{"title":"Reference Books","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"1750-poor-richard-improved-almanac-benjamin-franklin-hall","title":"Poor Richard Improved: Being an Almanack and Ephemeris . . . for the Year of our Lord 1750. . . . Fitted to the Latitude of Forty Degrees, . . .","description":"\u003cp id=\"p-rc_95a18f4dcb7e38d4-117\"\u003e(Colonial Science, Early American Imprints, History of Medicine) \u003cspan class=\"citation-2527\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2526 citation-2527\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2525 citation-2526 citation-2527\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2525 citation-2526 citation-2527 citation-2528\"\u003eSAUNDERS, Richard (pseudonym); FRANKLIN, Benjamin; GREW, Theophilus. \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePOOR RICHARD IMPROVED: BEING AN ALMANACK AND EPHEMERIS . . . FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 1750. . . . FITTED TO THE LATITUDE OF FORTY DEGREES, AND A MERIDIAN OF NEAR FIVE HOURS WEST OF LONDON . . .\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2525 citation-2526 citation-2527 citation-2528 citation-end-2528\"\u003ePhiladelphia: P\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2525 citation-2526 citation-2527 citation-2528 citation-end-2528\" style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003erin\u003csup class=\"superscript embedded\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2525 citation-2526 citation-2527\" style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eted and Sold by B. Franklin and D. Hall, [1749]. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2525 citation-2526 citation-2527\"\u003eFIRST EDITION\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2525 citation-2526 citation-2527 citation-end-2527\" style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e. \u003csup class=\"superscript embedded\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2525 citation-2526 citation-end-2526\" style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003csup class=\"superscript embedded\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2525 citation-end-2525\" style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003csup class=\"superscript embedded\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2522\" style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2522 citation-2523\" style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2522 citation-2523 citation-2524 citation-end-2524\" style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e1\u003csup class=\"superscript embedded\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2522 citation-2523 citation-end-2523\" style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e2mo - 7\" x 4\". [36] pp. Original printed self-wrapper\u003csup class=\"superscript embedded\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2522 citation-end-2522\" style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003es, uncut, housed in a later protective binding of brown morocco covered boards with the spine gilt in compartments.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2522 citation-end-2522\"\u003e\u003csup class=\"superscript embedded\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp id=\"p-rc_95a18f4dcb7e38d4-119\"\u003eThe physical condition of the item is graded \u003cstrong\u003eFINE\u003c\/strong\u003e (utilizing the standard antiquarian book grading scale for works on paper). \u003cspan class=\"citation-2521\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2520 citation-2521\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2519 citation-2520 citation-2521\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2518 citation-2519 citation-2520 citation-2521\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2517 citation-2518 citation-2519 citation-2520 citation-2521\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2516 citation-2517 citation-2518 citation-2519 citation-2520 citation-2521\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2515 citation-2516 citation-2517 citation-2518 citation-2519 citation-2520 citation-2521\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2514 citation-2515 citation-2516 citation-2517 citation-2518 citation-2519 citation-2520 citation-2521\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2513 citation-2514 citation-2515 citation-2516 citation-2517 citation-2518 citation-2519 citation-2520 citation-2521\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2512 citation-2513 citation-2514 citation-2515 citation-2516 citation-2517 citation-2518 citation-2519 citation-2520 citation-2521\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2511 citation-2512 citation-2513 citation-2514 citation-2515 citation-2516 citation-2517 citation-2518 citation-2519 citation-2520 citation-2521\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2510 citation-2511 citation-2512 citation-2513 citation-2514 citation-2515 citation-2516 citation-2517 citation-2518 citation-2519 citation-2520 citation-2521\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2509 citation-2510 citation-2511 citation-2512 citation-2513 citation-2514 citation-2515 citation-2516 citation-2517 citation-2518 citation-2519 citation-2520 citation-2521\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2508 citation-2509 citation-2510 citation-2511 citation-2512 citation-2513 citation-2514 citation-2515 citation-2516 citation-2517 citation-2518 citation-2519 citation-2520 citation-2521\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2507 citation-2508 citation-2509 citation-2510 citation-2511 citation-2512 citation-2513 citation-2514 citation-2515 citation-2516 citation-2517 citation-2518 citation-2519 citation-2520 citation-2521 citation-end-2521\"\u003ePhysical anomalies are limited to two minor spots on the front wrapper, minor contemporary spotting on the rear wrapper, a few minor internal spots, and a small marginal loss on a single leaf that has undergone professional paper restoration without loss of text.\u003csup class=\"superscript embedded\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2507 citation-2508 citation-2509 citation-2510 citation-2511 citation-2512 citation-2513 citation-2514 citation-2515 citation-2516 citation-2517 citation-2518 citation-2519 citation-2520 citation-end-2520\"\u003e\u003csup class=\"superscript embedded\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2507 citation-2508 citation-2509 citation-2510 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citation-end-2493\"\u003e\u003csup class=\"superscript embedded\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2492 citation-end-2492\"\u003e\u003csup class=\"superscript embedded\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp id=\"p-rc_95a18f4dcb7e38d4-120\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2488\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2487 citation-2488\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2486 citation-2487 citation-2488\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2485 citation-2486 citation-2487 citation-2488\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2484 citation-2485 citation-2486 citation-2487 citation-2488\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2483 citation-2484 citation-2485 citation-2486 citation-2487 citation-2488\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2482 citation-2483 citation-2484 citation-2485 citation-2486 citation-2487 citation-2488\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2481 citation-2482 