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406p. Hardcover Good condition in tattered d.j. fair
2006Q-0879463155ACTA Publications 2006-09-15. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! ACTA Publications paperback
1840470Cleveland 1840. Very good. 8pp. on three folded sheets. Folio. Old fold lines. Minor wear and soiling. In a highly legible hand. Small archive of letters written by James and Mary Smith English farmers emigrated to Ohio by way of Lowell Massachusetts. The pair settled on a farm eight miles from Cleveland during a boom period -- in 1820 only 606 people lived in Cleveland and only around 1000 in 1830. The completion of the Ohio and Erie Canals however increased the population to nearly 6000 by the time the last of these letters was written in 1840. The Smiths had seven children at least one of whom John C. Smith 1814-1881 remained in Lowell working as a calico printer at the Merrimack Print Works. As a family of farmers the Smiths' correspondence focuses primarily on their land and the value of their harvest. In the winter of 1837 James and Mary tell their son. "We have completed our stable. It will hold ten head of cattle. We have 3 acres of wheat in which we intend to raise much produce as we can for Cleveland is a very good market. Our last butter we got 21 cents per pound flour is 7 dollars and 50 cents per barrel." By 1840 the Smiths' land is thriving: "Our crop of wheat is 66 bushels. The last years was the best year for wheat since we came here. we sold butter 424 pounds it made us over 70 dollars from 4 cows. The last fall we cleared six acres and put wheat in it. It is the most we have put in since we came. The last harvest we had 18 acres to mow 5 acres of wheat to reap 2 acres oats to reap and six acres of wheat to put in. We hired a man one week to help us. We did all rest ourselves. We have under cultivation 40 acres. Land is low because cash is so very scarce." Cash may have been scarce because of the region or due to the Panic of 1837 which hit the Smiths and their dairy in the next couple of years. A nice snapshot of the life of emigrant farmers in the Midwest during the 1830s. unknown books
1333972512.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
201 pages of profoundly fascinating and delightful illustrated history. Author's father (b. 1870) left Yorkshire, England with his young family for Canada in 1909 and arrived in Fife Lake, Saskatchewan where they spent their first winter in a straw house. Author was born in a sod house in 1910 and moved with his family to Montana when he was 6 years old. At age 14 the family moved to Victoria, B.C. and from there to Nanoose Bay, further up Vancouver Island. Most pages contain brief text, accompanied by the author's simple sketches of the way things were. He has stressed the most practical elements of daily life and survival. A priceless compilation of the challenges and genius of the pioneer. Examples include: how to hunt prairie antelope by wearing a white sheet; avoiding flying ants by erecting a pole to your wagon and hanging a coat at its top; uprooting stumps by tying them to nearby trees to be felled; cutting wood by rigging a buzzsaw to the back wheel of a Model "T" Ford truck; and many, many more. Mentions Vancouver Island landmarks such as the Arlington Hotel, Lantzville Hotel, Quarterway Hotel, and more. This book lends itself wonderfully to teaching youngsters the ways of the not-so-distant past. You will have great difficulty in putting it down. Book
Ex-library copy with the usual stamps and markings.
