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"a Choice Sortment: " Ceramics from New England Homes. Wm. Underwood Co. Gallery/Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities. 1981. (ISBN: 0-940160-49-8) Soft Cover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 31 pages, illustrated in black and white. This is the exhibition catalogue for Sept 9- Oct. 26, 1981. "Ceramics include anything formed from soft clay and made rigid through heat; they can be divided into pottery (earthenware and stoneware) and porcelain. The pieces in this exhibition illustrate the various types of ceramics used in New England households, primarily in middle- and upper-class, from the eighteenth century to the early twnetieth century. The peices have been organized according to their function: drinking vessels, coffee and tea wares, tablewares, household embellishments, utilitarian wares and toys.". Fine-. Bookseller reference : 013126 ISBN : 0940160498 |
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Laura S. Copenhaver. 1954. (ISBN: 0-9633337-0-4) Soft Cover, 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 32 pages, illustrated. This is a small catalogue offering handwoven coverlets, made by the people "living in the mountains of Virginia under the direction of skilled weavers. The designs and color combinations are chosen from a collection of more than a hundred old coverlets and "drafts". The coverlets are exact reproductions of those woven generations ago." This edition has 9 pages devoted to hook rug productions with "a few designs of the designs spring directly out of our Virignia life and we are finding real artists among our women." VERY GOOD SOFTCOVER. Fine-. Bookseller reference : 012906 ISBN : 0963333704 |
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Laura S. Copenhaver. 1943. (ISBN: 0-9633337-0-4) Soft Cover, 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 44 pages, illustrated. This is a small catalogue offering handwoven coverlets, made by the people "living in the mountains of Virginia under the direction of skilled weavers. The designs and color combinations are chosen from a collection of more than a hundred old coverlets and "drafts". The coverlets are exact reproductions of those woven generations ago." This edition has 19 pages devoted to hook rug productions with "a few designs of the designs spring directly out of our Virignia life and we are finding real artists among our women." VERY GOOD SOFTCOVER. Fine. Bookseller reference : 012905 ISBN : 0963333704 |
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American Federation of Arts/Doubleday & Co.:. (ISBN: 0-8122-1656-3) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. The first edition of this book was published in 1961, this "new" edition is from 1962, 159 pages with 101 full page color plates. Foreword by James J. Rorimer, Preface by John Walker, and Introduction by Albert Ten Eyck Gardner. "The paintings in this book are by known and unknown artists who were artistians, house an sign painters, farmers, frontiersmen and itinerant portraitists. The earliest were painted about 1710, the latest in the last quarter of the 19th century.". Fine-/Very Good-. Bookseller reference : 016798 ISBN : 0812216563 |
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500 Fly Dressings. Illustrated in Color. E Veniard Ltd.. (ISBN: 0-06-015371-7) Soft Cover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 1980, the fourth printing, April 1984, 96 pages, illustrated in color. "The 500 plus flies illustrated in this boook cover most of the types used by the angler for trout and salmon." VERY GOOD SOFTCOVER. Very Good. Bookseller reference : 015799 ISBN : 0060153717 |
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511th Parachute Infantry Regiment. Turner:. 1997. (ISBN: 1-56311-379-1) Hard Cover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 96 pages, illustrated with b&w photographs. "This book will serve as the long awaited history of a great Regiment, the 511th Parachute Infantry. It was January 5th, 1943, when the 511th was formally activated." FINE HARDCOVER. Fine/No dust jacket present. Bookseller reference : 015574 ISBN : 1563113791 |
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90 Years of Fun. The History of Parker Brothers 1883 - 1973. Parker Brothers:. 1973. (ISBN: 92-5-102667-x) Soft Cover, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 71 pages, illustrated with b&w photographs. "The sixteen-year-old businessman, George S. Parker, submitted his Banking game to two Boston book publishers, both of whom turned it down because it was out of their line. However one suggested that the inventor try to publish his game himself. At first this seemed rash for a young high school student, but, after investigating the possibilities, George decided to spend forty of his fifty dollar life savings to have 500 sets of the cards in boxes printed up by sympathetic Boston firm. His remaining ten dollars would go for selling expenses." A fascinating business/ game history. VERY GOOD+ SOFTCOVER. Very Good+. Bookseller reference : 015979 ISBN : 925102667x |
