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James and the Giant Peach
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James and the Giant Peach

by DAHL, Roald

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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1961. Cloth. Very good/very good. Nancy Ekholm BURKERT. [WOMAN ILLUSTRATOR]. Nancy Ekholm BURKERT, illustrator. First edition, Second state. SBN 394-81282-4 on rear dust jacket panel, "The Book Press" imprint on colophon page. 4to; 118, [2]pp; red cloth over board, blind-stamped wreath around a portrait of a boy on front, gilt-stamped lettering on spine; lime green endpapers, gift inscription on ffep marked out in black marker; illustrations in black and red, including frontispiece; 4 color plates; horizontal crease partially across the front board; clipped color pictorial dust jacket, light chipping to edges; very good in vg dj.
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The Negro in Early American Songsters, Reprinted for private circulation from The Papers of the...
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The Negro in Early American Songsters, "Reprinted for private circulation from The Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America, Vol. XXVIII, Part 2. 1934.

by DAMON, S. Foster

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1934. Wraps. Near fine. [AFRICAN AMERICAN SONGS]. 8vo; 132-163pp [31pp]; stiff light brown wrapper, title printed on the front within a border; 2 staple binding; light shelf wear to wrapper; near fine. An article in praise of American-born music and an examination of the roots of much of this music, especially that which originated in the Black community of enslaved peoples. "The most vigorous American arts are democratic, and have risen from the soil, often against the disapproval of the cultured, who prefer to import or imitate the European arts.".
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Memoires d'une Poupee, Contes Dedies aux Petites Filles par Mlle. Louise D'Aulnay, Cinquieme...

Memoires d'une Poupee, Contes Dedies aux Petites Filles par Mlle. Louise D'Aulnay, Cinquieme edition (5th edition); English translation: Memories of a Doll, Stories dedicated to Little Girls

by D'AULNAY, Mlle. Louise [pseud. Julie GOURAUD]

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Paris: Amedee Bedelet, 1850. Cloth. Very good +. Small 8vo; 188pp; gilt stamped dark brown, blind stamped borders, red and green accents to gilt frame around title on front cover, gilt stamped pictorial to rear cover, spine gilt stamped in elaborate decoration with red and green accents; yellow endpapers; all edges gilt; 12 hand-colored engraved plates with tissue guards including frontispiece, small uncolored engraved illustrations; a few small page spots, back hinge paper cracked but firm, rear free endpaper with old pencil inscription; very good plus. Exuberant gilt cover decorations to this small book with a juvenile audience. The cover and hand-colored plates make this book special.
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Egg Check List and Key to the Nests and Eggs of North American Birds, Second Edition Revised and...
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Egg Check List and Key to the Nests and Eggs of North American Birds, Second Edition Revised and Enlarged with Seven Full-Page Engravings

by DAVIE, Oliver and Theodore JASPER

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Columbus, O.: Hann & Adair, Printers, 1886. Wraps. Very good +. [NATURAL HISTORY]. Cover title: Nests and Eggs of North American Birds 8vo; 184pp; green wrapper with printed red decorative border, title and vignette of nest and egg on front; 7 b&w plates including frontispiece with plate guard; Errata list printed on p180; chipping to rear wrapper & spine, light age toning of pages; very good plus. Seven hundred and sixty-four bird species are noted, some with sub-headings. Seven plates illustrate the text, featuring the birds with their nest and egg. "Classified according to the Nomenclature of North American Birds by Robert Ridgway." The last chapter is devoted to "Collecting and Preserving Birds' Eggs and Nests," a popular pastime for both scientific research and Victorian decorative purposes. Scarce in the marketplace.
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Up in Maine. Stories of Yankee Life Told in Verse
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Up in Maine. Stories of Yankee Life Told in Verse

by DAY, Holman F., C.E. LITTLEFIELD, Introduction

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Boston: Small, Maynard and Company, 1910. Cloth. Near fine. [POETRY]. The University Press, Cambridge, presswork. Eighth edition. 12mo; xv, [i], 209pp; dark green ribbed cloth over board, gilt-stamped lettering and framed vignette of pines on front; gilt-stamped lettering on spine; gift inscription on front pastedown; 6 b&w photographic illustrated plates incl. frontispiece; near fine. Holman Francis Day (1865-1935) was a graduate of Colby College, an author, and editor. This collection of verses was first published in 1900, and memorializes the everyday things of life.
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Skippack School, Being the Story of Eli Schrawder and of one Christopher Dock, schoolmaster about...
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Skippack School, Being the Story of Eli Schrawder and of one Christopher Dock, schoolmaster about the year 1750

