The Suggestive Method
by Goodwin, Henry
Chicago: Jas. J. Langdon, 1850. Paper wraps. 21pp. Worldcat locates 4 copies. Ex-library. Goodwin advocates use of the Socratic method of teaching. McMurtrie 215.
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Plans of Portland Maine 1882
by Goodwin, William A.(City Engineer)
82 double sheet maps with one colored. Each map is signed by Goodwin. Large Folio- Canvas backed covers. Canvas missing from the spine. A monumental work, detailing all lots, owners, measurements, ect.
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Golden's Cocktail and Food Recipes
by Gordon, Harry Jerrold
Boston: C.H. Simmonds Co, 1934. Hardcover. 125pp. Some wear and fading to covers. Interior pages in overall good condition.
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The Burning of the Royal Tar
by Gordon, John
Vinalhaven, ME: Gordon Press, 1938. Paper wraps. Gordon's Miniature Library No. 2. 11pp. No. 81 of 90 copies. Gordon states that The Gordon Press is the smallest publishing house in America. Good condition.
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Thirty Years Behind Prison Bars or The Confessions of a Gunman
by Gordon, W. Lindsay
New York: Gordon Trading Company, 1920. Paper wraps. 23 pp. Gordon supposedly produced a movie The Slums of New York or The Gunmen of the Underworld.
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Tennessee State Penitentiary Rules for Guidance of Inmates
by Gore, Thomas P. (Warden
Nashville, TN, 1930. Three pages mimeographed and stapled. Good condition.
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Argument of Franklin B. Gowen, Esq. of counsel for the Commonwealth, in the case of the Commonwealth vs. Thomas Munley, indicted in the Court of Oyer and Terminer of Schuylkill County, Pa., for the murder of Thomas Sanger, a mining boss, at Raven Run, on September 1st, 1875. / Stenographically reported by R.A. West
by Gowen, Franklin
Pottsville: Chronicle Book and Job Rooms, 1876. 36 pp. Wrappers tattered. Thomas Munley was charged with murder and was an active member of the Molly Maguires. He was one of 6 members of the group who were hung in June of 1877.
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Twenty Minutes From Physically Fit, Applying A New Principle: The Principle of Immunization
by Graves, Wilburn H. M.D.
Holyoke, MA: The Elizabeth Towne, Co., Inc, 1921. Paper wraps. Graves, Wilburn H. M.D. Twenty Minutes From Physically Fit, Applying A New Principle: The Principle of Immunization. Holyoke, MA: Published by The Elizabeth Towne, Co., Inc., 1921. 24pp. Outer wraps very worn, contents fine. Not what we would today call immunization. It is all about exercise, bathing and diet. Elizabeth Towne was a popular New Thought writer and publisher.
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Commonwealth vs George F. Baker and Mary A. J. Baker
by Greenhalge, Frederic T.
Boston: Frank P. Hill, 1887. Indictment for Murder Closing Argument. 76pp. Paper wraps tattered. See McDade 61. The Bakers were accused of murdering/killing an elderly woman that they lived with on a lonely farm in Groton.
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Three page letter regarding poor reviews in Chicago and going next to the Studebaker in Detroit
by Greenwood, Grace
No date and is addressed "Dear Lady". Good condition. Greenwood (1890-1977) was an actress and dancer. She was active in Broadway, Vaudeville and films. She was known for her long legs and high kicks, which prompted her to make the statement, "the only woman in the world who kick a giraffe in the eye.
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A Letter to the Right Honourable George Grenville, Esq: Upon the Conduct of the Late Oppositiion
by GreneGeorge
London: W. Nicoll, 1764. Removed from a bound volume, 44pp. Concerns the Pitt/Grenville rivalry. Without half title, foxing.
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Biografiska Underrattelser Om Joseph Haynd
by Griesinger, Georg August
Stockholm: Johan Imnelius, 1819. Paper wraps. 88pp., two leaves of lithographed music. First edition of a rare Swedish translation by Ulrik Emanuel Mannerhjerta of this classic musical biography. Griesinfer (1769-1845) was a diplomat who became Haydn's friend and confidante as a result of negotiations with the composer on behalf of the music publishers, Breitkof and Haertel. First published in book form in 1810 (serially in1809, the year of Haydn's death), the biography is based largely in conversations with the... Read More
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Rambling Through the West
by Gross, William B.
