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1(Advertising) Star Adcraft Service, New York. YES, THERE'LL BE LOTS of HOLIDAY
ADVERTISING. November, 1923. (Sample booklet). 20 pages, fronts only. Advertisements for
Thanksgiving turkeys, Christmas shopping, furniture, sales, jewelry, gifts, Orient, toys, radio,
electrical, men's, women's fashions, shoes. 7 x 5.5", embossed flexible cloth. VG.
$15.00
2(African American) Crumpton, Ethel H., Supervisor Elementary Schools, Marengo County,
Alabama & Frances Spiller, First Grade Teacher, Birmingham. LITTLE DIXIE: A Manuscript
Reader-Writer. Southland Series. Montgomery: Dixie Book Company, copyright 1938. 96 pages. 42
haltones, lined blanks for exercises. 7.25 x 5.5", cloth reinforced black & red printed green wrapper.
'written to meet need of primary teachers . . . words common to vocabulary of Southern child . . .
stories of real children . . . developed in rural & city schools . . . illustrations are photographs of
Alabama children & parents, white & colored . . . ' First 34 feature white family, pets, at back Uncle
Jim works Grandmother's farm, children ride mule, feed chickens, pigs, before cabin. Wrap
rubbed, soiled, text faintly scuffed, few light pencil entries, G.
$25.00
3(African American) Mark Hopkins, B.G. Hyde, Alexander Northrup, James A. Garfield, F.
Richardson, Farm Manager, Samuel Chapman Armstrong, Principal. REPORT upon the
HAMPTON NORMAL & AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE of Hampton, Virginia. [Wrap]. Report of
President Hopkins, of Williams College, Mr. Hyde, Board of Agriculture, MA., Secretary Northrup,
Board of Education, Conn., & General Garfield, M.C., upon the Hampton Normal & Agricultural
Institute. Reprinted from the "American Missionary" of August, 1869. No imprint. 11 pages. Folding
engraved panorama of campus, tissue. 9 x 5.5", printed wrapper. 'Ethan Ely Esq, with the
compliments of Rev Mr Fessenden' on wrap. Armstrong member Freedmen's Bureau, founder
Hampton Institute, 1868. Wrap detached, splitting, rubbed, soiled, text margin damped, corner
chipped, edge nibbled, fair.
$150.00
4(Agriculture) Hunt, Thomas F., Cornell University. The CEREALS in AMERICA. NY: Orange Judd
Company, 1906. Third printing. 421 pages, 4p publisher advertisement. Illustrated. 8 x 5", gold &
black stamped brown cloth. Wheat, maize, oats, barley, rye, rice, sorghum, buckwheat. Neat library
plates, remnant of spine label, bit askew, text clean, tight, G.
$10.00
5(Agriculture) Savage, Elmer S. & F.B. Morrison, Cornell University. FEEDS and FEEDING
MANUAL. Ithaca: Henry-Morrison Company, 1929. 158 pages. Workbook with forms to record feed
compositions & nutrition data with manuscript notes by Ernest Parker, Richmond, Vermont. 8.5 x
5.5", black lettered green cloth, no dj. VG/none.
$25.00
6(Agriculture) The James Manufacturing Company, Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin. The JAMES WAY: A
book showing how to build & equip a practical up to date Dairy Barn. Copyright 1914. 256 pages,
4p 1916 Price List 18A inserted. Many illustrations of barn construction, identified interiors with
cows, stalls, stanchions, pens, carriers, ventilators with cow weathervanes, water buckets, milking
stools, gates, officers. 10 x 7", printed paper boards. Cover rubbed, text clean, tight, VG.
$25.00
7(Agriculture) Willis, C.P., Forest Service. The PRESERVATIVE TREATMENT of FARM
TIMBERS. United States Department of Agriculture, Farmers' Bulletin 387. Issued March 8, 1910.
Washington: GPO. 19 pages. 5 illustrations, post sections, creosote treatment tanks. Stapled
booklet, 9 x 6". Corners stained, outer sheet detached, staples rusty, toned, rubbed, nicked, fair.
$8.00
8(Americana) COLLECTIONS, HISTORICAL & MISCELLANEOUS; & Monthly Literary Journal.
Vol. III, No. 8. 'No. 20.' wrap head. Published by Jacob B. Moore, Concord, N.H., August, 1824.
Pages [233]-264, Appendix: [57]-64. 9 x 5.5", printed blue wrapper, advertisements. Untrimmed.
Extracts, biographies Rev. John Smith, Rev. Timothy Walker, Hon Thomas W. Thompson, New
Hampshire newspapers, Cincinnatus essays, European sketches of presidential candidates,
original letters, courts, Nathaniel Meloon captivity, great fire Boston 1711. Upper wrap detached,
foxed, G.
