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(Union Library Association) Spring-Summer Catalog of Book Bargains No. 293 of The Union Library Association: America's Oldest Mail-Order Book House
New York Union Library Association Soft Cover Good 66 pages + laid-in order form & envelope; circa 1938; with black and white illustrations of book covers and excerpted views; books are given full descriptions, useful for bibliographical research and also for gaining a glimpse of what was being read at the time; old fold line;; some edge, tips wear and darkening to paper wrap covers; back cover with more wear and wear-through at fold line; good condition.
Price: USD 35.00 other currencies   order no. 4306   details     inquire
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(Canadian Pacific Hotels) Motoring to Canada: To Resorts Near at Hand
Canada Canadian Pacific Hotels Soft Cover Good 18 pages; illustrated in sepia tones, maps, hotels and sights; circa 1930; 7 3/4" x 9" approx. size of booklet; some tips, edge wear and dustiness to paper wrap covers; good condition.
Price: USD 20.00 other currencies   order no. 4417   details     inquire
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Mercier, Ernest The "Union D'electricite" and the Gennevilliers Station
Paris Revue Industrielle 1922, Soft Cover Very Good 48 pages of black and white illustrated text + 5 lafge fold-out plans at the end of the book + summary and contents pages, board of directors; book written by the Managing Director, translated by C.M. Popp; chapters include material on background of electricity in Paris after the War, Distributing lines, Power Station layout, boilers, economizers, switch gear, laboratories, coal handling, costs, much else; 9" x 12" approx. size of book; tips, edge wear and wrinkling to paper wrap covers; contents in very good condition and an excellent look at the power station of the 1920's, equipment and technology.
Price: USD 125.00 other currencies   order no. 4429   details     inquire
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Washburne, Hon. E.B. Speech of Hon. E. B. Washburne, of Illinois, on the Proposition to Limit the rates of Fare and Freight on the Pacific Railroad, Delivered in The House of Representatives, March 26, 1868. And Also, on the Miscellaneous Appropriation Bill, March 19, 1968
Soft Cover Good 14 pages; disbound from larger volume; Congressman Washburne, Whig and Republican from Illinois, fierce opponent of lobbyists and treasury raiders, one of the first "watchdogs of the treasury"...furthered the career of U.S. Grant; also a capable diplomat; he was the only official representative of a foreign government to remain in Paris throughout the siege and the Commune, 1871 (DAB); 5" x 8" approx. size of booklet; slight tips, edge and spine ends wear to paper wrap covers; in good condition.
Price: USD 65.00 other currencies   order no. 4437   details     inquire
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(Little Falls) Development of Little Falls: a Brief Account of Conditions and Happenings Which Compelled the Settlement and Development of This City, with Some Reference to Present Conditions
Little Falls NY Committee Organized to Celebrate 1911, Soft Cover Very Good 96 pages; black and white illustrated, map; covers history of the town with historical photographs; Main street fifty years ago, When the Palatines Came, In the Revolution, Little Falls in 1827, the Proprietors, Old No. 1 Fire Company & Headquarters, much else; slight edge, tips wear to paper wrap covers, 1/2" closed tear on final leaf; strangely, the illustration on p. 75 of the Hinchman House, is bound in upside down-the following page is correctly printed; contents in very good condition.
Price: USD 85.00 other currencies   order no. 4454   details     inquire
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(Chrysler) How to Get the Most Out of Your Beautiful Chrysler Model C-48
Michigan Chrysler Corporation Second Edition Soft Cover Very Good 44 pages; black and white illustrated throughout, red highlights; equipment, engines, automobiles, tools for the new owner; 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" approx. size of booklet; slight edge, tips wear to paper wrap covers; very good condition.
Price: USD 20.00 other currencies   order no. 4475   details     inquire
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(Richardson & Boynton Co.) Truth About Heating
New York Richardson & Boynton Co. Soft Cover Good not paginated but 27 pages; promotional brochure for Richardson & Boynton Co., heating apparatus manufacturers since 1837; brochure circa 1900; "...heating with a defective heater means ill-health and therefore unhappiness..."; illustrated in black and white, with highlights in brown; 5" x 7" approx. size of pamphlet; slight edge, tips wear to original paper wrap covers, one leaf with 1/2" closed edge-tear; good condition.
Price: USD 20.00 other currencies   order no. 4540   details     inquire
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(Noumea) New Caledonia Illustrated
Noumea Imprimeries Reunies 1942, Soft Cover Good 32 pages; black and white illustrations of the island; Native Canaque people, in costume, some traditional garb; views of the interior, St. Louis, etc; a few line drawings also; an interesting mid-Second World War view of this community, with some last glimpses of native life from previous years; 5 3/4 " x 9" approx. size of booklet; slight edges, tips, spine ends wear, to original paper wraps; printed in Noumea on acid paper, somewhat browned, illustrations dark; overall, in good condition.
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Moorehead, Alan The Traitors: The Double Life of Fuchs, Pontecorvo, and Nunn May
London White Lion 1974, First English Edition Very Good Hard Cover Very Good 222 pages, sources; a few black and white illustrations; slight dustjacket tips and edgewear, darkened; in very good condition.
Price: USD 25.00 other currencies   order no. 4686   details     inquire
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Huxley, Juliette Leaves of the Tulip Tree
Topsfield Massachusetts Salem House 1987, First Edition Very Good Hard Cover Very Good 248 pages, indexed; black and white illustrated; slight dustjacket wear; very good condition
Price: USD 20.00 other currencies   order no. 4707   details     inquire
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(New York History) New York History Vol. XXI No. 3 July 1940
Cooperstown New York State Historical Association 1940, Soft Cover Very Good 127 pages; articles include: Parade of World's Fairs; Great Patron of Science; The Loyalist Problem; Washington on Long Island; New York Italo-Americans, Aaron Hamton's Diary, others; a few black and white illustrations, slight wear and fading to soft covers; very good condition.
