Palmer's Graded Studies in the Art of Reading Music at Sight
by PALMER, Mus. Doc., H.R.
Boards. Good +. [MUSIC]. A Carefully Prepared Text-Book for Classes: Consisting of Well-Graded Junion Course; A Complete and Progressive Senior Course; Following the Plan of Teaching the Notation of Music in Classes, As Laid Down in the Author's Class Method of Teaching the Principles of Sight Reading, (Which is to be Issued Simultaneously with the Present Volume and to Which Constant Reference is Made) Together with Special Departments for Day-School, Institutes, Temperance, Vocal Culture, Etc., To Which is... Read More
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Star Dust
by PARISH, Mitchell
148 W. 46th St., New York: Mills Music Inc, 1929. Ephemera no binding. Very good. Hoagy CARMICHAEL, music.. 12 1/8" x 9 1/8"; 5, [1]pp; color pictorial front wrapper; ad for Mills Piano Methods and Folios, For Students and Teachers on rear wrapper; 2" split at foot of fold; 1/2" split at top of fold; very good minus. Linda Darnell in Star Dust with John Payne, Ronald Young, Charlotte Greenwood. Darryl F. Zanuck in charge of production. A... Read More
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Let Me Love You To-Night; From the Latin-American Song "No Te Importe Saber
by PARISH, Mitchell
New York: Robbins Music Corporation, 1944. Ephemera no binding. Very good +. Rene Touzet, music.. 12 1/8" x 9 1/8"; 5 [1]pp; color pictorial front wrapper; ad for America's Favorite Songs on rear wrapper; very good plus. Featured by Frank Sinatra.
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Jack of All Trades., Rosa Abbott Stories; Cover title: Pilgrim Series for Boys Spine title: Jack of All Trades, Illustrated
by PARKER, Mrs. Rosa Abbott
Boston: Lee and Shepard Publishers, 1867. Later printing. Cloth. Very good. Later printing. 12mo; 229 [1]pp, [14pp] publisher's ads at rear; mustard colored cloth over board, brown pictorial to front with portrait onlay, gilt stamped spine; gift inscription to ffep dated 1897; wood-engraved frontispiece and facing half-title with tissue guard; light finger soiling to rear board, sunning of spine and light scuffing to edges; very good. Cover title identifies it as part of the Pilgrim Series for Boys,... Read More
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Chocolate and Cocoa Recipes by Miss Parloa and Other Celebrated Cooks. Home Made Candy Recipes by Mrs. Janet McKenzie Hill
by PARLOA, Miss and Other Celebrated Cooks. Mrs. Janet McKENZIE HILL
Dorchester, Mass: Compliments of Walter Baker & Co., Inc. Ltd., Established 1780, 1922. Wraps. Fine. [ADVERTISING PREMIUM] [HOME ARTS]. 16mo (6 ½" x 3 7/8"); 64pp; stiff glazed embossed yellow wrapper, the front features a border of cocoa beans with leaves and flowers surrounding a woman serving cocoa; the rear wrapper repeats the image of the woman with the lettering "No Other Food Product Has a Like Record." "Established 1780. 57 Highest Awards."; two staple binding; decorated title... Read More
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Down the Islands, A Voyage to the Caribbees
by PATON, William Agnew
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1887. M.J. BURNS. [TRAVEL] [ILLUSTRATED] [STIGMATIZING LANGUAGE]. M.J. BURNS, illustrator. First edition. 8vo; 300, [3]pp + [8]pp publisher's ads; tan cloth over board, gilt-stamped lettering on front and spine, pictorial of a ship between palm trees on the front in red; all edges gilt; brown eps; b&w fp with tissue guard + map of the Caribbee or Windward Islands and 14 additional full page illustrations, other illustrations in the text; historiated initials; fine.... Read More
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The Mainiac, Vol. 1, No. 2
by PATTERSON, Harry A., editor in chief Henry Y. HOWARD, associate editor
No place listed but University of Maine, Orono: Mainiac Publishing Association, 1921. Staplebound. Very good. Sidney OSBORNE, staff artist. 4to; 16pp; stiff pictorial wrapper printed in black & red, two staple binding; ad to rear; 7 full and one partial page of Maine ads; illustrated in cartoon style; general wear to cover including creasing to corners, scuffing and closed edge tears, top binding staple has pulled through some leaves; very good minus. Only two located in WorldCat without... Read More
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Follow Me" Animal Book, 8 Animations
by PAULSEN, Martha [Leona Martha SWINDLER]
Akron, Ohio: The Saalfield Publishing Company, 1945. Boards. Very good +/very good. Vivienne BLAKE. [MOVABLE BOOK] [JUVENILE] [WOMAN AUTHOR and ILLUSTRATOR]. Vivienne BLAKE, animations. 8vo oblong (8 ¼" x 10 ½"); [17]pp; green pictorial boards featuring an illustration with 5 yellow ducks; red plastic comb-style binding; color pictorial title page; double title page-one inside another, binder's error; 5 color plates with leporello fold-out animation; color bright; scuffing to edges, pig fold-out has one crease; unclipped color pictorial... Read More
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Toyland, An Animated Book
by PAULSEN, Martha, stories
Akron, Ohio: The Saalfield Publishing Company, 1944. Paper over board. Near fine/Very good. Julian WEHR, animations. 8vo oblong; [24pp]; royal blue color printed pictorial paper over board, jack-in-the-box on front wrapper, red plastic comb-style binding; solid blue endpapers; color pictorial title page; color illustrations every page; 4 French-fold pages with tab movable pictorials on recto; light scuffing to corners; unclipped blue pictorial dust jacket lacking price, old tape repairs to closed tears on jacket, light chipping to edges;... Read More
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I've Heard the Revelly
by SNAFFLES [Charles Johnson PAYNE]
