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1865WRCAM56537New York: Beadle and Company 1865. 5-964pp. Frontis. Original pictorial orange wrappers. Minor edge wear spine partially perished short horizontal tear across middle portion of spine some rubbing and soiling to wrappers. Previous owner's signature on recto of frontispiece and first leaf of text minor foxing. Good condition. "Washington at Valley Forge in 1777 - Philadelphia - saved from the scaffold" - Johannsen. This edition comes from the first series of Dime Novels this is Number 79 a genre that Beadle originated and made vastly popular. JOHANNSEN BEADLE AND ADAMS I p.86. Beadle and Company unknown books
5057Paris, chez Durand et Pissot, 1752 – in-12, 376 pp – rel. basane blonde d'ép., tr. rouges
13039Paris, Valeyre Père, 1762 ; in-12. Faux-titre-X-2 ff. (table)-468 pp.-10 ff. Veau marbré, dos à nerfs orné, pièce de titre rouge. Coins frottés, coiffes arasées. Quelques rousseurs sur les premiers et derniers feuillets.
192348298New York: Street & Smith Corp. 1923-1925. 15 Vols. 8vo. 320; 304; 314; 315; 317; 307; 320; 319; 317; 320; 318; 318; 317; 308; 319 pp. plus 69 pp. publ. ads. Colour-illustrated softcovers much of the cover art Western motif pulp art with gunfighters cowboys and American Indians minor chipping & wear to head & foot of spines some creasing edgewear light uniform interior toning as usual still a VG- set stapled as issued. A substantial run of the famed Western Story Library featuring Ted Strong westerns which would eventually number 75 titles. Ted Strong was a character originally created by Street & Smith’s Young Rough Rider Weekly as an homage to Theodore Roosevelt’s campaign for a second Presidential term. Strong owned a Dakota ranch similar to Roosevelt’s and with his gang of eastern boys dressed in khaki uniforms such as those worn by the Rough Riders during the Spanish-American War they cleaned up the territory for law and order. Published bi-monthly these stories re-issued Ted Strong westerns originally published in the Young Rough Rider Weekly and later collected in the New Medal Library. Later volumes contained new material and collected stories from the Wild West Weekly. See: J. Randolph Cox The Dime Novel Companion p. 278; Bold Oxford History of Popular Culture 6 p. 321 Street & Smith Corp., paperback
193622200Chicago: Popular Publications Inc. 1936. Mild edge wear reading crease a nearly fine copy. 22200. Octavo single issue cover by Walter Baumhofer pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Includes "The Living Lie Down With the Dead" by Cornell Woolrich. Also fiction by Carroll John Daly Frederick Nebel Fred MacIsaac and others. Reference: Cook Mystery Detective and Espionage Magazine pp. 168-170. Popular Publications, Inc. unknown
193622127Chicago: Popular Publications Inc. 1936. Mild edge wear reading crease a nearly fine copy. 22127. Octavo single issue cover by Walter Baumhofer pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Fiction by Fredercik Nebel Carroll John Daly Frederick Davis and others. Reference: Cook Mystery Detective and Espionage Magazine pp. 168-170. Popular Publications, Inc. unknown
1863WRCAM56536New York: Beadle and Company 1863. 96pp. Frontis. Original pictorial orange wrappers. Minor edge wear spine lightly worn tiny chip to upper outer corner of front wrapper. Still very good plus. An interesting entry in the Beadle and Adams Dime Novels series this is Number 64 centered around the Cherry Valley Massacre and the siege of Fort Schuyler during the American Revolution in 1777. This edition comes from the first series of Dime Novels a genre that Beadle originated and made vastly popular. JOHANNSEN BEADLE AND ADAMS I p.85. Beadle and Company unknown books
64 pages. Features: Funny cover illustration of ditzy blonde beating table of men at poker; Nice colour GWG (Great Western Garment) ad inside front cover for their Drillers Drill work clothes for men; One-page blue and black recruiting ad for the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF); One-page colour ad for the 1949 'futuramic' Oldsmobile; One-page colour ad for Waterman's pens features the new Crusader Trioset; Are We Governed by Bureaucrats? - an examination of the brain trust alleged to run Canada from the back room; Seventeen Lotus Blossoms - early appearance of this Sax Rohmer story, illustrated by Oscar Cahen; Quebec City - photo-illustrated article; McCarthy's Last Affair - short story involving hockey; Television - The New Monster - 'a cultural bomb is being thrown into Canadian homes', by Morley Callaghan; Eyes in the Dark (short story); Canada's New Statesman - Louis St. Laurent; Champion spark plugs ad features illustration of man pouring sap from maple tree; Handsome colour centerfold Chevrolet ad features a 1949 Fleetline four-door sedan with Fisher Body; A Dime for God - photo-illustrated article about the good works of Frere (Brother) Sauvageau, the Quebec Brother who, by his beggin, has fed, clothed, and educated hundreds of boys, and cured souls by asking them to have faith; "Going Steady" and the Sex Problem; One-page colour-photo ad for Heinz canned soup, spaghetti and baked beans; Colour half-page Canada Dry ad; Canadian General Electric (CGE) ad for their radios, including the Models C122, C751 and C545; Quarter-page ad for the Thistle 'minipak' baby stroller and 'nibs' chariot; Rare one-page two-colour (red and black) Canadian Red Cross ad features illustration of plaintive woman (nurse?) at top; Fashion article on hats includes photos; Nice half-page colour Quick Quaker Oats ad features illustration of young boy dreaming of growing to be a basketball star; Housecleaning Can Be Fun (?); Half-page colour-photo ad for Sovereign Potters features Mornglo ware; Wabasso Cottons ad inside back cover features colour photo of two girls in bonnets feeding ducks; Nice back cover Coke ad features illustration of nervous young man visiting young girl's home; and more. Average wear. Four-inch opening to bottom of coverfold. Address hand-corrected on address label, otherwise unmarked. A nice copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Book
