Too Many Parties and Too Many Pals
by ROSE, Billy and DIXON, Mort
Feist Building, New York: Leo. Feist, Inc, 1925. Ephemera no binding. Very good. Ray HENDERSON. 12 1/8" x 9 1/4"; 5, [1]pp; color pictorial front wrapper; ad for "You Can't Go Wrong With These 'Feist' Songs" on rear wrapper; very good. A Powerful and Appealing Ballad with Ukulele Accompaniment. Featured by Helen Moretti.
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Re-Told Tales of the Hills and Shores of Maine
by ROWE, Mrs. H.G.
Bangor, ME: D. Bugbee & Co., Publishers, 1892. Cloth. Very good. 8vo; 357pp; gilt-stamped title to brown cloth over board; ownership in ink to ffep; portrait frontispiece; front hinge cracked but holding tight, light age-toning of paper; very good.
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The Rundall Book of Edgings, Medallions, Insertions and Tatting
by RUNDALL, Myrtle V.
Marion, Iowa: The Needlework Co, 1915. Staplebound. Very good. 4to; [12pp]; grey printed stiff wrappers, two staple binding; 14 half-tone photographic illustrations of lace in black and white featuring 63 examples of needlework; spotting to wrapper with ink, 2" separation of bottom spine fold not affecting the staple binding; very good. Only two located in WorldCat libraries, one in the U.S. and one in England. Important both in worn fashion and home fashion at the turn of the... Read More
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Dame Wiggins of Lee and Her Seven Wonderful Cats: A Humorous Tale Written Principally by a Lady of Ninety, Edited, with Additional Verses, By John Ruskin, L.L.D., Sunnyside
by RUSKIN, John, editor
Orpington, Kent: George Allen, 1885. Cloth. Very good. Kate GREENAWAY. 8vo; [ix], 20pp; gilt-stamped on brown cloth over board, vignette of a cat painting a picture to front; tan & white fleur-de-lis patterned endpapers; deckle fore-edge and bottom; owner's bookplate to front pastedown; 22 woodcut illustrations, printed one side only; facsimile 1823 title page; covers sunned, scuffing to cover edges & corners, paper on back hinge cracked but binding holding, a few smudges; very good minus. Schuster &... Read More
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The Delft Cat and Other Stories
by RUSSELL, Robert Howard
New York: R.H. Russell & Son, 1896. Cloth. Very good +. F. Berkeley SMITH. [CHILDREN'S BOOK] F. Berkeley SMITH, illustrator. 24mo (5 7/8" x 4 ¼"); 71pp; blue stamped pictorial of a cat on a cushion to front on white cloth over board; top and fore-edges untrimmed; pictorial endpapers; heraldic bookplate of Annie Edgerly Thayer on verso of ffep; wood-cut illustrations including fp and vignette on the title page; light shelf-wear; very good plus. This small book contains... Read More
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![[Medical Profession in the State of New Jersey], Gardner's Syrup Hydriodic Acid and Gardener's Syrup Ammonium Hypophosphite](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/503/625/1739625503.0.l.jpg)
[Medical Profession in the State of New Jersey], Gardner's Syrup Hydriodic Acid and Gardener's Syrup Ammonium Hypophosphite
by R.W. Gardner, Manufacturing Pharmaceutical Chemists
New York: R.W. Gardner, Manufacturing Pharmaceutical Chemists, 1903. [EPHEMERA] [ADVERTISING PREMIUM] [MEDICAL] [MAP] [SHAPE BOOK]. 4to (10" x 5") ; [28]pp; color printed die-cut in the shape of the state of New Jersey; stiff wrapper printed by chromoxylography; 2 staple binding; printed recto only; small closed-tears on edges of wrapper and the last 4 pages, light soiling to rear wrapper, light creasing; very good plus. OCLC locates 1 copy at the College of Physicians in Philadelphia. An advertising... Read More
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Old Warsaw Cook Book, Hundreds of Polish Specialties with many additions from Cuisines the World Over
by RYSIA
New York: Gramercy Publishing Co, 1958. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/very good. Irena LORENTOWICZ. First edition. 8vo; 304pp; grey cloth over board with title, author and publisher stamped in yellow on spine; a few black and white illustrations; unclipped dust jacket withour price; light chipping to dj upper and lower edge; fine with very good dj.
