A Few Good Books
philosophical journey
Springfield: G. & C. Merriam, 1832. 52 pp. Brown applied printed cover, full text, no separated chapters. A Description of travel to Old Babylon and the philosophical journey taken. OCLC, July 2016-1 4 1/2" x 3" wear on cover, foxing throughout, inscribed.
Price: $80.00
drawing
London: E. Gambart and Co., n. d., ca. mid 1800. Original publisher cover, rebound in red covered board, heavy stock paper. The first 8 pages have dual pictures-the first a semi complete illustration and the second a completed form, the remaining pages are full page. 6 1/4" x 9 1/2".....
Price: $50.00
photographs, babies, humor
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1950. unpaginated. Printed paper cover, black and white photographs throughout, multiple photographers. A collection of black and white humorous photographs of babies interspersed with question. A question is posed and the photograph to follow creates a funny depiction of what the baby may be thinking.....
Price: $22.00
Athletic club, Physical education, training
Boston: Fields, Osgood & Co, 1869. 215 page book, with gilt stamped covers. Twelve essays written on the subject of 'physical culture'. First appeared as articles in the Herald of Health Journal. While it might have first have been indended to be essays on 'physical culture' these articles have snowballed.....
Price: $60.00
juvenile fiction, children's conduct
Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1854. 152 pp. Embossed cloth cover,gilt spine, frontispiece, 2 illustrated plates, Little Anna Series. Chapters include Daisy Valley and its Inhabitants, Death in the Valley, The Hermit, and Conclusion. OCLC: 4 (11/23/2016) 6" x 4" slight wear and staining on cover, pencil marks on front end.....
Price: $30.00
vatican fashion, vatican history,
n.d. c1850. A 30 page hand colored engraving concertina book. Some with gold enhancement. Each captioned without additional text. Blind stamp cover with original slip case. An attractive little series of illustrations including Sommo Pont ce Nella Notte del S.Natale. S.Padre in Sedia Gestatoria,Cardinale in Cappa Stesa,Cantore Pontificio,Guardia Nobile,and Capitano.....
Price: $325.00
Bibles] [religion
Springfield: G. & C. Merriam, 1844. 1115 pp, 856 for the Old Testament and 259 for the New Testament. Red gilt and blind stamped hard cover, illustrations and 6 plates (2 of which are frontispieces for each testament), three chambers on spine, gilt stamp of praying woman on front and.....
Price: $80.00
religion, Fourth of July
New York: American Tract Society, n.d. 36 pp. Printed soft cover, hand sewn binding, illustrations. Two inscriptions dated 1829 and 1830. Two women, Kitty Potter and Sally Milman, talking of what they will see on the Fourth of July. Sally uses her religious teachings to point out the wrongs that.....
Price: $40.00
bookseller label, bookseller tag, bookshop, library, female society, printing
[1825-1920]. A collection of twenty-two (22) bookseller labels (also called Bookseller Tags) from the 18th and 19th centuries. One of the more unique and largest labels in the collection is from the Female Benevolent and Library Society. This was a small library founded in 1825 by the female members of.....
Price: $425.00
Advertising and promotion, parable, grain, agriculture, Arabian nights
Amsterdam, Holland: Agricultural and Scientific Bureau, N. V. Potash Export MY. [1900]. The Three Brothers is a parable that tells the story of three brothers, Phosphorus, Potash and Nitrogen, who one by one arrive at the city of Kalif and try to end its famine. Eventually the realize they must.....
Price: $85.00
Kate Greenaway
London: George Routledge and Sons. 80 pp. Applied litho cover, 25 in-text illustrations, border imagery throughout, printed in color by Edmund Evans. A listing of flowers and their symbolism along with beautiful illustrations by Kate Greenaway. The last half of book has meanings with the kind of flower and poetry.....
Price: $125.00
literature, publishing, political, advertising
New York, NY: Jefferson Publishing Company, INC, 1919. A tri-fold brochure advertising a newly published book entitled "My Political Trial and Experiences" written by Jeremiah A. O'Leary, who was tried for conspiracy to commit treason under the United States Espionage Act and considered to be an anti-British agitator during WWI.....
