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COLLECTION OF 19th CENTURY IRISH POETRY

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Seller: De Simone Company, Booksellers

Title: COLLECTION OF 19th CENTURY IRISH POETRY
Seller: De Simone Company, Booksellers (United States)
Description: The collection includes 125 titles, most printed in Dublin and London, and nearly all in first edition. All are bound in original cloth or near contemporary bindings and the collection is in excellent condition. One of the features of the collection is the number of titles written by Irish women. Nearly twenty-five percent of the publication are by women and many others are dedicated to women. To see a complete list of titles with detailed descriptions, copy the the link below into your browser and tap the "enter" key: https://www.desimonecompanybooksellers.com/images/upload/list-7-new-series-mulderig-irish-poetry.pdf

Collection of Photographs and Materials Relating to the Foundation Company's Operations in Tampico, Mexico, 1915-1922 by [Petroleum - Mexico] The Foundation Company

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Title: Collection of Photographs and Materials Relating to the Foundation Company's Operations in Tampico, Mexico, 1915-1922
Author: [Petroleum - Mexico] The Foundation Company
Seller: Auger Down Books (United States)
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Mexico, 1922. Various sizes and formats, generally preserved in excellent condition. Near Fine. Founded in 1902, the Foundation Company was a subaqueous concrete construction firm based in New York City. According to the Smithsonian, the company was “a leader in the development of the pneumatic caisson method for the construction of foundations” — this method was used to build the skyscrapers of New York City, and applied to many other types of construction projects as well. The Foundation Company archive consists of photographs, blueprints, correspondences, and business documents relating to construction work that the company undertook in Tampico, Mexico, between 1915-1922. Tampico was the center of the Mexican oil boom that began at the beginning of the century. The foreign oil industry’s role in this boom was a key issue in the Mexican revolution that spanned roughly 1910-1920. After an American drilled the first oil well in Tampico in 1901, foreign companies descended into the town and took full advantage of the oil boom. The large amounts of oil in the region, paired with the demand created by the allies in World War I — the United States and British Navies had converted from coal to oil — contributed to the rapid growth of the industry. According to historian Jonathan Brown, “A booming foreign market and anemic domestic consumption of Mexican oil production gave many advantages to the foreign oilmen. They proceeded to create an Anglo-American capitalist haven out of the Huasteca.” The Foundation Company contracted with some of the most prominent oil companies in Tampico: El Aguila, La Corona, and the Transcontinental Petroleum Company. These companies were British, Dutch, and American. Foreign companies were attracted to Mexico because of the abundance of oil as well as the loose regulations: “At a time when the federal and state authorities in the United States were tightening the regulation of business and busting the trusts, the expatriot American oilmen viewed Mexico as the new frontier of deregulation.” One reason that the Mexican government did not tighten regulations was because of the politics of the revolution. The competing factions of the revolution took advantage of the success of the oil industry — the only sector of the economy that continued to grow during that time — through taxes and forced loans. “Those who fought for political power, and there were many, sought to deny the federal authorities control of the oil fields. The result was a buildup of government resentment toward the freewheeling, powerful foreign interests, threats of drastic action against the oil companies, but little governmental influence on how the nation's oil business was being conducted.” In this way, the oil industry financed the revolution, and also catalyzed increased economic nationalism. “Economic nationalism in Mexico had a social base, and that is why the social revolution of 1910 to 1920 also produced an economic nationalism bent on reducing the power of the foreign oil companies.” The Mexican revolution produced the 1917 constitution, still in place today, which changed the rules for foreign businesses operating in Mexico. After years of companies resisting these regulations, in 1938 President Lazaro Cardenas expropriated the foreign owned oil industry. The bulk of the documents in this archive are from 1921 and 1922, towards the end of the revolution. The documents are all written in English, demonstrating the extent to which foreign companies were able to operate on their own terms despite their projects being in Mexico. The photographs and documents show the flurry of projects that the company quickly acquired in Tampico. In 1921, the Industrial Development and Manufacturers Record reported that “more big construction contracts are being carried out in the Tampico region at this time than ever before in the history of the oil industry in Mexico.” Indeed, only a few months after beginning work in Mexico in 1921, the Foundation Company had 4000 men on payroll and 12 projects. These projects included a 30,000-barrel refinery and 120 kilometer pipeline for the Corona Petroleum Co. and a 5 story office building for the Transcontinental Petroleum Co. The documents in this archive do not reference the revolution, but they do demonstrate the rapid growth and resulting power that foreign businesses in Tampico enjoyed. Inventory 25 photographs, 8x10 inches, April 19- Sept 30 1921. 12 undated. One cardboard pouch containing 5 photo negatives; pouch is 5 x 7 inches, negatives are 3.5 x 5.5 inches. Most of the photographs are of construction sites, and the company has used a placard to write the name of the contracting company, the project type, their own company name, and the date. These signs show that the Foundation Company was working on an Oil Storage Tank Farm and a Bulkhead for El Aguila; and a pipeline, super pumps, “boilers valley”, and pump house for La Corona. Two letters, 8.5 x 11 inches, 1921-1922. Dec 3, 1921 letter is addressed to Grant Huntly, and contains a list of materials required for the wall size used in the Transcontinental Building. July 12, 1922 letter is from Edward Swann, DA of County New York, saying that Grant Huntley does not have a criminal record in the last 5 years. Addressed to Hon. Ernesto C. Perez, Argentine Consul-General, at a New York City address. Grant Huntley was an engineer at the Foundation Company. 5 documents relating to business operations, 1915-1921. Ranging in size from 6.5x 8.5- 11x17 inches. These inventories, spreadsheets, and progress reports reference a bag loading plan in Richmond VA; a La Corona Warehouse at Panuco Valley Terminal; and the cost data of the Transcontinental Petroleum Company’s Office Building. 5 blueprints, March - August 1921. One undated. Blueprints are all different sizes, ranging from 16.5x27 - 30.5x41 inches. Blueprints depict plans for: an Oil Barge; a Pile Driver to be used at Aguila’s Bulkhead; a 64000 bbl tank; the Richmond VA Bag Loading Plant.

