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THE STARS AND STRIPES: SOUTHERN GERMANY EDITION, Volume I, Number 1, Tuesday, May 8, 1945
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Altdorff, Germany: U.S. Armed Forces , 1945. First Edition. Framed. Very Good. 4pp, 18.5" x 12.5". Preserved under non-reflective glass, mounted in an antiqued wooden frame to 22" x 17-1/2" overall. Published on V-E Day, this American Forces newspaper celebrates the defeat of Nazi Germany and the end of Adolf Hitler's Third Reich, proclaiming in 2-1/4" block letters: "E T O WAR ENDS." The Library of Congress has the issue on microfilm, noting that it was published... more information
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$60.00
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ARMED FORCES SONG FOLIO, Numbers 5, 6 and 10: Special Services 25th Anniversary [three songbooks]
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Washington U.S. Army ca. 1965., 1965. Soft cover. Pictorial paper covers and contents in very good condition. 10.75" x 7.75" 24pp in each These three volumes contain lyrics, music, and guitar charts for 26 songs popular in the 1930s to early 1960s. Illustrated by 2pp illus in each number. First Editions. Binding is original wraps. ... more information
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$12.00
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MUSIC AMERICANA: Armed Forces Song Folio--A special 3 in 1 Issue [songbook]
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![MUSIC AMERICANA: Armed Forces Song Folio--A special 3 in 1 Issue [songbook]](http://c2.bibtopia.com/h/698/535/12535698.0.m.jpg "MUSIC AMERICANA: Armed Forces Song Folio--A special 3 in 1 Issue [songbook]")
Washington: Department of the Army, 1968. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 77pp. Contains words and music to 33 songs, including: Cotton Fields; I'm Just A Country Boy; Ramblin' Gamblin' Man; There's A Meetin' Here Tonight; My Name Is New York; Pastures of Plenty; San Francisco Bay Blues; The Grand Coulee Dam; This Land Is Your Land; Taking It Easy; Get Up and Go; Mail Myself to You; etc. 10.75" x 7.5". ... more information
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$12.00
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NATIONAL FOUNDRY:
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Washington: US House of Representatives, 1838. First Edition. Self-wraps. Very Good. 3pp, neatly removed. 8.75" x 5.5 Explains why a national foundry, producing "cannon and other military engines," should be located at Easton, Pennsylvania.... more information
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$20.00
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EXPENDITURES OF MONEY IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA:
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Washington: US House of Representatives, 1850. First Edition. Self-wraps. Very Good. 13pp; neatly removed. Reports annual expenditures (1790-1850) for buildings, canals, roads, books, maps, statues, &c. in the District of Columbia. 8.75" x 5.5 ... more information
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$8.00
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REPORT...THE MEMORIAL OF H. TUDOR BROWNELL, ON BEHALF OF THE "HARTFORD ARGILLO MANUFACTURING COMPANY"...July 31, 1848
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Washington: US Senate, 1848. First Edition. Self-wraps. Very Good. 6pp; neatly removed from a bound volume of pamphlets. 8.75" x 5.5 Defines the superiority (in cost, durability, &c.) of "argillo" to sandstone and marble for ornamental tables, floor tiles, etc.... more information
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$8.00
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Sheet music (1) from this Broadway show at the New York Hippodrome. Song: Melody Land
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NY: T.B. Harms, 1917. First Edition. Pictorial Cover. Very Good. 6pp, words and music, in part: "I know a land that is well worth knowing And though it's grand it has got me going...." Old clear tape at lower spine. 13.25" x 10.5 Cover illustration by Burton Rice.... more information
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$12.00
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NASHVILLE SOUNDS: The World of Country and Western Music
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Nashville: Opryland, 1977. First Edition. Pictorial Paper Covers. Fine. 22pp; illus throughout from photographs, location map and mileage chart. 11" x 8.5 Opryland USA (later called Opryland Themepark), an amusement park in suburban Nashville, operated seasonally from 1972 until 1997. During the late 1980s, nearly 2.5 million people visited the park annually. This booklet has a dense page of text on Opryland, a page of facts about the Grand Ole Opry, a pictorial centerspread devoted to Elvis Pres... more information
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$16.00
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DIE MODERNEN DARSTELLUNGEN DES LEBENS JESU:
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Hannover, Germany: Carl Meyer, 1866. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. pp: (v), 146; light wear to covers. 7.5" x 4.5 ... more information
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$12.00
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A HANDBOOK OF JAZZ. Foreword by Kingsley Amis
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London: Hutchinson, 1958. First UK Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 204pp. Appendices include a dictionary of jazz musicians, chronology, and index. Also lists major recordings in jazz history (a 5-inch shelf and a 15-inch shelf of vinyl), with chapters on schools of jazz, elements of jazz, instruments of jazz, etc. The foreword by Kingsley Amis did not appear in the US edition. 8.5" x 5.25". ... more information