citation-2483 citation-2484 citation-2485 citation-2486 citation-2487 citation-2488\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2480 citation-2481 citation-2482 citation-2483 citation-2484 citation-2485 citation-2486 citation-2487 citation-2488\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2479 citation-2480 citation-2481 citation-2482 citation-2483 citation-2484 citation-2485 citation-2486 citation-2487 citation-2488\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2478 citation-2479 citation-2480 citation-2481 citation-2482 citation-2483 citation-2484 citation-2485 citation-2486 citation-2487 citation-2488\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2478 citation-2479 citation-2480 citation-2481 citation-2482 citation-2483 citation-2484 citation-2485 citation-2486 citation-2487 citation-2488 citation-2489\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2478 citation-2479 citation-2480 citation-2481 citation-2482 citation-2483 citation-2484 citation-2485 citation-2486 citation-2487 citation-2488 citation-2489 citation-2490\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2478 citation-2479 citation-2480 citation-2481 citation-2482 citation-2483 citation-2484 citation-2485 citation-2486 citation-2487 citation-2488 citation-2489 citation-2490 citation-2491\"\u003eThis 1750 edition of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2478 citation-2479 citation-2480 citation-2481 citation-2482 citation-2483 citation-2484 citation-2485 citation-2486 citation-2487 citation-2488 citation-2489 citation-2490 citation-2491\"\u003ePoor Richard Improved\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2478 citation-2479 citation-2480 citation-2481 citation-2482 citation-2483 citation-2484 citation-2485 citation-2486 citation-2487 citation-2488 citation-2489 citation-2490 citation-2491 citation-end-2491\"\u003e is\u003csup class=\"superscript embedded\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2478 citation-2479 citation-2480 citation-2481 citation-2482 citation-2483 citation-2484 citation-2485 citation-2486 citation-2487 citation-2488 citation-2489 citation-2490 citation-end-2490\"\u003e a significant artifact of Benjamin Franklin's landmark colonial publishing engine. The volume contains Franklin's characteristic prefatory essay\u003csup class=\"superscript embedded\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2478 citation-2479 citation-2480 citation-2481 citation-2482 citation-2483 citation-2484 citation-2485 citation-2486 citation-2487 citation-2488 citation-2489 citation-end-2489\"\u003e, written under his famous pseudonym Richard Saunders, which humorously assigns the blame for various typographical errors in the preceding 1\u003csup class=\"superscript embedded\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2478 citation-2479 citation-2480 citation-2481 citation-2482 citation-2483 citation-2484 citation-2485 citation-2486 citation-2487 citation-2488 citation-end-2488\"\u003e749 edition to his journeymen printers.\u003csup class=\"superscript embedded\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2478 citation-2479 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embedded\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2478 citation-end-2478\"\u003e\u003csup class=\"superscript embedded\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp id=\"p-rc_95a18f4dcb7e38d4-121\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2471\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2470 citation-2471\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2469 citation-2470 citation-2471\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2468 citation-2469 citation-2470 citation-2471\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2467 citation-2468 citation-2469 citation-2470 citation-2471\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2467 citation-2468 citation-2469 citation-2470 citation-2471 citation-2472\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2467 citation-2468 citation-2469 citation-2470 citation-2471 citation-2472 citation-2473\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2467 citation-2468 citation-2469 citation-2470 citation-2471 citation-2472 citation-2473 citation-2474\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2467 citation-2468 citation-2469 citation-2470 citation-2471 citation-2472 citation-2473 citation-2474 citation-2475\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2467 citation-2468 citation-2469 citation-2470 citation-2471 citation-2472 citation-2473 citation-2474 citation-2475 citation-2476\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2467 citation-2468 citation-2469 citation-2470 citation-2471 citation-2472 citation-2473 citation-2474 citation-2475 citation-2476 citation-2477 citation-end-2477\"\u003eOf primary historical and scientific import is the text accompanying the calendar entries for\u003csup class=\"superscript embedded\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2467 citation-2468 citation-2469 citation-2470 citation-2471 citation-2472 citation-2473 citation-2474 citation-2475 citation-2476 citation-end-2476\"\u003e April. This section features an active editorial advocacy for smallpox variolation (inoculation), an early and controversial medical pr\u003csup class=\"superscript embedded\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2467 citation-2468 citation-2469 citation-2470 citation-2471 citation-2472 citation-2473 citation-2474 citation-2475 citation-end-2475\"\u003eocedure in the American colonies. The text frames the practice using both statistical and theological arguments, stating that while traditional infection loses\u003csup class=\"superscript embedded\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2467 citation-2468 citation-2469 citation-2470 citation-2471 citation-2472 citation-2473 citation-2474 citation-end-2474\"\u003e one in seven individuals, inoculation saves 99 out of 100, concluding it \"impious to reje\u003csup class=\"superscript embedded\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2467 citation-2468 citation-2469 citation-2470 citation-2471 citation-2472 citation-2473 citation-end-2473\"\u003ect a Method discovered to Mankind by God's good Providence.\" The ephemeris and astronomical calculations were prepared by the prominent mathematicia\u003csup class=\"superscript embedded\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2467 citation-2468 citation-2469 citation-2470 citation-2471 citation-2472 citation-end-2472\"\u003en Theophilus Grew. The work is illustrated with thirteen distinct woodcuts, comprising the traditional \"Anatomy\u003csup class=\"superscript embedded\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2467 citation-2468 citation-2469 citation-2470 citation-2471 citation-end-2471\"\u003e of Man's Body\" zodiacal man diagram and twelve seasonal calendrical headpieces.