Out of Babyhood Into Childhood - Health Talk; Child Development
by William Palmer Lucas
New York, New York: Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, 1935. Near-fine.. An illustrated "Health Talk to Parents of Children from 1 to 6", offering advice from a physician on child development. Features an illustration of a cherubic little girl in a pink dress on the cover, and friendly illustrations throughout. Includes an appendix of "Measures for the Average Child's Development" including height, weight, speech, teeth, and muscles. The bulk of the publication is devoted to nutrition, childhood diseases, the... Read More
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Everyday Children: David and Susi Black and White
by Lucy W. Peabody and Marjorie Woodbury Smith (illus.)
North Cambridge, Massachusetts: Central Committee of the United Study of Foreign Missions, 1928. Very good. Spine split, visible in gutter between pp. 12-13.. A scarce children's book from 1928, promoting international friendship, tolerance, and racial equality among early learners through the story of a black child and a white child who grow to become friends: "When David and Susi met they found they were just alike except in their color. They were friends and I want you to... Read More
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Kinder Lieder [Children's Songs]
by Alfred Guttmann and Karl Lutge
Berlin: Deutscher Arbeitersängerbund [German Workers' Singing Association], 1926. 24 pp, Kinder Lieder: Erstes Heft, zwei- und mehrstimmige lieder und Kanons für kleine und große kinder, which roughly translates to: First Edition, two- and three-part songs and canons for young and old children. The front cover is printed in two colors, with the title and border design in blue and a line drawing of three children of varying ages singing in red. Each song in the book also has illustrations... Read More
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Ojibwa Crafts
by Carrie A. Lyford
[Lawrence, Kansas]: Branch of Education, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Dept. of the Interior, 1953. Very good. Minor wear/tear to foot of spine.. Second edition of a book of Ojibwa (aka Ojibwe, Chippewa) craft designs, published by the Education Branch of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. The author, Carrie Alberta Lyford (1871-1956) was an American educator and ethnographer whose work and research aimed to document, preserve, and promote traditional crafts of Indigenous peoples. The book includes a brief overview... Read More
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Homewood & Cottages, an Inn Brochure
by Burton Prentiss Lyman
Portland, ME: Bradford Press, 1930. Age toning. Inscribed on title page.. Homewood & Cottages was an Inn and vacation rental cottages located in Yarmouth, Maine, run by Burton Prentiss Lyman. According to the brochure it is situated just eleven miles east of Portland, ME, on the shores on Casco Bay. A converted old homestead serves as the inn's offices, dinning room, and suites. Surrounding the inn are more than a dozen cottages for rent ranging in size from... Read More
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Let's Tell the Whole Story About Sex" -- Guide to Sex Education for Parents in the Early 1950s
by Edward B. Lyman
New York, New York: American Social Hygiene Association, 1952. Very good. Light toning.. An early 1950s sex education booklet in the form of transcribed conversations "between parents and their children [that] were written by a prominent Catholic layman for nonsectarian use. They are distributed by the American Social Hygiene Association as one example of the helpful material on sex education available to parents today" (upper wrapper verso). Highlights common worries parents have, including how to broach delicate subjects... Read More
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Typewritten Letter from Prominent Southern Woman Writer Anne Bozeman Lyon, Discussing WWI
by Anne Bozeman Lyon
Mobile, Alabama, 1918. Very good. Toned, letter folds. Spotting and tear to envelope.. Typewritten letter on official letterhead for the League of American Pen Women, from "Sister Annie" (i.e. Anne Bozeman Lyon of Mobile, Alabama) to Mrs. Herbert Harrington, dated May 29th 1918. The writer relays personal news (Frederick has recovered from an illness, your son Harold has a big heart and will be missed when he leaves for war, etc.). Written before the end of the war... Read More
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A.B.C. No. 2 Bella Waltz Sheet Music
by E. Mack
Philadelphia: Lee & Walker, 1865. 5 pp including covers. Cover illustration depicts engraving of by Lauderbach, of a young child learning from and ABC book. It is the No. 2 song from Recreations for Young Pianists. Twenty-six Progressive Pieces. The individual selections adorn the border of the illustration. Caption at base reads Respectfully dedicated to Miss Bella Lee by E. Mack. Measures 13" x 10 1/4". Light toning/foxing on margins.
