Senate... No. 227. Commonwealth of Massachusetts

N.p. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1866. Paperback. Small 4to. Self-cover. 38pp. Good plus. Some soiling and age toning to front wrapper. Titled "European and N. American Railway" on the running heads, this state report issued by the Joint Standing Committee on Railways and Canals discusses the status of this line chartered by Maine and running between Bangor, Maine, and the southern coast of Nova Scotia. .

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Book number: 13449

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Keywords: Railroad

Send for a Doctor: Paragraphs from Nashville History -- Lecture Series 1974-75, Number 4

Nashville, The Public Library of Nashville & Davidson County, 1975. Hardcover. 4to. Red cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. vi, 164pp. Errata slip tipped in. Near fine. First edition, limited to 600 copies -- tight and bright. Noted Nashville historian and author Alfred Leland Crabb provides the introduction to these profiles of noted Nashville physicians Felix Robertson, Boyd McNairy, John Shelby, Charles K. Winston, William K. Bowling, Paul Eve and William D. Haggard Jr. From the library of noted pediatric infectious disease specialist and medical history scholar Ralph C. Gordon. .

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Book number: 37396

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Keywords: Medical

Service with Fighting Men: An Account of the Work of the American Young Men's Christian Associations in the World War

New York, Association Press, 1922. Hardcover. Two volumes. Small 4to. Burgundy ribbed cloth. xxviii, 636pp; xi, 664pp. Color foldout frontispiece maps, color maps (some foldouts) and charts. Promotional slip tipped to front flyleaf of first volume. Very good. First edition, a tight and decent set -- mild ex-library copy, with relatively few and fairly unobnoxious markings. .

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Book number: 14622

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Keywords: YMCA Military History

Seven Decades of Progress: A Heritage of Aircraft Turbine Technology

Fallbrook, CA, Aero Publishers, 1979. Hardcover. 4to. Blue leatherette, pictorial dust jacket. 232pp. Frontispiece, illustrations (many color). Near fine/near fine. Ownership signature on front flyleaf. First edition. .

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Book number: 1466

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Keywords: TRANSPORTATION Aviation

Shorty's Place: The Old Kentucky Home Situated at Boqueron Just Across the Bay

Boqueron, Puerto Rico: Shorty's Place, n.y. [ca. 1930?]. Handbill. 5 3/4" X 7". Near fine. Single light horizontal fold (not weakened). Fascinating small handbill advertising what purports to be a posh resort -- but couched in such euphemistic, charged language it's been suggested that what's being advertised is actually something less wholesome, such as a house of prostitution. Headlined "Shorty's Place: The Old Kentucky Home Situated at Boqueron Just Across the Bay" and subtitled "A Newly Devised and Modeled Pleasure Resort, of Entirely New Management, Catering Exclusively to the Select." Four stanzas of verse of varying length follow. "Ideally situated by the side," it begins, "Of a dreamy Garden of Stately Palms. / Comfortably and Enchantingly Furnished and Decorated, / So Befitting for all Entrancing Occasions. / Affording an Atmosphere of Relaxation and Freedom / Its so different... / With its added Rarity of Quiet and Blissful Privacy. / Having Bath and other Immaculate Sanitary Conveniences; / Boasting too a Spacious, Cool and Polished Dance Hall, / Where One may whirl One's-self into Ecstatic Forgetfullness." Stanza two: "Then there are also / The Best and Choicest of Liqueus, 'Wintry' Beers, / And the ever Cheering Daiquiri, / All longing for the privilege of doing justice / To their Distinguished Patrons." Stanza three: "Likewise, the Daintiest Dishes can be had / On very short notice. / With Piquant Flavors for Weary Palates, / Without sacrifice to American habits of eating." Stanza four: "Its simply the finest spot there be / To gather, to sip, to dance, to dine, / Where from worry and nuisances you're free / To have a reeling, rollicking, happy time." And in closing: "Costs have been tuned to the economical spirit of the day" -- apparently a reference to the sluggish Depression economy. Straightforward resort ad -- or subtle sexual innuendo?.

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Book number: 17282

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(PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME -- CLASS OF 1987)

Signatures (5)

Five-sevenths (5/7ths) of the class inducted into the legendary Canton, Ohio institution are represented in these five choice signatures -- lacking only Larry Csonka and Gene Upshaw. Delightful grouping all on fine, matching, heavy stock 5" X 3" cards (all original mailing envelopes included). Alphabetically: 1) LEN DAWSON (1935-22), quarterback with the Pittsburgh Steelers, Cleveland Browns and Dallas Texans/Kansas City Chiefs; he signs large in blue ballpoint, dating it 29 October 1979 at upper right; 2) JOE GREENE (born 1946), known as "Mean Joe" and also a College Football Hall of Famer, defensive tackle with the Pittsburgh Steelers; he signs in black fineline, dating it 19 December 1987 at upper right; 3) JOHN HENRY JOHNSON (1929-2011), fullback with the San Francisco 49ers, Detroit Lions, Pittsburgh Steelers and Houston Oilers; he signs handsomely in blue ballpoint, adding "Best Wishes" below and at upper right dating it 5 March 1977; 4) JIM LANGER (1948-2019), center with the Cleveland Browns, Miami Dolphins and Minnesota Vikings; he signs in black fineline, adding "#62" and at upper right dating it 31 October 1975; 5) DON MAYNARD (1935-22), wide receiver with the New York Giants, Hamilton Tiger-Cats, New York Titans / Jets, St. Louis Cardinals, Los Angeles Rams and Houston Texans / Shreveport Steamer; he signs in black ballpoint, dating it 17 January 1989 at upper right. Accompanied by a fine, glossy 8¼" X 11" front cover for the 22 August 1987 issue of the NFL publication "Gameday" with a color artist's rendering of all seven 1987 Hall of Fame inductees. A superb quintette. .

