(4) Memorial And
Resolutions Of The Legislature Of The Missouri Territory, And A
Copy Of The Census Of The Fall Of 1817;
Amounting To 19,218 Males. December 8, 1819. Referred To A Select
Committee. Gales & Seaton. Washington, DC. 1819. 8vo, 6 p.
disbound. I.D.#00144.
Hugh White. Printed And
Manuscript Survey Of Paul Chouteau Land Claim (Claim No. 1744)
Including A.M.S. / Missouri Territory / December 1, 1817
Together With Printed And Manuscript Assignment, Office Of The
Recorder Of Land Titles, St.Louis, February 1, 1823, Signed By
Recorder Frederick Bates. 1823. Manuscripts includes small plat
drawing of Paul Choutrau’s land. He was one of the early fur
traders. With signatures of both Bates and White, important
Missouri Territorial figures. Printed form unlisted in WPA
Missouri imprints index. I.D.#02961.
St. Louis . Transatlantic
Sketches. "...description of St. Louis, Missouri, being one of
the series of "Transatlantic sketches"..." The Illustrated
London News. London. 1858, May 1. Folio. p.432 Three city views
(one later colored). Removed. I.D.#09896.
St. Louis, Iron Mountain &
Southern Railway Co. Cheap Lands In East And South Missouri.
Octavo broadside. Large logo and birdseye view map. W.A. Kendall,
assist. land commissioner, St. Louis. c1870. Broadside flyer
offering for sale about 2.25 million acres in thirteen counties in
Missouri. Birdseye map shows Texas and Arkansas. Rare ephemera. I.D.#09736.
Missouri, Kansas & Texas
Railway. The Union Trust Company Of New York, Trustee...
Through Line To Missouri, Kansas, Indian Territory And Texas. Bill
Of Lading. St. Louis, October 9, 1877. Jas. Werner & Co.
consigns 5 barrels of cider and a barrel of whiskey to A.F. Balzer,
Galveston, TX. 1877. 4to, printed in red and black with ms.
notations. Attractive bill head suitable for framing. Slight tears
where folded. I.D.#01756.
James E. Mills.
Geological Report On The Mine La Motte Estate. The Property Of
Hon. Rowland Hazard Situated In Madison County, Missouri With
Accompanying Map And Diagrams. By James E. Mills, B.S., Consulting
Geologist. G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co. New York. 1877. Tall 8vo, 51
p. col. maps and 7 charts and sections (one fold.) Blue half
turkey morocco gilt top. Elegantly printed private survey
undertaken by Colton & Co. for the owner of a 34 acre tract in the
bootheel area of south-eastern Missouri to determine the presence
of lead. Handsome map of the bootheel and of southern Illinois.
Rowland Hazard’s own copy with bookplate. Rare association item.
Unusual survey for so small a site. I.D.#01261.
SOLD.
Broadside. Emigrant notice.
"Found! A Good Place To Emigrate!..." Billings, Christian Co.,
MO... For further particulars, address Elijah Osborn, Spencer,
Tioga Co., N.Y. c1880. 7 x 5 1/2" Attractive period type faces. I.D.#01863.
Missouri Pacific Railway Co.
Plain Facts About Arkansas And Texas. Illustrated With
Diagrams. Rand, McNally & Co. Chicago. c1883. 12mo, 33 p. col.
diags., route map on back wrapper. Col. pict. wrappers. Gives
statistics of both states; a rare early R-McN imprint.
I.D.#03934.
Missouri Pacific Railway Co.
Printed placard. "Notice To Passengers And Employees." List
of fifteen company rules for employees and passengers that were to
be strictly enforced. Ordered by A.A. Talmage, General
Transportation Manager of the line. Rule 12 reads, "Gambling or
betting on cards or games of chance must not be permitted, even if
necessary to resort to force to eject parties so engaged from
cars." Saint Louis, Mo. 1883, July 2. Broadsheet, printed on stiff
board. 8.5 x 15" Bottom and top margins trimmed. Browned. Highly
ephemeral railroading item from frontier days. I.D.#09630.
SOLD.
S. Ferdinand Howe. The
Commerce Of Kansas City In 1886 With A General View Of Its
Business Progress. ... S. Ferd. Howe. Kansas City, MO. 1886. 8vo,
288 p. 3 railroad maps, illus., cuts. Brown pebbled cloth, very
browned and fragile. Special binding, "With compliments of Case &
Balis." Adams "Herd" 1082. I.D.#05066.
St. Louis City Guide.
1909. The Time Saver! Tells Nearest Car
Line To All Streets, Parks, Buildings, Theaters, Ticket Offices,
Etc... Price 15 cents. 1909. Thin 12mo, 87 p. Red pict. wrappers. I.D.#01819.
St. Louis. The American
Women's League And The People's University. Lewis Publishing
Co. St. Louis. 1909, December 1. Big 4to, 16 p. ports, illus.
Self-wrappered. Some misfoldings. Slightly smoke damaged.
Promotional brochure for an enterprise of pharoahic proportions,-
part correspondence schools for women, part women's club, part
university. Involving massive neo-Egyptian buildings in St. Louis,
chapter houses across the country, and a large faculty, the scheme
was paid for by profits from the St. Louis Daily and Sunday Star
newspaper and numerous magazines published by the Lewis firms.
While encouraging study courses for women, the ulterior motive was
to sell magazines. I.D.#09248.
Clara Duckworth Wallace, Mona L.
Wallace. Growing Up In The Ozarks. Heritage Quest Press.
Orting, WA. 1988. 8vo, iii,59 p. illus., cuts. Wraps. Library of
Congress discard. I.D.#04925. |
