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| THE DEATHS OF THE BRAVOS. Boston, 1962., 1962. First Edition. Book. 1st edition. Cloth. 467pp. fos/address on half-title. Well written "informal. history of the men who explored, settled and fought in the mountains." Vg in edgeworn dj. Very Good in Good+ dust-jacket. Hardcover. (#8905146) $4.95
2353. Myers, John Myers. THE LAST CHANCE Tombstone's Early Years. Lincoln, (1973)., 1973. Reprint. ISBN: 0803257805. Book. Reprint in wraps. 260pp. Illust. Vg. Very Good. Paperback. (#9402121) $6.23 2354. Myres, Sandra L. WESTERING WOMEN and the Frontier Experience, 1800-1915. Albuquerque: Univ of New Mexico, 1982. First Edition. ISBN: 9780826306258. Book. 1st printing. 365pp. Illus. Notes. Index. Maps. "... Myers uses extensive new material... from over 400 collections..." Fine in dj with moderate shelf rub. Fine in Near Fine dust-jacket. Hardcover. (#1111125) $14.86 2355. Naef, Weston J.; Wood, James N. ERA OF EXPLORATION: The Rise of Landscape Photography in the American West, 1860-1885. NY: Albright-Knox Art Gallery & New York Graphic Soc, 1975. First Edition. ISBN: 0870991280. Book. 1st printing. Oblong 4to cloth. 260pp. Illustrated with classic vintage photographs of the West. Chronology. Notes. Index. Bibliography. Watkins, O'Sullivan, Muybridge, Russell, Jackson, et. al. Slightly soiled. Vg+ in dj which is chipped & rubbed on the back panel. Very Good+ in Good dust-jacket. Hardcover. (#1302087) $30.02 2356. Nakabe, Kenkichi. MY REPORT BY CAMERA EYE AROUND THE WORLD (WATAKUSHI NO KAMERA HOKOKU). Tokyo: Suisan Keizai Shinbunsha, 1956. First Edition. Book. 1st, original edition: no others printed that we can find. Attractive silver & black-stamped cloth. 63pp. Illustrated with the author's b/w & color photos, plus drawings. Portrait frontispiece. Map. Text in Japanese & English. Both binding and text are elegantly designed & printed. Each leaf is a double-leaf (intended), uncut and with no print inside the fold. Nakabe was a "delegate to the Russo - Japanese Fisheries Convention." "I left Haneda Air Port on April 21st ... and came back home on June 12, 1956." He visited London, Zurich, Paris, Stockholm, Moscow, New York, Boston, Niagara Falls, Vancouver, San Pedro, Astoria, Lake Arrowhead, & Honolulu. Many pages are photos with captions (very good memoir photography, many of them including Mr. Nakabe with others) & some are mainly text concerning what he did and saw and who he met. Includes photos of the signing of the Japanese Soviet Fisheries Treaty. He attended the International Whaling Conference in London. One source mentions that Nakabe was an industrialist. A truly rare book your bookseller finds nowhere in world libraries outside of Japan nor in the National Diet Library of Japan. Probably printed for friends, colleagues, & family. Near Fine. Hardcover. (#SHEL567) $1,000.00 2357. Nance, Dr. E. C. THE DANIEL V. McEACHERN STORY Saga of a Seattle Scot. College Place, WA: College Press, 1958. First Edition. Book. 1st printing. Cloth. 246pp. Illus. Acknowledgments (Bibliography), Notes, Index. Endpaper maps. Laid in is a fine-press printed presentation from author & subject. McEachern, from Huron Co. Michigan, came to Seattle & built a heavy construction company (dams, highways, railroads, ships, etc.). Fine in moderately worn dj with no chips. Fine in Very Good dust-jacket. Hardcover. (#1302089) $14.51 2358. Nance, John J. Saving Cascadia (Signed). New York: Simon & Schuster, 2005. First Edition. ISBN: 0743250516. Book. Cloth & boards. 