Clement Company Catalog and Sample Book
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Chicago: Clement Company, 1925. Softcover. First edition; 11 x 8; pp. [2], 2-31, [2]; illustrated wraps; splits to tips of spine; thin discolored spot along fore-edge of last few leaves (not affecting illustrations); color and b & w illustrations; 19 swatches of fabric affixed to pages; very good- condition. With such a beautiful catalog and sample book of the Clement Company, it is apparent that it caters to gentlemen with acute fashion sense and value conscience, as the suits are... Read More
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A Small Ivan Pavlov/Paul Yakovlev Collection
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Various, 1925. Hardcover. Pavlov, Ivan Dvadtsatiletnii Opyt Obektivnogo Izucheniia Vysshei Nervnoi Deiatelnosti (Povedeniia) Zhivotnykh. Uslovnye Refleksy. Sbornik Statei, Dokladov, Lektsii i Rechei [Twenty Years of Objective Study of the Higher Nervous Activity (Behavior) of Animals. Conditioned Reflexes. A Collection of Articles, Reports, Lectures, and Speeches] Leningrad/Moskva: Gosudarstvennoe Izdatel'stvo, 1925. Third edition, 1 of 5000 copies; 6 1/4" x 9 1/4"; pp. [5], 4-397, [3]; rebound in red cloth over boards; brown morocco label with gilt lettering to spine; uniform age-toning to... Read More
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![The Carrier Boys of the Salem Register to Their Patrons, with the Compliments of the Season [January 1, 1877 and January 1, 1883]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/695/757/735757695.0.l.0.jpg)
The Carrier Boys of the Salem Register to Their Patrons, with the Compliments of the Season [January 1, 1877 and January 1, 1883]
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Salem, MA: The Salem Register, 1877. Softcover. Very good. Two brochures, 1877 and 1883; 9 1/4 x 6 and 11 3/4 x 6 1/2; single leaves, folded, pp. [4], text to pp. 1 and 4 only; cream stock ruled with intricate boarders and printed in red and black, respectively; the 1877 copy with a few very minor nicks to fore-edge; in very good to near fine condition; the 1883 copy with several closed cuts to edges, an old... Read More
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A Large Run of Ivan Tyktor's "The Club of Friends of the Ukrainian Book" Publications
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Winnipeg: Ivan Tyktor, Publisher. Good. Twenty-nine volumes: 1-5, 8-11, 13-29 + four odd volumes; 7 x 5; pictorial wraps; some volumes with small labels with manuscript numbers to tail of spine and previous owner's signature to title page; a bit of wear to edges and corners; in good to very good condition. Ivan Tyktor (1896 - 1982) was a Ukrainian-Canadian publisher and social activist, who, before immigrating to Canada, would found in 1923 and run Ukrainska Presa Publishing Company... Read More
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O Moskve (About Moscow) [Micro-miniature]
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Moskva (Moscow): Ianiko, 1997. Hardcover. First, limited edition of 100 copies (this copy #7); oblong 1/2 x 3/4; white leatherette over boards; embossed title and decorations in red; gilt page edges; illustrated; very mild age-toning and wear to boards; near fine condition. In Russian and English. A charming micro-miniature by a Moscow publishing house specializing in very-limited, gift-quality publications, the book contains a collection of several poems of and about the beauty and mystery of Moscow, by giants of the... Read More
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W. & J. Sloane Original Art, Rug Designs with Yarn Samples
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S. l. (San Francisco): W. & J. Sloane Design Room, 1929. Softcover. Five poster boards, various sizes (up to 19 1/2 x 12 1/2); in pencil, water colors, and ink; yarn samples attached to one of the boards with old pieces of tape; manuscript notes and measurements to margins; general wear to edges; a few cuts and spots, not affecting the drawings; rubbing to margins of one of the boards; ink stamps of W. & J. Sloane to lower... Read More
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Do pytannia Ukrainsko-Polskykh vzaemyn (On the Question of Ukrainian-Polish Relations)
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S. l.: Vydavnytstvo im. Khvylovoho, 1948. First Edition. Very good. First edition; 8 x 5 3/4; pp. [3], 6-37; salmon wraps, printed and ruled in black; previous owner's signature and a small number to front wrap, title page, and fore-edge; overall in very good condition. A series of articles by various Ukrainian intelectuals on Ukrainian-Polish Relations.
