The Kitchen Companion, and House-Keeper's Own Book, Containing All the Modern, and Most Approved Methods in Cookery, Pastry, and Confectionary, with an Excellent Collection of Valuable Recipes, to Which is Added, the Whole Art of Carving, Illustrated (1965 Reproduction of Rare 1844 Cookbook)
New York, 1965. Staplebound. Very good. Staplebound. 7 1/2" X 4 1/4". 36pp. Spots of toning and light creasing to edges of pictorial paper wraps. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. An overall clean, solid copy of this 1964 reproduction of a rare cookbook from 1844. Includes information on making stews, preparing meats, poultry, vegetables, puddings, pies, jams and cakes, as well as instructions for the proper carving of various livestock and game.
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Lazy Rodger [Lazy Roger]
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1882. Hardcover. Poor. Hardcover. 6 1/8" X 4 1/4". 45pp. Embossed red cloth over boards, with "Lazy Roger" faintly visible to spine. Small tears to extremities of cloth, with bumping, scattered rubbing, sunning, and mild soiling. Hinges cracked, text block loose. Previous owner's notations to pastedowns, soiling to endpapers, and lower quarter of rear free endpaper torn. Smudges and stains to pages throughout. 2 1/2" closed tear across leaf containing pages 21... Read More
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Lonnie, Our Little Lamb
Boston: American Tract Society, 1860. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover. 6" X 4". 110pp. Embossed blue cloth over boards, with spine lettered in gilt. Moderate wear to binding, with corners turned itn, small tears to head and tail of spine, and heavy scattered rubbing. Front free endpaper torn out. Previous owner's inscription to flyleaf. Hinges tender. Binding remains sound. Occasional foxing and soiling to pages throughout, else unmarked. Illustrated in tissue-guarded frontispiece and two plates. A solid copy of this... Read More
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New York Fashions, Spring & Summer 1907 (Vol. 10, No. 1, February 1907)
New York: National Cloak & Suit Co, 1907. First Edition. Staplebound wraps. Very good. First Edition. Staplebound wraps. 9 3/8" X 7". 60pp, plus order forms and size guide. Blank post card for requesting sample materials laid in, with heavy toning to front pastedown. Pictorial staplebound paper wraps show moderate wear, with open tears to corners of upper wrap and mild creasing and dust soiling. Binding is sound. Pages are clean and unmarked. A beautifully illustrated trade catalog... Read More
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Tropical Recipes from Nassau, Jamaica and Puerto Rico DELTA AIR LINES 1970S
Delta Air Lines, 1971. Staplebound. Good. Staplebound. 5 1/2" X 6 3/4". 18pp. Mild wear to pictorial paper wraps with rubbing and toning to covers and edges. Stamp to rear cover. A spot of soiling to top edges of last 4 pages. Pages are free of marks and notation. Binding is sound. An overall solid copy of this booklet of recipes published by Delta Air Lines. Includes recipes for Jamaican grilled grapefruit, cucumber Portugaise, Banana Puffs, and more.... Read More
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Unbreakable Comb", 1970s Vintage Hercules Powder Co. Advertising Ephemera
Hercules Powder Co, 1970. Good. 3 3/4" X 8 1/2". Rubbing, toning, and surface paper loss to cardboard. Penciled notation to rear of cardboard. Some toning to comb-case. Comb is clean and intact. A vintage advertisement encouraging businesses to put their brand on combs made by Hercules Powder Company.
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The Art of Modern Lace-Making with RELATED EPHEMERA
London and New York: The Butterick Publishing Co. (Limited), 1893. Paperback. Very good. Paperback. 11" X 8". 125pp. Bound in black textured printed paper, with spine backed in thin cloth. Rubbing, toning, and bumps to covers, corners, and edges binding, with small tears to spine. Hinges tender; binding shaken, but remains sound. Laid in are several folded period hand-drawn lace patterns, as well as newspaper clippings and a blank order form. A presentable 1893 printing of this guide... Read More
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The Christmas Dream of Little Charles (Illustrated 1856 Chapbook)
New York: Kiggins & Kellogg, 1856. Second Series, No. 5. Paperback. Good. Second Series, No. 5. Paperback. 3 5/8" X 2 1/4". 16pp. Bound in sewn printed wraps with vignette of a horse to upper wrap, with splitting to spine reinforced with archival adhesive. Moderate wear to wraps, with dust soiling, edgewear, and stain to spine and bottom corner intruding into text block. Occasional crease to age-toned but otherwise unmarked pages. Illustrated in two full-page, six small woodcuts,... Read More
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Street Magazine (Japanese Streetwear Fashion Photography, Issues 4-7)
Tokyo: Street Magazine, 2010. First Edition. Paperback. Good +. First Edition. Paperback. 10 1/4" X 8". Mild creasing and shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of pictorial paper wraps. Pages of all volumes are clean and unmarked. Bindings are sound. A clean, solid collection of four issues of STREET, the Japanese magazine on streetwear and photography. IN THIS COLLECTION: No. 224 Paris Collections Part II No. 225 New York Collections No. 226 New York Collections Part... Read More
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Serbian Heritage of Kosovo: A Booklet of Truth
Grayslake, Illinois: The Serbian Orthodox Metropolitanate of New Garcanica, 1990. First Edition. Staplebound. Good. First Edition. Staplebound. 8 1/4" X 5 1/2". 47pp. Rubbing, toning, and bumps to covers, corners, and edges of paper wraps. Small inked notation to rear cover. Dust-spotting to edges of text block. Very occasional inked notation to pages. Notation does not obscure text. Binding is sound. An overall solid copy of this pamphlet on the Serbian heritage of Kosovo from the Free Serbian... Read More
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Animal Pictures for the Little Ones
New York: McLoughlin Bros, 1902. Paperback. Good. Paperback. 8 3/4" X 6 3/4". Unpaginated. Wear to pictorial paper wraps with toning, creasing, rubbing, and surface paper loss to covers, corners, and edges. Foxing, toning, and pencil marks to linen pages. Black-and-white and color illustrations throughout. Binding is sound. An admittedly worn, but overall solid copy of this 1902 "untearable" linen children's book on animals.
