Author: Jack, E. G.

Home Partners : Or, Seeing the Family Through

By: Allen, Ida Bailey; Illustrated by Jack Wilbur

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Ida Bailey Allen : 1924

Seller ID: 23656

88 pages; 12mo (7") 18 cm; Hardcover, blue boards, 88 pages, 12 b/w photos, 68 menus, 200 recipes. ; Written and published by "the original domestic goddess" 1924. Tips for homemakers, including budgeting, using leftovers, table setting, home decorating, establishing routines, and of course cooking and serving meals to make your man happy. End of book has ads for Hostess brand cake mixes and Certified Bread "The Big Double Loaf." ; We have graded this item Fair. Exterior moderately worn. Binding is intact but hinges are not tight.
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Rally to Kill / Dead Run / Done to Death : Detective Book Club

By: Bill Knox, Jack Foxx, Sara Woods, Bill Pronzini

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Walter J. Black : 1975

Seller ID: 24414

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

474 pages; 12mo (7.75") 20 cm; Hardcover. Three novels in one volume, as issued. Pale white, gray and pale blue covers, 148 + 139 + 187 pages, total 474 pages. No illustrations apart from three small b/w thumbnails on front, showing original covers of titles included. Unabridged. ; Contents, authors and settings are: 1) Rally to Kill, by Bill Knox, Glasgow, Scotland. 2) Dead Run, by Jack Foxx (Bill Pronzini) Malaysia. 3) Done to Death, by Sara Woods, Yorkshire, England. ; Exterior rubbed and foxed. Spine a bit sunned but quite readable. Interior clean, binding tight. No jacket. ; Detective Boo...
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Lucky Bastard, the : The Story of a WWII B-17 Pilot

By: Bouton, Jack

Price: $21.00

Publisher: Dunrobin Books : 2009

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 23992

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

175 pages; 4to (11") 28 cm; Tall softcover, [xxii] + 175 + 3 pages, glossary, 195 b/w photos and facsimiles, 21 color glossy illustrations including map of northern Europe. ; Self published "dramatic personal story of a young high school graduate who took a daring step to follow his older brother into World War 2 in Europe to become a combat pilot of a heavy bomber, an officer, and a man in a few short years." Memoirs of pilot with 390th Bomb Group who survived 35 missions over Germany and earned the coveted "Lucky Bastard" diploma. ; Slight curling to tips. Faint crease to part of front cover...
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Farmer Jack's Meats : Farmer Jack's Meat Manual, Gives Cuts of Meat and Ways to Prepare Them, 1968

By: Farmer Jack

Price: $9.00

Publisher: Farmer Jack's Supermarkets : 1968

Seller ID: 14692

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

44 pages; 8vo (8") 21 cm; Color photo covers, fold-and-staple binding, 28 photos and illustrations showing cuts of meat, 114 more b/w illustrations and photos accompanying cooking tips. Recipes are not laid out with ingredients, etc, just simple instructions for preparing meat, then either roasting, broiling, panbroiling, frying, braising, or boiling it. ; 2 items laid in: 1) small slip of paper 'Garden Problem of the Day' with a 7-digit phone number, 2) 'Packed By' very small slip of paper with instructions to return in case of defect, both printed by mimeograph. ; Appears to be promotional i...
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Pere Murray and the Hounds : The Story of Saskatchewan's Notre Dame College

By: Gorman, Jack

Price: $17.00

Publisher: Gray's Publishing : 1977

Seller ID: 22807

ISBN-13: 9780888260697

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket

164 pages; 8vo (8.75") 22 cm; Hardcover, dark red textured boards, 164 pages + 8 glossy plates, index, 16 b/w photos. ; Story of very poor priest and the rural but successful boy's college he founded in Wilcox, Saskatchewan, Canada, in 1927. ; Book shows only a touch of shelfwear. Jacket moderately worn, with five very small chips, not affecting any text. Scarce. ; Items laid in: 1) glossy 12-panel brochure about Athol Murray (Pere Murray) College, circa 1978, with brief bios and 26 b/w portrait photos of faculty. 2) typed letter signed by Elmer Strumecki, director of development, on college l...
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Trees : Album with Botanical Specimens

By: Jack, E. G.

