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NY: The Century Company, 1905. Book. Illus. by Frederick Dorr Steele. VG. Soft cover. 8vo. pp675 - 681, salvaged from a ruined copy of The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, Volume LXX, #5, September, 1905..

NY: The Century Company, 1903. Book. Illus. by Frederic Dorr Steele. VG. Soft cover. 8vo. 6pp story, printed in double columns, illustrated with 5 drawings, salvaged from a damaged issue of The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, Volume LXVII, #2, December, 1903. Housed in protective mylar report cover with spine sleeve..

NY: The Century Company, 1903. Book. Illus. by Frederick Dorr Steele. Good. Soft cover. 8vo. pp741 - 749, numerous illustrations, printed in double columns, disbound from The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, Volume LXVI, #5, September, 1903. A childhood sandlot baseball game..

NY: The Century Company, 1905. Book. Illus. by Frederick Dorr Steele. VG. Soft cover. 8vo. pp31 - 37, illus, salvaged from a ruined copy of The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, Volume LXX, #1, May, 1905..

NY: The Century Company, 1907. Book. VG. Soft cover. 8vo. 3pp extract, printed in double columns, minor water staining at page ends, salvaged from a damaged issue of The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, Volume LXXIV, No. 4, August, 1907. Humorous fictional account of an automobile ride. Housed in protective mylar report cover with spine sleeve..

London: John Murray, 1835. Book. VG. Soft cover. 8vo. 20pp extract, illustrated with one full-page engraving, faded water stains noted along fore margin; illustration water-stained at edges at noted in picture, salvaged from a damaged issue of The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London, Volume V. A paper read before the Royal Geographic Society,June 8th, 1835. Ascension island, South Atlantic Ocean, is part of the British overseas territory of St. Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha. Housed in protective mylar report cover. Very scarce..

1895. Print. VG. No Binding. Sized 6 x 9, British Art Publishers' Union, New York..

Print. VG. No Binding. No date, circa 1900, sized about 9 x 12 inches, very sharp, clean, and bright, suitable for framing..

Washington: GPO, 1903. Book. VG. Soft cover. 8vo. 16pp extract, illustrated with 6 full-page plates printed on both sides, some with multiple photographs, salvaged from a damaged copy of the Annual Report Of The Board Of Regents Of The Smithsonian Institution For The Year Ending June 30, 1902. Housed in protective mylar report cover..

Washington: GPO, 1922. Book. VG. Soft cover. 8vo. 14pp extract, illustrated with 15 plates, salvaged from a damaged copy of the Annual Report Of The Board of Regents Of The Smithsonian Institution For The Year Ending June 30, 1921. Mexico, Nicaragua, Costa Rica. Housed in protective mylar report cover..

Washington: GPO, 1926. Book. VG. Soft cover. 8vo. 24pp extract, illustrated with 12 plates, salvaged from a damaged copy of the Annual Report Of The Board Of Regents Of The Smithsonian Institution For The Year Ended June 30 1925. Housed in protective mylar report cover..

Washington: GPO, 1916. Book. VG. Soft cover. 8vo. 28pp extract, illustrated, including 7 plates, of which 3 are in color, salvaged from a damaged copy of the Annual Report Of The Board of Regents Of The Smithsonian Institution For The Year Ending June 30, 1915. The wood from Mexico and the Philippines that contains fluorescent properties when infused with water or other liquid. Housed in protective mylar report cover..

Washington: GPO, 1917. Book. VG. Soft cover. 8vo. 38pp article, plus 17 full-page plates, salvaged from a damaged copy of the Annual Report Of The Board of Regents Of The Smithsonian Institution For The Year Ending June 30, 1916. The author was Economic Botanist at the U. S. Department of Agriculture. From the opening paragraph, "The use of narcotic plants and stimulants was widely spread in both North and South America long before the discovery, not only for the purposes of exhilaration or intoxication, but also in connection with the practice of necromancy and in religious rituals and ceremonies accompanying the initiation of boys into the status of manhood." Includes tobacco, cohoba, the red bean, peyotl, ololinhqui, jimson weed, huaca-cachu (a tree Datura), coca, aya-huasca, yerba-mate, cassine, guarana, and cacao. Housed in protective mylar report cover. Very scarce..

London: Becket and Porter, 1814. Book. Good. Soft cover. 8vo. 9pp extract, salvaged from a damaged issue of The Monthly Review Or Literary Journal, Volume LXXII, February, 1814. A contemporary review of the rare first edition printed by R. Juigne for sale by A. B. Dulau and Co., London, 1813. Housed in protective mylar report cover..

NY: The Century Company, 1907. Book. Illus. by Andre Castaigne. VG. Soft cover. 8vo. One page, printed in double columns, plus a full-page plate showing the sacred boat of Isis, salvaged from a damaged issue of The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, Volume LXXV, #1, November, 1907. Scarce.

NY: The Century Company, 1906. Book. Illus. by A. Castaigne. VG. Soft cover. 8vo. One page, printed in double columns, plus a full-page plate, salvaged from a damaged issue of The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, Volume LXXII, #2, June, 1906. Housed in protective mylar report cover..

NY: The Century Company, 1903. Book. VG. Soft cover. 8vo. 10pp extract, printed in double columns, illustrated, including a photo collage, salvaged from a damaged issue of The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, Volume LXVII, #2, December, 1903. Introduction by Katharine De Forest. The Bigoudines culture in Brittany, France. Housed in protective mylar report cover with spine sleeve..

London: John Murray, 1875. Book. VG. Soft cover. 8vo. 34pp extract, printed in double columns, salvaged from a damaged issue of the Quarterly Review, Volume 139, No. 277, July, 1875. A review of sorts in English of the various important titles in the history of aeronautics and aviation, published, respectively, in Paris, 1783, London, 1838, Paris, 1867, Paris, 1870, Paris, 1871, Paris, 1872, London, 1862-66, and Paris, 1870 and 1872. Housed in protective mylar report cover..

NY: The Century Company, 1905. Print. VG. No Binding. Size 6 x 9 inches, salvaged from a damaged issue of The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, Volume XXXV, 1887..

NY: The Century Company, 1905. Print. VG. No Binding. Size 6 x 9 inches, printed on front and back, salvaged from a damaged issue of The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, Volume XXXV, 1887..