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Comprehensive guide to Guernsey, Jersey, Herm, Sark and Alderney. 154p. (+ 8p. maps.) illus.index Book
88 unnumbered pages. Maps. Numerous black and white reproductions of wonderful archival photos. Roster of cars. "Covers southern Monmouth County's Coast Cities Railway and its predecessors and covers the area from Manasquan north to Long Branch." - Introduction. Small address label inside front cover. Bit of writing on last page, otherwise clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy. Book
56 pages. Maps and Routes. Roster of Cars. Numerous black and white reproductions of wonderful archival photos. Chapters include: The Early Years, Keyport and Matawan Street Railway/Railroad; Age of Expansion; Construction Years - Matawan to Freneau, Keyport to Red Bank, Campbell's Junction to the Highlands, Keyport to Perth Amboy, Minor Spurs; American Railway Years; Some reminiscences of Campbell's Junction. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy. Book
4to, vii, 105pp., orig. printed wrappers.
Pages 375-414 plus xvi pages of great vintage ads. Many great black and white photos. Features: Seeking Shelter in the Water (one-page photo of cattle in lake); Notable American Homes - The Seaside Home of Philip Lehman, Esq., Deal, New Jersey - built of gray stucco with roof of green Spanish tiles; A Speculation in Abandoned Farms - the story of how a man accumulated farms and developed a successful business in rural Massachusetts; A Novel Scheme for a Suburban House Proposition - a new grouping of houses and stables for Dr. H.C. Register at Haverford, PA; Indoor Bulb Culture; "Beinhurst" - The Summer Home of William A. Bein, Esq., at "Still Wood Park," in the Woodbridge Hills, near New Haven, CT; Miss Tower's Garden at Lexington, MA; "Sunnyside," - a Home and Shrine - the home of Washington Irving, which stands on the northern edge of Irvington-on-the-Hudson, NY; Springhouses Old and New - article with wonderful photos of springhouses used to cool farm milk and butter; The Residence of Henry G. Lord, Esq., Brookline, MA; Heating and Lighting with Alcohol - fascinating article with photos of various now antique appliances; The Craft of Block Printing; Ad for Hampton's Brodway Magazine features photo of "Fighting Bob" Rear-Admiral Robley D. Evans regarding his series of patriotic naval articles; and more. Printed on glossy stock. Complete and unmarked with average wear. Some pages loose but all present. A quality copy of this great vintage issue. Magazine
Pages 293-332 plus xxiv pages of great vintage ads. Many great black and white photos. Features: Notable American Homes - "Darlington," the estate of george Crocker, Esq., Ramsey, NJ; Designs Direct from Nature; "Annesden," the Summer Home of Miss Annie E. Quimby, Bridgehampton, Long Island; Playhouses for Children; A Group of Small Houses - costing from $3,000 to $10,000; Grape Culture in France; A House with a Guaranteed Cost - A House That Can Be Built for Seven Thousand Dollars; The "Wayside Inn", otherwise known as the "Red Horse Tavern" of Sudbury, MA; The Rochester, NY Chamber of Commerce Cheap Cottage Competition, won by Miss Esther M. Byers - The First and Second Prize Designs; House of James E. Wheeler, Edgehill Road, New Haven, CT; One-page illustrated ad for the "Invincible" Electric Renovator (vaccum) from the Electric Renovator Mfg. Co.; Back cover two-color ad for Waterman's Ideal Fountain Pen; and more. Printed on glossy stock. Complete and unmarked with average wear. Covers and some pages loose but all present. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Magazine
