The Unintentional Charm of Men, with Unintentional Drawings by Mayo Dyer Hersey
by WARNER, Frances Lester
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, The Riverside Press Cambridge, 1928. Cloth. Near fine/very good +. Mayo Dyer HERSEY. 12mo; 200 [1]pp; blue stamped cloth, paper label to spine; gift inscription dated 1930 and booksellers ticket to ffep; cartoon-style line illustration vignettes; light sunning of spine; unclipped pictorial dust jacket, sunning of psine, shipping to head and tail, age-toning of paper; near fine in very good plus dj. ISBN: 0-88448-250-2. Some of the stories published here first... Read More
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The Holidays: Christmas, Easter, and Whisuntide; Their Social Festivities, Customs, and Carols
by WARREN, Nathan B.
New York: Hurd and Houghton. Leather bound. Near fine. F.O.C. DARLEY. [HOLIDAY] [ILLUSTRATED]. Cambridge: Riverside Press, 1868. F.O.C. DARLEY, illustrator. 8vo;[i-v], vi, [iv], [1] 2-198pp; triple gilt-rules on brown morocco, gilt-stamped decorative cartouche featuring a collection of holiday symbolism front and rear; 5 raised spine bands, gilt-ruled compartments and gilt-stamped lettering on spine; all edges gilt; gilt-dentelles, marbled endpapers; calligraphy presentation in ink on front fly-leaf; 6 engraved plates with tissue guard including fp; drop-caps with marginal illustrations;... Read More
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A Day with the Specialists or, Cured at Last, A Tragic Farcelet
by WATSON, M.D., Francis S.
New York: The Grafton Press, 1910. Cloth. Very good +. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author to his friend Dr. William W. Grumilt (?) in 1914. Limited Edition of 100 copies. 12mo; 51pp; gilt-stamped brown paper over board, white cloth spine; gilt top edge, untrimmed fore-edge and bottom; gift inscription with author signature to ffep; scuffing to corners, light soiling to spine cloth; very good plus. Written by Dr. Francis Watson, a urologist, the play was performed at... Read More
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Divine and Moral Songs, For Children
by WATTS, D.D., Rev. Isaac
New York: American Tract Society, Sold at Their Depository, 1848. Wraps. Very good. [CHAPBOOK] [JUVENILE] [RELIGION]. New-York: American Tract Society, Sold at their Depository. No. 150 Nassau-St., near the City-all New-York; and by Agents of the Society, its branches and Auxiliaries, in the principal cities and towns in the United States., No date [c. 1832-1848]. 32mo (4 7/16" x 2 ¾"); 47pp; stiff yellow wrapper, front wrapper printed with decorative Greek-style columns with flowers surrounding lettering and... Read More
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The Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs, of the Rev. Isaac Watts, D.D. To Which are Added, Select Hymns, from Other Authors; and Directions for Musical Expression by Samuel Worcester, D.D., Late Pastor of the Tabernacle Church, Salem, Mass. New Edition.; The Selection Enlarged, and the Indexes Greatly Improved. By Samuel M. Worcester, A.M., Professor of Rhetoric in Amherst College, Mass
by WATTS, Rev. Isaac, Samuel WORCESTER
Boston: Crocker & Brewster, 47 Washington Street, 1847. Full calf. Good +. 12mo; 776 + 4pp ads; calf over board, gilt stamped black calf label to spine; bookseller's ticket to front pastedown; ownership in ink to front pastedown and ffep; general wear and scuffing to boards and edges, front and top rear gutters leather cracked but holding, shelf soiling to edges, old ownership signature to top edge, foxing of endpapers, old ink writing to rear pastedown with offsetting;... Read More
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Rip Van-Winkle, Aunt Louisa's Big Picture Series
by WEBSTER, George P. [IRVING, Washington]
New York: McLoughlin Bros, 1875. Wraps. Very good +. [POETRY]. 4to square (10 5/8" x 9"); stiff color pictorial wrapper, lettering and Rip Van Winkle on the front in a decorative border, publisher's ad on rear; 6 chromolithographed plates, small b&w illustrations in text; light scuffing to front pictorial, light shelf-wear to wrapper, a few small internal spots; very good plus. Washington Irving's (1783-1859) classic tale of a lazy and alcoholic local man named Rip Van Winkle told... Read More
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Up and Down, A Novel Picture Book for the Little Ones
by WEEDON, L.L.
London and New York: Ernest Nister and E.P. Dutton, 1908. Boards. Very good. [MOVABLE BOOK] [JUVENILE] [HOLIDAYS] [RHYMING VERSE] [WOMAN AUTHOR]. London: Ernest Nister and New York: E. P. Dutton, No date [c. 1908]. Printed in Bavaria. Cover title: Up and Down. A Book of Changing Pictures. 8vo (8 7/8" x 6 ¼"); [16]pp; color pictorial boards, blue cloth shelf back; three staple binding holding but loose; gift inscription on ffep dated "Jan. 20, '16"; pictorial... Read More
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The Gingerbread Boy, animated by Julian Wehr
by WEHR, Julian
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co, 1943. Boards. Near fine/Very good. 8vo; [18pp]; color pictorial paper covered boards, title and vignette of the Gingerbread Boy emerging from the oven; red plastic comb-style binding; pink and white brick patterned pastedowns; gift tag with old clear tape to front pd; color vignette to title page; 6 tab-style movable illustrations in color; color illustrations in text; toning of title-page from the taped-in label on pd, a few small chips to... Read More
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Solomon Grundy, Born on Oneday, A Finite Arithmetic Puzzle
by WEISS, Malcolm E.
