1950. Leeper, David Rohrer. THE ARGONAUTS OF '49, Some Recollections of the Plains and the Diggings. Columbus: Long's College Book Co., 1950. 146p plus 16p appendix, illustrated, vg in dj. A reprint of the original edition of 1894. A party from South Bend, Ind. set out for the gold fields.....
1950. Leeper, David Rohrer. THE ARGONAUTS OF '49, Some Recollections of the Plains and the Diggings. Columbus: Long's College Book Co., 1950. 146p plus 16p appendix, illustrated, vg in dj. A reprint of the original edition of 1894. A party from South Bend, Ind. set out for the gold fields.....
1986. (SUMMIT CO) Lewis, Clarice Finely. A HISTORY OF FIRESTONE PARK. No place (Akron, OH): Firestone Park Citizens Council, 1986. 55p, 11"x 8 1/2", illus wps, illus. (incl. maps), cover corner creased o/w vg. Inscribed by the author. Published for the 20th anniversary of the Council. Firestone Park, located in.....
Akron, OH: University of Akron Press, 1999. Love, Steve & David Giffels. WHEELS OF FORTUNE, The Story of Rubber in Akron. Akron, OH: University of Akron Press, 1999. 359p, 11" x 8 1/2", softcover, many illustrations, vg. Bibliographical references, Index. Forward by Rita Dove, former Poet Laureate from Akron, Ohio.....
2000. Adams, Ian. Love, Steve. STAN HYWET HALL & GARDENS. Akron, Ohio: University of Akron Press, (2000.) 194p, 12"x 9", illustrated, vg+ in dust jacket. Later printing. Home of F.A. Seiberling, founder of Goodyear Tire & Rubber, Stan Hywet is considered to be one of the finest examples of Tudor.....
Akron, OH: University of Akron Press, 2000. Adams, Ian. Love, Steve. STAN HYWET HALL & GARDENS. Akron, Ohio: University of Akron Press, (2000.) 194p, 12"x 9", illustrated, vg in dust jacket. 1st edition, signed by author and both photographers. Home of F.A. Seiberling, founder of Goodyear Tire & Rubber, Stan.....
1887. Macaulay, James. ACROSS THE FERRY. First Impressions of American and Its People. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1887. 424p., pictorial cloth, illus, covers lightly worn and soiled, name on fly leaf, text lightly foxed, good. 4th ed. Macaulay was born in Scotland in 1817 and was a prolific author of.....
1859. Mackay, Charles. LIFE AND LIBERTY IN AMERICA: or, Sketches of a Tour in the United States and Canada in 1857-8. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1859. 413p., cloth, illus, covers lightly worn and soiled, text lightly foxed, good. 1st American ed. Howes, "U.S.iana", M118. First published in London in.....
Columbus: Long's College Book Co., 1950. Majors, Alexander. SEVENTY YEARS ON THE FRONTIER, Alexander Majors' Memoirs of a Lifetime on the Border. With a Preface by "Buffalo Bill" (General W.F. Cody). Edited by Colonel Prentiss Ingraham. Columbus: Long's College Book Co., 1950. 325p + ads, decorated cloth, illustrated, vg+ in.....
1865. Marshall, Orsamus H. THE NIAGARA FRONTIER. Embracing Sketches of its Early History, and Indian, French, and English Local Names. (Buffalo, NY: Buffalo Historical Club), 1865. 46p., wrappers (front cover only), paper read before the Buffalo Historical Club, Feb. 27, 1865. Inscribed by the author. Howes "U.S.iana" M320. Sabin 44807.....
1854. (RHODE ISLAND) Mason, George C. NEWPORT ILLUSTRATED in a Series of Pen and Pencil Sketches. By the editor of the Newport Mercury. Engravings by Whitney, Jocelyn, & Annin. NY: D. Appleton & Co., Publishers, (1854). 110p, illustrated, decorated cloth, some wear at corners and browning of paper, top 1/4.....
