Learning from the Pros

New York, Watson-Guptill Publications, 1984. Paperback. Foreword by Wendon Blake. Small 4to. Stiff pictorial wrappers. 80pp. Numerous color illustrations. Near fine. First edition of this volume in "The Artist's Painting Library" series. .

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Book number: 7666

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Keywords: Art

Leica Product Directory

New York, E. Leitz, Inc, 1954. Paperback. 8vo. Red wrappers. 71pp. Numerous illustrations. Very good. Die-punched along left edge, as issued; mild wear to outer wrappers (only). Delightful guide to all of this camera manufacturer's products, big and small. From the library of noted Chicago photographer ARCHIE LIEBERMAN (1926-2008) of "Farm Boy" fame, who has underlined and circled a few items in the catalogue. Laid in is an ornate printed 10" X 8" certificate, the "Guarantee" for a Leica camera and lens, dated 20 December 1955. .

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Book number: 27859

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Let Freedom Ring: The Struggle for a Peaceful World

Washington, DC, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1952. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff color pictorial wrappers. 96pp. Extensive illustrations (many color), maps. Near fine. Flag-waving, red scare propagandistic p.r. piece from the height of the Cold War, with discussions of the evils of Communism, Stalin, etc. Department of State Publication 4443, number 67 in the "General Foreign Policy Series." First edition. A fascinating period piece in tight, handsome condition. .

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Book number: 12557

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Keywords: Military History

Letters to the People of New Jersey

N.p. N.p. 1847. Paperback. 8vo. Self-cover. 83pp. Very good. Lacks called-for printed front wrapper. Title page somewhat age toned and very slightly soiled; binding traces. Interesting if cryptic series of lengthy letters ("Letter First" through "Letter Twelfth") such as were most likely first published as newspaper editorials concerning a controversial New Jersey railroad proposed by the Camden and Amboy Railroad and Transportation Company. FELCONE 466. .

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Book number: 19660

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Keywords: Railroad

The Liberty Collection

Los Angeles, The Liberty Collection Group, 1963. Paperback. Folio. Stiff pictorial wrappers. (8pp, rectos only). Very good. Very minor soiling to outer wrappers. Printed (except for wrappers) on phony parchment paper, this facsimile collection includes the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution (with text for the Articles in modern typesetting), the Bill of Rights (ditto), and (all in modern typesetting) the Monroe Doctrine, Gettysburg Address and Star-Spangled Banner. .

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Book number: 14112

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Keywords: Americana

Life Goes to the Movies

New York, Time-Life Books, 1975. Hardcover. Folio. Red and black cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 304pp. Extensive illustrations (many color), pictorial endpapers. Near fine/very good. Slightest bit of minor jacket edgewear. Second printing, tight and handsome. .

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Book number: 31459

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Keywords: Film & Theater

Life of Lincoln

Boston, Educational Publishing Company, 1899. Paperback. 12mo. Stiff tan printed wrappers. 32pp. Good plus. Moderate even age toning, rubbing and edgewear (mainly to outer wrappers). No. 176 in the weekly "Young Folk's Library of Choice Literature" series for young readers -- Volume VI, 28 August 1899. Given the cheap quality of the paper, this copy is in exceptionally decent condition. This same firm published two other Lincoln titles in this series, the first in 1895 (Monaghan 1183) and the second in 1899 (Monaghan 1274). MONAGHAN 1275. .

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Book number: 41211

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Life of Col. Fremont

N.p. Greeley & M'Elrath, 1856. Paperback. 8vo. Self-cover. 32pp. Frontispiece engraved portrait plus 2 full-page steel engravings. Good only. Tight and without edgewear or edge chips, but varying discolorations and dampstains throughout. First edition of this brief early biography of the explorer. First edition of this brief early biography of the explorer. .

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Book number: 11229

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Keywords: Presidential Western Americana

Life with the Lincoln

Fort Wayne, IN, The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company, 1931. Paperback. 4to. Stiff brown wrappers. 12pp. Illustrations. Very good. Vertical fold. Vol. 12, No. 10, a "Dedication Number" marking the opening of the Lincoln Historical Research Foundation. MONAGHAN 3274. .