20256783Random House LLC US 2025 176 pages 14x20 7x1 5cm. 2025. Broché. 176 pages. Le roman suit Gail Baines une mère de la mariée socialement maladroite dans les jours précédant et suivant le mariage de sa fille Debbie. La situation se complique lorsqu'elle perd son emploi et que son ex-mari Max débarque sans préparation forçant les anciens époux à cohabiter et à reconsidérer leur passé
185518799New York: Carlton and Phillips Sunday School Union 1855. Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket. Carlton and Phillips Sunday School Union1855. Scarce. Hard Cover. Grey/green embossed boards with gilt title on spine. Cover has considerable soiling faded spine rubbed edges. Pages are foxed and dampstained. 6 pages of advertisements after text. Binding is tight. Hinges are perfect. Good reading/research copy. Carlton and Phillips, Sunday School Union hardcover
15872On letterhead of Rydal House Grosvenor Road Leeds. 12 January 1928. 3pp. 12mo. Bifolium. In good condition on lightly-aged paper. He thanks him for his letter and is pleased to be remembered. 'I have the pleasantest recollections of your kindness and courtesy to an obscure junior and I look back with very pleasant feelings too to the five happy years I spent as a member of the British Museum staff.' He is sorry at the thought of the 'many honored figures' who are no longer there but hopes 'still to find one or two who remember me'. He continues with references to the recipient's 'occasional articles in "Notes and Queries"' and to his 'reminiscence of the good old Quaker miller'. He sometimes meets 'Pollard & J. A. Herbert . at a little religious discussion society' but 'too seldom' meets with 'other old B.M. Colleagues'. On letterhead of Rydal House, Grosvenor Road, Leeds. 12 January 1928. unknown
14756Strand London. 17 July 1790. 2pp. 4to. Bifolium. Addressed on reverse of second leaf 'To John Hankey Esqr'. In fair condition on aged and worn paper. An unusually forthright document in the staid world of Georgian banking the letter begins: 'Sir We have received the favor of your Letter dated yesterday with much surprize not only as it informs us of a praemium being offer'd with an acceptance of your house but also as it seems to intimate that it has been done with our concurrence - we can assure you Sir that your Letter is the only information we have had upon this subject - the bill it is true is in our hands and we have Lord St John's directions to deliver it to a person who is to pay a Sum of money into his account but we are perfectly ignorant from what that money is to arise'. Further instructions from Lord St John are required 'before the person calls for the bill'. From the Hankey & Co. banking archive. Strand [London]. 17 July 1790. unknown
20 pages. Features: The AMA Exercise Chart; There Went $125,00 a week - how TV Stars are fired - with photos of Mitch Miller, Garry Moore and Judy Garland; Nice one-page color photo for Galaxy cigarettes promotes prizes available by collecting their divident coupons; Sensational color-photo centerfold for Pillsbury illustrates many of their bake-at-home products; The Girl That You Married - Are Foreign Women Sexier?; "The Catch At Dawn" (fiction); Recipes; Nice one-page color-photo ad for Dole frozen fruit juices; Nice black and white Chrysler/Plymouth ad inside back cover features the line of 1965 Plymouths, including the Fury, Valiant, Belvedere and, of course, the Barracude - for only $2,487!; Back cover Mutual of Omaha color photo ad features family photo of the Tom Arnoldy family of Shawnee, Kansas. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this nice vintage issue. Magazine
16 pages. Features: Interesting aspects of Family Law; When in Doubt, Sue! - one in two of us will sue or be sued in our lifetime; What Would a Prudent Person Do?; Italian Recipes; Ladies With a Past (fiction); Chesterfield cigarette ad features photos of restaurant owner Byron Harvey, fashion designer Elsie Frankfurt, and auto engineer Richard J. Gail; Great color back cover ad features mystery books of Erle Stanley and a small photo of the author. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this nice vintage issue. Magazine
16 pages. Features: Gorgeous cover photo of Dalia Lavi; Japan Goes Yankee - article with wonderful photos of American culture being adopted by the Japanese; Thailand Adventure - American Jacqueline Ayer went to Bangkok as a housewife, became a fashion designer, and today she's bringing Eastern flavor to U.S. women; Daddy's Eight Daughters - Charlie Rose writes of the beautiful family of General Chien Tai, former chief representative of China to the United Nations - includes magnificent family photo of Mi-mi, Do-do, Octavia, Re-re, General Chien Tai, Satellite, Madame Tai, Uranium, La-la, Si-si, Fa-fa and So-so; A Girl's Life in Red China - Sansan, a pretty teen-ager, has a message for Americans her own age (she escaped to Hong Kong in 1962) and here describes the plight of living in Red China; Hong Kong Tea Party - Cooking Far Eastern Style in Kitty Wing Min's Home. Color ads include; Miss Clairol and Hush Puppies (back cover). Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy of this most wonderful issue. Magazine
250 pages including index and interesting old black and white photographic plates. "Offered not as a history or as an economic survey. Rather, this is simply an invitation to look around British Columbia, enjoy some of its scenery and some of the stories the family told on itself as it gathered for its 100th birthday party." - from preface. Well-worn. Binding loose but still intact. Usual library markings. Book
19822082702114909346Sannai Shrine Treasure Museum 1982. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of pages: 1 book Size: 27cm Sannai Shrine Treasure Museum paperback
23x18 cm. 745 pages. Softcover. Ex-libris. Else in good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
19792090502113706542Not Available 1979. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
500347001Sans date.