352 pp. Inscribed "To Rosemary with Best Wishes" & dated (2005) by Nance on preliminary page. Also signed by Nance title page. Another finely written & engaging Nance novel, this one set along the Cascadia subduction earthquake zone off the coast of Washington State. Fine in dj. Fine in As New dust-jacket. Hardcover. (#5012043) $10.12 2359. Nanga. NANGA Exhibition of Contemporary Nanga Paintings. Nippon Cultural Centre, Tokyo, 1972, 1972. First Edition. Book. 4to black wrappers with orange title. Exquisite Japanese prints! Fine. Fine. Paperback. (#5008054) $9.31 2360. Nash, Arlene; Lessard, Rosemary; Lessard, Dennis (Janice Fleming, Ed.). PEOPLE OF THE SEVEN COUNCIL FIRES -- Dakota History. Pierre: Historical Research Center, 1977. Book. 4to stiff printed wraps bound in plastic spiral. 64pp. Illustrated with 13 drawings by "students of Eagle Butte School at Cheyenne River Reservation". Bibliography. Two parts: History (including Contemporary Dakota Leaders) & Culture (Material Culture of the Lakota, Some Aspects of Lakota Religion, Warriors & Hunters, The Women, The Children). Bookplate removed from title page. Moderate soil; minor marks. Good. Very scarce. Good. Paperback. (#1209127) $35.02 2361. Nash, Tom, and Scofield, Twilo. THE WELL-TRAVELED CASKET A Collection of Oregon Folklore (Signed). Utah, SLC, 1993, 1993. ISBN: 087480390X. Book. 4to pictorial glossy wraps. 181pp. Illustrated with drawings by Dan Adkins. "Works Consulted". Index. Both authors have signed this copy. Upper back cover corner creased, else fine. Uncommon. Very Good+. Paperback. (#0603123) $19.68 2362. Nashville. UN ETE DU VIN. THIS WINE WE OFFER. Nashville, 1997., 1997. First Edition. Book. 8" x 11 1/4" cloth & wood folio. Unpaginated. Illustrated. Front cover is lovely blond wood with a graceful image etched or stained on it. Back cover, spine, & attached edge of front cover in cloth. Cloth covered spiral binding. Elegantly imprinted endsheets. Un Ete Du Vin is an annual auction, in Nashville, Tennessee, of the finest wines to raise money for charity, apparently one of the premier wine auctions anywhere. The first section of this magnificently bound & printed auction book has beautifully lithographed pages of artistic wine related images & text from a variety of sou rces. The balance of the book enumerates & describes the silent & live auction lots. Concluding pages are of patrons, donors, credits, etc. Laid in are an Addenda & a printed bid folder. Many auction lots were of exotic trips to wine country & wine country event in North American & abroad. Very Good+. Hardcover. (#5012033) $30.38 2363. National Cowboy Hall of Fame (National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum). (Persimmon HIll). PERSIMMON HILL MAGAZINE. OKC, 1970 - 2000., 1970. First Edition. Book. Original issues. Heavy glossy pictorial wraps. Paginations vary. Wonderfully illustrated. A complete run of 109 quarterly issues from Volume I #1, Summer, 1970, to Volume 28, #2, Summer, 2000. One issue was a double issue. Some issues have the mailing wrapper. One of the finest of all Western magazines, this publication of the National Cowboy Hall of Fame (now called the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum) has terrific articles on cowboys, Western Art, & related subjects. The artwork is, of course, of the first quality by the old Western masters as well as contemporary ones. Most copies in this set have the previous owner's small, neat notation of the vol. # & issue # at one upper corner of the front cover or mailing wrapper. It is not displeasing. All copies fine or near fine condition with light shelf rubbing on just a few covers. Scarce as a set & desirable. 