Literature and Genre
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
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
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
AVENTURES DE JEANNOT L’INTREPIDE
Paris: Editions Casterman. In original pictorial wrappers. More
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
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
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
THE BLUE PICTORIAL PRIMER; DESIGNED FOR THE USE OF SCHOOLS AND FAMILIES. EMBELLISHED WITH MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED FINE ENGRAVINGS.
New York: Geo. F. Cooledge & Brother, [1846]. Pictorial Boards. A mid 19c elementary school primer, with an illustrated alphabet, breakdowns of syllables, morals told in verse, and other usual educational items. The content is suitably Puritan, with ‘Disobedience Punished,’..... More
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
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
BOOK OF SHIPS
Saml. Gabriel. Quarto. Soft Cover. “Linenette”; edgeworn, but a sound copy. More
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
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[BOY SCOUTS] “BE PREPARED” MEMBERSHIP CARD IN SLEEVE.
New York: Boy Scouts of America, [1930]. A membership card for the Boy Scouts of America, Troop 2, Grafton WV. Signed by W. B. Stuck, who appears to have been a ‘committee member’ of the troop, on March 31, 1930..... More
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
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
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
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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
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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
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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
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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..... More
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
CIRCUS SPORTS.
New York: McLoughlin Bros. [1887]. Hard Cover. A book of children’s poetry on circus acts from the late 19th century, including charioteers, elephant boxers, and monkey horse-riders. Small paper repair to the bottom edge of the fourth leaf, with one..... More
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
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