Robert the Rose Horse
by HEILBRONER, Joan
[New York]: Beginner Books, A Division of Random House, Inc, 1962. [JUVENILE] [WOMAN AUTHOR]. P.D. EASTMAN, illustrator. Small 4to; 64pp; red pictorial boards, a horse smelling a flower on a girl's head on the front; color pictorial endpapers; color vignette of a horse on title page; color illustrations throughout with simple text; rubbing to edges and boards; clipped color pictorial dust jacket, rear panel a publisher's a for "Beginner Books"; very good plus in very good plus dj. An... Read More
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Fair Japan, Pessimistic
by HELMUTH, William Tod, verses
Yokohama: Kelly & Walsh, Limited, 1900. Stiff wraps. Very good +. O.A. & O.M. POOLE, negatives. K. OGAWA, colotypes.. 32mo oblong(4 3/8" x 5 ½"); [20pp]; stiff illustrated wrapper printed in grey and yellow, iris flowers to front, crying moon to rear; purple silk cord tie binding; all edges gilt; 8 colotype photographic illustrations in b&w, 3 with tissue guard; light soiling to wrapper; very good plus. One part of a scarce set of two books, the other... Read More
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The Better Land
by HEMANS, Mrs. [Felicia]
London, Paris, New York: Raphael Tuck & Sons, Ltd., Publishers to Her Majesty the Queen, 1898. Wraps. Near fine. A. SIMPSON, C. KLEIN, etc.. [GIFT BOOK] [NOVELTY BOOK] [POETRY] [RELIGION] [WOMAN AUTHOR]. A. SIMPSON, C. KLEIN, ETC. illustrators. 24mo (5 3/8" x 4"); [16]pp; stiff glazed, color-printed, die-cut and embossed wrapper with deckle edges, flowering plant on front die-cut inside a decorative circle, flowers on rear wrapper; publisher's gilt twist cord binding; gift inscription on the ffep... Read More
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Uneddeekayted Fo'ks, Poems
by HENDERSON, Elliott Blaine
No place listed: Elliott Blaine Henderson, 1911. First Edition. Cloth. Very good. First edition. 8vo; 61pp; brown cloth over board, gilt-stamped title and author to front; frontispiece a photographic illustrated portrait on glazed plate; scuffing to head and tail of spine, bumping to cover corners, light crease to fp, chip to top edge title page; very good. Elliott Henderson (1877-1944) was an African American poet from Ohio. He self-published nine volumes of poetry: Plantation Echoes, Darky Meditations, Heroes... Read More
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Railroad Stories, Originally Railroad Man's Magazine, Volume 44, No. 4, January 1948
by Henry B. Comstock, Editor
Chicago: Popular Publicastions, Inc., 2256 Grove Street, Chicago 16, 1948. Small 4to (9 3/8" x 6 1/2"); 146pp; color pictorial wrapper featuring a train on the front and an ad for Prestone Anti-Freeze on the rear; chipping and small splits to edges, paper age-toned, binding tight; very good minus. Railroad enthusiast's monthly magazine, the Table of Contents is divided into the following sections: Illustrated Features, True Tales, Fiction, Short Hauls, and Departments. See the Table of Contents in the... Read More
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Toasts for All Occasions
by HENRY, Lewis C., editor
Garden City, New York: Garden City Books, 1949. [HOME ARTS] [ETIQUETTE] [COOKERY]. 8vo; 156pp; gray pebbled cloth over board, lettering stamped in black on spine; light rub to corners, lightly age-toned; clipped color pictorial dust jacket with a modernistic drawing of a cocktail glass on the front, spine sunned, light scuffing; near fine in very good plus dj. "Hundreds of toasts, new and time-tested, formal and informal, series and witty. Listed alphabetically by subject from Age, Army, and Bachelors... Read More
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Petit à Petit, ou Premières Leçons de Français, Pour les enfants de cinq à dix ans, Trente et deuxième édition
by HERDING, A. [Anna]
Paris: Brentano's, Inc, 1930. Cloth. Near fine. [FRENCH LANGUAGE]. 32nd edition. 8vo; 132pp; rust-colored cloth over board, vignette of a boy and girl; color frontispiece; illustrations in b&w; marginalia in pencil; light rubbing to head and tail of spine; near fine. Lessons in French for children ages five to ten with charming illustrations throughout.