$15.00
9(Americana) WHAT BRINGS PEACE? Conversations in a Military Hospital after the Battle of
Gettysburg. No. 232. Dublin Tract Repository, Dublin & London; Dublin Steam Printing Co, no date,
ca 1870? 4 pages. Folded slip, 7 x 4". Christian Commission delegate converses with happy &
troubled soldiers. Creased, few spots, G.
$25.00
10(Americana) The GOSS-UDDDERZOOK TRAGEDY: being a History of a Strange Case of
Deception & Murder, including the Great Life Insurance Case, & the Trial of William E. Udderzook
for the Murder of W.S. Goss. Baltimore Gazette, Printers, 1873. 59 pages. Portrait of Winfield Scott
Goss. Text in 2 columns. 9 x 5.5", printed wrapper. McDade, Annals of Murder, 1012. Co-
conspirators in fraudulent insurance claim become victim & murderer, later hanged. Few corner
chips, lower wrap damped, wrap bit soiled, splitting, text VG.
$35.00
11(Americana) CONSTITUTION of the UNITED STATES, and of the Commonwealth of
MASSACHUSETTS. Worcester: Dorr, Howland & Co; Boston: Russell, Odiorne & Co, 1834. 24
pages. 7 x 4.25", printed tan wrapper. Wrap starting, stitching broken, rubbed, bit foxed, G.
$15.00
12(Americana) [Cromwell, Ruth Natalie]. NANCY BLAKE: LETTERS to a WESTERN COUSIN. NY:
Sinclair Tousey, 1864. Francis & Loutrel, Stationers & Printers, NY. 36 pages. 7.75 x 6.25", green
cloth spine, patterned blue paper boards, gold title upper board, edge gilt. Pastedown ticket Kirby &
Co, Booksellers, 641 Broadway, New York. Rhymed tale of visit to New York City, where Uncle
McAyres has made fortune selling shoddy uniforms to Union army, socializes with others newly
enriched by Civil War contracts. 'See, the men of the battle, facing the foe, See, behind them, a
hand with a deadlier blow, Aimed at their lives - reckless & bold - It is Shoddy, the patriot, doubling
his gold.' Cover worn, soiled, 2 leaves detached, text shaken, toned, bit smudged, fair.
$35.00
13(Americana) Allen, Zachariah, 1795-1882. MEMORIAL of ROGER WILLIAMS. Paper read before
the Rhode Island Historical Society, May 18, 1860. No imprint. 10 pages. 6.75 x 4.5", stitched.
Account of attempt to exhume remains, finding only roots of apple tree. VG.
$15.00
14(Americana) Benedict, George W. [Wyllys], 1796-1871. An ORATION, Delivered at
BURLINGTON, VT. on the FOURTH of JULY 1826. Being the FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY of
AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE. Burlington: E. & T. Mills, 1826. 26 pages. 8.75 x 5.25", blue
wrapper. American Imprints 23740. Meaning of Declaration of Independence & Revolutionary War
then evil of slavery & need for emancipation, exhortation to remain virtuous to preserve Republic.
Edge nibbled, bit rubbed, creased, G.
$25.00
15(Americana) Dusenbery, B.M., compiler. MONUMENT to the Memory of GENERAL ANDREW
JACKSON: containing twenty-five Eulogies & Sermons delivered on Occasion of His Death. To
which is added an appendix, containing General Jackson's Proclamation, his Farewell Address, & a
Certified Copy of his Last Will. The whole preceded by a Short Sketch of His Life. Philadelphia:
Walker & Gillis, 1846. 416 pages. Frontispiece portrait, tissue. 7.75 x 5", blind stamped black cloth,
gold spine lettering. 'Sylvester Symonds, Greenport, L.I., 1854' on blank. Cover soiled, rubbed, text
bit foxed, G.
$40.00
16(Americana) Field, Anne P.L.; introduction by Thomas Mott Osborne, Warden of Sing Sing Prison.
The STORY of CANADA BLACKIE. NY: E.P. Dutton & Company, copyright 1915. ix,157 pages. 7
x 5", gold stamped green cloth, no dj. Ran away & joined circus trapeze act, many years in Auburn
Prison, died of tuberculosis at 42. Cover lightly spotted, VG/none.
$10.00
17(Americana) Haven, Gilbert, 1821-1880 & Thomas Russell. FATHER TAYLOR, the Sailor
Preacher. Incidents & Anecdotes of Rev. Edward T. Taylor, for over Forty Years Pastor of the
Seaman's Bethel, Boston. Boston: B.B. Russell; San Francisco: A.L. Bancroft & Co, 1872. 445
pages. Engraved plates: Taylor, wife, residence, Boston Port Society Seamen's Bethel & Mariner's
House. 7.5 x 4.75", gold stamped purple cloth, Tips chipped, library marks, toned, bit shaken, G.
