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Price: $15.00
Publisher: Applied Publishing Company: 1954
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 19264
Condition: Good+
48 pages; 8vo (9") 23 cm; Blue softcover booklet, 48 glossy pages, numerous recipes, 28 b/w photos and illustrations. Tips on wedding scheduling, receiving lines, expenses, home furnishings, buying meat, etc. ; Copyright 1951. This edition 1954. Detroit area promotional item for wedding industry. Includes display ads from several major sponsors including H. A. Powell photography studio, Rogers furniture, Necchi Elna sewing machines, Creamettes macaroni, Wrigley's super market, Dairy Council of Detroit, Sprite Instant Suds for dishes. ; Light edgewear. Heel is lightly bumped. Interior clean... View more info
By: Newton, F. Homer
Price: $6.00
Publisher: Grand Lodge, Free & Accepted Masons: 1945
Edition: Revised Edition; Fifth Printing
Seller ID: 21210
Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket
131 pages; 16mo (6.25") 16 cm; Small hardcover, dark blue buckram cloth, 131 pages, index. No exterior lettering. Text in plain English, not code. ; Originally published 1897. This is revised edition, 1937, 5th printing, 1945. ; Gives ceremonies and prayers, lists general rules and regulations, describes meanings of Masonic symbols (beehive, compass, hour glass, indented tessel, jewels, orders in architecture, square, trowel, etc) and more. ; A touch of wear to heel and crown. 5 leaves creased at tip. No other flaws. View more info
Price: $25.00
Publisher: Order of the Eastern Star:
Seller ID: 20607
Condition: Very Good+
Not a book. This is vintage collar of office (neck regalia) worn by Order of the Eastern Star (masonic) officer. Measures when flat about 17 inches high, 11 inches wide. Has 8 pairs of metal symbols linked together: Star, Open book, Matron's gavel, Adah's sword and veil, Ruth's sheaf of barley, Esther's crown and scepter, Martha's broken column, Electa's chalice. All metal parts are gold-tone except stars are silver-tone. Cloth under collar is dark purple velvet backed with purple satin. ; Maker and date unknown. ; Very minor wear. Small center chain loose but present. No jewel of office prese... View more info
By: Palmer, M. Dale
Price: $16.00
Publisher: Noetics Institute: 1994
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 9001
ISBN: 0964263300
Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket
347 pages; 8vo (9.5") 25 cm; Hardcover, purple cloth, gold lettering, 347 pages, index, bibliography, 51 b/w photos and diagrams. ; Author traces occult and metaphysical ideas from ancient Egypt to 20th century. Topics include: God. Atlantis. Freemasons. White lodge. Blue lodge. Roman Catholic Church. Rosicrucian Enlightenment. More. ; Only a touch of wear. No major flaws. Appears unread. View more info
By: Palmer, Ray
Price: $11.00
Publisher: Palmer Publications: 1961
Seller ID: 16298
Condition: Very Good+
96 pages; 12mo (7.25") 19 cm; Softcover, glossy pink and orange covers, 96 pages, several display ads. ; Cover photo: Frank E. Stranges. Articles: How Far is the Moon? (by Palmer, we assume). Merry-go-round of Confusion, by Richard Ogden. Preacher, what about UFOs, by Frank E. Stranges, president, International Evangelism Crusades. UFO Report from brazil, by Luiz Paulo Pasterino, with 3 low-quality b/w photos. More. ; Remarkably good codition for a fragile item. Covers show only a touch of rubbing. Oldprice penned on upper front in a small hand. Pages are a bit yellowed. No other defects. View more info
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Health Research: 1976
Seller ID: 13945
Condition: Very Good+
319 pages; 8vo (8.5") 22 cm; Softcover, white plastic comb binding, orange leatherette covers, publisher catalog in rear. ; Copyright 1916. This is a facsimile reprint edition, 1976. Topics include: Astral senses. Telepathy. Mind-reading. Crystal-gazing. Clairvoyance of the past. Clairvoyance of the future. Astral-body traveling. Psychic influence. Magnet healing. More. ; Covers show light wear. One leaf shows small stains from removed paperclip. No other defects. Scarce. View more info
Price: $8.00
Publisher: Yoga Publication Society: 1940
Seller ID: 17452
ISBN: 0911662375
Condition: Very Good+
86 pages; 16mo (6.25") 16 cm; Small softcover, white covers, 86 pages. ; Copyright 1912, 1940. This edition not dated. Authored by William Walker Atkinson writing as Swami Panchadasi. 'True occult knowledge gives you practical power and strength.' ; Phone number penned on pg 6. Otherwise only minor wear. Scarce. ; Advanced Thought Series; Vol. 11 View more info
By: Partridge, Burgo
Price: $16.00
Publisher: Anthony Blond: 1958
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 13775
Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket
224 pages; 12mo (7.25") 19 cm; Green cloth, silver spine lettering, 224 pages, index, brief bibliography. ; From preface: 'In this book orgies of a sexual character or origin only will be included because of their superior interest for everybody'. Covers history of orgies from ancient Greece up through the Medieval Christian Church. ; Rear endpaper has small slip attached, imprinted with name and address of a Taiwan bookseller. Endpapers are slightly discolored from paste action, which is normal. Spine is faded from green to tan but still quite readable. No other defects. View more info
Price: $13.00
Publisher: William Morrow & Company: 1974
Seller ID: 20744
Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
412 pages; 8vo (8.5") 23 cm; Book Club Edition; Hardcover, black cloth, dark gray boards, 412 pages. ; Book club edition. Dimple on rear. ; A classic of 1970s philosophy, ethics, Zen Buddhism, travel, and yes, motorcycle maintenance. ; Owner name penned on front endpaper. A touch of foxing to top and fore-edge. Jacket has four very small closed tears on upper edge. View more info
By: Rabinovitch, Ralph, and Sara Dubo Rabinovitch
Price: $46.00
Publisher: Hawthorn Center: 1949
Seller ID: 18090
Condition: Good+
224 pages; 4to (11") 28 cm; This is not a book but a collection of 19 booklets and articles 1949-1954 by Ralph Rabinovitch MD (1917-2015) and Sara Dubo Rabinovitch MD (1916-2009) co-founders of Hawthorn Cente, Northville, Michigan, first comprehensive facility in the US with outpatient, inpatient, day school, research and training programs for disturbed children. Softcover, 224 pages, a few b/w figures, charts and graphs. ; Additional contributors include Valeria F. Juracsek MD, Joseph Fischhoff MD, J. D. Adamson MD, Harris B. Peck MD, Sybylle Escalona PhD and others. All items are softcov... View more info
By: Redding, M. W.
Price: $34.00
Publisher: Redding & Company: 1916
Edition: Revised Edition
Seller ID: 21200
Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket
195 pages; 24mo (5.25") 14 cm; This book was designed to be carried in pocket. It is bound with wallet-style flap. Small size (5.25 inches) 134 mm tall, black textured faux leather over flexible boards, all edges red, 8 floor charts, 195 + 11 pages. Written mostly in code, including abbreviations and pictograms, except for front 13 pages in plain English. ; Originally published 1873. This is revised edition, 1916. ; This item was carried in a pocket and is slightly warped. Minor edgewear to exterior. Two pages have small pencil marks, otherwise no major defects. Binding tight. ; National S... View more info
By: Reynolds, James
Price: $24.00
Publisher: Creative Age Press: 1949
Seller ID: 20677
Condition: Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
295 pages; 4to (10.75") 28 cm; Tall hardcover, dark red cloth, color illustrated endpapers, 295 pages, 24 full-page illlustrations (23 b/w and one full-color frontispiece) plus two color illustrations on jacket. ; True stories of ghosts and hauntings, collected in person by author on his travels to Italy, France, Belgium, England, Portugal, Norway, India, etc. Illustrated by author. ; Book shows no defects. Jacket has minor wear to tips. Scarce in any condition. View more info
Price: $25.00
Publisher: Improved Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks: 1979
Seller ID: 20017
Condition: Very Good+
201 pages; 8vo (9") 23 cm; Pale blue softcover, 201 pages, lists of national and local officers, rituals, reports, etc, 23 b/w portraits of officers. ; The Elks (BPOE) were founded as a whites-only masonic-style club in 1868. The Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, made up of African American men, was organized in 1897. Its ladies auxiliary was founded in 1902. This is a record of the 77th annual convention of the ladies auxiliary of the Improved Elks. ; Covers show only minor edgewear. No other defects. Scarce. View more info
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Race Betterment League: 1916
Edition: Ninth Edition
Seller ID: 16750
Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket
255 pages; 12mo (7.5") 19 cm; Hardcover, dark red cloth, gilt lettering, 247 + 8 pages, footnotes, a few lists and tables. Appendix of brief articles by other writers including Clara Gruening Stillman, James Ferdinand Morton Jr, Dr. Leo Jacobi, Edwin C. Walker. ; An early book arguing in favor of eugenics, or the betterment of human life by careful breeding and other techniques, some racist. Written by MD expert in sexual diseases. ; 9th edition, 1916, stated. Introduction by A. Jacobi, ex-president, American Medical Association. Topics include: The spectre of too many children. Race suici... View more info
By: Ross, T. A.
