Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Grant Allen. Michael's Crag. Rand,McNally & Company, Chicago, 1893.
Price: US$6.41 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: A tight copy,with some damp-fading to the edges of the blue covers.Bright gilt titles.Generally clean internally,if lightly tanned.Previous owner's inscription.
Seller: David Pearson, Bodmin,Cornwall, United Kingdom
Grant Allen. Michael's Crag. Rand Mcnally & Company, Chicago, 1893.
Price: US$12.95 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: The covers and spine are rubbed, both hinges are cracked and the FFE is missing. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Emily's Books, Brainerd, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$14.76 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Hardcover. ORIGINAL 1893 PRINTING. Pages are clean and unmarked though tanned. Covers show light edge wear with rubbing/light scuffing. Binding is tight, hinges strong. Previous owner's name on end paper.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!
Seller: Redux Books, Grand Rapids, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$14.98 + shipping
Condition: Poor
Description: Pages are clean and unmarked. Cover corners and edges are worn. Hinges are completely broken. All pages are present. Binding broken. 744pp.
Seller: Nealsbooks, Menominee, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 5 1/2 x 8 inches. 362 pages. Condition is Very Good; spine lightly toned, light spots on front cover, previous owner's name on front endpaper in pencil, title page partially detached, tecy and illustrations are very clean. STK
Seller: Andre Strong Bookseller, Blue Hill, ME, U.S.A.
None. The Columbian Exposition Album. Rand, McNally and Company, Chicago, 1893.
Price: US$18.00 + shipping
Condition: Poor
Description: Binding is shaken with some loose pages. Heavy soiling to the red cloth coverboards. Pages are present and unmarked. Price reflects the condition.
Seller: Dunaway Books, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Mrs. Henry Wood. Danesbury House. Rand McNally & co. 1893., 1893.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Description: Alpha Library. Temperance movement literature. Good condition. Top board slightly stained and bowed.
Seller: Old Friends Used Books, Manchester, CT, U.S.A.
GLAZIER, Willard. Headwaters of the Mississippi. RAnd, McNally, IL, 1893.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Description: Poor. Hardcover, rubbed and worn at spine ends and corners, text separated from spine (attached only at rear hinge), pictorial boards and foredges soiled, spine and pages browned. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Glazier, Willard, Captain. Headwaters of the Mississippi. Rand, McNally & Co, Chicago, 1893.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Description: Comprising Biographical Sketches of Early and Recent Explorers of the Great River, and a Full Account of the Discovery and Location of its True Source in a Lake Beyond Itasca. Considerable shelf wear. Boards faded and bumped. 10221.
Seller: AST Press, Wake Forest, NC, U.S.A.
RYAN, Marah Ellis. A FLOWER OF FRANCE. Rand, McNally, Chicago, 1893.
Price: US$22.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo, pp. 327. Illustrated. Green cloth stamped in red and gilt. Cover little worn at corners and ends of spine, owner's name cut out of flyleaf, o/w a VG tight copy. Wright III, 4727. A novel set in Louisiana in the latter half of the 18th century.
Seller: Second Life Books, Inc., Lanesborough, MA, U.S.A.
GRANT ALLEN. MICHAEL'S CRAG. RAND, MCNALLY & COMPANY, USA, 1893.
Price: US$24.50 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: NICE LOOKING DARK GREEN COVER, GOLD PRINT FRONT AND SPINE, CLEAN AND TIGHT THROUGHOUT, VERY LIGHT FOXING IN VERY FRONT AND BACK. 15 CHAPTERS. INTERESTING AND ENTERTAINING BOOK. Michael Trevennack is an elderly English civil servant who spends his holidays on the Cornish coast staring out at a rock formation known as St. Michael's Crag. Fifteen years earlier, a hundred or so feet below, he and his only son were stuck by falling rocks. The boy was killed, while Trevennack was left with a blood clot in the brain that has him convinced he is the archangel Michael. Charles Grant Blairfindie Allen (February 24, 1848 – October 25, 1899) was a Canadian science writer and novelist, educated in England. He was a public promoter of evolution in the second half of the nineteenth century. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.
Seller: Antique Books Den, Pittsburgh, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$24.57 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Fair+ soft cover. Interior is very good, with no marking and very minor edge wear. Covers are rubbed and front is stained.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!
Seller: Redux Books, Grand Rapids, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 325 pages. Rebound in red cloth with gilt stamping; title page badly chipped at bottom with stain at lower left corner; xerox copies laid in for frontis, dedication, contents, and preface which are all missing. Pages 321 - 325 are also xerox copies. Internally, text has some foxing but is fairly clean and tight. Very good. (100)
Seller: Colorado Pioneer Books, Centennial, CO, U.S.A.
Allen, Grant. Michael's Crag. Rand McNally, Chicago, 1893.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Minor wear & soil on cloth ; Silhouettes; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 242 pages
Seller: T. A. Borden Books, Olney, MD, U.S.A.
William Widgery Thomas, JR.. Sverige Och Svenskarne. Rand, McNally & Companis Forlag, Chicago, 1893.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Poor
Description: This book and contents are solid and tight. The frontis was taped on the edge and is worn with a 1" x 3" piece missing. The inside hinges are reinforced with library type tape. The covers have some wear, scuffing and corner rubbing.
Seller: Yesterday's Books, Richmond, IN, U.S.A.
Price: US$27.50 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: VERY NICE LOOKING DARK BLUE COVER, GOLD DESIGN AND PRINT FRONT AND SPINE. TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT. THREE PARTS, 28 CHAPTERS AND NICE APPENDIX, WONDERFUL DETAIL OF GLAZIERS TWO EXPLORATIONS AND OTHER EXPLORERS. FOR THE LOVER OF EXPLORATION, HISTORY AND THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. The Mississippi River is the primary river, and second-longest river, of the largest drainage basin in the United States. From its traditional source of Lake Itasca in northern Minnesota, it flows generally south for 2,340 miles (3,766 km) to the Mississippi River Delta in the Gulf of Mexico. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.
Seller: Antique Books Den, Pittsburgh, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$27.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 527 p. + Frontis. Illustrated with full page maps and drawings. Lacks first fly leaf. Fore edge of Frontis chipped. Title page slightly soiled. Lightly age stained. Manuscript ownership of Mary Emmenentrot, Reading, PA, Elm & Madason Ave School on front paste down. Small 8vo. 190 mm. Original full dark blue cloth binding. Beveled edges. Front board decorated with a map stamped in silver and gold. Spine decorated in gold with a design of an Indian and his canoe. Extremities rubbed. Second edition. Title continues: "Comprising Biographical Sketches of Early and Recent Explorers of the Great River, and a Full Account of the Discovery and Location of Its True Source In a Lake Beyond Itasca." Hardbound. Very good. Glazier was a soldier, author and adventurer. In 1876 he went from Boston to San Francisco on horseback, and was captured by hostile Indians near Skull Rocks, Wyoming territory, but made his escape. In 1881 he made a canoe voyage of 3,000 miles, from the head-waters to the mouth of the Mississippi, and claimed to be the discoverer of a small lake (later named Lake Glazier) south of Lake Itasca, which he believed was the true source of the Mississippi. W11 x2 **PRICE JUST REDUCED!
Seller: FAMILY ALBUM, Kinzers, PA, U.S.A.
Rand McNally. MAP: SPAIN AND PORTUGAL. , 1893.
Price: US$29.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: c. 1893. Color map in binding which looks like a small book. Hardcover. Brown cloth with gilt lettering. Maps unfolds to 26 by 22 inches. Owner signed by Dr. Fleming. Good.
Seller: Xerxes Fine and Rare Books and Documents, Glen Head, NY, U.S.A.
Thomas, William Widgery. Sverige Och Svenskarne. Rand McNally and Co., Chicago, 1893.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A solid hardcover copy, binding strong. Bound in dark red wtih illustrated cover, gilt lettering and design. Usual wear at top and bottom of spine. Overall but minor fading to pages.
Seller: Chester Creek Books, Duluth, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Badly cracked front hinge is scotch-taped DATE PUBLISHED: 1893 EDITION: 537
Seller: Princeton Antiques Bookshop, Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.
Glazier, Captain Willard. Headwaters of the Mississippi. RAND, MCNALLY & CO, CHICAGO AND NY, 1893.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: General wear esp. of cover, previous owner markings and foxing Comprises sketches of explorers and a full account of the discovery of the river's true source on sewn pages. DATE PUBLISHED: 1893 EDITION: 527
Seller: Princeton Antiques Bookshop, Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$32.50 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Good tight condition some edgewear hardback hinge taped in mylar With a Wells Fargo library stamp
Seller: Abracadabra Books 50% Off Sale!, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Glazier, Captain Willard. Headwaters of the Mississippi. Rand McNally, Chicago, 1893.
Price: US$34.95 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very dark brown, almost black hardcover with gold imprints on spine and silver imprints on front cover. Some wear to cover has lightly damaged the last "pi" in Mississippi. Slight separation noticeable when opened to title page. Previous owner's name inside. Attractive on shelf.
