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ABC BUCH UND LESE UND DENK-UEBUNGEN BEI DEM ERSTEN UNTERRICHT DER KINDER: NACH DEN BESTEN MUSTENR VON PESTALOZZI, STEPHANI UND ANDERN BEARBEITET. ERSTES BUCH.
New York: H. Ludwig, 1871. Hard Cover. An ABC book in German, with charming woodcut illustrations. In printed paper-covered boards, backed in blue cloth. More about ABC BUCH UND LESE UND DENK-UEBUNGEN BEI DEM ERSTEN UNTERRICHT DER KINDER: NACH DEN BESTEN MUSTENR...
THE ALDINE ADVENTURE BOOK.
London: Aldine, [1931]. Hard Cover. The Aldine Adventure Book. With in text illustrations. Scattered foxing; wear to the joints. Pictorial hardcover. Very Good. More about THE ALDINE ADVENTURE BOOK
AMAZING DETECTIVE CASES. VOL. 15, NO. 2. APRIL 1960
New York: Foto Parade Inc., 1960. Includes James Collier’s “Doomed Dolls of the Sex-Mad Doctor” and Oscar Fraley’s “Blonde Alibi of Machine-Gun McGurn”, and a number of other sensational stories. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Cadavers All Over Indiana’s..... More about AMAZING DETECTIVE CASES. VOL. 15, NO. 2. APRIL 1960
ANIMAL AND BIRD IN PICTURE AND WORD.
New York: McLoughlin Bros. [1897]. Quarto. Hard Cover. Animal and Bird in Picture and Word, published by McLoughlin Bros. A juvenile book of zoology with full and half page illustrations, and text on the various animal species. Chromolithographic title page... More about ANIMAL AND BIRD IN PICTURE AND WORD
AVENTURES DE JEANNOT L’INTREPIDE
Paris: Editions Casterman. In original pictorial wrappers. More about AVENTURES DE JEANNOT L’INTREPIDE
BABY'S PLAYMATES [Untearable]
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co. Hard Cover. Lovely color illustrations [chromolithographs] on linenette pages; a bit shaken in the binding but holding. More about BABY'S PLAYMATES [Untearable
THE BABY’S BLACK BEAUTY: HURST’S LIMP CLOTH BOOKS, NO. 14
New York: Anderson & Stoner // Hurst & Company, 1908. Quarto. Soft Cover. Fantastic limp cloth book of a dozen-odd pages; a bit of fraying at the top and bottom edges; some soiling to the pages, but largely in nice... More about THE BABY’S BLACK BEAUTY: HURST’S LIMP CLOTH BOOKS, NO. 14
BIBLIA SACRA VULGATAE EDITIONIS, SIXTI V. PONTIFICIS MAX. IUSSU RECOGNITA, ET CLEMENTIS VIII. AUCTORITATE EDITA; VERSICULIS DISTINCTA, ET AD SINGULA CAPITA ARGUMENTIS AUCTA; PLURIBUSQUE IMAGINIBUS, AD HISTORIARUM NOTITIAM POLITISSIME ELABORATIS, ORNATA; INICEQUE EPISTOLARUM, & EVANGELIORUM LOCUPLETATA.
Venetiis: Apud Nicolaum Pezzana, 1737. Full Leather. A Vulgate Bible, published by Nicolaum Pezzana in 1737, Venice. Text in Latin. Collates complete; [24], 924, [52] pp. With an engraved frontispiece, and 22 full page engraved illustrations preceding some of the... More about BIBLIA SACRA VULGATAE EDITIONIS, SIXTI V. PONTIFICIS MAX. IUSSU RECOGNITA, ET CLEMENTIS VIII....
BLACKWOOD, THE METROPOLITAN, AND THE FOREIGN QUARTERLY REVIEW. RE-PRINTED. NUMBER I. | JANUARY, 1833. NO. CCIII. VOL. XXXIII. | THE PORTUGUESE WAR; TOM CRINGLE’S LOG; THE CAESARS; LINES TO THE MEMORY OF ENSIGN G. H. WALKER; LITTLE LEONARD’S LAST “GOOD NIGHT”; CROCODILE ISLAND; AN IRISH GARLAND.
New-Haven: Peck & Newton, 1833. Soft Cover. Reprint of Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine for January, 1833. With seven short stories. Namestamp and owner’s name on the front wrapper; minor foxing; edgewear and some creasing. Printed paper wrappers. Good. More about BLACKWOOD, THE METROPOLITAN, AND THE FOREIGN QUARTERLY REVIEW. RE-PRINTED. NUMBER I. | JANUARY,...
A BOOK OF FAVOURITE MODERN BALLADS.
New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1860. Full Leather. A Book of Favourite Modern Ballads. With floral borders to the text, numerous engraved illustrations, frontispiece, and additional title page, illustrated with black, gray, and gilt. Scattered foxing. Contemporary inscription on... More about A BOOK OF FAVOURITE MODERN BALLADS
THE BOOK OF KNOWLEDGE
Havana, Cuba: Tabasco Publishing Co., c. 1930’s. Stapled Pamphlet. A ribald (maybe even raunchy) joke book published in Havana. 8 pages of riddles. Cover is creased as if folded in someone’s pocket. More about THE BOOK OF KNOWLEDGE
BOOK OF SHIPS
Saml. Gabriel. Quarto. Soft Cover. “Linenette”; edgeworn, but a sound copy. More about BOOK OF SHIPS
THE BOOK OF THE POETS. CHAUCER TO BEATTIE. WITH AN ESSAY ON ENGLISH POETRY.
