Handbook for Scout Masters: A Manual of Leadership (Volume Two)
New York: Boy Scouts of America, 1945. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover. 7" X 4 1/2". xiv, 507pp.-1158pp. Rubbing, toning, and bumps to covers, corners, and edges of cloth over boards. Toning and dust-spotting to edges of text block. Toning to endpapers. Crease to edges of first 10 pages. Faint soiling stain to bottom corners of pages of last 1/3rd of text block. Pages are free of marks and notation. Binding is sound. An overall solid copy of this 1945... Read More
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Piso's Cure for Consumption (1898 Vintage Cough Medicine Tuberculosis Advertising Booklet)
1898. Paperback. Good. Paperback. 3" X 2". 12pp. Rubbing, toning, and soiling to covers and to pages throughout. Toning and soiling does not obscure text. Binding is sound. This is a cough medicine advertising booklet for Piso's Cure for Consumption. Includes America lyrics and music as well as reviews of Piso's. A fascinating nineteenth century piece of ephemera promising a cure for "the most fatal disease known," consumption.
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1990s Atlanta-area Magic and Conjuring Ephemera with Signed Tom Mullica Souvenir
Atlanta: Atlanta Society of Magicians, 1993. Loose_leaf. Very good +. Loose_leaf. Offered here is a collection of ephemera from the magic and conjuring scene in 1990s-era Atlanta, including: 1. S.E.A.M. Southeastern Association of Magicians 1992 Convention program "We came...We saw...We Conjured!", hosted by the Atlanta Society of Magicians, 16-page staplebound booklet, with attendee's notes to note page, full schedule of events, list of dealers, brief biographies of participating performers including Max Maven, Eugene Burger, Tom Mullica, and... Read More
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The Bull Fight (1970 Tourist Program for Bull Fight in Madrid with Loose Handbill/Flyer)
Madrid, 1970. Paperback. Good. Paperback. 9 1/2" X 6 3/4". Unpaginated. Rubbing, toning, bumps, and soiling to covers, corners, and edges of paper wraps. Dust-spotting to edges of text block. Foxing and toning to endpapers and to some pages throughout. Pages are free of marks and notation. Toning to top edge of loose flyer. Program binding is sound. This 1970 tourist program features text in English, French, and Spanish, and describes the famous bulls and bull-fighters of the... Read More
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Coronet 1957 (Yearbook from Brewton-Parker Junior College) MOUNT VERNON, GEORGIA
Mount Vernon: Brewton-Parker Junior College, 1957. Hardcover. Good +. Hardcover. 10 3/4" X 8". Unpaginated. Wear to blue plastic over boards with toning to covers, light creasing to spine, and mild wear to corners. Foxing to front and rear paste-downs and endpapers. Signatures and friendly messages to "Bob" to front and rear endpapers, paste-downs, and to pages throughout. Pages contain charming doodles and commentary on students and campus locations, presumably by the yearbook's original owner, "Bob". This yearbook... Read More
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Vintage Print of Ponte Vecchio Bridge View, Florence
Good +. 9 1/2" X 13 1/2". Mild toning and wear to cover of paper. Gentle bumps and creasing to edges. A print of the Ponte Vecchio Bridge by an unknown artist. Artist's initials are visible at bottom of print.
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![Outdoor Life, September 1948 [Magazine]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/597/126/1431126597.0.l.jpg)
Outdoor Life, September 1948 [Magazine]
New York: Popular Science Publishing Co., Inc, 1948. Paperback. Good. Paperback. 11 1/2" X 8 1/2". 141pp. Wear to pictorial paper wraps with rubbing, creasing, and toning to covers, corners, and edges. Chipping and rubbing to spine. Dust-spotting to edges of text block. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. With full page color ads for Camel Cigarettes and PM Whiskey, as well as many more black-and-white ads throughout.
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10-Book Box Set of Chinese Folk Tales (In Mandarin)
Staplebound. Good. Staplebound. 7 1/4" X 8". Wear to box with rubbing, toning, and bumps to covers, corners, and edges. Mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of all volumes. Faint dust-spotting to edges of text block. Green pencil scribbles to cover and to pages of one volume. Bindings all remain sound. With color illustrations throughout. An overall solid collection of 10 illustrated books with box.