Seller: Young & Sons Enterprises, Apache, OK, U.S.A.
C. COLUMBILCHE WELTAUSLTELLUNGS: ALBUM. RAND MCNALLY CHICAGO 1893, CHICAGO, 1893.
Price: US$38.75 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: G+ CHIPPED CORNERS, SCUFFED COVERS EXPOSED STITCHES. CHICAGO WORLD'S FAIR, GERMAN EDITION.
Seller: Abracadabra Books 50% Off Sale!, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Price: US$39.95 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Blue Cloth Beveled Boards, Beautifully Decorated Gold And Silver, Moderate Rubbing And Edge Wear, Front Free End Paper Present But Detached, Contains Photos And Illustrations, Contents Clean, Binding Solid, Over 15 Years Book Selling Experience, Buy With Confidence
Seller: Bookman21century, Vista, CA, U.S.A.
Lozon, Michael. Columbian Exposition Album. Rand, McNally & Company, Chicago, IL, 1893.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Book is 9" x 11 1/2". 225 page count approx. None given. Green cloth covers exhibit light wear on corners and spine ends. Light bumping and wear to edges. Light soiling and shelf wear to covers. Gold lettering and designs on front cover are bright. Gold gilt page ends are bright. Gold patterned inside front and back covers are clean and unmarked. Hinges are tight. Text and b&w photos are clean and unmarked. "Containing Views of the Grounds, Main and State Buildings, Statuary, Architectural Details, Interiors, Midway Plaisance Scenes, and other Interesting Objects Which Had Place At The World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893." Many b&w photos. All of our books are individually inspected and described. Never ex-lib unless explicitly described as such.
Seller: Great Matter Books, Grand Rapids, MI, U.S.A.
Glazier, Willard. Headwaters of the Mississippi. Rand McNally, 1893.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Exceptionally nice, clean, tight, bright copy.
Seller: Betterbks/ COSMOPOLITAN BOOK SHOP, Burbank, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$42.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 528 pp. Original dark blue cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine, and gilt decoration on spine. Binding a bit rubbed w/ light fraying to corners and spine ends. Two short tears to outer margin of front endpaper w/ several name stamps on verso. Small stain to leaves 7 through 11 near bottom margin. Illust. w/ b/w plates and maps.
Seller: Shoemaker Booksellers, Gettysburg, PA, U.S.A.
Mrs. Palmer Potter, et al. RAND McNALLY & CO.S A WEEK AT THE FAIR. Rand McNally, 1893.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: This 268 pp. book is subtitled, "Illustrating the Exhibits and Wonders of the World's Columbian Exposition With Special Descriptive Articles By .". This massive World's Fair was named for the fact that it commemorated the 400th anniversary of Columbus discovering America. The book has numerous steel engravings throughout, and includes a beautiful detailed fold-out map (tipped-in) of the Fair grounds -- in excellent shape. There is a prior owner's name atop the first page, AND from page 157 on back, the one top outer corner of every page has been worn , with the latter pages having that corner quite rounded off, for no reason I can possibly imagine. That is peculiar, but it in no way affects any text or photos, as the pages are otherwise pristine. The bendable red LEATHER binding is quite attractive. Priced down accordingly for those corners, but the book is otherwise in VERY GOOD ++ condition.
Seller: R. J. Books, Louisville, KY, U.S.A.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Brown leatherette w/ black lettering, red foredges, full page colored detailed maps, data, statistical infomation, ect. 174 pgs, clean tight.
Seller: Open Door Books MABA, Bath, ME, U.S.A.
Glazier, Captain Willard. HEADWATERS OF THE MISSISSIPPI. RAND, McNally & Company, Chicago, 1893.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 8vo; 527 pages; Very light rubbing and wear to binding.
Seller: Circle City Books, tucson, AZ, U.S.A.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Rand, McNally & Co., 1893. Good. , Softbound, Light brown wrappers. 45 pages. Folded map at rear. Small chips and tears in several page edges, otherwise very good. Pages tanned. Out-of-print and antiquarian booksellers since 1933. We pack and ship with care.
Seller: Lincbook, Foster, RI, U.S.A.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Description: Fair To Good With General Wear, Retaining The Large Map Folded In The Rear, Likely Machine Colored But Not Necessarily.
Seller: White Mountains, Rare Books and Maps, Lincoln, NH, U.S.A.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Previous owner's stamp on five different pages at the beginning of the book. Text and images are unmarked, though the pages are a little yellowed and the page edges are age toned. Binding is sturdy. Covers show some light wear and the cloth is fraying at the base of the spine. 325pp.
Seller: Grey Matter Books, Hadley, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Description: World's fairs; [4] pages total. Worn at folds with minor soiling; company souvenir; 1 page contains a Chicago business guide; 2 contiguous pages contain (when unfolded) a 21" x 14" folded map of Chicago; 1 page contains a 13" x 9 3/4" map of the Midway Plaisance area of the Columbian exposition fair grounds with index. Published by Rand McNally for Standard Life and Accident Insurance Co. of Detroit, MI. This item was originally folded into 4 pages, and has been folded into smaller sections since then.
Seller: Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA), Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Gilt lettering & front cover decorations on ren beveled edge cloth covered boards. 9-1/4" x 11-1/2". Lots of photos! CCover corners and spine ends worn. First free end paper loose
Seller: NWJbooks, Lancaster, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 16mo, printed drab folder, pencilled sites on verso of folder A handsome red-orange detailed and indexed map of the World's Fair.Printed by Rand McNally & Co.
Seller: Thomas J. Joyce And Company, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Printed Map. 34 x 24 cm. Good with tears and minor losses along edges.
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$54.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Rand McNally & Co.'s New Guide To The Pacific Coast. California, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado And Kansas. Blue Hardcover with wear to corners and notably to the lower spine area. With map folded in that has one edge clipped. Pages tanned. Binding sound. Scarce title.
Seller: Blue Leaf Books, Winona, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$55.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Oblong. Copyright 1893.
Seller: Take Five Books, Ashland, OR, U.S.A.
ALLEN, Grant.. Michael's Crag.. Chicago: Rand,McNally, 1893., 1893.
Price: US$56.09 + shipping
Description: First U.S. edition. 8vo., orig. blue cloth, 242pp. Illustrated. Inner hinges cracked, covers a bit rubbed and worn o/w a good copy.
Seller: David Mason Books (ABAC), Toronto, ON, Canada
. World's Columbian Exposition Chicago 1893. Rand, McNally & Co., Chicago and New York, 1893.
Price: US$56.09 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Dark green original publisher's cloth; lettering blocked in gilt on front cover; black end papers; Rand, McNally's copyright date on verso of title page states 1892; the event was also known as The Chicago World's Fair; dedication ceremonies for the fair were held on October 21, 1892, but the fairgrounds were not actually opened to the public until May 1, 1893; historical photographs of the many buildings; explanatory texts on locations; unpaginated (52 pp); inner front hinge tender.
Seller: Reeve & Clarke Books (ABAC / ILAB), South River, ON, Canada
Price: US$56.09 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Paperback, some loss to the cover, 224 p., maps, plans, illustrations, 19 cm, stamps, Globe Library, vol. I, No. 180, May 2, 1893. Bi-Weekly
Seller: Librairie Michel Morisset, (CLAQ, ABAC, ILAB), Magog, QC, Canada
Price: US$59.99 + shipping
Condition: Good
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Seller: SniderBooks, Pell City, AL, U.S.A.
Marah Ellis Ryan. A Flower of France. Rand, McNally & Company, 1893.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: A story of old Louisiana, set among the Acadian in the bayous in the latter half of the 18th century. An early novel by this romantic novelist. Corners on boards have wear, spine has wear on head/heel and discoloration with age, a slight indention on the back board. Text is clear and binding is tight. Green boards and spine have gilt decoration and gilt lettering on the front board and spine. Black & white plate frontispiece illustration and black & white plates throughout text. Book is clean and tight. No dustjacket.
Seller: Hanna's Treasures, Natchez, MS, U.S.A.
Rand McNally. Nebraska [and] Colorado Late 19th-century map of Nebraska and Colorado.. , 1893.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: This vibrantly colored map was published in Chicago by Rand McNally in 1893 as part of the firm's popular Atlas of the World. One side presents a detailed overview of Nebraska, while the verso shows Colorado. Each image uses bright hues to distinguish county configurations. Geographic features, settlements, and other locations of interest are labeled throughout. Railroads, both completed and under construction, are identified with thick black lines. Topography is depicted in hachure, highlighting the rugged mountainous terrain covering much of the region. Numerous mountain peaks are named with their corresponding elevation. An interesting snapshot of these two states with vastly different histories and geographic compositions. Sheet Width (in) 14 Sheet Height (in) 11.25 Condition Description Double sided color lithographed map with moderate toning around the outer edges of the sheet. One edge is a bit rough from where formerly bound. Very good overall.
Seller: Curtis Wright Maps, Berwyn, IL, U.S.A.
