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Piatt, John James. IDYLS AND LYRICS OF THE OHIO VALLEY
Cincinnati 1881 (1880 first edition) Dibble. 133p. Hardcover. Frontis illus. Front inner hinge tender but not cracked. Two bookplates. Gilt dec purple cloth. Good, some light cover wear; binding secure; text clean. (a10535)
$33.00 Wettengel, Karl E. . GHOST OF PADDY'O AND OTHER POEMS
Wilmington 1954. Hardcover. Octavo, 127pp., cloth. Signed by author. VG, no DJ. (a17473)
$27.00 (ohio) (Zoar Community) . OHIO ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL PUBLICATIONS VOLUME VIII
Columbus 1900. first edition. Lead article by E. O. Randall: Separatist Society of Zoar (106pp. ) Zoar was a community of Germans who formed a separatist, communal Christian society in 1832 in Tuscarawas County, Ohio. Hardcover. Octavo, 488pp., photo illustrations, maps, green cloth. VG. (a18582)
$50.00 Fuller, M. L. and F. G. Clapp . UNDERGROUND WATERS OF SOUTHWESTERN OHIO
Washington 1912. With a discussion of the chemical character of the waters. U.S.G.S. Water Supply Paper 259. 8vo., 228pp., photo illustrations, folding map, wraps. Light owner name stamp on front. VG. (a19166)
$22.00Ohio. TRANSACTIONS OF THE 33 ANNUAL MEETING OF THE OHIO MEDICAL SOCIETY ...1878
Columbus 1878 Cott and Hann. 228pp. Glue where a bookplate once was affixed inside front board. Empty pocket tipped in on rear end paper. No owner marks. (a22048)
$35.00Brown, Percy W.. RE-APPRAISALS (Signed)
Cleveland 1952 first edition. Privately Printed. Hardcover thin sm octavo. 106pp. Essays. **Signed presentation copy . VG++, spine sunned; text Fine. no dj. (a22341)
$35.00 Ford, Paul Leicester . THE MANY-SIDED FRANKLIN (BRAILLE EDITION)
Cincinnati n.d (c.1910) Printed for the Library of Congress by Clovernook Printing House for the Blind, Mt. Healthy, Cincinnati. Braille version (Brailler grade 1-1/2) 4 volumes, complete. Hardcover. Lg.4to., boards. Institution stamps and marks. Good, light wear. 4 volumes. Rare. (a22637)
$250.00 Polster, Gary Edward . INSIDE LOOKING OUT THE CLEVELAND JEWISH ORPHAN ASYLUM 1868-1924
Kent 1990. Lg.8vo., 240pp., illus., index. Fine in Fine DJ. (a24327)
$30.00 Post, Charles A. . THE CUYAHOGA THE CROOKED RIVER THAT MADE A CITY GREAT
1941 Private. Sm.8vo., 44pp., illus., wraps. Cleveland, Ohio, History. Fine. (a27760)
$35.00 (ohio) . OHIO ARCHAELOGICAL AND HISTORICAL PUBLICATIONS VOLUME VI
Columbus 1898 Trauger. 8vo., 463pp., photo illustrations, index, hardcover. Ex library. Good. (a30231)
$30.00 Bowers, Roy Edwin . OHIO CONGREGATIONAL CHRISTIAN STORY
Cleveland 1952. 8vo., 151pp., photo illustrations, stiff wraps. Some ink notes on title page, some pencil notes and underlines on few pages at rear. Good plus. (a30391)
$20.00 Dell, George . THE EARTH ABIDETH
1986 Ohio State University Press. 8vo., 342pp. Historical fiction--life in 19th century rural Ohio. Fine in Fine DJ. (a30667)
$25.00 (music) . MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE MUSIC MANUSCRIPTS
Toledo 1953. Exhibition catalogue, Toledo Museum of Art. 8vo., 4opp., plus 12 photo illustrated plates, wraps. Good, light wear. (a32421)
$30.00 Pearson, F.B. and J. Harlor (editors) . OHIO HISTORY SKETCHES
Columbia 1903 1st Heer. Famous people and events in Ohio history by a wide variety of authors. Sm.8vo., 342pp., illustrations, index, gilt decorated red cloth. VG, tiny tear in cloth on front board. (a3253)
