: 46324

Catalogue: Latin America

Keywords: Chile, Newspapers & Periodicals, , Latin America, South America, Chile, Newspapers & Periodicals, Chile, Chilean Revolution of 1891, Newspaper

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Parergon

Evansville, IN, Mead Johnson & Co. 1938. Second printing. Illustrated paper wrappers. 24 pp. Illus. 4to. An occasional series which publishes the artistic work of physicians: photos, sculpture, paintings. A very good copy with a bit of wear at the spine and a tiny scrape to rear wrapper.

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Book number: 12564

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: , Art, Art, Doctors / Physicians,

(Alberto Moravia, John D. MacDonald, and V. S. Pritchett)

Playboy. Vol. 21, No. 6. (June 1974)

Chicago, Playboy, 1974. First printing. Paper wrappers. 11 x 8.5 in. Includes Alberto Moravia "Insults," John D. MacDonald "The Taste of Gravy," V. S. Pritchett "Did You Invite Me?"and Part II of "All the President's Men. A very good copy.

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Book number: 16823

Keywords: , Alberto Moravia, John D. MacDonald, V. S. Pritchett, Carl Bernstein, Bob Woodward, Watergate, Nixon,

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Railroad Strike or Federal Inquiry? Public and Press Demand Peaceful Settlement of Railway Wage Controversy by the Interstate Commerce Commission or by Arbitration

n.p. n.p. 1916. Center stapled green paper wrappers. 32 pp. 8vo. Propaganda pamphlet with reprints of editorials from July 1916 in support of the Railroads against the Brotherhood of Train Service Employees. Good+ or better with wrappers a bit soiled and edges with a few tiny nicks and chips; crease to rear wrapper, otherwise quite clean. Uncommon.

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Book number: 14948

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: Transportation, , Americana, Transportation, Labor, Transportation, Railroads, Strikes, Interstate Commerce Commission, Unions,

[War of 1812]

Report of the Committee of Ways and Means, on So Much of the President's Message As Relates to the Finances of the United States. October 10, 1814. Read and Referred to a Committee of the Whole House on Thursday Next

Washington [D.C.], Printed by Roger C. Weightman, 1814. First edition. Removed. 8 pp. 8vo. Contains an estimate of the amount of the proposed 50 per cent tax increase and of the new duties in order to offset the cost of the war. Line items in addition to direct taxes, distilled spirits, tobacco, leather, lotteries and more, all of which would amount to additional revenue of an extra $10 million for 1815. American Imprints 33437. A very good copy, dampstain on top edge, light soiling on margins.

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Book number: 37592

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: , Americana, War of 1812 James Madison, Pamphlet

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The Republic of Transkei

Johannesburg, C. van Rensburg Publications. First edition. De luxe edition. Cloth in slipcase. [20], 250 pp. [45]. Illus. with color photos and maps. 4to. Transkei was granted independence from South Africa in 1976. A near fine copy in a very good slipcase.

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Book number: 24474

Keywords: , Africa, Transkei, South Africa,

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Souvenir of the Mohawk Trail. Massachusetts

Mechanicville, NY, C. W. Hughes, 1930. n.ed. Paper wrappers. Unpaged [16 pp.]. Photos and drawings. 8 1/2 x 6 1/2 in. Complete in original stamped matching envelope addressed to sailor on the U. S. S. Lexington which was heavily damaged in the Battle of the Coral Sea and was sunk becoming the first U. S. carrier lost in World War II. Annotations written in margins of pictures otherwise very good.

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Book number: 12583

Keywords: , New England, Travel, Massachusetts,

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Sovetskaia Aziia: Obshchestvenno-Nauchnyi Zhurnal. 1931. [Two Volumes]

Moskva, Tipo-lit. im. t. Vorovskogo, 1931. First edition. Red buckram. 328; 287; 296; 272; 237; 267 pp. Illus. with b/w photos, figures, maps + one folding map, linen backed, in pocket. 8vo. Soviet Asia: a social and scientific journal. In Russian. Six double bimonthly issues. Ceased publication with these numbers. Very good or better crisp, clean copies, boards lightly rubbed, nicely bound by Weilin & Goos.

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Book number: 29188

Catalogue: Asia

Keywords: , Asia, Central Asia, Russian Far East, Russia, Siberia, Ural Mountains , Asia, Soviet Asia, Ethnography, Anthropology, In Russian, Central Asia,

[Election of 1888]

The Temple of Justice a Sink of Injustice.

n.p. n.p. 1888. First edition. Self wrappers. 4 pp. 8vo. First section title reads "Exorbitant Charge of Special Counsel in Bell Telephone Case - $75 per day - $100 while Sleeping en Route to Cincinnati." Goes on to accuse the Department of Justice of rights violations and cronyism. "The Citizen and his rights trampled upon in every direction through processes of law." Extensively quotes Samuel Jackson Randall (1828-1890), Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania whose power was waning at the time. OCLC locates only two copies: Library of Michigan and the Wisconsin Historical Society. A very good copy.

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Book number: 37352

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: , Americana, Political Literature, campaign 1888, Pamphlet