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[WOMEN IN THE WEST]. Covered Wagon Women. COMPLETE SET of 11 vols., DELUXE ISSUE (vols. 1-9 and 11) limited to 33 copies in gold-tooled leather, and trade edition (vol. 10) in cloth

[WOMEN IN THE WEST]. Covered Wagon Women. COMPLETE SET of 11 vols., DELUXE ISSUE (vols. 1-9 and 11) limited to 33 copies in gold-tooled leather, and trade edition (vol. 10) in cloth by Holmes, Kenneth L. (editor)

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[WOMEN IN THE WEST]. Covered Wagon Women. COMPLETE SET of 11 vols., DELUXE ISSUE (vols. 1-9 and 11) limited to 33 copies in gold-tooled leather, and trade edition (vol. 10) in cloth
Author
Holmes, Kenneth L. (editor)
Seller
Michael Laird Rare Books LLC (United States)
Description
COMPLETE SET of 11 vols. Large 8vo., vols. 1-9 and 11 bound in leather, vol. 10 in cloth. Very light blemishing to pastedowns, endpapers, edges of textblock, and in some instances on the covers of the Keepsakes. Binding on vol. 4 very slightly bowed. The leather binding on Vol. 11 (which is unnumbered) is more red than the others in this set. As commonly, this set lacks the rare, almost unfindable keepsake for vol. III entitled "To Remember The Trail," a limited edition print after a original drawing by Jose Cisneros, commissioned by the Clark Company for this work. Overall in excellent condition. DELUXE ISSUE, LIMITED TO JUST 33 SETS, OF WHICH ONLY 30 WERE EVER OFFERED FOR SALE. TREASURED DOCUMENTS, AT TIMES ALMOST UNBEARABLY POIGNANT, BEING HITHERTO UNPUBLISHED DIARIES AND LETTERS WRITTEN BY PIONEER WOMEN AND GIRLS, PRINTED VERBATIM, WITH NO CHANGES IN SPELLING OR PUNCTUATION. The justly famous 11-volume "Covered Wagon Women" series is the best first-person overland trail accounts penned by females who traveled west between 1840 and 1903. Penned by girls, teenagers, married and unmarried women, women with multiple children, women who lost one or more children, widows, and elderly alike, these brave pioneers bore dumbfounding burdens and responsibilities on trails so gruelling that they now seem incomprehensible. They write of friendship and family, trail hardships, weather, days blending into nights, explorations, and much more. Here are the voices of Tamsen Donner and young Virginia Reed, members of the ill-fated Donner party; Patty Sessions, the Mormon midwife who delivered five babies on the trail between Omaha and Salt Lake City; Rachel Fisher, who buried both her husband and her little girl before reaching Oregon. Still others make themselves heard, starting out from different places and recording details along the way, from the mundane to the soul-shattering and spirit-lifting. From the publisher: "This set was initiated by Dr. Holmes after years of working and collecting in the field. His interest was in presenting the material to the public in a readily available form for reference and reading. He viewed the series as a continuation of 'First White Women Over the Rockies' edited by Drury. [Each volume] is introduced by the editor with historical background and identification of characters wherever possible. Minor footnoting to clarify the text is included." "While each diarist and letter-writer had her personal joys and sorrows, collectively these invaluable accounts demonstrate the passion and courage of these nineteenth-century pioneering women who led and followed their families into the West, pursuing dreams of better economic or social situations. One can only marvel at their ability to persevere under conditions that sent many scurrying back home to the East." [...] "The stories seem simple -- they left, they traveled, they settled -- yet the restless westering impulse of Americans created one of the most enduring figures in our frontier pantheon: the hardy pioneer persevering against all odds. Undeterred by storms, ruthless bandits, towering mountains, and raging epidemics, the women in these volumes suggest why the pioneer represented the highest ideals and aspirations of a young nation." CONTENTS OF COLLECTION (NB: all volumes were published in Spokane by Arthur H. Clark Co.) Volume I, 1840-1849. Leather. No. 29 of 33, signed by the editor. With the Keepsake. Volume II, 1850. Leather. No. 29 of 33, signed by the editor. With the Keepsake. Volume III, 1851. Leather. No. 29 of 33, signed by the editor. Lacking the Keepsake, as is almost always the case. Volume IV, 1852: The California trail. Leather. No. 29 of 33, signed by the editor. With the Keepsake. Volume V, 1852: The Oregon Trail. Leather. No. 29 of 33, signed by the editors. With the Keepsake. Volume VI, 1853-1854. Leather. No. 29 of 33, signed by the editor. With the Keepsake. Volume VII, 1854-1860. Leather. No. 29 of 33, signed by the editor. With the Keepsake. Volume VIII, 1862-1865. Leather. No. 29 of 33, signed by the editor. With the Keepsake (a self-contained volume, original gold-printed wrappers: "Mrs. Mary Ringo"). Volume IX, 1864-1868. Leather. No. 29 of 33, signed by the editor. With the Keepsake. Volume X, 1875-1883. CLOTH. Trade edition (and obviously without a Keepsake). Fine. Volume XI, 1879-1903. Leather. One of 33 copies (this copy unnumbered). With the Keepsake. Clark & Brunet 144.
Ayesha, the Maid of Kars. By the Author of "Zohrab," "Haji Baba," &c

