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M�nchen, Germany: Verlag F. Bruckmann A.G, 1922. 22 x 15 cm. Beautiful collection of color photos of Oberammergau Passion Play, 1922. Introduction by Der Passionsspielkomitee. All in German. Photos: Prolog- Anton Lechner; Jesus kreuztragend; Maria -- Martha Veit; Einzug in Jerusalem; Kindergruppe; Johannes -- Melchior Breitsamter; Petrus -- Andreas Lang; Judas -- Guido Mayr; more. Paper booklet, color pictures printed on one side, opposite side of pages blank. Very good. . Catalogs: Religious/Travel.

Chester, VT: National Survey Co, ca. 1926. 13 x 22 cm. Book of maps includes Map of New England showing distances by main highways, colors of banded pole routes. Book of maps, very good. . Catalogs: Maps.

Chester, VT: National Survey Co, ca. 1924. 13 x 22 cm. Book of maps includes Map of New England showing distances by main highways, colors of banded pole routes. Book of maps, cardboard cover in faux alligator, worn, spine edges frayed, dampstained, maps very good, overall fair. . Catalogs: Maps.

New York, NY: Kwong Yuen & Co., Inc, 1929. 12 x 17.2 cm. Booklet provided with compliments of R.H. Macy & Co. Dept. of Oriental and Occidental Art. Mandarin Squares, Sleeve Bands, Chinese Writing, Various Symbols. Paper booklet, center four pages loose from staple. Inscr. On title page: ""Selma P. Loomis from Mrs. W.R. Stoughton, Oct. 30, 1929."" Very good. . Catalogs: Ephemera/Asian.

Boston, MA: Edw. McDonald, Superintendent, 1886. 15 x 23 cm. Christ Church (Old North Church) and story of Paul Revere. North End Industrial Home. Poor women are allowed to take in washing. Baldwin Place Home. Boston Baptist Bethel Church. St. Mary's Church. Governor Hitchinson's Mansion. Sir Henry Frankland's House.Paul Revere's birthplace. Galloupe House. Oldest stone in Burial Ground is near Shaw monument and was erected in memory of grandchildren of William Copp. Vault for Reverend Doctors Increase, Cotton and Samuel Mather. Many illustrations. Paper booklet, front cover nearly detached, fair. Name ""Millie C.H. Mooers from Aunt Hattie Hathaway"" written on cover. . Catalogs: Travel/Boston/History.

Boston, MA: A. Williams & Co., Booksellers, 1879. 15 x 23 cm. Copp's Hill is the third name for this hill-- before it was called Windmill Hill, then Snow Hill, and finally Copp's. Burgoyne and Clinton witnessed the fight on Bunker Hill from Copp's Hill. After surrender of Quebec, the North Enders made a huge bonfire on Copp's Hill: 45 tar barrels, two cords of wood, a mast, spars and boards and 50 lbs. of powder. Three illustrations. Paper booklet, slight wear. Name ""Millie Hathaway Mooers (Mrs. Wm. FG.) 39 Bates Road, Milton, Mass."" written on first page. Good. . Catalogs: Travel/Boston/History.

Boston, MA: Brewer & Tileston, 1863. 11.5 x 18 cm. Very popular book offfers sage advice about care of livestock, combatting insects, planting crops.This edition includes ads for Charles Taber books in New Bedford, MA, Henry B. Fisher's Domestic Bakery, New Bedford, MA; Akin & Lawton Merchant Tailors, New Bedford. Paper booklet, worn, fair. . Catalogs: Ephemera.

West Nyack, NY: Dexter Press, Inc, ca. 1945. 13.7 x 8.6 cm. Picture shows old fishing boat, known as dragger type. Typical boat used by the fishermen of Rockport and Gloucester on Cape Ann, MA. Postcard, unused, very good. . Catalogs: Postcard/Ephemera.

New York, NY: Dodd, Mead & Co, 1880. 16 x 24 cm. Recollections of New York from 1820s. Dodge started in a wholesale drygoods store in 1818. Performance of the Postal Service. Advent of steam boats. December 1835 Great Fire. Frontispiece fine engraving of author. Paper booklet, pages unopened, spine torn 5 cm. Good. . Catalogs: History/New York.

New York, NY: Dodd, Mead & Co, 1880. 16 x 24 cm. Recollections of New York from 1820s. Dodge started in a wholesale drygoods store in 1818. Performance of the Postal Service. Advent of steam boats. December 1835 Great Fire. Frontispiece fine engraving of author. Paper booklet, pages unopened, spine torn 10 cm. Card inserted at title page, ""With the Compliments of Wm. E. Dodge."" Good. . Catalogs: History/New York.

