Original publisher's black, white, and orange wrapper. 5 1/8" x 7 1/4." Ninety-three pages, complete. Pages are clean. Binding is tight. This book has 101 "economies" or tips for vehicle maintenance and repair. View More...
Original gold wrapper with black lettering on front cover. 9 X 12 inches. 82 pages which include 5 pages of a list of automobiles and trucks and 4 pages of nameplates of cars, many of which are no longer in existence. This beautiful copy explains about the history of automobiles, starting in 1893. Black and white photographs on nearly every page of classic automobiles, locomobiles and steam cars. Many of the truck shows are military. Corners are slightly bent. Pages are very clean and complete. Binding is tight. View More...
Original printed wrapper. 3 1/4 X 6 1/2. 88 pages. Copy has black and white illustrations on every page with descriptions of items for sale. Copy is slightly soiled on the front and back cover, as it was more then likely in a garage, however, pages are clean. Copy is tight and complete. View More...
Original publisher's beige wrappers. Possibly disbound. No date, circa 1808-1811. 4 3/4" x 8 1/4." Fourteen pages, complete. Pages are clean and intact overall. Foxing and light dampstaining throughout. Slight chipping at the spine. Small chip in upper-right corner on front cover and at the top of Page 5 not affecting text. Fore-edge of pages slightly clipped but entire text is still readable. A Very Good copy. A piece of propaganda that calls for the people of Massachusetts to support Federalist government officials who would distance the United States from England and France. The... View More...
Original green cloth with black lettering on the front cover and spine. 5 1/2 X 7 1/2 inches. 448 pages which includes 12 pages of index. Black and white illustrations on nearly every page with descriptions. Some have charts. Bottom corner is bumped. Small rubbed spot on back cover by spine. Otherwise copy is very clean, binding is tight and complete. View More...
Original printed wrapper. 6 X 9 inches. 157 pages. Printed on high quality paper, copy has many black and white illustrations that depict the different steam pumps A.S. Cameron sold. Most illustrations come with a brief description and charts. Copy is clean and complete, however the first 48 pages are starting to separate from the spine. 1 sticker on the left corner of the front cover reads "P772, 1910" View More...
Beige-colored Senate pamphlet. 28th Congress, 2nd Session. January 13, 1845. 5 1/2" x 9." Eight pages, complete. A very clean copy. This document addresses the printing of British Parliament acts for the use of the U.S. Senate. The acts include Cap. CXXXVIII, which extended the jurisdiction of British courts in Lower and Upper Canada, and Cap. LXVI, which regulates the fur trade. View More...
Beige advertising brochure for performances by Agreneva Slaviansky and her Royal Russian Choir. No date, circa 1929. 6" x 9." Four pages, complete. Two black and white reprinted photographs are included that show Agreneva Slaviansky in an ornate outfit and Slaviansky and her choir, respectively. Pages are very clean and intact. Margarita Agreneva Slaviansky (1880/81-1964) was a Russian vocalist and choral conductor and daughter of Prince Dimitri (or Dmitry) Alexandrovitch Agreneff. Prince Dimitri received the honorary name of "Slaviansky" after he drafted vocalists and visited Slavic vi... View More...
Original tan wrapper with a black and white photograph of a train on the front cover, a paddle wheel ship on the back cover. 9 X 4 inches. Copy is 3 sheets folded into quarters, making 22 pages. Pages 3-20 have small black and white photographs on the bottom of each page. Pages 1-2 show a black and white photograph of Lake Atlin, pages 21-22 show a map of Alaska and the White Pass & Yukon Route across Alaska. Copy is not bound and the 3 pages are loose, however complete. Pages are clean. View More...
No date, but circa 1930. Color illustrated wrapper. Folded to make 66 page pamphlet. 66 pages. Detailed description of the routes from Chicago to the West Coast, including information and each major town and city, historical sights, monuments, etc. Centerpiece map. Illustrated with photos and line drawings. View More...
Original green cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. Copy is quarter bound with brown cloth on spine. 4 1/2 X 6 1/4 inches. 254 pages with 22 pages of "Self help mechanical books for home study and reference." The many topics this copy discuss are air, water, steam, fuel and heat, steam boilers, engineers' law, fireman's law, installation of boilers, steam turbines, and practical electricity to name a few. Copy has 119 black and white illustrations and / or diagrams. This copy is mostly questions and answers to practical engineering. Copy has a chip on the spine, approx 1 1/2 inches long. A ... View More...
Original letter handwritten in black ink on light blue paper. Datelined April 6, 1819 in Boston, Massachusetts. 8" x 13." One page. Letter is clean and intact overall but has faded to a light beige through age toning, a few small stains, and slight wear to extremities. A Very Good copy. In this letter, the writer's signature is not legible but appears to be a first name only. He writes to naval officials in Washington, D.C. to send him documentation as to the arrival and inspection of ship anchors his company has manufactured and shipped. The writer states that he needs these documents... View More...
Original wrappers. Illustrated throughout. Castoria is described as "a harmless substitute for castor oil." 32 double column pages of advice for the new mother, including four pages of "Astrological; Indications." 6 x 7 inches. View More...
Original blue and red cover with black lettering on front cover and spine. 7 1/2 X 10 3/4 inches. 365 pages including 14 pages of Index. Black and white illustrations or charts on every page with descriptions of each product. Front and back cover slightly soiled and worn, however, copy is tight, complete and pages are clean. View More...
Publisher's red cloth with black and yellow lettering on front cover and spine. 6 X 9 1/4 inches. 404 pages. Black and white illustrations on nearly every page with descriptions of product. This catalog describes many tools for blacksmiths', farms, railroad and steel workers. Front and back covers are rubbed, corners are bumped and head and tail are slightly bumped. Inside content is very clean and complete and binding is tight. View More...
Original publisher's illustrated wrapper with staple binding. Front and back covers have black, white, and blue illustrations of a bedroom. The illustrations feature a bed with a crocheted bedspread on top. 7 3/4" x 10 3/4." Thirty-one pages, complete. Black and white illustrations and reprinted photographs, complete. Pages and covers are very clean and intact overall. Staples are not rusted. Edges are a little worn. Chipping at the spine. Occasional faint stain on a few pages; text and images are still readable. This magazine includes fourteen crocheted bedspread patterns complete ... View More...
Original fabricoid binding. 7 3/4 X 10 3/4 inches. 317 pages including 24 pages of index. 5 pages of black and white photos. Black and white illustrations and charts on nearly every page. Copy is clean, tight and complete. View More...
Original brown wrapper with black lettering on front cover. 4 1/2 X 7 3/4 inches. 112 pages. Copy has 46 black and white illustrations, diagrams and / or charts. Chapters in this copy are, essentials of furnace operation, testing correctness of combustion, sampling and determining quality of fuel, furnaces for coal, mechanical stokers, powdered coal and fuel oil for boilers, boiler operation, types and characteristics of boilers and recent practice in boiler operation. Small tare in the upper binding. Pages are very clean and complete. Binding is tight. View More...
Original red cloth with white lettering on front cover. Some of the white from the lettering is starting to come off. 6 X 7 3/4 inches. 893 pages including 24 pages of helpful information and 28 pages of index. Black and white illustrations on nearly every page with descriptions and some charts. Items in catalog include wrought pip and fittings, valves and tools. Former owners name is written in ink twice on the inside front cover and once on tape that is on the front cover. Head and tail are bumped as are the corners. Pages are very clean and complete and binding is tight. View More...
