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Goessel, Kansas: Published by the Journalism & Typing II students, 29 issues, 1945 - 1949. First editions. Folio (14" x 85"), variously paginated, occasional illustrations. Stapled, mimeographed sheets printed recto & verso. OCLC finds a single holding of bound volumes, dates unspecified, as of 3/11/2021Folded once horizontally, edge wear including tears, corner creases, & a few small losses, age browned, soiled, previous owner's signatures & dooding, certainly good or better A broken run of this student-published periodical providing poetry, sports reporting, editorials, gossip, & nice graphics: a wonderful & nostalgic view of small town life in the Great Plains as seen through the eyes of its teen-agers just after World War Two. When incorporated in 1952, Goessel had a population of 260 The 2010 census finds a population of 539.

Boys Town, Nebraska: Father Flanagan's Boys Home, no date [1939]. First edition, this copy signed in ink by Father Flanagan at the first page: "Father Flanagan/ Boys Town, Nebr.,/ Xmas 1939." Tall quarto (12.25" x 9.25"), 16 unnumbered pages & covers, profusely illustrated from photographs. Original pictorial light card covers, stapled.
Lightly soiled, modest edge wear particularly at the corners, lower cover irregularly browned, otherwise very good or better.
"There is no such thing as a bad boy."
Father Flanagan (1886 -1948) revolutionized how orphaned and disadvantaged youth are cared for and will no doubt be declared a saint by the Catholic Church imminently.

[Saginaw, Michigan]: Brooks Manufacturing Co.,, 1916. Oblong small 4to, 64 pp., illustrated throughout, with pricing. Original pictorial, stapled paper wraps.
Lightly soiled, modest edge wear, otherwise Very Good.
Founded in 1901, the company offered knock down, assemble yourself boat kits, later adding arts & crafts furniture &, airplanes.

St Louis, Missouri: Johnson's Commercial College, [1878]. 24mo, single sheet measuring 5.25 inches by 11.5 inches folded 3 times vertically to form 8 pages. Printed on thin paper.
Lightly edgeworn, tanned & slightly soiled, Very Good." Johnson's Commercial College stands in the front rank as as educational institution of public utiity. It has a full corps of professors who devote their entire time to teaching. Its halls are sufficiently large to accomodate eight-hundred students in daily attendance. Every young lady and gentleman should attend and complete a full commercial course." ~Missouri Republican, excerpted from the text.

Columbus, Ohio: J. L. Stelzig & Co., 1861. First edition. 8vo (8" x 5.25"), [1], 2 - 8 pages. Printed paper self wraps, the lower cover with woodcut depiction of the Delaware Grape. OCLC locates one copy as of 7/24/2023 (Ohio History Center, accession # 35317536).
Folded once horizontally, moderately toned & soiled, slight edge wear, otherwise very good.
Provides a description of the grape, instructions for planting, testimonials, & pricing for vines.
"The Delaware Grape was first introduced to the horticultural world about ten years ago; and since that time, it has been steadily but surely advancing in public estimation, until now, by almost universal consent, it takes the first place among all grapes, and is well designated by the Editor of the Horticulturist as the "King of the Natives." ~Excerpted from page one.

Salem, Columbiana County, Ohio: Dole & Silver, no date (ca. 1861). Promotional advertising broadside, 4to (11" x 8.5") printed in blue ink on thin paper, with woodcut illustration of the gummer signed "Ten Eyck. N.Y."
Old folds, moderate edge wear, a bit toned, two brief tissue repairs on the verso, otherwise good or better.
Provides descriptions of the advantages of the machine & pricing.
"This machine has been manufactured extensively for five years, during which time it has received the highest recommendations from al the principle Saw Manufacturers in the United States ..."

Neenah, Wisconsin: Neenah Historical Society, (1985). First edition, this copy signed in red ink at the half-title page by Suzanne Hart O'Regan. Quarto (12.25" x 9.25"), 95 pages, profusely illustrated throughout from photographs. Publisher's dark red textured paper over boards lettered in gilt on the spine & upper cover, in pictorial dust jacket.
A fine copy in lightly soiled very good or better dust jacket with a half-inch closed tear at the top edge of the front panel.
"In photographs there is no time; the utterly vanished factories, houses, servants and Paper Kings live again. We can feel the the cool air of the Indian Summer of 1895; we can see the clipped velvet of the lawns; we can hear the factory whistles, carriage wheels and horses' hooves as the departed world of the past abides with us again ..." ~Excerpted from the author's introduction.

Chicago, New York, Toronto, Mexico City: Wilcox & Follett Company, (1949) First Edition. 8vo, [8], 236 pp, with illustrations in text by Bob Meyers. Publisher's red cloth lettered & decorated in black, in pictorial dust jacketA fine copy in very good dust jacket, lightly rubbed & slightly soiledThe author was a football star at the University of Chicago and athletic director at Roosevelt High School Apparently, this title is his only book. As he notes on the dust jacket:"The football plays in this story are those I have used again and again on the field They have won many games for many teams here in Chicago - just as they won for Kimball in Gridiron Courage"

New York: C.S. Hammond & Company, no date, ca. 1930. Jigsaw puzzle, 95 pieces comprising paper printed in color on Upson board. Completed, the puzzle measures 12 inches by 9 inches. Included is the original two-piece box, the top piece duplicating the map.
Couple of pinholes in the corner pieces, slightly toned, box briefly rubbed, otherwise Very Good.
Shows civil divisions, towns, roads, railroads & more.

Adamsville, Ohio, Manuscript Diary for 1856 comprising entries by Evan J Crane as recorded in publisher Sheldon, Lamport & Blakeman's Daily Pocket Diary For 1856: For The Use Of Private Families And Persons Of Business. 24mo (6" x 4"), 122 unnumbered pages of entries in ink followed by 2 pages of "memoranda," 13 pages of "cash accounts," & 4 pages of brief sporadic account entries thereafter. Original limp black roan with fold-over flap Binding rubbed, partially split & torn along the fold, entries often light without compromising legibility, otherwise Very Good Evan Crane (1827 - 1894) taught school in the winters & farmed in the summers. In 1857, with wife Cassandra (nee Geyer), he moved to Sonora near Zanesville & operated a general merchandise business. As noted in Perrin's History of Morrow County and Ohio, Crane took a prominent part "in the slavery and temperance reforms … and his influence has always been on the side of right, the question with him being the way of duty, and when it is… Read More

Springfield, Ohio & New York City: James Leffel & Co., 1896. Small oblong octavo (5.25" x 7.75"), 31 & [1] pages, with illustrations from woodcuts, without pricing. Original stapled stiff paper wraps. OCLC locates one copy.
Light edge wear, soft crease at the upper cover, occasional foxing, title page soiled, otherwise Very Good.
An uncommon catalog from "The reliable and celebrated house of James Leffel and Co., 34 years in business." The illustrations include depictions of dams, mining operations, a "long and crooked head pipe," & others.

Pierre: South Dakota State Highway Commission, 1938. Original stapled promotional pamphlet measuring approximately 9 inches by 8 inches folding to 9 inches by 4 inches (as issued) with 32 unnumbered pages including covers, illustrated throughout from photographs.Lightly rubbed, couple of small scuffs affecting covers, modest edge wear, slightly soiled, otherwise Very Good. Illustrates & describes scenes, events, & activities in South Dakota including Custer State Park, Mt. Rushmore, "Superlative" hunting & fishing, transportation, "Resources Many," agriculture, famous "personalities," & more.Quite uncommon, OCLC Worldcat locates a single copy (as of 10/2/2021) at the University of South Dakota (accession number 8012506).