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1940488161940. BRAZER Esther Stevens. EARLY AMERICAN DECORATION: A COMPREHENSIVE TREATISE: REVEALING THE TECHNIQUE INVOLVED IN THE ART OF EARLY AMERICAN DECORATION OF FURNITURE WALLS TINWARE ETC. Illustrated from drawings and natural-color photographs by the Author. Springfield Mass.: The Pond-Ekberg Co. 1940. Small 4to. cloth in dust jacket. Limited Edition of 1200 numbered copies. Signed by the editor Clarence W. Brazer on the title page and with an autograph letter signed from him tipped to the front endpaper regarding obtaining this copy of the book. Postcard from Brazer also laid in. Very Good; little edgewear & soil d/j. $125.00. <br/><br/> hardcover books
1926152277Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1926. Vintage pressbook for the 1926 silent film. Laid in with the pressbook is a small bifold program from the film's showing at Grauman's Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood. <br/><br/>In the 18th century a US merchant ship is forced to battle a band of Barbary pirates on the Mediterranean high seas. <br/><br/>9 x 12 inches. Eight leaves side stapled with illustrated wrappers. Very Good plus lightly toned and edgeworn. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1947304815Berkeley University of California Press 1947. 1947. First edition. 8vo. Introduction "Robert Frost and the Mertins Collection" by Fulmer Mood. Frontispiece b/w portrait photograph with facsimile autograph 1 facsimile reproduction. Dust jacket price clipped; few nicks. Very good. 91 pages. No other signatures or bookplates. Chronology of the composition of Frost's poems with an annotated bibliography. Signed and inscribed by Louis Mertins to Florence Fisk White on front free endpaper; also signed and dated by Esther Mertins on front free endpaper August 7 1947. With a one-page TLS of Louis Mertins Riverside CA August 6 1947 laid in loose. Crane p.261; one of 1500 unnumbered copies. Signed by Authors. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Berkeley, University of California Press, 1947. hardcover books
1956140109Burbank CA: MS Productions 1956. Final Draft script for season six episode 30 of the 1956 television show originally broadcast May 1 1956 on NBC. Copy belonging to Mason Curry who played Grady with his name on the front wrapper in holograph pencil and holograph pencil annotations additions and changes to his scenes throughout. <br/><br/>Episode 30 of season six of the television show "Big Town" a series focused on the adventures of Steve Wilson and his staff at "The Illustrated Press" newspaper as they cover the hard hitting stories and social issues of the day. <br/><br/>Brown titled wrappers production no. 537. Title page present dated February 3 1956 noted as Final with credits for screenwriter William L. Stuart. 32 leaves with last page of text numbered 30B. Mechanical duplication with revision pages throughout dated February 10 1956. Pages Very Good wrapper Very Good bound with two gold brads. MS Productions unknown books
190114178New York: Dodd Mead 1901. 289 pages; illustrated throughout in black and white; the author ".endeavoured to include as great a variety as possible of mood and expression in love.the moods of love being innumerable."; contributions from Theocritus Malory de Reimes Lyly Peele Spenser Shakespeare Marlowe Fletcher Fielding Dickens Gautier Thackeray Longfellow Austen Balzac Bede more; bound in marbled paper covered boards endpapers to match dark turquoise morocco leather spine and corners decorative gilt spine & title top edge gilt; light edge tips wear rubbing to binding spine sunned to brown; good condition. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Dodd, Mead hardcover books
190926188New York: Dodd Mead 1909. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Quarter cloth over decorated boards. 360 pp including index. Illustrated with photographs. Covers are a bit worn but the book is clean and still well-bound. Small sticker afixed to the inside front pastedown else no other plates or markings other than a wonderful FULL-PAGE INSCRIPTION by the author dated in New York in 1911 "My idea in writing this book was to set forth a true picture of the manners and customs framing the joys and sorrows beliefs and superstitions and toils and pleasures of the Dutch who founded New Amsterdam; and to whom though not a trace of their little city can be found the second greatest city in the world owes its origin. Esther Singleton Dodd, Mead hardcover books
