Executive Documents Third by House Representatives, First Edition (3 results)

Leather. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Volume 20, Number 42, Part 1. Hard cover large 8vo in full leather. Near Fine. Leather rubbed, titling (if there was one) gone, margins of endpapers offset, else Fine and unmarked. This volume contains the Reports of the Commissioners to the Paris Exhibition of 1878. 464pp, illustrated in huge gorgeous color map of theParis exhibition at rear. This is a PRESENTATION COPY, SIGNED BY GOV. S. J. KIRKWOOD, then Senator from Iowa. Samuel Jordan Kirkwood (December 20, 1813 - September 1, 1894), was an anti-slavery Republican, best known as Iowa's American Civil War Governor. He also served in the U.S. Senate and as U.S. Secretary of the Interior. A sculpture of him is maintained among the two coveted statues apportioned to each state on display under the rotunda in the National Statuary Hall Collection in the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. Signed by Author(s). Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. This is Volume 34 ONLY out of a 35-volume set. This volume contains Executive Report #354, "Eighth Special Report of the Commissioner of Labor. The Housing of the Working People", prepared under the direction of Carroll D. Wright, Commissioner of Labor, by E. R. L. Gould, Ph.D. Bound in full, light brown sheepskin leather, covers are bear a blind tooled border around the edges, but are otherwise plain. Hubbed spine bears two leather labels, one in red and one in black. The black label was mistakenly added upside-down by the publisher. This copy contains illustrated inserts: diagrams, floor plans, and building designs, (many of which are fold out), in black and white. xviii, 461 pp.CONDITION: External cover shows moderate wear and leather shows stripping spots as is common with sheepskin. Hinges are starting, yet boards are still well affixed and the binding is sound. Illustrations are wonderful. Leaves have mildly toned and are generally free from foxing. Unmarked except for previous owner's and bookseller's marks within the front endpapers. A solid piece of American history. Full refund if not satisfied.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Full brown leather binding with red leather spine title label, bindings is in good solid condition, remants of an old paper label on spine, 9 x 6 inches. Several old library bookplates/ink stamps on the end papers. Each of the items are have their own page numbers; the book is 3 1/2 inches thick with a couple of large folding maps/charts. The texts are clean. This is volume 3 of the 8 volume set that makes up this series. This begins with an index, and includes the following interesting items:Boundary between Maine and New Hampshire and the adjoining British Provinces, with the large folding lithograph: Profile with the Spirit Level, of the Due North Line from the Monument at the Source of the River St. Croix to the River St. JohnSandwich Islands and China. Message from the President of the United States, respecting The trade and commerce of the United States with the Sandwich Islands, and of diplomatic intercourse with their Government; also, in relation to the new position of affairs in China, growing out of the late war between Great Britain and China, and recommending provision for a diplomatic agent.Claims on Hayti (123 pp.)Northern Boundary of Missouri (43 pp with large folding map)General Jackson's Fine. Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Illinois, concerning The fine imposed on General Jackson, at New Orleans, in 1815Vessels built by the United States since 1826Survey of the Ohio River (47 pp.)Kentucky - Manufacturers of Fur Hats (memorial expressing alarm regarding a tariff on fur hats)Explosion of Steam Boilers, with folding illustration of an apparatus to prevent explosions)Contracts by late Board of Navy CommissionersExpenditures from the Chickasaw Fund (83 pp.)Lake Harbors. Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating A report of the Colonel of the Corps of Topographical Engineers, in relation to lake harbors, in obedience to a resolution of the House of Representatives on the 7th instant. With an enormous folding map, "Delta of St. Clair," (28 x 48 inches)Contracts of the War Department - 1842Arrest and Trial [by Court Martial] of E. L. LouallierLaws Passed by the Legislature of Florida (58 pp.)Persons Emplyed in the Indian DepartmentSurvey of Grand and Spring RiversClaim of the Creek Indians (52 pp.)Medicine and Hospital Stores (25 pp. of detailed records)Cherokee Treaty of 1835-'36. Memorial of David Taylor, G. F. Norris, and J. K. Rogers, Cherokee claimants under the treaty of 1835-'36.Patent Office. Report from the Commissioner of Patents, showing The operations of the Patent Office during the year 1842. (173 pp.)Plus many, many more.