A Paradise of Dainty Devices
by [Students of Mademoiselle Ruel's School]
New York, New York: G.H. Dickson's Sons & Co, 1894. Very good. Boards rubbed with water staining. Some dust soiling, upper hinge cracked, end papers toned.. Rare, with only a single other recorded copy (Brown), "A Paradise of Dainty Devices" is comprised of over 100 pages of original poetry and prose by students at Mademoiselle Ruel's School in... Read More
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Woman and Labor. Olive Schreiner Frederick A. Stokes Company New York
by Olive Schreiner
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1911. 299 pp. Blue hardcover. Full text with chapters; Introduction, Parasitism (chapters 1, 2, and 3), Woman and War, Sex Differences, and Certain Objection. 7 1/2" x 5" bookplate of John Ward Melville, some pencil checks on pages.
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Sexual Response-Ability and the Morgantown College Student
by Jan DeSavage and Lee Schultz
Morgantown, West Virginia, 1973. Very good. Minor staining to lower wrapper.. A no-nonsense sex education booklet from 1973, published for West Virginia University students in Morgantown, West Virginia, including non-judgmental information on the following subjects: sex anatomy; rape and sexual assault; methods of contraception; abortion; sterilization; venereal disease; pregnancy; common sexual myths; "sexual disadvantages" (e.g. premature ejaculation, painful... Read More
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Our Annual Sketch Book: Souvenir of the Exhibition
by A.W. Scribner
Boston, MA: Heliotype Printing Company, 1889. Minor missing surface litho on covers. Age toning.. A program for the year end art exhibition of a free evening drawing school located in North Adams, MA. The class was taught by A. W. Scribner, a local 'Artistic Designer and Draughtsman'. The inside front and back covers list the names of the... Read More
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Sex Education in 1920's America: Five (5) Booklets for Young Men and Women Entering Marriage
by S. Dana Hubbard, M.D.
New York, New York: The Claremont Printing Co., Inc, 1922. Very good. Some toning.. A set of five (5) sex education booklets published by the physician S. Dana Hubbard in 1922, with the aim of educating young Americans in sex, love, and marriage. Provides an important view into the sex education available to the general public in the... Read More
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Sex-Knowledge for the Mature Mind
by S. Dana Hubbard, M.D.
New York, New York: The Claremont Printing Co., Inc, 1922. Very good.. An educational booklet prepared by a New York dermatologist, offering its reader a medical practitioner's view on sex education, wellness and health. An interesting view into the morals of 1922 New York, with some advice still ringing true today, and some not. The subjects covered include:... Read More
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Sears' New Family Receipt Book: Containing the Most Valuable Receipts for the Various Branches of Cookery ..
by Robert Sears
New York, NY: Robert Sears, 1848. General Wear. Front cover partially detached. Minor penciling. Missing last page and back cover.. A book for housewives containing numerous receipts, or recipes, as they are now called. Both words are derived from the Latin verb 'recipere' which means to 'receive or take'. The book provides 'receipts' for a variety of items,... Read More
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Surgeon Dentist Advertising Broadside
by Sebre Gustin, Jr.
Hangover, NH: Kimball's Dartmouth Press, 1845. Edge wear. Few margin chips.. A 15" x 12" boardside printed on orange stock bordered in decoratiave elements. Sebre Gustin, Jr. of Chelsea, Vt. wished to advertise that he had recently opened rooms and was willing to provide home visits for interested patients. There are two blank spaces where the town name... Read More
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Tommy and Jane and the Birds
by Daisy Semple
Akron: Saalfield, 1929. Good. 25 pp. This book was written with the cooperation of Genieve Reily. Tells several stories about Tommy and Jane and their interactions with birds. Fern Bisel Peat has beautifully illustrated this book in both color and B&W drawings. The book is blue hard cover with no dust jacket. There is some edge wear to... Read More
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Should Wives Work
by Bob Senser
Notre Dame, Indiana: Ave Maria Press, 1963. Very good to near-fine.. Published by a Catholic press, "Should Wives Work?" aims to educate the public about the Church's thoughts on women in the workforce. Acknowledges that "time have changed" (p.9), and that young women face different realities and challenges than their mothers and grandmothers. However, it argues that the... Read More
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Letter from John Sergeant Discussing His Appointment to a Committee
by John Sergeant
Philadelphia, PA, 1834. General wear. Separation at letter fold. Blue residue from a paper which the letter must have been glued to. Minor penciling on interior.. A letter from John Sergeant (1779-1852), the American politician, to members of an unnamed committee, declining their appointment to invite a Mr. Clay to "celebrate the approaching anniversary", dated June 13, 1834.... Read More
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Seven Villages Practicing Modified Capitalism, A Brochure on the Amana Society
by Bertha M H Shambaugh
Amana, Iowa: The Amana Society, 1936. General wear.. This brochure shares a variety of historical and cultural material on the Amana Society, also know as the Amana Colonies, a grouping of seven villages located in Iowa near Iowa City. The booklet describes the government, customs, dress, religion, history, agriculture, and craftsmanship of the the Amana Society. Originally German... Read More
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I'm Terrific
by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat
New York: Scholastic Book Services, no date. unpaginated. Printed paper cover, black, white, and orange illustrations by Kay Chorao, printed on peach paper. Jason Everett Bear lives with his mother in the forest. He loves himself and is very proud of himself because he does everything he is supposed to. He gets teased by the other animals who think... Read More
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Legends of Letterland by a Big Bird
by Vivian M. Shaw
New York, New York: The A.N. Palmer Company, 1930. Very good. Light toning, some light offsetting on each page.. An illustrated handbook for teachers and young pupils with "penmanship stories, lesson plans, colored illustrations and jingling rhythms for teaching good, clear form of business writing to beginners" (title-page). A novel way to make penmanship "fun" for early learners.... Read More
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Farewell, an Original poem at the Departure of a Friend
by Rebeckah Shearer
1837. Crease marks from previous folds and a minor separation along the fold. Toning due to age.. An original poem written by Rebeckah Shearer in 1837. It is unclear if the poem is meant as a farewell for a loved one moving away or passing away. The poem is four stanzas long, the first of which is below: ... Read More
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The Happy Choice; or, The Potters' Common
by Mrs. Sherwood
Philadelphia: American Sunday School Union, 1830. 69 pp. Applied marble paper cover, cloth spine, illustrations. A story of meeting a man who told some friends about God. Their personalities are altered. Describes the emotional and physical changes they go through. 6" x 3 1/4" wear on cover, one corner of marbles paper is torn, staining.
