Oceana or England and Her Colonies
by FROUDE, James Anthony
London: Longman, Green and Company, 1886. Leather bound. Very good. 8vo; xi [i] 396pp; half bound in pebbled navy leather with 5 raised bands on the spine, marbled boards and gilt stamping; marbled endpapers with a booklet of Claud Lambton on the front pastedown; all edges marbled; 9 engraved illustrations including the frontispiece and title page; shelf scuffing to edges of cover, sunning and shelf dirt to top edge, binding tight and pages bright; very good. Bookplate belonging... Read More
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The Mary Frances Cook Book or Adventures Among the Kitchen People; Front cover title: Mary Frances' First Cook Book. Adventures Among the Kitchen People
by FRYER, Jane Eayre
No place or publisher stated: [JANE EAYER FRYER], 1912. First Edition. Cloth. Very good. Margaret G. HAYS, full page illustrations; Jane Allen BOYER, illustrations. First edition. 8vo; 175pp; pale green cloth over board, color pictorial onlay stamped title to spine; black and orange illustrations to every page; gift inscription to fly leaf dated 1912; scuffing and fading to cover, damp staining to bottom front fly leaf, light damp staining to bottom some pages, a few smudges; very good... Read More
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The Mary Frances Cook Book or Adventures Among the Kitchen People
by FRYER, Jane Eayre
Philadelphia: The John Winston Co, 1912. First Edition. Cloth. Very good. Margaret G. HAYS, full page illustrations; Jane Allen BOYER, illustrations. First edition thus; previously self-published. 8vo; 175pp; royal blue cloth over board with color pictorial onlay, gilt stamped title, author and publisher to spine; full page color illustrated frontispiece on glazed stock; illustrations in black and orange every page; rubbing to corners and head and tail of spine, fraying to spine tail; very good. This is the... Read More
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Finnish Cartoons Depicting the Military--First Soviet-Finnish War, 1939
by FUNNU (?)
Finland, 1940. Ephemera no binding. Very good +. [EPHEMERA] [ORIGINAL DRAWING] [SIGNED]. Postcards (4 1/8" x 5 7/8"); eight unused postcards, printing on address side "POSTIKORTTI SUOMI" ("Finnish Postcard") with lines for addressing; blank side features original pen and ink drawings in a humorous cartooning style; light sunning and some staining; very good. The signature on the cards is printed in capital letters, the first letter appears to be an "F," making the signed name "FUNNU," which translates... Read More
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When I Grow Up, The" Chimney Corner" Series, No. 926
by GILLY BEAR [Gilbert W. GABRIEL]
New York: Sam'l Gabriel Sons & Company. Cloth. Near fine. Frances BRUNDAGE and Harriet KAUCHER. 4to; 32pp; tri-chromatic half-tone pictorial glazed board; red cloth spine; pencil gift inscription to recto fp dated 1922; b&w vignette to title page; 4 color plates including fp; b&w line illustrations in text; light soiling to boards, light age-toning paper edges; near fine. In only 2 WorldCat libraries. Stories answer the question, "What shall I be when I grow up?" Stories include: A... Read More
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Awakening
by GALSWORTHY, John
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1920. 1st Edition. Boards. Near fine/near fine. R.H. Sauter. 4to; 63, [1]pp; gilt stamped tan paper over board, silhouette of a young boy on the front cover; silhouette illustrated endpapers; illustrated throughout in blue and black; unclipped dust jacket without price, back of dj a short blurb about the book; near fine in a near fine dj. The second interlude in the Forsyte Saga, a novel about an upper-middle class British family. This... Read More
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A Dreamer's Holiday
by GANNON, Kim
New York: Skidmore Music Co., Inc, 1949. Ephemera no binding. Very good +. Mabel WANYE, music. 12" x 9 1/16"; 4pp; color pictorial front wrapper; very good plus.
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Letters of the Motor Girl
by GARDNER, Ethellyn
Boston: The New England News Company, 1906. First Edition. cloth. Very good. First edition. 12mo; [iv, 97pp]; plaid cloth over board with title on a label on front cover; a collage of the author's face on a cartoon woman sitting on a moon; light soiling to cover cloth; very good. A testimonial from the author follows the stories where she relates that she is a student at the International Correspondence School of Scranton, Pennsylvania and praises the courses.... Read More
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Map title: Map of Boston 1872, After the Latest Surveys with all the imporvements in Progress; Case title: Prang's Map of Boston
by GARDNER, James B., Draughtsman
Boston: L. Prang & Co., Publishers of Prang's American Chromos, 2182 Washington St, 1872. Boards. Very good +. [CASE MAP] [SOUVENIR]. Case title: Prang's Map of Boston. Case: 4 7/8" x 3 3/8"; rust-colored cloth over board, blind-stamped borders, gilt-stamped title to front; fine. Map: 23 ¼" x 26 7/8" sheet size; 15 ¼" x 25 ¾" within the neat line; printed by lithography, hand colored; splits at some folds and fold intersections, light creasing to bottom... Read More
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Buddy on Mystery Mountain, or a Boy's Strange Discovery; Dust jacket title: Buddy at Mystery Mountain. The Buddy Series
by GARIS, Howard R.
