Abridgment of the Nautical Almanac for 1874: Containing the Sun's Declination, Equation of Time, and Hourly Differences; Rules for Finding Latitude by an Altitude of the Pole Star, the Longitude by One Observation..
by MURRAY, John J.
No. 23 South Street, New York: John J. Murray, Chronometer Manufacturer, 1873. Wraps. Very good. 8vo; 22pp + 18pp tables]; blue printed wrapper, title and publishing information in double black border, small vignette of a ship to front, rear an advertisement for Murray's Chronometers and other goods with an illustration of a sailing ship; neat ink markings on 4 charts from June through September; shelf scuffing, light soiling and creasing of corners, chipping of wrapper at spine but... Read More
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Small Songs for Small Singers
by NEIDLINGER, W.H.
New York: G. Schirmer, 1896. Walter BOBBETT. [JUVENILE] [MUSIC]. Walter BOBBETT, illustrator. 4to (11 15/16" x 9 3/16"); 57pp; color pictorial vignette on tan boards, red shelfback; dark tan eps; illustrated title page, round stamp on title page " Net price 200 No discount"; 50 songs with musical notation and an illustration; glazed paper stock; chipping to front board, rear hinge cracked between page 56 and 57, light chipping to a few pages; very good minus. Lovely pictorials illustrate... Read More
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Sixty-five Delicious Dishes Made With Bread
by NEIL, Marion Harris, compiled for The Fleischmann Co
No place listed [New York, Chicago, Seattle, San Francisco]: The Fleischmann Co, 1919. Wraps. Very good +. [ADVERTISING PREMIUM]. Wrapper title: Sixty-five Delicious Dishes Made with Bread, The Fleischmann Co., Fleischmann's Yeast 12mo (7" x 5"); 32pp; stiff blue pictorial wrapper with a vignette of a woman holding a dish of food, and a table setting with three pastries on the front; stab hole with publisher's twisted cord for hanging; 2 staple binding; small b&w half-tone pictorials in... Read More
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The Hole Book
by NEWELL, Peter
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1908. First Edition. Peter NEWELL. [JUVENILE] [RHYMING VERSE]. NEWELL, Peter, illustrator. First edition. 8vo; [50]pp; blue cloth over board, color pictorial onlay with title and author on front board; gift inscription in neat ink dated "Jan. 1, 1910" on ffep; pictorial title page printed in orange and black; 25 full-page color illustrations featuring a die-cut hole through the center as part of the story; thick stock; chipping to front onlay, fingermarks throughout; very good.... Read More
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St John N.B. Album
by [CANADA RAILWAY NEWS]
Montreal, P.Q.: Canada Railway News Co, 1880. Boards. Good. 16mo square (5 7/8" x 5"); accordion fold [24pp]; gilt-stamped red pebbled paper over board, elaborate gilt border surrounding title including two griffins and an urn, blind stamped rear board; black cloth spine; 12 glazed accordion folded panels printed grey chromolithograph illustrations one side only; bumping to corners, scuffing to boards, cloth on spine separated at front board head and tail but binding holding tight, light soiling and creasing... Read More
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Camden Herald--Extra, Public Laws of the State of Maine, Passed by the Forty-Ninth Legislature, A.D. 1870
by [Camden Herald Newspaper]
Camden, Maine: Dunton Brothers, 1870. Wraps. Very good. 8pp; two horizontal folds; some spotting and chipping of edges; very good. The Camden Herald newspaper is a mid-coast Maine, Knox County paper founded in 1869. This Extra reports on the Legislature includes legislation passed relating to: attorneys, banks, cemeteries, coroners, fishing, highways, industry (lime), insane hospitals, insurance, judgements, land, licenses, liquor, manufacturing, pensions of soldiers and seamen, railroads, salaries, schools, tax collection, and wildlife preservation.
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The Camden Herald, Vol 1., No. 43, Saturday, November 20, 1869
by [Camden Herald Newspaper]
Camden, Maine: Dunton Brothers, 1869. 4pp; horizontal and vertical fold; wear with separation at center fold, light chipping of edges, a few spots; very good minus. The Camden Herald newspaper is a mid-coast Maine, Knox County paper founded in 1869.
