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Centennial Crisis
by William H Rehnquist
William H. Rehnquist was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II. He earned his B.A. and M.A. in political science from Stanford University and a second M.A. from Harvard. He graduated first in his class at Stanford Law School in 1952. In 1969 Rehnquist became assistant attorney general for the Justice Department's Office of Legal Council. He was confirmed by the Senate as an associate justice of the Supreme Court in December 1971, and took his place on the...
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Reports Of Cases Ruled and Adjudged In the Courts Of Pennsylvania, Before and Since the Revolution
by A J Dallas
Preliminary Report On the Mineralogy Of Pennsylvania With an Appendix On the Hydrocarbon Compounds - Second Geological Survey Of Pennsylvania
by Samuel P Sadtler F a Genth
Geseze Der Republik Pennsylvanien In Ubersezten Auszugen
by D Caldwell, Clk Pennsylvania General Assembly
Annual Report Of the Secretary Of Internal Affairs Of the Commonwealth Of Pennsylvania Part IIi Industrial Statistics Vol Xii 1884
by Department Of Internal Affairs
Legal History Books & Ephemera
United States and Spanish Commission. No. 29. Statement of the Claim of Ramon Fernandez Criado y Gomez vs. Spain
by United States and Spanish Commission
Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1879. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Original softcover in original wraps. Exterior shows some spotting and toning with the worst issue is some tears around the spine edges. The top has a tear of about an inch the bottom has a larger tear along the spine edge that measures about 3 inches on the front cover with a smaller tear on the back. The string held binding is still intact in...
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CA$381.23
Final Report of General John J. Pershing: Commander-in-Chief, American Expeditionary Forces
by John J. Pershing
Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1920. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover, blue cloth boards show scuffing and spotting, particularly on the rear board. Edges and corners show bumps/wear. The internal binding is good, no hinge issues. The front end page is stamped "Hon. Ed \gar R Kiess, Member of Congress". Edgar Keiss was in the US House of Representatives as well as the Pennsylvania House of...
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CA$23.57
Sir John Jeffcott. Portrait of a Colonial Judge
by Hague, R.M
Melbourne: Melbourne University Press. 1963. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. A nice copy. 132 pages. The troubled life of the first Judge of the Supreme Court of South Australia. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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CA$18.48
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The Army Cook: Training Manual No. 2100-152 / TM 2100-152 [Cookbook]
by War Department
Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1935. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Good+. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Call softcover, no covers as issued as the pages are stapled together and meant to be placed in a military binder. The exterior shows spotting and foxing along with scuffs, corners and edges show bumps in small tears and there is a small stain on the left edge the front page. The interior binding is still tight as it does not appear this book...
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CA$69.32
Report of the Pennsylvania Department of Forestry for the Years 1910-11
by Pennsylvania Department of Forestry
Harrisburg, PA: C. E. Aughinbaugh: Printer to the State of Pennsylvania, 1912. Hardcover. VG-. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover, green cloth boards with gilt text on spine. Exterior show spotting to the cloth with the spine area being the most severe. The carrier binding is tight and pages are clean. No signatures, no handwriting, no library markings. Front pastedown has a small card which states " Compliments of Vincent A. Collins,...
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CA$20.17
Contributions to Economic Geology (Short Papers and Preliminary Reports) 1917 Part I - Metals and Nonmetals Except Fuels (USGS Bulletin 660)
by Ransome, F.L.; Burchard, E.F.; Gale, H.S
Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1918. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover, maroon cloth boards blind stamped on front and rear with gilt text on spine. Exterior shows some soiling and handling, rear bumped has small tear along bottom edge. Interior binding is good, no hinge issues. Pages are toned due to age and some minor foxing is present. Includes multiple foldout maps and charts placed throughout the book....
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CA$59.18
THE CONSTITUTION OF ENGLAND; OR AN ACCOUNT OF THE ENGLISH GOVERNMENT; in which it is Compared Both with the Republican Form of Government, and the Other Monarchies in Europe
by De Lolme, J[ean] L[Louis]
London: G. Wilkie, J. Cuthell, J. Stockdale, [et al.], 1816. 8vo. Leaves 21 x 13 cm. [2], xxviii, 554 pages, plus frontispiece portrait of the author. Indexes to the text and the editor's footnotes. Contemporary quarter calf with raised bands and gilt spine decorations over marbled boards with calf tips. Light wear to extremities; rubbing and a few scuffs to boards; front joint very slightly started at the base, but the binding is solid. Marginal foxing to the frontispiece; title page a little...
