Original illustrated reddish brown cloth binding, with some fading and edge wear. Pages clean and unmarked. Illustrated with photos and line drawings. Explanatory text, describing items offered and interesting history of catagories. 6 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches. 768 pages, complete. View More...
Original white wrapper with color illustration of apples and biscuits on a table with a package of Jewel Shortening on the front cover. 5 X 8 1/4 inches. 22 pages. Copy contains recipes for breads, cakes, entrees and luncheon dishes, meat, poultry, fish, miscellaneous, pastry, vegetables and desserts. Several rubbed spots on both cover and a few pages. Pages are clean and complete. Binding is tight. View More...
Original printed wrapper. 5 1/2 x 7 1/4 inches. 357 pages. Printed on high quality paper. Copy is full of black and white illustrations and descriptions for each. Covering over the spine is missing, however, this copy is still fully intact, clean and tight. View More...
Original tan wrapper with black lettering on front cover. 7 1/2 X 10 1/2 inches. 12 pages. Copy has 40 black and white illustrations and 1 black and white illustration. Copy is slightly sunned and dampstained. Pages are slightly dirty around the edges. 1 small red and white sticker on the front cover reads the number 1883. Pages are clean and binding is good. View More...
PUBLISHER'S THREE QUARTER LEATHER BINDING. SOME EDGEWEAR, BUT JOINTS STRONG AND HOLDING. BULK OF PAGES SOMEWAHT LOOSE, DUE TO THE SIZE OF THE TEXT BLOCK. 886 PAGES, COMPETE, WITH ALL ILLISTRATIONS OCCASIONAL MINOR SPOTTING. . 8 x 10 x 2 1/2 INCHES. View More...
Original red wrapper with black lettering on front cover. 5 X 8 inches oblong. 140 pages. Black and white illustrations and photographs with some diagrams throughout. Dampstained on the top corner of several pages. Bottom of back cover torn and missing, approx 3 inches long. Text and illustrations are not affected. A hole punch in the top by spine. Title page is also dampstained by the red cover. Pages are clean and complete. Binding is tight. View More...
Publisher's light brown cloth with red and black lettering and decorations. Soiling and edge wear. Margin with dampstains, not affecting text. Price list at back missing. Illustrated with drawings and photos. 436 pages, including index. 6 1/4 x 9 inches. View More...
Original printed wrapper. 8 1/2 X 10 1/2 inches. 29 pages. Rubber stamp on front cover and first page that reads " This Catalog must be returned to its proper place in the file immediately. A duplicate of this Catalog, bearing the same number, is on file in the Seattle Office. When referring to anything contained in the Catalog by letter or cable this number 5318 should be mentioned. Northwest Trading Company, Limited. Date: April 11, 1918. Last 2 pages are slightly stuck together due to moisture. 2 hole punch on the left margin. Sticker on top left of front cover reads "2365." View More...
Original brown wrapper with black lettering and black and white illustrations of the Peruna laboratories and the Hartman Sanitarium on the front cover. 7 X 9 1/2 inches. 33 pages. This almanac features monthly astrology and stories of people who have written to Dr. Hartman regarding his cure for catarrh. Pages are browned due to age and the edges are chipped. The front cover is also chipped. A small hole is punctured at the top by the spine. Some spotting on both covers. Pages are clean and complete. View More...
Original white wrapper with blue lettering and an red, white and blue illustration of the American flag on the front cover. 3 3/4 X 5 3/4 inches. Single sheet. 3 pages. Program consists of the music played that night, the song, "America, Our National Hymn" and a list of committee members. Copy is lightly soiled and lower corner is split. View More...
Original publisher's brown cloth binding. 6" x 9 1/4." 632 pages, complete. Many black and white plates and illustrations, complete. Some of the illustrations show apples, pears, cows, sheep, horses, and insects. Pages have foxing and some faint dampstaining. Front cover has faint dampstaining in the lower-right corner. Back cover has dampstaining. Edge wear and wear at the head and tail of spine. A Good copy. This report covers a diverse range of subjects including "International Exhibition of 1862," "Agriculture of Maine," "Florida," "The Wheat Plant," "Flax and Flax-Cotton," "Wild... View More...
