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Chicago, IL: J.M. Hanson-Bennett, ca. 1923. 13.5 x 21.3 cm. Catalogue offers hundreds of magazines including Christian Herald, Modern Priscilla, Youth's Companion, McCalls, People's Home Journal, Delineator. Includes postal card to send to friends when the Bell System has installed a telephone in your residence. Paper booklet, several send-away cards, very good. . Catalogs: Advertising.

New York, NY: J&P Coats, 1880. 13 x 7 cm. Trade card shows two men on ship with huge spool of thread leading to floating ""Cleopatra's Needle"" with blackfaced men on board. 1880-81 calendar on reverse. Trade card, printed both sides. Damage to calendar where card was glued into album. Good. . Catalogs: Advertising.

Jacksonville, FL, 1930. 15 x 23 cm. Playing at the Palace: Janet Gaynor in Sunny Side Up (screen's first original all talking, singing�); Lupe Velez is playing in Florida's own talking picture, ""Hell Harbor."" booklet, good. . Catalogs: Travel.

Memphis, TN: James S. Robinson, Apothecary, Masonic Temple, ca. 1890. 17.3 x 21 cm. Advertisement for Robinson's Cod Liver Oil, an effectual remedy for coughs, colds, bronchitis, consumption and all diseases attended with loss of flesh and strength. Prepared fresh each week which secures freedom from rancidity frequently met with in most emulsions that are offered. Paper leaflet printed on one side, 1 cm stain at top edge, fair. . Catalogs: Advertisement.

Rochester, NY: Douglas-Pectin Corporation, �1924. 12 x 18 cm. Why it is easier, better and less expensive to make Jams and jellies with Certo; Jams made from canned fruits; Cookbook. Paper booklet, bottom 6 cm. dampstained. Fair. . Catalogs: Advertising/Cookbooks.

Farmington, ME: D.H. Knowlton & Co, 1904. 12.4 x 18 cm. This issue deals with Japan and the Japanese, from reports by Marco Polo of a great island to the east of China. Mountains and volcanoes, climate, products,native habits. The Emperor. Japanese Navy and Admiral Togo. Commodore Perry's Expedition. Story of a Buddhist Temple. Picture of Japanese school girl. Booklet, very good. Owner inscription on cover: ""Frances M. Spurling, Nov. 1905"" . Catalogs: Travel/Educational.

Philadelphia, PA: Charles L. Wagner, 1940. 15 x 24 cm. Leaflet, printed in blue, features picture of Miss MacDonald, and provides biography. Born in Philadelphia, she made sensational European concert tours in 1931 and 1933, and has appeared in films such as ""Naughty Marietta"", ""Rose Marie"", and ""Girl of the Golden West"". Paper leaflet, small chips in lower left hand corner, good. . Catalogs: Adverrtising.

Jeddo, PA: Heaterange Corporation, 1933. 18 x 13 cm. An important invention to simplify and improve the ancient business of keeping house. Heaterange brings humidified warm air to the whole house. A turn of the knob brings new health to your home. Jeddo-Highland insures complete burning of heat from every lump of coal. Paper booklet, very good. . Catalogs: Advertising.

Jersey City, NJ: H.F. O'Mealia, ca. 1930. 30 x 38 cm. Folding map of Jersey City, showing streets, trolley lines, railroads, H&M tubes and bus lines. Includes street index and ads. Paper map, 13 cm cello tape repair on one fold. Good. . Catalogs: Maps.

Jerusalem: The White Fathers, St. Anne's, 1928. 16 x 21 cm. Booklet contains picture which shows Jesus at the Pool of Bethesda with the lame man, and then a page which relates the story from the Book of St. John, in French, Arabic, English, German, Greek, Russian (old orthography), Latin, Turkish, Kurdi, Esperanto, Hebrew, Maltese, Polish, Hungarian, Jugo-Slave, Santali (Inde), Gallois, Goannais, Lette, Ruganda, Ruthene, Czech, Flemish, Danish, Proven�al, Catalan, Spanish, Scottish, Lithuanian, Italian, Armenian, Norwegian, Swedish and Kiswahili. Paper booklet, upper front corner slightly folded, good. . Catalogs: Religious/travel.

Boston, MA: Hon. Richard F. Treadway, 22 W. Cedar St, 1960. 19 x 16.6 cm. Small folding advertising piece. Front panel shows photo of Volpe with ""For Governor-- Vote the Man Vote Volpe. Back panel includes photo of Pres. Eisenhower with Volpe. Inside panels describe Volpe's career, from Depression to building a multi-million dollar construction company. Volpe served twice as Governor from 1961 to 1963 and 1965 to 1969. Paper flyer, some sun tanning, fair. . Catalogs: Ephemera.

London, England: John Russell Smith, 4, Old Compton St., Soho, 1850. 12 x 20 cm. Genealogical investigation: Ancestry, first marriage--the Powells; second; third--the Minshuls; Notes on Comus, Lycidas, Epitaph on the Marchioness of Winchester, L'allegro, Il Penseroso, Paradise Lost. Paper booklet, cover soiled and browned, back wrap and last page loose. Poor. . Catalogs: Biography/Literature.

Washington, DC: Joint Communications Board, 1946. 21 x 27 cm. Published just after the end of World War II, this book contains the famous ""Q-signals"" -- three-letter codes, all starting with Q for many military operations, including landing, search, relay, meteorology, security. Also included in book is 1948 Army National Guard Radio Procedure 23 pp. Heavy cardboard cover with plastic ring binding, cover lightly soiled, good. . Catalogs: Reference/Military.

Independence, MO: Church of Jesus Christ of latter-day Saints, ca. 1950. 13 x 19 cm. "I was born in the year of our Lord 1805�"" first person narrative� His first vision.. Moroni's visit�priesthood restored�witnesses. Mormons. Paper booklet, cover lightly soiled, slightly faded, good. . Catalogs: Religious/Mormon.

Chicago, IL: A.C. McClurg and Company, 1896. 10 x 16 cm. Fascinating account of a young Polish noblewoman, from 1759 to 1761 as author relates her adventures as in a journal. She begins, at age 16 in the Castle at Maleszow on New Year's Day. She tells about her life, her visits to Warsaw, about the King, Augustus III, her sister Basia's forthcoming marriage, and apologizes for disparaging comments about the Staroste, whom she will marry. Her own marriage is dreadful, conducted in strict secrecy before dawn, to the Duke of Courland. The journal ends at that point. The Countess lives a wandering life, in convents in Warsaw and Cracow, her fickle husband returns from time to time, but their marriage is kept secret, to spare the old king the shock. She finally joined him in Saxony, he clung to her and they lived happily. They had one child, Marie Christine, who married the Duke of Savoy. They had two children, a girl who married the King of Lombardy-Venice and a son, who became the father of Victor… Read More