Deborah Dent and Her Donkey; a Humorous Tale
London: Field and Tuer, 1887. Octavo. iv, 19pp., 8pp. publisher's ads. 10 color illustrations including frontispiece (not hand-colored). In the original edition the illustrations were hand colored. The Leadenhall Press series of forgotten books for children. A charming story of a donkey who becomes a schoolmaster among other things. string bound in green color pictorial paper wraps lettered in... Read More
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Notable Men of Chicago
Chicago: Chicago Daily Journal, 1910. Small Quarto. 414 pages. The portraits and plates occupy p. 7-406. Includes index. See "The Chicago Business Elite: 1830-1930. A Collective Biography". Besides having many photographs of Armour and his businesses, there are many photographs of businesses which no longer exist. It also has several important architects such as William Holabird, George W. Maher,... Read More
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![A History of the State Normal School of Kansas for the First Twenty-Five Years [with] Annual Catalogue of the Officers and Students of the State Normal School, Emporia, Kansas](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/033/267/1467267033.0.m.jpg)
A History of the State Normal School of Kansas for the First Twenty-Five Years [with] Annual Catalogue of the Officers and Students of the State Normal School, Emporia, Kansas
Emporia, KS: (Kansas Publishing House, Clifford C. Baker, printer), 1889. Octavo. Two parts in one. 169pp. and frontispiece, 85pp. Each with separate title pages. The first part gives a general sketch of the school along with its faculty, library Prize contest, buildings and much more. The second part focuses on the alumni record, catalogue of the students, parents, and... Read More
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Dr. Paul S. Smith Testimonial Dinner, March 1962, Signed By Richard Nixon and Jessamyn West
Whittier, California: Whittier College, 1962. The program of the honoring of Dr. Paul S. Smith for his role as President of Whittier College. Signed by graduates, Richard Nixon, class of 1934, who received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree and author Jessamyn West, class of 1923), who wrote "Friendly Persuasion". Inscribed to Dick Parker with best wishes, Jessamyn West... Read More
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Hawaii as the Camera Sees it, 6th Edition
Honolulu: T.H., Print. and lithography division of the Honolulu Star-Bulleti, 1941. Quarto. 96 pages. A remarkable view of Hawaii just months before the Japanese attack on December 7, 1941. 6th edition. Pictures of a peaceful island. The pictures at the end of the book show the happy officers who are enjoying the natural beauty of this island paradise. A... Read More
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Songs of the University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona: University of Arizona, 1903. approx. 5 1/2" x 6 1/2" [12] pages. Here are the words of the songs which were sung by the students in the 18th year of its early history. It was in 1903 that they issued the first yearbook. Very scarce. OCLC shows a copy at the University of Arizona Special Collections and... Read More
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CHEVROLET MASTER SIX [1934]
N.p.: General Motors, 1934. First Edition. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Wraps. Oblong. Rare promotional booklet showing 9 different photographs of the `1934 Chevrolet [including cover photo]. The list of features in the back note Delco-Lovejoy shcock absorbers and Fisher No Draft Ventilation as well as the GMAC Plan [showing how little... Read More
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A Passion for Asia: The Rockerfeller Legacy. a Publication in Celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Asia Society
New York; (2006): Hudson Hills Press. First Edition. Quarto. 224pp. Richly illustrated catalogue of an exhibition: 117 full color and 50 duotone illustrations. The Rockerfellers and the Asia Society bring together a wealth of information on Asian art, in eastern and western home settings. Sculpture, ceramic, textiles, and paintings, a major focus on religious icons. ... Read More
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Ein Jahrhundert
Creditanstalt-Bankverein, (1957). Quarto. 392 pp. with 8 fold out color images and many colored illustrations, photos. Bound in maroon pebble grained cloth stamped in gilt, spine lettering gilt. A very good copy.
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Deutschland Italien, Beitraege zu Den Kulturbeziehungen Zwischen Norden Und Sueden; Festschrift Fuer Wilhelm Waetzoldt
Berlin: G. Grote Verlag, 1941. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Good Copy First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Festschrift fuer W. Waetzoldt zu sienem 60 Geburtstage, 21 Februar 1940. Herausgegeben fom Kunstgeschichtlichen Institut der Martin Luther Universitaet Halle-Wittenberg. Mit einer tafel und 105 textabbildungen. 358 pages. 18 histories on Italian art by leading German scholars.
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The Acorn, an Illustrated Quarterly Magazine Devoted to Literature and Art
London: Caradoc Press,; George Webb & Co.,(Printers), 1905. First Edition. Octavo. Engraved frontispiece, 152pp. (6) pp. ads. nicely illustrated with etchings, wood cuts and photogravures by H. G. Webb, Derwent Wood, Baron de Meyer, and Frank Brangwyn. A "little magazine" from the early 20th century. Poems and longer prose by W.B Yeats, Edmund Candler, G.K. Chesterton, Israfel, Violet Jacob,... Read More
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Phoenix Jaycees Rodeo: 1957 Souvenir Program
Phoenix: Phoenic Junior Chamber of Commerce, 1957. First Edition. Magazine. Very Good/No Dust Jacket as Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 38pp. The 1957 jaycees really put one on. Rodeo champs and lots of stirring scenes. The magazine binding has closed tears.
