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[2269] --, --. FANTE'S GENERAL CATALOG.
(Catalog) Circa early 1960s, red wraps. An interesting and sizeable
catalog of many various household products of glass, linens and lace,
dishes, cooking ware, furniture, punch sets, an attractive color plate
of Farberware stainless steel ware; includes prices next to items,
ordering form and envelope, toys, more. Appealing for its wide
offering of items and brief descriptions, accompanying photos,
illustrations. VG $12
[2309] --, --. THE PROPER TREATMENT FOR FLOORS, WOODWORK AND
FURNITURE.
(Booklet) S.C. Johnson & Son: Racine, Wisconsin, 1922, 32 pp. Wraps
with tan covers, soiled, with front cover illustration in color.
Numerous color and b&w illustrations throughout demonstrating this
company's many products in a variety of domestic settings with period
piece furniture, etc. Also included is a small price list sheet. Good
$18
[1765] --, --. STORIES FOR THE NOT SO NERVOUS.
"Alfred Hitchcock Presents." Random House: 1965, 363 pp. Small former
owner's sig., occ. foxing. Clean red covers, firm binding. VG $12
[2214] --, --. LAROUSSE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL HISTORY.
Paul Hamlyn: 1972, 413 pp., 3rd impr. With a VG dust jacket in clear
mylar. With over 500 illustrations and maps, 32 in color. VG $24
[1978] --, --. MEDIEVALIA ET HUMANISTICA, NUMBER 7.
"Medieval Poetics." Cambridge University Press: 1976, 209 pp. "Studies
in Medieval and Renaissance Culture." Very clean with title stamped in
gold to spine. Near Fine $14
[2317] --, --. THE DECORATOR'S AND RENOVATOR'S ASSISTANT.
"Six Hundred Receipts." The Technical Press: London, 1929, 164 pp.,
14th impr. 12mo Stiff red boards. "Rules and Instructions for mixing,
preparing, and using dyes, stains, oil and water colors, varnishes,
polishes; for painting, gilding, and illuminating on vellum, card,
canvas, leather, wood, metal, stone, glass," etc. VG $18
[1951] --, --. 20TH CENTURY REFLECTIONS.
"Dartmouth Alumni College Lectures, 1968." Dartmouth College: Hanover,
NH, 1969, 267 pp. Softbound. "Four Studies of Man's Fate," "Private
Man and Political Society," "Science and Government," "Leadership and
the Individual." Light wear to top edge of front cover. VG $10
[2320] --, --. AMERICAN MANUFACTURERS OF TOILET ARTICLES ANNUAL
DIRECTORY 1924.
Rose & Spanjer: Newark, NJ, 150 pp. Maroon soft leather-like covers,
two corners bumped, thin 1/2 inch tear to upper spine, slightly
cocked. Many numerous adverts. from early companies, photos of board
members, bylaws, raw material guide. Majority pages blank with dates
for notations, appointments, etc. Fair-Good $18
[1597] --, --. HISTORY OF NOVIA SCOTIA.
Hon. Harold Connoly, Minister of Trade & Industry, Novia Scotia, nd,
113 pp. Softbound. Color illus. paper wraps with perimeter chips and
tears. Clean text and line drawings. Fair $8
[2266] --, --. MEMORIAL ADDRESSES, LIFE AND CHARACTER OF MATTHEW H.
CARPENTER, JANUARY 26TH 1882. Government Printing Office: Washington,
1882, 119 pp. "A Senator from Wisconsin" & "The Proceedings Connected
with the Funeral of the Deceased." Brown binding, w/ stamped
decorations, front cover with gold lettering. Wear to extremities,
silverfish damage to approx. four pp. Frontispiece engraving w/
tissue. Commended as an excellent lawyer, orator and defender of the
preservation of the Union during the Civil War. Fair $12
[2068] --, --. BEN FRANKLIN'S WIT AND WISDOM.