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Conover, George S. The Birth-Place of Sa-go-ye-wat-ha, or the Indian Red Jacket. The Great Orator of the Senecas. With A Few Incidents of His Life.
Waterloo New York Waterloo Library and Historical Society 1884, Soft Cover Good 22 page pamphlet; with black and white line woodcut portraits of George S. Conover and Fred H. Furniss; beneath both portraits in pencil a contemporary hand has written an Indian name and clan, Furniss being Turtle Clan Seneca and Conover Wolf Clan Seneca; pamphlet is 5 3/4" x 8 3/4" approx. size; Laid-in is a dedicatory broadside poem, circa 1890, 3 3/4" x 10 1/2" size, printed on newsprint stock by J. H. Hardy, called "Fernwood By Moonlight"; Fernwood being a park built by Furniss at Crystal Springs, Yates County, NY; and a couple of small related contemporary newspaper clippings; sewn as issued; no additional covering wraps; in good condition.
Price: USD 150.00 other currencies   order no. 4774   details     inquire
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(J.H. Day & Co.) Catalogue and Price-List of Special Machinery, 1890
Cincinnati J.H. Day 1890, 64 pages; Product catalogue from the J.H. Day Co. of Cincinnati, successors to The Hunter Manufacturing Co.; illustrated throughout; "...for Bakers, Millers, Grocers, Druggists, Chemists, Perfumers...etc." products include: Hunter's Lightning Sifter and Mixer, Hand Power and Power models, Giant Dough Mixer, Egg Beater, Improved Pneumatic Sponge Beater, Dough Dividing Machine, Champion Cake Dropping Machine, Crushing and Grinding Mills, Pulp Rubbing Machine, Emulsifier, Day's Pomade Washer, Pill Mass Mixer, Drug Disintegrators and Mills, Pill Coater, Well Tube Percolator, Paint Mixers, Packers, Hair Picker, Sand Dryer, Bolting Reels, Electric Motors, Engines, others; cover vignette of the company building; 6" x 9" approx. size of booklet; some edge, tips wear, darkening to original paper wrap covers; good condition.
Price: USD 175.00 other currencies   order no. 4785   details     inquire
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(Palmer Bros. Engines Inc.) Palmer Marine Engines
Cos Cob Connecticut Palmer Bros. Engines Inc. Soft Cover Good Not paginated but 44 pages; black andwhite illustrated with the motors and engines, parts, marine engine conversions etc. produced by Palmer Bros. of Cos Cob; 6" x 9" approx. size booklet; laid-in parts price list for 1927; one section dated 1937; some edge, tips wear to covers; very good condition.
Price: USD 125.00 other currencies   order no. 4788   details     inquire
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(Paris Art Editions) La Beaute: 1926-1927 Album XXX
Paris Paris Art Editions 1927, Soft Cover Good Not paginated but 32 pages; black and white illustrated with nudes; "The most beautiful photographs of the most beautiful models...The collection of "La Beaute" forms the most priceless documentation for painters, sculptors, and art students...Each album contains 75 reproductions of hitherto unpublished photographs. These are grouped in sets of five photos showing the same model in the same surroundings but in five different attitudes"; this group numbered 2296-2370; backgrounds and decor of the time; 6 1/4" x 7 1/4" approx. size booklet; original wraps, in a faux watered-silk paper type; some edge, tips wear to fragile covers, spine splitting; good condition.
Price: USD 220.00 other currencies   order no. 4789   details     inquire
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(Paris Art Editions) La Beaute: 1926-1927 Album XXXI
Paris Paris Art Editions 1927, Soft Cover Good Not paginated but 32 pages; black and white illustrated with nudes; "The most beautiful photographs of the most beautiful models...The collection of "La Beaute" forms the most priceless documentation for painters, sculptors, and art students...Each album contains 75 reproductions of hitherto unpublished photographs. These are grouped in sets of five photos showing the same model in the same surroundings but in five different attitudes"; this group numbered 2371-2445; backgrounds and decor of the time; 6 1/4" x 7 1/4" approx. size booklet; original wraps, in a faux watered-silk paper type; some edge, tips wear to fragile covers, spine splitting; good condition.
Price: USD 220.00 other currencies   order no. 4790   details     inquire
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(Winchester Repeating Arms company) Winchester Quality Products
New Haven Connecticut Winchester Repeating Arms Company 233 pages; illustrated in black and white throughout with the products offered by this company: Guns, Ammunition, Flashlights, Batteries, Fishing Tackle, Ice and Roller Skates , Cutlery, Tools, Knives, more; circa 1930's; 5 3/4" x 7 3/4" approx. size of book; a few notations by previous owner on prices; some edge, tips wear, wrinkling, to original paper wraps; previous owner name on front endpaper, annotations at back; good condition.
Price: USD 125.00 other currencies   order no. 4799   details     inquire
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Ketring, Ruth Anna Charles Osborn in the Anti-Slavery Movement
Columbus Ohio The Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society 1937, First Edition Hard Cover Very Good xii + 94 pages; Charles Osborn (1775-1850) Quaker minister, Abolitionist; started the publication of "The Philanthropist" Anti-Slavery newspaper, from Mt. Pleasant, Ohio "...advocated the doctrine of emancipation and the impropriety of using the products of slavery. (According to the preface) This paper seems to have been the first in the United States to advocate these principles..."; Vol. VII of the Ohio Historical Collections; dark brown cloth, gilt spine titles; slight edge, tips wear, to binding; very good condition.
