The Byron Reed Collection of Important American Coins and Manuscripts

New York, Spink America / Christie's, 1996. Hardcover. Small 4to. Burgundy cloth with gilt lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 251pp. Extensive illustrations (some color). Near fine/near fine. Handsome first edition of this huge auction catalogue, "Sold by the City of Omaha to Benefit the Western Heritage Museum" on October 8-9, 1996. .

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Book number: 47614

Catalogue: Books

Keywords: Antiques & Collecting

Cal. . 30 Carbines M1, M1a1, M2, and M3

Washington, United States Government Printing Office, 1953. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff beige wrappers. iii, 178pp. Numerous illustrations, diagrams, tables. Very good. Slight bit of mild edgewear to outer wrappers (only), else an exceptionally clean, tight, attractive first edition of this Department of the Army Technical Manual (TM9-1276), also a Department of the Air Force Technical Order (TO 39A-5AD-2). .

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Book number: 32265

Catalogue: Books

Keywords: Military History

The Calvin Coolidge Memorial Foundation: Annual Report 1987

Plymouth, VT, The Calvin Coolidge Memorial Foundation, 1987. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff green wrappers. 18pp. Illustration. Fine. Sole printing, no doubt! Financial reports, committee reports, trustee lists, etc. -- thrilling reading all -- made even more exciting by the bold signature of JOHN COOLIDGE (1906-2000), Calvin Coolidge's son, on the front wrapper. .

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Book number: 15802

Catalogue: Books

Keywords: Presidential

The Capitol: A Pictorial History of the Capitol and of the Congress

Washington, DC, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1979. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff glazed pictorial wrappers. 192pp. Extensive illustrations (most color). Very good. Bit of minor edgewear. Seventh edition of this overview, this copy signed big and bold by Wisconsin senator Bill Proxmire on the combination title page/table of contents. .

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Book number: 10492

Catalogue: Books

Keywords: Americana

Carnes Y Aves

N.p. RBA, 2005. Hardcover. Small 4to. Glazed pictorial paper over boards. 127pp. Extensive color illustrations. Near fine. Tight, handsome first edition of this "Meat and Poultry" recipe collection -- entirely in Spanish. .

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Book number: 37794

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Keywords: Spanish-language cookbook Cooking

Catalogue of Letters in the Autograph of Distinguished and Eminent Men... Among Which Will Be Found the Autographs of Napoleon, Washington, George III. , John Wesley, and Other Personages of Rank, Eminence, and Celebrity...

London, W.S. Lincoln & Son, 1867. Paperback. 16mo. Stiff pale green wrappers. 50pp. Very good. Minor edgewear; small green name/address (New York) inkstamped on front wrapper. Clean, tight copy of this early catalogue containing 918 lots. Sure to make any philographer drool!.

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Book number: 16980

Catalogue: Books

Keywords: Bibliography & Books About Books

Catalogue of the Library of the Commandery of the State of Illinois, Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States: January 1909

Chicago, Commandery of the State of Illinois, 1909. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff grey wrappers. 72pp. Near fine. 2" archivally mended tear at bottom of leaf 37-38. A tight and superb first edition of this institution's extensive military history -- strong on, though by no means limited to, Civil War material (especially with an Illinois angle) -- including fiction. Surprisingly uncommon. .

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Book number: 33868

Catalogue: Books

Keywords: Illinois & Midwest Bibliography & Books About Books Military History

A Catalogue of Books and Pamphlets Relating to America: Lincolniana, Biography, the West, and Many Scarce Items on the New England States, Canada, and California

Brooklyn, NY, Neil Morrow Ladd, 1904. Paperback. Small 4to. Wrappers. 16pp. Very good. Light age toning and minor wear to outer wrappers. Catalogue 16 from this obscure New York bookseller, a delightful gathering of 404 items. Usually the prices in old catalogues bring a tear to your eye, but these 1904 prices actually seem a bit aggressive for the time. .

