Ukrains'ko - Evreis'ki Vzaemovidnosini
by Brik, Oleksander S.
Winnipeg, Canada: Published by the Author, 1961. Softcover. First edition; 5 1/2 x 8 1/4; pp. 384; green wraps printed in black; a few wrinkles to tips of spine; small creases to corners; light age-toning to wraps; pages clean; very good or better. Oleksander Brik, a Ukrainian - Canadian author, elaborates on the complex Ukrainian - Jewish relations throughout history.
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The Biggest Little Show on Earth! Bill Brinley's World Famous 5 Ring Miniature Circus
by Brinley, William R.
Meriden, CT: By the author, 1950. Very good. Small brochure, n. d. (ca 1950); 2 1/2 x 3 3/4; off-white card stock, folded, pp. [4]; illustrated with a small drawing and from a photograph; mild age-toning and wear - in very good to near fine condition. William Brinley (1917 - 2016) of Wallingford, Connecticut was nine-years-old in 1926, when he saw the Christy Bros. Circus and was inspired to have a circus of his own. Using food boxes, pieces... Read More
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Ibo ia - Bolshevik (For I am a Bolshevik)
by Britan, Iliia (pseud. for Britan, Ilia Alekseevich)
Berlin: Logos, 1924. First Edition. Very good. First edition, 1 of 3000 copies; 6 1/2 x 4 3/4; pp. [4], 7-37, [2]; textured, burgundy wraps, printed in black; partially unopened; a bit of wear to tips of spine; a small nick and mild creasing to fore-edge of wraps; in very good condition. Ilia Britan (1885 - 1941) was a poet, publicist, and lawyer, who would be persecuted, arrested, and eventually expelled from Russia in 1923 for advocating in front... Read More
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Konets Prekrasnoi Epokhi. Stikhotvoreniia, 1964 - 1971 (The End of a Wonderful Era. Poems, 1964 - 1971)
by Brodskii, Iosif
Ann Arbor, MI: Ardis, 1977. Softcover. First edition; 8 1/4 x 5 1/4; pp. [6], 5-114, [1]; beige wraps, printed and illustrated in black; a bit of age-toning to spine and margins of wraps; minor wear to corners and tips of spine; small rubbed spot to upper corner of ffep (removed bookshop label); small, closed puncture to lower margin of back wrap; very good or better condition.Brodskii began writing poetry in the 1950s and by 1960, after meeting and... Read More
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The Cotton Plant, Vol. II --- No.3
by Abendroth Bros.
New York: Abendroth Bros., 1870. First Edition. Very good. Large advertising piece in a newspaper format; 19 3/4 x 14 1/4; pp. [4]; illustrated with engravings; fold lines and a few small closed splits and creases to edges; in about very good condition. An unrecorded advertising for the Abendroth Bros. products, with emphasis on the Cotton Plant Stove, it also featured articles on the Franco-Prussian War, the wide-spread adoration for the "Shoo Fly Don't Bother Me" song (said to... Read More
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The Young Folks' Historical Game. Fine Edition
by McLoughlin Bros.
New York: McLoughlin Bros., 1900. Very good. A complete set, with the original box, 72 cards, and directions leaflet, n. d. (ca 1900); box - 5 x 6 1/4 x 1 1/4 - wood and card stock, with textured paper and gilt title and decorations, a few mild spots and minor wear to edges - very good; cards with light wear - very good to near fine; leaflet - 6 x 4 1/2, pp. [2], mild spotting -... Read More
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Game of Duck Shooting / Game of Morrice / Game of Archery
by McLoughlin Bros.