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co, 1977. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/very good +. Tomie DE PAOLA. [JUVENILE] [MATHEMATICS PUZZLE]. Tomie DE PAOLA, illustrator. First edition, first printing. 8vo oblong; 33, [1]pp; mustard colored glazed cloth over board, vignette of a baby on the front in red, red lettering on spine; three glue bubble on rear pastedown from the binder; unclipped color pictorial dust jacket, small chips and creases to edges, abrasion across the rear; fine in a very... Read More
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Marjorie's Vacation
by WELLS, Carolyn
New York: Grosset and Dunlap Publishers, 1935. Cloth. Fine/very good +. [WOMAN AUTHOR]. Reprint by Grosset & Dunlap. First published by Dodd, Mead & Company, 1935. 12mo; 293pp; bright orange buckram over board, lettering stamped in black, vignette of children and a tree on front; purple and white pictorial endpapers, gift inscription dated 1940 on ffep; b&w frontispiece; binding tight, appears unread; unclipped color pictorial dust jacket, ad for other Carolyn Wells books on rear, light soiling; fine... Read More
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Cherry Ames at Hilton Hospital
by WELLS, Helen
New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, 1959. Boards. Very good/very good. Frank VAUGHN. Number 20 in the Cherry Ames Series of books. Later printing, series book listings through Cherry Ames, Island Nurse, published in 1960, on rear dust jacket flap and verso of half-title. 12mo; 180pp; reddish brown tweed cover, small portrait of Cherry to front board inside black border; grey endpapers; illustrated frontispiece; light foxing to edges, small stain to bottom edge front and rear boards; unclipped... Read More
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Cherry Ames Island Nurse
by WELLS, Helen
New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1960. Later printing. Cloth. Very good. Later printing. 12mo; 184pp; color pictorial cloth over board; grey endpapers; b&w illustrated frontispiece; light scuffing to boards, one page creased; very good.
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Floor Games
by WELLS, H.G.
London: Frank Palmer, 12-14 Lion Court, 1911. J.R. SINCLAIR. [JUVENILE] [ACTIVITY BOOK]. J.R. SINCLAIR, illustrations. Neill and Company, Limited, Edinburgh, printer. J.R. SINCLAIR, marginal illustrations. First edition. 8vo; 71pp; navy cloth over board, cream stamped lettering on front and spine, color pictorial onlay of children playing on the floor on front board; 7 b&w half-tone photographic illustrations including fp; small line drawings in blue throughout text; light foxing and age-toned paper; very good. A surprising children's book from... Read More
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The Happy Hollisters, The Happy Hollisters Series of Books
by WEST, Jerry
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1953. Book Club Edition. Cloth. Near fine/very good. Helen S. HAMILTON. BOOK CLUB EDITION, dust jacket has no listed price. 8vo; 184pp; red cloth over board with stamped design to front and title to spine; illustrated endpapers; 2 color illustration; dust jacket does not list price; dj has creasing to upper front edge and chipping. small tears to bottom edge; near fine in a very good dj. No series number but first... Read More
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The Happy Hollisters and the Mystery at Missle Town, The Happy Hollisters Series of Books
by WEST, Jerry
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1961. Cloth. Near fine/Very good. Helen S. HAMILTON. 8vo; 187pp; red cloth over board with stamped design to front and title to spine; illustrated endpapers; 2 color illustration; unclipped dust jacket; dj has light rubbing to head and tail of spine; near fine in a very good dj. Series number H-19 of 33.
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The Happy Hollisters and the Indian Treasure, The Happy Hollisters Series of Books
by WEST, Jerry
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1953. Cloth. Near fine/very good. Helen S. HAMILTON. 8vo; 184pp; red cloth over board with stamped design to front and title to spine; illustrated endpapers; 2 color illustration; unclipped dust jacket; dj has chip to head of spine; near fine in a very good dj. Series number H-4 of 33.