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Women's World Magazine, Promotional Booklet - Horoscopes - An exposition of Occult Laws of Stars and Planets Affecting the Lives and Destinies of Men and Women
by A. W. Macy
Chicago: Cruver Manufacturing Co, 1913. Cover separated and detached but present.. 28 pp. booklet. Illustrated wraps. The cover depicts an astronomer gazing at the heavens. Designed with advertisments printed on the left and the introduction and horoscopes by sign printed on the right hand page. The horoscope pages are in color and present an overview for those born under the sign. The advertisements are for premiums available from the magazine with the purchase of a subscription. Measures 5... Read More
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The Digest of Hygiene: Mother and Daughter
by M.A. Horn, ed
Hollywood, California: Hygienic Productions, 1953. Good. Large water stain with warping.. A sex and puberty education booklet published for mothers to share with their pubescent daughters, Covering all subjects ranging from menstruation to sex, marriage, venereal disease, pregnancy, abortion, and menopause. Also addresses masturbation, "Should you bear more children?", the causes of "frigidity", "Keeping Health and Beauty after Forty", sterilization, and "Woman's Sexual Duties to Husband". The final chapter discusses finances, and encourages women to be active participants... Read More
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Little Songs Of Long Ago "More Old Nursery Rhymes
by Alfred Moffat and H. Willebeek le Mair
Augener, 1912. Unpaginated. (65p.) Stamped Illustrated Hard Cover. An illustrated collection of traditional nursery rhymes with accompanying music. Full page relevant illustration verso with muscia and verse recto. Measures 11 1/2" x 8 3/4
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![Pompei" [sic] -- A Victorian Souvenir Book of Hand-Colored Engravings of Pompeii's Frescos and Tile Works](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/199/142/1316142199.0.l.0.jpg)
Pompei" [sic] -- A Victorian Souvenir Book of Hand-Colored Engravings of Pompeii's Frescos and Tile Works
by L. Majolino
Naples, Italy, 1871. Very good. Scattered foxing, extremities rubbed, remains of previous modern adhesive label to front pastedown.. A superb souvenir album created by an English or American tourist c.1871, showing the strong hold the ruins of Pompeii held over the touristic imagination in the Victorian era. From the beginning of the century, no European Grand Tour was complete without a visit to, and a souvenir from, the archaeological site, and the present volume is an excellent example... Read More
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Evangelism: The Individual and Universal Duty of Christians
by Howard Malcom
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: American Baptist Publication Society, 1859. Good. Toning, dust soiling, wrappers chiped,. A scarce printed tract highlighting the importance of evangelism to Christianity, published by the American Baptist Publication Society. Howard Malcom (1799-1879) was a Baptist minister and educator who served as president of Georgetown, Bucknell, and Drexel University College of Medicine. 3 copies in WorldCat (May 2026). Single vol. (6" by 3.75"), pp. 29, [5], in original printed wrps, ink stamp to upper wrapper.
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Sunshine Cut-Outs: Every Day Series
by M. and F. Hoopes (illus.)
New York, New York: Stoll & Edwards Co, 1926. Good to very good. Toning, minor dust soiling, short tears, including larger tear along bottom of spine.. A scarce uncut paper doll book from the "Sunshine Cut-Outs" every day series, depicting the dolls June, Jack, Anna Louise, and Mary Jane. Includes seven (7) dolls (four are June in different poses) with matching outfits, toys, pets, and accessories over four leaves (At Play, At the Party, Helping at Home, and... Read More
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Sky-Hi
by MARA
USA: Personal History Agency, inc, 1952. 4to. Unpaginated. A die-cut Terry is grommeted to front cover allowing him to tumble about space, giving the reader an introduction to Terry's trip, as he fell off the edge of dreamland and visits the universe including the pop-up sun and each of the fanciful planets in the Solar System. Includes information on the planetary symbols, the winter and summer constellations and a vovelle wheel with the positions of the planets. Educational and... Read More
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Steel
by Marguerite Engler Schwarzman, Th. D. Luykx (illus.)