Price: USD 65.00 other currencies   order no. 4843   details     inquire
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(U.S. Navy) Record of the Medals of Honor Issued to the Bluejackets and Marines of the United States Navy, 1862-1888
Washington DC GPO 1888, First Edition Hard Cover Very Good 72 pages; "Roll of Honor; being a Recordof the Medals of Honor issued to the Enlisted Men and Marines of the Navy, Under Authority of the Congress of the United States, for deeds of Gallantry and Heroism in times of War and Peace. This record is... especially commended to the rising generation of American seamen, that they may emulate the deeds of their heroic predecessors..."; original cloth, gilt cover titles; occasional pencil number, probably for those names who were people from Indiana; previous owner has totaled names on back endpaper; previous owner signature on endpaper; some edge, tips wear and rubbing, pinhole in binding; good condition and clean.
Price: USD 250.00 other currencies   order no. 4847   details     inquire
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(Free Soil Movement) Reunion of the Free Soilers of 1848-1852 at the Parker House, Boston Massachusetts June 28, 1888
Cambridge John Wilson & Son 1888, First Edition Soft Cover Very Good 87 pages; the "Free Soil Party" which was the legitimate precursor of the Republican Party , was a combination of political abolitionists, anti-slavery factions and Democratic defectors; prominent in the elections of 1848 and 1852; the party nominated Martin Van Buren and Charles Adams for the Presidential ticket, who were unsuccessful in their bid for office; however, the "Free Soilers" succeeded in sending representatives to the House and Senate who by their ability exercised an influence out of proportion to their number (DAB); list of persons present, addreses of Edward L. Pierce, Samuel E. Sewall, Francis W. Bird, Edward Atkinson, Horace E. Smith, Thomas Drew & others; original paper wraps; just a bit of dustiness; very good condition.
Price: USD 65.00 other currencies   order no. 4850   details     inquire
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Jefferson, Thomas Message from the President of the United States, Stating a Requisition Made By the Bey of Tunis, on the Government of the United States. April 14, 1806. Read, and Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means
City of Washington A. & G. Way 1806, Soft Cover Very Good 4 sides; printed letterpress by Way of Washington; message to the Senate and House of Representatives by Thomas Jefferson; regarding the disposition ofa cruiser with two prizes "all of trifling value" which the Bey of Tunis wanted back, with Jefferson's recommendations; slight edge, tips wear and light foxing, good paper stock; disbound; very good condition.
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Davis, Jefferson Reply of Hon. Jefferson Davis, of Mississippi, to the Speech of Senator Douglas, in the U.S. Senate, May 16 and 17, 1860.
Baltimore Maryland Murphy & Co. 16 pages; "The Senate resumed the consideration of the Resolutions submitted by Mr. Davis on the 1st of March, relative to State rights, the institution of slavery in the States, and the rights of citizens of the several States in the Territories."; Jefferson Davis standing for the rights of slave owners in the slave-holding states as well as the rights of new Territories and the lack of Constitutional provision for Congress to change what is given; at the same time, seemingly making a plea for peace within the Democratic Party- "...I desire no divided flag for the democratic party..." and at the same time, standing firm on the convictions of the South which he represented, with more than a bit of challenge in the words: "...we who have not invited the conflict shrink not from the trial; we will plant our flag on every hill and plain; it shall overlook the Atlantic and welcome the sun as he rises from its dancing waters; it shall wave adieu as he sinks to repose in the quiet Pacific..."; reveals the building pressure of the national debate on these issues, on the eve of the Civil War; stapled self-wraps; some edge, tips wear; good condition
Price: USD 275.00 other currencies   order no. 4858   details     inquire
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Day, Timothy C. The Democratic Party as it Was and as it is! Speech of Hon. Timothy C. Day, of Ohio, In the House of Representatives, April 23, 1856
Washington, D.C. Buell & Blanchard 1856, Soft Cover Good 7 pages; Timothy C. Day's polemic regarding the changed Democratic party: "...That great and glorious part of the past, with its living ideas, resolves and bold deeds, is now...the party of privileged power. With one foot on the heel and the other on the head of the negro...the lion of Democracy has become the jackal of slavery..." and more; 6" x 9 1/4" approx. size, self-wraps; some edge, tips wear and darkening to paper, good condition.
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Wilson, Henry The Republican and Democratic Parties: What They Have Done, and What They Propose to Do. Speech of Hon. Henry Wilson, At the Republican Mass Meeting at Bangor, Me., August 27, 1868.
Washington, D.C. Union Republican Congressional Committee 1868, Soft Cover Good 16 pages; Henry Wilson (1812-1875); shoemaker, lawyer, Massachusetts legislator and statesman and vice president of the United States under Grant; An ardent opponent of slavery, he constantly urged Lincoln to declare emancipation as a war measure. Independent of mind, he never lost sympathy with the working people..." (DAB); in this pamphlet he comes out strongly for Grant and Republicanism and very opposed to his old enemies Horatio Seymour, Blair, Toombs and Cobb; gives the history of the parties and describes the present state of affairs; at back is two pages of the official "Platform of the Republican Party", enumerating points and issues; 5 3/4" x 9" approx. size, self-wraps; some edge, tips wear and foxing to paper, especially first and last pages and edges; otherwise good condition.
