Little Black Sambo
by Helen Bannerman, Fern Bisel Peat, Illustrator
Cleveland, Ohio: The Harter Publishing Company, 1931. Edge toning on cover. Glue residue from price sticker inside cover and first page- upper edge corner; minimal detraction.. Softcover, illustrated in bright color: front and back cover have the same drawing of the titular character Little Black Sambo, wearing his distinct bright orange shirt, blue pants, purple shoes, and carrying... Read More
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The Adolescent: Physical Development
by Helen Dudley Bull, M.D.
Ithaca, New York: Cornell University, 1950. Near-fine.. An educational booklet on the physical changes associated with adolescence, published by Cornell University researchers for families and educators. Written from a largely medical point of view, it delivers fact-based information for those looking to better understand the biological needs of growing bodies in the pubescent years. Chapter headings include: growth... Read More
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The Trade Union Woman. Alice Henry D. Appleton and Company New York
by Alice Henry
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1915. 314 pp. Navy fabric cover with printed spine, frontispiece and five illustrations. Contains 13 chapters, appendix 1 and 2, and bibliography, chapters include "Early Trade Unions Among Women" "The Huge Strikes" "Women and the Vocations" and "The Working Woman and the Vote". 7 1/2" x 5
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Handmade Book of Children's Songs with Words, Verse & Illustrations
by E Hertwell
1940. A handmade song book with over 50 songs. The book has been divided up into seven categories: Traditional, Autumn, Winter, Spring, Animals, Special Occasions, People, and Games . The majority of the songs in this book are short nursery songs, such as 'Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star', 'Rock-a-bye Baby', and 'Rain, Rain, Go Away'. The book is made from... Read More
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The 'School Friendship Book' of Rebecca Hileman in High School in Loda. Illinois, 1920-1923
by Rebecca Hileman
Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co, 1923. The very well documented high school years of Rebecca Hileman from Loda, Illinois are captured as Rebecca filled scores of pages with over 100 photographs of friends and family, name cards, souvenirs of school events, news clippings, letters and more. Includes some memorabilia such as a dance program, graduation invites, a piece... Read More
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The Most Popular Mother Goose Songs
by Hill, Mabel Betsy
New York: Hinds, Noble & Eldredge, 1915. Good. Unpaginated fully illustrated child's song book with words and music. Illustrated by the author. Charming imagery relevant to each song. Content included familar songs such as Baa, Baa, Black Sheep and Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star. Measures 10" x 11 1/2
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Mr. Pig and Family
by Lillian Hoban
New York: Harper & Row, 1980. 64 pp. Printed color cover with matching dust jacket, color illustrations throughout, An I Can Read Book. Mr. Pig gets married to Selma Pig. When she tries to tell him that his son Sonny Pig will have a half baby brother or sister, Mr. Pig is confused about what the other half will... Read More
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Limited Edition Book of Artwork by Russell Hobbs
by Russell Hobbs
[Altadena, California]: [Dennis Hill], 2012. Near-fine. Some minor marks to boards.. Number 8 in a signed "Collector's Limited Edition" of 150 copies of an untitled book of pen-and-ink drawings by Russell Hobbs. Includes twenty-four (24) prints of his artwork, which focuses on architecture in a wide array of locations including Italy, Yosemite, Pasadena, The Huntington Library, and a... Read More
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A Trip to Clown Land
by Carolyn S. Hodgman
Rochester, New York: Stecher Lith. Co, 1916. Very good to near-fine. Light toning, minor shelf wear.. A whimsical flight through "Clown Land", with large chromolithographed illustrations of circus acts including a donkey and clowns, a polar bear on a slide, trained elephants and "educated seals", chariot races, and the "Queen of the Arena" balancing on the back of... Read More
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Album, A Friendship Album Belonging to Ida Williams
by Ida E. Williams Hoff
Candor, NY, 1880. Some interior pages are loose.. A friendship album belonging to Ida E. Williams of Candor, NY. The album entries comprise of her friends and family members from Candor, NY, and surrounding towns between 1876-1880. The entries are, generally speaking, short quotes, either from poetry or plays. Of note in the album is a wonderful, multifaceted... Read More
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Zwo lf Räsonnier-Lieder" -- Two (2) German Song Books
by ed. J.H. Hohl
Germany, 1847. Good to very good. Toning, dust soiling, nicks to extremities. One corner torn away.. Two (2) printed booklets of sheet music with lyrics, from a time before the age of phones and televisions when friends and family would gather around a piano to sing songs together for entertainment. Each booklet has the sheet music for the... Read More
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Low Literacy Phonetic Spelling - A letter to a "Lebbe" about life and sons returning from war
by Caroline Holt
Kenosha, WI, 1866. An 8" x 6 1/2" letter sheet with letter to "Lebbe" penned on both sides. A friend or former care giver getting in touch with a dear one with information on daily life and her sons returning from the war. Of particular note is the use of colloquial phonetic spelling. The letter begins "Wall Lebbe I... Read More
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Manuscript Horoscope erected for Mr. William Hill, Born Monday, Nov. 26th 10:45 pm, 1877, Moosup, CT
by Professor C. M. Holway
