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[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

[001814] . A PRELIMINARY BIOLOGICAL SURVEY OF THE LLOYD-CORNELL RESERVATION. Bulletin of the Lloyd Library of Botany, Pharmacy and Materia Medica.. ill. Figures, Plates, Maps,photographs. Cincinnati: Cornell University Press, 1926. Size: Approx. 7 1/2" x 10 1/2". Stiff Covers. Natural History. Good Entomomological Series No.5. "The wild life preserve known as the Lloyd-Cornell Reservation lies fifteen miles northeast of Ithaca, New York...It is an uncultivated area of bogs and ridges comprising the greater part of the Mud Pond basin. Within the basin are a number of cold upland bogs, that are of great biological interest." Contents include: INTRODUCTION with chapters on The Soil, Waters, Depth of the bogs, Mud Pond; Streams, and Bog cover; FLORA AND FAUNA with chapters on The vascular plants, the Bryophytes, Fungi, Myxomycetes; Vertebrates; Invertebrates; Insects, Spiders, Protozoans, and Galls; SPECIAL STUDIES ON TRICHOPTERA with chapters on Adult caddisflies; Pupae, Life histories and Miscellaneous notes. 247 pp. 13 plates and 109 illustrations. Brown paper covers with black lettering on front cover. Mild fading around edges and spine. Creases to corners. ex-mus.stamp on front cover. 2" stain? on back cover. Overall covers are Good. ex. mus. numbers on title page, otherwise interior is tight, clean and Very Good+. $35.00

[002330] . HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE SOUTH CHURCH (REFORMED) OF NEW YORK CITY. 1887. Religion. Good covers soiled and some small spotting (foxing?). Rubbing to corners and spine ends. Discoloring (brownish) to endp. otherwise interior is clean, tight, and in VG+ condition. $15.00

[003022] . SCIENTIFIC AND LITERARY GOSSIP, 5 Issues 1883. Boston: S. E. Cassino & Co., 1883. Size: Approx. 6 " x 9 1/2". Paper Wraps. Science. Good+ or Better January-October 1883. Vol.I, No.3 January 15, 1883 Articles: Cuvier, and English Universities. Vol. I, No.6 April 16, 1883, Article: American Museums, Academy of Natural Sciences at Philadelphia, PA. Vol.I, No.7 May 15, 1883, Articles: American Museums, The American Museum of Natural History, New York City, and American Archaeology: The Work of the Peabody Museum. Vol.I, No.8 June 15, 1883, Articles: American Museums: The Lyceum of Natural History at Williams College, American Archaeology: The Work of the Peabody Museum (continued), The Atlantic Right Whales, and Land Leeches of Ceylon. Vol.I, No.12 October 15, 1883 (last issue of "first volume") Article: Color Sense In Man. All issues include articles of Scientific Notes, Book Reviews and publication ads. some issues have uncut pages. ex-mus. numbers on front. lightly soiled covers otherwise Good+ or better. Interiors are clean, tight and VG. $205.00

[003205] . Bulletin Of The New York Botanical Garden Vol. 6 Nos. 19. New York: New York Botanical Garden, 1908. Softcover. Botany. Good ex.-mus. numbers on front cover. ex-mus. stamp on first page. Mild soiling. small nick-chewed? on side edge to pp.3, otherwise exterior is Good+. Interior is tight, clean and VG+ $7.00

[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

[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

[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

[004973] . CONSTITUTIONAL LAW; Comprising the Declaration of Independence.... Washington: Gales & Seaton, 1820. Size: Approx. 4 1/4" x 7 1/4". 3/4 Calf. Law. Good Constitutional Law: Comprising the Declaration of Independence; The Articles of Confederation; The Constitution of the United States; And the Constitutions of the Several States Composing the Union, viz. New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Vermont, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Louisiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee, Mississippi, Indiana, Illinois, Alabama, Maine. 409 pp. including Appendix with Amendments to the Constitution of South Carolina 1808; Amendment to the Constitution of Georgia and Amendments to the Constitution of New Hampshire. 3/4 brown calf on spine and corners. Marbled boards. Gilt lettering on spine. The "C" and "N" (first and last letters to Constitution) missing from spine title. Front cover detached. Rubbing/scuffing to covers. Overall covers are Good to Good-. Griswold College bookplate on front endpaper, numbers on free endpaper and Index page. Blank page stamped "Deaccessioned". Previous owner's name in small letters at top edge of title page. Foxing to endpapers amd mildly in text. Otherwise text is tight and Very Good. Scarce. $2,500.00

