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  • 1955 Original LEXINGTON, N.C., CITY DIRECTORY with EVERY RESIDENT & BUSINESS 1955 Original LEXINGTON, N.C., CITY DIRECTORY with EVERY RESIDENT & BUSINESS

    LEXINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA, CITY DIRECTORY 1955-1956: Containing an Alphabetical Directory of Business Concerns and Private Citizens, Occupants of Office Buildings and Other Business Places Including a Complete Street and Avenue Guide...Numerical Telephone Directory, and a Complete Classified Business Directory. A directory of every resident and business in LEXINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA, in 1955. This is the original, vintage directory. Published by the Southern Directory Co., Asheville, North Carolina, 1955. Original hardcovers, printed cloth covered boards, 6x9.5 inches, 400 pages. Contains numerous advertisements of the day. These directories were published as advertising vehicles so ads are everywhere, including the covers and stamped on the page edges. GOOD CONDITION: The covers are somewhat soiled, worn through at the corner tips, and rubbed, but…

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    LEXINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA, CITY DIRECTORY 1955-1956: Containing an Alphabetical Directory of Business Concerns and Private Citizens, Occupants of Office Buildings and Other Business Places Including a Complete Street and Avenue Guide...Numerical Telephone Directory, and a Complete Classified Business Directory. A directory of every resident and business in LEXINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA, in 1955. This is the original, vintage directory. Published by the Southern Directory Co., Asheville, North Carolina, 1955. Original hardcovers, printed cloth covered boards, 6x9.5 inches, 400 pages. Contains numerous advertisements of the day. These directories were published as advertising vehicles so ads are everywhere, including the covers and stamped on the page edges. GOOD CONDITION: The covers are somewhat soiled, worn through at the corner tips, and rubbed, but their printing remains bright and these original covers are doing their job well. Internally, the pages remain complete, bright, clean, clear and unmarked. A solid, nice copy. A COMPLETE, ORIGINAL 1955-1956 DIRECTORY of RESIDENTS of LEXINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA.

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  • 1967 Original HARRISON, ARKANSAS, CITY DIRECTORY with EVERY RESIDENT & BUSINESS 1967 Original HARRISON, ARKANSAS, CITY DIRECTORY with EVERY RESIDENT & BUSINESS

    HARRISON, ARKANSAS, CITY DIRECTORY 1967: Containing an Alphabetical Directory of All Residents Eighteen Years of Age and Over, with Detailed Information Concerning Each; a Numerical Directory by Streets with Street Telephone Guide; a Classified Business Directory; a Numerical Telephone Directory.

    A directory of every resident and business in HARRISON, ARKANSAS, in 1967. This is the original, vintage directory.

    Published by the Moorhead Directory Service, Harrison, Arkansas, 1967.

    Original hardcovers, printed cloth covered boards, 6x9.5 inches, 264 pages.

    Contains numerous advertisements of the day. These directories were published as advertising vehicles so ads are everywhere, including the covers and stamped on the page edges.

    GOOD CONDITION: The cover corners are lightly bumped, the front and rear inner hinges…

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    HARRISON, ARKANSAS, CITY DIRECTORY 1967: Containing an Alphabetical Directory of All Residents Eighteen Years of Age and Over, with Detailed Information Concerning Each; a Numerical Directory by Streets with Street Telephone Guide; a Classified Business Directory; a Numerical Telephone Directory.

    A directory of every resident and business in HARRISON, ARKANSAS, in 1967. This is the original, vintage directory.

    Published by the Moorhead Directory Service, Harrison, Arkansas, 1967.

    Original hardcovers, printed cloth covered boards, 6x9.5 inches, 264 pages.

    Contains numerous advertisements of the day. These directories were published as advertising vehicles so ads are everywhere, including the covers and stamped on the page edges.

    GOOD CONDITION: The cover corners are lightly bumped, the front and rear inner hinges are cracked but holding well; the inner pages are tight, bright, clean, clear and unmarked.

    A COMPLETE, ORIGINAL 1967 DIRECTORY of RESIDENTS of HARRISON, ARKANSAS.

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  • 1981 ATTRACTING HIGH-TECHNOLOGY to OAKLAND California REPORT & ACTION PLAN by Dow Associates, Inc. 1981 ATTRACTING HIGH-TECHNOLOGY to OAKLAND California REPORT & ACTION PLAN
    Dow Associates, Inc.

    ATTRACTING HIGH-TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY TO OAKLAND: A PLAN OF ACTION. Submitted TO the Office of Economic Development and Employment, City of Oakland, Oakland, California, BY Dow Associates, Inc., Berkeley, California, July 8, 1981, as revised July 27, 1981. Printed yellow paper covers, plastic spiral bound, 8.5x11 inches, iv, 67 pages, pages printed on one side only. From the opening Summary: "Dow Associates, Inc., presents herein the results of a three month study to (1) assess the potential of Oakland for attracting high growth, high technology companies and related labor intensive technical support companies and (2) prepare a Plan of Action to realize that potential. The work was directed toward identifying an optimal match between Oakland's resources and the needs of such…

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    ATTRACTING HIGH-TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY TO OAKLAND: A PLAN OF ACTION. Submitted TO the Office of Economic Development and Employment, City of Oakland, Oakland, California, BY Dow Associates, Inc., Berkeley, California, July 8, 1981, as revised July 27, 1981. Printed yellow paper covers, plastic spiral bound, 8.5x11 inches, iv, 67 pages, pages printed on one side only. From the opening Summary: "Dow Associates, Inc., presents herein the results of a three month study to (1) assess the potential of Oakland for attracting high growth, high technology companies and related labor intensive technical support companies and (2) prepare a Plan of Action to realize that potential. The work was directed toward identifying an optimal match between Oakland's resources and the needs of such companies." VERY GOOD condition, just lightly used, still tight, bright, clean and unmarked. Oakland as a Hi-Tech Center for the San Francisco Bay Area? That was the idea back in 1981.

