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[no place stated]: United Air Lines, 1957. [No Edition Stated]. Fine. A Fine copy of the United Air Lines System Map showing part the contiguous United States on one side and the rest thereof on the opposite side, and showing Hawaii in offset blocks. The System Map, which, when fully opened, measures approximately 20.75 inches X 21 inches is in Fine condition with a few shallow uncreased bends and presented in beautiful colors. [The map is dated 1957 and does not show Alaska which did not become one of the United Sates until January 3, 1959. While Hawaii did not join the Union until August 21 of the same year, it was controlled by the United States prior to that date and was a popular travel destination.] A visually interesting piece of ephemera issued by what was then the largest of America's Air Lines. 29.75 X 21

Oxford [at the Clarendon Press]: Oxford University Press, 1932. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very good +/Good + and Very Good. A Very Good + copy of the first edition, first printing, in the Publisher's original boards covered with marbled paper which also provides the turn-ins, and showing blue spines with white labels lined, lettered, numbered, and decorated in black and with a pencil notation to each volume's front pastedown. (An extra spine label is tipped in near the rear of each volume. Each volume's leading board corners are rubbed and the spine ends to each volume are pushed. The leaves of each volume remain rather clean and host numerous illustrations and Volume I contains an informative Introduction, images of which can be found at our proprietary listing as can images of all four hinges. Volume I's front hinge is cracked and the remaining three are rather solid. The volumes are richly illustrated and include one reproduced image said to have been from a work by Cassandra.… Read More

Washington City: [Printed By Roger C. Weightman], 1813. First Edition, First Printing. [No Binding. Very good. A Very Good copy of the above-title in the Publisher's original paper, being a motion to amend the Constitutional method to elect Electors to choose determine the then-coming President and Vice President of the United States of America. The Proposal passed in both the House of Representatives and the Senate but failed to be approved by a sufficient number of the individual States to take effect. [Shaw & Shoemaker, 30303.] Item #3160 There have been only 27 Amendments to the Constitution made, beginning with the Bill of Rights (the first 10 Amendments. According to Article V of the Constitution, an amendment must either be proposed by Congress with a two-thirds majority vote in both the House of Representatives and the Senate, or by a constitutional convention called for by two-thirds of state legislatures. Either way, a proposed amendment only becomes part of the Constitution when… Read More

[No Place Stated]: Briscoe Motor Cars, 1918. [No Edition Stated]. A Very Good copy of this brochure for Briscoe Motor Cars in the Publisher's original wrappers with moderate wear, some modest soiling, and the spine has been trimmed and the stitching has been removed, together causing the wrappers to be threating to detach. In addition to the Manufacturer's name, the front cover states: Conditions are changing. // Old time proven selling ideas // have been overthrown. New plans, // rapid readjustments of interest // to every dealer have been made // necessary by the war. HAVE YOUR SALES BEEN AFFECTED? // Have you been getting sufficient cars? // Has the freight situation bothered you? // Are you in the wrong price class? // Find your particular // problem solved somewhere with- // in the following // 35 pages // [ornamental image]. Within one finds text and images related to the company's offerings, seeking to entice vehicle Sellers to offer Briscoe vehicles, with this publication telling the reader… Read More

London, 1692. First Edition, First Printing. Newspaper: No Binding. Very good. A Very Good example of The London Gazette (apparently removed from a larger volume), published for Monday, February 6 to Thursday February 9 1692 containing information on the Norfolk Circuit for "this Lent Affize", together with multiple notices regarding the Pope as well as news about Milan, Genoa, Venice, Lithuania, Vienna, Hydelberg, Cologne, Paris, Bruffels, Hague, Plimouth, Yarmouth, and Their Magesties Goal of Newgate (about the imprisonment of one of the Highway-men sought for their crime stating: "There is now in Their Magesties Goal of Newgate, one Nich. Charleton, who is one to the Highway-men that fet upon Mr. Lambe near Acton, the 21ft of January laft. with one Keeling, that was killed upon the place, and three more not yet Taken. The faid Charleton is fuppofed to have been in feveral Robberies, in Company of the faid Keeling and others, and is a middle fized Man, round Faced, black Eyes, of a ruddy Complexion,… Read More