What to Eat, How to Use the Science of Modern Dietetics for More Efficient Living. Published by the Review of Reviews Company Under the Auspices of the Life Extension Institute of New York
by [ANONYMOUS]
[New York]: Review of Reviews Company, 1917. First Edition. Cloth. Very good. First edition. 8vo; 48pp; brown mottled paper over board with printed title and seal of the Life Extension Institute Inc., New York to front cover; tan cloth spine; lightly bumped corners; black and white illustrations; double frontispiece and one other full page plate inserted twice; very good. Odd little diet book from the Life Extension Institute with dietary and life style recommendations. Some seemingly pseudo-science but... Read More
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Horses and Cows on the Farm
by [ANONYMOUS]
Poughkeepsie, New York: Artists and Writers Guild, Inc, 1936. First American Edition. Wraps. Near fine. B. Butler. [CHILDREN] [ANIMALS] [ILLUSTRATED]. Cover: No. 3727, Linen-Like Finish. B. BUTLER, illustrator. First American edition. Reprinted by permission of the Oxford University Press, London, England. 4to (12 ½" x 10"); [8]pp; stiff textured wrapper, color printed scene of horses in a field on the front, a cow, donkey, and ducks on the rear; ownership in neat ink to verso front wrapper;... Read More
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Farm Friends ABC
by [ANONYMOUS]
[Chicago]: M.A. Donohue & Co, 1916. Wraps. Near fine. [CHILDREN] [ANIMALS] [ABECEDARIAN] [PICTURE BOOK]. Cover: No. 2000. 4to (13 3/8" x 10 ¼"); [8]pp; glazed color stiff pictorial wrappers, front and rear; 3 staple binding; 10pp of illustration printed in orange and black, front and rear inside wrapper have illustrated alphabets; light creasing to fore-edge, shelf scuffing to edges; near fine. A child's introduction to the alphabet and reading through a visit to a farm. The illustrations start... Read More
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We Live on the Farm
by [ANONYMOUS]
Poughkeepsie, New York: Artists and Writers Guild, Inc, 1936. First American Edition. Wraps. Near fine. B. Butler. [CHILDREN] [ANIMALS] [PICTURE BOOK]. Cover: No. 3728, Linen-Like Finish. B. BUTLER, illustrator. First American edition. Reprinted by permission of the Oxford University Press, London, England. 4to (12 ½" x 9 7/8"); [8]pp; stiff textured wrapper, color printed scene of a cat and kittens on the front, goats on the rear; ownership in neat ink to verso front wrapper; full-page color... Read More
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Fleischmann & Co.'s Jingles, Series No. 2
by [ANONYMOUS]
No place [possibly New York City]: Fleischmann & Co, 1900. Wraps. Fine. 12mo; [14pp]; chromolithographed illustrated glazed wrappers with a chick on the front and a bid flying over a wheat farm on the rear wrapper; illustrated throughout in dark green ink; fine. Scarce, located in 3 WorldCat libraries. Advertising premium from Fleischmann's Co.
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Contes de Fées, Album D'Images, Textes En Anglais / Fairy Tale Picture Album, Text in English
by [ANONYMOUS]
Epinal, France: Imagerie D'Epinal, 1888. Boards. Very good +. [HUMOR] [RACIST CARICATURE]. Folio; 56pp; pages numbered 1-60 printed recto only on very thin paper stock, lacking pp15, 16, 17, and 19-SEE NOTE BELOW; red pictorial boards on front, rear has green and white patterned boards, green cloth shelf-back; "Printed expressly for the Humoristic Publishing Company, Kansas City, Mo." on the foot of each page; cartoon-style, hand-colored lithographed illustrations; light scuffing to boards at edges and bumped corner, age-toned... Read More
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A Child's Faith, Juvenile Series No. 21
by [ANONYMOUS]
Leonminster, [England]: Orphans' Printing Press, 1873. String. Near fine. 32mo (4 1/16" x 2 11/16"); yellow glazed wrapper, string binding, front printed with vignette of a dove caring a small branch (olive branch?) in his beak, rear wrapper a poem; light pencil marks to front wrapper; near fine. Not held in any WorldCat libraries. Story of faith. The Orphans' Printing Press was founded in 1873 by the Quaker, Henry Stanley Newman, and is still in operation.
