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Blueprint for the American Community
New York City National Conference of Christians and Jews Soft Cover Fine
Crisp, clean pamphlet of 35 pages measuring 4-3/4"x7-1/4". The statement at front of book says everything: " Believing in a spiritual interpretation of the universe and deriving its inspiration thereof, the National Conference exists to promote justice, amity, understanding and cooperation among Jews, Catholics and Protestants in the United States, and to analyze, moderate, and finally eliminate intergroup prejudices which disfigure and distort religious, business, social, and political relations, with a view to the establishment of social order in which the religious ideals of brotherhood and justice shall become the standards of human relationships." No date, but likely 1940's.
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12.00 USD
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Chicago Historical Society. Charter, Constitution, By-Laws, Membership List. Annual Report for the Year Ending October 31, 1914.
Chicago, Illinois Chicago Historical Society 1914 Hard Cover Very Good No DJ, as Issued
Brown boards ornamented at face with bright gilt seal and printing. Corners are a tiny bit soft, but just at tips. Pages are very clean and book is tightly bound with no names or writing. Photo of the Historical Society's building at frontis, plus two other illustrations. In addition to what is listed in title topics include donations, funds, election of officers, report of executive committee, report of Gilpin Trustees, children's lectures, librarian's report, museum accessions, publications and more. 146 pages.
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48.00 USD
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Let's Go Troop Camping!
New York Girl Scouts Inc. 1939 Soft Cover Very Good
Very scarce booklet in good, clean, solid, tightly bound condition. Only fault is meeting date written at top of contents page and former owner's transparent address sticker at upper front corner of cover.. Information for scout leaders planning to take their troosp camping for a weekend or longer. 87 pages of info with drawings cover planning, choosing a site, establishing camp, equipment, food peparation, health and safety, waterfront camping, records and permits, budgeting, parents, breakign camp and more.
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30.00 USD
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Massachusetts Society of the Sons of the American Revolution
Sons of the American Revolution 1907 Hard Cover Very Good No DJ, as Issued
Very nice, clean book sporting bright blue boards which show only minor wear including a small stain next to outer side edge at front. No cracking to hinges and no names or writing. Gilt printing to spine and handsome gilt insignia at front.rought-cut pages at side as per design, gilded top edge. Color plate at frontis from painting by Clyde O. De Land showing the raising of the first American Union flag on Prospect Hill, Somerset, Mass. January, 1, 1776. Book includes proceedings and list of members, but also records of members' Revolutionary ancestors. Useful for geneaology. 227 pages.
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35.00 USD
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Memorial of Samuel Eells
Cleveland, Ohio Cobb, Andrews & Company 1873 Hard Cover Very Good No DJ, as Issued
Tightly bound and very clean with nice beveled edge to both boards. Brown cloth shows small bit of wear to corners and to crown and tail of spine, but no cracking to hinges, either fornt or back. Pages are also very clean with very light overall foxing to two blank pages at fornt and back. Eells was a 19th century American philosopher, essayist ,and orator who founded the Alpha Delta Phi fraternity in 1832 at Hamilton College in Clinton, New York. Book offers biographical information, the story of the fraternity, a copy of an address given by him at Miami University on the study of the classics, and more. 255 pages.
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38.00 USD
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Ohio State Council Knights of Columbus 50th Annual Convention
Columbus, Ohio Ohio State Council Knights of Columbus 1949 Soft Cover Very Good
Shiny gold program measuring 6"x9" consisting of the Reports of State Officers and Committee Chairmen submitted to the 50th Annual Convention Sunday and Monday May 15 & 16, 1949 at the Deshler-Wallick Hotel, Columbus, Ohio. 31 clean pages. Also laid-in is a handwritten postcard reminding members of a first degree initiation and a big stag party, both in August, as well as a aingle sheet report from the State Chaplain and a four page oversized insert entitled "The Ohio State Knights of Columbus and the Newman Club Grant." The latter contains six photos.
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16.00 USD
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Summer Campaign 1894 Ohio Anti-Saloon League Brochure
Columbus, Ohio Ohio Anti-Saloon League. Temperance. Prohibition Ephemera 1894 Soft Cover Very Good
We are offering a brochure printed on both sides of a single sheet to make four pages. It was done by the Ohio Anti-Saloon League which was founded only a year prior to this in1893 in Oberlin, Ohio. The brochure advertises the Summer Campaign of 1894 featuring the Anti-Saloon Agitators, Rev. Howard J. Rusell, State Superintendent, and "those Merry Men of Song, the Aeolian Quartet of Delaware College consisting of E.A. Upham second tenor; J.B. Rogers, 1st tenor; O.O. Keoppel 2nd bass and E.W. Griffiths, firstbBass. Photos of all four on front page (quite handsome fellows!) along with a their musical repertoire including "Agitate, Keep the Ball A'Rolling", "The Saloon Must Go" and "March of Temperance." Inside pages, one each, state the positions of both the Ohio Anti-Saloon League and its foe, the Ohio State Liquor League. The back cover is a full page advertisement for a book entitled "A Lawter's Examination of the Bible" by Howard H. Russell (photo of author) who served as Auperintendent for the League. All proceeds from sales used to raise cash for the summer campaign. Brochure measures 6-1/4"x9-1/2". Light soiling to face in small areas and creasing from having been folded in fourths, but flat and smooth with no wear or tearing to same. Tiny tear to bottom edge at back only fault.
