(Bourke-White, Margaret). Luce, Henry R. (editor).

Fortune. September 1934. Volume X, Number 3. [Magazine].

Jersey City, NJ: Time Inc. 1934. 1934. Jersey City, NJ: Time Inc. 1934. 1934. Very good. - Quarto, 14 inches high by 11-1/4 inches wide. Softcover, color pictorial wraps illustrated by Thomas Wood. The spine is slightly faded & rubbed and the top corners of the covers and head of the spine are lightly bumped. There is minor spotting to the edges of the covers. 184 pages, profusely illustrated in color and black & white throughout. There is minor foxing to the front edge of the first page. Very good. Among the contents is an article about the the "Aluminum Co. of America", illustrated with photographs by Margaret Bourke-White; an article on "The American Roadside" with color illustrations by John Steuart Curry; photographs by Walker Evans illustrating an article "The Communist Party; "U.S. Hairdressing" includes numerous "candid-camera" photos taken in Saks Fifth Avenue, New York. In addition, an ad for Camels features tennis star Ellsworth Vines, Jr. There is an advertising photo by Steichen for Matson Line-Oceanic Line. Also included is a half-page illustration by Rockwell Kent for The Commercial National Bank and Trust Company. Very good .

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Book number: 98024

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; ILLUSTRATED; ILLUSTRATIONS; FORTUNE; MAGAZINE; PERIODICAL; ECONOMICS; BUSINESS; TWENTIETH CENTURY; 20TH CENTURY; HENRY R. LUCE; ROCKWELL KENT; MARGARET BOURKE-WHITE; JOHN STEUART CURRY; ALUMINUM COMPANY OF AMERICA; THOMAS WOOD; AMERICAN COMMUNI

(White, Frederic C.; compiler)

Historical Sketch of the South Church (Reformed) of New York City

New York: Gilliss Brothers & Turnure, The Art Age Press, Easter, 1887. Easter, 1887. New York: Gilliss Brothers & Turnure, The Art Age Press, Easter, 1887. Easter, 1887. Very good. - Squarish octavo, 8-1/2 inches high by 6-1/4 inches wide. Hardcover, bound in blue cloth backed gray paper covered boards printed in black on front board. The boards are bumped, lightly soiled & unevenly darkened; the head & tail of the spine are lightly chipped. 57 pages, illustrated with a frontispiece & 10 black & white plates. There is light staining to the rear pastedown, else the contents are very good.

First edition. Very good .

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Book number: 30167

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; NEW YORK STATE; NEW YORK CITY; CHURCH; REFORMED CHURCH; CHURCH HISTORY; SOUTH CHURCH (REFORMED); FREDERIC C. WHITE; ILLUSTRATIONS; PLATES; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

White, Peter, trustee; Hart, Edwin, trustee; Sholes, Henry O., trustee; Butler, Daniel, trustee; Last, John, clerk; Whitney, Daniel, president.

Memorial of the President and Trustees of the Town of Green Bay Wiskonsin [Wisconsin] Territory, Praying the Confirmation by Congress of the Act of the Legislative Assembly of Wiskonsin [Wisconsin], Incorporating Said Town. June 1, 1840.

Washington, D.C.: Blair & Rives, printers, 1840. 1840. - Octavo, 9-3/4 inches high by 5-3/4 inches wide. A 2 page broadsheet, being the address by the president and trustees of the town of Green Bay "To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled". The top edge is lightly darkened with a couple of tine tears and a crease to the right corner. There is some minor insignificant foxing to the top and bottom. Very good. Senate document, 26th Congress, 1st session, no. 504. "Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed". Two years after Wisconsin Territory was formed, the borough form of government for Green Bay was approved by the territorial Legislative Assembly in 1838. Under this act the people of the town elected up to six trustees and a president to perform the necessary duties of levying taxes and making the improvements needed in the town. In the following legislative session adjustments were made to the law and were approved by the votes of a majority of the residents. Following this, the Legislature received a petition from some of the residents wanting the law repealed. Again a vote was held and a majority voted to retain their act of incorporation. In the document at hand, the trustees are requesting relief from a resolution introduced by John Pope, Chairman of the Committee on Territories in the House of Representatives, that would disapprove of the acts passed by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory. The document is signed in print by four trustees, Peter White, Edwin Hart, Henry O. Sholes , Daniel Butler and the President Daniel Whitney. It is attested to by the Clerk, John Last. Very good .