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Candy Making in the Home
by HERRICK, Christine Terhune
Chicago and New York: Rand McNally & Company, 1913. [COOKERY] [HOME ARTS] [ADVERTISING PREMIUM] [EPHEMERA]. First edition. 12 mo (7 5/8" x 5 5/8"); 32pp; pale green pictorial wrapper, front printed with an illustration of a woman and two children making cany in a home setting, title and advertising promotor on front; rear wrapper an advertisement for "Maywood State Bank" and "Melrose Park State Bank"; fine. OCLC locates only one copy of the 1913 publication. A lovely small... Read More
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Geschichte napoléon's von der Wiege bis zum Grabe. Für alle Volker deutschen Sinnes und deutscher Zunge in Wort und Bild. Bearbeitet nach den auerkannt besten Quellen der deutschen und französischen.; nglish: Napoleon's History from the Cradle to the Grave. For all people of German mind and German language in words and pictures
by HEYNE, Carl Traugott
Chemnitz: Goedsche & Comp, 1840. First Edition. Very good. [HISTORY] [MILITARY] [GERMAN LANGUAGE]. English: Napoleon's History from the Cradle to the Grave. For all people of German mind and German language in words and pictures. First edition. 24mo (5 7/8" x 4 5/8"); 572pp; quarter bound brown calf with dark marbled boards, 4 raised bands on spine, gilt lettering; old hinge strengthening front and rear, ffep lacking; hand-colored engraved frontispiece plus 23 additional plates; wear to boards... Read More
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Proceedings of a Convention of Federal Republicans from the South Senatorial District in the County of Worcester, March 11, 1812
by HEYWOOD, Benjamin, Chairman, and Samuel EASTMAN, Clerk, Federal Party of Massachusetts
No place listed [Massachusetts], 1812. No binding. Very good +. [VOTER'S RIGHTS] [GERRYMANDERING] [GOVERNMENTAL PAMPHLET.] 8vo; 4 disbound leaves; text clear and easy to read; age-toning and light chipping to edges; very good plus. In 1812, Elbridge Thomas Gerry (1744-1814) was Governor of the state of Massachusetts and a member of the Democratic-Republicans, the party founded by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison in 1792. Elected in 1810, during his second term in office, Gerry signed into law a... Read More
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The Gingerbread Man, An old, old story retold and illustrated by Violet Moore Higgins
by HIGGINGS, Violet Moore
Chicago: Albert Whitman & Company, Just-Right-Books, 1926. Cloth. Fine/very good +. Violet Moore HIGGINS. [JUVENILE] [FAIRY TALES]. First edition. The dust jacket front flap identifies this as the "New Enlarged Picture Edition" with a price of "Net 65" cents. 8vo; [59]pp; navy cloth over board, gilt-stamped lettering and border, color pictorial only of a gingerbread man running through a garden; gilt lettering on spine; pictorial endpapers, navy on gray paper, ownership bookplate on ffep filled out in neat... Read More
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The Up-to-Date Waitress
by HILL, Janet McKenzie
Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1914. Cloth. Very good +. 12mo; xvii [i], 163pp; blue decorated cloth over board with a waitress in an apron on the front cover; black and white photographic illustrations; light shelf wear; very good plus. Nice edition of this book with duties on serving, furnishing and maintaining the dining room and pantry, serving in various styles including English and Russian Fashion and Compromise Style, food preparation and serving, as well as laundering and... Read More
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Salads, Sandwiches and Chafing Dish Dainties, with Thirty-two Illustrations of Original Dishes
by HILL, Janet McKenzie
Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1899. First Edition. Stiff boards. Good. First edition. 12mo; vii, 250pp + [9pp] advertisements; dark green buckram, gold-stamped vignette of a chafing dish to front; light green patterned endpapers; 18 inserted b&w photographic illustrations; illustrated ads at rear; scuffing of boards and bumping of corners, ffep detached and inserted, age-toning of paper, a few creases to pages; good.