Price: USD 65.00 other currencies   order no. 4865   details     inquire
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(Collins Line) Speech of Mr. Edson B. Olds, Of Ohio, on the Collins Line of Steamers. Delivered In the House of Representatives, February 15, 1855
Washington, D.C. J. T. & Lem Towers 1855, Soft Cover Good 56 pages; (from the title page) "The contest between the Collins Line and the Cunard Line has been eminently a National contest. And this is the testimony of an Englishman-the testimony of an experienced British naval officer- and after reading it, what American would strike down these noble vessels?"; Edward Knight Collins (1802-1878) shipowner & operator of packet lines to Vera Cruz and New Orleans; started the Collins line of mail steamers in competition with the British Cunard concern, exceeding their speed and attracting the cream of the passenger trade; this forced the reduction of British freight rates. Unfortunately, several disasters overtook the experiment and he was forced to dissolve the company in 1858; this speech is a good defense of "why" we should be competing with Cunard and reasons for keeping American maritime interests vital; 5 3/4" x 9" approx. size; lacks cover wraps; side-sewn; some edge, tips wear and foxing to paper; good condition.
Price: USD 65.00 other currencies   order no. 4866   details     inquire
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Stuckey, Charles Manet
Mount Vernon NY The Artist's Limited Edition 1983, First Edition Soft Cover Very Good 17 pages + 6 page exhibition list; color illustrated throughout; laid-in are two folder/mailers from the exhibition from the Met; a Medaenas Monograph, designed by Michael Hentges, printed by A. Colish; 13" x 10" approx. size; some edge, tips wear; very good condition.
Price: USD 20.00 other currencies   order no. 4875   details     inquire
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Disney, Hon. David T. Speech of Hon. David T. Disney, of Ohio, on the the Power of Congress Over the Territories. Delivered in the House of Representatives, March 13, 1850.
Washington D.C. Congressional Globe 1850, Soft Cover Good 14 page pamphlet; Disney speaks of California and New Mexico and the western territories of the United States and how ultimately, the people should be left to decide whether or not they should become slave states or not, and that their past predelictions will determine the outcome; he also gives interpretation to the relevant passage in the Constitution; he speaks passionately at the end of his speech, ten years before the event, : "...The result is in the future. The wild chariot of civil war may be driven over the dead body of the Republic...man will become a slave to gratify his passions."; original self-wraps, string bound; 6" x 9 1/2" approx. size; some edge, tips wear to original paper; old dampstain and foxing; good condition.
Price: USD 35.00 other currencies   order no. 4880   details     inquire
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Cox, S.S. Speech of Hon. S.S. Cox, of Ohio, on Territorial Expansion. Delivered in the House of Representatives, January 18, 1859.
Lemuel Towers 1859, Soft Cover Good 16 page pamphlet; mostly concerned with this representatives "take" on the Monroe Doctrine of expansion for the Union, a canal at the isthmus in Central America, his concern for the U.S. southern border, California and Mexican relations and efforts to give stability to the region; Samuel Sullivan Cox (1824-1889); active in securing legislation for development of the West, a liberal, independent thinker; after the Civil War he favored complete amnesty for Confederates; consistently opposed centralizing tendencies in government and infringement of personal rights; original self-wraps, disbound, front a and back sheets loose; 6" x 9 1/2" approx. size; some edge, tips wear to original paper; some dustiness; good condition.
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Shorter, Eli S. Speech of Hon. Eli S. Shorter, of Alabama, on the Massachusetts Personal Liberty Bill and the Constitutional Rights of the South. Delivered in the House of Representatives April 9, 1856
Washington D.C Union Office 1856, Soft Cover Good 16 page pamphlet; Shorter contending that Massachusetts has gone beyond what is allowed as a state's rights with it's bill, Alabama's slave holding rights go beyond the Constitution, since they devolve from the authority of the state and concluding that "...the peace of the country requires that this fanatical abolition spirit should be crushed..."; original paper wraps, some leaves unopened; 6" x 9 1/2" approx. size; some edge, tips wear to original paper; some dustiness; back leaf with a 1" closed tear; good condition.
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N.S. Townshend The Union of the Democracy-Resolutions of '98. Speech of Hon. N.S. Townshend, of Ohio, Delivered In the House of Representatives, March 17, 1852
Washington D.C Congressional Globe Soft Cover Good 7 page pamphlet; demonstrates how the slavery issue should not divide the Democratic Party and his concerns about securing the harmony of the party; his opinions are disavowed as not belonging to the rest of the Ohio contingent (by Edgerton); after the speech is included a copy of the original draft of the Kentucky Resolution of 1798 prepared by Thomas Jefferson original paper wraps, some leaves unopened; 6" x 9 1/2" approx. size; some edge, tips wear to original paper; some dustiness; back leaf with a 1" closed tear; good condition.
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El Sadat, Colonel Anwar Revolt on the Nile
London Allan Wingate 1957, First Edition Very Good Hard Cover Very Good 131 pages; "...a host of tragi-comic incidents which are hard to connect with the ruthless intelligence...which unseated King Farouk and which, later, showed itself in the seizure of the Suez Canal...answers for the first time many of the questions (concerning) the motives, the intentions and the potentialities for danger of the new rulers of Egypt."; black and white illustrated; front endpaper map; some edge, tips wear to dust jacket; former owner name on endpaper; very good condition.
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Maggi, Maria & D'Oliveira, Emanuele Correa Esposizione Della Divina Commedia
Roma A.E. R. 1929, Hard Cover Very Good 3 sections, bound in one: Inferno, 160 pages + Purgatorio 192 pages + Paradiso 118 pages; bound in decorative paper covered boards, leather spine label, gilt titles; some edge, tips wear, toning to paper; previous owner signatures; very good condition.
