Tuberculosis
by Park B. Jenkins, M.D.
South Dakota: South Dakota State Board of Health, 1920. Very good to near-fine. Light toning/sunning.. An informational booklet for the public on Tuberculosis, offering answers to frequently asked questions and tips for preventing the spread of disease. Published by the South Dakota State Board of Health. Includes information reprinted from "Pamphlet 106 published by the National Tuberculosis Association"... Read More
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Circular for Susquenhanna Slate with unrelated Pair of Letters Written to Rev. W. Chidlaw
by Isaac Parker
Slate Hill, PA: Susquehanna Slate, 1859. General wear. Missing corner.. The item is two letters addressed to Reverend Benjamin William Chidlaw written on a finely illustrated circular. The letters are written on a single page, which has been folded in half, with the first letter written on the inside fold and the second has been pasted onto the... Read More
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Sampler Book with Fifty-five (55) Hand-sewn Examples of Stitching by Sewing Student Mrs. Robert D. Patterson
by Mrs. Robert D. Patterson
United States, 1930. Good to very good. Toned, some offsetting. Extremities of binding worn. One or two short tears, holes, no major loss. All samples appear present. Damage to printed label on upper cover.. A composition notebook filled with approx. fifty-five (55) hand-sewn samples of stitches, hemming, and embroidery, captioned in ink manuscript by "Mrs. Robert D. Patterson",... Read More
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Die Krippe; Ein Bilderbuch zum Aufstellen (The Crib) A Pop-up Nativity Scene
by Paul Hermann Wagner, Illustrator
Esslingen bei Stuttgart: J. F. Schreiber, 1888. A portion of the left brick archway is lacking. Separations at base where cover attaches to fold-down pop-up. A vibrant triptych of three (3) pop-up scenes including the three Wisemen, passersby, shepherds, sheep, the cattle and an angel holding a palm branch. The actual crib scene and the Star of Bethlehem... Read More
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Starting to School in Kingsport
by Pearl Barkley & Doris Jones, Illustrators
Kingsport, TN: Kingsport City Schools, 1953. This is a brochure prepared for parents of children in public schools in Kingsport, Tennessee. It is directed towards the parents who are sending their kids to school for the first time. The brochure is divided up into categories: Rules & Regulations, Visits & Conferences, Health & Safety, Readiness in Subject-matter Areas, Home-School... Read More
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Four and Twenty Dollies
by Leonora Pease
Chicago: Hamming Publishing Co, 1914. 94 pp. Applied printed color cover, verses by Leonora Pease with vibrant color illustrations by Ella Dolbear Lee. A collection of verses and illustrations of different dolls. Does have stereotyped derogatory comments and images common to the time period. Has dolls including, the little bisque belle, the little jap man, the pickaninny dolls, the... Read More
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The 8 Ages of Judy
by Fern Bisel Peat
Kenosha, WI: Lowe, 1941. A 13 1/2" x 11 1/2" uncut paper doll book with seven (7) different paper dolls. Each of the punch out dolls with age appropriate accessories depicts Judy at a different age. .Eight (8) pages of costumes. Each page and doll page with printed signature Fern Bisel Peat. Light edge weaer.
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365 A Dessert for Every Day in the Year, Together with Pudding Sauces, Recipes for Invalids, a Few Miscellaneous Recipes, and Numerous Facts Worth Remembering
by Florence E. D. Muzzy & Kezia Peck
Winsted, CT: M. W. Dowd & Co, 1883. General wear. Minor tear on back cover.. A book written by two housewives for other housewives full of recipes which would enable them to make a different dessert each night for husbands and families for a single year. The recipes used in the book were gathered from a variety of... Read More
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Goodbye Letter to Husband and Children written on Deathbed
by Anna "Annie" Brown Pegg
Alexandria, NJ, 1900. Covers show foxing as well as toning due to age. Back cover is missing a portion at the bottom.. In 1900 Annie Pegg wrote a letter to her husband and two children Sarah and James on her supposed deathbed (she would actually live until 1914 and have another child, Elizabeth). It is unknown if she... Read More
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Romantic California
by Ernest Peixotto
New York: Charles Scribner's Son, 1910. 219 pp, green gilt stamped cloth over board covers with applied litho. B&W illustrations and plates, 68 in total. This is a travel tourism book for the state of California. The author asserts that "California possesses many of the charms that we are accustomed to associate only with certain parts of the Old... Read More
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Twenty-eight (28) Uncut "Dolls of All Nations" Newspaper Supplements
by Penny Ross, illus
Chicago, Illinois: The Tribune Company, 1919. Toned with some short tears and nicks to margins.. A grouping of seven (7) "Dolls of All Nations" newspaper sheets, featuring a total of twenty-eight (28) uncut dolls from the series. The series celebrated and fostered international friendship among children following World War I. Each of the dolls here wears the traditional... Read More
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Movy-Dols Painting Book 1 -- Uncut Paper Doll Book of Silent Film Era Stars and Starlets
by Percy Reeves (illus.)
Chicago, Illinois: Stanton and Van Vliet Co, 1919. Very good. Lacks one leaf (the pre-colored May Allison doll).. An uncut paper doll book with 8 sets of pre-colored dolls and 8 sets of dolls for children to color themselves, featuring the glamourous film stars of the silent era. This copy has been charmingly colored by a child with... Read More
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The Royal Standard English Dictionary Perry's Royal Standard English Dictionary
by Perry, William.