Price: $38.00

Publisher: E. G. Jack : 1938

Seller ID: 23757

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

90 pages; 4to (11.25") 29 cm; Softcover, brown textured leatherette covers bound with brass clips, 68 specimen pages + 22 blank pages, 40 botanical specimens from trees and shrubs collected, pressed and mounted, being affixed by one or more small circular reinforcements, all but four with common name written in pen or pencil on same page. Some pages have more than one specimen. ; No date but we acquired this in a lot of items from 1936-1938. ; Contents include: Jack pine. Burr oak. Sugar maple. Poplar. Catalpa. Sassafras. Sumac. Tamarack. More. ; This interesting old item contains 40 carefully...
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(Chess) Understanding the Caro Kann Defense

By: Keene, Raymond, with Edmar Mednis, Jack Peters, Julio Kaplan, Andy Soltis

Price: $8.00

Publisher: R. H. M. Press : 1980

Seller ID: 22802

ISBN-13: 9780890580523

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Fair with no dust jacket

142 pages; 8vo (8") 21 cm; Softcover, [xii] + 142 + 6 pages, 2 indexes, glossary, page explaining algebraic notation, dozens of sample games and b/w diagrams. ; Published 1980. Written by Raymond Keene, Edmar Mednis, Jack Peters, Julio Kaplan, Andy Soltis. Edited by Lubomir Kavalek and Burt Hochberg. Contributions from ten chess masters including Anatoly Karpov, Boris Spassky, Tigran Petrosian and Viktor Korchnoi. ; We have graded this item Fair. Heavily worn but intact. Old spicesticker inked out on front. A few pages have pale spots. Spine a bit misshapen but long ago taped and holding toget...
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Hope for the City : A Catholic Priest, a Suburban Housewife and Their Desperate Effort to Save Detroit

By: Kresnak, Jack

Price: $13.00

Publisher: Cass Community Publishing House : 2015

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 20359

ISBN-13: 9781942011156

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

441 pages; 8vo (9") 23 cm; Softcover, [xii] + 441 pages, bibliography, several b/w photos with captions. ; This is the story of Father Bill Cunningham and Eleanor Josaitis, founders of Focus: HOPE, an amazing non-profit organization working to overcome racism and poverty in post-1967 Detroit. ; Only a touch of shelfwear. No marks or defects.
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All the Funny Folks : The Wonder Tale of How the Comic-Strip Characters Live and Love Behind the Scenes

By: Lait, Jack; Illustrated by Louis Biedermann

Price: $185.00

Publisher: World Today : 1926

Seller ID: 23050

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair with no dust jacket

112 pages; 4to (11.75") 30 cm; Tall hardcover, green cloth, front paste-down (two gents racing horses) illustrated in full color, 112 pages, each with full-color illustrations. Two pages in front show all the characters, including Jiggs, Maggie, Dinty Moore, Tillie the Toiler, Krazy Kat, Offissa Pup, Barney Google, Ma Katzenjammer, Pa Perkins, Abe Kabibble, Rheba Mine Gold, Detective Owl Eye, Toots and many more. ; Warning: silly humor and horse racing. Copyright by King Features Syndicate, 1926. ; Rhyming story by Jack Lait. Illustrated by Louis Biedermann, featuring comic character-creations...
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Entertainer, The, 1976 : 7 x 9 b/w Still Publicity Photo (Jack Lemmon)

By: Lemmon, Jack

Price: $10.00

Publisher: National Broadcasting Corporation : 1976

Seller ID: 5263

Binding: Non-Book

Condition: Near Fine

; Photograph; Nont a book, not a poster, not a video. Glossy 7 x 9 inch b/w publicity photo featuring Jack Lemmon in title role of 1976 American remake. 'NBC station advertising' stamped on back, as issued. ; 1976 made-for-television musical movie, based on 1960 British film starring Laurence Olivier, about down-and-out vaudeville performer. ; No discernable wear.
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Rational Reindustrialization : An Economic Development Agenda for Detroit

