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1889001543New York NY: McLoughlin Bros. 1889. First edition thus; 9 x 6 3/4â ; pp. 10; lithographed wraps; spine and hinges reinforced with thin strips of white linen; small nicks to corners; faint penciled-in name of previous owner to upper margin of front wrap; upper part of leaves discolored not affecting readability; illustrated with 4 full-page chromolithographed plates and black & red in-line drawings; overall good condition Part of Mcloughlinâs Wonder-Stories Series the book presents a beautiful edition of a beloved classic fairy tale. New York, NY: McLoughlin Bros. paperback books
1820TB31004New Haven Conn.: Printed by A. H. Maltby & Co. 1820. First Editiion. Very good in printed self wraps with an over-sewn tread binding. An octavo of 8 5/16 by 4 7/8 inches with light tanning and foxing throughout. Without a dust jacket. 16 printed pages. A Checklist of American Imprints 1820-1829 2303 Printed by A. H. Maltby & Co. paperback books
1860001211S. l. London : S. n. 1860. Softcover. First edition n. d. ca 1860; 3 1/2 x 5 1/2; pp. 2; card stock printed recto only; a few small scattered spots of foxing; illustrated with engraving of the British Royal Crest; very good. An interesting and quite amusing advertisement piece touting the benefits of the patented Nodder's self-adjusting and ventilated hat. The said benefits are enumerated and listed in order of importance and include "fitting the peculiar configuration of all Heads" "thorough ventilation" "grease-proof" etc. S. l. [London (?)]: S. n. paperback books
1926001429Boston: The E. L. Patch Company 1926. Softcover. First edition; 3 1/4 x 5; pp. 13; illustrated wraps; minor wear and rubbing to spine and edges; illustrated with photographs; very good to near fine condition. An apparently unrecorded booklet describing Carrageen aka Irish Moss detailing in words and photographs the process of raking the ocean along the New England coast for the moss drying it and manufacturing various products. The pamphlet is also an advertisement for the company's Nepto Lotion - made with Carrageen and apparently the go-to for surgeons housewives "those who drive a car" etc. Boston: The E. L. Patch Company paperback books
1981230939New York: Star Dist 1981. Paperback. 180p. very good first edition PBO in 'camp' pictorial wraps. Lesbian and spanking pulp. Debutante Books DEB-157. Cover is of a male camp couselor thus 'camp cover' spanking a teens girl's bottom. But the majority of the content is Sapphic. Star Dist paperback books
006203Hanoi: 1966. Original Wraps. A Very Good Copy 1st. 7"x7". 59 pp. Text in French English Spanish. 40 pages sketches of Vietnamese soldiers and civilians. Hanoi: , 1966 unknown books
194329444Glasgow: Strickland Press 1943. First Edition. 12mo 18.5cm.; illustrated staplebound self-wrappers; 55pp. Rather dust-soiled small stain to rear wrapper else a Very Good partially unopened copy. Comparison of the British population after years of war-time propaganda and the behavior of the Black-Headed sea gull. OCLC locates 5 copies in the United States as of April 2016 at Kansas Harvard Duke Swarthmore and Minnesota. Strickland Press unknown books
1898002293Muncie Indiana: Glascock Bros. Mfg. Co. 1898. First Edition. Very good. A small pamphlet; single leaf folded pp. 4; 6 x 3 1/2; beige stock illustrated with photographs; several faint creases to lower margin; a few minor nicks to upper corners and edge; very good condition. An interesting advertisement for Glascock's baby products which included strollers bouncers etc. and were quite popular in the late 19th- and early 20th centuries. This pamphlet included photographs with children in each one and descriptions of the Combined Baby Jumper and Rocking Chair combines a bed jumper rocking chair and high chair the Combined Baby Tender and Walker another chair-craddle-bed combination and a Beautiful Go-cart. [Glascock Bros. Mfg. Co.] unknown books
1940002660Fairbury NE: Dairy Goat Journal 1940. First Edition. Very good. First edition n. d. ca 1940; 7 3/4 x 5 1/2; pp. 2-31; off-white wraps printed and ruled in black; small nicks to tips of spine; short cut along lower staple; a few very minor spots; in about very good condition. An unusual cook booklet it presented interesting recipes for cooking chevon goat's meat as well as various recipes with goat milk. Some of them included Chevon Meat Cakes Soft Honey Cake Boston Brown Bread and so on. Dairy Goat Journal paperback books
1975149826New York: Arno Press 1975. Octavo cloth. First U.S. edition. Text offset from that of the Hampstead England 1875 edition. A European commonwealth under one supreme king has emerged from the destruction of Rome. Bleiler Science-Fiction: The Early Years 1161. Clarke Tale of the Future 1978 p. 7. Negley Utopian Literature: A Bibliography 608. Sargent British and American Utopian Literature 1516-1985 p. 63. Suvin Victorian Science Fiction in the UK p. 19. Bleiler 1978 p. 6. Reginald 07697. A fine copy without dust jacket as issued. #149826 Arno Press unknown books
002793Santa Fe: Jean Seth 1989. Pictorial Cover. Very Good. Limited. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 102 pp. George O'Keeffe 'Red & Orange Hills 1938" on cover many full-color reproductions in catalog of 488 items including lithographs by Chagall and Renoir in addition to Dasburg Ellis Gaspard Howard Cook Beatien Yazz Vitor HIggisn Alfred Morang many others. Santa Fe: Jean Seth, 1989 unknown books
208431no place: no publisher no date. Magazine. 32p. 5.25x8 inches illustrated with nude drawings of women cavorting price on cover in ink lightly-worn digest-size magazine in blue stapled pictorial wraps. Two short stories and two poems. Erotica for lesbians. no publisher unknown books
