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[Shirley Temple Scrapbook]
Portland, ME (?): n.p., 1938. Softcover. Very Good. Softcover. This is an astonishing and unique item created by a young girl who obviously idolized famed child star Shirley Temple. This is an opportunity to acquire an unusual and highly collectible homage to the most popular movie star of the 1930s. The creator of this scrapbook, Lillian Lesperance, later... Read More
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Eleanor Powell scrapbook
n.p.: n.p., n.d.. Very Good. This is a partially completed scrapbook of five publicity photos of the famed actress and dancer from the early 20th century, Eleanor Powell. This is one of several scrapbooks that was compiled over the past several years by a fervent Eleanor Powell fan. This scrapbook still appears brand new, with its glassine cover... Read More
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Putnam's Monthly Magazine Volumes IX 9 (January to July 1857)
New York: Miller and Company, 1857. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Includes a five page article titled "About Dogs," which is a musing about dogs and their history. Within the article, there is long ballad about a favorite hound of Llewellyn, Prince of Wales, son-in-law of King John. It concludes by asking readers to send their "very nice terrier... Read More
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Employment Discrimination in the Construction Industry in Baltimore
Washington DC: U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, 1974. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. A Report of the Maryland State Advisory Committee to the US Commission on Civil Rights prepared for the information and consideration of the Commission. Side stapled yellow paper wrappers with black title to front panel. Light soiling / browning to edges of wrappers, but clean and... Read More
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[The Adventures of Smilin' Jack]
Very Good. This is an unusual and scarce collection of 16 card strips with photographs from "The Adventures of Smilin' Jack. Samuel Eppy, Inc. issued this 128-card set in 1943. "The Adventures of Smilin’ Jack” was a movie serial based on the comic strip “The Adventures of Smilin’ Jack”. The movie serial was distributed by Universal Pictures during... Read More
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[Maryland in the 1880s]
New York: Arbuckle Coffee Company, 1889. Fine. A charming color lithograph with original color of the state of Maryland in the nineteen century. The colorful miniature map was produced by the Arbuckle Company as an incentive to buy their coffee. The area, population, major cities, towns and rivers are identified. The surrounding views depict canned goods and oyster... Read More
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La Premiere Histoire Vivante de la Photo et du Cinema
Paris: L'Avenir Graphique, 1974. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. Very good minus. Oblong octavo. Bound in side-stapled paper wrappers with title to front panel. Previous owner's writing to front wrapper in pen. Light foxing to wrappers. Photographic illustrations to interior, including images of old cameras. [16 pages.] French. FRE111101.
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L'Architecture. Revue Mensuelle. Volume XLVI (46), Nos 1 - 12
L'Architecture, 1933. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Includes all twelve issues from 1933. Ex-library with stamps to title page and some interior pages. Bound in black cloth with brown leather title label to spine. Rubbing to title label and wear / fraying to corners of boards. Minor rubbing and wear to boards. Browning and chipping to edges of some... Read More
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Constitution with By-laws and Rules of Order, of Rising Sun Lodge, No. 8, Independent Order of Good Templars, of Washington, D.C.
Washington DC: M'Gill and Witherow, 1867. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. Includes a temperence pledge to not make, buy, sell, or consume any form of alcohol. Disbound with wrappers removed. A few chips and short tears to edges of pages. Occasional smudges, but clean overall. Size: 24mo - 5.5 x 3.75 inches. 26 pages. AMER/122823.
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Country Life. Scottish Number. August 14, 1969. Vol. CXLVI No. 3780
London: Country Life, 1969. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. Articles on Scottish farming, Cyclopean kilns and quarries, the Fiat 1256 Special Salon, Dutch art coming to Scotland, Galloway, National Pony Show, and more. Illustrated blue paper wrappers with white spine panel titled in blue. Soiling and wear to covers and edges. Clean interior. Minor wear to page edges. pagination:... Read More
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Arctic Miscellanies. A Souvenir of the Late Polar Search. by the Officers and Seamen of the Expedition
London: Colburn and Co, 1852. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. A scarce copy of this engaging compilation from the expedition under the command of Captain Austin that sailed from the Thames on May 4, 1850 in search of Sir John Franklin and his missing men. Franklin’s ill-fated 1845 voyage was in search of the elusive Northwest Passage, and ultimately... Read More
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5 Little Pigs
New York, Akron, Chicago: Saalfield Publishing Co, 1910. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. A cleverly designed version of the nursery rhyme about the five little pigs that go to market (usually told to children while wiggling their toes). In this shape book, the pages have a circular hole cut where the face of each pig should be, allowing the... Read More
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[Samples of Czech typography]
n.p., 1928. Very Good. Interesting samples of Czech printing fom the early 20th century. One is a large bifold done by Vojtech Preissig dated 1925. Preissig (1873-1944) was a Czech typographer, printmaker, designer, illustrator, painter and teacher. Printed on light tan paper about 9 x 11 inches. It includes a line engraving. The other two samples... Read More
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Popular Poetry (2 ISSUES)
Cincinnati: Popular Poetry, 1931. Very Good. Two issues very good in wraps with stapled bindings including: March, 1931 and April, 1931/contributors include Vachel Lindsay , Phyllis Lee, and the great Edith Bulkley and Adele de Leeuw. Minor creasing / soiling to cover of March issue. Periodicals. PER2010301.
