Addressed Delivered at the Celebration of the One Hundred and Fourth Anniversary of the Birth of Abraham Lincoln

Springfield, The Lincoln Centennial Association, 1913. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Coarse tan cloth, leather spine label. vii, 56pp . Very good. Handsome copy of this annual volume, with speeches by German ambassador Count J. Bernstorff and Senator Joseph W. Bailey of Texas. MONAGHAN 2089. .

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Book number: 2879

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Keywords: Abraham Lincoln

Addresses on the Presentation of the Sword of Gen. Andrew Jackson to the Congress of the United States, Delivered in the Senate and House of Representatives February 26, 1855

Washington, DC, A.O.P. Nicholson, 1855. Paperback. 8vo. Tan wrappers. 40pp. Good plus. Lacks blank rear wrapper; minor wear and soiling. Several statesmen spoke at this auspicious occasion. .

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Book number: 15801

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Keywords: AMERICANA Presidential

Adlai Stevenson's Public Years. ; Illustrations by Cornell Capa, John Fell Stevenson and Inge Morath. Preface by Walter Lippmann

New York, Grossman Publishers, 1966. Hardcover. 4to.Maroon cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 160pp. Numerous illustrations, pictorial endpapers. Near fine/very good. Slightest bit of jacket edgewear. A handsome, tight and lovely first edition. .

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Book number: 21086

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Keywords: Biography

Aeroscout Procedures

Washington, DC, Department of the Army, 1982. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff green wrappers, stapled and three-punched. iii, (ca. 100pp, separately numbered sections). Numerous illustrations. Near fine. Slightest of wear to outer wrappers only. Field Manual No. 17-35, tight and attractive. .

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Book number: 9025

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Keywords: Aviation

African Challenge: The Story of the British in Tropical Africa

New York, British Information Services, 1945. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff green pictorial wrappers. 64pp. Map, numerous drawings. Very good. First edition. Historical overview of Britain's colonizing efforts. Rather biased, naturally. .

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Book number: 488

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Keywords: BLACK HISTORY Black History

An Afternoon with Carl Sandburg

[Chicago], The Modern Poetry Association, 1956. Paperback. Small 4to. Wrappers. Near fine. Three-panel foldout leaflet for this "Poetry" magazine sponsored reading held at Chicago's Shubert Theater. Front wrapper illustration plus facsimile of handwritten fair copy of a portion of the poem "Chicago. .

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Book number: 11329

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Keywords: Poetry

Air Assault Operations

Washington, DC, Department of the Army, 1987. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff wrappers, stapled and three-punched. iii, (ca. 150pp, separately numbered sections). Charts, line drawings. Very good. Field Manual No. 90-4. Tight and attractive. .

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Book number: 9026

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Keywords: Aviation

Aireview's German Military Aircraft in World War II

Tokyo, Kantosha Co. Ltd, 1958. Hardcover. 8vo. Burgundy cloth with gilt lettering. 258pp. Numerous illustrations, foldout chart, foldout drawing. Near fine. Tight, handsome copy of the second volume (only) of this bibliographically cryptic title, No. 88 in the Aireview series, printed in Japanese with a foreword in German. Front flyleaf bears an unidentified signature that appears to read "Henry Hajime Kogawa" and possibly the same name in Japanese characters -- whether this a simple ownership signature or someone connected with this title is uncertain. An uncommon title, in any case. .

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Book number: 38168

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Keywords: Military History Aviation

Aladdin: A Pop-Up Book

Montreal, Tormont Publications, 1994. Hardcover. Small 4to. Glazed pictorial paper over boards. (12pp). Extensive color illustrations. Near fine. Superb, tight first edition of this pop-up, with all pop-ups pristine. .

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Book number: 38232

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Keywords: Children's

An Album of Lincoln Photographs and Words

New York, The Eakins Press Foundation, 1976. 24mo. Heavy card stock, folded accordian style. (15pp). Numerous illustrations. Near fine. "Eakins Pocket Album 3" in this series. A selection of famous Lincoln quotations and letters accompanied by well-known images. .

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Book number: 18401

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An Album of American Battle Art, 1755-1918

Washington, DC, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1947. Hardcover. 4to. Red buckram. xvi, 319pp. Numerous illustrations. Very good. First edition of this superb reference that follows American battle art from the French and Indian War through the First World War. Mild ex-library copy, with number neatly stamped on spine and faint blind-embossed stamp on three pages. .

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Book number: 3616

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Keywords: Art

Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How More Than One Hundred Men Have Recovered from Alcoholism

New York, Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc, 2014. Hardcover. Small 4to. Red cloth with gilt lettering, pictorial dust jacket. viii, 400pp. Fine/near fine. Wonderfully bright, tight and lovely copy of AA's 75th anniversary facsimile of the 1939 first edition. Truly a handsome copy. .

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Book number: 44644

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Keywords: Medical

All Round Route and Panoramic Guide of the St. Lawrence... And Western Tourists' Guide to the West, Embracing Detroit, Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, & C.

Portland, ME, Colin R. Chisholm, 1881. Paperback. Small 8vo. Original stiff grey wrappers printed in blue. xvi, 400pp, xxiv. Illustrations, 3 foldout maps. Fair only. Wrappers quite edeworn and chipped, with part of printed spine perished; internally very good, clean and tight. Though the outer wrappers are extremely worn and rough, this copy is tight nonetheless and internally sound and nice. The three foldout maps have had expert archival mends along some separated folds, but overall remain attractive. .

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Book number: 34321

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Keywords: Americana

All the King's Horses

Chicago, The Lakeside Press, n.y. Paperback. Square 8vo. Stiff yellow decorative wrappers. 41pp. Illustrations. Very good. Handsome promotional booklet hawking R.R. Donnelley's bookbinding and restoration services, beautifully illustrated. A fine demonstration of how this noted firm puts Humpty Dumpty (a broken book) back together again. .

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Book number: 9202

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Keywords: R.R. DONNELLEY Bibliography & Books About Books

Alte Und Neue Geschichten Vontill Eulenspiegel: Nach Dem ältesten Druck Neu übersetzt Und Ergäanzt Von H. König

Stuttgart, K. Thienemanns Verlag, n.y. Hardcover. Illustrations by Rolf Winkler. 4to. Quarter blue cloth with white spine lettering and beige pictorial paper over boards. 187pp, (5pp ads). Illustrations. Very good. Faintest of edgewear; nonauthorial gift inscription on title page. Handsome, tight undated (circa early 20th century) edition, entirely in German, of "Old and New Stories of Till Eulenspiegel: After the oldest printing newly translated and supplemented by H. König." Charmingly illustrated "new" edition of the 15th century German folk hero's adventures. .

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Book number: 49159

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Keywords: World Literature German Language