$33.00 Price, Harry S. Jr. . NOTES...FROM MOSCOW TO SAMARKAND
Dayton 1966 1st Price Brothers. Author was one of eight Americans who represented the US concrete industry on a special trip to the USSR in 1965. 8vo., 96pp., 8 pages of color photo illustrations, wraps. VG. (a33626)
$22.00 (archeology) . OHIO ARCHAELOGICAL AND HISTORIcAL PUBLICATIONS VOLUME XVI
Columbus 1907 Heer. 8vo., 528pp., photo illustrations, index, hardcover. Library bookplate but no other library marks. no dj. (a3511)
$30.00 (nursing) . 1962 COMMANDMENT YEARBOOK OF THE MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF NURSING CLEVELAND OHIO
Cleveland 1962. 4to., 82pp., monochrome photo illus., decorated boards. Owner signed inside front cover. VG, signatures at rear, very light wrinkling along top margin. (a43662)
$55.00 (nursing) . 1963 COMMANDMENT YEARBOOK OF THE MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF NURSING CLEVELAND OHIO
Cleveland 1963. 4to., 82pp., monochrome photo illus., decorated boards. Owner signed inside front cover. VG. (a43663)
$55.00 Smith, C. Henry . THE EDUCATION OF A MENNONITE COUNTRY BOY
Bluffton 1943. Foreword states: This story of childhood recollections was written some years ago when the writer was fifty years old....Bluffton, Ohio. January 1, 1943. Probably not published. Smith was president of the Citizens National Bank, an authority on Mennonite History and longtime professor at Bluffton College. Limited to 50 copies. 4to., 169 leaves (rectograph on rectos only), eleven mounted original photographs (3 x 5 inches), including one of author at age 50 (about half of the photos are later photographs of old photographs), printed blue cloth. Inscribed and signed by Smith in presentation to Harry G. Good. Two newspaper articles laid in along with a Christmas card with long paragraph in ink manuscript from author to Good and a telegram announcing Dr. Smith's death. VG, light bumping on corners. Rare. (a49919)
$650.00 Philipson, Rabbi David, D.D. . THE OLDEST JEWISH CONGREGATION IN THE WEST BENE ISRAEL CINCINNATI ONE HUNDRETH ANNIVERSARY 1824-1924 ROCKDALE AVENUE TEMPLE CINCINNATI
Cincinnati 1924. 4to., 111pp., illustrations, wraps. Copy of Rabbi Albert T. Bilgray, with his signature on the title page, and a Bilgray Collection bookplate laid in. Good, wraps worn, a few chips on edges of cover. (a50361)
$45.00 Aikin, Jesse . THE CITIZEN'S TUTOR, CONTAINING A VARIETY OF VALUABLE RECEIPTS FOR THE CURE OF THE DIFFERENT DISEASES OF MAN AND BEAST; ALSO, FOR COLOURING WOOL, COTTON, AND HATS
1831 Printed in Mountpleasant (Ohio). Real home medicine, eg, "Phthisic. Take rackoons fat morning and evening, the quantity accoriding to the age, say a table spoon full at a time. Or: "Polypus in the Nose. Take the blood root, called precoon root , dried and powered fine, use it as a snuff." or: "Preserve lightning. Bore holes in the bottom of the bedstead feet and put the necks of beer bottles in the holes." Hardcover. Octavo, 106pp., index, 3/4 leather with marbled boards. Some staining on top end of entire book. Much scribbling on end papers. Fair, cover edges rounded, boards worn. Binding secure. Rare. (a51654)
