Home Kindness, A Picture Gift Book for the Children
by [ANONYMOUS]
New York: McLoughlin Bros, 1870. Very good. 4to; [22pp]; color illustrated wrapper with advertising for other books on back, title and publisher to front; 6 full page chromolithographs with a verse on the opposite page; 2 tears on a verse page with some paper loss on ''Be Kind to Thy Mother'' and a scratch to verse page on soiling wrapper and pages, owner's name in pencil to front cover, 1/2'' separation of paper at bottom spine, some pulling... Read More
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Large embossed paper die-cut of a Moose Head on a stretched skin with embellishments
by [ANONYMOUS]
No place listed: No publisher listed, 1900. No binding, ephemera. Near fine. 14 ½" x 14 5/8"; heavy paper stock, embossed, die-cut, glazed chromolithograph; minor creases at edges; colors are bright and paper sturdy, light age-toning to verso; near fine. A surprisingly large, highly detailed and colorful die-cut pictorial of a moose head framed by an animal hide stretched and lashed onto a rack of branches. Surrounding the rack is a small mammal pelt and Native American crafts... Read More
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Ricordo di Siracusa; Memory of Syracuse [Sicily]
by Anonymous
Roma: Antonino Greco tu Carmelo, 1900. Wraps. Very good. 18mo; unpaginated [24pp]; photographic illustrations with guard sheets; tan paper wrapper with stamped gilt design and title on cover; light age toning of paper, stain to last illustration, recto and verso and to back wrapper; very good. Scarce, only one listed in WorldCat.
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Hymns for Little Children
by [ANONYMOUS]
Northampton [Massachusetts]: John Metcalf, 1838. BARBER. [CHAPBOOK] [JUVENILE] [RELIGION] [RELIGIOCENTRISM] [ETHNOCENTRISM]. [John Warner ?] BARBER, woodcut. Cover title: Hymns for Children, Northampton: J.H. Butler No date [1838-1850]. 24mo (5 1/4" x 3"); 24pp; yellow wrappers with a decorative border surrounding the lettering and a vignette of 3 children with a dog and cart on the front, the rear features a vignette of a man and young boy in a dooryard; publisher's string binding; woodcut fp titled "Going to... Read More
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Arithmetical Tables, for the Use of Schools
by [ANONYMOUS]
New York: Samuel S. & William Wood, No. 261 Pearl-Street, 1842. Wraps. Very good. 4 ½" x 3 ½"; 24pp; yellow paper wrapper with wood-cut decoration of a paddle-wheeler on the front and a listing of other publisher's School Books to rear; string binding; wood-cut decoration to title page; all text within double-lined wood-cut borders; light soiling to wrapper, light foxing to margins, creasing to corners; very good. No WorldCat listings for this edition. Perhaps Dr. Alexander Anderson's... Read More
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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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A Ball Player's Career, Being the Personal Experiences and Reminiscences of Adrian C. Anson, Late Manager and Captain of the Chicago Base Ball Club
by ANSON, Adrian C.
Chicago: Era Publishing Co, 1900. Cloth over board. Very good +. [SPORTS] [AUTOBIOGRAPHY]. 8vo; 339 + [3], [i], ii-viii + [16]pp advertisements for Chicago area businesses; pictorial green cloth over board, vignette of a ball player and bat with mitt on front, lettered spine; brown flowered endpapers; ownership address sticker to half-title; portrait frontispiece of the author plus 27 b&w glazed plates; scuff to board edges, light shelf-wear, abrasion to ffep with loss of ep pattern & small... Read More
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Melodies for Childhood
by [ANTHOLOGY: ADAMS, BREMER, DUNCAN, HOULD, HEBER, HOWITT, TAYLOR, WADSWORTH, WARD, WATTS, et al.]
