Women's Army Corps (WAC) Physical Fitness Training for Women Field Manual FM 35-20
Washington DC: Headquarters, Department of the Army, 1975. Paperback. Very good. Paperback. A solid copy of this 1975 fitness manual for the US Women's Army Corps, illustrated in 99 figures demonstrating exercises for recruits and commanders to develop and maintain high standards of physical fitness. 10 3/4" X 8 1/4". 205pp. Moderate wear to binding, with hard lean to spine, small tear to head of spine, faint staining to spine, and soiling to age-toned wraps, 3-hole punched... Read More
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Handbook for Scout Masters: A Manual of Leadership (Volume Two)
New York: Boy Scouts of America, 1945. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover. 7" X 4 1/2". xiv, 507pp.-1158pp. Rubbing, toning, and bumps to covers, corners, and edges of cloth over boards. Toning and dust-spotting to edges of text block. Toning to endpapers. Crease to edges of first 10 pages. Faint soiling stain to bottom corners of pages of last 1/3rd of text block. Pages are free of marks and notation. Binding is sound. An overall solid copy of this 1945... Read More
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1990s Atlanta-area Magic and Conjuring Ephemera with Signed Tom Mullica Souvenir
Atlanta: Atlanta Society of Magicians, 1993. Loose_leaf. Very good +. Loose_leaf. Offered here is a collection of ephemera from the magic and conjuring scene in 1990s-era Atlanta, including: 1. S.E.A.M. Southeastern Association of Magicians 1992 Convention program "We came...We saw...We Conjured!", hosted by the Atlanta Society of Magicians, 16-page staplebound booklet, with attendee's notes to note page, full schedule of events, list of dealers, brief biographies of participating performers including Max Maven, Eugene Burger, Tom Mullica, and... Read More
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The Bull Fight (1970 Tourist Program for Bull Fight in Madrid with Loose Handbill/Flyer)
Madrid, 1970. Paperback. Good. Paperback. 9 1/2" X 6 3/4". Unpaginated. Rubbing, toning, bumps, and soiling to covers, corners, and edges of paper wraps. Dust-spotting to edges of text block. Foxing and toning to endpapers and to some pages throughout. Pages are free of marks and notation. Toning to top edge of loose flyer. Program binding is sound. This 1970 tourist program features text in English, French, and Spanish, and describes the famous bulls and bull-fighters of the... Read More
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Piso's Cure for Consumption (1898 Vintage Cough Medicine Tuberculosis Advertising Booklet)
1898. Paperback. Good. Paperback. 3" X 2". 12pp. Rubbing, toning, and soiling to covers and to pages throughout. Toning and soiling does not obscure text. Binding is sound. This is a cough medicine advertising booklet for Piso's Cure for Consumption. Includes America lyrics and music as well as reviews of Piso's. A fascinating nineteenth century piece of ephemera promising a cure for "the most fatal disease known," consumption.
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Hellboy: The Role Playing Game KICKSTARTER EDITION
Produced for Mantic Games by Red Scar Publishing with Dark Horse Comics, 2020. Collector's Edition. Hardcover. Very good +. Collector's Edition. Hardcover. 11 1/4" X 8 3/4". 241pp. Moderate edgewear to color pictorial paper slipcase sleeve. Bound in faux-leather over boards, with fist holding sword stamped in gray to upper board. Fold-out artwork poster with timeline to verso laid in. Binding is firm and sound. Pages are clean and unmarked. A very presentable Kickstarter edition of Hellboy: The... Read More
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ORUN: Post-Apotheosis, Afro-Centric, Space Opera RPG
New Agenda Publishing, 2021. Hardcover. Very good +. Hardcover. 8 1/4" X 8 1/4". 288pp. Light edgewear and faint dust spotting to slipcase. Bound in pictorial paper over boards. Light shelfwear to binding, with gentle bumping to head of spine. Binding is firm and sound. Pages are clean and unmarked. A very presentable hardcover in original slipcase of this richly detailed and fully realized Afrocentric science fiction RPG. ABOUT THIS BOOK: This is the hardcover with slipcase... Read More
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Georgia's Government: A Citizen's Guide
Atlanta: The League of Women Voters of Georgia, 1966. Staplebound wraps. Good. Staplebound wraps. 9" X 6". 59pp. Mild wear to yellow pictorial staplebound wraps, with edgewear, toning, foxing, and stain to rear through rear free endpaper. Binding is sound. Pages are clean and unmarked. A nice copy of this 1966 guide to the government of the state of Georgia, with maps of congressional districts, Senate districts, and House districts.