1970-2000 Very Good+. Paperback. (#0208136) $984.15 2364. National Park Service. SOLDIER AND BRAVE Military and Indian Affairs in the Trans-Mississippi West, including a Guide to Historic Sites and Landmarks. NY, 1963., 1963. First Edition. Book. Cloth. 279pp. Illust. Index. Fine in slightly chipped, pc dj. Fine in Very Good+ dust-jacket. Hardcover. (#9110101) $7.87 2365. National Tramway Museum). England. THE NATIONAL TRAMWAY MUSEUM. National Tramway Museum, Printed by Jarrold Printing, Norwich, 1989, 1989. Book. 1st thus? Colorful pictorial stapled wraps. (28pp.). Beautifully illustrated. Vg with slight bump top left corner. The musum, for folks like me who regretfully haven't been there, is in Derbyshire, England, "readily accessible", its website says, "from Sheffield, Derby, Nottingham, Leicester, Stoke-on-Trent, Birmingham and beyond." This museum booklet scarce in the U.S.. Very Good. Paperback. (#NIC029 - 1) $14.18 2366. Navajo). INDIAN BASKET WEAVING BY THE NAVAJO SCHOOL OF INDIAN BASKETRY. Whedon & Spreng, L.A., 1903, 1903. First Edition. Book. 1st edition. Stapled wraps under cord-ties, unusually & interestingly bound in ochre printed burlap. 103pp. Illustrated with an abundance of b/w photos, & some drawings. fos. Laid in is a large folded sheet, a dramatic drawing of a Yokut Indian Basket, "Ready For The Sun Dance", with "List of Materials" & "Color Scheme for Yokut Dance Basket", which I suspect is missing from most copies. A four inch tear is archivally closed. I cannot begin to tell you the authentic tactile feeling this book gives. A treasure. The burlap is fraying at the edges & near the binding, but is virtually complete & only with ill treatment will it suffer further loss. Vg copy. Very Good. Paperback. (#0508103) $131.22 2367. Nebraska. STATE JOURNAL OF THE STATE LEGISLATURE OF NEBRASKA First, Second and Third Sessions. Omaha: "Published By Authority". St. A. D. Balcombe, State Printer. , 1867. First Edition. Book. Printed brown wraps. 258pp. Index of the Senate; roster, bills, etc.. "Held at the Capitol in Omaha City, July 4th 1866, February 20th, 1867, May 16th, 1867." Contains speeches, motions, bills, messages from the governor, etc.. Fragile covers are chipped on the front with one double-thumb sized stain. Rear cover is torn & tattered with pieces missing. Text in vg condition. Very scarce & important early Nebraska item. Good. Paperback. (#0401100) $62.33 2368. Nebraska) Lincoln. LINCOLN - NEBRASKA'S CAPITAL CITY 1867 - 1923 Over 50 Years of Lincoln's Progress Shown by Word and Picture. Lincoln: Woodruff Printing, 1923. First Edition. Book. 1st printing. Oblong 4to pictorial wraps with gilt embossing. Unpaginated, but approx 193pp. Illus. Index. Lots of material in here on Lincoln. Virtually fine; no chips, binding tight, clean & bright. Scarce. Fine. Paperback. (#1302090) $85.04 2369. Neel, David. OUR CHIEFS AND ELDERS Words and Photographs of Native Leaders. Vancouver (B.C.), 1992., 1992. First Edition. ISBN: 0295972173. Book. Royal 8vo cloth. 191pp. Illustrated with black & white photos. The subject is British Columbia tribal leaders. An excellent combination of their views written in the first person, & their portraits. Fine, as new in dj. As New in As New dust-jacket. Hardcover. (#9506116) $16.40 2370. Neeley, Jim. HORSIN' AROUND MESA VERDE (Memories Of An Early Day Dude Wrangler). Privately Printed, Cortez, 1983, 1983. First Edition. Book. Pictorial stapled wraps. 