2976. McClenathan, J.C., William A. Edie, Ellis B. Burgess, J. Aloysius Coll, and Eugene T. Norton. CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF THE BOROUGH OF CONNELLSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, 1806-1906. (Evansville, IN: Unigraphic, Inc., 1976). 564p, cloth, illus., name on endpaper, very good. Facsimile of the 1906 "Limited Autograph Edition" published by The Historical Committee.....
1879. McClure, J.B., ed. EDISON AND HIS INVENTIONS, Including the Many Incidents, Anecdotes, and Interesting Particulars Connected with the Life of the Great Inventor. Chicago: Rhodes & McClure, 1879. 171p., pictorial cloth, illus, covers worn and soiled, text soiled, good. Descriptions of Edison's inventions often in the inventor's own words.....
McCrea, Daniel F. COLUMBIAN AND CANADIAN SKETCHES. A Journalistic Tour in the United States and Canada in 1893. Dublin: M.H. Gill & Son, no date (c. 1896). 370p., cloth, illus, front hinge cracking, wear to edges, paper browning, good. "Third Edition". Inscribed by the author. This work originally appeared as.....
2002. McGovern, Frances. FUN, CHEAP, AND EASY, My Life in Ohio Politics, 1949-1964. (Akron, OH): University of Akron Press, 2002. 162p, cloth, dust jacket, vg+. 1st edition. Index. Local, state and national politics from McGovern's start as a young lawyer in 1949 through 1964 when she quit politics after an.....
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1954. 216p, cloth, dust jacket, vg. 1st edition.
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.
1948. Minter, John Easter. THE CHAGRES: River of Westward Passage. NY: Rinehart, (1948). 418p, cloth, b/w illustrations by William Wellons, vg in price-clipped dj with small edge tears. Rivers of America series.
1900. Moorehead, Warren K. PREHISTORIC IMPLEMENTS. A Reference Book. A Description of the Ornaments, Utensils, and Implements of Pre-Columbian Man in America. Cincinnati: Robert Clarke Co., 1900. 431 p, 9 3/4" x 6 3/4", cloth, illus. (some folded), covers worn and soiled, ex library, hinges cracked, front free endpaper missing.....
1901. (RAILROAD) Mott, Edward Harold. THE STORY OF ERIE, Between the Ocean and the Lakes. New York: John S. Collins, 1901. 524p, 11 3/4" x 9", rebound in cloth, illus. (incl. maps and colored frontis piece), a few small tears to paper margins, o/w vg. A detailed history of the.....
1983. Nye, David E. THE INVENTED SELF. An Anti-biography, from Documents of Thomas A. Edison. Odense, (Denmark): Odense University Press, (1983). 229p., illus wrappers, illus, very good. "Odense University Studies in English. Vol. 7." A biography of Edison based on a system of "structuralism" and "semiotics"
Elmsford, NY: Benjamin Company, 1983. 223p, 10" x 7", paperback, many illustrations, vg. 1st edition.
1842. Orr, John W. PICTORIAL GUIDE TO THE FALLS OF NIAGARA: A Manual for Visitors. Buffalo, NY: Salisbury and Clapp, 1842. 232p., cloth with gilt decorated spine, illus (incl. maps), wear to edges, name on endpaper, text foxed, good. A detailed guide in 3 parts: 1. Niagara Strait and the.....
1995. Owen, David R. & Michael C. Tolley. COURTS OF ADMIRALTY IN COLONIAL AMERICA: The Maryland Experience, 1634-1776. Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press, (1995). 421p., cloth, dust jacket, illus, fine. 1st ed. A study of admiralty law as it was transmitted from England to American, based mainly on cases in.....
Buffalo, NY: Oliver G. Steele, 1835. Parsons, Horatio A. A GUIDE TO TRAVELERS VISITING THE FALLS OF NIAGARA... Buffalo, NY: Oliver G. Steele, 1835. 96p., leather, illus (folded map), wear to edges, rubbing to cover, name on endpaper, good. "Second Edition Greatly Enlarged." Nice fold-out with two maps (small tear).....