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  46TH ANNUAL CHEYENNE FRONTIER DAYS: THE WORLD'S GREATEST OUTDOOR RODEO.
n.p., 1942. 4 pp. fldg. brochure. Illus. from photographs.
USD 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 20 | £UK 18.25 | JP¥ 2580] Book number: 14356
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  "661. Mission of San Juan Capistrano. Maude photo."
5 x 8 inches. Unmounted print on printing-out paper. With F. H. Maude & Co. stamp on back and also "Santa Fe Route News Service. Fred Harvey, Mgr. Feb. 27, 1898." Near fine.
USD 85.00 [Appr.: EURO 56.5 | £UK 51.5 | JP¥ 7310] Book number: 14799
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  ADMISSION OF IDAHO INTO THE UNION.
Washington, 1890. (House Report No. 1064). 52 pp. Self-wraps. Stapled as issued. Brief report from Committee on the Territories, followed by the state constitution adopted in Boise, August 6, 1889 (pp. 8-30). The reports of the majority and minority differ over the controversial Article VI, Section 3, which prohibits bigamists and polygamists (the Mormons) from voting or holding office. FLAKE 9138.
USD 250.00 [Appr.: EURO 166 | £UK 151 | JP¥ 21499] Book number: 14437
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  ADMISSION OF OREGON. SPEECH OF HON. ALEXANDER H. STEPHENS, OF GEORGIA, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, FEBRUARY 12, 1859.
Washington, (1859). 8 pp. Double-column text. Self-wraps. Uncut.
USD 60.00 [Appr.: EURO 40 | £UK 36.25 | JP¥ 5160] Book number: 14739
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  ALASKA. MAY NUMBER.
Juneau: Alaska Publishing Co., 1917. 28 pp. Illus. from photographs. Pict. wraps. Large 4to. Some soiling and wrinkling. First issue of this periodical which apparently ceased after 8 issues. Includes article on "Territorial Legislators" with biographical sketches and portraits of the state legislators. OCLC shows only a microfilm edition.
USD 75.00 [Appr.: EURO 49.75 | £UK 45.25 | JP¥ 6450] Book number: 14752
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  ALASKA. ANCHORAGE: CROSSROADS OF THE WORLD. A GUIDE AND MAP TO ANCHORAGE, PALMER AND THE MATANUSKA VALLEY.
East Anchorage: Lange's, n.d. (1945). Unpag. (72 pp.). Illus. from photographs. Plus fldg. map, 11 1/4 x 21 3/4 inches. Pict. wraps. Oblong 8vo.
USD 60.00 [Appr.: EURO 40 | £UK 36.25 | JP¥ 5160] Book number: 14371
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  ALBUM OF VIEWS OF ESTES PARK AND ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK.
Estes Park, Co: W. T. Parke, n.d. 20 color post cards bound in wraps. and perforated to be removed. Complete as issued. Covers slightly worn, contents fine.
USD 65.00 [Appr.: EURO 43.25 | £UK 39.25 | JP¥ 5590] Book number: 14393
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  Ambrotype portrait from a painting of Baron Cuvier (1769-1832), the renowned late 18th - early 19th century French scientist.
ca. 1860s. Oval image, 2 1/2 x 2 1/8 inches on ornate copper inner frame surmounted by original wood frame 4 1/2 x 4, with brass hanging loop at top. Portrait is fine and sharp, some discoloration to frames. With fragments of handwritten label, "(Cu)vier."
USD 150.00 [Appr.: EURO 99.5 | £UK 90.5 | JP¥ 12899] Book number: 14795
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  BACK THE ATTACK! BUY WAR BONDS 3RD WAR LOAN.
Washington, 1943. Poster 13 3/4 x 10 inches. 1 fold. Color illus. of helmetted soldier holding machine gun and the air filled with descending parachutists. With text across sky area and below picture.
USD 65.00 [Appr.: EURO 43.25 | £UK 39.25 | JP¥ 5590] Book number: 14577
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  [BOUND VOLUME OF 16 ISSUES OF AMATEUR HAND-PRINTED MAGAZINES].