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The Port of Missing Men
by NICHOLSON, Meredith
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Publishers, 1907. Clarence F. UNDERWOOD. [LITERARY WORK] [FICTION] [WOMAN AUTHOR] [DECORATIVE BINDING]. Clarence F. UNDERWOOD, illustrations. First edition. 12mo; 399, [1]pp + [4]pp publisher's ads; navy pictorial cloth over board, lettering in red, a tree framed pastoral scene stamped on front in color, decorated spine; ownership on ffep; fp with tissue guard + 6 additional plates in b&w; light shelf wear; near fine. "The story combines elements of mystery and adventure, centering on the... Read More
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Fancy Work Recreations. A Complete Guide to Knitting, Crochet & Home Adornment
by NILES, Eva M.
Minneapolis, Minn: Buckeye Publishing Company, 1885. First Edition. Cloth. Very good. [NEEDLE ARTS] [HOME ARTS]. First edition. 8vo; 433pp + [7]pp publisher's advertisements; gilt-stamped brown cloth over beveled board; flowered decorative endpapers; b&w author portrait frontispiece with facsimile signature and tissue guard; b&w wood-engraved illustrations and line drawings; laid-in before the rear free endpaper is an old store "Counter Bill" with charming pencil drawings of a stove and wash hanging on a line; light scuffing to board edges... Read More
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Fancy Work Recreations. A Complete Guide to Knitting, Crochet & Home Adornment
by NILES, Eva M.
Minneapolis, Minn: Buckeye Publishing Company, 1885. First Edition. Cloth. Very good. First edition. 8vo; 433pp + [7pp publisher's ads]; gilt-stamped brown cloth, beveled edges; flowered decorative endpapers; b&w portrait frontispiece with facsimile signature and tissue guard; b&w wood engraved illustrations and line drawings; laid-in pencil drawings on old store "Counter Bill"; light scuffing to board edges and light age-toning of paper, a few scattered spots; very good. Divided into three sections: Knitting, Crochet, and Home Decoration, the book... Read More
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Mrs. Fenton., Seaside Library Pocket Edition
by NORRIS, W.E. [William Edward]
New York: Geo. Munro Publisher, 17 to 27 Vanderwater St, 1889. Wraps. Very good. [DIME NOVEL / PULP] [FICTION]. 12mo (7 3/16 x 4 7/8"); [2]pp ads for the "New York Fashion Bazar" magazine precedes the text, 144pp + [16]pp publisher's ads, including [4]pp for Die Deutshe Library in German, as well as ads for personal hygiene and health products; color pictorial wrapper mimicking an alligator case with buckles, and a faux seascape postcard on the front, rear... Read More
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Home and School Reciter and Entertainer, containing the Choicest Recitations and Readings from the Best Authors for Sunday Schools, Church and Home Entertainments, Social Gatherings, Lyceums, Christmas Festivals, Etc. Including Recitals in Prose and Verse, Selections with Musical Accompaniments, Dialogues, Addresses and Declamations, Etc., Etc.
