A Few Good Books
elocution, recitations, readers, education
New York: Mark H Newman, 1835. 304pp, leather covers. The full title of this book is 'The Rhetorical reader : Consisting of Instructions for Regulating the Voice, with a Rhetorical Notation, Illustrating Inflection, Emphasis, and Modulation, and a Course of Rhetorical Exercises.' This is the two hundred and twentieth Edition.....
Price: $25.00
missions, California, Native Americans, historical memorabilia, a few good books, social & cultural, religion
San Francisco, CA: I. N. Choynski, 1875. A short book that glorifies the "Padres", the priests, who came over with the Spaniards and set up Missions in the New World. The book specifically deals with the missions built in California, and how their influence has waned since it was ceded.....
Price: $150.00
California, tourism, travel, San Francisco, farallon island
New York: Charles Scribner's Son, 1910. 219 pp, green gilt stamped cloth over board covers with applied litho. B&W illustrations and plates, 68 in total. This is a travel tourism book for the state of California. The author asserts that "California possesses many of the charms that we are accustomed.....
Price: $110.00
American poetry
New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1928. 56 pp. Red applied cover, silver embossed title, first edition, number 53 of 100 sale copies, signed by author. A selection of poems by the author written over a ten year span. 9 3/4" x 6 1/2" some wear on edges, first edition signed.....
Price: $50.00
Victorian cards, Christmas
London: Odhams Press Limited. 44 pp. Color applied printed cover, frontispiece, images of cards both color and black and white. The story of the Christmas card, when and why they were created along with many examples. Some images are copied from Great Britain's Royal family collection. There is a strong.....
Price: $20.00
Women's History] [trade unions leagues] [dissertations
New York: Columbia University Press, 1942. 283 pp. light green soft printed cover, 8 chapters, 6 appendices, bibliography and citations. "Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of doctor of philosophy in the Faculty of Political Science Columbia University" The book discusses trade union leagues created to.....
Price: $30.00
Promotional Circular, Poetry and Verse
Poughkeepsie, NY: A.V. Haight Co, 1909. A single-fold 6" x 4 1/2 " with deckled edge. Cover illustration features decorative devices, title and author. The inside pages provide a summary of the book and pricing information. The back form includes excerpts from "In Kansas" and "Envoy"
Price: $125.00
periodical, German
Munich: Polytechnic Association, 1887. 186 pp. Leather with applied marble cover, stamped Franklin Institute on inside cover, mostly text with illustrations and plates. XIX. Jahrgang. Neue Folge. 10" x 7" wear on cover,
Price: $35.00
glass painting] [enamel painting
London: Brodie & Middleton, c 1874. 94 pp. Green embossed gilt cover, has both blank and gold text and images, 12 color plates including frontispiece and some illustration among text. Instructions for painting on glass, china, and tile. Includes how to make and apply stain, firing, types of porcelain, and.....
Price: $115.00
natural history, science, microscopes
London: Herbert Ingram and Co, 1855. 457 pp. Green blind embossed gilt cover, frontispiece, illustrated with approximately 500 engravings, 15 plates, 23 pages at the end contain advertising. The book contains information about the microscope and the history, use, directions, and specimens. 9" x 5 1/2" Wear on cover, spine.....
Price: $45.00
clothing and dress] [humor
London: Riddle Book LTD, c. 1945. Illustrated board, pages split horizontally to create multiple images, color illustrations throughout, cover states "patent applied for No. 24053/45" and "may we divide your attention for a moment?" Humorous look at fashion, the book consists of images of dress over time and simple verses.....
Price: $40.00
gardens
San Francisco: Paul Elder & Co., 1906. 72 pp. Printed cloth cover, illustrated end pages, illustrated decorative borders in black and green. A collection of garden related writing, quotes, instructions, and poetry collected by author Haines. 9 1/2" x 6 1/2" wear on cover, some toning.
Price: $50.00
missions, Jews, travel
New Haven: Durrie and Peck, 1830. 384 pp. Leather cover, fold out map at back of book depicting "part of Turkey with Greece" with and inset of "Plan of Constantinople", dedication page to the "Members of the Boston Female Seminary, for the Promotion of Christianity among the Jews", second edition.....
