Stories to Live By, A Treasury of Fiction from the American Girl
by VETTER, Marjorie, editor
New York: Platt & Munk, Publishers, 1960. [JUVENILE]. First edition. Small 4to; 280pp; quarter bound in olive colored cloth over yellow cloth boards, lettering stamped in black on spine; clipped color pictorial dust jacket, light chipping and wear to edges; fine in very good plus dj. From the title page: "Thirty stories selected and edited by Marjorie Vetter." The stories previously appeared in The American Girl periodical from 1953 through 1959. The stories all have subtitles listed in the... Read More
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Down on the Island, Up on the Maine, A Recollected History of South Bristol, Maine
by VINCENT, Ellen [editor]
Gardiner, Maine: Tilbury House, Publishers, The South Bristol Historical Society, 2003. First Edition. Wraps. Fine. First edition. Tall 8vo; xiii [i], 258pp; glazed pictorial wrapper; b&w photographic illustrations; light bump to corners else fine. Recollections, stories, and black and white photographic illustrations compiled by Ellen Vincent, trace the history of the area of South Bristol, Maine.
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Vogue's Manual of Smart Service and Table Setting
by VOGUE, The Editors
New York: The Conde Nast Publications, Inc, 1930. First Edition. Cloth. Very good. First edition. 8vo; 90pp; blue cloth over board, stamped silver lettering to front cover; illustrated with drawings and black and white photographs; light scuffing and sunning to cover, light age toning to endpapers; very good.
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The Four Winds Cookbook
by Von BAUMANN, Cyril and Beulah Phelps HARRIS
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co, 1954. First Edition. Cloth. Near fine/very good. First Edition. 8vo;xxviii, 292pp; green cloth over board with silver stamped title, author and publisher to spine; unclipped illustrated dust jacket; light soiling, chipping to upper edge head of spine and back of dj; near fine in very good dj.
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Illustrated Lectures on Horsemanship...as Delivered at the Dickel Riding Academy, Season 1895
by VON GILLMANN, Ernst Carl
New York: W. H. B. Creagh, Publisher, 1895. First Edition. Cloth. Very good. F. LUND, L. RENAULT. First edition. 8vo; [1-4] 4-105 [13]pp; gilt stamped blue cloth over board; illustrated in the text; book plate to front pastedown, ownership in ink to front free endpaper; text followed by 11pp of advertisements for equine and riding services; scuffing to cover edges and loss of gilt; very good. Interesting book plate on the front paste-down from Margaret S. [Slade] and... Read More
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Deadeye Dick
by VONNEGUT, Kurt
New York: Delacorte Press / Seymour Lawrence, 1982. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/fine. First edition, first printing. 8vo; xiii [iii], 240pp; blue cloth over board, gilt-stamped facsimile signature to front, title to spine; unclipped dust jacket with a photographic illustration of Vonnegut on rear; fine in fine dj. ISBN: 0-440-01780-7.
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Young People's Comrade, Bringing Things Pure and Lovely and of Good Report, Vol. 1, No. 1
by VOSE, Z. Pope
Rockland, Maine: Z Pope Vose, 1877. Ephemera no binding. Good +. Folio; 8pp; blue wrapper, front and rear wrapper advertisements; illustrated; not bound, sheets laid-in; horizontal fold as issued; separation at fold through all layers from form edge of all layers but not affecting the binding, light wear of thin paper stock; good plus. Held in two WorldCat libraries, both in Maine. Scarce. A resident of Rockland, Maine, Z. Pope Vose was a writer and lyricist, and active... Read More
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Timid Hare, The Little Captive
by WADE, Mary H.
Racine and Chicago: Whitman Publishing Co, 1916. Cloth. Very good +. Louis BETTS. [WOMEN AUTHOR]. Louis BETTS, illustrator. 8vo; 96pp; green buckram over board, color pictorial paste-down on front board, lettering stamped in black; lavender pictorial endpapers, ownership in pencil on ffep; 8 color plates; light hand soiling and wear to boards; very good plus. A story about a white settler girl captured and raised by a Native American tribe, until she was captured by another Native tribe.... Read More
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Lohengrin, Opera in Three Acts; Metropolitan Opera House Grand Opera, Edward Johnson, General Manager. Libretto, The Original Italian French or German Libretto with a Correct English Translation. Lohengrin, Fred. Rullman, Inc., 17 East 42nd Street, New York City. The Only Correct and Authorized Edition, Knabe Piano Used Exclusively
by WAGNER, Richard
New York: Fred Rullman, Inc, No date [c. 19--]. Wraps. Very good +. 8vo; 45pp + [3]pp musical score for Cavatina of Elsa and Preghiera; stiff grey pictorial wrapper; 2 staple binding; rear wrapper advertisement for Knabe pianos with pictorial portraits of opera artists; musical score for Chorus on second page; light age-toning of wrapper; very good plus. English translation and text of the opera Lohengrin. No date but circa 1935-1950, based on Edward Johnson as General Manager.... Read More
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Tristan und Isolde ( (Tristan and Isolde), Opera in Three Acts, Poem written at Zurich, 1857. Score of Act 1 finished at Zurich, 1857. Score of Act II finished at Venice, March, 1859. Schore of Act III finished at Lucerne, August 3, 1859. First performance Munich, June 10, 1865, under von Bulow.; Metropolitan Opera House Grand Opera, Edward Johnson, General Manager. Libretto, The Original Italian French or German Libretto with a Correct English Translation. Tristan und Isolde. Fred. Rullman, Inc., 17 East 42nd Street, New York City. The Only Correct and Authorized Edition, Knabe Piano Used Exclusively
by WAGNER, Richard
New York: Fred Rullman, Inc, No date [c. 19--]. Wraps. Very good. 8vo; 40pp; stiff grey pictorial wrapper; 2 staple binding; rear wrapper advertisement for Knabe pianos with pictorial portraits of opera artists; pp. 37-40 musical score; age-toning of wrapper; very good. English translation and text of the opera Tristan und Isolde. No date but 1935-1950 century based on Edward Johnson as General Manager.