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Smithsonian Institution:. 1936. (ISBN: 0-8048-0454-0) Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Publication #3398, Volume 95, Number 16, 14 pages of text and 12 plates.Transcribed and translated by lucy Wenhold, Introduced by John R. Swanton. "The original of the letter descrined herein is in the Archivo Genral de Indias at Seville, Spain. Photocopies are owned by the Florida State Historical Society, and the North Carolina State Historical Commission, but, in view of its special interest for Floridians, it is hardly less than miraculous that it should have been brought to the attention of scholars through the latter." Note: text is fine, some water stain on page edges. Some pages of the plates showing the facsimile of the letter has stuck together and have been damaged. Good. Bookseller reference : 011579 ISBN : 0804804540 |
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A Description of the Manly Engine. Society of Automotive Engineers:. 1942, First printing Stated. (ISBN: 0-948845-04-x) Hard Cover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 132 pages, illustrted. This is the reprinting from the Langely Memoir on Mechanical Flight Smithsomian Contributions to Knowledge. This book has prepared for the purpose of making accessible to all who are interested in aircraft engines, the extraordinary pioneer work of Charles M. Manley in the develepoment of the first successful light-weight internal-combustion engine." GOOD HARDCOVER. Good/Not Issued With A Dust Jacket. Bookseller reference : 017732 ISBN : 094884504x |
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A Girl's Life 80 Years Ago. Selections from the Letters of Eliza Southgate Bowne. Charles Scribner's Sons:. 1888. (ISBN: 0-9652942-6-9) Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 239 pages, illustrated and Introduced by Clarence Cook. "Eliza Southgate, the writer of the letters here collected, was the daughter of Robert and Mary Southgate, and was born in Scarborough, Maine, September 24, 1783. She was the third of twelve children. Her father was of English stock and was born in Leicester, Mass. where his family had long been setted. The Southgates gave their children the best education to be had in those times. Eliza life after she left school is so fully described in her letters." VERY GOOD HARDCOVER, illustrated covers on brown cloth. Very Good/Not Issued With A Dust Jacket. Bookseller reference : 018105 ISBN : 0965294269 |
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A Selecton of Fine 19th & 20th Chinese Fans. Christie's:. 1995. (ISBN: 0-7858-0876-0) Soft Cover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. April 30th 1995, held in Hong Kong, illustrated in color. Photograph descriptions in English and Chinese. FINE SOFTCOVER. Fine. Bookseller reference : 017751 ISBN : 0785808760 |
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A Sheltered Crisis: The State of Fair Housing in the Eighties. The Government Printing Office:. (ISBN: 0-7868-0104-2) Soft Cover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 227 pages. "A presentation at a consultation sponsored by the Unite States Commission on Civil Rights Washington, D.C. Sept. 1983. As in all aspects of American life, race discrimination has been and remains widely prevalent in housing, where it is even more deeply entrenched and stubborn than elsewhere." VERY GOOD SOFTCOVER. Very Good-. Bookseller reference : 010159 ISBN : 0786801042 |
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Chicago, W. B. Conkey Co.:. 1900. (ISBN: 0-88448-254-5) Hard Cover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. "Pictures, stories and rhymes for the merry little folks, that brighten our homes and sweeten our lives." Internally a nice clean tight copy, paper has browned but is not bittle. Chromolithographic frontis, of a blonde haired girl sleeping and 3 little fairies. Binding is tight. Edges and corners of the book is worn, spine cloth is fragile. Illustrated cover is in good condition. Good/No Jacket. Bookseller reference : 012073 ISBN : 0884482545 |
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A Year in Patchwork. Quilts Made Easy. Oxmoor House:. 1995. (ISBN: 0-8487-1273-0) Soft Cover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 48 pages, illustrated in color. "In this book you'll find a whole year of quilting adventures- Winter Roses, Amethyst, Irish Crosses, Dogwood, Tulip Treats, Sailboats, Patriotic Pride, Gone Fishin', Schoolhouse, Spider Web, Indian Tails and Reindeer Table Runner." FINE SOFTCOVER. Fine. Bookseller reference : 017304 ISBN : 0848712730 |
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Account Book of Francis Jackson, Treasurer. Of the Vigilance Committee of Boston. The Library of The Bostonian Society. (ISBN: 0-395-12708-4) Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Published by , ca. 1980. The Boston Society was organized to promote the study of the history of Boston and the preservation of its antiquities. This book is an exact facsimile of the original manuscript, published without a title page, and any other information to identify this book. The manuscript was given to the Society by E. Channing Stowell of Malboro, New Hamphire in 1924. This manuscript is the accounts of the Vigilance Committee of Boston who ran the Underground Railroad over the period of Oct. 1850 to Jan.1861. This account is a fascinating record of the activities of the Vigilance Committee. For example on Dec. 12, 1850, 200 handbills were printed (for $5.00) "warning fugitives of the people against Slave Hunters" On Feb. 18, - March 6, 1851, mentioned are the passages of several slave fugitives, to various locations such as Canada, England, and Plymouth Ma. The cost of legal fees, food, and clothes are also noted. One explanatory note for Feb.15th 1851, notes the following. "Shadrach a fugitive Slave from Virginia was arrested at the instance of John Caphart, a Slave hunter from Norfolk, via, and taken before Commission Curtis, who after the adjournment of the first examination, was rescued from the Suffolk Court house, by the colored people, & sent to Canada. For this brave act, Lewis Hayden, Robert Morris, James Scott & Elvin Wright, were arrested & tried before Judge Sprague of U.S. Court, & were all acquitted; the expanses of these trials, are herewith recorded, & were defrayed by donations & contributions, entered on the opposite pages of this book." FINE HARDCOVER. Fine. Bookseller reference : 009263 ISBN : 0395127084 |