Peter Pauper Press: Mount Vernon, nd, 62 pp. Thin 12mo With a Good+
dust jacket. With charming illustrated covers and illustrations
throughout. One page with small stain, else in very good condition,
inside and out. VG $7
[2154] --, --. NUMISMATIC ISSUES OF THE FRANKLIN MINT.
"1969 Edition. Covering the Years 1965-1968." 206 pp. With b&w
illustrations on almost every page, brief text descriptions of coins
minted. Softcover. VG $8
[888] --, --. ABSTRACT OF INFANTRY TACTICS; INCLUDING EXERCISES &
MANOEUVRES OF LIGHT-INFANTRY & RIFLEMEN; FOR THE USE OF THE MILITIA OF
THE UNITED STATES.
Hilliard, Gray, Little & Wilkins: Boston, 1830, 138 pp., Published by
the Department of War under the authority of an Act of Congress of the
2nd of March, 1829, 30 plates; 2 of which are pull-out, edge of one
pull-out page dog-eared, page with score for Light-Infantry & Rifle
Bugle Signals, heavy foxing, leather bound with wear. Good $95
[1297] --, --. 100 MILE TRAIL RIDES.
"Commemorative Record. Containing pictures and stories from 1936-1945.
Issued on the pccasion of the Tenth Annual Trail Ride. Green Mountain
Horse Assoc: Rutland, VT, approx. 125 pages. Leatherette colors with
silver graphic on front of horse, bound with string. Numerous b&w
photos throughout of horses, riders, trails, events, etc. Light soil
to title pages and some parts of text. VG $14
[894] --, --. BROWN & SHARPE SMALL TOOLS.
CATALOG NO. 32. Providence, R.I., 1935, 448 p. "Machinists' Tools,
Cutters and Hobs, Arbors, Collets and Adapters, Screw Machine Tools,"
etc. VG $15
[2279] --, --. ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES MINT.
George G. Evans: Phila., 1888, 160 pp. + adverts, revised from 1885
ed. Decorated cloth boards, clean & w/ fanciful lettering; coin
graphic stamped in crisp gold. Illus. w/ numerous steel plates, wood
engravings, phototypes. "American Coinage, from the earliest period to
the present time. The process of melting, refining, assaying, and
coining gold and silver," etc. With biographical sketches, glossary,
tables, more. Occ. foxing, spine cocked, lightly faded. Owner's name
small, stamped inside covers. Good+ $55
[1779] Alderfer, E. Gordon NORTHHAMPTON HERITAGE.
Northampton County Historical and Geanological Society: Easton, PA,
1953, 328 pp. Map endpapers, numerous illus. and photos in b&w. Former
owner's bookplate, name, small stamp in various parts of book. VG $20
[2217] Arnott, Peter. THE BYZANTINES AND THEIR WORLD.
St. Martin's Press: 1973, 286 pp. Paperback. VG $7
[892] Benkard, Dr. J.B. HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE GERMAN EMPERORS AND
KINGS. "Explanatory of the Portraits in the Emperor's Hall."
Translated from the German by Arthur Cliffe.Heinrich Keller Publisher,
Frankfort-on-the-Main, Germany, 1906, 3rd ed., 59 pp of text followed
by approx. thirty full-sized b&w plates of the farious Emperors and
Kings. Soft red cover boards with gold lettering. Very decorative and
very clean endpapers. marblized page edges. Light scuffing to spine.
VG $25
[1348] Blaikie, William. HOW TO GET STRONG AND HOW TO STAY SO.
Harper & Bros: 1879, 296 pp. 16mo Attractive gold front cover graphic
of strong-man. Book is disbound with two loose signatures. A reader's
copy. Poor $8
[1347] Blaikie, William HOW TO GET STRONG AND HOW TO STAY SO.
Harper & Bros: 1902, 293, indexed + adverts, revised ed. Red cloth w/
front cover graphic in silver of strong man, muscled arm on spine.
With 4 b&w photos and frontispiece with tissue. Small corner of ffe
chipped. Very clean text, firm binding. VG $18
[2117] Burder, John. THE TECHNIQUE OF EDITING 16MM FILMS.