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Book number: 56

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Lincoln Centennial Association Addresses Delivered at the Annual Banquet Held at Springfield Illinois February Eleven Nineteen Hundred and Eleven Commemorating the One Hundred and Second Anniversary of the Birth of Abraham Lincoln

Springfield, The Lincoln Centennial Association, 1911. Hardcover. Small 4to. Limp brown suede. 40pp, xv. Frontispiece, 7 full-page sepia-tone portraits. Very good. Faint edgewear only to yapped edges, else internally near fine. Large "Lincoln Centennial Association" themed bookplate on front flyleaf (not filled in). Program of the third annual banquet of this association, printed by the Roycrofters. Reverend Thomas D. Logan introduces J. Otis Humphrey and other speakers -- including President William Howard Taft. A quite nice copy of a delicate booklet whose binding often deteriorates badly. Not the usual garnet or burgundy color seen, this copy also features more than the usual four sepia-tone portraits. Suede doesn't age particularly well and suede yapped edges fare even worse - making this nice copy exceptionally above average. MONAGHAN 1993. .

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Book number: 41113

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The Lincoln Group of the District of Columbia, Inc. , Founded February 12, 1935: History and Membership Directory

Washington, DC, The Lincoln Group of the District of Columbia, 1985. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff mustard pictorial wrappers. 24pp. Illustrations. Fine. Pristine first edition of this 50th anniversary thumbnail history, followed by a name/address listing of their coast-to-coast membership. Accompanied by a fine copy of their 1997-98 membership directory. .

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Book number: 41435

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A List of Manuscripts, Books, Portraits, Prints, Broadsides, and Memorabilia in Commemoration of the One Hundred and Twentieth Anniversary of the Birth of Walt Whitman [May 31, 1819 - 1939] from the Whitman Collection of Mrs. Frank Julian Sprague...

Washington, DC, Library of Congress, 1939. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff tan wrappers. vi, 71pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Very good. Minor age toning to wrappers. First edition of this attractive exhibit catalogue, bearing the ownership signature on inside front wrapper of noted Lincoln and Civil War scholar ARNOLD GATES (1914-93), dated 5 January 1940. .

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Book number: 17245

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Keywords: Bibliography & Books About Books

A List of Officers of the Illinois Regiment, and of Crockett's Regiment, Who Have Received Land for Their Services; a List of Officers of the Illinois Regiment, Who Have Not Received Lands for Revolutionary Services...

Anchorage, KY, Borderland Books, 1962. Paperback. Small 8vo. Stiff white wrappers. 24pp. Tables. Near fine. Mildest bit ofage toning to outer wrappers. Facsimile of the 1833 "Virginia House of Delegates Journal"; also includes "A List of Non-Commissioned Officers and Soldiers of the Illinois Regiment, and the Western Army, under the Command of General George Rogers Clarke, who Are Entitled to Bounty in Land; A List of Captain Francis Charloville's Volunteers, Entitled to two hundred Acres of Land each." Uncommon facsimile of the very scarce original. .

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Book number: 28005

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Keywords: ILLINOIS MIDWEST Illinois & Midwest

The Literary Guillotine

New York, John Lane, 1903. Hardcover. 12mo. Black cloth spine with paper label and brown pictorial paper over boards. x, 262pp, (3pp ads). Decorative endpapers. Very good. Slightest bit of edgewear. Tight and handsome first edition. A delightful collection of faux literary trials: Henry James vs. Mary Baker Eddy, etc. Unusual. .

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Book number: 19014

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Keywords: Humor & Folklore

La Lithographie. Ecoles Francaise Neerlandaise Allemande Anglaise & Russe. Catalogue D'Une Collection Remarquable de Lithographies En Magasin, Aux Prix Marques, Chez

Amsterdam, Frederik Muller & Co, 1890. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff printed wrappers. 78pp. Very good. Outer wrappers (only) heavily age toned and bearing some small edge chips, but internally tight and clean, with just a bit of mild even age toning. Interesting catalogue of prints and engravings from this important rare book and later art auction house, founded in 1843 and continuing well into the 20th century. .

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Book number: 31029

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