Search Results: Titles starting with S from Sandra L Hoekstra Bookseller

1910. Wraps. Very good. [MANUSCRIPT] [SCHOOL GIRL] [NEEDLEARTS] [SEWING]. 8vo; 34 leaves, 11 blank; brown stiff glazed stock with tied brown shoelace binding; verso front wrapper brand name "'A' Mounting Book, Manufactured by W.J. Schermerhorn & Co., 12 West 33rd Street, New York"; age-toned tan leaves; ownership in neat script to first leaf; 19 sewing lessons neatly hand-written on 47 sheets of lined paper attached with brads, 18 with sewing and cutting samples mounted on the facing page; 1 sheet laid in titled "Drafting" and "Apron" on verso; also identification of types of fabric and fiber with samples attached; paper age-toned, light wrinkling and some edge creasing; very good. Neatly executed school sewing journal with 19 lessons and corresponding samples. Lessons include: Folding Hem in Paper, Running [Stitches], Basting a Hem, Gathering, Overcasting, Hemstitching, Button stitching, Satin stitching, etc.

Boston, Massachusetts: The Yankee Publishing Company, 1941. Wraps. Very good. Edith STEVENS. [MAP]. SNOW, Edward Rowe, Aerial and Island Survey. U.S. Coast and Geological Survey, Chart 246. The Islands of Boston Harbor, 1935. Drawing by Whitman and Howard, Engineers, Edith STEVENS, illustrator. 8vo; 57pp [1]; photographic illustrated wrap with cloth spine; illustrated with black and white photographs; one tipped in fold out map printed in green ink, crease to right side, light age toning of paper; lacking map tipped inside front cover; scuffing to front cover with loss to illustration, light soiling wrapper; very good.

Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1899. First Edition. Stiff boards. Good. First edition. 12mo; vii, 250pp + [9pp] advertisements; dark green buckram, gold-stamped vignette of a chafing dish to front; light green patterned endpapers; 18 inserted b&w photographic illustrations; illustrated ads at rear; scuffing of boards and bumping of corners, ffep detached and inserted, age-toning of paper, a few creases to pages; good.

New York: The Platt & Munk Co., Inc, 1940. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/very good +. Esther FRIEND. First edition. 8vo; 44pp; dark blue stamped blue buckram over board, illustration of a girl stamped on front; red and black illustrated endpapers; red & bk illustrations throughout with a full-page frontispiece; unclipped color illustrated dust jacket without price, light chipping to edges; fine in very good plus dj. One of three books from the author about Sally and the adventures she has "Alone". Other books are: Sally Goes Traveling Alone (1947), and Sally Goes to the Circus Alone (1953).

Garden City: New York: Anchor Books, Anchor Press/Doubleday, 1977. First Edition. Stiff wraps. Near fine. First edition. 8vo; 430pp; stiff pictorial wrapper in sepia; b&w photographic illustrations within text; near fine. ISBN: 0-385-11423-0. A teacher at Kennebunk High School, Pamela Wood and her students gathered stories about Maine and its people.

New York: A. Wittemann, 67 & 69 Spring Street, 1893. Cloth. Very good +. The Albertype Co., N.Y., printer. 16mo oblong (5" x 7 1/4"); [42]pp; blue cloth over board, gilt-stamped title to front, color pictorial scene of a lake with a pleine-aire artist's scene; decorative twisted silk cord binding; grey and white patterned endpapers; one page of text and 41pp b&w photogravure illustrations with titles, printed recto only; 1pp w marginalia; 2pp with creases, light age-toning of paper, light wear of boards; very good plus. Located in 8 OCLC libraries. Published within the first 50 years of Mormon settlement, this viewbook gives a wonderful glimpse of the city, its structures, and transportation.

Chicago: M.A. Donohue & Co, 1900. Pictorial boards. Very good. 8vo; [46pp]; quarter bound tan cloth with chromolithographed paper over board; illustrated endpapers; black and white illustrations throughout; bumping to cover corners and chipping to edges with paper loss, loss of 1" chip rear cover paper top edge, , light soiling, age toning of pulp paper pages; very good minus. Date of book is based on the change of the publisher's name from Donohue and Henneberry to M.A. Donohue & Co. in 1901 and continued with this name until the 1960s. This style of book typically called a "board book". It featured a bright and attractive color illustrated cover but inexpensive pulp paper pages with a poor quality of printing. They were frequently produced in large numbers for holiday sales and reused publisher's stories and illustrations. Collectability is based on the covers.