\u003csup class=\"superscript embedded\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2467 citation-2468 citation-2469 citation-2470 citation-end-2470\"\u003e\u003csup class=\"superscript embedded\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2467 citation-2468 citation-2469 citation-end-2469\"\u003e\u003csup class=\"superscript embedded\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2467 citation-2468 citation-end-2468\"\u003e\u003csup class=\"superscript embedded\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2467 citation-end-2467\"\u003e\u003csup class=\"superscript embedded\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"citation-2465\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2464 citation-2465\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2463 citation-2464 citation-2465\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2462 citation-2463 citation-2464 citation-2465\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2462 citation-2463 citation-2464 citation-2465 citation-2466 citation-end-2466\"\u003eBibliographic Scarcity\u003csup class=\"superscript embedded\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2462 citation-2463 citation-2464 citation-2465 citation-end-2465\"\u003e and Census\u003csup class=\"superscript embedded\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2462 citation-2463 citation-2464 citation-end-2464\"\u003e\u003csup class=\"superscript embedded\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2462 citation-2463 citation-end-2463\"\u003e\u003csup class=\"superscript embedded\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2462 citation-end-2462\"\u003e\u003csup class=\"superscript embedded\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp id=\"p-rc_95a18f4dcb7e38d4-122\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2458\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2458 citation-2459\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2458 citation-2459 citation-2460\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2458 citation-2459 citation-2460 citation-2461 citation-end-2461\"\u003eAlmanacs served as utilitarian, daily reference ephemera in the eighteenth century and were typically discarded, wo\u003csup class=\"superscript embedded\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2458 citation-2459 citation-2460 citation-end-2460\"\u003ern to fragments, or heavily annotated at the conclusion of their calendar year. Complete copies preserved with their full pagination, original self-wrappers, and un\u003csup class=\"superscript embedded\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2458 citation-2459 citation-end-2459\"\u003etrimmed margins are uncommonly scarce. This printing is documented in standard bibliographies of early American imprints, includin\u003csup class=\"superscript embedded\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2458 citation-end-2458\"\u003eg Evans 6324 and Campbell 423. A current global \u003csup class=\"superscript embedded\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003esweep of the OCLC\/WorldCat database locates only 6 copies preserved in institutional special \u003cspan class=\"citation-2457 citation-end-2457\"\u003ecollections worldwide.\u003csup class=\"superscript embedded\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp id=\"p-rc_95a18f4dcb7e38d4-123\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAN EXCEPTIONALLY PRESERVED, UNTRIMMED PHILADELPHIA IMPRINT FROM THE PRESS OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, PRESERVING A CRITICAL RECORD OF COLONIAL MEDICAL HISTORY AND ENLIGHTENMENT-ERA PUBLIC ADVOCACY, REPRESENTING A CRITICAL ACQUISITION FOR INSTITUTIONAL SPECIAL COLLECTIONS OR EXTRAORDINARY PRIVATE COLLECTIONS DEVOTED TO THE HISTORY OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN IMPRINTS, EARLY AMERICAN PRINTING, OR EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY MEDICINE.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e#001101\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wallace \u0026 Clark, Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41820547252373,"sku":null,"price":35000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0459\/2589\/2245\/products\/poorrichard1750.02.20220121.jpg?v=1642867495"},{"product_id":"1911-houston-rice-military-woodcrest-abstract-of-title-maps","title":"Abstract of Title to Rice Military and Woodcrest Additions to the City of Houston","description":"\u003cp\u003e(Western Americana, Texas History, Urban Planning) \u003cspan class=\"citation-1059\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-1058 citation-1059\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-1057 citation-1058 citation-1059\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-1056 citation-1057 citation-1058 citation-1059 citation-end-1059\"\u003eABSTRACT OF TITLE TO RICE MILITARY AND WOODCREST ADDITIONS TO THE CITY OF HOUSTON. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp id=\"p-rc_a866496c666d44da-52\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-956 citation-957 citation-end-957\"\u003eHouston, Texas: Stewart Abstract and Title Co., [1911]. Folio - 14\" x 8-1\/2\". Light green paper wrappers stapled at the top as issued, with text and decoration printed in black to front wrapper, with partial splitting to the front spine f\u003csup class=\"superscript embedded\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-956 citation-end-956\"\u003eold, minor creasing and darkening, and other signs of gentle hand\u003csup class=\"superscript embedded\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eling; Harris County Abstract Co. blue ink rubber stamp to top of front wrapper. 50 pp., including [2] folding cadastral maps showing numbered lots. The physical condition of the item is graded \u003cstrong\u003eVERY GOOD\u003c\/strong\u003e (utilizing the standard antiquarian book grading scale for works on paper).\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eEarly Twentieth-Century Houston Urbanization and Rice Family Provenance\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis exceptional real estate abstract traces the land title history of two prominent Houston neighborhoods from 1849 through 1911, providing invaluable primary-source documentation of early municipal expansion in Harris County. The property was acquired in 1871 by F. A. Rice, brother of William Marsh Rice (the benefactor and founder of Houston's Rice University). The tract remained in the Rice family until 1910, when F. A. Rice's children subdivided the land into twenty-five-foot-wide residential lots, establishing the \"Jo. S. Rice Military Addition.\" Originally developed with working-class bungalows and shotgun houses, the neighborhood underwent massive twenty-first-century redevelopment, making early documentation of its original boundaries exceptionally scarce. Accompanied by two detailed folding cadastral maps showing plat alignments and numbered lots, this copy features occasional contemporary ink corrections within the text, suggesting its use as a working draft or proof copy from the Stewart Abstract and Title Company office.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eMaterial Ephemerality and Institutional Scarcity\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAbstracts of title were compiled as bespoke, single-use legal documents for property transfers rather than mass-distributed commercial publications, rendering surviving early twentieth-century Texas municipal titles exceptionally fragile and rare on the market. Produced on thin folio stock and bound in fragile paper wrappers stapled at the head, very few examples survived the routine discarding that accompanied subsequent municipal land developments. A current global sweep of the \u003cstrong\u003eOCLC\/WorldCat database locates no identical specimens\u003c\/strong\u003e preserved in institutional special collections worldwide, underscoring its significant research value for scholars of Texas land speculation, Gulf Coast urban development, and early Houston family biographical archives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-1098 citation-end-1098\"\u003eAN EXCEPTIONAL AND SCARCE 1911 HOUSTON CADASTRAL ARCHIVE DOCUMENTING THE FOUNDATIONAL LAND DEVELOPMENT OF RICE MILITARY AND WOODCREST ADDITIONS, REPRESENTING A CRITICAL ACQUISITION FOR INSTITUTIONAL SPECIAL COLLECTIONS OR EXTRAORDINARY PRIVATE COLLECTIONS DEVOTED T\u003csup class=\"superscript embedded\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eO TEXAS HISTORY, HOUSTON URBAN DEVELOPMENT, OR RICE FAMILY HISTORICAL PAPERS.