Longview, Illinois: Buckle of the Corn Belt 1881-1988 by E. C. Churchill, Jr - 1989

Stewart and Company, 1911. Hardcover. Good. Collectible first edition, first printing of New York historian and noted suffragette Cornelia Frances Bedell's compilation of 15 sea creature verses color-illustrated by muralist Artno Wilbur Parsons. Bound in dark-green cloth with title-page illustration mounted to front panel. Printed on heavy stock. Of special note is a Parson's illustration featuring a helmet diver. Scarce. No other copies listed in commerce at the time of this posting. Only several copies showing in WorldCat library database. 47 pp. 9 1/4" x 7 1/4". Tight copy with several bumped extremities, light soiling to front panel illustration and ca. 1917 Christmas gift inscription to front free endpaper. Internal illustrations bright and vivid. Lightly age-toned leaves. A presentable copy of an early, devilishly scarce and beautiful children's book. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.

Privately Printed, 1976. Softcover. Good. Detailed history of Shackelford County, Texas - a West Texas ranching community. Includes histories of businesses, churches, ranches, schools, many family histories and much more. Illustrated with historical photographs. Rare. No copies in WorldCat database and no copies listed in commerce at the time of this posting. 72 pp. 11 1/4" x 9". Tight, unmarked copy with moderate shelf wear and rubbing. Small oil stain to back panel. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.

International Graphoanalysis Society, 1980-84. Study Guides. Very Good. Monthly graphoanalysis study guides and model answers issued by the Instruction Department of the International Graphoanalysis Society between October 1980 and December 1984. No issues published in July and August. Each issue includes a Study Guide for the graphoanalysis of handwriting specimens and a Model Answer for a specimen from a previous issue. Bess and Harry Truman are the study specimens for the December 1982 issue. The Trumans' Model Answer graphoanalysis is included in the February 1983 issue. Each issue is a minimum of 6 pp. depending on topic. One Graphoanalysis Worksheet included. 36 issues bound in a dark blue 3-hole binder. Excellent resource for the graphoanalysis student, teacher or collector. Tight, clean copies with light shelf wear. Occasional pencil markings by owner. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.

Claitor's Publishing Division, 1968. Hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. Detailed history of Pineville, Louisiana. Histories of businesses, churches, schools, families and much more. Illustrated with historical photographs. First edition signed by author Brister on title page. Hardcover format. Limited printing. Full index. 203 pp. 9 1/4" x 6 1/4". Tight copy with light shelf wear, ownership signature to front free endpaper and offsetting to dust jacket verso. Two small tears to dust jacket. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.

The Inter-Mountain Educator Co, 1913. Softcover. Very Good. June, 1913 issue of The Inter-Mountain Educator Co., then located in Missoula, Montana. Special Montana Public School Number. Includes individual histories of Montanan grade schools, high schools and colleges. Densely illustrated with historical photos of exterior and interior views of schools, grounds, students, surrounding areas and more. Institutions represented include: The University of Montana (Missoula), Montana State School of Mines (Butte), Montana State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts (Bozeman), State Normal College (Dillon), High School of Gallatin County (Bozeman), City Schools of Bozeman, County High School at Missoula, Public Schools of the City of Missoula, Public Schools of Terry, Custer County, High School of Beaverhead County (Dillon), Hardin Schools of Big Horn County, High School of Broadwater County (Townsend), Granite County High School (Philipsburg), Schools of the City of Havre, Schools of Glasgow, Valley… Read More

Brondum, 1995. Very Good. 3-volume compilation of Jens Birkemose erotica. I: Negeren og Papegøjen (The Negro and the Parrot). II: Spejlet forsvinder (The Mirror Disappears). III: Det sidste hus (The Last House). All volumes signed by Birkemose on limitation pages. Includes original slipcase and laid-in signed lithograph unique to this copy. Copy #344 of 500 issued. All volumes tight and unmarked with minimal shelf wear. Faint crease to Volume I spine panel. Faint stain to Volume II spine panel. Limitation pages translated from Danish in part: Contains 180 drawings made as a direct copy of the plates and printed at Brondum's graphic workshop in Copenhagen. Each volume 7 1/2" x 6 3/4". Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.

Privately Printed, 2003. Hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. Massive compilation of renowned fright tattoo artist Andy Shou's exquisitely detailed tattoo work. Densely illustrated with color photos. Scarce Taiwanese edition in original slipcase. Text in Chinese. 190 pp. 11 3/8" x 11 1/4". Tight, unmarked copy with minimal shelf wear. Light shelf wear to slipcase. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly. International buyers: Please contact me for shipping cost.

Works Projects Administration, 1939. Softcover. Good. The hard-to-find Volume 13, Minstrelsy, of the notable ca. 1939 WPA San Francisco Theater Research series. This volume presents an extensive history of regional San Francisco minstrelsy from its earliest days. Illustrated with 19 historical photos of performers, some in blackface. Contents include discussions of blackface. Numerous appendices. Scarce. 301 pp. 10 3/4" x 8 3/8". Tight, unmarked copy with light shelf wear and minor loss to bottom right corner of front panel. Light staining along margins of front panel spine and bottom. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.

Bismarck-Mandan Genealogical and Historical Society, 1978. Hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. Massive, detailed history of Burleigh County, North Dakota. Histories of businesses, churches, schools, over 1600 family histories, several thousand photos and much more. All 47 townships represented, each with a full-page plat map. Limited printing: No. 510 of 3,000 copies printed on coated paper. 628 numbered pages. 12 1/4" x 9 1/2". Tight, unmarked copy with minimal shelf wear and small tear to head of spine panel. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.

Thomas D. Cutler, 1925. Hardcover. Good. 12 bound issues of The Ice cream Journal, January - December, 1925. The official organ of many ice cream trade associations. Includes numerous technical articles, equipment reviews, formulae, processes, machinery reviews, photos, illustrated ads and more. Sample articles include: Refrigerated Cabinet or Fountain? The Importance of Non-Fat Milk Solids, Texture: What Determines It and How? Advantages and Disadvantages of the Iceless Cabinet, The Ice Cream Driver as a Chauffeur, How Mix Ingredients Affect Freezing, Proportioning Mixes by Arithmetic, Which Is It? Viscosity or Plasticity, Germany Starts an Ice Cream Industry, Unsolved Problems of Body and Texture, A Study of the Freezing Point, Facts and Figures in Sherbets and Ices, Material Handling in the Hydrox Plant, Turning Skim Milk into Horse-Power, Using Egg Yolk in Plain Ice Cream Making Nesselrode Pudding, Two “Typical” Mixes, The Manufacture of Ice Cream: A Concise… Read More