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35.00 USD
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The Mistery or Art of the Leathersellers of the City of London (Worshipful Company of Leathersellers Brochure laid-in)
No Publisher Stated Soft Cover Fine
Crisp, clean, as new booklet consisting of grey card covers and eleven pages, including two full page drawings of Leathersellers' Hall. Former owner's name penciled at top front corner of first page. Text tells the story of one of the oldest Livery Guilds of London. Also accompanying this booklet is a trifold brochure produced the Worshipful Company of Leathersellers written in both French and English. This one is illustrated with four black and white photographs and two black and white works of art.
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22.00 USD
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Bradford, Ernle The Shield & The Sword; the Knights of St. John, Jerusalem, Rhodes and Malta
E.P. Dutton 1973 First Edition Stated Hard Cover Very Good Very Good
Very nice copy. Grey boards are crisp and clean with no bumps and dustjacket shows but the merest corner wear. Has not been price-clipped and is most handsome in brand new mylar cover. No names or writing. Illustrated. Nice map endpapers. Tells the history of an obscure order founded at a hospice in Jerusalem for charity, never numbering huge membership and yet rising up to the frontier of the Christian-Muslim conflict. 245 pages. Indexed.
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25.00 USD
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Brown, Thornton The American Orthopaedic Association; A Centennial History
The American Orthopaedic Association Hard Cover Very Good NO DJ, as Issued 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
There's no date on this one, but it's from the 1980's. Very nice and attractive with navy blue pebbled boards printed and decorated with association seal at face board. Measures by 10-1/2". Illustrated with black and white photogrpahs throughout. 157 pages.
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15.00 USD
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Burnharn, Fredrick Russell Scouting on Two Continents
Prescott, Arizona, U.S.A. Wolfe Pub Co 1994 1879356317 / 9781879356313 Facsimile Reprint Hard Cover Very Good No DJ, as Issued
Very nice clean book. Blue boards show no bumps or wear and pages are clean with no names or writing. A facsimile reprint of a book first published in 1926. Portrait of author at frontis in black and white. Burnham was an American scout and adventurer famous for his service to the British Army in colonial Africa and for teaching woodcraft to Robert Baden-Powell. The latter caused him (Burnham) to play a role in the founding of the international Scouting Movement. Illustrated throughout with maps, art and photography in black and white.370 pages.
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35.00 USD
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Lester, Annie Jopling Ohio State History of the Daughters of the American Revolution 1928
Ohio Daughters of the American Revolution 1928 Hard Cover Near Fine
Very nice book, carefully preserved. Navy blue boards show nice beveled edge witth green metallic title box featuring raised letters for title and date. Pages very clean and tightly bound. No names or writing. Illustrated with photographs of of members, regents, and other officers past and present, as well as color rendering of flag. Also information on the D.A.R. and how to obtain proof of eligibility for membership, instructions for flag etiquette and a history of each chapter throughout the state. Back of book contains roster. 640 pages, plus index.
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20.00 USD
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Schatz, Eunice R. The Slender Thread
Mukileto, Washington, U.S.A. Wine Press Publishing 1996 1883893496 / 9781883893491 Soft Cover Fine
Crisp, cleam, beautiful book -- no names or writing and no spine crease. Pristine pages and page edges. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Quality paperback measuring 7"x9". Traces the history of the organization through the memories of its participants from founders to members1939-1965. 286 pages.
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15.00 USD
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William Cody/Buffalo Bill; Babe Ruth; Ty Cobb The Elks Magazine May 1927
New York Benevolent Abd Protective Order of the Elks 1927 Soft Cover Good-plus 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Great issue in good solid condition with a few faults. Toning to paper at upper right corner, one small tear to upper edge mended with non browning archival tape, light soiling at back and a small hole (tear mended with archival tape) at margin of masthead page. Otherwise tightly bound with clean, bright pages.Cover shows painting of William F. Cody (Buffalo Bill) to kick off part I of a long article about him. Other articles include story on baseball with action photos of Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb and other greats of the day and a long piece on the Indianapolis 500. Also, a fun (lengthy) literary quiz and lots of national ads including a beautiful full color one for Mohawk Rugs inside back cover. 96 pages. Measures 8-1/2"x12"
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16.00 USD
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Wood, James MacPherson The Tavern
Cleveland Ohio The Tavern Club 2003 First Edition Hard Cover Fine in VG Slipcase No DJ, as Issued 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
A very handsome book which is quite scarce. Green cloth boards with matching green slipscase. Only fault to all is one small errant black mark from a pen on reverse side of slipcase. Tells with colorful prose the story of The Tavern Club from the laying of its cornerstone in Cleveland on June 11, 1904 to the 21st century where at last writing it still celebrated the Y chromsome, drinking, and the Republican party. Measures 7-1/2"x11"
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75.00 USD
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