Buy Goudy and Kent's Find Biscuits and Confectionery for the Children's Picnic
[Portland, Maine], 1898. No Binding. Fine. 4 ¾" x 7"; wood engraved pictorial on recto, verso advertisement for Bakers' Goods and Confectionery; fine. Not in WorldCat or Rickards. The obituary for Lewis A. Goudy of Portland Maine appeared in the January 1922 issue of The Cracker Baker, Vol. XI, p. 59 and summarized the story of his business life as both a cracker baker and confectioner. Edward W. Kent became a partner in 1886 and retired in 1891.... Read More
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Fabulous Feasts with Maine Seafoods
[Augusta] Maine: Maine Department of Sea and Shore Fisheries with the cooperation of the National Marine Fisheries Service, and funds provided by P.L. 88-309, 1967. First Edition. Stiff wraps. Near fine. First edition. 8vo; 32pp; color pictorial stiff glazed wrapper, 2 staple binding; color drawings and photographic illustrations throughout with recipes featuring fish; light foxing to first page bottom; near fine. Hard to find seafood recipe book produced to promote tourism and Maine seafood. Recipes for lobster, clams,... Read More
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Militia of Maine
1832. Document no binding. Fair. 30 ¼" x 13 3/8". Printed sheet with hand-written details and lists of names; chipping to edges, staining, folds, holes at fold intersections, edge chipping affects the hand-written names of 10 men listed as Privates; fair. Roll of the Company of Infantry in the third Regiment, Second Brigade, and fourth Division of the Militia, under the command of Capt. John Lewis as corrected on the Tuesday following the second Monday of September, 1832.... Read More
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Roll of the company of Infantry in the third Regiment, Second Brigade and Fourth Division of the Militia in the State of Maine Commanded by George McIntyer, Capt. Corrected on the 9th of Sept. 1828
Document no binding. Good. Irregular shaped, trimmed paper, top portion measuring 8 1/2:" x 9 ½", a section on the left extending another 8 1/8" x 2 ½". Hand-written in neat ink listing of names; sunning to corners with chipping, neat fold lines, some ink fading and one name affected by loss; good. Hand-written listing of men's names including 3 Commissioned Officers, 4 Sargeants (sic); 3 Musicians; and 55 Privates.
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Muscle Ridge Channel Maine, 1879
[Washington D.C.]: [U.S. Coast Survey], 1879. Fine. 20 1/8'' x 13'' within the neat line; pin holes to all four corners to attach to lithographic stone; original fold lines as issued; delicately hand-colored in green with roads and neat line in yellow, and lighthouses shown in orange; fine. Rare in color. Finely done lithograph on bond paper, includes a scale of nautical miles with notes on buoys and soundings. Detail on the land masses include some buildings, roads,... Read More
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The White Mountains of New Hampshire, The Land of Scenic Splendor
Portland, Maine: Atlantic Postcard Company, 1920. Stiff wraps. Near fine. 16mo oblong; [42pp]; illustrated green stiff wraps with die-cut oval and peep-through pictorial to front; map of New Hampshire to recto back wrapper; 2 staple binding; b&w green-tinted half-tone photographic illustrations with titles every page but last, last pp text; light age toning; near fine. Glimpse of early 20th century White Mountain life.
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State of Maine Volunteer Militia inscription certificate for a Sergeant in a Company of Riflemen
[Augusta, Maine], 1850. Document no binding. Near fine. 8 1/2" X 14"; printed recto and verso; a few light spots, and ink splashed to verso; near fine. Unused military inscription document for the Volunteer Militia of Maine in the 1850s.
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Tenth Annual Catalogue of Ornamental Fence Manufactured by Kokomo Fence Machine Co., Kokomo, Indiana, U.S.A.
Fort Wayne, Ind: The Archer Printing Company, 1906. Stiff wraps. Near fine. Oblong 8vo (6" x 9"); 40pp; glazed stiff pictorial wrapper printed in black and red; color half-tone illustration of a house within a decorative border on a pink ground; rear wrapper wood engraving of two company awards received in 1899; 2 staple binding; title page printed in black within a double red border; double red borders enclose all text and illustrations; both b&w photographic illustrations reproduced... Read More
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George Washington Morgan, Sculptor, The Merthyr Steam, Stone, Marble & Granite Monumental Works, Pontmorlais, Merthyr
[Wales, UK]. Ephemera no binding. Near fine. 3 4/4" x 4 ¾" glazed white paper envelope; relief printed stamp to flap side. Near fine. Unused 19th century envelope from the town of Pontmorlais in Merthyr, Wales, with highly decorative cartouche framing the business name.
