[Crime]. [De Beck, William L.]

MURDER WILL OUT. The First Step in Crime Leads to the Gallows. The Horrors of Queen City. Being an Account of the Two Soldiers Who Were Executed at Old Fort Washington; And the Trials and Executions of John May ; Philip Lewis, (colored) ; John Cowan, the Murderer of his Family ; Washburn and his Associates, Davis and Hoover, the Butchers of over 30 Persons ; Byron Cooley, who killed John Rambo ; Henry Lecount ; Patrick McHugh, the Murderer of his own Wife ; and a Careful History of the Hughes Murderers, with a Precise Account of the Murder of John Brasher, the Watchman ; the Summons Massacre ; Arrison and the Infernal Machine ; Mrs. Howard, who Avenged her Own Wrongs ; Nancy Farrer, the Child Poisoner ; with a Correct Detail of Over a Hundred Other Murders which have Taken Place in this City and County.; By An Old Citizen

Cincinnati: , 1867. 1st Edition (Sabin 19107). Original publisher's printed pale green wrappers. Custom cut clear mylar wrapper. 128 pp. 8vo. 8-1/4" x 5-1/2". Some general wear, soiling & light edge chipping to wrappers. A touch of foxing. Some paper loss at spine ends. Withal, an About VG copy. De Beck describes over 100 people who committed murders in and around Cincinnati. Curiously enough, the front wrapper describes this volume as "A Book for the Family". Reissued later in the year with the author's name, with the title amended to "The Horrors of Queen City. Being an Account..".

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Book number: 43987.1

Catalogue: Americana

Beebe, Lucius

BOSTON And The BOSTON LEGEND

New York: D. Appleton-Century Company, 1935. 1st edition. Hardback. Blue pictorial eps. Dust jacket. xv, [1 (blank)], 372 pp (including Index). Profusely illustrated by E. H. Suydam. 8vo. NF/VG+ (spine panel sun-tanned/minor wear).

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Book number: 32037

Catalogue: Americana

Beebe, Lucius & Clegg, Charles

LEGENDS Of The COMSTOCK LODE

Oakland: Grahame H. Hardy, 1950. 1st edition. Linen cloth. Photograpic eps. Dust jacket. 80 pp. Illustrated, primarily from photographs. Decorations by E. S. Hammack. 8vo. F/Nr Fine An anthology of 'arresting and historical aspects of Virginia City and the adjacent Nevada countryside during the silver bonanza years of the nineteenth century.'.

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Book number: 5539.2

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: Nevada Nevada

Beideman, Jacob C. [d. 1865]. Cobb, H. A. - Auctioneer

ADMINISTRATOR'S SALE. PUBLIC AUCTION Of The BEIDEMAN ESTATE, in the City of San Francisco, by Maurice Dore & Co., Real Estate Auctioneers, Wednesday, July 24th, 1867, Twelve O'Clock, Noon, at Salesroom, 327 Montgomery St. [Wrapper title]

[San Francisco]: Alta California Printing House, 1867. 1st edition (Cowan II, pp. 375-376; Rocq 9192). Original printed pale green paper wrappers. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. 64 pp. Numerous mss corrections to text. Intratextual lot plans, ~ 55, describing, by city blocks, the property of Jacob C. Beideman. 8vo. 9" x 5-3/4". Some modest wear & soiling to wrappers, though spine paper mostly perished. A VG copy. Auction of over 100 pieces of property located throughout the city of San Francisco, as amassed by Jacob C. Beideman. One of the largest estates of the era, neighborhoods include the Tenderloin area of downtown and along Van Ness Ave. Western Addition, & Hayes Valley. OCLC records 6 holding institutions. No copies at auction the past 30+ years. Rare in the trade.

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Book number: 38307

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Belkap, William W[orth. 1829 - 1890]. - Editor

HISTORY Of The FIFTEENTH REGIMENT, IOWA VETERAN VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, From October, 1861, to August, 1865, When Disbanded at End of War

Keokuk: R. B. Ogden & Son, Print, 1887. 1st edition (Nevins I, p. 57). Publisher's original blue decorated cloth, with gilt stamping to spine & front board. Bevelled boards. 644, [2 (blank)] pp. Errata slip tipped-in after p. 6. Frontis. Facsimile broadside. xx inserted plates, primarily portraits. Map. 8vo. General binding wear, with largish semi-circular chip from spine crown cloth [no spine lettering affected]. Hinges sound, which is unusual for this heavy book. Prior owner pencil notes to preliminary blank. Withal, a VG copy. A collection of "company histories, rosters, official reports, biographical sketches, statistics and tables.." Per Nevins, one deficiency: lacking "personal touches.".

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Book number: 34564

Catalogue: Americana

Bell, J. Snowden. Adams, J. Foster [1882 - 1962] - Former Owner

The EARLY MOTIVE POWER Of The BALTIMORE And OHIO RAILROAD

New York: Angus Sinclair Co. Publishers, 1912. 1st edition. Original publisher's brown cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to spine. [10], 157, [1 (blank)] pp (including Index). Illustrated. 8vo. Book label of J. Forster Adams. A VG+ copy. "Adams, a grand nephew of a Wisconsin lumberman, started taking pictures of railroads in 1902 while a clerk in Fairchild, Wisconsin. He settled in Portland, Oregon, about 1913, where he became a successful commercial photographer, making photographs of the Northern Pacific and Great Northern." [Railroad Heritage].

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Book number: 36060

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Bell, W.S.

OLD FORT BENTON. What it Was, and How it Came to be

Helena, MT: , 1909. 1st edition (Howes B331). Decorated brown wrappers. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. 31 pp. Frontis illustration. 7" x 5.5". Nr Fine .