Communication Art Books: 1968, 152 pp. 1st Edition, thus. With a Good
dust jacket, in clear mylar. Indexed with b&w illustrations. Numerous
methods and techniques are discussed by the author, cited as having
extensive editing experience. VG $8
[1911] Burke, John. THE CASTLE IN MEDIEVAL ENGLAND.
British Heritage: 1978, 120 pp., indexed. With a VG+ dust jacket,
clipped, in protective mylar. With numerous b&w illustrations. Small
"ding" to front cover else, Fine $12
[1205] Burstyn, Harold L. AT THE SIGN OF THE QUADRANT.
The Marine Historical Association: Mystic, CT, 1957, 119 pp. Softcover
with attractive wraps and graphic on front. "An Account of the
Contributions to American hydrography made by Edmund March Blunt and
his Sons." With b&w photo frontispiece, illus. throughout. VG $25
[1768] Cantor, Norman F. THE CIVILIZATION OF THE MIDDLE AGES.
Harper Collins: 1993, 604 pp., indexed . "A Complety Revised and
Expanded Edition of Medieval History." With Fine dj. Described as
being the most readable, one volume history of the Middle Ages. Fine
$18
[1961] Carson, Rachel. THE EDGE OF THE SEA.
Houghton Mifflin Co: 1956, 276 pp. 1st Edition. With a Good dust
jacket in protective mylar. Two corners bumped, else clean with green
cloth covers and numerous illustrations. VG $15
[2195] Church, Joseph. TRANSCENDENT DAUGHTERS IN JEWETT'S COUNTRY OF
THE POINTED FIRS. Fairleigh Dickinson University: 1994, 202 pp.,
indexed. With a Near Fine dust jacket, in protective mylar. Fine $18
[2298] Coburn, F.D. SWINE HUSBANDRY.
"A Practical Manual for the Breeding, Rearing and Management of Swine
and the Prevention and Treatment of Their Diseases." Orange Judd: NY,
1885, 295 pp. + adverts. Binding with wear, approx. fifteen pages
missing, remaining text clean with some foxing, firm in binding.
Illustrated. Poor $15
[1664] Coean, Geo. J. SHOW WINDOW BACKGROUNDS.
"A Collection of Drawings and Descriptions of Store Window
Backgrounds." The Dry Goods Rerporter: Chicago, 1912, 256 pp. With a
very illustrative 24 pp. catalog detailing window trimemr supplies,
sources, books, etc. Dark red cloth covers. Front cover with general
public admiring a store window. Through numerous elaborate and
detailed illus., the author presents over 75 different window dressing
environments. Good+ $35
[1980] Collingwood, R.G. THE NEW LEVIATHAN.
"Or Man, Society, Civilization and Barbarism." Oxford University
(1942), 1958, 387 pp. Dark cloth covers, clean. Spine with very light
wear, former owner's name to ffe. Clean text, sound binding. VG $20
[1687] Crawford, T.S. A HISTORY OF THE UMBRELLA.
Taplinger Pub: NY, 1970, 220 pp., indexed. With a VG+ dj, in
protective mylar. The author explores the history of the umbrella from
ancient Egypt to mdern-day Europe. A fascinating book, profusely
illustrated, describing in scholary detail the history of this most
highly-esteemed accesory. Fine $60
[897] Davis, Richard Harding. THE LOST ROAD.
Scribner's Sons: New York, 1913, 213 p. + advert., w/ color pict.
label & b&w illus. VG $10
[2255] De Amicis, Edmondo. HOLLAND, VOL. II.
Henry T. Coates: Phila., 1894, 275 pp. Red decorated covers, clean,
spine sunned, very slightly cocked. Top-edge gilt, ribbon marker. Many
b&w plates of photos and photogravures, all with tissue guards. With a
pull-out map to the rear. Good+ $12
[898] Deetz, James. INVITATION TO ARCHAEOLOGY.
Natural History Press: NY, 1967,First edition, 150 pp. With dj w/ very
light wear. Fine $10
[1341] Dennis, Landt & Lisl. COLLECTING PHOTOGRAPHS.