by DE ANGELI, Marguerite

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[Garden City, New York]: Junior Books, Doubleday and Company, Inc, 1939. First Edition. Cloth. Near fine/very good. Marguerite DE ANGELI. Marguerite DE ANGELI, illustrator. First edition. 8vo square; [88]pp; glazed brown buckram over board, stamped line drawing of a young boy with a book to front, title and author to spine; yellow pictorial endpapers; pictorial title page; color and b&w illustrations throughout; small crease to bottom corner title page; unclipped color pictorial dust jacket with a price of $2.00 on front flap, rear flap lists other books by the author, light chipping to head and tail of spine, soiling and age-toning of dust jacket; near fine in vg dust jacket. Baumgarten 58. Charming illustrations by the author and illustrator, Marguerite de Angeli (1889-1987). In this book she recounts the historical story of Christopher Dock, a humanist, at the Mennonite School near Skippack, Pennsylvania.
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Turkey for Christmas
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Turkey for Christmas

by De ANGELI, Marguerite

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Philadelphia: The Westminster Press, 1944. Boards. Very good/very good. [HOLIDAY] [WOMAN AUTHOR and ILLUSTRATOR]. First edition. 16mo (6 5/8" x 5 1/8"); [39]pp; peach colored decorated boards, portrait vignette of a woman and child on front, black lettering; color pictorial endpapers; vignette of a turkey on title page; decorative letters and small vignette illustrations in peach; scuffed corners; unclipped color pictorial dust jacket, price of 75 cents on front flap, scuffing to edges, small split at spine head with old tape repair; very good plus in vg dj. Marguerite De Angeli (1889-1987) was an American writer and illustrator who worked in the midst of raising five children and without a quiet studio. She asserted that her art came from the busyness of family life, and her mother's encouragement that she and her siblings could be whatever they wanted to be. Mahony, Folmsbee & Latimer 298. In this Christmas story, a family struggles financially with a child's illness, and providing for… Read More
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Up the Hill
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Up the Hill

by De ANGELI, Marguerite

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Garden City, New York: Junior Books, Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1942. Cloth. Near fine/very good. Marguerite De ANGELI. [WOMAN AUTHOR and ILLUSTRATOR]. Later printing. 8vo square; 88pp; pale green cloth over board, green-stamped vining design with birds on front; color pictorial endpapers; ownership in childish pencil on verso ffep; color portrait of a girl on title page; pronunciation page before first chapter; 9 color and 11 black and white full-page illustrations, other illustrations in text; one page upper edge creased; unclipped color pictorial dust jacket, price of $2.00 on front flap, chipping at edges and spine, lightly age-toned, old tape repairs on verso; near fine in very good minus dj. Marguerite De Angeli (1889-1987) was an American writer and illustrator who worked in the midst of raising five children and without a quiet studio. She asserted that her art came from the busyness of family life, and her mother's encouragement that she and her siblings could be whatever they wanted to be.… Read More
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Alphabet de la Brodeuse, Lettres Chiffres, Monogrammes et Ornements a points comptes suivis d'une...
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Dornach (Alsace, France): Dollfus-Mieg & Co., Société Anonyme, 1890. Wraps. Very good +. [EMBROIDERY] [HOME ARTS]. English: Embroidery Alphabet, Letters, Numbers, monograms and Ornaments with counted stitches followed by a series of examples with transfers for white embroidery, D.M.C. Library. 24mo oblong (5 ½" x 8"); 92 + [25]pp publisher's advertisements; tan textured boards, lettering and border design in red; text in sepia, patterns in color and b&w; 82pp needlework charts followed by 10pp of transfer patterns printed in blue on transfer paper; front board has spotting stains, corners bumped and rubbing to spine, interior clean and tight; very good plus. Thérèse de Dillmont (1846-1890) was perhaps the most important needlearts instructor and author in the 19th century. Born in Austria and educated in embroidery at the school founded by the Empress Maria-Theresa (ruler of the Habsburg dominions), by 1884 she had moved to France and opened a textile school in Dornach. She owned a string of… Read More
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Nursery Rhymes from Japan, The Prancing Pony

