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	[Whitman, Marcus. 1802 - 1847]. Drury, Clifford Merrill. MARCUS WHITMAN, M.D. Pioneer and Martyr. Caldwell, Idaho: The Caxton Printers, Ltd., 1937. Blue buckram cloth binding with gold stamping. Map eps. 473, [1 (blank)] pp. Illustrated. 8vo. 1st edition. #80 / 500 cc. SIGNED by the author. Very light extremity wear. Prior owner signature. Tape shadows to rfep. A VG+ copy. "Marcus Whitman an American physician and Oregon missionary in the Oregon Country. Along with his wife Narcissa Whitman he started a mission in what is now southeastern Washington state in 1836, which would later become a stop along the Oregon Trail. Whitman would later lead the first large party of wagon trains along the Oregon Trail, establishing it as a viable route for the thousands of emigrants who used the trail in the following decade." [Wiki].
	Inventory #: 33638.0 Price: $ 45.00

	Carlisle, William L. Williams, J. R. - Contributor. BILL CARLISLE LONE BANDIT. An Autobiography. Pasadena: Trail's End Publishing Co., (1946). Deep maroon leather binding with gilt stamped lettering. Map eps by Clarence Ellsworth. 220 pp. Illustrated, including 3 drawings by Charles Russell. 8vo. Deluxe Limited edition, issued simultaneously with the trade edition (Adams SIX-GUNS 375 Yost & Renner 47). #555 of an unstated limitation [though 625 cc, per Yost & Renner]. SIGNED by Carlisle. Light extremity wear. Spine lightly sunned. A solid VG copy. Per Adams, "This the honest autobiography of the last of the lone train robbers, a man who allowed himself to be captured rather than take a human life." This work contains the 1st appearance for 2 of Russell's drawings: "An Old Time Faro Layout" & "I Even Considered Sawing a Bar in the Library Window."
	Inventory #: 33646.0 Price: $ 45.00

	Queeny, Edgar M. Buckingham, Nash - Contributor. Introduction by Nash Buckingham. CHEECHAKO. The Story of an Alaska Bear Hunt. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1941. Yellow broadweave cloth binding with blue, gilt-stamped title onlay to front board & spine. TEG. Slipcase. xvi, 133, [1] pp. Printed by the Lakeside Press. Color photographic frontis. Text illustrated with inserted photographic plates (some color), from photographs taken by the author. 8vo. 1st edition. Limited to 1200 cc. SIGNED by the author. Book - VG+ (spine sun-darkened a bit/po bookplate). Slipcase - VG (wear to seam extremities).
	Inventory #: 33630.0 Price: $ 125.00

	[African American History]. POLITICAL BROADSIDE. "Full of Importance there you stand ..." New York & Baltimore: Fisher & Denison, (n. d.). Single sheet, printed recto only. 70% of sheet with hand-colored lithographed image depicting a Black American caricature, exiting the voting booth, with tickets in hand. 9-1/4" x 6-1/2". Ca late 1860s. 3 fold-lines. Top right corner clipped, with small piece lacking to the left at end of fold-line. A VG copy. From the publisher & context, arguably issued in 1867 as a reaction to the first time black voters were authorized to participate in District of Columbia elections. The image is quite satrical in nature, depicting an indecisive black voter exiting the voting booth, with his staring eyes a bit vacant & his hands up in the air questioningly, as if to plead, "Who was best?" The doggerel underneath opins: "Full of importance there you stand / A lot of tickets in your hand, / You think you've saved the country now, / But your thick head can't tell us how. / All decent voters cry "Begone" / For you don't know which side you're on." A quite rare piece of African-American franchise ephemera- no copies located on OCLC.
	Inventory #: 33609.0 Price: $ 450.00

	Harrison, E[dward]. S[anford. 1859 - ]. The DIRECTORY And GAZETTEER Of SEWARD PENINSULA. Compiled and Published Annually by E. S. Harrison. Nome, Alaska. Seattle, Washington: Lowman & Hanford Stationery and Printing Co. [1904]. Green cloth spine over printed buff-paper boards (professionally respined). [2], 118 pp. Adverts interleaved. Some illustrations to adverts. 8vo. 8-5/8" x 5-1/2". 1st edition. Publication date from text, p. 111. Boards worn. Some staining & spotting, primarily to eps. Withal, a VG copy of this rare Alaska directory. The first directory specifically for the Nome / Seward Peninsula area, and quite rare: not noted in Wickersham, nor Smith's PACIFIC NORTHWEST AMERICANA and only 3 holdings listed on OCLC. No copies at auction these last 30+ years, per APBC & Americana Exchange.
	Inventory #: 33585.0 Price: $ 2000.00