Philadelphia: James S. Claxton, Successor to Wm. S. & Alfred Martien, 1870. [JUVENILE]. Publisher located at: 1214 Chestnut Street. 12mo; xii, [iii], 8-309pp; maroon cloth over board, blind-stamped fillet, gilt-stamped lettering on front and spine; brown eps; hand-colored engraved fp + 11 plates; hand-colored pictorial half-title; small engravings in text; binding tight; light shelf wear to boards; near fine. OCLC locates only 7 copies. An anthology of children's poetry and hymns popular during the mid-19th century is presented divided... Read More
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Favorite Poems
by [ANTHOLOGY]
Boston: Lee and Shepard, Publishers, 1883. Three-quarter leather bound. Very good. Miss L.B. HUMPHREY. [ANTHOLOGY]. Designs by Miss L.B. Humphrey. [Anthology]: ADAMS, Sarah Flower. Nearer, My God, to Thee. KNOX, William. Oh, Why Should the Spirit of Mortal Be Proud? LYTE, Henry Francis. Abide With Me. TOPLADY, Augustus Montague. Rock of Ages. HEMANS, Felicia. The Breaking Waves Dashed High. BROWNING, Elizabeth Barrett. He Giveth His Beloved Sleep. PAYNE, John Howard. Home Sweet... Read More
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A Grand Book for Girls
by [ANTHOLOGY]
London and Glasgow: Blackie & Son Limited, 1930. Boards. Very good +. [ANTHOLOGY] [WOMEN AUTHORS]. Small 4to; unpaginated; color pictorial boards, yellow background with a smiling girl holding a dog on the front and a girl shoveling sand on the rear board; pictorial pastedowns; color frontispiece, pictorial title page + 3 color plates; black line illustrations in text; light wear to edges, age-toned paper; unclipped color pictorial dust jacket, light scuffing and wear to dj; very good plus... Read More
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Tom Swift and His Airship
by APPLETON, Victor
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, Publishers, 1910. H. Rudolph MENCL. [JUVENILE] [SERIES BOOK]. H. Rudolph MENCL, illustrator. Later printing as two other titles are listed following this one on the publisher's list on the copyright page, all released in 1910. 12mo; 216pp + [4] publisher's ads; tan cloth over board, black and red printing in the "Four Square" or "Quad" design; plain endpapers, gift inscription on ffep; glossy fp; light spotting on fp and title page, white spotting on... Read More
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The Black and White Book
by ARNOLD, Charlotte Vimont
Cincinnati, O.: Gibson & Perin Co, 1915. Cloth. Very good +. Charlotte Vimont ARNOLD. 12mo oblong; 32pp; white stamped vignette to black cloth, blind stamped border; 29pp black silhouettes with verse; light shelf-wear, foxing of endpapers; very good plus. Not found in WorldCat. Charming book illustrated with silhouettes of children at play, accompanied by rhyming verse. Publishers Weekly, Vol. 89, January 1, 1916, lists this as published by Rand McNally, New York.
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Rusty's Travels, A Little Dog's Part in a Vacation
by ARNOLD, Nason H.
Boston: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co, 1931. Cloth. Near fine. Griswold TYNG. 12mo; 272pp; black pictorial of a dog at a shoreline on mustard buckram; gift inscription to ffep dated "Xmas 1933"; b&w frontispiece; dog portrait to title page; b&w illustrations in text; laid in pencil sketch of Rusty; light sunning of spine, age-toning of eps; near fine. Located in only 5 WorldCat libraries. The only printing of this sequel to the author's book, Rusty, the Adventures of... Read More
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Peter Arno's Sizzling Platter
by ARNO, Peter
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1949. First Edition. Boards. Very good +/Very good. First edition. 4to; 118pp; half-bound in black textured paper over orange textured board, cartoon vignette stamped in black to front; bookseller's ticket to front pastedown; b&w cartoon style illustrations with captions; scuffing to board edges loss at corners, head & tail of spine; unclipped color pictorial dust jacket, chipping and light creasing; very good plus in vg dj. Peter Arno (1904-1968) was an American cartoonist... Read More
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Peter Arno's Ladies & Gentlemen
by ARNO, Peter
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1951. First Edition. Boards. Near fine/Very good. First edition. 4to; unpaged; half-bound in blue textured paper over yellow textured board, title stamped to front in white; b&w cartoon style illustrations with captions on lightly glazed paper; light shelf wear to head and tail of spine; unclipped color pictorial jacket, chipping to edges; near fine in very good dj. Peter Arno (1904-1968) was an American cartoonist featured in the The New Yorker magazine, frequently... Read More
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Our Homes. Their Cares and Duties, Joys and Sorrows
by ARTHUR, T. S.
Philadelphia: H.C. Peck & Theo. Bliss, 1860. Boards. Good +. 12mo; 300pp + 4pp ads; blind stamped decorative medallion inside triple border, royal blue cloth over board, gilt stamped title to spine in decorative borders; aquatint frontispiece with tissue guard; binding solid; light scuffing boards, edges and bumping of corners with some loss; age toning of paper, some light staining and some scattered foxing; good plus. Poetry, short stories, and moralistic advice in this small mid 19th century... Read More
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The Children's Hour, Vol. 5 and Vol. 6
by [ARTHUR, T.S.]
