Famous Actresses of the Day in America, First Series
by STRANG, Lewis C.
Boston: L.C. Page and Company, (Incorporated), 1899. [NON-FICTION] [BIOGRAPHY]. Later printing (Series listing also includes the Second Series). 16mo (7" x 4 ½"); 361pp; green cloth over board, gilt-stamped fillet and vining design with birds and a peacock, lettering on front, decorative spine; top edge gilt, fore and bottom edge untrimmed; series listing on verso of half-title; albumin photographic portrait fp with tissue guard, title page printed in red and black; 24 b&w half-tone photographic illustrated plates of actresses;... Read More
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Morning Face, with Illustrations
by STRATTON-PORTER, Gene [Genevieve Grace Porter]
Garden City [New York}: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1916. First Edition. Gene STRATTON-PORTER. [POETRY] [PHOTOGRAPHY] [WOMAN AUTHOR and ILLUSTRATOR]. First edition. 4to; 130pp; gilt stamped decorated blue cloth over board with title and author on front cover; lettering on spine; black and white photographic illustrations and one color plate; lightly bumped corners, rubbing to spine head and tail; very good. Gene Stratton-Porter (1863-1924) was an author, naturalist and nature photographer, movie producer, conservationist and activist. Morning Face was the... Read More
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Der Rosenkavalier (The Rose-Bearer); Metropolitan Opera House Grand Opera, Edward Johnson, General Manager. Libretto, The Original Italian French or German Libretto with a Correct English Translation. Der Rosenkavalier, Fred. Rullman, Inc., 17 East 42nd Street, New York City. The Only Correct and Authorized Edition, Knabe Piano Used Exclusively
by STRAUSS, Richard, music. VON HOFMANNSTHAL, Hugo, comedy. Elfred KALISCH, English Version
New York: Boosey & Hawkes, Inc, 1912. Wraps. Very good +. 8vo; 134 [3]pp + [1] publisher's ads; stiff grey pictorial wrapper; rear wrapper advertisement for Knabe pianos with pictorial portraits of opera artists; light glue burns to spine and front wrapper, light chipping of head and tail of spine; very good plus. English translation and text of the opera Der Rosenkavalier (The Rose-Bearer).
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Father of the Bride
by STREETER, Edward
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1949. First Edition. Boards. Very good +/very good. Gluyas WILLIAMS. First edition. 12mo; 244pp; blue textured paper over board, vignette of a father in a morning suit with the title to front; frontispiece and 51 b&w cartoon style illustrations with titles; shelf rubbing to edges, light crease to ffep and first few upper corners; unclipped color pictorial dust jacket, chip to front and head of spine, rubbing to edges, lightly age-toned; very good... Read More
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Stuart's Atlas of the State of Maine including Statistics and Descriptions of its History, Educational System, Geology, Railroads, Natural Resources, Summer Resorts, and Manufacturing Interests, Compiled from Official Plans and Actual Surveys, 10th Edition; Cover title: State Atlas of Maine, J.H. Stuart & Co, 1898-9
by [STUART, J.H., et al.]
South Paris, Maine: J.H. Stuart, 1890. 10th Edition. Half Bound Leather. Very good +. Folio, 18" x 15". 109pp; half-bound in maroon leather with pebbled and blind stamped cloth over board, gilt stamped title to front cover; engraved and hand-colored maps, engraved illustrations in the text; 1 black and white engraving, 44 full page colored maps, many with multiple maps on the page and 14 double page colored maps; vertical creasing to front free endpaper and title page,... Read More
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Reading Coloring Fun for Children from 5 to 7 years old; Cover title: Reading Coloring Fun 64 Pages, Read Color Cut Out Paste, M3499
by STUBBINGS, Maud C. and Genevieve Byrnes WATTS
Chicago, Illinois: The Merrill Publishing Company, 1935. Wraps. Very good +. [ACTIVITY BOOK] [EDUCATION] [EPHEMERA]. Folio (14 ¾" x 10 ¼"); [64]pp; color pictorial stiff wrapper, 3 staple binding; pictorial title page printed in red and black, vignette of 4 bear cubs; clear simple printed outlines to color, large text; pages unused; edges lightly scuffed, staples pulling but attached, paper age toned; very good plus. Not found in OCLC. In this large format coloring and activity book the... Read More
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Read, Color, Cut, Paste for Children from 5 to 7 Years Old; Cover title: Read-Color Cut and Paste, M3401
by STUBBINGS, Maud C. and Genevieve Byrnes WATTS
Chicago, Illinois: The Merrill Publishing Company, 1936. Wraps. Very good. Eleanor CAMPBELL. [ACTIVITY BOOK] [EDUCATION] [EPHEMERA]. Eleanor CAMPBELL, cover illustration. Folio (14 7/8" x 10 ¼"); [64]pp; color pictorial stiff wrapper, 3 staple binding; color pictorial title page printed in red and black, vignette of 2 children crafting; clear simple printed outlines to color, large text; pages unused; edges lightly scuffed, staples have pulled away from wrapper, 4 1/2" separation at head of wrapper fold, paper age-toned; very... Read More
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The Coast of Maine and Other Verse, with Illustrations by the Author
by SWANTON, Henry A.
