STEWARDS MANUAL, 1904. History of Its Foundation, Aims and Purposes, Portraits and Biographies of Members, Famous Recipes and Instructions by Prominent Stewards.

PUBLISHED by the STEWARDS ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK CITY, Club Room, 49 East Twenty-Eighth Street, New York, 1904. FIRST EDITION.

A guide to the organization and practices of New York Stewards. Includes a history of the Stewards Association of New York, its members, and the RECIPES and SERVING TIPS of some of New York's most prominent stewards.

Hardcover book, red cloth covered boards, black title and design on the front cover (including the emblem of the Stewards Association of New York), 7x10.5 inches, 144 pages. Includes ads here and there throughout for items that Stewards at places such as the Ritz might need, e.g. Champagne, Vichy Water Spritzers, Porcelain Fine Tableware, etc.

ASSOCIATION COPY: "George Pratchett / New York Stewards Association / N.Y.", is hand-written on the front free endpaper.

LAID-IN is an official envelope of the Stewards Association of New York, with its printed emblem and address on the envelope's return address corner. The letter is postmarked 1903. It is addressed to "THE GORHAM MFG. CO. / Broadway & 19th Street / N.Y. / HOTEL DEPT." The Gorham Manufacturing Company was one of the largest American manufacturers of sterling and silverplate. GORHAM MANUFACTURING has an ad on page 3 of this 1904 book. The actual letter is lacking, so you'll just have to imagine the fancy silverware being ordered by a steward at a high-end fraternal members-only very exclusive New York club..

Condition: The covers have spotting and are worn at the corner tips and spine ends, but are still doing their job well; the page edges are foxed (page edges of the closed book); internally the pages are nice, tight, bright, clean, clear and unmarked. A solid, presentable copy.

RARE, ORIGINAL 1904 FIRST EDITION of the NEW YORK STEWARDS MANUAL. Quite special with the association to a New York Steward, and the laid-in 1903 Stewards Association of New York envelope addressed to Gorham Manufacturing.

DIARIO DEL PRESIDENTE POLK, 1845-1849. Reproducción de todos los asientos relativos a México, tomados de la edición completa de M. M. Quaife con números documentos anexos relacionados con la guerra entre México y Estados Unidos.

(DIARY OF PRESIDENT POLK, 1845-1849. Reproduction of all entries related to Mexico, taken from the complete edition of M. M. Quaife including documents related to the war between Mexico and the United States.)

Text in Spanish. Compiled, Translated, and Annotated by Luis Cabrera.

TWO VOLUME SET. Published by Antigua Libreria Robredo, Mexico, 1948. First edition.

Volume 1: EL DIARIO (Entries from the DIARY of President Polk related to Mexico). Pagination: xlii + 511 pages.

Volume 2: DOCUMENTOS ANEXOS (Attached Documents). Pagination: xxxi + 683 pages.

Wrappers / Softcovers, 6x9 inches.

GOOD MINUS Condition: The wrappers are sunned, the spine is creased and toned, there is light corner and edge wear, the spine folds are tender, the front cover spine fold of Volume 2 is split half way up from the bottom but still holding, the front cover spine fold of Volume 1 has a one inch split starting at the bottom; internally, the inner pages are toned, more so at the margins, else the pages are bright, clean and unmarked and the text is clear throughout.

A presentable set of these two important works related to the United States relationship to Mexico under President Polk, from President Polk's perspective. Polk was president during the war with Mexico.

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DECLASSIFIED: By Authority of the People. Volume I, Number 5.

April 14, 1969. Published in the Applied Electronics Laboratories, Stanford, California. This RARE ORIGINAL ISSUE was Printed on AEL Presses During the Nine-day Occupation. 8.5" x 11", Original Stanford Electronics Laboratories letterhead, side staple bound, 8 pages. "Declassified" began with the occupation of the Applied Electronics Laboratories (AEL). Printed between April 10 and May 12, the first issue was called "Unclassified", with subsequent issues titled "Declassified". On April 3, 1969 Stanford University students formed a coalition to take action against Vietnam War related research at Stanford. Backing up their demands with more direct action, they seized the Applied Electronics Laboratory on April 9, vowing to hold it until the administration capitulated. This nine-day sit-in at AEL, known as "The April Third Movement" ultimately brought an end to Stanford's secret military research. The students turned the laboratory printshop into an underground press distributing "Declassified" and other sensational exposés on AEL and the Stanford Research Institute (SRI). They managed to hold out for nine days until Stanford's president threatened to suspend them. Stanford Electronics Laboratories (SEL), part of SRI, had been running CIA sponsored electronic communications and surveillance research and other classified war contracts for the armed services. The April Third Movement was part of a national youth movement on university campuses across America - the Stanford students were successful in eliminating classified research at Stanford and contributing to the protests that ended the Vietnam War. This Rare Original Document is in GOOD CONDITION: Complete as issued. Just light wear, and stiff vertical/horizontal creasing affecting all the pages, from having been folded into quarters, otherwise bright, clean, and unmarked.

