Fundamentals of the Petroleum Industry
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc, 1939. First edition. Blue cloth boards, no DJ., 445pp.
Americana
The C.& O. Canal Boatmen, 1892-1924
Shepherdstown, WV: The American Canal & Transportation Center, 1980. Paperback. Printed paper wraps with stapled binding, oblong octavo [8.5" x 5.5"], 84pp., illustrated in b&w. Book has mild shelfwear to wraps and spine is rubbed, stapled binding tight, text clean and unmarked.
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal: Old Picture Album
Shepherdstown, WV: The American Canal & Transportation Center, 1976. Paperback. Printed paper wraps, oblong octavo [8" x 6"], 104pp., heavily illustrated in b&w. Book has mild toning and shelfwear to wraps, binding tight, text clean and unmarked.
Towpath Guide to the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal: Section One--Georgetown Tidelock to Seneca; Section Two--Seneca to Harpers Ferry; Section Three--Harpers Ferry to Fort Frederick; and Section Four--Fort Frederick to Cumberland [Four volume set!]
Glen Echo, MD: The American Canal and Transportation Center, 1974, 1972, 1975. Paperback. Four volume set! Printed paper wraps with stapled bindings, octavos, 56pp., 64pp., 64pp., and 68pp., illustrated in b&w. Books have hint of sun to spines, stapled bindings tight, texts clean and unmarked.
The Aristocratic Journey: Being the Outspoken Letters of Mrs. Basil Hall Written During a Fourteen Months' Sojourn in America 1827-1828
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1931. First edition. Hardcover. First edition, 1931, hardcover with blue cloth boards, octavo, 308pp., sparsely illustrated in b&w. Book VG+ with mild soil and sun toning to boards, title plates on spine and front board gently rubbed, binding tight, text clean and unmarked. No DJ.....
Struggles and Triumphs of a Modern Day Showman: An Autobiography
Sarasota, FL: Carnival Publishers, 1981. First edition. Paperback. Inscribed by Hall to Peter E. Pepke! Presumed first edition, 1981, paperback, large octavo, 112pp., illustrated in b&w. Book near fine with mild wear to spine, crease to top front corner, stapled binding tight, Pepke's plate to half-title, otherwise text clean and.....
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A Tenderfoot in Southern California [Signed by Halsey]
New York: J.J. Little & Ives Co., 1909. Sixth edition. Hardcover. Signed by Halsey! Gilt stamped maroon cloth boards, octavo, 149pp., not illustrated. Book has wear to spine ends and corners, boards rubbed, binding tight, previous owner's gift inscription to front flyleaf, otherwise clean and unmarked but toned throughout, with.....
Recollections of An Alienist; Personal and Professional
New York: George H. Doran, 1916. First printing. Hardcover. Cloth hardback, 416 pp., illustrated, clean unmarked text, Very Good+ copy, some soiling and rubbing to cloth covers, minor wear to tips and edges of the covers, light soil/discoloration to endpapers and titlepage, front inner hinge shaken a bit. 1916...
Up From the Hills
Pittsburgh: King Publishing, Ca. 1922. Early printing, wraps, very good, owner's signature from 1922 and inscription from a man in Oxford, OH: "This is a True Story. I know the man and have heard him lecture." Hanks grew up in Utah and starting working as a miner and prospector there.....
Hill Top House, and its charms
Washington DC: Budwarth, c. 1913. Paperback. No date, c. 1913. Small staplebound pamphlet with photos of the Hill Top House and other sites in Harpers Ferry, VA. Slightest bend toward the foredge of the book; otherwise Fine. Clean and unmarked.
Ca. 1934 promotional booklet: Imperial County California, America's Winter Wonderland
Brawley CA: Burris Bros. Ca. 1934. Paperback. 9 x 8 inches, pictorial wraps. Very good, central mailing fold, lots of photos by the great El Centro photographer of the Imperial Valley, Victor Leo Hetzel (as far as we can tell, no relation to the owner of the proprietor of our.....
The Great Southwest along the Santa Fe
Kansas City: Fred Harvey, C. 1914. Wraps. Oblong quarto, 11.5 x 9 inches, stiff gray-brown wraps with pictorial onlay, cord-bound, very good, light wear. With 34 color plates -- some are apparently colorized photos but most seem to be color reproductions of paintings -- of Southwestern life, Native Americans, landscapes.....
The American West: Out of Myth, Into Reality
Washington DC: Trust for Museum Exhibitions, 2000. First edition. Paperback. 2000/ First edition. Paperback, oblong 8vo. Illustrated. NEW, housed in plastic.
