A Letter Written to Lovina Fay Emerson Regarding Her Friend's Death
by C. A. George
Boston, MA, 1856. General wear.. This letter was written by a C. A. George, of Boston, MA, to her friend, Lovina Fay Emerson on May 11, 1856. The letter starts off with a humorous anecdote regarding Lovina's worry over George after she had not replied to her earlier letter in a timely fashion. It then continues on to... Read More
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XXXVI Effusions Epistolaires
by Roger Gerlin
Paris: Rene Debresse, 1939. Alo. 76 pp., Uncut. Heavy Stock Wraps. Small black and white illustrations each page. Thirty six single page satirical writings. Each page captioned with hors du temps et de l'espace.(beyond time and space). Free end paper inscribed and autographed by the author. OCLC 2. Measures 9 3/4" x 12 3/4".
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XXXVI Effusions Epistolaires
by Roger Gerlin
Paris: Rene Debresse, 1939. 76 pp., Uncut. Heavy Stock Wraps. Small black and white illustrations each page. Thirty six single page satirical writings. Each page captioned with hors du temps et de l'espace.(beyond time and space). Free end paper inscribed and autographed by the author. OCLC 2. Measures 9 3/4" x 12 3/4
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The Happy Heart Family
by Virginia Gerson
New York: Duffield and Company, 1924. Good. New York: Duffield and Company, 1924. Good. 85 pp. with whimsical charming in-text full color and two color illustrations throughout. This is a reprint of the 1907 edition. There are 14 chapters. Cover shows some wear and soiling. Additionally there is some soling on the pages. 10" x 8". Fantasy, anthropomorphism.... Read More
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The Education of Mr. Pipp. Charles Dana Gibson R.H. Russell New York
by Charles Dana Gibson
New York: R.H. Russell, 1899. unpaginated, brown cloth gilt title, black and white sketches throughout mixed with minimal text, enclosed in matching cloth gilt box. This truly unique book describes Mr. Pipp's travels with "Mrs. Pipp and the girls" through London, Paris, America, the Riviera, Italy, Monte Carlo and the adventures and people they encounter both on he trip... Read More
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Victorian Scrap Book and Photo Album of Mrs. Anthony Gibson -- Humor, Popular Culture, Photography
by Mrs. Anthony Gibson
[Albany, New York], 1892. Good to very good. Toned with dust soiling, upper board detached. Staining from adhesive used.. A charming scrap book laden with humor and personality of Mrs. Anthony M. Gibson of Tolland/Rockville, Connecticut. Exceptional for the sheer amount of insight it provides into someone who was clearly a good-natured and playful person. Includes early ink... Read More
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Novel and Curious Invention for Cutting Ladies' Dresses
by Mrs. R. Githens
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Scott, Printer, 12 Hudson's Alley, 1851. Very good. Foxed with some edge wear, short tears, minor water staining.. Printed handbill advertising a "Novel and Curious Invention for Cutting Ladies' Dresses" by Mrs. R. Githens, who hopes "every lady will have the curiosity to call and see how easy they can be taught to measure and cut... Read More
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Printed Advertisement for the National School of Business - Mr. Glick's Calligraphy Horse
by E.L. Glick
Concord, New Hampshire: National School of Business, 1900. Fine; letter folds.. Printed advertisement for E.L. Glick's National School of Business, with a striking visual: an engraved reproduction of a calligraphic drawing of a horse, made almost entirely of flourishes. Aside from being the proprietor of one of the most successful business schools of the day, Glick (b.1867) was... Read More
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Rube Goldberg's "Boob McNutt's Ark" -- Comic Strip Set of Anthropomorphized Objects Marching into an Ark
by Rube Goldberg
United States: McNaught Syndicate, 1934. Very good. Light toning, the occasional short tear. Lacking at least one element (introductory panel from the first week). Cut.. A delightful cut set of "Boob McNutt's Ark", a serialized comic strip playset published as a part of Rube Goldberg's "Boob McNutt" comic strip. "Boob McNutt's Ark" was published in American newspapers between... Read More
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Cemetery Management
by J.J. Gordon
Chicago, Illinois: Cemetery Beautiful Publishing Co, 1915. Near-fine. Minor rubbing to extremities, upper hinge starting.. A scarce guide to cemetery management, covering the following topics: a history of cemeteries and interment; how to plan the perfect cemetery (location, topography, drainage, landscaping etc.); flowers; cremation; primate mausoleums; accounting for small cemeteries; perpetual care funds; organization and ownership; rules and... Read More
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Typewritten Letter from Senator Arthur Pue Gorman of Maryland Regarding the Spanish-American War
by Arthur Pue Gorman
Washington, D.C., 1898. Very good. Toned, letter folds. Tears to envelope.. Typewritten letter on official United States Senate letterhead signed by Senator Arthur Pue Gorman of Maryland, responding to a query from 1st Lieut. Owen Norris of Easton, Maryland. Norris had requested Gorman's assistance raising a unit of volunteers to serve in the Spanish-American War. Gorman (1839-1906) was... Read More
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Goudy Text & Lombardic Capitals: Two New Monotype Faces
by Frederic W. Goudy
Philadelphia, Pa: Lanston Monotype Machine Company. booklet with examples of Goudy text and lombardic capitals, the back page has monotype flowers and ornaments suggested for use with Goudy text and lombardic capitals. 12" x 9" edges are worn with a few tears, some tape repair.
