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Manual of the Corporation of the City of New York (5 Consecutive Years, The Civil War Years) by D.T. Valentine

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Title: Manual of the Corporation of the City of New York (5 Consecutive Years, The Civil War Years)
Author: D.T. Valentine
Seller: Appledore Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Very Good +
Description: The Corporation of the City of New York, 1865. Decorative Cloth. Very Good +. The complete run of the Civil War years of the highly-influential mid-19th century history of New York City, universally known simply as Valentine's Manual. 4 of the 5 volumes are inscribed by the author, D.T. Valentine, to his good friend, White Plains, NY lawyer S.L.A. Ward. All 5 of the volumes --thick, uniform 12mos-- are solid and easily VG+ in their blindstamped bevelled boards, with intricate gilt-design and titling along both the front panels and spines. Each volume is 800-900 pages or more and each boasts dozens and dozens of fold-out plates (many of them in rich chromolithography). A bit of fading --with a touch of rubbing as well-- along 2 of the spines but the set is solid, well-preserved and very presentable. Uncommon as such, with this complete arc of the Civil War years and with all but one of the volumes signed by the formidable D.T. Valentine.

A Golfing Idyll or The Skipper's Round with the Deil On the Links of St Andrews. by Flint, Violet. (pseud. of Col. J. E. Thompson).

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Title: A Golfing Idyll or The Skipper's Round with the Deil On the Links of St Andrews.
Author: Flint, Violet. (pseud. of Col. J. E. Thompson).
Seller: Argonaut Book Shop (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: St. Andrews: W.C. Henderson & Son, 1897 Book. Illus. by Bannerman, A. Islay. Very Good. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). 3rd Edition. Third edition (illustrated edition). Octavo, 9x6¾ inches. x, 35pp.+plates. Full page illustrations by A. Islay Bannerman. Original dark green cloth with gilt title, borders, and vignette. All edges gilt, coated endpapers. Bookplate. Inner front hinge cracked, inner rear hinge starting, corners just showing, minor soiling and slight bend to front cover. Overall, a very good copy. Presentation inscription, SIGNED by the author "To D. Moir with J.E.T's kind regards". Scarce, thus. This long poem in doggerel rhyme, about a game of golf between "The Skipper" and the Devil (Deil), was originally published in 1893. It was privately printed by the author for distribution among his friends, and was under the pseudonym Violet Flint. It was met with such enthusiasm that it was published again the following year and sold publicly. This third edition was printed in 1897, and includes 8 whimsical, full-page illustrations not found in the previous editions. This edition was printed in at least three other bindings, (white cloth, and blue or red printed wrappers); this binding of dark green cloth appears to be less common. [Donovan and Murdoch, The Game of Golf and the Printed Word: 1210]. .

The World in Miniature: or the Entertaining Traveller... Giving an Account of every Thing necessary and curious; As to Situation, Customs, Manners... Religious and Other Cerimonies... Volume II. Containing America... [Volume II only.] by Fransham, John

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Title: The World in Miniature: or the Entertaining Traveller... Giving an Account of every Thing necessary and curious; As to Situation, Customs, Manners... Religious and Other Cerimonies... Volume II. Containing America... [Volume II only.]
Author: Fransham, John
Seller: Argonaut Book Shop (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: London: John Torbuck, 1741 Book. Fine. Hardcover. Volume II only. Second edition, "enlarg'd with the Addition of a New Sett of Cutts." 16mo. Pp. 275, [20], 24, index. Engraved folding frontispiece, 4 plates. Handsomely bound in modern calf in the antique style. A fine copy. Folding frontis with repairs, else a fine and clean copy. One of the plates includes New England whaling ships near Greenland. Volume II only, the most important of this set. Includes 84 pages on Mexico, Terra Firma, Peru, Chili, Paraguay, Amazons, Porto Rico, and Brazil; 51 pages on Virginia, Maryland, New England, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, North and South Carolina and Georgia; 26 pages on Jamaica, Barbadoes, Bahamas, and the West Indies. The last 102 pages cover England, Scotland and Ireland..

Plano del Alumbrado de la Ciudad de México. 1904 by [Mexico]. [Technology]

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Title: Plano del Alumbrado de la Ciudad de México. 1904
Author: [Mexico]. [Technology]
Seller: McBride Rare Books (United States)
Condition: Good.
Description: Mexico, 1904. Good.. Map, 31 x 41 inches. Old folds; slight loss and wear at some folds, wear and chipping at edges. Lightly toned at folds, minor soiling. A large and wonderful map depicting the streetlight illumination of Mexico City. The map puts the Alameda Central at the center of the sheet, with eight outlined districts divided around it. A key provides a series of varying red dots which denote streetlights at various bulb levels, as well as those planned for an increase. Green lines show electric lines both planned and in place. Various railroads snake throughout the city, with the central train yard featured in the upper left center. The area with the most illumination left to do is the eighth district, centered on the Paseo de la Reforma. Though the Paseo does have a series of lamps in place, most of the rest of the area around it does not, as it is still under development. We find no copies of this map in OCLC, though with maps that is not uncommon. A fascinating look at the modernization and electrification of Mexico City at the turn of the 20th century.