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$20.00
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PACKING, CURING AND SMOKING ESTABLISHMENT, Pottsville, Pa., Sept. 8, 1888:
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Original manuscript. Very Good. Billhead printed on pink paper; engraved birdseye view of the Ulmer establishment at Front & Railroad Streets, Pottsville. 5.5" x 8.5 ... more information
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$10.00
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FAHRRAD=WEG/ZEIT: Anmerkungen zur Osterreichischen Fahrradgeschichte
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Vienna, Austria Technischen Museums Wien 1990., 1990. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Pictorial paper covers and contents in fine condition. 8.25" x 5.75" 80pp Well-illustrated catalog of a bicycle-history exhibition at the Vienna Museum of Technology. Text in German. Illustrated by 29 color plates, b&w photos. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. ... more information
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$16.00
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THE YOUNG ENGLISHMAN:
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London: A.R. Mowbray/Morehouse, 1927. First Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good. pp: xii, 222. 7.5" x 5 Underhill looks at working-class and the public school/university youth regarding home life, education, religion, careers, romance, etc. The author was warden of Liddon House. ... more information
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$20.00
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THE UNDERHILL SOCIETY OF AMERICA:
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Flatbush, Brooklyn, NY: Underhill Society, 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Six volumes bound as one, with original wraps present. (165)pp; illus from photographs. Includes annual data on new members (Underhills and descendants), newly uncovered genealogical data, Underhill burial places and monuments, bequests, and historical articles: "The Early History of the Axe and Edge Tool Business in New Hampshire"; "Quotations from Keskachauge"; "The Underhill Westchester Buryi... more information
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$32.00
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THE 50th ANNIVERSARY OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF THE SOVIET UNION (1903-1953)
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NY: New Century, 1953. First English language edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. 32pp. 7.5" x 5 Issued jointly in July, 1953, by the Propaganda and Agitation Department of the Central Committee of the CPSU, and by the world-renowned Marx-Engels-Lenin-Stalin Institute of Moscow.... more information
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$16.00
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Invitation: 62nd ANNUAL RECEPTION AND EXHIBITION OF THE WOMAN'S ART SCHOOL OF COOPER UNION...JUNE 1st, 1921
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NY: Cooper Union, 1921. First Edition. Good. Palm card. One side lists the officers of the Woman's Art School, and states that this card will "Admit Gentleman and Ladies." On the back is a floor plan of the School. 3.5" x 5.5 ... more information
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$12.00
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SIGNATURE OF 450,000
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NY: ILGWU, 1965. First Edition. Original Wraps. Near Fine. 64pp; illus throughout from photographs. 11" x 8.5 Issued on occasion of the ILGWU's 65th anniversary convention... more information
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$8.00
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SONGS FOR PEACE: 100 Songs of the Peace Movement. Introduction by Pete Seeger [songbook]
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![SONGS FOR PEACE: 100 Songs of the Peace Movement. Introduction by Pete Seeger [songbook]](http://c2.bibtopia.com/h/835/535/12535835.0.m.jpg "SONGS FOR PEACE: 100 Songs of the Peace Movement. Introduction by Pete Seeger [songbook]")
NY: Oak Publications, 1966. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fair. Worn, corner torn from cover, marginal notes by a musician. 111pp; text illus from photographs. Despite the wear, this songbook (words and music) is complete and very scarce. 10" x 7". ... more information
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$32.00
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THE SET OF THE SAIL":
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Chicago: Stenotype Company, 1938. Third Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. pp: (iv), 66. 7.75" x 5 Comprises practical & inspirational readings for the aspiring stenographer, printed in "stenotypy" for her to transcribe. Laid in are two 7-1/2" x 5" cards which show the stenotype keyboard; on the backs are illustrated letter-finger associations and proper sitting position. ... more information
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$8.00
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HANDWRITTEN ARTICLE, "A WEEK AT VANDERBILT," BY A GRADUATE STUDENT AT THE TURN OF THE 20TH CENTURY
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Nashville, Tennessee, Circa 1900. Original manuscript. Very Good. 7pp in pencil, written in a very neat hand. 10.25" x 7.75 Written by a male grad student and member of the Park Street League, whose studies tend to focus on the classics. He mentions Nashville, the Cumberland River, and a student body of 700. (The Vanderbilt U website states that 754 students were registered by 1900.) The writer states that this article is for the "No Name Paper," perhaps a real publication, perhaps a ge... more information
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$80.00
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