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Book number: 18055.1

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Bellow, Henry W[hitney. 1814 - 1882]. - Prest

REPORT CONCERNING The WOMAN'S CENTRAL ASSOCIATION Of RELIEF At NEW YORK, To the U. S. Sanitary Commission at Washington.; Sanitary Commission. No. 32. Oct. 12, 1861

New York: Wm. C. Bryant & Co. Printers, 41 Nassau St. Cor. Liberty, 1861. 1st Printing. Original publisher's printed paper self-wrappers, sewn. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. 43, [1] pp. 8-7/8" x 5-3/4". Age-toning & soiling to outer leaves, with light wear. Prior owner pencil signature [Union Defense League / Port Jefferson] to top of front wrapper. Arithmetic sum to lower edge of front wrapper. Overall, Very Good. From Bellow's Preface, "The efficient aid rendered our Commission by the Woman's Central Association of Relief at New York, has induced me to prepare a report on the origin, organization, and working of the Society, for permanent record among the papers of the Commission. Having been an original member of that Association, I am able to give facts which would be soon lost sight of if not now recorded." An uncommon, and early, primary source regarding the functions of this benevolent organization.

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Book number: 48386

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Belt, Robert V. & Robert L. Owen. Scarrit & Cox, M. C. Butler, W. T. Crawford - Contributors

In The COURT Of CLAIMS Of The UNITED STATES. No. 10,386 Congressional Case. The Eastern Cherokees vs. the United States. Historical Statement of Case and Request for Findings of Fact. Brief for the Eastern Cherokees

Washington: Judd & Detweiler, Printers, 1901. 1st edition. Beige printed paper wrappers. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. 82 pp. 8-1/2" x 5-5/8". Evidence of prior binding with stab holes along side. Previous owner's signature to front wrapper. Previous tape repair visible to spine. Light soiling to front wrapper. Good.

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Book number: 37907

Catalogue: Americana

[Restaurant Menu - Bend, Oregon]

SKYLINE STEAKHOUSE.; 855 Wall Street

(Bend, OR): , 1952. 1st Printing. Tan self wrappers, black lettering, slip stapled to head. Now housed in a mylar sleeve. Printed bifolium, with slip. Pictorial upper wrapper. Folio, 11-1/4" x 9-1/2". A VG copy, corners and edges a bit rubbed, age toning - especially where the slip is, light soiling, internally clean and bright. Skyline Steakhouse served breakfast, lunch and dinner. Special's included "Deep Friend Louisana Prawns", "Braised Short Ribs of Beef with Horseradish" or Breaded Pacific Oysters". They also had a good list of desserts and fountain treats! A nice piece of history from a small Oregon town.

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Book number: 45409

Catalogue: Americana

Benedict, John D.

A HISTORY Of MUSKOGEE And NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA Including the Counties of Muskogee, McIntosh, Wagoner, Cherokee, Sequoyah, Adair, Delaware, Mayes, Rogers, Washington, Nowata, Craig and Ottawa

Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1922. 1st edition. Original green cloth bindings with gilt stamped title lettering to spine. Marbled edges & eps. 3 volumes. Illustrated. Folio. 10-7/8" x 7-3/4". Modest binding wear. Bookplate. Occasional po annotation. A VG - VG+ set.

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Book number: 36203

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Benton, Thomas Hart [1782 - 1858]. Copley, James Strohn [1916 - 973] - Former Owner

The ADMISSION Of CALIFORNIA. Speech of Hon. T. H. Benton, of Missouri, in the Senate of the United States, April 8, 1850. On the Compromise Resolutions of Mr. Bell, of Tennessee, and the Proposition to Refer them to Select Committee. [Drop title]

[Washington DC]: Printed at the Congressional Globe Office, 1850. 1st printing. Printed self wrappers. Custom tan cloth case. 8 pp. Text double column. 8vo. 9-5/8" x 6-1/2". Two faint horizontal fold lines. A VG+ copy in a similar case, which has the bookplate of James Strohn Copley.

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Book number: 36748

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Benton, J. A.

The CALIFORNIA PILGRIM: A Series of Lectures

Sacramento, Cal: Solomon Alter, Publisher, 1853. 1st edition (Cowan [1933], p. 49; Greenwood IMPRINTS, 378; Rocq 6622). INSCRIBED by the author's wife [dated 1879]. Original publisher's purple cloth binding with gilt spine lettering. viii, [9] - 261 pp. Illustrated with 6 plates (by Charles Nahl), on colored paper. 8vo. 7-7/8" x 5-1/8". Overall VG (sq & tight/spine sunned/faint qtr-circle tide line in upper corner of 1st 6 leaves/bpt). The author arrived on the West coast in 1849, and per Cowan, the "work gives many details of Californian life" during the Gold Rush period.

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Book number: 26391

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[UC Berkeley]

CALIFORNIA Senior Week 1923

Berkeley CA: , 1923. 1st thus. Bound in full grey limp leather binding, embossed lettering & campus scene to front cover. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Unpaginated, though 54 pp. Illustrated. 6" x 4-3/8". VG+ (pos [Zoe King]/newspaper clipping affixed to preliminary leaf). An uncommon UC item. A program of activities for the week, along with rosters & a class roll.

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Book number: 30355

Catalogue: Americana

[Photograph - San Bernadino]

LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPH OF MOUNTAINSIDE, ARROWHEAD SPRINGS HOTEL

(n. p.): , (n. p.). C. 1905. One hand tinted silver gelatin print. Oblong format: 7-1/2" x 9-1/2". A VG photo, clean and retains very good clarity. Probably taken shortly after the hotel was built in 1905, the photograph features the Arrowhead Springs Hotel on the mountainside north of San Bernadino. The photo is housed in a frame from a previous owner.

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Book number: 44950

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