502895half-length seated pose in gown ca. 1940 signed and inscribed at a later date to L. Allan Smith "To Larry in memory of a delightful evening.". 10" x 8". Signed by Authors. F. Soft cover. paperback books
1994005970Philadelphia: Brethren Encyclopedia Inc. 1994. SCARCE. Fine. No Jacket As Issued . First Edition. Cloth. Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Brethren Encyclopedia, Inc. Hardcover books
1909278433New York: Dodd Mead & Co 1909. First. hardcover. very good-. Many plates. 8vo 1/2 tan cloth with blue decorated boards page margins uncut edges of corners lightly worn cloth spine rubbed otherwise very good. New York: Dodd Mead 1909. First Edition.<br/><br/> Dodd, Mead & Co unknown books
2001165309Bogotá Colombia: Convenio Andrés Bello 2001. Hardcover. As New. Still in plastic wrap. Color pictorial boards with orange cloth spine red lettering. 207 pp. Many illustrations. Text in Spanish. Historical background and cookbook; discusses Bolivia Chile Colombia Cuba Ecuador Spain Pamana Peru and Venezuela. Convenio Andrés Bello hardcover books
184551748Cincinnati: Derby 1845. Stereotype edition. 8vo pp. 108. Bound in linen backed printed paper boardsspine well worn and held on with tape. Engraved frontispiece some stained internally. Not in Bitting p. 236 which notes a "New England Economical Housekeeper" of 1848; Lowenstein 341 lists this title-page but calls for the title-page to be stamped: "New England Economical Housekeeper" which this is not. Lowenstin notes the book under the alternate title was first issued in 1844 see #336. This is a general cookbook offering recipes for cakes pies preserves etc. Includes a MSS note in the rear: "to make good coffee" as well as one for soda bisquits and French rolls. Derby unknown books
022244London: 1928: William Heineman. First Edition. Octavo. First issue. Limited to 2000 copies. 228pp. illustrated with twelve wood engravings by Robert Gibbings. The story of Doll Bilby a beautiful and sensitive girl whom popular superstition regards as a witch. A book of horror in which we see witchcraft from the witch's point of view and also from the standpoint of the narrator who implicitly believes in her guilt. A very good copy in very good pictorial dust jacket with some finger soiling and rubbing chipping to head and corners. Kirkus 35. William Heineman unknown books
2001WRCLIT75851New York: Purgatory Pie Press 2001. Printed stiff card portfolio 24 x 17.5 cm enclosing separate paperworks by six artists held by folded tabs. Light use at portfolio corners but near fine. First edition. One of 150 numbered copies signed by Smith and Faust. Includes works by Judy Hoffman Harvey Redding Susan Happersett Stephanie Brody Lederman Chris Collicott and Patricia Clark. The constituent works have the same limitation and are also signed by the respective artist. In print at $250. Purgatory Pie Press unknown books
185526857New York: Harper & Brothers 1855 1855. First edition. Lightly foxed; fine copy. 12mo original blind-stamped gray-green cloth gilt lettering. 35 illustrations and vignettes in the text. One of many works by Catharine Beecher 1800-1878 on health domestic science and education. <br/><br/> New York: Harper & Brothers, 1855 hardcover books
1869215424New York: J.B. Ford 39 Park Row 1869. Second printing. 500 12 ads pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original green cloth. a.e.g. Extremities rubbed; Very Good. Second printing. 500 12 ads pp. 1 vols. 8vo. BAL 19453 J.B. Ford, 39 Park Row unknown books
19285211Hartford Conn: The Church 1928. Small octavo 20.25 x 12.75 cm. iv 60 pages. Advertisements. "Index" is a table of contents. Includes blank pages. FIRST EDITION. Two hundred seventy-five brief attributed recipes some of them evidently solicited from households of public officials among them an ambassador in Paris the wives of sitting governors in Georgia Indiana Kansas Maine Michigan Minnesota and Washington and the President-General of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution. A recipe for Cinnamon Buns ought to be noted for its pedigree in "Mrs. Pike's family since early Colonial days." It was Mrs. Pike too who contributed a State of Maine Johnny Cake and Maine State Baked Beans. Fried Beets "must be