Home Occupations for Little Children
by Katherine Beebee
Chicago: Werner Company, 1896. 144 pp, hardcover, printed pictorial cover on blue cloth over boards. This book gives advice to parents, particularly mothers, on how to deal with 'kindergarten' aged children. It discusses various activities and games to help in a child's development. Measures 6 1/2" x 5”. Edge wear, covers have some stains. Inscription by previous owner. ... Read More
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Miss Beecher's Housekeeper and Health Keeper, contain five hundred recipes for economical and healthful cooking; also, Many Directions for securing health and happiness
by Catharine E Beecher
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1873. 482 pp. Decorative green cloth covers with gilt stamp."Approved by Physicians of All Classes", this book was part cookbook, part health manual, and part domestic guide. It sought to codify and simplify the information and skills needed to efficiently and effectively run any household. Broken into 2 parts over thirty-two (32) chapters,... Read More
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The Happy Hypocrite
by Max Beerbohm
London: John Lane Company, the Bodley Head, 1915. 70 pp illustrated covers with gilt stamp. It tells the tale of a wicked, spoiled nobleman whose debauched style of living brought grief to his loved ones. There are 24 color plates (including frontispiece), which are either full color, or two toned plates. Each illustration still has its tissue guard, though... Read More
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Twelve (12) menus for the Annual Banquet of Societies des Architectes de L'Anjou
by A. Beignet
1911. Menu sheets presenting the bill of fare and wines for the annual dinners of the society. Each of the menus is elaborately illustrated and includes at least one beautiful woman and in most instances elaborate architectural structures. Each is illustrated by A. Beignet. They are from 1890, 1891, 1892, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1899, 1901, 1902, 1906, 1908, and... Read More
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Midsummer Cash Sale Yard Goods - Fashionable Illustration
by Perry & Belknap
Bonnville NY: Boonville Record Steam Print, 1889. A 25" x 18 1/2" broadside for a Midsummer Cash Sale, presented by Perry & Belknap, new proprietors of the previous business known as Lincoln Perry. Illustration of the well dressed woman at lower center Lists various fabrics, carpet remnants, tick, blankets, corsets, duck suits etc at discounted prices. Reverse is blank.... Read More
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New Stories By Cousin Kate: Set To With A Will
by Catherine D. Bell
London: T. Nelson and Sons, 1861. Signs of wear on spine, discoloration on leaves and back cover.. 16 pages. Written by Catherine D. Bell under the pseudonym "Cousin Kate". Engraved frontisepiece, and decorative elements on page 4. Tan wrapper printed with red ink. Ornate decorative border includes a biblical parable and illustrations. Story of a young boy learning... Read More
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Manuscript Letter Detailing Princeton Seminary from a Student to Mentor
by William G. Bell
Princeton, New Jersey, 1836. Very good. Toned. Letter folds, remnants of wax seal to final page. Tape repair and short open tear to lower leaf.. Manuscript letter addressed to the Rev. John McCluskey from a Seminary student, William. G. Bell, who graduated from the Seminary in 1836 and became a pastor in Missouri. The letter discusses the Princeton... Read More
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A Guinness Sport Folio - Whimsical Promotion
by S. H. Benson
Dublin: Guinness, 1950. Cover edges are frayed. Minor discoloration on back cover.. A humorous and colorful advertising booklet for Guinness Stout. The booklet contains a series of illustrations featuring people doing different sports activities in late Victorian/ Edwardian dress. The activities has been organized by month, so for example, in January the figures are ice skating and in... Read More
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Circular - To Woolen Manufacturers - Stephen R. Parkhurst, Patent Burring Machine
by E. L. Benzon
Boston: J. H. Bufford's Lith, 1848. Letter folds.. An 11 1/2" x 9 1/4" single-fold circular with testimonial insert sheet. The cover depicts a rendering of the machine manufactured at Ballard Vale, Mass for E. L. Benzon, 59 Milk Street, Boston. Content includes information on how to order, queries, directs and an introductory message by E. L. Benzon... Read More
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Travel and Botanical Specimen Album of Frederick Beringer
by F. Beringer
United States, 1882. Very good. Disbound.. Eight (8) leaves from the travel and botanical specimen album of German immigrant Frederick Beringer who, along with his brother Jacob, founded the Beringer Wine dynasty in the Napa Valley in 1875. The pages of this album date between 1868 and 1882, and contain a multiplicity of material, most captioned in German... Read More
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A Doctor's Marital Guide for Patients
by Bernard R. Greenblat, M.D.
Chicago, Illinois: The Budlong Press, 1959. Near-fine. Minor toning.. The "Rhythm Edition" of a sex education booklet by sex researcher Bernard R. Greenblat, M.D., published exclusively for general practitioners to give to their married patients. Covers the following subjects among others: modern attitudes towards sex; the male and female sex organs; the sexual act; "natural" coital positions and... Read More
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Silver Stallion, Sequel to Lighting: A Cowboy's Colt
by Bernard H Martin and William L. Martin Jr.
Kansas City, MO: Tell Well Press, 1949. 29 pp. (unpaginated) children's book, tells the story of Danny Morgan, his cousin Melissa, and their friend Eagle, an Indian boy, as they solve the mystery of the phantom silver stallion. Called a "corking good story", it is chalk full of vibrantly colored, or charming black and white illustrations on nearly every... Read More
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The Farce of Fashion. James Riddell and John Berry Riddle Book LTD London
by James Riddell and John Berry
London: Riddle Book LTD, 1945. Illustrated board, pages split horizontally to create multiple images, color illustrations throughout, cover states "patent applied for No. 24053/45" and "may we divide your attention for a moment?" Humorous look at fashion, the book consists of images of dress over time and simple verses, the page is then split in two and the reader... Read More
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Bed-Time Stories for Convalescents
by Bert Milton, M.D.