A Rare Viewbook of the City of Paris, compiled by the Commercial Club of Paris, Illinois.

Published by the Commercial Club of Paris, Illinois. Printed by Charles A. Lawes & Co., Printers, Chicago. 1904 First and only edition. Oblong, 10.25" x 6.75", brown soft card covers with embossed iridescent gilt titling to front, small printers device to middle of the rear cover, red string tied and staple bound, 72 unnumbered pages (complete as issued, collated with copy held at University of Illinois), handsomely illustrated throughout with 34 pages of black & white photographs including industries, homes, and parkland, displayed within a decorative border. The text describes Paris including specific businesses, cultural and civic institutions. VERY GOOD Condition: light wear and a few small scuffs to the covers, and spinefolds, light top outer corner-tip bump affecting inner pages, spots of light foxing, and light signs of wear, otherwise, tight, bright, clean and unmarked. A solid and lovely copy of this scarce viewbook. OCLC records only two copies held, rare book rooms of the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, and Vigo County Public Library Indiana.

The Commercial Club of Paris, a forerunner to the Chamber of Commerce, was an elite group of successful businessmen and a few women who were actively promoting the economic and cultural development of the city (all of whom are noted at the rear of the book). With this very descriptive 1904 publication they showcase the scenic beauty of the city of Paris and its existing commercial and cultural prosperity, while simultaneously seeking to grow Paris into a leading modern industrial center and a very desirable business and family friendly place to come and live.

Scarce 1935 San Francisco Stock Exchange Promotional Pamphlet encouraging the Trading of Stocks on this New High Tech Exchange. SAN FRANCISCO STOCK MARKET EXCHANGE : History Organization Operation

Published by the Public Relations Committee of the San Francisco Stock Exchange, 1935. Third printing revised, so stated. Brown paper wrappers with brown printing on the front cover, 7.75" x 5.25", side-staple bound, 28 pages, illustrated with 4 photographic plates and 1 drawing. GOOD Condition: the covers are sunned, some edge wear, upper corner is creased, chipped/tearing at spine-ends, internally excellent, tight, bright, clean and unmarked. Scarce, the OCLC shows only one copy of this 1935 revised edition held worldwide, in the collection of Stanford University.

In 1929, San Francisco Exchange seats sold for $250,000, and despite the stock market crash in October, the Exchange moved to newly built headquarters on Pine and Sansome streets in 1930. The trading floor was outfitted with cutting edge equipment to make communications move faster. There were telephone turret boards, pneumatic tube stations, an annunciator signal system, an automatically operated gong to open sessions and translux projectors of other exchanges' ticker tape. A ticker transmitter put out 300 characters per minute. Today the City Club occupies this space, but every once in a blue moon they let in a select few to view the hidden Diego Rivera mural the Exchange commissioned in 1930 .

SOCIAL STUDIES FOR GREEK SPEAKING NEWCOMERS IN ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS.

GREEK LANGUAGE book meant to teach newly arrived Greek Immigrants the basics of the U.S. and Chicago Government, Laws, Rules, Society and Customs.

Produced by the Board of Education, City of Chicago, Joseph P. Hannon, General Superintendent of Schools, 1977.

The title page states "Working Draft". I have never seen another copy, so perhaps this book was never actually published for distribution.

VERY GOOD condition, there is a dime size stain to the upper spine corner of the front cover, and light wear to the spine ends and corner tips; internally, there is a signature on the title page, otherwise bright, clean, clear and unmarked.