Westport, Maine: Henry A. Swanton, 1922. First Edition. Stiff wraps. Very good. Henry A. SWANTON. The Times Company, Bath, Me., printer. Henry A. SWANTON, illustrator. First edition. 12mo (6 ½" x 3 ½"); [56pp]; stiff cream wrapper printed with a b&w illustration of a rocky coastline and the title; 3 b&w half-tone photographic illustrations; light soiling to wrappers, chipping to tail of spine; very good minus. In rhyming verse, the author and illustrator, Henry Swanton, sings the praises... Read More
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Gulliver's Travels, An Account of the Four Voyages into Several Remote Nations of the World, Now Written Down, Illustrated with Engravings on Wood, Collector's Edition
by SWIFT, Jonathan
Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1976. First Edition thus. Leather bound. Near fine. Fritz EICHENBERG. First edition thus. 8vo; [xvi], 343pp; gilt stamped brown grained leather with 4 raised band spine; dark peach moiré linings; all edges gilt; silk bookmark; color illustrated author's portrait frontispiece; b&w illustrations; small nick to gilt fore edge; Easton Press unused bookplate laid in; near fine. First published in 1726, the fictional tale of Gulliver, his travels and adventures remains a favorite for... Read More
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Kiddidears of the Long Ago
by TABOR, Becky
New York: The Knickerbocker Press, 1925. Wraps. Near fine. Ruth Elizabeth COLLINGS. 8vo; 76pp; tan mottled paper wrapper with color illustration applied and gilt title and decoration; illustrated with a black and white photographic illustration and 15 color illustrations tipped in; untrimmed pages; lacking the presentation box and glassine wrapper; near fine. SIGNED and INSCRIBED not by the author but by the daughter-in-law of Becky Tabor, mother of "Mackie Boy", in a presentation to her daughter-in-law, the wife... Read More
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Wonder-Eyes and What For
by TALBOT, Eleanor W.