16mo Holiday Card with Lace Paper, Embossed Victorian Scrap

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Title: 16mo Holiday Card with Lace Paper, Embossed Victorian Scrap
Seller: Eclectibles (United States)
Condition: Very good to near-fine. Light dust soiling.
Description: England, 1870. Very good to near-fine. Light dust soiling.. A charming 16mo holiday card made from fine lace paper with gold, and a large embossed Victorian scrap. The scrap depicts a pastoral winter scene with snow and holly. Two robins frolic around an icy branch that reads, "Compliments of the Season to all". Measures approx. 4" by 2.5

The Trained Nurse and Hospital Review

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Title: The Trained Nurse and Hospital Review
Seller: Eclectibles (United States)
Description: New York: Lakeside Publishing Co, Sep-26. 111 pp journal on nursing. The 'Trained Nurse and Hospital Review' was the pioneer nursing publication in American and it ran from 1893 to 1950. This item is the September 1926 issue. The front cover features a photograph of Stella Boothe Vail (a prominent nurse of the times and a specialist in children's health and hygiene) done by H. W. Simmons. Some of the articles in this issue are: "The Nurse's Part in Prenatal Care", "Helps in Pediatric Nursing", "Nutrition Forum: Food to Tempt Children's Appetites", and "A Guiding Code of Ethics in Nursing Relationships." Item includes a newspaper article on Stella Booth from the NY Sun Globe, March 1924. Measures 10" x 6 3/4" (journal), 9 3/4" x 7" (newspaper article). Minor cover wear. Pages are toned due to age. The article has red pencil on the bottom detailing the name and date of the newspaper.