[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

[004434] . STATE OF NEW YORK, In Assembly, Annual Report of the Commissioners of Quarantine. 1870. New York: 1870. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 8 3/4". Paper Wraps. New York. Good No. 20. January 12, 1870. Submitted by John T. Hoffman, Governor of New York (1869 -1872). " In presenting an account ot their proceedings...the terrible disease which has become an annual visitor to our shores, found a large number of victims among those engaged in our commerce with tropical parts during the past summer, our citizens happily escaped its ravages. The source of cholera, which made the years 1866 and 1867 memorable in the history of quarantine in the port of New York, sought its victims in other climes, and left our commercial metropolis undisturbed by its approach..." Includes sections on: Yellow Fever; Quarantine Warehouses; Health Officer's Report; Lightering and Stevedoring; West Bank Hospital; Floating Hospital; Boarding Station and Place of Detention; Residences for Officers and Men; Telegraphic Facilities; Support of Quarantine; Warehouses; Landing and Boarding Station; Infectious and Contagious Diseases; Ship Fever; and Small-Pox. Table with Report of Yellow Fever From June 18th to December 5th, 1869. 25 pp. String-tied. Watermarks on corners which goes throughout pamphlet. No interference with text. Otherwise document is Very Good. $55.00

[004605] . Scribner's Monthly, Volume 12 from May 1876 to Oct 1876. ill. Engravings. New York: Scribner & Co, 1876. Size: Approx. 6 3/4" x 9 1/2". 3/4 Calf. Bound Magazine. Good+ Numerous articles by famous authors: John Burroughs; Ernest Ingersoll, Rebecca Harding Davis; Henry James, Jr; Edward Everett Hale; Bret Harte; Philip Bourke Marston; Fanny Hodgson Burnett; etc. Articles include: Portraiture of William Penn; The True Pocahontas; Bowdoin College; John Gutenberg, Old Landmarks in Philadelphia; How America was Named; Union College, N.Y.; Charlotte Cushman; The Story of the Signing (Declaration of Independence); Harvard University; Wesleylan University, Conn; Oliver Madox Brown; Niagara; Insanity and its Treatment; Notes on Salmon Fishing; Massachusetts Agricultural College; John Chinaman in San Francisco by Thomas J. Vivian; Gabriel Conroy, by Bret Harte (Conclusion: Chapters XXXIII-LVI); That Lass O'Lowrie's by Fanny Hodgson Burnett,(Chapters I-VIII) Bride of the Rhine, by George E. Waring, Jr.; Philip Nolan's Friends by Edward Everett Hale (Chapters XII-XXXIII). 916 pp. Profusely illustrated. 3/4 leather covers with gilt lettering/decor on the spine. Edges /spine joints rubbed. Overall covers are Good. Watermark on top page edge which shows on top margin of text from pp. 481 to end. Never on text. Otherwise interior is tight, clean and Very Good. Historical stories of the times. $50.00

[003669] Carr, William H.. SIGNS ALONG THE TRAIL, The Museum and Nature Trails at Bear Mt., N.Y.. ill. Photographs By LeRoy Davies. New York: American Museum Natural History, 1927. Size: Approx. 6 " x 9 ". Stiff Covers. Natural History. Very Good+ New School Service Series Number Two. "In the Palisade Interstate Park, near its Bear Mountain Headquarters, there is now a Trailside Museum from which radiate about one mile and a half of Nature Trails." 28 pp. plus a map drawing of Bear Mountain Nature Trails and Museum. Tan covers are Very Good+. Interior is tight, clean and Very Good +. Filled with photographs. $30.00

[004574] Coler, Bird S.. MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1900. Size: Approx. 4 3/4" x 7". Red Cloth. New York. Very Good As Illustrated by the Charter, Finances, and Public Charities of New York. Coler was Comptroller of the City. Contents: The City Charter; Public Charity; Charity Regulated; Income and Expenses; Water Supply; Transportation; City Development; The Church in Politics; and Political Machines. 200 pp. plus pages with advertisements for other D. Appleton publications. Red cloth covers with gilt lettering on front cover and spine. Some soiling to covers, otherwise VG+. On front endpaper, ex.mus bookplate given by William Clement Putnam 1906 and ex.mus. numbers. Some discoloring to endpapers, otherwise interior is tight, clean and VG+. $20.00

