Memorial Addresses on the Life and Character of Lewis F. Watson, a Representative from Pennsylvania, Delivered in the House of Representatives and in the Senate...

Washington, DC, Government Printing Office, 1891. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blind-embossed black cloth, gilt. 60pp. Engraved frontispiece. Near fine. Faint mark on front pastedown from bookplate removal. Tight and bright. First edition of this eulogy collection. .

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Book number: 12240

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Keywords: Biography

Memorial Addresses on the Life and Character of James P. Walker, a Representative from Missouri, Delivered in the House of Representatives and in the Senate...

Washington, DC, Government Printing Office, 1891. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blind-embossed black cloth, gilt. 60pp. Engraved frontispiece. Very good. Whitish splotch near top of otherwise-handsome front cover; faint mark on front pastedown from bookplate removal. Tight and nice. First edition of this eulogy collection. .

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Book number: 12241

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Keywords: Biography

Memorial Addresses on the Life and Character of Nelson Dingley (Late a Representative from Maine), Delivered in the House of Representatives and Senate...

Washington, DC, Government Printing Office, 1899. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blind-embossed black cloth, gilt. 167pp. Engraved frontispiece. Very good. Very minor edgewear; faint mark on front pastedown from bookplate removal. Tight and nice. First edition of this eulogy collection. .

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Book number: 12244

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Memorial Addresses on the Life and Character of Preston B. Plumb (a Senator from Kansas), Delivered in the Senate and House of Representatives, February 20 and March 19, 1892

Washington, DC, Government Printing Office, 1892. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blind-embossed black cloth, gilt. 184pp. Engraved frontispiece. Very good. Very minor edgewear; faint mark on front pastedown from bookplate removal. Tight and nice. First edition of this eulogy collection. .

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Book number: 12246

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Keywords: Biography

Memorial Addresses on the Life and Character of Ephraim King Wilson (a Senator from Maryland), Delivered in the Senate and House of Representatives, May 6 and July 2, 1892

Washington, DC, Government Printing Office, 1893. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blind-embossed black cloth, gilt. 89pp. Engraved frontispiece. Very good. Very minor edgewear; faint mark on front pastedown from bookplate removal. Tight and nice. First edition of this eulogy collection. .

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Book number: 12247

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Memorial Services in the Congress of the United States and Tributes in Eulogy of Lyndon Baines Johnson, Late a President of the United States

Washington, United States Government Printing Office, 1973. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth. xxxi, 285pp. Frontispiece. Near fine. Compilation of addresses, tributes, texts of eulogies and scriptural selections. .

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Book number: 1378

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Keywords: PRESIDENTIAL Presidential

Memorial Addresses on the Life and Character of John Alexander Logan... Delivered in the Senate and House of Representatives, February 9 and 16, 1887...

Washington, DC, Government Printing Office, 1887. Hardcover. 4to. Black cloth with silver metallic decorations. 213pp. Frontispiece. Very good. Minor edgewear. Probable first edition -- an inconspicuous ex-library copy, with almost no markings except a small blind-embossed stamp on title page. Memorial services for this former Union general. .

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Book number: 5379

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Keywords: CIVIL WAR Civil War

Memorial Services Held in the House of Representatives and Senate of the United States, Together with Remarks Presented in Eulogy of Lawrence H. Smith, Late a Representative from Wisconsin

Washington, United States Government Printing Office, 1958. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth. 94pp. Frontispiece. Near fine. Autographed by Eleanor J. Smith. Collection of eulogies, signed on the front flyleaf by the Wisconsin congressman's widow and dated Washington, 1958 November 10. .

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Book number: 908

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Keywords: ILLINOIS MIDWEST Illinois & Midwest

A Memorial Record of the New-York Branch of the United States Christian Commission, Compiled Under the Direction of the Executive Committee

New York, John A. Gray & Green, 1866. Hardcover. Small 4to. Original emerald green cloth, ornate gilt lettering. 103pp. Good plus. Though the original spine is present, it's quite rough and the inner hinges are cracked; internally, the text block is "Near fine" (bright, clean, pristine) and both boards are handsome, with lovely gilt. First edition, tight and decent despite poor spine, of this survey of the social services and religious activities of this organization that supported the Union cause during the Civil War. .

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Book number: 33446

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Mexico in the Sixteenth Century

San Marino, CA, The Huntington Library, 1938. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff brown pictorial wrappers. 18pp. Illustrations. Near fine. First edition of this exhibition guide, handsomely printed by the Ward Ritchie Press in Los Angeles. From the private library of JOHN BEECHER (1904-80), noted social protest poet and fine press publisher. .

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Book number: 16683

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Keywords: Colonial Americana

Michael Howe: The Last and Worst of the Bush Rangers of Van Dieman's Land

Hobert, Australia, Platypus Publications, 1966. Hardcover. 12mo. Grey buckram spine and yellow paper over boards. (3pp), 36pp. Decorative endpapers. Near fine. Inscribed by the publisher. Edition limited to 500 numbered copies and 30 presentation copies. This is one of the presentation copies, inscribed on the limitation page to "Mr. R.G. Newman / with the compliments / of the publishers." (Ralph G. Newman founded Chicago's famed Abraham Lincoln Book Shop.) Facsimile edition of the scarce 1818 "Narrative of the Chief Atrocities Committed by This Great Murderer and His Associates." Uncommon. .

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Book number: 17248

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Keywords: ODDS & ENDS Odds & Ends

The Miller Home

N.p. 1970. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff tan pictorial wrappers. (34pp). Frontispiece, illustrations. Very good. Collection of articles about the extraordinary Salt Lake residence of Mormon pioneer J.R. Miller. .

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Book number: 12556

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Keywords: MORMONS Religion

The Million Charms of Empress Shotoku and Other Stories: A Collection of Tales About the Preservation of Rare Books and Documents for Your Amazement, Edification... And Enjoyment

Chicago, R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company, 1966. Paperback. Small 8vo. Stiff pictorial wrappers. 30pp. Illustrations. Near fine. Tight and attractive first edition of this collection of stories about rare books and documents restored by the well-known Chicago printer. Tipped to the front flyleaf is the signature of Ralph G. Newman (1912-98), founder of Chicago's noted Abraham Lincoln Book Shop, whose tale of finding a second Button Gwinnett signature affixed to the verso of a Gwinnett document he'd purchased is here recounted. .

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Book number: 36748

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Keywords: Bibliography & Books About Books

Miniature Rooms: The Thorne Rooms at the Art Institute of Chicago

[Chicago], The Art Institute of Chicago and Abbeville Press, 1983. Paperback. Wide 8vo. Stiff glazed pictorial wrappers. 168pp. Color frontispiece, extensive illustrations (most color). Near fine. Tight and attractive fourth printing of this fascinating guide. .

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Book number: 32861

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Keywords: Art

Model Paper Dolls

Akron, The Saalfield Publishing Company, 1940. Paperback. Wide small 4to. Stiff red glazed pictorial wrappers. (4pp, rectos only). Numerous color illustrations. Very good. Front wrapper depicts one young man and young women in then-skimpy beachwear -- perforated for removal, though untouched; rear wrapper depicts one mutachioed young man with a polo saddle and polo mallet -- all also perforated, though none removed. The four leaves of garments intended to be cut out consist of formal wear, casual wear, etc. -- formal dresses, tuxedoes, hats, ties, cowboy duds, and so on. None have been cut out or removed, the sole flaw being the polo mallet on the rear wrapper, the handle portion (1") of which is absent. Remarkably clean, tight, untouched example. .

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Book number: 35849

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Keywords: Children's