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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Flaxie Frizzle, Flaxie Frizzle Stories, Illustrated
by MAY, Sophie (Rebecca Sophia CLARKE)
Boston: Lee and Shepard Publishers, 1876. First Edition. Cloth. Very good +. First edition. One of the Flaxie Frizzle Stories series. 12mo; 182pp; dark green cloth over board, black Aesthetic-style design of flowers stamped in black, gilt-stamped vignette of a girl holding on to her hat in blowing wind to front board; child's ownership bookplate to ffep; publisher's ad for Sophie May's Little Folks' Books inserted before fp; engraved frontispiece with tissue guard, illustrated title page; lightly cocked... Read More
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Sweetheart, We Need Each Other
by McCARTHY, Jos
Feist Building, New York: Leo. Feist, Inc, 1929. Ephemera no binding. Very good. Harry Tierney, music. 12 1/4" x 9 1/8"; 5 [1]pp; color pictorial front wrapper; ad for Leo. Feist, Inc., 231 w. 40th St., New York with Rudy Vallèe whose voice has charmed millions of Radio Listeners selected "Satisfied" as a worthy successor to his famous "Vagabond Lover" on back wrapper; 3/8" split at foot of fold; very good. From Ziegfield's "Rio Rita" The Radio Picture... Read More
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The War in Europe
by [McCLELLAN, David]
New York: Ensign, Bridgman & Fannin, 156, William St, 1854. [MAP] [POCKET MAP]. D. Mc Lellan, 26 Spruce St., New York, printer. Cover title: Ensign Bridgman & Fanning's Map of Europe Sheet size (21 1/8" x 25"); within the neat line (18 1/8" 121 ¾"); green cloth over board booklet, blind-stamped decorative design front and rear, gilt-stamped lettering within a gilt frame on front; publisher's ad on pink onlay to inside front board; decorative borders and small... Read More
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The Authentic Life of William McKinley, Our Third Martyr President, Together with A Life Sketch of Theodore Roosevelt, The 26th President of the United States, Also Memorial Tributes by Statesmen, Ministers, Orators and Rulers of All Countries
by McClure, Alexander K., Charles MORRIS
No Place Listed: No Publisher Listed, 1901. Cloth. Very good. 8vo; 502pp [1]; gilt-stamped green cloth, patriotic color shield onlay featuring McKinley's portrait to front board; ownership in ink to ffep dated 1901; b&w photographic reproductions throughout; schuffing and spotting to boards, rubbing to edges, interior tight and clean; very good minus. Biography of McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt compiled after the assassination death of McKinley in his second term. Biography covers both early life, family, and political life.... Read More
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Edison and His Inventions, Including the Many Incidents, Anecdotes, and Interesting Particulars Connected with the Life of the Great Inventor. Also, Full Explanations of the Telephone, Phonograph, Tasimeter, and All His Principal Discoveries, with Copious Illustrations
by McCLURE, J. B.
Chicago: Rhodes & McClure, Publishers, 1879. First Edition. Cloth. Very good +. First edition. 8vo; 151, [2]pp + [5pp] publisher's ads; green cloth over board, gilt stamped title, black stamped decorative borders; gold colored endpapers; wood engraved portrait frontispiece of Edison with facsimile signature; 20 full-page illustrations plus illustrations in text; light rubbing of boards with some hand soiling, light age-toning of paper; very good plus. A biographical sketch of the life of Thomas Edison and his many... Read More
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The Gentle Giraffe
by McCRACKEN, Russell
Chicago, San Francisco, New York: A Concora Book, Rand McNally & Company, 1945. [MOVABLE BOOK] [TOY BOOK] [JUVENILE]. Susanne SUBA, illustrator. Slotties designed by Barnes & Reinecke, Chicago. 4to; 31, [1]pp + 1 bound-in board with "Slottie Toys" to punch out; blue pictorial boards featuring people and animals in a ring on the front and vignettes of people and animals on the rear; color pictorial title across two pages; black line drawings and color illustrations throughout; last page... Read More
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Sweet Abigail, Artisitic Series VI [PAPER DOLLS]
by McDONALD, Marguerite
London, Paris, New York: Raphael Tuck & Sons, Publisher to Her Majesty the Queen, 1894. [EPHEMERA] [PAPER DOLL]. U.S. Patent February 20th, 1894. 9" tall stiff paper doll with tipped-on head, chromolithographed front, imprint on the rear with fold-out paper stand; four chromolithographed dresses with their hats; stiff glazed embossed four-flap envelope, printed with title and publisher; repair to doll stand, light crease in one ankle, wear to envelope wrapper; near fine doll and clothing, good plus wrapper.... Read More
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Gardening in California, Landscape and Flower
by McLAREN, John, Superintendent of Golden Gate Park
San Francisco: A.M. Robertson, 1914. Cloth. Very good. 8vo; xiii, 399pp; gilt-stamped olive green cloth over board, title and decoration to front; b&w halftone photographic illustrations throughout, line drawn garden designs; light shelf cuffing to edges, glue burn to free endpapers; very good. Second issue of this expansive book on California gardening and plants. Full-page halftone photographic illustrations of gardens, illustrations of plants within texts and line drawings of gardens with planting lists.