London: Cassell, Peter, Galpin & Co, 1880. Boards. Very good. 7 1/2'' x 9 1/2''; unpaginated [58 pp]; illustrated paper over board cover; blue endpapers; pictorial title page; ink gift inscription dated 1883 to page following title; 30 full page chromolithographed illustrations printed one side only with rhyming text; cover corners bumped and chipped, rubbing to spine; interior bright and tight; very good. No listing in WorldCat. Juvenile rhyming text with chromolithographed illustrations contained within a border. Some... Read More
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Stories for the Strawberry Party: A Gift Book for Children, Boston: James French and Company, Hastings & French, Galesburg, Ill., 1857
by TALMON, Thrace [Mrs. Ellen Tryphosa Harrington PUTNAM]
Boston: James French and Company, 1857. Cloth. Very good. [WOMAN AUTHOR]. also published by Hastings & French, Galesburg, Ill. Printed by George C. Rand & Avery. Stereotyped by J.E. Farwell & Co., 32 Congress Street, Boston. 16mo (6 ½" x 4 7/8"); 79pp; olive ribbed cloth over board, gilt-stamped ornaments and lettering, front and rear; pale yellow endpapers, lacking ffep; gift inscription in pencil dated 1876; wood-engraved fp with tissue guards + 3 additional plates; some light damp... Read More
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Studies in Animal Painting. With Eighteen Coloured Plates, from Water-Colour Drawings, Second Edition
by TAYLER, Frederick
London: Cassell & Company, Limited, 1885. Cloth. Good +. 12mo oblong; 24pp + [4pp advertisements publisher's other books], interleaved with 18 leaves with tipped-in plates printed by chromolithography, including fp; blind-stamped borders & ornaments to maroon cloth over, gilt-stamped title and author to front; ownership in ink to ffep; embossed oval stamp to title page "Department of Science and Art Reward"; light soiling, glue burn to endpapers, shaken; good plus. This edition in 3 WorldCat libraries. Wonderful color... Read More
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The Shirley Temple Treasury
by [TEMPLE, Shirley]
New York: Random House, 1959. 1/4 cloth. Near fine/very good +. Robert PATTERSON. Dust jacket title: The Shirley Temple Treasury. Stories from movies that made her famous. Four Books in One. First edition. 4to; [206pp]; quarter-bound blue cloth, yellow paper over board; title stamped in blue inside gilt stamped border on front board; color illustrated endpapers; b&w and color illustrations; light soiling to boards; unclipped color pictorial dust jacket, light chipping to edges; near fine in very good... Read More
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The Cunning Little Vixen
by TESNOHLIDEK, Rudolf. Translated by Tatiana FIRKUSNY, Maritza MORGAN and Robert T. JONES. Afterward by Robert T. Jones
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1985. Maurice SENDAK. [JUVENILE]. Maurice SENDAK, illustrator. First Edition. 8vo; dark green buckram over board, gilt lettering on spine; color pictorial endpapers featuring anthropomorphic bugs on a yellow background; color illustrations throughout; unclipped color pictorial dust jacket; fine in fine dj. The first translation of this story into English from the Czech language. Wonderful illustrations throughout by Maurice Sendak.
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The Librarian from the Black Lagoon
by THALER, Mike
New York: Scholastic Inc, 1997. Jared LEE. [INSCRIBED AND SIGNED] [JUVENILE] [HUMOR]. Jared LEE, illustrator. Later printing. 8vo square; [28]pp; red glazed pictorial boards featuring a surprised child on the front, rear board has publisher's ad for other Black Lagoon books; inscription and small drawing in blue marker on verso ffep "To Barbara" signed by the author and dated "2006"; pictorial title page; color illustrations with text throughout; fine. ISBN: 0-590-50311-1. A very funny account of an... Read More
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The Modern Practice of Shipbuilding in Iron and Steel, Collins' Advanced Science Series, Vol. I-Text, and Vol. II-Plates
by THEARLE, Samuel J.P.
London and Glasgow: William Collins, Sons, & Company, 1886. First Edition. Cloth. Very good. SIGNED by the author and inscribed to James Reid, "Oct. 1886", possibly Sir James Reid, 1st Baronet and physician to three monarchs. First edition. Vol. I: 8vo; 233pp +[1] [5pp publisher's ads]; gilt-stamped vignette and title to navy cloth, black stamped border; yellow glazed endpapers; author's inscription and signature to verso ffep along with other ownership in ink; colophon to title page; ownership in... Read More
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The Wine Cook Book, being a Selection of Incomparable Recipes from France, from the Far East, from the South and Elsewhere, all of which owe their Final Excellence to the skillful use of Wine in their preparation
by The BROWNS, Cora, Rose, and Bob
Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1951. Second Revised Edition. Cloth. Near fine/very good. Second revised edition. 8vo; 462pp; tan cloth over board with title, author and publisher stamped no spine; unclipped dust jacket; decorated endpapers; light foxing to page edges, tear to back dj and light soiling; near fine with very good dj. First blank has ownership inscription: Pansy Grant, Spindletop Hall, Jan. 2, 1952. Pansy Grant was the heiress of the Spindletop oil fortune from her first... Read More
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Aloft in the Shenandoah II, How Lew Heinsling Earned the Right to Fly in Uncle Sam's Newest Dirigible
by THEISS, Lewis E.