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Pool, Raymond J. Flowers and Flowering Plants: An Introduction to the Nature and Work of Flowers and the Classification of Flowering Plants
New York and London McGraw Hill 1941, Second Edition Good Hard Cover Very Good 428 pages, index, bibliography, glossary; black and white illustrated, one fold-out plate; portrait frontispiece of Charles Edwin Bessey; some edge, tips, spine ends wear and darkening, wrinkling to dustjacket; previous owner name on endpaper; good condition.
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Herron, Ima Honaker The Small Town in American Drama
Dallas Southern Methodist U. Press 1969, First Edition Very Good Hard Cover Very Good 564 pages, index, notes, selected bibliography; "...follows in detail the development of the drama of the village and the small town..."; slight edge, tips wear, rubbing, to dustjacket, previous owner inscription on endpaper; very good condition.
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(Model Aerodrome Ltd.) Marinecraft: Catalogue and Guide
Birmingham England Model Aerodrome Ltd. Soft Cover Very Good 19 pages; color illustrated catalogue;circa 1960; 5" x 7 1/2" approx. size; with original mailing envelope, with receipt for for kit, compliments card from the company, price list, and a black and white illustrated broadside 14 1/2" x 19 1/2" approx. size, depicting the twelve step-by-step building stages for the Golden Hind; with the 8-page Golden Hind main instruction booklet; mailer taped, previous owner calculations; broadside with a few splits starting along folds; overall, the group in very good condition.
Price: USD 65.00 other currencies   order no. 5029   details     inquire
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Chayefsky, Paddy The Goddess: A Screenplay
New York Simon & Schuster 1958, First Printing Very Good Hard Cover Very Good 167 pages; "first printing" stated on copyright page; "...the complete text and working script..."; slight edge, tips wear, to dust jacket; very good condition, nice crisp copy.
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(Astor Tea) Astor Orange Pekoe Tea Tin
New York B. Fischer Very Good Astor Orange Pekoe Tea tin, B. Fischer & Co. New York Importers; with the India Tea Bureau stamp printed; tin with the A.C. Co. IOA. imprint; 4 3/4" height with lid, 3 1/2" width, square shape; this the 1/2 lb. size tin; some edgewear, paint still good; very good condition.
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Crosby, Percy A Cartoonist's Philosophy
McLean, Virginia Author Published 1931, First Edition Hard Cover Good 252 pages; inscribed on the front endpaper by the author; color, black and white illustrations; bw pastedown on front cover; edges, tips wear, rubbing and some darkening & soiling to covers; good minus condition.
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(Employee Benefit Research Institute) Fundamentals of Employee Benefit Programs
Washington, D.C. Employee Benefit Research Institute 1990, Fourth Edition Soft Cover Very Good 355 pages, indexed, extensive bibliography; "... a thorough, accurate, and readable primer on the whole range of employee benefits...tax law and regulatory changes...cash balance pension plans, pension coverage and participation rules...10 chapter section on public-sector employee benefits..."; slight edge, tips wear to paper wrap covers; very good condition.
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La Farge, John The Jesuits in Modern Times
New York The America Press 1928, First Edition Hard Cover Good 146 pages; "...represent certain impressions received of the Jesuit ideal, not as a matter of abstract theory, but in actual practice, by one who became a member of the Order..."; gilt spine titles; some edge, tips, spine ends wear to covers; good condition.
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Saxe, John G. Poems: Including the Money-King
Boston Ticknor & Fields 1861, Nineteenth Edition Hard Cover Good 192 + 180 pages + notes at end; John Godfrey Saxe (1816-1887) born in Highgate Vermont, poet, lawyer, humorist; "...Less a poet than a humorist using verse as his medium, Saxe enjoyed wide popularity in his time..."; bound in original publishers dark brown blind-stamped cloth; some edge, tips wear to binding; old dampstain throughout; good reading or for reference condition.
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Smith, Alexander Poems
Boston Ticknor & Fields 1857, Hard Cover Good 190 pages + 12 pages of publishers' announcements at back; bound in original brown cloth, blindstamped, gilt spine titles; previous owner name on endpaper; some edge, tips, spine ends wear to binding; good condition.
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Thackeray, William Makepeace Ballads
Boston Joseph Knight Hard Cover Good 188 pages; portrait frontispiece of Thackeray, other bw illustrations in text; bound in original publishers' cloth and paper-covered boards; gilt spine and cover titles, small gilt device, top edge gilt; some edge, tips wear to binding; good condition.
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Praed, Winthrop Mackworth The Poetical Works
New York Henry G. Langley 1844, First Edition Hard Cover Good 287 pages + 24 page catalogue of Langley publications at back; "Now first collected, by Rufus W. Griswold"; with a "notice" of the author at front; bound in original blind-stamped green cloth; gilt spine titles; some edge, tips wear to binding; top spine end chipped; titles dull; title page & others foxed; good condition.
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Peck, John A Short Poem, Containing a Descant on the Universal Plan. Also, Lines on the Happy End of the Righteous, and Prosperity and Death of the Rich Man, Spoken of in Saint Luke's Gospel, Chapter XVI.
Boston John P. Jewett 1858, Fourth Edition Hard Cover Good 52 pages; bound in original blindstamped brown cloth; gilt cover titles; some edge, tips wear to binding; good condition.