	[19th C Phone Book]. Sherwin, Thomas - President. Hanson, Geo. E. - Superintendent. NEW ENGLAND TELEPHONE And TELEGRAPH Co. Suburban Division. LIST Of SUBSCRIBERS, July 1st, 1887, And Business Directory, Including Subscribers of the Boston Exchange. Boston: M. H. Cleaves, Publisher, 40 Pearl Street. 1887. Printed green paper wrappers, stapled. Now custom chemised & housed in a black quarter-leather slipcase, with marbled paper boards. [2], 140, [6] pp. Adverts preced Illustrated adverts. 8vo. 9-1/8" x 5-7/8". 1st edition thus. Front wrapper chipped, and detached. Light chipping to lower edge of rear wrapper. Withal, a VG copy. The New England Telephone and Telegraph Company "was organized in 1883, by the consolidation of several local companies which had constructed exchanges in many of the more important cities and towns..." [Boston Electrical Handbook. 1904]. No copies on OCLC not held by the BPL, nor UConn.A wonderful, and rare, surviving artifact from the early history of telephony, able to contribute more than a small dollop to research efforts into the period.
	Inventory #: 33559.0 Price: $ 2250.00

	[City Directory]. DIRECTORY. Resident and Classified Business of GREATER LONG BEACH CALIFORNIA Containing a Record of All Business Houses and Private Citizens, a List of All Trades and Professions, City and County Officials, Courts, Churches, Public and Private Schools, and Secret and Benevolent Societies. 1908. Pasadena and Long Beach: Thurston Directory and Publishing Co., (1907). Printed buff cloth binding. Printed pink-paper advert eps. 244 pp. Fold-out map at rear [22" x 15-1/4"]. 8vo. 9-1/2" x 6-1/4". 1st edition thus (Rocq 2734). Binding soiled. Short tear at top of ffep along gutter. 2 closed tears to map. Withal, a VG copy. No copies on OCLC- a somewhat early, and uncommon, directory for this city, which was incorporated in 1888.
	Inventory #: 33555.0 Price: $ 500.00

	Kendall, Amos [1789 - 1869]. Post-Master-General. TABLE Of POST OFFICES In The UNITED STATES, On the First July, 1836, Arranged in Alphabetical Order, Exhibiting the States and Counties in Which They are Situated - The Names of the Postmasters - And The Distance of Each Post Office, As Far As Satisfactorily Ascertained, from the Capitol of the United States, and the State Capitals, Respectively. Washington: Printed by Blair and Reeves, 1836. Brown cloth spine over drab stiff-stock paper boards. 183, [3 (blank)] pp. 8vo. 8-11/16" x 5-3/8". 1st edition thus, and [evidently] the 8th edition overall (cf. Sabin 64513). Not in American Imprints. Ink sums on rear board. Contemporaneous signatures to front paste-down. Lacks ffep. Dampstain to outer edge of text-block last half. A Good, serviceable copy. A fairly early, and somewhat uncommon, official post office publication- OCLC records 6 institutional holdings.
	Inventory #: 33554.0 Price: $ 175.00

	[Native American Indian Sheet Music]. Farwell, Arthur [1872 - 1952] - Compiler. Troyer, Carlos [1837 - 1920] - Transcriber. TWO PIANOFORTE COMPOSITIONS. SMYBOLISTIC STUDY NO. I. By Arthur Farwell. GHOST DANCE Of The ZUNIS. By Carlos Troyer. From the 'Wa-Wan Series of American Compositions. Vol. III [Spring Quarter] Part II: April. Newton Center Mass: The Wa - Wan Press, 1904. Printed grey paper wrappers, string tie. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. [2], 14 pp. Folio. 13-3/4" x 10-5/8". 1st edition. General grubiness to wrappers, with split developing along fold. An About VG copy.
	Inventory #: 33531.0 Price: $ 125.00

	Lowe, A[braham]. T., M.D. The COLUMBIAN CLASS BOOK, Consisting of Geographical, Historical, and Biographical Extracts, Compiled from Authentic Sources, and Arranged on a Plan Different from Any Thing Before Offered the Publick. Particularly Designed for the Use of Schools. Worcester: Published by Dorr & Howland, 1825. Period brown full sheep binding. Maroon leather title label to spine. 534 pp. Frontis + 3 full-page wood engravings. 7-1/8" x 4-3/8". Second Edition (American Imprints 21262 Sabin 25100). Expected extremity wear to binding. Lacks front & rear free eps. Period pencil pos to front blank & period inked po commentary to poetry. Usual bit of browning & foxing. An About VG copy.
	Inventory #: 33515.0 Price: $ 50.00