Boston: W.A. Wilde Company, Publishers, 1926. Boards. Very good. Frank T MERRILL. 12mo; 322pp; green cloth over board, pictorial onlay of a dirigible in green and white to front; ownership in pencil dated Sept. 1926 to ffep; frontispiece printed in green; sunning to spine, light age-toning of paper; very good. Lewis E. Theiss (1878-1963) was an American author, often writing adventure stories for children, many about flying. In the Author's Forward, he writes about the preparation for this... Read More
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A Sheaf of Stories from the World's Cornfields
by [THE MILLERS' MUTUAL ASSOCIATION, LTN], editors
London: The Millers' Mutual Association, Ltd, 1930. Staplebound. Good. 24pp; color pictorial wrapper featuring a man cutting grain; 2 staple binding pulling from front wrapper; illustrations in orange and black; crease to front wrapper that extends through the booklet, bumping of corners, light soiling, spine split from tail up 3" and through the bottom staple; good. Only one copy located in WorldCat in Scotland. The Millers' Mutual Association is a professional group of the UK and Irish flour... Read More
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The Perfect Fit
by [THE PERFECT FIT PUBLISHING CO.]
New York: The Perfect Fit Publishing Co, 1976. Revised Edition. Stiff wraps. Very good. Revised edition, 1976/77. Elephant folio, oblong; 38pp; purple pictorial stiff-wrapper in purple with white images of women modeling clothing and title in gold; 3 staple binding; illustrated throughout with b&w line drawings; lacking enlarging scale pattern templates at rear; light shelf-wear; very good. Comprehensive instructions with text and illustrations showing clothing construction and customization for fit in a step-by-step manner. Scale pattern templates at... Read More
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A Child's Christmas in Wales
by THOMAS, Dylan
London, Toronto, Melbourne: Dent, 1978. Boards. Fine/very good +. Edward ARDIZZONE. [HOLIDAY][CHRISTMAS]. Edward ARDIZZONE, illustrator. First edition thus. 8vo; 45pp; color pictorial boards with children throwing snowballs on the front and a woman with two cats on rear, "£3.50 net UK price"; watercolor endpapers; vignette of a child sleeping on title page; illustration throughout; clipped color pictorial dust jacket with two old small repairs at head and tail of spine, light age-toning of dj; fine in very good... Read More
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The Dietary Adventures of Anabil Lee
by THOMAS, Gertrude
Philadelphia: F.A. Davis Company, Publishers, 1924. Cloth. Very good +. [COOKERY] [CHILD REARING] [WOMAN AUTHOR]. Press of F.A. Davis Company, Philadelphia, PA. 8vo (9 5/8" x 6 7/8"); 80pp; navy cloth over board, gilt lettering and border, onlaid b&w round photograph of a child; physician name on front "Geo. A.F. Lundberg, M.D."; b&w illustrations; age-toned paper; neat ink notes on the blank pages; very good plus. A premium baby book that was given to parents by the obstetrician... Read More
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Remember the Alamo
by THOMAS, Jessie Beattie
St. Louis, MO: Thomas & Davis, Publishers, 1908. Wraps. Near fine. Folio (13 ¾" x 10 ½"); 5pp (3 leaves); pictorial wrapper, navy half-tone illustration of the Alamo, a portrait of Adina de Zavala and two flags on front; pictorial rear wrapper with an advertisement; text to verso front wrapper; musical score with words printed in black; light age-toning edges, a few spots; near fine. Located in 10 WorldCat libraries. Adina [Emilia] de Zavala was the grand-daughter of... Read More
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Two Sisters
by THOMAS, Peter and Tanya
Santa Cruz: The Good Book Press, 1986. Donna THOMAS. [MINIATURE] [LIMITED EDITION] [JUVENILE]. Donna THOMAS, illustrator. LIMITED EDITION. this is a "Delux [sic] copy," letter G of A-Z (#7 of 25 deluxe copies). Miniature (3" x 2 ¼"); [16]pp; white leather over board, gilt-stamped title on spine, 2 spine bands, brass clasp on fore edge; bookplate on front pastedown; color wreath surrounding title on title page; color linoleum-cut illustrations; handmade paper; fine. OCLC locates 13 copies. A miniature... Read More
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