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e# 001113\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wallace \u0026 Clark, Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41887512526997,"sku":null,"price":4950.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0459\/2589\/2245\/products\/abstractoftitlericemilitary.01.20220204.jpg?v=1644120854"},{"product_id":"george-nakashima-woodworker-furniture-catalog-price-list-1966","title":"Original George Nakashima, Woodworker, Photo-Illustrated Furniture Catalog; with Price List Dated September 1966 Laid in","description":"\u003cp\u003e(Mid-Century Modern Furniture, Studio Woodworking, American Craft Movement) NAKASHIMA, George. \u003cb\u003eGEORGE NAKASHIMA, WOODWORKER: PHOTO-ILLUSTRATED FURNITURE CATALOG WITH PRICE LIST DATED SEPTEMBER 1966 LAID IN\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNew Hope, Pennsylvania: George Nakashima, Woodworker, circa 1955-1963. 4to - 11-1\/4\" x 8-5\/8\". Original yapp-edged green Japanese handmade paper wrappers, hand-sewn by master bookbinder Gerhard Gerlach as issued, with titles printed in light-colored ink to the front wrapper. Endpapers crafted from handmade Japanese paper. [28] pp., plus [4] leaves of price list dated September 1966 and [2] pp. overview and care instructions laid in as issued. Illustrated throughout with full-page black-and-white photographic plates of Nakashima furniture designs, including a tissue-guarded frontispiece interior view of the Conoid Studio and a two-page letterpress introduction by George Nakashima. The physical condition of the item is graded \u003cstrong\u003eVERY GOOD\u003c\/strong\u003e (utilizing the standard antiquarian book grading scale for works on paper). Wrappers exhibit light wear at the head and tail of the spine, minor scattered spotting to the front panel, and moderate staining to the rear wrapper, remaining structurally sound and complete with fragile yapp edges intact. Internally near fine, featuring clean leaves with only two minor spots of discoloration across facing pages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eGeorge Nakashima, the American Craft Movement, and the New Hope Workshop\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArchitect, philosopher, and master craftsman George Nakashima (1905–1990) stands as one of the central figures of twentieth-century American studio furniture design. Operating from his studio and workshop compound in New Hope, Pennsylvania, Nakashima synthesized traditional Japanese woodworking technique, modernist architectural form, and a deep spiritual reverence for natural wood grains and live edges. Produced between 1955 and 1963, this landmark promotional trade publication provides a comprehensive overview of Nakashima's studio output. The catalog showcases his iconic furniture lines, including dining tables, coffee and end tables, desks, chairs, rockers, benches, cushion pieces, stools, daybeds, chests, wall units, headboards, and lamps. Bound by renowned master bookbinder Gerhard Gerlach using handmade Japanese papers, the publication embodies Nakashima’s organic design ethos in both material construction and content. The accompanying laid-in price list from September 1966 offers an invaluable historical window into modern studio craft economics, listing baseline retail valuations ranging from $22.00 for a grass-seated stool to $460.00 for a large drop-leaf table.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eInstitutional Census, Trade Ephemera Survival, and Market Scarcity\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBecause these ephemeral trade catalogs were printed in limited distribution numbers for clients and studio visitors, surviving copies in original wrappers with laid-in ephemera remain exceptionally scarce. The delicate nature of the oversized yapp-edged Japanese paper wrappers rendered most copies prone to severe edge tears, spine splitting, or eventual loss. A current global sweep of the \u003cstrong\u003eOCLC\/WorldCat database locates only 9 copies\u003c\/strong\u003e preserved in institutional special collections worldwide, including holdings at the \u003cstrong\u003eMetropolitan Museum of Art\u003c\/strong\u003e, the \u003cstrong\u003eVictoria and Albert Museum\u003c\/strong\u003e, and \u003cstrong\u003eWinterthur Museum, Garden \u0026amp; Library\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHIS RARE 1960S GEORGE NAKASHIMA STUDIO FURNITURE CATALOG WITH ORIGINAL GERHARD GERLACH BINDING AND ACCOMPANYING 1966 PRICE LIST REPRESENTS A CRITICAL ACQUISITION FOR INSTITUTIONAL SPECIAL COLLECTIONS OR EXTRAORDINARY PRIVATE COLLECTIONS DEVOTED TO THE HISTORY OF MID-CENTURY MODERNISM, AMERICAN STUDIO FURNITURE, OR TWENTIETH-CENTURY INDUSTRIAL AND CRAFT DESIGN.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e# 001141\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wallace \u0026 Clark, Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42431636963477,"sku":null,"price":3500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0459\/2589\/2245\/products\/nakashimacatalog.01.20220611.jpg?v=1655666657"},{"product_id":"horns-overland-guide-first-edition-colton-map-1852","title":"Horn's Overland Guide, from the U. S. Indian Sub-Agency, Council Bluffs, on the Missouri River, to the City of Sacramento, in California","description":"\u003cp\u003e(Westward Expansion \/ America \/ Overland Guides) \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHORN'S OVERLAND GUIDE, FROM THE U. S. INDIAN SUB-AGENCY, COUNCIL BLUFFS, ON THE MISSOURI RIVER, TO THE CITY OF SACRAMENTO, IN CALIFORNIA;\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e by Hosea B. Horn.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNew York: J. H. Colton, 1852. \u003cstrong\u003eFIRST EDITION\u003c\/strong\u003e, Second Issue. 16mo - 6-1\/4\" x 3-15\/16\". [iii], iv, [3], 8-83, [1] pp. plus 18 pp. publisher's advertisements at rear. Bound in original blind-stamped brown cloth-covered boards with the title stamped in gilt to the center of the front cover. Plain endpapers. Complete with the large folding map measuring 13-3\/4\" H x 20-3\/4\" W attached inside the back cover. Housed in a custom collector's green half-leather over matching cloth-covered board slipcase with gilt titles and ornate decoration to the spine. This copy represents the scarce second issue of the first edition, distinguished by the inclusion of the \"opinions of the press\" on page [5], and the longer pagination of the main text.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe physical condition of the item is graded \u003cstrong\u003eVERY GOOD\u003c\/strong\u003e (utilizing the standard antiquarian book grading scale for works on paper). The cloth binding is remarkably clean and tight, showing only light wear to the corners and to the head and tail of the spine, along with two light abrasions to the front cover; the internal leaves are clean with occasional mild toning, featuring a small, localized wormhole in the final three blank leaves at the rear; the fragile folding map is exceptionally well-preserved, showing only a few minor splits at the intersections of the folds without loss; the accompanying slipcase exhibits some rubbing to the corners and spine ends.