1711002657Lugduni Batavorum (Leide, Leyde), Apud Petrum Van der Aa, Bibliopolam, 1711 In-folio (41 x 27 cm), (1) ff., 15 pp., (8) pp., veau marbré, dos à six nerfs orné, pièce de titre de maroquin rouge, triple filet à froid entourant les plats, double filet doré sur les coupes, tranches rouges (reliure d'époque). Illustré d'un frontispice, un portrait de l'auteur, 1 vignette de titre, 4 vignettes dans le texte, et 60 planches gravées. Première édition en latin du "Cabinet des raretés de l'île d'Amboine" (Amboinsche Rariteitkamer), publié en hollandais en 1705 ; l'auteur, atteint de cécité, est ici représenté dans son cabinet. Précieux exemplaire provenant de la famille de Charles de MONTESQUIEU, de la bibliothèque du Château de la Brède, avec l'ex-libris des Secondat, barons de la Brède et de Montesquieu, "Virtutem Fortuna Secondat, Ex Bibliotheca Bredanense", et les initiales C. M. à l'encre. Bel exemplaire. // Folio (41 x 27 cm), (1) ff., 15 pp., (8) pp., marbled calf, spine tooled raised on six bands, red morocco title label, triple blind fillet borders on covers, double gilt fillet on turns-in, red edges (contemporary binding). Illustrated with a frontispiece, a portrait of the author, 1 vignette on title, 4 vignettes in the text, and 60 engraved plates. First edition in latin of the "Ambonese Curiosity Cabinet" (Amboinsche Rariteitkamer), first published in german in 1705 ; the author, blind, is here depicted in his office. Precious copy from Charles de MONTESQUIEU family, from the "Château de la Brède" library, with the book-plate of the Secondat, barons de la Brède et de Montesquieu "Virtutem Fortuna Secondat , Ex Bibliotheca Bredanense", and initials C. M. hand-written. Fine copy (Nissen ZBI 3520)
Book shows light wear to covers only, straight spine, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 63 pages with text to p. 48 then b&w photos.
121 pages. Signed and inscribed by author upon first page. An outline of his life and those of his family and friends. Profusely illustrated with reproductions of wonderful black and white archival photos. Above-average external wear with small taped repar to bottom of backstrip. Book
16912Handled by South African literary agent Margery Vosper Ltd. for 'Theo Aronson Gum Tree Cottage Teubes Road Kommetjie 7976 South Africa.' Undated 1960s. 4 81pp. 8vo. The four pages 50-53 have been deleted in pencil and a new version on four pages also paginated 50-53 has been loosely inserted. Duplicated typescript on 85 leaves stapled together. In fair condition aged and worn with minor damp staining at head. 'No. 22' in red ink at head of cover. The play is said to be 'based on fact; on an actual historical situation' and is 'set in Cape Town and London between July 1899 and March 1992'. Aaronson was the author of 23 books on royal subjects. The present title is not to be found on either OCLC WorldCat or on COPAC. Handled by South African literary agent Margery Vosper Ltd. for 'Theo Aronson, Gum Tree Cottage, Teubes Road, Kommetjie 7976, So unknown
380 pages. Abundantly illustrated in black and white. Includes dozens of family histories plus sections on: Tie and Timber Camps; Homestead; Trapping, Hunting and Fishing; Early Community Life; Schools; Stores and Trucking; Forget Me Not; Wedding Anniversaries; War Veterans; Tragedies and Disasters; Pictorial; Memorabilia. Handsome decorated maroon cloth-covered boards. Very light wear. Clean, bright and unmarked. Excellent copy. Book
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Slight wear to dust jacket. Introduction by Greg Johnson. 546 pages.
266 pages. Map endpapers. Profusely illustrated with reproductions of archival black and white photos in text. Prior owner's name neatly printed on back of front free endpaper. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
