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[003657] . SCIENCE, October 15, 1886. Volume VIII. No. 193. ill. Etchings. New York: The Science Company, 1886. Size: Approx. 7 1/4" x 10 1/4". Paper Wraps. Science. Good Articles by Famous Americans in Letters to the Editor: J. E. OLIVER: Education and the cost of living; H. CARVILL LEWIS: The genesis of the diamond; WILLIAM NORTH RICE: The eccentricity theory of the glacial period; H. W. WILEY: Unexplained noises; and EDWARD S. HOLDEN: How astronomers may work. Other articles:"The mounting of Mungo"( African elephant) with 4 illustrations; " A few words about pavements"(Fifth Ave, New York) with 4 illustrations; and "Washington's signature" with 8 different "examples". ex.mus.numbers on front cover. mildly soiled. watermark at top corner of front/back cover -not inside. thin watermark at spine hinge. small chipping around bottom/side edges. Overall covers are Good. Interior is tight, clean and VG. $50.00

[003246] . SCIENCE, December 18, 1885. Volume VI. No. 150. ill. Etching. New York: The Science Company, 1885. Size: Approx. 7 1/2" x 10 1/4". Paper Wraps. Science. Good+ With Science Supplement. Some articles: "The Meeting of the American Public Health Association"; "The government and its scientific bureaus" and "Methods of teaching political economy". Articles by or about Famous Americans: in Letters to the Editor: "NEWCOMB's Political Economy"; LESTER F. WARD "A National university"; P. J. FARNSWORTH "The English sparrow"; and WILLIAM FERREL "The temperature of the moon". In Science Supplement:.I. C. RUSSELL "North Carolina coal-fields"; "Laying a Cable" (joining the two islands Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket); "Physics at Johns Hopkins"; and "The American ferret" with an illustration of one. Covers slightly soiled. Slight chipping at edges. Overall covers are Good+. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. Supplement"s edges lightly soiled/chipped, otherwise in VG condition. $45.00

[003254] . SCIENCE, December 11, 1885. Volume VI. No. 149. ill. Tables. New York: The Science Company, 1885. Size: Approx. 7 1/2" x 10 1/4". Paper Wraps. Science. Good+ With Science Supplement. Some articles: "A National University"; "The Decay of the Obelisk"(in Central Park) by ARNOLD HAGUE; " The Meeting of the American Public Health Association" with diagram exhibiting the comparative mortality by absolute number of decedents from fifteen most important causes of death, in Rhode Island, during 25 years, from 1860 to 1884; "Telpherage"(in England) with 4 illustrations, under Astronomical Notes: "Two new comets" with table and "The Biela comet meteor-stream" with table. Articles by or about Famous Americans: in Letters to the Editor:E. J. JAMES "NEWCOMB's Political Economy"; and H. M. PAUL "The Biela comet meteor-stream". In Science Supplement: G. BROWN GOODE " Recent Challenger Monographs"(report of Challenger Expedition); "Heights in France"(of country's inhabitants) with map; and "Progress in Metallurgy". Tipped in one page: THREE NEW PORTRAITS OF WASHINGTON". Covers only 1/5 attached, but covers "intact". Slightly soiled. ex.mus. stamp on front cover. Slight chipping at edges. label residue covering up part of "title" contents. Some creasing. Overall covers are Good. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. Supplement is in VG condition. $45.00

[003330] . THE LIBRARY OF THE LATE RT. REV. WILLIAM STEVENS PERRY, D.D., October 10th to 14th 1898. New York: Bangs & Company , 1898. Size: Approx. 6 " x 9 1/2". Paper Wraps. Auction Catalogs. Good to Good- Auction Catalog of the Bishop of the Diocese of Iowa. "A Collection Comprising Many Interesting Works in General Literature; Some Americana, History, Biography, Travels, Antiquities, Controversy, Poety, Etc., Etc, and Special Lists of Book Relating to Charles The First of England; The Dance of Death; Jeanne D'Arc, The Maid of Orleans; Thomas A'Kempis, and a Long List of Liturgical Literature." During his lifetime, Rev. Perry held numerous church offices, including President of Hobart College. He has published more books probably than any living clergyman in the Episcopal church. In 1876 he was elected Bishop of Iowa. 148 pp. Front cover soiled, chipping to side and bottom edges. Missing pieces of spine paper at both ends, but intact with front cover. Back cover missing. Exterior is Good to Good-. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. $45.00

[003361] . SCIENCE, August 31, 1883. No. 30.. ill. Etchings, Tables, Graph. Cambridge: The Science Company, 1883. Size: Approx. 7 1/2" x 10 1/4". Paper Wraps. Science. Good Articles: Notes on the Geology of the Troad, by J.S. Diller; Occurrence of Mound-Builders Pipes in New Jersey, by Charles C. Abbott with an illustration; The Igloo of the Innuit. -III. with 9 illustrations; Minnesota Weather; Transactions of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers; Geology of Philadelphia by Henry Carvill Lewis; The Iroquois Book of Rites; The Evidence for evolution in the history of the extinct Mammalia with a table; A classification of the natural sciences by T. Sterry Hunt with a table; Orbit of the great comet of 1882 by Edgar Frisbie; The tornado at Racine, May 18, 1883 ; A Method for the calibration of a galvanometer with an illustration; The utilization of the sun's rays for warming and ventilating apartments by E. S. Morse; New form of selenium cell, with some remarkable electrical discoveries made by its use; 3 articles by B. F. Thomas: A Method of determining the centre of gravity of a mass with an illustration; Two forms of apparatus for Boyle's law with 2 illustrations; and A new heliostat with an illustration; The static telephone by Prof. A. E. Dolbear; Report of the committee on indexing the literature of chemical elements; The kinetic theory of the specific heat of solids and A kinetic theory of melting boiling by H. T. Eddy; On y-dichlordibrompropionic and y-dichlorbromacrylic acids by C.F. Mabery; The sub-aqueous dissociation of certain salts with a graph; Suggestions for computing the speed of chemical reactions; Twelve months of lysimeter record at the New York agricultural experiment station by E.L. Sturtevant; The composition of American wheat and corn with a table; The sotol, A Mexican forage plant; American butters and their adulterations by H. W. Wiley; A Comparison of terr-cotta lumber with other materials; Improvements in shaping-machines; Regularity of flow in double-cylinder rotary pumps; The early History of the North American Continent; and The Remington Type-Writer by Richard A. Proctor with an illustration. pp. 255-298. Covers are advertisements for Photo-Engraving, Park Place, N.Y. and Electrical Test Instruments.. Additional page front and back with advertisements, before articles. ex.-mus. stamp and numbers on front cover. Some small chips on side and bottom edges.Spine split up 6" but covers still intact. overall exterior is Good.. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. Around borders some age-toning, not on text. $60.00

[003518] . SCIENCE, July 25, 1884. Volume IV. No. 77. ill. Etchings, Map. Cambridge: The Science Company, 1884. Size: Approx. 7 1/4" x 10 1/4". Paper Wraps. Science. Good Articles by or about Famous Americans: FREDERICK SCHWATKA: The Implements of the Igloo with 12 illustrations; COUES'S Key to North-American Birds; 2 articles regarding GREELY Expedition, one with "two despatches from Lieut. Greely" including a map showing "points visited by Greely's party"; and EUGENE A. SMITH: Cretaceous phosphates in Alabama. Other articles include:Wiedemann's Electricity and The Organization for an International Scientific Association by Charles S. Minot. Also included the Index of Special Articles for SCIENCE, Volume III, January-June 1884 . covers detached. Slightly soiled around edges. Back cover's top corner creased. Tiny chipping around side/bottom edges. Vertical crease down the middle, going through "bulletin"-very minor. Overall covers are Good. Interior is tight, clean and VG+ $50.00

[003519] . SCIENCE, November 5, 1886. Volume VIII. No. 196. ill. Etchings. New York: The Science Company, 1886. Size: Approx. 7 1/2" x 10 1/4". Paper Wraps. Science. Good to Good+ With Science Supplement. Articles by Famous Americans: L. P.GRATACAP: An Archeological Fraud with 2 illustrations; and O. T. MASON: The Guadalajara Pottery with 14 illustrations. In Supplement: Cable Street-Railways with 10 illustrations and The physical basis of aesthetics. Covers slightly soiled. ex.mus. numberson front. light vertical crease, mildly seen throughout publication, very minor. Slight chipping at side edge. small yellow musuem label on front cover. Overall covers are Good to Good+. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. pp.401-422. $55.00

[003541] . SCIENCE, March 12, 1886. Volume VII. No. 162. New York: The Science Company, 1886. Size: Approx. 7 1/4" x 10 1/4". Paper Wraps. Science. Very Good Articles by Famous Americans: N. S. SHALER: The swamps of the United States; and ERNEST INGERSOLL: The Rocky Mountains as seen from the Canadian Pacific railway. in Letters to the Editor: S. LOCKWOOD: Apropos to Pteranodon and Homo. Other articles: The origin of human races and types and Comparative distribution of Jewish ability. ex.-mus. numbers on front cover. mild soil at stapled side. Bottom edge chipped. Some chipping to bottom edge. Overall exterior is Very Good. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. pp. 229-250. $40.00

[004279] . ELBERT HUBBARD'S SCRAP BOOK, Containing the Inspired and Inspiring Selections Gathered During A Life Time of Discriminating Reading For His Own Use. ill. Photographs. New York City: Wm. H. Wise & Co. Roycroft Distributors,, 1923. Size: Approx. 8 1/2 " x 10 3/4". Roycrofters. Very Good "When Elbert Hubbard was storing up in his Scrap Book the fruits of other men's genius, he did not contemplate a volume for publication. He was merely gathering spiritual provisions for his own refreshment and delectation. To glance at the pages of his Scrap Book is to realize how far and wide he pursued the quest, into what scented rose gardens of Poetry, and up what steep slopes of Thought." 228 pp. plus Index of Subjects (11 pp.). Includes photographs of the Roycroft Chapel, Roycroft Inn, Elbert Hubbard and Elbert Hubbard II, "Chief of Roycrofters". The different "selections" are artistically started with a orange vignette-a decorative first letter of the new paragraph, which makes the reading of it very clean and clear. Brown "linen-like" covers. Bound at left side with ribbon through 3-holes-like a scrapbook. Very Good condition. Inside on front endpapers, a "sheet" on each page with advertisements? for Hubbard's works: One on ELBERT HUBBARD'S SCRAP BOOK and other LITTLE JOURNEYS TO THE HOMES OF THE GREAT. They were scotch-taped to the endpapers and are loose, so there is scotch tape "residue". They could be retaped to cover it up. Not bad. On frontispiece page with photograph of Hubbard, watermark at top edge, at widest part, down 1/4". Not close to portrait, Otherwise the interior is Very Good. $20.00

[003656] . SCIENCE, August 27, 1886. Volume VIII. No. 186. ill. Etching. New York: The Science Company, 1886. Size: Approx. 7 1/4" x 10 1/4". Paper Wraps. Science. Good Articles by Famous Americans: J. WILLARD GIBBS: Multiple algebra. in Letters to the Editor: WILLIAM NORTH RICE: The eccentricity theory of the glacial period;HENRY B. BAKER: The causation of pneumonia; and E.W.EVANS: The sweating sickness. Another article:"A New Submarine Torpedo Boat" with illustration. ex.mus.numbers on front cover. mildly soiled. watermark along top edge of front cover and on first page top margin inside. watermark at spine hinge. small chipping around edges. Overall covers are Good. Interior is tight, clean and VG. $40.00

[003230] . SCIENCE, October 30, 1885. Volume VI. No. 143. ill. Etching. New York: The Science Company, 1885. Size: Approx. 7 1/4" x 10 1/4". Paper Wraps. Science. Good to Good+ With Science Supplement. Articles by Famous Americans: F.W. PUTNAM "Man and the mastodon" (found in Worchester County, Mass.). In Letters to the Editor: ALPHEUS HYATT "Cruise of the Arethusa"; and EDWARD S. HOLDEN "The care of pamphlets". In Science Supplement:" The Nordenfelt submarine boat" with illustration. Other articles: "The International Geological Congress at Berlin"; " Localization of Functions in the Brain"; plus "Geographical Notes" (Lieut. H.T. Allen's expedition to Copper or Atna River and Lieutenant Cantwell's exploration of the Kowak River); "Astronomical Notes" (Small versus large telescopes, Comet 1885. III.(Brooks), New variable in Cygnus, Common decimal unit of circular measure,and Gould's Zone Catalogue). ex.mus. stamp on front cover. Slightly soiled. Vertical crease, goes through, but very minor. some mild chipping to edges, exterior is Good to Good+. Interior is tight, clean and Very Good +. Supplement's border mildly soiled. Some pages uncut. Overall Supplement is VG-. $45.00

[003659] . SCIENCE, June 6, 1884. Volume III. No. 70. ill. Etchings, Chart. Cambridge: The Science Company, 1884. Size: Approx. 7 1/4" x 10 1/4". Paper Wraps. Science. Very Good Articles by Famous Americans: FREDERICK SCHWATKA: The Middle Yukon with 9 illustrations; in Letters to the Editor: G. BROWN GOODE: The invention of the vertical camera in photography with photo engraving illustration; and CHARLES C. ABBOTT: Hibernating mammals. Other articles: " The conic projection in oceanic cartography" with a North-Atlantic track-chart. " The Royal Society of Canada"; and " Calderwood's Mind and Brain". Mildly chipped covers at side edge. Overall covers are Very Good. Faint vertical crease down the middle. Interior is tight, clean and VG. $55.00

[003733] . A SKETCH OF THE SERVICES OF THE LATE W.W.SEATON IN CONNECTION WITH THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, AND SOME NOTICES OF HIS LIFE AND PERSONAL CHARACTER.. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1867. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9". Paper Wraps. Biography. Good+ to Very Good- " In 1846 Mr. Seaton, being then mayor of Washington, and surpassed by on one in zeal for the public good and in the influence due to his rare social qualities, his known integrity, and peculiarly winning and unaffected eloquence, united with other gentlemen of like feelings in quring upon Congress the organization of an establishment which should at length do justice to the benevolent and far-sighted views which had dictated the bequest." pp.80-87. mildly soiled covers. ex.mus.stamp on front cover. some fading around borders. Tiny missing side edge piece and at spine. Overall exterior is Good+ or better. ex.mus. stamp on title page, otherwise interior is clean, tight, and VG. $30.00