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The Galaxy. A Magazine of Entertaining Reading. Volume XIX (19) January - June 1875
New York: Sheldon & Company, 1875. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. A compilation of articles and stories from this short-lived magazine, which was sold to "The Atlantic" in 1878, Bound in attractive three quarter black leather with gilt titling and ruling to spine and covers. Black pebbled cloth covers. Some chipping and bumping to leather. Interior clean. Very good... Read More
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The Olive Branch: or Faults on Both Sides, Federal and Democratic. A Serious Appeal on the Necessity of Mutual Forgiveness and Harmony, to Save our Common Country from Ruin. Second Edition Improved and Enlarged
Philadelphia: M. Carey, 1815. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. This edition was published just two months after the first. Carey describes it as amplified, methodised and improved over the first edition. The book appeared during a "convulsed period of history" as an effort to create unity between the two American parties against the British during the War of 1812. ... Read More
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House Doc No 287, Fifty-ninth Congress, first session. SALE of Cerain Timber on Menominee Indian Reservation, Wis
Washington DC: Congress, 1906. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. Reprints of a collection of letters from the secretary of the interior, the State of Wisconsin Department of Forestry, the U.S. Indian Service, Green Bay Indian Agency, etc. regarding this topic. White side-stapled wrappers. Pages numbered 9 - 23. Creasing to corners. Clean. AMER/040820.
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The Children in the Wood
New York: McLoughlin Bros, 1890. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. Rare. A rather depressing story of morality in verse about two orphaned children who are left in their uncle's care. Rather than raise them, he arranges to have them murdered so that he can collect their inheritence. The children are abandoned in the woods and starve to death. The... Read More
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Open Set
[Colorado]: American Academy of Bookbinding, 2020. Softcover. Fine. Softcover. A handsome exhibition catalog for the Academy's annual exhibition of bindings submitted for consideration of awards . in the exhibition. The exhibition travelled to various locations around the country that year. Softcover in white paper and brown binding with the title decoratively shown on the front cover. The spine... Read More
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[Two store ledgers from the early twentieth century]
n.p.: n.p., 1917. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover. Two folio sized commercially produced ledgers used for a furniture and household goods dealer. The name of the business and its location are not identified. There are stickers on the front pastedown of the ledger for 1916-17 for businesses in Rochester and Syracuse, New York. This seems to have been a prosperous... Read More
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[Maine in the 1880s]
New York: Arbuckle Coffee Company. Fine. A charming color lithograph with original color of the state of Maine in the nineteen century. The colorful miniature map was produced by the Arbuckle Company as an incentive to buy their coffee. The area, population, major cities, towns and rivers are identified. The surrounding views depict ship building, hunting and logging.... Read More
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[Indiana in the 1880s]
New York: Arbuckle Coffee Company, 1889. Fine. A charming color lithograph with original color of the state of Indiana in the nineteen century. The colorful miniature map was produced by the Arbuckle Company as an incentive to buy their coffee. The area, population, major cities, towns and rivers are identified. The surrounding views depict a variety of farm... Read More
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110 Years of American Art: 1830 - 1940. October 15 - December 31, 2001
New York: Spanierman Gallery, LLC, 2001. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover. An exhibition catalog of 85 paintings and sculptures that were featured in at the Spanerman Gallery in 2001. Includes work by Albert Bierstadt, Childe Hassam, Frederic Remington, and many more. Glossy illustrated paper covered boards with black title to spine and front board. Bump to bottom front corner, else... Read More
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Engraved Portrait of Silas Wright Jr. (print)
1856. Very Good. Wright (1795 - 1847) was an American attorney and Democratic politician who served as a Senator and Governor of NY. Engraved by J. Rogers from a daguerreotype. Foxing. Size: about 6.75 in x 9.75 in. PRINT/082420.
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Official Sesqui Centennial Daily Program and Guide. November 29 and 30, 1926
Philadelphia, 1926. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. A daily program to the exposition held in Philadelphia with exhibits from around the world. Side-stapled paper wrappers with illustration of the liberty bell to front cover. Includes advertisements for Bermuda vacations, Breyer's ice cream, Hohner Harmonicas, Wilbur Buds chocolates (which look suspiciciosly like Hershey Kisses), Fralinger's Salt Water Taffy, Ocean City,... Read More
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