Original publisher's purple-brown cloth binding backed with black cloth. Gilt decorations and lettering on front. The illustrations are on one leaf of paper which folds into multiple panels. 5 1/2" x 6." Unpaginated, twelve panels. Many black-and-white illustrations, complete. Five-page descriptive pamphlet of San Diego (titled, "San Diego," and copyrighted 1886 by Ward Brothers of Columbus, Ohio) tipped in on back pastedown. Panels are clean and intact overall except for light age toning. Pages of back pamphlet are also very clean and intact but have some staining limited to spine whi... View More...
Original publisher's gray-blue cloth binding with gilt lettering on spine. Part of a series. 4 1/4" x 6 1/4." 334 pages, complete. Black-and-white illustrations, complete. Two additional pages in back advertising other books in the series and Parley's Magazine. Alphabetical Table of Contents in front. Former owner's inscription in pencil dated 1854 on front pastedown. Pages and covers are clean and intact overall. Pages are foxed. Covers are dampstained. Some wear to corners and slight chipping at head and tail of spine. A Good copy. An encyclopedic book filled with facts from a ... View More...
Illustrated cover showing a diagram of a boiler. 6 X 9 1/4. 47 pages. Gives a description of the water tube boiler, its design, test data, construction and material. Many black and white pictures, diagrams and 1 chart. A little weathered but a good copy. View More...
Original publisher's cloth binding.. 9 1/2 X 12 inches. 96 pages. Copy contains 56 pages of black and white photographs and 27 pages of black and white illustrations. This copy contains information on business's, realty, parks, water ways, steamboats, railroads, manufacturing, schools and colleges, public buildings and the early history of British Columbia. Binding darkened. Front and back end papers and pastedowns soiled. Terxt finje and complete. View More...
Original publisher's brown paper wrappers. 6 3/4" x 9 1/2." Seventy-six pages, complete. Black-and-white illustrations, complete. Pages and covers are clean and intact overall. Covers are slightly soiled and darkened and have multiple small surface marks. Some chipping at spine. Clean internally except for age toning, occasional marks, and slight darkening to a few pages. A Good copy. Lists of other publications that are part of the quarterly Metropolitan Pamphlet Series are printed on the back cover and inside of the back cover. Tthis issue covers late-nineteenth century etiquette o... View More...
Original publisher's red cloth binding with gilt lettering on front cover and spine and gilt decoration of a chess board on the front cover. 5" x 7 1/2." 507 pages, complete. Black and white illustrations including four black and white plates, complete. Eight additional pages of advertisements for other books in the back. Pages and covers are intact. There is faint dampstaining and foxing throughout the book on the pages, affecting text but not the readability. The top portion of the covers and spine have black staining. A Good copy. Chapters: "The Rudiments of the Game," "The Kin's B... View More...
Original publisher's maroon cloth binding with gilt lettering on spine. 5 1/2" x 7 3/4." 257 pages, complete. A few black-and-white plates and illustrations, complete. One additional page in back advertises the company, Morris Machine Works. A small leaf of paper is laid in the back with a printed ad for other books on "Irrigation and Drainage." Former owner's signature ("A. S. Fleet") in pencil written in top margin of title page. Covers are very clean and intact except for the front, which has fairly extensive dampstaining in the form of all-over speckling and darkening toward the top... View More...
Original publisher's beige paper wrappers. 6" x 9 1/2." Nineteen pages, complete (except for a few portions of text, described below). Pages are clean and intact overall but there is light age toning throughout, darkening and soiling on first few pages and verso of last page, and a chip measuring about 1" x 1 1/2" on first page and a few of the last pages. The chip affects text on Pages 17-19. Page 18 has some loss of text, namely, two numbers that show the number of war steamers owned by Denmark and Austria, respectively. The affected text on Pages 17 and 19 can still be made out or inf... View More...
Original copied will of Robert Barton handwritten in black ink on beige paper. The will was originally executed in 1794, and this copy was transcribed in 1803. 13" x 16." Six pages. Will is clean and intact overall, but the paper is fragile and age-toned and there are a few small stains and tape repair along some of the fold lines. A Good copy. In this will, Robert Barton of Rush Olive, Lancaster County, England leaves about 10,000 pounds to his wife, sisters, brother, nephews, nieces, and cousins. Besides "Barton," a frequently mentioned surname is "Holland." Signed by Ely Clegg and T... View More...