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The Doings of Dicky Daw
by WAGSTAFF, Hester
[New York]: Coward-McCann, Inc., Publishers, 1940. Boards. Near fine/near fine. Hester WAGSTAFF. [JUVENILE] [WOMAN AUTHOR & ILLUSTRATOR]. First U.S. edition; previously published by Hamish Hamilton in 1939. Small 4to; color pictorial boards, blue front board decorated with illustrations of birds and a sleeping cat; color pictorial endpapers of a bird flying over a busy city scene; color pictorial title page; illustrated in black, yellow and blue throughout the text; unclipped color pictorial dust jacket, light shelf wear; near... Read More
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Child Life, The Children's Own Magazine, June 1928, Vol. VII, Number VI
by WALDO, Rose, editor
New York: Rand McNally & Company, 1928. Staplebound. Very good. Hazel FRAZEE, cover illustration. 4to; [63pp] numbered pages from 321 to 384; color pictorial wrapper, 3 staple binding; b&w and color illustrations throughout; advertisements; light creases to wrapper, chipping at spine, light age-toning of paper; very good. Anthology of verse and stories, including by Clara Ingram Judson. Paper dolls, a game to cut-out and advertisements aimed at both children and their parents. Profusely illustrated.
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Child Life, The Children's Own Magazine, July 1929, Vol. VIII, Number VII
by WALDO, Rose, editor
New York: Rand McNally & Company, 1929. Staplebound. Very good. Betty SELOVER. 4to; [47pp] numbered pages from 321 to 368; color pictorial wrapper, 3 staple binding; b&w and color illustrations throughout; advertisements; light creases to wrapper, chipping at spine and soiling, light age-toning of paper; very good. Anthology of verse and stories including by Clara Ingram Judson. Paper dolls, decorations to cut-out, and advertisements aimed at both children and their parents. Profusely illustrated.
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Child Life, The Children's Own Magazine, June 1927, Vol. VIII, Number VI
by WALDO, Rose, editor
New York: Rand McNally & Company, 1927. Staplebound. Very good. Hazel FRAZEE, cover illustration. 4to; [63pp] numbered pages from 329 to 392; color pictorial wrapper, 3 staple binding; b&w and color illustrations throughout; advertisements; light creases to wrapper, chipping at spine; very good. Anthology of verse and stories, including by Clara Ingram Judson. Paper dolls, a toy to cut-out and advertisements aimed at both children and their parents. Profusely illustrated.
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Child Life, The Children's Own Magazine, July 1930, Vol. IX, Number VII
by WALDO, Rose, editor
New York: Rand McNally & Company, 1930. Staplebound. Very good. Hazel FRAZEE, cover illustrator. 4to; [47pp] numbered pages from 305 to 352; color pictorial wrapper, 3 staple binding; b&w and color illustrations throughout; advertisements; light creases to wrapper, chipping at spine, a few finger smudges to title page; very good. Anthology of verse and stories, including by Clara Ingram Judson. Paper dolls, decorations to cut-out, and advertisements aimed at both children and their parents. Profusely illustrated.
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Child Life, The Children's Own Magazine, May 1930, Vol. IX, Number V.
by WALDO, Rose, editor
New York: Rand McNally & Company, 1930. Staplebound. Very good. Helen FRAZEE, cover illustrator.. 4to; [47pp] numbered pages from 209 to 256; color pictorial wrapper, 3 staple binding; b&w and color illustrations throughout; advertisements; light creases to wrapper, chipping at spine; very good. Anthology of verse and stories, including by Clara Ingram Judson. Paper dolls, a game to cut-out, and advertisements aimed at both children and their parents. Profusely illustrated.
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Child Life, The Children's Own Magazine, November 1929, Vol. VIII, Number XI
by WALDO, Rose, editor
New York: Rand McNally & Company, 1929. Staplebound. Very good. Hazel FRAZEE, cover illustrator. 4to; [79pp] numbered pages from 545 to 624; color pictorial wrapper, 3 staple binding; b&w and color illustrations throughout; advertisements; light creases to wrapper, chipping at spine, light age-toning of paper; very good. Anthology of verse and stories, paper dolls, decorations to cut-out, and advertisements aimed at both children and their parents. Profusely illustrated.