Ayesha, the Maid of Kars. By the Author of "Zohrab," "Haji Baba," &c by Morier, James

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Ayesha, the Maid of Kars. By the Author of "Zohrab," "Haji Baba," &c
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Morier, James
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Thorn Books (United States)
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Hardcover
Description
Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 1834. First US edition. Very good. Hardcover. 2 volumes. Tall 8vo. Bound in original boards: drab cloth spines, paper over boards, remnants of printed lettering labels. Expected wear at edges, some soiling, else a very good set. The first American edition of the third of Morier's highly readable novels set in Persia. Rare, and more so in original boards. In a custom clamshell case. For the English edition, see Sadlier, 1796; Wolff 4927.
Constitucion de la Republica de Colombia

Constitucion de la Republica de Colombia by [Colombia]

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Constitucion de la Republica de Colombia
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[Colombia]
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McBride Rare Books (United States)
Condition
Very good.
Description
Bogota, 1886. Very good.. 48,[4]pp. Contemporary brown cloth, stamped in black and gilt. Light wear to corers and spine ends. Ownership ink stamps on front pastedown and title page. Light foxing and toning. "Edicion Oficial." After Gran Colombia was dissolved in 1830, the countries of modern-day Colombia, Venezuela, and Ecuador, took shape. Colombia, then known as New Granada, suffered two years of civil war, ending in 1863 with the founding of the United States of Colombia. It was reestablished as the Republica de Colombia in 1886. This is the official edition of the constitution acknowledging the establishment of that entity. The front cover is stamped in gilt with the name of Fernando Cortes, the title page also bearing his ownership stamp.
History of the Murder of Hiram Sawtell by His Brother Issac Sawtell

History of the Murder of Hiram Sawtell by His Brother Issac Sawtell

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History of the Murder of Hiram Sawtell by His Brother Issac Sawtell
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Laconia, NH: John J. Lane, 1890. Paper wraps. 32pp. Good with minor chipping to covers. Isaac wanted Hiram's property and so he murdered him. Although he buried the body in Berwick, Maine, some believed the murder took place across the border in New Hampshire. See McDade 852.
Smashing The White Slave Trade

Smashing The White Slave Trade

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Smashing The White Slave Trade
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Currier Publishing Company: Chicago, 1910. Paper wraps. Poor paper quality. Some chipping and tape repair.
1865 – Two letters sent by a woman in Washington, DC, to her mother and sister in Pennsylvania discussing canning, a hired ‘girl,’ and ill-fitting shoes

1865 – Two letters sent by a woman in Washington, DC, to her mother and sister in Pennsylvania discussing canning, a hired ‘girl,’ and ill-fitting shoes by Mary Smith