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My Memory Book
by HILL, Mabel Betsy
New York City: C.R. Gibson & Company, 1921. Mabel Betsy HILL. [ALBUM] [WOMAN AUTHOR and ILLUSTRATOR]. Unused Album. 12mo oblong (7 13/16" x 9 7/16"); [70]pp; textured cloth over board, gilt stamped lettering and vignette of a diploma, mortar board and book on front; light gray endpapers; bookseller's ticket on front pastedown "Dickson's Book Store, New Britain, Conn."; pictorial title page; vignette on copyright page; line drawings and decorations on every page; light scratch to front board; near fine.... Read More
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A Chart of the North, West and South Coasts of Ireland from Bengore Head to the Saltee Islands; with Enlarged Plans of the Principal Harbours, Roadsteads, &c. Constructed and Drawn from the most approved Observations and Surveys
by HOBBS, J.S. [John Stratton]
London: J.W. Norie & Wilson, 1847. Map no binding. Very good. Nine insets of hydrographic detail: Bar of Moy, Cola Islands, Cork Harbour, Dumore, Galway Bay, The River Shannon, Slico Islands, Waterford Harbour, and Valentine Harbour. Four land profile charts: Appearance of the Land about the Entrance of Waterford Harbour, View of Cappoquin Mountains 3 Leagues from Shore, View from Brandon Hill in Kerry to the Skelligs Lighthouses, and Dursey Island to Cape Clear Lighthouse. 37 5/8"... Read More
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How Santa Filled the Christmas Stockings
by HODGMAN, Carolyn S.
Rochester, NY: Stecher Litho Co, 1916. Staplebound. Near fine. W.F. STECHER. 7 1/2" x 13 5/8"; unpaginated [14 pp]; illustrations every page; chromolithopgraphed paper wrapper with rounded corners; bright colors with slight darkening of the bottom edge of the front cover; near fine.
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Jimmy Sliderlegs and Other Stories with Funny Pictures
by HOFFMANN, Dr. Heinrich
New York: George Sully, Publisher, 1918. Edward P COGGER ?. [JUVENILE] [POETRY[ [HUMOR]. Small 4to; [40]pp; glazed pictorial front board, an illustration of a boy sliding down a banister on the front, brown cloth shelf back; color pictorials with text; binding tight; scuffing and chipping of edges, hand-soiled boards, lightly age-toned paper; very good minus. OCLC locates 4 copies. Dr. Heinrich Hoffmann (1809-1894) was a German psychiatrist best known for his children's book Struwwelpeter, a humorous look at children's... Read More
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Slovenly Peter or Cheerful Stories and Funny Pictures for Good Little Folks, with Color Illustrations after the Original Style, This special edition is published by The John C. Winston Company
by [HOFFMAN, Heinrich]
Philadelphia ad Toronto: The John C Winston Company, 1940. Boards. Very good. [POETRY] [STIGMATIZING LANGUAGE] [RACIST CARICATURE]. Small 4to; [88]pp; maroon ribbed boards, design and lettering stamped in black; ownership in child's pencil scrawl on front pastedown; illustrated throughout with text, some colored illustrations; rubbing to board edges, corners and spine with loss, stain on fore-edge not extending onto the pages; very good. Heinrich Hoffman's famous tale of caution to children about their behavior. The collection includes other... Read More
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The First Book of Dolls
by HOKE, Helen
New York: Franklin Watts, Inc, 1954. Third Printing. Cloth. Fine/very good +. Jean MICHENER. Third printing. 8vo; [40pp]; pale blue glazed buckram, title printed on front and spine; color illustrated endpapers advertise other doll related books; b&w illustrated title page; both color and b&w illustrations; light sunning to board bottom edge; unclipped color pictorial dust jacket, 2 small closed tears to front bottom edge, a few light creases; fine in very good plus dj. A history of dolls... Read More
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Wee Brigit O'Toole
by HOLBERG, Ruth and Richard
New York: Junior Books, Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc, 1938. Boards. Fine/very good +. Richard Holberg. 8vo; [32pp]; color pictorial board with illustration of Wee Brigit to front and shamrock to rear, black cloth spine; pencil presentation to ffep; illustrations in both color and b&w within text; unclipped color pictorial dust jacket, matching boards, light soiling and edge chipping, small ink mark to rear; fine in very good plus dj.
