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1948réf. 17720Denver: Colorado: Denver Public Schools Board of Education 1948-52 A fascinating look at education in America during the early years of the Baby Boom. Seven brochures 9 x 6 in. folded. The brochures are as follows: Where Will I Go to School September 1952; O.J. Goldrick Would Be Surprised May 1952; Some Very Important People April 1952; There's More to Reading Than Meets the Eye April 1949; two copies of Schools Must Follow the Moving Vans April 1948; They're Already Knocking at Our Doors! April 1948. Printed in black and one color each with vignettes and maps of the Denver area. The text of There's More to Reading Than Meets the Eye is attributed to A. Helen Anderson and the illustrations to Hero L. Conesny. Some toning to a couple brochures. Contemporary ink signature of Carol Weale a lifelong Denver resident and educator in each brochure. Contemporary ink marking to one brochure. Still a near-fine set of rare brochures. These brochures were issued as the postwar baby boom hit Denver and the rest of the country. Twice as many children were born in the city in 1950 than in 1940 10440 children compared to 5462 according to the Where Will I Go to School brochure. The population of Denver also increased by nearly a third between 1940 and 1950 going from about 322000 people to almost 416000. The population increase strained Denver infrastructure requiring the installation of "thousands of new water taps and miles of new water mains" as well as "thousands of new telephones gas and electric meters…and thousands of new homes on the tax rolls" Where Will I Go to School. Denver public schools were pushed to capacity by the flood of new students and these brochures address the efforts of the Denver school board to increase school capacity and keep schools staffed. The brochures also address literacy and changing educational standards between generations see There's More to Reading Than Meets the Eye. The O.J. Goldrick brochure refers to a Denver folk hero who was the city's first schoolteacher and helped establish early infrastructure like the first library Sunday school and newspaper and wonders whether he would be surprised by Denver's recent growth. Colorado: Denver Public Schools Board of Education, books
1950réf. 571592London: Cassell and Company 1950. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Octavo. 206pp. Owner name and small bookstore label on front pastedown a couple of spots of foxing else fine in an attractiveabout fine dust jacket. Anthology of recipes compiled by film star Bebe Daniels and Jill Allgood a radio writer and producer with contributors who include Frank Sinatra Laurence Oilvier and Vivien Leigh Lionel Barrymore Jean Simmons Van Johnson Bob Hope Greer Garson Yvonne de Carlo Ray Milland Veronica Lake Lauren Bacall Victor Mature Barry Fitzgerald Richard Widmark Judy Garland Bing Crosby Linda Darnell Michael Wilding John Mills Betty Hutton Joan Crawford Betty Grable Humphrey Bogart Mary Pickford Vyvyan Holland Maureen O'Hara Susan Hayward Gene Tierney Deanna Durbin Dorothy Lamour Robert Donat William Bendix Tyrone Power Cornel Wilde and Walter Pidgeon. Cassell and Company hardcover books
2005réf. 500394New York: Alfred A. Knopf 2005. Softcover. Fine. Uncorrected proof. Orange wrappers. Fine with publisher's material laid in. Alfred A. Knopf unknown books
2005réf. 196254Knopf 2005-06-28. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 9x6x1. Signed. First edition signed and inscribed by author "To Rev. Paul C. Tomlinson" on title page! Dust jacket and book are clean with minimal wear. Pages are clean and crisp binding is good no marks or notations. HB HS Knopf hardcover books
2005réf. 913813NY: Knopf. 2005. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Unless otherwise noted our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Knopf hardcover books
1952réf. 39567Danvers MA: Mrs. Day's Ideal Baby Shoe Company Inc 1952. Fourteenth edition. Hardcover. g to vg. Large quarto. Unpaginated. 8pp. Original half silver over green paper covered boards. Tissue-guarded title page. Mrs. Day's trademark stamped on title. This scarce work is a condensed review of the results of a study undertaken by Mrs. Day's Ideal Baby Shoe Company in the science of making and fitting baby shoes. Includes 9 samples of soles and leathers in Ideal Baby Shoes at rear. Silver paper at head and tail of spine chipped. Ink mark at upper margin of title page not affecting lettering. Binding in overall good interior in good to very good condition. Mrs. Day's Ideal Baby Shoe Company, Inc hardcover books
réf. 69063No Place: American Antiquity. Very Good-. N.D. Pamphlet. Reprinted from American Antiquity Volume 21 No. 3 January 1956. Tan printed wrappers pages 303-305. Near Very Good. . American Antiquity unknown books
1934réf. 141211934. Boston Evening Transcript November 30 1934 reports the immediate aftermath of the gun battle that killed George "Baby Face" Nelson born Lester Gillis and mortally wounded federal agents Samuel P. Cowley and Herman E. Hollis. Published three days after the November 27 Battle of Barrington and four months after John Dillinger was killed in Chicago the issue records the final phase of the federal campaign against the Dillinger gang and the rapidly intensifying pursuit of Nelson's widow Helen Gillis. Nelson a bank robber and Dillinger associate killed three federal agents during his criminal career more FBI agents in the line of duty than any other individual. Boston Evening Transcript. Boston Massachusetts. November 30 1934. Front page coverage continues onto page two under the headline "No Quarter to Young Widow of 'Baby Face.'" The article reports the search for Helen Gillis following Nelson's death: ".Federal agents today as they hunted Mrs. Helen Gillis diminutive widow of George 'Baby Face' Nelson leader of the rapidly diminishing remnants of the gang of the late John Dillinger." It further describes efforts to locate Nelson associate John Paul Chase and John Hamilton stating that authorities sought men believed connected with "a machine-gun battle at Barrington in which Inspector Samuel P. Cowley and Special Agent Herman E. Hollis perished in the Government's drive against the nation's public enemies." Another passage places Nelson's death directly within the succession of killings that dismantled the Dillinger circle: "Government agents stood