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Das neue Gemeinschaftliche Gesangbuch: zum gottesdienstlichen Gebrauch der Lutherischen und Reformirten Gemeinden in Nord-America wit einem neuen vermehrten Unhange (The New Community Hymnal, for the worship use of the Lutheran and Reformed Congregations in North America. With a new enlarged appendix)
New York: Wilhelm Rabbe, 1859. Leather bound. Good. Leather bound. 5 1/4" X 3 1/2". xxxii, 672pp. Text in German. Printed in two columns. Bound in full embossed leather, with spine lettered in gilt. Rather heavy wear to binding, with hard rubbing to edges and extremities, chipping to tail of spine, small open tears to spine, creasing, and soiling. Hinges tender but holding. Previous owner's name to front pastedown and flyleaf, Elisabeth Kinnehard of Chatauqua County, New York,... Read More
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Vintage Print of Ponte Vecchio Bridge View, Florence, Italy
1891. Good +. 9 1/2" X 13 1/2". Mild toning and wear to cover of paper. Gentle bumps and creasing to edges. A print of the Ponte Vecchio Bridge by an unknown artist. Artist's initials LNW are visible at bottom of print with '91.
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The Rambouillet Tapestry from Allan Waller Ltd
Atlanta: Maquette de Gilles, 1989. Paperback. Very good. Paperback. 10 3/4" X 8 1/2". 20pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of pictorial paper wraps. A spot of surface paper loss to front cover. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. An overall clean, solid copy of this catalog of tapestry reproductions. Page with list of tapestries, their dimensions, and their prices is laid in.
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Good Times: Fun for the Little Folks
Boston: Lothrop Publishing Company, 1897. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover. 10" X 8". Unpaginated. Wear to paper over boards with rubbing, toning, and bumps to covers, corners, and edges. Boards are exposed at corners and along edges. Tears to fabric at spine. Dust-spotting to edges of text block. Penciled notation at front free endpaper reads, "Ethel Willing, Christmas 1898". Light foxing and age-toning to pages. 2" closed tear to fore edge of one page. Hinges feel tender and text block... Read More
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Handmade Album of Automobile Purchases, Records, and Photographs, 1908-1965: The 1908 Croxton-Keeton Jewel 2-passenger car, the 1916 Ford Model-T Touring Car, the 1929 Ford Model-A 4-door Sedan, the 1936 Chevrolet Standard, the 1950 Ford V-8 Model BODA, the 1954 Ford V-8 4-door Sedan, the 1965 Ford Falcon
Ohio, 1965. Cards. Fair. Cards. 8 index cards and 13 photographs taped together to form a binding of 28 pages, unpaginated, forming a typewritten and photo-illustrated account, with one hand-drawn diagram, of 9 vehicles purchased and driven by Milton and Ross Elliott of Ohio from 1908 to 1965. Vehicles include: The 1908 Croxton-Keeton Jewel 2-passenger car, the 1916 Ford Model-T Touring Car, the 1929 Ford Model-A 4-door Sedan, the 1936 Chevrolet Standard, the 1950 Ford V-8 Model BODA,... Read More
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Outdoor Life, September 1948 VINTAGE MAGAZINE ADS
New York: Popular Science Publishing Co., Inc, 1948. Paperback. Good. Paperback. 11 1/2" X 8 1/2". 141pp. Wear to pictorial paper wraps with rubbing, creasing, and toning to covers, corners, and edges. Chipping and rubbing to spine. Dust-spotting to edges of text block. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. With full page color ads for Camel Cigarettes and PM Whiskey, as well as many more black-and-white ads throughout.