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Book number: 97356

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; HISTORY; INCORPORATION; LOCAL POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT; GREEN BAY WICSCONSIN; WISKONSIN TERRITORY; US SENATE DOCUMENT; JUDICIARY COMMITTEE; BLAIR & RIVES PRINTERS; 26TH CONGRESS; JOHN POPE; COMMITTEE ON TERRITORIES; NINETEENTH CENTURY; TERRI

Whitehill, Walter Muir

Cerebration Versus Celebration. (Cover Title)

Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, 1960. 1960. Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, 1960. 1960. Very good. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed cream wrappers. The wraps are darkened around the edges & lightly bumped with some light creasing & soiling. 14 pages. There is some very light creasing to the front edges & bottom corners of the leaves, else the contents are very good.

Reprinted from the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 68, No. 3, July 1960.

This paper was delivered as the annual address to the Virginia Historical Society at its adjourned meeting on May 5, 1960. It also marked the occasion of the inauguration of new quarters for the Society, which incorporated the historicl Battle Abbey. Very good .

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Book number: 17663

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; HISTORY; CIVIL WAR; SOUTH; VIRGINIA; BATTLE ABBEY; VIRGINIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY; CEREBRATION VERSUS CELEBRATION; WALTER MUIR WHITEHILL.

Whiting, Lilian

Canada the Spellbinder

London and Toronto: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. 1917. 1917. London and Toronto: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. 1917. 1917. Good. - Octavo, olive green cloth titled in gilt with circular vignette of maple leaf in green & gilt on front cover. The covers are bumped and soiled. The spine is faded with some white specks to the spine and to the rear cover. x & 322 pages, illustrated with a color frontispiece & 32 black & white plates. The pages are slightly darkened with some soiling to the preliminary leaves and to a few pages of text. Good.

History of and guide to Canada from Quebec and the maritime regions to Vancouver, with chapters on "Cobalt and the Silver Mines", "The Grand Trunk Pacific Railway", "The Panama-Pacific Exhibition" and "Canadian Poets and Poetry". Good .

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Book number: 16293

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; CANADA; TRAVEL; HISTORY; MINING; RAILWAYS; PANAMA-PACIFIC EXHIBITION; POETRY; LITERATURE; CANADIANA; HISTORY; CANADA THE SPELLBINDER; ILLUSTRATIONS; PLATES; COLOR FRONTISPIECE.

Whiting, Lilian

The Land of Enchantment: From Pike's Peak to the Pacific

Boston, MA: Little, Brown, and Company, 1906. 1906. Boston, MA: Little, Brown, and Company, 1906. 1906. Very good. - Octavo, dark green cloth titled in gilt with vignettes stamped in gilt on the front cover; top edge gilt. The binding is spotted; the covers are bumped with a few score marks to the rear cover. xii & 347 pages & 1-page publisher's catalog. There are a few small stains to the front pastedown. Black-and-white frontispiece & 31 black-and-white plates. The contents are very good.

First edition.

From the library of Ellen Douglas Boardman Williams, with her bookplate on the front pastedown. Very good .

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Book number: 2740

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; WEST; COLORADO; NEW MEXICO; ARIZONA; CALIFORNIA; LILIAN WHITING; ILLUSTRATIONS; PHOTOGRAPHS; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

Whiting, William F. (1864 -1936). United States Secretary of Commerce from 1928 to 1929 under President Calvin Coolidge.

Signature on a Card of American Businessman and 4th U.S. Secretary of Commerce William F. Whiting.

Circa [1900]. [1900]. - A cream-colored card, 1-1/2 inches high by 3 inches wide, is signed in black ink "William F. Whiting". The card is slightly soiled with a small black stain & 2 tiny black marks to its edges. Good. Born in Holyoke, Mass. William F. Whiting [1864-1936] served as treasurer and later president of his father's Whiting Paper Company. He became a lifelong friend of Calvin Coolidge when Coolidge was mayor of Northampton, Mass. Whiting became one of the first two "Coolidge Men" to advocate for their friend as a serious presidential candidate. Later he held the position of U.S. Secretary of Commerce from August 28, 1928 to March 4, 1929 in the last months of the Coolidge administration. Good .

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Book number: 37109

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; SIGNATURE ON A CARD OF AMERICAN BUSINESSMAN AND 4TH U.S. SECRETARY OF COMMERCE WILLIAM F. WHITING; SIGNED CARD; AUTOGRAPH; WHITING PAPER COMPANY; CALVIN COOLIDGE.