$15.00
18(Americana) Hillard, George Stillman, 1808-1879. A MEMORIAL of DANIEL WEBSTER, from the
City of Boston. Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1853. viii,270 pages. Frontispiece portrait &
engraved view of Green Harbor Marshfield by Hammatt Billings & S.A. Schoff. 9.25 x 5.75", black
cloth, blind framed boards, gold spine lettering, coats of arms on boards. 'Alfred Hemenway, Aug.
28th, 1881' on endsheet. Spine tip chip, edges bit frayed, cloth spotted, text toned, G.
$25.00
19(Americana) Joseph Hoag, 1762-1846. VISION of JOSEPH HOAG. (Broadside). No imprint, ca
1875? 9.5 x 6". Quaker preacher born New York, died Vermont, 1803 vision foresaw division in
American religion, among Quakers, over slavery, Civil War, rise of monarchical power, only
published posthumously. Bit creased, few stains, short tear, G.
$15.00
20(Americana) Knox Memorial Association, Thomaston, Maine. An APPEAL to MAKE
MONTPELIER, The Home of MAJOR GENERAL HENRY KNOX at THOMASTON, MAINE, A
NATIONAL SHRINE. Granite City Print, Quincy, MA, 1949. 74 pages. Illustrations: Montpelier,
interiors, Knox,presidents, grave, church. 9 x 6", printed wrapper. History of Knox Memorial
Association, Henry Thatcher Fowler, General Knox & His Home in Maine, Francis S. Drake,
Excerpts from Letters. Wrap trifle rubbed, soiled, 2 owner edit marks in text, VG.
$15.00
21(Americana) National Union Convention, August 14-16, 1866. LIST of DELEGATES to the
NATIONAL UNION CONVENTION Held at Philadelphia. (Caption title). No imprint, but (1866).
Pages (33)-64. 9 x 6", folded sheets. Unopened. List of delegates, appendix of regret letters from
Thomas Ewing, Robert C. Winthrop, William C. Rives, B.R. Curtis, J.S. Black, General Gordon
Granger. Unsuccessful effort to salvage career of President Andrew Johnson with demonstration of
national unity. Rubbed, creased, bit soiled, G.
$35.00
22(Americana) Nourse, C. (Charles) C. IOWA and the CENTENNIAL. The State Address delivered
by Hon. C.C. Nourse, at Philadelphia, Thursday, September 7, 1876. Des Moines: Iowa State
Register Print, 1876. 42 pages. 9 x 5.75", printed wrapper. History & overview of state. Edges
nibbled, wrap soiled, G.
$25.00
23(Americana) Payne, Rev. J. (John) J., "Cowboy Joe", Richmond, Virginia. FROM SADDLE to
PULPIT, or from Cow-Puncher to Preacher. John J. Scruby, Dayton, Ohio, copyrighted 1928. 56
pages. Frontispiece portrait, cowboy author. 7.5 x 5.25", printed wrapper. 'I spent 12 years as
Texas cowboy, 4 as Texas ranger, 17 months with Buffalo Bill Wild West Show, 7 with Miller
Brothers 101 ranch.' Adams, Herd, 1768. Bit creased, edge damped, G.
$35.00
24(Americana) Society of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick. At a MEETING of the SOCIETY of the
FRIENDLY SONS of ST. PATRICK, Held at the Tontine Coffee-House, On Monday, the 19th of
December, 1796, the following RULES were Read and Agreed to, . . . New-York, 19th dec. 1796. 2
pages. Folding sheet, 12.25 x 8", conjugate blank, watermarked paper 'L Munn, Kent, 1798'.
Docketed on lower blank, 'Mr Michl Hogan, Regulations of the Society of St. Patrick at New york
1796, Danl McCormick Esqr, President'. 8 rules, meetings, officers, anniversary dinner, charity for
distressed Irish persons, admission fee, requirements, treasurer, late fine. Creased, few marginal
splits, blank soiled, VG.
$250.00
25(Americana) Storrs, Richard S. (Salter), Jr., 1821-1900, Pastor, Church of Pilgrims, Brooklyn, New
York. COLLEGES, A POWER in CIVILIZATION to BE USED for CHRIST. A Discourse before the
Society for the Promotion of Collegiate & Theological Education in the West, delivered in High
Street Church, Providence, R.I., October 30, 1855. Reprinted from American Jounal of Education &
College Review. NY: N.A. Calkins, 1856. 22 pages. 9 x 5.75", printed wrapper. Nature & growth of
colleges, mission. Dampstained, corner chip, G.