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  • 1998 Prospectus BUYOUT of ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD by CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAY 1998 Prospectus BUYOUT of ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD by CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAY

    PROSPECTUS sent to the shareholders of ILLINOIS CENTRAL CORPORATION regarding its merger into CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAY COMPANY.

    Includes all the details one could want, the offer, merger proposal, financials, risks, etc. Lehman Brothers provided the "Fairness Opinion". This merger gave Canadian National Railway an extensive entry into the United States.

    Paper covers, staple bound, 8x11 inches. Approximately 200 pages, including the Prospectus, Copy of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, Attachments, and Financials.

    GOOD condition, some creasing to the front and rear wrappers, light creases from handling, overall tight, bright, clean, clear and unmarked.

    An Important Original Prospectus from a Pivotal Moment in the History of Canadian National Railway as it extended its reach into the United States.

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  • 2 CANADIAN FREEMASON PROCEEDINGS Prince Edward Island & Ottawa MASONIC 1871-1894 2 CANADIAN FREEMASON PROCEEDINGS Prince Edward Island & Ottawa MASONIC 1871-1894

    (1) PROCEEDINGS OF THE GRAND LODGE OF ANCIENT FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS OF CANADA... at its SIXTEENTH ANNUAL COMMUNICATION, HELD AT OTTAWA, ONTARIO... 1971. HAMILTON (Canada): Spectator Steam Printing House, 1871. Disbound from a larger work that probably contained other proceedings, there are 314 pages in this proceedings with the pages numbered 602 to 915 plus a title page and a 6 page index at the rear, 5x8 inches. Only FAIR condition. Disbound, as noted above, title page is almost loose, there is chipping to the fragile page edges, mainly on the first and last few pages, the pages are toned with age, the last page has much of its upper portion torn away and has a 3 inch tear,…

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    (1) PROCEEDINGS OF THE GRAND LODGE OF ANCIENT FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS OF CANADA... at its SIXTEENTH ANNUAL COMMUNICATION, HELD AT OTTAWA, ONTARIO... 1971. HAMILTON (Canada): Spectator Steam Printing House, 1871. Disbound from a larger work that probably contained other proceedings, there are 314 pages in this proceedings with the pages numbered 602 to 915 plus a title page and a 6 page index at the rear, 5x8 inches. Only FAIR condition. Disbound, as noted above, title page is almost loose, there is chipping to the fragile page edges, mainly on the first and last few pages, the pages are toned with age, the last page has much of its upper portion torn away and has a 3 inch tear, there are previous owner's pencil marks here and there throughout; nonetheless a complete copy of this interesting Canadian Masonic report from 1871. (2) PROCEEDINGS OF THE M. W. GRAND LODGE OF THE ANCIENT AND HONORABLE FRATERNITY OF FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND... Held at Charlottetown June 25, 1894. CHARLOTTETOWN (Prince Edward Island, Ontario, Canada): Haszard & Moore, Printers, 1894. Disbound, 5.5x8.5 inches, 47 pages. Only FAIR condition. Disbound, as noted above, waterstaining / shorelining to the gutter and bottom margin of most pages, chipping to the edges and corners of the first and last few pages, a vertical crease down the middle where the booklet was probably folded in half to fit into a pocket, pages are toned, there are previous owner's bright blue pencil marks here and there throughout; nonetheless a complete copy of this interesting Prince Edward Island Masonic report from 1894.

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  • 24 Issues 1903-1904 MONATSBLÄTTER AUS BETHEL COLLEGE, KANSAS (Monthly Journal of Bethel College, Kansas) TEXT in GERMAN FRAKTUR 24 Issues 1903-1904 MONATSBLÄTTER AUS BETHEL COLLEGE, KANSAS (Monthly Journal of Bethel College, Kansas) TEXT in GERMAN FRAKTUR

    MONATSBLÄTTER AUS BETHEL COLLEGE, KANSAS. (Deutsche Ausgabe des Schul und College Journals / German Edition of the Monthly School and College Journal). Two Volumes / 24 Issues bound in hardcovers.

    Volume VIII, Numbers 1-12, 1903, and Volume IX, Numbers 1-12, 1904, bound in this one book. TEXT in GERMAN FRAKTUR. Published by Bethel College, Newton, Kansas, 1903-1904.

    Hardcovers, black cloth covered spine and marbled paper covered boards, paper handwritten title label on spine, marbled page edges, 6.5x9.5 inches. Pagination: Volume VIII, 12 Issues, 144 + [2] pages; Volume IX, 12 Issues, 192 + [2] pages.

    FAIR condition, the covers have some rubs and scrapes, especially along the edges, but are solid and doing their job well; the top page edges…

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    MONATSBLÄTTER AUS BETHEL COLLEGE, KANSAS. (Deutsche Ausgabe des Schul und College Journals / German Edition of the Monthly School and College Journal). Two Volumes / 24 Issues bound in hardcovers.

    Volume VIII, Numbers 1-12, 1903, and Volume IX, Numbers 1-12, 1904, bound in this one book. TEXT in GERMAN FRAKTUR. Published by Bethel College, Newton, Kansas, 1903-1904.

    Hardcovers, black cloth covered spine and marbled paper covered boards, paper handwritten title label on spine, marbled page edges, 6.5x9.5 inches. Pagination: Volume VIII, 12 Issues, 144 + [2] pages; Volume IX, 12 Issues, 192 + [2] pages.