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Acta Asiatica 45. Studies in Social and Political History of the Yuan Dynasty. Tokyo Japan, Toho Gakkai. 1983. (ISBN: 0-8174-2157-2) Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 127 pages. 5 papers are presented: Transformation of the Shih-jen in the Late Chin and Early Yuan; Bondservants in the Yuan; The Control of Chiang-nan in the Early Yuan; The Chiag-hu in the Yuan and Trends in Postwar Japnaese Studies in Yuan History. FINE SOFTCOVER. Fine. Bookseller reference : 014841 ISBN : 0817421572 |
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African Art from New Jersey Collections. Montclair Art Museum:. 1983. (ISBN: 0-312-87084-1) Soft Cover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. This book accompanies the exhibition at the Montclair Art Museum for Jan. 30- April 10, 1983, 100 b&w photographs and a six page text by Marshall W. Mount. FINE SOFTCOVER. Fine. Bookseller reference : 017071 ISBN : 0312870841 |
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Aids. Information on Global Dimensions and Possible Impacts. Government Printing Office:. 1987. (ISBN: 0749-016x) Soft Cover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ex-Library Withdrawal, GAO/NSIAD-88-51FS, 20 pages. "This fact sheet responds to your request (Jesse Helms) of July 28, 1987, in which you asked us to provide information on (1) the impact of the Human Immunodeficeincy Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) on world population and demographics and (2) the likely effects of AIDS on Zaire.". Very Good. Bookseller reference : 011676 ISBN : 0749016x |
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Aids. Special Issue. Winter/Spring 1988. Vol. 4, No. 1 New England Journal of Public Policy:. (ISBN: 0749-016x) Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 525 pages, edited by Padraig O'Malley. "On occasion, the New England Journal of Public Policy will devote an entire issue to consideration of a public policy matter of major importance. The AIDS epidemic is such a matter, with a likely impact of overwhelming consequence well into the twenty-first century." VERY GOOD SOFTCOVER. Very Good. Bookseller reference : 011675 ISBN : 0749016x |
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Government Printing Office, Feb. 7, 1985. (ISBN: 0-670-86675-x) Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 508 pages. "Reviewing advertisements and television commercials promoting the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages." VERY GOOD SOFTCOVER. Very Good. Bookseller reference : 013936 ISBN : 067086675x |
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American Architects from the First World War to the Present. Gale Research Company:. 1977. (ISBN: 0-8103-1270-0) Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library Withdrawn, 305 pages. "This present volume in no way attempts to be all-inclusive in providing information on all architects or all of their works. Rather, it has selected 174 representative architects and what either the critic or historian has to say about them." FINE- HARDCOVER, ex-library withdrawn. Fine-. Bookseller reference : 012870 ISBN : 0810312700 |
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Skinner, Inc.. (ISBN: 1-55521-632-3) Soft Cover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 87 pages, illustrated in b&w and some in color. 500 lots: chairs, carpets, decoys, china, samplers, china, tables, clocs and more. VERY GOOD SOFTCOVER. Very Good. Bookseller reference : 016719 ISBN : 1555216323 |
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American Furniture & Decorative Arts. Sale 2242. June 6, 2004. Skinner, Inc.. (ISBN: 1-55546-699-0) Soft Cover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 126 pages, illustrated in color: American furniture, glass, clocks, oil paintings, pewter, primative art and more. FINE SOFTCOVER. Fine. Bookseller reference : 013782 ISBN : 1555466990 |
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American Furniture & Decorative Arts. Sale 2255. November 7, 2004. Skinner, Inc.. (ISBN: 1-55546-699-0) Soft Cover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 147 pages, illustrated in color: American furniture, glass, clocks, oil paintings, samplers, fireplace tools, porcelain, and more. FINE SOFTCOVER. Fine. Bookseller reference : 013781 ISBN : 1555466990 |
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American Furniture & Decorative Arts. Sale 2267. Februrary 20, 2005. Skinner, Inc.. (ISBN: 1-55546-699-0) Soft Cover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 133 pages, illustrated in color: American furniture, glass, clocks, oil paintings, silver, old quilts, and more. FINE SOFTCOVER. Fine. Bookseller reference : 013780 ISBN : 1555466990 |
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