[003994] . TRANSACTIONS OF VASSAR BROTHERS' INSTITUTE And Its Scientific Section 1881-1883. Poughkeepsie, New York: Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9". Paper Wraps. Science. Covers Poor. Interior Good+ Vol.1 Part I and 2. " Object of the society is to promote education and useful knowledge in the departments of Science, Literature, and Art, by investigating and discussing subjects...by establishing and maintaining a Museum, a Library and a collection of works of art and objects of historic interest ..." Articles by Famous Americans include: T. SHERRY HUNT's "Mineral Physiology"; and 3 articles by LEROY C. COOLEY-"Chemistry and the Question of Life"; "Examination of a Stain found on Monumental Marble"; and "The Work of the Scientific Section". Other articles by W.B. Dwight, C.B. Warring, and W. G. Stevenson (editor). 148 pp. Paper covers detached with tears and missing pieces. Title and illustration on front cover intact. ex-mus. numbers on front top edge. Side edge stained? not on any text. String tied. At pages 96-97 string has broken, so text is in two parts. Otherwise interior is clean and in VG+ condition. Have other "volumes" from Vassar Brothers Institute. $40.00

[003996] . TRANSACTIONS OF VASSAR BROTHERS' INSTITUTE And Its Scientific Section 1884-1885. ill. Plates, Tables,Figures (line drawings). Poughkeepsie, New York: Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9". Paper Wraps. Science. Covers Fair Interior Very Good Vol.III Part I and II. " Object of the society is to promote education and useful knowledge in the departments of Science, Literature, and Art, by investigating and discussing subjects...by establishing and maintaining a Museum, a Library and a collection of works of art and objects of historic interest ..." Articles by Famous Americans include: MARY WHITNEY - "The Sun-Spots of the Past Few Years" with an illustration; and LEROY C. COOLEY-"The Evolution of Science". Other articles by William B. Dwight, C.B. Warring (Gyroscope with 4 plates), and Edward D. Cope . 216 pp. Front paper cover 4" tear at spine joint. Back cover detached with tears and small pieces missing. Blank back endpaper torn, no text. ex-mus. numbers on front top edge. String tied. Interior is clean, tight and in VG+ condition. Have other "volumes" from Vassar Brothers Institute. $45.00

[003997] . TRANSACTIONS OF VASSAR BROTHERS' INSTITUTE And Its Scientific Section 1885-1887. ill. Plates, Tables,Figures (line drawings) Maps. Poughkeepsie, New York: Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9". Paper Wraps. Science. Covers Fair Interior Very Good Vol.IV Part I and II. " Object of the society is to promote education and useful knowledge in the departments of Science, Literature, and Art, by investigating and discussing subjects...by establishing and maintaining a Museum, a Library and a collection of works of art and objects of historic interest ..." Articles by Famous Americans include: W. LE CONTE STEVENS - "Aerial Navigation" with 4 illustrations; and MARY WHITNEY - "New Stars in Andromeda and Orion" with an illustration. 3 articles by William G. Stevenson, President of The Institute: "Interpretations of Nature", "Genius and Mental Disease" and "Earthquakes". Other articles by Rev. Henry L. Ziegenfuss, Capt. Henry C. Taylor, Isabel Mulford, Charles L. Bristol, Edward Riggs,William B. Dwight, and Charles B. Warring. 282 pp. Front paper cover missing bottom corner and two small pieces at side edge. Water mark at front top corner and down side edge. Shows on top corner of title page and no further. Spine paper cracking. Strip at base missing. Back cover missing. ex-mus. numbers on front top edge. String tied. Interior is clean, tight and in VG+ condition. Have other "volumes" from Vassar Brothers Institute. $45.00

[003998] . TRANSACTIONS OF VASSAR BROTHERS' INSTITUTE And Its Scientific Section 1887-1890. ill. Plate, Figures (line drawings). Poughkeepsie, New York: Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9". Paper Wraps. Science. Covers Poor.Interior Very Good Vol.5 Part I and II. " Object of the society is to promote education and useful knowledge in the departments of Science, Literature, and Art, by investigating and discussing subjects...by establishing and maintaining a Museum, a Library and a collection of works of art and objects of historic interest ..." Articles by Famous Americans include: CHARLES A. YOUNG - "Nebulae and the Nebular Hypothesis"; and LEROY C. COOLEY-"Limit of Visibility for Minute Masses". Other articles by Henry V. Pelton, President of the Institute, William A. Mowry (Oregon Settlement), W.B. Dwight, C.B. Warring (Mathematics & Gyroscope), Gilbert Van Ingen, Edward Elsworth (Photography), and W. G. Stevenson's Obituary. Frontis. portrait of Stevenson. 192 pp. Front paper cover detached with missing pieces around edges. Title and design on cover intact. ex-mus. numbers/stamp on front top edge. Back cover missing. String tied. Interior is clean, tight and in VG+ condition. Have other "volumes" from Vassar Brothers Institute. $45.00

[003999] . TRANSACTIONS OF VASSAR BROTHERS' INSTITUTE And Its Scientific Section 1890-1893. ill. . Poughkeepsie, New York: Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9". Paper Wraps. Science. Covers Good to Good- Vol.6 Part I and II. " Object of the society is to promote education and useful knowledge in the departments of Science, Literature, and Art, by investigating and discussing subjects...by establishing and maintaining a Museum, a Library and a collection of works of art and objects of historic interest ..." Article by Famous American: EDWARD BURGESS- " Animal Intelligence" and " Some Thoughts about Science and Life". Other articles by Th. Neumann (Poisonous Snakes, Speech of Monkeys,Universal Languages ), John A. Williams (Glass Manufacturing), James Winne (Memory), John Sutcliffe (Mining), Edward Elsworth ( Color Photography) Wm. H. Brewer, Henry V. Pelton, President of the Institute. and C.B. Warring (Geology of Montgomery County, Illinois 280 pp. Front paper cover's side edge missing two narrow strips and top corner tip. ex-mus. numbers/stamp (faint) on front top edge. Back cover barely attached. Covers overall Good to Good-. String tied. Interior is clean, tight and in VG+ condition. Have other "volumes" from Vassar Brothers Institute. $40.00

[004028] . Report of the Third Annual Reunion of the Society of the Army and Navy of the Gulf Held at Newport, R. I., July 7th, 1871. New York: George F. Nesbitt & Co, 1872. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 9". Stiff Covers. Military. Good Contents include: A Poem "Gulf-Weed" by Henry Howard Brownell; Memorial Address on the Life and Character of Admiral D.G.Farragut by Rev. Henry E. Montgomery; Remarks by General McDowell, Alexander Hamilton Rice, Dr. Foltz, Gen. Sheridan, and others; List of Vessels in the Gulf Squadron Commanded by Admiral D.G.Farragut and Roster of Troops (19th Corps) Department of Gulf. 80 pp. Blue stiff covers. Faint gilt lettering on front cover. Front bottom corner tip missing.Tears at spine joints. Back cover's top corner creased. 1/2" spine paper missing at base. Overall covers are Good. Still intact. Interior is tight, clean and in Very Good + condition. Mildly brown-tone to pages, age? related. $80.00

[003552] . SCIENCE, January 8, 1886. Volume VII. No. 153. ill. Table, Line Drawings.. New York: The Science Company, 1886. Size: Approx. 7 1/2" x 10 1/4". Paper Wraps. Science. Good Articles by Famous Americans: H.M. PAUL: Close approach of Saturn and Geminorum with illustration; In Letters to the Editor: JAMES FREEMAN CLARKE: The moon's Atmosphere; NICHOLAS MURRAY BUTLER(The Nobel Peace Prize 1931): The Convict-Labor Problem and WILLIAM FERREL: The Temperature of the Moon. Also in Letters to the Editor: Relics from an Indian grave by Stephen Bowers with illustration. Other articles: General Abbott's Report on the Flood Rock Explosion with a table; Success in Hatching the Eggs of the Cod by John A. Ryder with illustration; The palace of the kings of Tiryns, Winter on Mount Washington, Japanese Houses, and Physical expression and Reforms in English Public Schools. ex-mus. numbers on front cover. Chipping along side/bottom edges. Stains at top edge near spine. Overall exterior and interior are Good.Interior with watermarks along top border-never on text.Otherwise interior is tight and Very Good. $45.00

[003167] . SCIENCE, May 8, 1885. Volume V. No. 118. ill. Portraits, Engravings, Map,. Cambridge: The Science Company, 1885. Size: Approx. 7 1/4" x 10 1/4". Paper Wraps. Science. Good to Good- Articles by Famous Americans: S. NEWCOMB "Mortality experience of the Connecticut mutual life-insurance Co."; and in Letters to the Editor ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL "The Wisconsin Bill relating to the instruction of deaf-mutes"; and EUGENE A. SMITH " Tertiary phosphates in Albama". Other articles: "Composite Portraits of Members of the National Academy of Sciences" with a full page of 4 portraits protected by a tissue guard; " American Flash Language in 1798" with Tufts's glossary, 1793-98; "Walking and Running" with 5 illustrations; and under Notes and News, a paragraph on the "earlier floods of the lower Mississippi" with a map. Also "Naval architecture in England, and "Recent British locomotives". Paper covers lightly soiled with chipping around edges. ex-mus. stamp on front cover. Top right corner of front cover missing,and another piece of top border. Bottom edge piece folded up and corner missing. Tearing at spine. Covers still intact. Overall covers are Good-. First 3 pages' upper corners missing, 1 1/2"x1/2", not on text. Otherwise interior is tight, clean and VG+. $40.00

[002955] . REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON MATHEMATICAL SCIENCE FOR 1900. ill. Table. Philosophical Society of Washington, 1901. Size: Approx. 6 " x 9 1/2". Paper Wraps. Mathematic. Very Good to Very Good+ Bulletin, Vol.XIV, pp. 139-166. pages' top edge uncut so interior is Fine. Articles by Famous Americans on GEODESY by J.F. Hayford; ASTRONOMY by T.J.J. See; ASTROPHYSICS by J. G. Hagen; and PURE MATHEMATICS by F. G. Radelfinger. Salmon colored covers mildly soiled. Spine sunned, tears at bottom to gutters, 1". otherwise VG+. Also have REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON MATHEMATICAL SCIENCE FOR 1899. $50.00

[002956] . REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON MATHEMATICAL SCIENCE FOR 1899. Philosophical Society of Washington, 1900. Size: Approx. 6 " x 9 1/2". Paper Wraps. Mathematic. Good Bulletin, Vol..XIV, pp. 1-20. most pages' top edge uncut so interior is Fine. Articles on GEODESY by J.F. Hayford; ASTRONOMY by T.J.J. See; and ASTROPHYSICS by J. G. Hagen. Salmon colored front cover soiled with ex.mus. stamp and numbers.Bottom corner creased with 1/4"x3/4" piece missing. 3/4" tear on back cover. Exterior overall Good. First page of text's bottom corner slightly soiled, only in margin. Otherwise interior is clean, tight and Near Fine. Also have REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON MATHEMATICAL SCIENCE FOR 1900. $50.00

[002957] . REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PHYSICAL SCIENCE FOR 1900. ill. Figures (line drawings). Philosophical Society of Washington, 1901. Size: Approx. 6 " x 9 1/2". Paper Wraps. Physical Science. Very Good Bulletin, Vol..XIV, pp. 93-138. most pages' top edge uncut so interior is Fine. Articles on HYDRODYNAMICS by R.A. Harris; PHYSICAL INSTRUMENTS by C.F. Marvin; TIDES by L.P. Shidy; ACOUSTICS by C. K. Wead and METHODS FOR MEASUREMENT OF FORCE OF GRAVITY ON THE OCEAN By G.W.Littlehales. Salmon colored covers slightly soiled. Spine faded and mildly chipped.Bottom front cover edge one small tear and corner tip missing. Overall exterior is VG. Interior is clean, tight and Near Fine. $50.00

[002972] . SIMON NEWCOMB. Memorial Addresses. Philosophical Society of Washington,, 1910. Size: Approx. 6 " x 9 1/2". Paper Wraps. Biography. Very Good- Memorial Addresses by Charles K. Wead, James Bryce, Milton Updegraff, R.S. Woodward, L.O. Howard, Herbert Putnam, and E.M. Gallaudet. Resolutions Read by O.H. Tittmann. Read before Philosophical Society of Washington, December 4, 1909. Bulletin, Vol. XV, pp. 133-167. pages uncut. mildly faded/soiled covers. ex.-mus stamp and number on front cover, otherwise in VG condition. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. Frontis. portrait of Newcomb. $50.00

[003110] . AGASSIZ COMPANION,1886-1888,18 Issues. ill. Engravings. Wyandotte, Kansas: Will H. Plank, 1886. Size: Approx. 6 " x 9 ". Paper Wraps. Science. Good A Monthly Magazine Devoted to the Natural Sciences, Philately and the Interests of the Agassiz Association. 18 issues. 1886: Vol.I, No. 1-4. 1887: Vol.II, No. 1-8, and No. 12. 1888: Vol.III, No. 1-2, No. 5, No. 7, No.11-12(one issue). Some Articles: Insects, Andes, Fauna of Lower Silurian in the vicinity of Lebanon, Ohio: Sea-weeds and Coral, Plant Movements, Fossil Hunt, Botany in Public Schools, Geology, Agassiz, His Life and Works (with portrait engraving), Rocks and Minerals of Maine. ex.-mus. stamp/numbers/or "Agassiz Association, Chapter 158" on front cover. Mild soiling. First issue, 2 1/2"x3", missing piece on front cover; one issue's back cover missing piece and several with paper label residue. All covers are intact. Paper wraps overall Good. Interiors are clean, tight and overall Very Good+. $320.00

