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London, England: The Czech National Alliance in Great Britain, 1917. 12 x 18 cm. The 10,000,000 Czechs and Slovaks find themselves completely encircled by their enemies, the Germans and the Magyars. Bohemia recreated by her very existence will destroy the nightmare of a German-Magyar hegemony of Europe. Paper booklet, dampstained, good. . Catalogs: History.

New York, NY: American Tract Society, ca. 1880. 11 x 18 cm. Eternity: Remember, sinners, you must die! Poem, ""The New Birth""; ""Awake, Thou That Sleepest."" Paper pamphlet, folds very weak, back page perforated in spots. Good. . Catalogs: Religious.

Boston, MA: American Unitarian Association, 1839. 13 x 20 cm. Anniversary meeting held on Tuesday evening, May 29th, 1839, in the Berry Street Vestry, the Rev. Dr. Nichols, president, in the chair. Annual report. Tract distribution. Destitute Societies. Missionary Operations. Ministry to the Poor. British and Foreign Unitarian Association. Constitution. List of Members for Life, Clergy and other. Includes Title page for Tracts First Series 132 to 143, but they are not included. Paper booklet, fastened with stitching. Pages uneven, many unopened. Good. . Catalogs: Religious.

New York, NY: Istituto Educativo Salesiano per Orfani di Guerra, 1925. 16 x 24 cm. Italian-language booklet appeals for contributions to Italian war orphans. Includes a full-page picture of Benito Mussolini, with no apparent textual connection. Included is a receipt for $20 donation from Andrea Romano, in September, 1925. Paper booklet, cover lightly soiled, very good condition. . Catalogs: History.

Stockholm, Sweden: Wahlstrom & Widstrands F�rlag, 1932. 12.4 x 18.2 cm. Little historical guide book to the island of Visings�, in Lake V�ttern, J�k�ping, Sweden, located about midway between Stockholm on east coast and G�teborg on west coast, in south of Sweden. L�ge och historia; Visingsborgs slottsruin; Brahekyrkan (named after Count Per Brahe in the 17th century); Kumlaby kyrka; Fornl�mnigar och fornfynd; F�rklaringar till kartan � omslagets baksida. With photos, diagrams showing ruins, map of island on back cover. Paper booklet, very good. . Catalogs: Travel.

Boston, MA: Thomas F. Norris, Boston Olive Branch, 1848. 46 x 60 cm. Boston Olive Branch was an important weekly newspaper of the middle of the 19th century. Henry David Thoreau mentioned it in Walden, and Louisa May Alcott was published in it in the 1850s. Original Poem written for the Olive Branch, ""The Poet's Dream of HEaven"" by E.M. Tappan. Original Tale, written for the Olive Branch ""Life in the Woods, An Indian Tale"" by J.H. Robinson. Discussion of ""The Potato Disease"" citing work by Dr. Klotsch of the Royal Herbarium in Berlin for prevention of the disease, which at this time was devastating the potato crop in Ireland. ""Railroad Matters"" reports that Hon. Daniel Webster has made two long and eloquent speeches against the Old Colony Railroad being extended. The Old Colony Railroad has been managed in a most rascally way, but Hon. E.H. Derby has been at last wisely put at the head of its affairs. Somerville--newspaper advocates for some of it to be annexed to Cambridge. ""The Humbug of… Read More

Maynard, MA: ephemera, 1879. 17 x 10 cm. Mary started this autograph book in 1879. It contains sentimental inscriptions from friends and relatives, mostly from Maynard, MA and Halifax, Nova Scotia. ""Remember me till death shall close these eyelids�"" from Katie Snee, Maynard. Includes small embroidery of a Bible with a cross, with flowers on it. Leather autograph book, spine leather torn off, some damp stain on first few pages, fair. . Catalogs: American Originals.

Washington, DC: The Brookings Institution, 1942. 13 x 20 cm. Discussion of the increased share of cost of a consumer item devoted to distribution; comments on the swelling ranks of salesmen, and waste of ""subsistence farming."" Paper pamphlet. Good. . Catalogs: Printed matter/Economics/Ephemera.