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Midget A.B.C. Book., Linen
by [ANONYMOUS]
Cincinnati, O.: Peter G. Thomson, 1885. Cloth. Fine. Copyrighted 1885 by Peter G. Thomson. 24mo (5 ½" x 4 1/8"); [8]pp; glazed cloth wrapper, chromolithographed portrait vignette of a young girl set inside decorative borders on the front, rear wrapper has a vignette of a young girl with a cat; two staple binding; an alphabet and the numbers one through zero are lithographed on the verso of the front wrapper; the alphabet is printed in black with three... Read More
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Kiddie land; W931
by [ANONYMOUS]
No place listed: No publisher listed, 1930. Pictorial boards. Very good. G.G. WIEDERSEIM. Folio; [14pp]; heavy card stock wrapper and pages; wrapper full color illustrated cover with title on front cover; full color illustrations every page; light soiling and shelf scuffing to wrapper, tape to wrapper upper spine covering a 2" tear on the fold, also tape to the inside of wrapper and 2nd page at the spine; very good minus. Not listed in any WorldCat library.... Read More
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The Chug-Chug Express
by [ANONYMOUS]
Kenosha, Wisconsin: Abbott Publishing Co, 1940. Boards. Very good. Winifred PLENINGER. A Pull-Toy Book. 8vo; [16pp]; color illustrated card stock train engine shaped wrapper with hinge that expands so the wrapper stands; color illustrated with text below; creases to wrapper, light soiling, light age toning to paper; very good minus. Not listed in WorldCat.
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Three hand-colored portrait photographs from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, c. Late 19th century
by [ANONYMOUS]
Pennsylvania: Not stated, 1895. Ephemera no binding. Near fine. [EPHEMERA] [PHOTOGRAPHS]. Each are 8 ½ " x 5 ¾" and mounted on 10" x 8" card stock. Three wonderful hand-colored photographs of two men and a woman from a family in the Lancaster County, Pennsylvania area. older man with a large Shenandoah or "whaler" style beard is identified on the verso as "Eli Eichelberger, Harriet E. Simons father. Born Feb. 2-1821, died Oct. 12-1895." The younger... Read More
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[Dressed in Finery]--a Tintype Photograph of 8 young people
by [ANONYMOUS]
No place identified: No photographer identified, No date [c. late 19th c.]. No binding, photograph. Very good +. [TINTYPE PHOTOGRAPH] [MELAINOTYPE] [FERROTYPE.] 3 ½" x 5"; image is clear; japanned verso; light scratching to surface; very good plus. A tintype or ferrotype photograph of five young women and three young men, most likely taken during the 1890s based on the clothing style. Three men, two in Bowler or derby style hats and suits buttoned high. First introduced in... Read More
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Pussy Cat Capers
by [ANONYMOUS]
Springfield, Mass: McLoughlin Bros, 1920. E. NISTER, W. FOSTER, [Louis WAIN?]. [JUVENILE] [SHAPE BOOK] [ILLUSTRATED] [RHYMING VERSE]. Folio die-cut in the shape of a cat (13 3/8" x 8 7/8"); [8]pp; glazed, chromolithographed, stiff die-cut wrapper in the shape of a cat with a top hat and umbrella on the front, title in red, "270"; rear wrapper has pictorial scene of a rock in water with trees; three staple binding; black line illustrations with orange accents illustrate some of... Read More
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Puppy Book, Pictures [and] Stories
by [ANONYMOUS]
Chicago: Merrill Publishing Co, 1939. Wraps. Near fine. Florence SALTER. Folio; [14pp]; color illustrated textured paper wrappers with title and artist printed to front and back; color illustrations every page with text at bottom; very light scuffing to edges and a small white spot to front wrapper; near fine. Only in 3 World Cat libraries, 2 in the U.S.A. and one in Canada.
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Pussy Purr, Untearable, No. 887
by [ANONYMOUS]
London: Ernest Nister, 1900. Boards. Very good. [POETRY]. New York: E.P. Dutton & Co. Printed in Bavaria. 12mo square; [12]pp; glazed color pictorial front board; tan shelf-back; textured paper stock; 4 full page chromolithograph illustrations, b&w illustrations in text; light wear to boards, age-toning to paper, old repairs to 3 staple binding but holding; very good minus. Located in one OCLC library. Scarce. Delightful illustrations of cats and kittens with seven stories told in verse.
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MAINE, The Land of Remembered Vacations
by [ANONYMOUS]
Augusta, Maine: Maine Development Commission, 1930. Staplebound wraps. Very good. 8vo; 47 [1]pp; dark green wrappers embossed with gilt design, cut-out window on front revealing color photographic illustration on title page; two staple binding; black and white photographic illustrations throughout and five in color; chip to bottom edge front wrapper, a few light stains on pages, sunning to cover at spine; very good. Tourism. Nicely produced tourism booklet with many photographic illustrations. Covers the topography, natural wonders, sports,... Read More
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The Foundling of the Battle-Field or, The Triumph of Truth. Translated from the German
by [ANONYMOUS]
Philadelphia and Baltimore: Fisher & Brother, 1864. [JUVENILE] [ILLUSTRATED]. C.W. Murray, Washington D.C., electrotype. Spine series title: Treasury of Gems 48mo (3 7/8" x 3 ¼"); 144pp; gilt stamped maroon cloth over board, gilt stamped fillet encloses a decorative swirl of leaves and flowers surrounding the title on the front, rear board is blind stamped; gilt stamped lettering on spine; all edges gilt; pale pink eps; wood-engraved fp + 8 additional illustrated plates; lightly sunned, light wear to... Read More
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Mother Goose's Melodies
by [ANONYMOUS]
New York: McLoughlin Brothers, 1890. New Edition. Stiff wraps. Good. J.H. HOWARD, design. 18mo; [48pp]; color illustrated glazed paper wrappers; 43pp black and white illustrations; spine has ½"split at bottom, 3 leaves have a crease, soiling and creasing to back wrapper; colors remain bright; good.