[004286] Dunn, Edward D.. DOUBLE-CROSSING AMERICA BY MOTOR, Routes and Ranches of the West. ill. Illus. With Drawings and Maps. New York: G.P. Putnam's, 1933. Size: Approx. 5 1/4" x 7 1/2". Car Narrative. Very Good- This charmingly illustrated book contains information about costs, rates and names of places to stay over night on a transcontinental trip. The book is divided into sections, each one consisting of an account of that day's trip, listing mileage, expenses, occasionally suggested reading, and highlights of the day's run. The trip takes in the charming South - Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia and Kentucky; the energetic Middle West - Ohio, Indiana, Missouri and Kanses; the romantic Southwest - Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona; the amazing state of California; a short run into Old Mexico; the Bret Harte frontier country of Nevada and Wyoming; the agricultural lands of Idaho, Dakota and Pennsylvania; a short run into Canada; and the pastoral case of upstate New York. Several ranches along the way are described. Pictorial endpapers. 251 pp. 80 illustrations and maps. Spine dulled and ends slightly rubbed. Otherwise covers are Very Good. Illustrated endpapers. Slight foxing on half title page and on blank page at back. Otherwise interior is tight, clean and VG+. Bliss 58. $22.50

[002508] Fiedler, R.H. and H. H. Matthews. WHOLESALE TRADE IN FRESH AND FROZEN FISHERY PRODUCTS AND RELATED MARKETING CONSIDERATIONS IN NEW YORK CITY. 1926. Paper Wraps. Good+ Bureau of Fisheries Doc. No. 996. ex. mus. stamp on front cover. on title p. stamp and number. Otherwise interior is VG+. Grey wraps tiny bit of fading to top edge and side, otherwise VG. pp. 183-217. $15.00

[003819] Goldring, Winifred.. THE OLDEST KNOWN PETRIFIED FOREST. ill. Photographs, Figures (drawings). The Scientific Monthly, 1927. Size: Approx. 7 1/4" x 10 1/4". Paper Wraps. Forestry. Signed by Author. Good- On front cover SIGNED: "With the author's compliments." Reprinted from THE SCIENTIFIC MONTHLY, June, 1917, Vol. XXIV, Pages 514-529. Includes 14 figures-photographs/illustrations. History of the "extensive forests that flourished in eastern New York a few hundred million years ago during the Upper Devonian (Ithaca) times". Paper covers detached, mildly soiled with chipping at top/side edges. Exterior is Good-. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. $12.00

[004632] House of Representatives. BLACK RIVER, NEW YORK - IMPROVEMENT OF. . ill. Foldout Map. Blair & Rives, Printers, 1837. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 8 1/2". Disbound. New York. Very Good LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF WAR TRANSMITTING A PLAN AND ESTIMATE FOR IMPROVING THE MOUTH OF BLACK RIVER, IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK. 24th Congress, 2d Session. Doc. No. 74. Ho. of Reps. Dept. War. January 10, 1837. 6 pp. plus large 24"x36" foldout map: Map of the Mouth and Bay of Black River, Jefferson County, New York. 1836. Famous Americans in document: B. F. Butler, Secretary of War ad interim; John J. Abert, Lieut. Col. Topo. Engineers; and W.T. Stockton. Disbound but intact. Very Good. $48.50

[004522] House of Representatives. CATSKILL CREEK, NEW YORK. Letter from The Secretary of War. ill. Foldout Map. 1903. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 8 3/4". Disbound. New York. Very Good House of Representatives. 58th Congress, 2d Session. Document. No. 59. With a Letter From the Chief of Engineers, Reports of Examination and Survey of Catskill Creek, New York. " The stream being considered worthy of improvement, a survey was authorized and made under the direction of Col. Amos Stickney, Corps of Engineers. In his survey report of October 28, 1903, Colonel Stickney presents two plans for improvement, one with a view to securing a channel depth of 10 feet and the other a depth of 12 feet, at an estimated cost of $3,600 and $74, 111.75 respectively..." 7 pages, plus foldout map, 30 1/2"x16", of Catskill Creek, New York, Surveyed under the direction of Colonel Amos Stickney, Corps of Engineers USA. 1903. Disbound. Slight soiling to front and back, otherwise document is Very Good. Interior is tight, clean and Very Good. Map is Very Good+. Famous Americans in document: Elihu Root, Secretary of War; G.L. Gillespie, Brig. Gen. Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army; Amos Stickney, Colonel, Corps of Engineers and R.H. Talcott, Assistant Engineer. $60.00