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![1947 Cheerleading Ephemera from Crescent City High School [Putnam County, Florida]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/166/972/1434972166.0.l.jpg)
1947 Cheerleading Ephemera from Crescent City High School [Putnam County, Florida]
Crescent City, Florida: Privately printed, 1947. Loose_leaf. Good. Loose_leaf. Two pieces of ephemera from Crescent City High School in 1947, both attached to a small loose-leaf scrapbook page: 4-page program for a "Style Show" and list of cheerleading cheers for the '46-47 school year. Scrap paper to which both pieces of ephemera are affixed is toned, brittle, and chipping. 8 1/2" X 5 1/2" 4-page program for a "Style Show" sponsored by The Business and Professional... Read More
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Brides' Book (Circa 1920s Bridal Gown and Boudoir Trade Catalog)
New York: The Home Pattern Company Inc, 1920. Staplebound wraps. Very good +. Staplebound wraps. A very well-preserved, circa 1920s trade catalog of bridal fashions, for the purpose of ordering sewing patterns, published by The Home Pattern Company, sole manufacturer of patterns for The Ladies' Home Journal. Filled throughout with outstanding illustrations of gowns, veils, bridesmaid and attendant fashions, bridal lingerie, boudoir apparel, negligees, and more. With an introductory essay on the "age of change" and "breaking with... Read More
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![The Open Door to Opportunity Land (1920s Eastern Seed Co. Catalog, Kuhns the Seed Man's 10th Anniversary Jubilee catalog]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/409/205/1118205409.0.l.jpg)
The Open Door to Opportunity Land (1920s Eastern Seed Co. Catalog, Kuhns the Seed Man's 10th Anniversary Jubilee catalog]
Lancaster, Pennsylvania: Eastern Seed Company, 1920. Staplebound wraps. Good. Staplebound wraps. 9" X 6". Unpaginated, 20pp. Rather heavy wear to staplebound pictorial wraps, with closed tears to spine at head and tail and small tears and chipping to edges and extremities. Some pages disbound from staples. Eastern Seed Company ordering form laid in with several pencilled marks. A worn but utterly charming circa 1920s catalog with fabulous images of everything from guns to ukeleles, "real moving picture cameras,"... Read More
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Narcissus Festival Cookbook and Cherry Blossom Cookbook 1960s/70s HAWAIIAN COOKBOOKS
Honolulu, Hawaii: Hawaiian Electric Company, 1970. Staplebound wraps. Fair. Staplebound wraps. 8 1/2" X 5 1/2". Unpaginated, 12pp each. Staplebound pictorial wraps. Heavy wear to Narcissus Festival Cookbook, with 3 3/4" X 3" open tear to rear wrap. Light soiling and edgewear to wraps. Bindings are sound. Pages are clean and unmarked. A solid pair of these two cookbooks prepared "with a spirit of Aloha" for the Narcissus and Cherry Blossom Festivals in Honolulu, Hawaii in 1969 and... Read More
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Sing Sociability Songs for Camps-Homes Communities and Schools
Winona Lake, Indiana: The Rodeheaver Hall-Mack Co, 1946. Staplebound. Good. Staplebound. 8 3/4" X 5 3/4". 127pp. Heavy soiling, creasing, and wear to covers and edges. Soiling and age-yellowing to pages. Pencil marks to page 29; pages otherwise free of marks and notations. Folding to corners of some pages. Binding is sound.
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![The Laboratory: For Those Interested in Keeping Informed on the Latest Developments of Laboratory Apparatus and Technique [Volume 17, Number 5]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/493/604/1299604493.0.l.jpg)
The Laboratory: For Those Interested in Keeping Informed on the Latest Developments of Laboratory Apparatus and Technique [Volume 17, Number 5]
New York: Fisher Scientific Company, 1950. Staplebound. Good +. Staplebound. 9" X 6". Light creasing and wear to covers and edges. Staples from binding slightly rusted. Pages free of marks and notations. Binding is sound. A pamphlet from the 1950's or 60's published by the Fisher Scientific Company informing readers on the latest equipment and gadgets for laboratories, as well as recent discoveries and research taking place in the scientific community. Examples of equipment listed are the Fisher-Stern... Read More
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Pamphlet with Headshot of 1960 Miss New York State, Bonnie Jo Marquis
New York: Delta Epsilon Pi, 1960. Pamphlet. Good. Pamphlet. 11" X 8 1/2". Toning and creasing to covers, corners, and edges. Two 1/2" closed tears to edges of covers. Lacks marks and notation. A pamphlet featuring a headshot of Bonnie Jo Marguis, Miss New York State, and "The Rose of Delta Sigma Pi
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1859 Albany, New York First Baptist Sabbath School Church Service Program
Albany: Comstock & Cassidy, 1859. Pamphlet. Good. Pamphlet. 9" X 6". Toning, creasing, and chipping to covers corners, and edges. Faint penciled notation to front cover. Paper feels tender but remains sound. An 1859 Church program entitled "Anniversary and Offerings by the Infant Department of the First Baptist Sabbath School, Albany, Sabbath Afternoon, June 19th, 1859.
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