guard at the morgue where Nelson's body lay on the same slab that recently held John Dillinger." The report also states "Federal Agents believe Mrs. Nelson loaded guns for the outlaws in the fight with Cowley and Hollis." The headline's "No Quarter" language arose amid particularly aggressive press coverage of the search for Helen Gillis who had been present with Nelson and John Paul Chase during the Barrington encounter. Nelson died from his wounds on the evening of November 27; Hollis died during the gun battle and Cowley died early the following morning. Gillis remained sought by federal authorities until her arrest on November 29 making this November 30 issue nearly contemporaneous with the end of the manhunt. Newspapers cast her as a female counterpart to the highly publicized "public enemies" pursued during the Dillinger era while federal authorities ultimately prosecuted her for offenses connected with harboring Nelson rather than killing her during the search. Scattered foxing and tears with minor paper loss around the edges; overall very good condition. Front page contemporary reporting on the deaths at Barrington and the federal pursuit of Helen Gillis at the close of the Dillinger and Nelson manhunts. unknown books
1987réf. 328659San Francisco: American Inroads 1987. 16p 6x8 inches event schedule bios very good program booklet in stapled pictorial wraps. The performances were at Theater Artaud & at New Performance Gallery. American Inroads unknown books
1987réf. 29159Boston: Little Brown. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1987. Hardcover. 0316111236 . Illustrated by the author. First edition. Fine in a near fine light creases to flaps price clipped dust jacket. . Little, Brown hardcover books
1901réf. 010133Syracuse NY: Just's Food Co 1901 Embossed cream-color card covers bound with silk cord a hint of edge wear else fine and nurse's name filled in otherwise unused original glassine wrapper is present though worn with losses and tears. An advertising specialty baby record book with endearing artwork throughout by Jessie Willcox Smith full- and partial-page plus decorations. This is the only appearance of these illustrations. Nudelman A14. First Edition. Pictorial Card Covers. Near Fine/Good. Illus. by Jessie Willcox Smith. Square 12mo. Just's Food Co paperback books
réf. 2321Grand Rapids Mich: Simplicity Company 1915. An octavo 94 pages bound in limp leather with emobssed decorative cover. A charming book for recording the important milestones in a baby's life. The first part of the book has blank pages for entering records illustrated in color by Meleena Burns Denny in the style of Fanny Cory. The latter pages offer instruction to new parents on the care of their new family member. Topping off this exceptional record book is a little pass book inserted into a pocket on the rear pastedown for baby's first bank deposits! A pristine copy of a book that was reprinted many times. hardcover books
1994réf. 580420New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1994. Softcover. Fine. Uncorrected proof. Illustrated wrappers. Slight edgewear else fine. G.P. Putnam's Sons unknown books
1994réf. 500391New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1994. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. First edition. A spot on the front board and creasing on the spine thus very good in a near fine dust jacket with rubbing and edgewear. Signed by the author. G.P. Putnam's Sons hardcover books
1994réf. 500416New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1994. Softcover. Fine. Uncorrected proof. Illustrated wrappers. Fine. G.P. Putnam's Sons unknown books
1994réf. 500282New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1994. Softcover. Near Fine. Uncorrected proof. Illustrated wrappers. A few spots on the page edges and some edgewear else near fine. G.P. Putnam's Sons unknown books
1994réf. 131823New York: Putnam 1994. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. Later. Very good in near fine dust jacket. Light soiling to outer foredges of pages. Edges of spine bumped. Text clean. Light shelf rubbing to dust jacket. Putnam hardcover books
1994réf. 367459New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons 1994. Softcover. Fine. Uncorrected proof. Wrappers. Slight edgewear else fine. G. P. Putnam's Sons unknown books
1994réf. 914816NY: Putnam's. 1994. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Unless otherwise noted our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Putnam's hardcover books
1994réf. 47110New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1994. Softcover. Fine. Uncorrected Proof. 473pp. Fine in wrappers. G.P. Putnam's Sons unknown books
1994réf. 16355New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1994. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 039913929X . A handsome first edition/first printing in Fine condition in Fine dust-jacket. Signed and inscribed by author Bebe Moore Campbell directly on the title page; CampbellCampbell's tale of a family's generational conflict is set against the backdrop of the deep south during the 1960s. The story revolves around the children of the Moore family who are forced to grapple with the challenges of growing up during a time of social upheaval.; 8vo; Signed by Author . G. P. Putnam's Sons hardcover books
1994réf. 106970New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons 1994. First edition. Softcover. Advanced Reading Copy. A clean unread very near fine copy in illustrated wrappers with publisher information on the rear panel. G. P. Putnam's Sons unknown books
1994réf. 22479New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons 1994. Hardcover. 476p. signed on the title page by the African American novelist light foxing to top edge else a very good first edition first printing stated hardcover bound in boards with a bright unclipped dust jacket. G. P. Putnam's Sons hardcover books
1994réf. 106971New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons 1994. First edition. Hardcover. Her second novel. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Campbell on the title page. G. P. Putnam's Sons unknown books
1990réf. 28961NY: Knopf. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1990. Hardcover. 0679810293 . Illustrated by the author. First printing. Fine in a very near fine short edge tear in lower corner of front panel dust jacket. . Knopf hardcover books