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Documenting a Collection About the Designer / Willem Sandberg Twentieth Century Graphics. The Lydia and Harry Lewis Winston Collection / Dr. And Mrs. Barnett Malbin
Detroit, Michigan: The Detroit Institut of Art, 1974. Limited Edition. Stapled Wrap. Very Good/No Dust Jacket as Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 4to., 40pp. One of 1500 copies printed as a supplement to "Cobra and Contrasts," by the Founder's Society of the Detroit Institute of Art. A checklist of works by Willem Sandberg... Read More
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Jenny, the Watercress-Girl, and Other Stories
Boston: D. Lothrop & Co. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall. 32mo., 58pp. Three stories: the title above, The Old Bridge in the Country, and To-day or To-morrow. In cinammon cloth, with "Jenny" and floral pattern in gilt on spine. Light wear to boards. Ads for other titles after... Read More
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FRAGMENTE IN BEZIEHUNG AUF DIE KONIGLICH-PREUSSISCHE ERKLARUNG AN DIE ALLGEMEINE REICHSVERSAMMLUNG, IN BETREFF DES ZU BASEL AM 3TEN APRIL 1795 GESCHLOSSNEN FRIEDENS: UND DIE DAWIDER ERSCHIENENEN ANMERKUNGEN EINES UNGENANNTEN
[S.l.:s.n.], 1795. Very Good. Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Speckled boards, gilt decorative spine, spine paste-on has edge chips. 64pp.
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![(Handbill and program): The Dixie Jubilee Singers... Jacksonville, Fla. [with program]: CBS Jubalaires Patrons List](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/958/142/1401142958.0.m.jpg)
(Handbill and program): The Dixie Jubilee Singers... Jacksonville, Fla. [with program]: CBS Jubalaires Patrons List
Jacksonville, Fla: The Dixie Jubilee Signers [and] Texas Printing, 1947. Unbound. Very Good. Handbill printed recto only in dark blue ink on lighter blue card stock. A trifle smudged, near fine. Depicts the four African-American members of the singing group in white tuxedos. [with] *Patrons List* One tall leaf folded to make four pages. Old horizontal fold, age-toning... Read More
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Specialty of the House: 100 favorite recipes from 100 famous cooks
New York: The Florence Crittenton League, 1955. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. 113pp. Endpapers with a bit of darkening due to binder's glue, covers moderately rubbed with edgewear, still about very good with interior fresh and clean.
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Rare Currier & Ives Lithographs: The Collection of E. Levern Godshall: Monday, November 3, 1930
Philadelphia: Samuel T. Freeman & Co, 1930. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. In wrappers. Stapled binding. Near fine. Spine and edges slightly darkening.
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The Masonic Mirror Volume 1, Numbers 1-26
Philadelphia: Leon Hyneman, 1852. Original edition. Leather bound. 208pp. Folio [41.5 cm] 3/4 red leather with red cloth covered boards. Good condition only. Ex-library. The front cover is partially detached. The covers are heavily rubbed. The underlying boards are exposed occasionally along the edges. There is a 1 inch loss from the leather at the foot of the spine.... Read More
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Royal Commission on Population Report: Presented to Parliament by Command of His Majesty, June 1949
London: His Majestys Stationery Office, 1949. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Very good in wrappers, a paperback. Former owner's name on front cover. Text clean. Minor pencil markings on a few pages. Spine brown on blue cover. Tears on dustwrapper spine ends.
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Play Base Ball With Atlantic
[no place]: Atlantic, 1939. Softcover. Very Good. Booklet. Measuring 3¾" x 3½". Stapled illustrated wrappers. Wraps with light toning and a few tiny soil marks, staple oxidized, very good or better. An advertising booklet, the interior with five tear-away sheets of tissue paper. Each sheet is illustrated with a baseball diamond, with the directions reading "Tear off at... Read More
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The Freeman: Volume 29, Number 11, November 1979
Irvington-on-Hudson: Foundation for Economic Education, Inc, 1979. Softcover. Fine. First edition. Fine in lightly faded, stapled wrappers.
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(Trade Catalog): Story & Clark Organ Co
Chicago, Ill: Story & Clark Organ Co. / Chicago Engraving Co, 1880. Softcover. Very Good. 24mo. [24]pp. Illustrated. Stapled illustrated buff wrappers. Tiny creases on the corners of some pages, slight stain near the crown, very good. Stamp of Ferguson's Muisc House of Lincoln, Nebraska on rear wrap. Trade catalog for elaborate Victorian-style organs built in Chicago. ... Read More
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Beecher's Sermons, New Series, Vol. 3, Sept. '74 - Mar. '75
1875. Hardcover. First edition. Poor. Hardcover rubbed and chipped, soiled and worn, dried, lower rear cover corner broken off.
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![[Printed Invitation]: H. Shickman Gallery. You are cordially invited to attend the preview of our exhibition of Seventeenth Century Dutch Paintings..](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/303/359/1450359303.0.m.jpg)
[Printed Invitation]: H. Shickman Gallery. You are cordially invited to attend the preview of our exhibition of Seventeenth Century Dutch Paintings..
New York: H. Shickman Gallery [Printed in Northampton by The Gehenna Press], 1967. Unbound. Fine. Announcement printed by the Gehenna Press for an art exhibition at H. Shickman Gallery. Single sheet measuring 5.25" x 9.5" printed on recto only. Nicely printed in black type, with single decorative rule in green on tan rag paper. A fine copy. Scarce.... Read More
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