ADAS SHALOM THE STORY OF A SYNAGOGUE BUILDING DEDICATION VOLUME 5712 -1952
by Anonymous
ADAS SHALOM THE STORY OF A SYNAGOGUE BUILDING DEDICATION VOLUME 5712 -1952, 7045 Curtis, Detroit 21, Michigan, first edition, corner tips worn, some soiling and rubbing to the covers, else a just about vg copy in photographic boards. Replete with 100's of names, members, rabbi's and cantors as well as photos of same. ADAS SHALOM became a major rallying place for Northwest Detroit Conservative Jews and perhaps the most famous synagogue of its type for decades.
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THE PANAMA CANAL THE WORLD'S GREATEST ENGINEERING FEAT
by Anonymous
THE PANAMA CANAL THE WORLD'S GREATEST ENGINEERING FEAT, I. L. Maduro, Jr., ca. 1912, first edition, some light wear to covers, else a vg+ copy in full color pictorial wraps with 24 full color tipped in plates. Text in both Spanish & English.
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ART TREASURES FROM JAPAN
by Anonymous
ART TREASURES FROM JAPAN, Library of Congress, 1965, first edition, a near fine copy. Profusely illustrated in black and white with tipped in color plates.
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Annual Report of the Librarian of Congress -For Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1969
by Anonymous
Annual Report of the Librarian of Congress -For Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1969, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1970, first edition, a fine copy in the publishers original blue cloth pictorial binding without dust-wrapper as issued. Indexed is 4 pages of the Walt Whitman collection of ‚harles Feinberg whose copy this was.
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ANIMAL STORIES FOR LITTLE PEOPLE
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ANIMAL STORIES FOR LITTLE PEOPLE, A. L. Burt, (ca.1910), closed tear to the title page, some soiling to the rear cover, else just about a vg copy with a bright pictorial front cover in a near vg full color pictorial dust-wrapper with some light wear and tear and soiling. Very scarce in dust-wrapper.
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SEAPORTS OF THE FAR EAST ILLUSTRATED
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SEAPORTS OF THE FAR EAST ILLUSTRATED, Allister Macmillan, 1907, first edition, light wear to the fore edge corner tips and spine edges, some modest spotting to small areas of the covers, else a tight vg copy featuring historical and descriptive commercial and industrial facts figures & resources and many photographs of Hong Kong, Shaghai, Manila & Singapore and other places of the far east. A curiously rare book.
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HIS SERVICE RECORD
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HIS SERVICE RECORD, Stevens, 1942, first edition, a vg+ or better copy. This large folio hard-bound volume was meant to provide a means for the family of service men to keep records and tabs on their relatives who were in the military as the war progressed. Previously Detroit News Foreign Correspondent Russell Barnes' copy with a letter SIGNED by William E. Scripps, President of The Detroit News, pasted on to the f.p.d. as issued. This album is... Read More
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THE OVERLAND WHIPPET OPERATION AND CARE MODEL 96
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THE OVERLAND WHIPPET OPERATION AND CARE MODEL 96, Willys-Overland Inc., 1926, some creases to the covers, else vg+ in wraps. The auto manual for this vehicle is 36 pages with diagrams, drawings and illustrations on virtually every page. At the time, it was the brand new automobile introduced by Overland.
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MY FAVORITE STORY BOOK
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MY FAVORITE STORY BOOK, Samuel Lowe, 1940, first edition, vg+ in bright full color pictorial boards. Profusely illustrated in color and black & white.
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THE BOOK SOCIETY
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THE BOOK SOCIETY, London, N.d. (1935), each first edition, fine in wraps. Two little pamphlets ( each 8 pages ) yielding information and attempting to solicit membership into the Society. Both ----
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NURSERY FUN FOR EVERY ONE; OR GAMES FOR LITTLE CHILDREN
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NURSERY FUN FOR EVERY ONE; OR GAMES FOR LITTLE CHILDREN, T. Nelson & Sons, 1869, first edition, some slight wear to the corner tips, light soil to the original cloth covers, a few light smudge marks in the text, else a tight vg copy with the gold-gilt decoration on the spine still easily seen. Illustrated. The OCLC lists only 3 copies.
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SCIENTIFICTION FIRST FANDOM STATIONERY
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SCIENTIFICTION FIRST FANDOM STATIONERY being three unused letter size sheets printed with cross lines and the Scientifiction First Fandom highly stylized logo emblem in black & white on the rectos. Wonderful genre nostalgia apparently originating with Hugo Gernsback in 1926.
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CUISINE & PATISSERIE DU GOURMET
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CUISINE & PATISSERIE DU GOURMET, 129 Faubourg St. Honore, Paris, (ca. 1885), a vg+ copy. Profusely illustrated in black & white. Rare. Text in French.