$600.00 (Gilbert and Sulivan) . THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE GIVEN BY THE MUSIC CLUBS OF MCKINLEY HIGH SCHOOL SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI AT CLEVELAND HIGH SCHOOL FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 25TH, 1919
Program for the performance. 8vo., 4pp. Lists student performers. Fine. (a57141)
$45.00 Smith, William E. and Ophia D. . A BUCKEYE TITAN
Cincinnati 1953 Historical and Philosophical Society of Ohio. Biography of Colonel John Hough James. Lg.8vo., 558pp., photo frontis, hardcover. VG plus, no DJ. no ownership marks . (a58968)
$20.00 Gladden, Rev. Washington . THE GREAT COMMONER OF OHIO DISCOURSE IN MEMORY OF RUTHERFORD BIRCHARD HAYES DELIVERED IN THE FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH COLUMBUS, OHIO, JANUARY 22, 1903
1903 Press of NItschke Brothers. Square octavo, 46pp., original stiff printed wraps. VG, light cover soiling, a few ink spots on rear cover. (a59111)
$45.00 Rolinski, Edmund J. et al (editors) . ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT: PROCEEDINGS OF THE THIRD NATIONAL CONFERENCE, NOV. 29, 30 AND OCT. 1, 1975, HUESTON WOODS STATE PARK LODGE, OHIO
Dayton 1975 American Institute of Chemical Engineers. 4to., 404pp., illustrations, hardcover. Ex-university library with usual stamps and labels. No underlines, text clean. VG, no DJ. (a60293)
$35.00Burton, C. M.. A CHAPTER IN THE HISTORY OF CLEVELAND
1895 (preface). Octavo, 31pp., original pictorial printed wraps. Good, wraps chipped on edges. History of Cleveland, Ohio. (a61934)
$29.00 Baldwin, Judge C. C. . HISTORY OF MAN IN OHIO A PANORAMA
189 Western Reserve Historical Society. Octavo, 27p., erratum, later wraps with original front wrap bound in. Good,. (a61954)
$25.00Bradburn, George. STATEMENT BY GEORGE BRADBURN OF HIS CONNECTION WITH THE TRUE DEMOCRAT AND JOHN C VAUGHAN
Cleveland 1853 1st The Author. Bradburn was a well known Anti-slavery orator. Octavo, 20pp., later wraps. Good, very light water stain on title page. (a61964)
$33.00 Merriam, Andrew B. and W. I. Whiteman (presidents) . YOUNG MEN'S MERCANTILE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION OF THE CITY OF CINCINNATI 22ND ANNUAL REPORT
Cincinnati 1857 Mercantile Library. Octavo, 29pp., full page frontis illustration of Statue by J. Mozier, original printed wraps. Good, light chipping on cover. (a62100)
$35.00 Gallagher, Eugene F. (editor) . THE MAKE-UP, PUBLISHED BY THE OHIO AND WEST VIRGINIA INSPECTION BUREAUS
1942. January-February 1932. Vol IX, No. 2. Octavo, 38pp., photo illustrations, wraps. VG, light wear. (a65100)
$35.00 Long, D. David and Michael R. Burr . JOHN CROWE RANSOM ...A TRIBUTE FROM THE COMMUNITY OF LETTERS
Gambier 1964 Kenyon College. 4to., wraps. VG, light wear. (a65337)
$29.00 Hutchinson, William Thomas . THE BOUNTY LANDS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION IN OHIO
NY 1979 Arno. Reprint of 1927 University of Chicago Department of History Dissertation. Hardcover. Octavo, 275pp., 12pp., cloth. Owner bookplate. Near Fine,slight discoloration on cover, no DJ. Rare. (a66768)
$90.00 (ohio) . PROGRESS OF THE OHIO PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY IN 1925
Cleveland 1925 Ohio Public Service Company. 4to., 31pp., photo illustrations including power station machinery, railroad yard at Lorain and views of several other Ohio towns, wraps. VG. (a66897)