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Peek-A-Boo! Polka; Cover title: To Miss Mary Christie of Caledonia, N.Y., Peek-a-Boo Polka
by McNAUGHTON, J.H. [John Hugh]
New York: Firth, Pond & Co., 547 Broadway, 1859. Wraps. Good. [EPHEMERA]. Sarony, Major & Knapp, 449 Broadway, N.Y., Lithography. Folio (14" x 10 5/8"); 6pp; bifold with 2 leaves; chromolithograph pictorial wrapper; paper age-toned, chipping and soiling to edges, small closed tears, wrapper fold separated from foot up 10"; illustration bright; good. Located 3 in OCLC. Scarce. John McNaughton (1829-1891) was a poet and songwriter from New York. Many of his compositions deal with family and love.... Read More
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Round the Mulberry Bush
by McNEIL, Marion L.
Akron, Ohio and New York: The Saalfield Publishing Company, 1933. Boards. Very good +. Fern Bisel PEAT. [CHILDRE] [WOMAN AUTHOR / ILLUSTRATOR]. Fern Bisel PEAT, illustrator. 4to (12" x 9 5/8"); [32]pp; color pictorial boards, green cloth shelf-back; b&w pictorial title page; 8 full-page color half-tone illustrations; light shelf scuff to bottom edges, light soiling to boards, a few finger smudges; very good plus. Eight stories for young girls, many as told by a grandmother. Each story is... Read More
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Cowboy Jim
by McNEIL, Marion L.
Akron, Ohio: The Saalfield Publishing Company, 1939. Boards. Near fine. Corinne [Ringel] BAILEY, illustrator. 8vo square; [28]pp; red pictorial boards featuring a child dressed as cowboy on the front; illustrated in both b&w and color; light shelf wear and age-toning of paper; near fine. Located only 2 in OCLC at the University of Akron and Wake Forest University. The story of Jim and Nan visiting their grandparent's farm and pretending to be cowboys.
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Third Avenue, New York
by McNULTY, John
Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1946. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/very good. Beatrice TOBIAS. [WOMAN ILLUSTRATOR]. Beatrice TOBIAS, illustrator. First edition. 12mo; 188pp; tan cloth over board, red lettering on spine; fp + 15 full-page b&w illustrations; unclipped pictorial dust jacket, author portrait with bio on rear panel, old repairs of closed tears with yellowing of tape applied to verso; fine in good dj. A collection of the author's short stories that first appeared in the New Yorker magazine.... Read More
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The Gardeners' Monthly and Horticulturist, Arboriculture and Rural Affairs, Volume XXV
by MEEHAN, Thomas, editor
Philadelphia: Charles H. Marot, 1883. Half Bound Leather. Very good +. 4to; 390pp; half-bound in green calf with 5 raised spine bands, gilt detail and title to spine, marbled boards; all edges marbled; marbled endpapers; engraved illustrations; bumping to cover corners with loss, shelf scuffing to spine and covers, ownership in ink with telephone number to verso front free endpaper; very good plus. January through December 1883 periodicals bound. Beautiful and enthusiastically marbled papers and edges.
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The Gardener's Monthly and Horticultural Advertiser, Volume V-1863
by MEEHAN, Thomas, editor
Philadelphia: W.P.G. Brinckloe, 1863. Half Bound Leather. Very good. 8vo; 378pp + 4pp index; half bound green leather with brown cloth pebbled boards; gilt stamped title to spine; brown endpapers; binder's ticket to front pastedown; ownership to front pastedown; decoratively engraved title page; small note in ink to title page; a few small wood engraved illustrations in text; chipping to spine and cover corners, front pastedown has evidence of bookplate removal, a few light stains; a few dried... Read More
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The Gardener's Monthly and Horticultural Advertiser, Volume VI-1864
by MEEHAN, Thomas, editor
Philadelphia: W.P.G. Brinckloe, 1864. Half Bound Leather. Very good. 8vo; 378pp + 4pp index; half bound green leather with brown cloth pebbled boards; gilt stamped title to spine; brown endpapers; ownership to front pastedown; frontispiece portrait of the publisher with facsimile signature; ownership in light pencil to head of title page; decoratively engraved title page; a few small wood engraved illustrations in text; chipping to spine and cover corners, front pastedown has evidence of bookplate removal, a few... Read More
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Ons Eigen Land, van de Geldersche Heuvelen, Bosschen en Heiden naar Het Land van de Wijde Vlakten; English translation: Our Own Country, From the Gelderland Hills, Woods and Heath to the Land of Wide Plains, with an Introductory Sonnet by Helene Swarth, issued by the General Dutch Cycling Association, Tourist Association for the Netherlands, on the Occasion of its Twenty-Fifth Anniversary
by MEIJER, Henri
[Netherlands]: Uitgegeven Door den Alegemeenen Nederlandschen Wielrijdersbond, Toeristenbond voor Nederland, ter Gelegenheid van zijn Vijf-en-Twintig-Jarig Bestaan, 1910. Cloth. Very good. Cover title: 1883 - 1908 Ons Eigen Land, Uitgegeven Door Den ANWB Toeristenbond voor Nederland, Th. Moelkenboer 4to oblong (11 1/8" x 14 ¾"); 66pp of text and [68] unpaginated illustrated pages interspersed between pages of text; errata slip bound in; glazed blue cloth over board, design in navy and cream; patterned endpapers; light wear to boards,... Read More
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Maine and Its Role in American Art, 1740-1963, Under the Auspices of Colby College, Waterville, Maine
by MELLON, Gertrud A., Co-ordinating Editor, Elizabeth F. WILDER, Editor
New York: A Studio Book, The Viking Press, 1963. 1/4 cloth. Very good/very good. 4to; 178pp; quarter-bound pale green cloth, grey marbled paper over board, gilt stamped spine; grey end papers; front of a Christmas card pasted to ffep with gift inscription, gift inscription in red ink to half-title; photographic illustrations both in b&w and color; light foxing to edges; unclipped color pictorial glazed dust jacket, light scuffing and foxing; very good in vg dj.