59pp. Illust. Map of "Early Day Mesa Verde". The author's memoirs dating from about 1934 when he was hired on as a wrangler in SW Colorado. Some fading near spine, else vg+. Surprisingly scarce. Very Good. Paperback. (#0805107) $28.35 2371. Nehls, Harry B.; Opperman, Hal; Aversa, Tom. BIRDS OF THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY REGION (Signed). Olympia, Washington, U.S.A.: R W Morse Co, 2004. First Edition. ISBN: 9780964081048. Book. 1st printing. Small glossy pictorial wraps. 390pp. Illustrated in color. Maps. Index. Inscribed "enjoy the valley" & signed by Nehls. Fine, like new. Fine. Paperback. (#SHEL652) $20.00 2372. Neider, Charles. BEYOND CAPE HORN: Travels in the Antarctic. San Francisco: Sierra Club Books, 1980. First Edition. ISBN: 9780871562333. Book. 1st printing. Cloth. 387pp. Illus. Appendices. Glossary. Bibliography. Index. Maps. Endpaper maps. Small vignette ink stamp on half-title. Fine in near fine, pc dj. Fine in Near Fine dust-jacket. Hardcover. (#SHEL619) $8.50 2373. Neihardt, John G. ALL IS BUT A BEGINNING Youth Remembered 1881 - 1901. HBJ, NY, 1982, 1982. First Edition. Book. Small 8vo. Cloth & bds. 173pp. The Nebraska poet's nostalgic and well-written memoir of growing up in Nebraska. Neihardt was the author of Black Elk Speaks, The Cycle of the West, & many other works. Gift inscription & owner's name/date under the flap on the front paste down. Fine in pc dj. Fine in Very Good+ dust-jacket. Hardcover. (#FTR8.4) $6.26 2374. Neihardt, John G. THE SONG OF THE THREE FRIENDS. NY, 1919., 1919. First Edition. Book. 12mo paper over bds. 126pp. Custom bookplate which reads, "The Poetry of Earth is Never Dead." fos. One of the volumes of Neihardt's epic poem, Cycle of the Indian Wars. Some peeling to cover paper along spine. Covers somewhat dull. Good. Scarce. Good. Hardcover. (#9304105) $14.76 2375. Neil, Dorothy, Ed. Whidbey Island. A COMPLETE RUN OF THE WHIDBEY ISLAND SPINDRIFT, 1963-1972. Volume 1, #1 (June 1963) through Autumn 1972., 1972. First Edition. Book. Small quarto, 7" x 8 1/2", this newspaper/magazine was, in its first issues, mimeographed, then printed more professionally. Published on a 2 to 4 month basis, it represents a compendium of history, nature studies, local news & gossip, advertising, recipes, etc. ALSO BOUND IN IS A 24 page copy of a "SOUVENIR EDITION COMMEMORATING WHIDBEY ISLAND'S CENTENNIAL 1848 - 1948." published by the Island County Farm Bureau News in Oak Harbor. A gift inscription to "Mary Lee Neil Tatum from the Green Isle of Whidbey" is from "Mother". This set of The Spindrift is bound in green cloth with gilt-stamped spine. It is several hundred pages long, each issue of the Spindrift having its own pagination. Couple of smaller than dime sized light spots on the lower front cover & some similar specks, else near fine. Obviously rare. Very Good+. Hardcover. (#0007113) $164.03 2376. Neill, Rev. Edward D.; and Williams, J. Fletcher. HISTORY OF WASHINGTON COUNTY AND THE ST. CROIX VALLEY including the EXPLORERS AND PIONEERS OF MINNESOTA. Minneapolis: North Star, 1881. First Edition. Book. 1st printing. 4to one-half leather & cloth with leather-like pebble surface. 636pp. Marbled edges & endpapers. Map. "City of Stillwater-Biographical". "Township Directories". Index. On front paste down is the printed label of Pacific Northwest historian, Wm. C. Brown Okanogan Washingon. Explorers, Pioneers, Outline of History, Fort Snelling, Chronology, Counties: St. Croix, Pierce, Polk, Chisago, Washington. Towns/cities include Stillwater. Good, sound copy. Well worn at cover corners & spine edges; some peeling/scuffing to leather, but not open fraying. Scarce. Good. Hardcover. (#1302091) $275.14 2377. Nelson, Bruce. LAND OF THE DACOTAHS. Minn., 1946., 1946. First Edition. Book. Pictorial cloth. 