	[5th U. S. Congress, 3rd Session]. FURTHER REPORT Of The COMMITTEE Of REVISAL & UNFINISHED BUSINESS, on Such Laws of the United States, as are Near Expiring. 27th December, 1798, Ordered to Lie on the Table. [Published by order of the House of Representatives]. [Philadelphia]: [Printed by William Ross], [1798]. Self printed wrappers. Stab-holes along fold, indicating that perhaps the pamplet one time bound now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. A bifolium, 4 pp. 8-1/2" x 5-3/8". 1st edtiion (Evans 34762). Age toning. Faint diagonal crease. A VG+ copy. The pamphlet lists 12 acts about to expire, including one establishing trading houses with the Indian tribes, one dealing with the revenue cutters, an act to "regulate trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes, and to preserve peace on the frontiers", "an act respecting the mint", "an act for the relief of persons imprisoned for debt", "an act to suspend the commercial intercourse between the United States and France..", etc., etc. Printer, and place of publication ascribed by Evans.
	Inventory #: 33508.0 Price: $ 150.00

	[Advertising Pamphlet - 3 panel]. Filkins, L. W. - General Passenger Agent. The GREAT PROVIDENCE LINE. Between New York & Boston. Buffalo & Chicago: Phoenix Lithograph Co., (n. d.). 1 sheet, printed both sides. 2 publisher horizontal fold-lines. Recto with 3 color lithographs, "The Palace Depot of the World", "The Palace Steamer of the World", & "The Finest Route to All Points East." Sheet: 10-5/8" x 6-13/16". Ca 1877. Abrasions & chipping at edges, perhaps evidence of prior mounting (affects caption lettering at bottom). 1/2" splt along one fold. A VG copy. This pamphlet announces the May1st 1877 re-opening of the NYC - Boston transit which combined sea & rail, having ceased operation 30 years earlier. In this updated iteration, 2 steamboats, the Massachusetts (newly constructed) and the Rhode Island ("Queen of the Sound") plied the waters between Pier 29, North River, NYC & Fox Point Wharf, Providence. From Providence to Boston was accomplished via rail, 42 miles in "60 minutes". Per an 1880 New York Times notice, the steamers were "magificent", and the rail ride was judged "one of the smoothest". Scarce bit of ephemera documenting this popular New England transit route.
	Inventory #: 33509.0 Price: $ 375.00

	Quincy, Josiah [1772 - 1864]. [Grahame, James. 1790 - 1842]. [Bancroft, George. 1800 - 1891]. The MEMORY Of The LATE JAMES GRAHAME, The Historian of the United States, VINDICATED From the Charges of "Detraction" and "Calumny" Preferred Against Him by Mr. George Bancroft, and the Conduct of Mr. Bancroft Towards that Historian Stated and Exposed. Boston: Wm Crosby and H. P. Nichols, 1846. Pamphlet, at one-time bound in larger volume, now removed, and housed in an archival mylar sleeve. 59, [1 (blank)] pp. 8vo, gathered in 4s. 8-11/16" x 5-3/8". 1st edition (American Imprints 46-5932 Sabin 67221). Wrapper remnants along spine, otherwise a VG+ copy. GRAHAME wrote "'History of the Rise and Progress of the United States of North America till the British Revolution of 1688.' The first two volumes appeared in 1827, and a new edition (4 vols.) in 1836, bringing the work down to the year 1776 but its thoroughly American spirit interfered with its success in England, and for several years it was little known in the United States. In 1841 a genial notice of the "History," by the historian Prescott, appeared in the "North American Review," in which it was styled 'the most thorough work, and incomparably the best on the subject, previous to Mr. Bancroft's.'" [famousamericans.net].
	Inventory #: 33475.0 Price: $ 37.50

	'By a Citizen'. [Quincy, Josiah. 1772 - 1864]. REMARKS On "An Act to Establish the Superior Court of The City of Boston," Passed by the General Court of Massachusetts, at Its Last Session. Boston: Printed by John Wilson, 21, School Street. 1849. Pamphlet, at one-time bound in larger volume, now removed, and housed in an archival mylar sleeve. 39, [1 (blank)] pp. 8vo. 8-1/2" x 5-1/4". 1st edition (Sabin 67235). Wrapper remnants along spine, otherwise a VG+ copy. Bound with TavBooks ID #33477 & 33478, Quincy's 'Supplement to the Remarks' & City Document No 34, which gave rise to the original 'Remarks'. Price is for all 3 pamphlets.
	Inventory #: 33476.0 Price: $ 150.00

