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G. & D. Cook & Co.'s Illustrated Catalogue of Carriages and Special Business Advertiser

G. & D. Cook & Co.'s Illustrated Catalogue of Carriages and Special Business Advertiser

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Seller: James Cummins Bookseller
Title
G. & D. Cook & Co.'s Illustrated Catalogue of Carriages and Special Business Advertiser
Seller
James Cummins Bookseller (United States)
Condition
Publisher's blind stamped cloth, upper cover lettered in gilt
Description
New Haven: Baker & Goodwin, printers, No. 1 Spruce St. New York, 1860. Engraved frontispiece view, engraved plate with portraits, engraved and color printed advertisement view for Henry Austin, architect. With 104 wood-engraved illustrations of carriages and coaches, each within an elaborate color printed wood engraved border. With ads printed on verso of the carriage illustrations, largely for New Haven businesses. 226 pp. Oblong 4to. Publisher's blind stamped cloth, upper cover lettered in gilt. Engraved frontispiece view, engraved plate with portraits, engraved and color printed advertisement view for Henry Austin, architect. With 104 wood-engraved illustrations of carriages and coaches, each within an elaborate color printed wood engraved border. With ads printed on verso of the carriage illustrations, largely for New Haven businesses. 226 pp. Oblong 4to. Superb copy of a landmark trade catalogue. "Excellent tinted lithographic plates of every American carriage of the day" (Romaine). Founded in the 1850s, G. & D. Cook & Co. quickly became among the most successful northeastern U.S. carriage makers of the pre-Civil War period. Advertised here are nearly their full line of carriages and coaches, ranging in price from $80 for a Skeleton Wagon, to $1200 for the elaborate Hamilton Coach. The NUC locates four copies (LC, MiU, NN, CtY). This copy complete with the color plate advertising the architect Henry Austin. Romaine, p. 80 (incorrectly referring to the illustrations as lithographs)
Photograph Inscribed to Dorothy Maynor

Photograph Inscribed to Dorothy Maynor by Carter, Jimmy

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Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
Title
Photograph Inscribed to Dorothy Maynor
Author
Carter, Jimmy
Seller
The First Edition Rare Books, LLC (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
Washington DC: The White House, 1979. Signed Photograph. Signed Photograph. Fine. White House Photograph of President Carter meeting American soprano and founder of the Harlem School of the Arts, Dorothy Maynor.. This photograph was taken at the White House on February 23, 1979 during the luncheon for the Living Legacy Awards of the National Caucus on the Black Aged. Photograph in color, measures 8" x 10". White House photography stamp on verso, C9548-06. Photograph taken by White House photographer Bill Fitz-Patrick. Photograph is inscribed: "Best wishes to Dorothy Maynor, Jimmy Carter." Also in this photograph on the far left is educator and civil rights activist, Septima Poinsette Clark. Dorothy Maynor (1910-1996) was an American soprano, concert singer and founder of the Harlem School of the Arts. She was asked by President Harry S. Truman to perform at his inauguration in 1949, becoming the first African American to perform at a presidential inauguration. In 1995, she was invited to serve on the board of the Metropolitan Opera, becoming the first African American to receive this honor. She died in 1996.
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Desert Saints; The Mormon Frontier in Utah by ANDERSON, Nels

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Seller: Argosy Book Store
Title
Desert Saints; The Mormon Frontier in Utah
Author
ANDERSON, Nels
Seller
Argosy Book Store (United States)
Description
First Edition. hardcover. folding maps, illus. 459pp. 8vo, buckram. Univ. of Chicago Pr., (1942). First edition. From the library of Arthur M. Schlesinger, Sr. with his bookplate.
Keeping Up with Lizzie

Keeping Up with Lizzie by Bacheller, Irving

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Title
Keeping Up with Lizzie
Author
Bacheller, Irving
Seller
Yesterday's Muse Books (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1911. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Koerner, W.H.D. First edition. No jacket. Spine leans to the right, minor general wear. 1911 Hard Cover. 157 pp. A humorous tale about a town going broke trying to keep up with Lizzie - the right style, the right education, and even the right way to speak.