Dennison's Bogie Book, Suggestions for Halloween 10 cents
Framingham, Mass: Dennison Manufactoring Co, 1922. [EPHEMERA] [HOLIDAY]. 12mo (7 ¾" x 5 1/8"); 32pp; stiff black pictorial wrapper, JOL face on front and witch riding a broom on the rear; 2 staple binding; color illustrated in black and orange throughout; No. 403-115M-7-22 on inside front wrapper; soiling and wear to wrapper, finger smudges and some soiling on pages; very good minus. A scarce party book published by the paper company, Dennison, in operation from 1844 to 1990 in... Read More
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The Youth's Companion, New Year's Number 1900. January 4, 1900, Volume 74, No. 1
Boston: Perry Mason Company, 201 Columbus Avenue, 1900. [JUVENILE] [PERIODICAL] [EPHEMERA]. Weekly periodical. Folio (16 ¼" x 11 ¼"); pp [1]-12; color pictorial wrapper printed in red and black, an illustration of a woman on the front looking up at the face of a grandfather clock on the front, the rear wrapper a full-page advertisement for Ayer's 20th Century Almanac; two staple binding; advertisements throughout for children and adults; stories and features with illustrations; horizontal fold through all sheets... Read More
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1912 Barker's Illustrated Almanac. Farmers Guide and Household Cook Book. Use Barker's Special Poultry Remedy, Barker's Healing Ointment and Barker's Horse, Cattle & Poultry Powder. Also Barker's Nerve and Bone Liniment
Philadelphia: The Barker, Moore & Mein Medicine Co, 1911. [EPHEMERA] [ALMANAC] [VETERINARY]. 12mo (7" x 5 7/8"); [32]pp; 2 staple binding; thin paper stock printed with color pictorials on the front and rear, small metal wire hangar at top; age-toned paper, light shelf staining of wrapper, light chipping of edges; very good plus. Colorful wrapper with advertising, 12 full-page illustrations with ad promotions and humorous scenes, almanac, and general advice on animal husbandry.
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Bath--Maine 1847 1947 Centennial
No place listed: Bath's Centennial Committee, 1947. Stiff wraps. Very good. 4to; color printed white stiff wrapper, vignette of 2 ships and a world to front; b&w half-tone photographic illustrations; soiling to wrappers, binding tight and pages clean; very good minus. Located in 3 WorldCat libraries. Scarce. Listing of the Centennial Committess and Program, a 'Brief Historical Sketch' by Henry W. Owen, Jr., listing of mayors, famous shipbuilders, Presidents of the Bath Iron Works with their photos, and... Read More
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Souvenir View Book of the White Mountains, N.H., As Seen Through the Eye of a Camera, The Land of Scenic Splendor
Boston: Tichnor Brothers, Inc, 1945. Stiff wraps. Fine. 4to; [64pp]; color pictorial stiff wrapper; 3 staple binding; ink date: "Sept. 12, 1945" to verso front wrapper; text to verso front wrapper, map of the White Mountain area to rector rear wrapper; 64pp b&w photographic illustrations with titles; one small light stain to fore-edge not extending to pages; fine. Text inside front wrapper titled, "The White Mts. Of N.H. "The Switzerland of America". Crawford Notch and Mt. Washington. ... Read More
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Frigidaire Recipes, Prepared especially for Frigidaire Automatic Refrigerators equipped with the Frigidaire "Cold Control", Second Edition
Dayton, Ohio: Frigidaire Corporation, 1929. Second Edition. Cloth. Very good/very good. 8vo; 96pp; tan cloth over board with decorative cartouche and title on front cover; brown paper dust jacker with design and title in black printed on front cover; illustrated in color and black and white; soiling and tanning of cover, light soiling of endpapers; chipping of dj edges; very good minus in very good dj. Unusual in original dj.