    FAIR condition, the covers have some rubs and scrapes, especially along the edges, but are solid and doing their job well; the top page edges (page edges of the closed book) have darkened; internally, there is a vertical crease down the middle of the issues from handling; the binding is split at a number of places where the book was over-opened, but the pages are holding; the pages are lightly toned with age and there is some foxing here and there; deaccessioned from the "Mennonite Historical Library, Harleysville, Pennsylvania", as stamped on the front and rear free endpapers, and the bottom margin of the first issue, (there is also the handwritten word "dup." at the top of the front free endpaper, denoting this copy as a duplicate); there is an early previous owner's signature at the top of the front free endpaper; otherwise the issues are complete, bright, clean, and unmarked.

    This bound collection of 24 complete issues from 1903-1904, printed in the German Fraktur of the Mennonites / Anabaptists. A rare and historic look at Bethel College, Kansas.

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  • 37 SACRAMENTO PLAT MAPS of FREEPORT MANOR, VICTORY ACRES and GOLF COURSE TERRACE by CITY OF SACRAMENTO ASSESSOR'S OFFICE 37 SACRAMENTO PLAT MAPS of FREEPORT MANOR, VICTORY ACRES and GOLF COURSE TERRACE
    CITY OF SACRAMENTO ASSESSOR'S OFFICE

    CITY OF SACRAMENTO ASSESSOR'S MAP BOOK. Book 35, for the neighborhoods of Freeport Manor, Victory Acres, Fuller Town, and Golf Course Terrace.

    Contains 37 Plat Maps, each 11x17 inches. The plats are 2-hole punched at their left side and bound with a metal bracket into flexible brown covers. There is a label on the front cover that states UNIT COPY 35.

    The first two maps are heavily blued but the map and information is still visible with a bit of concentration, a few other maps are starting to turn blue but remain sharp and clear, the rest of the maps are yellow with toning at the margins and are bright, sharp and clear.

    Published by the City of Sacramento Assessor's…

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    CITY OF SACRAMENTO ASSESSOR'S MAP BOOK. Book 35, for the neighborhoods of Freeport Manor, Victory Acres, Fuller Town, and Golf Course Terrace.

    Contains 37 Plat Maps, each 11x17 inches. The plats are 2-hole punched at their left side and bound with a metal bracket into flexible brown covers. There is a label on the front cover that states UNIT COPY 35.

    The first two maps are heavily blued but the map and information is still visible with a bit of concentration, a few other maps are starting to turn blue but remain sharp and clear, the rest of the maps are yellow with toning at the margins and are bright, sharp and clear.

    Published by the City of Sacramento Assessor's Office. There is a small date at the bottom of a few maps with the date "8-72" and one with the date "8-71", so I would assume these maps are mostly from August 1972.

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  • ARCHIVE of DR. HILDA BAILEY, FIRST WOMAN PEDIATRICIAN in SALISBURY, NC - 8 Volumes of Physician Records / Patient Visits / Narcotic Preparation Registers by Dr. Hilda Bailey ARCHIVE of DR. HILDA BAILEY, FIRST WOMAN PEDIATRICIAN in SALISBURY, NC - 8 Volumes of Physician Records / Patient Visits / Narcotic Preparation Registers
    Dr. Hilda Bailey

    ARCHIVE of DR. HILDA HART BAILEY, the FIRST WOMAN PEDIATRICIAN in SALISBURY, NORTH CAROLINA.

    (1) FIVE LARGE VOLUMES RECORDING DAILY PATIENT VISITS for the years 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956 and 1958. The volumes are titled: THE PHYSICIAN'S DAILY RECORD and are stamped on the front cover with HILDA BAILEY, M.D. Each volume has 365 daily calendar sheets laid out for physicians, with columns for patient names, services rendered, and payment received. Dr. Hilda Bailey listed the full names of all the patients she saw, but only used a simple, usually single letter, code for services rendered. Presumably the patients were mainly children of Salisbury and Rowan County, North Carolina.

    (2) An Appointment Book for the year 1960. Filled with the…

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    ARCHIVE of DR. HILDA HART BAILEY, the FIRST WOMAN PEDIATRICIAN in SALISBURY, NORTH CAROLINA.

    (1) FIVE LARGE VOLUMES RECORDING DAILY PATIENT VISITS for the years 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956 and 1958. The volumes are titled: THE PHYSICIAN'S DAILY RECORD and are stamped on the front cover with HILDA BAILEY, M.D. Each volume has 365 daily calendar sheets laid out for physicians, with columns for patient names, services rendered, and payment received. Dr. Hilda Bailey listed the full names of all the patients she saw, but only used a simple, usually single letter, code for services rendered. Presumably the patients were mainly children of Salisbury and Rowan County, North Carolina.

    (2) An Appointment Book for the year 1960. Filled with the full names of patients, with the dates and times of their appointments.

    (3) TWO NORTH CAROLINA POISON & EXEMPT NARCOTIC PREPARATION REGISTERS. One volume is for the year 1957 (and a couple months in late 1956), the other for the years 1961 and 1962. Filled with names/signatures of many people who bought various "exempt" narcotics, along with their address, the preparation purchased, who sold it, and the date sold.

    (4) Hilda Bailey's tax return for 1952. Ten loose pages.

    Condition: The covers of the Narcotic Preparation Registers are soiled and marked, the covers of the five Physician Daily Record volumes have a few marks and scrapes, otherwise all the volumes are in generally solid, GOOD condition, with handwriting that is bright, clear and legible throughout. The tax returns are toned, soiled and worn at the edges.

    A TREASURE TROVE OF NORTH CAROLINA, ROWAN COUNTY, GENEALOGY!

    About DR. HILDA BAILEY (from her Obituary):

    ******Dr. Hilda Hart Bailey, b.1921 d.2018, was the first woman pediatrician in Salisbury, NC. Dr. Bailey owned a private pediatric medical practice in Salisbury for close to 50 years.

    Dr. Bailey attended UNC School of Medicine from 1942-1944. She transferred to the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in Philadelphia in 1944, where she received her medical degree in 1946 at the age of 24.

