Blatter Und Bluten (Neue Folge)

St. Louis, Louis Lange Publishing Co, n.y. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff light green wrappers with red and dark green lettering and pictorial stamping. 154pp, (6pp ads). Numerous illustrations, advertisements. Very good. Faint edgewear only. Tight, clean and nice copy of the 29th volume of this annual fiction, nonfiction and poetry compilation translated as "Leaves and Blooms" -- interesting bit of German Americana, "Presented by the Editorial Staff of the Night School." Undated, but circa 1932. Entirely in German. .

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Book number: 40020

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Keywords: German Language

Blatter Und Bluten (Neue Folge)

St. Louis, Louis Lange Publishing Co, n.y. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff light blue wrappers with gilt and dark blue lettering and pictorial stamping. 151pp, (9pp ads). Numerous illustrations, advertisements. Very good. 1½" chip at tail of spine. A tight and handsome copy of the 27th volume of this annual fiction, nonfiction and poetry compilation translated as "Leaves and Blooms" -- interesting bit of German Americana, "Presented by the Editorial Staff of the Night School." Undated, but circa 1930. Entirely in German. .

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Book number: 40024

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Keywords: German Language

Blatter Und Bluten (Neue Folge)

St. Louis, Louis Lange Publishing Co, n.y. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff pale blue wrappers with gilt and red lettering and pictorial stamping. 155pp, (5pp ads). Numerous illustrations, advertisements. Very good. Bit of mild edgewear. A tight and lovely copy of the 28th volume of this annual fiction, nonfiction and poetry compilation translated as "Leaves and Blooms" -- interesting bit of German Americana, "Presented by the Editorial Staff of the Night School." Undated, but circa 1931. Entirely in German. .

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Book number: 40025

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Keywords: German Language

Blood for a Silver Dollar (Film Press Kit)

N.p. Teleworld, Inc, 1975. Promotional material for this 1965 "Spaghetti Western" starring Montgomery Wood, Evelyn Stewart and Peter Cross, consisting of a single-sheet cast list/synopsis and two 8" X 10" black and white glossy photographs, both action scenes. Overall near fine. .

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Book number: 10210

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Keywords: Film & Theater

Blue & Gray: Cemetery Hill -- the Battle of Gettysburg, 1-3 July, 1863

New York, Simulations Publications, 1975. 22" X 17". Near fine. Original mailing folds. Partly-colored single sheet map dividing this battle site into a hexogonal grid, with a "Terrain Key," "Turn Record Track" and "Combat Results Table" along margin. Unusual. .

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Book number: 4835

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Keywords: CIVIL WAR MAP Civil War

Book of Christmas

Pleasantville, NY, The Reader's Digest Association, 1973. Hardcover. 4to. Red paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 303pp. Numerous color illustrations. Near fine/near fine. First edition. Entertaining collection of holiday history, literature, and customs. .

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Book number: 1318

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Keywords: ODDS & ENDS Odds & Ends

Book Bulletin of the Chicago Public Library: Volume 30, No. 2 (February, 1948)

Chicago, Chicago Public Library, 1948. Paperback. (Volume 30, No. 2). Small 4to. Pictorial wrappers. Pp. 23-38. Near fine. Unusually pristine copy of this monthly, with its single article "Carl Sandburg at Seventy" by renowned Chicago trial attorney Elmer Gertz, followed by a mini-bibliography of Sandburg's major works and the usual "Selection of New Books Added to the Library." Front wrapper reproduces Edward Steichen's famed multiple-exposure portrait of his brother-in-law Sandburg. From the collection of Sandburg-buddy and one-time Chicago Public Library president Ralph G. Newman (1912-98), founder of Chicago's famed Abraham Lincoln Book Shop. .

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Book number: 27812

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Keywords: Bibliography & Books About Books

Book Bulletin of the Chicago Public Library: Volume 30, No. 2 (February, 1948)

Chicago, Chicago Public Library, 1948. Paperback. (Volume 30, No. 2). Small 4to. Pictorial wrappers. Pp. 23-38. Near fine. Unusually pristine copy of this monthly, with its single article "Carl Sandburg at Seventy" by renowned Chicago trial attorney Elmer Gertz, followed by a mini-bibliography of Sandburg's major works and the usual "Selection of New Books Added to the Library." Front wrapper reproduces Edward Steichen's famed multiple-exposure portrait of his brother-in-law Sandburg. From the collection of Sandburg-buddy and one-time Chicago Public Library president Ralph G. Newman (1912-98), founder of Chicago's famed Abraham Lincoln Book Shop. .

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Book number: 30768

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A Book About Theodore Dreiser and His Work

New York, Boni & Liveright, n.y. Paperback. 24mo. Stiff brown wrappers. (13pp), (9pp ads). Tipped-in illustration. Very good. First edition of this promotional piece, featuring contributions by Sherwood Anderson, Edgar Lee Masters and H.L. Mencken. Laid in loose is an 8vo 4-page promotional flyer for Dreiser's book "Dawn. .

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Book number: 3461

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Keywords: Literary Biography

Book Bulletin of the Chicago Public Library: Volume 30, No. 2 (February, 1948)

Chicago, Chicago Public Library, 1948. Paperback. (Volume 30, No. 2). Small 4to. Pictorial wrappers. Pp. 23-38. Near fine. Unusually pristine copy of this monthly, with its single article "Carl Sandburg at Seventy" by renowned Chicago trial attorney Elmer Gertz, followed by a mini-bibliography of Sandburg's major works and the usual "Selection of New Books Added to the Library." Front wrapper reproduces Edward Steichen's famed multiple-exposure portrait of his brother-in-law Sandburg. From the collection of Sandburg-buddy and one-time Chicago Public Library president Ralph G. Newman (1912-98), founder of Chicago's famed Abraham Lincoln Book Shop. .