Price: $150.00
cartoons, Lucien Metivet
Paris: Juven, 1907. unpaginated. Printed color paper cover, periodical, sketches with quotes. "Les Maitres Humoristes: Les meilleurs Dessins, Les meilleures Legendes" translates to the Comedian Masters; the best drawings, the best legends. Lucien Metivet (1863-1930/32) was a French poster artist, illustrator, cartoonist, and author. A collection of cartoon sketches with.....
Price: $75.00
cartoons, Hermann Paul
Paris: Juven, 1907. unpaginated. Printed color paper cover, periodical, sketches with quotes. "Les Maitres Humoristes: Les meilleurs Dessins, Les meilleures Legendes" translates to the Comedian Masters; the best drawings, the best legends. René Georges Hermann-Paul (1864-1940) was a French artist and illustrator. A collection of cartoon sketches with quotes entirely.....
Price: $45.00
dream interpretation, horoscope, make up, cosmetics, advertising, astrology
Memphis, TN: Plough Chemical Company, 1927. An advertising booklet for Plough Chemical Company, a maker of cosmetics. 32 pp. Pictorial wraps. In addition to advertisements for their various products they also provide the horoscope for each astrological sign, as well as a method of interpreting one's dreams. They list a......
Price: $100.00
art nouveau, song book,
1898. Des Presses de MM. Vanderauwera et De Mme Vve Monnom, Bruxelles. Rebound quarter binding. 47 pp. Deckled page with Art Nouveau influenced decoration. Music and verse for Nuit d'etoiles, Les Papillons, Nuits de Juin, L'Aveu and others. Measures 7 1/4" x 10 1/2"
Price: $425.00
hymns
Philadelphia: American Sunday School Union, c. 1828. 128 pp. Illustrated and printed paper cover, frontispiece, full text. The Hymn Book contains hymns on the categories of creation and providence, redemption, gratitude, prayer, The Scriptures, worship, Lord's day, morning and evening, opening and closing year, for teachers, God's omnipotence, the importance.....
Price: $30.00
Sunday School Visiter Magazine] [Christian education] [Episcopal religion
New York: General Protestant Episcopal Sunday School Union, 1835. 431 pp. Applied marble cover, leather gilt spine, bound volume of Sunday School Visiter magazine, index in front. Monthly magazine, January through December, fully bound. Each month contains articles, miscellany, stories, instruction, reports, and communications. 6 3/4" x 4 1/2" wear.....
Price: $20.00
dictionary] [English language
Glascow: David Bryce and Son, 1892. 386 pp. Red gilt leather cover, frontispiece of Dr. Johnson. Inscribed "bought in Chester England by HCR June/92 cast 36c" Miniature dictionary, definitions are read when book is turned sideways. 2 1/4" x 2" some wear on cover, inscribed.
Price: $75.00
periodical, German
Munich: Polytechnic Association, 1888. 136 pp. Leather with applied marble cover, stamped Franklin Institute on inside cover, mostly text with illustrations of machines and three tables of European isobars. XX. Jahrgang. Neue Folge. 10" x 7" spine loose, wear on cover, loose pages,
Price: $35.00
Noah Webster] [G & C Merriam] [dictionaries
Springfield, MA: G & C Merriam Co., 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 cover, black and white illustrations, photographs, portraits, and copied images, title page is two.....
Price: $15.00
fiction
Berlin: Deutsche Berlags, 1924. 397 pp. illustrated applied cover, brown with red and green image of man with top hat and cane. Text in German, no illustrations, fictional story loosely based on the life of Gisbert von Romberg (Wikipedia). 8" x 5 1/2" German, inscribed.
Price: $15.00
women's history] [suffrage
New York: The Woman's Press, 1923. 139 pp. Blue fabric cover with gilt title, Printed white dust jacket with author's photograph, frontispiece of author. Contents include six chapters entitled; The World at the Crossroads, Christian Patriotism, Women's Service to the Race, Women's Service to Theology, The Law of Life, and.....
Price: $50.00
medical treatments] [indigestion, symptoms and causes
Philadelphia: James Crissy, 1824. 195 pp. Brown leather cover, no illustrations, Fourth Edition with some additional observations. A Treatise on Indigestion contains information and observations relating to the physical ailments. The chapters list the symptoms, causes, treatments of first, second, and third stages of indigestion. 8 3/4" x 5 1/2".....
Price: $35.00