CAMPFIRE GIRLS
New York: Donahue, 1916. Very good plus.. A short story of the Campfire Girls, a popular fiction series from the early 20th century based upon a girls' club very similar to the Girl Scouts. Officially incorporated as a national organization in 1912, the Camp Fire Girls was a youth development program meant to teach girls the skills of outdoors self-sufficiency. It was a nonsectarian group that still exists today as a gender inclusive organization. In its early years,... Read More
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LITTLE BOYS AND GIRLS A.B.C.
New York: McLoughlin Bros, Inc, 1900. Very good.. Charmingly illustrated Gilded Age alphabet book, using both imaginary and real subjects, such as "Trumpeter" next to "Unicorn" and "Xerxes" next to "Yacht." 9.25'' x 6''. Original pictorial wrappers. Illustrated with chromolithographs divided into three panels each. [8] pages. Spine repaired, short closed tear front wrapper also repaired, some spotting and rubbing. Interior bright and vibrant.
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TIMOTHY TRIM'S CLOCK BOOK
Detroit: Curtis Advertising Co, 1909. Near fine.. First edition of this delightful interactive clock book, in which Umpty Umpt (the son-in-law of Father Time) teaches children how to tell time with a moveable clock face. The text in verse offers a fun way to teach telling time. Each page of text faces a wonderful full color illustration in the style of Denslow. In a 1914 issue of HOME PROGRESS, a mother attested to the usefulness of the CLOCK... Read More
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Original Archive of 1980s Fashion Photography
(Brussels, Belgium [predominately]): n.p., 1987. Very good plus to near fine overall.. Extensive and vivid collection of fashion press photography primarily detailing Belgium fashion of the late '80s. Shoulder pads, power suits, bold patterns, and exaggerated geometric shapes are all very much in evidence in this simultaneously nostalgic and inspirational collection of almost 500 individual press photos. Produced by various European designers for press kits, events, and the like, preppy styles, animal prints, frills, sweats, chunky knits, and... Read More
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Nativity Advent Calendar
Sweden: E. O. & Co, 1960. Very Good plus.. First edition of this charming pop-up Advent calendar, featuring the Nativity and liftable flaps that reveal winter scenes and toys. The usual Nativity cast, including Mary, Joseph, the Wise Men, and the shepherds, is present in this attractive pop-up, along with a particularly large collection of cherubs. 13.25'' x 9.75''. Original color pictorial stiff card covers. Single opening, featuring color pop-ups and liftable flaps in the form of flowers... Read More
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BIG A-B-C BOOK
Akron, Ohio / New York / Chicago: The Saalfield Publishing Co, 1913. Very good.. Great pre-war alphabet picture book with large block letters and captivating colorful illustrations, in a larger linen book format for easy use by young children. Charming Saalfield linen book with "EVER WEAR-NEVER TEAR'" motto on front wrapper. "'B' is for Bat and also for Ball. When Edwin plays he always gets a hard fall." Most cloth books are found in smaller formats; this one... Read More
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THE SAD TALE OF THE ZEPPELINS
[England]: n.p., 1916. Very good.. First edition of this fascinating piece of World War I ephemera, celebrating the downing of four zeppelins in a parody of the "Ten Little" rhyme. A large amount of cultural significance is packed into this single sheet, both explicitly and more subtly. On the surface, THE SAD TALE OF THE ZEPPELINS is an interesting illustration of British national pride and anti-German sentiment at the midway point of WWI. It was printed to commemorate... Read More
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THE FAULTLESS STARCH LIBRARY [Facsimile]
Kansas City, MO: The Faultless Starch Co, 1989. Fine in near fine box.. Modern facsimile edition of this collection of the 36 little promotional titles published by the Kansas City-based Faultless Starch Company, first published in 1889, an example of popular literacy tools in early Oklahoma and Texas. From classics such as "The Owl and the Pussycat" to original titles like "The Starch Ghosts," the 36-volume FAULTLESS STARCH LIBRARY had something for every young reader. In under-served regions... Read More
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TIME'S TELESCOPE
London: Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper, 1830. Very good.. Late Georgian almanac in a terrific early publisher's muslin binding with printed text and a wood-engraved centerpiece. Cloth is a relatively recent addition to the art of bookbinding in Western book history. London publisher William Pickering and his binder Archibald Leighton are credited with developing the publisher's cloth binding in 1820 or '21, using a "fine-weave cotton fabric which was [...] smooth, shiny and easier to attach to a pasteboard,"... Read More