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Book number: 30690

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Keywords: Bibliography & Books About Books Literary Criticism

The Boston Almanac for the Year 1865

Boston, George Coolidge, 1865. Hardcover. 24mo.Original brown heavily blind-embossed cloth with gilt lettering. 278pp, (6pp). Extensive charts, numerous full-page ads, foldout frontispiece map. Very good. Quite mild edgewear; front pastedown rather rubbed and front inner hinge delicate but archivally, expertly strengthened; minor archival edge mends to map verso. Tight, handsome copy of this yearly almanac. The foldout frontispiece map is quite striking. Scarce, especially in such bright, handleable condition. .

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Book number: 38699

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(BRIG GENERAL ARMSTRONG -- WAR OF 1812)

Brig General Armstrong 1817-1882

Hardcover. On September 26, 1814 the American privateer "General Armstrong" (named after Continental Congressman John Armstrong Jr. a U.S. Army general) under the command of Captain Samuel C. Reid was docked at the Portuguese port of Fayal in the Azores when three British warships on their way to the Caribbean to join a flotilla for the Battle of New Orleans decided to violate international laws of neutrality and instead attack. Under the command of Robert Lloyd, the British ships finally succeeded in scuttling the American brig, though they suffered 65 killed and 117 wounded in the process while the Americans lost only two; the American crew escaped to land. The incident was an enormous tactical error that swung the War of 1812 in the direction of the Americans, for it gave General Andrew Jackson time to reach New Orleans and prepare for the battle. It was also a public relations disaster for the British, becoming a sensation in popular songs, poems, books and colorful prints. Collection of six pamphlets, bound chronologically. Small 4to. Hand-lettered vellum spine and green paper over boards. 3pp; 24pp; 150pp; 28pp; 5pp; 25pp. Very good. Mild age toning and faint soiling to binding; first couple pamphlets rather age toned, with bit of dampstaining, but remainder clean, handsome and tight. Pamphlets, in order, consist of: 1) Frederick Jenkins and Rensselaer Havens, "In Senate of the United States. January 23, 1817." N.p.: N.p. [1817]. 2) "Memorial of Sam. C. Reid, Jr. In behalf of the claimants of the brig General Armstrong, praying indemnity." [Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1854]. 33d Congress, 1st Session, Mis. Doc. No. 14. 3) "In the Senate of the United States.. The Court of Claims submitted the following Report.. Claimants Brig General Armstrong vs. The United States." [Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1858]. 35th Congress, 1st Session, Mis. Doc. No. 142. 4) "Owners of Brig General Armstrong. Memorial of Sam. C. Reid, in Behalf of the captains, owners, officers, and crew of the late United States private armed brig General Armstrong, their heirs, executors, administrators, or assigns." [Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1879]. 46th Congress, 1st Session, Mis. Doc. No. 16. 5) "Brig General Armstrong.. Report.. for the relief of the captain, owners, officers, and crew of the United States private-armed brig General Armstrong.." [Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1880]. 46th Congress, 2d Session, Report No. 1014. 6) "In the Senate of the United States.. Report.. for the relief of the captain, owners, officers, and crew of the late United States private-armed brig General Armstrong, their heirs, executors, administrators, agents, or assigns, report the said bill with an amendment, and recommend its passage." [Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1881]. 47th Congress, 1st Session, Report No. 270. An interesting and unusual assemblage spanning 65 years, obviously gathered by someone intensely interested in the outcome of the financial claims made afterward -- makes you wonder if it belonged to one of the "heirs, executors, administrators, or assigns" often referred to!.

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Book number: 32958

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Keywords: Military History

Britain Against Germany: A Record in Pictures

New York, British Information Services, 1945. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff grey wrappers. 128pp. Numerous illustrations. Very good. Minor shelf- and edgewear. Tight, decent first edition of this pictorial overview. .

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Book number: 14673

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The Bugle Call: January 1967 (Vol. X, Bo. 1)

Hagerstown, MD, Hagerstown Civil War Round Table, 1967. Paperback. Small 4to. Self-cover, stapled at upper left as issued. (4pp). Near fine. Handsome issue of this newsletter "Published periodically" by this Maryland association. Lists newly-elected officers, message from the new president and two brief articles ("The Many Eyes of Colonel Albert J. Meyer" by Jacques Hager and "Why Did the Southerner Fight Against the Republic?" by Tom Germack). .

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Book number: 37433

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By-Laws of Geo. C. Strong Post No. 534 Department of New York G.A. R.

Brooklyn, Geo. Frentzel, 1885. Paperback. 16mo. Stiff tan wrappers. 41pp. Very good. Tiny chip at lower right corner of front wrapper, else tight and clean. Decent copy of this rules and regulations booklet. Vermonter Strong was born 1833 and, as one of the youngest brigadier generals, was mortally wounded in 1863 at Battery Wagner. Laid in is a 4½" X 2¼" printed ticket, on heavy pink card stock, of the "Second Annual Camp Fire of Jas. H. Perry Post 89, G.A.R." dated 21 July 1881. Very good -- clean and handsome, apparently unused. .

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Book number: 13463

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Keywords: GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC Civil War