Steele, J. W.. Guide to the Pacific Coast. Rand, McNally & Company, Chicago, 1893.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Rand, McNally & Co.'s New Guide to the Pacific Coast. Santa Fe Route. California, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado and Kansas. Blue cloth, gilt titles, embossed board. pp. 212 plus ads, advertisement paste-downs, illustrated with engravings and fold-out map of the United States. Owner's bookplate, Railroad News Co. 'stamp', else an exceptionally clean copy. Size: Octavo
Seller: Books & Bidders Antiquarian Booksellers, Cleveland, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 212 pages, plus folding map; Several pages of ads prior to title page; Cloth covers show rubbing and light wear along edges; Hinges (internal) have been reinforced with white tape; Small institutional ink stamp on front end page and blank space of one ad page; First couple of gathering of pages are slightly loosened, though remain well attached; Folding map has a two inch closed tear near inside edge which goes through border into white space in map.
Seller: Lloyd Zimmer, Books and Maps, Chanute, KS, U.S.A.
Price: US$65.94 + shipping
Description: 2 nn.Bl., 220 nn.S., mit schwarz-weißen Abbildungen nach Photographien Einband stark berieben und bestossen, stellenweise beschabt. Bindung gelockert (noch keine losen Seiten), Titelblatt mit Abriss im weißen Rand, hintere Vorsätze mit Kinderkritzeleien. Insgesamt noch befriedigender Zustand. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 1450 Leineneinband, umlaufender Goldschnitt, ca. 23 x 30 cm
Seller: Antiquariat im OPUS, Silvia Morch-Israel, Oppenheim, Germany
Price: US$67.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo; 325 pages; Light rubbing and wear to covers.
Seller: Circle City Books, tucson, AZ, U.S.A.
Wilkie Collins. Blind Love, with a Preface by Walter Besant. Rand McNally & Company, New York, 1893.
Price: US$69.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Rand, McNally & Company, Chicago and New York, 1893. First Edition thus. Very scarce paperback edition of the author's last novel. Illustration to front cover. Back cover missing. Several illustrated advertisements for a variety of products and railways. 312 pages. Chips and tears to paper over spine. Light stains and small spots. Browning to pages. Decent condition for a paperback of this era. Mystery, intrigue and murder.
Seller: Ellery Center Books, Greenhurst, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$74.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: (International and Priority shipments not accepted for this heavy or oversized item.) Ex-library with typical library markings/labels, otherwise unmarked. Volumes in very good condition. Your purchase benefits the world-wide relief efforts of Mennonite Central Committee.
Seller: Booksavers of Virginia, Harrisonburg, VA, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. Octavo, 527, [1] pp. Full page illustrations through including a frontispiece of the author. Publisher's beveled green cloth, map of lakes and river in silver on front board, gilt spine and cover lettering, floral endpapers. Previous owner's signature on front endpaper. A very clean copy is a handsome binding.
Seller: Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 325 pages. Rear hinge is cracked; gift inscription (not author) present on title page. Very good, blue cloth, gilt stamped. (144)
Seller: Colorado Pioneer Books, Centennial, CO, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: illustrated,
Seller: Palmetto Books, Charleston, SC, U.S.A.
RAND MCNALLLY. Rand McNally & Co.'s A Week at the Fair. Rand McNally, Chicago, 1893.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Filled with black-and-white text illustrations, one folding map. 268 pages, tall thin 8vo, flexible red boards, with gilt lettering; penciling on title page, corners bumped & worn, few spots of soiling to front cover. Chicago: Rand McNally, 1893. Internally fine, a very good copy.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: inscribed: "the honorable lucien baker, with regards of the author."Edgewear to the covers.
Seller: Gian Luigi Fine Books, albany, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: "All visitors to the fair are cordially invited to visit the Pennsylvania Railroad Exhibit, which is one of the most complete and comprehensive illustrations of American railway development ever prepared." [Text from verso]. Rand McNally produced several different maps of the grounds of the 1893 World's Fair, held in Chicago's Jackson Park to celebrated the 500th anniversary of Columbus's arrival in the New World (a year late). This example was distributed as a promotional pamphlet by the Pennsylvania Railroad, "The Standard Railroad of America." The company's exhibit and bureau of information are identified with the iconic logo - one building among the many dozens labeled within the map. The verso contains a detailed description of the pavilion's contents, which include a 33' long map that shows the position of each train along the Pennsy lines at a certain time." Sheet Width (in) 20.75 Sheet Height (in) 13 Condition Description Heavily soiled on the right half of the sheet, with significant wear along former fold lines and spots of discoloration in the margins and the image. Separation along fold lines has been repaired on the verso with a mix of old cellophane and modern archival tapes.
Seller: Curtis Wright Maps, Berwyn, IL, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Rand McNally & Company, a prominent local publishing house, created a vast quantity of printed material to promote the Columbian Exposition, held in Chicago's Jackson Park in 1893. This map was issued on behalf of a number of different firms who wished to advertise at the fair, with this particular example distributed by the Union News Company. Outlines of each building and attraction are labeled in both the White City and adjacent Midway Plaisance, with nearby transportation routes noted. Accompanying indices identify dozens of individual sites, making for a detailed and comprehensive overview of the Columbian Expo. Sheet Width (in) 18.9 Sheet Height (in) 13.75 Condition Description Heavily stained and worn along one fold line on the right side of the sheet. Resulting separation along almost the entire length of the page has been repaired with archival tape on the verso. One other area of abrasion from thin paper on the center left, near the Index to the Midway Plaisance.
Seller: Curtis Wright Maps, Berwyn, IL, U.S.A.
Price: US$78.92 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Chicago, IL : Rand McNally & Co., 2007. 138th edition. 2 volumes. Folio. 271+322pp. Maps. Fair book. Ex-library, else Good. (commerce, marketing, maps) Inquire if you need further information. NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.
Seller: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$79.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very Good, Clean, Light Wear At Extremities, Dudley Bell Priester Bookplate, Stain At Lower Page 7 Edge, Shaken But Repaired, Octavo, Original Black Silver Front Cover Decorated Cloth With Gilt Letting And Ruling, Gilt Color Decoration At The Spine, And Blind Stamped Rear Cover, Beveled Edges, PP.526, Tissue Guarded Frontis Illustration of Glazier, Numerous Engravings Including Colored Map At Appendix Dated 1891, The Controversial Claims Ultimately Proved Wrong Through Surveys and Better Information
Seller: Terrace Horticultural Books, St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$80.00 + shipping
Description:
Seller: Feldman's Books, Menlo Park, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$80.50 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Red flexible covers show only very slight edgewear with small bumps to corners. Edges of pages are marbled, top edges are dusty. 268 pages with fold out map are clean, tight and unmarked.
Seller: All Booked Up, Louisville, KY, U.S.A.
Price: US$82.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hume was best known for his first, breakthrough novel, "The Mystery of the Hansom Cab" (1886) which reportedly inspired Arthur Conan Doyle to write "A Study in Scarlet," which in turn introduced the world to that most notable of consulting detectives, what's-his-name. Two small bangs here to tops of the ornately blind-stamped green front boards. 432 pp., reduced from $97.
Seller: Cat's Curiosities, Pahrump, NV, U.S.A.
Price: US$84.14 + shipping
Description: thick8vo, 22.5cm, 615p., in contemporary half brown morrow, gilt ruled raised bands, gilt decorations and titles in the panels, marbled boards and endpapers, library crest in gilt on the spine, hinges cracked otherwise a very good internally sound copy (ecds). ~ Includes an address "Banking in Canada" by B.E. Walker of Toronto. Sir Byron Edmund Walker (1848-1924) became general manager of the Canadian Bank of Commerce in 1886 and its president in 1907. He was prominent in the establishing of the National Gallery of Canada and the first president of the Champlain Society.
Seller: J. Patrick McGahern Books Inc. (ABAC), Ottawa, ON, Canada
Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Chicago:Rand McNally & Company, Publishers. 1893. 212pp. With fold-out map. Illustrated. In very good, clean condition. The only prior ownership mark is a round blue stamp of the R. R. N. Co. of L.A. on the first free end-page. Otherwise the pages are clean and bright. The binding is tight and hinges intact. The fold-out map of United States is in very good condition. The maroon boards are in very good condition with just hints of shelf-wear. Gilt still bright on cover and spine. A very good copy.
Seller: Parnassus Book Service, Inc, YarmouthPort, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: B&W Photographs; folding map, hand colored; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 333 pages; 1893 [North Carolina State Board of Agriculture] and Rand McNally, Raleigh. Paperback in glazed pictorial paper wraps. Substantial and detailed reference book on the State of NC. Cover title: " Hand-Book of North Carolina: The Farms, Orchards & Vineyards; The Forests, Mines and Factories." Soundly bound; covers with light to moderat dust soiling, light rubbing to edges and some streesing and mild furring to spine edges. Illustrated with numerous b&w photos in half tone and a large fold-out hand colore map of the state at rear. Extensive profiles of education institutions, industry and agriculture, county profiles, fisheries etc. Uncommon. In sound bit somewhat worn condition. Overall G++ to VG-
Seller: DogStar Books, Lancaster, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Book has been moderately worn, rubbed, and soiled. Corners and top/bottom of spine worn otherwise in excellent condition.