354pp. Illust. Bibliography. Index. fos. Good history of the upper Missouri. Fur trade, Indian Wars, cattle country, etc. Bindery crease to upper corner of 3 pages near front, else fine in slightly edgeworn dj. 6-guns 1598, Herd 1626. Very Good in Near Fine dust-jacket. Hardcover. (#9601118) $25.92 2378. Nelson, Maidee Thomas. CALIFORNIA Land of Promise (Review Copy). Caldwell: Caxton, 1962. First Edition. Book. 1st edition. Cloth. 421pp. Illus. Spanish-American Pronunciation (4pp). Index. Publisher's review card laid in. Fine copy like new in dj. Fine in Fine dust-jacket. Hardcover. (#1402103) $23.00 2379. Nelson, Paula M. AFTER THE WEST WAS WON: Homesteaders and Town-Builders in Western South Dakota, 1900-1917. Iowa City: Univ of Iowa, 1986. First Edition. ISBN: 0877451567. Book. 1st printing. Medium-sized 4to cloth. 220pp. Illus. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Map. Fine, like new in dj. Fine in Fine dust-jacket. Hardcover. (#1204097) $23.51 2380. Nelson, William Hamilton. ALLURING ARIZONA, etc., and ARIZONA TODAY. S.F.: Privately Published, 1927. First Edition. Book. 1st printing. Gilt-stamped pictorial hardbound. 133pp. Illus. Small ink vignette stamped on ffep. Lower corner margin of front cover illustration with reddish ink applied to cloth, almost as though done at the bindery. Else near fine. No dj. Very Good+. Hardcover. (#1204098) $10.01 2381. Nestle Chocolate). Sweet Treats Recipes from Nestle. n.p.: Nestle, 0. Book. Pictoral wraps. (16pp). Illustrated in color. Delicious looking recipes for cookies & cakes made with chocolate. Fine. n.d. Fine. Paperback. (#5016047) $6.08 2382. Nestler, Harold. MORE Adventures of An Antiquarian Bookman (Signed). Privately Published, (Pennington, NJ), 2004, 2004. Limited Edition. ISBN: 0970669283. Book. Pictorial glossy wraps. 208pp. Illust. Ltd edition signed by Nestler. Bibliography. Index. Nestler, an experienced & knowledgeable bookseller in New Jersey, shares further vivid & often humorous incidents as well as information about old-time book hunting & selling. Any book that says in its closing paragraph, "After typing the above line I went to vist (sic) a used bookstore and after visiting their rest room I must add a second ending to this book" is going to be a darn good read. It is, typos & all. Fine. As New. Paperback. (#SHEL250) $25.52 2383. Nestler, Harold. WHERE DID YOU FIND THAT? Adventures of An Antiquarian Bookman (Signed). Pennington: Privately Published, 2001. Limited Edition. Book. Pictorial glossy wraps. 210pp. Minimal illustrations. Ltd to 500 copies signed by Nestler. Index. Nestler, an experienced & knowledgeable bookseller in New Jersey, shares vivid & often humorous incidents as well as information about old-time book hunting & selling. Any book that begins, "I almost knocked Jackie Kennedy head-over-heels ... at the Plaza Hotel in NYC while bending down to look at the bottom shelf of a book case ... with my big feet sticking out into the aisle" is going to be a darn good read. It is, indeed. Fine. Now scarce. As New. Paperback. (#SHEL388) $28.35 2384. Nestor, Sandy. OUR NATIVE AMERICAN LEGACY: Northwest Towns With Indian Names. Caxton, Caldwell, 2001, 2001. First Edition. ISBN: 087004401X. Book. Trade pictorial wraps. 