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Good Times: Fun for the Little Folks
Boston: Lothrop Publishing Company, 1897. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover. 10" X 8". Unpaginated. Wear to paper over boards with rubbing, toning, and bumps to covers, corners, and edges. Boards are exposed at corners and along edges. Tears to fabric at spine. Dust-spotting to edges of text block. Penciled notation at front free endpaper reads, "Ethel Willing, Christmas 1898". Light foxing and age-toning to pages. 2" closed tear to fore edge of one page. Hinges feel tender and text block... Read More
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Elvis Presley First Day Issue Stamped Envelope, Grenada, August 16, 1978 with Souvenir from the Meditation Garden at Graceland Mansion
Bear, Delaware: Boxcar Enterprises, Inc., Lic. by Factors Etc., Inc, 1978. Loose_leaf. Very good. Loose_leaf. 3 3/4" X 6 1/2" sealed envelope with authorized stamp of Elvis in full color, dated 1977, and blue-and-black printed vignette of Elvis to opposite side, with "First Day Issue / Official Commemorative Stamp / of Grenada" pritned below and "With great / dignity / Granada / commemorates / Elvis Presley / 1935-1977" to the right. "1978 - Boxcar Enterprises, Inc. / Lic.... Read More
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Mother Goose Rhymes: In Words of One Syllable
Chicago: The Saalfield Publishing Company, 1908. Hardcover. Good/Fair. Hardcover. 8" X 6 1/2". 92pp. Rather heacy wear to price-clipped dust jacket with rubbing, toning, chipping, and tears to covers, corners, and edges. Previous owner's name and "1924" written in ink at front of jacket. Rubbing, toning, and bumps to covers, corners, and edges of paper over boards. Dust-spotting to edges of text block. Toning to endpapers. Inked gift inscription to front free endpaper. Pages are free of marks... Read More
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![[Loring Liquor Store Recipe Booklet] Recipes for Mixed Drinks](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/692/934/1675934692.0.l.jpg)
[Loring Liquor Store Recipe Booklet] Recipes for Mixed Drinks
Minneapolis: Loring Liquor Store, 8211. Staplebound. Good. Staplebound. 5.1/2” x 3.1/2”. 16pp. Staple-bound booklet with brown paper wraps, printed in black. Some age toning and minor staining to cover. Rust to staples. Pages are free of marks and notation. Binding is sound. A charming mid-century cocktail recipe booklet issued by Loring Liquor Store, located at 1401 Nicollet Avenue, Minneapolis, MN. The store, likely named after the nearby Loring Park, advertised "Fine Wines and Liquors" and offered "Free... Read More
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Das neue Gemeinschaftliche Gesangbuch: zum gottesdienstlichen Gebrauch der Lutherischen und Reformirten Gemeinden in Nord-America wit einem neuen vermehrten Unhange
New York: Wilhelm Rabbe, 1859. Leather bound. Good. Leather bound. 5 1/4" X 3 1/2". xxxii, 672pp. Text in German. Printed in two columns. Bound in full embossed leather, with spine lettered in gilt. Rather heavy wear to binding, with hard rubbing to edges and extremities, chipping to tail of spine, small open tears to spine, creasing, and soiling. Hinges tender but holding. Previous owner's name to front pastedown and flyleaf. Occasional foxing and damptaining to margins of... Read More
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The Railway Lighting & Heating Company. Instructions for Manipulating and General Description of the Frost Dry Carbureter System for Lighting Passenger and Other Railroad Cars. For the Use of Trainmen
Philadelphia: Railway Lighting & Heating Company, 1889. Wraps. Very good. Wraps. 6 3/8" X 4 1/8". 19pp. Stiff russet printed paper wraps with spine backed in red cloth. Moderate wear to binding, with small open tear to top corner of upper wrap,creasing, spots of soiling, and scattered rubbing. Binding is sound. Occasional spots of soiling to pages and toning due to laid in insect wing. A quite attractive copy of this 1889 manual used by actual rail workers... Read More
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Report of the Special Committee on Nondiscrimination of the Board of Public Education of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia: Special Committee on Nondiscrimination, The Board of Public Education of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1964. Paperback. Good. Paperback. 9" X 6". xxvi, 191pp. Mild edgewear and rather heavy sunning to textured paper wraps. Binding is firm and sound. Gift inscription to first page, else clean and unmarked. A solid copy of this 1964 report of the Special Committee on Nondiscrimination's "study in fulfillment of the charge made to it 'to formulate for consideration fo the Board a statement of... Read More
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Georgia's Government: A Citizen's Guide
Atlanta: The League of Women Voters of Georgia, 1966. Staplebound wraps. Good. Staplebound wraps. 9" X 6". 59pp. Mild wear to yellow pictorial staplebound wraps, with edgewear, toning, foxing, and stain to rear through rear free endpaper. Binding is sound. Pages are clean and unmarked. A nice copy of this 1966 guide to the government of the state of Georgia, with maps of congressional districts, Senate districts, and House districts.
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The Capitol, Lincoln, Nebraska
[Lincoln, Nebraska]: The Capitol Commission, 1931. Staplebound wraps. Very good. Staplebound wraps. 8 3/4" X 6". Unpaginated, 48 pages, uncut at top edges. Moderate wear to staplebound wraps, with chipping and tears to edges, creasing, and spots of soiling. What appears to be a faint dampstain to top margin of first 16 pages, else pages are clean and unmarked. A quite attractive copy, heavily illustrated throughout, of this exploration of the Nebraska State Capitol.
