Search Results: Americana & U.S. States from The Owl at the Bridge

Pencil Press, San Rafael, Calif., 1986. Two contemplative and spirit-refreshing hikes in the California Sierra wilderness, one in June, the other in winter the same year, illustrated with photographs, sketches, quotations, and musings. True California art. Hard Cover. [5], 37, [2] pages, illus. & photos throughout (incl. color); 31 cm. square; no dj, minor wear; VG. Printed in an edition of 2500. Another copy, the same but ex-Rhode Island School of Design Library with bookplate. Stock#34774x oversize.

Four bookseller catalogues. Reese: 58, 329 items, a few photos; 91, 244 items, a few photos; 136, 100 items, illus. Rostenberg, 1776, 251 items, index. All have paper covers; all Good+. Sold as a lot. Stock#ofc0298.

Rawding Distributing Co., Winchester, Mass. Copyright 1964. Fifteenth Edition. Soft Cover. 48 pages, illus. incl. photos, maps; stapled in yellow pictorial covers; VG. Stock#101383.

Providence, Knowles & Vose, 1843. Soft Cover. 16 p.; 25.5 cm. In response to the Dorr Rebellion of 1843, Whipple attacks the People's Constitution and opposes the gubernatorial candidacy of T. F. Carpenter. "The great question whether the political power of the state is to pass out of the hands of the middle classes is about to be decided." Uncut, untrimmed copy in original stitching, waterstain across bottom, else fine. Another copy, similar but with some soiling. Stock#OB157x.

[The Author] 1981. Hard Cover. 170 p., illus. From 1931-42 the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers built the ALCAN Highway, an incredibly challenging road, from a Canadian railhead in western Alberta to Fairbanks, Alaska. The author, a Harvard botanist, was part of a botanical-geological team that surveyed resources along the highway. This book, begun at the time, was revived when the Alaskan pipeline was being built. Inscribed by the author. VG/dj vg. Stock#101776.

Dover, NH, Arcadia, 1998. First Edition. Soft Cover. Signed. 128 pages, illustrations; 23.5 cm. From horse-drawn omnibus, horse cars, and cable tramways, via trolleys and trackless trolleys to the buses of today, this volume explores the history of getting about in Rhode Island from the Civil War to the creation of the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority. An album of photographs with caption commentary. Stock#44698/h. Very Good, inscribed by Molloy.

Two catalogues from bookseller Michael Heaston. VI, 244 items; VIII, 300 items, a few illus. Both in paper covers; both Good. Sold as a lot. Stock#ofc0304.

"A special edition of Publications of the America Jewish Historical Society Number 30." xi, 486, 11 pages; 23.5 cm. Bound in dark brown publisher's cloth with gold spine lettering; original plasticine protective cover torn, taped, still functional; copy of Samuel J. Hough with his bookplate & pencil notes; Very Good. Stock#ofc0888.

"Visitors to second-hand bookstores and the further reaches of library stacks will have seen elaborate collections of prose and verse entitled 'The Souvenir,' 'The Forget Me Not,' and the like, survivors of the era of gift books and literary annuals. Between 1825 and 1865 more than a thousand such miscellanies appeared in the United States; the number in other countries was probably even greater. My aim has been to explain the origin and character of the American examples and to make available an annotated catalog." (Preface) [viii], 183 pages; 23 cm. Bound in black cloth with gold spine lettering; no dust jacket; Very Good. Stock#ofc0712.

Three bookseller catalogs from William Reese Co.: no. 60, American Travel, 390 items. "This catalogue is devoted to narratives of travel, mostly in North America in the nineteenth century, and even more specifically, mostly in what is now the United States between 1800 and 1875. Within that frame the narratives run from East to West. There are a good number of middle western and southern narratives in particular. ...entries begin as early as Josselyn in 1672 and Hennepin in 1697 and run to the early 20th century. Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean are also represented, with a few bold travellers in South America and the Pacific." No. 107, Travels East of the Mississippi, 471 items; "...includes a wide variety of travel accounts from Canada to the Caribbean." No. 148, European Travellers in America, 346 items; list of frequently cited references at end. "This catalogue is made up entirely of books by European travellers who visited America. While there is considerable geographical and… Read More

Providence: Akermann-Standard Press, 1948. First Edition. Hard Cover. 198, xxxvi p., illus., maps; 25 cm. "A list of Rhode Island painters and sculptors up to the end of the 19th century," p. iii-xxi. Spine faded; no dust jacket; very good. Stock#OB578.