$15.00
26(Americana) Storrs, Richard S. (Salter), Jr., 1821-1900. The PURITAN SCHEME of NATIONAL
GROWTH. An Oration delivered before the New England Society in the City of New York,
December 21st, 1857. NY: John F. Trow, Printer, 1858. 47 pages. 9 x 5.75", printed wrapper. 'With
affect Regards of R.S.S. Jr' on wrap. Puritan influence on spiritual life of nation. Creased, marginal
damping, else VG.
$15.00
27(Americana) Swaim, Benjamin. The MAN of BUSINESS or Every Man's Law Book: showing How
to Execute Properly all Deeds & Writings Obligatory, with Approved Forms & Precedents Suited to
Every Class of Cases According to Modern Practice. Interspersed with Legal Advice, Useful
Statistics, Tables for Reference, Improving Anecdotes, Scientific Questions, &c. The Whole
Intended to Form a Book of Convenient Reference; & Safe Guide to all Classes in the Community
whether Public Officers or Private Citizens. Vol. II, (Nos. I-XII). October, 1834- (October 183)5.
Greensborough, N.C.: William Swaim, Printer, (#3-12: R.J. West Printer), 1834. 432 pages. 6.5 x
4.25", leather, black spine label. Second volume of monthly periodical. Worn, foxed, damped, light
edge rodent damage, shaken, fair.
$100.00
28(Americana) The Glenwood Hot Springs Company, Proprietor; The Hotel Colorado Company,
Lessee; E.E. Lucas, Manager. HOTEL COLORADO, GLENWOOD HOT SPRINGS, COLORADO,
in the Heart of the Rocky Mountains. The Great Health Resort of America. (Promotional booklet).
W.F. Hall Printing Company, Chicago, no date, ca 1895? (text). 24 pages. Small railroad map,
halftones of exterior, corridors, music, dining, ball rooms, arbor, office, rotunda, stairs, Vapor Cave
Baths, bath house & pool, court, Yampah Hot Spring, trout catch, polo players, club house, hunter
& elk, deer, Valley of Grand River, Taylor State Road, playground, Shoshone & Bridal Veil Falls,
Hanging Lake. 8.5 x 6", red & pale green printed wrapper. Wrap trifle rubbed, soiled, VG.
$75.00
29(Americana) Thompson, Joseph P. (Parrish), 1819-1879. STRAY MEDITATIONS; or Voices of the
Heart, in Joy & Sorrow. NY: A.S. Barnes & Co, 1852. Copyright 1852. 228 pages. Engraved
frontispiece portrait after E. White Daguerreotype. 7.5 x 5", blind & gold stamped red cloth. Home
(Greenland, New Hampshire), Ennui, Sister's Grave (poem), Child Dead (son), Thinking Too Much,
Troubled Thoughts, Divine Consolation. Tips frayed, spine chips, cloth soiled, bit foxed, G.
$15.00
30(Americana) Trumbull, Truman. The NEW YANKEE DOODLE; being an Account of the Little
Difficulty in the Family of Uncle Sam. NY: Wm. Oland Bourne, 1868. 341 pages, 2p publisher
prospectus. 7.5 x 5", purple cloth, gold spine lettering. Bookplate Charles H. Bell, 1823-1893.
Footnoted epic Civil War poem featuring Jeff, Abe & Sambo. Library marks, tips worn, cloth
spotted, text clean, tight, G.
$25.00
31(Americana) Wise, John M., Worshipful Master, Moosehillock Lodge, No. 63, A.F. & A.M., Warren,
NH. ORIGIN and DEVELOPMENT of FREEMASONRY. Address at Saint John the Baptist service,
December 19, 1915, Methodist Episcopal Church, Warren, NH. Published by Rev. W.A. Loyne,
Chaplain, Moosehillock Lodge & authorized by Lodge, February, 1916, Warren News Press. 10
pages. 8.75 x 6", printed wrapper. Owner name, VG.
$10.00
32(Amusements) Le Commandeur Cazeneuve (Bernard Marius Cazeneuve, 1839-1913), Beethoven
Hall, Boston. GRAND SOIREES of PRESTIDIGITATION and ANTI-SPIRITUALISTIC SEANCES,
by Le COMMANDEUR CAZENEUVE, commencing Thursday evening, Dec. 7. Science, Ancient &
Modern, Foreknowledge, Cartomancia, Illusions, History, Mathematics, Dictalogical Subtleties,
Wonders of Memory, Assyrian, Chinese & Chaldean Magic, Chemistry, Mechanism, Astronomy. A
Biographical Sketch, Repertoire of Le Commandeur's Original Inventions, General Programme.