Seller: The Red Onion Bookshoppe, Hanover, IN, U.S.A.
Glazier, Captain Willard. Headwaters of the Mississippi. Rand McNally, 1893.
Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st edition.527 pp. Illustrated. Bark blue cover with silver & gilt. Some loss/fading on upper right corner. Tight binding. Clean text with very very few spots. Excellent condition overall.
Seller: Doodletown Farm Books, Ancram, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$86.01 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The Columbian Exposition Album: Containing Views of the Grounds, Main and State Buildings, Statuary, Architectural Details, Interiors, Midway Plaisance Scenes and other Interesting Objects. Hinges loose but intact. Gorgeous floral turquoise and gilt flyleaves. Moderate shelfwear and wear to interior pages. Beautiful book with large, clear photos of the grounds and buildings.
Seller: Rivendell Books Ltd., Barrie, ON, Canada
Price: US$87.91 + shipping
Description: 8°, 615 S OLwd. sauberes Exemplar Schlagworte: GeschichteBankwesenGeldwirtschaftenglish/ englisch Versandkosten können abweichen. PayPal on request. Für Schweizer Kunden: Versand von Zürich möglich und günstiger. Zahlung mit CH- Einzahlungsschein.
Seller: Antiquariat Niedersaetz Berlin-Zürich, Berlin, Germany
Price: US$93.49 + shipping
Description: non paginé (env. 125 p?). ill. (repr. photogr.). 33 x 27 cm. Magnifique album contenant essentiellement des reproductions photographiques (env. 125) de Chicago, ses édifices principaux, résidences, parcs, etc. En excellent état, ce qui est rare pour ce genre de publication. Rel. d'éd. (tranches dorées, gardes marbrées, coins, très lég. retournés, très lég. rousseurs aux gardes, les photogr. en excellent état).
Seller: Jean-Claude Veilleux, Libraire, Québec, QC, Canada
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 334 pp + 1 p ads, the book and contents are clean and tight, the fourth front free endpaper has a short gift inscription, the covers are tight and have very light scuffing and light corner rubbing, a very nice copy of this book.
Seller: Yesterday's Books, Richmond, IN, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 325 pp + advertisements, with frontispiece, illustrations, in original blue cloth with beveled edges. Light rubbing to extremities, gift inscription on front blank; otherwise unmarked and sound. Majors was one of the founders of the Pony Express. Late in life, when he was impoverished, Cody gave him a part in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. The "Major" Burke to whom this book is inscribed was a publicist and press agent who managed the Wild West Show. Graff 2664; Rader 2334; Smith 6488; Howes M-232.
Seller: Walkabout Books, ABAA, Curtis, WA, U.S.A.
Majors Alexander. Seventy Years on the Frontier. Rand McNally, N.Y., 1893.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 325 pages, + ads, frontis, illustrations, top edge gilt, minor cover wear, bookplate, newspaper clipping about Majors attached to fly-leaf. Describes not only the crossing of the plains with wagons and teams but Major's involvement in the brief career of the Pony Express, frontier cities, and figures like Kit Carson and Buffalo Bill who was still a boy when Majors hired him to carry dispatches between the wagon trains. Howes M232, Rader 2334, Graff 2664.
Seller: Old West Books (ABAA), St. Robert, MO, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition. 527pp. Decorative blind stamping on leather boards. Gilt title stamped on front board. All edges gilt. Illustrated. Edges chipped and worn, obnoxious repair tape over the missing spine and to the gutter before the title page, thus good only.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
. Rand, McNally & Co.'s Handbook of the World's Columbian Exposition. Rand, McNally, Chicago, 1893.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: Illus. 224pp. 8vo.
Seller: The Old Mill Bookshop, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$109.89 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Einband leicht berieben, Einbandecken etwas gestossen, am vorderen Gelenk ganz leicht angebrochen, Buchblock im guten Zustand, keine losen Seiten, ca. 210 S., 1000g
Seller: Heidi's Bücherstube, Aschersleben, Germany
Rand McNally and Company. LITCHFIELD, CONN. [LITCHFIELD, CONNECTICUT]. Rand McNally & Company, 1893.
Price: US$110.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Cover title: Litchfield. (16 cm.) 16p. Profusely illustrated with eight full page black and white captioned photos. Stapled booklet in grey wrappers printed in black. Wrappers somewhat soiled, staples show just a bit or rust, previous owner's signature (F.B. Mason), minor dampstain damage to extreme edge of last photo where it stuck to previous page (but not affecting photo field), else very good to near fine with no other internal markings. According to the web site of the Litchfield Historical Society, one Frank B. Mason owned #25 Meadow Street from 1920-1937. [It is not known if this person is the same as the F.B. Mason whose signature is in the book.] Penciled inside the front wrapper along side F.B. Mason's name is the following: "Photographer moved from Millerten." [Could this be the person whose photographs are included in this book?] Photographs include the following: South Street, Corner of Wolcott Street; On Bantam River; South Street Looking South; Echo Farm Dairy; The Hawk House; The United States Hotel; North Street Looking North; and On Bantam Lake. "Echo Farm Company was formed by Frederick Ratchford Starr in Litchfield, Connecticut to bottle milk to sell in Brooklyn, New York. Although Starr bought milk from many dairies in the area he also had a dairy herd of his own known as Echo Farm Dairy." OCLC shows only one holding library: Connecticut State Library. A rare piece of Litchfield ephemera.
Seller: Live Oak Booksellers, Langley, WA, U.S.A.
DOYLE, A. Conan.. Beyond the City.. Rand, McNally & Company, Chicago and New York, 1893.
Price: US$112.18 + shipping
Description: Later American edition. 8vo., 320pp. Lacking the front free e/paper, a touch of wear to the corners o/w a very good copy. Green & Gibson p.608 (See not to A13: no clear priority for the American edition, as many came out towards the end of 1893 or shortly after.
Seller: David Mason Books (ABAC), Toronto, ON, Canada
Price: US$120.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Framed size: 18-1/2 x 24-1/2 inches.Map size: 13-1/2 x 20-1/2 inches.Not examined outside of frame but appears in near fine condition. Map covers from approx. 54°30'N south to international border.; "Upper portion of British Columbia."[Plate] '361' and 'Indexed atlas of the world' in margins. At head of title: "Rand, McNally & Co.'s indexed atlas of the world." The map covers the entire region from Victoria Island to Lake Erie and from the Pacific Ocean and Queen Charlotte Islands (Haida Gwaii) to Newfoundland. Manitoba at the time was much smaller that its current size. On 15 July 1870, Manitoba officially became a Canadian province. It then measured about 130 miles east to west and 110 miles north to south, with an area of 13,928 square miles. Its size and shape gave it the nickname "the Postage Stamp Province". and the square size was 1/18 of its current size. The Manitoba boundaries were later expanded in 1881 and 1912. This map also includes place names, provincial/territorial boundaries, geographical features, railways, Hudson Bay Company posts, several towns, cities, rivers, mountains, and various other topographical details. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Scale: Ca. 1:23,840,000. On verso: "Map of British Columbia," [plate] '362.' This map was issued as plate no. 361 in the 1893 issue of Rand McNally and Company's Indexed Atlas of the World - possibly the finest atlas Rand McNally ever issued.The term British America was used to refer to the British Empire's colonial territories in North America prior to the United States Declaration of Independence, most famously in the 1774 address of Thomas Jefferson to the First Continental Congress entitled: A Summary View of the Rights of British America.The term British North America was initially used following the subsequent Treaty of Paris (1783), which concluded the American Revolutionary War and confirmed the independence of Great Britain's Thirteen Colonies that formed the United States of America. The terms British America and British North America continued to be used for Britain's remaining territories in North America, but the term British North America came to be used more consistently in connection with the provinces that would eventually form the Dominion of Canada, following the Report on the Affairs of British North America (1839), called the Durham ReportRand, McNally and Co. (fl. 1856 - present) is an American publisher of maps, atlases and globes.Item on consignment with LDRB.
Seller: Lord Durham Rare Books (IOBA), St. Catharines, ON, Canada
Alexander Majors. Seventy Years on the Frontier. Rand McNally, 1893.
Price: US$120.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: "Seventy Years on the Frontier" by Alexander Majors. Rand Mcnally, Chicago, 1893 first American edition. 325p, plus ads. Book in good condition, minor wear to blue boards, text detach. from text block. With frontispiece of Majors. With a preface by "Buffalo Bill" General W. F. Cody, and edited by Colonel Prentiss Ingraham. Majors was a primary figure in the establishment of the Pony Express.
Seller: Neverland Books, waalre, Netherlands
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A handsome book bound in three-quarter leather and marbled paper over boards.