Price: $150.00
fashion and sport, alex krause
London: 1890-1891. Two hardcover bound volumes, large quarto of a weekly publication titled Fashion and Sport. Includes Vol. II - July 3, 1890 to Sept. 25, 1890 and Volume II - Oct. 2, 1890 to Feb. 26, 1891. A comprehensive overview of articles and commentary for the week on matters.....
Price: $650.00
social & cultural, a few good books, science & technology, pathognomy, phrenology, physiognomy
Chicago, IL & New York, NY: Rand McNally & Company, 1920. A book describing the science of Characterology, and more specifically the sciences of pathognomy, phrenology, physiognomy (definitions below), whose full title is: Characterology; An Exact Science Embracing Physiognomy, Phrenology, and Pathognomy, Reconstructed, Amplified and Amalgamated and Including View Concerning.....
Price: $150.00
Victorian children, nister, dutton
London: Ernest Nister, E.P. Dutton. No. 1948. 48 pp. with pictorial litho on board book. In-text and full page gray-tone illustrations throughout. Content includes Kurus: The King of the Cannibal Islands, The Other Carews and The Big Temptation. 6 1/4" x 8 1/2"
Price: $75.00
Early Learning, Folk Art, Love and Friendship
Concord, [NH]: Hill and Moore, 1819. 106 pp. paper on board. Abridgment of Murray's English Grammar, with An Appendix, containing exercises in orthography, in parsing, in syntax, and in punctuation. Designed for the Younger Classes of Learners. The reverse of the title page has a 3" pen and ink and.....
Price: $325.00
Paris: E.P.I.C., 1947. 222 pp. with glassine jacket and original slipcase. Pages uncut. Thirteen (13) full page illustrations, plus in-text illustrations throughout. Vibrant color with strong imagery.
Price: $125.00
humor, families, fiction
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co, 1924. 219 pp. Color Illustrated applied cover over cloth, frontispiece plus two plates, black and white illustrations and color plates by Harold M. Brett, Riverside Bookshelf. A humorous story about a silly family and their adventures. They meet a lady from Philadelphia that fixes the problems.....
Price: $24.00
women's history
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1911. 299 pp. Blue hardcover. Full text with chapters; Introduction, Parasitism (chapters 1, 2, and 3), Woman and War, Sex Differences, and Certain Objection. 7 1/2" x 5" bookplate of John Ward Melville, some pencil checks on pages.
Price: $35.00
friendship books
Hartford, CT: Henry S. Parsons, 1849. 192 pp. Gilt cover, frontispiece, gold edging. The Hare Bell is a modest gift book. Contains numerous verses and poems including "Morn at Sea" "The Floweret" " Epitaphs in Rome" OCLC, June 2016-2. 4 1/2" x 3" light fading on cover, occasional foxing, one.....
Price: $20.00
Noah Webster] [G & C Merriam] [dictionaries
Springfield, MA: G. & C. Merriam, 1947. 106 pp. Subtitle: A Short History of the Original Webster Dictionaries Particular Reference to their First Hundred Years as Publications of G.&C. Merriam Company Springfield, Massachusetts. Gray paper hard cover, black and white illustrations, photographs, portraits, and copied images, title page is two.....
Price: $20.00
Samuel Kilpin] [Samuel Wyke Kilpin
New York: American Tract Society. 156 pp, marbled cover, frontispiece of Kilpin, first 139 pages are Kilpin's memoirs, end chapter is "Some Particulars of Samuel Wyke Kilpin". 6" x 3 3/4" has small sticker labeled "Life of Kilpin, 12 1/2 cts" on spine, foxing throughout.
Price: $25.00
religion, chap books, Sophie "The Scrubwoman" Lichtenfels
New Jersey: Bible,Book and Tract Rooms, 1902. 14 pp. Printed soft cover, stapled. A Telegram message by Sophie, delivered at Hamburg, New Jersey, March 2, 1902. Reported by Pastor H.J. Roberts, copyrighted by Sophie Lichtenfels. Written in a German accent, "De Lord has given me a telegram to deliver to.....
Price: $45.00