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New Orleans, LA: E. J. Valdez & Co, 1894. Ephemera. 4to. One-page reproduced typescript, approximately 250 words, advising the recipient, J.D. Hanks of Bristol, Virginia, that the Valdez Company would give him a $1000 winning ticket if he could sell $75 worth of tickets to help the company get a foothold in a new community. "All we ask of you is to keep the contents of this letter confidential ... we lose money the first month but the large amount of tickets we will be able to sell afterwards will pay us to send you the prize." Very good. Folded for mailing. (#5559).
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E. J. Valdez & Co. Suggesting fraud in a "dictated" form letter, on "The Little Lottery de la Beneficencia Publica" stationery, dated 5 July 1894. Accompanied by the letter's original mailing envelope and an example of a lottery ticket
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EAGLE MACHINE WORKS. 1877 Annual Catalogue of the Eagle Machine Works, Indianapolis, Ind., Manufacturers of Portable and Stationary Engines and Boilers, Sheet Iron Work, Circular and Muley Saw Mills ... Threshing Machines ... Threshing Engines ... Mill Gearing and Machinery ..
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Indianapolis, IN: Indianapolis Journal Co, 1877. Trade catalogue. 8vo. 32 pp. 4-page inserted price list, dated March, 1877. Profusely illustrated with seven black and white wood-engraved plates, four large black and white illustrations in text, and five striking folding chromolithograph plates. Original printed green wrappers (foxed). Very good. A scarce catalogue of heavy agricultural machinery with five brilliantly colored folding plates, chromolithographed by Chandler, Indianapolis, depicting the "double canvass separator, Hasselman separator, oscillator thresher, agricultural engine, and the Eagle horse power." Romaine records nothing from this firm. OCLC locates several items from this firm, but nothing before 1883. (1219).
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EAGLE MILL YARNS, / MADE BY / METCALFE & WHITE, LAWRENCEBURG, TENN., DOZ. 500 / Sold by Metcalfe Bros. & Co., / General Agents, Nashville, Tenn. [complete text]
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Nashville, TN: The company, 1920. Trade slip, 3 x 3 7/8 inches, text enclosed within a bold rule, printed on brown paper. Some wear around the edges, but very good.
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AN EARLY ARKANSAS SPORTSMAN, C.F.M. NOLAND
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Van Buren, AR: Press-Argus printers, 1952. First separate edition, an offprint from ARKANSAS HISTORICAL QUARTERLY, Spring issue, 1952. 8vo. 16 pp. Hunting, fishing, and horse racing around ante-bellum Batesville, Arkansas; Noland (1810-1858) contributed sketches based on his outdoor activities to the "Spirit of the Times." OCLC locates eight copies, all in Arkansas. Creased as for mailing, ink marks in margin of rear wrapper, else very good. Printed self-wrappers (rubbed, some erosion to spine, some old staining), stapled. (2895).
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EARLY BOND FROM ROWAN COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA
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Dated Jan. 22, 1808. One page. Printed bond, filled in in long hand, allowing Luis Lofton, accused of theft & assault & battery, to remain at liberty until his trial. Very good.
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THE EARLY CARTOGRAPHY OF THE PACIFIC
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Portland, ME: The Bibliographical Society of America, 1944. Volume 38, No. 2 of THE PAPERS OF THE BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA, April, May, June 1944. 8vo. 87-268 pp. 22 folded plates following text. 1/1200 copies. Black-lettered brown paperwraps; stitched. Very good.
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EARLY CHAPTERS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PATOMAC ROUTE TO THE WEST
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Washington: Columbia Historical Society, 1912. 1st ed. 8vo.; viii, 277pp., (1). Frontis. portrait & illus. Author's presentation copy ("Complements of the writer", at head of title page). Blind-stamped brown cloth; gilt lettering on spine. Lower corner of front cover & bottom of spine slightly mottled, else a very good copy.
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EARLY COAL MINING IN POCHAHONTAS
by JONES, Jack M.
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NP: The author, 1969. First edition. 8vo. 78, (10) pp. Illustrated from photographs, plates, double-page bird's-eye view of the town, slang dictionary for the industry, old ads. Inscribed by the author in 1974. Pocahontas, Virginia, lies on the border with West Virginia in Tazewell County; coal fields, of course, straddle the border. Much more uncommon than the 1983 reprint. Illustrated tan wrappers, stapled. Very good.
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EARLY HISTORY OF NEW AUGUSTINE
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St. Augustine, FL: The author, 1948. First edition. 12mo. 31 pp. Signed by the author on the dedication leaf. Small town in St. Johns County, Florida. OCLC locate nine copies (New York Public, Orange County Public, Florida, Miami, State Library of Florida, Emory, American Antiquarian Society, Duke, PA History and Museum Comn.). Original printed gold wrappers, stapled. Small New York State Library stamp on front wrapper, else very good.
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EARLY LITERATURE OF TOBACCO [cover and caption title]
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(Washington, DC): Privately printed for distribution at the Library of Congress, 1938. First edition. Small 8vo. 13 pp. Short discourse on the publication of material about tobacco during the 100 or so years after its discovery of use among Native Americans in the early 16th century. Original printed wrappers, stapled. Very good.