    Dr. Bailey entered the North Carolina university system and its medical school during a time when women students had very limited opportunities in Chapel Hill.

    (Women in the 1940s encountered many barriers when trying to enter medical school. The average quota for women medical students in 1941 was 5 percent nationally. Women gained a foothold in medical schools during the early 1940s because World War II called men to service. The number of hospitals accepting women interns increased by 400% from 105 in 1941 to 463 at the end of 1942. As easily as the barriers were lowered during the war, they were once again raised after the war. In 1945, women physicians were removed from hospital staff to make room for returning male veterans. By the fall of 1946, a full page advertisement appeared in the New York Herald Tribune under the caption: "Doctors Wanted: No Women Need Apply." Nationally, the period from 1949 to approximately 1960 has been called the "era of hostility" for women in medicine.)

    In 1952, during the height of the polio epidemic, Dr. Bailey opened her private pediatric practice in Salisbury. The only other pediatrician in Salisbury at the time, Dr. William Kavanagh, ended his practice soon after Dr. Bailey opened hers.

    Dr. Bailey's dedication to children endeared her to Rowan County families and nursing staff. A hospitalized child received her tireless attention. She was sometimes seen rocking an unhappy hospitalized child, even if the child was not her patient. Every parent of her "children" has at least one Dr. Bailey story, some of them bordering on heroism.******

    (You can read her full obituary online by searching "Dr. Hilda Bailey obituary".)

    PLEASE NOTE: These EIGHT BOOKS weigh approximately 24 pounds packed for shipping. They will be well packed for safe shipping.

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  • BUSINESS WEEK First Issue SEPTEMBER 7, 1929 : 30th Anniversary Souvenir Edition BUSINESS WEEK First Issue SEPTEMBER 7, 1929 : 30th Anniversary Souvenir Edition

    THE BUSINESS WEEK For The Week Ended SEPTEMBER 7, 1929 : A 30th Anniversary Souvenir Edition that Reprints in its Entirety the FIRST ISSUE OF BUSINESS WEEK. Published by McGraw Hill, New York, 1959. An exact reprint of the very first issue of Business Week that was published just weeks before the 1929 Stock Market Crash and the beginning of the long Great Depression. The only additions are a notation on the front cover that states: A 30TH ANNIVERSARY SOUVENIR, and a two page introduction to this anniversary edition. VERY GOOD condition, a crease to the upper corner, some spine creases, a bit of edgewear, overall tight, bright, clean and unmarked.

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  • CEMETERY RECORDS of LAWRENCE COUNTY, TENNESSEE, Fall 1983 - October 1994 with Index by Hazel Myhan CEMETERY RECORDS of LAWRENCE COUNTY, TENNESSEE, Fall 1983 - October 1994 with Index
    Hazel Myhan

    AT REST, SUPPLEMENT II: CEMETERY RECORDS OF LAWRENCE COUNTY, TENNESSEE, Fall 1983 - October 1994. Compiled by Hazel Myhan.

    Self Published. Printed by Bobby Alford, 1998. Presumed first edition, no indication of additional printings. A copy shop type of publication, velo binding, photocopied pages, heavy stock paper covers, 8.5x11 inches, 359 pages.

    VERY GOOD condition, some photocopy machine marks here and there, overall tight, bright, clean and clear.

    From the Introduction: "AT REST, SUPPLEMENT II identifies those who have been buried in Lawrence County cemeteries from the Fall of 1983 through October of 1994. This volume includes additions and corrections to the original volume and the first supplement. You will also find some cemeteries included in this book that were…

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    AT REST, SUPPLEMENT II: CEMETERY RECORDS OF LAWRENCE COUNTY, TENNESSEE, Fall 1983 - October 1994. Compiled by Hazel Myhan.

    Self Published. Printed by Bobby Alford, 1998. Presumed first edition, no indication of additional printings. A copy shop type of publication, velo binding, photocopied pages, heavy stock paper covers, 8.5x11 inches, 359 pages.

    VERY GOOD condition, some photocopy machine marks here and there, overall tight, bright, clean and clear.

    From the Introduction: "AT REST, SUPPLEMENT II identifies those who have been buried in Lawrence County cemeteries from the Fall of 1983 through October of 1994. This volume includes additions and corrections to the original volume and the first supplement. You will also find some cemeteries included in this book that were missed in other editions. I have worked primarily with obituaries from local newspapers, which I have accumulated for many years. Some information has come from family members and friends of the deceased, while part of the other information has been verified by visits to cemeteries. Pages 1 through 88 cover the period from the Fall of 1983 through Sept. 1987 and was compiled several years ago. I later decided to add much more information to this book before printing. However, the index is a combined index for both sections. Such data is difficult at best to transcribe and arrange in final book form..."

    INTERNATIONAL BUYERS PLEASE NOTE: This book will require 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.

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  • EARLY CALISTOGA California MEMORIES as told by OLD RESIDENTS to YOUNG STUDENTS by Paul McCarthy and his fifth grade students EARLY CALISTOGA California MEMORIES as told by OLD RESIDENTS to YOUNG STUDENTS
    Paul McCarthy and his fifth grade students

    LOOKING BACK: OLD-TIMERS TELL THEIR STORIES TO CALISTOGA'S YOUTH, edited by PAUL M. McCARTHY, from Interviews taken by his Fifth Grade Students. Published by Paul McCarthy and the Calistoga Elementary School, 1987. Large format softcover book, 8.5x11 inches, 237 pages. Illustrated with some vintage b&w photographs. VERY GOOD condition, a couple small spots to the covers, overall tight, bright, clean and unmarked. A solid, very nice copy. Filled with memories of early Calistoga, California, as told by old residents to young students. The recollections are gathered in an interview, question and long answer style. Very sweet. Filled with history and genealogy of the Calistoga area.