Stockbridge's lengthy introduction sketches the lives of Harris, Greene, and Anthony, "who were especially concerned in the formation, enlargement, and enriching of the collection". xxii, 312 pages; 25 cm. Sturdily bound in maroon boards with leather spine, gold lettering; spine edges rubbed but firm. Ex Forbes Library, Northampton MA, with markings & annotations; Good+. Stock#ofc0830.

Boston, Little Brown, 1973. "Appletons counted merchants, industrialists, financiers, poets, wits, and a congressman among their members." Hard Cover. xvi, 368 pages, illus., 22.5 cm. Vg/ dj good+. Stock#34996.

Contents: Early Settlement; Early Building; Society and Commerce; Richard Munday's Era; Peter Harrison's Era; Newport in the Revolutionary War; Commerce and Building; Greek Revival; Stick Style; Shingle Style; Detailed Histories and Descriptions of Buildings; Spot Restoration Program Recommended for Historic Newport. "With more than 500 illustrations, including drawings and diagrams." xvi, 526 pages, index, illustrations, plates, map; 28.5 cm. Upper edge of color pictorial dust jacket has some tear & is curled over; withal Good+. Stock#ofc0543.

First published 1821 [that edition may have been suppressed]. "E. Williams, Print. / New-London, Conn." on verso of title-page. "Advertisement To The Second Edition. [verso of title-page] The Authors of this book have all departed this life. ...We now submit to the public the entire work as it comes from the Authors... the modifying influences which have been operating during the last thirty years have so far relaxed the Priestly grasp on the public mind and conscience, that we now have only to offer a reasonable compensation, and any Printer is ready to do the work. [signed] The Friends and Relatives Of The Authors Of The Battle-Axe. Groton, September, 1841." 86, [1] pages; 22 cm. Bound in black cloth, green & white floral endpapers, front cover stamped in gold, library-white title & location marks on spine; Ink owner name of John Thompson on verso of Contents page at end. Discarded by "The Memorial & Library Asso." of Westerly, RI (label inside front cover), "Westerly Public Lib." embossed on… Read More

NY, Coward-McCann [1953]. First Edition. Hard Cover. xi, 428 pages, map on lining papers; 22 cm. "The story concerns itself with a week in the lives of four men, their wives and lovers, inhabiting a village in the imaginary area of Rhode Island..." The endpaper map is of Wickford and areas to the south. Stock#46997. Vg / dj vg.

Country Beautiful Corp., Waukesha, Wis. [c1965]. Sections include Early Landscapes and Village Life (East of the Mississippi before 1900); Sea and Coast; Western Frontier; American City: Yesterday and Today; American Landscape in the 20th Century; Interior Life. Soft Cover. 162 pages, indexes, color illus., 31 cm. Black boards stamped in gold, no dj, ink owner name; VG. Stock#37105 oversize.

Washington, U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1971. Bibliography: p. 60-64. Prepared in cooperation with the State of Rhode Island Development Council. Soft Cover. v, 68 p., maps (part color, 1 fold. in pocket); 23 cm. Vg/ paper. Stock#35127.

Bibliography: (I) Benjamin Franklin Printing, Spring, 1728-January 20, 1748; Benjamin Franklin and David Hall Partnership, January 21, 1748-January 20, 1766; (II) B. Franklin and Franklin and Hall Job Printing; (III) Items Removed from B. Franklin and Franklin and Hall Bibliography. Appendices: A. Specimens of Benjamin Franklin's Earliest Text Types; B. Illustrations of Decorative Ornamentation; C. Illustrations of Decorative Rolls, Fillets, Stamps, and Labels; Concordance; Index, pages 537 to end. "Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia For Promoting Useful Knowledge, Volume 102." lxxxv, 583 pages, illustrations; 29.5 cm.; Very Good. Pictorial printed dust jacket, small tears repaired, spine darkened; Good. Stock#ofc0839.

N.Y., Norton, 1966. First Edition. A book about the coast of Maine. Hard Cover. 219 pages, illus., 21.5 cm. Somebody got the back wet, which stained the rear cover and dj; gift inscription and owner mark on front fly. Stock#32067.