THE LIVING PAST OF CLEVELAND COUNTY, A History.
Shelby, N.C., (1956). 269p, boards, illustrated, light wear and small damp stain to dust jacket, vg. North Carolina history by long-time publisher of local newspaper.
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ROGUES' MARCH.
New York: Random House, (1956). 432p, cloth, light fading and spotting on cover, light wear to dust jacket edges, vg. First edition, signed by author, 5 June 1956.
LITTLE THUNDER.
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co. Inc., 1945. No pagination (24p), color illustrated boards, illustrated by Roberta Paflin, light wear to cover edges, vg in dust jacket with edge tears. First edition. Many color illustrations including some full page. Story of a little Indian boy's hunting adventures. Apparently there.....
BOOK REPAIR AND RESTORATION, A Manual of Practical Suggestions for Bibliophiles.
Philadelphia: Nicholas L Brown, 1918. 126p, cloth, illustrated, a few tears to dust jacket, very good. Includes translations from Bonnardot's "Essai sur l'art de Restaurer les Estampes et les Livres, par A. Bonnardot, Paris 1858.
HARE'S COMPLETE FARRIER, Containing Full and Complete Directions for Choosing, Breeding, Rearing and General Management of the Horse: Together with Accurate Descriptions, Causes, Peculiar Symptoms, and the Most Approved Method of Curing All Diseases to Which the Horse is Subject.
Newscomerstown, OH: (Printed at the, 1853. 128p, cloth spine with marbled sides, covers worn, foxed, fair but sound. Scarce.
THE AMERICANS IN JAPAN:. An Abridgment of the Government Narrative of the U. S. Expedition to Japan under Commodore Perry.
New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1859. 415p and 8p book ads, 1/4 leather with cloth sides, illustrated, cover worn with 1" x 1/4" piece missing along rear outer hinge, damp stain on first and last pages including the title page, good. A volume in the Ohio School Library with.....
REBELS ON LAKE ERIE.
Columbus, Oh. Ohio Historical Society, 1965. 157p and 20p of illustrations, cloth, bookplate removed (?), vg. First edition. Series of articles on Johnson's Island originally published in the Sandusky Register. Includes the prison, escapes, the Lake Erie Conspiracy, etc.
THE YOUNG MILL-WRIGHT'S & MILLER'S GUIDE, In Five Parts, Embellished with Twenty-Five Plates.
Octoraro: Francis Bailey, 1807. 364p, full leather, wear to cover, former owner's signature, foxing, rear outer hinge cracking but still attached, good. Illustrated with 25 plates, 2 fold-out (part of one fold-out missing.) Second edition. One of the most important pioneer works in the history of American mechanical science. Evans.....
THE NATIONAL ROAD, Most Historic Thoroughfare in the United States, and Strategic Eastern Link in the National Old Trails Ocean-to-Ocean Highway.
Washington, D. C. National Highways Association, (1916). 96p, 11" x 8", illustrated, maps, wraps throughly tapes and partially detached from tet block, wraps fair, contents vg. Many small, detailed maps showing the way. From Cumberland, Md. to St. Louis.
ARCHITECTURE OF THE WESTERN RESERVE, 1800-1900.
Cleveland: Press of Case Western Reserve University, 1971. 260p, 12" x 9 1'8", cloth, many black and white illustrations, dust jacket, very good. 1st edition. Glossary, bibliography.
WILD DICK, THE INDIAN SLAYER.
Garettsville, OH: Elmer Shaw, Publisher, no date (1870's?). 39p, illustrated wraps, paper browning, covers slightly soiled, very good. "Shaw's Novels" no. 2. A story in the "dime novel" tradition set near the Grand River in the Dakotas.
THE COMPASS ROSE, Short Stories.
Portland: Pendragon Press/ Underwood-Miller, 1982. 290p, illustrated cloth, dust jacket, fine. First edition, first printing. Signed, limited edition,1 of 550 copies. In a custom-made clamshell box. Lovely illustrations and design for this special edition.
