The Complete Navigator: or, An Easy and Familiar Guide to the Theory and Practice of Navigation. With all the Requisite Tables, &c. &c. Illustrated with engravings. To which is added, A Concise System of Calculations for Finding the Longitude at Seas, by the Lunar Observations by P. Delmar
by MACKAY, Andrew. P. DELMAR
Philadelphia: B.B. Hopkins & Co, 1807. First Edition. Leather bound. Very good. Map: A Chart Extending from 25 degrees to 60 degrees N. Lat. and from 5 degrees E. to 25 degrees W. Lon. Laid down according to Mercator's Projection. First edition. 8vo, xxiii [i], 275 [1], 40 + 220pp of Tables, [2 Directions to the Binder and an Advertisment]; full brown calf over board with gilt stamped red leather label to spine; 7 full page engravings... Read More
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The Golden Treasury of Art and Song
by MACK, Robert E., editor
London: Ernest Nister, 1890. First Edition. Cloth. Near fine. R. A. BELL. Printed by E. Nister at Nuremberg (Bavaria). First edition. 4to; [54pp]; gilt and color stamped pictorial cover on blue cloth over beveled board, gilt-stamped title to spine; all edges gilt; gilt-stamped brocade ribbed navy-blue liners; gift inscription to verso ffep; sepia print; 18 chromolithographs illustrate the verse, many full-page; light shelf scuffing to cover and corners, light age-toning to page margins; near fine. Collected poems signed... Read More
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The Adventures of Wong Wing Wu
by MacNAIR, Ian & Ruth
Poughkeepsie, N.Y.: Artists and Writers Guild, Inc, 1935. First American Edition, 1st Printing. Boards. Very good. Authorized Edition", First American edition thus. 8vo; [20pp]; color pictorial boards; illustrated title page; color illustrations every page except title; light scuffing to boards, light age toning of paper; very good. Story in rhyme by a British sailor about a Chinese child who leaves his family's sampan, meets a pig, and becomes a Chinese laundryman. Racist language.
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Little Helps for Home-Makers, A Wealth of Personal Practical Knowledge in Home-Making Chosen from Contributions Made by Ten Thousand Women of America to the National Magazine
by NATIONAL MAGAZINE
Boston: The Chapple Publishing Company, Ltd, 1909. Cloth. Very good. [HOME ARTS] [COOKERY] [CLEANING]. Cover title: Little Helps, Hints for Our Homemakers 8vo; 341pp + 10pp Index; maroon cloth over board, gilt-stamped lettering on front and spine, b&w pictorial onlay of a young man and woman looking at an old woman at a table; rubbing to boards, loss at corners, light foxing throughout; very good minus. An interesting collection of household helps including cooking tips, short recipes, hints... Read More
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Enjoy Yourself; It's Later Than You Think
by MAGIDSON, Herb
New York: Edwin H. Morris & Co, 1948. Ephemera no binding. Very good. Carl SIGMAN, music.. 12" x 9"; 3 [1]pp; color pictorial front wrapper; ad for Extra Verses for Enjoy Yourself on rear wrapper; very good.
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121 Tested Recipes made with Famous State of Maine Canned Foods
by MAINE DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION, Everett F. Greaton, Executive Secretary
Augusta, Maine: Maine Development Commission, 1941. Wraps. Fine. [COOKERY] [STATE OF MAINE] [ADVERTISING PREMIUM]. Lithographed in the U.S.A. 12 mo (7" x 5"; 63pp; glazed color pictorial wrapper featuring a lobster dinner on the front, and a bean with fishcake dinner on the rear; 2 staple binding; 14 full-page color illustrations and b&w illustrations at the start of each chapter; binding tight, colors bright; fine. Published by the State of Maine Development Commission in Cooperation with Maine Department... Read More
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Militia Law of the State of Maine, 1865
by [SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MAINE]
Augusta, Maine: Head Quarters, John L. Hodson, Adjutant General's Office, 1865. String. Very good. 8vo; 48pp; publisher's tan wrapper, string binding; stab hole in upper left corner through wrappers and all leaves, 1" chip to rear wrapper, light soiling to wrapper, scattered foxing, light chipping to spine; very good minus. Laws concerning the military in the state of Maine. Detailed review of Chapter 307 and its sections. Interesting in that there was an exemption for Quakers and Shakers.... Read More
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Maine Traffic Flow Maps Prepared by the State Highway Commission from Data Furnished by the State-wide Highway Planning Survey in Cooperation with the United States Public Roads Administration
by State Highway Commission [Maine]
None listed: [State of Maine Highway Commission], 1941. First Edition. Stiff wraps. Very good. Elephant folio; 56pp; 55 full page maps in black and blue ink; blue textured wrappers with title on front cover and state seal, 5 staple binding; soiling to wrapper, some light page edge soiling, soiling to pp 21-22, binding sound without pulling. Very Good. The first of traffic flow maps issued by the state, the next not issued until 1955. The maps are of... Read More
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Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall, Mary Pickford Edition
by MAJOR, Charles
New York: Grosset and Dunlap, Publishers, 1924. First Edition thus. Cloth. Near fine/good +. First edition thus. 12mo; vii; 369pp + [7pp publisher's ads]; black stamped title centered between blind-stamped decoration on red buckram; owner's bookplate to front pastedown; 8 b&w photographic illustrated plates incl. frontispiece; a few tiny spots; unclipped color pictorial dust jacket without price, rear panel lists other photoplay publications, verso printed with other publisher's titles, chipping to edges, age-toning of paper, light soiling; near... Read More
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In-Door Plants and How to Grow Them, for the Drawing-Room, Balcony, and Greenhouse: containing Clear Instructions by Which Ladies May Obtain, at a Small Expense, a Constant Supply of Flowers, Fourth Thousand
by MALING, E. A.