Seller: Wild Hills Books, Largo, FL, U.S.A.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. Dark brown cloth with spine and front cover ornately stamped in silver and gold. 527 pps. with extensive appendix by Pearce Giles, a member of the Second Glazier Expedition, defending the claim as to what was the true headwater of the Mississippi River. Illustrated with over 50 drawings and photo plates. A tight, near fine example, hinges firm; gilt still clear and silver stamping on front cover bright. Very minor wear at spine extremities and one tip.
Seller: Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABAA, ILAB), Bordentown, NJ, U.S.A.
NEWBOLT, Henry. Taken From the Enemy. Rand, McNally & Company, Chicago and New York, 1893.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: "Authorized edition." 240pp. Advertisements in rear. Mint green wrappers. Contemporary owner's name on preliminary pages, Pages age-toned, wrappers soiled with edges chipped, spine chipped, a good only copy. Part of the series: "Globe Library: Vol. 1, No. 178, Feb. 7, 1893." Scarce in this format, *OCLC* locates 0 copies.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
N/A. The Columbian Exposition Album. , 1893.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Rand McNally & Company Boards are moderate to severely edgeworn. Binding is moderately loose. Shows more than the usual amount of shelf wear. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item.
Seller: Library House Internet Sales, Grand Rapids, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Pictorial wraps with Las Vegas, New Mexico business advertisement on verso. One folded sheet with 25 paginated panels and 21 b&w illustrations (illustrations are numbered incorrectly). 7 of the 21 illustrations have contemporary manuscript annotations above each image. Printed by Rand, McNally & Co, Printers and Engravers in Chicago. Wraps have heavy soiling and moderate wear to edges; text block has moderate soiling and one panel has 1" of critter damage along the fold. A nice territorial promotional of Las Vegas, New Mexico. At the time of publication Las Vegas was a booming city, a leading commercial center of the Territory. Views found in this promotional include Harvey's Resort, the Hot Springs (annotation points out the Montgomery Hotel in the image), Douglas Avenue, Plaza Park, Bridge Street, the Corn Dance by the Taos Indians, Lujan's Resort, Mineral Hill Resort, Sandoval's Summer Resort, and J. K. Cravens' Ranch. Scarce with two copies found at the British Library as of April 2021. ; 24mo 5" - 6" tall; 25 pp
Seller: Back of Beyond Books, Moab, UT, U.S.A.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: "Go everywhere and see everything at the Columbian Exposition with this detailed map of the city and fairgrounds, published in 1893 by Rand McNally. One side presents Chicago between River North and Jackson Park, the site of the World's Fair, with an emphasis on transportation routes, lodging, and theaters. Other notable buildings like the courthouse, Art Institute, library, and the University of Chicago are also labeled. The city's park and boulevard system, colloquially known as its Emerald Necklace, is depicted in bright green. The verso shows a detailed plan of the grounds of the White City and adjacent Midway Plaisance. Exhibits and attractions are outlined and accompanied by a comprehensive index. Both sides of the map note the location of Hotel Epworth, which, according to a contemporary guide to the fair, was the headquarters for the General Board of Control and 'Methodists generally.' The map is overprinted in red, indicating it was distributed by the Chorus Committee of the Cincinnati Music Festival Association. This was a clever marketing technique by the publishing juggernaut of Rand McNally, who licensed the same maps for use by a wide variety of organizations during the fair. See here for an example by the Union News Company. Source." Sheet Width (in) 13.5 Sheet Height (in) 19.9 Condition Description Issued folded into 16 panels, with moderate creasing and wear along fold lines. Small holes and paper separation at fold intersections and a few tiny tears around the outer edges (confined to the margins). The front two panels (upper right of the fairgrounds plan) have discolored from age. Remains in good condition overall.
Seller: Curtis Wright Maps, Berwyn, IL, U.S.A.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The Columbian Exposition held at Chicago's Jackson Park in 1893 is one of the most iconic events in the (relatively short) history of the great city. Less than 25 years after a devastating fire destroyed much of its downtown, Chicago rapidly rebuilt to surpass New York, St. Louis, and Washington, D.C. as the host of a World's Fair to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Columbus' arrival to the New World. Though it opened a year later than originally hoped, the fair was a tremendous success and saw over 27 million attendees during its six-month run. This map of the White City and adjacent Midway Plaisance was published in Chicago in 1893 by Rand McNally & Company. Dozens of buildings, exhibits, and attractions are outlined and identified in the accompanying index. Highlights include the gigantic Manufacturers and Liberal Arts Building, the iconic Ferris Wheel, a casino, and the Art Galleries (rebuilt as today's Museum of Science and Industry). The verso presents a 'Handy Map of Chicago and the World's Fair' emphasizing the available transportation routes from downtown to Jackson Park. Numerous locations of interest are labeled. Sheet Width (in) 20.4 Sheet Height (in) 14.1 Condition Description Streaks of old adhesive residue are visible in the upper corners and there is moderate wear along old fold lines. Scattered toning and offsetting, along with some marginal soiling. About good condition overall.
Seller: Curtis Wright Maps, Berwyn, IL, U.S.A.
Price: US$130.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition, hardcover, original green covers with gilt lettering on front cover. Filled with over 100 vintage photographs and still contains THE ORIGINAL LARGE FOLD-OUT COLOR MAP of the Exposition. Front hinge is a little weak with mesh starting to be exposed just behind the title page. Light shelfwear along the original bevelled edges. Page edges gilt.
Seller: ! Turtle Creek Books !, Mississauga, ON, Canada
Price: US$130.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 325 pp., frontis, illustrations, advertisements, gilt top edge, all gilt lettering clear and prominent. Preface by Buffalo Bill Cody with a frontis portrait of him before the Preface. A solid very good copy with minimal wear to the boards, internally fine! Previous owner's, barely readable, name on ffep. Alexander Majors was a co-founder of the Pony Express and was a partner in the freight firm, Russell, Majors and Waddell. An interesting read.
Seller: K & B Books, Tucson, AZ, AZ, U.S.A.
Glazier, Willard. Headwaters of the Missisippi. Rand McNally, 1893.
Price: US$130.01 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Bound in dark brown bevelled boards with gold and silver decorations, 527 pp., 58 illustrations complete. Book has shelf wear, a scuff mark on front and occasional finger soil. A good to very good copy.
Seller: Kerkhoff Books DIV KSI, Warsaw, IN, U.S.A.
Price: US$135.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition. Octavo. Original color pictorial wrappers designed by Behre Stoetzer Co. Two page map of “The Counties of California” by Rand McNally; 24 b/w halftone illustrations. No dust jacket. Good (small stains top edge; few nicks). 112 pages. No signatures or bookplates. See ROCQ 16384.
Seller: Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$139.05 + shipping
Description: Small Octavo. 325pp., (3)pp. ads. with a preface by Buffalo Bill (General W.F. Cody), Missour in its wild and uncultivated state, the mormons, Doniphan's expedition, trapping, Kit Carson, Denver of early days, Kansas City before the war, silver mining and of course, the Pony Express which was founded by Mr. Majors. A very handsome copy bound in dark blue pictorial gilt cloth over beveled boards, spine and top edge gilt, dark brown coated endpapers. Internally fresh.
Seller: Alcuin Books, ABAA/ILAB, Scottsdale, AZ, U.S.A.
Price: US$149.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 12 parts complete. The complete 12 original softcover stapled wrappers sold by monthy subscription. These 12 were then bound together to make a hard cover book. Part 1's front cover is detached from the binding and there is heavy wear. Other parts are in VERY GOOD to excellent. For the Chicago World's Fair completist. Photos available upon request. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Seller: Ziern-Hanon Galleries, Frontenac, MO, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: The Columbian Exposition Album. Containing Views of the Grounds, Main and State Buildings, Statuary, Architectural Details, Interiors, Midway Plaisance Scense, and Other Interesting Objects Which Had Place at the Worlds Columbian Exposition Chicago, 1893, Rand, McNally & Company, Publishers, Chicago, unpaginated, red cloth, 12 x 9, long 8vo. In fair condition. Light wear to extremities with scuffing to edges and corners. Irregular diagonal drip staining to front covers. Modest soiling to surface of cloth. Gilt embossing bright and clean. Front gutter tender with light splitting. Bookplate of prominent Penn State University Architect Maurice Robert Des Marais on pastedown. Fingersoiling to first bottom corners of the margins throughout. Plate of moose has been torn out and is chipped. Binding shaken. Free of known markings. Please see photos.
Seller: ROBIN RARE BOOKS at the Midtown Scholar, Harrisburg, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: oblong 11.5 X 9 inch book bound in black pebbled cover boards with a leather spine and corner tips, pages are not numbered, by hand count 216 6.5 X 9 inch full page black and white photo illustrations to each a "full explanatory and critical note is appended", well preserved inner hinges with floral designed end papers without any markings, wear to leather spine and leather corner tips, a few tiny cuts and marks to covers but in all this oblong volume has survived in very good plus condition
Seller: Philosopher's Stone Books, Kingston, NY, U.S.A.