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BEST RECENT FICTION BY THE FOREMOST WRITERS
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BEST RECENT FICTION BY THE FOREMOST WRITERS, Macmillan, 1913, first edition, fine in fold out wraps printed on both sides highliting with both texts and photos some of their stable of writers: Winston Churchill -The Inside of the Cup, Edmund Lester Pearson -The Voyage of the Hoppergrass, Alice Brown -Robin Hood's Barn, Robert Herrick -His Great Adventure, Mary S. Watts -Van Cleve, Latta Griswold -Deering at Princeton, Zona Gale -When I Was A Little Girl, Jack London -The... Read More
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OUR PICTURE BOOK
by Anonymous ( T. Kingsford & Son )
OUR PICTURE BOOK, T. Kingsford & Son, ca. 1880, first edition, some light wear and tear to the spine, some soiling to the full color pictorial covers and text, else a good to very good copy in wraps. Illustrated. Apparently a promotional give away from the T. Kingsford & Son manufacturing company.
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ST. NICHOLAS AND HIS SERVANT
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ST. NICHOLAS AND HIS SERVANT, The Alexandra Publishing Company (ca. 1895), first edition, some wear and soiling to the covers, else a good to very good copy with the front cover bearing a full color pictorial lithograph as does 6 of the 10 pages within. A very rare book of which we could not locate a single copy held anywhere on the globe. Perhaps a bit controversial as servant Peter, as depicted in this volume no less than... Read More
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DISPLAY FOR THE MAN'S SHOP
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DISPLAY FOR THE MAN'S SHOP, Style for Men / The National Trade Press, (1938), first edition, small chip missing from the head of the spine, closed tear to the front upper spine hinge, else a vg+ copy in fragile boards and printed on slick paper. Profusely illustrated with actual photo displays of dressed windows on virtually every page. Quite scarce.
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THE HISTORY OF LADY GODIVA AND PEEPING TOM, OF COVENTRY: WITH A DESCRIPTION OF ST. MICHAEL'S CHURCH, THE WHITE FRIARS, AND THE COVENTRY CROSS
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THE HISTORY OF LADY GODIVA AND PEEPING TOM, OF COVENTRY: WITH A DESCRIPTION OF ST. MICHAEL'S CHURCH, THE WHITE FRIARS, AND THE COVENTRY CROSS, Printed by J. Turner, (ca. 1834 -1844), 40 pages (counting the covers with pages 6 thru 39 enumerated), see through stain to the front wrap, dust-soiling to the covers, tiny chip missing from the lower front corner tip, some wear to the spine, else a just about vg copy with 5 woodcut images with the... Read More
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AN HISTORICAL REVIEW AND DIRECTORY OF NORTH AMERICA CONTAINING A GEOGRAPHICAL, POLITICAL AND NATURAL HISTORY OF THE BRITISH AND OTHER EUROPEAN SETTLEMENTS....
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AN HISTORICAL REVIEW AND DIRECTORY OF NORTH AMERICA CONTAINING A GEOGRAPHICAL, POLITICAL AND NATURAL HISTORY OF THE BRITISH AND OTHER EUROPEAN SETTLEMENTS...., Graisberry, 1788, first edition, Vol. 1 only of 3 volumes, a good copy with vg contents in might well be a late 18th century binding with paper spine and marbled boards. This edition not in Sabin or Howes. Scarce.
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CASTELLAN 1966
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CASTELLAN 1966, The Student Staff of the Class of June 1966 Cooley High School Detroit, Michigan, first edition, a tight near fine copy, replete with photos on virtually every page with many autographs and a section of local ads. The 1966 yearbook of this major Detroit, Michigan high school
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MY SECRET LIFE
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MY SECRET LIFE, Grove Press, 1966, first edition, eleven volumes in two, near fine in color pictorial dust-wrappers and somewhat worn slipcase. This once privately printed work from 1882 printed in an edition of six copies, is now printed more than 80 years later for many to read. It tells the story of a very non-prudean Victorian age.
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STORIES AND RHYMES IN THE NURSERY
by Anonymous & S. L. S.
STORIES AND RHYMES IN THE NURSERY, Merrill Publishing Co., 1943, first edition, just about fine in full color pictorial wraps by S. L. S. with full color, full page interior illustrations by S. L. S. as well. #4804.
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SUPERMAN CRAYON BY NUMBERS COLORING SET
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SUPERMAN CRAYON BY NUMBERS COLORING SET, Transogram Company, Inc., 1954, first edition, fine in box with full color pictorial lid housing all items as issued: coloring book, 16 unused crayons and plastic crayon sharpener. A spectacular copy of this most uncommon publication.
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THE ALL DENBY NAVIGATOR
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THE ALL DENBY NAVIGATOR, Denby High School, January 1942, first edition, some dust-soil to the covers, else a vg copy. Replete with photos of course.
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AIRCRAFT YEAR BOOK 1926
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AIRCRAFT YEAR BOOK 1926, Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce, 1926, first edition, fine in vg dust-wrapper with some light wear and dust-soil. Quite scarce in dust-wrapper. Profusely illustrated with black & white photos and many drawings.
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