Search Results: U.S. History from High Park Books

Saco, Maine: Garland Manufacturing Company, 1917. Hardcover. Good +. Business catalogue (& historical document) of the Maine-based, manufacturing company that served the textile industry. The product line included loom pickers & reeds, lug staps, picker leather & sticks and rawhide for mechanical purposes. This 5th catalogue (edition) replaced the 1905 4th edition. Blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine and front. Established in 1866 by James G. Garland, incorporated in 1873 - t was originally called the Loom Picker Company, after its primary product, pickers for the textile industry. Tthe company today manufactures plastic profiles, custom machined parts, and a product line of mallets and soft faced hammers. 153 pages with index and extensive B&W illustrations of product lines. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Navy blue cloth boards have minor rubbing & some staining, several small scuffs to spine and water stain at vertical page ends. Still a decent looking copy (& sophisticated sales catalog)… Read More

Mountain View, California: Pacific Press Publishing, 1897. Hardcover. Very Good -. Coyright 1907 by Mrs. Uriah Smith. treatise on the Book of Daniel and revelation by the Seventh Day Adventist (1832 - 1903) author, minister, theologian & inventor. Black boards with gilt lettering on spine & face. 870 pages plus many B&W illustrations. Extra shipping shipping cost required due to weight. Minor staining wear. Tight binding.

New York: Viking, 1986. Fourth Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. The first volume (one) in a four-volume definitive biography of the man (1880 - 1959) who became US Army Chief of Staff in 1939 under Roosevelt. SIGNED by author on a special bookplate for Presentation to The George C. Marshall ROTC Award Winners. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall The DJ is very clean, free of tears with minor wear edgewear.

Self Published, 1988. Paperback. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. \ 40.50.60.70.80 SERIES; 320.420.520.620.720.820. SERIES; 330.430.435.530.630.730.830. SERIES, Nebraska Tests, Articles ADs and more.... White stapled wraps with green type. 56 pages with B&W,photos, illustrations & charts. Printed by Independent Print Shop, Delaware, Ohio. Minor corner wear / curling.

Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Crimson Key Society, 1986. Assumed First Edition . Card Covers. Very Good/No DJ Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Publication by the undergraduate organization that introduces students, tourists and visitors to the history of the famous US university and its present day structure / organization. 224 pages with index. Red card covers have minor edgewear, rubbing and a small scuff to upper edge. Scarce

Princeton, ON: Princeton Historical Committee, 1967. Illustrated Wraps. Near Fine. History of the south-western Ontario town with emphasis on the founding families, businesses, churches and leading personalities. Published in connection with the "Old Boys Reunion". White card covers with cabin line drawing on cover. 164 pages with a B&W photos. Very slight corner wear.

Ann Arbor, Michigan: First United Methodist Church, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1990. Hardcover. Fine/No Dust Jacket. Blue boards with gilt lettering on spine & face. (10) 224 pages with archival photos & index. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall, No dust jacket included

Balitimore, Maryland: The Huntsberger/ Hunsberger Family Association / Gateway Press, 1995. Hardcover. Very Good+/No DJ Issued. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 3 volumes with blue boards, gilt lettering / insignia. History of the Hunsberger family, early residents of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, with extensive index, map endpapers. (xviii) 1781 pages including a Canadian section (primarily Honsberger) . 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 3 large, heavy volumes that WILL REQUIRE extra postal costs. Please contact us by email for an accurate postal quote to your region. Can be picked up or delivered in the K-W area.

Toronto: Tundra Books, 2009. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Glossy illustrated white boards 32 pages with colour illustrations by multi award-winning illustrator Bill Slavin. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. The clean dust jacket is price clipped at bottom corner.

Toronto: University of Toronto Press , 2001. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Black boards with gilt lettering on spine. 243 pages with maps, notes, bibliography, index plus 9 pages of archival photos. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.

John Deere. Illustrated Wraps. Very Good+. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Stapled, illustrated card covers / product catalogue. Undated but assumed 1939 or 1940s. 39 pages with archival photos,, B&W illustrations, specifications.