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Meat Reference Manual for Mess Sergeants and Cooks. Prepared for the United States Army
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Chicago: National Live Stock and Meat Board, 1943. Very good. Revised printing; 10 1/2 x 8; pp. 2-36; brown wraps, printed and ruled in blue; illustrated with full-page drawings; a bit of wear along edges; two holes punched through left margin (for storing in a binder); occasional smudges to pages; in very good condition. An uncommon, WWII cook book and manual, it was specifically created for the US Army and included elaborate charts for classification of fats, carbs, minerals,... Read More
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White Pigeon
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S. l. (White Pigeon): By the authors. Very good. First edition presumed, n. d.; red wraps, printed in black; illustrated with numerous sepia photographs; minor creasing and wear to tips of spine; in very good or better condition. An anonymous little booklet, it appears to have been published by citizens of White Pigeion - a small town in St. Joseph County, Michigan - known for being the oldest incorporated village in Michigan (in 1837) and for having the oldest... Read More
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Annual Commencement, Catholic Colored High School, June 1, 1945, Louisville, Kentucky
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Louisville, Kentucky: By the authors, 1945. First Edition. Very good. Leaflet; 9 x 6; single sheet, pp. [2]; cream stock, printed in dark-blue; several faint crease lines, else minor wear; in very good condition. The Catholic Colored High School began its life as the St. Augustine School in 1921, uder St. Augustine Church in Louisville, Kentucky, the latter the oldest African-American Catholic church in the city and one of the first six in the country. Starting in the 1870s,... Read More
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A Sammelband of Publications, Related to The Society of Saint Vincent de Paul
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Various Places: Various Publishers, 1856. Very good. Mostly issues of "Bulletin of the Society of St Vincent de Paul," spanning the years between 1856 and 1859, but also "Report of the General Meeting of the Conferences of Dublin, Held on the 8th of December, 1856," etc.; 8 1/4 x 5 1/2; nonconsequtive dates and pagination, 688 pp. altogether; bound together in marbled boards and 3/4 black morocco; four raised bands to spine, with gilt title and decorations; illustrated... Read More
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Montgomery Ward & Co. Catalogue No. 101, Fall and Winter, 1924 – 25
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Chicago, Ill: Montgomery Ward & Co., 1924. Softcover. First edition; 13 ¼ x 9; pp. 724; illustrated wraps; chips with some loss of paper to edges; fore-edge of pages a bit brittle; darkening and staining to upper corner; illustrated in b & w and color; good to very good condition. A massive catalog, known as the “Wish Book,†of the self-proclaimed “most progressive and oldest†mail order house, it was published in the last year of its dry-goods,... Read More
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The Powder River 362 Cannoneers
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Venezia: Arti Grafiche Fantoni & C. S. A., 1945. First Edition. Good. First edition; 6 1/2 x 4 3/4; pp. [8], 1-164; light-blue paper over boards, printed and decorated in dark-blue; slipcase in beige and black, printed in dark-blue; illustrated with photographs; small rubbed spots to corners of boards and two small chips to tail of spine and bottom edge; occasional light spotting, mostly to first and last few leaves; back hinge a bit shaken; slipcase with wear... Read More
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The California Teacher and Home Journal. Devoted to Education, Literature, Science, and Art. Volume 1 - Number 6
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San Francisco: T. E. Flynn & Company, 1883. Softcover. First edition; 9 x 5 3/4; pp. [1], 406-480; grey wraps, printed in black; a few rubbed spots along spine; small signature of previous owner to front wrap; back wrap advertisement illustrated with a woodcut; very good condition.Being the official organ of the Department of Public Instruction, the journal featured new methods and experiments in teaching, new educational devices, poetry, hints and advice on schools and universities, etc. Right around... Read More
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A Collection of Manuscripts, Related to Education in the 18th- and 19th- Centuries
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Various: Various, 1790. Very good. Twenty-three letters, receipts, bills, partially printed documents, etc., related to children and adolescents and their education in the late 18th- and 19th- centuries. Generally, in very good condition - with occasional spots, smudges, and nicks to edges and one with discreet repairs to verso. An interesting and varied collection, spanning from 1790 to 1881, it allowed a glimpse into people's desire to educate the young and the expenses said education would incur, as well... Read More
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A Collection of Russian, Georgian, and Bulgarian Poster Stamps
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Various: Various, 1950. First Edition. Near fine. Ninety one poster stamps, covering the 1950s and 1960s; various sizes, but approx. 2 x 1 1/2; most in near fine or better condition, several unevenly trimmed, a few with light wear to edges; a small number of duplicates; very good to near fine or better condition. One in Georgian/Russian, four in Bulgarian, eighty six in Russian. Inspired by the invention of the postage stamp, the first poster stamps debuted in the... Read More
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A Group of Silk-and-paper Victorian Books