[003135] . POPULAR SCIENCE NEWS AND BOSTON JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY.1892-Complete year. 12 issues. Vol. XXVI: Number 1-12. January-December.. ill. Figures (line drawings), Tables,. Boston: Popular Science News Co., 1892. Size: Approx. 9 1/2" x 12". Paper Wraps. Science. Good or Better Articles by Harlan Hoge Ballard,"then" President of the Agassiz Association; and THE NEW STAR IN AURIGA, by Charles Augustus Young. Articles include: NOVELITIES IN PHOTOGRAPHY (6 etchings); WATER AND AIR BAROMETERS (2 etchings); PHOTOGRAPHING LIGHTING-STROKES(1etching); FLINT IMPLEMENTS OF COCHIN CHINA (1etching); SOME CURIOUS MINERALS (5 ETCHINGS); ABOUT LICHENS(17 etchings); MIMICRY IN ANIMALS (3 etchings); EXPERIMENTS WITH WATER-JETS(3 ETCHINGS); EVOLUTION FOR THE CONTINENTS( 4 etchings); MINIATURE SUN-DIALS (4 etchings); SOUP-BUBBLES (6 etchings); JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER (2 etchings); SIMPLIFIED COMPOUND LEAVES (8 etchings). Includes monthly section on MEDICINE and PHARMACY, ASTRONOMICAL PHENOMENA and METEOROLOGY. December Issue includes Index for the Year with List of Articles. All are in Good or better condition. One issue will ex-mus. numbers on front cover (advertisement page). May issue does not have 2 pages of advertisements as its "covers", all the other issues do. Covers lightly soiled or age-toned around borders. One issue torn area on cover (advertisements), but all there. One issue's side edge with tear, but intact. Overall interiors are clean, tight, and in Very Good condition. $125.00

[003154] . SCIENCE, January 16, 1885. Vol. V. No. 102. ill. Sketches. Cambridge, MA,: The Science Company, 1885. Size: Approx. 7 1/4" x 10 1/4". Paper Wraps. Science. Good- Articles by Famous Americans: JOHN TROWBRIDGE "Recent advances in electrical science"; J. W. POWELL "The administration of the scientific work of the general government"; J. R. BARTLETT "Some recent experiments with oil in stopping breakers"; ADOLPH F. BANDELIER "Bandelier's Archeological Tour in Mexico" with illustration of " The Great Mound at Cholula"; and BENJAMIN GOULD "The Argentine Zone Catalogue" with 2 illustrations of " Dr. Gould's Observatory at Cordoba" and "View of Corboba from Dr. Gould's Observatory" also in Letters to the Editor-J. S. DILLER " Coal in the Chico group of California"; HENRY W. HAYNES "Man in the stone age"; and B. G. WILDER " The use of slips in scientific correspondence". Includes other scientific articles. pp41-62. Covers detached. Top front corner torn-have "detached" piece, 3"x2". ex. mus. stamp on front cover. 3" tear and small chippings around edges. Mildly soiled. Good- exterior. Interior is tight, clean and Very Good. $42.50

[003159] . SCIENCE, March 13, 1885. Volume V. No. 110. ill. Foldout Map, Drawings. Cambridge: The Science Company, 1885. Size: Approx. 7 1/4" x 10 1/4". Paper Wraps. Science. Good to Good- Some articles: "The Solar Eclipse of March 16" with illustration; "The Hudson-Bay Expedition of 1884" by Wm. P. Anderson with 2 illustrations and foldout "Chart showing the track of the 'S.S. Neptune' Hudson's Bay Expedition 1884"- Chart is 13"x10"; "The Annisquam Seaside Laboratory"; and "The Prehistoric Congress at Lisbon". Some soiling to paper covers. Side edge with tears. Some chipping to bottom edge. Small watermark at top edge, barely goes through. Covers intact. Overall exterior is Good to Good-. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. Foldout chart is Very Good-. 3/4" tear at edge, along border of chart. 2 small missing pieces along bottom edge, not near border of chart. $50.00

[004920] . SKETCH OF HENRY CARVILL LEWIS. 1889. Size: Approx. 6 " x 9 1/4". Paper Wraps. Biography. Very Good Reprint from "Popular Science Monthly", July, 1889. Vol. XXXV.-26. Pages 402-408. Includes a list of Prof. Lewis's published papers from the "American Geologist". Tan covers with black lettering on front. Covers are Very Good+. Interior is tight, clean and Very Good+. Henry Carvill Lewis (November 16, 1853 - July 21, 1888),was an American geologist. $55.00

[003164] . SCIENCE, April 17, 1885. Volume V. No. 115. ill. Engravings, Drawings, Tables. Cambridge: The Science Company, 1885. Size: Approx. 7 1/4" x 10 1/4". Paper Wraps. Science. Good+ or Better Article by Famous American: A. W. GREELY "The scientific results of the Lady Franklin Bay expedition" with full page illustration of "The station of the Greely Party at Lady Franklin Bay". Other articles: "Footprints in the rocks of Colorado" by H.W. Parker with 2 illustrations; and "Successful extraction of a bullet from the brain" with 2 illustrations. Under News and Notes, a paragraph on the "remarkable halo seen in Orleans, France on " 17th of January last" with an drawing of the "halo". Paper covers lightly soiled with light chipping around edges, otherwise Good+. Back cover's lower corner folded back. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. $35.00

[003233] . SCIENCE, November 20, 1885. Volume VI. No. 146. ill. Tables, Engravings. New York: The Science Company, 1885. Size: Approx. 7 1/2" x 10 1/4". Paper Wraps. Science. Good to Good+ With Science Supplement. Article by a Famous American: in Science Supplement: E. J. JAMES "Recent land legislation in England". Other articles: "Blackfoot Tribes"; "Some Reaction-Time Studies" with a table; "Ben Nevis Meteorological Observatory" with an illustration of the observatory; and "Entomology in the National Museum" with a table. In Letters to the Editor: "Effigy mounds in Iowa" with an illustration. Covers slightly soiled. ex.mus. stamp on front. vertical crease, mildly seen throughout publication, very minor. Slight chipping at bottom edge, very slightly at top. Overall covers are Good+. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. Supplement's bottom edge mildly chipped otherwise in VG condition. $45.00

[003179] . SCIENCE, July 10, 1885. Volume VI. No. 127. ill. Foldout Map, Etching, Table. Cambridge: The Science Company, 1885. Size: Approx. 7 1/4" x 10 1/4". Paper Wraps. Science. Good Articles by Famous Americans: J. H. RAUCH "Chicago-River pollution"; IRA REMSEN "City-Wells"; and E. L. CORTHELL "The ship-railway between the Atlantic and Pacific" with large, laid in, foldout map, 29"x18" of the "proposed Tehuantepec ship-railway, and illustrations showing the various appliances to be used on the railway" (The article "presents the scientific and commercial reasons why the ship-railway across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec may be superior to either the Panama sea-level canal or the Nicaragua lock canal". Several articles relating to medicine and health: "Sanitation and science"; "Quarantines and their scientific value"; "How to deal with yellow-fever"; "Soils and health"; "Berlin exhibition of hygiene in 1882-83" and "Animal diseases and public health". Paper covers lightly soiled and chipped. ex-mus. stamp on front cover. Overall covers are Good. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. Map is Very Good, one tiny tear at bottom edge, not within border of illustration. $100.00

[003182] . SCIENCE, July 24, 1885. Volume VI. No. 129. ill. Etchings. Cambridge: The Science Company, 1885. Size: Approx. 7 1/4" x 10 1/4". Paper Wraps. Science. Good to Good+ Articles by Famous Americans: N. S. SHALER " Humanism in the study of nature"; and in Letters to the Editor: M. E. WADSWORTH "Volcanic dust east of the Rocky Mountains". Other articles: " An Arizona Natural Bridge" with illustration; " Sir Peter Lumsden on the Tribes upon the Afghan Boundary" with 2 illustrations- Gateway of Bala Murghab and Some types of Afgan Tribes; "Comparison of the Skulls of Assassins and Men of Note" with an illustration of "average measurements of three classes of heads" and under Notes and News, a paragraph about Observatory at Nice and its floating dome with 2 illustrations showing "sections" of the dome. ex.mus. stamp on front cover. Tiny chipping around side/bottom edges. Overall covers are Good to Good+. Interior is tight, clean and VG. $35.00

[003183] . SCIENCE, August 7, 1885. Volume VI. No. 131. ill. Etchings, Maps,. Cambridge: The Science Company, 1885. Size: Approx. 7 1/4" x 10 1/4". Paper Wraps. Science. Good+ From Famous Americans in Letters to the Editor: JOSEPH F. JAMES "An abormal Rudbeckla" with an illustration; and WM. H. BREWER "The ginkgo tree"; also under Letters to Editor: "The swimming-habits of the sunfish" by John A. Ryder with an illustration of "Mola Rotunda". Other articles: "Exploration in Indo-China" with 4 illustrations including a map of proposed railways; "The Telephone in Paris" with a map "showing Paris and the distribution of telephones"; "Around Africa" with 2 head "portraits" of "Natal Caffre and Sulu Maiden". ex.mus. stamp on front cover. Tiny chipping around bottom edge. Overall covers are Good+. Interior is tight, clean and VG. $40.00

[003196] . SCIENCE, August 28, 1885. Volume VI. No. 134. ill. Foldout Map, Etchings. Cambridge: The Science Company, 1885. Size: Approx. 7 1/4" x 10 1/4". Paper Wraps. Science. Good Articles about/or by Famous Americans: "Biographical Sketch of the President of the Association"(HUBERT ANSON NEWTON) with portrait illustration; 2 articles about HENRY STANLEY: "The Kongo Free State"; and "Stanley's Kongo" including a large foldout Map of Central Africa and the Kongo Free State. In Letters to the Editor: THEO. GILL "Man's Ancestry". Other articles: "Composite Portraiture" with illustration; and "The Yacht Puritan" with 2 illustrations.Lightly soiled. Tiny chipping around side/bottom edge.Crease down middle. Overall covers are Good. Interior is tight, clean and VG. Map is Very Good-. Two tears at middle fold. $55.00

[003197] . SCIENCE, September 4, 1885. Volume VI. No. 135. ill. Etchings. Cambridge: The Science Company, 1885. Size: Approx. 7 1/4" x 10 1/4". Paper Wraps. Science. Good- Articles about/or by Famous Americans: In Letters to the Editor:R.P. WHITFIELD "An American Silurian scorpion"with illustration; CHAS. A. ASHBURNER "The geology of natural gas"; and R. W. SHUFELDT "Probable period of gestation in the 'horned-toad'. Other articles: " The Lick Observatory" with 5 illustrations; and "The Development of the Eye" with 2 illustrations. ex. mus. stamp on front cover. Covers detached. Front cover is Good to Good+. Back cover with tears and missing pieces, Good-. Crease down middle. Interior is tight, clean and VG. $45.00

[003215] . SCIENCE, September 11, 1885. Volume VI. No. 136. ill. Etchings. Cambridge: The Science Company, 1885. Size: Approx. 7 1/4" x 10 1/4". Paper Wraps. Science. Good+ Articles by Famous Americans: W. R. NICHOLS "Chemistry in the service of public health"; EDWARD ORTON "Problems in the study of coal, with a sketch of recent progress in geology"; DR. BURT G. WILDER "Educational musuems of vertebrates"; and EDWARD ATKINSON "The application of science to the production and consumption of food". Other articles: on Mathematics, Astronomy, Physics, Chemistry, Thermodynamics, Mechanical Science, Geology and Geography, Biology, Histological Investigation, Histology and Microscopy, Native Tribes of Alaska, Anthropology and Economic Science and Statistics. In Notes and News: Paragraph on a monument of the first duke of Sutherland in England being struck and injured by lightning with an illustration; Use of the telephone for military purposes with an illustration and An electric railway at Frankfort with illustration. ex. mus. stamp (faint) on front cover. Covers slightly soiled. Bottom edge lightly chipped on front cover, back cover chipped with one 1" tear and 3/4"x1/2" circular spot?goes through on bottom edge on several pages, never close to text. Otherwise exterior is VG. First page of text with several soiled spots? otherwise interior is tight, clean and VG. Vertical crease through publication as if once folded. Not obtrusive. $45.00

[003222] . SCIENCE, October 16, 1885. Volume VI. No. 141. ill. Etchings, Tables. New York: The Science Company, 1885. Size: Approx. 7 1/4" x 10 1/4". Paper Wraps. Science. Good to Good- With Science Supplement Articles by/or about Famous Americans: H.M. PAUL "Timing the Flood Rock explosion"; T. C. MENDENHALL "The explosion at Flood Rock"; GEORGE M. STERNBERG "Disinfection"; and "Life of AGASSIZ" with a full page portrait. In Letters to the Editor: C. A. YOUNG "Flood Rock explosion observed at Princeton, N.J."; S.P. LANGLEY "False report of the fall of a meteorite in western Pennsylvania"; and G. BROWN GOODE "The care of pamphlets". Also in Letters to Editor: "Color and other associations" with 2 illustrations; " Education and The Health of Women" with 2 tables; and " An African smithy" with illustration. Covers detached but "intact". ex.mus. stamp on front cover. Slightly soiled. Vertical crease, goes through, but very minor. some chipping to side/bottom edges, exterior is Good to Good-. Interior is tight, clean and Very Good +. Supplement's border mildly soiled. Some pages uncut. Overall Supplement is VG-. $40.00

[003244] . SCIENCE, November 27, 1885. Volume VI. No. 147. ill. Etching, Table,. New York: The Science Company, 1885. Size: Approx. 7 1/2" x 10 1/4". Paper Wraps. Science. Good With Science Supplement. Article by or about Famous Americans: ASA GRAY "Dr. Asa Gray's seventy-fifth birthday" with illustration; ERNEST INGERSOLL "The plains of British America"; and E. J. JAMES "NEWCOMB's Political Economy". in Science Supplement: JAMES B. ANGELL "A need for a careful study of the history of China"; and H.M. PAUL "Stars in Rapid Motion" with table. Covers slightly soiled. ex.mus. stamp on front cover and front page of Supplement. vertical crease, doesn't go through interior. Slight chipping at edges. 6" tear at spine. Overall covers are Good. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. Supplement's edge mildly soiled otherwise in VG condition. Some uncut pages. $45.00