Pages 41-80 plus xvi pages of great vintage ads. Many great black and white photos. Features: The House of C.P. Searle, Esq., at Ipswich, Massachusetts; Hand-Made Rugs, the Revival of an Old Handicraft; Three Types of Gambrell Roof Houses - the home of Mr. Walter C. Sampson, at Summit, New Jersey, the home of Arthur E. Thayer at Dedham, Massachusetts, the home of Mr. Farnham, and the home of Mr. James Purdon, of Boston; Plant Breeding; The Dino Collection of Historic Armor - collected by the late Duc de Dino, Marquis of Talleyrand-Perigord; The Use of Anesthetics for Plants; A Few Neglected Fruits; A Seventeenth Century Homestead near Boston; A Wood Garden - at the country seat of Mr. H.H. Battles at Newton Square, PA; Nature's Traps; The Country Seat of Charles S. Brown, Esq., Mount Kisco, New York; A New Method of Housekeeping; The New Seed testing Station in Paris at the Conservatoire des Arts et Metiers, then the Agronomic Institute in the Rue Cervantes; Great color back cover ad for Pierce Arrow cars (The George N. Pierce Company) features illustration of chauffeur holding door for woman in orange coat on city street; and more. Printed on glossy stock. Complete and unmarked with average wear. Some pages loose but all present. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Magazine
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs and diagrams throughout, and pictorial endpapers, neat inscription on front free endpaper verso; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
501 p. Age stain. Signatures loose. Early manuscript ownership of Samuel Hall on rear fly leaf. 12mo. 140 mm. Original worn leather binding. Front board detached. Spine split. Needs to be rebound. Title continues: "Selected From The Holy Scriptures: With An Exposition Of All The Sundays And Principal Holy Days Throughout The Year." Evans 33752. Hardbound. SCARCE. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! AI BX 3
PARIS, A. Picard et Kaan ou Maurice Dreyfous, Coll. Picard, Bibliothèque coloniale et de voyages, s.d. (1888) - & ère édition - 1/2 Reliure signée C. Seguin, Angers - Grand in-8, 15x23 cm - Frontispice, Illustrations par Loevy, P. Hercouet et F. Massé & 2 cartes - 205 pages - bon exemplaire - Envoi rapide et soigné
20 page magazine. 9 x 6". Reproductions of black and white photos. A monthly publication intended as a medium of information concerning the Jews, Israel and the work of the American Board of Missions to the Jews, Inc. Features: Salutation by Daniel Fuchs; Q & A; Jewish News; Incidents in the Field; Honor Israel Night at the First Baptist Church of Newfield, New Jersey; Passover Telecast, April 3-8, 1971; Shalom Israel Broadcasts; Israel in the Spotlight - Chapter XI; and more. Printed upon glossy stock. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. A sound copy. Book
20 page magazine. 9 x 6". Reproductions of black and white photos. A monthly publication intended as a medium of information concerning the Jews, Israel and the work of the American Board of Missions to the Jews, Inc. Features: Daniel Fuchs discusses the Yom Kippur Arab Attack on Israel; Incidents from the Field; Reaching the Jews in Buenos Aires; God's Spirit Moving in Central Jersey; Financial Report; Continuing Blessings in Pittsburgh - photo-illustrated article; Q & A; How to Witness Simply and Effectively to the Jews; and more. Printed upon glossy stock. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. A sound copy. Book
Mm 155x210 Prima edizione. Collana "Indagini" - Brossura editoriale di 485 pagine. Opera in condizioni eccellenti, ovvero mai letta. SPEDIZIONE IN 24 ORE DALLA CONFERMA DELL'ORDINE.