NIAGARA FALLS. The Falls of Niagara; Depicted by Pen and Camera. Rand, McNally, Chicago, 1893.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: Many color plates, color map. Thin, oblong 8vo, decorated cloth, cloth lightly soiled and rubbed. Chicago: Knight, Leonard, 1893.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: _____Full color map, 21 x 28", folded and mounted into 6.5 x 4.25", stiff paper covers. _____ Scaled at 1" to 20 miles, depicts counties, towns and railroads. _____ Includes a 30 page index and freight information._____This section indicates that some 19 railroads are included. _____ The covers are worn and soiled._____The map has a 1" split to a fold of the mounting panel. _____
Seller: Watermark West Rare Books, Wichita, KS, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: Oblong 4to. 11.75 x 9.2 in. [100 pp (unpaginated).], with photo plates throughout. Cloth-backed publisher's boards, printed cyanotype lozenge illust. of the Columbian Exposition front cover, decorative blue & white lettering (minor soiling, scuffing, expertly rebacked, rear flyleaf renewed, faint tidemark to some leaves at fore-edges), still G copy from library of Prof. Marvin Nathan. First edition of this nicely illustrated photographic souvenir of the 1893 Columbian Exposition, including many depicting the ethnic villages, and groups which acted as curiosities on the Midway Plaisance, including West Africans, Syrians, Inuit, the Turkish bazaar tent, Ceylon tea house, and more. See: Dybwad & Bliss, Annotated Bibliography: World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893 (1992), 1723.
Seller: Zephyr Used & Rare Books, Vancouver, WA, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: Oblong 4to. 11.5 x 9 in. [226 pp (unpaginated).], with photo plates throughout. Publisher's maroon-coloured cloth over beveled boards, decorative gilt lettering & illustration on front cover (minor soiling, light bumping to corners, minor spotting & very light stain spot on back cover), still VG- copy from library of Prof. Marvin Nathan, w/original purchase invoice dated Jan. 30, 1996 from the inimitable Charles B. Wood III, bookseller. First edition of this nicely illustrated photographic souvenir of the 1893 Columbian Exposition, including many depicting the ethnic villages, and groups which acted as curiosities on the Midway Plaisance, including West Africans, Samoan singers, Syrians, Inuit, the Turkish bazaar tent, Ceylon tea house, and more. Rand McNally issued this in several formats, although this 226 pp. version was the most expansive. See: Dybwad & Bliss, Annotated Bibliography: World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893 (1992), 1596.
Seller: Zephyr Used & Rare Books, Vancouver, WA, U.S.A.
Price: US$156.25 + shipping
Description: First edition, 8vo, 527pp., numerous illustrations throughout the text; previous owner's rubberstamps on title page and endpapers, else a very good, sound copy in original decorative blue cloth stamped in silver and gilt. Glazier explored the headwaters of the Mississippi in 1881, and claims the discovery of the true source of the Mississippi lying immediately to the south of Lake Itasca, a small lake which he humbly named Lake Glazier. The photographic illustrations in this volume, by F. J. Trost, are purportedly the first such illustrations of the Mississippi headwaters.
Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$162.64 + shipping
Description: Moltissime illustrazioni, anche fotografiche in b/n n.t. Rand, McNally & Co, Publ. - Chicago, I edizione 1893. Brossura editoriale con piccole macanze marginali alle copertine e usure al dorso. Peraltro libro perfettamente legato con interno pulito e freschissimo. 14x20; pp.275. Raro e in Buonissimo stato. , Molto buono (Very Good)
Seller: L'Angolo del Collezionista di B. Pileri, Rignano Flaminio, RM, Italy
Price: US$164.84 + shipping
Description: 14,6x11,1 cm; 31, (1) pp. Brossura editoriale con titolo impresso in nero al piatto anteriore. L'opera contiene tutte le planimetrie a colori degli edifici della celeberrima World's Columbian Exposition (o Fiera Colombiana di Chicago o Fiera Mondiale Colombiana). La fiera venne inaugurata nel 1893 per festeggiare i 400 anni della scoperta dell'America. "I protagonisti dell'iniziativa furono gli architetti e urbanisti Daniel Burnham e Frederick Law Olmsted.Tale evento ebbe un'importanza decisiva per la cultura urbanistica e architettonica che si stava sviluppando in quegli anni nel panorama statunitense, e in generale nel pensiero economico e sociale di allora. La fiera fu interamente illuminata dalla corrente alternata recentemente inventata dal fisico Nikola Tesla, fornita dalla società di George Westinghouse: l'Expo fu il primo grande esperimento per l'utilizzo di tale energia". Il volume contiene anche le planimetrie dei deu celebri edifici "elletrici" il "Electricity Building" ed il "Electricity Building Gallery". Molto raro. Very Rare.
Seller: Studio Bibliografico Antonio Zanfrognini, Modena, Italy
Price: US$165.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Photographs; Oblong 4to 11" - 13" tall; 1893 Rand McNally. 1st edition. Oversize oblong format HC in publisher's maroon cloth; board edges beveled and pictorial title design to cover brightly stamped in gilt. Spine unlettered, as issued. As attractive and well preserved a copy as we have handled over the years. Soundly bound and clean with original floral endpages complete and intact. Light nicking and superficial rub-through to cloth at tips. Several small spots of color fade to the boards, perhaps the result of a drip spill or very isolated silverfish predation. Profusely illustrated with photo views of the White City, documenting the many architecturally significant structures, the birth of the "Midway, " the Ferris Wheel, and the overarching cohesion of design planning which made the 1893 Fair so important. Handsome copy of a notorioulsy fragile volume. VG++ . Oversize book may require additional charges for expedited or international shipping.
Seller: DogStar Books, Lancaster, PA, U.S.A.
Rand McNally & Co.. Sectional Map of OHio. Chicago, Chicago, 1893.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Description: Large linen-backed map of Ohio, full color by county. Trimmed close at bottom margin, very wide top margin. Fine condition except for blue manuscript lines showing routes (for railroads?) from Toledo to Cincinnati and from Athens to Cleveland. There are also large notes in yellow which look to be dividing the state into two or three regions.
Seller: High Ridge Books, Inc. - ABAA, South Deerfield, MA, U.S.A.
MAJORS, Alexander. Seventy Years on the Frontier: Alexander Majors' Memoirs of a Lifetime. , 1893.
Price: US$192.50 + shipping
Description: 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 Prentiss Ingraham. Chicago: Rand, McNally & Company, 1893. 1st ed. 325pp. Portrait frontis., plates. Orig. gilt-pictorial cloth. Very good. Rader 2334. HOWES M-232. In his early years, Majors traveled the Santa Fe Trail, but the later partnership was noted more for its role in the Utah "war", the Overland Mail, and the Pony Express. Good information on wagon freighting"-Rittenhouse 394.
Seller: G.S. MacManus Co., ABAA, Bryn Mawr, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$193.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: NOTE: Map of Fair not present. Small quarto .(9 1/16 in. x 6 1/4 in.) Flexible leather covers with gilt lettering to front and spine. All edges gilt. Appears very lightly used, if at all. After a thorough explanation of helpful identifying marks, a preface, and a fair calendar, the guide sets off to address what an unfamiliar visitor really might WANT and NEED to know. First chapter covers "Arrival at the World's Fair City", followed by "The Way to The World's Fair and Its History". These inntroductory sections are followed by a six-day itinerary covering a wide selection of fair features, and concludes with a general index. The aim of this guide is to afford to its readers the fullest clearest, most concise, and above all, the most reliable information upon every subject within its scope. Its space is too limited to admit iof verbose descriptions or discursive ramblings (even were such desireable) and mere dull, dry cataloguing of details has been equally divided." ".With those who will require its aid, the most important questions are: 1st. How can I best reach the Exposition? 2nd What are the objects of interest there? 3rd How can I most easily and understandingly see and enjoy the sights?
Seller: Aardvark Rare Books, ABAA, EUGENE, OR, U.S.A.
Majors Alexander. Seventy Years on the Frontier. Rand McNally, N.Y., 1893.
Price: US$195.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 325 pages, + ads, frontis, illustrations, top edge gilt. Describes not only the crossing of the plains with wagons and teams but Major's involvement in the brief career of the Pony Express, frontier cities, and figures like Kit Carson and Buffalo Bill who was still a boy when Majors hired him to carry dispatches between the wagon trains. Howes M232, Rader 2334, Graff 2664.
Seller: Old West Books (ABAA), St. Robert, MO, U.S.A.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardback in Very Good condition without dust jacket. . Oblong 4to 11" - 13" tall. Unpaginated pages. Front hinge repaired; light rubbing to corners. . * Quick Shipping * All Books Mailed in Boxes * Free Tracking Provided *
Seller: Easton's Books, Inc., Mount Vernon, WA, U.S.A.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Front cover is off - enough binder tape left to re-attach. Gilt title box with border. Patterned embossed swinging from vine cherubs-flower design like an embossed wall paper on brown smooth cloth covers, Matching publishers tan binding tape for 3/4 style binding with gilt rules along binding tape edges. Has a key photographic double-plate with 25 areas/features numbered in red and located - but only 12 photographic-type plates are in this folio and possibly the rest are missing or belonged to another folio. They also might have sold these folios incomplete if they ran out of some of the plates. Rare in any condition. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Seller: Jeff Stark, Barstow, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$222.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo. pp. 268. text in double columns. folding colour guide map. illus. throughout (a few full-page). original cloth (somewhat worn & stained, crease in upper cover). First Edition.