[003161] . SCIENCE, March 20, 1885. Volume V. No. 111. ill. Etchings,diagrams, Drawings. Cambridge: The Science Company, 1885. Size: Approx. 7 1/4" x 10 1/4". Paper Wraps. Science. Good Articles by Famous Americans: JOHN TROWBRIDGE " The Jefferson physical laboratory"(at Harvard University) with engraving of the facility and 4 layout diagrams; JOSEPH F. JAMES "Evidences of beaches in the Cincinnati group" with one illustration; and DAVID P. TODD "Researches in stellar parallax"with one illustration. Other articles: "Coffins of the Seventh Century" with one illustration and under Notes and News, a paragraph on a "new loud-speaking telephone" with an illustration of one. Under Letters to the Editor, a short paragraph from D.P.TODD "Solar eclipse of March 16. Other Letters to Editor: "Hereditary abnormality of sense-organs" by W.J. McGee with illustration and "Economy of fuel" by Bailey Willis with illustration. Some soiling to paper covers. Side edge with mild chippings.Very little to bottom edge. Covers intact. Overall exterior is Good. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. $40.00

[004813] . ELECTRO-MAGNETIC TELEGRAPHS. Application of Samuel F. B. Morse for An Extension of His Patent.... Washington: Henry Polkinhorn, Printer, 1860. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 8 1/2". Paper Wraps. Patents. Very Good DECISION OF HON. PHILIP F. THOMAS, Commissioner of Patents, on the Application of Samuel F.B. Morse for An Extension of His Patent for a New and Useful Improvement in ELECTRO-MAGNETIC TELEGRAPHS. Patented April 11, 1846 - Patent Extended for Seven Years from the 11th Day of April, 1860. "In this case, the utility of the invention, its value and importance to the public, and the diligence employed in introducing it into general use, are not denied by the parties who oppose the grant of the extension. It is, however, insisted that the prayer of the petitioner ought not to be granted, for two reasons: first, because the invention was not novel and patentable when the patent was issued; secondly, because, if the patentee was really the first and original inventor of the improvement covered by the patent, he has already received a reasonable remuneration for the time, ingenuity, and expense bestowed upon it, and upon its introduction into use..." 32 pp. Includes breakdowns of of sums:" Receipts prior to the extension" and "Receipts since the extension". On front cover, a clear embossed stamp: Harvard College Library, Cambridge, Mass." 6" tear along spine's edge of back cover. Otherwise covers are Very Good. Verso of title page, written in pencil: "1862, Sept.2. Gift of Hon. Charles Sumner, U.S.S. of Boston (Class of 1830). Charles SUMNER, a Senator from Massachusetts; born in Boston, Mass., January 6, 1811; graduated from Harvard University in 1830 and from the Harvard Law School in 1833. Senate Years of Service: 1851-1855; 1855-1857; 1857-1873; 1873-1874. Party: Free Soil; Opposition; Republican; Liberal Republican. PHILIP F. THOMAS was United States Commissioner of Patents from February 16 to December 10, 1860; appointed Secretary of the Treasury in the Cabinet of President Buchanan and served from December 10, 1860, to January 11, 1861 $210.00

[004397] . AGAINST UNRESTRICTED COINAGE OF SILVER, Speech of Hon. James T. McCleary of Minnesota in the House of Representatives. 1896. ill. Graphs, Tables. Washington: 1896. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 9". Paper Wraps. Economics. Good Speech given Wednesday, February 12, 1896. " What will Congress do? is being asked all over this country and even beyond its confines. It is our manifest duty to the people and to ourselves to answer that question so plainly that no one need misunderstand our meaning." Speech given to counter the "free-silver controversy". 70 pp. Many tables and graphs/charts throughout text. Speech discusses: The Great Fall in Prices Fron 1809 to 1849 with graph; The Impotence of Silver to Affect Prices; What Caused the Two Great Falls in Average Prices? with Soetbeer Tables; The Increase in Wages; Production and Coinage of Silver in This Country and much more. Paper covers. Some soiling. Front cover stamped: JAS. W. BOLLINGER, Attorney at Law, Davenport, Iowa." Staped at spine. Bottom front corner"tips" missing. Some soiling to covers. Overall covers are Good. First page of speech, bottom right corner folded back, otherwise interior is tight, clean and Very Good+. James Thompson McCLEARY, a Representative from Minnesota; was born in Ingersoll, Ontario, Canada, February 5, 1853. In 1881 he moved to Minnesota and became State Institute Conductor of Minnesota and Professor in the Normal School n Mankato, Minn.; president of the Minnesota Educational Association in 1891; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-third and to the six succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1893-March 3, 1907). James Wills BOLLINGER was born in Geneseo, Illinois, on April 10, 1867. His family moved to Davenport, Iowa, in 1873, where he attended public school. In 1889, he graduated from the State University of Iowa Law School and received his master's degree in 1893. Bollinger practiced law throughout his life, and served as Scott county district judge from 1897 until 1911. $80.00

[004470] . Autobiographical Notes and a Bibliography of the Scientific Publications of Joel Asaph Allen . New York: American Museum Natural History, 1916. Size: Approx. 6 " x 9 1/2". Paper Wraps. Autobiography. Good to Good- In the Foreword written by Henry Fairfield Osborn, " The life and writing of Joel Asaph Allen have exerted so great an influence on the progress of ornithology and mammalogy in America that all who have the interests of these branches of science at heart, both in this country and abroad, will welcome this biographical and bibliographical volume. It is issued as an expression of the appreciation of Doctor Allen's life work by the Trustees of The American Museum of Natural History and devoted colleagues on its Scientific Staff. The biographical sketch was especially desired in connection with the Bibliography because it sets forth so clearly the broad groundwork of travel, of field observation and of field record which has established a model of all modern American work on the birds and the mammals..." 215 pp. most uncut at top edge. Side edge untrimmed. Tears and chips mainly at front cover's side edge. Covers soiled with fading at front top edge. Top spine strip down 1/2" missing. Tear at spine joint, 1 1/2". Overall covers are Good to Good-. Covers intact. Frontis. engraving of Joel Asaph Allen. ex.mus. stamp on title page, otherwise interior is tight, clean and Very Good. $85.00

[004590] . MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES (JAMES MONROE) TRANSMITTING THE CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND GREAT BRITAIN; RELATING TO THE NEGOTIATION OF THE CONVENTION 1818. Washington: Gales & Seaton, 1823. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 8 3/4". Disbound. U.S. Government Document. Very Good Correspondence between U.S. and Great Britain. 152 pp. Famous Americans in document: James Monroe, President; John Quincy Adams, Secretary of State; Richard Rush, Acting Secretary of State (while John Quincy Adams was in Europe), and Albert Gallatin, Secretary of the Treasury. Famous Englishmen: Earl Bathurst; Lord Castlereagh; Charles Bagot; David Milne, British Admiral of His Majesty's ships; Frederick John Robinson Goderich; and Henry Goulburn. Disbound. "Waviness" to the touch otherwise document is Very Good. Sporadic mild foxing. Page 105 side edge margin with 2" strip missing-no text missing. Otherwise interior is tight, clean and Very Good. Scarce. $95.00

[004624] . A Memorial Of Stephen Salisbury Of Worcester, Mass. . Worcester: Press of Charles Hamilton, 1885. Size: Approx. 7 " x 10 3/4". Brown Cloth. Biography. Good- On front free endpaper, 6"x3" strip of paper, glued down on one side: "With the respects of Stephen Salisbury. Worcester, Massachusetts. Contents: Biographical Notice; Notices by the Worcester Press; Notices of the Funeral; From Yucatan Newspapers; Proceedings of Societies; Sermon and Eulogy by Rev. A.P. Peabody; Memoir by Hon. John D. Washburn; Proceedings of other Institutions; and Extracts from Private Letters including a Letter of Hon. George Bancroft. 158 pp. Covers worn. Corners rubbed/frayed to boards. Spine joints splitting/fraying and spine ends fraying. Back cover's spine joints with some small holes?. Front lower cover with scuffing? worn area. Covers are overall Good-. Hinges broken. Frontis. engraving portrait of Stephen Salisbury. Interior is clean, tight and in Very Good condition. Stephen Salisbury I had established Worcester as a center of trade between the ports of Boston and Providence and the hundreds of small towns in the interior New England in the early 19th century. He had extensive land holdings in Worcester, including most of the west side of the city, which he passed on to his son. $25.00

[004738] . Annual Report of the National Academy of Sciences: First 3 Annual Reports 1865-1867 . Cambridge: Welch, Bigelow, and Company, 1865. Size: Approx. 5 " x 7 1/2". Paper Wraps. Academy of Sciences. Good First Three Reports. ANNUAL OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES FOR 1863-64. "The Annual now presented is intended to cover the whole period from the organization of the Academy in April, 1863, to January 1st, 1865. Wolcott Gibbs. Louis Agassiz." Contents include: Address of Hon. Henry Wilson, delivered at the opening of the First session of the Academy, April 22, 1863; Constitution and By-Laws of the Academy, Organization of the Academy; Committees of the Academy; List of Members and Eulogy on J.S. Hubbard. 112 pp. ANNUAL OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES FOR 1865. Contents include: Act of Congress establishing a National Academy of Sciences( with names of members and "Approved March 3, 1863. Abraham Lincoln, President"; List of Members; Constitution; Foreign Associates; List of Memoires; Biographical Notice of Joseph G. Totten. 130 pp. and ANNUAL OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES FOR 1866. Contents include many of the same listings as in previous Reports, plus Biographical Notice of James Melville Gilliss; Memoir of Benjamin Silliman and Obituary of Dr. Edward Hitchcock. 154 pp. Salmon colored covers. String-tied. ex.mus. stamp and numbers on front covers. Mildly soiled. One report missing a 2" x 3/4" piece at base of front cover with 1 1/2" tear at spine's crease. 2 Reports with missing paper pieces on spine. Overall covers are Good. All intact. Interiors are clean, tight and Very Good+. A. D. Bache was President. Scarce. $225.00

[004892] . MARTHA GRAY, WIDOW OF CAPTAIN ROBERT GRAY. 1848. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9". Disbound. American History. Very Good- Thirtieth Congress-First Session. Report No. 502. April 26, 1848. "The petitioner claims a pension on account of the services of her husband in the navy of the United States, during the revolution, and also on account of his discovery of the Columbia river..." Details regarding "Captain Gray" and his discovery of the Columbia River. Copies of letters from George Washington; and John Hancock. 10 pages.Disbound. Corners creased. Pages 1-6 attached but loose from the rest of the document. Otherwise Very Good. $55.00

[004886] . PASSENGERS ARRIVED IN THE UNITED STATES, FROM FOREIGN COUNTRIES, IN 1842. LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF STATE.... ill. Tables. 1843. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 9". Disbound. American History. Good Transmitting A statement of passengers arrived in the United States, from foreign countries, during the year 1842. Disbound but intact. 33 pp. 27th Congress, 3d Session. Doc. No. 177. Ho.of Reps. State Dept. First page from Department of State, Washington, February 22, 1843 to the Speaker of the House of Representatives. "Sir: I have the honor to transmit, herewith, statements showing the number and designation of the passengers who have arrived from foreign countries in each collection district of the United States, and in each quarter, during the year 1842..." DANIEL WEBSTER. Page 2-33 tables with Custom-House, with name of collector, Quarter ending, Occupations (laborers, servants, ladies, gentlemen, farmers, etc), Males, Females, then a breakdown of ages: Under 5-males, females; from 5 to 10 years-male and female, etc to "Upward of 40 years", Where born, and Total. Disbound but intact. Light foxing. Otherwise clean and Very Good. Early historic document. $95.00

[004787] . The United States Magazine, and Democratic Review . ill. Frontis Engraving. New York: J.& H.G. Langley, 1841. Size: Approx. 6 " x 9 ". Paper Wraps. Single Issue Magazine. Fair October 1841. No covers. Contents: DR CHANNING'S RECENT WRITINGS; A SABBATH AMONG THE HILLS; FREE TRADE, Report of the Select Committee of the House of Commons on Import Duties with the principal Evidence; GRASSMERE AND RYDAL WATER, by Mrs. Sigourney; POLITICAL PORTRAITS WITH PEN AND PENCIL-No.XXVI. FRANCIS THOMAS OF MARYLAND; FELICITY. From the German of Goethe, by James K. Armstrong; THE FIRST MEETING OF JEFFERSON AND BURR; THE LIGHT OF LIFE, by C. W. Denison; ANTON'S DICTIONARY AND DEFENCE; SONNETS ON CHARACTER, by B. F. Butler-V. JOHN CALVIN, VI. WILLIAM PENN; and POLITICAL PORTRAITS WITH PEN AND PENCIL-No.XXVII. MARCUS MORTON OF MASSACHUSETTS( with a fine Engraving on steel). First 36 pages "Monthly Literary Advertiser" with ads. Some foxing-heaviest on first few pages. Frontis. engraving of Marcus Morton protected with foxed tissue guard. Mild foxing around engraving-not on portrait. pp.315-408. String-tied. Text is tight. Mild foxing. Doesn't interfere with text. Text is Good. Have to list publication as Fair because covers are missing. Dr. Channing was an honorary transcendentalist, as an active Unitarian minister whose productive years predated and anticipated many of the ideas adopted by Emerson and Parker, in particular, so much that Emerson would say respectfully, "he is our Bishop." Lydia Huntley Sigourney née Lydia Howard Huntley (September 1, 1791 - June 10, 1865) was an extremely popular American poet during the early and mid 19th century. She was commonly known as the "Sweet Singer of Hartford." Most of her works were published with just her married name "Mrs. Sigourney." Francis Thomas (February 3, 1799-January 22, 1876) was a Maryland politician who served as Governor of Maryland from 1842-1844. He also served as a United States Representative from Maryland. Marcus Morton (December 19, 1784-February 6, 1864) was a lawyer, jurist, and politician from Taunton, Massachusetts. He represented Massachusetts in the United States House of Representatives and served two terms as Governor of Massachusetts. The United States Magazine and Democratic Review began publication with the October 1837 issue. In 1852 its name changed to Democratic Review, and it seems to have ceased publication or been absorbed into other magazines not long afterward. $50.00