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Prize Recipes of Whitefield
by [MEMBERS ARLINGTON GRANGE NO. 528, NORTH WHITEFIELD, MAINE]
Chicago, Illinois: Women's Clubs Publishing Co., Inc, 1970. Comb-style plastic wraps. Very good. 8vo; 40pp + a-h [8]; stiff white glazed wrapper, printed in brown with a vignette of a prize ribbon next to the title; brown comb plastic binding; 7pp advertisements; headpiece decorations; light stains to wrapper and some pages; very good minus. Not in WorldCat. Interesting Grange cookbook with recipes contributed by members. Local advertisements and blank pages to add other recipes.
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The Buck in the Snow and Other Poems
by MILLAY, Edna St. Vincent
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1928. Fifth Printing. Three-quarter cloth. Very good. Fifth printing, October. 12mo; vi, 69pp + publisher's colophon; three quarter black cloth with blue paper over board, paper label on spine; deckle edges; toning to front and rear fep, scattered light foxing, age toned paper; very good minus.
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The King's Henchman
by MILLAY, Edna St. Vincent
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1927. Artists' Edition, Limited. Joseph URBAN. [SIGNED] [OPERA]. Deems TAYLOR, composer. Joseph URBAN, illustrator. SIGNED. LIMITED EDITION. Artists' Edition, #244 of 500. SIGNED by the author, Edna St. Vincent Millay on the edition page; Signed by the composer, Deems TAYLOR, on the facsimile fold-out musical score. 4to; 132pp; quarter-bound white linen over olive green boards, linen corner tips, paper label to spine; green endpapers; untrimmed fore-edge and bottom; half-title unopened... Read More
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The Beggar at the Gate
by MILLAY, Kathleen
New York: Horace Liveright, Inc, 1931. First Edition. Cloth. Very good/poor. First edition. 12mo; 99pp; black glazed cloth boards with silver stamped gate to front cover and title, author and publisher to spine; unclipped dust jacket with author's photograph on front flap; age toning of paper, light scuff to head of spine; dj has large section missing of front cover and spine affecting the printing of the title, chips to edges; very good in poor dj. Kathleen was... Read More
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Pot Luck
by MILLER, Mrs. Lawrence McKeever and Mrs. J. Henry HARPER, editors
[New York]: The New York City Women's Council of the Navy League of the U.S., 1942. Boards. Very good +. [COOKERY] [HOME ARTS]. Ernest KOENIG, cover design. Manhattan Printing Co., New York City. 8vo; 79pp; mustard stiff board with black relief vignette of a sailor and the title, black fabric tape binding; 8 full-page ads with illustrations; light creasing and shelf-wear; very good plus. A delightful collection of recipes compiled by the volunteers at the New York City... Read More
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Whisk Away on a Sunbeam
by MILLER, Olive Beaupre
Chicago: P.F. Volland Company, 1919. Boards. Very good. Maginel WRIGHT ENRIGHT. Volland "Nature Children" Book. 8vo; [88pp + 3 publisher's ads]; color pictorial boards and endpapers; ownership in script to ffep; color vignette on title page; color illustrations throughout; light soiling to boards and eps, a few finger marks on pages; very good minus. Charming fanciful stories of flowers, insects, and garden life and the elves that inhabit them.
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Little Blue Hood
by MILLER, Thomas
New York: James G. Gregory, 540 Broadway, 1864. Cloth. Very good. [VICTORIANA]. C.A. Alvord, Stereotyped & Printer, New York. 12mo (7 1/8" x 5 ¼"); 95pp + [1] publisher's ads; green cloth over board, blind stamped borders and floral design, gilt-stamped title and vignette of a girl and dog on front; peach-colored glazed endpapers; color fp and pictorial half-title; 2 lithographed plates; wear to boards with loss at corners, some age-toning, finger marks, and some foxing; very good... Read More
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