Indiana History Bulletin for September 1967

Indianapolis, Indiana Historical Bureau, 1967. Paperback. (Volume 44, Number 9). 8vo. Wrappers. Pp. 123-136. Illustration. Near fine. This issue mainly a list of the state's elected officers throughout its history -- governors, lieutenant governors, secretaries of state, auditors, etc. Addressed to noted Indiana collector and author Warren A. Reeder. .

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Book number: 20984

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Keywords: Illinois & Midwest

Indians of the Southwest

Phoenix, Petley Studios Inc, n.y. Paperback. Small 4to. Pictorial wrappers. Approx. 34pp. Over 80 color illustrations, map, line drawings. Very good. Edition not ascertainable. Colorful pamphlet covers the dress, crafts and people of the native southwest. .

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Book number: 1979

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Keywords: APACHE Native American

Infantry Drill Regulations: United States Army -- 1911 Corrected to September 10th, 1918

Cincinnati, Stewart & Kidd Company, 1918. Hardcover. 24mo. Black cloth with gilt lettering. 264pp. Illustrations, charts, floor plans, line drawings. Very good. Small discreet abrasion at lower right spine corner, else a tight and clean and quite attractive copy, with gilt lettering bright. "Sherman Edition," one of the Army's endless updatings of this standard manual. Major General Leonard Wood introduces this World War One era soup-to-nuts handbook, which covers everything from combat strategies and weaponry advice to marching formations and tent pitching. Everything a doughboy needs to know!.

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Book number: 35191

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Keywords: Military History

Information for Army Meetings: November, 1864

Philadelphia, James B. Rodgers, 1864. Paperback. 16mo. Pale red wrappers. 36pp. Very good. Overall a tight and attractive copy, though a bit of paper loss to rear wrapper. Reports on "Our Navy Work" (including a prayer meeting on the Monitor Onondaga), "Western New York," "Maryland," "The Shenandoah" and "Army of Potomac." The U.S. Christian Commission was a forerunner of the Red Cross. .

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Book number: 13510

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Keywords: CIVIL WAR, U.S. CHRISTIAN COMMISSION Civil War

The Ingleside Almanac 1886

New York, The United States Life Insurance Co, 1885. Paperback. (Vol. 6, No. 12). 8vo. Blue pictorial wrappers. 32pp. Numerous illustrations. Very good. Tight and handsome, remarkably free of edge tears. Beautifully illustrated almanac, the "Christmas Number," containing stories, poetry, images of virtuous maidens and of course monthly calendars. .

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Book number: 14952

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Keywords: AMERICANA Americana

The Ingleside Almanac, 1887

New York, The United States Life Insurance Co, 1886. Paperback. 8vo. Grey pictorial wrappers. 32pp. Numerous illustrations. Very good. Beautifully illustrated almanac (subtitled on front wrapper "Christmas Number 1886") containing stories and poetry. .

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Book number: 192

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Iowa Official Register

Des Moines, F.R. Conaway, State Printer, 1895. Hardcover. 12mo. Black leatherette spine and red paper over boards with black lettering. 208pp. Frontispiece, numerous tables. Vey good. Quite minor edgewear. Quite tight and handsome first edition of the tenth annual register, a compilation "By Order of the General Assembly" of executive officers from the governor on down, elective and appointed officers, state board officials, national guard, military officers, on and on and on.. Surprisingly uncommon and in surprisingly bright, fresh condition. .

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Book number: 38512

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It Did Happen Here! an Illustrated Review of the Damage Wrought in the Western Part of the Monadnock Region by the Hurricane and Flood of 1938

Keene, NH, The Granite State Studio and Sentinel Printing Company, 1938. Paperback. Small 8vo. Stiff tan pictorial wrappers. (Ca. 75pp). Illustrations. Near fine. Second edition, tight and quite handsome. .

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Book number: 26315

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Keywords: Americana

James Thrall Soby Collection of Works of Art Pledged or Given to the Museum of Modern Art

New York, The Museum of Modern Art, 1961. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff white wrappers with color pictorial label. 68pp. Color frontispiece, numerous illustrations. Very good. Catalogue for a 1961 exhibition benefitting the museum's library. .

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Book number: 423

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Keywords: ART ARCHITECTURE Art

James Whitcomb Riley: The Hoosier Poet

N.p. Standard Oil Division, 1970. Paperback. Stiff tan wrappers. 4to. 13pp. Illustrations. Good plus. Minor wear and light soiling to wrappers, else tight and attractive. Promotional collection of several of Riley's best-known poems, such as "The Old Swimmin' Hole" and "When the Frost Is on the Punkin. .