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The Rose. An Allegory
by Mrs. Sherwood
New York: Mahlon Day, 1836. 17 pp. Printed soft cover, illustrations. The adventure of the author exploring on a May night and encountering fairies. The writer sees one fairy taller than the rest with a crown of diamonds and the name Gloriana. In her hand is a rose instead of a sceptre with which to bestow the never-fading rose... Read More
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Master Henry's Visit at Mrs Green's and his return
by Mary Martha Sherwood
Merriam & Moore, 1851. 24 pp. wrapper with 9 illustrations. This book tells part of a abridged version of Mary Martha Sherwood's History of Henry Milner. The story is broken up in to two sections, the visit and the return. The cover is pink with a very small section missing on the bottom left. The back cover is an... Read More
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Master Henry's Visit at Mrs Green's and his return
by Mary Martha Sherwood
Merriam & Moore, 1851. 24 pp. wrapper with 9 illustrations. This book tells part of a abridged version of Mary Martha Sherwood's History of Henry Milner. The story is broken up in to two sections, the visit and the return. The cover is pink with a very small section missing on the bottom left. The back cover is an... Read More
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History of Henry Milner, Abridged
by Mary Martha Sherwood
Troy: Merriam & Moore, 1851. 48 pp. wrapper with 14 woodcuts. Contains an abridged version of Mary Martha Sherwood's History of Henry Milner. This book appears to have been made from several of the series about Henry Milner called Milner's Toys. The hard cover binding is entitled "The Child's Museum". The stories included in this version are Master Henry's... Read More
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Soffrona and Her Cat Muff
by Mary Martha Sherwood
New York, New York: T. Mason and G. Lane, 1837. Good to very good. Some dust soiling, spotting, toning, damp staining. Binding solid.. A children's story about a girl and a cat, first published c.1828. 24mo (4.25" by 2.75"), pp. 26, illus., in original publisher's printed yellow wrps. In-text wood cut images. Early ownership inscription. 4 copies on... Read More
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Scrapbook of Theater Enthusiast Ruth Ayrault Sibley (1891-1986)
by Ruth Ayrault Sibley
New York, New York, 1916. Very good. Boards loose, binding worn.. Scrapbook of theater lover Ruth Aurault Sibley, Later Applegate, born 1891 in New Haven, Connecticut. Sibley was a kindergarten teacher in Manhattan and an extremely devoted theatergoer, judging from the present album. For each of the many performances she attended, she records in... Read More
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The Jingle Jangle Rhyme-Book
by Henry Bradford Simmons
New York: Stokes, 1898. Unnumbered. Cloth backed pictorial boardsPrinted on rectos (one side of the paper), whimsical rhymes and imagery each page. Imagery verging on the bizarre e.g. Bridge'ts cooking on Jimmy's hair of fiery red. Measures 8 3/8" x 11 1/4" Inscribed on free endg paper.Edges worn, front cover pulled slightly from backstrip.
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Two Letters from a Mother to Her Child, with integrated naive drawings, August 1929
by Simon
Boston MA, Aug-29. Two whimsical letters from a mother to one of her two daughters, Elizabeth Simon (nicknamed Betty). The first letter mentions a visit to their cousin Ruth, who has two cats on her roof. The missive continues on asking her how here hay fever is doing and if she has had anytime to play with the kitten... Read More
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The Wines of France
by Andre L. Simon
Corbeil, France: Imp. Crete, 1939. Very good. Light toning.. A pocket guide to French wine, "Printed in France, and published by the French Government", presumably for the American tourist trade in France. Provides basic information on how wine is made, an overview of different kinds and regions (e.g. Bordeaux, Champagne), how to boy and handle wine, decanting, glasses,... Read More
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