Taylor, Robert

New England Home Front: World War II

Yankee Books, (1992). (1992). Yankee Books, (1992). (1992). Very good. - Quarto [approximately 11 inches high by 8-1/4 inches wide], cloth in a dust wrapper. The binding is bumped. xv & 208 pages. Profuse black-and- white photographic illustrations by various photographers. There is a small stain to the front pastedown & to the front endpaper. Very good.

An account of the home front effort of New Englanders during World War II prepared by the staff of Yankee Books with text by Robert Taylor. Very good .

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Book number: 31640

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; NEW ENGLAND HOME FRONT; WORLD WAR II; YANKEE BOOKS; ROBERT TAYLOR; WAR INDUSTRY; FACTORIES; SHIPYARDS; AIR RAID WARDENS; RECYCLING; KNITTING; ILLUSTRATIONS; PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY.

Taylor, William

Our South American Cousins

New York: Nelson and Phillips / London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1879. 1879. New York: Nelson and Phillips / London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1879. 1879. Fair. - Octavo, 7-3/8 inches high by 5 inches wide. Hardcover, bound in rust cloth titled in gilt on the spine. The covers are bumped & rubbed with some soiling to the spine and some stains to the covers. 2 pages of ads & 318 pages, illustrated with a full-page frontispiece portrait and illustrated ads for Bradbury Pianos. The pages are foxed with a few corners creased. A previous owner's name is written in pencil on the front endpaper. Fair.

First edition. Fair .

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Book number: 22448

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; TRAVEL; SOUTH AMERICA; INCAS; PERU; CHILE; FIRST EDITION; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY; EXPLORATION; WILLIAM TAYLOR; OUR SOUTH AMERICAN COUSINS; 1ST EDITION; BRADBURY PIANOS; FRONTISPIECE.

Romero de Terreros, Manuel

Bibliografia de Cronistas de la Ciudad de Mexico

Mexico: Monografias Bibliograficas Mexicanas, 1926. 1926. Mexico: Monografias Bibliograficas Mexicanas, 1926. 1926. Good. - (Bibliography No. 4). Small octavo, original printed wraps. The wraps are soiled & chipped. 18 pp. Pages lightly dampstained along the bottom edge. A good, partially unopened copy. Good .

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Book number: 5853

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; MEXICO; MEXICO CITY; HISTORY; BIBLIOGRAPY; BOOKS-ON-BOOKS; REFERENCE; MANUEL ROMERO DE TERREROS. (Americana). (Mexico). BIBLIOGRAFIA DE CRONISTAS DE LA CIUDAD DE MEXICO. Romero de Terreros, Manuel.

Tompkins, Stuart Ramsay.

Alaska: Promyshlennik and Sourdough.

Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, (1945). (1945). - Octavo, brown cloth. The corners of the covers and the head & tail of the spine are rubbed & slightly chipped. xiv & 350 pages. Illustrated in black & white with 16 plates & 8 full-page maps. There is light foxing to the fore-edge & bottom edge. Good.

First edition. Good .

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Book number: 36548

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; HISTORY OF ALASKA; ALASKA: PROMYSHLENNIK AND SOURDOUGH; STUART RAMSAY TOMPKINS; ILLUSTRATIONS; MAPS; PLATES; RUSSIANS; VITUS BERING; SIBERIAN MERCHANTS; ENGLISH TRADERS; KLONDIKE; GOLD RUSH; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

(Tracy, Samuel F.). Vreeland, Hartman.

Autograph Document Signed by Hartman Vreeland. An Original Bill of Sale for the Sloop "Locomotive" Sold by Vreeland to Samuel F. Tracy.

