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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Steel & Bone: Nine Steampunk Adventures This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. .…

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Shipped within 24 hours from our UK warehouse. Clean, undamaged book with no damage to pages and minimal wear to the cover. Spine still tight, in very good condition. Remember if you are not happy, you are covered by our 100% money back guarantee.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 2nd. edition, illustrated, no place or date but c.1910. Hardback, 8vo. cloth, Frontispiece portrait, 1184pp. including the General Information section and advertisements, spine sunned and repaired, some browning to page edges, one blank removed else contents clean and tight. Described as the classic vade mecum to the grocery trade containing a vast amount of information on ingredients and made products sold in the grocery trade from Abasas (A second class quality of Portuguese wine) to Zulu Imphec (African Sugar Cane). Fascinating reading with much information still relevant today.…

Zustand: Good. Five Letter-Sized Pages, Signed on Exposition Letterhead by dignitaries and civic officials connected to the Exposition, some stamped with the names of their organizations. Good with losses, marginal tears, creasing, perforations & some staining.Provenance: Letters and Autographs from a Who's Who in California 1914 - 1917, to the author Ellis A. Davis, regarding Davis' Commercial Encyclopedia of the Pacific Southwest, California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona. Sold by Cherokee Book Shop to Frederick Ruffner, Jr., the founder of Gale Research, Detroit.…

GARDNER, James T and Frederick Law OLMSTED. Special Report of New York State Survey on the Preservation of the Scenery of Niagara Falls, and Fourth Annual Report on the Triangulation of the State for the Year 1879. 96 pp. Illustrated with engraved fold out frontispiece, 9 heliotype prints, one full page engraved plate, one photolithographic facsimile plate, 4 fold out maps and two loose folding maps. 8vo., 230 x 145 mm, bound in publisher's blue cloth. Albany: Charles Van Benthuysen & Sons, 1880. A key publication in the creation of the Nation's first state park'. " Concerns about the preservation of Niagara Falls had begun to emerge in the late 1860s, as industrialists situated power plants along the shoreline and entrepreneurs bought up land so they could charge visitors for a view. Frederick Law Olmsted was one of the leaders of the "Free Niagara" movement, which urged New York State to take control of the Falls so the natural beauty of the surrounding land could be protected from commercial interests and exploitation and remain free and open to the public. This report, authored in part by Olmsted, was commissioned by the State to survey current conditions and make recommendations on what should be done. As anticipated, the report concluded that "we find its treasures in the grasp of money-getters, and its sacred groves assailed by the axes of the mill-man of desecrated by the purveyor of public amusements; and are convinced that destruction of the scenery will be swift and certain unless the all-powerful State shall appear as the preserver of Niagara." The recommendations of Gardner and Olmstead, along with Barker's compelling photos of area's natural beauty and the development along the shoreline, helped turn the tide of both public opinion and rouse state bureaucrats into action. Niagara Falls State Park -- America's oldest state park -- was established in 1885. A fine copy of a rare publication. Printed presentation slip from Gardner tipped in.…