Providence RI: Scientific Astrologer, 1900. Well read.. 8 manuscript page report. Begins with a birth chart and Aspects nad Positions of the Planets followed by Delineation of Character, etc: you know how and what to aim for, Faults to be corrected: guard against losing your temper), Matrimonial Prospects: partner shall be your equal soically and intellectually, General Life... Read More
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Chang Chee
by Melicent Humason Lee & Jung Ho
New York: Harper & Brothers Publisher, 1939. 6 preliminary leaves, 137 pages including frontispiece, with illustrations by Laura Bannon. First Edition. This book tells the story of Chang Chee, a young Chinese boy. The marketing material that was distributed when this book was published describes Change as a boy "...with the eyes of an artist, whether in the rice... Read More
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The Match Boy
by James Hook
Glasgow, Scotland: R Gale, 1805. 1 page, arranged on 2 staves for voice and harpsichord. The song is about an orphaned young boy who sells matches on the street, and the wealthy poplele who walk by him each day. Over three verses the song employs them to "Give a mite to the poor little boy." Measures 12 3/4"... Read More
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The Bobbsey Twins in Washington
by Laura Lee Hope
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1919. 244 pp. Stamped cloth cover with applied color paper label showing a boy and girl in the meadow with daisies, black and white illustrated frontispiece and 3 plates The adventures of Nan and Bert and Flossie and Freddie Bobbsey as their family travels to Washington. 7 1/2" x 5 1/4" no dust... Read More
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The Bobbsey Twins at Cherry Corners
by Laura Lee Hope
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1927. 244 pp. Stamped cloth cover with applied color paper label showing a boy and girl in the meadow with daisies, black and white illustrated frontispiece and 3 plates The adventures of Nan and Bert and Flossie and Freddie Bobbsey. 7 1/2" x 5 1/4" wear on cover, slight foxing starting, inscribed. ... Read More
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Manual of Hymns; A Collection of Hymns for Social and Family Worship
by Thos. Houston
Chittenango, N.Y., 1845. Red textured cover, interfoliata. Compiled by Thomas Houston and Alfred Bellamy, Printed by John Dow. A collection of 122 hymns "appropriate for social and family worship." Headings include Invitations of the Gospel, Christian Acts and Exercises, Missions, and Family Worship. Interfoliata is torn from another book with the inscription "Oct. 23, 1845 Mrs. S Curry a... Read More
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German-Hanoverian Party Political Poster
by V Hugh
Germany: Hannoversche Buch u Kunstdruckerei A. Funke, 1918. Minor soiling due to age. Shinny residue on top edge with minimal detraction from poster, perhaps from restoration.. German-Hanoverian Party (GHP) was a conservative, federalist German political party of the early 1900s. It, like mainly other parties were disbanded in 1933 as the Nazi Party came into power. This poster... Read More
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The California of the Padres; or, Footprints of Ancient Communism
by Elizabeth Hughes
San Francisco, CA: I. N. Choynski, 1875. General wear and toning. Damage to back strip.. A short book that glorifies the "Padres", the priests, who came over with the Spaniards and set up Missions in the New World. The book specifically deals with the missions built in California, and how their influence has waned since it was ceded... Read More
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Chautauqua Text Books No. 24 Canadian History
by James L. Hughes
New York: Phillips & Hunt, 1883. 69 pp. wrappers. pocket size book presenting an intelligent view of the leading facts of the history of Canada to those who have not time to read a larger works on the subject. Essentially the Chatauqua "cliff notes" on Canada. Measures 5"x 3 1/8
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The Heathen Chinee
by Joseph Hull
[Chicago, Illinois]: Western News Co, 1870. Toned, one small water stain to plate 9, else fine. Lacking original printed wrapper. Plate 7 appears to be from a different printing.. First printing of "The Heathen Chinee", subtitled "Plain Language from Truthful James", a series of nine (9) lithographic plates based on the narrative poem by Bret Harte (1836-1902). Steeped... Read More
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What You Should Know About Educational Testing
by J. McV. Hunt
New York, New York: Public Affairs Committee, 1965. Very good. Light toning.. First edition, presumed first printing of a booklet for parents on standardized testing in schools, published as a part of a series of public health booklets by the Public Affairs Committee, a nonprofit organization dedicated to families and public welfare issues in the United States. Each... Read More
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Women's Wages: A Study of the Wages of Industrial Women and Measures Suggested to Increase Them. Emilie Josephine Hutchinson Columbia University Press New York
by Emilie Josephine Hutchinson
New York: Columbia University Press, 1919. 179 pp. light green paperback printed cover, introduction plus 9 chapters. "Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of doctor of philosophy in the faculty of political science Columbia University. Includes the wages, factors affecting,cause and effect of minimum wages, vocation, and trade unions of industrial women. 9" x 6"... Read More
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Blue Skies for Christmas
by John Henry Bartlett II
Weston, MA, Dec-39. Fine.. A Christmas poem written by John Henry Bartlett, an eleven year old boy. According to the Note printed on the back the poem was printed by his parents, so that it could be read on Christmas morning. The front cover has a silhouette of Santa in his sleigh, being pulled through the sky by... Read More
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