[004386] House of Representatives. LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY, Transmitting The report of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey, showing the progress of that Work. 1845. ill. Foldouts. 1845. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 9". Disbound. Coast Survey. Very Good to Very Good+ 29th Congress, 1st Session. Doc. No. 38. Ho. of Reps. Treas. Dept. December 17, 1845. Submitted by R. J. Walker, Secretary of the Treasury, "I have the honor to submit for the information of the House of Prepresentatives, the accompanying report made to the department by Professor A. D. Bache, Superintendent of Coast Survey, showing the progress of said work during the year ending November, 1845." 44 pp. 4 Appendices. 3 foldouts: Sketch A: Illustration of the Progress of the Eastern Section of the Survey of the Coast of 1845 (part of side edge uncut); Sketch B: Illustration of the Progress of the Survey of the Coast in Delaware and Chesapeake Bays and Vicinity in 1845; Sketch B No.2. (the "B" has a "x" across it, with "C" written above) Illustration of the Progress of the Survey of the Coast of 1844-5 showing the positions occupied in making observations upon currents in New York Bay and Harbor and the East River. and another "Sketch" on the same foldout showing "the positions occupied in making observations upon currents in Fisher's Island Sound." Famous Americans in document: R. J. Walker, Secretary of the Treasury in the Cabinet of President James K. Polk; and A. D. Bache. Disbound but intact. Very Good + condition. $95.00

[000548] Hughes,Rupert. THE REAL NEW YORK. ill. Hy. Mayer. New York: Smart.Set, 1904. First Edition. Size: Approx. 5 1/4" x 8". Blue Cloth. New York. Good / No Jacket. Satiric look at life in New York. 23 full page drawings in color. 81 black and white illustrations throughout text. 384 pages. Decorative blue cover with gilt lettering. Top of spine and corners bumped. Back hinge splitting. Front hinge starting. p.160: "Chinatown" illustration loose and hinge breaking on pp.160-161, otherwise interior is clean and Very Good. A charming book $28.50

[004435] Lintner, J. A.. REPORT OF THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST to the Regents of the University of the State of New York For the Year 1893. Albany: University of The State of New York, 1894. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9". Stiff Covers. New York. Good- From the Forty-seventh Report on the New York State Museum. Report includes: Collections made in the Adirondack Mountains; Operations against the Gypsy Moth in Massachusetts; The Destructive Wheat-Midge in Western New York; A Grasshopper Plague in Western New York; and Insect Defoliators of Shade and Fruit Trees. pp.177-197. Some soiling to covers.Front cover detached. ex.mus. stamp and numbers on front cover. Thin strip from side edge missing. Back cover missing small piece at top corner edge and small piece out of side edge. Covers are Good-. Numbers on title page, otherwise interior is tight, clean and Very Good+. $50.00

[001196] Nichols, Paul R.. EFFECT OF NEW JERSEY-NEW YORK POUND-NET CATCHES ON SHAD RUNS OF HUDSON AND CONNECTICUT RIVERS. ill. Figures & Tables. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1958. Size: Approx. 7 3/4" x 10 1/4". Gray Wraps. Ichthyology. Very Good Fishery Bulletin 143. From Fishery Bulletin of the Fish and Wildlife Service. Volume 58. "From the early years of this century until 1950, the Atlantic coast commercial catch of American shad (Alosa sapidissima) declined from approximately 50 million pounds to 8 million pounds. As part of an investigation sponsored by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission to determine the causes for the decline in abundance of shad, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service conducted studies on the Hudson River (Talbot 1954) and Connecticut River (Fredin 1954) shad fisheries 1950 and 1951. These studies showed that, within the limits of the populations studied, the largest single factor influencing fluctuations in abundance in both rivers was the number of shad escaping the commercial fisher to spawn." pp. 491-500. 5 tables. 3 Figures/Maps.ex. mus. stamp on front wrap, title p. and one of the pages otherwise exterior is Very Good +. Interior is tight, clean. Slightly noticeable ripples on top 2" of pages, water mark on back free endpaper, otherwise interior is in Very Good+ condition. $36.50

