Notes on the United States of North America during a Phrenological Visit in 1838-9-40., in Two Volumes
by Combe, George
Philadelphia: Carey & Hart, 1841. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. First American edition, following the three volume edition published in Edinburgh. Spines and edges faded, a few light spots on vol. 1 boards, front and end matter faintly foxed. 1841 Hard Cover. xxvi, [13]-374; 405, [5] pp. 8vo. Sabin 14924. Howes C-639. Memoirs of a... Read More
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125 Years of Rochester's Parks (Rochester History, Fall 2013, Vol. 75, No. 2)
by Comeau, Katie Eggers
Rochester, New York: The Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County, 2013. Stapled Binding. Fine. An exceptional copy. 2013 Stapled Binding. 31 pp. Color photographs on wrappers, black-and-white photos throughout text. Traces the vibrant history of Rochester's parks, from the early days of Genesee Valley and Seneca parks, to the more recent developments of Tryon Park and El... Read More
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Flag of the United States: The Living Symbol of Our Great Republic: How to Display It, How to Respect It
by National Americanism Commission
National Americanism Commission, 1943. Unbound. Very Good. 0x0x0. Small tear to back corner. 1943 Unbound. Single sheet folded into 8 pages with patriotic writings about the American flag on 4 pages and single sheet showing how to display the U.S. flag for various private and public events, discussion of how to salute, say the pledge to the flag... Read More
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Our Spirit Shows: Rochester Sesquicentennial, 1834-1984
by Rochester Sesquicentennial Committee
Rochester, New York: Rochester Sesquicententennial Committee, 1984. Soft Cover. Very Good. 0x0x0. Top corner creased. 1984 Soft Cover. 112 pp. Black-and-white photographs and reproductions of historical illustrations throughout. Includes: Official Letters of Congratulations; Introduction: What Makes Rochester Special'; Early Days: The Young Lion in the West; Sesquicentennial Panorama: Courthouses, City Halls, Civic Centers - Architectural Scrapbook - Our... Read More
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John Paul Jones, Founder of the American Navy: Presented by John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company
by John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company
Boston: John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, 1923. Stapled Binding. Very Good. 0x0x0. Wrappers rubbed. 1923 Stapled Binding. 16 pp. John Paul Jones, original name John Paul, (born July 6, 1747, Kirkbean, Kirkcudbright, Scotland - died July 18, 1792, Paris, France), American naval hero in the American Revolution, renowned for his victory over British ships of war off... Read More
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Paul Revere: Presented by John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company
by John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company
Boston: John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, 1930. Stapled Binding. Very Good. 0x0x0. Rear wrapper soiled. 1930 Stapled Binding. 16 pp. Paul Revere, (born about January 1, 1735, Boston, Massachusetts [U.S.] - died May 10, 1818, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.), folk hero of the American Revolution whose dramatic horseback ride on the night of April 18, 1775, warning Boston-area... Read More
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Terraplane Owner's Manual
by Hudson Motor Car Company
Detroit, Michigan: Hudson Motor Car Company, 1936. Stapled Binding. Good. 0x0x0. Includes original publisher's sleeve. Sleeve heavily rubbed and soiled, top edge of sleeve chipped. Stain along edge of front wrapper, top edge of front wrapper chewed, rear wrapper lightly creased. 1936 Stapled Binding. 51 pp. Stapled binding in sleeve. Includes four-panel lubrication chart. The Terraplane was a... Read More
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The Story of the Pilgrims: Presented by John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company
by John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company
Boston: John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, 1956. Stapled Binding. Very Good. 0x0x0. Wrappers lightly soiled. 1956 Stapled Binding. 14 pp. Pilgrim Fathers, in American colonial history, settlers of Plymouth, Massachusetts, the first permanent colony in New England (1620). Of the 102 colonists, 35 were members of the English Separatist Church (a radical faction of Puritanism) who had... Read More
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![Abbott's Selected Webster Dictionary of the English Language: Modernized, Self-Pronouncing, and with Illustrations for School and Commercial Use [Buster Brown Webster Selected Dictionary]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/093/019/1469019093.0.m.jpg)
Abbott's Selected Webster Dictionary of the English Language: Modernized, Self-Pronouncing, and with Illustrations for School and Commercial Use [Buster Brown Webster Selected Dictionary]
by [Buster Brown Shoe Company]