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  • FORT MOJAVE 1859-1890: LETTERS OF THE COMMANDING OFFICERS by Irene J. Brennan, editor FORT MOJAVE 1859-1890: LETTERS OF THE COMMANDING OFFICERS
    Irene J. Brennan, editor

    FORT MOJAVE 1859-1890: LETTERS OF THE COMMANDING OFFICERS, edited by Irene J. Brennan.

    Published by MA/AH, and Printed by Sunflower University Press, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, 1980. First edition. ISBN: 0891260838.

    Printed paper covers, plastic spiral bound, 8.5x11 inches, 214 pages. A photocopy production, as issued.

    VERY GOOD condition, a bit of soiling to the covers, otherwise tight, bright, clean and unmarked.

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  • Genealogy HANNES EBY DEATH AND BURIAL RECORD : LIFE and DEATH in OLD WARWICK TOWNSHIP, LANCASTER COUNTY, Pennsylvania 1806-1845 by Carolyn C. Wegner and Denise Witwer Lahr Genealogy HANNES EBY DEATH AND BURIAL RECORD : LIFE and DEATH in OLD WARWICK TOWNSHIP, LANCASTER COUNTY, Pennsylvania 1806-1845
    Carolyn C. Wegner and Denise Witwer Lahr

    HANNES EBY DEATH AND BURIAL RECORD : Life and Death in Old Warwick Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 1806-1845. By Carolyn C. Wenger. Annotated by Denise Witwer Lahr.

    Published by the Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society, 2012. ISBN 10: 1884732089 ISBN 13: 9781884732089.

    Hardcover Book in Dustjacket, 8.5x11 inches, 272 pages.

    From the back cover: "Well over one hundred surnames, many of them listed at right, appear in the HANNES EBY DEATH and BURIAL RECORD. Spanning nearly four decades, this listing of deaths and burials of relatives, friends, and acquaintances in old Warwick Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, is a treasure trove for historians interested in the early nineteenth century."

    AS NEW condition, still in shrinkwrap!

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  • GROUP of SIGNED, INSCRIBED and ANNOTATED BOOKS by THREE IMPORTANT NEW ENGLAND WOMEN HISTORIANS & AUTHORS LIVING TOGETHER in a "BOSTON MARRIAGE" -DEERFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS - FRARY HOUSE by C. ALICE BAKER, EMMA L. COLEMAN, and SUSAN M. LANE GROUP of SIGNED, INSCRIBED and ANNOTATED BOOKS by THREE IMPORTANT NEW ENGLAND WOMEN HISTORIANS & AUTHORS LIVING TOGETHER in a "BOSTON MARRIAGE" -DEERFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS - FRARY HOUSE
    C. ALICE BAKER, EMMA L. COLEMAN, and SUSAN M. LANE

    * MRS. PUTNAM'S RECEIPT BOOK AND YOUNG HOUSEKEEPER'S ASSISTANT, by E. Putnam. Published by Phillips, Sampson, Boston, 1858. COOKBOOK with IMPORTANT NEW ENGLAND ASSOCIATIONS - Owned by C. ALICE BAKER and her mother C. C. BAKER [Catharine Catlin Baker], with the SIGNATURE of C.C. Baker and a handwritten presentation from her daughter on the Preface page: "from Alice / Feb. 1859". MANY PAGES OF HANDWRITTEN RECIPES ARE LAID-IN THROUGHOUT and TWENTY-TWO PAGES OF HANDWRITTEN RECIPES are on the blank pages at the rear, all (or most) in the hand of C. ALICE BAKER. Hardcover book, 5x7.5 inches, 223 numbered pages. Condition: The covers are stained and soiled but still doing their job. Internally, there is some foxing, toning, and soiling…

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    * MRS. PUTNAM'S RECEIPT BOOK AND YOUNG HOUSEKEEPER'S ASSISTANT, by E. Putnam. Published by Phillips, Sampson, Boston, 1858. COOKBOOK with IMPORTANT NEW ENGLAND ASSOCIATIONS - Owned by C. ALICE BAKER and her mother C. C. BAKER [Catharine Catlin Baker], with the SIGNATURE of C.C. Baker and a handwritten presentation from her daughter on the Preface page: "from Alice / Feb. 1859". MANY PAGES OF HANDWRITTEN RECIPES ARE LAID-IN THROUGHOUT and TWENTY-TWO PAGES OF HANDWRITTEN RECIPES are on the blank pages at the rear, all (or most) in the hand of C. ALICE BAKER. Hardcover book, 5x7.5 inches, 223 numbered pages. Condition: The covers are stained and soiled but still doing their job. Internally, there is some foxing, toning, and soiling throughout, otherwise the pages are bright and clear; the handwritten pages are mostly bright and legible but a few have faded away.

    * A SUMMER IN THE AZORES, by C. ALICE BAKER. Presentation copy inscribed by C. Alice Baker: "Mr. and Mrs. Charles (?) / from their friends: / C. ALICE BAKER / SUSAN M. LANE / EMMA L. COLEMAN". In addition the printed dedication page reads: "To S. M. L, my lifelong friend and companion / and E. L. C., to whose affection I owe my Summer In The Azores. / Cambridge, 1882." Published by Lee and Shepard, Boston, 1882. First edition. Hardcover book, 4.5x6 inches, 174 pages. Condition: the rear cover is covered with white spill stains (not affecting inner pages), otherwise the covers are solid and doing their job; internally there is foxing on the first and last few pages, otherwise the pages are tight, bright and clear. A solid, nice copy but for the unfortunate spill on the rear cover. Wonderful association of C. Alice Baker, Summer M. Lane and Emma L. Coleman.