New York and Boston: H.M. Caldwell Company, 1907. Cloth. Very good. 12mo; [76]pp; light brown pictorial cloth over board, illustration of a rabbit and bear marching with a drum featuring Santa Claus's face and campaign-style banners on front; pictorial endpapers in green and white; ownership in pencil on verso ffep; thick creamy stock; "Merry Christmas Member's Certificate" before the title page; fp and pictorial title page; 32 full-page black and red illustrations; illustrations in text; wear and light soiling to boards, a few pages with creases and fingermarks. Scarce in the marketplace. OCLC locates 10 copies. A scarce and charming book that begins with a "Member's Certificate" for the owner, signed by "Holly Berry." Lively illustrations with pictures of children and anthropomorphic animals.

Austin 1, Texas: E.M. Scarbrough & Sons, 1950. Wraps. Very good. [EPHEMERA] [ADVERTISING PREMIUM] [PAPER DOLLS]. 4to (10 ¾" x 7 11/16"); 4 leaves; stiff pictorial wrapper printed in black, rear wrapper a mailer with U.S. Postage Paid from Austin, Texas; 2 staple binding; 4 leaves and recto rear wrapper printed with paper dolls and advertising text; uncut paper dolls; light insect damage to edges, sunning to rear wrapper head; very good. Not found in OCLC. Unused advertising paper doll from the upscale Scarbrough & Sons (1893-2009) clothing store once located in the historic landmark building in Austin, Texas. The clothing seen advertised in the brochure is in the style of post-WWII but before the style changes of the 1950s. Scarbrough's was unusual in that it price tagged its clothing in the early part of the 20th century, during a time when bartering and bargaining for goods was the norm. The prices seen on the clothing in these advertisements appear to be high compared to the pricing seen in… Read More

New York, Cincinnati, Chicago: American Book Company, 1904. Stiff wraps. Very good +. 8 7/8" x 6 ¼"; stiff card stock printed in peach and green, border of flowers and fruit, scrolls with publisher to bottom, twelve unused monthly calendars, color printed in peach and green, string loop to top edge attaching it to card below, verso calendar is useful facts; verso to card is calendar for 1906 and address "To Teachers"; scuffing to verso card backing, some sunning to recto with age toning of paper for the month of January; very good plus. Advertising Premium for teachers from the American Book Company, and educational book company, with a blurb on verso regarding their text books. Attractive and useful calendar. Verso of monthly calendars gives useful information, ie. Rates of Postage, Astronomical, Divisions of Time, Chronological, Events in 1904, United States Government facts, Educational Statistics, etc.

New York: Munn & Co., No. 361 Broadway, 1895. Ephemera no binding. Very good. Folio (16 ¼" x 11 ¼"); pp66-80; illustrated wrapper; 2" split at tail of wrapper fold, insect damage to lower corner wrapper and 1st page, small closed tears and chipping to wrapper edges, hand-soiling and shelf-wear to wrapper; very good minus. Advertised as a Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry and Manufactures. Contents include: The Manufacture of Artificial Limbs; New Prizes for Motor Carriage Competitions; the Physics of the Bicycle; Atlanta Exposition Notes; Leather Cannon; the Heavens in August; Cycle Notes; A Case to Hold a Bicycle; Mishap to the Columbia; the Robinson Grinding Mill; Typography a Roman Art; a Bracket Support for Shades, Curtains, etc [Petitt's]; Byrne's Thill Coupling; Improved Repeating Pistol [Borchardt]; Armor Tests; the Sheathing of Iron Ships; an Efficient Village Improvement Society [Southampton Long Island]; Krushite; the Avondale Marble Company's… Read More

New York: Munn & Co., No. 361 Broadway, 1896. Ephemera no binding. Very good. Folio (16 ¼" x 11 ¼"); pp178-192; illustrated wrapper; insect damage to lower corner wrapper, small closed tears and chipping to wrapper edges, hand-soiling and shelf-wear to wrapper; very good minus. Advertised as a Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry and Manufactures. Contents include: The United States Protected Cruiser Olympia; Stability of Lofty Buildings; Report on the Plans of New York Rapid Transit; A New Copyright Bill; Spain's Big Meteorite; The Marvels of an Ostrich's Stomach; De Lanoy's Chimney Cowl; Education in Japan; Mayer's Folding Baby Carriage; Dunn's Amalgamator; Water Drinking in Typhoid Fever; A Great Ice Skating Rink, Washington, D.C.; Knapp's Straw Stacker; Condensed Food not a Success for Soldiers; Ocean Dept of 29,400 Feet; Introduction of the Thermometer into France; A Novel Hand Camera; Effect of Temperature upon Strength of Wrought Iron and Steel; Trade… Read More