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Forget Me Not, The Forget Me Not Series
by [ANONYMOUS]
London: Frederick Warne & Co, 1880. [VICTORIAN GIFT BOOK] [POETRY] [ILLUSTRATED] [ADVERTISEMENT]. 8vo square (8 ¾" x 7 ½"); [12]pp; stiff wrapper with a glazed chromolithographed onlay featuring a portrait of two girls on the front; rear wrapper features an advertisement for "Sir John Bennett's Ladies' Gold Watches" and "Bennett's Clocks"; brown cloth shelf back; cream-colored endpapers; gift inscription in neat ink on ffep; 5 chromolithographed plates on stiff glazed paper, 7 illustrated poems; chipping to pictorial on front... Read More
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Affectionate Regards. Love's Messages
by [ANONYMOUS]
No place listed: No publisher listed, 1889. [EPHEMERA] [POETRY] [VICTORIAN GIFT BOOK] [LOVE TOKEN]. [ANONYMOUS]. 7 ¼" x 8 7/8"; [5] leaves; stiff board with a calendar style easel backing, easel back has pencil inscription "From Samuel Danforth 1889"; 3" x 3 ¾" booklet bound with a pink silk ribbon affixed to a 4 ¼" x 6" color printed card that is encircled by a twisted decorative cord; booklet has 5 leaves printed verso only; light soiling, small chip... Read More
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Was ist Das? Ein Anschauungs-Bilderbuch in Abbildungen aus Haus, Hof, Wald und Feld; English translation: What is it? An illustrative picture book with pictures from the house, farm, forest and field
by [ANONYMOUS]
Stuttgart: Verlag v. Gustav Weise, 1880. Pictorial boards. Very good. 4to; [16pp]; illustrated paper over board with red cloth binding; thick board leaves, the left leaf is verse and description, the right sided leaf is colorful pictures of everyday objects; rubbing and bumping to board covers, age toning to leaves, some smudges, a light warp to the boards; very good. Scarce, not in WorldCat libraries. Colorful illustrations of objects with the German word underneath. Left leaves are verse... Read More
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The Swan and Other Stories, Printed in Oil Colors, Natural History Series
by [ANONYMOUS]
New York: McLoughlin Bros. & Co., Publishers, 1870. Wraps. Very good. 12mo (7 ½" x 6"); 8, [1]pp; pictorial wrapper printed in yellow, green, and red; front wrapper features two swans within fancy printed borders, publisher's ad on rear wrapper; publisher's string binding; gift inscription in neat pencil on recto first plate; 3 chromolithographed plates; scattered spotting on front wrapper, dark brown stain to foot of all leaves not encroaching on text or illustrations; very good minus. Three... Read More
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Order and Disorder; or, Charles the Thoughtless
by [ANONYMOUS]
Edinburgh and London: William Oliphant and Co.; Hamilton, Adams, and Co, 1860. [JUVENILE] [RELIGION]. Edinburgh: William Oliphant and Co.; and London: Hamilton, Adams, and Co. Murray and Gibb, Printers, Edinburgh. First edition thus? 16mo (6 7/16" x 4 7/16"); 95, [1]pp + [2], 3-16pp of publisher's ads; ornate blind-stamped design on maroon cloth over board, gilt letters on front and spine; glazed yellow endpapers; engraved fp with tissue guard, historiated first letter, head and tail-pieces; illustrated rear publisher's... Read More
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The Children's Story of Jesus, No. 918
by [ANONYMOUS]
Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Co, 1940. Staplebound. Very good. Folio; [18pp]; full color illustrated textured paper wrapper with three staple binding; full page color illustrations and in text; light scuffing to wrapper, a few smudges; very good.
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Coloured Plates of the Latest Fashions, London & Paris
by [ANONYMOUS]
No place listed: Not stated, 1830. Full leather. Fine. [FASHION] [ALBUM]. Spine title: Coloured Plates of the Latest Fashions 8vo; horizontal ribbed brown Morocco with gilt borders and ornaments; 5 banded spine with gilt ornaments, red leather title label; all edges gilt; gilt dentelles, heavy marbled endpapers; frontispiece + 54 hand-colored engraved plates, 50 mounted to cream-colored stock with tissue guards, 5 larger plates not mounted but bound-in; fine. The album appears to have been compiled as a... Read More
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