watched as they burn quHartford 1928xickly." Alexandra Parfait Ice appearing under the name of Ambassador Myron Herrick is given "as prepared by the chef at the American Embassy in France." There was once a fashion for nostalgic projects called "The Home or House Beautiful" involving the transformation of a hall or other fellowship space into a replica of a sitting room from Colonial times. The foreword to Autographs for the Dinner Table is signed "E. W. C. Class"-the conjecture here is that the letters stand for Esther Woman's Circle"-who assure readers that the "proceeds from the sale of this book" will go to support efforts "that we might have The Home Beautiful." The date of publication is derived on one hand from a handwritten recipe reproduced in facsimile page ii dated December 5 1927 and on the other hand from the presumption that two of the submissions from governor's wives Mrs. Ralph Brewster of Maine page 26 and Mrs. Edward Jackson of Indiana page 46 would not have been signed as they were after January 2 1929 when their husbands left office. Central Baptist traces its Hartford lineage to 1790. The imposing modern edifice on Maine Street with its six signature pillars would have been new having been completed in 1926. The gift presentation is to Audrey Smith Casstevens b. 1933 the wife of Reverend Robert Clifton Casstevens 1934-2000 who served at Central Baptist in the 1960s and later as president of American Baptist Churches of Connecticut. In stapled textured and brown-lettered tan wrappers with image of a cottage and garden; brown oilcloth tape to spine. Near fine. Gift inscription in ink on front flyleaf "Mrs. Robert Casstevens Greetings and Best Wishes from E. W. C. Class at Central 1963". Unrecorded. OCLC reports no copies; not in Brown or Cagle. The Church hardcover books
194157293New York: Peter Smith 1941. Reprint first published by the Carnegie Institution in 1933. 8vo. Two volumes: xix 2 567; ix 568-1086 pp. Map. Very good. Gilt-stamped green cloth old tape shadow marks on endpapers. #4349. <br/><br/> Peter Smith hardcover books
1947147474Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1947. Vintage oversize double weight reference photograph from the 1947 film musical. With a snipe and a stamp for the Advertising Advisory Council to the verso. <br/><br/>A famed matador leaves town in an attempt to focus on his music unaware that his twin sister has secretly taken his place in the bullfighting ring. A rare appearance of actor Esther Williams in a non-aquatic role and the first of three films starring Williams and actor Ricardo Montalban.<br/><br/>Set and shot on location in Puebla Mexico. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
197921738Santa Monica: Arts Architecture Press 1979. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Simultaneous first paperbound edition. 155 pp. Foreword by Harwell Hamilton Harris. With some black and white illustrations. A very good copy. Paperbound square quarto. INSCRIBED by McCoy and dated in 1981. Collects and analyzes letters between Louis Sullivan and R. M. Schindler and then Schindler and Richard Neutra. <br/><br/> Arts + Architecture Press paperback books
18543094New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1854. Octavo 369 pages 11 index. Woodcut illustrations throughout. Stated third edition preface originally published by Marsh Capen Lyon and Webb of Boston in 1841. A household manual not a recipe book with sections on care of infants and the sick healthful food cleanliness washing house cleaning kitchen maintenance and more. By the great educator and domestic reformer Catherine Beecher. Some light foxing and soiling throughout. With an early bookplate of the Chelmsford Free Public Library and an older adhesive spine label. Otherwise very good in original publisher's gilt and blind stamped brown cloth. Not in Cagle although there are numerous printings of the Supplement; not in Lowenstein. Harper & Brothers, Publishers hardcover books
18683095New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1868. Octavo 369 pages 11 index. Woodcut illustrations throughout. Stated third edition preface but later printing. Originally published by Marsh Capen Lyon and Webb of boston in 1841. A household manual not a recipe book with sections on care of infants and the sick healthful food cleanliness washing house cleaning kitchen maintenance and more. By the great educator and domestic reformer Catherine Beecher. Some underlining with light foxing and soiling throughout. Otherwise near very good in original publisher's gilt and blind stamped brown cloth.Some fading to spine and wear to the head and foot of spine. not in Cagle although there are numerous printings of the supplement; not in Lowenstein. Harper & Brothers, Publishers hardcover books