[004871] . S. C. POMEROY'S EXPEDITURES FOR THE COLONIZATION OF PERSONS OF AFRICAN DESCENT. 2 U.S.Government Documents. 1870. ill. Tables. 1870. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 8 3/4". Disbound. U.S. Government Document. Very Good Two documents dated two days apart relating to itemized expenditures of Samuel C. Pomeroy, who by request of the President consented to organize emigration parties of free colored persons, for settlement in Central America.#1. COLONIZATION OF PERSONS OF AFRICAN DESCENT. Letter From THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY, In Answer To A resolution of the House of March 23, 1870, transmitting a detailed statement of expenditures out of the appropriation contained in the eleventh section of chapter 54 of Statutes of 1862, and the present condition of any unexpended balances of such appropriations. March 28,1870. Shows statement with breakdown of $100,000 worth of expenditures. 3 pages. Disbound. Barely attached at spine( 1/2") otherwise Very Good+. #2. ACCOUNTS OF THE COLONIZATION AGENT, Letter From THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY Transmitting A letter from the Secretary of the Interior relative to the accounts of the colonization agent. March 30, 1870. Includes the contract with Ambrose W. Thompson..."owns and controls such rights in a tract of country within the republic of New Granada...valid land titles to colonists of African descent brought from the United States..." Includes "Executive Mansion, Washington, September 11, 1862. "the within contract is approved...A.Lincoln." With Table of expeditures. 12 pp. 6 1/2" tear at spine. Still attached. Very Good+. Clean. Famous Americans in documents: Abraham Lincoln, President; Geo. S. Boutwell, Secretary of Treasury; Samuel C. Pomeroy, Colonization Agent; and Caleb B. Smith, Secretary of the Interior. $80.00

[003231] . SCIENCE, November 6, 1885. Volume VI. No. 144. ill. Foldout Map and Map Illustration. New York: The Science Company, 1885. Size: Approx. 7 1/2" x 10 1/4". Paper Wraps. Science. Good to Good+ With Science Supplement. Articles by Famous Americans: C. C. ABBOTT "Aestivation of mammals, what is it?" and in Science Supplement: H. M. PAUL "Temperature of the moon's surface". Other articles: "The Burman Dispute" with map illustration and laid in map of "FURTHER INDIA, Showing Regions involved by the Trouble in Upper Burma". Map is approximately 15"x20". Also "The Life of Gen. Emory Upton"," Doolittle's Practical Astronomy"; "Mexican ethnology", and Astronomical Notes. Covers slightly soiled. ex.mus. stamp on front. vertical crease, mildly seen throughout publication, very minor. Slight chipping at bottom edge, very slightly at top. Overall covers are Good+. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. Supplement's bottom edge mildly chipped otherwise in VG condition. Map in 2 parts,clean tear down middle otherwise VG. $45.00

[004379] . HARPER'S NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE. NOVEMBER 1868. ill. Engravings, Drawings,. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1868. Size: Approx. 6 1/2" x 10". Paper Covers. Harper's Magazine. Good- to Fair November Issue. Volume 37, Number 222. Some articles written or about FAMOUS AMERICANS: J. ROSS BROWNE:Explorations in Lower California (Second Paper) pp.740-752 with illustrations; Fish-Culture in America, pp.721-739 with illustrations- one of SETH GREEN; The Handel Festival at the Crystal Place, 1868, pp.753-759 with illustrations-one of CHRISTINE NILSSON; and Democracy of the Chinese by REV. WILLIAM SPEER, pp.839-848. Soiling to front cover. Ink "blottish" from spill? on lower spine on to front lower cover, widest area 1/2". One inch tear, side edge chipped. "Duplicate" stamped.Cover is Good- to Fair. pp.721-744 one or both side corner edges creased/folded. Last 2 pages side top corner also creased/folded. Otherwise interior is tight and clean and Very Good. Many engravings. $20.00

[003147] . SCIENCE, August 12, 1887. ill. Engravings. New York: The Science Company, 1887. Size: Approx. 9" X 12". Newsprint. Science. Good Some Articles: What American Zoologists have done for Evolution, by E.W. Morse. Laid in page with portrait engraving of Morse; Economy in Management of Soil, by H. E. Alvord; Prehistoric Chronology of America by D.G. Brinton; The Sonora Earthquake with illustration and Chemical Laboratory of the University of Nebraska with 5 illustrations. Front wrap detached but intact. ex-mus mailing label and numbers on front. Slightly soiled. Overall exterior is Good to Good+. interior is clean, and tight and VG+. Engraving of Morse, top border watermarked. Not on portrait. From SCIENCE, Aug. 20, 1886. $35.00

[003107] (Tarbell, Ida M.). McCLURE MAGAZINE, 11 Abraham Lincoln Issues, Nov.1895-Sept. 1896. ill. Photos & Diagrams. New York: McClure's Ltd. New York, 1896. Size: Approx. 6 3/4" x 9 1/2". Paper Wraps. Signed by Tarbell. Fair Eleven issues of McClure's Magazine, from November 1895 to September 1896, carrying Ms. Tarbell's celebrated series on Lincoln. Each issue of the magazine is SIGNED by Ms. Tarbell, and dated Dec. 1937 in her hand, on the opening page of each installment in the 11 issues. (She was 80 years old at the time.) The series includes more than 300 illustrations, among them 40 images of Lincoln, including an 1854 portrait "published for the first time". Also included is "Lincoln's Lost Speech," "never before published". Covers and spines of most issues are either shabby or missing, but contents of all are intact and range from Good to Very Good +. A unique and exceptional piece of Lincolniana. Boxed. Slipcase is Good, two worn area. At the time the managing editor was S.S. McClure, also known as Miss Willa Cather. Includes many other interesting and historical articles by famous authors-Robert Louis Stevenson, Rudyard Kipling, plus fabulous advertisements of that era. $400.00

[000044] (Whistler, James McNeill). CATALOGUE OF ETCHINGS BY J. McN. WHISTLER Compiled by an Amateur.. New York: H. Wunderlich , 1902. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 7 3/4". Supplementary to that compiled by F. Wedmore. Number 126 of 135 copies.Text catalogue of his etchings.There are no illustrations in the book. Just a listing of his etchings, each described including height and width. The "author" states in the Preface: "The compiler of the present supplement ...recognizes that there are still a number of plates which remain to be recorded and described. They are extremely hard to find..." Slight cover soiling & little corner wear: otherwise Very Good. Linen spine. Untrimmed page ends. Interior is tight, clean and Very Good+.40 pp.including Index. $125.00

[000400] [Catlin, George]. Sketching Up the Missouri River in 1832. ill. Catlin. Gilcrease Institute Library: American Scene Magazine, 1964. Offprint. Size: Approx. 8 " x 11". Softcover. Artists. Very Good+ Offprint from Vol.V, No.3, 1964, of AMERICAN SCENE, a Gilcrease Institute publication. "Contents quoted from George Catlin's writings, notes, and sketches" in the Gilcrease Library. George Catlin was one of the first artists to venture into the trans-Mississippi West. 1832 found him in the West alone, preparing for a journey up the Missouri river to sketch and paint. Mr. Catlin was an eye-witness to history; what he saw he preserved for all mankind. 28 pp., with Catlin on-site sketches, accompanied (on facing pages) by Catlin's own notes on each sketch. Some are remarkable action depictions (Indian dances,killing buffalo on horseback, medicine men invoking spirits, etc.) It ends with Catlin's own notation "Thus much I wrote and painted at this place, whilst on my way up the river," and his signature. 16 full page illustrations.Covers are Very Good to Very Good+. Interior is tight, clean and Very Good+. $25.00

[002959] Abbe,Cleveland. THE PROGRESS OF SCIENCE AS ILLUSTRATED BY THE DEVELOPMENT OF METEOROLOGY, Annual Presidential Address. Washington: Philosophical Society of Washington, 1907. Size: Approx. 6 " x 9 1/2". Paper Wraps. Meteorology. Very Good Offprint from Bulletin, Vol XV, pp. 27-56. Abbe was the first official daily weather forecaster in the United States. He wrote on the atmosphere and on climate, and was responsible for the introduction of the system of Standard Time. Salmon paper covers. Mildly soiled. Small tears at bottom edge and back cover bottom corner "tip" missing (1"x1/2"). Exterior Very Good for almost 100 years old. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. $50.00

[004583] American Antiquarian Society. SALISBURY MEMORIAL...A TRIBUTE FROM YUCATAN. Worcester, Mass: The Davis Press, 1906. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9 1/4". Stiff Covers. Biography. Very Good Stephen Salisbury was President of The American Antiquarian Society for eighteen years. His interest in South American archaeology shaped the direction of the institution's collecting during his tenure. Early imprints from Mexico and Central America were added to the Society's holdings and papers on archaeological expeditions to the Yucatan, many sponsored by Salisbury, were published in the Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society. Famous Americans who spoke at his memorial: Rev.Edward E. Hale, an American author and Unitarian clergyman; Samuel Swett Green, one of the founders of the American Library Association and his name appears on the ALA charter; Franklin B. Dexter, Professor of American History in Yale College; and Andrew McFarland Davis, author of many important papers and monographs on the history of currency and banking in the colony of Massachusetts. Also included David Casares, a Yucatecan, who developed a friendship with Salisbury during their days at Harvard College; and Senor Olegario Molina. Gray stiff covers with black lettering on front cover. Very faint ex-mus. stamp on front cover. Tiny nick to back cover. Overall covers are Very Good to Very Good+. Portrait bust of Salisbury on frontis page. ex-mus.stamp on first page, otherwise interior is tight, clean, and Very Good+. $45.00

[004372] American Philosophical Society. CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY. 1880. Size: Approx. 6 " x 9 3/4". Paper Wraps. American Philosophical Society. Good- Proceedings at the Dinner Commemorative of the Centennial Anniversary of the Incorporation of the Society Held at the St. George Hotel, Philadelphia, March 15, 1880. Speechs the Address by the President, Frederick Fraley; The alliance of Universities and the learned Societies by Prest. D. C. Gilman of John Hopkins University; Our Friends who have passed away by Dr. W. A. Hammond, New York City; The Study of Languages; by Prest. Wm. C. Cattell, Lafayette College, Easton PA; The Society's Name by Dr. Daniel G. Brinton, Philadelphia; The need of an elevated and permanent civil service by A. Loudon Snowden, Superintendent U.S. Mint; The tendencies of scientific culture by Dr. John L. LeConte, Philadelphia; Daily and Periodical Literature by Mr. W. V. McKean, Philadelphia; and The Spirit of the Philosophical Society by Prof. J. P. Lesley, Philadelphia. 84 pp. Includes all present at the Dinner, the Menu and "Regular Toasts". Paper covers soiled/sunned?. Front cover water stain ring at lower edge. Doesn't go through to interior. ex. mus. numbers . Back cover detached. "Pieces" of spine paper missing. Covers are Good-. Most pages uncut along top edge. pp.65-84 detached but intact. Interior is clean. and in Very Good Condition. $55.00

[002395] Bancroft, Aaron. The World Passeth away; but the Children of God abide forever. A Sermon, Delivered before the Second Christian Church and Society in Worcester, on the Sixth Day of January, 1811. 1811. Paper Wraps. Sermon. Good to Good+ Aaron Bancroft,clergyman, born in Reading, Massachusetts, in 1755 ; died in 1839. graduated from Harvard College in 1778. In 1785 he was settled in Worcester as pastor of the Congregational Church, and remained in the same post until his death. Grayish blue paper wraps, nothing on wraps. small hole( 1/16" x1/16" ) through the pamphlet,. Doesn't interfere with text. Foxing on endp. Includes history of Worchester, Mass. Interior is tight and in Very Good condition. $60.00

[002011] Bangs, John Kendrick. THREE WEEKS IN POLITICS . 1894. Good covers soiled. stain on front cover and back water line(?). owner's stamp on free endp. otherwise interior is tight and clean. $7.00

[004188] Beecher, Henry Ward. INDUSTRY AND IDLENESS: The Elzevir Library. Vol. VIII. No.385. New York: John B.Alden, 1889. Size: Approx. 4 1/4" x 7 1/4". Paper Wraps. Famous American. Good Reprinted from "Beecher's Lectures to Young Men". pp.7-25 plus pages of ads for other publications. Some wear to covers. Covers intact. 1" tear at back spine joint. Overall covers are Good. Interior is clean, tight, and Very Good. $10.00

[001178] Bell, Alexander Graham, Prof. W. H. Brewer, Prof.S.P. Langley and Prof. C. A. Young. MEMOIRS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, Volume II 1883. ill. Figures, Tables, Plates. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1884. Size: Approx. 9" x 11 1/2". 3/4 Leather. Science. Very Good 4 separate reports by Famous Americans: 1. Report of the Eclipse Expedition to Caroline Island, May 1883 by Prof. C. A. Young, pp.10-146, 22 Figures ( illustrations, charts/graphs, maps). 2. Wave-lengths in the Invisible Prismatic Spectrum, by Prof.S.P. Langley, pp. 147-162, 5 Tables, 4 Figures, 4 Plates (fold-out graphs) 3. Subsidence of Particles in Liquids, by Prof. W. H. Brewer, pp.163-175 and 4. Formation of Deaf Variety of Human Race, by Alexander Graham Bell pp.177-224, 30 Tables, 12 Figures (some foldout graphs), Also Appendix pp.225-262 with Tables A-Y. 3/4 brown leather with marbled boards, marbled edges, and marbled endpapers. Darker brown leather on spine than corners. Spine has raised bands with gilt lettering. previous owner's name in gilt at spine base: Geo. L. Shoup. Rubbing to spine gutters, with rubbed out piece 1/2" on back gutter. Rubbing on top and base of leathered section and some to corners. All minor.Still in Very Good condition, especially considering its age. Handsome book. Inside is clean, and tight. Very Good + condition.. $195.00