186513728Boston: New England Publishing House 1865. 144 pages; tissue-guarded frontispiece of Hay-making in Summer pastoral scene; other woodcut illustrations throughout text; contents instructional in nature: Obedience The First Day in the Country Walter's Garden Haymaking Fete more; good examplar of nineteenth century inspirational for youth; previous owner pencil inscription on endpaper; bound in publisher's brick-red cloth decoratively titled in gilt; some light foxing to text; some edge tips wear to binding; spine ends chipped; overall good condition. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. New England Publishing House Hardcover books
186513727Boston: New England Publishing House 1865. 164 pages; tissue-guarded frontispiece of children & flower-observing in Spring pastoral scene; other woodcut illustrations throughout text; contents instructional in nature: Animals and Nature Trundling a Hoop the Toyshop Buds of Trees Watering Plants Length of Days more; good examplar of nineteenth century inspirational for youth; previous owner pencil inscription on endpaper; bound in publisher's brick-red cloth decoratively titled in gilt; some light foxing to text; some edge tips wear to binding; spine ends chipped; overall good condition. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. New England Publishing House Hardcover books
009654London: Mond Nickel Company 1948. Cloth. Very Good. Ocatvo. Limited. 28 pp. Pages 17 and 27 switched in text. Shows Nickel coins from Argentina the Basque Republic Belgium Canaa Czechoslovakia Ecuador Germany Hong Kong India Indo-China Iraq Roumania and Slovakia. London: Mond Nickel Company, 1948 unknown books
196926991Washington: Guild Press 1969. 106p. ads 4x7 inches lightly-worn first edition booklet in stapled white wraps. Gay pulp fiction. Black Knight Classics of the Homosexual Underground. Don't ask don't tell don't stop!! Guild Press unknown books
002656Flagstaff: Northland Press 1977. Very Good/No Dust Jacket as Issued. Pictorial Cover. Limited. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 18 pp. 5 full-color reproductions 21 b&w from 1977 exhibition at Wollheims' Rosequist Galleries. Flagstaff: Northland Press, 1977 unknown books
1914002449Rochester NY: Eastman Kodak Company 1914. First Edition. Very good. First edition; 4 3/4 x 6 3/4; pp. 3 4-68 2; white wraps printed and illustrated in black and red; small nicks to tips of spine and a bit of wear to spine cover; light age-toning to margins; illustrated with photographs and drawings; very good condition. The 3A Autographic Kodak was one of Kodak's early folding cameras. It took a variant of the 122-format film - the 122 autographic - which allowed the use of a metal stylus to record information about the photo directly onto the margin of the negative. Eastman Kodak Company paperback books
009898Philadelphia: Charles Bell 1833. Poor/No Dust Jacket as Issued. Half-Leather. No Edition Stated. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 131 pp. Heavily rubbed covers chipped spine leather front cover detached but present. Bumped corners wavy pages. Previous Owner's stamp: Abraham Bixler. Philadelphia: Charles Bell, 1833 unknown books
1996001213Random House 1996 1996. F. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. first edition second printing F/F condition Random House, 1996 hardcover books
003637Baton Rouge: American Ornithologists' Union 1963. Cloth. Near Fine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 634 pp. INcludes papers in French and German though vast majority of texts are English. Baton Rouge: American Ornithologists' Union, 1963 unknown books
008729New York: T. Whittaker Bookseller 1876. Limited. Orginal Wraps. Fair/No Dust Jacket as Issued. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. 225 pages. Covers detached binding copy. List of all the Episopal bishops clergy and deacons including tables by state territories etc. New York: T. Whittaker, Bookseller, 1876 unknown books
1918001159N.p. 1918. Softcover. First edition; 8 x 9 1/2; single sheet pp. 2; very minor nick to left edge; faint crease line through middle; near fine condition. 'The Hatchet' was a daily newspaper published on board USS George Washington on her way to France during WWI. Later the ship would also play an important role in post-war diplomatic efforts twice taking President Woodrow Wilson to France for the negotiations which would lead to the Treaty of Versailles. The current issue includes baseball scores with a table of standings of the clubs but just for the National League followed by a small note "American League Radio Defective" and an article titled: "From Bow to Stern at Midnight." N.p. paperback books
1881001430S. l. Boston: s. n. Seth W. Fowle & Sons 1881. Softcover. First edition n. d. ca 1881; 3 1/5 x 5 1/2; pp. 16; illustrated wraps; a few spots to front wrap; small chip to head of spine; illustrated with steel engravings; overall very good-. An advertisement for the firm of Seth W. Fowle & Sons' patent medicines - Wistar's Balsam of Wild Cherry and Peruvian Syrup. The booklet contains testimonials descriptions and a hilarious poem. S. l. [Boston]: s. n. [Seth W. Fowle & Sons] paperback books
195000105472057593498894297: New Mexico 1950. Softcover. First edition n.d. ca 1950; 5 1/2 x 8 1/2; pp. 12; brown die-cut wraps tied with decorative string; minor crease to back cover else fine. Illustrated with drawings and photographs including one of young Mark Twain who was a "printer's devil" at the Weekly Missouri Courrier in the 1850s. The book is a fascinating account of the so called "printer's devils" - the youngest and lowliest employees in the printing trade tasked with the 'drudgery work' - in New Mexico. Quite scarce - OCLC lists one copy at George Mason University with this the only one in the trade. New Mexico (?) paperback books