New York: Cupples & Leon Company, 1932. Later printing. Boards. Near fine/very good +. [Russell TANDY, dust jacket illustrator]. Later printing. Number 8 in The Buddy Series. 12mo; 210pp; black-stamped red pebbled boards, vignette pictorial to front; patterned endpapers with a printed bookplate (not used); b&w frontispiece; paper age-toned; unclipped color pictorial dust jacket, front flap lists books through number 21., Buddy and His Fresh-Air Camp., light age-toning of paper, light shelf wear; near fine in very good... Read More
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Buddy at Rainbow Lake, or A Boy and His Boat; Dust jacket title: Buddy at Rainbow Lake. The Buddy Series
by GARIS, Howard R.
New York: Cupples & Leon Company, 1930. Later printing. Boards. Near fine/Good. [Russell TANDY, dust jacket illustrator]. [JUVENILE] [JUVENILE SERIES BOOK]. Later printing. Number 4 in The Buddy Series. 12mo; 210pp; black-stamped red pebbled boards, vignette pictorial to front; patterned endpapers with a printed bookplate (not used); b&w frontispiece; paper age-toned; unclipped color pictorial dust jacket, front flap lists books through number 20. Buddy and the G-Man Mystery; two large old tears to rear panel with old... Read More
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Buddy and His Chum, or a Boy's Queer Search; Dust jacket title: Buddy on Floating Island. The Buddy Series
by GARIS, Howard R.
New York: Cupples & Leon Company, 1930. Later printing. Boards. Near fine/very good +. [Russell TANDY, dust jacket illustrator]. Later printing. Number 5 in The Buddy Series. 12mo; 210pp; black-stamped red pebbled boards, vignette pictorial to front; patterned endpapers with a printed bookplate (not used); b&w frontispiece; paper age-toned; unclipped color pictorial dust jacket, front flap lists books through number 20. Buddy and the G-Man Mystery; light scuffing to front, soiling to rear; near fine in very good... Read More
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Buddy at Red Gate, or A Boy on a Chicken Farm; Dust jacket title: Buddy at Red Gate. The Buddy Series
by GARIS, Howard R.
New York: Cupples & Leon Company, 1941. Later printing. Boards. Near fine/Very good. [Russell TANDY, dust jacket illustrator]. Later printing. Number 17 in The Buddy Series. 12mo; 209pp; black-stamped red pebbled boards, vignette pictorial to front; patterned endpapers with a printed bookplate (not used); b&w frontispiece; paper age-toned; unclipped color pictorial dust jacket, front flap lists books through number 20. Buddy and the G-Man Mystery; creasing and light chipping to edges, 2 closed tears to rear, light soiling... Read More
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Buddy at Pine Beach, or A Boy on the Ocean; Dust jacket title: Buddy at Pine Beach. The Buddy Series
by GARIS, Howard R.
New York: Cupples & Leon Company, 1931. Later printing. Boards. Near fine/very good. [Russell TANDY, dust jacket illustrator]. Later printing. Number 6 in The Buddy Series. 12mo; 208pp; black-stamped red pebbled boards, vignette pictorial to front; patterned endpapers with a printed bookplate (not used); b&w frontispiece; paper age-toned; unclipped color pictorial dust jacket, front flap lists books through number 21., Buddy and His Fresh-Air Camp., light age-toning of paper, light shelf wear and hand soiling to rear panel;... Read More
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Buddy and His Cowboy Pal, or A Boy on A Ranch; Dust jacket title: Buddy and His Cowboy Pal. The Buddy Series
by GARIS, Howard R.
New York: Cupples & Leon Company, 1935. Later printing. Boards. Near fine/Very good. [Russell TANDY, dust jacket illustrator]. Later printing. Number 11 in The Buddy Series. 12mo; 207pp; black-stamped red pebbled boards, vignette pictorial to front; patterned endpapers with a printed bookplate (not used); b&w frontispiece; shelf scuff to spine tail and bottom corners, paper age-toned; unclipped color pictorial dust jacket, front flap lists books through number 20. Buddy and the G-Man Mystery; creasing to front panel, light... Read More
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Buddy on Floating Island, or a Boy's Wonderful Secret; Dust jacket title: Buddy on Floating Island. The Buddy Series
by GARIS, Howard R.
New York: Cupples & Leon Company, 1933. Later printing. Boards. Near fine/very good. [Russell TANDY, dust jacket illustrator]. Later printing. Number 9 in The Buddy Series. 12mo; 210pp; black-stamped red pebbled boards, vignette pictorial to front; patterned endpapers with a printed bookplate (not used); b&w frontispiece; shelf scuff to spine tail and bottom corners, paper age-toned; unclipped color pictorial dust jacket, front flap lists books through number 20. Buddy and the G-Man Mystery; light soiling to rear, small... Read More
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Buddy and the Victory Club, or A Boy and A Salvage Campaign; Dust jacket title: Buddy and the Victory Club. The Buddy Series
by GARIS, Howard R.