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EARLY MATURING - MARKET TOPPERS [cover title]
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NP [Stamford, (Jones Co.) Texas]: np [S.M.S. Ranch], 1917. Expanded edition (originally published in 1916). Oblong 8vo., color illustrated paperwraps, rubbed and creased, spine and rear wrapper repaired with cello tape. 15 x 23 cm. A-J (introductory text on the photographs, by Frank S. Hastings, Manager of the S.M.S. Ranch), and 157 pp., including over 100 pages of captioned photo illustrations, some by Erwin E. Smith, printed on glossy paper. Front wrapper shows a group of "S.M.S. Standard Calves, Finished in the Corn Belt," rear wrapper depicts the "S.M.S. Pasture," with cattle grazing, and three men on horseback in the foreground. Previous owner's bookplate laid down inside front wrapper, and his signature on first introductory page. A few ink notes on the final blank page. A good copy overall. OCLC lists seven copies: Univ. of California- Berkeley, Texas A&M, Texas Tech., Univ. of Texas- Austin, Univ. of Texas- El Paso, Univ. of Texas-Austin-Harry Ransom, Virginia Tech. The S.M.S. Ranch was…
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EARLY MILITARY BOOKS IN THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN LIBRARIES
by Spaulding, Thomas M., and Louis C. Karpinski
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Ann Arbor, (MI): U. of Michigan Press, 1941. First edition. 4to. 45 pp. 37 plates (title page facsimiles). The books, 372 titles, were published 1493-1800; 121 title pages are illustrated. Inscribed on the half-title by Karpinski in 1942 to Bishop Collins Denny (1854-1943), a Methodist bishop and professor of moral and mental philosophy at Vanderbilt, 1891-1910, dismissed when he "tried to impose theological control over the university." Very good. Original burgundy cloth (a bit flecked), gilt spine title, printed dust jacket (some soiling). (10537).
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EARLY NEW ENGLAND CATECHISMS: A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ACCOUNT OF SOME CATECHISMS: A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ACCOUNT OF SOME CATECHISMS PUBLISHED BEFORE THE YEAR 11800, FOR USE IN NEW ENGLAND
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Worcester, MA: Press of Charles Hamilton, 1898. 1st ed. Tall 8vo. 11pp. Red three-quarter morocco (joints rubbed), gilt spine title, top edge gilt, original wrappers bound in, by Stikeman. A very good copy. Inscribed by the author to Paul L. Ford on the front wrapper; with an autograph note signed from Eames to Ford concerning a meeting tipped in.
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THE EARLY PRINTERS OF LOUISVILLE, 1800-1860 [cover and caption title)
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Louisville, KY: Filson Club, 1966. First separate edition, reprinted from The Filson Club Quarterly, Vol. 40, No. 4, October 1966. 8vo. [307]-344 pp. American Antiquarian Society director Marcus McCorison's copy, with his ownership signature at the head of the front wrapper and one ink annotation to the text. Original printed gray wrappers, stapled. Very good.
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EARLY TRAVELLERS IN THE ALPS
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London: Sidgwick & Jackson, Ltd, 1930. 8vo; xx, 204 pp. First edition. With many reproductions of contemporary woodcuts and engravings. Fold-out map. Very good in very good dust jacket.
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THE EAST COAST OF FLORIDA
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(Philadelphia, PA: J. Murray Jordan, 1901. Viewbook. Oblong 4to. (48) pp. Mostly full-page captioned views, including an ostrich farm, an alligator farm, the golf course at Lake Worth, hotels, beaches, golf, fishing, boating etc. Faint old staining throughout, primarily visible in the margins & gutter. Front wrap embossed in red and gold and illustrated with a pictorial view of the St. Augustine gates. OCLC locates four copies (Florida Atlantic, Florida, State Library of Florida Palm Beach State). Original illustrated wrappers (moderately soiled, old light tideline through text), stapled. A good solid copy.
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EAST FLORIDA AS A REFUGE OF SOUTHERN LOYALISTS, 1774-1785
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Worcester, MA: American Antiquarian Society, 1928. First separate edition (reprinted from Proceedings of the AAS for October, 1927). 8vo. 23 pp. Original printed blue-green wrappers. Very good.
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THE EASTERN RAILROAD: A Historical Account of Early Railroading in Eastern New England
by BRADLEE, Francis B. C.
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Salem, MA: Essex Institute, 1917. First edition. 8vo. (4), 107 pp. Illustrated from photographs, portraits, ephemera, and tables, plates. Inscribed by the author in the year of publication to Robert Fellows Wood (1883-1970, Marblehead, MA; executive with Autocar). Original green cloth, gilt spine title. Very good copy.
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THE EATON FAMILY OF NOVA SCOTIA, 1760-1929
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Cambridge, MA: Privately printed, 1929. 8vo. 247 pp. Errata slip laid in. Portrait plates. Family inscription on front endpaper. Original gilt-stamped green cloth (spine dull), top edge gilt. Front hinge tender, else very good.
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EAU GALLIE, THE HARBOR CITY, MIDWAY THE EAST COAST OF FLORIDA [cover title]
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(Eau Gallie, FL: Chamber of Commerce), 1927. Promotional. Broadsheet (18 x 16 inches, folded to narrow 8vo). Largely illustrated from photographs on oth side, with some promotional text (mentioning town improvement authorized in 1926). Apparently not recorded on OCLC (an expanded pamphlet edition was published in 1930). Original 4-color illustrated wrappers, a bird's eye view of the town and surrounding waterways. Some staining at corners, splits along folds (with a little loss from one illustration). Working copy only.
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