St. Louis: F.L. Rand Company, 1927. Small Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Pages toned, pencil name on front endpapers. 1927 Small Hard Cover. 324 pp. A dictionary released as an advertising premium by Buster Brown Shoe Company. Abbott's Selected Webster Dictionary of the English Language: Modernized, Self-pronouncing, and with Illustrations for School and Commercial Use [Buster Brown Webster Selected... Read More
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How to Make Good Pictures: A Book for the Amateur Photographer
by Eastman Kodak Company
Rochester, New York: Eastman Kodak Company, 1930. Fourteenth Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 7x5x0. Fourteenth edition, revised, circa 1930. Endpapers faintly foxed, 1 inch tear to top margin of single page. 184 pp. Designed for the novice photographer, this book from the Eastman Kodak Company was offered as an instructional manual on the art and techniques of... Read More
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Index to American Genealogies; and to Genealogical Material Contained in All Works Such as Town Histories, County Histories, Local Histories, Historical Society Publications, Biographies, Historical Periodicals, and Kindred Works, Alphabetically Arranged. Enabling the Reader to Ascertain Whether the Genealogy of Any Family, or Any Part of It, Is Printed, Either By Itself or Embodies in Other Works. With Supplement, 1900 to 1908 to the Index to Genealogies Published in 1900
by Genealogical Publishing Company
Genealogical Publishing Company, 1967. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Reprint. Boards lightly soiled, edges faintly foxed. 1967 Hard Cover. 352, 107 pp. This work indexes genealogical material by giving the titles of works containing references to the genealogies of American families, arranging the references to genealogical material alphabetically under family names or surnames. In most cases the... Read More
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Abraham Lincoln, The Great Emancipator: Presented by John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company
by John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company
Boston: John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, 1956. Stapled Binding. Very Good. 6x4x0. Page corners lightly creased, minor chip along top edge of front wrapper. 1956 Stapled Binding. 14 pp. Abraham Lincoln, byname Honest Abe, the Rail-Splitter, or the Great Emancipator, (born February 12, 1809, near Hodgenville, Kentucky, U.S. - died April 15, 1865, Washington, D.C.), 16th president... Read More
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Presidents of the United States: Presented by John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company
by John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company
Boston: John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, 1956. Stapled Binding. Very Good. 0x0x0. Front cover lightly soiled. 1956 Stapled Binding. 64 pp. A brief history of American Presidents from Washington to Eisenhower.
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The Flag of the United States, with Rules for Correct Use and Proper Display: Presented by John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company
by John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company
Boston: John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, 1927. Stapled Binding. Very Good. 0x0x0. Ink name on front wrapper, rear wrapper creased. 1927 Stapled Binding. 16 pp. Includes The Star Spangled Banner, the Pledge of Allegiance, a history of the flag of the United States, rules for use and display.
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John Hancock, Great American Patriot: Presented by John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company
by John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company
Boston: John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, 1956. Stapled Binding. Very Good. 0x0x0. Smudge on rear wrapper. 1956 Stapled Binding. 14 pp. John Hancock, (born January 12, 1737, Braintree (now in Quincy), Massachusetts - died October 8, 1793, Quincy, Massachusetts, U.S.), American statesman who was a leading figure during the Revolutionary War and the first signer of the... Read More
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Davy Crockett, Backwoodsman: Presented by John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company
by John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company
Boston: John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, 1955. Stapled Binding. Good. 0x0x0. Wrappers soiled, most pages creased. 1955 Stapled Binding. 23 pp. Davy Crockett, byname of David Crockett, (born August 17, 1786, eastern Tennessee, U.S. - died March 6, 1836, San Antonio, Texas), American frontiersman and politician who became a legendary figure. His father, having little means, hired... Read More
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![Horizons Unlimited: A History of Jay [Maine]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/992/914/1611914992.0.m.jpg)
Horizons Unlimited: A History of Jay [Maine]
by Livermore Falls Trust Company