200 pages. Features: Recipe for Co-op success; An eye for quality - New Jersey poultryman Charles Cane and family - article with color photos; Putting the brakes on DDT; Two farms in one - Jacob and Walter Meyer from near Tremont in Tazewell County, IL; The obliging chrysanthemum; Don't let the borer stampede you; Silo underground; Save money with grass; Lamb chops for the southwest; Look down and you look ahead; Who's going to breed our beef?; They built prosperity on 'worthless soil' - Saint Louis County, MN; and more. Ads: Good Year ad includes photo of Clark County, Nevada Sheriff Glen Jones and Atlanta salesman Louis W. Hill; Texaco ad includes photo of Mr. and Mrs. Emil Johnson and daughter Lorraine near Longmont, CO; B.F. Goodrich ad with photo of Kenneth Austin near Janesville, WI; Oldsmobile; International Trucks; 2-page color Plymouth ad; Ferguson Tractor; Frazer Manhattan car (color); Chrysler (with fluid drive); New Holland harvesters; Dodge; Ford Tractors (2 pages); Ford Trucks - featuring "Doc" Webb of Webb's City; Jeep; New Hudson cars; Minneapolis-Moline Bale-O-Matic; Studebaker color car ad inside back cover features H.T. Asbury of Winchester Peak near Lexington, Kentucky. Unmarked with somewhat above-average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
116 pages. The following only touches upon the highlights of the considerable fascinating photos and text in this issue: Cover illustration of British patented high-speed boat on wheels; Chemists discover fortunes in common minerals; Mechanical marvels speed building of Boulder Dam; Breath-taking stunts test new transport planes; Firefly light in electric bulb; Vast counterfeiting racket floods market with fake goods; Experts seek way to save world's vanishing records (archives); Simple experiments explain Saturn's rings and canals of Mars; How the world would look if you were knee high to a fly; and much more. Ads: Great color Texaco ad inside front cover freatures illustration of speedboat Miss America X (U-10 Miss America) and her pilot Gar Wood; Nice one-page photo ad for the 1934 Plymouth Six; One-page ad for the new Airflow Chrysler; Carborundum Sharpening Stones ad features photo of model price winner Jack Wicks; Great vintage ad for Midwest Radio Corp inside back cover promotes their 16-tube all-wave radio and includes a small inset photo of Jesse Ballinger of Crawfordsville, Indiana; Nice color back cover ad for Camel cigarettes features photos of cowboy champion Eddie Woods and Mrs. Phyllis L. Potter of Montclair, New Jersey. Modest wear. Clean and unmarked. A quality vintage copy. Magazine
A clean, unmarked copy. Tight binding. Signed by Author.
247 p. Well illustrated with photos. 8vo. 205 mm. Original illustrated stiff wraps. A useful and informative guide to almost 100 historic New Jersey homes in 44 towns. ISBN 0-498-07878-7. Soft cover. Very Good. AMER 6
PARIS, Ed. Monnier & cie - SD, début XX è - Petit In-8 - Couverture illustrée - nombreuses illustrations NB en texte, certaines PP - 107 pages + Table - rousseurs, mais Bon Ex.d'un ouvrage recherché
In 8. cm 22,5x14. Pp. 252+(4). Edizione del 1958 di questa opera sulle aziende petrolifere scritto da Harvey O'Connor. All'interno: L'industria petrolifera (New Jersey, Indiana, Socony Vacuum, Texas Company, Gulf Oil, Shell, Sinclair, Cities Sercvice, Philips, Sun, Atlantic, Tide Water Associated, Continental, Stadard d'Ohio, Pure, Union Oil, Ohio Oil), Dal foraggio alla raffineria, relazioni estere, il mercato, L'industria e lo Stato, Industria petrolifera americana all'estero, Avvenire del petrolio: Messico, Iran ecc... In ottime condizioni. Copertina editoriale in ottime condizioni generali con lievi usure ai margini e dorso. Legatura in buone condizioni con rotture. Pagine in ottime condizioni con rare fioriture. Edition of 1958 of this workj about oil firms written by Harvey O'Connor. Inside: Oil industry (New Jersey, Indiana, Socony Vacuum, Texas Company, Gulf Oil, Shell, Sinclair, Cities Sercvice, Philips, Sun, Atlantic, Tide Water Associated, Continental, Stadard d'Ohio, Pure, Union Oil, Ohio Oil), stranger relations, The Market, Industry and State, American oil firm outside, Future of oil: Messico, Iran ecc... In very good onditions. Editorial cover in very good conditions slightly worn in the edges and spine. Binding in good conditions. Pages in very good conditions with occasional foxings.