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eMid-Nineteenth-Century Overland Guidebooks and Cartographic Reliability\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished just three years after the initial spark of the California Gold Rush, Hosea B. Horn’s manual stood as the definitive administrative and geographic handbook for emigrants traversing the central route. Unlike many speculative, third-party guides compiled by stay-at-home eastern publishers, Horn's guide was uniquely distinguished by its scientific precision. Horn, who operated from the U.S. Indian Sub-Agency at Council Bluffs, tracked the entire overland route utilizing a mechanical road-measurer (or odometer). This allowed him to establish an incredibly strict and reliable table of distances starting from the Council Bluffs Agency Ferry and ending in Sacramento City. The detailed notations systematically trace critical survival resources, pinpointing rivers, creeks, lakes, springs, mountains, and camp sites, alongside practical remarks regarding regional timber quality, forage grasses, and road conditions. Prominent Americana collector Thomas W. Streeter lauded it as \"one of the best of the guides, as it is one of the few where the distances were closely measured,\" while bibliographer Wright Howes declared it \"the best handbook for the central route available at the time.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSeries Bibliography, Census, and Market Scarcity\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp id=\"p-rc_6b55e7607b482276-72\" data-path-to-node=\"11\"\u003eDue to the grueling physical conditions of the overland trail, guidebooks of this era were treated as highly utilitarian ephemera. While copies have steadily found their way into institutional preservation over the last century, locating a copy in original, unrestored publisher's cloth with the fragile folding map completely intact remains an exceptional challenge for the active collector. Because these maps were printed on delicate paper and repeatedly unfolded in wind, rain, and dust on the trail, they are routinely found with heavy tape repairs, severe loss, or missing entirely. Unrestored examples that survive in this state of preservation are increasingly difficult to acquire on the private market. \u003cspan class=\"citation-2658\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2657 citation-2658\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2656 citation-2657 citation-2658\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2655 citation-2656 citation-2657 citation-2658 citation-end-2658\"\u003eIt remains a legendary cornerstone of Western Americana, heavily cited across primary bibliographies including Howes H641, Cowan (p. 292), and Streeter (3170).\u003csup data-turn-source-index=\"64\" class=\"superscript embedded\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2655 citation-2656 citation-2657 citation-end-2657\"\u003e\u003csup data-turn-source-index=\"65\" class=\"superscript embedded\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2655 citation-2656 citation-end-2656\"\u003e\u003csup data-turn-source-index=\"66\" class=\"superscript embedded\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2655 citation-end-2655\"\u003e\u003csup data-turn-source-index=\"67\" class=\"superscript embedded\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp id=\"p-rc_6b55e7607b482276-73\" data-path-to-node=\"12\"\u003e\u003cb data-index-in-node=\"0\" data-path-to-node=\"12\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2651\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2651 citation-2652\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2651 citation-2652 citation-2653\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2651 citation-2652 citation-2653 citation-2654 citation-end-2654\"\u003eTHIS EXCEPTIONALLY WELL-PRESERVED AND MAP-COMPLETE FIRST EDITION COPY\u003csup data-turn-source-index=\"68\" class=\"superscript embedded\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2651 citation-2652 citation-2653 citation-end-2653\"\u003e OF \u003cem\u003eHORN'S OVERLAND GUIDE\u003c\/em\u003e REPRESENTS A CRITICAL ACQUISITION FOR INSTITUTIONAL SPECIAL COLLECT\u003csup data-turn-source-index=\"69\" class=\"superscript embedded\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2651 citation-2652 citation-end-2652\"\u003eIONS OR EXTRAORDINARY PRIVATE COLLECTIONS DEVOTED TO THE HISTORY OF WESTWARD EXPANSION, AMERICAN CARTOGRAP\u003csup data-turn-source-index=\"70\" class=\"superscript embedded\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2651 citation-end-2651\"\u003eHY, OR THE CALIFORNIA GO\u003csup data-turn-source-index=\"71\" class=\"superscript embedded\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eLD RUSH.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"12\"\u003e# 000810\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wallace \u0026 Clark, Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43244508217493,"sku":null,"price":12000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0459\/2589\/2245\/products\/hornsoverlandguide0120190408.jpg?v=1676513996"},{"product_id":"deans-rag-books-and-rag-dolls","title":"Dean's Rag Books and Rag Dolls","description":"(Reference) DEAN'S RAG BOOKS AND RAG DOLLS by Peter and Dawn Cope. London: New Cavendish Books, [2009], (2009). FIRST EDITION. 4to - 11-11\/16\" x 10\". Red cloth covered boards with decoration stamped in gilt to front cover and titles stamped in gilt to spine and original publisher's color pictorial dust wrapper in NEW, MINT CONDITION, STILL ENCLOSED WITHIN ORIGINAL PUBLISHER'S SHRINK-WRAP. Plain chocolate brown endpapers. 255 pp., plus 1 DVD. In this volume and its accompanying DVD, Peter and Dawn Cope record in detail the fascinating range of over 550 Dean's Rag Books published before World War II, created by some of the best-loved artists of the day, along with Dean's \"Knockabout Toy Sheets\" and around 2500 toys and dolls from the same period. SCARCE # 000899","brand":"Wallace \u0026 Clark, Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43315933773973,"sku":"000899","price":375.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0459\/2589\/2245\/products\/deansragbooks0120200101.jpg?v=1679099338"},{"product_id":"kate-greenaway-deluxe-edition-original-drawing-spielmann-layard-1905","title":"Kate Greenaway [Deluxe Edition]","description":"\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"7\"\u003e(Children's Literature, Illustrated Books, Art Monographs) SPIELMANN, M. H. and G. S. LAYARD. \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"7\" data-index-in-node=\"94\"\u003e\u003ci data-path-to-node=\"7\" data-index-in-node=\"94\"\u003eKATE GREENAWAY\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"8\"\u003eLondon: Adam and Charles Black, 1905. \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"8\" data-index-in-node=\"38\"\u003eFIRST EDITION\u003c\/b\u003e. 4to - 10-15\/16\" x 8-3\/4\". Publisher's original cream cloth-covered beveled boards with blind-stamped decoration and bright gilt lettering to the upper cover and spine. Top edge gilt; red silk bookmark bound in. Color pictorial endpapers after a wallpaper design by Kate Greenaway. xix, [1], 300, [4] pp. plus [86] leaves of plates (52 in color; 34 in black and white). Deluxe edition limited to 500 copies (this being No. 456), signed by the artist's brother, John Greenaway. Features an added leaf facing the half-title page, also signed by John Greenaway, incorporating an authenticated original pencil drawing by Kate Greenaway measuring 4\" x 2\" depicting a young maiden. Gift inscription dated 10th August 1906 on the dedication page.