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Games and Recreational Methods : For Clubs, Camps and Scouts, with 442 Illustrations and Diagrams

By: Smith, Charles F.

Price: $13.00

Publisher: Dodd, Mead & Company: 1926

Seller ID: 21011

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

469 pages; 12mo (7.25") 18 cm; Small hardcover, 469 glossy pages, index, 442 b/w photos and diagrams, hundreds of games and ideas for indoor and outdoor recreation, suitable for kids, grownups, scouts, clubs, etc. ; Copyright 1924. This is 3rd printing, November 1926. ; Chapters include: Playground games. Social games. Hiking and camping games. Water sports. Scouting games. Tips for game leading. Plus fire making, tree lore, recipes for outdoor cooking, more. ; Additional chapters by Elbert K. Fretwell, Helen Ferris, W. E. Longfellow, J. L. Underhill, B. Dean Brink, H. L. Madison. ; Light ...
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Synonyms Discriminated, 5e : (5th Edition, 1890) a Dictionary of Synonymous Words in the English Language, Illustrated with Quotations from Standard Writers

By: Smith, Charles John, with H. Percy Smith

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Henry Holt & Company: 1890

Seller ID: 21174

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

781 pages; 12mo (7.5") 19 cm; Hardcover, dark brown cloth, gilt lettering on spine, [x] + 781 pages, dark brown endpapers, index, main text in 2 columns. Liberally sprinkled with literary quotations. ; Originally published 1871. This is 5th edition, edited by Rev. H. Percy Smith, 1890. Not only a thesaurus but also explains subtle differences in common use between words such as gift and present. ; Very light wear. Small b/w antique book label on front endpaper. No other defects.
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Encyclopedia of Fable : An Abc-Clio Literary Companion

By: Snodgrass, Mary Ellen

Price: $15.00

Publisher: ABC-CLIO: 1998

Seller ID: 21817

ISBN: 1576070263

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

472 pages; 4to (10.25") 26 cm; Brown hardcover, [xvi] + 451 pages, index, appendix, bibliography, dozens of b/w photos and illustrations with captions. ; Indexes and analyses classic fables, both folk-based and literary, including those from Thousand and One Nights, Anansi, Brer Rabbit, Old Man Coyote, Canterbury Tales, Aesop, Marie de France, Robert Louis Stevenson, Zora Neale Hurston, Kipling, Rumi, Goethe, many more. ; No marks or defects. Sturdy library binding, as issued.
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75 Years of Public Service : The Detroit News

By: Stark, George W.

Price: $13.00

Publisher: Detroit News: 1948

Seller ID: 20821

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

32 pages; 8vo (8") 21 cm; Ex-Library; Small hardcover, brown buckram cloth, gray endpapers, [iv] + 25 + 3 pages, 32 total pages, 8 b/w photos and illustrations, glossy throughout. ; Originally published as a series of articles, 1948. This is 1st edition in book form. ; Front endpaper covered with library outrages otherwise book is very good condition.
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Antique Leather Bound Photo Album : Pearl L. Sternberg Family of Buffalo, New York, Civil War Era

By: Sternberg, Pearl L.

Price: $100.00

Publisher: G. A. Bte. S. G. D. G.: 1869

Seller ID: 16202

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

50 pages; 16mo (6") 16 cm; Small size (4.5 x 6 inches, 2 inches thick) (12 x 16 cm, 5 cm thick) full dark brown leather, beautiful black decor, all edges gilt, two large ornate brass clasps, white moire endpapers, 50 thick pages with die-cut places to insert photos. This album has 38 antique photos inside, including 16 women, 21 men, and 1 photo of a couple. ; Each page has, in extremely small gilt lettering, the following legend: G. A. Bte. S. G. D. G. No other publication data. ; Named persons are: Pearl L. Sternberg (president of P. L. Sternberg & Company, shipping company, Buffalo) and...
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Elementary Japanese

By: Sullivan, Edward Joseph

Price: $18.00

Publisher: Infantry Journal: 1944

Seller ID: 20676

Condition: Very Good+

167 pages; 16mo (6.75") 17 cm; Small softcover, dark brown cloth over spine, brown covers, 167 + 5 pages, 40 lessons, English-Japanese and Japanese-English glossary, index. ; Written by Colonel E. J. Sullivan, US Army. ; Small area of discoloration to rear cover, which is unlettered. Very light bump to lower tip. Otherwise appears unused. Scarce in any condition. ; Standard Military Books Series
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New Census Atlas of the World : Physical, Pictorial and Descriptive (1st Edition, 1912)

