Condition: Good+

Filmmusic Notebook, Volume 1, Number 2 : Winter 1974-1975

By: Adamson, Eve; Illustrated by Glen Morley

Price: $18.00

Publisher: Film Music Collection : 1974

Seller ID: 21908

Condition: Good+

48 pages; 8vo (8.5") 23 cm; Softcover, glossy white covers, 48 pages, 1 full-spread b/w cartoon by Glen Morley, 1 musical example from The Miracle, by Elmer Bernstein; 22 musical examples from Psycho, by Bernard Herrmann. ; Topics include: Elmer Bernstein, by Michael Scheff, with chronology of his works. Interview with William Friedkin, by Bernstein, with sidenotes. Conversation with George Roy Hill, by Bernstein. Bernard Herrmann's Music for Psycho, part 2, by Fred Steiner, with endnotes and bibliography. ; Light edgewear, a touch of sunning, pale spot on front. Interior clean, binding tight....
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Lek ! Sanglekar : Play ! Song Games

By: Albin Ryden

Price: $22.00

Publisher: Sverges Godtemplares Ungdomsforbund : 1921

Edition: Fourth Edition

Seller ID: 22408

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good+

54 pages; 24mo (5.5") 13 cm; SWEDISH throughout. Small softcover, brown laid covers, 54 pages, rounded corners, 32 singing games with tunes, lyrics and instructions. ; Volume 2 of a set of 3 but stands alone. Originally published 1912. This is 4th edition, 1915, later printing, 1921. Published by Sverges Godtemplares Ungdomsforbund (S. G. U. Forlags Aktiebolag) (Swedish Good Templars Youth Association) ; Front cover smudged but not greasy. Small inkspot on title page. Interior and rear cover are clean, no marks, no major defects. Scarce. ; Lek Series; Vol. 2
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Wear-Ever : New Method Cooking Instruction Book, 1946

By: Aluminum Cooking Utensil Company

Price: $7.00

Publisher: Aluminum Cooking Utensil Company : 1946

Seller ID: 9708

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good+

64 pages; 8vo (9") 23 cm; Softcover, brown and gray-green covers, 64 pages, several color and b/w photos, about 120 recipes. ; Special tips for cooking with 'new' pots and pans made of aluminum! ; Worn around edges, covers faintly spotted, lower rear cover creased. Binding intact. Scarce. (Image shows interior pages) ; Laid in: Original card from Wear-Ever with cooking tips and warranty statement, printed both sides, dated October 1946.
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Songs of Many Nations : Ninety-Six Pages of Folk Songs from all Lands, Hymns Ageless but Timely, Rounds Sacred or Secular, Negro Spiritual Spontaneous Melodies

By: Anderson, Walter F.

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Cooperative Recreation Service : 1950

Seller ID: 20731

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good+

96 pages; 16mo (6.75") 17 cm; Small blue softcover booklet, 96 pages, index, 144 songs with tunes and lyrics, some also with full piano or 4-part harmony, plus a few hymns with tunes indicated. All in English, with a few in foreign language plus English. ; Published under auspices, Ohio Conference of Congregational Christian Churches. ; This book was loved. Bound edge worn but intact. Light wear to edges. Covers sunned with a few small spots. Interior clean, binding tight.
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Skansen, Buildings and Animals : A Short Guide for Visitors

By: Andren, Erik

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Skansen : 1965

Seller ID: 22302

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good+

56 pages; 8vo (8.25") 21 cm; Softcover, 56 glossy pages, two monochrome maps, 6 b/w diagrams of farmsteads, 26 b/w photos. ; English throughout, except centerfold map in Swedish. Copyright 1952. This edition 1965. Tourist attraction, Sweden's first open-air museum, with antique furnishings, exotic animals and dozens of historic buildings. ; Light edgewear. Upper margin slightly wavy throughout. No other defects. ; With this book you will also get 1930 Swedish-language edition, Skansen Kort Vagledning under Rundvandring (Guide to Skansen) foreword by Andreas Lindblom, 32 b/w photos, centerfold ...
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Auto Ferry Across Lake Michigan : Ann Arbor Railroad, Modern Steel Ships Carrying Automobiles and Tourists, 1947