"A Guide to the New Art Boom." EP Dutton: 1977, 244, indexed.
Softbound. 1st Ed. Corner crease to front cover, numerous b&w photos,
appendix. The "wheres and hows" of collecting and buying photographs.
VG $8
[899] Devoe, Alan. SPEAKING OF ANIMALS.
"A Book of Nature Studies." Creative Age Press: NY,1947, 198 pp.
Illus. with b&w photographs. Profiles of "common countryside" animals
through the bio cycle. Fine $11
[1987] Dillard, Annie. LIVING BY FICTION.
Harper Colophon: 1983, 192 pp., indexed. Softbound. Described as a
stimulating book for lovers of literature that celebrates the
necessity of art. Near Fine $7
[1604] Dollard, John. CASTE AND CLASS IN A SOUTHERN TOWN.
Harper & Bros: 1949, 502 pp., indexed. 2nd Edition. With Good+ dj, in
portective mylar. The author examines racial segregation and social
stratification between blacks and whites from a sociological
perspective. VG+ $16
[2091] Dollfus, Charles. THE ORION BOOK OF BALLOONS.
Orion Press: 1960, 106 pp. Oblong 12mo With a Good dust jacket, with
some perimeter chips, creases, in protective mylar. Spine slightly
skewed, book is clean all around. "With over 70 illustrations, 10 in
full color." The author discusses the history of balloons. The author
is noted as being the first Frenchman to fly across the Atlantic. VG
$22
[900] Donaldson, Gerald and Gerald Lampert. THE GREAT CANADIAN BEER
BOOK.
McClelland & Stewart (CANADA) 1975, 126 p. Softcover. Illustrated
extensively w/ b&w and color photos on almost every page. Light wear
to the front and rear cover o/w very bright and clean. A very unique
and creative book laid out graphically and textually in a very
appealing and educational manner. VG $15
[2427] Dupree, Nathalie NATHALIE DUPREE'S MATTERS OF TASTE.
Knopf: 1991, 303 pp. 5th printing. With a VG dust jacket. A few pages
with small stains else in excellent condition. The TV host and news
journalist offers a bevvy of culinary offerings for different
gatherings of people, special occasions, memories, more. VG $12
[2415] Eichler, Lillian. THE BOOK OF ETIQUETTE (2 Vols).
Nelson Doubleday: 1923. 12mo Blue binding, simple, decoratives. Volume
one with some wear to extremities, hinges slightly shaky, b&w
frontispiece, a few pages with old crease lines. Volume two in better
condition, a few small ink marks. Both volumes with b&w plates. Good
$$12/set
[2188] Evans, Bergen. THE SPOOR OF SPOOKS.
"And Other Nonsense." Knopf: 1954, 295 pp. + indexed. Stated 1st
Edition. Ghosts, talking horses, extra-sensory perceptive individuals,
famous sayings never said, and other cultural fallacies, myths and
lore are discussed by the other. Green cloth covers, very clean inside
and out, spine cocked else, VG $8
[1659] Fitzgerald, Edward. RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM.
Thomas Y. Crowell: nd, 172 pp. Lg. 8vo Illustrations by Willy Pogany.
Cloth covers, faded w/ some soil. Spine and title lettering stamped in
gold, small picture label, top-edge gilt. Neatly written gift inscrip.
Inside, clean. Twelve stunning and very romantic tipped-in color
plates. The heading of each chapter with a small decorative picture
label in black and gold. The top of one page with two very small
tears, else, VG $65
[908] Fowler, O.S. PRACTICAL PHRENOLOGY.
Fowlers and Wells: NY, 1851. Heavy foxing, wear to spine's edge. Fair
$16
[1392] Franklyn, Julian. HERALDRY.
Barnes: 1965, 103 pp., indexed, notes. 1st Edition. 4to With VG dj w/
light soiling. Color plates and line illus. Fine $14
[909] Gettings, Fred. THE BOOK OF PALMISTRY.