Aldershot: Gale & Polden Ltd, 1953. First Edition. Cloth. Near fine/near fine. Charles Johnson PAYNE. First edition. 4to; [96pp]; grey buckram over board with title and author to front and spine in black; thick creamy colored paper stock; illustrations in b&w plus 6 tipped-in color illustrations including frontispiece; small ink spot to front board, fp small crease to bottom corner; unclipped tan illustrated dust jacket, light chip to flap fold; near fine in near fine dj. Charles Johnson... Read More
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Mother Goose, Her Best-Known Rhymes
by [PEAT, Frank, editor]
Akron, Ohio: The Saalfield Publishing Company, 1933. Fern BISEL PEAT. [JUVENILE] [POETRY / RHYMES]. Fern BISEL PEAT, illustrator. Cover title: Mother Goose, The Frank Peats First edition. 4to; [34pp]; color pictorial boards with royal blue cloth backstrip; b&w portrait vignette of Mother Goose to title page; 8 full-page color illustrations, b&w illustrations in text; light scuffing to top and bottom board edges; clipped color pictorial dust jacket, rear flap with "Other Books to Delight Young Readers" published... Read More
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The Magic Castle Fairytale Book; The Pop-Up Magic Castle Fairytale Book with Punch-out Fairytale Characters
by PENICK, Ib, paper engineering
New York: Random House, 1978. First Printing. Boards. Fine. Dale Payson. First printing. 8vo; [16pp + 2 sheets of punch-out characters and fold-out flap with pop-up castle]; glazed paper color pictorial tri-fold board; $4.95 price sticker to front board; color illustrations; fine with unused sheets of punch-outs. In 7 WorldCat libraries. ISBN code: 394-83548-4. Includes the stories of The Golden Goose, Jack and the Beanstalk, Rumpelstiltskin and Sleeping Beauty with punch-out characters for each story.
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'Longshore Lyrics
by PERKINS, Silas H.
Kennebunkport, Maine: Privately Printed, 1931. Boards. Very good +. [SIGNED]. 8vo; x [ii], 132pp; maroon cloth over board, paper label to front and spine, sea serpent anchor vignette to front label; author's signature in neat ink dated "1/23/35", owner's signature in green marker below dated "6/28/70"; light shelf-wear to labels, age-toned endpapers; very good plus. Held in 14 WorldCat libraries. The slim volume has 109 poems from the author, many of the sea and of love. Born in... Read More
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The Nightingale; A Choice Collection of Songs, Chants and Hymns, Designed for the Use of Juvenile Classes, Public Schools, and Seminaries; Containing also a Complete and Concise System of Elementary Instruction
by PERKINS, W.O. & H.S.
Boston: Oliver Ditson Company, 1888. Pictorial boards. Very good. 16mo oblong; 216pp; illustrated paper over board with a bird on the front and publisher's ads to the rear board, brown cloth spine; advertising endpapers; scuffing with some loss to boards, lightly age-tone; very good minus. Not only a songbook with music, but an instructional in musical notation.
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The Sleeping Beauty of the Wood; an Entertaining Tale, To Which is Added Paddy and the Bear, A True Story
by [PERRAULT, Charles]
Glasgow: Printed for the Booksellers, 1840. String-tied Cloth over Board. Very good. 16mo (6" x 3 7/8"); 24pp; front wrapper imprinted with a decorative border and small vignette of a girl holding a birdcage high above a sitting cat, rear wrapper is pp24; lacking publisher's string binding, 3" split at fold, light chipping fore-edge; very good minus. The story of a Sleeping Beauty extends back to the 14th century and has been retold many times, first published by... Read More
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Cinderella or the Little Glass Slipper, Little Dot Series
by [PERRAULT, Charles]
New York: McLoughlin Bro's, 1875. [JUVENILE] [ILLUSTRATED]. 24mo (5 3/4" x 3 3 /4"); [8]pp including wrapper; chromolithographed front wrapper, rear wrapper last page of story with b&w illustration and text; publisher's string binding; line drawings and text every page; faint ownership in margin above title on front wrapper; fine. The "Little Dot" series was one of McLoughlin's most inexpensive publications, reusing illustrations from the "Aunt Lulu" series and retailing at just one cent. (Radiant with Color & Art,... Read More
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Cinderella or the Glass Slipper, Cinderella Series
by [PERRAULT, Charles]
New York: McLoughlin Bros, 1890. [JUVENILE] [ILLUSTRATED] [FAIRY TALE]. 4to (9 ¾ x 6 3/8"); [8]pp; stiff pictorial wrapper, red and green decorate a pink background, illustration of Cinderella being fitted with the slipper on the front, rear wrapper publisher's ads for Aunt Louisa's Big Picture Series, Gilt Cover Picture Books, Uncle Ned's Picture Books, and Ancient Nursery Rhymes, Mediaeval Style on rear; publisher's string binding; 8 half-page chromolithograph illustrations with text; pages printed one side only; tape repair... Read More
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Le Petit Poucet
by [PERRAULT, Charles]
Lausanne: Editions Novos, S.A., 1940. Marcel VIDOUDEZ. [JUVENILE] [FRENCH LANGUAGE]. Marcel VIDOUDEZ, illustrations. Lausannois L. Geneux, printer. English: The Little Thumb or Hop O'My Thumb 16mo oblong; [22]pp ; quarter bound in marbled paper, tan paper shelf back, color pictorial onlay featuring a boy in a tree with an owl, lettering in black; bound without a ffep; title page lettering in blue; light scuff to corners; near fine. OCLC locates 4 copies, 2 in the U.S. One of... Read More
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Report of the Attorney General of the State of Maine. 1864
by PETERS, John A.