By: Taylor, W. A., with E. G. Ravenstein and Charles Higgins

Price: $27.00

Publisher: Reilly & Britton: 1912

Seller ID: 21819

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

192 pages; Folio (15") 38 cm; Very tall hardcover, red cloth decorated in yellow and black, 192 pages, extensive index, numerous tables and charts, dozens of b/w photos in text, all the usual three-color maps. ; Includes (now historical) maps, flags, census data, etc, describing the world as it was just prior to World War 1. ; Worn but intact. Cloth has several small pale spots on front, a few inkspots on rear. Main defect: small piece of cloth missing on lower front, about 1 x 3 inches (see image). Interior clean, binding tight.
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How to Use Your Electrolux Cleaner Model L

By: Walsh, E.

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Electrolux Corporation: 1953

Seller ID: 18283

Condition: Very Good+

24 pages; 16mo (6") 15 cm; Oblong softcover booklet, 24 glossy pages, list of authorized dealers, 58 b/w photos and diagrams. ; Dated 1953 but has zip code, we therefore place it about 1965. One of the best vacuums ever made; our family had one that worked suberbly for over 60 years. ; One leaf has a pale spot. No other defects. Everything is readable. Quite scarce in any condition.
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Guide to Manuscripts in the Michigan Historical Collections of the University of Michigan

By: Warner, Robert M., and Ida C. Brown

Price: $55.00

Publisher: University of Michigan Press: 1963

Seller ID: 4037

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

315 pages; 4to (11") 28cm; Hardcover, blue buckram cloth, 315 pages, index, 2950 collected books, manuscripts, papers and other miscellaneous items listed and described. ; Index to personal papers of prominent figures, plus church, business, and civil records, records of organizations, etc, etc. ; Minor wear to cloth. No other defects. Scarce.
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Lapsed Anarchist's Approach to Building a Great Business, a : And, Being a Better Leader, And, Managing Ourselves

By: Weinzweig, Ari

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Zingerman's Press: 2010

Seller ID: 21684

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

0964895684 351 pages; 8vo (9.25") 23 cm; Set of 3 hardcovers, appendixes, b/w illustrations, lists and tables. Illustrations by Ian Nagy and Ryan Stiner. ; Lot includes: Zingerman's Guide To Good Leading, Vol-1, Building a Great Business, 2010, yellow cloth, 351 + 8 pages. Vol-2, Being a Better Leader, 2012, red cloth, 369 + 8 pages. Vol-3, Managing Ourselves, 2013, green cloth, 490 + 6 pages. ; Almost no visible wear. The only defect, a small piece of clear packing tape on front cover vol-1. No jackets, as issued. (Image shows vol-1) ; Zingerman's Guide to Good Leading Series
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DLB Dictionary of Literary Biography, Volume 141 : British Children's Writers, 1880-1914

By: Zaidman, Laura M, with Caroline C. Hunt

Price: $14.00

Publisher: Gale Research: 1994

Seller ID: 21816

ISBN: 0810355558

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

390 pages; 4to (11.25") 29 cm; Tall hardcover, blue cloth, [xviii] + 390 pages, main text in 2 columns, many b/w photos and illustrations, author bibliographies, extensive cumulative index, biographies of 26 noted British children's writers 1880s to 1910s. ; No marks or defects. Appears unused. ; Dictionary of Literary Biography Series; Vol. 141
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Types de L'Afrique du Nord : Northern African Types

By: [Author Unknown]; Illustrated by J. H. A.

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Types de L'Afrique du Nord: 1925

Seller ID: 14174

Condition: Very Good+

This is a collection of 8 beautiful hand-painted 4 x 6 inch postcards showing North African individuals in their native dress. Painted in watercolors. Captions on reverses are in French and English. Artist is JHA. No date but about 1925. Image shows four of the eight cards. ; 1) Berber dancing boy. 2) Berber woman of the High Atlas mountains. 3) Riffain warrior. 4) Nomad of Morocco's extreme south. Also in this lot are: 5) Berber woman of the Middle Atlas mountains. 6) Young girl selling oranges. 7) no title, shows old man pouring water from water bag into cup. 8) no title, shows seated woman ...
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Category: Reference