(Promotional leaflet). L.F. Lawrence & Co, Printers, no date, post 1866 (text). (4) pages.
Advertisements, engraving of Chickering & Sons Piano-forte Manufactory, Boston. Folded slip, 8 x
6.5". Creased, rubbed, G.
$35.00
33(Amusements) Shea, James J. as told to Charles Mercer. IT'S ALL in the GAME. (Biography of
Milton Bradley). NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons, copyright 1960. 284 pages, 14p indices, chronology
inserted. Illustrations of Bradleys, Milton Bradley Company presidents, factories, kindergarten gifts,
Game of Life, croquet, Zoetrope, Myrioptican, color wheel, Tiddledy Winks. 8 x 5.5", cloth, no dj.
Signed author presentation: 'To my good friend John W. Hurd, with all good wishes for the future,
James J. Shea (Jim), August 24, 1960'. Owner sticker, 2 short underlinings, else VG/none.
$15.00
34(Anarchy) Clarke, James Freeman, 1810-1888. ANARCHY and LAW. Sermons of James
Freeman Clarke. Boston: Geo. H. Ellis, 1896. (16) pages. Stapled booklet, 7.75 x 5.25". Apologia
for law & order, condemns anarchy, German import, notes Tocsin, Truth, Die Freiheit, Prudhon,
Bakunin, Marx, Haymarket riot, Michigan, Arkansas lawlessness, Anthony Burns. VG.
$15.00
35(Architecture) Armstrong Cork Products Company, Floor Division, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
ARMSTRONG'S LINOLEUM, Quaker, Standard Rugs & Piece Goods, Linowall. PATTERN BOOK.
1937. 375 pages. Color illustrations of linoleum designs, interiors. 8 x 5.5", brown lettered cloth.
Cover rubbed, faint edge damping, trifle shaken, endsheet marks, else VG.
$50.00
36(Architecture) C.M. White Iron Works, Boston, Massachusetts. ORNAMENTAL STRUCTURAL
and CAST IRON. (Illustrated catalog). No date, ca 1930? 32 pages. Illustrations of manhole, sewer
& cesspool grates & frames, catch basin trap, sidewalk door, strainers, floor grid plates, drain traps,
car wash interior, water saver, dampers, cleanout door, waste burner, chimney scrolls, boiler door,
coal windows, lally column, joist hanger, stable stall guards, manger, hay rack, horse & arrow
weather vanes, gutter, water troughs, sink. 9.5 x 6.25", embossed wrapper. VG.
$40.00
37(Architecture) Green, Burdett & Bernard C. Jakway. The STORY of AMERICAN WALNUT. Tenth
edition. American Walnut Manufacturers Association, Chicago, (1942 - printer code). 40 pages.
Halftones, few color, furniture, interiors, paneling, piano, carvings, casket. 11 x 8.5", printed
wrapper. Cover rubbed, centerfold detached, else VG.
$15.00
38(Architecture) Howarth Reversible Sash Center Company, Detroit, Michigan. HOWARTH'S
REVERSIBLE SASH CENTERS. Illustrated Catalogue & Price List of 1909. 32 pages. Large
illustrations of window hardware, windows, installation diagrams. 9 x 6", printed wrapper. Wrap
trifle rubbed, corner chip, VG.
$25.00
39(Architecture) Jennings, Arthur Seymour. HOUSE PAINTING and DECORATION: A Popular
Guide. London: Thomas Tofts, 1912. Preface: 1912. 182 pages, advertisements for paints,
supplies, Small illustrations of brushes, graining tools, graining. 8.5 x 5.5", gold lettered red cloth.
Cover corners chipped, cover soiled, inner hinges pulled, edge tear, bit toned, G.
$25.00
40(Architecture) Keene Screen Company, Keene, New Hampshire. OUR BUSINESS: SCREENING
HOUSES to ORDER. (Catalog). Sentinel Printing Co., no date, ca 1900? (16) pages. 3 illustrations,
sections, screen, hardware. 6 x 3.5", printed wrapper. Rubbed, soiled, splitting, fair.
$10.00
41(Architecture) Knoblock, Philip G.. preface by Thomas Hastings. GOOD PRACTICE in
CONSTRUCTION. The Pencil Points Library. NY: Pencil Points Press, copyright 1923. viii,52
plates. Construction drawings, plans, elevations, chimneys, doorways, windows, stairs, stone, terra
cotta, roofing, plumbing, elevator, fireplaces, plaster, panelling, mantel, kitchen cabinets, French
door, bank vault, porch, lettering. 12 x 9", cloth spine, printed paper boards. Rubberstamp Edward
Slavinsky, Linden, N.J. Cover worn, endsheet loose, text toned, shaken, G.