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Rhymes of Real Children
by SAGE, Betty
New York: Fox Duffield & Co, 1903. Jessie WILLCOX SMITH. [JUVENILE] [POETRY] [WOMAN AUTHOR] [WOMAN ILLUSTRATOR]. Jessie WILLCOX SMITH, illustrator. 4to (11 ¾" x 10 7/8"); 32pp; color pictorial boards, both front and rear picture three seated children, one girl with a doll and one with a hat, tan shelf-back; color fp plus 5 additional plates; title page with a pictorial border in black and orange; all pages with text feature a pictorial border; rubbing to edges and corners... Read More
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Bambi, A Life in the Woods
by SALTEN, Felix; John GALSWORTHY, Foreward
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1928. First American Edition. [JUVENILE]. First American edition. 8vo; 293, [1]pp; green ribbed cloth over board, vignette of a fawn gilt-stamped on the front cover, gilt lettering on spine; color pictorial endpapers; fp; vignette of trees printed in green on title page; 25 b&w plates; unclipped dust jacket printed in black and green, vignette of grazing deer on front, price of $2.50 on front flap, apparent professional restoration of the dj can be seen... Read More
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Maine Pilgrimage, The Search for an American Way of Life
by SALTONSTALL, JR., Richard
Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1974. First Edition. Boards. Very good +/very good. Polly WARREN. First edition. ISBN: 0316769673. 8vo; 353pp; gilt-stamped title to pale green buckram; green printed map of Maine as endpapers; b&w pictorial title page; b&w vignette on chapter divisions; light foxing to bottom boards, scattered foxing to edges, no bad odors; clipped color printed dust jacket, b&w image of a barn in a field, rubbing to edges, chipping to upper edge; very good plus... Read More
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The Wedding Procession of the Rag Doll and the Broom Handle and Who Was In It
by SANDBURG, Carl
New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc, 1967. Harriet PINCUS. [JUVENILE] [WOMAN ILLUSTRATOR]. Harriet PINCUS, illustrator. First edition thus. 8vo oblong; [28]pp; green textured paper over board, lion wearing a chef's hat and carrying a cake stamped in black on the front, lettering in black on spine; color pictorial endpapers; fp and color pictorial title page; clipped color pictorial dust jacket with a $3.25 price on the front flap, small closed tear to bottom front, crease to rear jacket... Read More
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Aunt Sophy's Boys and Girls
by SANFORD, Mrs. D. P.
New York: E. P. Dutton and Company, 1881. Boards. Very good +. 8vo; 212pp; color pictorial boards, green cloth shelfback, rear board publisher's advertisement; b&w illustrations throughout including fp and titlepage; scuffing to boards and edges; very good plus. The story of a young girl of 10 or 11 years, who is "Aunt Sophy" to younger children, and their adventures.
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The Little Brown House and the Children Who Lived In It
by SANFORD, Mrs. D. P. [Daniel P.]
New York: E.P. Dutton and Company, 1878. [JUVENILE] [PUBLISHER'S BINDING] [WOMAN AUTHOR]. First edition. 8vo; 212pp; blue cloth over board, stamped pictorial of a house, two children, and a cat in silver gilt, decorated spine, lettering gilt-stamped; all edges gilt; brown eps; engraved fp + 21 additional plates; small, engraved illustrations throughout text; scuffed corners, pp 26-37 have creased bottom corners, light finger marks; very good. OCLC locates 7 copies of this first edition.
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Farewell Speech of King Edward the Eighth Broadcast from Windsor Castle the Tenth Day of December, MCMXXXVI, with the Instrument of Abdication & A Note by William Saroyan
by KING EDWARD VIII and William SAROYAN
San Francisco: Ransohaffs, 1938. Quarter-bound leather. Near fine. [NON-FICTION] [BRITISH MONARCHY]. One of 200 copies, unnumbered. Folio (13 ½" x 9 ¾"); [28]pp; quarter bound in white goat and natural linen, 4 color wood-engraved printing stamped on the front linen board and again on the page following the title; gilt stamped lettering on spine; cream-colored mould-made paper, deckle edges; age-toning of goat leather on boards, lightly age-toned paper edges, scattered foxing; very good plus. One of two hundred... Read More
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This is London
by SASEK, M. [Miroslav]
[London]: W. H. Allen [and Company], 1964. Reprint. Boards. Very good +/very good. Miroslav SASEK. Reprint. 4to; 60pp; color pictorial boards featuring a Queen's Guardsman in front of Buckingham Palace; color pictorial endpapers; color pictorials throughout text; light scuffing to board edges; unclipped color pictorial dustjacket, scuffing and chipping to edges, scuffing to rear; very good plus in vg dj. First issued in 1959, the book features lively illustrations which accompany the text in a tour of the... Read More
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The Knave of Hearts
by SAUNDERS, Louise
Racine, Wisconsin: Artists and Writers Guild, 1925. Maxfield PARRISH. [DRAMA] [ILLUSTRATION]. Maxfield PARRISH, illustrator. First edition. 4to (12 5/8" x 11"); [34]pp; stiff color pictorial wrappers, metal spiral bound spine; color pictorial title page; color illustrations throughout with text; age-toned wrappers, small spot on front, lightly soiled; interior clean and bright; very good plus. Brightly colored illustrations by Maxfield Parrish (1870-1966), an American illustrator known for his neo-classical style and use of bright jewel colors.