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The Happy Hollisters on a River Trip
by WEST, Jerry [pseudonym for Andrew E. SVENSON]
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1953. Later printing. Boards. Near fine/very good +. Helen S. HAMILTON. Later printing. 8vo; 184pp; black stamped vignette of children running on rust-colored pebbled board, title on spine; pictorial endpapers in black and blue; illustrated throughout text; light shelf scuffing to bottom edge; unclipped color pictorial dust jacket with Doubleday H-2 to spine, price $1.25 to front flap, light chipping to edges,light damp-staining to rear upper edge; near fine in... Read More
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Billy Whiskers at the Fair
by WHEELER, F. G. [Frances Trego Montgomery]
Akron, Ohio: The Saalfield Publishing Company, 1909. Later printing. Boards. Very good/good +. Arthur DeBEBIAN. Later printing. 8vo; 163 [1]pp + [2pp] publisher's ads; color pictorial boards; color embossed die-cut of a child pasted to front pastedown; chromolithograph frontispiece; 5 chromolithographed illustrated plates with titles; b&w illustrations in text; bookseller's ticket to rear pastedown, "Chas. Ream, Lancaster PA."; chipping to tail of spine and edges, light staining to fore-edge of last page, publisher's ads and rear eps; unclipped... Read More
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Child Life, A Collection of Poems, with Illustrations
by WHITTIER, John Greenleaf, editor
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1871. [JUVENILE] [POETRY]. Houghton, Mifflin and Company, The Riverside Press, Cambridge, 1871. Reprint. 8vo; xiii, [i], [1-3], 4-263pp; olive cloth over board, gilt stamped lettering on the front and spine, the front bordered with a cream and pink flowering vine enclosing a wreath through which birds fly; lightly tipped forward, light scuffing to edges; near fine. Published by John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892) along with the poet, Lucy Larcom (1824-1893). The collection features poems for... Read More
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Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, Illustrated Holiday Edition
by WIGGIN, Kate Douglas
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1911. [SIGNED] [JUVENILE]. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by author on free front endpaper. Published "October 1910" on copyright page, later printing. 12mo; x, [ii], [1-3] 4-327; red pictorial cloth over board, gilt-stamped title and flowers, with a small vignette of a house on the front; gilt lettering and decoration on the spine; inscription on ffep by author " 'Where Joy & Duty Clash Let Duty go to Smash.' Extract from Rebecca's composition Kate... Read More
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The Birds' Christmas Carol
by WIGGIN, Kate Douglas
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1916. Cloth. Very good +. Katharine R. WIREMAN. [HOLIDAY: CHRISTMAS] [WOMAN AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR]. Katharine R. WIREMAN, illustrator. Later printing. 8vo square; xvi, 90, [2]pp; dark green cloth over board, lettering in orange on front and spine, pale green borders of birds, two sets of green candles and holly on front; gift inscription dated 1918 on ffep; illustrated caps, tailpieces and headlines; illustrated half-title and title page; 4 plates in including... Read More
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The Romance of a Christmas Card
by WIGGIN, Kate Douglas
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, The Riverside Press, Cambridge, 1916. Alice Ercle HUNT. [LITERARY WORK] [WOMAN AUTHOR]. Alice Ercle HUNT, illustrator. First edition. 12mo (7 ¾" x 5 ½"); 123, [2]pp, [1]printer's imprint; blue cloth over board, gilt-stamped decorative border of holly surrounds the title and a color pictorial onlay of a house in the snow titled "The Folks Back Home"; top edge gilt; pictorial eps; head piece illustrations and tail pieces; color fp + 3... Read More
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Half-A-Dozen Housekeepers, A Story for Girls in Half-A-Dozen Chapters
by WIGGIN, Kate Douglas
Philadelphia: Henry Altemus Company, 1903. Mills THOMPSON. [SIGNED] [CHILDREN'S]. Mills THOMPSON, illustrator. SIGNED and inscribed by the author. First edition. 12mo; 162pp; decorated mint-green cloth over board, a broom and dust mop festooned with a garland of pink roses on the front; author's inscription and signature on ffep; ad for the author's book The Posy Ring laid in; frontispiece and 5 additional b&w plates; light rubbing to board edges else fine. Kate Douglas Wiggin (1856-1923) was an American educator... Read More
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All Maine Cooking; Front wrapper title: All Maine Cooking, A Collection of Treasured Recipes from the Pine Tree State
by WIGGIN, Ruth and Loana SHIBLES
Rockland, Maine: Courier-Gazette, Inc, 1967. Comb-style plastic wraps. Very good +. Anna PARKER. 8vo; 187 + 1pp order forms; color pictorial stiff glazed wrapper with black comb-style plastic binding; illustrated title page in black and green; chapters by county, color illustrated chapter divisions with a blurb about the county; recipes with authors and their home towns; scattered marginalia in pencil; 7 pp index; light shelf wear and a few stray spots; very good plus. Attractive cook book with... Read More
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America Illustrated
by WILLIAMS, J. David [John], editor
[New York]: The New York Printing & Publishing Company, 1879. Cloth. Near fine. 4to; 121pp; green pebbled cloth over beveled board, stamped black panels surrounding gilt-stamped lettering on front, blind-stamped paneling on rear; all edges gilt; pale yellow endpapers; ownership in neat ink on ffep; woddcut illustrations most likely reproduced for this publication by a photolithographic process; near fine. OCLC locates only one physical copy at the Maharishi International University in Iowa. A wonderful tour of the U.S.A.'s... Read More
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