Seller: D & E LAKE LTD. (ABAC/ILAB), Toronto, ON, Canada
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Decorated cloth hard cover .large quarto .many Photo illustrations. over 200 Pages. covers repaired heavy cover.scarce.
Seller: The Compulsive Collector, New York NY, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Description: Pocket map in printed brown folder. Excellent condition. Partial color, with parks highlighted in green and the Columbia Exposition grounds in red. Street index on verso. This map was also issued as the verso map on a different Rand McNally map issued for the Exposition.
Seller: High Ridge Books, Inc. - ABAA, South Deerfield, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Octavo. [1], 325 pages, [3] pages advertisements, [1]. Frontispiece, illustrated. Blue cloth hardcover with gilt illustration and title on the front cover. Gilt title on the spine. Some repairs made to this copy. Front and rear hinges discreetly repaired. Pages 71, 72 patched on the edge. Covers are shelf and edge worn. Appears the previous owner inscription erased on the right front flyleaf. Author signed the recto of the frontispiece. Light scattered brown spotting to the contents. Majors was one of the founders of the Pony Express. He also helped with the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad. Howes M 232; Rader 2334; Wagner-Camp 359; Graff 2664.
Seller: Americana Books, ABAA, Stone Mt, GA, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: No Dust Jacket As Published. 768 pp. with b&w illustrations throughout. First Edition, 1893. Rand McNally & Co., Printers. This very nice original Benjamin Allen & Co. catalogue from 1893 contains 768 pages, and covers all manner of their wholesale products, including: clocks & watches, costume jewelry, diamonds, clocks, silver, silver-plated ware, optical goods, and tools and materials for watch and jewelery repairing, engraving diamond setting, et. al., as well. Lightly bumped fore-edge corners with minor edge wear, else, Pristine Interior. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Blue cloth with blind-stamped titles and floral pattern to front board. Size: 4to
Seller: West Side Book Shop, ABAA, Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A.
Majors Alexander. Seventy Years on the Frontier. Rand McNally, N.Y., 1893.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 325 pages, + ads, frontis, illustrations, minor edge wear, inscribed by the author in 1894, signed by Majors in a shaky hand. Burke was a well known publicists, promoter and author. One of his books was, Buffalo Bill, From Prairie to Palace Buffalo Bill wrote the preface for Majors book. Burke was also the manager of Codys Wild West Show. Describes not only the crossing of the plains with wagons and teams but Major's involvement in the brief career of the Pony Express, frontier cities, and figures like Kit Carson and Buffalo Bill who was still a boy when Majors hired him to carry dispatches between the wagon trains. Howes M232, Rader 2334, Graff 2664.between the wagon trains. Howes M232, Rader 2334, Graff 2664.
Seller: Old West Books (ABAA), St. Robert, MO, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Dozens of different states and countries participated in the 1893 World's Fair; held at Jackson Park in Chicago, Illinois. As a result, a tremendous amount of printed material was produced to serve as part guide, part souvenir, and part advertisement. This particular example was sponsored by Henry R. Worthington, a manufacturer of pump engines from New York. The double sided map presents two views, both designed and published by Rand McNally. The first shows the fairgrounds of the Columbian Exposition and individually labels 22 different locations where Worthington pumps and machinery can be seen. The accompanying explanations identify entries such as marine pumps propelling steam yachts in Lake Michigan, pressure pumps operating Otis elevators and condensers in the power house. The opposite side features a map of the city with the fairgrounds and the location of the Worthington Chicago Branch office highlighted in red. Despite the popularity of such material, the maps are largely ephemeral and this particular version is uncommon. Only six copies in OCLC scattered across several different entries. Sheet Width (in) 20.75 Sheet Height (in) 14 Condition Description Wear and creasing along fold lines, and a few spots of ink offsetting from the red paper covers (still present). There are four spots at fold intersections with small holes. Very good overall.
Seller: Curtis Wright Maps, Berwyn, IL, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: "This interesting map of Chicago was published locally by Rand McNally in 1892, the year prior to the city hosting the iconic Columbian Exposition at Jackson Park. Oddly, there is no mention anywhere of the World's Fair on the map itself - possibly because a base map from 1888 was used and updated with additional information. Such details include the organization of a robust transportation network comprised of steam railroads, elevated lines, and streetcars powered by horses and/or electric cables. Eight depots are noted around downtown, with a key identifying the corresponding companies that operate within each. Boulevards and parks are highlighted in green - the city's iconic 'Emerald Necklace' - and political wards are outlined in red, though only a portion of Chicago's 50 wards are included in the image. Other labeled locations of interest include elevated stations, public buildings, monuments, part of the Union Stock Yard, Bridewell Prison, and the Interstate Industrial Exposition Building, demolished the same year as publication to make way for the Art Institute. The verso presents a map of the entire city that highlights the expansion of the Sanitary District, annexations from 1890, and the proposed Chicago Union Transfer Railway Yards. Source: Encylopedia of Chicago;" Sheet Width (in) 21.8 Sheet Height (in) 27.6 Condition Description Double-sided map with creasing and wear along originally issued fold lines. Soiling and wear visible in the margins, including a few small tears. Wrinkled upper right corner. Toning and manuscript annotations in pencil on the verso do not affect the image. Good to very good overall
Seller: Curtis Wright Maps, Berwyn, IL, U.S.A.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Description: Pocket map in stiff orange printed boards. Excellent condition, with one short tear. The main map shows the Chicago shoreline, extending roughly 10 blocks inland to Stewart Ave. and Beach St., from the Exposition grounds to the Chicago River. The verso is Rand McNally's New Indexed Standard Guide Map of the World's Columbian Exposition at Chicago, 1893. This map identifies all of the buildings of the Fair, with the dimensions of the footprint for many of them. This side contains a large ad for Otis Brothers & Co. and their elevators, in use at the Exposition.
Seller: High Ridge Books, Inc. - ABAA, South Deerfield, MA, U.S.A.
Rand McNally & Co.. General Map of Chicago 1893. Chicago, Chicago, 1893.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Description: Large folding map of Chicago in stiff printed boards, lightly worn. Map is in excellent condition. It shows much of the city, from Lincoln Park to Jackson Park and the Columbian Exposition grounds. West to Garfield Park. The verso is Rand McNally's New and Concise Map of Chicago Showing the New City Limits and Location of the World's Columbian Exposition . which shows the city and close-in suburbs of Worth, Lyons, Cicero and Norwood Park. It is surrounded by a street index.
Seller: High Ridge Books, Inc. - ABAA, South Deerfield, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Description: Accordian-style timetable with maps. Excellent condition. The largest map is a double-panel circular map of the midwest, showing all lines, but highlighting the Chicago Great Western lines terminating at Kansas City, Chicago, and Minneapolis, with a junction at Oelwein, Iowa. All stations on the routes are marked. There are also a map of Chicago and a map of the lines surrounded by a border in the shape of a leaf. Printed by Rand McNally.
Seller: High Ridge Books, Inc. - ABAA, South Deerfield, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: "This uncommon promotional item was distributed at the 1893 Columbian Exposition by the short-lived New Orleans Brewing Association. In 1890, a collection of six breweries merged at the site of Louisiana Brewing Co. on the corner of Jackson Avenue and Tchoupitoulas Street to combat the practice of English brewery syndicates buying up their small-scale operations. The initial organization only existed until 1899, but it would be reborn in the 20th century as the New Orleans Brewing Company. A portion of Rand McNally's Official Guide Map has been custom-issued by the Milwaukee Lithograph and Engraving Company. The Midway Plaisance is almost entirely omitted, with emphasis on the White City - particularly the New Orleans Brewing Association Exhibit on the 2nd floor of the Agriculture Building (starred). The map is glued to stiff paper wraps that show chromolithographed images of the Perfection, Pilsner, and Louisiana Export Beers for sale by the brewery. The covers show a view of the exhibit and an aerial perspective of the brewing association factory complex, with an alleged annual capacity of 1,500,000 barrels! Source: New Orleans Brewery Tour;" Sheet Width (in) 6.25 Sheet Height (in) 9.9 Condition Description Single-sided map adhered to original stiff illustrated gold covers. Light creasing along original fold lines and a few small spots visible at the top of the sheet. Very good or slightly better overall.
Seller: Curtis Wright Maps, Berwyn, IL, U.S.A.
Price: US$291.21 + shipping
Description: Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling, with minor rubbing to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 251 pages; Description: 1p. L. , 9-268p. Fold. Front. , illus. , ports. , plans. 24cm. Subjects: World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill. ) --Guidebooks. Thus. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Price: US$325.00 + shipping
Description: Original cloth, bumpted at corners, light shelf wear. Generally excellent condition. [8], 212 pp., folding map of the United States. Extensive travel guide through the west and southwest along the route of the Santa Fe Railroad. In addition to sections on the states and territories named in the title, the text includes also sections on the panhandle of Texas and Kansas City.