London: Smith, Elder and Co, 1862. Cloth. Very good +. 12mo; viii, 150 +2pp ads; gilt stamped design of an open window containing plants and title on decorative blind-stamped green cloth, gilt stamped title to spine; hand-colored lithographed frontispiece; light shelf scuffing, a few smudges to title page and rear free-endpaper; very good plus. Lovely decoration to this small sized book covering all manner of plant growing and care.
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Land of Surprise!
by MALVERN, Gladys & Corinne
Springfield, Mass: McLoughlin Bros., Inc, 1938. Boards. Very good. 4to; [32]pp; color pictorial boards, blue cloth shelf-back; gift inscription dated 1939 on ffep; color pictorial title page; illustrations in black and orange; 14 orange glassine "magic" pages overlay full page illustrations to reveal or accentuate hidden pictures, one glassine page with owner's name in ink script; all glassine pages present but fading of the glassine with time has made the effect less dramatic; light scuffing to boards, light... Read More
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Homemade Ice Cream and Cake
by MANNING, Elise W.
New York: Doubleday and Company, Inc, 1972. First Edition. Cloth. Very good/very good. First edition; 8vo; 224pp; cloth over board with title in gilt on spine; unclipped dust jacket, light age toning and some small chipping to top edge; 10 full page color photo illustrations; uncut page edges; head of spine has small tear, foot of spine has crush, light soiling to back endpapers; very good in very good dj.
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The Cheese Book
by MARQUIS, Vivienne and Patricia HASKELL
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1965. Third Printing. Cloth. Fine/Very good. Third printing. 8vo; 316pp; tan cloth over board with gilt stamped design and title in cartouche, gilt stamped spine; price clipped dust jacket; yellow endpapers; fold-out color pictorial of cheeses after pg 72; light age toning and chipping of dj edges, tape repair to front dj; fine in a very good dj.
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John Martin's Read Aloud Book, Being tales to be read to little tots by permission of Mother Goose; also a few happy jingles
by MARTIN, John
New York: John Martin, and Dodd, Mead and Company, 1921. Cloth. Very good. Herman DRUCKLIEB. 8vo; [4][108]; quarter bound red cloth with illustrated paper over board; illustrated blue endpapers; profusely illustrated throughout text; scuffing to corners and edges of cover with paper loss; a few small stains; very good minus. Playful illustrations with stories, rhymes and poems as one would expect from John Martin.
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Maine Odyssey, Good Times and Hard Times in Bath 1936-1986
by MARTIN, Kenneth R. and Ralph Linwood SNOW
Bath, Maine: Patten Free Library, 1988. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/fine. First edition. 8vo; vii, [i], 312pp; navy cloth over board, gilt-stamped spine; b&w illustrations in text; unclipped pictorial glazed dust jacket, lacking price; fine in fine dj. ISBN: 0-9620401-0-X. The history of Bath, Maine and the ship building industry.
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You Call Everybody Darling
by MARTIN, Sam, Ben TRACE, and Clem WATTS
New York: Mayfair Music Corp, 1946. Ephemera no binding. Very good +. 12" x 9"; 3, [1]pp; color pictorial front wrapper; ad for Your Latest Hit Songs From the Catalogs of Morris, Mayfair, and Melrose on rear wrapper; very good plus. Featured by Lawerence Welk and His Champagne Music.
