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1976réf. 007523Self-Published Da Autore 1976. Softcover. Very Good. 8vo. 19 by 13 cm. 220 3 pp. Leaves heavily age toned or brown as dictated by the pulp high acidic paper used. Cover with flattened corner creases. Tiny chip upper left front cover by spine. Light rubbing along joints. Overall though a very tight copy. Self-Published (Da Autore) unknown books
1950réf. 004129Santa Cruz CA: Heirloom Press 1950. Very good. Three sheets of wrapping paper n. d. 1950s; 11 x 24; rolled; small creases to edges; one with foxing to upper half; overall in very good condition. An adorable set of mid-century wrapping paper by a small printing house in Santa Cruz California each one featured a page from 19th-century issues of Harper's Bazaar - resplendent with fashionable ladies and fancy accessories. Heirloom Press unknown books
réf. 011111313Frances Brundage. No publisher place of publication or date. An 8 pp. heavy stock Valentine gift book with embossed die-cut covers. Four of the eight pages are full page chromolithograph illustrations. Appear to be the work of Frances Brundage. The remainder of the pages are rhyming verse. Front cover has Art Nouveau influenced poppy border. c1905. Measures 7 1/2" x 5 1/2". Condition: overall excellent. unknown books
1906réf. 004410San Francisco: Advergraph Press 1906. Very good. First edition n. d. ca 1906; 6 x 4 1/2; accordion-fold format 9 panels - 17 black-and-white images with subtitles text to last panel; brown wraps printed and decorated in gilt; a few minor spots to wraps and small nicks to tips of spine; mild wear to images; in very good condition. An uncommon glimpse into the aftermath of the Great Earthquake of 1906 it showed the Market Street burning misplaced people camping in Jefferson Park the destruction that would be Van Ness Avenue the lines for food and so on. Advergraph Press paperback books
1880réf. 001893S. l. London: Pears' Soap 1880. Softcover. First edition n. d. ca 1880; 7 1/4 x 1 1/4; die-cut card stock; chromolithographed illustration to recto advertising text to verso; one of the four with a small repaired cut the rest with very minor wear - near fine condition. A beautiful collection of Victorian bookmarks they were very popular in the late 1800s. The Pears' Soap ones always featured their trademark die-cut hand which extended from the main body of the bookmark and hooked over the leaf of the book which was being marked. The Pears' Soap was first manufactured and sold in 1807 in England and it was the first commercially-available translucent soap. S. l. (London): Pears' Soap paperback books
1939réf. 001676Tokyo: The Central Raw Silk Association of Japan 1939. Softcover. First edition; oblong 7 x 9 1/2; pp. 26; colorful silk over card stock wraps tied with a blue decorative string; a few spots to wraps; very light fraying to silk; illustrated with photographs; overall very good condition. A wonderful book published "for those who love the grace and beauty of silk and for those who are not informed on the origin of and the utility of silk the story of raw silk will be told." it follows the process of obtaining the material and manufacturing the fabric and describes the characteristics of raw silk. Tokyo: The Central Raw Silk Association of Japan paperback books
1889réf. 001543New York NY: McLoughlin Bros. 1889. First edition thus; 9 x 6 3/4â ; pp. 10; lithographed wraps; spine and hinges reinforced with thin strips of white linen; small nicks to corners; faint penciled-in name of previous owner to upper margin of front wrap; upper part of leaves discolored not affecting readability; illustrated with 4 full-page chromolithographed plates and black & red in-line drawings; overall good condition Part of Mcloughlin’s Wonder-Stories Series the book presents a beautiful edition of a beloved classic fairy tale. New York, NY: McLoughlin Bros. paperback books
1820réf. TB31004New Haven Conn.: Printed by A. H. Maltby & Co. 1820. First Editiion. Very good in printed self wraps with an over-sewn tread binding. An octavo of 8 5/16 by 4 7/8 inches with light tanning and foxing throughout. Without a dust jacket. 16 printed pages. A Checklist of American Imprints 1820-1829 2303 Printed by A. H. Maltby & Co. paperback books
1980réf. 317018New York: Star Dist 1980. Paperback. 180p. price sticker on cover else a very good first printing PBO in original camp explicit pictorial yellow wraps. Gay pulp fiction. Finland Books FIN-9. Star Dist paperback books
1984réf. 318471New York: Star Distributors 1984. Paperback. 170 pp ads. illustrated with explicit drawings very good first printing PBO in explicit pictorial wraps. Gay pulp fiction. Rough Trade RT-543. Star Distributors paperback books
1860réf. 001211S. l. London : S. n. 1860. Softcover. First edition n. d. ca 1860; 3 1/2 x 5 1/2; pp. 2; card stock printed recto only; a few small scattered spots of foxing; illustrated with engraving of the British Royal Crest; very good. An interesting and quite amusing advertisement piece touting the benefits of the patented Nodder's self-adjusting and ventilated hat. The said benefits are enumerated and listed in order of importance and include "fitting the peculiar configuration of all Heads" "thorough ventilation" "grease-proof" etc. S. l. [London (?)]: S. n. paperback books
réf. 003692S. l.: s. n. Very good. Caligraphic manuscript n. d. 19th century; 4 x 6 3/4; single cream stock; text and decorations in pink and black ink; a few minor spots to edges; in very good condition. A beautiful memento it included the words: "Remember Me" on a scroll surrounded by lacy exquisite decorations. Such remembrance tokens were commonly exchanged in the 19th century and kept individually such as this one or pasted in scrapbooks. s. n. unknown books