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Book number: 49840

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Keywords: Athletes

(VIENNA BOYS CHOIR -- 1932)

Signatures

In 1921 an Austrian monsignor, Josef Schnitt, reformed the dissolved Court Choir Boys formed in 1498 by Emperor Maximilian I to perform for the Austro-Hungarian royalty, modernized it and renamed it the Vienna Boys Choir -- the most famous choir in the world, performing in Vienna and around the world. Signature of founder Josef Schnitt (who adds his title, "Rektor" -- rector) in black ink at the top of a heavy stock 3½" X 5½" card, n.p. n.y. [inked date on verso 24 November 1932]. Near fine. Below Schnitt's signature all 20 members of the choir sign in two columns, all in ink and all fairly legible. The verso of this card is a charming stream-of-conscious autograph request from Thomas, Donald and James Goodrich, who write: "We are just three little Boys we live in the city of Venice in the State of Illinois we are trying to get the autograph names of great People from all over the Land if your Reverence will autograph this card for us Boys we will think it Grand and will you have some of the Boy Members of the Choir autograph the card with there address in Vienna, so we can write to them when they return Home." The Vienna Boys Choir took their very first tour in the U.S. in 1932 and took the country by storm, arriving in New York aboard the SS Statendam on November 15 -- just two weeks before they all signed this card. Extremely unusual and scarce. .

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Book number: 42919

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Keywords: Music

The Significance of the Fine Arts

Boston, Marshall Jones Company, 1923. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth with gilt medallion and gilt lettering. xxix, 483pp. Frontispiece, numerous illustrations. Very good. Rather edgeworn, with spine slightly darkened; bookplate on front pastedown and ownership signature on front flyleaf. Tight, nice first edition of this essay collection "Published Under the Direction of the Committee on Education of the American Institute of Architects" and featuring contributions from Lorado Taft, Frederick Law Olmsted, Ralph Adams Cram and other noteworthies. Largely a survey and appreciation of historical architecture (not surprising, given the sponsor), with chapters on the "Allied Arts" such as sculpture, painting, landscape design, city planning, industrial arts, etc. .

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Book number: 34295

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Keywords: Art Architecture

Simple Simon and Other Mother Goose Rhymes

Racine, Whitman Publishing Co, 1930. Hardcover. 4to. Pictorial paper over boards. (14pp). Illustrations (most color). Very good. Mild rubbing, a bit of edgewear, but overall tight and attractive. .

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Book number: 6465

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Keywords: Children's

A Sketch of the Debates in the Convention

N.p. N.p. 1831. Paperback. 8vo. Wrappers. Pp. 45-75. Very good. Complete in itself, this pamphlet constitutes the second portion of "The Journal of the Free Trade Convention, held in Philadephia from Sept. 30 to Oct. 7, 1831; together with A Sketch of the Debates in the Convention," published by T.W. Ustick in Philadelphia in This convention, the first of its kind, sought to organize opposition to tariffs on imported goods. .

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Book number: 15148

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Keywords: Americana

Skirmisher: The Official Journal of the Southern Skirmish Association

Essex, England, Southern Skirmish Association, 1977. 4to. Grey plastic wrapper with mylar front cover. 19pp. Illustrations. Near fine. Signature of J.W. Farel and a laminated calendar tipped in. Volume 5, Number One (Winter 1980) of this uncommon British publication. Editor's signature and 48mo laminated calendar tipped to front cover verso. .

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Book number: 686

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Keywords: CIVIL WAR Civil War

Slavery by a Marylander. Its Institution and Origin. Its Status Under the Law and Under the Gospel. Its Agricultural, Commercial, and Financial, Aspects

Baltimore, J.P. des Forges, n.y. Paperback. Small 4to. Self-cover. 8pp. Fair only. Disbound, with outer leaves slightly soiled and some margins heavily chipped. A Biblical defense of slavery. Fragile copy of this scarce proslavery piece. .

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Book number: 24549

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Keywords: Black History

Small-Boat Sailing

Irving, TX, Boy Scouts of America, 1988. Paperback. Small 8vo. Stiff pictorial wrappers. 80pp. Numerous illustrations, line drawings. Very good. Later printing, a tight and decent copy of this "Merit Badge Library" volume. .

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Book number: 11080

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Keywords: Children's

A Society's Chief Joys: An Exhibition from the Collections of the American Antiquarian Society

Worcester, American Antiquarian Society, 1969. Paperback. Small 4to. Tan wrappers. 137pp. Illustrations. Near fine. Tight and attractive first edition. .

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Book number: 222

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Keywords: AMERICANA Americana Bibliography & Books About Books

Some Fundamental Documents in the Early History of the United States, Including the Official Original Manuscript of the Proclamation of the Louisiana Purchase Signed by Jefferson and Madison with the Seal of the United States

New York, John F. Fleming Incorporated, n.y. Paperback. 4to. Stiff blue wrappers with paper label. 54pp. Frontispiece, illustrations (1 folding). Near fine. Sale catalogue by the noted associate and biographer of the great Dr. Rosenbach, featuring superb rarities such as the only printed proof copy. .

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Book number: 278

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Keywords: AMERICANA COLONIAL Colonial Americana