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A Summer Jaunt Through the Old World: A Record of an Excursion Made to and Through Europe, by the Tourjée Educational Party of 1878
by HOLDEN, Luther L.
Boston: Lee & Shepard, 1879. First Edition. Cloth. Near fine. First edition. 12mo; xviii, 646pp + [1 ad]; gilt-stamped sailing ship vignette to front rust-colored cloth over board, black stamped border and lettering; ownership to ffep in pencil dated 1879; engraved portrait of Eben Tourjée frontispiece with tissue guard; 32 full-page b&w illustrations of sights; light rubbing to boards and corners, light age-toning of paper; near fine. Dr. Eben Tourjée (1834-1891) and Robert Goldbeck founded the New England... Read More
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Our Gardens
by HOLE, S [Samuel] Reynolds
London: J.M. Dent & Co., Aldine House, 1899. Cloth. Near fine. [Arthur RACKHAM], [George S. ELGOOD]. 8vo; 304pp; gilt-stamped green cloth over board, vignette of Haddon Hall with peacocks to front, roses to spine, two deer under an oak to rear; top edge gilt, deckle fore-edge; crimson silk ribbon marker; green pictorial endpapers; bookseller's ticket to rear pd; color intaglio frontispiece with tissue guard and 8 other plates; engraved head and tail piece vignettes by Rackham; 3 garden... Read More
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Tree in the Trail
by HOLLING, Holling Clancy
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1942. Holling Clancy HOLLING. [JUVENILE]. Holling Clancy HOLLING, illustrator. Map: Indian Tribes of the Southeastern Woodlands First edition, later printing. 4to; [60]pp; green buckram over board, title and illustration of a windswept tree stamped in navy on the front; b&w pictorial eps, poem on ffep; gift inscription "Xmas 1957" on front pastedown; color pictorial title page lacking the publication date; 26 full page color illustrations with a numbered chapter of text on the opposing page;... Read More
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The Book of Indians
by HOLLING, Holling C.
New York: The Platt & Munk Co., Inc., Publishers, 1935. First Edition. H.C. and Lucile HOLLING. [JUVENILE] [ILLUSTRATED]. H.C. and Lucile HOLLING, illustrators. First edition. 4to; 125 [1]pp; blue textured boards, title and a bird stamped in black on the front; map pictorial printed in brown and black on eps titled "The Indians in This Book Lived in These Places"; fp + 5 additional color plates; illustrations throughout the text printed in brown; clipped color pictorial dust jacket featuring... Read More
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Amy's Goose
by HOLMES, Efner Tudor
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1977. First Edition, First Printing. Boards. Near fine/very good. Tasha TUDOR. First edition, first printing. 12mo oblong; [28pp], color pictorial boards with a vignette of a girl and goose to front, flying goose to rear; color pictorial title page; color illustrations throughout; light shelf wear to bottom edge; clipped color pictorial dust jacket with slight wear to edges, crease to rear; near fine in very good dj. ISBN: 0-690-03800-3. The story of... Read More
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