May 31st, 1850. 1850. - Approximately 200 words penned on 10 inch high by 7-7/8 inch wide creamy white paper with a simple decorative blind stamp at top left. A "Bill of Sale", so titled as a heading, by which Hartman Vreeland transfers ownership of the sloop "Locomotive" to Samuel F. Tracy, a New York City merchant. "Know all men by these present, that I, Hartman Vreeland, of the County of Hudson, State of New Jersey, Landsman, for and in consideration of the sum of one hundred and fifty Dollars, to me in hand paid by Samuel F. Tracy, of the City, County, & State of New York.. Sell and deliver unto the said Samuel F. Tracy, the Sloop named the Locomotive of Bergen, together with all the Sails, Rigging, Anchors, and appertances [sic], there unto belonging, to have and to hold the said Sloop, with all her tackle unto the said Samuel F. Tracy.." Signed "Hartman Vreeland" at bottom right with the remnants of a red seal lightly covered by tissue paper. it is witnessed and signed by A. E. Osborn. The document is docketed on the verso "Hartman Vreeland / Bill of Sale / Sloop 'Locomotive' / 31 May 1850" and also "Bill of Sale / Hartman Vreeland / to / Samuel F. Tracy". Folded several times, horizontally and vertically, with short tears to the edges of the horizontal folds. The document is slightly soiled & darkened and the word "sails" is smudged. Good. Purchased by the New York City merchant Samuel F. Tracy, the sloop "Locomotive" sank in the Hudson River opposite Saugerties, New York on August 5th, 1887. Though the ship sank to a depth of 43 feet, its mast and boom where nonetheless above water and posed a risk to navigation. Considered to endanger navigation, the Chief of Engineers ordered it be removed by hired labor on October 28th of that year at a cost of $317.94. Good .

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Book number: 94846

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; NAVAL; MARITIME; HUDSON RIVER; SLOOP; LOCOMOTIVE; HARTMAN VREELAND; AUTOGRAPH DOCUMENT SIGNED; BILL OF SALE; NINETEENTH CENTURY; SIGNATURE; SHIP; SAMUEL F. TRACY; NEW YORK STATE; SUNK; SANK; OBSTRUCTING OR ENDANGERING NAVIGATION; SAUGERTIES, NE

(Department of Trade and Commerce).

Canada 1940: The Official Handbook of Present Conditions and Recent Progress. New York World's Fair Edition. Published by the Authority of the Hon. W.D. Euler, M.P. , Minister of Trade and Commerce.

Ottawa: Dominion Bureau of Statistics, Department of Trade and Commerce, 1940. 1940. Ottawa: Dominion Bureau of Statistics, Department of Trade and Commerce, 1940. 1940. Good. - Octavo, soft cover bound in red wraps with a map in pink & red on the front wrap. The wraps are slightly soiled with the corners lightly creased & the tail of the spine chipped. 213 pages. Folding color map, folding full-page illustrations in black & white & color & many black-and-white textual illustrations & tables. There is soiling to 1 page & occasional light creasing. Good. Good .

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Book number: 34276

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; CANADIANA; HANDBOOK; DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND COMMERCE; WORLD'S FAIR; NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR EDITION; CANADA 1940; ILLUSTRATIONS; FOLDING MAP; STATISTICS; TABLES; RESOURCES; GOVERNMENT; POPULATION; TRADE; COMMERCE.

Traubel, Horace; Price, William L.; McLanahan, Hawley; editors.

The Artsman: The Art That Is Life, February 1904.

Moylan, PA: Rose Valley Press, 1904. 1904. Moylan, PA: Rose Valley Press, 1904. 1904. Good. - Small quarto [approximately 8 inches high by 6 inches wide], softcover bound in tan wrappers printed in black with a vignette in black on the front cover & the Rose Valley Press logo on the rear wrap. There are chips to the head and tail of the spine and top corners of the front cover. [40] unopened deckle-edged pages, numbered 153 through 192. Illustrated with a 2-page facsimile. There is dampstaining to the top inner corner of the pages and covers. A good unopened copy. Among the contents of this issue are a facsimile of an 1889 letter from William Morris to Horace Traubel; "Sacrament of common things" by Peter Burrowes; and "The civilization that the machine has made" by Horace Traubel. Also, "A glimpse of Rose Valley from the outside" by Carleton Noyes; The Rose Valley Association was formed in July 1901, under the leadership of Wlll Price, to start an arts and crafts project. The association did not produce arts and crafts itself but rented out working space to craftsmen, provided them with housing and helped sell what they produced. Price's vision may have been modeled on the utopian socialist society described in "News from Nowhere" by William Morris. Rare. Good .

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Book number: 98282

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; ARTS AND CRAFTS MOVEMENT; THE ROSE VALLEY ASSOCIATION; THE ROSE VALLEY PRESS; CRAFTSMEN; PERIODICAL; JOURNAL; THE ARTSMAN FEBRUARY 1904; HORACE TRAUBEL, EDITOR; WILLIAM L. PRICE, EDITOR; HAWLEY MCLANAHAN, EDITOR; PETER BURROWES; CARLETON NOYES;

Traubel, Horace; Price, William L.; McLanahan, Hawley; editors;

The Artsman: The Art That Is Life, October 1903.