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"9\"\u003eThe physical condition of the item is graded \u003cstrong\u003eFINE\u003c\/strong\u003e (utilizing the standard antiquarian book grading scale for works on paper). The cream cloth boards remain exceptionally clean and square with bright, unrubbed gilt and crisp beveled edges. The internal text block, plates, and silk ribbon are tight, immaculate, and pristine throughout. The physical condition of the original drawing is graded (6\/10) - VERY GOOD (utilizing a standardized 10-point scale for photographic prints and original works of art, indicating moderate or mild condition issues that attract the eye under normal viewing conditions), exhibiting a small, discolored spot plainly visible on the blank paper surface to the right of the figure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-path-to-node=\"10\"\u003eEdwardian Deluxe Publishing and the Legacy of Kate Greenaway\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"11\"\u003ePublished in 1905 by Adam and Charles Black, this authoritative biography by Marion Harry Spielmann and George Somes Layard remains the standard monograph detailing the life, correspondence, and artistic development of Kate Greenaway (1846–1901). Alongside Walter Crane and Randolph Caldecott, Greenaway revolutionized late Victorian children's literature through her delicate aesthetic, nostalgic Regency-era costume designs, and masterful color woodblock illustrations rendered in collaboration with engraver Edmund Evans. Following her death in 1901, A. \u0026amp; C. Black honored her artistic legacy by issuing this luxury large-paper edition de luxe, limited strictly to 500 copies. Each copy was attested by her brother and executor, John Greenaway, who affixed a unique, authenticated original pencil sketch from the artist's private studio remnants onto an inserted leaf, offering a direct link to her creative process.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-path-to-node=\"12\"\u003eSeries Bibliography, Census, and Market Scarcity\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"13\"\u003eBecause of the highly desirable inclusion of original Greenaway manuscript sketches and the delicate nature of the cream cloth binding, complete examples of the 1905 edition de luxe are exceptionally difficult to locate in untarnished condition. The pale cloth covers are notoriously vulnerable to soil, darkening, and spine dulling, while many copies have historically been disbound by art dealers to harvest the original drawing for separate framing. While WorldCat records aggregate holdings of the 1905 A. \u0026amp; C. \u003cspan class=\"citation-91 citation-end-91\"\u003eBlack title broadly across all issues, surviving examples of this 500-copy deluxe issue retaining their original mounted pencil sketches and pristine cloth bindings remain genuinely rare in institutional special collections and the antiquarian trade alike.\u003csup class=\"superscript embedded\" data-turn-source-index=\"3\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"14\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"14\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eTHIS EXCEPTIONALLY WELL-PRESERVED DELUXE LIMITED EDITION WITH ORIGINAL ARTWORK OFFERS AN OUTSTANDING SURVIVING EXAMPLE OF EARLY TWENTIETH-CENTURY MONOGRAPHIC PUBLISHING, REPRESENTING A CRITICAL ACQUISITION FOR INSTITUTIONAL SPECIAL COLLECTIONS OR EXTRAORDINARY PRIVATE COLLECTIONS DEVOTED TO THE HISTORY OF VICTORIAN ILLUSTRATION, CHILDREN'S LITERATURE, OR EDWARDIAN DELUXE PUBLISHING AND FINE BINDING.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e# 000725\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wallace \u0026 Clark, Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43355711471765,"sku":"","price":3000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0459\/2589\/2245\/products\/kategreenaway0110152018.jpg?v=1680839237"},{"product_id":"poor-wills-pocket-almanack-for-the-year-1784","title":"Poor Will's Pocket Almanack, for the Year 1784","description":"(Almanacs -- 18th Century) POOR WILL'S POCKET ALMANACK, FOR THE YEAR 1784. Philadelphia: Printed and Sold by Joseph Crukshank, [1783]. FIRST EDITION. 24mo -- 4-1\/8\" x 2-9\/16\". Original string bound thick paper wrappers with splitting along the hinge, a crease to the lower fore edge corner of rear wrapper and a small loss of paper to the tip of same for what is a nice copy of the almanac. [24] pp., with a thick unprinted guard-leaf bound in between each printed page. Poor Will's Pocket Almanacks were smaller, abridged versions of Poor Will's Almanacks. The pocket almanac for 1784 contains information on myriad useful subjects including: lunar phases, weather, eclipses, the \"Yearly and General Meetings of the People called QUAKERS,\" scale of depreciation, table of simple interest, Supreme Courts in Pennsylvania, City Courts in Philadelphia, tide table, several distance tables for road trips from Philadelphia, etc.; paper is age tanned; a few pages with minute corner creases; internally near fine. The condition of the almanac is VERY GOOD. No actual physical copies located on OCLC\/WorldCat. EXCEEDINGLY RARE; and a quite wonderful copy. # 000954","brand":"Wallace \u0026 Clark, Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43490394407061,"sku":"000954","price":850.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0459\/2589\/2245\/files\/poorwills17840220200822.jpg?v=1686883700"},{"product_id":"albert-spalding-americas-national-game-signed-first-edition-1911","title":"America's National Game: Historic Facts Concerning the Beginning, Evolution, Development and Popularity of Base Ball With Personal Reminiscences ...","description":"\u003cp\u003e(Baseball \/ American Sports \/ History) SPALDING, Albert G. \u003cem\u003eAmerica's National Game: Historic Facts Concerning the Beginning, Evolution, Development and Popularity of Base Ball With Personal Reminiscences of Its Vicissitudes, Its Victories and Its Votaries.\u003c\/em\u003e New York: American Sports Publishing Company, 1911. \u003cstrong\u003eFIRST EDITION.\u003c\/strong\u003e 8vo - 8\" x 5-3\/8\". \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"12\"\u003eOriginal blue cloth covered boards with bright gilt-stamped titles and a decorative vignette of Uncle Sam holding a baseball bat to the front cover, with gilt titles to the spine. Plain endpapers. xix, [1], 542 pp., plus [5] fold-out plates. Extensively illustrated with a total of 114 black-and-white drawings and photographic plates, including 5 fold-out plates, and cartoons by Homer C. Davenport. This copy features a notable physical pen-to-paper addition, \u003cstrong\u003einscribed by the author\u003c\/strong\u003e in black fountain pen ink on a blank preliminary leaf: \"To Mr. E. A. Steininger \/ with my compliments \/ A. G. Spalding \/ New York \/ Oct. 10 1911\". Accompanied by a formal \u003cstrong\u003eLetter of Authenticity issued by PSA\/DNA Authentication Services.