Whiting, William (1813-1873).

The War Powers of the President and the Legislative Powers of Congress in Relation to Rebellion, Treason and Slavery.

Boston: John L. Shorey, 1863. 1863. Boston: John L. Shorey, 1863. 1863. Fair. - Octavo, 9 inches high by 5-3/4 inches wide. Softcover, bound in printed tan wrappers with reviews of the book printed on versos of the wrappers. Once bound into leather by an earlier collector with remnants of the leather spine. The wraps are soiled with minor chipping and a larger piece out from the top of the front cover affecting a slight bit of the text of the review on it's verso. [1], pages i-vi & [3]-151. The first signature (group of pages), including the front cover, are starting to pull away. The top front corners of the pages are slightly chipped. Good. Seventh edition. In this book Whiting expressed the opinion that the U. S. government had full belligerent rights against the inhabitants of seceded states, and without going beyond the Constitution could confiscate their property, emancipate their slaves, and treat them as public enemies. Fair .

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Book number: 98629

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: THE WAR POWERS OF THE PRESIDENT; CIVIL WAR; ABRAHAM LINCOLN; WILLIAM WHITING; CONGRESSMAN; REBELLION; SLAVERY; TREASON; AMERICANA; HISTORY; MILITARY; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; CONTEMPORARY.

Wilcox, Henry S.

The Trials of a Stump-Speaker: A Series of Sketches and Humorous Incidents That Happened During the Many Years' Experience of the Author,and Particularly During the Campaign of 1888.

New York: J. S. Ogilvie Publishing Company, (1906). (1906). - Small octavo, pictorial maroon cloth titled & illustrated in black. The binding is bumped & lightly rubbed with the head & tail of the spine slightly chipped. There is some white staining near the top edge of the rear cover. 124 pages plus 3 pages of ads for books by Wilcox. A previous owner's name & address is penned on the front endpaper. Good. First edition. Good .

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Book number: 37138

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; POLITICS; CAMPAIGNING; HUMOR; THE TRIALS OF A STUMP SPEAKER: A SERIES OF SKETCHES AND HUMOROUS INCIDENTS THAT HAPPENED DURING THE MANY YEARS' EXPERIENCE OF THE AUTHOR, AND PARTICULARLY THE CAMPAIGN OF 1888; HENRY S. WILCOX; FIRST EDITION; 1

Wiles, Richard C.

Tivoli Revisited: A Social History.

Rhinebeck, NY: Moran Printing, Inc. (1981). (1981). Rhinebeck, NY: Moran Printing, Inc. (1981). (1981). Good. - Octavo, 8-1/2 inches high by 5-1/2 inches wide. Softcover, bound in stapled beige wrappers titled in brown on the front cover. The front cover is heavily stained. 35 pages & 29 pages of ads, illustrated with 7 photographs in the text. Very good. First edition. RARE. Good .

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Book number: 98439

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: RICHARD C. WILES; TIVOLI REVISITED: A SOCIAL HISTORY; TIVOLI NEW YORK, FIRST EDITION; AMERICANA; DUTCHESS COUNTY; HUDSON RIVER HISTORIC DISTRICT; ROBERT LIVINGSTON; DOROTHY DAY; CATHOLIC WORKER MOVEMENT; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION; 20TH CENTURY; TWENTIETH

Wiley, Bell Irvin

Embattled Confederates: An Illustrated History of Southerners at War

New York: Bonanza Books, (1964). (1964). New York: Bonanza Books, (1964). (1964). Very good. - Quarto, cloth, in a dustwrapper. The dust jacket is lightly soiled, rubbed & chipped with a price-sticker on the front flap. x [ii] & 290 pages. There are 2 small stains to the fore-edge. Profuse black-and-white illustrations compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen. Very good.

Reprint edition. Very good .

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Book number: 3141

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; CIVIL WAR; SOUTH; CONFEDERACY; SOUTHERNERS; CONFEDERATES; HISTORY; ILLUSTRATED HISTORY; ILLUSTRATIONS; BELL IRVIN WILEY; HIRST D. MILHOLLEN.