[003089] Britton, N.L. and Melville Thurston Cook. THE GENERIC NAME BUCIDA by N.L. Britton and THE HYPERTROPHIED FRUIT OF BUCIDA BUCERAS, by Melville Thurston Cook.. ill. Figures (line drawings). Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club, Botany. Very Good Reprinted from The Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 35. pp.303-308. ex-mus stamp on front cover. light fading, missing 1/2"x1/4" piece at bottom edge and bottom corner tip otherwise exterior is VG. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. 3 illustrations. $25.00

[001802] Browne, J. Ross. A TOUR THROUGH ARIZONA: First and Second Paper. ill. Engravings. Harper's New Monthly Magazine , 1864. Disbound. Good No. CLXXIII. October, 1864. Vol. XXIX. "...I have now to offer a new programme of exploration and adventure...possessing peculiar charms ...and extraordinary advantages in the way of burning deserts, dried rivers, rattlesnakes, scorpions, Greasers, and Apaches: besides unlimited fascinations in the line of robbery, starvation, and the chances of sudden death by accident." Disbound. stapled. Front page corners creased. bottom edge browned. Side edges chipped. Mild foxing. Overall Interiors are Very Good. First paper: pp.553-574 with pp. 571 loose. Second paper: pp.689-708. Many illustrations. (Browne's name not stated anywhere in articles) $65.00

[001784] Browne, J. Ross.. A PEEP AT WASHOE and WASHOE REVISITED. . ill. J. Ross Browne. Balboa Island, California : Paisano Press, 1959. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 8 1/2". Black Cloth. Nevada. Fine / Fine. Two humorous accounts of trips made by J. Ross Browne from California to Virginia City, Nevada in 1860 and 1863. Nevada Silver and the discovery of the Comstock Lode ushered in an exciting and important era in western history. It spurred the lagging economy, was instrumental in developing California and the West Coast and some have said it financed victory for the Union forces during the Civil War. Browne's account of life on the Comstock Lode is accurate in spite of being told in a humorous vein. His appraisal of the mines and mining were seen through the eyes of an expert, for it was about four years later that Browne compiled a monumental work for the U.S. Treasury Department on the mineral resources of the United States west of the Rocky Mountains. A PEEP AT WASHOE and WASHOE REVISITED have been reprinted separately during the past century, but this is the first time they have appeared together in a book. Nearly a hundred woodcuts were used by Browne to illustrate these two articles which in themselves are interesting and historically significant. 240 pp. including Biography of J. Ross Browne. Black cloth with white lettering on the spine. Covers are Fine. Map endpapers showing " Approximate Routes of J. Ross Browne between California and Nevada 1860-1863. Interior is tight, clean and Fine. Dust Jacket with a couple of small tears at bottom edges. Overall DJ is Very Good +. $45.00

[004294] Bryant, Edwin. ROCKY MOUNTAINS ADVENTURES, Bristling with Animated Details of Fearful Fights of American Hunters with Savage Indians, Mexican Rancheros, and Beasts of Prey . ill. Frontis. Engraving. New York: Hurst & Co, 1885. Arlington Edition. Size: Approx. 5 " x 7 1/2". Red Decorative. American History. Good "Awful fate of hundreds of overland emigrants amid the snow drifts of the Truckee Peaks, from whence half-frozen men, women, and children were carried over slippery cliffs, lashed to the backs of their gallant rescuers." Also, a "full account" of "The Bear Conquest of California". 452 pp. plus 4 pages of book advertisements. Decorative front cover with Arlington Edition written along cover. Spine faded. Title illegible. Spine ends rubbed/fraying. Overall covers are Good. Frontis. engraving with tissue guard protection. Front hinge broken. paper label with previous owner's name and number on front endpaper. Otherwise interior is tight, clean and VG. Brown toned to pages, possibly due to age of book. $18.50

[001727] Burket, Walter C. , M. D. , Prepared By. Bibliography of William Henry Welch, M. D. , LL. D.. Baltimore,MD: John Hopkins Press, 1917. Size: Approx. 7 1/4" x 10 1/4". Olive Green Cloth. Medicine. Good Laid in 5 1/4 x 2 1/2" sheet "Presented with the Compliments of Dr. Walter C. Burket and The John Crerar Library." Writings of Dr. Welch of The John Hopkins University. 47 pp. Olive green covers with gilt lettering on front. Covers soiled. Spine darkened, can't make out lettering. Otherwise the exterior is Very Good. ex-mus. stamp & numbers on title p. otherwise interior is tight, clean and in Very Good+ condition. $28.50

[000133] Capa, Cornell. Adlai Stevenson's Public Years. ill. Photos. New York: Grossman NY, 1966. VG in G+jacket 1st Cloth 4to Yes 160 Text from Stevenson's speeches and writings,photos by Capa, John Fell Stevenson, and Inge Morath,preface by Walter Lippmann. Pictorial endpapers, light blemish bottom edge of front cover, closed tears on dj,red ink line on fore edge, else VG/G+. $10.00

[003934] Chamberlin, T. C.. Annual Report of the Wisconsin Geological Survey For the Year 1878. . Madison, Wis.: David Atwood, State Printer, 1879. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9". Paper Wraps. Wisconsin. Good Public Document No. 15. Articles: Work under Professor Irving; Reconnoissance in Polk and Burnett Counties; Obervations in Europe, Observations on the Recent Glacial Drift of the Alps, pp. 11-31; Observations on Sandy Soils; and Work in the Menominee Iron Region Under Maj. T. B. Brooks. Appenidx: In Memoriam-William J. L. Nicodemus. 51pp. plus Index. Mildly soiled covers. Faint ex.mus. stamp. Tiny nick at bottom front cover and at spine. Overall covers are Good to Good+. Title page with ex.mus. stamp and numbers, otherwise interior is tight, clean and Very Good+. $42.50

[004666] Chamberlin, T.C. & Salisbury, R.D.. THE DRIFTLESS AREA OF THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY . ill. Map Plates, Engravings, Tables,diagrams. U.S Geological Survey, 1885. Size: Approx. 7 3/4" x 11 1/4". Self Covers. Mississippi River. Very Good+ "In the midst of the great mantle of drift that overspreads the Upper Mississippi Basin there lies a drift-barren tract of about 10,000 square miles, the driftless area of Wisconsin and adjoining States. This island in the sea of drift is unique..." pp. 199-322. 6 plate maps, 5 are in color, some double-spread and one foldout. Numerous engravings. Disbound from The U.S. Geological Survey. Top page edge with black marking?- partially stamped? "Bound" in paper wraps with tissue guards at front and back. Very Good + condition. No tears. Interior is tight, clean and Very Good+. Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin (September 25, 1843 - November 15, 1928) was an influential American geologist and educator. $45.00

[003723] Cole, Fay-Cooper. CHRONOLOGY IN THE MIDDLE WEST. ill. Diagram. American Philosophical Society, 1943. Size: Approx. 8 " x 10 1/2". Stiff Covers. Archaeology. Very Good- Reprinted from Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, Vol. 86, No.2, 1943. "Today we recognize in the Middle West two large patterns-The Woodland and the Mississippi-each with its subdivisions. Throughout the area, wherever stratification exists, we find an early Woodland which is characterized by small villages with scanty refuse piles; by crude, heavy, grit-or crushed-rock-tempered ceramics..." pp.299-303. one diagram of "Early Woodland(?)-Not Well Defined". previous owner's name on front cover: John H. Bailey. Otherwise exterior is Very Good. Interior is tight, clean and Very Good+. $30.00

[002630] Comstock, George C.. PUBLICATIONS OF THE WASHBURN OBSERVATORY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN. Vol. XIV OBSERVATIONS OF PROPER MOTION STARS 1906-1916. Madison, WIS: . Size: Approx. 8 " x 11". Wraps. Astronomy. Good No date. Paper Wraps, mildly soiled. Spine ends small tears and each with small piece missing. Otherwise exterior is Good to Good+. ex. mus. stamp, barely visible on front cover. 187 pp. Top edge pages uncut. Interior clean, tight and Very Good+. $60.00

[002016] Comstock, George C.. PUBLICATIONS OF THE WASHBURN OBSERVATORY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN. VOL. X, Part 1. OBSERVATIONS OF DOUBLE STARS 1892-1896. ill. Graphs. Madison, WIS: Democrat Printing Company, 1896. Size: Approx. 8 " x 11". Wraps. Astronomy. Good Wraps. Good. Missing pieces around edge-minor. ex. mus. stamp on front cover. 77 pp. Pages uncut. Interior clean, tight and Very Good+. $60.00

[002295] Comstock, George C. and Albert S. Flint. PUBLICATIONS OF THE WASHBURN OBSERVATORY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN. VOL. IX. ill. Figures & Tables. Madison, WI: Democrat Printing Company, 1896. Size: Approx. 8" x 11". Wraps. Astronomy. Good Part 1, Investigation of the Aberration and Atmospheric Refraction, by George C. Comstock and Part 2. Determinations of Right Ascension., by Albert S. Flint. 258 pp. Some soiling to green wraps with ex.-mus. stamp and numbers on front. Chips & small missing pieces around edges. paper label and numbers on spine, spine edges missing small pieces. Moisture stain(widest part 1"x 1 1/2") on front. Doesn't go through. Wraps still intact and in Good condition for over 100 years old. Side pages untrimmed. Many uncut pages. Interior is tight, clean and VG+ condition. $65.00

[003940] Congress. MEMORIAL OF A NUMBER OF CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES, Praying an Alteration of the Law Regulating Copyrights. Washington: 1837. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 8 3/4". Disbound. U.S. Government Document. Very Good to Very Good- 24th Congress, 2d Session. February 4, 1837. A petition of "undersigned, citizens of the United States, Respectfully represents: That they believe native writers to be as indispensable as a native militia; that, although foreign writers and foreign writings may be had cheaper, owing to the present law of copyright, our people must look, for the defence of their habits, their opinions, and their peculiar institutions, to those who belong to them and have grown up with them-to their own authors, as to their own soldiers, whatever may be the cost in dollars and cents:.." Petition with 30 names, including: Henry W. Longfellow, Cornelius C. Felton, Robert M. Bird, T.K. Wharton, and Samuel F.B. Morse. 2 pp.(front and back) Light foxing. No interference with text. Small nicks at "disbound" edge, otherwise Very Good. $50.00

[000489] Coues, Samuel Elliott. OUTLINES OF A SYSTEM OF MECHANICAL PHILOSOPHY:Being a Research Into the Laws of Force. Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1851. Size: Approx. 5 " x 8 1/4". Hardbound. Philosophy. Good + / No Jacket. "These outlines of a System of Mechanical Philosophy are the result of a research made by the author, for his own instruction. In the research he attempted to separate supposition from fact,-the questionable from those things necessarily taken for truth by the laws of the mind." Embossed decorative brown boards.Backstrip ends frayed, else Good Plus externally. . Foxing on endpapers and title page, rest of interior clean and tight. 330pp. $75.00

[003035] Cutting, Hiram A.. NOTES ON BUILDING STONES, ALSO ON PLANT GROWTH. ill. Tables. Montpelier, VT: Freeman Steam Printing House and Bindery, 1880. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9 1/4". Paper Wraps. Geology. Good to Good- State Geologist, Vermont. 1880. on title page, tipped in author's business card: With Compliments of Dr. Hiram A. Cutting, State Geologist, Vermont. P.O. Address: Lunenberg, Essex Co., Vermont." Stamped on front cover wrap "Academy of Natural Sciences J.D. Putnam. Apr 8 1881". small numbers above stamp. One missing piece,1/4"x1/2", at front spine. Back cover bottom corner "tip", 1 1/2"x3/4", missing,tiny piece of side edge and tiny piece at top corner. "thin" spine paper mainly missing. Back cover barely attached. Overall exterior is Good. to Good-. 21pp. Two page spread tables on: Granites, Limestones, Sandstones, Marbles,etc. Interior tight, clean and Very Good+ $60.00

[002712] Draper John William. A TEXT-BOOK OF PHYSIOLOGY, For the Use of Schools and Colleges. ill. Wood Engravings. New York: Harpers & Brothers, 1866. Size: Approx. 4 1/2" x 7 3/4". Brown Cloth. Medical. Very Good- Being An Abridgment of the Author's Larger Work on Human Physiology. "A desire has been frequently expressed by professors and teachers who have used my large work on "Human Physiology," that I should publish an abstract of it, suitable for use as an elementary textbook in colleges and schools. I have accordingly in this work endeavored to satisfy that wish, and to furnish a book sufficiently simple and compendious for such general use, and yet representing the state of the science at the present day." 376 pp. 140 wood engravings. Brown peddled covers. Spine lettering barely visible. Top spine end slightly fraying. Tiny piece 1/4"x 2/16" of base missing. Slightly bumped corners. Overall exterior is Very Good. Front endpaper with small bookplate, on free endpaper five small marks on ink smudging from numbers on opposite page's bookplate, mildly discolored endpapers. Otherwise interior is tight, clean and in VG+ condition. Exterior and Interior in amazing condition for a book almost 140 years old. John William Draper, 1811-82, was an American scientist, philosopher, and historian. born near Liverpool, England. In 1839 he became professor of chemistry at the Univ. of the City of New York. He helped organize the medical school of the university, became its professor of chemistry and physiology, and in 1850 succeeded as its president. $145.00

[003037] Dudley, William Russell. PHYLLOSPADIX, ITS SYSTEMATIC CHARACTERS AND DISTRIBUTION.. 1894. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9 1/4". Paper Wraps. Botany. Signed by Author. Very Good Extracted from Zoe, Vol.IV, No. 4, issued February 26, 1894. pp.381-385. Signed by author on front cover "Compliments of W.R. Dudley". "The genus Phyllospadix, Hook., was founded on plants collected by Dr. Scouler, at Dundas Id., Columbia River...In making a critical biological study of the genus, its morophology and anatomy, during the past year, for the purpose of ascertaining its relationship to Zostera, and the possible causes, under the peculiar climatic conditions of this Coast, of its evolution as a genus, I came upon certain important structural characters which had remained undescribed, and was enabled to clear away some existing misapprehensions." ex-mus. stamp on cover. Faded around edges otherwise Very Good+. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. $65.00