New York: Munn & Co., No. 361 Broadway, 1895. Ephemera no binding. Very good. Folio (16 ¼" x 11 ¼"); pp370-384; illustrated wrapper; 4" split at tail of wrapper fold and separation at mid-fold, 1" closed tear to fore-edge through all pages; light hand-soiling and shelf-wear to wrapper; very good minus. Advertised as a Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry and Manufactures. Contents include: The Atlanta Exposition—The Woman's Building; The Motocycle Award; Strikes in the United States and Europe; Population of Canton [China]; Trolley Improvements Required; What Happens to the Carbon in the Arc Light?; Car Coupler Patents; Meeting of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers; Color Glass Plates; A Monument to Ericsson, Filipstad, Sweden; Remedy for Nosebleed; Bode's Clothes Rack; An Improved Lawn Mower; an Eruption of Mount Vesuvius; a Holder to Facilitate Work on Boots or Shoes [Lundqvist]; The Art of Horseback Riding; Forsyth's Envelope; Lucas' Telephone… Read More

New York: Munn & Co., No. 361 Broadway, 1895. Ephemera no binding. Very good. Folio (16 ¼" x 11 ¼"); pp50-64; illustrated wrapper; 3" split at tail of wrapper fold, small closed tears and chipping to wrapper edges, hand-soiling and shelf-wear to wrapper; very good minus. Advertised as a Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry and Manufactures. Contents include: The Lake Steamer North Land; Prevention of Electrolytic Action Upon Water and Gas Mains; Wire Rope 1900 Years Old; Terrestrial Helium; Bicycle an Aid to Science and Art; Electrical Items Worth Remembering; How Electricity Sets Fires; Cycle Notes; Holcomb's Banjo or Guitar; High Speed Navigation; the Wheel Versus the Pedestrian; Barathon's Propeller Life Buoy; Eastman's Bob Sled; Aerial Navigation [Caballero's Air Vessel]; the International Exposition at Atlanta with a Map: Plan of Piedmont Park; Paper Sails; Do Gulls Follow Ships; To Prevent Drifting Sands; Remarkable Lakes in British Columbia; Experiment… Read More

New York: Munn & Co., No. 361 Broadway, 1895. Ephemera no binding. Very good. Folio (16 ¼" x 11 ¼"); pp322-336; illustrated wrapper; 3" split at tail of wrapper fold, chipping to bottom edge, hand-soiling and shelf-wear to wrapper; very good. Advertised as a Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry and Manufactures. Contents include: The New American Yacht The Defender; Electric Lighting and Heating; Meal of Sunflower Cake; Spectroscopic Observations of Saturn at the Allegheny Observatory; A Wax Found in Cotton and Linen Fiber; Anthion—A New Agent for Quickly Washing the Hypo from Prints; Daniel Webster on the Great West; Electrolytical Process of Bleaching; A Heating Drum in the Smoke Pipe; Felden's Finger Exercising Device; Making a Newspaper; Honrath's Elastic Tire; Improved Faucet for Basins and Sinks [Byrne's]; Schmitt's Life Line Throwing Apparatus; A New Italian Lake; Fires Caused by Incandescent Lamps; Sleepy Grass [New Mexico]; Suspended Railway… Read More

New York: Munn & Co., No. 361 Broadway, 1900. Ephemera no binding. Very good. Folio (16 ¼" x 11 ¼"); pp82-96; illustrated wrapper; 4" split at tail of wrapper fold and separation at mid-fold, shelf-wear; very good minus. Advertised as a Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry and Manufactures. Contents include: The Paris Exposition; The Protection of American Game; High Speed in War Vessels, the "Variag" and the "Viper"; American Engineering Competition; Petroleum Fuel for Warships; Operation on the Xiphopages [conjoined twins]; A Novel Engine for Die-Sinker's Use; Electrical Top and Motor; Experiment Stations in Hawaii and Porto Rico; Water Measurement and Manipulation in Colorado; Automatic Development of Photographic Plates; The Murray High-Speed Page-Printing Telegraph; Automobile News, Science Notes, Electrical Notes; The Ascension of Count Zeppelin's Airship; Underground Electric Railway, London—Methods of Construction; Particulars of the Six 22-knot… Read More