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1865 – Two letters sent by a woman in Washington, DC, to her mother and sister in Pennsylvania discussing canning, a hired ‘girl,’ and ill-fitting shoes
Author
Mary Smith
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Kurt A. Sanftleben (United States)
Condition
Very good
Description
Washington, DC, 1865. Envelope or Cover. Very good. These two letters were written by Mary Smith in Washington, DC on October 1st and 2nd, 1865. They are enclosed in the same mailing envelope, which was sent to Miss Lizzie Smith. The envelope bears a 3-cent Washington stamp (Scott #65), and a double-circle Washington postmark dated 6 October. In nice shape with a bit of toning to the envelope. In these letters, Mary provided a report about how busy she had been in the kitchen. “I couldn’t get time to rite. We got a lot of chicken grapes a wild shiny black wild fruit) and we had them to pick off and put up seven crocks full in molasses and I was canning some tomatoes and I had a busy week of it I have thirty seven cans full of tomatoes ten of peaches and nine of blackberries I want to can some more tomatoes this week. . .. I made apple butter . . . strong to keep for winter and I made some that I didn’t boil down so mutch that I am using and will make a little mor. . .. I have not got apples dried nor I wont et maney more for they dont fall very fast now. . .. She also told of her problems and success in hiring a servant, probably a black woman based on her use of the diminutive term, ‘girl.’ “I rit to you before in told you that I had a very bad girl well I sent her off and done alone for a weak and then I got a rite good girl the one I have now does very well only she dont know much about baking our kind bread but she does very well at every thing else. . .." And finally, she writes about her inability to find shoes that fit. “I wish I could see your new gaiters [and] I wish you could see the nice shoes I were. my leg and feet are swollen so mutch that I can were aney shoes that are fit for a white person. . .. I got a new pair of shoes . . . but I cant were them I think I get my feet shaved down or els cut them off for they have no shape. . .." . A folksy letter that gives an inkling of the amount of work a homemaker needed to do simply to ensure fruit was available over the winter months. .
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THE LETTERS OF CHARLES LAMB (TWO VOLUMES) by Ainger, Alfred (Ed.)

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THE LETTERS OF CHARLES LAMB (TWO VOLUMES)
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Ainger, Alfred (Ed.)
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Hoffman Books (United States)
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Good
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New York: A. C. Armstrong & Son. Good. 1888. Hardcover. Complete in Two Volumes. This is an ex-library set- rebound in red library buckram with new endpages and the usual library marks including card pockets at the rear. The contents are bright and complete. Good. .
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European and American Cuisine. by Lemcke, Gesine.

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European and American Cuisine.
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Lemcke, Gesine.
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Savoy Books (United States)
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New York, 1921. Book. 8vo, cloth. Pp. 618. Fifth Edition. Bitting, p. 281. Good copy..
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Contemporary Sioux Painting

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Contemporary Sioux Painting
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(Rapid City): (Tipi Shop). (1970). The catalogue of an exhibition released through the Sioux Indian Museum and Crafts Center and organized by the Department of the Interior. Profiles a number of noted Sioux artists, with black & white reproductions of their artwork. Quarto. Rubbed; near fine in wrappers. Unless otherwise noted, our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine.
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MEMORY, A COMPLETE AND DEFINITIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY INCLUDING SCIENTIFIC, TECHNOLOGICAL, HISTORICAL AND COMMERICAL WORKS BY AUTHORS FROM ALL COUNTRIES, BOTH ANCIENT AND MODERN

BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MEMORY, A COMPLETE AND DEFINITIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY INCLUDING SCIENTIFIC, TECHNOLOGICAL, HISTORICAL AND COMMERICAL WORKS BY AUTHORS FROM ALL COUNTRIES, BOTH ANCIENT AND MODERN by Young, Morris N.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MEMORY, A COMPLETE AND DEFINITIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY INCLUDING SCIENTIFIC, TECHNOLOGICAL, HISTORICAL AND COMMERICAL WORKS BY AUTHORS FROM ALL COUNTRIES, BOTH ANCIENT AND MODERN
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Young, Morris N.
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Oak Knoll Books/Oak Knoll Press (United States)
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Philadelphia: Chilton Co, 1961. cloth, dust jacket. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 436 pages. First and only edition. Thousands of entries dating from the earliest times. Near fine.
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Verdi by [VERDI]. Hussey, Dyneley

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Verdi
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[VERDI]. Hussey, Dyneley
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J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians LLC (United States)
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Very Good
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London, New York: J.M. Dent, E.P. Dutton, 1940. Hardcover. Very Good. Small quarto. Full ivory cloth with titling to spine, decorative endpapers. 355 pp. With several illustrative plates and musical examples. Slightly browned; some edges slightly stained. In dustjacket.

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