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Winter, William Poems
Boston James R. Osgood 1881, Hard Cover Good 169 pages; William Winter (1836-1917), dramatic critic, historian of the stage, essayist, poet; previous owner has tipped-on a small portrait of the author on the preface page; bound in original brown cloth; decoratively gilt; some edge, tips wear to binding; bit of foxing; good condition.
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Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth Poetical Works
Boston Houghton, Mifflin Co 1884, Hard Cover Good 492 pages, incuding index & notes; laid-in is an "Announcement of a Commemorative Medal" to be struck for the Longfellow Centenary, under the auspices of the Cambridge Historical Society; also laid-in is an early photograph, albumen type, identified on back as Nurnberg, Aldia?strasse; tipped-on to the front endpaper is a newspaper clipping of T.B. Aldrich's "Graceful Lines of Tribute Read by Charles T. Copeland" Longfellow 1807-1907; also tipped-on the beginning leaves are three additional portraits of the poet, along with a view of his home at Craigie; several more newspaper clippings are found throughout the volume dealing with his life and poetry; bound in original brown cloth; decoratively gilt; some edge, tips wear to binding; good condition and especially interesting for the additional material.
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Lewis, Alonzo The History of Lynn, Including Nahant
Boston Author Published 1844, Second Edition Hard Cover Good 278 pages, indexed; Lithographic frontispiece of "Belles of the Forest Wuttaquatinusk and Petagoonaquah, Indian Princesses. Daughters of the last Lynn Sagamore" and a lithograph facing it of "Poquanum Selling Nahant to Thomas Dexter for a suit of Clothes, 1630"; other black and white illustrations in the text; bound in contemporary full leather; title label nearly effaced; some edge, tips, spine ends wear, rubbing, bit of chipping to edges of binding; back board nearly detached, on by the strings; previous owner notes on endpapers, two or three pages have a couple of small pen arrows in the margins; endpapers and lithographs foxed; good condition.
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Beecher, Lyman Six Sermons on the Nature, Occasions, Signs, Evils, and Remedy of Intemperance
Boston T.R. Marvin 1828, Sixth Edition Hard Cover Good 107 pages; contains six sermons on the anti-alcohol topics listed; previous owner signature of J.S. Conklin; bound in original paper-covered boards, cloth spine, remnants of spine label; 3 3/4" x 6 1/2" approx. size; edge, tips wear to covers; old dampstain first set of leaves, decreasing through the text; good condition.
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Sprague, Charles The Poetical and Prose Writings
Boston Ticknor, Reed, and Fields 1850, New and Revised Edition Hard Cover Good 205 pages + 4 pages publishers' announcements at beginning; Charles Sprague (1791-1875) Boston banker and poet, son of Samuel Sprague of Boston Tea Party fame; bound in original brown cloth, blindstamped; spine lettered in gilt; some edge, tips wear to binding, a few light spots; spine ends chipped; good condition.
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Scott, J. War Inconsistent with the Doctrine and Example of Jesus Christ. In a Letter to a Friend. Recommended to the Perusal of the Professors of Christianity.
London Society for the Promotion of Permanent and Universal Peace 1818, Third Edition Good 16 page pamphlet; printed by Bensley and Sons, sold by J. Hatchard, bookseller to the Society for the Promotion of Permanent and Universal Peace; Tract No. II of the Society; "This tract was written to a friend more than 20 years ago...it is now given by the writer to the Society...with a hope that the sentiments it contains, may shortly spread and communicate those blessings to mankind which the Bible encourages us to expect will visit the world in the latter days."; with a list of the committee of the society at front, headed by Robert Marsden, Chairman; slight edge, tips wear to paper self-wraps; bit of even toning, dustiness; good condition.
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Sedgwick, Theodore The American Citizen: His True Position, Character and Duties, a Discourse, Delivered Before the Senate of Union College, at Schenectady, 26th July, 1847
New York Wiley and Putnam 1847, First Edition Soft Cover Good 36 page pamphlet; "Published at the request of the Senate (of Union College)";a quote from the discourse: "... The most marked feature of our national character is its indomitable self-reliance and unquenchable energy...The first great public duty of the American citizen...is to maintain the true position of his country, and the true character of its institutions by assisting in the progress of his race...The American, by the mere force of his position, by the bare theory of his government, is naturally and necessarily the standard bearer of mankind..." and more of the same; slight edge, tips wear to paper self-wraps, probably disbound from a larger volume; bit of even toning, dustiness, final leaf darkened; good condition.
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Seward, William H. Speech of William H. Seward, on the Admission of New Mexico: Delivered in the Senate of the United States, July 26, 1850
Washington Buell & Blanchard 1850, First Edition Soft Cover Good 14 page pamphlet, folded from one large sheet, mostly unopened; Mr. Seward bringing forward an amendment "to bring before the Senate an important question, the admission of New Mexico as one of the states of this Union, upon an equal footing with the original States, under the Constitution which her convention has adopted..."; slight edge, tips wear to paper self-wraps; good condition.
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Smith, Horace & James Rejected Addresses: Or, the New Theatrum Poetacum
Boston Tickor, Reed, and Fields 1851, Hard Cover Good 4 page publishers' announcements + 191 pages;"From the Twenty-Second London editio, carefully revised, with an original preface and notes by the authors"; original brown blindstamped publishers' cloth, gilt spine titles; slight edge, tips wear to volume; good condition.