Brunswick Maryland, 1934. Paper wraps. 38 pp, plus ads. The author recounts a trip of 13,244 miles taken in a 1931 Chevrolet. Good condition.
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Weeks Afield. A Travelogue
by Guernsey, Alice M.
Circa 1920. Single sheet, folded. Woman's Methodist Missionary Society New York City. THE MAP IS NOT PRESENT. She reports on three schools for African American students that she visited in North Carolina. Kent Home at Greensboro, Mitchell Home in Misenheiner and Allen Home in Allen. A few small pencil marks.
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Embracing Romances, Travels, Comedies, Sketches and Correspondence With a Critical Introduction by Ferdinand Brunetier
by Gustave, Flaubert
New York: M. Walter Dunne, 1904. 10 volumes. Number 341 of 750 sets. Leather spines faded, lightly worn and dry. These would clean well.
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The City: Its Sins and Sorrows
by Guthrie, Rev. Thomas
Glascow: Scottish Temperance League, 1859. Paper wraps. 125pp. Front hinge separated, general wear to covers. On front free endpaper: "Neal Dow From England Sept. 7, 1859
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Fares Al-Khoury Makarem, His Life and Times
by Haddad, Dr. George and Hanna Khabbaz
Beirut: Sader Rihani Printing Press, 1952. A biography of Fares Al-Khoury (1877-1962) one of the most accomplished Syrian political leaders. He was from a Christian family and rose to the rank of Prime Minister. He had the distinction of representing Syria at the found of the UN.
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A Brief History of the Newburyport Society for the Relief of Aged Females, with the Constitution and Act of Incorporation
by Hale, Anne G.
Newburyport: William H. Huse & Co, 1884. Paper wraps. 58 pp. Good condition.
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Man Without a Country
by Hale, Edward
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1865. 1st Edition. Paper wraps. Some general wear, chips and light soiling to covers. Previous owner signature on front wrap. Rear wraps nearly detached. Pages good.
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A Discourse. Touching Provision For The Poor
by Hale, Sir Mathew
London: Printed For William Shrowsbery, at the Bible in Duke-Lane, 1683. 26 pp. Rebound in cloth over marbled boards. Good condition. Suggestions on how to encourage the able poor to work, find support and educational opportunities for children to learn a trade and a plea to treat the destitute poor kindly.
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Doors of Hope." Visits To Mental Hospitals on the Continent
by Hankin, Mabel
London: John Bale, Sons & Danielson,Ltd, 1935. Hardcover. Hankin, Mabel. "Doors of Hope." Visits To Mental Hospitals on the Continent. London: John Bale, Sons & Danielson, LTD., 1935. 59pp in good condition. $100.00.
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Works of Maurice Sendak
by Hanrahan, Joyce
Hardcover. Brand new, still sealed in publisher's plastic.
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The Smell of Burning Crosses
by Harkey,Ira
Jacksonville, IL: Harris-Wolfe & Company, 1967. 208 pp. Boards a bit warped and binding lightly soiled and faded. Uncorrected first edition proof as issued for review of the press on April1st, 1967. This copy includes a two-page informational sheet stating the book would be released August 1st. Harkey (1918-2006) was a Pulitzer Prize winning reporter who purchased a small Mississippi newspaper that he turned into a equal right paper. He eventually was pushed out of the state.
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Hell on the Border; He Hanged Eighty-Eight Men
by Harman, Samuel W.
Fort Smith, Ark: Phoenix Publishing Co, 1898. First edition. Paper wraps. 720 pp. Original printed wrappers. Backstrap chipped, front covers frayed and a bit blemished otherwise a good copy in original state.
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The Death of William Harmon
by A.W.H. (Abner Warren Harmon)
[Portland. Maine], 1850. Measures 12 x 9. Has been folded. The poem is about Harmon's brother who drowned in Portland Harbor. Harmon, called the Blacksmith poet, published a number of poems about events in his life as well has local and national events.
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