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WILLIAM
HOWARD TAFT, 27th President of the United States
William
Howard Taft (BORN,
September 15, 1857 Ц DIED, March 8, 1930). Yale professor from 1913
to 1921. Taft was the twenty-seventh president of the United States,
serving from 1909 through 1913. Later, he was the tenth Chief Justice of
the United States, serving from 1921 through 1930. Taft was born in
Cincinnati, Ohio and graduated from Yale in 1878; then attended Cincinnati Law
School until 1880.
Copper
engraving by Jacques Reich. This is No. 15, Artist's Proof, from the
copper; signed by both William Howard Taft and Jacques Reich, copyrighted 1910,
from an original photograph, copyrighted by Moffat Studios, Chicago, 1909.
This copper engraved was done while Taft was President of the United States.
Condition:
near fine; all original. Price: $2,000.00
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE FIFTH ANNUAL CONVENTION
OF THE NATIONAL LIVE STOCK ASSOCIATION
Chicago, Illinois; December 3-6, 1901; Officially compiled by Charles F. Martin, Secretary,
F.F. Pettibone & Co., Chicago, Printers
Original blue cloth binding; 601 pages, illustrated with
photographs and advertisements. Report Fifth Annual Convention of the National Live Stock
Association, with Census Report and Statistics on the Live Stock Industry, 1902.
Very good plus condition.
Price: $75.00
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INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION,
NINTH ANNUAL REPORT ON THE STATISTICS OF
RAILWAYS IN THE UNITED STATES FOR THE YEAR, ENDING JUNE 30, 1896
Prepared by the Statistician to the Commission; Washington: Government Printing Office, 1897.
Original blue cloth binding with gold print on spine; 709
pages, foldout map of the United States
Condition: very good, ex-library with very few marks, all of
which are unobtrusive
Price: $65.00
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INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION, NINTH ANNUAL REPORT ON THE STATISTICS OF
RAILWAYS IN THE UNITED STATES FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1907
Prepared by the Statistician to the Commission; Washington: Government Printing Office, 1909.
Original blue cloth binding with gold print on spine; 709
pages, foldout map of the United States
Price: $65.00
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OUTLAW WANTED POSTER
Colorado and California Law Enforcement, Dated July 19, 1904.
Posted with sheriffs, marshals, banks, and other institutions. First suspect was wanted for assault with a deadly weapon;
also considered a strong union advocate. Second suspect was also wanted for assault with a deadly
weapon, as well as intent to commit murder. Both men's occupations are listed as being miners.
Found among historical Cripple Creek, Colorado records. Size: 8-1/2 x 11 inches.
Condition: very good
Price: $350.00
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ZION: HER GATES AND TEMPLE
Published by The Bingham Bulletin. Colored Reproductions, in water color effects from original
photographs by Charles R. Savage. The Descriptive verse by Utah and Colorado poets as indicated.
Frank S. Thayer, Publisher, Denver, Colorado, circa 1900
Original gray wrappers; tie-string binding; 17
chromolithograph pages; 18 descriptive pages; scenes in and around Salt Lake
City, Utah. Condition: gray covers chips and edges worn, some very light
damp-staining; all pages are clean and in very good plus to near fine condition.
Price: $45.00
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STREET TYPES OF GREAT AMERICAN CITIES
By Sigmund Krausz, With Literary Sketches by Well-Known Authors
and A Preface by Dr. Emil G. Hirsch
1896: The Werner Company; Chicago and New York. Original illustrated cloth covers and binding; 191 pages;
illustrated. Character studies of average urban Americans in the 1890s,
illustrated with Kodak photographs.
"... The artist has caught the inspiration of his
subjects. This book can therefore not fail to commend itself as a most
valuable souvenir. A deep thinker it was who said, within the shell was
the animal, behind the book the man. His sentiment applies to cities as
well. Behind the piles of iron and steel and granite and mortar are the
men. These much more than the edifices which they erect are
characteristics of a city ..."
PHOTOGRAPHIC AND DESCRIPTIVE STUDIES OF STREET URCHINS,
VENDORS, BEGGARS, NEWSPAPER BOYS, MERCHANTS, TRADESMEN, CITY WORKERS; CHICAGO
NEWSPAPER WRITERS, BEN KING, FRANKLIN H. HEAD, OPIE READ, EDGAR C. BLUM AND
OTHERS.
Condition: very good; a small nick in cloth of front cover;
internal pages clean and bright
Price: $150.00
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HISTORY OF OMAHA
From the Pioneer Days to the Present Time, By Alfred Sorenson,
Illustrated. Omaha: Gibson, Miller & Richardson, Printers, 1889.
First Edition, 2nd printing. In original gold-printed gray cloth; 342 pages, with
advertisements. Good plus to very good condition; strong spine; clean pages;
staining to front cover; thin splits in gutters of cover and chips to head and
toe of spine, however, binding is strong
Price: $95.00
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WONDERLAND 1906
By Olin D. Wheeler, Illustrated.
This Number Describes: The Yellowstone National Park, A Trip through the Bitterroot Mountains,
Columbia River and Puget Sound Region, The Quenit Indians of the Northwest Coast,
and gives Some Information about Alaska. A.M. Cleland, General Passenger Agent,
Northern Pacific Railway, St. Paul, Minnesota, 1906. Original illustrated purple wrappers; 74 pages; illustrated,
plus 2-page map of Northern Pacific Route. Near fine condition
Price: $125.00
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