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CA$117.84
The Ornithology of Illinois: Part I: Descriptive Catalogue (volume 1 only)
by Robert Ridgeway / S. A. Forbes
Springfield, IL: Published by the Authority of the State Legislature / H. W. Rokker Printer, 1889. Hardcover. VG-. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. See photos for condition details. Tall hardcover, original binding of beveled green cloth boards with gilt on front and spine. The exterior shows some scuffing spotting along with edge and corner bumps/wear. There's a small chip on the bottom edge of the front board and the rear board shows soiling along the bottom third section. The internal...
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CA$31.88
Statutes of the Isle of Man (Volume IX) from A, D. 1910 to A. D. 1915
by George Sayle Johnson
printed by S. K Broadbent & Co. Ltd, Douglas, Isle of Man, 1922. Revised Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Near Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. This Volume, being Volume IX of the Revised Edition of the Statutes of the Isle of Man, is edited by George Sayle Johnson, Esquire, Advocate, under appointment issued by the Lieutenant-Governor. Care has been taken in comparing the text with the original Acts in the Rolls Office. Volume VIII continued the Statutes to the end of A. D.. 1909; this Volume...
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CA$70.11
A GENERAL COLLECTION OF FORMS AND PRECEDENTS IN CONVEYANCING ...
by Getz, George
Reading: George Getz; Philadelphia: George & Byington, George W. Mentz & Son; printed by John C. Clark, Philadelphia, 1837. 4to. xi, [1], 143, [1] pages. Original quarter calf over paper covered boards, with later typescript paper spine label and new endpapers. [26 cm.] Good plus. A few stains to covers; scattered foxing. SECOND EDITION, ENLARGED AND IMPROVED. The first edition of this form book was issued in 1822, with the title beginning: "Precedents for the Use of Justices of the...
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CA$103.97
Summary Discharge or Mustering Out of Regiments or Companies : Message from the President of the U.S. Transmitting a Report from the Secretary of War Together with Several Documents, Including a Letter of General Nettleton, and Memoranda as to Precedents for the Summary Discharge of Mustering Out of Regiments or Companies
by United States Senate Committee on Military Affairs, Fifty-Ninth Congress, 2d Session
Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1906. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Large softcover, original government publication in original wraps. Exterior shows edge and spine issues which includes chipping and tearing. Front cover has a dark spot along the bottom and the original owners name written in pencil along the top edge. Internal binding is good and text pages are secure. Paper is toned due to age and some...
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CA$693.15
My Own Words
by Ginsburg, Ruth Bader [with Mary Hartnett and Wendy W.Williams]
New York: Simon & Schuster. 2018. Octavo Size [approx 14x21.5cm]. A Near Fine copy. As new condition. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 371 pages. . Reprint. Softcover.
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CA$16.64
Laws of the Republic of Texas.
by Irion, Robert A. (Secretary Of State, Texas)
The Museum Of Printing History, Houston.. Fine with No dust jacket as issued. 1986. Limited edition reprint. Full-Leather. This is a limited edition facsimile reprint of the 1837 edition used by the Secretary of State, Robert A. Irion. This printing was limited to 2500 of which this is number 2339. As could be expected the original edition was poorly printed and suffered from over use. 163 pages plus index. Issued without a dust jacket. This edition with it's matching slipcase and leather...
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CA$187.15
Report of the Committee on Awards of the World's Columbian Commission: Special Reports Upon Special Subjects Or Groups (Volume one only)
by World's Columbian Exposition
Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1901. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover, olive green cloth boards with gilt text on spine. The exterior shows scuffing and spotting along with edge and corner bumps/wear. The interior binding does have some pulling but there are no hinge cracks. Some of the pages are still quite tight, particularly around the illustrations, other areas are looser. There are no signatures or...
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CA$24.95
City of Pittsburgh, Department of Public Safety. Annual Report of the Bureau of Health, for the year 1899.
by Department of Public Safety, J. O. Brown - Director
Erie, PA: Herald Print. & Pub. Co., 1900. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover, black cloth boards show only minor spotting and handling though edges and corners are bumped/worn. The overall condition of the book has the look of a book grade of VG+, but the first end page is very brittle and has broken free from the binding - which is why the book condition has been lowered all the way down to fair. The front hinge...