$35.00 (Presbyterian Church) . CENTENARY MEMORIAL OF THE PLANTING AND GROWTH OF PRESBYTERIANISM IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND PARTS ADJACENT
Pittsburgh 1876 1st Benjamin Singerly. Containing the historical discourses delivered at a convention of the Synods of Pittsburgh, Erie, Cleveland, and Columbus, held in Pittsburgh, Decemebr 7-9, 1875. 4to., 445pp., fine engraved frontis portrait of John McMillan, several engraved portraits (all with tissues) and woodcut illustrations, gilt printed green cloth hardcover. Several small blind stamps on initial pages. Residue of numbers at heel of spine. Owner signed. VG, front hinge tender. Scarce. (a67516)
$225.00 Miller, Dusty . UNCLE BILL
Wilmington (Ohio) 1st Wilmington Publishing. Memoir of Ohioan named William Hampton Miller born in 1863. Octavo, 79pp., hardcover. Inscribed and signed by Miller. Near Fine in Good DJ. (a68243)
$38.00 Coyle, William (editor) . OHIO AUTHORS AND THEIR BOOKS 1796-1950
Cleveland 1962 1st World. 4to., 741pp., hardcover. Fine in Good DJ, chip at top edge of rear panel. (a68260)
$23.00 Rightor, Chester E. . CITY MANAGER IN DAYTON, FOUR YEARS OF COMMISSION-MANAGER GOVERNMENT, 1914-1917, AND COMPARISONS WITH FOUR PRECEDING YEARS UNDER THE MAYOR-COUNCIL PLAN 1910-1913
NY 1919 1st Macmillan. Small octavo, 271pp., frontis portrait of John H. Patterson, blue cloth hardcover. Blind stamp on title page: Advanced Copy for Review. VG. (a68286)
$44.00 Gunn, Alexander . THE HERMITAGE - ZOAR NOTE-BOOK AND JOURNAL OF TRAVEL
NY 1902 1st William C. Whitney. Author traveled to Europe, Greece, Turkey and down the Nile. He had an estate in Ohio called the Hermitage with a famous garden. **Copy No. 176 of a limited edition printed on hand-made paper. Hardcover. Octavo, 261pp., illustrations, full leather with one (of 2) mounted spine label and raised bands. Good, light wear, some chipping and repairs on spine. (a68984)
$120.00 Earley, Duane E. et al (editors) . PROCEEDINGS OF THE SECOND NATIONAL CONFERENCE ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
College Corner 1974 Dayton and Ohio Valley Sections of the American Instutite of Chemical Engineers. November 13-15, 1974. Hardcover. 4to., 234pp., library binding. Ex-university library. VG. (a69023)
$45.00 (religion) . TRIAL OF L. A. GOTWALD, D. D. PROFESSOR OF PRACTICAL THEOLOGY IN WITTENBERG THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
Philadelphia 1893 1st Lutheran Publication society. Trial held in Springfield, Ohio. 1893. Gotwald was on trial upon charges of disloyalty to the doctrinal basis of said theological seminary. Hardcover. Octavo, 159pp., hardcover. Signed by Henry McLallen of Columbia City, Indiana on front blank endpaper and on top of title page, with his bookplates in the front. VG plus. (a70134)
$95.00 (coal) . ONE VOLUME OF SEVERAL HUNDRED PAGES OF COAL MINE TESTS, INSPECTIONS, BUSINESS CORRESPONDENCE 1919-1925
Ivorydale, Ohio. One papercovered volume, 3 brass studs for binding. Mostly carbon and mineograph typescripts, a few original typed pages,a few handwritten notes. Good, clean and legible, cover soiled and lightly frayed. (a70322)
$300.00 Craig, Neville B. . THE OLDEN TIME - 2 VOLUMES (COMPLETE)
