1 (African-American) Boone, C.C., M.D. LIBERIA as I KNOW IT. Richmond, Virginia, 1929, Copyrighted 1929. 152 pages. Halftone portraits of author, wife, children, views of Liberia, White House, Sueh Industrial Mission, Providence Church, Lott Carey grave, baptism, students, &c. 8 x 5.5", gold lettered blue cloth. Cloth bit soiled, few pages tanned, else VG. Owner name: 'Rev. Isaac T.D. Ross, Jan. 1931' on pastedown. 26 years in Congo & Liberia as medical missionary, pastor of Providence Baptist Church, after graduation from Shaw University. $150.00 2 (African-American) Edwards, William J. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS in the BLACK BELT. Boston: Cornhill Company, copyright, 1918. xvii,143 pages. Halftone portrait, 8 plates of Snow Hill Normal & Industrial Institute, Snow Hill, Alabama, trustees, graduates, teachers, rural log cabin, house of graduate. 7.5 x 5", gold lettered red cloth. Spine rubbed, cloth bit soiled, small smudge 2pp, 1 leaf edge crease, VG. Edwards graduated Tuskegee Institute, founded Snow Hill to improve conditions for rural Alabama African-Americans. $50.00 3 (African-American) The Hampton Normal & Agricultural Institute, Hampton, Virginia. RELIGIOUS FOLK SONGS of the NEGRO. New edition. Arranged by the Musical Directors of The Hampton Normal & Agricultural Institute, from the original edition by Thomas P. Fenner. Hampton: Institute Press, 1920. vi, 180 pages. 8.5 x 5.5", maroon cloth. Worn, soiled, creased, upper hinge reglued, fair. 'Property of Mr. J.B. Lucas, Grinnell Iowa' on blank. $15.00 4 (Agriculture) The NATIONAL FARMER'S and HOUSEKEEPER'S CYCLOPAEDIA. A Complete & Ready Reference Library for Farmers, Gardeners, Fruit Growers, Stockmen & Housekeepers, containing a large fund of useful information, facts, hints & suggestions, in the various departments of Agriculture, Horticulture, Live Stock Raising, Poultry Keeping, Bee Keeping, Dairy Farming, Fertilizers, Rural Architecture, Farm Implements, Household Management, Domestic Affairs, Cookery, Ladies' Fancy Work, Floriculture, Medical Matters, &c. NY: F.M. Lupton, 1888. 544 pages. 249 illustrations. 7.5 x 5", cloth. Tips frayed, cloth worn, soiled, text tanned, shaken, fair. $15.00 5 (Agriculture) Bealby, J.T. FRUIT RANCHING in BRITISH COLUMBIA. Second edition. London: Adam & Charles Black, 1911. xi,220 pages, xvi - advertisements. 31 halftone plates of orchards, ranch buildings, scenery, logging, fruit. 8 x 5.5", pictorial blue cloth, no dj. Cover rubbed, hinge bit loose, VG. Orchard life in Canada, peaches, apples, cherries, pears, strawberries. $25.00 6 (Agriculture) Clark, Franklin, acknowledgement to New York State College of Agriculture, Cornell University. HANDY REPAIR HINTS for FARM USE. Bethlehem: Bethlehem Steel Company, no date, ca 1935? 48 pages. Illustrations. 9 x 6", lovely color wrapper. VG. Farm Shop, Fences, Soldering, Saw Fitting, Grinding, Harness, Blacksmithing, Pipe, Farm Machinery, Nails, Bolts, Barbed Wire, Roofing. $15.00 7 (Agriculture) Hoare, Clement. A PRACTICAL TREATISE on the CULTIVATION of the GRAPE VINE on Open Walls. To which is added a Descriptive Account of an Improved Method of Planting & Managing the Roots of Grape Vines. Third American edition. Boston: William D. Ticknor & Company, 1845. 192 pages. 8 figures. 7.5 x 4.75", black leather spine, printed paper boards, engraving of Ticknor building on front, advertisement on back. Cover rubbed, soiled, scattered toning, else VG. Dedicated to members of Massachusetts Horticultural Society by George W. Brimmer, prefatory letter by Samuel G. Perkins, Brookline. Gabler, Wine into Words, 24040. $75.00 8 (Agriculture) Myrick, Herbert, Massachusetts Farmland Bank. The FEDERAL FARM LOAN SYSTEM: New Method of Farm Mortgage Finance, Under National Supervision. A Practical Manual upon organizing & conducting national farm loan associations, also joint stock land banks, Showing how farmers, investors, bankers & the public may obtain the fullest benefit of the system. Including full text of the Federal Farm Loan Act. NY: Orange Judd Company, 1916. Copyright 1916. 239 pages. 7.5 x 5", gold lettered brown cloth. Cover soiled, text VG. $15.00 9 (Agriculture) Niagara White Grape Company, Lockport, New York. The NEW WHITE GRAPE "NIAGARA." The Grape for the Million. (Promotional leaflet). No date, but 1884 - text. 4 pages. Engraving of bearing grapevine. Slug for H.N. Eaton, Dealer, South Sudbury, Mass. Folded sheet, 9 x 6". Trifle creased, toned, VG. $20.00 10 (Agriculture) Pedder, James. The FARMER'S LAND-MEASURER, or Pocket Companion; showing, at one view, the content of any piece of land, from dimensions taken in yards. with a set of useful agricultural tables. NY: C.M. Saxton, Agricultural Book Publisher, 1854. 154 pages. 