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Fallows, Rev. Samuel, Editor.
The Young American Annual: A book of Histories, Adventures, Stories, Anecdotes and Incidents, Mainly American in Character, For the Young Folks
Juvenile Publishing Co.,
1892, First Edition ed, Hard Cover,
Condition: Very Good, Number II of these children's annuals and holiday books. A diverse selection of Americana for juveniles, profusely illustrated with drawings and portraits. From the Colonial Period through the Civil War. Various selections include: Sufferings and Destiney of the Pilgrims, by Edward Everett; The Sons of Liberty by Samuel Adams (Boston, March 1769); The Boston Tea Party (1773) and a Hymn (1775), by Ralph Waldo Emerson; Paul Revere's Ride by H.W. Longfellow (1775); Conclusion of Washington's Inaugural Address; facsilmile of signatures to Declaration of Independence; brief chronology of American Presidents and historical events; The American Babies, by Mark Twain (at the Grant Banquet, Chicago 1879); patriotic songs; Lincoln's speech at Gettysburg (November 10, 1863); Commencement of the Ant-Slavery Movement by Wendell Phillips, etc. Bound in red and blue illustrated cloth with silvered lettering and decorations. Stamped scenes of Civil War soldiers and other images. Decorations to rear board, with 13 star flag. Mild rubbing to spine edges and ends, corners rubbed, few cloth bubbles near edges. Boards very bright, decorated end papers. Text toned. Frontispiece re-attached. Text clean, binding tight. sm 4 to, 485 pp
(Young, American, Annual, Patriotic, Juvenile, Books, Juvenile, Americana, Civil, War, Children, S, Books, The Boston, Tea, Party, By, Ralph, Waldo, Emerson, American, Babies, By, Mark, Twain, Ulysses, S, Grant, Banquet, Chicago, 1879, Colonial, America, For, Children) Cat No. 4247.
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25.00
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Branch, Douglas.
The Cowboy and His Interpreters
New York, D. Appleton and Company,
1926, First Edition ed, Hard Cover,
Condition: Good Plus, The life of a Cowboy illustrated with drawings by: Will James; Joe de Yong; Charles M. Russell. An in depth view of a cowboys life and work: Texas Cattle and Texas Cowboys; Cowboy and cook; The Cowboy's Mount; The Roundup; Long Drive North; Ranch Life; Western Range; After-Supper Celebrities; Man the Cowboy; Cowboy Songs; Alkai Ike In Belles-Letters; The Virginian and Taisie; Cowboy Pigeonholed; Moving-Picture Cowboy; Aristocracy of Novelists; Andy Adams; Bibliography. Twenty one illustrations, frontispiece missing. Ex-lib. Brown cloth boards and spine, mild rubbing of edges, bright gilt title to spine, lower spine gilt ex-lib numbering. Easton Public Library plate to front pastedown. Title page perforated library name, stamp below publisher, "No Longer the Property of the Easton Library". Small stamp to upper corner "Stand.cat" with round brown stain (1/2 inch), stain paler to facing page and contents page, penciled lib. markings to copyright page. Text clean and clear, few short closed edge tears, pages 67, 260, and pages 271-277 (short closed tears), invisable book repair tape along edge where torn. Lib. panel to rear pastedown, remnant to upper e.p. Binding tight. sm 8 vo, 278- first edition
(The Cowboy, And His, Interpreters, Joe, De, Yong, Illustrations, Cowboy, Life, Old, West, Texas, Cowboys, Cowboy, Songs, Cowboy, Novelists, Cowboys, Cookings, Cattle, Drives, American, Frontier, Cowboys, Mount, Cowboys, Saddle, Douglas, Branch, The Cowboys) Cat No. 4248.
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35.00
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Branch, Douglas.