Moylan, PA: Rose Valley Press, 1903. 1903. Moylan, PA: Rose Valley Press, 1903. 1903. Fine. - Small quarto [approximately 8 inches high by 6 inches wide], softcover bound in tan wrappers printed in black with a vignette in black on the front cover & the Rose Valley Press logo on the rear wrap. 32 pages. Illustrated with 3 full-page black-and-white plates of Rose Valley furniture. A near fine, unopened copy. This is the first issue of "The Artsman", published by the Rose Valley Press, and includes an opening statement from the editors. Also included are "Rose Valley papers", essays on Rose Valley by each of the editors; and "Rose Valley scriptures", pieces by Peter Burrowes, Hanford Henderson, Walt Whitman and John Ruskin. The Rose Valley Association was formed in July 1901, under the leadership of Wlll Price, to start an arts and crafts project. The association did not produce arts and crafts itself but rented out working space to craftsmen, provided them with housing and helped sell what they produced. Price's vision may have been modeled on the utopian socialist society described in "News from Nowhere" by William Morris. Rare. Fine .

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Book number: 98669

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; ARTS AND CRAFTS MOVEMENT; THE ROSE VALLEY ASSOCIATION; THE ROSE VALLEY PRESS; CRAFTSMEN; PERIODICAL; JOURNAL; FIRST ISSUE; MAILING ENVELOPE; THE ARTSMAN; HORACE TRAUBEL, EDITOR; WILLIAM L. PRICE, EDITOR; HAWLEY MCLANAHAN, EDITOR; ROSE VALLEY FU

Traubel, Horace.

The Soul of the Workman. (Offprint).

Philadelphia, PA: The Conservator, 1902. 1902. - Octavo, softcover in printed cream-colored wrappers. Disbound The wraps are partially detached. Their edges are darkened & there is a small piece out of the bottom inner corner of each wrap. There is also a tiny chip out of the top edge of the front wrap. Pages 49-59, partially unopened, with tributes to the Conservator from Homer Davenport and Elsa Barker printed on the inside front wrap & on the rear wrap. There is a chip out of the bottom corner of the first 3 leaves. Good working copy. An offprint from The Conservator: "Collects: Five ". Fair .

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Book number: 37455

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; THE SOUL OF THE WORKMAN; HORACE TRAUBEL; OFFPRINT; THE CONSERVATOR: COLLECTS: FIVE; PERIODICAL.

Treadway, Sandra Gioia; and Campbell, Edward D. C., Jr

The Common Wealth: Treasures from the Collections of the Library of Virginia

(Richmond, VA: Library of Virginia, 1997). 1997). (Richmond, VA: Library of Virginia, 1997). 1997). Fine. - Quarto [12-3/4 inches high by 10-3/4 inches wide], cloth in a dust wrapper. The dust jacket is lightly rubbed. xiii & 293 pages. Black-and- white illustrations & profuse color illustrations, including maps, plans & facsimiles. Fine in a near fine dust wrapper.

The text includes a history of the Library of Virginia by Brent Tarter. Fine .

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Book number: 20825

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; VIRGINIA; LIBRARY; THE COMMON WEALTH: TREASURES FROM THE COLLECTIONS OF THE LIBRARY OF VIRGINIA; SANDRA GIOIA TREADWAY; EDWARD D. C. CAMPBELL, JR.; BRENT TARTER; ILLUSTRATIONS; FACSIMILES; ART; DOCUMENTS; MAPS; GRAPHIC ART; BOOKS-ON-BOOKS.

Trien, Jay Garfield (publisher); and Levenson, Gabriel (editor-in-chief).

Official Guide to Fire Island. 100 Real Estate Listings - Houses for Rent and for Sale / How to Get There, Where to Stay, Where to Eat, What to Do / Ferry Schedules and Maps... Everything You Want to Know.

Ocean Beach, NY: Fire Island News, (1963). (1963). - Octavo, 8-1/2 inches high by 5-1/2 inches wide. Stapled pictorial wraps. The corners are bumped with some minor spots of foxing to the covers. 64 pages, profusely illustrated in black & white throughout. A previous owner has framed a real estate rental listing in blue ink on page 52. Very good. First edition. RARE. Only 2 copies of the book are located by WorldCat. Very good .