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Child Life, The Children's Own Magazine, September 1928, Vol. VII, Number IX
by WALDO, Rose, editor
New York: Rand McNally & Company, 1928. Staplebound. Very good. Hazel FRAZEE. 4to; [63pp] numbered pages from 513 to 576; color pictorial wrapper, 3 staple binding; b&w and color illustrations throughout; advertisements; light creases to wrapper, scuff to front, chipping at spine, light age-toning of paper; very good minus. Anthology of verse and stories, including by Clara Ingram Judson. Paper dolls, a game to cut-out and advertisements aimed at both children and their parents. Profusely illustrated.
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Child Life, The Children's Own Magazine, January 1930, Vol. IX, Number I.
by WALDO, Rose, editor
New York: Rand McNally & Company, 1930. Staplebound. Very good. Hazel FRAZEE, cover illustration. 4to; [48pp] numbered pages from 1 to 48; color pictorial wrapper, 3 staple binding; b&w and color illustrations throughout; advertisements; light creases to wrapper, chipping at spine, bottom corner rear wrapper missing; very good. Anthology of verse and stories, including by Clara Ingram Judson. Paper dolls, a game to cut-out and advertisements aimed at both children and their parents. Profusely illustrated.
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Child Life, The Children's Own Magazine, June 1929, Vol. VIII, Number VI
by WALDO, Rose, editor
New York: Rand McNally & Company. Staplebound. Very good. Hazel FRAZEE. 4to; [47pp] numbered pages from 273 to 320; color pictorial wrapper, 3 staple binding; b&w and color illustrations throughout; advertisements; light creases to wrapper, chipping at spine, light age-toning of paper; very good. Anthology of verse and stories, including by Clara Ingram Judson. Paper dolls, a game to cut-out and advertisements aimed at both children and their parents. Profusely illustrated.
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The Practice of Soft Cheesemaking and Preparation of Cream for Market, Second Revision
by WALKER-TISDALE, C.W. AND Theodore R. Robinson
London: John North, Office of the Dairy World and British Dairy Farmer, 1910. Cloth. Very good. 12mo; 96pp; orange cloth wrap with black text and graphics; light soiling and creasing of wrapper corners; 8 tipped in glazed pages with black and white photographs, black and white illustrations in text; 5 pages of advertisements before text and 3 pages after text; very good. This edition not in WorldCat.
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Rain, Rain, Go Away..
by [WALL, Bernhardt] [MELCHER, Bertha Corbett]
[New York]: Ullman Manufacturing Co, 1906. Ephemera no binding. Near fine. [EPHEMERA] [WOMAN ILLUSTRATOR]. 5" x 12" in a 6 ¼" x 13 1/8" frame; chromoxylography on stiff paper stock; a few small chips on upper edge extending into image; near fine. In the small varnished oak frame in which it was found; reframed with archival backing, and ready to hang. Bertha Corbett Melcher (1872-1950) was an artist and illustrator from Minnesota whose most enduring work was the... Read More
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Bugs
by WALTER, Eleanor Dawes
Racine Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Co, 1931. Staplebound. Very good. Helen Munsell ROBERTS. Folio; [18pp]; color pictorial wrappers; 3 staple binding; color illustrations every page; light soiling to wrapper, partial erasure to front; bright unmarked interior; very good. Educational information about insecs presented in simple rhymes with brightly colored graphics.
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The Glittering World
by WALTON, Ellis
New York: The Art Lithographic Publishing Company, 1890. Wraps. Very good +. [VICTORIAN GIFT BOOK] [NOVELTY BOOK] [POETRY]. also published in London: The Artistic Lithographic Company, No date [c. 1890]. Printed at the works in Munich. No. 4042. 4to; [18pp]; stiff embossed color pictorial wrapper, flowers decorate a crescent moon, deckle edges; publisher's silk red tasseled cord binding; chromolithographic pictorial title page; chromolithographic illustration every page; age-toning to edges, rubbing to spine at fold and edges; very good... Read More
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The Complete Angler, or Contemplative Man's Recreation; Being a Discourse on Rivers, Fish-Ponds, Fish, and Fishing: In Two Parts; The FIRST written by Mr. Isaac Walton, the SECOND by Charles Cotton, Esq; with The Lives of the Authors, and Notes Historical, Critical, and Explanatory. The Fifth Edition, with Additions
by WALTON, Isaac and Charles COTTON. Sir JOhn HAWKINS, Knt
London. Leather bound. Very good +. [NATURAL WORLD] [SPORT: FISHING]. Printed for F. and C. Rivington, G.G.J. and J. Robinson, W. Goldsmith, J. and J. Taylor, R. Faulder, Scatcherd and Whitaker, and E. Jefferey, 1792. Fifth Hawkins edition, with additions. 12mo; First part: lxxxii, 267, [1]pp + [3]plates; Second part: xxiv, 111pp +[10]pp index; polished marbled calf, gilt-stamped borders and ornaments, 5 band spine with gilt ruling and decorative ornaments, lettering gilt; gilt-stamped board edges; gilt ruling... Read More
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