Livermore Falls, Maine: Livermore Falls Trust Company, 1967. Stapled Binding. Very Good. 0x0x0. Wrappers creased and lightly soiled, bookplate on front wrapper verso. 1967 Stapled Binding. 39 pp. Illustrated with black-and-white plates. Jay is a town in Franklin County, Maine, United States. Jay was included in the Lewiston-Auburn, Maine metropolitan New England city and town area. The population... Read More
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Official Paved Road and Commercial Survey of the United States: Sectional Road Maps Covering the Entire United States and Lower Canada - Complete Series of State Maps in Colors for Commercial Reference - a Double Page United States Map Showing Transcontinental Highways - Logs, Transcontinental Federal Highways - Map and Information Concerning Air Mail and Air Express - Maps of Principal Cities in the United States Showing Main Highways - Ready Reference Index Locating Cities, Towns and Villages with Population According to Latest Federal Census - Descriptive Gazetteer of United States and Territorial Possessions
by National Map Company
Indianapolis: National Map Company, 1929. Reprint. Large Softcover. Good. 0x0x0. Edition 1283.' Corners worn, covers a bit soiled, crease to bottom corner. 1929 Large Softcover. xlviii, 29-116 pp. Fabricoid cover over post-bound text block. Ten publisher coupons for ordering of revised maps bound in after text. A particularly important road atlas, in that it is among the first... Read More
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Flightlines: Boeing Products Since 1916
by The Boeing Company
The Boeing Company, 1993. Large Softcover. Near Fine. 8x5x0. An excellent copy. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked. 1993 Large Softcover. 158 pp. Includes: The Early Years; The Boeing Fighters; The Birth of Commercial Aviation; The Giants of the Sky; The War Years; Postwar Pioneering; The Dawn of the Jet Age; The First Commercial Jet... Read More
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Brides of the Gold Rush: The Nevada County Chronicles, 1851-1859
by Comstock, David Allan
Grass Valley, California: Comstock Bonanza Press, 1987. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 6x1x9. Signed by author. First edition. Signed by author on first blank without inscription. Stain on rear jacket panel. Boards soiled. 1987 Hard Cover. xvi, 444 pp. Continues the true story of Tallman Rolfe, a young printer and apostate Mormon who worked for newspapers in... Read More
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The Place Beyond the Winds
by Comstock, Harriet T
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1914. Reissue. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Good. 0x0x0. Potter, Harry Spafford. Jacket edges rubbed with some chips. 1914 Hard Cover. vi, 386 pp. 8 pages of publisher ads follow text. Illustrated by Harry Spafford Potter. "Priscilla Glenn lives in Kenmore, a place which the Canadian Indians call "the in-place, the place beyond the winds".... Read More
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![Lettres D'Auguste Comte a John Stuart Mill, 1841-1846 [FRENCH TEXT]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/712/787/1338787712.0.m.jpg)
Lettres D'Auguste Comte a John Stuart Mill, 1841-1846 [FRENCH TEXT]
by Comte, Auguste; Mill, John Stuart
Paris: Ernest Leroux, 1877. Soft Cover. Fair. Binding split between pages 304-305, some pages lightly foxed. 1877 Soft Cover. x, 462, 4 pp. French text. Auguste Comte was a French philosopher who formulated the doctrine of positivism, and is considered the first modern philosopher of science, and was a significant influence on John Stuart Mill, a major proponent... Read More
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The Philosophy of Mathematics; Translated from the Cours de Philosophie Positive
by Comte, Auguste; Gillespie, W.M
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1851. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. First English translation. Boards rubbed, corners exposed, minor loss from spine head and foot, moderately foxed throughout. 1851 Hard Cover. xi, 687 pp. Translated from the original French by W.M. Gillespie. Possibly the first appearance of Comte's writings in English. Cours de Philosophie Positive and... Read More
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Auguste Comte et la Philosophie Positive
by Comte, Auguste; Littre, E
Paris: Librairie De L. Hachette, 1863. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. No jacket. Smudges on page base, ink name on half-title page. 1863 Hard Cover. xi, 687 pp. French text. Comte formulated the doctrine of positivism, and is regarded as the first modern philosopher of science, and a founder of academic sociology.
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Tuxedo Park: A Wall Street Tycoon and the Secret Palace of Science That Changed the Course of World War II
by Conant, Jennet
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2003. 5th Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 5x1x8. Fifth printing. Pages toned. 2003 Trade Paperback. 330 pp. Black-and-white plates. Legendary financier, philanthropist, and society figure Alfred Lee Loomis gathered the most visionary scientific minds of the twentieth century - Albert Einstein, Werner Heisenberg, Niels Bohr, Enrico Fermi, and others - at his state-of-the-art... Read More
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