1926réf. 001429Boston: The E. L. Patch Company 1926. Softcover. First edition; 3 1/4 x 5; pp. 13; illustrated wraps; minor wear and rubbing to spine and edges; illustrated with photographs; very good to near fine condition. An apparently unrecorded booklet describing Carrageen aka Irish Moss detailing in words and photographs the process of raking the ocean along the New England coast for the moss drying it and manufacturing various products. The pamphlet is also an advertisement for the company's Nepto Lotion - made with Carrageen and apparently the go-to for surgeons housewives "those who drive a car" etc. Boston: The E. L. Patch Company paperback books
1940réf. 107036London:: Cambridge University Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1940. Hardcover. First edition. Light foxing on top edge else very good in a very good age darkened dust jacket. . Cambridge University Press, hardcover books
1950réf. 004231Barnesville GA: Dixie Paper Shell Pecan Exchange 1950. First Edition. Very good. First edition presumed n. d. mid-20th-century; 5 3/4 x 4 1/2; pp. 1 2-15; off-white pictorial wraps; small creases to corners and a few minor spots to wraps; several small penciled-in notes to margins; in about very good condition. Published as an advertisement for the Dixie Paper Shell Pecan Exchange company in Barnesville the booklet contained numerous paper-shell-pecan recipes a type of pecan with a shell so thin - it is quite easy to crack by hand including Poor Man's Fruit Cake Ice Box Cookies and Pralines. Dixie Paper Shell Pecan Exchange paperback books
1898réf. 002293Muncie Indiana: Glascock Bros. Mfg. Co. 1898. First Edition. Very good. A small pamphlet; single leaf folded pp. 4; 6 x 3 1/2; beige stock illustrated with photographs; several faint creases to lower margin; a few minor nicks to upper corners and edge; very good condition. An interesting advertisement for Glascock's baby products which included strollers bouncers etc. and were quite popular in the late 19th- and early 20th centuries. This pamphlet included photographs with children in each one and descriptions of the Combined Baby Jumper and Rocking Chair combines a bed jumper rocking chair and high chair the Combined Baby Tender and Walker another chair-craddle-bed combination and a Beautiful Go-cart. [Glascock Bros. Mfg. Co.] unknown books
1940réf. 002660Fairbury NE: Dairy Goat Journal 1940. First Edition. Very good. First edition n. d. ca 1940; 7 3/4 x 5 1/2; pp. 2-31; off-white wraps printed and ruled in black; small nicks to tips of spine; short cut along lower staple; a few very minor spots; in about very good condition. An unusual cook booklet it presented interesting recipes for cooking chevon goat's meat as well as various recipes with goat milk. Some of them included Chevon Meat Cakes Soft Honey Cake Boston Brown Bread and so on. Dairy Goat Journal paperback books
1979réf. 320879New York: Star Distributors 1979. Paperback. 180p. ads very good first printing PBO in camp pictorial wraps. Gay pulp fiction. Gaytimes Book Club NM-1. First in this series of Butch gay men. Star Distributors paperback books
réf. 307487no place: no publisher no date. Magazine. 48p includes covers 5.5x8.5 inches medical report on Gonorrhæa to validate the accompanying hard-core gay porn b&w photos booklet in heavily soiled and worn plain green stapled wraps with markings and price stickers affixed front cover. As is. no publisher unknown books
1901réf. 003965Cincinnati Ohio: Tom Jones Publisher 1901. Near fine. Stationary; 11 x 8 1/2; single sheet illustrated with vignettes of the Ethnology Horticultural Agricultural and Machinery & Transportation buildings and of the Electric Tower; very minor wear - in near fine condition. A beautiful Pan-American Exposition memento it was published in connection with that World's Fair which was held from May 1 through November 2 of 1901 in Buffalo New York. Although noted for its numerous technological and art exhibits the fair would be best remembered as the location where President William McKinley was assasinated on September 6. Ironically the newly-developed X-ray machine first shown at that exhibition though suggested - would not be used on the president by the doctors in search of the bullets as they were unfamiliar with it and feared side effects. He would die 8 days later from gangrene caused by the bullet wounds. Tom Jones, Publisher unknown books
1900réf. 686Roma: Antonino Greco tu Carmelo 1900. Wraps. Very good. 18mo; unpaginated 24pp; photographic illustrations with guard sheets; tan paper wrapper with stamped gilt design and title on cover; light age toning of paper stain to last illustration recto and verso and to back wrapper; very good. Scarce only one listed in WorldCat. Antonino Greco tu Carmelo unknown books
1982réf. 89331New York: Star Dist 1982. Paperback. 156p. price sticker on cover else a very good first printing PBO in explicit pictorial wraps. Gay pulp fiction. Hard Throbs HT-112. Star Dist paperback books
1952réf. 41749New York: Random House 1952. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Very good minus in wrappers. A foreword by John Steinbeck. Random House unknown books
1890réf. dacs1057New York: The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company n.d. ca. 1890. Octavo stiff color-illustrated wrappers iv 48 pp. Illustrated with wood engravings throughout. “The Easy Book given away with One Pound of Tea or Two Pounds of Coffee or One Pound of Baking Powder.” Very Good light shelf wear. The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company, n.d. [ca. 1890.] unknown books
1918réf. 001159N.p. 1918. Softcover. First edition; 8 x 9 1/2; single sheet pp. 2; very minor nick to left edge; faint crease line through middle; near fine condition. 'The Hatchet' was a daily newspaper published on board USS George Washington on her way to France during WWI. Later the ship would also play an important role in post-war diplomatic efforts twice taking President Woodrow Wilson to France for the negotiations which would lead to the Treaty of Versailles. The current issue includes baseball scores with a table of standings of the clubs but just for the National League followed by a small note "American League Radio Defective" and an article titled: "From Bow to Stern at Midnight." N.p. paperback books