	'By a Citizen'. [Quincy, Josiah. 1772 - 1864]. SUPPLEMENT To REMARKS On "An Act to Establish the Superior Court of The City of Boston," Passed by the General Court of Massachusetts, at Its Last Session. Boston: Printed by John Wilson, 21, School Street. 1849. Pamphlet, at one-time bound in larger volume, now removed, and housed in an archival mylar sleeve. 14 pp. 8vo. 8-1/2" x 5-1/4". 1st edition (Sabin 67254). Wrapper remnants along spine, otherwise a VG+ copy. Bound with TavBooks ID #33476 & 33478, Quincy's 'Remarks' & City Document No 34which gave rise to the 'Remarks'. Price is for all 3 pamphlets.
	Inventory #: 33477.0 Price: $ 150.00

	[Quincy, Josiah. 1772 - 1864]. Greeg, W. P. - Clerk C. C. CITY Of BOSTON. City Document. -- No. 34. Report of the Joint Special Committee to Whom was Referred the "Act to Establish the Superior Court of the City of Boston." [Boston]: 1849. Pamphlet, at one-time bound in larger volume, now removed, and housed in an archival mylar sleeve. 14 pp. Seal of Boston to p. 1. 8vo. 8-1/2" x 5-1/4". 1st printing (presumed). Wrapper remnants along spine, otherwise a VG+ copy. The act on which Mr Quincy commented. Bound with TavBooks ID #33476 & 33477, Qunicy's 'Remarks' & 'Supplement to the Remarks'. Price is for all 3 pamphlets.
	Inventory #: 33478.0 Price: $ 150.00

	Quincy, Josiah [1772 - 1864]. ADDRESS To The BOARD Of ALDERMEN, Of The CITY Of BOSTON, Jan. 3, 1829, by Josiah Quincy, on Taking Final Leave of the Office of Mayor. Boston: Printed by Crocker & Brewster, 1829. Pamphlet, at one-time bound in larger volume, now removed, and housed in an archival mylar sleeve. 31, [1] pp. 8vo. 8" x 5". 1st edition (issue with 'duty', p. 3. American Imprints 37885 Sabin 67203). Wrapper remnants along spine, otherwise a VG+ copy. Quincy a favored son of Massachusetts whose illustrious career included stints as Congressman [1805-1813], state senator, mayor of Boston [1823 - 1829], and finally President of Harvard, where, with the assistance of Judge Story, he molded the law school into the institution that is today regarded as one of the nation's premier academic establishments. As Mayor of Boston, which he concludes with this speech, he was known both for his city improvements & reform. [DAB].
	Inventory #: 29407.1 Price: $ 35.00

	Quincy, Josiah [1772 - 1864]. An ORATION, DELIVERED On TUESDAY, The FOURTH Of JULY, 1826, It Being the Fiftieth Anniversary of AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE. Before the Supreme Executive of the Commonwealth, and the City Council and Inhabitants of the City of Boston. Boston: True and Greene, City Printers. 1826. Original printed self wrappers, sewn. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. 30, [2 (blank)] pp. Untrimmed. 9-3/8" x 5-7/8". 1st edition (American Imprints 25887 Sabin 67230). INSCRIBED on the front wrapper by the author to J. Marston, Esq., and underneath by Mrs Quincy. Dampstain to upper corner of front wrapper, diminishing through first 3 leaves, causng some fading of Quincy's inscription. A VG copy. Inked commentary (Quincy's?) to margins of pp. 26 & 28, amplifying/explaining the printed remarks.
	Inventory #: 33479.0 Price: $ 175.00

	Quincy, Josiah [1772 - 1864]. SPEECH Of The HON. JOSIAH QUINCY, in the House of Representatives of the U. States, February 25, 1811. On the Amendments Offered by Mr. Eppes to the Bill Supplementary to the "Act Concerning the Commercial Intercourse Between the United States and Great Britain and France, and Their Dependencies, and For Other Purposes." And Which Proposed to Revive and Enforce the Nonintercourse Law Against Great Britain. Alexandria: Printed by S. Snowden, At the Office of the Alexandria Daily Gazette. March 1, 1811. Pamphlet, apparently at one-time bound in larger volume, now removed, and housed in an archival mylar sleeve. 16 pp. 8vo. 8" x 5". 1st edition (American Imprints 23774 Sabin 67248). Toning to outer leaves. Remnants of earlier binding along spine. A VG copy.
	Inventory #: 33454.0 Price: $ 75.00