Boston, New York, and Paris: The A.M. Davis Co, 1930. Fine; some light toning.. Scarce edition of a charming and lighthearted book by a doctor, consisting of sixteen pages of humorous short stories, jokes, or scenarios. To set the tone, it begins with a caution to its reader: "Warning!! If you have been CUT OPEN and the stitches... Read More
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Stipple engraving of cupid blowing bubbles
by H. Sintrenich (pupil of Bertolozzi)
London, 1808. An 8 1/4" x 11" stipple engraving captioned at base "Cupid Blowing Bubbles. London. Pub. June 8, 1808, by H. Sintrenich (Pupil of Bartolozzi) 29 New Bond St. Whimsical imagery.
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Illustrated Circular Advertising Sale of Brooklyn Building
by John S. Biesecker
Brooklyn, New York, 1911. John Stokes Biesecker (1860-1915) was a Pennsylvania native who moved to Brooklyn and made his fortune in the dairy business, splitting his time between his residence at 105 Bainbridge Street and his farm in Pennsylvania.. A window into the ever-shifting built landscape in Brooklyn, New York, in the first half of the twentieth century:... Read More
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Master Squeaker - die-cut book in the shape of a pig
by Clifton Bingham
London, New York: Dutton, Nister. Some missing surface litho back cover. An 8 pp. verse about a little pig who didn’t like to bathe. Includes four (4) color illustrations. Chromolithograph illustration of running piglet on die-cut booklet. Measures 2.5" by 4
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The Singer's First Book; Consisting of Simple Rules and Easy Music for Common Schools
by J. & H. Bird
Cambridge: John Owen, 1845. 38 pp. Applied printed cardboard cover, second edition, sewed binding, music with descriptions and instructions. A music book with preface and note to teachers, first three pages include testimonials in favor of the Singer's First Book. OCLC: 3 (8/29/2016) 5 1/2" x 5" binding loose, wear on cover, water stain on inside pages, inscribed, foxing.... Read More
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To Secure Jewish Rights: The Communist Position
by Alexander Bittelman
New York, New York: New Century Publishers, 1948. Good to very good. Water staining, on eor two short tears, minor rust staining from staples.. A passionate polemic elucidating the Communist position on Jewish rights, Palestine, Birobidjan, and Zionism. Includes a chapter titled "Some Current Cultural Problems" which addresses issues such as "the cultural problems springing from the bilingual... Read More
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Original Archive of Childhood and Mature Art by Gladys Mary Black (1895-1979) and Siblings of Torquay, Devon, 1910-1968
by Gladys Mary Black
Torquay, Devon, United Kingdom, 1968. Very good. Minor flaws including surface wear, toning, the occasional short tear or loose leaf.. A superlative archive of artwork, short stories, and musings recorded by a woman artist and her two siblings born into an upper-middle class doctor’s family in Torquay, Devon in the 1890s. Spanning the years 1910 to 1968, the... Read More
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The Sweetbriar Story Book
by Blackie
London: Blackie & Son LTD, 1930. 36 unpaginated pages, with one color and 16 black and white illustrations. The book is a collection of six short stories: 'Yooloo, the Moon Fairy', 'Dick and the Lead Soldiers', 'The Skating Party', 'Chris and the Miller', 'The Sad Story of Elephant Joe' and 'Advice to a Mouse'. The last two stories are... Read More
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Das Leben Auf Dem Bauernhof (Life on the Farm), Paper Doll book, with 8 Cut out sheets
by Jacqueline Blass
Germany: Esslinger Vlg J.F. Schreiber, 1990. 10 pp. (plus 8 uncut sheets). Hardcover, German language. An interactive book, that allows the reader to tell the story of a day on the farm. Included are the paper dolls the two children, Johanna and Stefan, and their Father, Mother, Grandmother, and baby sister. All sheets are UNCUT. Measures 11 3/4" x... Read More
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Cloth Dressing! -- [Rapid Rise of Cloth Manufacturing in 1850s New England]
by Nathaniel Bodwell
Houlton, Maine: Theo Cary, 1859. Toned, short tears, water stain to foot. Modern tape repairs to verso.. Printed broadside promoting new manufacturing equipment at Cary's Mills in Houlton, Maine, including a "fitted up apparatus for cloth dressing and dyeing" and a "fulling mill" for making cloth. Nathaniel Bodwell (b. c.1800) ran the mill. Important ephemeral evidence of the... Read More
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Barli the Ice Bear
by Ida Bohatta
New York: ars Edition, 1981. Eight brief poems written from the point of view of a small white bear. The poems are: The Sold Bearskin, Little Bear Left Alone, Christmas Wonders, Keeping Warm, The Two Little Brothers, Bear's Hunger, Snowstorm, and the Dream. Each poem is accompanied by a printed water color, and a small black and white line... Read More
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Valley of Chamouni Quadrille
by Henri Bohlman-Sauzeau
London, 1855. 4 pgs, On the cover is a black and white illustration of the Valley of Chamouni (also spelled Chamounix or Chamonix) a valley in esatern France by Mont Blanc. Songs include La Morne au Diable and La Vallee de Chamouny. These songs are meant for dancing,. the quardrille. At the base of the music front and back... Read More
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