[003038] Dudley, William Russell. THE GENUS PHYLLOSPADIX . Ithaca, N.Y.: 1893. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9 1/4". Paper Wraps. Botany. Signed by Author. Very Good Reprinted from The Wilder Quarter-Century Book. pp.403-418. Signed by author on front cover "Compliments of W.R. Dudley". "Phyllospadix belongs to a group of plants-the Sea Grasses, remarkable in their morphological characters, their habitat, and the probable antiquity of the types constituting them. The genera are few in number, variously reckoned from seven to ten, embracing less than thirty known species, and including all the flowering plants whose habitat is wholly marine." 2 plates with explanation. Author was Professor of Botany at Leland Stanford Junior University. ex-mus. stamp and numbers on cover. Faded around edges otherwise Very Good+. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. $65.00

[004529] Field, Henry. BIBLIOGRAPHY 1926-1964 . Ann Arbor, Michigan: Edwards Brothers Inc, 1964. Size: Approx. 8 1/4 " x 11". Stiff Covers. Bibliography. Good "During a visit in 1925 to the Field Museum-Oxford University Joint Expedition to Kish, Iraq, I decided to concentrate my researches on the Anthropogeography of Southwestern Asia, particularly from the Suez Canal to the Caucasus Mountains. At that time Dr. L. H. Dudley Buxton, my tutor at Oxford, proposed this thirty-eight year project, which is now nearing completion. This list of 594 titles includes and supplements my "Bibliografia"... Subject matter includes: Asia-Physical Anthropology; Africa-Physical Anthropology; Europe-Prehistory, Archaeology and Physical Anthropology; North America-Grave on Martha's Vineyard; Canoe from Marathon, Florida; Central America-Mexico-The Prehistory of Morelos and the Physical Anthropology of the Tepoztecos of Tepoztlan, Morelos; Caribbean-Anthropogeography of Trinidad and Tobago; and South America-Notes on the Macushi Indians of the Rupunumi Savanna, British Guiana. Includes the complete list of materials microfilmed in the American Documentation Institute. 112 pp. Original covers, mildly soiled. Otherwise Good to Good+. Interior is tight, clean and Very Good+. . $42.50

[002720] Flint, Albert S.. PUBLICATIONS OF THE WASHBURN OBSERVATORY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN. Vol.XIV, Part 2. MERIDIAN OBSERVATIONS OF COMPARISON STARS. ill. Tables. Madison, WI: Democrat Printing Company, 1926. Size: Approx. 8" x 11". Wraps. Astronomy. Good The following work on the meridian positions of stars was in an advanced state of completion by Professor Flint at the time of his death in 1923. The mean results are now published in a form similiar to what he had planned. pp.193-225.Top edge uncut. Paper covers detached from inside text, but intact. Covers mildly soiled. ex-mus. stamp on front cover. Tears to spine. Overall exterior is Good. ex-mus. stamp and numbers on title page, otherwise interior is tight, clean and in Very Good condition. $55.00

[002719] Flint, Albert S.. PUBLICATIONS OF THE WASHBURN OBSERVATORY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN. Vol.XIII, Part I. MERIDIAN OBSERVATIONS FOR STELLAR PARALLAX, Second Series, 1898-1905. ill. Tables. Madison, WI: Democrat Printing Company, 1919. Size: Approx. 8" x 11". Wraps. Astronomy. Good Similar observations as those published in Vol. XI (also available), except for a few changes in the conditions, the most important was the introduction of the registering transit micrometer.102 pp. Top edge uncut. Side and bottom edges untrimmed. Paper covers mildly soiled. ex-mus. stamp barely visible on front cover. Tears to spine, some repaired. Spine ends small tears at ends with 1/2"x1/4" missing piece at base. Otherwise exterior is Good. Covers intact. Faint ex.-mus stamp on title page and numbers, otherwise interior is tight, clean and VG+ condition. $55.00

[002629] Flint, Albert S.. PUBLICATIONS OF THE WASHBURN OBSERVATORY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN. Vol.XI. MERIDIAN OBSERVATIONS FOR STELLAR PARALLAX, First Series, 1893-96. ill. Plates and Tables. Madison, WI: Democrat Printing Company, 1902. Size: Approx. 8" x 11". Wraps. Astronomy. Good to Good- 9 Tables with an Appendix for Table IX. 4 Plates. 435 pp. Top edge uncut. Side and bottom edges untrimmed. Paper covers mildly soiled. ex-mus. stamp barely visible and numbers on front cover. Spine ends small tears at ends with 1/4"x3/4" missing piece at top back gutter. Tear at back spine joint, along bottom edge and at spine base. "Filing" numbers at base of spine. Overall exterior is Good to Good-. Covers intact. Interior is tight, clean and VG+ condition. $60.00

[002302] Freeman, Lewis R.. DOWN THE COLUMBIA . ill. Photographs. New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1921. Size: Approx. 6 " x 9 ". Blue Cloth. Oregon. Very Good- DOWN THE COLUMBIA offers the reader a variety of thrills, from its initial trek to find the headwaters of the Columbia below a frosty glacier high in Canada's Selkirks, to its last precarious run past Palisade Rock. Freeman is noted for his attention to scenic detail, and this is one of the book's strengths: The author describes a canoe voyage he made on the Columbia River from where the stream begins in Canada to Portland, Oregon. 383 pp. Photographs throughout. Blue cloth with gilt lettering on front cover and spine. Slight rubbing to corner tips and mildly bumped spine ends, otherwise the covers are Very Good. Interior is tight, clean and Very Good+ $20.00

[004070] Gibson, Wm. Hamilton . Sharp Eyes, a Rambler's Calendar of Fifty-Two Weeks Among Insects, Birds, and Flowers . ill. By Author. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1893. Size: Approx. 6 1/2" x 9 ". Green Cloth. Natural History. Good 322 pp. including Index. Soiling to covers/spine. Corners bumped /rubbed. Gilt lettering on front cover and spine. Wear/rubbing to spine ends.Gilted top edge. Overall covers are Good. ex-mus. bookplate on front endpaper and ex.mus. stamp and numbers on title page.Tissue guard protecting frontis illustration. Nature sketches on every page. printed on heavy paper. pp.160-161 hinge breaking. Otherwise interior is tight, clean and Very Good. $25.00

[003064] Goodale, George Lincoln. GRAY'S BOTANICAL TEXT-BOOK (Sixth Edition). Vol.II PHYSIOLOGICAL BOTANY. 1. Outlines of the Histology of Phaenogamous Plants.. ill. Text Drawings. New York: Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor, and Company, 1885. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 8 3/4". Brown Paper Over Boards. Botany. Good Author was a Professor of Botany at Harvard University and colleague of Asa Gray. In the Preface, Asa Gray writes "The preparation of the volume upon PHYSIOLOGICAL BOTANY (Vegetable Histology and Physiology) is assigned to the author's colleague, Professor Goodale." 194 pp. Numerous text drawings. Covers rubbed and spine's bottom edge 1/2" missing paper, spine's top edge repaired with 2 small missing pieces, overall Good. owner's name and Feb.11th 1885 on free endpaper, otherwise interior is tight, clean and in VG+ condition. $50.00

[003990] Gough, John B.. AUTOBIOGRAPHY AND PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS OF JOHN B. GOUGH, With Twenty Six Years Experience As A Public Speaker . ill. George Cruikshank. Springfield, Mass: Bill, Nichols and Company, 1869. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 9". Rust Cloth. Autobiography. Good By the age of 25, Gough was unemployed, homeless, and a confirmed drunkard. In 1842 he attended a temperance meeting in Worcester, Massachusetts where he took a pledge to totally abstain from liquor. He began to tell his story to eager audiences and soon embarked on a career of lecturing against the evils of drink.During his career, Gough delivered some 9,600 lectures to more than nine million people in America, Canada, England, Scotland, and Ireland. He became the most sought-after temperance lecturer in the country. When he died in 1886, the New York Times wrote that he "was probably better known in this country and in Great Britain than any other public speaker." Mr. Gough was one of this country’s most influential social reformers who helped to solve one of America’s most pressing problems. 552 pp. Covers are rubbed as are all edges, but solid and intact. Corners rubbed, 2 of them to boards. Overall covers are Good. Front endpaper with small paper sticker with numbers. Slight foxing on a few pages, otherwise interior is tight, clean and VG+. Illustrated by George Cruikshank and others. Laid in a newspaper article from The New York Times Book Review, February 16, 1930: Rum and John Gough. $19.50

[002827] Gray, Asa. FOREST GEOGRAPHY AND ARCHAEOLOGY, .A Lecture.. Americal Journal of Science and Arts, Vol.XVI, 1878. Disbound. Forests. Good- From The Americal Journal of Science and Arts, Vol.XVI, 1878. Delivered before The Harvard University Natural History Society, April 18, 1878. "...It is the forests of the Northern temperate zone which we are to traverse....In speaking of our forests in their present condition, I mean not exactly as they are to-day, but as they were before civilized man had materially interfered with them". pp.85-94, pp.183-196. no covers. String-tied. Mildly soiled first page with "J.Duncan Putnam" signature. small piece paper residue 1/4"x3/16". Back page torn, barely attached and missing piece including text(on both sides) 3"x2 1/2". Also torn at top and bottom edges-but no text missing. Due to back page, listing exterior as Good-. Otherwise the pamphlet is Good+ or better. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. $45.00

[004894] Gray, Asa. BOTANICAL CONTRIBUTIONS. American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1879. Size: Approx. 6 " x 9 3/4". Paper Wraps. Botany. Very Good+ 2 articles extracted from the Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Vol.XV. Issued October 1, 1879. pp.25-51. Article 1:Characters of some new Species of Compositoe in the Mexican Collection made by C.C. Parry and Edward Palmer, chiefly in the Province of San Luis Potosi, in 1878. Article 2: Some New North American Genera, Species, etc. Paper covers slightly soiled otherwise covers are Very Good+. String-tied. Interior is clean, tight and VG+ $50.00

[004780] Hammon, Jupiter. ADDRESS TO THE NEGROES IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK . William F. Northrop, 1978. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 8 1/4". Paper Wraps. Religious Tract. Fine Publisher's Notes: "This pamphlet is a true facsimile of the last published work of Jupiter Hammon, the first black American to be published. The original 500 copy edition was published by the Pennsylvania Society for promoting the Abolition of Slavery." Number 171 in black bold letter at base of page. String-tied. 20 pages. top edge uncut. Pages edges roughly cut to resemble the original. Extra, 7 3/4"x10" facsimile sheet: AN EVENING THOUGHT. SALVATION BY CHRIST,WITH PENETENTIAL CRIES: Composed by Jupiter Hammon, a Negro belonging to Mr. Lloyd, of Queen's Village on Long-Island, the 25th of December, 1760. Pamphlet and sheet are Fine. Jupiter Hammon (born October 17, 1711- died 1806?) was a Black poet and the first published Black writer in America, a poem appearing in print in 1760. He is considered one of the founders of African American literature. $21.00

[003114] Hartshorne, Henry. Memoir of George B. Wood, M.D., LL.D. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1880. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9 1/4". Paper Wraps. Biography. Very Good Dr. Wood was a physician in the Pennsylvania Hospital in 1835-'59, became President of the American Philosophical Society in 1859, and was for many years President of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia. With Franklin Bache, M. D., he published "The Dispensatory of the United States". 35 pp. ex.mus. stamp and numbers on front cover. otherwise the exterior is VG+ as is the interior. Read before the American Philosophical Society, October 11, 1880. $50.00

[000113] Holmes, Oliver Wendell. THE IRON GATE and Other Poems. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1880. Size: Approx. 5 " x 7 1/2". Brown Cloth. Poetry. Good Nineteen poems/sonnets. Two Sonnets: Harvard.. One poem titled "For Whittier's Seventieth Birthday, December 17, 1877 ". Another one "Welcome to the Chicago Commercial Club, January 14,1880." 82 pp. Mildly soiled covers.Gilt lettering on front cover and spine. Top edge gilted. 3/4"x1" top spine missing plus tiny strip at base. Back cover spine joint rubbed.corners rubbed to boards. Overall exterior is Good. Decorative endpapers. Previous owner's bookplate on front endpaper: Oliver Henry Perkins. Frontis. portrait of Holmes. Slight foxing on side edge, and on side margin of 2 pages, otherwise interior is tight, clean and VG. $22.50

[000048] Holmes, Oliver Wendell. ORATION DELIVERED BEFORE THE CITY AUTHORITIES OF BOSTON ON THE FOURTH OF JULY, 1863. Boston: J.E.Farwell & Co. , 1863. Civil War. Back Wrap and spine wrap missing. Front cover wear & soil. First Edition Paper wraps. 60 pp. Interior Very Good. Speech given during the Civil War days, in the 88th year of American independence. "The war in which we are engaged is for no meanly ambitious or unworthy purpose. It was primarily,and is to this moment. for the preservation of our national existence." "We know our enemies, and they are the enemies of popular rights. We know our friends, and they are the foremost champions of political and social progress." Sabin 32621, BAL 8826 $75.00

[001122] Holmes, Oliver Wendell. ORATION DELIVERED BEFORE THE CITY AUTHORITIES OF BOSTON ON THE EIGHTY-SEVENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE OF AMERICA. Philadelphia: 1863. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 8 1/2". Wraps. Civil War. Good+ Printed for Gratuitous Distribution. Speech given during the Civil War days, in the 87th year of American independence. "The war in which we are engaged is for no meanly ambitious or unworthy purpose. It was primarily,and is to this moment. for the preservation of our national existence." "We know our enemies, and they are the enemies of popular rights. We know our friends, and they are the foremost champions of political and social progress." Some discoloring to wraps. 30 pp. Interior Very Good. Tears to top and bottom of spine, missing 1/2" paper at base of spine. Otherwise Very Good. Sabin 32621, BAL 8826 $90.00