Nursery Rhymes from Japan, The Prancing Pony

by DE FOREST, Charlotte B., translator

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New York and Tokyo: Walker/Weatherhill, 1968. First American Edition. Pictorial boards. Fine/very good +. Keiko HIDA. First American edition. 4to; 63pp; color pictorial paper over board, yellow cloth spine; gold endpapers; text with color illustrations; clipped pictorial dust jacket, light chipping at spine; fine in very good plus dj. Lively color reproductions of paper collage-style illustrations with children's rhyming poetry, translated from the Japanese by DeForest.
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History of the Indians of Connecticut from the Earliest Known Period to 1850. Published with the...

History of the Indians of Connecticut from the Earliest Known Period to 1850. Published with the sanction of the Connecticut Historical Society; Map: Connecticut in 1630

by De FOREST, John W.

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Hartford: Wm. Jas. Hamersley, 1851. First Edition. Cloth. Very good. Felix Octavius Carr DARLEY. First edition. 8vo; xxvi, 509pp; blind-stamped border to brown cloth over board, gilt stamped spine; frontispiece is fold-out map; 5 engraved plates; owner's name to front pastedown; scuffing to cover with loss at corners, small splits to cloth at gutters but holding, darkening top edge, 2" split to bottom of one map fold, small hole and creasing to front fly-leaf, a few small spots on pages; very good minus. Important history of native peoples in Connecticut from early European settlement times.
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Pratique de l'Amour envers Jésus-Christ; English translation: The Practice of Love for Jesus Christ
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Pratique de l'Amour envers Jésus-Christ; English translation: The Practice of Love for Jesus Christ

by DE LIGUORY, S. Alphonse-Marie

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Paris: Martial Ardant Frères, Hautefeuille, 14, and Limoges : Martial Ardant Frères, rue des Taules, 1844. First Edition. Leather bound. Near fine. [RELIGION] [FRENCH LANGUAGE] [BINDING]. First edition. (4 5/8" x 3 1/8") ; 287pp ; green Morocco, gilt-ruled blind-stamped double border, scrolling gilt frame to front and rear boards; gilt decorated spine with title in frame; all edges gilt; white moiré doublures; 4 engraved plates with tissue guard, including frontispiece; tailpieces; silk ribbon marker; light scuffing of corners, lightly soiled endpaper edges; near fine. Not found in OCLC. Beautiful small French Christian devotional.
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Moncrif's Cats, Les Chats de Francois
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Moncrif's Cats, Les Chats de Francois

by de MONCRIF, Augustin Paradis. Reginald BRETNOR, translator

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London: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1961. Limited Edition. Cloth. Fine/very good. Poetry. [POETRY] [LETTERS]. Limited edition, number 232 of 400. 4to; 187pp; publisher's alternative half-binding of royal blue cloth with a red overlay; gilt-stamped roundel with the portrait of a cat on front, gilt lettering on front and spine; bottom edge untrimmed; title page printed in black and red; 9 plates and one fold-out historical genealogy reproduced by collotype; publisher's glassine dust jacket, creases and a chip to front corner; fine in a very good plus glassine jacket. A limited edition copy of the translation from the French of Moncrif's ode to cats. Augustin de Moncrif (1687-1770) was the court appointed royal historian of King Louis XV of France. His humorous dissertation written in 1727 titled Histoire des Chats : dissertation sur la prééminence des chats dans la société, sur les autres animaux d'Égypte, sur les distinctions et privilèges dont ils ont joui personnellement, is illustrated with… Read More
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Paul and Virginia, Altemus Edition
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Paul and Virginia, Altemus Edition

by De SAINT-PIERRE, Bernardin

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Philadelphia: Henry Altemus, 28 S. Fourth Street, 1891. Boards. Very good +. Maurice LELOIR. 8vo; 296pp; dark green cloth over board; stamped pictorial, gilt figures and silver flowers on front, decorative spine; all edges gilt; gift inscription to ffep dated 1892; engraved frontispiece and vignette on title page, 11 additional full-page engravings and small illustrations in the text; rubbing to head and tail of spine, and corners; very good plus. Written on the eve of the French Revolution in 1788, the novel takes place on the island of Mauritius. The story is of love between Paul and Virginia, and of the upper class of French society. A biography of the author and a preface precede the story.
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I'm A Dreamer Aren't We All?; From the William Fox Picture Sunny Side Up
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I'm A Dreamer Aren't We All?; From the William Fox Picture "Sunny Side Up

