Joseph Mallord William Turner, R.A. : Landscape with Walton Bridges -- Property from the Estate of Henry S. Morgan

New York, Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc, 1982. Hardcover. Small 4to. Red cloth, red cloth slipcase. (Ca. 20pp). Color illustration, color foldout. Fine/near fine. Sole edition of this lavish auction catalogue. .

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Book number: 8500

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Keywords: Art

Journal of the Eightieth Convention of the National Woman's Relief Corps, Auxiliary to the Grand Army of the Republic, Inc. , September 2-6, 1962, Springfield, Illinois

N.p. N.p. 1962. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue cloth. 337pp. Illustrations. Near fine. Probable first edition, inscribed by Corps president ann H. Atkins on an inner front flyleaf "To Grace / with admiration / and affection, / Ann." Atkins' card laid in. Unusual. .

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Book number: 205

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Keywords: AMERICANA Americana

Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society: Winter 1966 (Volume LIX, Number 4)

Springfield, State of Illinois, 1966. Paperback. (Volume LIX, Number 4). Small 4to. Stiff red pictorial wrappers. Pp. 341-664. Illustrations. Very good. Slightest bit of mild edgewear. Handsome, clean, tight copy. Articles include Donald J. Abramoske's "The Founding of the Chicago Daily News," Donald E. Angel's "Ingersoll's Political Transition" and Oscar A. Weil's "The Movement to Establish Lebanon Seminary, 1833-1835." From the collection of noted Lincoln and Civil War scholar ARNOLD F. GATES (1914-93). .

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Book number: 29301

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Keywords: Illinois & Midwest

Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society: March 1948 (Volume XLI, Number 1)

Springfield, State of Illinois, 1948. Paperback. (Volume XLI, Number 1). Small 4to. Stiff green pictorial wrappers. 110pp. Illustrations, map. Very good. Slightest bit of mild edgewear; spine a bit chipped; discreet faint institutional inkstamp on front wrapper. Handsome, clean, tight copy. Articles include Theodore C. Pease's "Evarts Boutell Greene, 1980-1947," Conrad Bergendoff's "The Beginnings of Swedish Immigration Into Illinois a Century Ago," Herbert O. Brayer's "The Duty -- or Dilemma -- of Every Illinoisan" and S.A. Wetherbee's "Illinois in 1947." From the collection of noted Lincoln and Civil War scholar ARNOLD F. GATES (1914-93). .

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Book number: 29312

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Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society: Autumn 1950 (Volume XLIII, Number 3)

Springfield, State of Illinois, 1950. Paperback. (Volume XLIII Number 3). Small 4to. Stiff brown pictorial wrappers. Pp. 171-244. Illustrations. Very good. Slightest bit of mild edgewear. Handsome, clean, tight copy. Articles include Irving Dilliard's "Oliver Rogers Barrett, 1873-1950," W.H.G. Armytage's "Richard Cobden and Illinois" and Otto Eisenschiml's "Addenda to Lincoln's Assassination (Part II)." From the collection of noted Lincoln and Civil War scholar ARNOLD F. GATES (1914-93). .

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Book number: 29314

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Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society: Autumn 1951 (Volume XLIV, Number 3)

Springfield, State of Illinois, 1951. Paperback. (Volume XLIV Number 3). Small 4to. Stiff brown pictorial wrappers. Pp. 199-283. Illustrations. Very good. Slightest bit of mild edgewear; spine a tad rough. Handsome, clean, tight copy. Articles include Dayton W. Canaday's "Voice of the Wilderness of 1847," Charles V. Darrin's "Robert Todd Lincoln and a Family Friendship," Carroll H. Quenzel's "Books for the Boys in Blue," John H. Hauberg's "Hard Times in Illinois in 1780" and Harry E. Pratt's "A Beginner on the Old Eighth Judicial Circuit." From the collection of noted Lincoln and Civil War scholar ARNOLD F. GATES (1914-93). .

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Book number: 29316

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Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society: Summer 1952 (Volume XLV, Number 2)

Springfield, State of Illinois, 1952. Paperback. (Volume XLV, Number 2). Small 4to. Stiff blue pictorial wrappers. Pp. 101-192. Illustrations. Very good. Slightest bit of mild edgewear; spine a tad rough. Handsome, clean, tight copy. Articles include Ernest E. East's "The Distillers' and Cattle Feeders' Trust, 1887-1895," Elmer Gertz's "Charles A. Dana and The Chicago Republican," O. Fritiof Ander's "John H. Hauberg, 'The Standing Bear'" and William Frank Zornow's "The Unwanted Mr. Lincoln." From the collection of noted Lincoln and Civil War scholar ARNOLD F. GATES (1914-93). .