Augusta, Maine: Stevens & Sayward, Printers to the State, 1864. Wraps. Very good. 8vo; 21pp; tan wrapper; ownership stamp to front wrapper and in ink to verso; light soiling to wrapper, light damp staining to upper corner through all pages, small chip bottom rear wrapper; very good. Review of the capital trials and the civil cases pending as well as the cases in the law courts by county. Charts of the counties and crimes committed and county treasurers'... Read More
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An American ABC
by PETERSHAM, Maud and Miska
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1941. First Edition. Cloth. Near fine/Very good. Maud and Miska PETERSHAM. First edition. 4to; [56pp]; gilt-stamped blue buckram over board, title to front board and spine; bright orange endpapers; gift inscription to ffep; light erasure upper right corner ffep; alphabet letter with text and full page color illustration; unclipped color pictorial dust jacket, age toning of paper, chipping to edges, light soiling, damp staining to front; .near fine in very good dj. Baumgarten... Read More
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Burrowes' Piano-Forte Primer, Containing the Rudiments of Music Calculated Either for Private Tuition or Teaching in Classes, Twentieth Thousand
by PETERS, W.C.
Cincinatti: W.C. Peters & Sons, 1849. cloth. Very good. 12mo; 58pp; blind-stamped brown cloth over board, gilt-stamped title to front board; ownership in pencil to ffep; light damp staining to some pages without any odor, light wear to boards; very good. A small piano primer packed with information on Keys, Notes, Time, Hand position and manner of playing, Marks of musical expression, Intervals, Scales, and practice exercises.
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Peasant Costume of the Black Forest
by PETTIGREW, Dora W.
London: A. & C. Black Ltd, 1937. First Edition. Cloth. Very good +. Dora W. PETTIGREW. First edition. 8vo; 89pp + 3pp ads; green-stamped pale green buckram over board, title and publisher to spine, title and author to front; green & white patterned endpapers; 8 full-page color illustrations including fp, 34 full-page b&w illustrations including a map; shelf-scuffing and light soiling to boards, light age-toning of paper; very good plus. Comprehensive examination of the costumes worn in the... Read More
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Atlantic Salmon Fishing
by PHAIR, Charles
Camden, South Carolina: The Premier Collection, The Premier Press, 1985. Full leather. Fine. Ogden M. PLEISSNER and Robert NISBET. [SPORT: FISHING]. Fold-out map: The Atlantic Salmon Rivers of America Limited edition, 1553/3000. 4to (12 ¼" x 9 ¼"); 219pp; navy goatskin, gilt-stamped lettering, borders, and fishing lure ornaments, jumping salmon in a badge on front; 5 band spine; marbled endpapers; all edges gilt, gold colored ribbon bookmark; color frontispiece with tissue guard plus 5 other color plates; b&w... Read More
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Children's and Misses' Garments, 410, Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences, Scranton, Pa
by [PICKENS, Mary Brooks]
No place listed: International Educational Publishing Company, 1922. Staplebound. Very good +. 8vo; 62 +1pp; blue printed pictorial cover on grey stiff wrapper; 2 staple binding; illustrated; chipping to cover at folded spine, light age toning of paper, pencil ownership to top front cover; very good plus. Illustrated instructional construction techniques for sewing both children's and women's clothing from the famous American author and founder of the school.
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Pattern for Children and Misses' Garments, 18, Woman's Institue of Domestic Arts and Sciences, Scranton, Pa
by [PICKEN, Mary Brooks]
No place listed: International Educational Publishing Company, 1917. Staplebound. Very good +. 8vo; 25 + 2pp; blue printed pictorial cover on grey stiff wrapper; 2 staple binding; illustrated; crease to back cover upper corner, light age toning of paper, ownership to front upper cover; very good plus. Illustrated instructional construction techniques for sewing both children's and women's clothing from the famous American author and founder of the school.
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