$25.00
42(Architecture) Massachusetts Building Commissioners & Inspectors Association, Boston,
Massachusetts. OFFICAL PUBLICATION. 1948. 328 pages. Advertisements, builders, supplies. 9
x 6", cloth, no dj. Charter members, officers, members, laws, board of fire protection, elevators &
escalators, capacities, stairs, exits, lighting, chimneys, sheathing, construction, theatres, schools,
tents, movies, city & town building department rosters. Cover spotted, text VG/none.
$15.00
43(Architecture) Plummer, Peter W. The CARPENTERS' and BUILDERS' GUIDE, Being a Hand-
Book for Workmen, also a Manual of Reference for Contractors, Builders, etc. Third edition.
Portland: Hoyt, Fogg & Breed, Publishers, 1872. Copyright 1869. 72 pages. 4 plates. 8 x 5", cloth
spine, printed paper boards. Estimates, drafting, cuts, stair rails, measures, contract, glossary. Tips
frayed, bit worn, soiled, toned, G.
$35.00
44(Architecture) Sears, Roebuck & Company, Chicago, Illinois. HONOR-BILT MODERN HOMES.
1930. (Catalog). 130 pages, illuatrated folding testimonial sheet, return envelope inserted. Sepia &
color illustrations of homes, garages, floorplans, construction details, hardware, lighting, built-ins,
millwork, kitchen, fireplaces, entries, factory, production, officers. 11 x 8.5", color wrapper. Insert
splitting, wrap trifle rubbed, edge nick, short split, VG.
$75.00
45(Architecture) Southern Cypress Manufacturers Association, New Orleans, Louisiana &
Jacksonville, Florida. 'WHAT IT IS'. U.S. Government Report on Cypress. (Department of
Agriculture, Forest Service - Bulletin Number 95, June 30, 1911.) Together with List of Volumes
covering the many uses for which Cypress is actually the best wood grown, & so proven by the
records. Fourteenth edition. Cypress Pocket Library Vol. 1. January, 1920. 44 pages. 5.5 x 3.25",
embossed red wrapper. VG.
$15.00
46(Architecture) The Canton Manufacturing Company, Canton, Ohio. EAVES TROUGH,
CONDUCTOR PIPE, ELBOWS and SHOES, HANGERS, GALVANIZED and PAINTED ROOFING
and SIDING of all kinds, Conice, Skylights, Finials, Ventilators, &c, Tin Plate, Solder, &c. Catalogue
& Price List. Fifth edition. No date, ca 1910? 120 pages, 3p index. Illustrations of gutter &
downspout, hangars, ridging, roofing, corrugated sheets, awning, siding, ceiling, cresting, finials,
weathervanes, window & door caps, cornice, bay window, storefront, &c. 9 x 6", printed wrapper.
Lightly damped, G.
$75.00
47(Architecture) The Radford Architectural Company, Chicago, Illinois. The RADFORD IDEAL
HOMES. One Hundred House Plans. Ninth edition. October, 1905. 109 pages, 1p index, 10p
publisher advertisements. Period perspective drawings signed Wm H. Schroeder, Archt, few
halftones, floorplans, storefront, pair of churches, stable, lumber warehouse. 10.5 x 7.5", pictorial
cloth. Cover rubbed, soiled, hinges loose, text shaken, 1 leaf torn, no loss, few smudges, G.
$100.00
48(Architecture) The Radford Architectural Company, Riverside, Illinois. THE RADFORD
AMERICAN HOMES. 100 House Plans. Copyright 1903. 255 pages. Drawings & floorplans. 8 x
6.5", black, white & green stamped pictorial cloth. Signature John A. Kouwenhoven, rubberstamp
William Halley, Yonkers, N.Y., 'Architects: J.W. Ashby, Wm. H. Scroeder' in pencil. Board corner
chewed, cloth soiled, trifle askew, text VG.
$50.00
49(Architecture) Thomas Strahan Company, Chelsea, Massachusetts. WALL PAPER &
DECORATIONS. (Paper sample book). No date, ca 1890? (45) colored paper sheets, stamped
number on each. 5.25 x 8.5", stiff paper, printed label. Company still produces wallpaper. Cover
corners chipped, cover rubbed, 3" strip cut from 3 sheets, 2 cuttings inserted, G.
$75.00
50(Architecture) William B. Moore & Son, Sanitary Plumbers, Boston, Massachusetts. MOORE'S
PERFECTLY ODORLESS SANITARY WATER CLOSET. (Advertising leaflet). 1880 testimonials.