[002461] Hoover, Herbert. THE CHALLENGE TO LIBERTY . 1935. Very Good+ / Good. tipped in on free endp.: business card "The Compliments of Lawrence Richey, Shoreham Building, Washington, D.C.". $6.00

[004733] House of Representatives. SUBMARINE TELESCOPE 1844. ill. Drawing. Blair & Rives, Printers, 1844. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9". Self Covers. Invention. Very Good- 28th Congress, 1st Session. Rep. No. 481. Ho. of Reps. "The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Mrs. Sarah P. Mather, asking Congress to take from her the right to make and use a submarine telescope invented by her, beg leave to submit the following report: The invention to which the petition refers is composed of two long water-tight tubes, each aided by two smaller ones. One of the tubes, called a submarine lamp, has a glass globe containing a lamp suspended at one end, which may be plunged in the water to any given depth, and the two smaller tubes being fastened to the larger, and running into a reservoir below the lamp, supply it with fresh air;...The invention is supposed to be susceptible of great utility in examining the sides and bottoms of ships and steamboats, to ascertain whether they are defective or not, without docking them: in discovering wrecks, obstructions, and all other objects at the bottoms of bays, harbors, lakes, and rivers, ..." 4 pp. Opinions given by Famous Americans in the document include: Francis Grice, U.S. naval constructor; Thos. W. Freelon, Commander U.S. navy; Aaron Clark, Ex. mayor of New York; William P.S. Sanger, Civil Engineer; Wm L. Hudson, Commander U.S. navy; Denison Olmsted, Professor of natural philosophy and astronomy in Yale College; Samuel H. Cox, D.D, Pastor of the first Presbyterian church of "this city"; A. D. Bache (Superintendent U.S. Coast Survey) and A.P. Upshur, (Secretary of the Navy). Plus a full page illustration of the Submarine Lamp and Telescope with explanations of the different parts. Document is disbound but in gray stiff self wraps with a paper label on the front cover.Self wrap covers are Fine. Light dampstain on document at upper edge, down 2 1/2" affecting some of the text but text very legible. Not on illustration. Illustration's paper is brown-toned. Otherwise interior is clean and Very Good. Scarce. $170.00

[004147] House of Representatives. REPORT ON THE INLAND NAVIGATION AND SEA PORTS OF FRANCE, WITH LIST OF CANALS AND CANALIZED RIVERS IN THE UNITED STATES. ill. Foldout Maps. Washington: Goverment Printing Office, 1890. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9". Disbound. France. Very Good Letter from SECRETARY OF WAR, Transmitting a letter from the Chief of Engineers and a copy of a report of Lieut. Col. Merrill, of the Corps of Engineers, with copies of accompanying papers, including two maps, concerning the International Congress of Engineers, interested in the utilization of water, which was covened under the auspices of the Government of France; and recommending that the same be printed. 51st Congress. 1st Session. Ex. Doc. No. 378. 28 pp. plus two foldout colored maps: MAP OF THE WATERWAYS OF FRANCE IN 1822 and MAP OF THE WATERWAYS OF FRANCE IN 1877, both 10"X18". Maps are Very Good +. No tears. Disbound. String-tied. Still attached but barely in places. Paper is brown-toned due to age, otherwise document is Very Good. Famous Americans included in the document: Thomas Lincoln Casey (Brig. General, Chief of Engineers) $90.00

[004068] House of Representatives. GEORGIA CLAIM-Monetary Reimbursement for Revolutionary Army Officers. ill. Table. 1839. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 8 3/4". Disbound. Georgia. Very Good 25th Congress. 3d Session. Rep. No. 311. February 26, 1839. " The State of Georgia prays to be paid the full amount of principal and interest of a final-settlement certificate issued by John Pierce, paymaster general and commissioner of army accounts, on the 18th of May, 1785, to the State of Georgia, for $123,283 70, in reimbursement for payments made by that State to her officers of the revolutionary army on continental establishment, for commutation and other pay due to said officers." 13 pp. Important names in document: Matthew St. Clair Clarke (Clerk of the House of Representatives); Oliver Wolcott Jr.(appointed by President George Washington to be the 2nd Secretary of the Treasury. Wolcott was retained in office by President John Adams and Served from March 4, 1797 to December 31, 1800); and A. Hamilton, Secretary of the Treasury. One page table: "The Georgia line in account current with the United States", listing pay and rations paid out. Disbound but intact. Very Good + condition. $45.00

[004429] House of Representatives. Railroad to the Pacific Ocean.. Ritchie & Heiss Printers, 1846. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 8 3/4". Disbound. Railroads. Good 29th Congress, 1st Session, Rep. No. 773., House of Representatives. Mr. Robert Smith from the Committee on Roads and Canals made the following report " The constitutional power of Congress to construct a thoroughfare from a point west of the State of Missouri to the mouth of the Columbia river, for military, for post office, and for commercial purposes, is believed to be unquestionable..." The report is based in large part on Colonel Fremont's explorations but states "its future feasibility must depend upon the yet to be tested suitableness of the plains for agricultural purposes; upon the capacity of the rivers Missouri and Columbia to easily and safely float commercial vessels propelled by steam; upon the amount and value of the trade with Oregon and California; and also upon the opening of more sourthern channels of commerce from the Atlantic to the Pacific cities..." Also includes: Letter from Thomas Hart Benton : "...I fully believed in the practicability and advantage of a commercial route across the continent, by way of the Missouri and Columbia rivers..."; "Colonel Benton-Oregon-The Great North American Route to India" from the American Union, Steubenville, Ohio, March 1846; "Extracts from the report of Joshua Pilcher, esq., late United States superintendent of Indian Affairs at St. Louis, Missouri, made to the Secretary of War in 1830, upon travels and observations in the Rocky mountains and on the upper waters of the Columbia river, in the years 1828-'29, extracted from Senate document No. 39, session 1830-'31"; Letter from Senator Benton to James Blair, esq, United States Navy: HARBOR AT THE MOUTH OF THE COLUMBIA and a letter from James Blair to Thomas H. Benton; Extract from a speech delivered in the United States Senate, in 1846, by Senator Benton, setting forth the feasibility, importance, and value of an overland route, through Oregon, to India"; and John Maginn's statement and opinion (he was President of the Association for Pilots in New York). 48 pp. Famous Americans in document: Robert Smith, Representative from Illinois; Thomas H. Benton, Colonel Fremont, Joshua Pilcher, and J.J. Abert, Bureau Topographical Engineers. Howes S655. Disbound. Foxing. Doesn't interfer with text. Overall Good. Thomas Hart Benton nicknamed "Old Bullion" was an American Senator from Missouri and a staunch advocate of westward expansion of the United States. He served in the Senate from 1821 to 1851, becoming the first member of that body to serve 5 terms. Benton was an architect and champion of westward expansion by the United States, a cause that became known as Manifest Destiny. $80.00

[000971] House of Representatives. SURVEY OF ALLOUEZ BAY, WISCONSIN. ill. Fold-out Map. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1894. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9". Disbound. Government Document. Very Good+ "Letter from The Secretary of War", Transmitting, With letter of the Chief of Engineers, report of a Survey of Allouez Bay, Wisconsin."House of Representatives, 53d Congress, 3d Session., Ex. Doc. No. 172. Four page disbound document plus a very large foldout map (38"x23") of Allouez Bay by Clinton Sears, Corps of Engineers, 1894. Includes physical features of the town. Famous Americans in document: Daniel S. Lamont, Secretary of War (during Grover Cleveland's second term); and Thom. Lincoln Casey, Brig. Gen., Chief of Engineers. moisture ring on back of Foldout map, shows through to map a bit, otherwise Near Fine. $150.00

[004534] House of Representatives. HALL COLBY. 1875. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 9". Disbound. Astronomy. Very Good 43D Congress. 2d Session. House of Representatives. Report No. 310. Report from The Committee on Claims regarding the petition of Hall Colby..."that he is the discoverer of certain principles in nautical astronomy of great importance, which he has for more than twenty years made known for the free benefit of the world:...he invented an improved mariners' compass, ...In the case of the United States naval vessels and transports, for many of which he represents that he has furnished and corrected compasses, he declares that he has never received any compensation..." 2 pages, front and back. Disbound. In Very Good + condition. $20.00

[004343] House of Representatives. INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF 1876. Message from the President of the United States (U.S. Grant). 1876. Size: Approx. 6 " x 9". Pennsylvania. Very Good 43d Congress. 2d Session. Ex. Doc. No. 125. Message from the President of the United States Transmitting A report giving a statement of what is proposed to be exhibited by each Executive Department of the Government at the International Exhibition to be held in the city of Philadelphia in the year 1876, together with an estimate of the expense to be incurred. 19 pp. Famous Americans in document: U.S. Grant, President of the United States; S. C. Lyford, Bvt. Lieut.-Col. U.S.A., Chairman of the Ordnance Office, War Dept. Board; Hamilton Fish, Secretary of State, R.W. Tayler, Comptroller; William Saunders; Joseph Henry, Secretary Smithsonian Institution; Spencer F. Baird; Wm. W. Belknap, Secretary of War; Thornton A. Jenkins, Rear Admiral, commissioner of Navy Department; and George M. Robeson, Secretary of Navy. Disbound. String-tied. Top right corners small crease, otherwise document is clean, tight, and Very Good+. $55.00

[004783] Howe, S.G. M.D.. A LETTER ON THE SANITARY CONDITION OF THE TROOPS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF BOSTON ADDRESSED TO HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR OF MASSACHUSETTS. ill. Table. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1861. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 8 3/4". Paper Covers. Massachusetts. Good Printed by request of the Advisory Committee. A letter written to "His Excellency Governor Andrew": "...Some time ago I made, at your request, a hasty inspection fo the sanitary and general condition of our troops which were first sent to Washington, and reported to you that it was, upon the whole, satisfactory, considering the ordinary condition of armies in the field and considering that the march of our men was not only their first march, but a forced one.... From the moment a man enlists in the army his bodily and mental powers belong to the country. He is called upon by honor, duty, and patriotism, to devote his time, strength, and life even, if need be, to her service. . . Government ought to take as much care of the soldier's health as it does for its personal estate, its implements of war, or its horses, but it does not. . ." 16 pp. Front cover mildly soiled/discolored. 1 1/2" tear at spine base. Missing back cover, therefore page 16 is mildly soiled. Text very legible. Covers are Good. Interior is tight, clean and Very Good. Howe was a member of the United States Sanitary Commission. Samuel Gridley Howe (November 10, 1801 - January 9, 1876) was a prominent 19th century United States physician, abolitionist, and an advocate of education for the blind. He was the husband of Julia Ward Howe and the father of Pulitzer prize-winning writers Laura E. Richards and Maud Howe Elliott. $40.00

[004805] Hughes, Rupert. The Last Rose of Summer . New York: Harper & Brothers, 1914. First Edition. Size: Approx. 4 1/2" x 7". Fiction. Very Good A short novel about an elderly spinster in a little town who finally finds love. It was described by the New York Times as a "very dainty, very charming little story ... told with skill and humor." 84 pp. Color illustrated pastedown on front cover with gilt lettering. Spine and back cover faded. Overall covers are Very Good. Small bookstore sticker on front endpaper. Frontis.illustration the same as on the front cover. Interior is tight, clean and Very Good+. Side and bottom page ends untrimmed. Rupert Hughes (1872-1956) was a historian, novelist, film director, and composer based in Hollywood. He was the uncle of Howard Hughes. His three volume scholarly biography of George Washington broke new ground in demythologizing the general and was well received by historians. Hughes, active in state politics, was one of the founders of the California State Guard in 1940. $38.50

[004665] Hunt, Prof. T. Sterry Hunt and Dr. Richardson. ORIGIN OF METALLIFEROUS DEPOSITS, By Hunt and THE PHENOMENA OF SLEEP By Dr. Richardson. Boston: Estes & Lauriat, 1873. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 8". Paper Back. Science. Good Half-Hour Recreations in Popular Science. No. 10. Two "addresses": ORIGIN OF METALLIFEROUS DEPOSITS by T. Sterry Hunt, F. R. S., before the Polytechnic Association of the American Institute of New York. "There are about sixty bodies which chemists call elements; the simplest forms of matter which they have been able to extract from the rocky crust of our earth, its waters, and its atmosphere..." pp. 375-391 and THE PHENOMENA OF SLEEP by Dr. Richardson, F. R. S. " The twinkling of oblivion, as Wordsworth exquisitely defines the phenomena of sleep, has, from the time of Hippocrates to the present hour, engaged the attention of thoughtful minds..." pp. 392-403. Two other short addresses on ANIMAL LIFE AT GREAT DEPTHS IN THE SEA by George Jeffrey and RUSSIAN METALLURGICAL WORKS by Herbert Barry. Original wraps are pale purple with black lettering on front cover. 4" tear at back cover's spine. Rubbing to paper at spine with one worn through spot. Back cover's corner tip missing. Tiny missing piece at side edge of front cover. Overall covers are Good. Interior is tight, clean and Very Good+. Scarce. T. STERRY HUNTwas North America's first Geochemist. At the time of this writing, he was a Professor at The Massachusetts Institute of Technology. $60.00

[004849] Hutchins, Robert M and Mortimer J. Adler (Editors-in-Chief). The Great Ideas Today 1961. . ill. Photographs. Chicago: Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1961. Size: Approx. 6 1/2" x 9 1/2". Philosophy. Very Good to Very Good+ / Good to Good-. A dynamic new work which focuses the wisdom of the past upon the problems of today...Justice WILLIAM O. DOUGLAS tells why democracy is best for the new nations while noted journalist PEREGRINE WORSTHORNE disagrees in The Great Debate of the Year. The Editors examine our exciting times in the light of the Great Ideas Experts. MARK VAN DOREN, GILBERT CANT, GEORGE P. GRANT, EDWARD A. SHILS, WALTER SULLIVAN explore the newest contributions in the arts and sciences. Also pertinent works by EINSTEIN, TOY