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French's Cream Salad Mustard, Makes Salads, Salad Dressings, Sandwiches, Savories
Rochester, N.Y.: The R.T. French Company, Mustard Street, 1925. Wraps. Near fine. [COOKERY] [ADVERTISING PREMIUM]. Cover title: Made Dishes Salads and Savories with French's Cream Salad Mustard 16mo (6 ½" x 4 ½"); 28pp; color pictorial wrapper featuring a table set with dishes and a salad on the front, pictorial rear wrapper featuring a vignette of a woman tossing a salad and an illustration of French's Mustard; illustrated title page; a few small spots; near fine. The booklet... Read More
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Priest's Cook Book, Selected List of Recipes From Famous Cooks
Bangor, Maine: Priest Drug Company, 98-100-102 Exchange Street, 1920. Wraps. Near fine. 8vo; 39pp; cream colored wrapper printed with the title in a black frame-style border; 2 staple binding; light creasing to some upper corners; near fine. In 2 WorldCat libraries, both in Maine. Established in 1914, Priest's logo was their name spelled out twice in the shape of a cross. A collection of recipes including breads, cookies, doughnuts and crullers, griddle cakes and fritters, fish, meats, puddings... Read More
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Simple Simon's Mother Goose Magical Picture Book with Magic Wand that brings Characters and Verses to Life in Realistic Action!
No place listed: Pat. Pend. Advertising Ingenuities, Inc, 1946. [JUVENILE] [MOVABLE BOOK]. 8vo square (8 ¾" x 7 15/16"); [20]pp; bright pictorial boards with red plastic comb binding, front board pictures a boy and girl watching an elf with the book, rear board pictures rondel with a boy and girl sleeping in bed; color pictorial on verso front board; 4 volvelles with grommets inserted into French folded pages; original "Magic Wand" inserted into sleeve; lift-tab pictures; 2 grommets have... Read More
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Seventh Annual Report of the Secretary of the Maine Board of Agriculture; Embracing also the Reports on the Scientific Survey, 1862
Augusta [Maine]: Stevens & Sayward, Printers to the State, 1863. [STATE OF MAINE] [AGRICULTURE]. Small 4to (9" x 5 5/8"); 216 + 447pp; tan wrapper, brown cloth shelf back; text, tables, charts, map, and a few b&w illustrations; heavy wear to wrappers, chipping to shelf back with loss; foxing throughout, damp staining but no bad odors; good plus. Scarce. OCLC locates 6 copies. A scarce report that is readable and firmly bound, although it shows wear. In 1862, Samuel... Read More
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Cinderella; Or, The Glass Slipper, Cinderella Series
New York: McLoughlin Bro's, 1900. [JUVENILE]. Front cover title: Cinderella, Cinderella Series Small 4to (9 3/8" x 6"); [8]pp; stiff color pictorial wrapper featuring a young girl combing the hair of a seated woman, rear wrapper features an illustration of Cinderella and the Prince; two staple binding; alphabet with red capital letters on verso front wrapper, alphabet featuring lower case letters in red on recto rear wrapper; 8 color pictorials with text; light hand-soiling of wrapper, 2" split... Read More
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Twelve Funny Little Travellers. No. 1
No publisher place: No publisher listed, 1880. Ephemera no binding. Very good. 11 ½" x 13"; cotton-even weave, perhaps lawn; copper plate or roller printed in color; left side selvage, 3 sides hand-rolled and stitched hems; light soiling, age-toning of cotton, foxing; very good. Not recorded or in WorldCat. A copper plate or copper roller printed handkerchief, or more correctly, bandana. Perhaps part of a larger set, as this one is labeled "No. 1", it portrays a color... Read More
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![Newport's Valentine Social, Newport Bicycle Club, Worcester, Mass., Tepsichorean [sic] Hall, Wed. Ev'g Feb. 8 '05, Light Infantry Orchestra](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/705/727/1675727705.0.l.jpg)
Newport's Valentine Social, Newport Bicycle Club, Worcester, Mass., Tepsichorean [sic] Hall, Wed. Ev'g Feb. 8 '05, Light Infantry Orchestra
Worceseter, [Mass.]: Sunderland & Orne Printers, S. Pleasant St, 1905. [EPHEMERA] [VALENTINE] [BICYCLE CLUB] [DANCE CARD]. Two Valentine-style dance cards for Valentine Social sponsored by the Newport Bicycle Club in Worcester Massachusetts at Tepsichorean [Terpsichorean] Hall, once located at 311 Main Street. The card lists the 18 dance numbers played by the Light Infantry Orchestra. The last page of the insert lists the members involved in the organization of the dance. On the recto of the rear wrappers are... Read More