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Book number: 5137

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Japan: The Official Guide

N.p. Japan Travel Bureau, 1954. Hardcover. 16mo. Red limp cloth with gilt lettering. xxxvii, 1015pp. Numerous color foldout maps, map endpapers, two sewn-in yellow and orange silk page markers. Very good. Large Tokyo foldout map heavily torn, but discreetly and archivally mended on verso, thus near-invisible and attractive. Revised edition, tight and quite nice, of this exhaustive and detailed 1941 guide book, which spells out 38 lengthy itineraries. Printed on fine onion-skin paper, thus packing an extraordinary amount of data -- and with superb maps. .

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Book number: 38470

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(Japanese Print Book -- Meija Era)

1905. Paperback. This unusual text is a middle school textbook for plants, and was created, according to our Japanese linguist, in the 38th year of the reign of Emperor Meija (1852-1912), who ruled from 1867 until his death -- which dates it to 1905. Laid into a small 4to portfolio (paper over heavy card stock with paper label), it is published accordion style, which unfolded measures over 15 feet in length. Very good/very good. The portfolio is age toned, rubbed and lightly soiled and has a restored hinge; the text block itself has small paper loss to the sole text page (expertly restored) and archival strengthening of some of the accordion folds (versos only). Fascinating and lovely, if cryptic, this Japanese production apparently includes some Chinese characters identifying the drawings (which include marijuana) and naming the Japanese artists. A prologue in Japanese identifies it as a middle school text for identifying plants. As our knowledge of the Japanese and Chinese languages is, shall we say, extremely limited -- okay, nonexistent -- our bibliographical details are accordingly scanty. What we do know is that the watercolors are superb renderings accomplished entirely in shades of grey with only a couple of highlights in the palest of pink and green -- stark and simple, with no background. There are striking, delicate closeups of a variety of exotic-looking plants and flowers (one with butterfly hovering nearby) and a single dramatic landscape showing a snow-capped mountain, each of these twelve scenes occupying a two-page (13" X 9½") spread. Each watercolor has a small, round 5/8ths diameter rubberstamp the text of which we have not identified. A beautiful thing that must be seen to be appreciated. .

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Book number: 38372

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Jayhawkers (Film Press Kit)

N.p. Paramount, 1980. Paperback. Oblong 8vo. Stiff blue wrappers bound with 3 metal prong-type clasps. 3 text pages (rectos only), 3 glossy black-and-white photographs (8" X 10"). Near fine. Interesting "Paramount Portfolio 3" press kit sent by the studio to network affiliates for the re-release of this 1959 Western starring Jeff Chandler, Fess Parker and Henry Silva and directed by Melvin Frank. First text page consists of a cast list, the second page is a film synopsis and the third page the texts for on-the-air announcements for the affiliates' use. .

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Book number: 8074

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Keywords: JEFF CHANDLER" "FESS PARKER" "HENRY SILVA Film & Theater Western Americana

Jell-O Ice Cream Powder -- 10 Cents a Package

[Le Roy, NY: The Genesee Pure Food Co.], n.y. [ca. 1920]. 16mo. Stiff color pictorial leaflet. (4pp). Very good. Single small punch hole at upper left of front wrapper -- probably as issued. Bright and clean heavy stock leaflet, with front cover noting "Makes Ice Cream and Puddings Sherbets and Ices" and picturing mounds of strawberry ice cream, while rear cover notes "Makes Fine Puddings" and picturing "Cream Vanilla Pudding with Chocolate Dressing." Two inner pages are largely text plugging the product and its uses, even noting "Do not mistake Jell-O Ice Cream Powder for Jell-O"!.

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Book number: 31541

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Jesus Lebt Und Acht Andere Erzahlungen

New York, Ernst Kaufmann, n.y. Hardcover. 8vo. Grey cloth with gilt lettering and gilt, green, pink, maroon, blue and black pictorial front board stamping. 192pp. Frontispiece, iIlustrations, floral endpapers. Very good. Faint edgewear. A tight and quite handsome undated (circa1890) edition of the seventh volume in the "Goldkorner" series, entirely in German. Contributors include the mysterious "E.v.W." noted on spine and front board and also K. Dorn, M. Frohmut, L. Joeler, G. Lundehn and S. von Niebelschutz. Title translation: "Jesus Lives and Eight Other Tales." The front board pictorial stamping is quite fetching. .

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Book number: 39827

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Keywords: BINDINGS Religion German Language