By: Luria, Dan and Jack Russell

Price: $17.00

Publisher: Widgetripper Press : 1981

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 24241

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

63 pages; 4to (11") 28 cm; Tall softcover booklet, 63 pages, footnotes, 5 tables, 6 lists and figures. ; Edited by Beverly Bydlos. Panoramic cover photo by Russ Marshall. Written by an automotive regulatory analyst and an economic development policy analyst in Detroit. Topics include: Reindustrializing Detroit. Deep gas and heavy oil. Cogenerators and industrial process engines. Minemouth gasifiers. Transitioning the auto industry and energy infrastructure. Capital targeting. Three phases of the plan. More. ; Only the faintest evidence of shelfwear.
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Why I Am a Unitarian Universalist

By: Mendelsohn, Jack

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Thomas Nelson & Sons : 1964

Edition: Second Edition

Seller ID: 20735

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good+

213 pages; 8vo (8.25") 21 cm; Ex-Library; Hardcover, brown cloth, 213 pages, footnotes, index. ; UUTopics. Copyright 1960. This is 2nd edition, 1964. Authored by longtime Unitarian minister, social activist, medical missionary, founder of Chicago Alliance to End Repression, etc, etc. Includes much history. ; Lacks jacket. Usual library marks. Pocket on front endpaper with original embossed library card present. Boards show small pieces of tape residue. A few pages have margin brackets or underlining lightly penciled in. Everything readable. Binding tight.
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Beneficial Vacation in the Pacific Northwest and Canadian Rockies, a : Sing and be Happy, America's Community Song Book

By: Mills, Jack

Price: $11.00

Publisher: Mills Music : 1948

Seller ID: 20732

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

156 pages; 8vo (9") 23 cm; Softcover, blue leatherette covers, 144 + 12 pages, 150 songs with lyrics and music in full 4-part harmony. (The extra 12 pgs are itinerary, passenger list, travel tips, etc. This songbook was printed for a tour group sponsored by Dr and Mrs Maurice J. Taylor, 1948, whose names are stamped in gold on front) ; Copyright 1941. This edition 1948. Includes patriotic songs, pop hits of the 1920s-1930s, old-time favorites, silly songs, hymns, spirituals, etc. ; Almost no sign of wear. Additional song lyrics (several verses of droll humor) penned on blank pages in rear in f...
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Encyclopedia of Little Known, Highly Profitable Business Opportunities, The

By: Payne, Jack

Price: $21.00

Publisher: Frederick Fell : 1973

Edition: Second Printing

Seller ID: 23713

ISBN-13: 9780811901987

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Fair dust jacket

294 pages; 8vo (8.5") 23 cm; Hardcover, green cloth, yellow endpapers, top edge yellow, 294 pages. ; Copyright 1971. This is 2nd printing, 1973. Topics include: Financing. Management. Manufacturing. Sales. Inventions. Distributorships. Finder's fees. Absentee ownership. Speculation. Mergers and acquisitions. More. ; Book is lightly foxed on edges. Eight pages have minor marks in margin or a word underlined. Jacket is chipped, faded, spotted, and has ballpoint number penned on front, but is all readable. (Amazonbuyers please note: This is a normal hardcover book, not a "Loose Leaf" -- we are so...
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Sing One More Time : With Jack Pearse

By: Pearse, Jack; Illustrated by Noreen Young

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Jack Pearse : 1983

Edition: Second Printing

Seller ID: 23188

ISBN-13: 9780921155027

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

86 pages; 4to (11") 28 cm; Tall beige softcover, brown plastic comb binding, 85 sturdy pages, 53 great camp songs with lyrics, tunes and chords, some also with motions or instructions. Wonderful illustrations throughout. Several pages have blank areas or a plain musical staff to add your own songs or variations. ; Copyright 1981. This is 2nd printing, 1983. Songs, new and old, secular and sacred, compiled by famed youth leader, camp leader, song leader, longtime owner of Camp Tawingo, Huntsville, Ontario. Illustrations by Noreen Young, Peter Emslie, Rick Allen. ; Old small pricesticker on rear...
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City of Detroit Commercial Land Utilization Study, Complete in 2 Volumes : The B2-B4 Study