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![1926 Carnegie Hall Programs: Song Recital by Mme. Maria Kurenko on January 16th; Oratorio Society of New York's Elijah (Mendelssohn) on February 12th; Song Recital by Mary Lewis on February 28th; Song Recital by Dusolina Giannini on February 28th; violinist Fritz Kreisler on April 3rd; Oratorio Society of New York performing Bach's Mass in B Minor on April 17th [Six Programs from the year 1926 at Carnegie Hall]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/990/484/1062484990.0.l.jpg)
1926 Carnegie Hall Programs: Song Recital by Mme. Maria Kurenko on January 16th; Oratorio Society of New York's Elijah (Mendelssohn) on February 12th; Song Recital by Mary Lewis on February 28th; Song Recital by Dusolina Giannini on February 28th; violinist Fritz Kreisler on April 3rd; Oratorio Society of New York performing Bach's Mass in B Minor on April 17th [Six Programs from the year 1926 at Carnegie Hall]
New York: Carnegie Hall, 1926. Staplebound wraps. Good. Staplebound wraps. 11 3/4" X 9 3/8". 12pp each. Staplebound printed wraps. Moderate wear to programs, with creasing, bumping, age-toning, and light foxing. About 3/4" tears at heads and tails of spines to each program, with 5" long closed tear along spine up from tail to program for April 17th, Oratorio Society of New York performance of Bach, and both wraps of program for Dusolina Giannini completely separated. Worn but... Read More
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Brides' Book
New York: The Home Pattern Company Inc, 1920. Staplebound wraps. Very good +. Staplebound wraps. 9" X 6 1/4". Unpaginated, 22pp. Printed staplebound wraps. Mild edgewear to wraps, with shallow open tears to head and tail of spine. Pages age-toned but clean and unmarked. 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... Read More
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![The Open Door to Opportunity Land (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 (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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City of Marietta Sesquicentennial Celebration Calendar 1984: Celebrating 150 Years of Prosperity
Marietta, Georgia: Marietta Sesquicentennial Commission, 1984. Calendar. Good. Calendar. 8 1/2" X 10 7/8". Moderate wear to staplebound wraps, with scattered rubbing, light soiling, and some creasing near staples. Previous owner's inked notes to calendar pages throughout. A quite well preserved artifact of Marietta, Georgia's sesquicentennial celebration, illustrated throughout with historic photographs of the city, courtesy of the Georgia Department of Archives and History. OCLC shows no record.
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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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![Selected Pictures of Ryoanji Temple [1970s Vintage Kyoto Photographs]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/620/772/1275772620.0.l.jpg)
Selected Pictures of Ryoanji Temple [1970s Vintage Kyoto Photographs]
[Kyoto, Japan]: [Ryoanji Temple], 1970. Loose_leaf. Very good. Loose_leaf. 12" X 8". Printed folder with printed insert in Japanese and English and eight 7 1/2" X 10 1/2" color photographs of Ryoanji Temple. Mild wear to folder, with light creasing to corners and mild dust soiling. Pictures show slight edgewear, else fine. A very nice keepsake honoring Ry an-ji Temple, a Zen temple and UNESCO World Heritage Site in Kyoto, Japan, belonging to the My shin-ji school of... Read More
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German Antiguerrilla Operations in the Balkans (1941-1944)
Washington DC: Superintendent of Documents, 1954. Staplebound. Good +. Staplebound. 9 1/4" X 6". vi, 81pp. Mild wear to pictorial paper wraps with light creasing and toning to covers and edges. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. Includes fold out map. ABOUT THIS BOOK: The purpose of this study is to describe briefly the German campaign against the guerrillas in the Balkans during the period of the European Axis occupation, from the end of hostilities... Read More
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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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Vintage Print of Ponte Vecchio Bridge View, Florence
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 are visible at bottom of print.