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Whittier, John Greenleaf The Complete Poetical Works
Boston James R. Osgood 1878, Hard Cover Good 413 pages, index; "Household Edition"; tipped-on frontendpaper Whittier poem "May" from newspaper, also laid-in article about the Exxex Institute, dated 1907, tipped-on the next blank endpaper is poem "A Song of the Vermonters. 1779" from another periodical, tipped-on the next page is a clipping of an illustration depicting the farm home at Haverhill where Whittier lived as a boy, another humorous anecdote recounting an autograph-hunters' approach to the poet at Nahant, a clipping of the poem "Massachusetts", the "Vow of Washington" and at least a 1/2 dozen more clippings and articles regarding Whittier laid or tipped-in the rest of the volume; original publishers' green cloth, gilt decorated and titled; some edge, tips and spine ends wear; former owner book ticket, former owner inscription, back hinge splitting; good condition and intriguing for all the laid-in ephemeral material.
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Dace, Wallace Plays and Prefaces
New York Vantage Press 1997, First Edition Very Good Hard Cover Very Good 250 pages; "..consists of three of Wallace Dace's plays, preceded by prefaces and followed by an epilogue..."Hitler in Landsberg" ..."Fate, Fortune, and Final Solutions"..."The Feast of Thyestes"..."; slight edge, tips wear to dustjacket; very good condition.
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Homan, L. Beecher Yaphank as it is, Was and Will be: Containing Biographical Sketches of All Its Prominent Men, the Characteristic Proclivities of Its "Funny" People, Its Business and Business "Monarchs", Its Facilities for Enterprise and Improvement...
New York Author Published 1875, First Edition Hard Cover Very Good 220 pages; "...and an impartial description of the advantages ad disadvantages enjoyed and suffered by its citizens. (With) The Suffolk County Alms-House As It Is. This Work contains the most authentic and pleasing history of this "model" institution before the public"; black and white illustrated with portraits of local denizens and a view of the Suffollk County Alms-House; rebound in cloth, gilt spine titles; former owner bookplate; slight edge, tips wear to binding; very good condition.
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Motherwell, William The Poetical Works of William Motherwell. With Memoir, By James MConechy
Boston William D. Ticknor 1847, New Edition, Enlarged Hard Cover Good 283 pages + 4 pages publishers' announcements at end; Wiliam Motherwell (1797-1835) Scottish journalist and poet; original publishers' cloth, gilt spine titles and decorative devices on covers, all edges gilt; some edge, tips wear and rubbing to binding; spine ends chipped slightly; good condition.
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Lossing, Benson J. Poems By William Wilson
Poughkeepsie Archibald Wilson 1881, Third Edition Hard Cover Good xxvi + 223 pages; includes the subscriber lists for three editions; Wiliam Wilson (1801-1860) Scottish-born bookseller and poetof Poughkeepsie, New York; this volume edited by the historian and author Lossing; subscribers include William Cullen Bryant, John Greenleaf Whittier, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, many others; original publishers' cloth, gilt spine titles; some edge, tips, spine ends wear and rubbing to binding; good condition.
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Graef, Botho Das Kabirenheiligtum Bei Theben: V. Gegenstande Aus Bronze Und Blein. (Heirzu Tafel XIV)
Athens Arch. Inst. 1890, Hard Cover Very Good 11 pages, including black and white illustrations of bronzes and inscriptions relating to them; Inscribed and signed by the author on the front endpaper; extracted from Aus den Mittheilungen des K. Deutschen arch. Instituts, Athen 1890. XV.; German text; bound in hard covers; slight edge, tips, spine ends wear to binding; very good condition.
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Cook, Eliza The Poetical Works of Eliza Cook
Philadelphia Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger 1870, Hard Cover Good 392 pages; a "New Edition, containing her recent productions"; Eliza Cook (1818-89) poet, also conducted Eliza Cook's Journal 1849-1854; tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Cook,other engraved illustrations in the text; original publishers' cloth, gilt titles; some edge, tips, spine ends wear; good condition.
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Daise, Ronald Reminiscences of Sea Island Heritage
Orangeburg, South Carolina Sandlapper 1986, First Edition Very Good Hard Cover Very Good 114 pages; warmly inscribed on the title page by the author, a Sea Island native; Illustrated in black and white; "...documents the lifestyles, customs, superstitions and folklore of St. Helena Island, culled from the memories of a proud and aged group of Sea Island blacks..."; slight edge, tips wear to dustjacket; very good condition.
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(T.E. Lawrence) Letters to T.E. Lawrence
London Jonathan Cape 1962, First Edition Good Hard Cover Very Good 216 pages; edited by A.W. Lawrence; slight edge, tips wear to dustjacket, spine sunned, old dampstain at top; some sootiness to top of volume block; good condition.
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Willis, G. Willis's Current Notes: Aseries of Articles on Antiquities, Biography, Heraldry, History, Language, Literature, Natural History, Topography, &c. Selected from Original Letters and Documents Addressed During the Years 1851, 1852, 1853, 1854, 1855, 1857
London G. Willis Hard Cover Good Six volume run of this bound series of research letters and articles, only lacking the issue for 1856; black and white illustrations of various antiquities and items of historical note; bound in the original publishers' bllindstamped cloth, gilt spine and cover titles; spines sunned, one volumes' spine chipped and splitting; the others with some mediium edge and tips wear; a few endpapers with some dampstaining, contents all clean; overall, good condition.
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Holmes, Oliver W. The Poems
Boston Ticknor and Fields 1864, Eighth Edition Hard Cover Good 410 pages; notes; engraved portrait frontispiece of the author; laid-in are several newspaper clippings which contain poems of Holmes, late 19th century to early twentieth century vintage; another poem tipped-in to the front free endpaper ("Twenty Years") and a poem by James Russell Lowell, "Prove Now Thy Truth" (In Harvard Commemoration Ode); bound in the original publishers' cloth, gilt spine and cover titles, top edge gilt; some edge and tips wear; good condition.