An interesting item relating to attempts to INTEGRATE GREEK IMMIGRANT CHILDREN into CHICAGO.

THE GREIDERS of the CHIQUES VALLEY; ANCESTORS and DESCENDANTS of MICHAEL GREIDER (c.1755-1802), MARTIN GREIDER (c.1761-1822), JOHN GREIDER (1764-1830), and JACOB GREIDER (c.1766-1802), of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Generations One Through Six. By DONALD M. GRIDER.

Self Published, Hilton Head, South Carolina, 2000. First (and only) edition. (A much smaller, supplemental work was published in 2001.)

Hardcover Book, blue cloth covered boards titled in silver on the front cover and spine, 8.5x11.5 inches, 585 pages including an "Every Name Index" at the rear.

Illustrated with b&w photographs and maps.

FINE, unused condition, tight, bright, clean, clear and unmarked. This copy was shrink-wrapped which was removed only to take photos.

The author / compiler, Donald M. Grider, died in 2013 in Hilton Head, South Carolina.

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TRAILS WEST : PARKER COUNTY TEXAS CEMETERIES Northwest Quadrant, Volume IV. By the Cemetery Project Committee, Kaye Vernon, Chairperson, et al. Published by Parker County Genealogical Society, Weatherford, Texas, 1999. Presumed first edition. From the Acknowledgement Page: "The information in this volume has been obtained not only from the markers, but from family records, obituaries, death certificates, family histories, and other sources. Some of the stones read back in the 1960s and 1970s are now missing or are no longer readable..." Plastic spiral bound, blue paper front and rear cover pages, clear plastic front and rear protectors, plain white inner pages, 8.5x11 inches, 334 pages. GOOD condition, coffee staining to the top page edges especially near the spine, and a smaller amount to the bottom page edges near the spine (page edges of the closed book, not affecting the inner pages); a crease to the bottom corner of the front cover, some of the early pages, the bottom corner of the rear cover, and some of the latter pages; a bit of soiling to the covers; otherwise tight, bright, clear and unmarked. A hard to find genealogical study of Parker County, Texas.

Photo Album, softcover, printed dark grey paper wrappers, oblong, 10" x 6", 14 pages, side staple bound, to each page is adhered a 7" x 5" sepia toned photograph featuring different views of the interior and grounds of the Evan's Koronis Lake lakeside Summer Home, a total of 14 different photographs. Included are interior and exterior shots, Mr. and Mrs. Evans are in many of the images, standing near a gazebo next to the lake, sitting on a wooden bench amongst the trees and on the stairs leading up to the front door of their rather lovely house, sitting inside their well appointed home taking in the view, and reading a newspaper in front of a roaring fire, Mr. Evans showing off his wood cutting skills, and watching an antique Model T drive along the unpaved driveway. The photographs seem quite professional, it appears more like a real estate brochure than a memory book. The original photographs are very well composed and the house and grounds are beautiful. VERY GOOD CONDITION: the paper covers have some staining, the front cover has a 1" closed spine margin tear and the rear cover has a 3" closed spine margin tear, some spots of glue residue here and there, and the original photographs are bright and unmarked.

Substantial archive of genealogical materials, including handwritten notes, letters, charts, etc., lots of ephemera, articles, documents, photographs, computer printouts and disks, family trees, etc. etc. FOUR 3 RING BINDERS STUFFED with MATERIAL, plus two books, one on Early Fairchild Families and one on Lauderdale County, Mississippi. From the Estate of MAMIE WALTERS late of Crockett, California, b. 1947 d. 2018, who clearly was the gatherer, writer, and compiler of the materials. Appears to have been gathered and written by Mamie Walters for a book she hoped to publish on the WALTERS and related families. Much of the material seems to have been gathered and written in the 2000s, up until her death in 2018. What I can glean from the material is that her main genealogical roots are WALTERS and FAIRCHILD, and that her early roots include Mississippi, among other places. The materials are all either 3 hole punched and in the rings of the binder, or stuffed loosely into the binders. All are clean and legible though in various states of handling, showing creases and use. The two books have relevant handwritten notes and marks. A jumbled treasure of genealogy. Have Fun!!! INTERNATIONAL BUYERS PLEASE NOTE: This archive is very heavy and will be very expensive to ship Internationally, requiring very substantial additional shipping charges. After placing your order you will be notified of the additional charges and be able to accept or reject them before your payment is processed. Or you can contact us ahead of time to find out the shipping charge to your country. Thanks.

