Joshua Hirschstein, Owner Member: IOBA
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New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1918. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. 12mo, 7.25 in. x 5 in., pp. 402. Black, flexible cloth boards with gilt title to spine. Rubbing to extremities. Crease to front board and wrinkling to spine. Corners showing. Chips to top/bottom of spine. Slight spine lean. Pieces of..... More
Scranton, PA: International Textbook Company, 1941. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. Blue cloth-covered boards (8 1/2 in. x 5 1/4 in.) with gilt lettering to front and spine. Slight rubbing to boards and one corner lightly nudged. Protected in thin paper dustjacket with cut-out hole over spine title. Photographs, tables..... More
Milford, Delaware: Milford Historical Society, 1990. Hardcover. Quarto. Turquoise cloth-covered boards . with bright gilt lettering and design to front. Map endpapers. One tiny stain to front free endpapers. SIGNED by author on title page. A complete history of the famous sailing vessels built in Delaware on the banks of..... More
Mount Hope, Canal Zone: The Panama Canal Press, 1941. Revised Edition, June 1, 1941. Staplebound Pamphlet. 12mo, 6.75 in x 4.6 in, pp. 112. Illustrated with black and white photographs, diagrams, two pages of colored flags, and sixteen fold-out maps in black and blue. Blue paper wraps with black title..... More
Oregon Short LIne Railroad, 1914. Revised Edition. Softcover. 12mo, 6.75 in. x 4 in., pp. 146. Illustrated with black and white and color drawings of train engines, switches, and signals. Fleible black covers with gilt title to front. Curved corners. Publisher's red to edges. Rubbing to extremities with chip to..... More
New York: Spon & Chamberlain (Co-published by E. & F.N. Spon, Limited, London), 1909. Hardcover. 12mo. 7 1/4 ion. x 5 in. Light tan cloth-covered boards, triple ruled and lettered in a dark brown elegant font to top board and spine. . The author was the editor of the Mechanical..... More
LONDON: T.N. Longman, 1796. Hardcover. Two separate books in one binding. The first book of this is the Eleventh Edition of what is commonly called PATERSON'S ROADS and was an indispensable resource which all coachmen carried to find their way through the towns, hills, dales and shires. 406 pp. includes..... More
La Mirada, California: Four Ways West Publications (Self-Published), 1986. Stated First Printing. Hardcover. Quarto. Gray cloth with bright gilt lettering. Some minor rubbing to extremities. Previous owner's stamp to front free endpaper..Detailed historical narrative, lore, and loaded with black and white photographs. 192 pp. Dustjacket shows shelf-and edge-wear, smudging, as..... More
Burbank, California: Howell-North Books (Darwin Publications), 1982. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto. Brown cloth with bright gilt lettering. Some minor rubbing to extremities. Map endpapers.Maps, narrative and loaded with black and white photographs. 262 pp. Dustjacket shows shelf-and edge-wear, smudging, creasing, as well as some small closed tears to dustjacket..... More
San Francisco, CA: Survey of Federal Archives Works Projects Administration, 1941. Softcover. Quarto. Card covers. Title (dates, esp.) on card covers differ from those on title page. Card cover title reads: "Ship Registers Port of Eureka California 1864 to 1940. Card front cover creased. Maps, Charts, Glossary, Entries, Index. 167..... More
Chicago, IL: Corps of Engineers, 1958. Staplebound Pamphlet. Stapled tablet-style book, 13.5 in. x 8.25 in., displaying 58 color (blue, red, black) navigation charts for safe river passage, plus a three page index to charts, a one-page "General Map : Middle and Upper Mississippi River", and one page with notes..... More
New York: United States Lines, managing operators for U.S. Shipping Board, c. 1923. Staplebound Pamphlet. Stapled advertising pamphlet, 10.4 in. x 8 in, pp. 32. Illustrated with full-page black and white photographic illustrations of the luxuries awaiting the passengers on the ocean liner, and a two-page painting of the ship..... More
London, England: Crosby, Lockwood and Son, 1902. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. Brown cloth over boards (7 3/4 in. x 5 1/2 in.), with bright gilt lettering to front board. Beveled edges. Fabulous inset engraving, in black, ruled in blind (3 3/4 i. x 2 1/4 in.) Gilt lettering to spine..... More
Chicago, IL: Albert Whitman & Co., 1941. Edward A. Wilson. First Edition. Hardcover. Folio (9 1/2 in. x 6 3/4 in.). Blue cloth-covered boards. Spotty discoloration loss of color to boards particularly along spine and edges, but generally present. This copy boldly SIGNED by author to front free endpaper, which..... More
Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1846. Leather-bound. Asa Whitney (1797 to 1872) proposed to bu;ild, with the aid of the federal government, a railroad to the Pacific in order to deelop trade with the Orient. Half-smooth calf over tan linen.(9 in. x 6 in.). Boards ruled in gilt, with gilt..... More