by NORTHROP, Rev. Henry Davenport
No place listed: No publisher listed, 1904. Cloth. Good +. 8vo; 248pp; blue cloth over board, title stamped in white, decorative patriotic-style shield to front in red and white, b&w photographic illustration onlay; gift inscription in pencil dated 1911 to ffep; 2 color illustrated plates including fp; 8 b&w and 8 lavender photographic illustrated plates printed recto and verso; bookseller's ticket to rear pastedown (San Francisco and Sacramento); shelf scuffing of boards, sunning of spine, offsetting of acidic... Read More
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Lužickosrbský rok u obrazech / Lusatian-Serbian year in pictures; English translation: Lusatian-Serbian year in pictures, Friends of Lusatia Society
by NOWAKA-NJECHOFNSKEHO, Mercina
Praze [Prague]: Společnost přátel Lužice, 1938. Wraps. Fine/fine. [EPHEMERA] [POSTCARDS]. 3 7/8" x 5 ¾"; 12 numbered postcards with divided backs and titles; wood-cut illustrations printed in green, navy, brown and printed on two colors of stiff cream paper stock; each wood-cut signed by the artist with a leaf in a circle; original printed paper sleeve as a wrapper; fine in a fine wrapper. Not recorded. A fascinating and beautifully printed set of twelve numbered postcards issued by... Read More
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Maine Beautiful, A Pictorial Record Covering All the Counties of Maine, with Text Between
by NUTTING, Wallace
New York: Bonanza Books, 1924. Cloth. Very good +/near fine. Modern reprint. 8vo; 302pp; bright green buckram over board, title to spine in black; pictorial title page; b&w drawings and photographic illustrations throughout text; light foxing and shelf soiling to top edge; unclipped green, heavy glazed b&w dust jacket with light foxing to edges; very good plus in near fine dj. Beautiful tour of the state of Maine with Nutting. Includes architecture and nature, towns and country, dwelling... Read More
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The Powers and Duties of the Town Officer, as Contained in the Statutes of Maine; with Forms Adapted Thereto. Including also the Powers and Duties of Plantation and Parish Officers, and Other Useful Matter. Second Edition, Improved
by [O'BRIEN, John Maurice, Jeremiah PERLEY]
Hallowell [Maine]: Calvin S. Spaulding, No. 5, Kennebec Row, 1824. Second Edition. Full leather. Very good. Second edition. 12mo; 324pp; brown calf over board with gilt stamped rulings on the spine and black calf label titled, "Town Officer"; glue burns to endpapers; shelf scuffing to edges, spine head chipped, age-toning of paper, a few scattered stains; very good. First compiled by John Maurice O'Brien, a Brunswick, Maine attorney and printed in Brunswick, 1822, by Joseph Griffin. Second and... Read More
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Contes d'Hoffmann (Tales of Hoffmann), Opera in Three Acts with a Prologue and an Epilogue, First presented at the Paris Opera, February 10, 1881; Metropolitan Opera House Grand Opera, Edward Johnson, General Manager. Libretto, The Original Italian French or German Libretto with a Correct English Translation. Les Contes D'Hoffmann, Fred. Rullman, Inc., 17 East 42nd Street, New York City. The Only Correct and Authorized Edition, Knabe Piano Used Exclusively
by OFFENBACH, Jacques, music. BARBIEP, Jules, libretto
New York: Fred Rullman, Inc, No date [c. 19--]. Wraps. Very good. 8vo; 59pp; stiff grey pictorial wrapper; 2 staple binding; price tag reading "Price 50 cents" affixed to front wrapper; rear wrapper advertisement for Knabe pianos with pictorial portraits of opera artists; age-toning of wrapper; very good. English translation and text of the opera Contes D' Hoffmann. No date but circa 1935-1950, based on Edward Johnson as General Manager.
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La Pâtisserie est un jeu d'enfants
by OLIVER, Michel
[Paris, France]: Librairie PLON, 1966. First Edition. Michel OLIVER. [JUVENILE] [COOKERY] [FRENCH LANGUAGE]. New expanded edition. 4to (12 ½" x 10 ½"); 95pp; stiff glazed white boards with white plastic Cerlox binding [comb-style with square holes], colorful pictorial of a large cake on the front; simple colorful illustrations with recipes throughout on stiff stock; light hand soiling of boards, light age-toning of paper; near fine. A delightful first pastry cookbook for children with recipe titles written in large script,... Read More
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The Land of Really True, Being the Everyday Life of Great-A, Little-a and Bouncing-B
by OLMSTEAD, Millicent, text