194227936Chicago: Popular Publications Inc. 1942. Text paper tanned but supple spine a bit darkened a fine copy. 27936. Octavo single issue pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Stories by Robert Reeves John K. Butler Norbert Davis and others. Reference: Cook Mystery Detective and Espionage Magazine pp. 168-170. Popular Publications, Inc. unknown
194227937Chicago: Popular Publications Inc. 1942. Text paper tanned but supple a fine copy. 27937. Octavo single issue pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Stories by Robert Reeves Peter Paige Jan Dana and others. Reference: Cook Mystery Detective and Espionage Magazine pp. 168-170. Popular Publications, Inc. unknown
193422105Chicago: Popular Publications Inc. 1934. A little edge wear to right overhang a nearly fine copy. 22105. Octavo single issue cover by John Howitt pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Reference: Cook Mystery Detective and Espionage Magazine pp. 168-170. Popular Publications, Inc. unknown
193322100Chicago: Popular Publications Inc. 1933. A little edge wear several tiny closed tears a nearly fine copy. 22100. Octavo single issue cover by William Reusswig pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Fiction by Carroll John Daly Frederick C. Davis and others. Reference: Cook Mystery Detective and Espionage Magazine pp. 168-170. Popular Publications, Inc. unknown
1861WRCAM56551New York & London: Beadle and Company 1861. 104pp. Large titlepage vignette. Original printed orange wrappers. Front wrapper detached but present moderate soiling and edge wear three short horizontal tears across the spine. Tiny ink stamp on initial blank leaf corners a bit curled mild occasional foxing. Good. An early entry in Beadle and Adams' first series of Dime Novels this is Number 26 a genre that they originated and made vastly popular. "Buccaneers off the coast of Florida and the Island of Tortuga during the sixteenth century. An episode in the life of Sir Henry Morgan the famous English pirate who was knighted for his butcheries" - Johannsen. Published in 1861 and with a copyright date to that effect on the wrapper though the copyright on the verso of the titlepage reads 1862. JOHANNSEN BEADLE AND ADAMS I p.83. SERVIES 4647. Beadle and Company unknown books
1861WRCAM56541New York & London: Beadle and Company 1861. 128pp. with Special Announcement leaf bound in front. Original printed orange wrappers. Minor chipping at spine ends short horizontal tear across middle of spine extending about an inch on both wrappers short closed tear to rear wrapper moderate soiling. Bottom corner of front wrapper first blank leaf and titlepage chipped. Minor spotting to last five leaves. Good condition. An early entry in Beadle and Adams' first series of Dime Novels this is Number 20 a genre that they originated and made vastly popular. "Connecticut and New York. A clairvoyant girl. Florida gets her man" - Johannsen. JOHANNSEN BEADLE AND ADAMS I p.82. Beadle and Company unknown books
18639607New York: Beadle and Company Publishers 118 William Street 1863. Octavo 16 x 10.5 cm. vii-x 11-99 pages. Stated "Revised and Enlarged Edition"; originally published 1859. The Dime Recipe Book serves as companion to the Dime Cook Book that was published just fourteen days earlier in July 1859; second in the series of Beadle's Housekeeper’s Hand Books. "The first edition has . 100 pages . A revised edition of the same size and with buff wrappers was issued by Irwin P. Beadle & Co. and was copyrighted December 19 1862. It has 72 sic pages." Johannsen A. House of Beadle and Adams and its dime and nickel novels. ~ Metta Victoria Fuller Victor 1831-1885 was author of more than one hundred dime novels including Alice Wilde 1860 the first dime novel; and the Dead Letter 1866 considered the first full-length work of crime fiction. The salmon-colored wrappers depict a young woman carefully pouring a liquid into a beaker. In front of her a scale and mortar and pestle sit on a table; and behind her a cabinet with small drawers indicating more of an apothecary’s shop than a kitchen. The recipes do indeed lean more toward medical and household recipes but a section for the kitchen is included as well. ~ Internally age-toned; rubbing to the corners. Publisher's faded salmon-colored wrappers lacking a 1 cm. chip from lower right corner; closed tears to wrapper at spine. A single thick stitch with a loop of cord was added by a homemaker seeking to hang the book on a nail or hook. Better than good. Very scarce. OCLC locates four copies of this enlarged edition and four copies of the 1859 first; Cagle 782 notes the 1859 first edition only; not in Lowenstein the Dime Cook Book of 1860 is included not in Bitting includes the Dime Cook Book 1864; Johannsen vol. 1 pages 373 & 375 no. 2. Beadle and Company, Publishers, 118 William Street unknown
17846769La Haye et Paris, Clousier, 1784 ; deux tomes in-12 ; plein veau marbré, dos lisses ornés, pièces de titre rouges et de tomaison vertes, tranches rouges (reliure de l'époque) ; XVIII, 237 ; 244 pp. et 2 frontispices dessinés et gravés par Martinet.
193916075Chicago: Popular Publications 1939. Some age tanning to page edges mild edge wear to cover with several tiny edge tears and two small chips to left edge closed tear along upper front cover a very good or better copy. 16075. Octavo single issue pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Features the Raymond Chandler story "Pearls are a Nuisance". Reference: Cook Mystery Detective and Espionage Magazine pp. 168-170. Popular Publications unknown