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Scientific American, New York, July 27, 1895., Volume LXXII,, No. 4
New York: Munn & Co., No. 361 Broadway, 1895. Ephemera no binding. Very good. Folio (16 ¼" x 11 ¼"); pp50-64; illustrated wrapper; 3" split at tail of wrapper fold, small closed tears and chipping to wrapper edges, hand-soiling and shelf-wear to wrapper; very good minus. Advertised as a Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry and Manufactures. Contents include: The Lake Steamer North Land; Prevention of Electrolytic Action Upon Water and Gas Mains; Wire Rope... Read More
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Carte-de-Viste of the American Artist and Illustrator Charles Dana Gibson at his easel
New York: Pach Bros., 935 B'way, 1900. Ephemera no binding. Very good. Card measures 8 11/16" x 10 ¼"; mounted photograph is 7 ¼" x 9 3/8"; bottom right card corner chipped, light creasing across bottom of photograph and two light vertical scratches, spotting to rear of card; very good. Charles Dana Gibson (1867-1944) was best known as the author of the Gibson Girl in the late 19th and at the start of the 20th century. The drawings... Read More
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The Young Christian's Pocket-Book, or Counsels, Comforts & Cautions, Conveyed in Short Striking Sentences, Fifth Edition
London: The Religious Tract Society, 1846. [MINIATURE] [RELIGION]. The Religious Tract Society, Sold at the Depository, 65, St Paul's Churchyard and By the Booksellers. C. Whittingham, Chiswick, printer. Miniature (2 ¾" x 2 3/16"); 192pp incl. 4 pp publisher's ad; maroon goat over board, gilt-stamped fillet with corner ornaments and two central gilt-stamped oval wreaths front and rear, gilt-stamped lettering on spine with ornaments; all edges gilt; pale yellow eps; gift inscription dated "18th June 1847" on verso... Read More
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British Navy
No place or printer noted, 1918. Handkerchief. Very good. 15" x 15 1/2"; silk handkerchief with hand-pulled hem; color printed design with the portrait of King George V, a soldier in WWI uniform, an airplane and ship; light overall soiling, small wrinkles in the silk, stain to hem corner perhaps from label glue; very good.
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Miss Fluffy's Rice Cook Book, Add a Bright Change to Your Menus with Rice!
New York: Riviana Foods Inc, 1970. Staplebound. Near fine. 8vo; 32 [2]pp; color pictorial wrapper featuring an anthropomorphic spoon with rice as hair; 2 staple binding; color printing and photographic illustrations; light scuffing to wrapper edges; near fine. Published as a promotional for Water Maid Rice and Mahatma Rice, two of the parent company's food lines, most likely in the early 1970s from the colors used and photographic illustrations. It appears in WorldCat published by the Rice Council... Read More
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God's Gift of Grace
Philadelphia: Protestant Episcopal Book Society, No. 1224 Chestnut Street, 1874. Wraps. Very good +. [CHAPBOOK] [RELIGION]. 32mo (4 3/16" x 2 13/16"); 16pp; blue wrapper, lettering printed inside a decorative border on the front, rear wrapper reads "Presented by the / United States Christian Commission, / Central Office, / No. 13 Bank Street, Philadelphia. / George H. Stuart, Chairman. / Joseph Patterson, Western Bank, Treasurer. / Rev. W. E. Boardman, Secretary."; gift inscription in ink on verso title... Read More
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Tiny Toddles; The Toddles Girls' Series
Springfield, Mass: McLoughlin Bros., Inc, 1927. Later printing. Boards. Very good. Later printing. 8vo shape book; [14pp]; color pictorial of a girl and umbrellas to front, thick board die-cut to outline an umbrella; two staple binding, one holding, the other rusted and pulled from the boards; b&w line illustrations each page; very good minus. Short story set in rhyming poetry with illustrations.