LENNY BRUCE (ca. 1960-63) Photo archive by Various

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Title: LENNY BRUCE (ca. 1960-63) Photo archive
Author: Various
Seller: Walterfilm, Inc. (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: Various. No binding. Very Good. Set of four vintage original 8 x 10" (20 x 25 cm) black-and-white glossy gelatin silver photos. Very good. Portrait and candid shots of the controversial and influential comedian Lenny Bruce. One is a commercial headshot and another a candid of him with newspaper blurb of when he was tossed out of London.

Betty Ford Writes A Month After Becoming First Lady by BETTY FORD

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Title: Betty Ford Writes A Month After Becoming First Lady
Author: BETTY FORD
Seller: Stuart Lutz Historic Documents, Inc. (United States)
Description: TLS. 1pg. 6 x 9 . September 11, 1974. The White House. A typed letter signed Betty Ford as First Lady on White House letterhead. She wrote to Mrs. Perkins McGuire: How sweet of you to send us the magazine from Spain. Little did I ever think that the Fords would have pictures in a foreign magazine. We were quite lucky that my assistants husband is a Spanish professor and he was able to read the article for us. Many thanks again for being so thoughtful, and Jerry joins me in sending our warm regards. McGuire, whom the letter is addressed to, served as the Assistant Secretary of Defense under President Eisenhower, and was later appointed by President Nixon to be Chairman of the Commission on Government Procurement. The letter has two mailing folds and is in fine condition; it is accompanied by the original mailing envelope.

Arguments for Inconciseness with Instances of the Disadvantages of Brevity by William Murray Cheney (1907-2002)

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Title: Arguments for Inconciseness with Instances of the Disadvantages of Brevity
Author: William Murray Cheney (1907-2002)
Seller: John Howell for Books (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: Los Angeles, CA: Wm. M. Cheney, 1954. 12mo. 6 3/4 x 4 3/8 inches. 25 pp. Title page printed in brick-red and black inks, 3 decorations in red on title page, brick-red initial, 2 brick-red woodcut illustrations; text clean, unmarked. Parchment paper over boards, printed in brick-red ink; binding square and tight, toned, foot of spine lightly bumped. SCARCE. EE516-279. Very Good. FIRST EDITION. Cheney's essay on rhetoric and literary style is filled with his characteristic tongue-in-cheek humor. The second illustration on page 19 is of a train; it is captioned "I do not have a fire engine cut." REFERENCE: Jones, A Los Angeles Typesticker, No. 38. 12 copies OCLC; none currently on offer in the online marketplaces.

Travel, March 1918. Vol. XXX, Number 5

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Title: Travel, March 1918. Vol. XXX, Number 5
Seller: Sandra L Hoekstra Bookseller, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA (United States)
Condition: Very good +
Description: New York City: Robert M. McBride & Company, Inc, 1918. Staplebound. Very good +. Folio; 40pp; color pictorial stiff wrapper, 2 staple binding, b&w photographic portrait of a young girl to front, Aetna Life Insurance ad to rear; light shelf-wear, inner leaf detached from staples; very good plus. Black and white photographic illustrations and advertisements throughout, as well as one map titled "Principal Motor Routes Through the Land of Cotton". Contents include articles on Launching of Canoes at Papua, New Guinea; The Singing People of the South Seas; Motoring in the Land of Cotton; The Observation Platform; What is a Bolshevik?; Glimpses of the Rubber Country; A Guide to Trench Warfare; The Land Where Beauty is a Necessity [Japan]; and Side Trips In the Indian Southwest. The front wrapper illustration is titled, "Indians of Glacier National Park".

Maureen's Fairing: and Other Stories by Barlow, Jane; illustrated by Bertha Newcombe

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Title: Maureen's Fairing: and Other Stories
Author: Barlow, Jane; illustrated by Bertha Newcombe
Seller: The Kelmscott Bookshop (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: London: J.M. Dent, 1895. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. First edition of this charming book of short stories by Barlow. With six illustrations by Newcombe. Bound in original light green cloth with gilt tilting to spine and front cover, with gilt illustration also on cover. Light bumping, darkening to spine, and a few stains but still nice. T.e.g... Other edges untrimmed. Decorated endpapers with offsetting. Interior pages are clean with some aging to page margins. Very good condition. Measures 4.5 x 6.5 inches. 191 pages. LIT/042321.

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