THE N.O.T. & L. STORY. Also Including: Stark Electric, Mahoning Valley Line, Inner-City Rapid Transit, Salem, Twin City Traction.
Chicago: Central Electric Railfans' Association, (1966). 11" x 8 1/2", 268p, boards, illustrated by photos, charts and diagrams, very good in dust jacket taped on verso.. 1st edition, signed by Blower. The most comprehensive coverage of the interurban transit lines in and around Akron.
THAT'S MY STORY.
NY: E. P. Dutton & Co. Inc., 1938. 221p, cloth, illustrated by 56 gravures, spine and end papers darkened, few light marks on cover, binding slightly cocked, good. First edition. Inscribed by author. Corrigan was the young aviator who, when denied permission for a trans-Atlantic flight, took off for California.....
TROOPER, U.S. Army Dog.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, (1943). 173p, cloth, some browning of paper, slight wear to dust jacket edges, vg. Later printing. Black and white illustrations by Bernard Garbutt. Story of a white German Shepherd trained by the Army and going into action at Guadalcanal.
AKRON, Rising Toward the Twenty-First Century.
Chatsworth, CA: Windsor Publications Inc., 1990. 232p, 12 1/4" x 9 1/4", cloth, color illustrations, vg in dust jacket. First edition. Review of Akron, past and present, by local journalist.
PORTAGE LAKES THEN AND NOW.
Akron, OH: Waterside Publishing, 1999. 264p, softcover, illustrated, very good. Bibliography, index. Gathers together much information on the history and development of the Lakes area with excellent illustrations.
SIMON GIRTY, The White Savage.
NY: Minton, Balch & Company, 1928. 252p, cloth, illustrated, pictorial paper label on cover, spotting on cover, front inner hinge beginning, flap of dust jacket attached to front pastedown, good. 1st edition. Biography focusing on Girty during the period between Lord Dunmore's War and the Battle of Fallen Timbers.
THE STORY OF THE WESTERN RESERVE OF CONNECTICUT.
NY: Brown & Wilson Press, (1900). 134p and 5p genealogical information, 5 1/2" x 6 3/4", cloth, very good. Printed privately for the author. Mills (1850-1929) was born in Franklin County and lived and taught in Lake County and New York.
CITY, Reflections on 100 Years of Akron City Hospital.
1992. Zaidan, Abe. CITY, Reflections on 100 Years of Akron City Hospital. Fairlawn: Madison Group, (1992). 144p, quarto, cloth, illustrated endpapers, many fine illustrations including architectural overlays showing expansion over the years, slight wear to dust jacket edges, vg. Inscribed by author. Index.
GLIMPSES OF THE LEWIS AND CLARK EXPOSITION, Portland, Oregon and the Golden West.
Chicago: Laird & Lee, 1905. 182p, 5 1/4" x 6 3/4", illustrated, color illustrated wraps, slightly soilesd good. Photos of the buildings of the Exposition which was held in Portland from Hune 1 to October 15, 1905. Includes other photos of western scenes.
FORT LAURENS, 1778-1779, The Revolutionary War in Ohio.
No place: Kent State University Press, (1976). 97p, 1/4 cloth, light spotting on cover, dust jacket, good. 1st edition.
ZANE GREY'S ODYSSEY.
Lyon, Mississippi: Derrydale Press, Inc., 1991. 211p, 11" x 9 3/4", full leather with gilt decoration, all edges gilt, illustrated with black & white illustrations, fine. One of 2500 copies signed by author.
MEN AND RUBBER, The Story of Business.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1926. 279p, brown cloth with printed labels on spine and front cover, top edge gilt, portrait frontispiece, vg+ in torn dust jacket. 1st edition. Firestone describes his business, associates and philosophy. Of special interest are his actions and orders during the industry-wide rubber.....
AKRON: City at the Summit.
Tulsa, Okla`: Continental Heritage Press, Inc., 1981. 223p, 12" x 9 1/4", cloth, many illustrations (some in color), dust jacket spotted, vg.