John Fitzgerald Kennedy was a strong ally of the International Ladies' Garment Workers Union (ILGWU) and had worked with Union President David Dubinsky on many important issues. JFK's assassination affected everyone and the editors of Justice printed a Memorial Edition which also included a Message of Support to Lyndon Baines Johnson from Dubinsky. JUSTICE was the official publication of the ILGWU from 1919 to 1995.

JUSTICE: International Ladies' Garment Workers Union. Volume 45, Issue 23, December 1, 1963. Published by the ILGWU, Jersey City, New Jersey, David Dubinsky President, Leon Stein Editor. Newspaper, 4 large leaves vertically folded into 8 pages, 16.5" x 11.5". Folded horizontally as issued. This original 1963 newspaper is in VERY GOOD CONDITION: small mailing label pasted to front page margin with penned number beneath, wear and small tears to the vertical fold but holding well, toning as normal and some light signs of age and use, otherwise tight, bright, clean and unmarked. A scarce JFK Memorial issue of this pioneering woman's labor union journal.

This JFK Memorial Edition features a full page portrait of JFK with a black memorial border on the front page, inside, within a black memorial border is President Kennedy's Inaugural Address delivered on January 20, 1962 with a b&w photograph of him speaking from the White House balcony. This is followed by the text of JFK's speech before the Convention of the American Federation of Labor Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFLCIO) in New York City on November 15, 1963, also with a black memorial border and b&w photo of him speaking. The back page shows a b&w photo of LBJ and a Message of Support in his new role as President of the United States sent to him by union leader David Dubinsky.

Founded in 1900, ILGWU was one of the largest and most significant labor unions in the American Labor Movement and one of the first with a primarily female membership. It's role in the history of women and immigrant Jewish and Italian women continues to be relevant today. Justice was published in English, Italian, Spanish, and Yiddish with much variation in content.

***** About the ILGWU from the Kheel Center for Labor Management Documentation and Archives Cornell University Library:

The International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union was founded in New York City in 1900 by mostly Socialist immigrant workers who sought to unite the various crafts in the growing women's garment industry. The union soon reflected changes in the sector and rapidly organized thousands of unskilled and semi-skilled women, mostly Jewish and Italian young immigrants. Exemplifying the "new unionism," the ILGWU led two of the most widespread and best-known industrial strikes of the early Twentieth Century: the shirtwaist makers' strike of 1909 in New York City and the cloak makers' strike of 1910 in Chicago. The union also tried to adapt to the fragmented and unstable nature of the industry. It adopted the "protocol of peace," a system of industrial relations that attempted to ensure stability and limit strikes and production disruption by providing for an arbitration system to resolve disputes.

The ILGWU exemplified the European-style social unionism of its founding members. They pursued bread and butter issues but provided educational opportunities, benefits, and social programs to union members as well. In 1919, the ILGWU became the first American union to negotiate an unemployment compensation fund that was contributed to by its employers. The ILGWU also pioneered in the establishment of an extremely progressive health care program for its members which included not only regional Union Health Centers but also a resort for union workers, known as Unity House. The Union also had an imaginative and pioneering Education Department which not only trained workers in traditional union techniques, but provided courses in citizenship and the English language.

WPA FEDERAL ART PROJECT - PRINTMAKING IN CALIFORNIA 1935-43, by Elizabeth Seaton. Limited to 450 copies. BCC publication number 220.

Published by the Book Club of California, San Francisco, 2005. First Edition. Limited to 450 copies. BCC publication number 220.

From the Colophon Page (the last page): This book was printed in an edition of 450 copies. It was designed and typeset by Patrick Reagh of Sebastopol, California and printed offset...Production was arranged and supervised by Global Interprint of Santa Rosa, California.

Hardcovers, black cloth covered spine and blue cloth covered boards, gilt titles to spine, black design on front cover, large format 10x13 inches, 132 pages, in a clear mylar dustwrapper. Laid-in is an "Author's Acknowledgments" sheet and an "Errata" sheet.

Wonderfully illustrated throughout.

Condition: FINE book, looks and feels as new, in a plastic dustwrapper that has some shelf rubs and scratches.

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