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Book number: 38387

Catalogue: Books

Keywords: Bibliography & Books About Books

Catlin's Indian Gallery

Chicago, R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company, 1965. Paperback. Folio. Stiff tan portfolio housing 4 folio color prints (complete, as issued) and 1 small 4to pamphlet. Very good/near fine. Portfolio lighty soiled and with minor edgewear; prints near pristine. Inner pocket flap text briefly describes the Smithsonian Institution's 1961 exhibit of 27 George Catlin paintings and the four prints contained here: "Keokuk, the Watchful Fox," "Tah-teck-a-da-hair, the Steep Wind," "Mah-to-to-pa, the Four Bears" and "Stu-mick-o-sucks, the Buffalo Bull's Back Fat." In a slot opposite is Marjorie Halpin's exhibit booklet, "Catlin's Indian Gallery: The George Catlin Paintings in the United States National Museum" (Washington, DC: The Smithsonian Institution, 1965), stiff color pictorial wrappers, 32pp, illustrations. Fine. .

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Book number: 14593

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Keywords: Western Americana

The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine: May 1883, to October 1883

New York, The Century Co, 1883. Hardcover. XXVI, New Series Vol. IV). Small 4to. Quarter black leather and black pebbled cloth. viii, 960pp. Marbled page edges. Frontispiece, numerous engravings (many full page), maps. Very good. Bit of edgewear, else tight and clean and attractive. Bound volume of six months' worth of the famed monthly. Contributors include Joel Chandler Harris, Henry James, Emma Lazarus, William Dean Howells and many other luminaries. .

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Book number: 6649

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Keywords: Americana

The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine: November 1882, to April 1883

New York, The Century Co, 1883. Hardcover. XXV, New Series Vol. III). Small 4to. Quarter black leather and black pebbled cloth. viii, 960pp. Marbled page edges. Frontispiece, numerous engravings (many full page), maps. Very good. Bit of edgewear, with inner hinges a tad delicate but intact, else tight and clean and attractive. Bound volume of six months' worth of the famed monthly. Contributors include George Washington Cable, William Dean Howells, John Burroughs, Edward Eggleston, Henry James and other literary luminaries. .

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Book number: 6650

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Keywords: Americana

The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine: November 1881, to April 1882

New York, The Century Co, 1882. Hardcover. XXIII, New Series Vol. I). Small 4to. Quarter black leather and black pebbled cloth. viii, 960pp. Marbled page edges. Frontispiece, numerous engravings (many full page), maps. Very good. Bit of edgewear and average shelfwear, else tight and clean and attractive; single bookworm "borehole" on outer edge affects a small number of pages, extending in about ½". Bound volume of six months' worth of the famed monthly. Contributors include Emma Lazarus, Mark Twain, William Dean Howells, Edward Eggleston and other literary luminaries. .

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Book number: 6652

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Keywords: Americana

Charles Nelson Johnson: A Tribute

N.p. Published by Nelyon Johnson Dewson and John Reynolds Dewson, 1940. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth. 183pp. Frontispiece, plates. Good plus. Bookplate on front pastedown and publisher's bookplate tipped to front flyleaf. First edition, privately published, of the beloved midwestern dentist, husband and father. .

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Book number: 28677

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Keywords: DENTISTRY; Biography Illinois & Midwest Medical

The Charm of Two Cities: London and Paris

Cheltenham, UK, Zenith Productions, 1950. Hardcover. Small 4to. Purple cloth spine with paper label and grey paper over boards, dust jacket. 135pp. Very good/very good. Tight, attractive first edition of this charming "Photographic Miscellany of the Two Capitals. .

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Book number: 7754

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Keywords: Travel & Exploration

Charter of the City of Saint Louis As Submitted by the Board of Freeholders

St. Louis, Press of A.R. Fleming Printing Company, 1910. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff printed wrappers. 138pp. Fair. Wrappers age toned, a bit soiled and edgeworn, with lower right corner of front wrapper (and corresponding few leaves) chipped; homely stain at upper outer corner of some leaves. Rough and a tad delicate, but a "handleable" and presentable copy of this unusual administrative document. Very uncommon. .

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Book number: 20464

Catalogue: Books

Keywords: Illinois & Midwest