Portland, ME: G.W. Morris, ca. 1913. 14 x 9 cm. Postcard shows color photo of crowd of well-dressed strollers on beach, as well as buggies drawn by horses. Reverse of card is unused. Color postcard, back side empty. Very good. . Catalogs: Printed Matter/Postcard.

Lowell, MA: Daniel Bixby, 1846. 12 x 14.7 cm. Stories originally written for entertainment of the children round author's own fireside. Describes dressing up in Revolutionary period clothing with brocade dress as rich as a flower garden, high-heeled shoes with paste buckles, open dress with yellow satin quilted petticoat, ruffle cuffs and leather mount fan. ""Carrier's New-Year's Address"" includes hailing the Temperance cause and feeling a growing interest in the Anti-slavery cause. Cloth on board with blindstamped design and gilt title. Very worn, spine faded with small holes. Inside front hinge cracked. Text block lightly soiled. Poor. . Catalogs: Children's/History.

Newbury, MA: Sons and Daughters of Olde Newbury, 1935. 15 x 22.5 cm. Booklet is filled with ads including Moody's City Taxi, Newburyport; Institution for Savings, Nbpt.; Philbrick Bros. Gasoline and oils, Nbpt; Shaffee's Barbecue, Salisbury Beach; Baumgartner Dairy Pure Raw Milk, Nbpt; Ideal Restaurant, Nbpt; Cornelius F. Haley, Rowley--your Senator; Use Snthracite--Balch, the KOAL man; Pike's Parker River Grill; many more; Interspersed in ads is program, which began with Governor James M. Curley and other notables. Paper booklet, corner of cover dampstained, good. . Catalogs: Historical/advertisement.

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

Philadelphia, PA: J.B. Lippincott & Co, 1871. 13 x 19 cm. Irving offers a convoluted apologia for this biography, noting that in an earlier rendition he had drawn heavily upon the work of James Prior, but for this edition, also upon John Forster. Half-leather, marbled boards. Leather in spine deteriorated. Marbeled page edges. Text block very good. Back cover detached. Old Scotch tape attached. Binding copy. . Catalogs: Biography.

Boston, MA: Lee & Shepherd, 1870. 17 x 25 cm. Chapter XI of Oliver Optic's ""Bear and Forbear; or The Young Skipper of Lake Ucayga"" (continued). ""A Snow-Storm in Alabama"" by E.H.M. ""Striking Seven"" by Mrs. J.P. Ballard. ""Original Dialogue: The Schoolmaster"". Two Games by Aunt Carrie. Paper booklet, worn, good. . Catalogs: Children's.

Philadelphia, PA: The Wistar Institute Press, 1926. 18 x 26 cm. Chi Ping, of Dept of Biology, Agricultural College, Southeastern University, Nanking, China reports on testis of porpoise (Neomeris phocoenoides].Illustrations. Paper booklet, stain on top 1 cm of cover, pp. 4-5 unopened, good. . Catalogs: Educational/Scientific.

Minneapolis, MN: Pillsbury Flour Mills Co, �1927. 13 x 16 cm. You and thousands of other progressive housewives have asked to learn more about the Pillsbury Basic Recipe Method of Baking� Paper booklet, pencil recipe notations on some pages and on back. Cover dogeared, spine weak. Fair. . Catalogs: Cookbooks.

Boston, MA: Lee and Shepard, Publishers, 1886. 33.5 x 23.8 cm. Elegant book of illustrated poems through the year, by T. B. Aldrich, Celia Thaxter, A.A.Proctor, Bryant, Horace Smith, George Arnold, George Macdonald, Susan Hartley Swett, Whittier, Ellen Mackay Hutchinson, Craik, Lucy Larcom, B.F. Taylor, Susan Coolidge, John James Platt, Rose Terry Cooke, Mary E. Blake, ""H.H."". Decorated cloth on board with gilt decoration. Heavy gilt-edged pages printed on one side. Cover lightly soiled, heel and toe of spine slightly frayed, inside front hinge cracked, inscription on ffep: ""Addie from Mame Dec. 25, 1885"". Very good. . Catalogs: Poetry.

New York, NY: E.P. Dutton & Co, ca. 1900. 13 x 16 cm. The Children of Israel by Helen J. Wood; Scripture and poem for 31 days of the month. Elaborately illustrated. Illustrated paper on board with tape spine, ffep missing. Fair. . Catalogs: Religious/Poetry.