Philadelphia: George W. Jacobs & Company, Publishers, 1909. First Edition. Cloth. Very good +. Elenore Plaisted ABBOTT, Helen Alden KNIPE. [WOMAN AUTHOR] [WOMEN ILLUSTRATORS]. Elenore Plaisted ABBOTT and Helen Alden KNIPE, illustrators. First edition. 8vo; 187pp; navy cloth over board, color pictorial onlay on front board featuring a woman reading a book to 3 children; color pictorial endpapers in orange; ownership and holly sticker to ffep; crack in ep at the hinge but holding tight; color fp; 22... Read More
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The Book of Fables. With Many Engravings
by [AESOP] and others
Worcester: J. Grout, Jr., 1861. [JUVENILE] [RHYMING VERSE] [CHAPBOOK]. Wrapper title: The Book of Fables. Illustrated by Engravings. 24mo (5 ¾" x 3 ¾"); 24pp; pale peach wrapper, front wrapper title and publisher surrounded by a border of fancy printer's ornaments (a sid-wheeler steam ship on the top flying an American flag, and an open double-decker railroad car at the bottom), a vignette of flowers under the title; the rear wrapper is a publisher's ad for his "CHEAP BOOKSTORE"... Read More
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Plantation Cookery of Old Louisana
by OTT, Eleanore, of Fair Oaks Plantation
New Orleans, La: Harmanson, 1938. First Edition. Stiff wraps. Very good +. First edition. 12mo; 96pp; black pictorial scene of a plantation house and bayou to textured grey stiff wrapper; ad for other publisher's books of Louisiana to verso front and recto rear wrapper; small old sticker with the number "60" in verso front wrapper margin; illustrated fp; small wood-cut vignettes as head and tail pieces; light wear to wrapper and age-toning of pages; very good plus. Traditional... Read More
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Mushroom print from Die Pilze, enthaltend die Abbildung und Beschreibung der vorzüglichsten Pilze
by PABST, Gustav & J.G. BACH, engraver
Gera, Germany: Griesbach, 1875. Ephemera no binding. Fine. J.G. BACH, engraver. 4to plate; 9 1/2" x 6 5/8" within the neat lines; chromolithograph of four species of mushrooms; double acid-free archival backing and mat 13 7/8" x 11" matted; fine. Fourteen species of globe or puff mushrooms are illustrated and identified on this Plate 23.
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Mushroom print from Die Pilze, enthaltend die Abbildung und Beschreibung der vorzüglichsten Pilze
by PABST, Gustav & J.G. BACH, engraver
Gera, Germany: Griesbach, 1875. Ephemera no binding. Fine. J.G. BACH, engraver. 4to plate; 9 1/2" x 6 5/8" within the neat lines; chromolithograph of four species of mushrooms; double acid-free archival backing and mat 13 7/8" x 11" matted; fine. Eight species of hydnum fungi are illustrated and identified on this Plate 22.
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Mushroom print from Die Pilze, enthaltend die Abbildung und Beschreibung der vorzüglichsten Pilze
by PABST, Gustav & J.G. BACH, engraver
Gera, Germany: Griesbach, 1875. Ephemera no binding. Fine. J.G. BACH, engraver. 4to plate; 9 7/16" x 6 5/8" within the neat lines; chromolithograph of four species of mushrooms; double acid-free archival backing and mat 13 7/8" x 11" matted; fine. Four species of mushrooms: Coprinus atramentarius, Coprinus fuscescens, Coprinus Fimetarins, and Agaricus viscidus, are represented on Plate 10. in color lithography.
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Jane WIthers, Twentieth Century-Fox Star, Her Life Story
by PACKER, Eleanor
Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Company, 1936. Staplebound wraps. Very good. 8vo; 32pp; color illustrated stiff wrapper with Jane Withers' portrait to cover; 3 staple binding tight; black and white photographic illustrations with text; light shelf scuffing, chip to top front wrapper, scratch to back wrapper and creases at spine with color loss; very good minus. Biography of the Hollywood child star, Jane Withers.
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Palliser's Model Homes. Showing a Variety of Designs for Model Dwellings; also, Farm-Barn and Hennery, Stable and Carriage House, School House, Masonic Association Building, Bank and Library, Town Hall and Three Churches. Together with a Large Amount of Miscellaneous Matter, Tenth Thousand
by [PALLISER, PALLISER & CO., Architects]
Bridgeport, Conn: Palliser, Palliser & Co, 1878. [NON-FICTION] [ARCHITECTURE]. 8vo; 84pp + 14pp ads; black-stamped design and house vignette to green cloth over board; brown & cream patterned endpapers; 28 b&w illustrated plates of buildings, many with floorplans; near fine. Authored by a renowned architectural firm established in Bridgeport, Connecticut in 1873, the brothers, George and Charles, moved the firm to New York around 1882. They were a popular source for residential architectural plans nationwide. Advertisements following text include... Read More
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