138 p. + Illustrations. Text drawings. 8vo. Original brown cloth binding decorated with a gold dinosaur on the front cover. Extremities rubbed. First edition. An intelligent and observant naturalist's walk and fossil hunt through 19th century Philadelphia and New Jersey. Scarce. PA21 x2
Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: A Baptism of Fire - A young British Columbia Forest Service Ranger helps to save 100 people trapped in a logging camp from forest fire; Through Arctic Seas - Part II - Wonderful photos accompany this continuation of the cruise of the Hudson Bay Company steamer Baychimo to the Western Arctic to study the Eskimos and wild life; "Kruger's Millions" - ;A diagram is found which may lead to an enormous quantity of gold hidden by President Kruger after the Boer War; How We Fought the Famine - In East Africa Captain Anthony Parsons needed meat to trade to the Angonis for flour for his "boys"; Through Spain in Disguise - Part VI - Count and Countess Malmignati sing and dance their way across Spain disguised as Arab beggars; Photo of river gardens in Siam; The Adventures of a "Sand-Hog" - Photos of brutal subterranean conditions accompany this story of the men who dig tunnels and tubes beneath the Hudson River, between New York and Jersey City; The Thief Who Lost His "Luck" - A Chinese burglar lucks out; "Crawling Cavern" - Close call for Mark Howard in the spring of 1907 while on outpost duty on the coast of Mindanao; Across Central Africa from East to West - Part I - Major Frederick G. Jackson describes his 6,000 mile trans-African trek - with nice photos; The "Phantom Bandits" - In 1923 Joe Tanko and Floyd Hall escaped from San Quentin Prison and terrorized the countryside before they were finally subdued - includes facsimile of their wanted poster; The Mystery Man of Arnhem's Land - a man goes wrong so flees to the wilds, intent on earning enough to make restitution, but ends up in a lonely grave on the Australian coast; The Hakim - A doctor in Kenya includes fortune-telling in his treatment of disease. 84 pages plus 12 pages of nostalgic ads. Bits of peripheral nibbling, otherwise clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy of this fascinating vintage issue. Book
110 pages. Features: Nice color ad for Frigidaire fridges inside front cover; This Way to Courtesy; How Much Freedom?; Make the Most of Summer vacation; You Don't Need to Nag; If the Baby's Ill; Why boarding School?; Guard Against Children's Diseases; Give Your Child a Head Start; Have You a Little Show-Off?; Family Fun; Family Fashions; Feeding the Family; One-page illustrated ad for film Edison The Man, starring Spencer Tracy; Photo-illustrated Listerine ad features Mrs. Madge Purdy Van Cott of Jersey City, NJ; Nice color-photo ad for Campbell's Tomato Juice shows lady reaching into fridge; Uncommon one-page photo ad for Clapp's Baby Foods; Certo ad features Mrs. Lucy Thomson of Peoria, IL; Cute small photo ad for Rollfast bicycles; Great color back cover ad for Shredded Ralston cereal features Dumb Dora comic; Many additional nice old ads; and more. Two small reader letters clipped from page 97, otherwise unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Lots of delightful reading and recollecting here! Book
In-8 (cm. 27,50), tela editoriale istoriata, pp. 175, (7), con numerosissime illustrazioni in bianco e nero ed a colori nel testo. Due fotografie evidenziate da segni a penna nera alle pagine 118 e 148. Tracce d’uso e minime mancanze alle cuffie della sovracoperta; peraltro, testo in buono stato (text in good condition).
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, 48 plates and large folding map; original series binding of green cloth, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter with one short closed tear. One of the most elusive titles in Hale's seminal 'County Books' series. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION..
522 p. Damp stain. Age stain. Page 129 torn without loss. Marbled endpapers. 8vo. 225 mm. Original dark blue quarter leather over polished blue patterned cloth covered boards. Raised bands. Original leather spine label. Leather rubbed. Small loss at head of spine and hinges. Title continues: "Originally Published In The Years 1783, 1784, & 1786, Afterwards Revised And Augmented, With A Large Addition Of Notes And Supplemental Disquisitions, By The Author, Samuel, Lord Bishop Of St Asaph. To Which Is Added, An Appendix By The Rev. Heneage Horsley, A.M." First American Edition. S&S/AI 5637. Very good. Hardbound. AI BX 3