Take Joy! The Tasha Tudor Christmas Book
by Tasha Tudor
Cleveland: World, 1966. overall light wear, text block in tact and fine, edge and corner wear to dust jacket.. Illustrated cloth boards, dust jacket price $4.95, color & black and white in text illustrations, 157 pp, Size 1.5 x 8.5 Collection of selected Christmas verses illustrated by Tasha Tudor.
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade)
by Mark Twain
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1923. 421 pp. Cloth cover with color applied pictorial, color frontispiece, black and white illustrations by Worth Brehm. The classic story by Mark Twain. A nineteenth-century boy from a Mississippi River town recounts his adventures as he travels down the river with a runaway slave, encountering a family involved in a feud, two scoundrels pretending to be royalty, and Tom Sawyer's aunt who mistakes him for Tom. 9 1/4" x 6 1/4" wear... Read More
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The Prince and the Pauper: A Tale for Young People of All Ages
by Mark Twain
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1917. 285 pp. Cloth cover with stamped frame around applied color illustration, frontispiece, 7 color plates. Illustrated by Franklin Booth. The story of two boys who look identical but live very different lives. One, Tom Canty, an abused pauper and the other, Prince Edward, son of King Henry VI. 9 1/4" x 7" inscribed in pencil, owners exlibris, foxing, text block loosening from binding.
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The Fearful Child American Sunday School Union
by American Sunday School Union
Philadelphia: American Sunday School Union, 1859. 8 pp. wrapper, with 3 woodcuts. Written for the American Sunday School Union, and revised by the Committee of Publication. Apart of a series published by the American Sunday School Union, called Child's Home Library. It tells the story of a little boy over coming his fear of the dark. Some wear, cover is tearing at edge, slight toning. Measures 4 1/4" x 2 1/2
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Little Henry American Sunday School Union
by American Sunday School Union
Philadelphia: American Sunday School Union, 1893. 16 pp. wrapper, with one illustration. Apart of a series published by the American Sunday School Union, called Child's Home Library. The book tells the story of Henry, a little boy, who learns that even children can do the Lord's work, in every day small acts of kindness. Ends with a hymn. Slight foxing and toning. Measures 4 1/4" x 2 3/4
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Chemotherapy of Inoperable Cancer : Based on the Report of the Committee of the Bristol University and the Bristol Royal Infirmary, England - The Use of Lead
by University of Bristol, Royal Infirmary
New York, NY: Anglo-French Drug Company, 1926. General wear.. The booklet provides a brief summary of the human clinical trials conducted at the Bristol Royal Infirmary at the University of Bristol in England, under the control of Dr. Todd, to study the effects of lead selenide as a chemotherapy treatment in those with "advance cancer patients who were hopeless for any other form of treatment". There were two phases of the trial, first with 12 cases, and the... Read More
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Camp Merritt, The Camp Beautiful
by US Army, Dumont and Cresskill, NJ
New York: McConnell Printing Company, 1919. General wear. Minor stains. Rusted staples.. 15pp. Illustrated wraps.Camp Merritt was an army base that was activated for use during WWI located in Dumont and Cresskill, NY. The booklet features information and images from photographs of the camp buildings, various administrative offices, money and post exchange, tailor shops, hospital, enlisted men's clubs, officer clubs, churches, recreations/entertainment spaces (movie theater, library, etc.), vocational training courses and classrooms, telegraph office, visitor center, soldier quarters... Read More
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An ABC of Witchcraft Past & Present
by Doreen Valiente
Custer, Washington: Phoenix Publishing Inc, 1988. Good. Extremities worn, corners bumped, a little edge soiling.. Later edition of a guide to witchcraft history and practice, offering practical information on everything from amulets and Aleister Crowley to magical alphabets, vampires, scrying, and the zodiac. Organized alphabetically, each with a lengthy entry. Single vol. (8.5" by 5.5"), pp. 377, [1], in original illus. wrps. with image of woman in white robes in front of a foggy moon.