    * TRUE STORIES OF NEW ENGLAND CAPTIVES - CARRIED to CANADA DURING the OLD FRENCH and INDIAN WARS, by C. ALICE BAKER. First Edition. Printed by E.A. Hall, Cambridge, 1897. SIGNED by C. Alice Baker's Uncle, GEORGE SHELDON, and by her Aunt, JENNIE ARMS SHELDON, on the front endpapers. Hardcovers, 7x9 inches, 407 pages. Condition: the covers are worn, scraped and rubbed; internally, there are some annotations in the margins and rear endpapers, the text block is cracked at places but holding well, overall the inner pages are nice, tight, bright and clear.

    * NEW ENGLAND CAPTIVES CARRIED TO CANADA Between 1677 and 1760. By EMMA LEWIS COLEMAN. Two Volume Set. Volume One has a portrait of C. ALICE BAKER and the printed dedication: "In Memory of C. ALICE BAKER". Self-published in Portland, Maine, and printed by the Southowrth Press, 1925. FIRST EDITION. Hardcovers, gilt designs on covers and spine, 6.5x9.5 inches, 438 and 452 pages. Condition: Both volumes are faded at the spine, have a bit of wear at the spine ends, and the covers have a few light stains; internally the binding is split here and there but holding well, otherwise bright, clean and clear. Signature of a previous owner "Louise A. Rawson / July 1926" on a blank prelim along with the bookplate of "Louise Cherry Brooks". LOUISE CHERRY BROOKS was an avid book collector and LIFELONG FRIEND OF ZELDA FITZGERALD.

    * DEERFIELD EPITAPHS in the OLD BURYING-GROUND at DEERFIELD, MASS. Copied by C. ALICE BAKER and EMMA L. COLEMAN. Published by the Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, Deerfield, Massachusetts, 1924. First Edition. A relevant previous owner's inscription is on the front free endpaper: "Iola M. Marin / August 9, 1926 / Deerfield / Bought at FRARY HOUSE - oldest house in Deerfield..." VERY GOOD condition, some wear to the cover's spine ends and corner tips, pages have light signs of use, overall a solid, bright, clean copy. Laid-in is an unused circa 1910 Real Photo Postcard "RPPC" of the FRARY HOUSE. The photographer is unstated but likely Emma L. Coleman.

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  • HEXES and HEATHER : GENEALOGY Related to CANADA Families STONER Johnson RITTENHOUSE & More by Gladys Rittenhouse Johnson Stoner HEXES and HEATHER : GENEALOGY Related to CANADA Families STONER Johnson RITTENHOUSE & More
    Gladys Rittenhouse Johnson Stoner

    HEXES AND HEATHER, by Gladys (Rittenhouse Johnson) Stoner.

    From the Foreword: "This book has been written so that our children and those who follow after may know something of our ancestry...Our fathers' people, Johnsons, Sinclairs, Gordons, Forfars and Thomsons were Scotch, our mothers' people, Rittenhouse, Honsbergers, Funks, Gaymans, etc. were Pennsylvania Dutch, as were also my husband's people..."

    Genealogies of families related to the author Gladys Rittenhouse Johnson Stoner. Most seem to be finally settled around Ontario, Canada, and some nearby Provinces and American states.

    Self Published, [Ontario, Canada], revised second printing 1982 (first printing 1973).

    Hardcovers, red cloth covered boards, gilt lettering on the spine, 8.5x11 inches, 211 pages. Illustrated with some b&w photographs.

    NEAR FINE condition, there are…

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    HEXES AND HEATHER, by Gladys (Rittenhouse Johnson) Stoner.

    From the Foreword: "This book has been written so that our children and those who follow after may know something of our ancestry...Our fathers' people, Johnsons, Sinclairs, Gordons, Forfars and Thomsons were Scotch, our mothers' people, Rittenhouse, Honsbergers, Funks, Gaymans, etc. were Pennsylvania Dutch, as were also my husband's people..."

    Genealogies of families related to the author Gladys Rittenhouse Johnson Stoner. Most seem to be finally settled around Ontario, Canada, and some nearby Provinces and American states.

    Self Published, [Ontario, Canada], revised second printing 1982 (first printing 1973).

    Hardcovers, red cloth covered boards, gilt lettering on the spine, 8.5x11 inches, 211 pages. Illustrated with some b&w photographs.

    NEAR FINE condition, there are a few handwritten corrections to the text presumably by the author, otherwise tight, bright, clean and unmarked. A solid, lovely copy.

    SCARCE, the only copy I could find is held at the Ontario Genealogical Society.

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  • History of UKRAINIANS IN COLORADO Ukrainian-American Bicentennial Publication 1976 by P. Babiak and K. Krupsky, editors History of UKRAINIANS IN COLORADO Ukrainian-American Bicentennial Publication 1976
    P. Babiak and K. Krupsky, editors

    UKRAINIANS IN COLORADO, edited by P. Babiak, in cooperation with K. Krupsky.

    Published by the Ukrainian-American Bicentennial Organization, Denver, Colorado, 1976.

    Paper covers, plastic spiral bound, 8.5x11 inches, 63 pages plus 16 unnumbered pages of b&w photographs at the rear.

    VERY GOOD condition, just lightly used, bright, clean, clear and unmarked.

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  • INFORMAL ADOPTION in BLACK FAMILIES in LOWNDES and WILCOX COUNTIES, ALABAMA 1975 by Lewis W. Jones INFORMAL ADOPTION in BLACK FAMILIES in LOWNDES and WILCOX COUNTIES, ALABAMA 1975
    Lewis W. Jones

    INFORMAL ADOPTION in BLACK FAMILIES in LOWNDES and WILCOX COUNTIES, ALABAMA. By Lewis W. Jones, Director, Tuskegee Institute Center for Rural Development.

    Published by the Tuskegee Institute, Alabama, under a Grant from the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, 1975.

    Printed paper covers, side stapled with black cloth tape covering the spine and staples, 8.5x11 inches, 51 pages, pages printed on one side only.