New York: Cupples & Leon Company, 1943. Later printing. Boards. Near fine/very good +. [Russell TANDY, dust jacket illustrator]. Later printing. Number 19 in The Buddy Series. 12mo; 209pp; black-stamped red pebbled boards, vignette pictorial to front; patterned endpapers with a printed bookplate (not used); b&w frontispiece; paper age-toned; unclipped color pictorial dust jacket, front flap lists books through number 20. Buddy and the G-Man Mystery; creasing and light chipping to edges, light soiling to rear; near fine... Read More
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Buddy in Dragon Swamp, or A Boy on a Strange Hunt; Dust jacket title: Buddy in Dragon Swamp. The Buddy Series
by GARIS, Howard R.
New York: Cupples & Leon Company, 1942. Later printing. Boards. Near fine/very good +. [Russell TANDY, dust jacket illustrator]. Later printing. Number 19 in The Buddy Series. 12mo; 208pp; black-stamped red pebbled boards, vignette pictorial to front; patterned endpapers with a printed bookplate (not used); b&w frontispiece; paper age-toned; unclipped color pictorial dust jacket, front flap lists books through number 20. Buddy and the G-Man Mystery; light shelf wear, light soiling to rear; near fine in very... Read More
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Delicious Seafood Recipes
by GARRISON, Louis
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1953. Cloth. Near fine/near fine. Dust jacket title: Delicious Seafood Recipes, Over 250 dishes using fresh-and salt-water fish. 8vo; xi, [iii], 204+ [6]pp blank Notes; turquoise cloth over board, white stamped lettering on spine; ownership on ffep dated "1953"; small srubs to bottom edge; unclipped color pictorial dust jacket signed "P. & J. Chollick," light sunning to dj spine, and a spot on rear panel, small closed tear on bottom front edge;... Read More
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I Am Always Building "Castles In The Air
by GARTON, Ted
Feist Building, New York: Leo Feist, Inc, 1919. Ephemera no binding. Very good +. A. Fred PHILLIPS, music.. 11" x 7 7/8"; 3, [1]pp; color pictorial front wrapper; ad for Two Smashing Song Hits on rear wrapper; very good plus.
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Cranford
by GASKELL, Mrs.; Anne Thackeray RITCHIE, Preface
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co., Publisher, 1892. Cloth. Very good +. [WOMAN AUTHOR]. 16mo (6 1/8" x 4 1/8"); xxiv, 290pp; glazed illustrated cloth over board, bark motif with flowers, lettering in brown; ownership in neat ink on ffep; b&w fp with tissue guard, small b&w illustrations in text; light shelf wear to boards, fraying to head of spine and front hinge; very good plus. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell (1810-1865) was a British novelist and biographer. Cranford was... Read More
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Round the Year
by GATES, Arthur I. and Miriam Blanton HUBER
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1937. Cloth. Very good +. A. Gladys PECK. [SCHOOL BOOK] [WOMAN AUTHOR] [WOMAN ILLUSTRATOR]. A. Gladys PECK, illustrator. Cover title: The Work-Play Books. Round the Year. Gates and Huber. Spine title: First Reader. The Work-Play Books. Macmillan. Reprint. 8vo; 167pp; blue textured cloth over board, orange and black stamped design of a cat with a clown and elephant on front, children at a window with animals on the rear board; color pictorial... Read More
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Friendly Stories
by GATES, Arthur I. and Miriam Blanton HUBER
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1938. Cloth. Very good +. Kate SEREDY. [SCHOOL BOOK] [WOMAN AUTHOR] [WOMAN ILLUSTRATOR]. Kate SEREDY, illustrator. Cover title: The Work-Play Books, Friendly Stories, Gates and Huber. Spine title: Second Reader. The Work-Play Books. Macmillan. Reprint. 12mo; 226pp; color pictorial blue cloth over board, orange an black stamped Indian on the front carrying the title on a board, children on the rear with anthropomorphic animals and an elf; color pictorial endpapers, bookseller stamp... Read More
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Sun-Up, Maine's Own Magazine, December 1926, No. 5, Vol. 3
by GATES, Virginia L., editor
Portland, Maine: Wood-Gate Publishing Co, 1926. Sewn binding. Near fine. 4to; 32pp; stiff b&w pictorial wrapper with orange accents; sewn binding; b&w illustrations throughout text and advertisements; scuffing to spine fold, binding holding but pulling on wrapper; near fine. WorldCat holds the volumes in 6 of its libraries. Periodical devoted to the promotion of the state of Maine to both travelers and residents. Wonderful advertisements from across the state. Cover of this issue features a photo of "Snow... Read More
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Joan Wanted a Kitty
by GEMMILL, Jane Brown
New York: The Junior Literary Guild Corporation and The John C. Winston Company, 1937. First Edition. Cloth. Near fine/very good +. Marguerite DE ANGELI. First edition. 8vo; 150pp + [2]; royal blue textured cloth over board, black vignette of cat on front, title in black on spine; yellow pictorial endpapers with cats; gift inscription in neat ink to title page; color vignette to title page; illustrations in both color and b&w; light age toning of paper, top edge... Read More
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