287pp. Illust. Maps. Notes. Index. Covers Washington, Oregon, Idaho, & Alaska. Fine, like new. As New. Paperback. (#0805108) $10.12 2385. Neuman, Fred G. THE STORY OF PADUCAH (KENTUCKY). Paducah: Privately Printed, 1927. First Edition. Book. 1st printing. Gilt-stamped cloth. 244pp. Illus. Index. Intro: Irvin S. Cobb. Owner stamps on endpapers. Strictly a "reading copy." Stained covers & back pages at bottom. Cover stain just make them look dull due to maroon cloth. Last printed leaf (index) with corner missing - not affecting text. Scarce in 1st edition. Fair. Hardcover. (#5019050) $17.50 2386. Nevin, David. DREAM WEST. NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1983. First Edition. Book. 1st printing. Cloth & boards. 639pp. Historical novel about John Charles & Jessie Fremont. Some page corners (top) very slightly bend, else fine in vg dj. Very Good in Very Good dust-jacket. Hardcover. (#1302092) $9.50 2387. New England). THE NEW ENGLAND MERCANTILE UNION BUSINESS DIRECTORY Six Parts in One. Boston: Pratt & Co., 1949. First Thus. Book. Original gilt-stamped cloth. (12 leaves maps) + 324 + 9pp. Following title, "containing a new map of New-England, an almanac for 1849, a memorandum for every day in the year and a business directory for New-England". Also, "A Short Advertising Register and a business directory of many of the principal mercantile houses and manufacturing establishments of New York. States covered: Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Vermont, Rhode Island, Connecticut. Map for each. NO Boston map. Moderate wear; old silverfish spots on small portions of spine & lower front cover; soiled covers; bottom of spine reglued. Good, tight copy. Good. Hardcover. (#SHEL588) $85.00 2388. NEW MEXICO PHOTOGRAPH. New Mexico Gentleman. Crispell Art Parlors, E. Las Vegas, N.M. (ca 1890)., 1890. Photographic Image. Not a book. Cabinet portrait 4 1/8" x 6 3/8" (including mount) of gentleman in suit/tie. Sorry, I can't identify him as someone important in outlaw history. Still, a good period photo from a place rich in Western history. Vg. ca 1890 Very Good. Paperback. (#9612117) $29.52 2389. New Mexico). CERTIFICATE OF BRAND, CHAVES COUNTY. Las Vegas: Cattle Sanitary Board of New Mexico, 1901. Paper. Not a book. One sheet, about 7" x 8 1/2". "I hereby certify that the following, ... is a transcript of the brand and mark" Two facing cattle & two facing horses, with one brand on one bovine, "PG", "Holding Brand of Hale I. Lutz of Glen... Territory of New Mexico. Recorded in Territorial Brand Book No. 3 Page 45, etc... Cattle Sanitary Board embossed seal lower left corner & Secretary's signature on lower right corner. Fine condition. No tears, cuts, or abrasions. Very little if any soiling. Very minor toning if any. One horizontal fold. Rare New Mexico Territorial ephemera. Dec. 16, 1901 Very Good+. Paperback. (#0909111) $161.98 2390. New Mexico). SPRINGER NEWS BULLETIN. Springer: Richard F. Williams, 1990. First Edition. Book. Newspaper stock. A continuous run of 54 issues of the bimonthly Springer News Bulletin under new publisher & editor Williams, Vol 10 #2 -- Vol 12 #7. Local news & stories from this fabled area of New Mexico. Especially poignant & interesting are the editor's columns, "Springer Diary as recorded by RFW." Mr. Williams was one of the finest men your bookseller was ever privileged to know, & his love for people & the land shows through brightly in this newspaper. Owner's address label at top of each masthead. Vg - fine condition each issue. 