1900 - 1901. Various paginations. Hand-bound in boards and cloth. 16mo. Edges worn, page margins trimmed by binder with occasional loss of text. Includes 4 different magazines published by Russell Hertzog of Hiram, Ohio : THE BUCKEYE AMATEUR, Vol. 1, no. 10 (August 1901); THE MOSQUITO, Vol. 1 (September 1901); THE WILD CAT (October, 1901); and THE YOUNG EAGLE, Vol. 1 (May, 1901). Hertzog was president of the Ohio Amateur Printers Association and lists a "Directory of Amateur Papers". He was a teenager at this time and most of the other amateur magazines here were published by teenagers. For instance, THE BOY'S GAZETTE, Vol. 1, nos. 5-9 (August-December, 1900), pub. by J. Avery Brown, Little Cedar, Iowa. Other titles are THE EAGLE, Ridley Park, Pa.; THE YOUNG PRINTER, Kansas City, Mo.; THE HERALD, Putnam, Ct; and the utopian OUR FRATERNITY, "Published...In the Interests of Industrial Freedom," San Francisco, Ca. A scarce compilation of examples of amateur printing by young people.
USD 250.00 [Appr.: EURO 166 | £UK 151 | JP¥ 21499] Book number: 14729
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  CATALOG 3. NOTABLE TEXAS FIRST EDITIONS, ASSOCIATION COPIES AND MANUSCRIPTS AND MAPS.
Dallas, TX: The Wilson Bookshop, n.d. (1960's). 28 pp. Pict. wraps. 100 items described and priced.
USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 | £UK 12.25 | JP¥ 1720] Book number: 13584
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  CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION 1861-1961, GRAND LODGE A. F. & A. M. OF COLORADO.
n.p., n.d. (1961). First edition. viii, 180 pp. Illus. from photographs. Gilt leatherette. 4to. History of each lodge in Colorado.
USD 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.25 | £UK 30.25 | JP¥ 4300] Book number: 14835
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  CHICAGO.
n. p.: Printed in Germany, n. d. (ca. 1892). 21 sepia lithographic views on 12 accordion-folded pp. Printed decorative wraps. 6 3/4 x 3 1/4 inches. Wraps. chipped and separated at spine, light spotting to a few views. Birdseye view, street scenes, many public buildings, and Worlds Fair globe, Jackson Park.
USD 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 30 | £UK 27.25 | JP¥ 3870] Book number: 14348
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  Collection of 30 invitations printed by local printers in northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin, 1855-1866.
Various sizes 8 1/4 x 5 inches and smaller. Some are ca. 7 x 4 1/2, some ca. 2 x 3 1/2. A rare collection of examples of the handiwork of local printers in small communities, some embossed and some with pictorial images. Towns in Illinois include Rockford, Harvard, Woodstock, and Winnebago. Town in Wisconsin include Beloit, Delavan, Darien and Evansville. Sponsors of the parties, balls and dances include the Winnebago Engine Company, the Rockford City Greys, Military and Fireman's Festival, the Sax Horn Band, the Catholic Church of Delavan, Beliot Fire Department, Darien Soldiers' Relief Society, the Young Bachelors Terpsichorean Association, et al. A few printers' imprints at bottom of invitations: Union Print, Woodstock; Register Press, Rockford; Standard Print (Rockford). Condition varies from good to fine.
USD 600.00 [Appr.: EURO 398 | £UK 362 | JP¥ 51597] Book number: 14757
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  THE COMPASS: FOR MAP COLLECTORS. Vols. 1-10, 12-18, 20-35, & 37-42.
Chicago: Kenneth Nebenzahl, 1961-1980. 39 issues. Illus. Wraps. 12mo. Fine. Each issue offers for sale from 30 to over 100 rare maps, many illustrated. Special issues on maps of the American Revolution, American Maps, and Islands of the World.
USD 185.00 [Appr.: EURO 122.75 | £UK 111.75 | JP¥ 15909] Book number: 14699
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  ENGINE NO. 168 OF THE RIO GRANDE PRESENTED TO THE CITY OF COLORADO SPRINGS AUGUST 1, 1938 BY THE DENVER & RIO GRANDE WESTERN RAILROAD.
n.p., 1938. First edition. Unpag., (12 pp.). Illus., mostly from photographs. Pict. wraps. History of the railroad and program of events. The engine is still to be seen in the park across from the railroad station.