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Book number: 29320

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Keywords: Illinois & Midwest

Journal of the Southern Confederacy

Plantation, FL, Robert B. Marvin, 1970. Paperback. Small 4to. Yellow pictorial wrappers. 36pp. Illustrations. Near fine. Volume 1, No. 1. Tipped to the title page is a Typed Letter Signed from publisher Marvin, 1p, small 4to, Plantation, FL, 5 December Addressed to the New York Civil War Round Table and promotes the magazine. Order form also tipped to title page. .

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Book number: 29869

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Keywords: CIVIL WAR; SIGNED Civil War

Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society: Autumn 1953 (Volume XLVI, Number 3)

Springfield, State of Illinois, 1953. Paperback. (Volume XLVI Number 3). Small 4to. Stiff tan pictorial wrappers. Pp. 231-336. Illustrations. Near fine. Slightest hint of rubbing, else uncommonly clean. Handsome, clean, tight copy. Articles include Allan Nevins' "Not Without Thy Wondrous Story, Illinois," Robert R. Hubach's "They Saw the Early Midwest," Jordan D. Fiore's "Horatio Alger, Jr. as a Lincoln Biographer," James Harvey Young's "Patent Medicines: The Early Post-Frontier Phase," Charles M. Segal's "Lincoln, Benjamin Jonas and the Black Code" and William H. Pease's "Samuel Fallows: Expansionist. .

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Book number: 32593

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Keywords: Illinois & Midwest

Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society: Spring 1954 (Volume XLVII, Number 1)

Springfield, State of Illinois, 1954. Paperback. (Volume XLVII, Number 1). Small 4to. Stiff green pictorial wrappers. 112pp. Illustrations. Near fine. Very slightest bit of mild rubbing. Handsome, clean, tight copy. Articles include Wayne C. Temple's "Lincoln's Fence Rails," Coleman McCampbell's "H.L. Kinney and Daniel Webster in Illinois in the 1830's," translator Georges J. Joyaux's "A Frenchman's Visit to Chicago in 1886," compiler James N. Addam's "Illinois in 1953" and a great many "Lincolniana Notes. .

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Book number: 32594

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Keywords: Abraham Lincoln Illinois & Midwest

Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society: Summer 1953 (Volume XLVI, Number 2)

Springfield, State of Illinois, 1953. Paperback. (Volume XLVI, Number 2). Small 4to. Stiff blue pictorial wrappers. Pp. 119-223. Illustrations. Very good. Some mild edgewear and light rubbing. Handsome, clean, tight copy. Articles include Harry E. Pratt and Wayne C. Temple's "James Garfield Randall, 1881-1953," Earle Lutz's "The Stars and Stripes of Illinois Boys in Blue," James W. Covington's "The Indian Liquor Trade at Peoria -- 1824," Walter B. Hendrickson's "The Happy Soldier (Part II)" and Huber W. Ellingsworth's "John Peter Altgeld as a Public Speaker. .

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Book number: 32624

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Keywords: Illinois & Midwest

Journal of the Southern Confederacy

Jasper, FL, Robert B. Marvin, 1971. Paperback. Small 4to. White pictorial wrappers. 42pp. Illustrations, map. Near fine. Rear cover slightly soiled. Volume one, number three of this periodical entirely devoted to the history of the Confederacy. .

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Book number: 673

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Keywords: CIVIL WAR Civil War

Journal of the Sixty-Third National Convention of the Daughters of Union Veterans of the CIVIL War 1861-1865

Milwaukee, Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War, 1953. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff yellow wrappers. 228pp. 3 illustrations. Very good. Handsome, tight copy of this annual convention text, filled with reports, lists, budgets, audit reports, names and addresses, etc. This issue devoted to Albert Woolson, the last living member of the G.A.R. who is also pictured. .

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Book number: 7115

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Keywords: Civil War

Journal of the Senate of the Twenty-Ninth General Assembly of the State of Illinois, Begun and Held at Springfield, January 6, 1875

Springfield, State Journal Steam Print, 1875. Hardcover. 8vo. Quarter calf with gilt-lettered red calf label and blue paper over boards. 583pp, xv. Good only. Overall decent, though calf scuffed and rubbed and front hinge delicate; text block exceptionally clean and tight. Interesting and detailed summation of this year's state legislative proceedings. .

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Book number: 28826

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Jugend-Lust. Ein Bilderbuch Mit Versen Für Die Lieben Kleinen

N.p. N.p. n.y. Hardcover. Small 4to. Red cloth spine and glossy pictorial paper over boards. (6pp rectos only, 4pp versos only). Numerous chromolithographs. Very good. Faint edgewear. Tight and quite handsome copy, entirely in German, of this undated (late 19th century) children's picture book and verse collection whose title translates: "Joy of Youth. A Picture Book with Verses for the Little Dears." The chromolithographs throughout are charming, bold and bright, and depict a wide array of childish activities, each accompanied by a verse. The front board graphic is wonderfully bright and fresh. (Front cover title: Jugend-Lust. Ein neues Bilderbuch.") Bibliographically cryptic, but definitely delightful. .

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Book number: 40364

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Keywords: Children's German Language