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Historic Trails and Waterways of Maine
by SAWTELLE, William Otis
Augusta, Maine: Maine Development Commission, 1932. First Edition. Stiff wraps. Very good +. Map: Eastern Portion of the Simangas Map 1610 8vo; [iv] 108pp; cream colored stiff wrapper with Yapp edges, title and ship decoration printed on front; illustrated with vignettes; one fold-out map stapled in before the front free endpaper; light creasing and soiling to front cover, small closed tears to Yapp edge, small light creases to upper edge of map; very good, map near fine. ... Read More
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Mount Desert: Champlain to Bernard, Excerpt from Sprague's Journal of Maine History, Vol. 13, No. 3
by SAWTELLE, William Otis
1923. [STATE OF MAINE] [SIGNED BY AUTHOR]. Small 4to (9 ¼ x 5 1/8"); 58pp; blue cloth over board, title with label on front; author's gift inscription on ffep dated "1933"; b&w fp and a few illustrations in text; glazed paper stock; light damp-staiining to head of title page and ffep, light age-toning to eps, a few sentences underlined in red pencil on pps 50, 56-57; very good. A slim volume with the excerpt of Sawtelle's history of Mount... Read More
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Historic Trails and Waterways of Maine
by SAWTELLE, William Otis
Augusta, Maine: Maine Development Commission, 1932. Wraps. Very good. Map: Eastern Portion of the Simangas Map 1610 First edition. 8vo; [iv], 108pp; cream colored stiff paper wrapper wtih yapp edges, title and ship decoration printed on front; illustrated with vignettes; one fold-out map stapled in before the front free endpaper; light creasing and soiling to front wrapper, mall closed tears to yapp edge, small light creases to upper edge of map; very good, map near fine.
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Maine Sampler, A Collection of Maine Humor
by SAWYER, Bill
Camden, Maine: Down East Books, 1982. Fourth Printing. Staplebound. Good. Fourth printing. 8vo; 26pp; yellow textured stiff wrapper with 2 staples binding, rope boarder with anchor and a sword fish vignette; sticker on title page above title "Lumberman's Museum, Patten Maine"; illustration throughout text; soiling to wrapper with tide mark to front; ISBN: 0-89272-215-0; good.
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The Christmas Anna Angel
by SAWYER, Ruth
New York: The Viking Press, 1944. Kate SEREDY. [JUVENILE] [ILLUSTRATED] [WOMAN AUTHOR] [WOMAN ILLUSTRATOR]. Kate SEREDY, illustrator. First edition. 8vo; 48, [1]pp; royal blue cloth over board, decorative lace-style border blind stamped on front, lettering in yellow on spine; color pictorial eps; b&w vignette on half-title; fp and color pictorial title page; 13 full-page color illustrations with smaller illustrations in text; two small spots on front board; unclipped color pictorial dust jacket, a few small edge chips and... Read More
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Algonquin Cat
by SCHAFFNER, Val
[New York]: Delacorte / Eleanor Friede, 1980. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/fine. Hilary KNIGHT. First edition. 8vo; 132 [4]pp; ISBN: 0440000734; mustard buckram with spine stamped brown; mustard toned pictorial endpapers with the cat over a reservation listing; b&w illustrations; clipped color pictorial dust jacket; fine in fine dj. Story of the cat who lives at the Hotel Algonquin in New York City where he mixes and mingles with the literati at the bar and the interesting hotel guests.... Read More
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Fourteen Men, The Story of the Antarctic Expedition to Heard Island, Illustrated
by SCHOLES, Arthur
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc, 1952. [TRAVEL & ADVENTURE] [HISTORY]. First edition. 8vo; 314pp; blue cloth over board, pictorial of a mountain stamped in white on the front; pictorial eps; b&w photographic illustration fp, b&w plates throughout; boards have brown spotting from acidic burn of glue used to attach the cloth, rubbing to edges, light age-toning of paper, interior bright and binding tight; unclipped pictorial dj with a photographic group portrait of the men on the front,... Read More
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Bunte Bastelein, Kleine Geschenke aus kinderhand; Colorful Handicrafts, Small Gifts from the Children's Hand
by SCHOLZEL, Margot
Leipzig: Rudolf Arnold Verlag, 1950. 1/4 cloth. Near fine. Hans GRESCHEK. 8vo; 32pp; quarter bound cloth with color illustrated board; illustrations in color and blue line drawing; includes two pages of patterns in the back fllap, one page double-sided; light scuffing to cover edges, glue burn to rear free endpaper; near fine. Wonderful paper crafting book.
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German Wines
by SCHOONMAKER, Frank
London: Oldbourne, 1957. First Edition. Cloth. Near fine/near fine. First editon. 8vo; 168pp + [4pp]; brown buckram, gilt-stamped spine with title, author and publisher; both front and rear fly leaves have 2pp map in b&w; 16 half-tone photographic illustrated plates; some underlining and margin marks in pencil; unclipped color illustrated dust jacket, light age-toning to dj; near fine in near fine dj. Discussion of German wines, wine labels and their meaning, regions of Germany with small maps and... Read More
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