Triune Books: London, England, Printed in Spain, 1974, 143 pgs., many
photographs & drawings in black & white and color, contents include
Introduction, The Form of the Hand, The Lines of the Hand [The Heart
line, The line of the Head, The line of Life, & Subsidiary lines],
Conclusion, and References. VG $15
[2187] Gray, Peter. THE BOURGEOIS EXPERIENCE, VICTORIA TO FREUD.
"Volume One, Education of the Senses." Oxford Univ. Press: 1984, 534
pp. 2nd prtg. With a VG dust jacket, in clear mylar. Illustrated with
b&w plates. The author explores some of the stereotypes of sexual and
cultural behavior during the Victorian period. Tip of one corner
minutely bumped else, Fine $18
[2109] Hacker, Fred A. HOW TO PUT ON AN AMATEUR CIRCUS.
T.S. Denison: Chicago, 1923, 112 pp. X-libris, rebound. Numerous b&w
photos of early clowns and circus citizens, b&w illustrations as well.
Interesting and unique. Fair $14
[2141] Hall, Donald. ANECDOTES OF MODERN ART.
And Pat Corrington Wykes. "From Rousseau to Warhol." Oxford Univ.
Press: 1990, 377 pp., indexed. 1st printing. "With a VG dust jacket,
in protective mylar. The book "moves through the modern era surveying
the triumphs, miseries, and peculiarities of the world of art." Near
Fine $14
[2291] Hall, Captain Basil. PATCHWORK.
"In Two Volumes. Vol II." Lea & Blanchard: Phila., 1841, 252 pp.
Nautical and travel exploration to Malta, Sicily, Paris and many other
countries. Moderate foxing to text, binding and hinges sound. Black
binding with heavy wear, cracking along length of spine else, Good $55
[2257] Haywood, Atticus G. THE MAN OF GALILEE.
J.D. Barbier, Publishing House of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
Nashville, TN, 1889, 156 pp. 12mo Brown cloth. Front board soiled,
spine slightly cocked, with small hole, tail with light fraying.
Patterned endpapers, ffe chipped along the edge. Pages clean, book is
dedicated within the context of Emory University, Georgia. Fair-Good
$8
[2300] Headley, J.T. THE SACRED MOUNTAINS.
Baker & Scriber: 1847, 175 pp. Red cloth. Elaborately decorated with
scrolling ornamentation, biblical motif of man reading scrolls from
Exodus. Chipping and wear to cocked spine's extremities, corners worn.
All edges gilt. With decorations, illustrations with tissue guards of
famous mountains from the Bible, the theme of this book. Heavy foxing,
frontispiece's tissue guard removed, a few illustrations loose. A
reader's copy, Poor-Fair $20
[1519] Horton, Mileson. PHOTOCRIMES.
Hillman-Curl: 1937, 64 pp. 8vo Orange cloth binding with staining to
top of front cover, some soil to text. With numerous period-piece b&w
photos detailing step by step summaries of various crimes and murders.
The reader is invited to study in detail all of the clues, and then
turn to the solutions at the end of the book to solve each of twenty
six crimes. Good $8
[1511] Hostetter, Gordon L. IT'S A RACKET.
Les Quin: 1929, 299 pp, indexed. 1st Edition. Black cloth covers with
superficial rubbing, spotting. Former owne'rs bookplate, endpapers w/
some soil, some pages with soil, some foxing. With b&w plates of
racketeering brutality and political cartoons of the day. Detailed
recounts of rampant contempt for law and order in Chicago by famous
racketeers and criminals. Good $16
[1573] Howe, T. THE OWNER GROOM.
"A Guide to Horse Management By Amateurs." Country Life Ltd: London,
1950 (1938), 158 pp. With Good- clipped dj, chips along perimeter.
Clean red cloth covers, spine lightly faded. With b&w photos, indexed.
VG $15
[912] Humphrey, David C. FROM KING'S COLLEGE TO COLUMBIA. 1746-1800.
Columbia Univ. Press: 413 pp. With illus dj with two vertical wear
lines, one small tear. Clean blue cloth covers, firm binding. SIGNED
and inscribed by the author. VG $14
[913] Kroeber, A.L. ANTHROPOLOGY.