Cincinnati 1876 2nd Robert Clarke & Co. A monthly publication devoted to the preservation of documents and authentic information in relation to the early explorations and the settlement and improvement of the country around the head of the Ohio. Two volumes. Large octavos, 582pp., index, errata, 580pp., index, folding map, original green cloth. Howes 2386. Good, inner hinges cracking, spines a bit frayed, corners a bit worn, one horizonal closed tear on one spine. Scarce. 2 volumes. (a70341)
$495.00 MacLean, J. P. . THE SOCIETY OF SHAKERS, RISE PROGRESS AND EXTINCTION OF THE SOCIETY AT CLEVELAND
Columbus 1901. Article at pp. 32-116 including drawings and photo illustrations in Ohio Archaeological Publications. Included in a complete hardcover volume with many additional articles on Ohio history. Octavo, 533pp., cloth. VG, light rubbing. Scarce. (a71454a)
$65.00 Hulbert, Archer Butler . THE OLD NATIONAL ROAD - THE HISTORIC HIGHWAY OF AMERICA
Columbus 1901. Article at pp. 405-519,illustrations, in Ohio Archaeological Publications. Included in a complete volume with many additional articles on Ohio history. Octavo, 533pp., cloth. VG, light rubbing. (a71454b)
$75.00 Falstaff, Jake (pseudonym of Herman Fetzer 1899-1935) . THE SONGS AND BALLADS OF REINI KUGEL
1926 Mumaugh Press. Fetzer, 1899-1935, was Ohio resident, columnist for Cleveland Press, poet and writer. Author's first book. Copy No. 166 of only 199 printed. Printed on Dutch Charcoal paper and bound in French Ingres. Small Octavo, 34pp., original grey wraps with mounted printed title rectangle on front. Near VG, cover gently frayed around all edges. No ownership marks. Scarce. (a72433)
$159.00 Martineau, Harriet . RETROSPECT OF WESTERN TRAVEL - VOLUME 2 only
London and New York 1838 1st Saunders and Otley/ Harper. Includes chapters on Voyage on Mississippi, Cincinnati, Massachusetts, Lake George. Small octavo, 239pp., 4pp., original binding in textured cloth with mounted paper spine label. Good, occasional light foxing throughout, cover somewhat worn and soiled, spine label worn. Volume 2 (of 2) only. (a73084)
$55.00 Waldecki, Michael E; Kittell, Ronald Edward . MIKE'S PLACE: EVERY MONDAY; RAW SIENNA. ISBN 0-933087-05-5.
Huron 1986 1st Bottom Dog Press. ISBN 0-933087-05-5. Limited to 300 copies. 12mo. 22pp., original wraps. Bound with Raw Sienna, also 22p. The two books are bound as one with beginning on the front board and the other beginning with the rear board turned upside down. Signed by both Waldecki and Kittell. VG plus. (a73207)
$25.00 Keeler, Lucy Elliot . OLD FORT SANDOSKI OF 1745 AND THE SANDUSKY COUNTRY
1908. Article at pp. 357-430, photo illustrations, of Ohio Archaeological and Historical Quarterly. There are two additional short articles in same issue. This is the original appearance of this history of Old Fort Sandoski. Octavo, original wraps. Fine. (a74275)
$45.00 McKinley, Charles . A VOYAGE TO THE BRITISH ISLES BEING THE JOURNAL OF CHARLES MCKINLEY
Mt. Vernon (Ohio) 1940 1st edition, 2nd printing, Author. Prefatory remarks by John Crowe Ransom. 12mo., 94pp., wraps. Owner signed.Good, spine ends and corner of one page chipped. (a74623)
$24.00 (traffic) . REPORT ON THE TRAFFIC AND EARNINGS OF OHIO TURNPIKE PROJECT O. 1
May 1952 Parsons, Brinckerhoff, Hall & Macdonald, Engineers. 4to. 44pp., 6 color foldout aps, plastic spiral binding. Owner signed. VG. (a75055)
$75.00 Gholson, Edwin . NOTES ON THE GENEALOGY OF THE GHOLSON FAMILY