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CA$38.82
A Dictionary, Practical, Theoretical, and Historical, of Commerce and Commercial Navigation. Volume ONE
by J. R. McCulloch, edited by Henry Vethake
Philadelphia, PA: Thomas Wardle, 1842. Hardcover. Good-. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Large thick hardcover, this is volume 1 ONLY of the 1842 edition, which was published in two volumes. The exterior shows scuffing and spotting, with numerous chips and tears along the spine, edges and corners, which are also worn. The exterior is the only reason for the lower condition grade of good minus. The internal binding is good except for some pulling and spots....
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CA$34.66
Charter and General Ordinances of the City of Roanoke and Special Ordinances. Providing for the Issue of City Bonds, and Granting Rights and Franchises to Persons and Corporations.
by Compiled by the Committee on Ordinances, E. B. Crabill, Chairman
Roanoke, VA: The Stone Printing and Manufacturing Company, 1893. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover, original binding of marbled paper covered boards with leather to spine. Exterior shows quite a bit of soiling and chipping, mainly to the paper. Leather is dry and brittle and cracked in several spots. The book is complete and is in one piece but it is in rough shape, mainly at the end pages and boards. There is...
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CA$90.11
Contributions to Economic Geology (Short Papers and Preliminary Reports) 1922 Part I - Metals and Nonmetals Except Fuels (USGS Bulletin 735)
by Ransome, F.L.; Burchard, E.F.;Mansfield, G. R
Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1923. Hardcover. Good+. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover, maroon cloth boards with gilt text on spine. Exterior show spotting and soiling along with edge and corner wear. Interior pages are toned due to age and some foxing is present but binding is tight, no hinge issues, nothing torn or loose. Front and rear pastedowns and front end page show the original owner's name stamped which shows the...
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CA$53.80
Aircrew Survival (Manual) - Department of the Air Force (AF Pamphlet 64-5, 1 September 1985)
by Department of the Air Force
Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1985. Spiral bound. Fine. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. See photos for condition details. This is the manual printed by the Government Printing Office, as stated on the last page. Large spiral-bound on top edge with plastic/vinyl boards on either side. This copy has never been used but is not listed as "as-new" because there are very light scuffs on the exterior boards. Interior pages are clean without issues, nothing torn or loose,...
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CA$27.73
Twenty-Fifth Annual Report of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics 1939. Including Technical Reports Nos. 645 to 680
by U.S. National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
Washington DC: United States Govenment Printing Office, 1940. Hardcover. Good+. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Large hardcover, issued without dust jacket. Front end page shows the signature of William R. Osgood (Written as Wm. R. Osgood), who worked for the National Bureau of Standards and was one of the contributors to the National Advisory Committee, including Technical Report number 656 of this volume. No other markings noted in this book, no bookplates, no underlining, no library...
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CA$29.45
History of the Government Printing Office (at Washington, D. C.) with a Brief Record of the Public Printing for a Century, 1789-1881
by R. W. Kerr
Lancaster, PA: Inquirer Printing and Publishing Co., 1881. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover, original binding of blindstamped red cloth boards with gilt to spine. Exterior shows spotting and soiling along with edge and corner bumps/wear. The main reason for the low condition grade of fair because the second front blank end pages, after the decorated page and before the frontispiece, have been removed. There is some...
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CA$20.79
National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics Report No. 420: Aircraft Speed Instruments
by K. Hilding Beij
Washington, DC: National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics / Superintendent of Documents, 1932. Staple bound. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. See photos for condition details. Tall softcover in tan wraps. Original publication from 1932 - not a reprint. Cover shows original timestamp in the upper left corner showing when the publication was mailed along with who was the recipient. Exterior shows minor toning/soiling along the edges, mainly on the front wrap. No other handwriting noted....
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CA$83.18
50 Famous Trials.
by Raby, R. Cornelius
Washington Law Book Co. , Washington, D. C.. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1937. Hardcover. The 50 trials are divided into five headings: (I. ) POLITICAL OR HISTORICAL; (II. ) RELIGIOUS; (III. ) MILITARY; (IV. ) CIVIL; (V. ) CRIMINAL. Each trial is presented in a compact form so that a fair amount of knowledge can be obtained in a few minutes reading. 344 pages, bibliography for further study, alphabetical index. No dust jacket. Book has no names, writing, or marks. Book is in Near Fine condition.;...
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CA$40.20