6 x 4", cloth, blind paneled boards, gold image of surveyor on upper board. Spine & cover edges chewed, cloth spotted, text foxed, fair. 'L.Y. Ketchum' on pastedown. $25.00 11 (Agriculture) R.R. Fletcher, Ayer, Massachusetts. DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE of NEW ENGLAND FRUIT and ORNAMENTAL TREES, Shrubs, Evergreens, Roses, Vines, &c., Cultivated & for Sale by R.R. Fletcher, Ayer, Mass. Ayer Junction: William M. Sargent, Job Printer, 1878. 20 pages. No illustrations. 7 x 4.5", printed wrapper. Edge damped, few spots, G. $25.00 12 (Agriculture) Tracy, Will W. TOMATO CULTURE: A Practical Treatise on the Tomato, its History, Characteristics, Planting, Fertilization, Cultivation in Field, Garden, & Greenhouse, Harvesting, Packing, Storing, Marketing, Insect Enemies & Diseases, with Methods of Control & Remedies, &c. NY: Orange Judd Company, copyright 1907, label for D.M. Ferry & Co, Detroit pasted over imprint. x,150 page. 43 illustrations. 7.5 x 5", black stamped green cloth. Soiled, rubbed, G. $10.00 13 (Americana) The STRANGER'S GUIDE; or Explanations of the locations, objects, &c, as seen from the Bunker Hill Monument. Cover: Bunker-Hill Guide. Charlestown: Printed for J.B. Goodnow, cover: 1867. 15 pages. 5 x 3.5", printed blue wrapper, engraving of monument on front, 'Lexington Battle Ground' on back. Wrap detached, splitting, worn, soiled, fair. $35.00 14 (Americana) WAR SONGS: A Collection of Songs of the Nation, Songs of Patriotism, Songs of the Flag, Songs of Home, Songs of Sentiment, Songs of Battle, Songs of the Camp, & Memorial Songs, with the Choruses Arranged for Mixed Voices. Dedicated to the G.A.R. Boston: Oliver Ditson Company, songs copyrighted 1906. 124 pages. 10 x 6.75", cloth spine, color printed stiff paper. Bottom edge bit damped, spine bit wormed, lightly shaken, G. $15.00 15 (Americana) ATLANTA CENTENNIAL YEAR BOOK: 1837-1937. Published by Gregg Murphy, Atlanta, Georgia, 1937. 170 pages. Many illustrations of city, prominent citizens, short historical articles. 10.5 x 7.5", color wrapper. VG. $50.00 16 (Americana) CHICAGO. (Viewbook). Copyrighted 1880, Wittemann Bros, New York. 20 panels, 3 x 4.5", in accordion pleat. Double-page aerial view, Industrial Exposition, State & Madison Streets, McVicker Theatre, Music Hall, City Hall, Sherman House, Board of Trade, Post Office, Grand Pacific Hotel, Rail Depot, Chicago River, Union, Jefferson, South & Lincoln Park, Water Works, Union Stock Yards, Douglas & Humboldt Park. 3.5 x 5", embossed green cloth, gold title. VG. $35.00 17 (Americana) Adams, John; United States Department of the Treasury. MESSAGE from the PRESIDENT of the UNITED STATES, transmitting an Official Statement of the Expenditure, to the End of the Year One Thousand Seven Hundred & Ninety-seven, from the sums heretofore granted to defray the contingent charges of the government. 12th February, 1798. Received. 13th February, 1798. Read, & ordered to lie on the table. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Philadelphia: Printed by Joseph Gales. 7 pages. 8.5 x 5.25", stitched. Edges ragged, paper thin in few spots affecting few characters of titlepage, small hole last leaf, no loss, foxed, G. Evans 34804. $100.00 18 (Americana) Bacon, Dorothy C., Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts. RECENT ECONOMIC HISTORY of FIVE TOWNS December 1937. 82 pages. Graphs, map. 10.5 x 8", cloth, no dj. Cover soiled, VG/none. Study of effectiveness of government spending in stimulating recovery in Oroville, California, Elberton, Georgia, Orange, Massachusetts, Marshall, Minnesota, Upper Sandusky, Ohio. $25.00 19 (Americana) Bacon, Ezekiel, 1776-1870. An ADDRESS, delivered before the Republican Citizens of Berkshire, assembled at Pittsfield, to Celebrate the Thirty-fourth Anniversary of American independence, July 4, 1810. Pittsfield: Printed by Phineas Allen, 1810. 24 pages. 9 x 6', stitched. Ugly stain throughout, marginal bite through fold, top margin damage, edge chipping, fair. Shaw & Shoemaker 19398. Signature of Martin Torodash on titlepage. Untrimmed. $25.00 20 (Americana) Blake, Rev. S. Leroy, New London, Connecticut. GEORGE WASHINGTON: His Services & Character. An Address Delivered in the First Church of Christ, Sunday, February 21st, 1897, before the Nathan Hale Branch of the S.A.R., & other Patriotic Societies. Morning Telegraph Print, 1897. 34 pages. Portrait, halftone plate of church. 8.75 x 5.75", printed wrapper. Wrap detached, splitting, chipped, toned, fair. $15.00 21 (Americana) Blanchard, J. (Jonathan), 1811-1892., President of Knox College. MEMOIR of REV. LEVI SPENCER: Successively Pastor of the Congregational Church at Canton, Bloomington, & Peoria, Illinois. Cincinnati: American Reform Tract & Book Society, 1856. 192 pages. No evidence of portrait. 6 x 4", blind stamped black cloth, gold title. Tips chipped, cover worn, foxed, fair.