    GOOD condition, a few small, light stains, a couple corner creases, overall tight, bright, clean, clear and unmarked.

    From the Introduction: "In 1972, forty-eight black children were legally adopted in Alabama. This number by no means accounts for black children who were taken into substitute families. This rearing of children in a substitute family without observance…

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    INFORMAL ADOPTION in BLACK FAMILIES in LOWNDES and WILCOX COUNTIES, ALABAMA. By Lewis W. Jones, Director, Tuskegee Institute Center for Rural Development.

    Published by the Tuskegee Institute, Alabama, under a Grant from the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, 1975.

    Printed paper covers, side stapled with black cloth tape covering the spine and staples, 8.5x11 inches, 51 pages, pages printed on one side only.

    GOOD condition, a few small, light stains, a couple corner creases, overall tight, bright, clean, clear and unmarked.

    From the Introduction: "In 1972, forty-eight black children were legally adopted in Alabama. This number by no means accounts for black children who were taken into substitute families. This rearing of children in a substitute family without observance of the prescribed legalities we designate "informal adoption"...It is, of course, difficult to know precisely how many children in what areas are being brought up, and by whom, under such conditions, but there can be no doubt that the number is considerable, in the tens of thousands...It is unlikely that many of the adults and children who have entered into such arrangements are aware of their legal responsibilities and rights...The problem this research considers is that of illuminating the legal, social and cultural contexts in which informal adoption of black children takes place in the rural South..."

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  • LEWIS HAYDEN EX-SLAVE in Rare 1873 MASSACHUSETTS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PHOTOBOOK LEWIS HAYDEN EX-SLAVE in Rare 1873 MASSACHUSETTS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PHOTOBOOK

    HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MASSACHUSETTS 1873.

    Rare Photo Book filled with small photographic portraits of the 1873 Massachusetts House of Representatives. Most notable is it Includes the African-American LEWIS HAYDEN, an ex-slave who escaped with his wife Harriet from Kentucky to Canada, then moved to Boston where he was an abolitionist, and where he and his wife were an important part of the Underground Railroad. The Lewis and Harriet Hayden house is now a National Historic Site on Boston's Black Heritage Trail.

    Original hardcovers, 3/4 leather (spine and corners), gilt page edges, marbled endpapers, 8x8.5 inches oblong, with 12 cardstock leaves (24 pages) with mounted photo plates. Hayden Lewis, representative from Boston, is the only African-American. It was his only term.

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    HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MASSACHUSETTS 1873.

    Rare Photo Book filled with small photographic portraits of the 1873 Massachusetts House of Representatives. Most notable is it Includes the African-American LEWIS HAYDEN, an ex-slave who escaped with his wife Harriet from Kentucky to Canada, then moved to Boston where he was an abolitionist, and where he and his wife were an important part of the Underground Railroad. The Lewis and Harriet Hayden house is now a National Historic Site on Boston's Black Heritage Trail.

    Original hardcovers, 3/4 leather (spine and corners), gilt page edges, marbled endpapers, 8x8.5 inches oblong, with 12 cardstock leaves (24 pages) with mounted photo plates. Hayden Lewis, representative from Boston, is the only African-American. It was his only term.

    VERY GOOD condition, rubs and scrapes to the leather spine and corners, otherwise tight, bright, clean, clear and unmarked. A solid, lovely copy of this important historic record.

    About LEWIS HAYDEN (extracted from Wikipedia):

    ******Lewis Hayden, b.1811 d.1889, was a slave who had a number of different owners. At one point his first wife and son were purchased by U.S. senator Henry Clay, who sold them to slavers in the deep South. Hayden never saw them again. He later remarried. In 1844 he and his family escaped Kentucky and fled to Canada with the aid of Kentucky abolitionists Delia Webster and Calvin Fairbank, both of whom upon their return were arrested and imprisoned. Hayden later moved to Detroit where he established a school and a church for African Americans, then went to Boston to aid in the abolition movement. In Boston he was an abolitionist lecturer and businessman. He and his wife, Harriet Hayden, were an important part of Boston's Underground Railroad, helping numerous fugitive slaves, often sheltering them at their house.

    In 1873 Lewis Hayden was elected as a Republican representative from Boston to the Massachusetts state legislature. He helped found numerous Black lodges of Freemasons. Located on the north side of Beacon Hill, the Lewis and Harriet Hayden House has been designated a National Historic Site on the Black Heritage Trail in Boston.******

    About the LEWIS AND HARRIET HAYDEN HOUSE (from the National Park Service website):

    ******The Lewis and Harriet Hayden House at 66 Phillips (formerly Southac) Street served as the preeminent Underground Railroad safe house in Boston during the 1850s. In the 1840s, the Haydens escaped slavery in Kentucky and eventually settled in Boston. They lived in this house by 1850, operated it as a boarding house, and turned it into one of the most documented safe houses in the area.******

    PLEASE READ THE FULL LEWIS HAYDEN WIKIPEDIA PAGE and take a look at the many other articles about him and his wife HARRIET HAYDEN to be found on the Internet.

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  • MAPS OF THE STREETS OF BOSTON Made For The Selectmen in 1819 & 1820 with 140 MAPS - A Facsimile published by Boston City Register in 1894 by Maps Drawn by John Groves Hales MAPS OF THE STREETS OF BOSTON Made For The Selectmen in 1819 & 1820 with 140 MAPS - A Facsimile published by Boston City Register in 1894
    Maps Drawn by John Groves Hales

    MAPS OF THE STREET-LINES OF BOSTON Made For The Selectmen in 1819 and 1820. DRAWN by John Groves Hales. Published in Facsimile by the Boston City Register, 1894, with new preface and index added.

    BOSTON: Boston City Register; Printed by Rockwell and Churchill, City Printers, 1894.