A Gentleman of Color: The Life of James Forten [Uncorrected Advance Reading Copy] [Signed by Winch] by [James Forten] Julie Winch

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Title: A Gentleman of Color: The Life of James Forten [Uncorrected Advance Reading Copy] [Signed by Winch]
Author: [James Forten] Julie Winch
Seller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002. Very Good. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002. Uncorrected Advance Reading Copy. Octavo (23.5cm); publisher's glossy pictorial wrappers; x,481pp. Light shelf wear, else Very Good and sound. Signed and dated Feb. 6, 2002, by the author on title page. Advance review copy with promotional letter from the publisher laid in. The first biography of James Forten (1766-1842), the Revolutionary War soldier, abolitionist, Philadelphia businessman, and "founder of the most important African-American family of 19th-century America" (rear cover).

Cook Book of Millers Falls P.T.A. Compiled by [the] Chairman, Mrs. Alma Cuff by [Highland School (Millers Falls); Parent-Teachers Association]; [Alma M. Cuff]

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Title: Cook Book of Millers Falls P.T.A. Compiled by [the] Chairman, Mrs. Alma Cuff
Author: [Highland School (Millers Falls); Parent-Teachers Association]; [Alma M. Cuff]
Seller: Rabelais - Fine Books on Food & Drink (United States)
Description: Millers Falls, Mass, 1946. Octavo (23 x 15.5 cm.), 38 pages. Cover title: Cook Book: Highland P.T.A. 1946. FIRST EDITION. A community cookbook, then, its one hundred thirty attributed recipes known to but a few dozen families. Alma M. (Lapointe) Cuff (1920-2009) was a newcomer, recently arrived from distant Greenfield (about seven miles away) after her marriage to a metal worker and settling to raise a family in Millers Falls. Two intriguing aspects of the Cook Book she oversaw are the number of recipes identified as "sugarless"--among them Gingerbread, Cream Pudding, Devil's Food Cake, and Alma Cuff's own Fudge, and a few experimental ventures, such as New Way to Prepare Stringbeans and - a Committee project - Pineapple Chicken Sandwich. Once a mill village amidst the farming communities of Franklin County in northwestern Massachusetts, Millers Falls took its name in the 1860s from Millers Falls Manufacturing, makers of fine tools, founded in Greenfield but with factories in Millers Falls. The village is now a constituent neighborhood of Montague. Children of several generations past attended the Highland School, a one-story, six-room brick schoolhouse on Millers Falls Road, built circa 1920. In stapled, blue-titled wrapper. Lower front corner of wrapper chipped, otherwise very good. [OCLC locates one copy; in neither Brown nor Cagle].

[THANKSGIVING] [ARMED FORCES] THANKSGIVING DAY - Columbus Barracks, Ohio - 1918

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Title: [THANKSGIVING] [ARMED FORCES] THANKSGIVING DAY - Columbus Barracks, Ohio - 1918
Seller: lizzyoung bookseller (United States)
Condition: Cream color illustrated wraps, twine string. Very good
Description: Columbus, Ohio, November 28, 1918. Staplebound. Cream color illustrated wraps, twine string. Very good. 4 pages. 16.5 x 10 cm. A full Thanksgiving menu with all the fix in's along with cigars and cigarettes. Staff and officers listed on two pages. The rear cover states: "Did you think this time last year that we would be feeding Fritz and the Allied Nations? we have the Bacon and the Rhine, too, but we must share the BACON." Covers soiled.

The Sign of the Cross: Travels in Catholic Europe. by TÓIBÍN, Colm.

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Title: The Sign of the Cross: Travels in Catholic Europe.
Author: TÓIBÍN, Colm.
Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller-ABAA (United States)
Description: NY: Pantheon, (1994).. First US edition.. 296 pp. Fine in very near fine dust jacket.

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The Kade Family Saga, Volume 1: In Quest of Zion

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Title: The Kade Family Saga, Volume 1: In Quest of Zion
Seller: Weller Book Works ABAA/ILAB (United States)
ISBN: 9780929753072
Condition: Very Good
Description: Stratford, 2003. Very Good. . The Kade Family Saga, Volume 1: In Quest of Zion . Provo, Utah: Stratford, 2003. 396pp. 8vo. Hardcover. Book condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good with lightly bumped and rubbed edges and a tiny abrasion on head of spine.

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