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Social Solutions No. 6 - Ed. by Edward Howland, with translation by Marie Howland
by [Various]
New York: John W. Lovell Company, Publishers, 1886. Very good. Some dust soiling.. Social Solutions, edited by Edward Howland, sought to publish in English Jean-Baptiste André Godin's "Solutions sociales" (1871), which advocated for a radical shift towards better conditions and pay for workers. Translated by Marie Howland, it was divided into twelve semi-monthly numbers. The present example, No. 6, features six additional pieces discussing organized labor by Mrs. Imogene Fales, W.H. Holford, Edward Owen Greening, and Will D.... Read More
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Sketch Book and Friendship Album Madgie Varney w "First Washing Day
by M Varney
England, 1947. A humorous sketch book and friendship album owned by Madgie Varney, given to her by Bob (Robert) Varney in 1908. The album has over 65 original art work, with 3 photographs, and two music scores. Approximately 10 pieces are done either by Madgie or R M Varney. The majority of the pieces are humorous in tone, for example a drawing of two large leaves hanging on a clothes line with the caption, "First Washing Day". Some of... Read More
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The Old Lady Who Lived In The Shoe Cutouts
by Margot Voigt
Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Co, 1940. Very good.. A complete, uncut copy of a cut-out paper doll book depicting the fairy tale "The Old Lady Who Lived In The Shoe". Includes twenty-four (24) paper dolls to be punched out on the upper and lower covers, and eight (8) leaves of outfits and accessories to cut-out inside (printed on one side of leaf only). Single vol. (14.5" by 12"), ff. [8], in original color-illus. wrps. Ink date to inner... Read More
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Pets & Playmates
by Edric Vredenburg
London, Paris & New York: Raphael Tuck & Sons, 1895. Very good to fine; boards lightly rubbed, one small remnant of tape to front free endpaper.. A charming and beautifully illustrated Raphael Tuck book for children, written by Edric Vredenburg. Bucolic scenes of life on a farm populate the pages, focusing particularly on the myriad of pets and animals who play with the children who live there. 8vo (8" by 5.75"), pp. [12] with full-page chromolithographed... Read More
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Photographic Portraits of Earla Viola Steade Rowley (1887-1966) and her Mother
by [?] Vreeland
1910. Fine.. Two photographs notable for their unusually tall rectangular shape. The subjects are a young woman named Earla Viola Steade Rowley and her mother. Each measures roughly 14.25" by 4", and details to the images have been added with watercolor and light pencil. They are signed in pencil by Vreeland (i.e. Rosa Vreeland?) under the image and the subjects are labeled in pencil on the verso. Earla Viola Steade Rowley (1887-1966) married Arthur Merriam Rowley (b.1883) in... Read More
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Fairbank's Juvenile History of the United States.
by Wade, Blanche Elizabeth, and W. W. Denslow
Chicago: The N. K. Fairbank Company, 1911. Wraps. 55 pp. with paper wraps with cover illustration of Lady Liberty reading to young children. Includes 25 full color full page illustrations with Denslow printed signatures. Advertises fairy soap. 5 ¼” x 7 1/8”. Cover wear, separated from text block.
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Fairbank's Juvenile History of the United States
by Wade, Blanche Elizabeth, and W. W. Denslow
Chicago: The N. K. Fairbank Company, 1911. 55 pp. with paper wraps with cover illustration of Lady Liberty reading to young children. Includes 25 full color full page illustrations with Denslow printed signatures. Advertises fairy soap. 5 ¼” x 7 1/8”. Cover wear, separated from text block. In small brown box.