no date. Hardcover. Gholson was Librarian at Cincinnati Law Library. Information on Gholsons, Taylor,Yates, Degraffenried, Caruthers families. Octavo, 62pp., photo illustrations, cloth. VG plus. (a75060)
$200.00Cockrell, Ron. AMIDST ANCIENT MONUMENTS THE ADMINISTRATIVE HISTORY OF MOUND CITY GROUP NATIONAL MONUMENT/HOPEWELL CULTURE NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK, OHIO
Omaha 1999 1st National park Service. 4to., 378pp., photo illustrations, original illustrated wraps. Depository Library stamp and ink numbers on front. Near Fine. (a75202)
$74.00 Muir, Karen L S . THE STRONGEST PART OF THE FAMILY: A STUDY OF LAO REFUGEE WOMEN IN COLUMBUS, OHIO
New York 1988 1st AMS. ISBN 0-404-19427-3. Hardcover. Octavo, 191pp., black cloth. Fine. As new. (a76064)
$70.00 (stoves) . MONITOR OIL STOVE COMPANY: THE MONITOR OIL STOVE
1888 Cleveland and Bostonb. Brochure with product descriptions and prices. 12mo., 16pp., illustrations, original wraps. VG plus. (a76698)
$35.00Johnson, George A.. REPORT ON SEWAGE PURIFICATION AT COLUMBUS, OHIO
Columbus 1905 first edition. Cott. Hardcover. Octavo, 499pp., frontis photo illustration of the Sewage plant plus one foldout talbe of "Species of bacteria in Columbus sewage" and 6 foldout plates including color map of Colubmus sewerage districts. Plate 2 "Plan of Testing Station" is not present but clearly was not ever present (nothing has been torn out of the book.) Brown buckram cloth with two mounted leather spine labels, one black and one red. Binding secure and text clean. Near VG, cover toned and a bit soiled but almost no wear, hinges not cracked and no owner marks. (a76754)
$48.00(Hildreth, S. P.). MISCELLANEOUS OBSERVATIONS MADE DURING A TOUR IN MAY, 1835, TO THE FALLS OF THE CUYAHOGA, NEAR LAKE ERIE: EXTRACTED FROM THE DIARY OF A NATURALIST
1837. This is the lead article on pp. 1-84, 20 text illustrations, in The American Journal of Science and Arts edited by Benjamin Silliman. Focus of Hildreth article is on geology and mollusks of the American Northeast. Included in a complete volume of this journal with many scientific articles. Complete volume is octavo, 428pp., four plates in rear, 3 of which are foldout. Bound in later plain wraps. VG, light wear and light toning. Scarce. (a76798)
$260.00Reizenstein, Milton. THE ECONOMIC HISTORY OF THE BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD 1827-1853
Baltimore 1897 1st Johns Hopkins. Octavo, 89pp., later wraps with original cover remounted. Library name, numbers and blind stamp on titlepage. Good. (a77709)
$100.00 Martzolff, Clement L. . OHIO UNIVERSITY: THE HISTORIC COLLEGE OF THE OLD NORTHWEST
1910. Article pp. 411-445 in single complete issue of Ohio Archaeological and Historical Quarterly. Other articles in same issue as well. Octavo, original printed wraps. Good , spine slanted. (a78312)
$29.00 Martzolff, Clement L. . REMINISCENCES OF A PIONEER
1910. Article pp. 191-228 in single complete issue of Ohio Archaeological and Historical Quarterly. Other articles in same issue as well. Octavo, original printed wraps. Near Fine. (a78313)
$29.00 Zeisberger, David; Archer Butler Hulbert; William Nathaniel Schwarze (eds) . DAVID ZEISBERGER'S HISTORY OF NORTHERN AMERICAN INDIANS
1910. Original appearance of this work. Single complete issue of Ohio Archaeological and Historical Quarterly. Octavo, 189pp., index, original printed wraps. VG, light wear. No ownership marks. Original paperback book, not modern reprint. (a78314)