1990 - 1992 Near Fine. Paperback. (#1003099) $40.48 2391. New York). (Hudson River). G. Willard Shear, Photographer. PANORAMA OF THE HUDSON showing both sides of the river from New York to Albany as seen from the deck of the Hudson River Day Line steamers. NY: Wallace Bruce & Bryant Literary Union, 1903. First Thus. Book. "Red Line Edition". Oblong wraps with raised gilt lettering on cover. Un paginated (100 pp). Illustrated from beginning to end with double-page wide-angle, panoramic b/w photos engraved by Moss Photo-Engraving Co. & printed by the A. V. Haight Co.. "First Photo-Panorama Of Any River Ever Published". "One Hundred And Fifty Miles Of Continuous Scenery Accurately Represented From Eight Hundred Consecutive Photographs." Note: there not 800 photos in this book, but approx 194 photos. An interesting addition: on the rear blank page is a full scale (to page) pencil sketch of a woman (we guess contemporary to the book). The name, "Harriet Barnett" is written under the drawing. This book is intended to be looked at in both directions, cover to cover depending on the starting point, Albany or New York City. The photos are therefore placed upside down to each other on each page. Points along the river are appropriated identified, such a West Point Military Academy, Storm King, Newburgh, etc. Aside from a few ink marks on one cover & slight abrasion & some soiling to the same, a very good copy of a scarce item. Very Good. Paperback. (#5009063) $121.50 2392. New York). Descriptive and Historical Guide to the Valley of Lake Champlain and the Adirondacks, A. Burlington (VT): R. S. Styles Steam Printing House, 1871. First Edition. Book. 1st printing. Original gilt-stamped dark pebbled paper over boards. 144pp + 24pp ads. Illus. Lacking the map, as most copies seem to be lacking. Includes history of & features to be seen at Lake George, Lake Champlain, Plattsburgh, Burlington, Mt. Mansfield & Camel's Hump, St. Albans, Adirondacks, & more, including brief descriptions of area railroads. Re-backed. Front hinge broken but reasonably closed by previous owner with archival material; same inside rear free leaf. Gilt bright; minor edgewear to covers. Text in vg condition; not foxed. We call this a good+ copy of a very scarce book usually found only ex-library. Good+. Hardcover. (#1209130) $95.05 2393. New York). Memorandum. n.p.: n.p., 1852. Manuscript. Handwritten string-tied "booklet" with no covers. 4 1/8" x 12 1/2". (34pp). Dates of entries spanning 1852 - 1876. Writer's name not given. This personal "diary" of sorts, from a farmer we are fairly certain somewhere along the Hudson River, is a series of simple notes & figures entered on dates whenever the original owner desired. It represents an abbreviated "window" into the things the owner thought noteworthy & includes the subjects of weather, deaths, weddings, agricultural & horticultural, livestock, historical, & social. Samples: 1/7 or 8/1852 "J. S. Jackson buried"; 1/22/1857 "Drifts Very bad & very cold"; 4/19/1865 "Lincoln's Funeral"; 4/19/1865 "Honest Abe (calf) weight 670 lbs"; 11/9/1868 "Billy (Dutch) Lku (sic) Klux raid"; 1/16/1872 "killed Beef Cow" 1/17/1872 "Paid Taxes"; 2/26/1872 "Craigvill Cotton Factory Burned"; 9/23/1873 "Red Oxen Weigh 2,840 (lbs); 12/4/1873 "Oxen Shod"; 12/9/1873 "Killed hogs 237, 312, 301 (=) 951 (lbs)." 12/26/1876 "Cooked Goose". We feel that documents like this one, while of little earthshaking historical value, provide interesting facts of life as it was lived a long time ago. Good original condition. Good. Paperback. (#1011103) $60.78 2394. New York). 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