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Catalogue Painters' & Builders' Supply Depot
by W. A, French & Co
Hamden NJ (Opposite Philadelphia PA: Morel Brothers Pros, 1879. Heavy cover wear. Water stain back cover.. 112 pp. polished stock wraps. Black and white illustrated catalogue including Pure Cabonate of Lead, West Jersey White Lead, Kalida White Lead, West Jersey White Zinc, Kalida White Zinc, Colors of all Description, "Chinese Green", Putty in bulk and cans, Linseed Oil, Boiled Oil, Turpentine, Druyers, Varnishes (English and American) Brushes, Window Glass, Cut Glass for Vestibule Doors, Glue, Lubricating Oils, calcimined... Read More
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das Einmaleins (Multiplication Tables) in cheerful verses and images
by Toni Wagner-Schilffarth
Leipzig, Germany: Verlag der Kinderwelt, 1935. Surface wear and light bends on cover. Minor worming first three (3) pages upper right corner.. 18 pp. Illustrated board. Rhyming multiplication verses with relevant illustrations displaying the appropriate number of multiples described in the verse. Witty and charming. Printed in German. Cover and title page only in Sutterlin script. Art Deco influences cheerful illustrations. Measures 10" x 8 1/4'.
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Pookie believes in Santa Claus
by Ivy L. Wallace
London: Wm. Collins Sons, 1954. 22 unnumbered pp. color illustrated hard cover. Beautiful detailed color and black and white illustrations by author. Pookie the rabbit with wings sees Santa Claus and his dilemma trying to convince his friends. Part of Pookie series, first printing 1953. Measures 8" x 10" light wear on cover edges, small amount of foxing beginning on some pages but intact pages with no tears.
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Little Annie Rooney Wishing Book
by Brandon Walsh
Springfield, Mass: McLoughlin Bros, 1932. 16 unnumbered pp, illustrated card stock, no. 282. Forward by author. A book for boys and girls about wishes and imagination. Two-color drawings by Darrel McClure with rhyming text on blue pages, Measures 13" x 9 3/4" Light separation and edge tears cover.
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The Message of the Tree
by Zelia Margaret Walters
Elgin: David C. Cook Publishing Co, 1916. 14 pp. wrapper, with 2 illustrations. It tells the story of two children who try to get a Christmas tree for the village, even though all the men who would haul the tree are off at war with a neighboring Lord. Eventually their journey leads to peace between the two warring Lords. There is some slight wear to the edges of the covers, and the binding is has several intact tears. Slight... Read More
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Wie Engelschen seine Mutter suchte
by Magdalene Wannske
Leipzig: Alfred Hans, ca. 1927. Intact tear; one page. Cover wear.. 40 unnumbered page German language story with applied litho covers. Full page color and in-text illustrations in color and sepia tone. It is a fairy tale in verse about a young child looking for his mother. His journey introduces him to anthropomorphic frogs, birds and rabbits. Charming imagery. Measures 7 1/2" x 8".
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Wie Engelschen seine Mutter suchte
by Magdalene Wannske
Leipzig: Alfred Hans, 1927. Intact tear; one page. Cover wear.. 40 unnumbered page German language story with applied litho covers. Full page color and in-text illustrations in color and sepia tone. It is a fairy tale in verse about a young child looking for his mother. His journey introduces him to anthropomorphic frogs, birds and rabbits. Charming imagery. Measures 7 1/2" x 8
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A Delightful and Easy Method for Teaching Children to Read Music with extraordinary facility, by the arrangement of a house on the piano-forte
by L Wardell
1857. A way of learning how to play the piano-forte by L Wardell in which he instructs the player to image a house over the keys. Each key represents a different room or pillar of the house. Wardell claims that "this system has met with astonishing success wherever it has been adopted." Measures 10 1/4" x 4 1/2" There are two separations.
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Receipt for Painting Services Rendered
by David Warner
Springfield, Massachusetts, 1855. Fine; creased where previously folded.. A receipt on company stationary for painting services rendered, dated 1855 in ink, by David Warner, House and Sign Painter, Paper Hanger, and Glazier of Springfield, Massachusetts. Measures 5.5" by 7"; printed on blue paper.
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Little Elephant's Christmas
by Heluiz Washburne
Chicago: Albert Whitman, 1944. 32 pp. Green cover with red applied with red dust jacket. Two color illustration by Jean McConnell. Story about Little Elephant's Christmas day. Fourth Printing. Copyright 1938. Measures 9 1/2" x 7" cover solid, dust jacket tearing on edges and spine, pages intact with slight edge toning. , Three pages have small edge tears. bookseller tag "Wright's Drug Store, Picton, Ontario
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