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![Pamphlet with Headshot of Miss New York State, Bonnie Jo Marquis [1960 Ephemera]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/400/196/1428196400.0.l.jpg)
Pamphlet with Headshot of Miss New York State, Bonnie Jo Marquis [1960 Ephemera]
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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10-Book Box Set of Chinese Folk Tales (In Mandarin)
Staplebound. Good. Staplebound. 7 1/4" X 8". Wear to box with rubbing, toning, and bumps to covers, corners, and edges. Mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of all volumes. Faint dust-spotting to edges of text block. Green pencil scribbles to cover and to pages of one volume. Bindings all remain sound. With color illustrations throughout. An overall solid collection of 10 illustrated books with box.
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![[Loring Liquor Store Recipe Booklet] Recipes for Mixed Drinks](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/692/934/1675934692.0.l.jpg)
[Loring Liquor Store Recipe Booklet] Recipes for Mixed Drinks
Minneapolis: Loring Liquor Store, 8211. Staplebound. Good. Staplebound. 5.1/2” x 3.1/2”. 16pp. Staple-bound booklet with brown paper wraps, printed in black. Some age toning and minor staining to cover. Rust to staples. Pages are free of marks and notation. Binding is sound. A charming mid-century cocktail recipe booklet issued by Loring Liquor Store, located at 1401 Nicollet Avenue, Minneapolis, MN. The store, likely named after the nearby Loring Park, advertised "Fine Wines and Liquors" and offered "Free... Read More
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A Fairy Tale About Love: Wedding Graphic Design
Hong Kong: Artpower International Publishing Co., Ltd, 2018. Hardcover. Good +. Hardcover. 11 1/2" X 8 3/4". 253pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of paper over boards. Very gentle bumps to corners of both boards. Rubbing and mild surface paper loss to head of spine. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: a focused and DIY approach to planning the invitation design to your own wedding! A wedding is... Read More
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A Pictorial and Descriptive Guide to Felixstowe, Dovercourt, Harwich, The River Orwell, Ipswich, Etc.
London: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited, 1930. Fifth Edition, Revised. Hardcover. Good. Fifth Edition, Revised. Hardcover. 6 3/4" X 4 1/4". xvi, fold-out frontispiece, title, copyright, 5-7, [ii], 2-16, fold-out map, 9-90pp, fold-out map, 91-128pp, 47pp + [ii] ads. To Readers statement bound in at page 115, pencilled notes to verso. Red cloth over boards, with upper board and spine lettered in black. Map printed in black on upper board and ad on rear. Rather heavy wear to... Read More
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Das neue Gemeinschaftliche Gesangbuch: zum gottesdienstlichen Gebrauch der Lutherischen und Reformirten Gemeinden in Nord-America wit einem neuen vermehrten Unhange
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. Occasional foxing and damptaining to margins of... Read More
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The Railway Lighting & Heating Company. Instructions for Manipulating and General Description of the Frost Dry Carbureter System for Lighting Passenger and Other Railroad Cars. For the Use of Trainmen
Philadelphia: Railway Lighting & Heating Company, 1889. Wraps. Very good. Wraps. 6 3/8" X 4 1/8". 19pp. Stiff russet printed paper wraps with spine backed in red cloth. Moderate wear to binding, with small open tear to top corner of upper wrap,creasing, spots of soiling, and scattered rubbing. Binding is sound. Occasional spots of soiling to pages and toning due to laid in insect wing. A quite attractive copy of this 1889 manual used by actual rail workers... Read More
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Report of the Special Committee on Nondiscrimination of the Board of Public Education of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia: Special Committee on Nondiscrimination, The Board of Public Education of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1964. Paperback. Good. Paperback. 9" X 6". xxvi, 191pp. Mild edgewear and rather heavy sunning to textured paper wraps. Binding is firm and sound. Gift inscription to first page, else clean and unmarked. A solid copy of this 1964 report of the Special Committee on Nondiscrimination's "study in fulfillment of the charge made to it 'to formulate for consideration fo the Board a statement of... Read More
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