New York, New York: Georges Dupleix, 1937. Fair. Toning, light dust soiling, a couple nicks. Wrappers brittle and separated as a result from spine. Text block paper brittle but holding.. An illustrated children's book about the wonders of steel-making and how it has led to various technological innovations throughout history, by the prominent educator Marguerite Engler Schwarzman. features illustrations by Th. D. Luykx in a modern, attractive style. Describes in detail the process of making steel with illustrations,... Read More
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Personal Message to You, The Art of Physic Phenomena
by Marjah, the Mystic
1920. General wear.. A tri-fold brochure about the "art of physic phenomena", or more specifically crystal gazing. The front cover features a 'floating head' of the Marjah with the text, "It is his purpose to first induce you mentally to realize some things and then to realize upon your mental realizations." Stamped across the front cover in dark blue ink is the word "Marjah". The brochure describes what crystal gazing is. Claiming that "telling futures by means of... Read More
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Panorama of the Silver Jubilee" -- Celebrating 25 Years of King George V on the Throne
by Mary McNeile, illus
London, England: The Chiswick Press, 1937. Very good. Minor flaws include light toning, dust soiling, a couple small nicks/minor short tears. Modern paper repairs to the scroll itself.. A wonderful color-illustrated panorama scroll, produced to commemorate the Silver Jubilee of King George V. The celebration, held in May 1935, marked 25 years of the King's reign, and was the first of its kind; Queen Victoria had only celebrated her Gold and Diamond Jubilees. The panorama depicts the Jubilee's... Read More
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Atlas zu dem Werke: Die Baseler Todtentänze in getreuen Abbildungen
by H.F. Massmann
Leipzig: Expedition des Klosters, 1847. Good. Some scattering foxing. Extremities worn, spine heavily chipped.. A scarce Victorian rendering of the Basel Dance of Death, presented in "81 illustrations on 22 copperplates and 27 lithographed sheets" (translated form the German title-page). The Basel Dance of Death was painted inside a cemetery wall near the Predigerkirche in Basel in the 1400s, and featured memento mori imagery of a skeleton ("Death") dancing with different characters, reminding viewers that Death comes for... Read More
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In Thy Keeping" -- Pocket-Sized Raphael Tuck Gift Book of Poetry
by Annie Matheson
London, England: Raphael Tuck & Sons, 1905. Very good. Light toning/dust soiling.. A very sweet pocket-sized gift book of poetry published by Raphael Tuck, inscribed in contemporary ink to "Carrie E. Kachel" from "Aunt Margaret". The author is listed as Annie Matheson. The book includes in-text color illustrations related to the verse, and ends: When sorrow darkens all our sky, Life's blossoms lost, In sudden Frost, And all our courage like to die, Oh! help us still Thy... Read More
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Sylvia
by Matthew William Peters (1741-1814)
A 6 1/4" x 7" etching titled Sylvia depicting a coquettish woman with exposed breasts. The verse below from Acis and Galatea by John Gay and reads "Love on her Breast Sits panting' And swells with Soft desire No grace no Charm is wanting To set the Heart on Fire. Hand finished. Affixed to a geometric printed board page presumably from a scrap book. Peters name penciled at base lower left corner. Surface soiling.
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Fairy Tales
by [Maud Humphrey (illus.)?]
Chicago, Illinois: The N.K. Fairbank Company, 1898. Poor to fair. Dust soiling, Binding worn with major of leaves/text block loose, lower wrapper lacking.. Second series of a booklet of fairy tales promoting the N.K. Fairbank Company, a soap and dry goods manufacturer. Advertises the company's popular "Fairy Soap" to families. Includes beautiful in-text, full-page chromolitho illustrations of the fairy tales, including: The Mermaids; Two White Kittens; Tom's Bath; Fairy Linen; A Song of Sleepyland; Cinderella's Wedding; and The... Read More
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The English Spelling-Book Accompanied by A Progressive Series of Easy and Familiar Lessons
by William Mavor
London: George Routledge and Sons, 1885. 108 pp. Applied printed cover, frontispiece, illustrations throughout by Kate Greenaway. Lesson book for children with descriptions and lessons, illustrated. There are one through four syllable words, easy three letter words, and fables included. 7" x 4 1/2" spine split, some toning, pages intact.
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Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican
by Brantz Mayer
Hartford: S. Drake and Company, 1853. leather binding with gilt stamp cover and back strip. Corner bumps. In 2 volumes. 433 pp., 399. Engraved frontispiece of Hernando Cortex Vol. 1 and Antonio Lopez Vol 2. both with printed signatures. Full page and in-text illustrations throughout. Comprehensive history with tables and diagrams. Measures 6 1/2" x 9 1/2".
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Building for the Children in the South
by Rev A.D. Mayo
Washington D.C.: Bureau of Education, 1884. 16 pages, paper wrappings. Mayo's main topic in this booklet is about providing the structural needs and means for establishing quality education for all. He believes that taxation should be used in order to truly support public schools, and that it is a priority. Teachers also should be of good quality and educated in the profession in order to make schooling effective. In this address he makes it very clear that he... Read More
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