Philadelphia: T.S. Arthur & Son, 1869. Quarter-bound leather. Very good. Two volumes bound together. 12mo; Vol 5: viii, 9-192pp, Vol. 6: viii, 9-192pp; green pebbled cloth over board, quarter bound in black calf; gilt-ruled spine with lettering and date; sprinkled edges; ownership in ink on ffep; bookseller's ticket on rear pastedown, "D. Bugbee & Co., Booksellers & Stationers, Bangor, ME."; b&w wood-engraved illustrations; spotting to front boards, light soiling to eps and a few fingermarks to pages, light... Read More
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The Mother's Rule; or, The Right Way and the Wrong Way; Cover title: Arthur's Series
by ARTHUR, T.S. [Timothy Shay]
Philadelphia: H.C. Peck & Theo. Bliss, 1860. Calf. Very good. 12mo; vi, 7-300pp + 4pp publisher's ads; brown calf, blind-stamped decorative borders, gilt stamped title and spine; all edges gilt; pale yellow endpapers; fragment of a bookseller's ticket to front pastedown; frontispiece, half-title and 4 additional mezzotint plates with tissue guards; scuffing to boards, chipping to head of spine, light finger soiling to eps, light scattered foxing; very good. Timothy Arthur (1809-1885) was an author and abolitionist. Many... Read More
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Lucie Attwell's Picture Book
by ATTWELL, [Mabel] Lucie
Racine, Wis: Whitman Publishing Co, 1936. Wraps. Very good. Lucie ATTWELL. [WOMAN AUTHOR / ILLUSTRATOR]. 4to (12 ½" x 10"); [8]pp; color pictorial stiff textured wrapper, child shining shoes on the front, crying girl with a boy comforting her on rear; 3 staple binding; 10 full page color illustrations with captions; creasing to corners, scuffing of spine with loss, light soiling to wrappers; colors bright; very good. Not in Baumgarten or Mahony. No copies located in OCLC. Mabel... Read More
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Gene Autry's Sensational Collection of Famous Original Cowboy Songs and Mountain Ballads, with Words and Music, Guitar Chords, and Piano Accompaniment, Ukulele Chords and Yodel Arrangements
by AUTRY, Gene
Chicago: M.M. Cole Publishing Co, 1932. [MUSIC] [COWBOY] [WESTERN AMERICANA]. The Oklahoma Yodeling Cowboy." America's Greatest Radio and Recording Artist. 4to; color pictorial wrapper printed in orange and navy, portrait of Gene Autry on the front, rear wrapper publisher's ad; 2 staple binding; recto front wrapper a bio of Autry with pictorials, rear wrapper publisher's ads; 30 songs with musical notation; light wrapper soiling, spine fold split 4" at foot, light damp staining to some page heads... Read More
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The Mechanic's Friend; A Collection of Receipts and Practical Suggestions Relating to Aquaria, Bronzing, Cements, Drawing, Dyes, Electricity, Gilding, Glass-Working, Glues, Horology, Lacquers, Locomotives, Magnetism, Metal-Working, Modelling, Photography, Pyrotechny, Railways, Solders, Steam-Engine, Telegraphy, Taxidermy, Varnishes, Waterproofing, and Miscellaneous Tools, Instruments, Machines, and Processes Connected with the Chemical and Mechanical Arts
by AXON, William E., editor
New York: D. Van Nostrand, 1875. First Edition. Cloth. Very good. First edition. 12mo; xii, 338pp + 47pp publisher's advertisements; brown pebbled cloth over board, gilt and black stamped lettering; brown endpapers; b&w illustrations throughout text; scuffing to cover with loss at corners and spine; very good.
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Diary of Sarah Connell Ayer. Andover and Newburyport, Massachusetts. Concord and Bow, New Hampshire. Portland and Eastport, Maine
by AYER, Sarah Connell
Portland, Maine: Lefavor-Tower Company, 1910. [AUTOBIOGRAPHY] [NEW ENGLAND] [SOCIAL LIFE AND CUSTOMS] [WOMAN AUTHOR]. Spine title: Diary of Sarah Connell Ayer 1805-1835 Small 4to; 404pp; quarter-bound white cloth over specked boards, gilt-stamped lettering on front and spine; untrimmed bottom edge; lightly foxed edges and age-toned board edges; very good plus. Scarce in the marketplace. A glimpse into the life of a New England woman who recorded her activities and thoughts in a journal from November 28, 1805 through... Read More
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The Wonders of Alaska, Illustrated
by BADLAM, Alexander
San Francisco: The Bancroft Company, 1890. [TRAVEL] [ILLUSTRATED] [STIGMATIZING LANGUAGE]. 8vo; 152pp; aquatint fp + [25] b&w half-tone photographic illustrations + 8 maps + [6] illustrations of steamships and their blueprints; green pictorial cloth over board, illustration of the Muir Glacier and decorative lettering on front, gilt-stamped lettering on spine; floral eps, heraldic bookplate of Florence Bailey Swift (1854-1915) on front pastedown; scuffed corners and head and tail of spine; very good. An interesting travel book covering Alaska from... Read More
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