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London and Edinburgh: T. Nelson, Paternoster Roy, 1818. Boards. Near fine. [NON-FICTION] [HOME ARTS]. 32mo (4" x 2 ¾"); 190pp; decoratively blind stamped red boards, gilt -stamped lettering and decoration to spine; pale yellow endpapers, gift inscription dated 1853 on ffep; borders around text on each page; chapter head-pieces; light rubbing to boards, near fine. Not found in OCLC, only the American edition published by Arno Press, NY listed. Publisher's note dated London, Oct. 1835 reads "The present Edition has been neatly got up in the smallest practicable pocket form, with a view of rendering it convenient for the reticule as a PERMANENT COMPANION, AS WELL FOR Mothers as their young Daughters, which, the Publishers are induced to believe will be esteemed a decided improvement.".

New York: Sheldon & Co, 1873. Cloth. Very good +. 12mo; 220pp + [4pp] publisher's ads; green cloth over board, decorative black stamping and title gilt-stamped; ownership in pencil to ffep; b&w frontispiece, pictorial half title; b&w illustrations; light scuffing to corners, light age-toning of paper; very good plus. One volume in the juvenile series of Rollo, a mid-19th century children's book by Jacob Abbott (1803-1879). Abbott was a Mainer, with a busy life as a professor, school founder, pastor of a Congregational church, and author.

Augusta, Maine: E. E. Knowles & Co, 1892. Second Edition. Cloth. Very good. 8vo; 608pp; green stamped cloth over board with decorative banding and gilt stamped title and state seal to front cover, gilt and black stamped decorative spine; owner's signature with dates to free front endpaper and verso frontispiece; frontispiece a photographic illustration of Elwell; illustrated; light scuffing to cover corners and spine head and tail, age toning of pages; very good.

[Washington, D.C.]: 25th Congress, 2d Session [Senate], 1838. Wraps. Very good. [MAP] [GOVERNMENTAL REPORT] Blair & Rivers printers. Fold-out map: Owl's Head Harbor Maine, Aug. 1836, by Lt. Col. S.H. Long, Lieuts. J.F. Cooper, and J.I Donaldson. 16 ½" x 13"; one 1 ½" closed tear to left side where map is bound in. Fold-out map: Chart of Owlshead Harbour and Projections of a Breakwater, Drawn by Y.A. Barton and A.R. Flint,1837. 16 ¼" x 12 ½"; one 1 ½" closed tear to left side where map is bound in; creasing; moderate amount of foxing. Fold-out map: Cobscook Bay Maine, surveyed 1836, by Lt. Col. S.H. Long, Lieuts. J.F. Cooper, and J.I. Donaldson. 16 7/8" x 13 1.4"; one 1 ½" closed tear to left side where map is bound in. 8vo; 13pp; 3 bound in maps; stiff tan wrapper, title written in ink; three staple binding; ink on front wrapper shows splatter damage, light foxing throughout; very good with 2 near fine maps. OCLC locates this in 5 libraries. The safety of navigation up and down the east… Read More

New York: G. Howard Watt, Publisher, 1934. Cloth. Near fine. Josephine Z. RINE, illustrations and R.W.TAUSKEY, photographs. [NATURAL WORLD] [ANIMALS]. Josephine Z. RINE, illustrations. R. W. TAUSKEY, photographs. 8vo; 191pp; brown glazed cloth over board, gilt stamped title and author, fox terrier portrait vignette to front; red stained top; 16 b&w photographic illustrations on glazed plates; b&w illustrations in text; light shelf wear to boards; near fine. An in-depth discussion of the fox terrier breed of dogs by the author, accompanied by photographs from R.W. Tauskey, the Official Photographer of the American Kennel Club. Tauskey's work was well known within breeder and owner circles. The photographs in this volume are of Champion does with the dog name and owner noted in their titles. A book for the lover of the breed, or those looking to purchase and train fox terriers.

Boston: Robinson, Greene & Co, 1860. Wraps. Very good. 8vo; 39, [1]pp + [12] advertising; pictorial printed tan wrapper, advertisements to rear; publisher's string binding; wood engraved illustrations; light soiling to wrapper, chipping and small closed tears, one 2" closed tear to bottom front wrapper, cracking of wrapper over spine but holding; very good minus. None held in WorldCat libraries for 1860, and few for other years. Several stories, poems, a dramatic reading or drama titled, "Lunaria, or the Visitor From the Moon", and set in verse. Also, a musical score with words and 12 pages of advertisements plus both inside wrappers. The ongoing feature article, Young Philosopher, by W.T. Adams, discusses hot air balloons and features vignette illustrations of a hot air balloon and Niagara Falls. Advertisements are not limited to the usual of a juvenile periodical, more juvenile books, but include one for melodeons and harmoniums, premiums advertised for submitting names for subscriptions,… Read More

