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274p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition, spine ends & corners worn
354 p. 8vo. Original cloth binding. Colorful original dust jacket. Hergesheimer was descended from an old Pennsylvanian German family. His works were once the most avidly sought after of any American author. They fetched fantastic prices seventy-five years ago. Quiet Cities is a historical novel/romance set in: Philadelphia; Pittsburg; Boston; Albany; Washington; Lexington; Charleston; Natchez; and New Orleans. This First Edition in dust jacket is rather scarce. PA 31 x2
89p. + Plus color frontis and eleven lovely full page color plates of dogs. Folio. 9.25 x 12.25" Original full cloth backed color pictorial binding, extremities slightly worn. These plates are often broken out of this book and sold individually - a practice which we deplore. PETS/2
196 p. Light insect damage rear cover. Uncut. Text lightly browned but not brittle. On the title page is the autograph ownership of Dab. Johnson. Probably Dabney Johnson (1785-1835) who was married in 1813 to Elizabeth Burnett, in Patrick County, VA. He was a veteran of the War of 1812. XLib bookplate of the Tenney Memorial Library Newbury, VT 1896 given by Mrs. S. F. Wheeler. 12mo. 200 mm. Original scarce printed paper boards. Major paper loss on spine. Extremities worn with some loss. S&S/AI 28450. Second edition. Very good. Hardbound. AI BX 3
pp. 362. 8vo. 200 mm. Original publishers pictorial binding in red and gilt. Print in red ink serves as cover art. Spine gilt aswell. All plates present. Manuscript ownership of Jas. H. Righter on front pastedown. Also old label from the Fon Der Smith's Bookstore in Lancaster. All plates present. Slight rubbing of spine and corners. Cover worn in places, but still attractive. Hardbound. Very good. NW65
180 p. Browned but not brittle. pp. 133 and 134 torn without loss. Early manuscript ownerships of Emily H. Rodgers, Nov. 20, 1822 and Robert S. Morison from his mother's library 1899. 12mo. 165 mm. Original full leather binding, worn. Original leather spine label. Front board fragile. Third edition. S&S/AI 5137. Very good. Hardbound. PA 64
pp. xlvii, 33-576 + 10 engraved portrait plates with original tissue guards. First few signatures loose. XLib. XLib stamp on title page and elsewhere. Blind stamp of State Teachers College, Millersburg, PA on title page and elsewhere. Offsetting from plates. First fly leaf torn with loss. 8vo. 230 mm. Original worn cloth binding. Major loss on spine. Discard stamps on all three edges. Hardbound. AI BX 1
245p. Plus 4 plates. 8vo. 200mm. Original publisher's full cloth pictorial binding in green. Cover stamped in black and silver gilt. Spine in black and gold and silver gilt. Clean and tight example. Hardbound. Very Good. NW66
DJ with light marginal wear and light browning to flaps. Former owner's name on front free endpaper; B&W Illustrations; 8vo; 244 pages
DJ spine browned. ; A stated first edition with complete number sequence on copyright page. A unusually nice copy of one of the most charming books on Boston. Including stunning color paintings by the author ; Color drawings; 8vo; 275 pages
395+p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
229p., illus. Signed by the author. Hardcover Very good condition good
224p., illus. Signed and inscribed by the author to Bill Castle. Hardcover Very good condition; typed tribute to Wm. Castle taped to endpr
192p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good Large paper printing with 2 additional pages. Signed by the author.