The Cowboy and His Interpreters
New York, D. Appleton and Company,
1926, First Edition ed, Hard Cover,
Condition: Good Plus, The life of a Cowboy illustrated with drawings by: Will James; Joe de Yong; Charles M. Russell. An in depth view of a cowboys life and work: Texas Cattle and Texas Cowboys; Cowboy and cook; The Cowboy's Mount; The Roundup; Long Drive North; Ranch Life; Western Range; After-Supper Celebrities; Man the Cowboy; Cowboy Songs; Alkai Ike In Belles-Letters; The Virginian and Taisie; Cowboy Pigeonholed; Moving-Picture Cowboy; Aristocracy of Novelists; Andy Adams; Bibliography. Twenty one illustrations, frontispiece missing. Ex-lib. Brown cloth boards and spine, mild rubbing of edges, bright gilt title to spine, lower spine gilt ex-lib numbering. Easton Public Library plate to front pastedown. Title page perforated library name, stamp below publisher, "No Longer the Property of the Easton Library". Small stamp to upper corner "Stand.cat" with round brown stain (1/2 inch), stain paler to facing page and contents page, penciled lib. markings to copyright page. Text clean and clear, few short closed edge tears, pages 67, 260, and pages 271-277 (short closed tears), invisable book repair tape along edge where torn. Lib. panel to rear pastedown, remnant to upper e.p. Binding tight. sm 8 vo, 278- first edition
(The Cowboy, And His, Interpreters, Joe, De, Yong, Illustrations, Cowboy, Life, Old, West, Texas, Cowboys, Cowboy, Songs, Cowboy, Novelists, Cowboys, Cookings, Cattle, Drives, American, Frontier, Cowboys, Mount, Cowboys, Saddle, Douglas, Branch, The Cowboys) Cat No. 4248.
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35.00
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Branch, Douglas.
The Cowboy and His Interpreters
New York, D. Appleton and Company,
1926, First Edition ed, Hard Cover,
Condition: Good Plus, The life of a Cowboy illustrated with drawings by: Will James; Joe de Yong; Charles M. Russell. An in depth view of a cowboys life and work: Texas Cattle and Texas Cowboys; Cowboy and cook; The Cowboy's Mount; The Roundup; Long Drive North; Ranch Life; Western Range; After-Supper Celebrities; Man the Cowboy; Cowboy Songs; Alkai Ike In Belles-Letters; The Virginian and Taisie; Cowboy Pigeonholed; Moving-Picture Cowboy; Aristocracy of Novelists; Andy Adams; Bibliography. Twenty one illustrations, frontispiece missing. Ex-lib. Brown cloth boards and spine, mild rubbing of edges, bright gilt title to spine, lower spine gilt ex-lib numbering. Easton Public Library plate to front pastedown. Title page perforated library name, stamp below publisher, "No Longer the Property of the Easton Library". Small stamp to upper corner "Stand.cat" with round brown stain (1/2 inch), stain paler to facing page and contents page, penciled lib. markings to copyright page. Text clean and clear, few short closed edge tears, pages 67, 260, and pages 271-277 (short closed tears), invisable book repair tape along edge where torn. Lib. panel to rear pastedown, remnant to upper e.p. Binding tight. sm 8 vo, 278- first edition
(The Cowboy, And His, Interpreters, Joe, De, Yong, Illustrations, Cowboy, Life, Old, West, Texas, Cowboys, Cowboy, Songs, Cowboy, Novelists, Cowboys, Cookings, Cattle, Drives, American, Frontier, Cowboys, Mount, Cowboys, Saddle, Douglas, Branch, The Cowboys) Cat No. 4248.
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35.00
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Neuhaus, Eugen.
The Art of the Exposition: Personal Impressions of the Architecture, Sculpture, Mural Decorations, Color Scheme & Other Aesthetic Aspects Of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition
San Francisco, Paul Elder and Company,
1915, Hard Cover,
Condition: Fair, Ex-lib- Tan boards, blind stamped gilt lettering, soiled; green binders taped spine, white lettered title, white library numbers to lower spine. Tape extends to pastedown; library presentation book plate to pastedown. Title page has perforated library name, stamped over with "No Longer property of Easton Area Public Library". Packet to rear pastedown, paper remnant to upper rear e.p. Illustrations tipped in 30 of 34 plates (4 missing). Plates include: The Alaskan, Frederick G.R. Roth, Sculptor; The Star, A. Stirling Calder, Sculptor; Commerce, Inspiration, Truth and Religion, Edward Simmons, Painter; The Westward March of Civilization, Frank V. Du Mond, Painter; Night Effect - Colonnade of the Palace of Fine Arts, Bernard B. Maybeck, Architect; The Nations of the West, A. Stirling Calder, Frederick G.R. Roth, Leo Lentelli, Sculptors; Detail fromthe Cout of Abundance, Louis Christian Mullgardt, Architect; The Court of Four Seasons, Henry Bacon, Architect, and others. Page 51 has Easton Lib. perforation stamp over text, text still legible. Reading copy. Bibliographical Notes on Artisits to rear. Also illustration of the orginal poster. tall 8 vo, 91 pp
(Panama-Pacific, International, Exposition, 1915) Cat No. 4249.
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15.00
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