Biography of a Small Town
New York: Columbia University Press, 1979. First edition. Hardcover. Presumed first edition, 1979, hardcover with brown cloth boards in dust jacket, octavo, 293pp., not illustrated. Book near fine with handsome boards and tight binding, text clean and unmarked but showing faint foxing to top edge of text block. DJ VG+.....
Pictorial of Hawaii, 1930 issued by Royal Hawaiian Hotel with two menus from 1930
Honolulu: Chamber of Commerce / Rotogravure Company, (1930). Wraps. 12 x 9 inches, color pictorial wraps, about 60 pp, illustrated throughout with photos in browntone and in dark-blue-green-tone, color painting of the Royal Hawaiian Hotel on cover, and two dinner menus from the hotel from May 28, 1930 inserted. Apparently.....
The New England Gazetteer; Containing Descriptions of All the States, Counties, and Towns in New England ... Fashionable Resorts ... alphabetically arranged, fourteenth edition
Concord / Boston: Israel S. Boyd / John Hayward, 1841. fourteenth edition. Hardcover. 1841, fourteenth edition. Hardcover, original full calf binding with leather title label. About 300 pages. Front board and fly leaf detached, but present; spine leather rubbed with shallow loss at ends. Sound binding; light foxing to contents;.....
The Register of Pennsylvania. Devoted to the Preservation of Facts and Documents, and Every Other Kind of Useful Information Respecting the State of Pennsylvania. [11 of 16 Volumes: Vols. 1, 3, 4, 8-10, 12-16]
Philadelphia: Printed by W. I. Geddes, 1828-1836]. First edition. Hardcover. First edition, 1828-1836. Quarto. Eleven volumes (of sixteen): various paginations. Contemporary three-quarter calf and marbled boards, gilt morocco labels. Ex-lib., with unobtrusive institutional labels on front free endpapers and inkstamps in rear pastedowns. Contemporary ink ownership signature of James Ross.....
Shenandoah Voices: Folklore, Legends, and Traditions of the Valley
Berryville, VA: Rockbridge Publishing Co., 1995. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Cloth in dust jacket, about fine. 147 pp.
History of St. Anthony Parish, Eunice, Louisiana 1902-1983, Including a History of St. Edmund School 1911-1983
Eunice, LA: Herbert Publishing, 1983. First edition. Hardcover. First edition, 1983, hardcover with black stamped orange cloth boards, quarto, 747pp., illustrated in b&w. Book VG+ with mild rubbing and soil to boards, binding tight, text clean and unmarked. No DJ.
Rare Americana, A Catalogue of Historical and Geographical Books, Pamphlets, and Manuscripts Relating to America
London: Henry Stevens, Son and Stiles, ca. 1920s. First edition. Paperback. ca. 1920s. First edition. Printed wraps, 8vo. 578pp. plus ads, illustrated. Good. Repair to spine and outer joints, spine toned and creased. Wear to wrap extremities, edges and endpapers toned. Internally clean, complete, and unmarked.
A Little Treasury of Main Street U.S.A.: From the Wit and Wisdom of America's Country Editors
New York: The Vanguard Press, 1952. First edition. Hardcover. First edition, 1952, hardcover with paper boards in dust jacket, octavo, 93pp., illustrated in b&w. Book near fine with mild wear to corners, binding tight, text clean and unmarked. DJ good with scuff to spine, mild wear. Contains such sage advice.....
The Arizona Rough Riders
Tucson, AZ: Univ. of Arizona Press, 1970. Hardcover. 1970 Hardcover 8vo, 275pp. Illustrated. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with moderate shelfwear. Contents are clean and unmarked.
The Building of a Monument - A History of the Mary Washington Associations and Their Work.
Lancaster, PA: Wickersham Company, 1903. Hardcover. Hardcover. c.1903. Blue cloth. 8vo. 255pp. Very Good. Light general shelfwear, rubbing to corners and spine-ends, light soil to boards.
How Justice Grew: Virginia Counties--An Abstract of Their Formation
Williamsburg, VA: Virginia 350th Anniversary Celebration Corporation, 1967. Reprint. Paperback. Reprint, 1967, paperback, octavo, 101pp., illustrated in b&w + fold out map at rear. Book VG+ with mild rubbing, "Virginia Counties" written in black sharpie on spine, binding tight, previous owner's name to full-title, otherwise text clean and unmarked. No.....
Pilchuck: The Life of a Mountain
Seattle: Superior Publishing Company, 1949. Hardcover. Beige and green cloth boards in dust jacket, octavo, sparsely illustrated in b&w. Book has mild edgewear to boards and spine ends, binding tight, text clean and unmarked but edges of block are foxed. DJ has edgewear, rubbing and toning, now in archival mylar.....