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New York / London : E. P. Dutton & Co. / Ernest Nister, 1890. Very good. Three books, n. d. (late-19th century); various sizes, two of them elaborately die-cut; the third with gilt edges; all three tied with silk ribbons and illustrated with full-page and in-line chromolithographs; a fabulous collection. -Anonymous "Love Knots," n. d. (ca 1890); approx. 3 1/4 x 5; pp. [7]; chromolithographed wraps, die-cut in the shape of a hair-bow and tied with a silk ribbon;... Read More
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Mitla. Kalendar almanakh na 1958 rik
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Buenos Aires: Vydavnytstvo "Iuliiana Serediaka", 1958. First Edition. Very good. First edition; 7 3/4 x 5 1/2; pp. 3-128; pictorial, lithographed wraps; illustrated with numerous b & w drawings; thin, closed split and small loss of paper to tail of spine; a few small chips to bottom edges of wraps; staples showing at hinges (text block still solid); in about very good- condition. A humor and satire periodical, published for the Ukrainian community in Argentina, "Mitla" was published annualy... Read More
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Southern Pacific Lines, Texas and New Orleans Railroad Company. Victoria Division Timetable 73" together with "Southern Pacific Lines, Texas and New Orleans Railroad Company. Houston Division Timetable 38
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S. l.: s. n., 1950. Very good. Two timetables, 1950 and 1952; double-parallel fold, 11 x 4 1/4 folded; pp. 3-18 and 3-14 respectively; beige card stock wraps, printed and ruled in black; illustrated with maps and tables; one with age-toning and a few faint spots to margins; a bit of wear and creasing to edges; overall in very good condition. The Texas and New Orleans Railroad Company was chartered under the name of the Sabine and Galveston Bay... Read More
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[Epic poems] Byliny ob Il'e Muromtse
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Moskva: Gosudarstvennoe Izdatel'stvo Khudozhestvennoi Literatury, 1947. Soft cover. Near Fine. First edition in this format; staple-bound 5" x 8"; pp. 3-46, [1]; original stiff pictorial wraps; small piece chipped off upper corner of front cover, else near fine. Il'ia Muromets, depicted in numerous epic poems some of which were collected in this book, was a Kievan Rus epic hero and one of the greatest bogatyrs. Though most of his adventures appear to have been a work of fiction,... Read More
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AsSertive Rightings
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Costa Mesa, CA: By the authors, 2002. Near fine. First edition; 8 1/2 x 5 1/2; pp. [44]; yellow pictorial wraps; illustrated with drawings and photographs; very minor wear - in near fine condition. An unrecorded zine, published by students at Costa Mesa High School, it "pushed awareness and protection of rights and responsibilities...taking action...and the freedom of all forms of self-expression."
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Two Lindenwood Female College Items
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St. Charles, Missouri: Lindenwood Female College, 1880. Very good. Two invitations - a commencement-exercises one and a graduating-exercises one, 1880 and 1882; single card stock sheets, printed in fancy fonts and elaborate ruling; minor wear and a few very small spots to verso; in very good or better condition. The driving force behind the founding of the Lindenwood Female College was Mary Easton Sibley (1800 - 1878), an educator and early pioneer. Born in Rome, New York, Mary moved... Read More
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Otchet Popechitel'nago Obshchestva o 1-m Nochlezhno-rabotnom Dome Bezpriiutnykh Detei i Podrostkov Muzhskogo Pola, Uchrezhdennom Annoiu Eismont v 1901 g. 24 Marta. Za 1908, 1909 i 1910 g.g. [Report of the Trustees of the First Rooming House for Homeless Male children and Adolescents, Established by Anna Eismont on March 24, 1901. For the Years 1908, 1909 and 1910]
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St. Petersburg: Gosudarstvennaia Tipografiia, 1911. Softcover. First edition; 7 x 10; pp. 159; green wraps printed in black; small loss of paper to tail of spine; small number to upper corner of front wrap; a few spots to margins; several faded stamps of the Ural Regional Library; rubbed spot to front wrap verso; illustrated with photographs and tables; good to very good. In March of 1901, a young woman with the desire to commemorate the passing of her daughter and... Read More
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Two Documents, Related to Founder of Colorado Springs William Jackson Palmer
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Washington, DC / Denver City: s. n.. Very good. Two printed documents, partially filled in manuscript; 10 x 16; illustrated with vignettes in upper left corners; embossed seals to recto; handwritten title and notes to verso; old crease lines and minor spotting to margins; in very good condition. William Jackson Palmer (1836 - 1909) was a Civil War veteran, engineer, philanthropist, businessman, railroad surveyor and magnate, founder of present-day Colorado Springs, and funder of Colorado College. He also funded... Read More
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Krugozor. Ezhemesiachnyi zvukovoi zhurnal (Horizon. A Monthly Audio Journal)
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Moskva (Moscow): Pravda / Melodiia, 1966. Very good. Nineteen issues - 7/66, 10/66, 12/66, 4/67, 6/67, 2/68, 3/68, 10/68, 6/69, 10/69, 2/70, 6/70, 8/70, 10/70, 3/71, 6/71, 7/71, 8/71, 6/73; pp. [16] + 6, double-sided, 33 1/3 RPM flexi-discs in white and blue in each issue; laminated, pictorial wraps with comb binding and a central hole, running through every page; illustrated with photographs and drawings; one issue, 10/66, with 5 discs only and another, 8/71, with 7 discs... Read More
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