(Williams, Reuel). Poor, John A

Memoir of Reuel Williams, Prepared for the Maine Historical Society by John A. Poor. Read at a Special Meeting of the Society in Augusta, February, 1863

(Riverside, Cambridge): privately printed, 1864. 1864. (Riverside, Cambridge): privately printed, 1864. 1864. Good. - Octavo, brown cloth titled in gilt on front cover with horizontal bands stamped in blind on covers & spine & frames in blind on covers. The covers are bumped & lightly rubbed with a label removed from the front cover; the spine is faded with pieces out of the head & tail. 66 pp. A tipped-in original photograph of a bust serves as the frontispiece. There is scattered foxing & light soiling & the page edges are slightly darkened. From the library of the Historical Society of Iowa with the Society's book label on the front pastedown, blind stamp on title & numeral stamped on 1 page of prelims. Good.

A label on the front pastedown states that this copy, "No. 773", was presented by the Historical Society of Maine to the Historical Society of Iowa in June 1867.

A note by the Maine Historical Society following the title reads: "Whereas, It has pleased God to call from the World the Hon. Reuel Williams, one of the original members of the Maine Historical Society, we, the members thereof, place upon the records of the Society our testimony to his eminent ability, his elevated character, his social virtues, and his distinguished public services.." The Society therefore resolved to have a eulogy and memoir prepared to be read at its next meeting. Good .

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Book number: 2004

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; MAINE; MAINE HISTORICAL SOCIETY; REUEL WILLIAMS; JOHN A. POOR; ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH; PHOTOGRAPHIC FRONTISPIECE; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY.

Williams, George F., Major

The Memorial War Book / As Drawn from Historical Records and Personal Narratives of the Men Who Served in the Great Struggle

New York: Arno Press, 1979. 1979. New York: Arno Press, 1979. 1979. Fine. - Quarto, cloth, in a pictorial dust wrapper. 610 & [3] pages. Profusely illustrated in black & white. Near fine.

A reprint of the 1894 edition published in New York by Lovell Brothers Company. The 2,000 illustrations are mostly from photographs taken by the then U.S. Government photographers Matthew Brady and Alexander Gardner. Fine .

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Book number: 24376

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: MILITARY; AMERICANA; CIVIL WAR; THE MEMORIAL WAR BOOK; HISTORICAL RECORDS; PERSONAL NARRATIVES; ILLUSTRATIONS; PHOTOGRAPHERS; MATTHEW BRADY; ALEDANDER GARDNER; GEORGE F. WILLIAMS.

Willkie, Wendell L

Loyal Opposition. Armistice Day / Nineteen Hundred and Forty

Edwin Sauter, 1940. 1940. Edwin Sauter, 1940. 1940. Very good. - Octavo, blue cloth backed green boards with pictorial label mounted on front board. The boards are lightly rubbed & bumped & the label is very lightly soiled. 44 pp. printed in black with red initials & with red rules along the top & bottom of each page. Very good.

First edition.

"The speech, 'Loyal Opposition' has been arranged in cadenced form by Edwin Sauter." The emblem reproduced on the cover was designed by Malvina Hoffman and donated to the Women Workers for Wilkie, who used it in the 1940 Presidential campaign. Very good .

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Book number: 2527

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; WENDELL L. WILLKIE; SPEECH; PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN; MALVINA HOFFMAN; ARMISTICE DAY; EDWIN SAUTER; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

(Wilson, Woodrow)

Address of the President of the United States Delivered at a Joint Session of the Two Houses of Congress February 26, 1917

Washington, 1917. 1917. Washington, 1917. 1917. Good. - Octavo, printed white wraps. The edges of the covers are darkened and there is a short tear to the top edge and a tiny hole near the top of the front cover. The rear cover is heavily stained with several chips to the edges and a piece out from the top corner. 6 pages with the text printed only on one side of each of the 6 leaves. Folded vertically, the edges of the pages are darkened and there is some slight chipping to the top of the last leaf. Good only.

In this address delivered shortly before US involvement in World War I, President Woodrow Wilson requests permission from Congress to arm US merchantmen. Though Congress refused to grant permission, Wilson did it by executive order on March 12th. The United States declared war on Germany on April 2nd.

Scarce. Good .

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Book number: 28996

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; MILITARY; WORLD WAR ONE; WWI; WOODROW WILSON; AMERICAN HISTORY; POLITICS; FIRST WORLD WAR; THE GREAT WAR; ADDRESS OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES DELIVERED AT A JOINT SESSION OF THE TWO HOUSES OF CONGRESS FEBRUARY 26, 1917; TWENTIETH CENT