USD 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 30 | £UK 27.25 | JP¥ 3870] Book number: 14478
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  "FACTS" ABOUT GOLDFIELD NEVADA. THE GREATEST GOLD CAMP IN THE WORLD.
Denver: The Forward Mining Development Co., (1904). First edition. 24 pp. Illus. from photographs. Map. Wraps. Tall 12mo. Fine. Gold mining promotional. PAHER 621: "with glowing words the company issues mining production figures, claims of ore values, a brief history and other facts that would make Goldfield appealing to the investor's dollar."
USD 100.00 [Appr.: EURO 66.5 | £UK 60.5 | JP¥ 8599] Book number: 14677
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  Four original photographs of the Calgary Stampede, early 1900's.
Three are 4 3/4 x 6 3/4 inches, one is 3 1/4 x 5 3/4. Three with credit "Oliver" in negative. All fine. Wonderful action shots: "Wild Horse Race-Calgary Stampede," "Wild Cow Milking Contest," "Calgary Stampede" (saddling wild horse), and "cowboys cooking flap jacks on 8th Ave." The four.
USD 200.00 [Appr.: EURO 132.75 | £UK 120.75 | JP¥ 17199] Book number: 14681
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  THE FREE LANDS IN DAKOTA AND HOW TO GET THEM.
Chicago: Pub. for the Chicago & North-Western Railway by Rand McNally & Co., 1882. 15-panel folding brochure. The back of this brochure is taken up with "Correct map of Dakota. Compiled from United States and Territorial Surveys. April 1, 1882." 25 x 18 1/2 inches. Tear along one fold and at edges, else very good. Map shows the railroad ending at Pierre with its projected route to Deadwood shown along "Present Stage Route." Inset shows lines from Chicago to eastern Wyoming and Montana. Text with much advice for emigrants looking for land opportunities in Dakota Territory.
USD 500.00 [Appr.: EURO 331.75 | £UK 301.75 | JP¥ 42997] Book number: 14722
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  THE GOLDFIELD MASCOT MINING CO.
Denver: Patrick Investment Co., (1906). First edition. 16 pp. Wraps. Tall 12mo. Very good. Gold mining promotional. PAHER 700: "This interesting mining brochure has sections on 'Goldfield Today', 'Leasers and Discoveries', etc. There is a tendency to be loose with facts."
USD 80.00 [Appr.: EURO 53.25 | £UK 48.5 | JP¥ 6880] Book number: 14678
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  IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES...MR. DOUGLAS MADE THE FOLLOWING REPORT.
Washington, 1856. (Senate Rep. Com. No. 34). First edition. 61 pp. Disbound. Concerns free-state - slave-state issues.
USD 60.00 [Appr.: EURO 40 | £UK 36.25 | JP¥ 5160] Book number: 14491
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  IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES. JANUARY 8TH, 1805.
Washington, 1805. 16 pp. Removed. Concerns ceding of North Carolina's land claims in Tennessee. With much history of these claims, from 1782 on.
USD 90.00 [Appr.: EURO 59.75 | £UK 54.5 | JP¥ 7739] Book number: 14429
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  KANSAS CONTROVERSY SPEECH OF HON. GEORGE W. JONES, OF IOWA, DELIVERED IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES, APRIL 16, 1856.
Washington, 1856. First edition. 11 pp. Disbound.
USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 | £UK 15.25 | JP¥ 2150] Book number: 14493
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  LETTER FROM THE HON. JAMES ALFRED PEARCE, UNITED STATES SENATOR FROM MARYLAND, ON THE POLITICS OF THE DAY," _and_: "LETTER FROM THE HON. THOMAS G. PRATT, UNITED STATES SENATOR FROM MARYLAND, TO THE WHIGS OF THAT STATE," _and_: "SPEECH OF THE HON. ISAAC D.
Washington, 1856. First edition. 16 pp. Disbound.
USD 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 20 | £UK 18.25 | JP¥ 2580] Book number: 14494
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  A LETTER FROM A GOLD MINER. PLACERVILLE, CALIFORNIA OCTOBER, 1850.
San Marino: Friends of the Huntington Library, 1944. First edition, ltd. to 1000 copies (this copy un-numbered). 28 pp. Boards. Tall 12mo. Fine copy. Intro. by Robert A. Cleland.
USD 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 30 | £UK 27.25 | JP¥ 3870] Book number: 14536
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