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The New Album of New York
No place listed [Portland, Maine]: No publisher listed [Chisholm Bros.], 1880. Boards. Very good +. [VIEWBOOK] [SOUVENIR] [ADVERTISING]. The New Album of New York, No place, publisher, or date listed [c. 1880s]. 12mo (6 1/4" x 4 3/4"); concertina folded [12 panels]; gilt-stamped pebbled green paper over board, elaborate gilt border with title to front and ad to rear; 12 chromolithographic illustrations in grey, red border to each illustration, printed recto only; scuffing to boards with chipping of... Read More
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Heedless Johnny, Little Delights series
New York: McLoughlin Bros, 1875. [JUVENILE] [RHYMING VERSE]. 16mo (6 ¼" x 4 1/8"); [8]pp; pictorial wrapper printed in mustard, red and black, illustration of a boy falling into water and 4 lines of verse on front, rear wrapper has a b&w illustration of a wet boy and 8 lines of verse; foxing throughout; very good. The sad tale of Johnny, a boy who did not pay attention and fell in the water. Fished out by two passing men,... Read More
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Naughty Boys, Aunt Oddamadodd Series
New York: McLoughlin Bros. Publishers, 24 Beekman St, 1862. [JUVENILE] [RHYMING VERSE]. Vincent Dill, 24 Beekman Street, New York, Stereotyper. Thomas A. Cuzner, wood engraver. (9 ¾" x 7"); [8pp]; yellow wrapper printed in red and black, front pictorial features a large woman reading to six children while a boy sits at her feet reading a book to a dog, signed "Cuzner"; rear wrapper a publisher's ad listing "McLoughlins' [sic] Toys for Girls and Boys!" including "Paper Dolls,... Read More
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Scientific American, New York, March 21, 1896., Volume LXXIV,, No. 12
New York: Munn & Co., No. 361 Broadway, 1896. Ephemera no binding. Very good. Folio (16 ¼" x 11 ¼"); pp178-192; illustrated wrapper; insect damage to lower corner wrapper, 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 United States Protected Cruiser Olympia; Stability of Lofty Buildings; Report on the Plans of New York... Read More
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Camden Herald--Extra. Public Laws of the State of Maine, Passed by the Forty-Ninth Legislature, A.D. 1870
[Camden, Maine]: [Dunton Brothers], 1870. [NEWSPAPER EXTRA]. 4to (12 ¼" x 10 ½"); 8pp; two horizontal folds; some spotting and chipping of edges; very good. Not found in OCLC. The Camden Herald newspaper is a mid-coast Maine, Knox County paper founded in 1869. This Extra reports on the Legislature includes legislation passed relating to: attorneys, banks, cemeteries, coroners, fishing, highways, industry (lime), insane hospitals, insurance, judgements, land, licenses, liquor, manufacturing, pensions of soldiers and seamen, railroads, salaries, schools, tax... Read More
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Photographicum Helsingborg
[Helsingborg, Sweden]: Killsbergs Bokhandel, 1890. Boards. Very good +. Killsbergs Bokhandel. 12mo; 3 15/16" x 5 7/8" cards; 3-flap folio wrap,grey textured paper over board, grey cloth backstrip, photo onlay to front; relief printed decorative endpapers; 10 b&w glossy finish photo-cards; light sunning and soiling to wrapper, scuff to front, light age-toning verso of card paper; good plus with near fine cards. Not in WorldCat. Ten black and white photographic images of local town scenes published by Killsbergs... Read More
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Two advertising premiums: Compliments of The New Home Sewing Machine Co
No place listed: Forbes Co, 1895. Ephemera no binding. Very good +. [PAPER DOLLS] [ADVERTISING PREMIUM] [JUVENILE]. , The New Home Sewing Machine Co. listed their locations on the front of the paper doll card in Orange, Mass., at 28 Union Square, N.Y., in Boston, Mass., Chicago., St. Louis, Atlanta, GA., Dallas, Tex., and San Francisco, Cal. The premium was given for children to cut out and put together a picture of a woman sewing. The larger of... Read More
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Home Needlework Magazine, May 1914, Volume XVI, No. 5
Boston: Home Needlework Publishing Company, 1914. Wraps. Very good +. [NEEDLEARTS: CROCHET, EMBROIDERY, TATTING] [HOME ARTS] [FASHION] [PERIODICAL]. 8vo; 46pp; pink 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, tatting, stenciling for home decoration, and clothing.
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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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