New York: Munn & Co., No. 361 Broadway, 1899. Ephemera no binding. Very good. Folio (16 ¼" x 11 ¼"); pp226-240; illustrated wrapper; 4" separation at bottom wrapper fold, closed tear to front wrapper fore-edge, light hand-soiling; very good. Advertised as a Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry and Manufactures. Articles include: Krup Armor and Congress; Trade Mark Decision by the Imperial German Patent Office; Lake Chelan Upheaval; Manufacture of Paper Pulp and Cardboard from Peat; New Smokeless Powder Factory; Compressed Peat Fuel; A Home-Made Cold Box and Water Cooler; an Automatic Acetylene-Generator; Electrographs of the Electro-Static Current Made Without a Camera; Fifty Years of International Yacht Racing; Solid Hydrogen; Hansen's Chainless Bicycle; Automobile News; The University of California Plans; moving of a courthouse in Nebraska by train; electrically operated bridge at the Drury Lane Theater in London; Wind-swept Island of San Nicolas;… Read More

New York: Munn & Co., No. 361 Broadway, 1899. Ephemera no binding. Very good. Folio (16 ¼" x 11 ¼"); pp418-432; illustrated wrapper; 1" closed tear to rear wrapper fore-edge, light hand-soiling and shelf-wear to wrapper; very good. Advertised as a Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry and Manufactures. Contents include: The Reconstructed Cruiser "Atlanta"; Our Exports and the Trademark; Masonry and Timber Dry Docks; Remarkable French Railway Express Service; the Possibilities of Deep Mining in the Transvaal; Recovery of Submerged Land in Holland; American Apples at Home and Abroad; The True Inventor of the Telegraph; Volta's Visit to Paris; Quick Silver Fountain at Earl's Court, London; Our Growing Trade in China; Grotesque Forms of Cycles; An Ancient Barrel Organ Unearthed; A Novel Apparatus for Teaching Geology; Tischendorf and the Sinaitic Manuscript; The History of Appendicitis; Mimicry of the Kelp Fish; Science and Engineering notes and Index of Inventions.

New York: Munn & Co., No. 361 Broadway, 1899. Ephemera no binding. Very good. Folio (16 ¼" x 11 ¼"); pp338-352; illustrated wrapper; 4" split at tail of wrapper fold, hand-soiling and shelf-wear to wrapper; very good. Advertised as a Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry and Manufactures. Contents include: Present Condition of the Paris Exposition of 1900: The Future of South Africa, The Vienna Meteorite Collection; Industrial Invasion of Great Britain; The Meteor Display; Bids for 16 ½ knox Cruisers Accepted at the Naval Board of Construction; Railroads in Asia; Wireless Telegraphy Between Balloons; Meeting of the National Academy of Sciences; A Discussion of the Superimposed Turret for Warships; New Letterbox Indicator; Methods of Revolving the Optical Apparatus for Lighthouses; The Scientific Extermination of Locusts [locust fungus]; Automobile News; American Armor Plate for a Russian Battleship; Effect of Heat on Scorpions; the Gypsy Moth; Long-Scale… Read More

New York: Munn & Co., No. 361 Broadway, 1896. Ephemera no binding. Very good. Folio (16 ¼" x 11 ¼"); pp34-48; illustrated wrapper; shelf-wear and hand-soiling; very good. Advertised as a Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry and Manufactures. Contents include: The Light Draught Composite Gunboats; the Advantages of the Induced over the Forced Draught System; the Acceleration of Railway Speeds; Queer Things that are Sent to the Patent Office; Arms for the National Guard; A Bicycle Chain Riveting Machine; Bell's Wagon End Gate Fastener; Horseless Carriages and Sanitation; Mercury Oxycyanide as an Antiseptic; A Boiler Fire Box Formed of Water Tubes [Ingleton's Fire Box]; Engert's Chimney; An Improved Stone Dresser [Aronstein's]; Curious Tops [toys]; Some Shortcomings of the New Army Rifle; The New Torpedo Boats; Inventions of Alfred Ely Beach; A Tropical Garden in NJ; Test of a Battleship Turret Plate; and Index of Inventions.