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Cornwall, Barry (B.W. Procter) Essays and Tales in Prose
Boston Ticknor, Reed, and Fields 1853, Hard Cover Good In two volumes, 263 + 251 pages + 32 page Ticknor catalogue at back of Volume II; engraved portrait frontispiece of the author in Vol. I; Barry Cornwall the pseudonym of Bryan Waller Procter (1787-1874) English solicitor, commisioner of lunacy, intimate with Leigh Hunt, Charles Lamb, Hazlitt and Dickens, with a considerable reputation as a writer of songs; bound in the original blindstamped publishers' cloth, gilt spine titles; some edge and tips wear; good condition.
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Cowper, William Poems By William Cowper, Esq. Together with His Posthumous Poetry, and a Sketch of His Life By John Johnson
Boston E. Littlefield 1841, New Edition Hard Cover Good In three volumes, 245 + 228 + 312 pages; bound in the original blindstamped publishers' cloth, gilt spine titles; some edge and tips wear; spine ends chipped; good condition.
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Eldridge, Charlotte The Godey Lady Doll: The Story of Her Creation with Patterns for Dresses and Doll Furniture
New York Hastings House Very Good Hard Cover Very Good 209 pages, index; black and white ilustrations, patterns; "...principally a how-to-do-it manual...detailed instructions for the making of Godey Lady Dolls..."; slight wear to dustjacket; very good condition.
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(Riverhead) Riverhead Suffolk County New York Atlas
New York Sanborn Map Company 1909, Soft Cover Very Good List of Maps collated complete; all are hand colored; 11 double page maps, approximately 21" x 25" size opened; Locations include all of the town and surrounds of Riverhead, Long Island, listing businesses, fire houses, water facilities, public utilities, Suffolk County Agricultural Society Fair Grounds with Race Track, Peconic River and all the businesses at the riverside in this time: Tower Roller Mill, C. Hallet's Sons Flour Mill & Electric Light Plant, Auxiliary Plant, Carriage Repository, Lumber & Construction businesses, boat & carpenter shops, American Ice Company, Frank H. Hill & Bro. Monument Works, county buildings-court house complex & jail, Long Island House, Banks, Public Library, tailor, jewelry, drug, tobacco & cigarette retailers, horse boarding & livery stables, S. Terry Hudson Agricultural Implement Works, Riverhead Coal Co., Shinnecock Distributing Co., Beer Agents & Soda Water Bottlers, railroads- train & transportation lines; Wm. Sweezy's Ice Ho., Corwin & Vail Lumber, cemeteries, schools, residences, public works, boarding houses-ie. Benjamin House, E. Griswold & Co., Cigar Factory & Wholesale Candy Dealers, F. C. Lane's Ice House, and much more; bound in the original paper wraps, covers soiled and with old fold line; with slight marginal soiling and darkening, a little bit of edgewear to a few; a bit of bowing from old fold; maps are in very good plus condition overall and clean, colors bright, printed on very good paper with good margins.
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Coates, Henry T.(edtitor) The Best Authors of Prose and Poetry
Philadelphia Porter & Coates 1876, Hard Cover Good 672 pages; Henry Troth Coates (1843-1910), Philadelphia publisher and editor; illustrated with engravings, several of which are early American themes; a couple of additional poems tipped-in, clipped from periodicals; previous owner bookplate; original publishers cloth binding, gilt decorated lettering; some edge, tips wear to binding; good condition.
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Linton, W.J. Poetry of America: Selections from One Hundred American Poets from 1776 to 1876: With an Introductory Review of Colonial Poetry, and Some Specimens of Negro Melody
London George Bell & Sons 1878, First Edition Hard Cover Good 15 page catalogue at front + xlii + 387 pages + 15 page publishers' catalogue at back; illustrated with a portrait frontispiece of Walt Whitman; page of poets' facsimile signatures at back; negro melody section with some music; writers included are Frenau, Hopkinson, Paine, Key, Allston, Paulding, Maxwell, Dana, Halleck, Brainard, Emerson, Longfellow, Whittier, Duganne, Whitney, Cary, Melville, Thaxter, Harte, Larcom, many more; original publishers cloth binding, gilt spine lettering; some edge, tips wear to binding; top of spine end chipped away; a bit shaken in the binding; good reading and reference condition.
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Peckham, Mary Chace Windfalls Gathered Only for Her Friends and Other Poems
Buffalo, New York Charles Wells Moulton 1894, First Edition Hard Cover Good 176 pages; this the "Memorial Edition"; with a couple of poems on Woman Suffrage; original publishers cloth binding, gilt spine and cover titles; previous owner name on endpaper; some edge, tips wear to binding; titles dulled;some foxing throughout; good condition.
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(Christmas) Christmas Customs and Their Origin
Soft Cover Very Good not paginated but 14 page booklet; illustrated in color throughout with shorthistories on Christmas traditions, including the Tree, Bells, Poinsettias, Plum Pudding, Carol Singing, Outdoor Decorations, Christmas Greetings, Santa Claus, Gift Giving, Yule Log, Stockings, Bayberry Candles, Holly Wreaths, Mistletoe; decoratively bound in fuzzy green cloth, gilt lettering, braided gold string tie; no publisher or date but circa 1940's; imprinted on the front fly is Merry Christmas! 1946 Don R. Morton Wilimington, Delaware; some edgewear, small chip; very good condition.
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