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1954. Boards. Fine/very good +. Charles ADDAMS. [HUMOR]. First printing. 4to; 90pp; quarter-bound in pink linen over black board, author's signature stamped in black on front, lettering in black on spine; grey faux-linen paper on front pastedown, color cartoon of butterfly chasing a man on the ffep; owner's bookplate on front pastedown; vignette on title page; 90 full-page cartoons with text in b&w; color cartoon on rear fep; unclipped color pictorial dustjacket with the Addam's family on the front, rubbing to spine, chip to top edge; fine in very good plus dj. Charles Addams (1912-1988) was an American cartoonist and humorist whose work was often published in the New Yorker magazine. Some of his recurring characters became well known through both television and screen as the Addams Family.

[New York]: Windmill Books, Inc, 1967. Boards. Very good +/very good +. Charles ADDAMS. [HUMOR] [CARTOON]. Distributed by Harper & Row. 4to; [54]pp; aqua-colored cloth over board, lettering in black on spine; navy eps; title page printed in black and navy; every page illustrated with cartoons and text both b&w and color; top and bottom edges rubbed; color pictorial dustjacket, bottom front flap clipped, price of $4.95 on top flap corner, marked out with pen and discounted to $1.49, chipping to spine and top edge, scuffed and lightly soiled rear panel; very good plus in very good dj. Charles Addams (1912-1988) was an American cartoonist and humorist whose work was often published in the New Yorker magazine. Some of his recurring characters became well known through both television and screen as the Addams Family. In this book, he illustrates classic Mother Goose Rhymes with his weirdly dark humor.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1960. First Edition. Boards. Fine/very good. [CARTOONS]. First edition. 4to; 96pp; glazed black boards, silver-stamped facsimile author signature to front; orange cloth shelf-back with black lettering; color illustrated free endpapers, glazed black pastedowns; page edges lightly age-toned; unclipped color pictorial dust jacket, chipping to foot of spine and tears to rear panel; fine in very good dj. Another darkly humorous collection of Charles Addams' cartoons. Addams (1912-1988) was an American cartoonist and humorist whose work was often published in the New Yorker magazine. Some of his recurring characters became well known through both television and screen as the Addams Family.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1964. First Edition. 1/4 cloth. Near fine/very good +. First edition. 4to; 88pp; quarter-bond in white cloth with olive green boards, facsimile signature to front; mustard-colored endpapers; b&w cartoon illustrations with captions; light horizontal crease to front board paper; clipped color pictorial dust jacket, light chipping to top and bottom edge; clean and tight; near fine in very good plus dj. Charles Addams (1912-1988) was a well-known American 20th century cartoonist, whose work regularly appeared in the The New Yorker magazine, as well as Collier's and TV Guide. The recurring cartoons of a family soon became known as the Addams Family, and eventually found their way to both television and then to movies.

Augusta, Maine: Maine Aeronautics Commission, State Airport, 1940. Near fine. 12mo; [4pp]; one leaf, vertical fold; green and black ink with relief printed vignette of an airplane to front; light creasing to corners; near fine. Blurbs on the Aeronautics Commission, Airfields, Safety, Legislation and Education for the Air Age.

Portland, Maine: Afternoon Guild of State Street Congregational Church, 1954. Comb-style plastic wraps. Very good. 8vo; 41 [8]pp; glazed pictorial wrapper; black plastic comb-style binding; illustrated; community ads; light wear to wrappers; very good. Community style cookbook from Portland, Maine containing advertising from local merchants.

Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1871. cloth. Very good. [FICTION] [WOMAN AUTHOR]. Cambridge: Press of John Wilson and Son. First American edition, first issue. 16mo; [i-viii], [1]-376pp; purple cloth over board, title and author gilt-stamped in a frame on front and spine; brown endpapers; Sig. mark 1; [4]pp publisher's ads; fp with tissue guard plus 3 inserted plates; sunning to spine, lightly cocked forward, shelf-soiling on upper edge; very good. BAL 167. One of the sequels to Little Women written by American novelist, Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888). Motivated to write at an early age to assist with family financial support, Alcott also wrote under the pen name A.M. Barnard. This story follows Jo one of the March girls from the Little Women story, her husband German Professor Friedrich Bhaer, and the students at their school, Plumfield Estate.

Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1886. Cloth. Very good +. [JUVENILE] [FICTION] [WOMAN AUTHOR]. John Wilson and Son, Cambridge, University Press. First edition, second state on thinner paper. 16mo; 365 [1]pp + [18]pp publisher's ads; decorated green cloth over board, gilt-stamped lettering; green floral patterned eps; fp is author's portrait with facsimile signature on glazed paper with tissue guard; edges and corners rubbed; very good plus. (BAL 211).

London: Eyre & Spottiswoode Limited, 1927. First Edition. cloth. Very good +. Cecil Alden. First edition. 4to; vii [iii] 116 [1]pp followed by the printer's device on recto; gilt stamped light brown cloth over board with a dog portrait laid-in a frame, spine gilt stamped; tan endpapers; bookplate to front pastedown; 2 inserted full-page color plates; illustrated frontispiece and title page, illustrations throughout text; light foxing to bookplate and through p. vii, p [117] and rear flyleaf, light scuff to cover corners; very good plus. Cecil Aldin was a British writer and illustrator who may be best known for his dog stories. This book was written for a juvenile audience and gives instructions on owning, training, and showing dogs. Aldin's bull terrier, Cracker, appears on the front cover illustration. BOOKPLATE: The front pastedown contains the bookplate of [Major] Clive Behrens (1871-1935), a member of the British Royal Legion and listed as a Breeder in The Hunter Stud Book, Vol. IX, 1921.… Read More

Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1877. First Edition. Cloth. Near fine. First edition. 12mo; 148 [1]pp; gilt stamped green cloth over board; publisher's monogram at foot of spine, wove paper flyleaves; brown endpapers; ownership on front fly dated Dec. 25, 1876; light shelf scuffing to cover; near fine. First state, BAL 289. Aldrich (1836-1907), a New Englander, was the long time editor of The Atlantic Monthly.

New York: General Food Corporation, 1933. Second Edition. Cloth. Very good. Second edition. 8vo; 144pp; plaid cloth over board with title and contents stamped on ribbon onlay to front cover; illustrated with both black and white and color photographs; light soiling to cover; very good.

Philadelphia: Weber Print, 1915. Wraps. Near fine. Ryan WALKER (?). [POLITICS] [U.S. SOCIALIST PARTY.] Cover title: Jo-Ben's Uncle Sam. Come on Fellow Citizens, We've Another Job On Hand, Price 10 cts. 12mo (7 3/8" x 4 ½"); 31, [1]pp; relief printed pictorial wrapper in red and navy, a poem on rear wrapper; 2 staple binding; light vertical crease; near fine. None located in OCLC. Scarce. Joseph B. Allen of Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, is listed as a member of the 1915 National Committee of the Socialist Party of America. (The American Socialist, Vol. 1, No. 36, March 20, 1915.) The booklet presents the argument for socialism as a dialogue between a Citizen and Uncle Sam. In an orderly manner, Uncle Sam argues for socialism and against capitalism. One concern raised by Citizen is socialism interference in religious practice. Uncle Sam reassures Citizen and used "the Brigham Young-Smoot idea of marriage" practiced in Mormonism as an example. A poem by Charles Williams is printed on the rear wrapper, and… Read More

No place listed: No publisher listed, 1884. Leather bound. Very good. [PHOTO ALBUM]. Folio; 64 cream-colored mat board leaves; three-quarters black pebbled-leather over dark green textured cloth, gilt-stamped title to front board, beveled edges; 5 raised band spine, blind-stamped ornaments, gilt-stamped date "1884"; all edges gilt; gray marbled endpapers; 161 albumen and collotype photographs mounted on cream-colored mat board, some signed, sizes vary from the smallest, 3" x 4" to largest 7" x 9", although most are in a mid-range of about 3 ½" x 5"; laid in is a 10pp manuscript with photograph descriptions corresponding to the hand-numbered mat boards; five mat boards have been removed as evidenced by the skip in pagination from the small pencil numbering of pages in the upper right corner, and from the owner's written listing of images; scuffing to boards, a few finger smudges, one photograph with a creased edge; very good. A large photography album of natural scenery, street scenes, buildings and… Read More

Memphis, TN: Wimmer Brothers Books, 1980. Stiff wraps. Very good +. Elizabeth BAILEY. 8vo; 206pp; stiff glazed color pictorial wrapper, lobster boat to front and waterfall to rear; blue plastic comb binding with title stamped in white; text printed in blue with small vignette of a lobster boat; light shelf-wear, scratch to rear wrapper; very good plus. Not found in any WorldCat library. Community style cookbook, recipes listed with their contributors and town. A few extra recipes added in neat ink.