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Frank Visits the Dentist
Atlanta: State of Georgia, Department of Public Health, 1947. Wraps. Fine. Vera NEVILLE. [HEALTH] [WOMAN ILLUSTRATOR]. Distributed by the American Dental Association. Vera NEVILLE, illustrator. Atlanta Lithograph Company. 8vo oblong; 19pp; stiff color pictorial wrapper picturing three children looking at a whiteboard on the front, rear wrapper pictures 4 children carrying chairs and books; 2 staple binding; color illustrations throughout with text; fine. OCLC locates 4 copies in the U.S. and one in Thailand. A colorful booklet was... Read More
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The Little Gardener ABC, Father Tuck's Little Pets Series, No. 5552
London, Paris, Berlin, New York, Montreal: Raphael Tuck & Sons, Ltd, 1910. [JUVENILE] [ILLUSTRATED] [ABECEDARIAN] [RHYMING VERSE]. Raphael Tuck & Sons, Ltd, Publishers to Their Majesties the King & Queen & T.R.H. The Prince & Princess of Wales, No date [c. 1901-1910]. 8vo (8 5/8" x 6 ½"); [8]pp; stiff color pictorial wrapper showing a girl with flowers and a basket on the front, the rear wrapper features a boy and girl in a cabbage patch; 2 staple... Read More
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Home Needlework Magazine, March 1914, Volume XVI, No. 3
Boston: Home Needlework Publishing Company, 1914. Wraps. Very good +. [NEEDLEARTS: CROCHET, EMBROIDERY, TATTING] [HOME ARTS] [FASHION] [PERIODICAL]. 8vo; 46pp; tan illustrated wrapper, front a close up of needlework, rear wrapper an advertisement in color; b&w half-tone illustrations throughout of needlework projects; illustrated advertisements; light soiling to wrapper, rubbing to spine; very good plus. Well-illustrated needlework periodical with a variety of instructions for projects in crochet, embroidery, beading, knitting, applique, and cothing construction and decoration.
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The Flock of Sheep; or Familiar Explanations of Simple Facts
New Haven: Printed and Published by S. [Sidney] Babcock`, 1840. Wraps. Very good. [JUVENILE] [CHAPBOOK]. 32mo (4 3/8" x 2 ¾"); 16pp; pale pink or light tan wrapper, decorative borders and wood-engraved vignette of a mother and child on front, rear wrapper publisher's ad for "Toy Books, Beautifully Embellished with Superior Engravings for the Mind and the Eye;" full page illustration on wrapper pp 2 and 3; vignette and decorative borders on title page; ownership and inscription on... Read More
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Erinnerung an die heilige taufe
No place listed [Germany]: No publisher noted, No date [c. early 20th century]. Ephemera no binding. Near fine. English translation: Remembrance of Holy Baptism. 4 ¼" x 2 5/8"; pale blue glazed-stock with silver-embossed borders and scrolling decoration across the face and 4 flaps; 2 scalloped flaps; matching pale blue damask padded-oval badge with netting loops, stamped silver design and letters, and chromolithograph portrait of a cupid onlaid to envelope face; small inner envelope affixed to verso face;... Read More
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My Mother, Mother's Series
New York: McLoughlin Brothers, 1863. [RHYMING VERSE]. 24mo (5 7/8" x 4 ¾"); [8]pp; stiff color wrapper, printed in red and black on yellow ground, vignette of a young girl and her mother on the front, rear wrapper features publisher's ad for "Picture Books for Little Children / For Sale at all Book Stores. / 66 Different kinds, for Six Cents Each"; publisher's string binding; gift inscription on verso front wrapper; 7 chromolithographed illustrations with rhyming verse; light wear... Read More
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Scientific American, New York, December 14, 1895., Volume LXXIII,, No. 24
New York: Munn & Co., No. 361 Broadway, 1895. Ephemera no binding. Very good. Folio (16 ¼" x 11 ¼"); pp370-384; illustrated wrapper; 4" split at tail of wrapper fold and separation at mid-fold, 1" closed tear to fore-edge through all pages; light hand-soiling and shelf-wear to wrapper; very good minus. Advertised as a Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry and Manufactures. Contents include: The Atlanta Exposition-The Woman's Building; The Motocycle Award; Strikes in the... Read More
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Cobb's Manual; Containing The Declaration of Independence; The Constitution of the United States, Political Definitions; and Tables..