S. l. (New York): McLoughlin Bros., 1870. Very good. Three games in one; box - 9 1/4 x 5 1/2 x 1 1/2; two-fold instruction sheet - 5 3/4 x 3 1/2; Double Teetotum and 18 "men;" chromolithographed playfield for the Game of Duck Shooting over the two halves of box recto; playfields for the other two games in black and white on the two halves of box verso; teetotum missing the peg attaching the two parts together... Read More
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Educational Silk Exhibit. For Textile Schools, Colleges, Universities and Department Store Personnel Work
by Cheney Brothers
South Manchester, CT: Cheney Brothers, 1906. Good. First edition presumed, n. d. (ca 1906); 17 x 12 1/2; large, heavy, card stock portfolio (the two boards separated), printed in black; eight wall charts on heavy card stock, illustrated with photographs, drawings, and silk samples; seven of them with a string to upper margin for hanging; boards with scuffing to edges and some age-toning and spotting; charts with a bit of rubbing and wear to edges and corners; two... Read More
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History Up-to-Date
by Parker Brothers
Salem, MA: Parker Brothers, 1920. Very good. A complete set, with the original box, 48 cards, and directions booklet, n. d. (ca 1920); box - 5 1/4 x 6 3/4 x 1, paper over card stock, with a large chromolithographed illustration, featuring a Civil War scene; light wear and age-toning - in very good condition; cards very good to near fine, with minor wear; booklet - 3 1/2 x 4 1/4, pp. [4], mild wear and creasing -... Read More
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Circular, "Saucer," Trade Card for Stern Brothers
by Stern Brothers
New York: Stern Brothers, 1880. Very good. Circular trade card, indented to resemble a saucer; 3 1/4 in diameter; chromolithographed illustration of a boat and flowers to recto, text and an engraving to verso; rubbed spot to verso, partially obscuring the engraved shoe, else very minor wear; overall in about very good condition. An adorable advertisement for "fine shoes of all kinds, for ladies, misses, and children," it was created by German-Jewish-American brothers Isaac, Louis and Benjamin Stern, who... Read More
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Homemade Hilarity. Country Drinks - Both Hard & Soft
by Brown, Bob
Weston, VT: The Countryman Press, 1938. First Edition. Very good. First edition; 7 1/2 x 5; pp. [1], 2-16; stapled, orange, pictorial wraps, printed in black; illustrated with a small vignette at the end of the text; a bit of spotting along margins of wraps; light wear to edges and tips of spine; overall in very good condition. Robert Carlton Brown (1886 - 1959) was a world traveler, author, editor, bookseller, and publisher. In the early 1900s, he contributed... Read More
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Signed/Inscribed Lot of 3 Fern G. Brown Books
by Brown, Fern G.
Chicago: Albert Whitman & Company, 1978. Fern Brown's first three pony books written in the 1970s. All are signed/inscribed by author. Fern Brown was born in 1918 in Chicago. She has written numerous books for children and adults, most featuring horses and ponies, including a biography of infamous female jockey and Fred Astaire's wife Robyn Smith. Many of her children's books are about kids learning about and dealing with the unpleasant realities of life through their mutual love and... Read More
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The Baptist Church Manual: Containing the Declaration of Faith, Covenant, Rules of Order, and Brief Forms of Church Letters
by Brown, J. Newton D. D.
Philadelphia, PA: American Baptist Publication Society, 1860. Very good. Early printing, most probably the last one during the uthor's lifetime, n. d. (1860s - the American Baptist Publication Society moved its quarters from 1420 Chestnut Street, where the first printing of the booklet was issued, to 530 Church Street, the current publication, in the 1860s); 6 x 4; pp. [2], 5-36; off-white wraps, printed in red and ruled with an elaborate border; a small nick to top edge... Read More
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A Short Catechism for Young Children
by Brown, John
Philadelphia: American Sunday School Union, 1827. Good. Early edition; 4 x 2 3/4; pp. [1], 4-52; brown wraps, illustrated with woodcuts and ornamental border; a bit of fading and spotting to wraps and mild discolored spot to upper corner of pages (not affecting text); thin, closed cut to lower half of spine; in good condition. Written by Scottish minister and author John Brown (1722 - 1787), this particular, charming catechism edition, geared towards small children, summarized the principles of... Read More
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On Growing Old [Inscribed by Author]
by Brown, Neal
Oconomowoc, WI: By the author , 1913. First Edition. Very good. First edition, read before the Phantom Club, Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, April 15, 1913; 9 x 6; pp. [14]; embossed, light-brown wraps, printed in black; small spot to upper margin and light wear to edges and corners of wraps; penciled-in, manuscript note to last page; in very good or beter condition. Inscribed and signed by the author on the title page. Neal Brown (1856 - 1917) was a lawyer, businessman,... Read More
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The Victor Gazette. A Paper Devoted Chiefly to Society Fashions and Personals [Sometimes Very Personal], Vol. 1, 2nd Edition, Vol. 1, 3rd Edition, Vol. 1, Fifth Edition (A Manuscript Magazine)
by Brubaker, Clair
Victor, Colorado: By the author, 1916. Very good. Three issues, n. d. (ca 1916); 6 1/2 x 5 1/4; pp. 14, 12, 12 respectively; loose leaves, folded unto each other; manuscript entries and drawings and newspaper clippings; generally mild wear, with occasional spotting and a bit of wear to edges; overall in very good condition. A truly-delightful, WWI-era, teenager's periodical from the gold-mining town of Victor, Colorado - it was replete with important news of the day, delivered in... Read More
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American Polynesia. Coral Islands of the Central Pacific
by Bryan, Edwin H., Jr.