Boston: Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer Andrews, 1800. First edition. heavy wear.. January, 1800., 1800. 596 pp. Square. Laid paper. Inscribed "Stephen Pease Book price 6/. Significant wear.
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Pranks of Peter Pig
by Jean Petersen
Springfield, MA: McLoughlin Bros. Inc., 1936. Corner bumps; otherwise fine.. Norma Whiting. Unpaginated. Applied litho on cloth binding. Illustrated end papers with pigs. In-text three-color anthropomorphic animal images throughout. Stories of Peter the little pig who lived at Folly Farm. These stories were broadcast on Madge Tucker, director of Children's Programs for National Broadcasting... Read More
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An American ABC
by Maud and Miska Petersham
New York, New York: The Macmillan Company, 1941. Good to very good. Dust soiling. Lacks dust jacket. Short tear to final illustration. Tape repair to first leaf.. An early printing of "An American ABC", a charming ABC book for children that won a Caldecott award for its illustrations. Each letter is accompanied by a patriotic illustration and phrase... Read More
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Matlida J Peterson's19th Century Autograph Friendship Album
by Matlida J Peterson
Ligonier, Pennsylvania, 1887. Matilda J Peterson was born in 1866 in Ligonier, Pennsylvania and died in1958 (according to a note at the back of the album). This album was given to her by W. A. Peterson for Christmas in 1881. The album is partially filled with short notes, generally in verse and two different versions of an ink drawing... Read More
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A chart of practical mathematics, for home and school instruction of youth, adapted to every capacity or class of mind
by Alonzo Phelps
New York: Pudney & Russell, 1856. Chewing on right margin. Content not impacted. 1/4" x 1" paper lacking at top center. Separations some fold corners. Some light areas of discoloration.. A 37" x 26" broadside chart. This chart commends itself to the actual want of every individual, being a Universal Guide in every department of Mechanical and Mercantile... Read More
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The Boys' Wreath of Pleasing stories, for good boys; Golden Picture Books
by Uncle Philip
New York: P.J. Cozans, 1856. 16 pages. Wraps. 8 relevant full page hand finished lithograph illustrations. Stereotyped by Vincent L. Dill. Content includes Willy and Frank Too-Late, A Morning on the Ice, A Morning-Ride, Billy's Rabbits, Harry's New Kite, Saturday Afternoon and Jack the Shepherd Boy. Measures 8 3/8" x 6 1/2" Back cover lacking. front cover held in... Read More
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Nursery Tales Children Love
by Watty Piper (editor)
New York: The Platt & Munk Co Inc, 1933. New York: The Platt & Munk Co Inc, 1933. Hardcover. Good +. Eulalie. 77 pp. profusely illustrated with full page color numerous colored and some B&W in text illustrations. There are eight stories told in this book: The little red hen and the grain of wheat -- The Tale of... Read More
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General Tom Thumb
by From a Daguerreotype by Plumbe
152 Nassau St. cor. of Spruce N.Y.: Lith. & pub. by N. Currier, 1849. Light to moderate wear. with some light margin toning.. A 13 1/3" x 9" hand colored lithograph depicting a portrait of Tom Thumb standing on a somewhat regal looking chair, with his hands on his hips. The image is surrounded by 13 vignettes of... Read More
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Trade Catalogue for Henry W. Plummer, Manufacturer of and Dealer in Extracts, Essences, Medicines, Toilet Articles, Spices, Etc.
by Henry W. Plummer
Reading, MA, 1887. General wear, fading and toning due to age.. A small booklet which is the catalogue of items sold by Henry W. Plummer, who had a business in Reading, MA where he made and sold a variety of items. According to the catalogue he sold a variety of extracts (flavoring and handkerchief), toilet articles such as... Read More
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Betrothal - will you have a good marriage
by Paul Popenoe
New York, New York: American Social Hygiene Association, 1947. Very good.. A revised guide for families, teens and young adults to "Betrothal" (i.e. engagement), emphasizing the importance of the practice for determining whether a couple has made a good marriage match. Describes it as a transition period necessary for emotional maturation. Discourages physical intimacy before marriage in concordance... Read More
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The Rhetorical Reader
by Ebenezer Porter
New York: Mark H Newman, 1835. 304pp, leather covers. The full title of this book is 'The Rhetorical reader : Consisting of Instructions for Regulating the Voice, with a Rhetorical Notation, Illustrating Inflection, Emphasis, and Modulation, and a Course of Rhetorical Exercises.' This is the two hundred and twentieth Edition, with an Appendix. Measures 7" x 4 1/2"... Read More
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The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy Winkle
by Beatrix Potter
New York: Frederick Warne & Co, 1905. Paper along back strip partially detached with 1/2 lacking at top.. 85 pp. 27 color illustrations. Original brown-green paper boards with applied stamp. Illustrated end papers. Some fading on covers. The story of a hedgehog washerwomen is another classic from the world of Beatrix Potter. The character is largely inspired by... Read More
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The Tale of Two Bad Mice
by Beatrix Potter
New York: Frederick Warne & Co, 1904. The overall condition is fine. Spine faded, a little wear to extremities, bookseller's label on front free endpaper, front hinge cracked.. 85 pp. First American edition with original pale blue boards with applied stamp. Color pictorial endpapers. 27 wonderful color illustrations that depict the destructive mischief the two mice wrought on... Read More
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