London: J. J. Chidley, 1846. Full Leather. The Book of the Poets: Chaucer to Beattie, published by John James Chidley. With an additional title page, engraved. Engraved illustrations throughout, with half page tissue guards bound in. Foxing to the engraved... More about THE BOOK OF THE POETS. CHAUCER TO BEATTIE. WITH AN ESSAY ON ENGLISH POETRY
THE BOUQUET, OR SPIRIT OF THE ENGLISH ANNUALS, FOR 1835.
Philadelphia: Thomas T. Ash, 1835. 32mo. Full Leather. A gift book from 1835. The Bouquet, or Spirit of the English Annuals. Frontispiece. Lacking endpapers; scattered foxing; personal inscription on the recto of the frontispiece. Embossed calf, with a chipped leather... More about THE BOUQUET, OR SPIRIT OF THE ENGLISH ANNUALS, FOR 1835
BRAVE LITTLE BOYS. (THE TINY LIBRARY)
London: S. W. Partridge & Co. 32mo. Hard Cover. A copy of Brave Little Boys, a collection of moral stories for children. Black and white illustrations throughout. Previous owner’s name on the front endpaper; minor shelfwear. 64, 16 pp. Publisher’s..... More about BRAVE LITTLE BOYS. (THE TINY LIBRARY
BRIGHT PICTURES FOR DULL DAYS
New York | London: Thomas Nelson and Sons | S. W. Partridge and Co., c. 1880. 16mo. Hard Cover. Delightful glazed chromolithographic boards backed in maroon cloth. Illustrated throughout with black and white engraved images on the rectos of each... More about BRIGHT PICTURES FOR DULL DAYS
THE CALENDAR OF PROVERBS FOR 1910
London | New York: Ernest Nister | E. P. Dutton, 1910. Hard Cover. A charming item, with colored illustrations for each month, and the calendars and proverbs printed in red and black. Bound in patterned cloth, with a colored pictorial... More about THE CALENDAR OF PROVERBS FOR 1910
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[CHAP-BOOK] THE PENNY-WORTH OF WIT’S GARLAND, IN THREE PARTS
Glasgow, Scotland: Printed for the Booksellers, c, 1850. Sheet folded in quarters, with illustration of a schooner on the front. A story in verse, told in three parts. Some separation at one of the folds. More about CHAP-BOOK] THE PENNY-WORTH OF WIT’S GARLAND, IN THREE PARTS
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CHAPBOOK] FANNY'S RETURN TO SCHOOL.
New York: Sunday-School Union. Soft Cover. Chapbook. Previous owner's name written inside front cover, at top of first page, and on front cover. Foxing in text but no pencil or ink markings in text. Blue paper covers. Closed tear along... More about CHAPBOOK] FANNY'S RETURN TO SCHOOL
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CHAPBOOK] TO-DAY AND TO-MORROW
Philadelphia: American Sunday School Union. Soft Cover. Chapbook. Previous owner's name written inside front cover, at top of title page, and on front cover. No other pencil or ink markings in text. Paper covers; Not Ex-Libary. More about CHAPBOOK] TO-DAY AND TO-MORROW
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CHAPBOOK] VAIN LITTLE LAURA
Philadelphia: American Sunday School Union. Soft Cover. Chapbook. Previous owner' name written inside front cover and on first page. No other pencil markings in text. Brown stain on side edge of rear cover and last 3 or 4 pages; Not Ex-Libary. More about CHAPBOOK] VAIN LITTLE LAURA
CHRISTLICHER VOLKSFREUND. EIN LESEBUCH ZUR ERBAULICHEN UNTERHALTUNG FÜR CHRISTLICHE FAMILIEN.
Halle: Gedruckt un zu finden im Waisenhause, 1817. Hard Cover. An early 19c German text, presumably on Christian texts. Loss to pp. 17/18, and amateur paper repair to the margins of pp. 19/20. Fully rebacked with black Japanese tissue by... More about CHRISTLICHER VOLKSFREUND. EIN LESEBUCH ZUR ERBAULICHEN UNTERHALTUNG FÜR CHRISTLICHE FAMILIEN
COLORING BIRDS: STORY RHYME WITH EACH PICTURE! TRIPLE THRILL: MAGIC PICTURE DIAL, COLORING GUIDE AND PICTURES TO COLOR AND COPY
Chicago: Whitehall Publishing Company, 1947. Quarto. In pristine condition, with only the lightest of edgewear. Previous owner name neatly penned to front cover otherwise no markings of any kind. In remarkable shape! Complete with removable wheel. More about COLORING BIRDS: STORY RHYME WITH EACH PICTURE! TRIPLE THRILL: MAGIC PICTURE DIAL, COLORING GUIDE...
COTTINGLEY FAIRY PHOTOGRAPH #4. FAIRY OFFERING POSY OF HAREBELLS TO ELSIE. SILVER-GELATIN PRINT.
[c. 1920]. One of a series of five photographs known as The Cottingley Fairy pictures -- one of the great photographic hoaxes. Two young girls cousins, Frances Griffiths and Elsie Wright, produced the five pictures (two in 1917 and three... More about COTTINGLEY FAIRY PHOTOGRAPH #4. FAIRY OFFERING POSY OF HAREBELLS TO ELSIE. SILVER-GELATIN PRINT