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Hooper Productions. Softcover; VG; 1966, 1st Edition, 144 pages, with over 40 historical photographs, plus numerous ads, some containing additional photos; history of the Borough including transportation, banks, churches, schools, businesses, etc; also photo of Miss America of 1954 - Evelyn Ay.

NY: Bramhall House. Hardcover/DJ; Near Fine (Bookplate; NO fold-out map)/DJ-VG+; Revised Ed; xvi,526pp; tall 8vo; "As a showcase of American architecture, Newport, Rhode Island, is without peer or parallel...(and) the volume's impressive scholarship and numerous photographs make it a feast of detail and history"; with over 500 illustrations, including B&W photos, drawings, & diagrams; 35pp Appendix; Notes. ISBN: 0-517-097192.

KY: University Press of Kentucky, 1977. Hardcover/DJ; VG+ (prev owner inscription)/DJ-VG (edgewear); 1st Ed; xi,182,(6)pp; oblong folio (14"); statistical reference guide inc social, economic, cultural & ecological life; with 142 maps in full color & 150 photos; plastic overlay in rear pocket.

MD: Town of Bel Air, Maryland & The Maryland Historical Trust. Hardcover/DJ, Near Fine/Near Fine, 1995, 1st Edition, vi,298 pages, 8 1/2"x10 1/4", with numerous B&W photos, plus several pages of architectural diagrams; Glossary; Index. For Contents see photo 3.

Bruno, NE: Hardcover (decorative cover), no dust jacket, as issued, Very Good+. Self-published, 1988, First Edition, compiled by the Centennial Book Committee, xi,168 pp, 8 1/2"x11", with numerous historic photos, and numerous family histories; Index.

The Donning Company. Hardcover/DJ, Near Fine/Near Fine, 1998, First Edition, Signed/Inscribed/Dated by Author on title page (see photo); 192 pages, 8 1/2"x11", numerous B&W historic photos, plus some color photos

Hardcover/DJ; VG (slight humidity wave to pgs, hardly noticeable; prev owner small inscription)/DJ-Good (light edgewear w/small taped tears); 1980, 1st Edition; 256 pgs; oversize; with numerous photos in color and B&W, many historical, plus drawings, documents & maps; includes a chapter on Partners In Progress: Columbus' entrepreneurs & businessmen who helped the city grow.

Hardcover book (navy blue leather-like cover with decorative design & lettering; no dust jacket as issued) in fine condition. Compiled, edited & published by Mary Gardner Greathouse 1998, 1st Edition, vi,322 pages, 8 1/2"x11", with numerous B&W photos. (For Contents, see photo #3).

Self-published. Softcover, Very Good+ (minor edge wear; author's name/date written on verso of front cover); 1979, 1st Edition, Signed by Author beneath photo, 186 pages, 8 1/4"x10 3/4", with 15 B&W illustrations.

McGrath-Defoe. Hardcover/No DJ; VG (darkening along inner gutters, appears to be from publisher's glue); 1964, Presumed 1st Edition; 72 pgs; illustrated with B&W photos; "The five years beginning with 1956 and ending with 1960 were good years for the Michigan District of Kiwanis International".

IA: Madrid-Register News. Softcover, spiral-bound, Very Good; 1970, 1st Edition, unpaged - 284 pages; with numerous B&W historical photos, including pioneers, businesses, churches, schools, the railroad, clubs & organizations, women's groups, sports, family histories; various ads at the back.

Wm. Le Baron, Jr. & Co., 1879. Good. Wm. Le Baron, Jr. & Co., 1879. Good.
Chicago, IL: Wm. Le Baron, Jr. & Co., Hardcover/No DJ; X-Library with usual markings/Rebound in Library Binding o/w VG (2pgs w/taped tears); 1879, Presumed 1st Ed; (2),iv,19pp to 1,078pp; (Note: pgs between iv to 19 appear to be missing, but Contents pg does not indicate any contents on these pgs & begins on pg 19); 8vo; "A History of the County, its Cities, Towns; Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men; General Statistics; Map of McLean County; History of Illinois, Illustrated; History of the Northwest, Illustrated; ...Miscellaneous Matters etc."; profusely illustrated with Lithographic Portraits of Prominent Citizens as well as B&W illustrations; 2pg color map of McClean County; Biographical Sketches; errata sheet laid in.

