Joshua Hirschstein, Owner Member: IOBA
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New York: The Viking Press, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 5.5 x 8.2 in., pp. 209. Green cloth boards with forest and shipmast design in black to cover and spine; black title to spine. Touch of sunning to exposed top-edge. One inch closed tears at top of dustjacket front. Protected..... 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
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1934. Third Printing. Hardcover. 12mo. 7 1/4 in. x 5 in. Light green decorative boards with dark green decorations (flying ducks along the top, swimming fish along the bottom, and a large row of tall trees across the center, repeated in miniature, to spine. Ten..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1944. Hardcover. Octavo, 8.25 in. x 5.75 in., pp. 180. Tan cloth boards with blue anchor emblem to front; blue title to spine. Shelfwear to edges of dustjacket, with two closed tears to top of dustjacket. Protected in mylar. "Buy U.S. War Bonds" advertisement..... More
London. J. Senex, J. Innys, and J. Osborn and T. Longman, 1726. First Edition. Leather-bound. Incomplete: Octavo, 7.75 in. x 5 in., pp. xxxii, [4], 468. Illustrated with three engravings, one of which folds out; two engravings missing fold-out portion. MAP AND TWO ENGRAVINGS MISSING. Mottled contemporary full calf with..... 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