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Costumes of Italy
n.p.: n.p., 1850. Very good.. Hand-colored panorama depicting the costumes of Italian people from a variety of walks of life. Although lacking publication information, this work fits squarely in the tradition of European "costume catalogues," which cover various regions, countries, and religions. Costumes included are ciociara, donna di albano, pescatore, sonninese, pifferari, pastore, and mosciarellaro. 4.5'' x 3.5''. Original marbled boards. Green endpapers. Seven hand-colored illustrations. [7] pages in accordion-style fold-out, printed one side only. Some rubbing to... Read More
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AVISO AL PUBLICO
Buenos Aires: n.p., 1809. Near fine.. Rare colonial Spanish-language broadside reporting on battles of international import - including the victory of the Anglo-Portuguese forces against the French in the Second Battle of Porto, under the command of Sir Arthur Wellesley, later the Duke of Wellington. The Buenos Aires-printed broadside announces the arrival of "most favorable" news from Lisbon, via Rio de Janeiro: the defeat of the French forces at Porto under Marshal Soult, who would later experience several... Read More
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1918 Classroom Notebook of a Cadet at the United States Army School of Aeronautics at Ohio State University
Columbus, OH: n.p., 1918. First Edition. Good.. The classroom lecture notebook of an unnamed cadet at The United States Army School of Aeronautics at Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, covering January through March, 1918. During WWI, a pilot shortage in the United States became apparent. In response the War Department and U.S. Army formed the Aviation Cadet Training Program, installing aviation training schools at six universities across the country. This program at Ohio State appears to have consisted... Read More
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THE JUNGLE TOY BOOK
London: Dean & Son, Limited, 1914. Very good.. Scarce first edition of this vibrant book with cloth-mounted leaves, featuring animals rendered in their natural colors and in rainbow. This is quite a scarce work, despite its cotton cloth-mounted leaves: we locate only one holding on OCLC. Slightly psychedelic, entirely charming. 7.75'' x 10.75''. Original color pictorial boards. Illustrated in color. [6] leaves, mounted on cotton cloth. Boards with edgewear, a bit of soil and rubbing; glue repair to... Read More
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MERRY PASTIME PRETTY PICTURE BOOK
New York: McLoughlin Bros, 1900. Very good plus.. Lovely large-format example of a McLoughlin alphabet picture book, full of their signature vibrant chromolithographs. From "Americans" to "Zero," this delightful McLoughlin ABC features darling children and their pets at play (and a cameo from Santa Claus!). 13.25'' x 10.25''. Original color pictorial wrappers with gilt highlights, saddle-stapled. Illustrated in chromolithograph. [12] pages. Wrapper with light edgewear, careful tape repair all along spine; a couple careful infills. Leaves with faint... Read More
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THE NORMAL ELEMENTARY ARITHMETIC: Embracing A Course Of Easy And Progressive Exercises In Elementary Written Arithmetic
Philadelphia: Sower, Potts & Co, 1865. Very good minus.. Early edition of this popular primary school arithmetic textbook for teachers and faculty in Pennsylvania. 4.74" x 7.25" Original quarter calf with pictorial green paper boards, a touhc of gilt stamping to spine. Publisher ads as endpapers. Illustrated charts throughout. 186 pages. Some soiling and edgewear to boards, with rubbing and chipping to spine. Text block with faint toning and a handful of small pencil notations, ink notation to... Read More
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1973 PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION [Cover Title]
[Washington DC]: n.p., 1973. Near fine.. Comedically arranged original photo album by an unknown attendee of President Nixon's second Inauguration (January 20, 1973) - all shot from the main platform less than ten rows behind the swearing-in. Amusing typed captions throughout poke fun at the President, Vice President, First Lady, and Bob Hope (referred to as "The original...Mr. What's His Nose"). A clipping from the March 5, 1973 issue of TIME magazine tells the unfortunate story of Cecil... Read More
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Original Photograph Album of an Evacuated Bank's Business Activities During WWII