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Old Mother Hubbard, Father Tuck's Tiny Toddler's Series, No. 2041
by [MARTIN, Sarah Catherine]
London, Paris, Berlin, New York, Montreal: Raphael Tuck d& Sons, Ltd, 1910. [JUVENILE] [RHYMING VERSE] [POETRY] [MOTHER GOOSE]. Front wrapper title: Mother Hubbard Small 4to (10 ¾" x 8 5/8"); [14pp]; stiff glazed chromolithographed pictorial wrapper showing Mother Hubbard with her dog looking into an empty cupboard; 3 staple binding; 4 full-page color illustrations with titles gift presentation on rear wrapper; light scuffing to front, light soiling to wrapper, some off-setting of sepia print; very good plus. Not... Read More
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The Old Front Line
by MASEFIELD, John
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1917. Cloth. Very good +. [HISTORY] [WWI]. First U.S. edition. [1-8], 9-99pp, [3] + [6]pp publisher's ads; navy glazed cloth over board, blind-stamped border, gilt-stamped lettering on front and spine; untrimmed fore and bottom edge; 16 b&w photographic illustrated plates; light spotting on spine with color loss, diffuse light foxing; very good plus. John Masefield (1878-1967) was the poet laureate of England, and possibly most famous to Americans for his ballad-poem Sea Fever... Read More
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The Queen's Book of the Red Cross, With a Message from Her Majesty the Queen, and Contributions by Fifty British Authors and Artists, in Aid of the Lord Mayor of London's Fund for the Red Cross and the Order of St. John of Jerusalem
by MASON, A. E. W., et al.
No place listed [London]: Hodder and Stoughton, 1939. First Edition. Cloth. Very good/good. First edition. 4to; 255pp; red stamped light blue buckram with title on front cover in a cartouche over which is a crown and a red cross below, title and publisher on spine; 12 full page illustrations in color and black and white, frontispiece a black and white photographic portrait of Queen Elizabeth; facsimile letter from Queen Elizabeth in her handwriting between pages 4 and 5;... Read More
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The Spell of France, Illustrated
by MASON, Caroline Atwater
Boston: The Page Company, Publishers, 1921. [TRAVEL] [WOMAN AUTHOR]. Fold-out map: Map of Southern France Fifth printing, first published in 1912. 8vo; x, 425pp; pictorial green cloth over board, gilt stamped lettering and illustration highlights, color scene of a castle on the front, gilt stamped spine with vignette; top edge gilt, untrimmed fore edge; pictorial eps; color pictorial fp with tissue guard; color map inserted before pg vii; 48 b&w photographic plates illustrated by half-tone; light rubbing to edges,... Read More
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Blueberry Hill Kitchen Notebook
by MASTERTON, Elise
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co, 1964. First Printing. 1/4 cloth. Fine/Very good. Ava MORGAN. First printing. 8vo; [x], 258pp; quarter bound orange cloth with patterned paper over board; stamped spine; illustrated unclipped dust jacket; light scuffing to dj; fine in very good dj.
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A Spring Song, Songs for Easter Day
by MATHEWS, F. Schuyler
Boston: L. Prang & Co, 1876. Wraps. Near fine. [GIFT BOOK] [NOVELTY BOOK] [POETRY]. 32mo oblong (4 11/16" x 5 5/8"); [12]pp; stiff glazed cream-colored pictorial wrapper, gilt-stamped clover border at spine, decorative lettering, vignette of a pasture with fence on front; half title; 4 full-page lithographic illustrations; light foxing to rear wrapper, light hand-soiling to front; near fine. AAS #608883. OCLC only locates 1 copy at AAS. A small gift or novelty book of the type first... Read More
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Frog on His Own
by MAYER, Mercer
New York: The Dial Press, 1973. First Edition. Boards. Near fine/very good +. First printing. 24mo (5 ¾" x 4 7/8'); [30]pp; color pictorial boards in green and black; olive green endpapers; vignette of a front on title page; pictorial story without words; light stain to top corner front board; unclipped color pictorial dust jacket, "0307" on bottom front flap; ¼" closed tear and light soiling to front upper edge; near fine in very good plus dj. The... Read More
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Percy and Ida: A Story for Children
by MAY, Katharine E.
Edinburgh: William P. Nimmo, 1874. Cloth. Very good. 12mo; 158 [1]pp + 8pp publisher's ads; blue cloth over board, stamped black decorative borders and designs, title on front and spine in gilt-stamped frame; all edges gilt; glazed yellow endpapers; gift inscription in neat ink dated 1876 for Sunday School attendance on ffep; 4 wood-engraved plates including frontispiece; decorative chapter head and tail pieces; middle leaves darker stock; scuffing to boards, scattered foxing; very good minus. Presented to a... Read More
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The Naturalist's Guide in Collecting and Preserving Objects of Natural History, with a Complete Catalogue of the Birds of Eastern Massachusetts
by MAYNARD, C.J.
Boston: S. E. Cassino & Co, 1883. Cloth. Very good. E. L. [Edwin Lord] WEEKS. 12mo; ix, 203pp; brown cloth over board with gilt stamped title and stamped decorative cover and spine; decorated endpapers; stamp to free front endpaper indicating the book was a gift from Rotarians sometime during the Eisenhower administration; 10 illustrated plates, two hand-colored of birds; light shelf wear to head and tail of spine and cover corners; very good. This particular book in the... Read More
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