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Evening at Deepdene, An Essay by Fredric W. Goudy & Wood Engraving by John De Pol
by Frederic W. Goudy
Lanston Monotype Company, 1938. 2 pp. Folded card with printed cover, illustration and loose print. Essay, set in California, by Goudy, includes reproduction of a wood engraving by John DePol, "The Falls at Deepdene", given as a holiday greeting by Lanston Monotype Company. 10 1/4" x 7" Reproduction print of wood carving included.
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Prospectus for Homage to Ingres
by Sante Graziani
Boston: Impressions Workshop, Inc, 1965. Prospectus booklet, stamped soft cover with cut out to title page, text with border and stamped image at end of chapter, fold in back cover houses sample lithographs and contact sheet as well as an unused order form. The booklet explains the contents and purpose of "Prospectus for Homage to Ingres: Ten Lithographs with... Read More
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A Doctor's Marital Guide for Patients
by Bernard R. Greenblat
Chicago, Illinois: Budlong Press Company, 1964. Very good to near-fine. Some minor toning, wear to extremities.. A printed sex education guide for married couples, written from the point of view of a doctor, broken into three parts: "Some Facts of Life" (sex anatomy, modern attitudes towards sex); "The Sexual Act" (desire, coital positions, hygiene); and "Conception and Pregnancy"... Read More
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The Ready Multiplier
by Charles W. Greene
Boston: Gould, Kendall & Lincoln, 1838. Fine.. Second edition of a book of multiplication tables by Charles W. Greene, educator and director of Greene's Academy in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. Greene conceived of the project after discovering that having his pupils commit times tables to memory was an "irksome labor" (advertisement), and he sought an easier way to commit... Read More
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Mother Goose or the Old Nursery Rhymes
by Kate Greenaway
George Routledge and Sons. Unpagenated. Litho on board covers. Full page illustrations with rhyming verse at base. Collection of Nursery Rhymes. Front free paper detached but present. Hinge is loose but attched. Intact tears last two pages 3in. along back strip. Measures 5" x 7
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The Whitestown Index, Vol. 5 No1 - Annual Publication Academic Achievements, Editorials & Life Changes
by Griffith, Morrow & Skinner
Whitestone Seminary, NY: Whitestown Seminary, 1876. Separations at folds, a small piece of page one near center fold is detached, but present.. An 8 pp newspaper style periodical, that appears to have been published annually. It begins with a list of the Literary Organizations including Y.G. Fraternity, Union Literary Society, Irving Brothers, Bronte Daughters, E. T. Society, Student... Read More
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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: A Tale from the Brothers Grimm Translated by Randall Jarrell
by Brothers Grimm
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1972. unpaginated. Black stamped cloth cover, no dust jacket, color illustrated end papers, color illustrations by Nancy Ekholm Burkert. The classic story of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs translated by Randall Jarrell. A beautiful Snow White is forced to flee her stepmother's anger and finds herself caring for dwarves deep in the... Read More
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Mother Goose
by Eulalie Osgood Grover
P.F. Volland Company, 1915. Chicago: PF Volland Company, 1915 Second edition Frederick Richardson Unpaginated cloth on board with gilt stamp and applied die-cut illustration of Mother Goose and children Essentially full page illustrations throughout with rhyming text inset Large format measures9 1/4" x 12 Condition: fair -- well read Area of penciling on die-cut on front cover.
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The Overall Boys
by Eulalie Osgood Grover
Rand, McNally & Co, 1905. 123pp. Illustrated Hardcover. Illustrated endpapers. Bookplate and photo and inscribed on opening end papers. Appears to be a gift from a teacher to a student perhaps who was moving away. Two additional photographs. One adjacent the Contents captioned in pen "Down the Garden Path", and yes it's a photo of a garden. In-text black... Read More
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Raggedy Ann's Lucky Pennies
by Johnny Gruelle
Chicago: M. A. Donohue & Company, 1932. light page wrinkling with surface scuffs. Edge wear on covers. . Johnny Gruelle. 93 pp cloth backed pictorial boards. Copyright John B. Gruelle, Norwalk, CT. Pictorial end papers. Profusely illustrated with vibrant partial to full page illustrations.
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Eddie Elephant
by Johnny Gruelle
Chicago: M.A. Donohue, 1921. 39 pp. Red fabric cover, bright colorful in-text illustrations throughout. Story line is Eddie Elephant's day and his interactions with other animals such as Mabel Monkey, Katy Kangaroo, and Christopher Crocodile. Measures 7 1/2" x 6" light wear and sun fading on cover's edges, one page with stai.
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Raggedy Ann In The Deep Deep Woods
by Johnny Gruelle
M. A. Donohue & Company. 95pp. Illustrated Hardcover. In-text black and white with color imagery.Vibrant color. Illustrated end papers. Measures 6 1/8" x 9 1/8
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Raggedy Ann's Lucky Pennies
by Johnny Gruelle
Chicago: M. A. Donohue & Company, 1932. light page wrinkling with surface scuffs. Edge wear on covers.. 93 pp cloth backed pictorial boards. Copyright John B. Gruelle, Norwalk, CT. Pictorial end papers. Profusely illustrated with vibrant partial to full page illustrations.
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