$59.00 Warner, Hon. A. J. of Ohio . RETIREMENT OF THE TRADE-DOLLAR AND THE CONTINUANCE OF SILVER COINAGE
Washington 1884. Speech given in House of Representatives, Tuesdy April 1, 1884. Octavo, 15pp., original printed wraps. VG. (a78539)
$35.00 McArthur, Duncan . LETTER FROM DUNCAN MCARTHUR ...ACCOMPANIED WITH DOCUMENTS, CALCULATED TO SUSTAIN HIS CLAIM TO LANDS BETWEEN THE LINES OF LUDLOW & ROBERTS FEBRURARY 12, 1828
Washington 1828 Gales & Seaton. Land dispute in Ohio. 20th Congres, 1st Session House Doc. No. 137. Octavo, 86pp., stringbound wraps. Contemporary ink note on front page. Good, some wrinkling and fraying of page edges. (a78560)
$45.00 Delano, Columbus . SPEECH OF MR. COLUMBUS DELANO OF OHIO ON THE MEXICO WAR DELIVERED IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE US FEB. 2, 1847
Washington 1847. Octavo, 15pp., later handsewn binding. Near Good, worn. (a78564)
$28.00 Belknap, Wm. W. . HYDRAULIC GATES AND DAMS IN THE OHIO RIVER LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF WAR RELATIVE TO A REPORT UNON THE APPLICABILITY OF MOVABLE HYDRAULIC GATES AND DAMS TO THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE OHIO RIVER
1875. 43d Congress, 2d Session. Ex. Doc. No.. 78. Octavo, 131pp., stringbound wraps. Good, final text leaf quite wrinkled. (a78597)
$75.00 Hughes, Lois E. (comp.) . WILLS FILED IN PROBATE COURT HAMILTON COUNTY, OHIO 1791 - 1901 VOLUME II: L-Z
1991 1st Heritage Books. ISBN 1-55613-542-4. 4to., about 300pp., original wraps. VG, light wear. (a79585)
$75.00Sapp, D. C.. HONEY JAR A RECEPTACLE FOR LITERARY PRESERVES VOLUME II 1899
Columbus 1899 Champlin Press. Monthly journal with much about bookplates. April to November 1899, bound in one volume with original journal covers. 12mo., hardcover. Each issue has some fine bookplates illustrated, and has some tissue-thin leaves with advertisements at the end. Very nice artistic style in covers and layout. Good condition, a bit worn, some of the advertisement pages at the end have become very dark and brittle. Scarce. (a9167)
$75.00Ward, James W. WOMAN . A POEM
Cincinnati 1852 first edition. Ward and Taylor. "Read before the Graduating Class of the Female College of Ohio at their commencement exercises July 17, 1852." 41p. Original maroon cloth on paper wraps. Gilt lettering. VG. Very Scarce in original first edition. (a9226)
$75.00 (ohio) . 1923 GRADUATION YEARBOOK OF MARY F. O'DOWD OF MARION COUNTY, OHIO.
Graduate of Harding High School. Printed 8vo album with manuscript entries, original photos mounted, many letters, a dried crushed corsage, news articles and brochures mounted. One original photograph (of member of Warren G. Harding family) of Marion Abigail Harding who was an English teacher at Harding High. Good, cover beginning to tear. (ac250)
$75.00 Baehr, Edmund M. (1878-1933) . FRAGMENTS COLLECTED FROM HIS LETTERS AND HIS WRITINGS AND PRINTED PRIVATELY FOR HIS FRIENDS.
Cincinnati 1934 Byway Press. Baehr is described as a member of the faculty of the College of Medicine, amateur pianist and serious student of Beethoven. Octavo, 52pp., hardcover. Beautifully printed and bound. Inscribed presentation copy from Martin Pincher (?) (presented to William M. Millar ). Card of Pincher laid in. Fine. (m12)
$35.00