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[004467] . CATALOG "A" THE BROWN FENCE & WIRE CO. CLEVELAND, OHIO. ill. Drawings. Cleveland, Ohio: The Brown Fence & Wire Co., 1915. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 8 1/2". Paper Wraps. Early Catalog. Very Good to Very Good+ 64 page catalog with illustrations on each page. Put out by The Brown Fence & Wire Co. Manufacturers of Wire Fencing, Steel Gates, Coiled Spring Wire, Fence Builders and Supplies. Includes a letter from the company's president on their letterhead promoting the catalog.; an envelope with their address; a brochure on their roofing supplies; a notice regarding their free shipping; and an Order Blank. Catalog is stapled at spine. Slight soiling along edges, otherwise covers are Very Good +. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. $40.00

[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

[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

[001895] Cole, W.H.. Map and Guide to the Great Serpent Mound, Adams County, Ohio. ill. Photographs, Foldouts. 1925. Paper Wraps. Very Good+ $16.50

[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

[003896] Jackson, Henry R.. LETTER FROM HENRY R. JACKSON, OF GEORGIA, TO EX-SENATOR ALLEN G. THURMAN With Explanatory Papers. Atlanta, GA: V. P. Sisson, Printer, Size: Approx. 6 " x 9 1/4". Paper Wraps. Georgia. Good+ to Very Good- Preface by Henry Jackson "lists" 1887 as date. "The purpose of this pamphlet is to enable me to distribute correct copies of the following papers: 1. My remarks to the "Confederate Veterans," at Macom, October 26th. 2. My interview with an editor of the Atlanta CONSTITUTION, touching those remarks, published on the morning of October 29th. 3. The attack made upon me by Ex-Senator Thurman, at Columbus, Ohio, on the evening of November 6th. 4. My note, evoked by that attack, addressed to the Atlanta CONSTITUTION, Novermber 7th. 5. Judge Thurman's communication of November 10th to the Associated Press. 6. My open letter to him of the same date." 16 pp. ex-mus.numbers on front cover. Vertical crease down middle as if folded. Back cover's top corner missing, 1 1/4"x1 1/2". From pp.9-16 tear on top corners, 1 3/4". 4 pages under REMARKS AT MACON and INTERVIEW AT ATLANTA, some underscoring of specific words. Overall publication is Good+ to Very Good-. Interior is tight, clean and Very Good. (Henry Rootes Jackson was a Major General in the Georgia militia during the American Civil War. He graduated with honors from Yale University, where he was a member of Skull & Bones, in 1839. Before the war, he served as a lawyer, then as an officer in the Mexican American War, state judge, and as United States ambassador to Austria from 1854 - 1858. Enlisting in the Confederate army in 1861, he served as a judge in Confederate courts. Allen Granberry Thurman was a Democratic Representative and Senator from Ohio. In 1888, he was selected by Grover Cleveland as his Vice Presidential running mate, but the ticket lost to the Republicans.) ) $97.50

[003049] Kelsey, Prof. F.D.. THE GENUS UNCINULA. Drawings and Descriptions of all the American Species. ill. Drawings. Portland, Conn: Observer, 1897. Size: Approx. 6 1/4" x 9 3/4". Paper Wraps. Botany. Good Oberlin College. Laboratory Bulletin No.VII. "Few objects for microscopical observation are more beautiful or easier of recognition than the genus Uncinula". 15 pp. Ten pages with illustrations. ex.-mus. stamp and numbers on front cover. top corner missing piece, 1 1/2"x1/2". Small piece at bottom next to spine, 1/4"x1/2". Back cover along spine, missing strip 2 1/2". Back cover's corner tip "turned down".Covers still intact. Some fading along edges and mildly soiled. Still overall Good. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. Laid in 5"x2" sheet of paper typed: "Please Exchange From Oberlin College Library, Oberlin, Ohio. Compliments of Azariah S. Root, Librarian." $50.00

[003048] Kelsey, Prof. F.D.. QUESTIONS FOR BOTANY V. Designed to Assist Pupils in Mastering the Principles of Phanerogamic Classification adopted by Bentham and Hooker and used by Gray in his manual.. Oberlin, Ohio: Pearce and Randolph, 1897. Size: Approx. 5 1/4" x 7 3/4". Paper Wraps. Botany. Very Good Botanical Laboratory Bulletin No. IV. Oberlin College. 11 pages with 180 questions.ex.mus stamp and numbers on front cover. Back cover slightly foxed?. Otherwise VG+. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. $30.00

[003319] Peters, Harold S.. MALLOPHAGA FROM OHIO BIRDS. Ohio: Ohio Journal of Science, 1928. Size: Approx. 6 3/4" x 10". Stiff Wraps. Entomology. Good+ Ohio State University. Contributions from the Department of Zoology and Entomology. No. 84. Reprinted from THE OHIO JOURNAL OF SCIENCE, Vol. XXVIII, No.4, pp. 215-228. In the Introduction, the author writes "The following paper comprises a study of the order Mallophaga, which includes the biting lice commonly found on birds and mammals, with special reference to a list of the species found on Ohio birds. Stiff gray covers, slightly soiled. vertical crease as if folded (barely shows inside). Faded "border" around the front side and bottom edges. ex.-mus. stamp. Overall exterior is G+. First page with ex.-mus stamp, otherwise interior is tight, clean and VG+ $30.00

[001899] Putnam F W. The Serpent Mound of Ohio . Disbound. Very Good from Century Magazine.1889-1890. last page loose. $16.50

[004784] Schneider, Norris F.. CAMPUS MARTIUS STATE MEMORIAL MUSEUM . ill. Photographs, Map, Plan. Columbus, Ohio: Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society, 1938. Third Edition. Size: Approx. 5 " x 6 3/4". Stiff Covers. Ohio. Very Good to Very Good+ Campus Martius State Memorial Museum at Marietta, Ohio, contains in one wing the house of General Rufus Putnam which was part of the fort called Campus Martius form 1788 to 1795. This fort was the Capitol of the Northwest Territory and the refuge of Marietta residents during the Indian War. In the other wing of the museum are displayed relics from all periods of Ohio history..." 30 pp. Illustrations include: Plan of Campus Martius after Melzer Nye; and a double spread map of Marietta. Stiff covers with illustration on front. Covers are VG to VG+. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. $14.00

[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

[000440] Woodbridge, (William). REMARKS OF MR. WOODBRIDGE...THE LAND DISTRIBUTION BILL. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. No Wraps. Government Document. Good + / No Jacket. Speech delivered in the Senate (circa 1841-47) . "Amendments proposed to place all the States upon the same footing as Ohio, with regard to the number of acres of land to be applied to the construction of Roads and Canals, &c. through the public domain." Woodbridge's remarks delivered in the Senate "on different days, during the progress through that body of The Land Distribution Bill...." Handbill. Uncut and untrimmed. 15 pps.Multiple copies available, some uncut, unopened .Minor flaws, generally VG. $15.00