18512588New York: Harper & Brothers 1851. Octavo xiii 306 including index. Woodcut illustrations throughout. Stated third edition but following Cagle's descriptions this is the first edition 6th printing. This recipe book was a supplement to A Treatise on Domestic Economy by the great educator and domestic reformer Catherine Beecher. Corner of half-title lacking. Some light foxing and soiling throughout. Rebound in tan cloth with gilt-stamped morocco spine label. Cagle other printings; Lowenstein 320a. Harper & Brothers hardcover books
18561992New York: Harper & Brothers 1856. Octavo xiii 306 24 pages additional preface and index. Woodcut illustrations throughout. Stated third edition but Cagle describes this as the first edition 11th printing. This recipe book was a supplement to A Treatise on Domestic Economy by the great educator and domestic reformer Catherine Beecher. Lacking the final blank and with a bit of light wear to the publisher's gray-green cloth binding otherwise very good. Cagle 76. Harper & Brothers hardcover books
1928108588Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company 1928. Octavo pp. 1-8 1-2 3-213 214 215: tail piece 216: blank woodcut illustrations by Robert Gibbings original decorated boards with tan cloth shelf back printed paper label affixed to spine panel top edge stained red red endpapers. First trade edition. Novel of witchcraft set in seventeenth century Salem Massachusetts. "A story of Salem in the days of witches and of a mortal girl who took as she believed a fiend to love daring the wrath of God and the vengeance of man for her infernal paramour." - jacket blurb. Bleiler 1978 p. 75. Reginald 05509. A fine copy in near fine pictorial dust jacket illustrated by Robert Gibbings with light edge wear and clipped price. #108588 Houghton Mifflin Company unknown books
189723637New York State circa 1897. Wraps. Very good. 8vo. Cardstock covers cloth taped spine. Edgewear and creasing to covers; cloth tape torn at ends. Author's name and the title "School Law" written in pen on front cover. Commercial ruled notebook about two-thirds filled with handwritten notes in pencil and pen. Approximately 20 loose handwritten sheets folded and laid in along with one printed page. Toning throughout; some blank pages entirely or partially torn out. <br/><br/>Detailed student notes apparently from a teacher's training course on the laws governing education in New York state in the late 1890s with briefer sections of notes on the geology and geography of New York; one page is dated 1897. Includes sections on Corporal Punishment "If a teacher wishes to punish a child she may do it without the parents' consent. Parents or teacher may be arrested for undue severity. Cicero said "Do not punish in anger"; the Compulsory Education Law and the authority of truant officers "The law provides that parents may be fined or imprisoned or both"; and the "Physiology Law" requiring that "physiology relating to alcoholic drinks and other narcotics and their effects on the human system shall be taught yearly in all grades in the public schools". <br /> <br />In addition to assorted notes practice tests and copied poems a printed page from the December 12 1891 School Journal is laid in including several sample lesson preparations and "Suggestions to Teachers" on narcotics and stimulants: "There is a general feeling on the part of the little ones under your charge that the use of alcoholic liquors is wrong.To prove to them that its use is deleterious to the mind and body is a hard thing for you to do. They must take this on faith and you are to be the faith-builder for the little ones." <br /> <br />The name of the notebook's author and owner appears in a list of 1900 Normal School graduates in Suffolk County issued as part of the annual New York State Superintendent's Report: Esther Alice Andrews of Patten's Mills successfully completed the English Course. A fascinating look at turn-of-the-century teacher's education. paperback books