	Mitchell, Samuel A. An ACCOMPANIMENT To MITCHELL'S REFERENCE And DISTANCE MAP Of The UNITED STATES Containing an Index of All the Counties, Districts, Townships, Towns, &c., in the Union Together with An Index of the Rivers .... Also, A General View of the United States, and the Several States and Territories ... Philadelphia: Published by Mitchell and Hinman, 1834. Period brown half sheep binding with blue marbled paper boards. 324 pp. 12mo, in 6s. 8-3/4" x 5-1/2". 1st edition (Howes M-684 Sabin 49715). General wear & rubbing to binding. Publisher's blue advert bookplate to front paste-down, with prior owner signature above. Paper browned, with faint tide-line in text-block lower margin. Withal, a square & tight VG copy.
	Inventory #: 33419.0 Price: $ 125.00

	Quincy, Josiah [1772 - 1864]. REMARKS On SOME Of The PROVISIONS Of The LAWS Of MASSACHUSETTS, Affecting Poverty, Vice, and Crime: Being the General Topics of a Charge to the Grand Jury of the County of Suffolk, in March Term, 1822. Cambridge: Printed at the University Press, by Hilliard & Metcalf. 1822. Original printed self wrappers, sewn. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. 28 pp. Untrimmed & mostly unopened. 8vo. 9-3/8" x 5-7/8". 1st edition (American Imprints 10058 Sabin 67236). Ex-lib, with small oval library blind stamp to 1st & 2nd leaf upper margin [no other apparent markings]. General wear & dust soiling to wrappers. Last leaf with paper loss to top margin [no text affected]. Withal, a VG copy.
	Inventory #: 33404.0 Price: $ 75.00

	[Marsden, Griffis. b. 1895]. The FIELD GLASS. Gypsying. G. M. Chula Vista, California: Denrich Press, 1917. Green printed wrappers, stapled. Yapp edges. Unpaginated, though 52 pp. Illustrated, with drawn headpieces, drawings & 14 photographic images. 8-3/8" x 6-1/8". 1st edition (Rocq 7428]. Edges worn, as might be expected with this binding style, still a VG copy. A travelogue about a group of folks, who take an Easterner on divers outings in Southern California, mostly in the San Diego area such as: Linda Vista, La Jolla, Old Town of San Diego, Tia Juana, a Naval Training Camp, Grossmont, Suicide Cliff, Little Pala Mission, San Luis Rey, Cuyamaca Mountains, Powam Lodge, Los Angeles, San Juan Capistrano, & Del Mar. Scarce piece of Californiana... OCLC records just 2 holdings.
	Inventory #: 33406.0 Price: $ 175.00

	Quincy, Josiah [1772 - 1864]. SPEECH Of The HON. JOSIAH QUINCY, in the House of Representatives of the United States, Delivered the 5th of January, 1813. On the Bill in Addition to the Act Entitled "An Act to Raise an Additional Military Force," and For Other Purposes. Boston: Printed by John Eliot, Jun. 1813. Printed self wrappers, sewn. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. 33, [1 (blank)] pp. 8vo. 9-1/4" x 5-5/8". 1st edition thus (American Imprints 29615 Sabin 67250). Some wear & dust-soiling to wrappers. A couple leaves with short horizontal tears in right margin. A VG copy.
	Inventory #: 33395.0 Price: $ 50.00

	Quincy, Josiah [1772 - 1864]. Curtis, George William [1824 - 1892] - Former Owner. ESSAYS On The SOILING Of CATTLE, Illustrated from Experience and An Address Containing Suggestions Which May be Useful to Farmers. Boston: Printed by John Wilson & Son, 1859. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt stamped lettering to spine & front board. 64 pp. 8vo. 9-1/8" x 5-3/4". 1st edition thus (Sabin 67213). INSCRIBED by Quincy to George William Curtis, in the year of publication. Some extremity wear, still a VG+ copy. Republication of 2 earlier essays the first from 1819, and the 2nd, 1852. "Soiling" cattle refers to the practice of "keeping them, all the year round, in their stables, with only a daily and short liberty of a yard..."
	Inventory #: 33397.0 Price: $ 250.00

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