By: Pryor, Jack

Price: $94.00

Publisher: Detroit Community Development Commission : 1974

Seller ID: 24250

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

258 pages; 4to (11") 28 cm; Set of 2 softcover volumes, white covers printed in red, white plastic comb bindings, 258 total pages, long list of city officials and contributors, reports from all four subcommittees (zoning change, code enforcement, retail development, land utilization) with several lists, about 20 tables, and 16 small b/w maps and plans including 1 fold-out. ; "Analysis of twelve square miles in which most commercial land was rezoned from B4 (local business, low traffic) to B2 (general business, high traffic) classification." Vol-1, Background, Synopsis of Findings, and Recommen...
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Horace Mann and Others : Chapters from the History of Antioch College

By: Straker, Robert Lincoln; Illustrated by Jack R. Hubbard

Price: $11.00

Publisher: Antioch Press : 1963

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 20178

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket

106 pages; 8vo (9.5") 25 cm; Hardcover, dark blue cloth, yellow boards, [viii] + 106 pages, b/w portrait photo of author on glossy plate, several b/w illustrations in text. ; Introduction by Louis Fuller. Line art by Jack R. Hubbard. ; Epic true story of founding and early years of Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio, whose first president was the renowned Horace Mann (1796-1859) author, congressman, Unitarian, and father of public schools in America. ; Book shows only a touch of shelfwear. No marks or defects. Jacket sunned on spine and around edges, small wrinkle at crown, all readable.
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Iron Horse at War, the : The United States Government's Photodocumentary Project on American Railroading During the Second World War

By: Valle, James E.; Illustrated by Jack Delano

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Howell-North Books : 1978

Seller ID: 22974

ISBN-13: 9780831071127

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Good dust jacket

256 pages; 4to (11.25") 29 cm; Tall hardcover, yellow cloth, 256 glossy pages, endpaper map, main text in 2 columns, 310 striking b/w photos with captions. ; 272 of the 310 photos in this book were taken by the great Jack Delano. ; An amazing collection of professional photographs showing how American railroads coped with the tremendous surge of traffic engendered by World War 2." While he worked mainly in Chicago documenting the North Western Railway and the Indiana Harbor Belt Line, Delano journeyed and documented activity across the country as far as Santa Fe and Los Angeles. ; Book is pris...
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Fun with Bow and Arrow

By: Van Coevering, Jack, and Fred Bear

Price: $11.00

Publisher: General Motors Corporation : 1953

Seller ID: 20572

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

24 pages; 8vo (8.5") 23 cm; Illustrated softcover booklet, 24 pages including covers, 22 b/w photos and diagrams, 6 color illustrations. ; Published by General Motors Information Rack Service. Written by longtime wildlife editor, Detroit Free Press. Photos by authors. ; Topics include. Types of bow. Types of arrow. Stringing. Accessories. Aiming. Shooting. Hunting. More. ; Edges sunned. No other defects.
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Gold Mines of California : An Illustrated History of the Most Productive Mines with Descriptions of the Interesting People Who Owned and Operated Them

By: Wagner, Jack R.; Illustrated by Marjolaine O'Neill

Price: $18.00

Publisher: Howell-North Books : 1970

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 22911

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket

259 pages; 4to (11.25") 29 cm; Tall hardcover, gray cloth, 259 pages, old ads on endpapers, index, bibliography, glossary, 300 high-quality b/w photos, maps, drawings and diagrams, and 14 original full-color illustrations, with captions. ; History of large-scale gold mines of California from 1849 to 1942.; No defects to book. Jacket rubbed, a few very small spots, one small chip and one closed tear not affecting any text, old cellophane tape over heel.
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Author: Jack, E. G.