Harcourt, Brace & Co., NY, 1923, 523 p. Many black and white line
drawings, and some pull-out maps. Black cover boards showing some
wear, corners mildly bumped. Pencil marks throughout text. A tight,
solid book. Good $15
[914] Kroll, Wayne L. BADGER BREWERIES, PAST & PRESENT.
Self-published in limited quantities by the author, 1976, 142 pages,
ex-libris. This hardcover book is illustrated extensively with many of
the stamps and logos associated with historic Wisconsin breweries.
Some wear to the external binding, internally very bright and clean.
SIGNED by the author. VG $35
[2303] Lamb, Harold. OMAR KHAYYAM.
Doubleday: 1936, 316 pp. With a Good color illus dust jacket, clipped,
author's picture to rear, in protective mylar. With a very clean black
binding, vivid and crisp gold decorated spine, patterned and colorful
endpapers. Near Fine $14
[1822] Landsverk, Ph.D., O.G. ANCIENT NORSE MESSAGES ON AMERICAN
STONES.
Norseman Press: Glendale, CA: 1969, 142 pp., indexed. 1st Edition. sm
8vo With a VG+ dj, in protective mylar. Norse cryptography and the
offered evidence of the presence of Eric the Viking in America are
discussed with the exploration of early carved runes. Illustrated.
Fine $30
[2042] Lattimore, Ralston B. FORT PULASKI, NATIONAL MONUMENT,
GEORGIA.
(Pamphlet) National Park Service Historical Handbook Series No. 28,
Washington DC, (1958) 1961, 56 pp. Illustrated with b&w photos,
historical paintings, maps, artifacts. Light stain on back cover, soft
bending of cover and pages. Good+ $4
[2093] Leary, Francis. THE GOLDEN LONGING.
"A Portrait of the Turbulent 15th Century and Its Immortals." With a
Good+ dust jacket, in clear mylar. Map endpapers, index, and with
numerous illustrations. The author examines the lives of Joan of Arc,
Rene, Marguerite d'Anjou and Richard the Third in a narrative descibed
as "intensely dramatic, filled with battles, betrayals and murders."
VG $14
[2152] Lee, Evelyn Lewis. THE CALL OF THE WEST.
Bruce Humphries: Boston, (1939) 1947, 59 pp. Thin 8vo With numerous
b&w photographs. With a Good- dust jacket, in clear mylar. Small stain
to front cover, a few pages with smudges. Poetry about the Western
Parks of the USA with accompanying photographs from Crater Lake to
Zion Canyon. VG $15
[2215] Lot, Ferdinand. THE END OF THE ANCIENT WORLD.
"And the Beginning of the Middle Ages." Harper Torchbooks: 1961, 441
pp.+ First Edition, thus. Softbound with extensive bibliography,
indexed. Illus. with b&w photos, line drawings. Small hairline stress
to front else, VG $8
[1977] Lott, Eric. LOVE AND THEFT.
"Blackface, Minstrelsy and the American Working Class." Oxford
University Press: 1993, 314 pp., indexed. The author suggests the
roles of blackface minstrels in events precipitating the Civil War as
well as their various effects upon upper and lower class cultures.
With a Fine dust jacket. Fine $16
[2035] Luce, Edward S. CUSTER BATTLEFIELD. & Evelyn Luce. (Pamphlet)
National Park Service Historical Handbook Series No. 1, Washington DC,
(1949) 1961, 34 pp. Illustrated with b&w photos, historical paintings,
maps, artifacts. Good+ $3
[2210] Lynes, Russell. THE DOMESTICATED AMERICANS.
Harper & Row: 1963, 308 pp. Stated 1st Edition. With a Fair dust
jacket, in clear mylar. Illustrated with b&w plates, endpapers
illustrated. "Americans at home, their amusements, their chores, their
household problems and their delights, but most especially their
manners and their houses, from the covered wagon to the trailer," etc.
VG $8
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