    Hardcovers, brown cloth covered boards, front cover titled in gilt, Royal Folio 12.5x20 inches, 285 total pages with approx. 140 maps with descriptions on facing pages (i.e. maps on rectos, descriptions on versos).

    Contains the laid-in folding map "A PLAN OF BOSTON" by Osgood Carleton [1803], and a tipped-in map: "THE TOWN OF BOSTON" undated facsimile originally printed by John Bonner in 1722. (The folding map is often missing from this work.)…

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    MAPS OF THE STREET-LINES OF BOSTON Made For The Selectmen in 1819 and 1820. DRAWN by John Groves Hales. Published in Facsimile by the Boston City Register, 1894, with new preface and index added.

    BOSTON: Boston City Register; Printed by Rockwell and Churchill, City Printers, 1894.

    Hardcovers, brown cloth covered boards, front cover titled in gilt, Royal Folio 12.5x20 inches, 285 total pages with approx. 140 maps with descriptions on facing pages (i.e. maps on rectos, descriptions on versos).

    Contains the laid-in folding map "A PLAN OF BOSTON" by Osgood Carleton [1803], and a tipped-in map: "THE TOWN OF BOSTON" undated facsimile originally printed by John Bonner in 1722. (The folding map is often missing from this work.) Also laid in is a hand drawn map, presumably by a previous owner, titled "this is a rough index to these 16 plates" (plates on odd numbered pages 251-281). Handwritten at the bottom of this drawing is "S.F. Tucker / March 1953", presumably the previous owner's name who drew this map.

    Condition: The rear cover is damaged, with areas of old water-staining and missing cloth; the front cover and spine are in good shape with some small scrapes and wear at the spine ends and corner tips; aside from the damaged rear board the covers are solid, well bound, and doing their job. INTERNALLY, the upper corner area of the pages is wavy, likely from the water spill to the rear cover, the waviness is most prominent on the latter pages and diminishes as the pages proceed to the front until there is just light waviness to the top margin. Fortunately only the inside rear cover and the blank endpapers show significant shorelining, otherwise just some shorelining to the front and top margin here and there; the margins are toned, as normal in my experience; a few pages are soiled at the margins, there is a pea-size coffee-colored stain to the blank margin of some pages, two pages have a quarter size food stain to the bottom corner; two leaves consisting of pages 221/222 and 223/224 have a bottom corner that has stiff creases and closed tears (looks like the book was badly shut on that corner). Despite its flaws the book is complete, with all its maps, including the folding map, and the maps remain bright and clear.

    About JOHN GROVES HALES, the CARTOGRAPHER (from various Internet sources):

    ******John Groves Hales, b.1785 d.1832, was a cartographer, civil engineer, and surveyor active in Massachusetts in the early part of the 19th century. He is considered by some to be one of the most influential and important New England cartographers of the early 19th century. He was born in England around 1785. Around 1810 Hales emigrated to Portsmouth, New Hampshire where he began surveying New England cities and towns using advanced and highly accurate European style trigonometric techniques in sharp contrast to the rod and chain system more commonly used in the United States at the time. His first major cartographic work in the United States is an 1812 map of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Around 1813 he relocated to Boston, Massachusetts. In 1819 he was commissioned by the City of Boston to produce city maps, including a vast large-scale map of Boston, the manuscripts for which survive in the Boston city records. He remained an active surveyor and mapmaker until his death in 1832. Hales is buried in the St. Matthews Episcopal Church in South Boston.******

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  • NHL ARIZONA COYOTES - Vintage $100 MILLION PRIVATE PLACEMENT INFORMATION MEMORANDUM BOOK seeking INVESTORS to ACQUIRE the PHOENIX COYOTES HOCKEY TEAM 2000 by SG COWEN SECURITIES CORPORATION NHL ARIZONA COYOTES - Vintage $100 MILLION PRIVATE PLACEMENT INFORMATION MEMORANDUM BOOK seeking INVESTORS to ACQUIRE the PHOENIX COYOTES HOCKEY TEAM 2000
    SG COWEN SECURITIES CORPORATION

    PRIVATE PLACEMENT CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION MEMORANDUM / INVESTMENT PROSPECTUS for ACQUISITION of the PHOENIX COYOTES (now the ARIZONA COYOTES) by LOS ARCOS SPORTS, LLC. The Private Placement was being handled by SG COWEN SECURITIES CORPORATION. The ownership team was to be led by Steve Ellman, with Wayne Gretzky as part owner. Softcovers, 8.5x11 inches, xi + 119 pages, plus 23 pages of financial statements at the rear, pages printed on one side only. Illustrated with some color photographs, charts, graphs and tables, here and there throughout. GOOD condition, the upper front margin of the investment prospectus is creased, there is a V shaped tear to the top edge of the front cover and first page; otherwise a solid copy that is…

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    PRIVATE PLACEMENT CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION MEMORANDUM / INVESTMENT PROSPECTUS for ACQUISITION of the PHOENIX COYOTES (now the ARIZONA COYOTES) by LOS ARCOS SPORTS, LLC. The Private Placement was being handled by SG COWEN SECURITIES CORPORATION. The ownership team was to be led by Steve Ellman, with Wayne Gretzky as part owner. Softcovers, 8.5x11 inches, xi + 119 pages, plus 23 pages of financial statements at the rear, pages printed on one side only. Illustrated with some color photographs, charts, graphs and tables, here and there throughout. GOOD condition, the upper front margin of the investment prospectus is creased, there is a V shaped tear to the top edge of the front cover and first page; otherwise a solid copy that is tight, bright, clean, clear and unmarked. An interesting, historic look at the state of the COYOTES NHL FRANCHISE in the year 2000. 100 Units and $1 Million a Unit. Count Me In! INTERNATIONAL BUYERS PLEASE NOTE: This book is will require 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.

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