Seller: High Ridge Books, Inc. - ABAA, South Deerfield, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$328.00 + shipping
Description: Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling, with minor rubbing to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 251 pages; Description: 1p. L. , 9-268p. Fold. Front. , illus. , ports. , plans. 24cm. Subjects: World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill. ) --Guidebooks. Thus. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Fegus Hume. The Harlequin Opal. Rand Mcnally, 1893.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very good leather bound hard cover edition. 1st U.S. Edition. Gilt top edges. 5 raised bands on gilt designed leather spine. Gilt title and author name. 1/2 leather with marbled covers and endpapers. Lightly rubbed. Clean. Tight binding. No markings. 432 pages. Scarce.
Seller: OUT-OF-THE-WAY BOOKS, North Adams, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$425.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: _____ Single sheet, 35 x 38.75", folded to 36 panels. _____ The exterior are is text in dense columns and most comprises a narrative extolling region._____ Includes a brief gazetteer of various towns in Washington and Idaho. _____ The remaining panes give a detailed explanation of how one manages to buy railroad and claim free government lands, as well as the privileges offered by the Northern Pacific to settlers._____ This section ends with the exhortation to contact Mssrs Groat & Lamborn of the NPRR for further information, hence our assignment of the authorship to them. _____ ._____This side is illustrated with 16 engravings of agricultural scenes._____ There is also a 12 x 9" sectional "Map of Washington, Oregon and Part of Idaho", with the NPRR lines in bold._____ . _____ The entire interior (less one panel) is a black and white sectional "Map Showing Land Grant / of the / Northern Pacific Railroad Co._____/ in Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho / Corrected up to Sept. 1, 1892." The sections are shaded to indicate: NPRR lands available, sold, US Government lands, US govt. lands entered, and sections reserved for schools._____ . _____ The remaining interior panel is a route map of the Northern Pacific route from the Great Lakes to the Pacific, with all the intermediary stops captioned. _____ ._____Though the map is corrected to 1892, statistics for that entire year are cited, so we date the issue to 1893. _____ Several internal folds have 2 to 4" splits, with flaking loss to their edges. _____ WorldCat (03/17) shows two holdings for this year (Yale, UC-Berkeley), both citing the map date. _____
Seller: Watermark West Rare Books, Wichita, KS, U.S.A.
Majors Alexander. Seventy Years on the Frontier. Rand McNally, N.Y., 1893.
Price: US$475.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 325 pages, + ads, frontis, illustrations, top edge gilt, front hinge just starting, bookplate, inscription and signature of Majors dated 1898. Describes not only the crossing of the plains with wagons and teams but Major's involvement in the brief career of the Pony Express, frontier cities, and figures like Kit Carson and Buffalo Bill who was still a boy when Majors hired him to carry dispatches between the wagon trains. Howes M232, Rader 2334, Graff 2664
Seller: Old West Books (ABAA), St. Robert, MO, U.S.A.
Majors Alexander. Seventy Years on the Frontier. Rand McNally, N.Y., 1893.
Price: US$475.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 325 pages, + ads, frontis, illustrations, top edge gilt, marbled end-papers, looks like it has been re-cased, except for the end-papers it would be very difficult to see. Very nice association copy, inscribed, Presented to my dear friend Maj. John M. Burke as a token of love and good will by the author Sept 14 1898, Alexander Majors. Inscription is in another hand but the signature is Majors. Burke was a well known publicists, promoter and author. One of his books was, Buffalo Bill, From Prairie to Palace Buffalo Bill wrote the preface for Majors book. Burke was also the manager of Codys Wild West Show. Describes not only the crossing of the plains with wagons and teams but Major's involvement in the brief career of the Pony Express, frontier cities, and figures like Kit Carson and Buffalo Bill who was still a boy when Majors hired him to carry dispatches between the wagon trains. Howes M232, Rader 2334, Graff 2664.
Seller: Old West Books (ABAA), St. Robert, MO, U.S.A.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Description: 14pp. plus folding color map, 14 x 21 inches. In 12mo. original printed wrappers. Minor chipping to wrappers. Some fold separations to map. Good plus. An attractive color map of the state, including the railroad system, and "all cities, towns, post offices, railroad stations, villages, counties, islands, lakes, rivers, etc." Rare, with only one copy in OCLC, at Southern Methodist University's DeGolyer Library. OCLC 641244584.
Seller: William Reese Company - Americana, New Haven, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: "The Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad was organized in 1870 and awarded a federal land grant by the U.S. Government to connect the frontier Army outposts at Fort Riley, Fort Gibson, Fort Scott, and, eventually, Fort Worth. With the exception of the Financial Panic of 1873, the company grew steadily across Texas in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, until its height around 1912. This map shows the company routes in operation in 1893, with connections stretching from Chicago to Galveston. The timing is notable, as the Windy City held a World's Fair that year known as the Columbian Exposition, and visitors from all over the country would flock to the event by road and rail. Branches extend to Kansas City, Junction City, St. Louis, Henrietta, Jefferson, and San Marcos, and the lines of the MKT (nicknamed 'The Katy') bisect a diminutive Indian Territory. Of note here is the town of Adair, the site of a famous train robbery by the Dalton Gang the year prior to publication. The left side of the page contains a list of cities, towns, and stations located along Katy lines in Texas, along with their respective counties. The verso provides descriptive text regarding promising cities along the MKT routes, as well as promotional information on the prosperity available to potential settlers in Kansas - 'The Canaan of the Home Seeker'. The front panel of the folding brochure includes a view of the Kansas State Building at the Columbian Exposition in Chicago. An interesting and ephemeral map covering a period of tremendous migration to Texas. The state's population would approximately double from 1.5 to 3 million inhabitants between 1880 and 1900. Printed in Chicago by Rand McNally in 1893. Sources: Texas Migration History (University of Washington); American Rails" Sheet Width (in) 26.9 Sheet Height (in) 24.3 Condition Description Moderate wear and light discoloration along originally issued fold lines, including small spots of separation at fold intersections and along the outer edges of the sheet. Faintly creased where fold, but remains in very good condition overall.
Seller: Curtis Wright Maps, Berwyn, IL, U.S.A.
Price: US$503.25 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st printing. Professionally rebound in red-orange cloth with black imprinted spine with decoration. 275pp. I compared this copy, which I received disbound, with a copy in original binding which I have sold. This copy is missing the Buffalo Bill front., but has the second one as well as Burke's portrait. My comparison showed this copy has an additional ad (one ad is for Siringo's A Texas Cow-Boy). Text block in vg to near fine condition; title page which is thick enough to be a front cover, is in vg condition. My research on the previous copy has me saying the following: "This book's rarity is noted in the 2005 (non-facsimile) paperback reprint, where the writer of the Intro, Dr. Jason Berger, says that only one of four modern Cody biographers even cited this book, & then just barely. Very few copies of this book have been offered for sale in the last eighty odd years, & few libraries have a copy. The owner of this copy may be assured of many, many years of reading and reference. Burke served as what some called the "general manager" for William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody's Wild West Show. Howes B982.
Seller: Gene W. Baade, Books on the West, Renton, WA, U.S.A.
Price: US$995.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Inscribed First Edition, First Printing of this image-making biography of Buffalo Bill Cody. John M. Burke was a central figure in Buffalo Bill's orbit as press agent, promoter and scribe for Buffalo Bill and the Wild West show beginning in 1883. This biography is -- in addition to being an engaging (if florid) yarn -- a pioneering work in public relations. It is an image-bulding effort, portraying Buffalo Bill as an iconic figure of the frontier and published in conjunction with Buffalo Bill making camp in the wilds of Chicago during the Columbian Exposition of 1893. This copy is inscribed on the half title page by John M. Burke to another colorful entertainer of the era -- the diminutive comic actor Marshall P. Wilder. The inscription reads "To a friend on two continents, Marshall P. Wilder comps. John M. Burke." Brown cloth with gilt titles, 275 pages. The covers have rubbing at the edges and on back cover. Gilt intact except for first two letters in "from" in the title on spine. Covers are loose at front and back with a back endpaper very loose. A previous price is penciled on two pages at front. We've resisted erasing the pencil markings to avoid stressing the delicate front hinge.
Seller: M.S. Books, Salisbury, MD, U.S.A.
Majors Alexander. Seventy Years on the Frontier. Rand McNally, N.Y., 1893.
Price: US$995.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: N.D. (1893) Original pictorial wraps, 271 pages, illustration, minor cosmetic repairs, housed in a slipcase. Howes notes this reprint but mistakenly states there were no illustrations, however there is one. Describes not only the crossing of the plains with wagons and teams but Major's involvement in the brief career of the Pony Express, frontier cities, and figures like Kit Carson and Buffalo Bill who was still a boy when Majors hired him to carry dispatches between the wagon trains. Howes M232, Rader 2334, Graff 2664.
Seller: Old West Books (ABAA), St. Robert, MO, U.S.A.