Price: $26.00
Publisher: Edward Arnold & Company: 1943
Edition: Third Printing
Seller ID: 18224
Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket
116 pages; 12mo (7.25") 19 cm; Small hardcover, red boards, gilt lettering, 116 pages, index, appendix. ; Copyright 1941. This is 3rd printing, 1943. Written by T. A. Ross, MD, FRCP. Topics include: Acute war neurosis. Chronic war neurosis. Phobias. Treatment of patients. More. ; Light edgewear. No marks but small amount of foxing here and there. Gilt lettering somewhat dull but all readable. Binding tight. View more info
By: Rudhyar, Dane
Price: $9.00
Publisher: CSA Press: 1972
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 20741
Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket
375 pages; 8vo (8.5") 23 cm; Hardcover, dark blue boards, blue endpapers, 375 pages, footnotes, several b/w diagrams of birth charts. ; Isbn 0877070822. Topics include: Astrology for new minds. Astrology of self actualization. First steps in the study of birth charts. Planetary and lunar nodes. Two case studies, one of which is Franklin D. Roosevelt. More. ; One page shows a stray ink mark in margin. Top edge lightly foxed. No other defects to book. Lacks jacket. View more info
Price: $16.00
Publisher: Scholl Manufacturing Company: 1948
Seller ID: 20783
Condition: Very Good+
52 pages; 16mo (6.25") 16 cm; Small silver-toned softcover booklet, 52 pages, list of Dr. Scholl's distributors and foot comfort shops, list of Dr. Scholl's remedies, 110 b/w and monochrome photos and diagrams with captions. ; Copyright 1928. This edition 1948. Topics include: Foot structure. Shoes. Flat-foot. Callouses. Corns. Bunions. Hammer toe. Morton's toe. Athlete's foot. Bromidrosis. Varicose veins. More. ; Minor wear only. No marks or major defects. Binding tight. Scarce. View more info
By: Smiles, Samuel
Price: $32.00
Publisher: John W. Lovell Company: 1882
Edition: Revised Edition
Seller ID: 21172
Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket
448 pages; 12mo (7.5") 19 cm; Hardcover, red cloth, black decor, gilt title band on spine, 448 pages, tan patterned endpapers, blue page-marker ribbon, extensive index. ; Originally published 1859. This is Revised and Enlarged Edition, 1882. ; 'The duty of helping one's self in the highest sense involves the helping of others.' Topics include: Humble origins of eminent men. Leaders of industry. Perseverance of inventors. Scientific pioneers. Great artists. Successful men in commerce. Courage. Frugality. Moderation. Self education and self improvement. High standards of character. More. ; S... View more info
By: Strawn, Mary Ann
Price: $13.00
Publisher: Western Electric Company: 1974
Seller ID: 20289
Condition: Near Fine
16 pages; 8vo (8.5") 23 cm; Blue softcover booklet, 16 pages including covers; table of 'dopeology' listing main illegal drugs plus liquor and tobacco, with their street names, characteristics, dangers, etc; 10 b/w photos. ; 1974 edition. ; Faint crease to rear cover. No other defects. Extremely scarce. View more info
By: Stuart
Price: $38.00
Publisher: House of Stuart: 1945
Seller ID: 17850
Condition: Very Good+
60 pages; 12mo (7.75") 20 cm; Pink softcover booklet, rear cover white, 60 unnumbered pages, line illustrations throughout in black and pink. ; Published 1945. Beauty tips from House of Stuart, once a well-known salon in Newark, New York, where 'beauty clinics' were hosted, several name-brand products were marketed, including Satin cleansing cream, Glo-Gent freshener, Textura cream, etc. ; Topics include: Complexion. Dry skin. Sensitive skin. Face massage. Wrinkles. Foundations. Rouge. Eyebrows. Nails. Hair. More. ; Very little wear. The main defect: rear cover, which is unprinted, has sev... View more info