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"13\"\u003eThe physical condition of the item is graded \u003cstrong\u003eVERY GOOD +\u003c\/strong\u003e (utilizing the standard antiquarian book grading scale for works on paper). The original blue cloth binding remains tight and structurally sound, showing only light rubbing to the head of the spine and corners, with minor wear to the tail of the spine. Internally, a minor bump to the upper front fore-edge of the text block slightly affects the outer margins of the first five leaves (comprising the inscription page, half-title, tissue-guarded portrait, frontispiece, and title page). The text block and fold-out plates otherwise remain bright, clean, and crisp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-path-to-node=\"14\"\u003eAlbert Spalding and the Codification of the National Pastime\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"15\"\u003ePublished just four years before his death, Albert G. Spalding’s monumental work stands as the definitive early history of baseball written by one of its foundational pioneers. Spalding’s perspective was unique; he transitioned from a star pitcher in the 1870s to the co-founder of the A.G. Spalding \u0026amp; Bros. sporting goods empire, and eventually to a powerful executive shaping the National League. \u003cem\u003eAmerica's National Game\u003c\/em\u003e serves partly as a historical record and partly as an ideological manifesto, tracing the sport from its evolutionary roots through its crucial growth in the military camps of the American Civil War, the formation of early professional clubs, and the international baseball tours. Melded with the sharp, political cartoons of Homer C. 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The presence of the accompanying five large fold-out plates—which detail historical team line-ups, early championship rosters, and stadium maps—presents a structural fragility point; these plates were frequently torn or misfolded by original readers. This copy remarkably preserves all five inserts intact, and its historical integrity is fully supported by the included PSA\/DNA Letter of Authenticity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"18\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"18\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eTHIS EXCEPTIONAL, AUTHOR-INSCRIBED 1911 FIRST EDITION OF ALBERT G. 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H. History and Directory of Laramie City, Wyoming Territory, Comprising a Brief History of Laramie City From Its First Settlement to the Present Time, Together With Sketches of the Characteristics and Resources of the Surrounding Country; Including a Minute Description of a Portion of the Mining Region of the Black Hills. Also a General and Business Directory of Laramie City. Laramie City: Daily Sentinel Print., 1875. FIRST EDITION. 8vo - 8-13\/16\" x 5-5\/8\". Original blue paper self wrappers with titles printed in black to front wrapper and advertisements for local interests printed in black to back wrapper, with only the slightest hint of color rubbing to the head and tail of spine and to one high spot on the front wrapper above a binding string and a soft crease to upper fore edge corner of front wrapper for what is an amazingly nice copy of the book. 91, [5] pp. This book presents a fascinating account of Laramie City, Wyoming Territory from its founding in 1868 as the next \"termini town\" on the Union Pacific Railroad, up to the then present day of 1875 with \"a settled population of two thousand six hundred ninety-eight (2698), as shown by a census taken February, 1875.\" Advertisements for local establishments on versos of leaves, pages 4-50; official directory of Laramie City, pages 62-63; general directory, pages 64-91 with over 750 residents' names, occupations and addresses, including many noted as \"colored;\" soft crease to upper fore edge corner of first dozen or so leaves, otherwise internally in fine condition. The condition of the book is NEAR FINE. RARE in this superior condition. \u003cbr\u003eContained within a custom morocco backed cloth covered folding case with titles stamped in gilt to spine. # 001236\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wallace \u0026 Clark, Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45368521621653,"sku":"","price":8500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0459\/2589\/2245\/files\/history_and_directory_laramie_01_20240901.jpg?v=1725247814"},{"product_id":"montgomery-ala-telephone-directory-june-1955","title":"Montgomery, Ala. Telephone Directory, June 1955","description":"\u003cp\u003e(King, Martin Luther, Jr.) Montgomery, Ala. Telephone Directory, June 1955. [Place of publication not identified]: Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company, 1955. 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Internally, the text block remains robust and clean; pages are bright and free of tears, containing contemporary trade pricing annotations executed in neat pen and ink throughout the margins, which do not obscure the printed illustrations or descriptions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-path-to-node=\"13\"\u003eIndustrial Toy Manufacture and Pre-War Mechanical Innovation\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"14\"\u003eIssued on the immediate eve of the First World War, this substantial trade addendum showcases the absolute zenith of European technical toy production from the Nuremberg district. Gebrüder Bing A.G., then the largest toy manufacturing enterprise in the world, utilized these specialized supplemental lists to introduce highly sophisticated, premium product lines to international distributors. The catalog provides comprehensive schematics, model numbers, and operational specifications for over 250 distinct technical toys and educational apparatuses.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"15\"\u003eIn terms of content, the catalog serves as an important design record for early twentieth-century engineering miniatures. Featured categories include complex stationary model steam engines, steam-driven locomotives, ocean-going vessels, early aviation models, and luxury automobiles powered by advanced clockwork mechanisms. The electrical and optical sections are equally significant, documenting precision railway networks adapted for high-current systems, toy cinematographs, stereoscopic view cards, and original photographic celluloid film strips utilizing standard Edison perforations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-path-to-node=\"16\"\u003eEphemeral Survival and Institutional Census\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"17\"\u003eTrade catalogs and supplemental price lists from the early twentieth century inherently carry an exceptionally low survival rate. Designed as disposable corporate ephemera for transient commercial use by retail buyers, these lists were routinely discarded upon the arrival of subsequent seasons or rendered obsolete by the outbreak of wartime industrial conversion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"18\"\u003eA current global census via the \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"18\" data-index-in-node=\"32\"\u003eOCLC\/WorldCat database\u003c\/b\u003e reveals zero recorded contemporary copies of this specific 1914 second addendum in any public or university library archive. While earlier catalogs from 1902 and 1909 are sparsely represented in two institutional holdings each, this final pre-war seasonal novelty portfolio appears entirely unrecorded.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"19\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"19\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eAN UNRECORDED AND APPARENTLY UNIQUE SURVIVAL OF THE 1914 GEBRÜDER BING PRODUCT LINE, CONSTITUTING A PARAMOUNT PRIMARY UTILITY FOR RESEARCH INTO THE HISTORY OF INDUSTRIAL TOY MANUFACTURE, EARLY CINEMATOGRAPHIC MARKETING, AND PRE-WAR GERMAN MECHANICAL DESIGN.