Des Moines, IA: The Iowan/Mid-America Publishing Corp, Softcover magazine, Near Fine. Summer 1994, 70 pages, 8 1/4" x 11 1/2", articles on: The Cedar Falls Municipal Band; Dubuque Innkeepers / Juniper Hill Farm; Iowa in the Depression; WWII Fighters; Sherry Pardee, Artist; Making Hay the Old Way; etc (for complete Contents, see photo #2) plus numerous ads.

Pittsburgh, PA: Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation, 1985. Probable 1st Ed; xiii,354pp; 4to; comprehensive history of the architecture of Allegheny County & Pittsburgh from the development of local architecture in the 1750's to the present; profusely illustrated with 20 color & 175 B&W photographs (with 150 in the Allegheny county Industrial Region, many reflecting the "Lost Allegheny County"; gold-stamped cloth; HB/DJ; Fine/VG (1" taped tear bottom spine; minor wear & small taped tear top spine; corners lightly worn) . ISBN: 0-916670-09-0.

Self-Published. Spiral-bound Softcover, Very Good (light fade to covers); 1965, 1st Edition, (6),101 pages, 8 1/2"x11", typewritten format, with 4 B&W photos, 1875 map of Guthrie County in 1875; copies of Professional (business) Cards for several Attorneys, published in the Guthrian, Oct. 16, 1879; Bibliography. "This book is a companion volume to the Author's Heritage of Guthrie County"; & its purpose was "...to find and preserve, so far as possible, the facts regarding the antecedents, activities, leadership and adversities of our early lawyers, together with the chronology of their lives and years of practice".

MA: Boston Elevated Railway Company. Softcover, stapled; Good (large stain from title page thru pg 15 & from pgs 134-143, not affecting text, plus a bit on cover; staples are rusted); 1901, presumed 1st Edition; 143 pages; turn of the 20th Century statutes which governed the Boston Elevated Railway Co., the West End Street Railway Co., & Street Railways operating in Boston including Subway Leases.

Self-published, printed by Sutherland Printing, Inc., Montezuma, Iowa. HB/Near Fine (minor cover & edge wear); No DJ, as issued; 1983, 1st Edition, (6),318 pages, 8 1/2" x 11 1/4", with numerous B&W photos of local businesses, street scenes. transportation of yesteryears, Churches, clubs & organizations, schools, plus many family photos & histories.

IL: The Rio Grande Press, 1962. Hardcover/No DJ; X-Library w/usual markings, light wear top spine, minor cover soil, o/w VG (Note: interior pgs clean & unmarked); 1962, Reprint Edition; 198,(80) pages, illustrated with B&W Plates: 24 Landscapes, 6 Mammals, 6 Birds, 20 Reptiles, 3 Fishes, & 21 Plants; (Note: Plate #14 in Landscapes & #2 in Birds are missing & have always been missing according to text); NO map; Index of Scientific Names.

Salt Lake City, UT: University of Utah Press. Hardcover (burgundy cloth with gold lettering on cover & spine)/DJ, Near Fine (previous owner gift inscription front endpaper)/DJ, Near Fine; 1994, First Edition, xii,674 pages, oversize - 8 1/2"x11 1/4", with numerous B&W historic in-text photos, Index. (Book weighs 4.4 lbs unpacked)

IN: Terre Haute Northwest Territory Celebration Committee. Hardcover/No DJ as issued; Very Good (minor edgewear; previous owner inscription front endpaper); 1938, 1st Edition, unpaged-125 pages, illustrated with numerous historical B&W photos & drawings of residents, businesses, schools & area scenes. Decorative leather-like cover picturing portraits of Wm. M. Harrison & Zachary Taylor & blind-stamped historic Old Fort Harrison in the center.