Evanston, Illinois: B. W. Cooke Co, 1930. Hardcover. Very Good+. Prepared from Original Sources and Especially Arranged for Practical Shop Work in the Hands of Garage and Service Station Repairman and Troubleshooters. Reddish-brown flexible, faux letter boards with gilt lettering. Approx. 76 pages with diagrams. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Pages clean, tight & unmarked

Chicago: Chicago General Membership Branch Industrial Workers of the World, Chicago, USA, 1979. Assumed First Edition . Stapled Wraps. Very Good/No DJ Issued. The story of the Swedish-born , American labor organizer, (1879 - 1915) songwriter, cartoonist, satirical poet and member of the Industrial Workers of the World (Wobblies), who was accused of murder, convicted on circumstantial evidence and executed by the state of Utah. Hill was convicted for the 1914 murder of grocers based on the evidence of a same-night gun-shot wound to Hill, which was treated by a local doctor. A 2011 biography by William M. Adler conjectured that Hill was a shooting victim of a Swedish-born rival for the affection of a young woman who was romantically involved with both men. 32 page-pamphlet with text, lyrics & music for 'Workers of the World Awaken'; 'Casey Jones'; & 'The Preacher and the Slave'. Slight edge, corner wear and very slight soiling. Pages clean, tight and unmarked. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Mendocino, California: R. L. Shep, 1991. Soft cover. Very Good -. Originally published in 1859 by Florence Hartley with additional material from Arthur's Home Magazine New edition edited by R. L. Shep. directions and patterns for applique, knitting, quilting, beadwork with 262 engravings. 240 pages. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Tight pages with corner curling with stamp by former owner blanked by black marker on inside front page & another stamp by the same owner on title page. Due to size & weight extra shipping will be required. Please contact us by email to determine an accurate postal cost.

Waterloo, ON: Press Escart, University of Waterloo, 1990. Assumed First Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. An account of the American adventurer and disgraced author's erroneous claim to have discovered the true source of the great American river. The author was the Chief Cartographer at the Environmental Studies Cartographic Centre, University of Waterloo. White illustrated wraps. 72 pages with maps, illustrations bibliography and index. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Uncommon.

New York: Four Winds Press, 1988. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good -/Very Good. Joyce Audy Zarins. A retelling of Oliver Johnson's own boyhood reminiscences, which were colllected by his grandsonn Howard Johnson. A window on the past, the book provides authentic and memorable images of the American pioneer experience 60pp. Hardcover appears to missing back inside blank page. Previous owner's name on inside, blank front page. Mylar-protected DJ has is free of tears and chipping. Ex-Library with several stamps, price-clipped. Pages clean and tight. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Aachen, Germany: Museum der Stadt Aachen, Suermondt-Ludwig Museum, 1996. Soft cover. Near Fine/No DJ Issued. German text (small amount of English) catalogue, from a German photo exhibit/retrospective held 11. January - 9. Märch, 1997 in Aachen, of the celebrated American photographer's (1922 - ) work. The Brooklyn-born Stettner travelled between New York & Paris for decades before settling in Paris in 1990. The 'naturalistic' photographer spent most of his 60+-year career documenting landscapes & the lives of the working class in New York and his adopted city of Paris. Stettner reportedly still actively photographs Paris in his late 80's. White card covers with small photograph on face. 100 pages filled with full-page B&W photos. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. White wraps have tiny amount of very light soiling. Internals fine. Scarce publication with a very scarce signature. Please enquire for a photos of book/signature.

Chicago: College of Urban Planning - University of Illinois Press, 2014. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. (The Urban Agenda) Academic papers on the urban agenda in the post-Great Recession era. 188 pages. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall

New York: Seven Seas Press, 1973. Soft cover. Very Good. 'A true cruising adventure as three young men set out to deliver a 30ft yawl across 1500 miles of uncharted waters to a Hudson Bay Post in the Arctic. An updated version by Seven Seas Press of a 1963 account of sailing a 30 boat northward along the Labrador coast in 1911. The White & blue illustrated, stapled wraps with white type on face. 72 pages with archival photos & maps. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Minor wear, rubbing & a few samll creaes

Sunshine Press, 1977. Paperback. Very Good/Very Good. Stapled brown, colour illustrated wraps. 48 pages with sepia/ colour photos / colour map. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Spent hours researching this, only confident that this is SIGNED by Loretta Lynn, Rusty Adams & Vernon Oxford. Signed by 5 other people who we can't confirm. (Barbara? , Bobby? etc.) Sgro appears a few times perhaps in inscription. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Minor corner rubbing. Please contact us by email for photos.