[002572] Pindar, George N.. GUIDE TO THE FREE SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTIONS OF NEW YORK CITY 1917. ill. Photographs. American Museum of Natural History, 1917. Paper Wraps. New York. Very Good spine darkened. Lightly soiled page edges, otherwise exterior is VG+. Front hinge broken on Preface page, otherwise interior is tight, clean and Near Fine. $18.50

[004148] Senate. RAILROAD THROUGH THE FORT ONTARIO MILITARY RESERVATION, IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK. ill. Foldout Map. Washington: Goverment Printing Office, 1900. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9". Disbound. Railroads. Very Good "The Committee on Military Affairs...to grant the right of way for and the right to operate and maintain a line of railroad through the Fort Ontario Military Reservation in the State of New York, to the Oswego and Rome Railroad Company..." 4 pp. Color foldout, 27"x15": R. W. & O.R.R. Sketch of Depot Grounds at OSWEGO. February 20, 1895. Disbound, but intact. Very Good+. Map is VG+. No tears. 56th Congress, 1st Session. Report No. 1358. $60.00

[004654] Thomas, Cyrus. CATALOGUE OF PREHISTORIC WORKS EAST OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS. ill. Plates, Maps. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1891. Size: Approx. 6 " x 9 1/2". Paper Wraps. Ethnology. Covers Poor. Interior Good+ Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of Ethnology: J.W. Powell, Director. Signed on front cover "With Compliments of the Author". "Special efforts were made to locate definitely all ancient works, mounds, graves, pictographs, etc., including those to which only imcomplete and casual reference had been made by earlier travelers and writers. All the material thus obtained has been incorporated in the present volume." State by State, County by County list of "finds" for those states east of the Rocky Mountains. 16 states with Archeologic Maps. They are: Alabama; Arkansas (2-one of the state and another of Poinsett County, Arkansas); Florida (2-one of the state and another of Le Baron's map of Putnam, Volusia and Orange Counties, Florida); Georgia; Kentucky and Tennessee; Michigan; Missouri; New York; North Carolina; Ohio (2-one of the state and another of Butler County, Ohio); and Wisconsin (2-one of the state and another of Crawford County, Wisconsin). Includes a large foldout map, 15"x17" of the Distribution of Mounds in Eastern United States. 246 pp. String-tied. Missing back cover. Front cover detached and missing most of bottom half. Soiled. ex.mus. numbers. Cover is Poor. Top edges uncut. Side and bottom page edges untrimmed. Interior is tight, clean and Very Good. Scarce. $175.00

[000145] Thurber, James Thurber. COLLECTING HIMSELF. Harper & Row 1989 NY, Book is Fine; jacket G. 1st HB JAMES THURBER ON WRITING AND WRITERS, HUMOR AND HIMSELF. Edited by Michael J. Rosen. Thurber art endpapers,jacket, and illus. Delightful excerpts from the writings and cartoons of this long-time New Yorker wit who changed the face of humor in America in his 30 years with the magazine. Book is Fine; jacket has tears along lower edge front cover, else VG. $10.00

[003753] Train, Arthur . True Stories Of Crime . ill. Figures (drawings), Facsimiles. New York: Charles Scribner, 1923. Size: Approx. 5 " x 7 3/4". Law. Very Good Author was a District Attorney in New York County "The narratives composing this book are literally true stories of crime. In a majority of the cases the author conducted the prosecutions himself...".Eleven true stories at the beginning of the nineteenth century. 348 pp. 14 illustrations/facsimiles. Decorative embossed leatherette.covers. Spine ends mildly rubbed. Exterior covers are Very Good.Interior is tight, clean and VG+. $10.00

[004540] Wills, Anthony E.. COLLEGE CHUMS. A Three-Act Comedy of College Life. New York: Fitzgerald Publishing Corporation , 1907. Size: Approx. 4 3/4" x 7". Paper Wraps. Play. Very Good "The action of the comedy occurs at Clinton College, a small University not many miles distant from the City of New York". "Time of Representation": Two hours. 12 Characters. 48 pp. Slightly soiled covers, otherwise Very Good. ex.mus. stamp, date and numbers on title page. Otherwise interior is tight, clean and Very Good+. $40.00