485p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition
142 pages. "The fascinating and dramatic story of a dedicated young hockey player who reached the pinnacle of sports achievement in the National Hockey League (NHL)." - subtitle. Bucyk was a member of the Boston Bruins during their glory days of the 1970s with Bobby Orr, Phil Esposito, and many other greats. Includes three sections of black and white photos. Intended for younger readers but also a great read for those who fondly recall this clean-playing NHL great. Book
80 pages. Features: Twill and Tencel for a line of luxury scarves; One threading, four patterns, four towels; Budget bamboo shawl; Pom-Poms add fun to scarves and shawls; A quick-and-easy rug with chenille 'worms'; Ditchling throw - reinvent yarn with a spinning wheel; warp once, weave two throws - and more!; Twill blocks are a weaver's best friend; Ten Yarns for ten bucks; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
294 pages. Index. Black and white photographs. "Esposito saw it all: the booze, the drugs, the women, the financial shenanigans, the good times and the camaraderie, the bad times and the back-stabbing... Takes readers into the boardrooms, back rooms - and even the bedrooms - of the men who make their lives in the NHL." - from dust jacket. Usual library markings. Above-average wear. Worthy reading copy of this entertaining and ongoing tale. Book
74 pages. Features: Bobby Orr faces crucial decision about the W.H.A.; Can Abdul-Jabbar become a winner?; Top NFL running back is Ron Johnson; Ted Kwalick and his rags to riches story; Guy LaFleur and his battle to escape oblivion; Can Billy Martin Escape Baseball's Siberia?; Green Bay's John Brockington; David Thompson or Bill Walton?; Gail Goodrich; Bernie Parent; Great Hercules ad on back page includes classic comic showing runt (Saul) muscle up and punch out brute to keep his girl; and more. Above-average but not excessive wear. Date stamp on front cover otherwise unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
46 pages. Features: Leta Clemons; Helen Humes; Gallery of Roses; Ann Duggins; Patricia Frank; A Rose Study - Jean Harper; Ruth Blevins; Lou Hubbard; Mildred Noha; June Jenny; Mildred Arnspiger; Barbara Duncan; Helen Behnke; Marcella Wing; Lolita de Smith; Almajane Newsom; Pat Boston; Beverly Cimino; Joyce Berlew; Gerry Burchill. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy. Book
33 pages. Features: Bibles and Booze - Prohibition in Chilliwack in the late 1800s. The Depression in Matsqui, 1930-1937; Willard Ernest Ireland, 1914-1979; Old Trails and Routes in British Columbia: The Boston Bar Trail, 1859-1860 - Fort Hope to Boston Bar; plus 15 book reviews. Book
64 pages. Great black and white photos and illustrations. Nice vintage ads on covers. Features: What in the World are Nordhausen Korn Schnapps? - article with photos by Jack Sullivan; Bryan's Top Shelf - Embossed Pepsi-Cola Bottles - article with photos - by Bryan Grapentine; Magic Metamorphic Advertising/Trade Cards of the late Victorian age - article plus reproductions of super vintage ads, by Dave Cheadle; "Seeking Killer Jars", by Jack La Baume; Extra Special Deliveries; Bottle Network News - Shows; Auction Directory; British Bottle Bits - Clay Pipe Bowls; The Label Space - Max Ams of Cincinnat and their patented sheet metal can and their patented cover fastening for jars, WAN-ETA Cocao of Boston - by Tom Caniff; Details of a major Western Glass Auction; Up-Dates; Bromo-Seltzer Blue - postscript to article in last issue, by Cecil Munsey. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
Features: Celestial bedroom in 1/4" scale; CJ's - miniaturists successful in business; Learn the secrets of soldering fine metal; Make a Boston fern; Dramatic depression-era tenement room; charming '50s vintage roombox; frontier barbershop; The sunbonnet; crochet an old-fashioned shawl; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Moisture exposure to top edge of pages. A worthy copy. Magazine
56 pages. Features: Zaloga on the M-1 Abrams Tank; Paine on the Sophisticated Art of Boxed Dioramas; Stearns on the Washington, Boston & Chicago Shows; Origins and Development of the Field Marshall's Baton; An Historical Look at the Confederate Navy; and more. Address label on front cover. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
138 p. + 30 Full page plates, many double and some folding. Includes a full page of musical scores for Rifle Bugle Signals. Damp stain. Foxed. XLib stamp of the Widener College Library, Chester PA. Inner hinges crudely taped. 185 mm. Original very leather binding, worn. Spine crudely taped. Poor. Published by the Department of War, under the Authority of an Act of Congress of the 2d of March, 1829. S&S/AI 3801. Hardbound. AI BX 2