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![The Open Door to Opportunity Land (Kuhns the Seed Man's 10th Anniversary Jubilee catalog]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/409/205/1118205409.0.l.jpg)
The Open Door to Opportunity Land (Kuhns the Seed Man's 10th Anniversary Jubilee catalog]
Lancaster, Pennsylvania: Eastern Seed Company, 1920. Staplebound wraps. Good. Staplebound wraps. 9" X 6". Unpaginated, 20pp. Rather heavy wear to staplebound pictorial wraps, with closed tears to spine at head and tail and small tears and chipping to edges and extremities. Some pages disbound from staples. Eastern Seed Company ordering form laid in with several pencilled marks. A worn but utterly charming circa 1920s catalog with fabulous images of everything from guns to ukeleles, "real moving picture cameras,"... Read More
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Narcissus Festival Cookbook and Cherry Blossom Cookbook 1960s/70s HAWAIIAN COOKBOOKS
Honolulu, Hawaii: Hawaiian Electric Company, 1970. Staplebound wraps. Fair. Staplebound wraps. 8 1/2" X 5 1/2". Unpaginated, 12pp each. Staplebound pictorial wraps. Heavy wear to Narcissus Festival Cookbook, with 3 3/4" X 3" open tear to rear wrap. Light soiling and edgewear to wraps. Bindings are sound. Pages are clean and unmarked. A solid pair of these two cookbooks prepared "with a spirit of Aloha" for the Narcissus and Cherry Blossom Festivals in Honolulu, Hawaii in 1969 and... Read More
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![Selected Pictures of Ryoanji Temple [1970s Vintage Kyoto Photographs]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/620/772/1275772620.0.l.jpg)
Selected Pictures of Ryoanji Temple [1970s Vintage Kyoto Photographs]
[Kyoto, Japan]: [Ryoanji Temple], 1970. Loose_leaf. Very good. Loose_leaf. 12" X 8". Printed folder with printed insert in Japanese and English and eight 7 1/2" X 10 1/2" color photographs of Ryoanji Temple. Mild wear to folder, with light creasing to corners and mild dust soiling. Pictures show slight edgewear, else fine. A very nice keepsake honoring Ry an-ji Temple, a Zen temple and UNESCO World Heritage Site in Kyoto, Japan, belonging to the My shin-ji school of... Read More
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Sing Sociability Songs for Camps-Homes Communities and Schools
Winona Lake: The Rodeheaver Hall-Mack Co, 1946. Staplebound. Good. Staplebound. 8 3/4" X 5 3/4". 127pp. Heavy soiling, creasing, and wear to covers and edges. Soiling and age-yellowing to pages. Pencil marks to page 29; pages otherwise free of marks and notations. Folding to corners of some pages. Binding is sound.
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![The Laboratory: For Those Interested in Keeping Informed on the Latest Developments of Laboratory Apparatus and Technique [Volume 17, Number 5]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/493/604/1299604493.0.l.jpg)
The Laboratory: For Those Interested in Keeping Informed on the Latest Developments of Laboratory Apparatus and Technique [Volume 17, Number 5]
New York: Fisher Scientific Company. Staplebound. Good +. Staplebound. 9" X 6". Light creasing and wear to covers and edges. Staples from binding slightly rusted. Pages free of marks and notations. Binding is sound. A pamphlet from the 1950's or 60's published by the Fisher Scientific Company informing readers on the latest equipment and gadgets for laboratories, as well as recent discoveries and research taking place in the scientific community. Examples of equipment listed are the Fisher-Stern Ultracentrifuge,... Read More
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![Bielsko-Biala: Tak Dobrze Nam Razem [We Are So Good Together] POLISH-ENGLISH LANGUAGE GUIDE](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/123/090/1378090123.0.l.jpg)
Bielsko-Biala: Tak Dobrze Nam Razem [We Are So Good Together] POLISH-ENGLISH LANGUAGE GUIDE
Bielsko-Biala: Miasto Bielsko-Biala, 2014. Paperback. Very good. Paperback. 10 1/2" X 8". 60pp. Very mild wear to covers, corners, and edges of pictorial paper wraps. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. This is a Polish/English language guide to Bielsko-Biala, a city in southern Poland. It offers information about its history, culture and art, tourism, lifestyle, and sports and recreation. It also includes phone numbers and addresses of places to stay and eat as well as destinations... Read More
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Coronet 1958 (Yearbook from Brewton-Parker Junior College) MOUNT VERNON, GEORGIA
Mount Vernon: Brewton-Parker Junior College, 1958. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover. 10 3/4" X 7 3/4". 71pp. Wear to white plastic over boards with heavy toning to covers and edges. Faint dust-spotting to edges of text block. Signature of "Bob B. Browning," the original owner of the yearbook, in ink to front flyleaf. Light foxing to endpapers. Binding is sound. A solid copy of this yearbook from Brewton-Parker Junior College in 1958. Founded in 1904 by Reverend John Carter... Read More
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Animal Pictures for the Little Ones
New York: McLoughlin Bros, 1902. Paperback. Good. Paperback. 8 3/4" X 6 3/4". Unpaginated. Wear to pictorial paper wraps with toning, creasing, rubbing, and surface paper loss to covers, corners, and edges. Foxing, toning, and pencil marks to linen pages. Black-and-white and color illustrations throughout. Binding is sound. An admittedly worn, but overall solid copy of this 1902 "untearable" linen children's book on animals.
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