(4) pages. 3 small engravings, section of porcelain water closet, mechanisms. Folded sheet, 8 x
4.75". Printed address lined-out, '4 + 6 Friend St' in manuscript. VG.
$15.00
51(Art) Canadian Pacific Steamship Company & Stanley F. Turner, 1883-1953. The DANCE Around
the World. Souvenir Presented to passengers on the Round the World Cruise of the Canadian
Pacific Empress of Scotland, Dec. 2, 1926 - April 12, 1927. Oriental Block Prints by Stanley F.
Turner, O.S.A. (Portfolio of prints). 6 color prints, 7.5 x 6", tipped onto textured papers 11 x 8",
dancers of India, Java, China, Japan, Egypt, Hawaii. Paper board portfolio, 11 x 9", printed labels,
cloth ties. Spine chipped, boards bit rubbed, prints fine.
$100.00
52(Art) G.G. [George Gardner] Fish, 1822-1906. CHILDHOOD. From the original by G.G. Fish.
Published by John P. Soule, Boston, copyright 1865. 5.25 x 3.75" albumen photograph of painting
of child holding flower for butterfly, landscape background, 8 x 6" stiff paper mount with printed
caption. Mount bit toned, surface bug damage, photo fine.
$25.00
53(Art) Loring, Paule (Stetson) (1899-1968); Nathan C. Fuller, editor. Paule LORING'S MARINE
SKETCH BOOK. First edition. Rockland: Maine Profiles, copyright 1964. 56 pages. 25 marine
drawings with facing caption, boats, boatyards, lobster shacks, lighthouses, Maine, Massachusetts,
Martha's Vineyard, Rhode Island, Connecticut. 7 x 10.5", printed stiff paper, plastic comb. "'It was
fun' Loring '64, Castine, Me" inside upper cover. Cover spotted, text VG.
$25.00
54(Art) Milne-Henderson, Patricia, essay. The DRAWINGS of GEORGE ROMNEY. An Exhibition
Held from May to September 1962 at the Smith College Museum of Art Northampton Mass. 1000
copies, Metcalf Printing, Northampton. (52) pages. 110 Catalog entries. 39 plates by Meriden
Gravure. 6 x 9", marbled paper boards, paper label. Cover rubbed, text VG.
$10.00
55(Art) Museum of Art of Ogunquit, Maine. 1954 EXHIBITION, July 1 - September 12. [Card]. 7.25 x
5.25". Works by Winslow Homer, American sculptors & painters. VG.
$10.00
56(Art) The Medici Society of America, Boston, Massachusetts. The MEDICI PRINTS. (Catalog). 68
pages, 4p Supplement A + 8p July 1, 1922 Revised Price List inserted. Many small illustrations of
reproductions of paintings. 7.25 x 4.5", printed wrapper. VG.
$15.00
57(Art) The Parker Galleries, London; Captain Harry Parker, preface. The HOUSE of PARKER,
Picture Dealers. Bi-Centenary, 1750 to 1950. LOOKING BACK 200 YEARS. 33 pages. Illustrations
of Parkers, galleries, documents, London. 11 x 9", printed wrapper, blue cord. Cover rubbed, VG.
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58(Astronomy) Burnap, Uzziah C. The YOUTH'S ETHEREAL DIRECTOR; or a Concise & Familiar
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& Delineation of Eclipses. Designed for the use of schools & academies; & especially for such
young ladies & gentlemen, as are unacquainted with the higher reaches of the mathematicks.
Middlebury: Printed by J.W. Copeland, 1822. 95 pages, 1p Contents. 2 engraved plates
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DEFECTIVE: LACKING part of folding plate, 1 leaf (11-12), part of leaf (13-14), 2 leaves torn,
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$35.00
59(Automotive) March Supplement to the 1946 BRANHAM AUTOMOBILE REFERENCE BOOK
showing the Type of Body & Weight of Each Type, also giving Serial & Motor Numbers by Model &
Year, with actual N.A.C.C. & S.A.E. Horse Power Rating, Cubic Inch Displacement & Bore & Stroke
in Inches, the Factory Advertised Price of Passenger Cars, & the Factory List Price on Trucks &
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pages, order blank. Small halftones of commercial trucks, trailers. 6.5 x 4.75", printed wrapper. VG.
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60(Automotive) Allen Electric & Equipment Company, Kalamazoo, Michigan. ALLEN EQUIPMENT
for TESTING - SERVICING Both 6 & 12-Volt Systems. Allen Electronic Uni-tuner. (4 promotional
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analyzers, syncrographs, generator & electric servicers, testers. 17 x 21.5" sheet folding to 8.5 x
11", illustrations of Uni-tuner. 11 x 8.5" sheet, illustration of New Model E-1260 Uni-tester. 11 x 8.5"
sheet, July 30, 1954 letter on letterhead to Podlenski Brothers, Northfield, MA. Creased, VG.