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"19\"\u003e# 001258\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wallace \u0026 Clark, Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46010728218773,"sku":"","price":500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0459\/2589\/2245\/files\/gebruder_bing_1914_01_20250509.jpg?v=1746818811"},{"product_id":"1773-pennsylvania-pocket-almanack-bradford-london-coffee-house","title":"The Pennsylvania Pocket Almanack, For the Year 1773. 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The fragile original marbled wrappers remain attached, exhibiting routine rubbing to the extremities, a partial split along the spine fold, and minor loss to the fore-corner tips of the front wrapper. Internally, the leaves display uniform age-toning and faint handling. The original sewing remains intact, securing the text block and the blank interleaves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-path-to-node=\"13\"\u003ePre-Revolutionary Philadelphian Typography and Interleaved Diaries\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"14\"\u003eThis 1773 pocket almanac is a significant artifact of colonial printing issued from the press of William and Thomas Bradford. Operating from their prominent headquarters at the \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"14\" data-index-in-node=\"177\"\u003eLondon Coffee-House\u003c\/b\u003e—the de facto economic and political hub of pre-Revolutionary Philadelphia—the Bradfords served as primary printers to the merchant class and colonial agitators. Pocket almanacs of this miniature format were highly specialized tools, functioning simultaneously as portable calendars, astronomical ephemerides, local court schedules, and financial ledgers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"15\"\u003eThis specific copy is configured in the premium \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"15\" data-index-in-node=\"48\"\u003einterleaved format\u003c\/b\u003e, a manufacturing style where blank paper stock was inserted between the printed calendar sheets at the time of binding. This permitted the colonial owner to utilize the volume as a daily memorandum book and personal diary. The scattered, contemporary manuscript annotations executed in iron gall ink on these blank leaves provide an unvetted glimpse into domestic record-keeping during the politically charged years immediately preceding the American War of Independence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-path-to-node=\"16\"\u003eBibliographic Scarcity and Census\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"17\"\u003eAs highly ephemeral, utilitarian annuals, eighteenth-century pocket almanacs were subjected to near-constant pocket carry and daily handling, resulting in an exceptionally low survival rate. Most extant examples have been stripped of their original paper wrappers or suffered severe text loss through fragmenting. This printing is documented in the standard bibliographies of early American printing, including \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"17\" data-index-in-node=\"411\"\u003eEvans 12513\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"17\" data-index-in-node=\"427\"\u003eHildeburn 2800\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"18\"\u003eA current global institutional search via \u003cstrong\u003eOCLC\/WorldCat\u003c\/strong\u003e confirms the pronounced scarcity of this Bradfords imprint, locating \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"18\" data-index-in-node=\"125\"\u003eonly six copies in permanent public collections worldwide\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"19\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"19\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eA STRUCTURALLY INTACT, ORIGINAL MARBLED WRAPPER SURVIVAL OF A 1773 PHILADELPHIA ALMANAC, OFFERING SUBSTANTIAL ARCHIVAL VALUE FOR THE STUDY OF PRE-REVOLUTIONARY AMERICAN PRINTING CULTURE AND COLONIAL DIARY INTERLEAVING.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e# 001252\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wallace \u0026 Clark, Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46010907164821,"sku":"","price":2000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0459\/2589\/2245\/files\/pa_pocket_almanack_1773_01_20250311.jpg?v=1746835739"},{"product_id":"quotations-from-malcolm-x-circa-1969-pamphlet","title":"Quotations From Malcolm X","description":"\u003cp\u003e(Black Interest) \u003cstrong\u003eQuotations From Malcolm X.\u003c\/strong\u003e [No place: Stockholm?]: [Publisher not identified], circa 1969. 16mo measuring 5-13\/16\" x 4-1\/16\". Staple-bound black paper wrappers with the title printed in red to the front wrapper and a portrait of Malcolm X printed in red to the back wrapper. This unpaginated political booklet compiles selected text across 11 distinct thematic sections: Waking Up; Revolution; Solidarity; Violence; We, Us, You and I; Those People, Them in America; Power; America; Press; Politics; and Negro Spokesmen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe physical condition of the item is graded \u003cstrong\u003eVERY GOOD\u003c\/strong\u003e (utilizing the standard antiquarian book grading scale for works on paper). The wrappers exhibit moderate rubbing and wear alongside a faint vertical crease, but this remains a highly respectable, complete, and well-preserved copy of an exceptionally fragile ephemeral survival.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eScandinavian Solidarity and the Black Panther Movement Network\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis extraordinary ideological artifact serves as a critical testament to the transnational reach of the Black Power movement during the late 1960s. Edited and printed within the loosely interrelated solidarity networks of Stockholm, Sweden, this pamphlet represents the first compiled publication of its kind dedicated exclusively to the aphorisms and philosophical directives of Malcolm X. Following Bobby Seale’s influential 1969 tour through Sweden, Denmark, and Finland, localized Black Panther Party (BPP) Solidarity Committees formed rapidly. Spearheaded primarily by African American expatriates alongside highly active Swedish and Danish organizers, these committees operated as a direct conduit for BPP ideology in Europe. The production values of this piece—distinguished by its stark red-on-black graphic design—reflect the radical underground printing operations of the era. The direct provenance of this copy, sourced out of Sweden, aligns textually with a related 2013 discovery bearing physical stamps from the \"B.P.P. solidarity comm.,\" firmly grounding the booklet's origins within these intense years of Scandinavian political radicalism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eStructural Fragility, Census, and Absolute Institutional Scarcity\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs an ephemeral, staple-bound pamphlet distributed outside traditional commercial channels, this pocket-sized volume possesses an inherently high structural fragility factor, with most copies discarded or lost to contemporary political activity. A review of global institutional repositories reveals an astonishing level of scarcity. \u003cstrong\u003eA current global sweep of the OCLC\/WorldCat database\u003c\/strong\u003e locates only \u003cstrong\u003etwo copies\u003c\/strong\u003e of this pamphlet preserved in institutional special collections worldwide: one held at the Newark Public Library in the United States, and a single European copy recorded via LIBRIS at the Swedish Labour Movements Archives and Library (\u003ci\u003eArbetarrörelsens arkiv och bibliotek\u003c\/i\u003e). 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