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Book number: 97260

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; NEW YORK STATE; OFFICIAL GUIDE TO FIRE ISLAND; 100 REAL ESTATE LISTINGS; HOUSES FOR RENT AND FOR SALE; HOW TO GET THERE, WHERE TO STAY, WHERE TO EAT; WHAT TO DO; FERRY SCHEDULES AND MAPS; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION; 20TH CENTURY; TWENTIETH CENT

Truman, Harry S.; Eisenhower, Dwight D.; Goldwater, Barry; Nixon, Richard M.; Agnew, Spiro T.; and Kennedy, John F.

8 Original Photographs of American Presidents, Vice Presidents & Presidential Candidates, Mostly Pictured Attending Circus Saints and Sinners Club Events.

1950's through 1970's. 1950's through 1970's. Very good. - A collection of 8 original vintage black & white photographs taken at events hosted by the Circus Saints and Sinners Club, a charitable service organization founded in 1929. The earliest of these images dating from the 1950's is a 5-3/4 inch high by 7-1/2 inch wide gelatin silver print by Reni Newsphoto Service depicting Richard M. Nixon reaching his hand out to P.T. Barnum's lion "Sheba" while both are within the same cage. The June 4, 1953 event took place either immediately before or after a luncheon and charity roast hosted by the District of Columbia P.T. Barnum Tent (i.e. chapter) of the Circus Saints and Sinners Club. The photograph is one of a series of shots taken when Nixon stroked the lion's head while others looked on from safety outside the cage. A second photo, this one measuring 4-3/8 inches high by 5-5/8 inches wide, likely taken at the same event, although the number "59" penciled on the verso might indicate a later date, depicts Richard Nixon seated at a banquet table with a couple of other guests. Nixon and the others are applauding an unseen speaker or performer. This photograph is creased along the right edge with a one inch tear to that edge repaired with tape from the verso. A smaller 4 inch high by 3-1/8 inch wide matte finish photograph from 1961 printed on "Minox" photo stock depicts Dwight D. Eisenhower, attired in a three piece suit, shaking hands with one of the event's organizers as others look on. A 6-7/8 inch high by 7-7/8 inch wide gelatin silver photograph depicts Harry S. Truman standing between two men, one dressed as an angel and the other as the devil ("saints and sinners"). The devil at Truman's right wears the rare "Truman is Human" button designed for this 1962 Circus Saints and Sinners Club event. John F. Kennedy is portrayed in a glossy 7-1/8 inch high by 7-7/8 inch wide photograph. Holding a rolled up program in his left hand, Kennedy's finger is extended as he makes a point to the cigar wielding man with whom he is speaking. Two other men stand in the background. A 5-7/8 inch high by 7-1/4 inch wide gelatin silver photograph circa 1970 depicts Barry Goldwater shaking the hand of an unidentified man at one of the club's events. A stocked bar can be glimpsed in the background. A 5-3/8 inch high by 5-5/8 inch wide photograph dating from between 1968 and 1972 depicts Spiro T. Agnew seated at a banquet table upon which is draped the "Circus Saints & Sinners" banner. Leaning on a large sculpture of a black elephant at the left of the image is a large round sign proclaiming "All the Way with STA". One last photograph, this one measuring 5-1/8 inches high by 8-1/4 inches wide, depicts 14 unidentified men seated and standing behind a buffet table at a Circus Saints & Sinners Club event. Once likely mounted in an album, there are glue stains on the verso of each of the photographs. Otherwise, except for the tear mentioned to one of the photographs depicting Richard Nixon, all of the photographs are in very good condition with only minor creases. The Circus Saints & Sinners club is a charitable association of business and professional people which was formed in 1929 in New York City by former members of the Circus Fans Association of America. Initially founded to provide aid to retired circus performers in need of financial assistance, the club grew into an organization which contributes to a wide range of charities. In reference to their roots, Circus Saints & Sinners Club chapters are called "tents". Very good .

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Book number: 37088

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; SOCIAL; CIRCUS SAINTS & SINNERS CLUB; PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA;

Truman, Harry.

Presidential First Day Cover Commemorating the Equatorial Crossing of the U.S. S. Missouri During the Presidential Cruise, Signed by President Harry Truman, Bess and Margaret Truman and Captain Robert L. Dennison.