$15.00
61(Automotive) Dyke, A.L. DYKE'S AUTOMOBILE and GASOLINE ENGINE ENCYCLOPEDIA. The
Elementary Principles, Construction, Operation & Repair of Automobiles, Gasoline Engines &
Automobile Electric Systems; including Trucks, Tractors, Motorcoaches, Automotive Diesel
Engines, Aircraft Engines & Motorcycles. Twenty-first edition. Chicago: Goodheart-Willcox Co,
1949. xxxvi,1244 pages, 118p Addenda. Illustrated, folding sheets. 9.75 x 6.75'', cloth, dj. Dj
chipped, torn, worn, 1 folding sheet bit soiled, worn from mis-fold, else VG/fair.
$35.00
62(Automotive) Hobbs, George W., University of Wisconsin & Ben G. Elliott, University of Nebraska.
The GASOLINE AUTOMOBILE. Prepared in Extension Division, University of Wisconsin. First
edition, ninth impression. Engineering Education Series. 'The Stewart Automobile School, New
York' added to titlepage & upper board. NY: McGraw-Hill Book Company, copyright 1915. xiii,259
pages. 253 illustrations of cars, engines, fuel system, electronics, chassis, gears, wheels, tires. 9 x
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64(Automotive) Texaco. FLORIDA. (Roadmap). 18 x 28" sheet folding to 9 x 4". Color Rand McNally
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65(Automotive) The Automobile Association, London. ROAD MAP of SCOTLAND. No date, ca
1935? 20.5 x 17.5" sheet folding to 7 x 4.5". Map by Edingurgh Geographical Institute & John
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services. VG.
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66(Automotive) The Automobile Legal Association, Boston, Massachusetts. ALA AUTOMOBILE
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69(Bates College) Bates College, Lewiston, Maine. BATES COMMENCEMENT CONCERT at Music
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Portraits of Kneisell Quartette, Temple Quartet, President George C. Chase, Professor J.Y.
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$15.00
70(Bates College) Bates College, Lewiston, Maine. PRIZE DECLAMATIONS. The Class of 1912,
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71(Binding) Maunder, Samuel & John Inman, editor. The HISTORY of the WORLD: comprising a
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Complete History of the United States to the Present Time. In two volumes. NY: Henry Bill, 1860.
772 + 772 pages, publisher advertisements. 3 folding color plates: flags, Battles of Sebastopol,
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72(Blind) Coon, Nelson, Librarian & Curator, Perkins Institution & Massachusetts School for the
Blind. The PLACE of the MUSEUM in the EDUCATION of the BLIND. American Federation for the
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73(Books About Books) Bureau of Collections, The Stationers Board of Trade, No. 133 Nassau
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74(Books About Books) A.D. Worthington & Company, Publishers, Hartford, Connecticut. N.B.-
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77(Books About Books) C.L. Derby, Actuary, Cosmopolitan Art Association, New York.
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78(Books About Books) Cheney, Ednah D. The STORY of the ALCOTTS. (Condensed from Ednah
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Alice Barber Stephens illustration from 'Little Women'. 3p publisher list. 8 x 5", printed wrapper,
halftone of Orchard House, Concord. Cover trifle soiled, rubbed, VG.
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79(Books About Books) Clifford K. Shipton, foreword; Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston.
SOME EARLY MASSACHUSETTS BROADSIDES: A Massachusetts Historical Society Picture
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17th + 18th century broadsides. 11 x 8.5", printed wrapper. VG.
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80(Books About Books) Hood, George, 1807-1882. A HISTORY of MUSIC in NEW ENGLAND: with
Biographical Sketches of Reformers & Psalmists. Boston: Wilkins, Carter & Co, 1846. Copyright
1846. Printed by Freeman & Bolles, Boston. 252 pages, 3p Testimonials. 7 x 4.5", blind stamped
blue cloth, gold spine title. Credits Oliver Holden, Nahum Mitchell, John Pierce, Massachusetts
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81(Books About Books) Hopkins, George M.; Munn & Company, Publishers, New York. Just Out.
EXPERIMENTAL SCIENCE by George M. Hopkins. 17th edition, revised & enlarged. 840 pages,
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the reading public a series of Romances, Sketches, Essays, &c. [Promotional broadsheet]. Times
Job Press-Roberts & Farwell, Printers, Boston, no date, ca 1850. 10 x 10". Advertisement for
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