[Luton]: n.p. [Hambros Bank], 1939. Very good plus.. Album of photographs chronicling the activity of the Hambros Bank after it was evacuated to an estate at the start of WWII - once owned by a Hambros employee and likely produced by them for workers. As Hitler launched his air offensive against Britain in 1939, critical financial operations were evacuated away from population centers and into the English countryside. One evacuated business was Hambros Bank, an unassuming but influential... Read More
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A.B.C. BOOK OF ANIMALS AT PLAY
Cleveland and New York: The World Syndicate Publishing Co, 1929. Very good.. First printing of this giant, colorful ABC and counting book, featuring a number of unexpected animals. B is for bear, M is for monkey, and X is, of course, for xeri. This oversized alphabet book with Harrison Cady-esque illustrations makes some fascinating choices when it comes to the animal models for each letter - O is for owl, sure, but Q is for... "queer ones" that... Read More
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THE SECOND LINE
New Orleans: New Orleans Jazz Club, 1959. First Edition. Very good +.. 5 issues of this 1950s Jazz fan magazine, issue via mailorder by the New Orleans Jazz Club. Consists of critical articles on jazz culture and accounts of jazz news, both local and national. Subjects include Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Jelly Roll Morton, and many other contemporaries. Wraps. 8vo. Wraps, most saddle-stapled. Condition very good overall. Many folded for mailing; others toned; several with handwritten notes or... Read More
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IBUNSŌ [Collection of Exotic Tales]
[Japan]: n.p., 1853. Very good.. Manuscript collection of three foreign affairs reports documenting late-Edo Japan's intelligence gathering and strategic planning around the years of Commodore Perry's armed arrival in 1853. A rare primary source from an epochal turning point in world history. After word reached the Tokugawa shogunate of Perry's imminent expedition to pressure Japan into opening to wider foreign trade, information gathering on foreign affairs became suddenly critical to the security of the state. This manuscript is... Read More
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HAPPY KIDS' AT THE ZOO COLORING BOOK
New York: Burton Playthings, Inc, 1934. Very good.. Unused early 20th-century American coloring book, retaining the original "Happy Kids' Colors" box with eight crayons. A wonderful survival: we find no institutional holdings via OCLC and most marketplace records without the crayons. 11.25'' x 11''. Original saddle-stapled color pictorial wrappers with crayon box mounted to front wrapper, as issued. Box with eight original crayons inside. No. 825. [24] pages. Two gatherings loose from staples. Leaves and wrapeprs toned. Moderate... Read More
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BLACKBIRD'S NEST, A TALE FOR YOUTH
Philadelphia: Johnson & Warner, 1812. Very good.. First edition of this Philadelphia-printed Early Republic tale of how friendship is tested by dishonesty, with delicate wood-engraved illustrations. This publication is distinguished for its elegant and evocative wood engravings, which depicted a variety of scenes in the life of two young boys. OCLC locates only two copies, with an additional copy at the Met. 5'' x 3.25''. Original stiff black-and-white pictorial wrappers, saddle-stitched. 11 black-and-white engavings. 36 pages. Some patches... Read More
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CHRISTMAS STORIES ABC
Chicago: M.A. Donohue & Co, 1930. Very good.. Seasonal children's alphabet picture book with appropriately themed glosses - P is for "present" and R for "reindeer." 9.5'' x 7.75''. Original saddle-stapled color pictorial paper wrappers. Illustrated in alternating color and black and white. Printed on linen-like paper. [8] pages. Faint (largely erased) pencil markings on several pages. Short closed tears to spine ends. Bright.
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ABC IS FOR CAT
Akron: Saalfield, 1931. Very good.. Lovely basic alphabet book printed on stiff linentex paper, well printed and with no text at all apart from the large block letters of the alphabet. 10'' x 8.25''. Original stiff pictorial wrappers. Illustrated in color throughout. Some general soil.
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MY ABC OF SHIPS
Akron, Ohio: Saalfield Pub. Co, 1921. Very good.. Sturdy Saalfield "linentex" picture book, teaching children their letters via a nautical theme. More durable and pleasingly tactile, cloth-printed books for children became popular around the turn of the century. Saalfield issued these cheaper "linentex" books on paper that was impressed to have a linen-like feel, combining the strengths of cloth books with the smaller expense of paper-printed books. The standout in this book is a double-page spread of "Loading... Read More
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