Carthage

by WORMSER, Baron

Belfast, Maine: The Illuminated Sea Press, 2005. First Edition. Wraps. Fine. Peter CUSACK. First edition. 8vo; [32pp]; pale grey wrapper with title and author on front with an illustration; rear wrapper with a blurb from Stephen Dunn, an American Pulitzer Prize winning poet; fine. Baron Wormser (b. 1948) is an award winning American poet and was the Poet Laureate of Maine from 2000-2006. Now residing in Cabot, Vermont, he was a librarian for 25 years in Madison, Maine,... Read More

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Agricultural Almanac for the Year of our Lord 1937, Being the first after Leap Year, and until the 4th of July the 160th of American Independence

by WRIGHT, Berlin Hart

Lancaster, Pa: John Baer's Sons, Inc, 1936. Wraps. Very good +. [ALMANAC]. Containing the rising, setting, and eclipses of the Sun and Moon; the phases and places of the Moon; the aspects of the planets the rising, setting and southing of the most conspicuous planets and fixed stars, the equation of time, and the time of high water at Philadelphia; with a variety of useful and entertaining matter. Carefully Calculated for the Meridian of Pennsylvania and the adjoining... Read More

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Her Bright Smile Haunts Me Still." Ballad

by WRIGHTON, W.T.

Boston: Oliver Ditson & Co., 277 Washinoton [sic] St, 1870. Wraps. Very good. [EPHEMERA] [NAUTICAL] [MARINE]. J.E. [Joseph Edward] CARPENTER, poetry. J.H. Bufford's, lithography. Folio (13 7/8" x 10 5/8"); 5pp; bifold wrapper with 1 leaf; lithograph illustration on front wrapper of a sailor looking out to sea and a young woman appearing in the clouds; age toning to edges, light foxing to rear wrapper; very good. There are various imprints and arrangements with this title. William Thomas... Read More

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Happy Tommy, The Workhouse Boy

by W.W.

London: W. Symons, Vauxhall and Sold by James Gilbert & B.L. Green, Paternoster Row, 1849. [SIGNED] [CHAPBOOK] [JUVENILE] [RELIGION]. 48mo (3 15/16" x 2 ½"); 16pp; stiff glazed navy wrapper, gilt stamped title decoratively framed on front; all edges gilt; author inscription "Miss Price from the Author" on verso front wrapper; light crease at upper corner through all layers, a few scuffs to wrapper; near fine. Unrecorded. A small religious tract-style chapbook was written as a letter, beginning with... Read More

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The Stray

by WYETH, Betsy James

New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1979. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/near fine. Jamie WYETH. First edition. 8vo; 158pp; red buckram over board with gilt1stamped spine; dark blue endpapers; ownership in marker to ffep; illustrated throughout in b&w; color illustrated unclipped dust jacket with no listed price, light soiling to rear, shelf rubbing to upper and lower edges; fine in near fine dj. The book and illustrations by members of the renowned artist Wyeth family. An adventure story with intrigue... Read More

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Puff the Magic Dragon

by YARROW, Peter and Lenny LIPTON

New York and London: Sterling Publishing Co., Inc, 2007. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/fine. Eric PUYBARET. First edition, 6th printing. 4to; [22]pp; unopened Compact Disc mounted in rear board, protected by a plastic disc; green cloth over board, color pictorial onlay of a dragon, gilt-stamped border; color pictorial endpapers; glazed color illustrated pages with text; unclipped color pictorial dust jacket; fine in fine dj. ISBN: 978-1-4027-4782-3. Lovely color illustrations accompany the now famous folk tune, "Puff, the Magic Dragon,"... Read More

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Culinary Cullings, Being Tried and True Recipes, Carefully Collected

by [YMCA]

Newburgh, New York: Published for the Benefit of the "Ladies' Fair" in aid of the Building Fund of the Young Men's Christian Association, 1883. Cloth. Very good. 12mo; 79 [1]pp; gilt-stamped maroon cloth over board, blind-stamped border decorations; 14pp advertisements; bumping and wear to corners with loss; very good minus. Interesting cookbook featuring recipes supplied to raise funds for the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) building fund.

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Historic Tours in Soconyland

by [STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF NEW YORK]

Standard Oil Company of New York: Publishers Printing Company, 1925. First Edition. Staplebound. Very good +. First edition. 12mo; 57, [7]pp; color pictorial map of Northeast U.S.A.- on stiff wrapper, 2 staple binding; 7 color maps; text in borders with color illustrations; light soiling to wrapper; very good plus. Tour of New York State and New England published by the Standard Oil Company of New York with suggested historic stops. Color pictorial maps. Last 5pp a Lubrication Chart... Read More

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Shirley Temple in "Dimples

by ZANUCK, Darryl F., production; Nunnally JOHNSON, associate producer, Arthur SHEEKMAN and Nat PERRIN, screen play

Akron, Ohio: The Saalfield Publishing Company, 1936. Staplebound wraps. Near fine. 8vo; 32pp; color photographic illustrated stiff wrapper with Shirley in a green cap; 2 staple binding tight; black and white illustrations with text; light shelf wear to edges; near fine. Photoplay. Shirley Temple was a childhood star of screen, radio and television. She later was the Ambassador to Ghana and Czechoslovakia. As a child star, she was Hollywood's number one box office draw from 1935-38.

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Shirley Temple in Little Miss Broadway

by ZANUCK, Darryl F., production; Harry TUGEND and Jack YELLEN, screen play

Akron, Ohio: The Saalfield Publishing Company, 1938. Staplebound wraps. Very good. 8vo; [48pp]; color photographic illustrated stiff wrapper with Shirley and a dummy on the front cover; 2 staple binding tight; black and white photographic illustrations with text; light shelf wear to wrapper, front wrapper upper corner creased, light age toning of paper; very good minus. Photoplay. Shirley Temple was a childhood star of screen, radio and television. She later was the Ambassador to Ghana and Czechoslovakia. As... Read More

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