by De SYLVA, B.G., BROWN, Lew, and HENDERSON, Ray

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745 Seventh Ave., New York: De Sylva, Brown, and Henderson Inc, 1929. Ephemera no binding. Very good. 11 3/4" x 9 1/8"; 5 [1]pp; color pictorial front wrapper; ad for Outstanding Song Hits From The William Fox Picture "Sunny Side Up" by B.G. De Sylva, Lew Brown and Ray Henderson; 1 1/2" split at foot of fold; very good. William Fox presents Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell in Sunny Side Up; Story, Dialog, Lyrics & Music By B.G. DeSylva, Lew Brown, and Ray Henderson; Directed by David Butler, Dances Staged by Seymour Felix.
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Snow Squall, The Last American Clipper Ship
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Snow Squall, The Last American Clipper Ship

by DEAN, Nicholas

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Bath, Maine: Maine Maritime Museum, 2001. First printing. Cloth. Fine/Fine. SIGNED by author. First printing. 8vo; xvi, [ii], 301pp; navy cloth over board, white stamped title to spine; grey mottled endpapers; pictorial title page, inscribed to "fellow author Lea Waite [Wait]" by Dean; b&w drawings & photographic illustrations; binding tight; unclipped color pictorial dust jacket; fine in fine dj. ISBN: 0-88448-231-6. The history and rescue of the clipper ship, Snow Squall, from the Falkland Islands in the 1980s.
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Chickery Chick
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Chickery Chick

by DEE, Sylvia

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New York: Santly-Joy Inc, 1945. Ephemera no binding. Very good +. Sidney LIPPMAN, music.. 12" x 9"; 3, [1]pp; color pictorial front wrapper; ad for 15 Outstanding Hit Songs on rear wrapper; very good plus.
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The Care and Handling of Sails

The Care and Handling of Sails

by DeFONTAINE, W.H. [Wade Hampton]

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City Island, New York: Ratest & Lapthorn Inc, 1950. Second Printing. Staplebound. Very good. W.H. deFontaine. Second Printing. 12mo (7 1/8" X 3 5/8"); 30pp; navy printed wrapper with a vignette of a sailboat to the front; 2 staple binding; vignette of a sailmaker to title page; text and illustrations in navy ink; rubbing of spine, small chip to tail, light soiling to front wrapper; interior clean and binding tight; very good. Recorded but not found in any WorldCat libraries. Handy and informative booklet on sailing. Last page includes an ad for the 16mm film by Ratsey & Lapthorn on The Art & Craft of Sailmaking, and recommended reading.
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Nobody's Doll
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Nobody's Doll

by DeLEEUW, Adele

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Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1946. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/very good. [WOMAN AUTHOR] [WOMAN ILLUSTRATOR]. Anne VAUGHAN, illustrator. First edition. 8vo; 85, [2]pp; rust colored cloth over board, blue stamped pictorial of a doll and dog enclosed in a ribbon frame on front, lettering on spine; color pictorial endpapers; bookseller's label on front pastedown; color fp; b&w vignette of a doll on title page; 7 color plates, 8 full-page b&w illustrations, and b&w illustrations in text; unclipped color pictorial dust jacket, light rubbing, spine head chipped, lightly age-toned, price on front flap scribbled through with pencil but remains readable; fine in very good dj. The story of an old penny (Dutch) doll named Susan Araminta and "her hero" the dog (Mr. MacHugh) who recused her.
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Maine Made Guns & Their Makers, New and Enlarged Edition

Maine Made Guns & Their Makers, New and Enlarged Edition

by DEMERITT, JR., Dwight B.

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Augusta, Maine: Friends of the Maine State Museum, 1997. Second Edition. 1/4 cloth. Fine/very good +. Second edition. 4to; x, 438pp; quarter-bound black cloth with yellow boards, gilt-stamped title on spine; glazed stock; b&w illustrations; unclipped b&w pictorial dust jacket without price; offset yellow patch to rear dj, light soiling; fine in very good plus dj. Contents cover the history of the firearms from colonial times through twentieth century firearm technology in Maine.
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