Honolulu, Hawaii: Tongg Publishing Company, 1941. Softcover. First edition (it appears the book was published simultaneously in paperback and hardcover of which this is the only copy of the paperback available as of now); 6 x 8 1/2; pp. 208; speckled gray wraps; a small bump to tail of spine; minor creases to lower corners; backstrip with a bit of age-toning; faint penciled-in signature to first blank page; illustrated with numerous maps and photographs; pages clean; overall very good... Read More
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Speeches of Congressman Bryan, of Nebraska, In the House of Representatives, During the 52d and 53d Congress (Signed/Inscribed Presentation Copy)
by Bryan, William Jennings
Lincoln, Nebraska: (Privately Printed by F. Schwind), 1894. First Edition. Very good. First edition; 9 x 6; pp. 186 (each speech with a separate pagination); black morocco over boards with four raised bands to spine; title, year of publication, and presentee's name in gilt on front board and spine; illustrated with portrait frontis and tables; a few scratches to boards and small rubbed spots to tips of spine and corners; leather at head of spine a bit brittle;... Read More
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Leninism. An Address Delivered at the Memorial Meeting Held on the Eighth Anniversary of the Death of Lenin, Moscow, 1932
by Bubnov, A.
Moscow: Co-operative Publishing Society of Foreign Workers in the U.S.S.R., 1932. First Edition. Very good. First edition; 7 1/4 x 5; pp. 3-32; off-white wraps, printed and ruled in blue and green; faint age-toning to margins and light wear to edges and corners; in about very good condition. Andrei Bubnov (1883 - 1938) was a Bolshevik and military leader, politician, member of the Left Opposition, and People's Commissar of Education. During Stalin's Great Purge he would be accused of... Read More
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"How Bad is Government" 1970s Original Anti-Government Comic Art
by [Buckreus, Tim]
S. l. (San Jose, CA): By the author, 1970. Hardcover. Three panels on repurposed cardboard, n. d. (early 1970s [?]); each panel measures 21 x 14; paper collage, ink, and pencil; mild age-toning and spotting to margins; a few small thumb-tack holes; a bit of wear to corners; overall in very good condition. From the estate of a local Bay Area comic artist and graphic designer Tim Buckreus, the hilarious anti-Government ramblings poke fun at Dick (Richard Nixon), Cash Mckinny... Read More
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Les Uniformes du Premier Empire, Series: 222 - 226
by Bucquoy, E. L. (Eugene Louis)
Paris: Librairie Militaire Cart. Very good. Five sets of eight cards each, in original envelopes, n. d. (early 20th century); 5 3/4 x 3 3/4; cards with very minor wear - in near fine condition; envelopes in blue beige, pink, and green a bit faded along margins, with occasional small nicks to edges. A monumental endevour, there were approximately 1835 cards published altogether, featuring all the uniforms of Napoleon's First Empire, created by various artists, including Pierre Benigni, Joseph... Read More
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An Archive of Original Sketches of Hairdos and Ladies in Fashionable Clothes
by Budd, Margretha
S. l. (San Francisco): By the author, 1927. Softcover. Original sketches in pen and ink + two identical copies of what appear to be an advertisement for a "Swimming Carnival"; 1927 - 1929; eight loose sheets, various mediums, various sizes, approx. 12 x 9; manuscript captions; condition varies from very good - occasional small crease, wear to edges, and pencil smudges - to near fine, with very minor wear. A beautiful archive of original drawings, by an, undoubtedly, talented and... Read More
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Khrun i chort (Hrun and the Devil)
by Budzynovskyi, V.
New York: Nakladom "Sichovoho bazaru", 1918. Good. First edition published in the US (originally released in 1910 in Lviv); 8 1/2 x 5 1/2; pp. [1], 4-32; olived wraps, printed in black and ruled with an elaborate border; illustrated with small vignettes at the beginning and the end of the book; edges a bit brittle, with a few small nicks and minor loss to tips of spine; foxing to margins of wraps and title page; a small, previous... Read More
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Heroes of Unknown Seas and Savage Lands...[A Salesman's Dummy]
by Buel, J. W. (James William)
Richmond, VA: B. F. Johnson & Co., 1891. Hardcover. Good. Salesman's dummy; 10 1/2 x 8; pp. [178] + "subscription list" (fourteen ruled leaves with blank rows for subscribers' names - thirteen to the back and one to the front of the book; it appears one of them has been moved from the back and pasted to the front, probably by the original salesman); three variant bindings and two spine variants to boards verso; front board - embossed... Read More
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Address of William C. Bullitt at the Serbian National Defense Council Celebration of the 561st Anniversary of Kossovo, Chicago, Illinois, July 2, 1950
by Bullitt, William C.
S. l. (Chicago): By the Author, 1950. First Edition. Near fine. First edition; 11 x 8 1/2; pp. [8]; stapled, off-white stock, printed in two columns; no separate wraps, as published; illustrated with a small vignettes of the Statue of Liberty at the end of text; minor wear and creasing to edges; near fine condition. William Christian Bullitt (1891 - 1967) was an author, journalist, diplomat, the US Ambassador to France during the Second World War, and the first... Read More
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