Newark [N.J.]: Printed and Published by Benjamin Olds, 1836. [JUVENILE] [AMERICAN HISTORY] [CHAPBOOK]. Showing the Population of the United States and Territories, and of the principal Cities, Towns, and Villages in the United States, agreeably to the Census of 1830. With Questions: Designed for Private Use, and for the Use of Schools . J.S. Redfield, New York, stereotype. Wrapper title: Cobb's Manual. Containing The Declaration of Independence; The Constitution of the U.S.; Political Definitions; And Tables, with Questions:... Read More
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Independent Courier, Vol. III, No. 47
Ellsworth, Maine: Grant & Moore, 1830. NEWSPAPER]. January 7, 1830. Folio (20" x 14"); [4 pp]; creased edges, previous owner name on top of first page, folded horizontally and vertically at center; good plus. Not found in OCLC. Contents include a description of White House, President Jackson, land claims; descriptions of the east rooms of the President's House, religious articles, mention of President Jackson and his report on the state of the Country, land claims in the west, Indian... Read More
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Illustrated Memories of Portsmouth, Isles of Shoals, New Castle, York Harbor, York Beach and Rye, New Hampshire
Portland, Maine: G.W. Morris, Publishers, 124 Franklin Street, 1910. Wraps. Very good. [VIEWBOOK] [NEW HAMPSHIRE] [TRAVEL] [SOUVENIR]. Wrapper title: Illustrated Memories of Portsmouth, York, York Harbor, York Beach, Kittery, Isle of Shoals, New Castle & Rye. 12mo oblong (7 ¼" x 10 ¾"); [51]pp; stiff cream textured wrapper, lettering in red and black on front with a line-drawing vignette of people fishing from a canoe; 46 b&w photographic half-tone illustrations; [5]pp text precedes the illustrations; wear to... Read More
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![Bibliotheque de la Jeunesse et de L'Enfrance. Ali Baba, Gargantua, Don Quichotte, Baron de Krack, L'Oiseau Bleu, Riquet a La Houppe; Library of Youth, and Childhood; Don Quixote, Ali Baba, Gargantua, The Baron of Krack, The Blue Bird [seemingly a story of Cinderella], and Ricky with the Tuft](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/216/414/1265414216.0.l.jpg)
Bibliotheque de la Jeunesse et de L'Enfrance. Ali Baba, Gargantua, Don Quichotte, Baron de Krack, L'Oiseau Bleu, Riquet a La Houppe; Library of Youth, and Childhood; Don Quixote, Ali Baba, Gargantua, The Baron of Krack, The Blue Bird [seemingly a story of Cinderella], and Ricky with the Tuft
Paris: L. Marinet, 1933. 1/4 cloth. Very good. 4to; 60pp; illustrated paper over baord quarter bound in cloth with green spine; color illustrations; age toning to endpapers, light edge wear to covers with some chipping, bumping of cover corners with some paper loss, a few closed tears and chipping to pages; very good. Scarce, only one located in France in WorldCat.
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Travel, March 1918. Vol. XXX, Number 5
New York City: Robert M. McBride & Company, Inc, 1918. Staplebound. Very good +. Folio; 40pp; color pictorial stiff wrapper, 2 staple binding, b&w photographic portrait of a young girl to front, Aetna Life Insurance ad to rear; light shelf-wear, inner leaf detached from staples; very good plus. Black and white photographic illustrations and advertisements throughout, as well as one map titled "Principal Motor Routes Through the Land of Cotton". Contents include articles on Launching of Canoes at... Read More
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