Postmarked from the U.S.S. Missouri, Sep. 11, 1947. 1947. Postmarked from the U.S.S. Missouri, Sep. 11, 1947. 1947. Fine. - sc The 4 inch high by 7-1/2 inch wide envelope is illustrated with an aquatic theme vignette within a ruled frame at left within which is printed "U.S.S. Missouri / Equatorial Crossing / Presidential Cruise / 11 September, 1947". Postmarked from the U.S.S. Missouri over a U.S. 3 cent postage stamp of "The Doctor". Signed in full "Harry Truman" by the president under the illustration at left. The envelope is also signed in full by the President's wife Bess W. Truman and his daughter Margaret Truman vertically along the right edge of the image and by the ship's commanding officer "Robert L. Dennison / Captain U.S. Navy / Commanding". The first day cover is addressed in type to "The Honorable William D. Hassett / Washington, D.C." Very slightly soiled, else near fine.

The recipient William D. Hassett was correspondence secretary to President Truman.

RARE. Fine .

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Book number: 34148

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; HARRY TRUMAN; SIGNED; AUTOGRAPH; FIRST DAY COVER; U.S.S. MISSOURI; SIGNATURE; COMMEMORATION; WILLIAM HASSETT; BESS TRUMAN; MARGARET TRUMAN; CAPTAIN ROBERT L. DENNISON; COMMANDING; COMMANDER; POSTMARKE

Tucker, St. George; Butterfield, L. H

A Letter from St. George Tucker, Esq. Professor of Law in the College of William and Mary, to the Reverend Jedidiah Morse, Author of the American Universal Geography (Written May 28th, 1795). Originally Printed in Richmond in 1795 and Now Reprinted by the William Byrd Press for the Institute of Early American History and Culture at Williamsburg, Viriginia

Richmond, VA: The William Byrd Press, May 1953. May 1953. Richmond, VA: The William Byrd Press, May 1953. May 1953. Fine. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed brown wraps & sewn with brown cord. The wraps are slightly bumped & rubbed with rippling to the bottom edge of the rear wrap. vii & 17 pages. Near fine.

First edition.

A lengthy introduction by L. H. Butterfield recounts the background to the letter, in which St, George Tucker takes Morse to task for his "highly unfavorable account of manners and morals in Williamsburg" in his "American Universal Geograpjhy". Fine .

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Book number: 16140

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; LETTER; EIGHTEENTH CENTURY; 18TH CENTURY; ST. GEORGE TUCKER; REV. JEDIDIAH MORSE; THE AMERICAN UNIVERSAL GEOGRAPHY; WILLIAMSBURG, VA; INSTITUTE OF EARLY AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE; L. H. BUTTERFIELD; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

(The National Board of Fire Underwriters).

The Brighton Gas Fire and Explosion Catastrophe. Town of Brighton (Monroe County), N.Y. September 21, 1951. Report by the National Board of Fire Underwriters... And the New York Fire Insurance Rating Organization.

New York, NY: The National Board of Fire Underwriters, 1951. 1951. - Quarto, 11 inches high by 8-1/2 inches wide. Softcover, bound in stapled white wrappers titled and illustrated in black on the front cover. The covers are soiled and creased with a short slit to the head of the spine. 25 pages printed on glossy paper, with textual illustrations and full-page diagrams and maps. Very good. Sometimes known locally as Black Friday, the September 21, 1951 explosion of natural gas in a vault housing gas regulators in the Meadowbrook neighborhood of Brighton, NY claimed the lives of two children and an adult while totally destroying 15 homes, seriously damaging another 16 and causing damage to another 23 homes in this Rochester, NY suburb. Another 38 people were injured. It is believed that a flare lit by workers repairing the sidewalk near the vault touched off a gas leak which, through a series of unexpected consequences, caused a manhole cover to fly off and strike the regulator's mechanism, forcing it fully open. The excessive gas pressure caused pilot lights in nearby homes to shoot up, turned on gas furnaces and released gas into the homes. The resulting explosions flattened and damaged homes across several streets. The report concludes with a list of suggestions and practical changes which should be implemented to avoid further such disasters. Very good .

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Book number: 36827

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; DISASTER; NEW YORK STATE; BUSINESS; INSURANCE; THE BRIGHTON GAS FIRE AND EXPLOSION CATASTROPHE; TOWN OF BRIGHTON; MONROE COUNTY; NEW YORK; REPORT BY THE NATIONAL BOARD OF FIRE UNDERWRITERS; THE NEW YORK FIRE INSURANCE RATING ORGANIZATION; NATUR