By: Ann Arbor Railroad

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Ann Arbor Railroad : 1947

Seller ID: 24091

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good+

8 pages; 8vo (9") 23 cm; Softcover, 8 panels, printed in blue and red, timetable, rate table, two-color map, 4 b/w photos. ; All about the famous car ferry connecting Frankfort, Michigan, to Kewaunee, Manistique, Manitowoc and Menominee, Wisconsin. ; The Ann Arbor Railroad launched its first ferry in 1892 and folded in 1982.; Item shows light to moderate edgewear. Vertical creases, as issued, plus one faint horizontal crease from long ago. No other defects.
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Magic of Signs and Symbols, the : A Course of Education and Instruction for Aspirants to the Greater Life Everywhere

By: Aquarius (Harry J. Gardener)

Price: $13.00

Publisher: Lane Press : 1952

Seller ID: 21294

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good+

52 pages; 8vo (9.5") 25 cm; Softcover, tan leatherette covers, 52 pages numbered to 26 printed one side only, list of author's other books on last page. ; Self published, produced by mimeograph, possibly by Harry J. Gardener. ; Topics include: Numerology. Finding your soul vibration. Magic in your social security number. Nullify bad luck. Cash in on bright magic. More. ; Covers show sunning and edgewear. Small chip at crown. No marks or scribbles but pages starting to yellow from age. Binding of two staples tight. Quite scarce.
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Betz Family Record, the : 1953

By: Arlene Knapp Van Loocke

Price: $46.00

Publisher: Arlene Knapp Van Loocke : 1953

Seller ID: 23845

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good+

30 pages; 12mo (7") 18 cm; Green oblong softcover, 30 pages, brief data on about 500 individuals. Typedand reproduced bymimeograph. ; Traces the 11 children of Christopher Betz (1823-1903) and Katherine Stock Betz of Lucas county, Ohio, and their descendants, including members of Brockway, Burket, Eisenmann, Hazzard, Hebestreit, Horton, Leonard, Myers, Palmer, Ries, Woodward, Zimmerman and other branches. ; Covers sunned around edges. Rear cover has two small closed tears. One page has one date corrected in pen. Folded edge partly split but staples are holding everything together nicely. Quite...
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Recipe Round-Up : 25 Years, Westminster United Church Women

By: Armour, Audrey; Illustrated by James Armour

Price: $16.00

Publisher: Westminster United Church : 1987

Seller ID: 23282

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good+

166 pages; 8vo (9") 23 cm; White softcover, black plastic spiral binding, 166 pages, metric conversion table, quantity cooking table, table of substitutions, 9 graces, over 400 recipes of all kinds, with contributor names. Illustrated with humorous b/w line drawings of cartoon sheepdog. ; Foreword by Marjorie Hossack. Home-style recipes compiled for 25th anniversary of Westminster United Church, Thamesford, Ontario, Canada, founded in 1962. ; This book has been in a kitchen. Several pages have minor spots. A few recipes are marked "good." Owner name, the year 1988, and humorous inscr*ption pen...
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Giant Recipe Book, The

By: Author Unknown

Price: $58.00

Publisher: Windmill Publishing Company : 1935

Seller ID: 14887

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+

78 pages; Folio (15") 38 cm; Very large format (11 x 15 inches) 28 x 38 cm, hardcover looseleaf, about 78 unnumbered pages filled with about 900 great old recipes clipped from newspapers and magazines. There are small thumbtabs on some of the leaves and recipes are grouped by type. Original owner apparently kept adding pages, thus some pages are about 1.5 inches shorter than others. ; Covers are of heavy green buckram with ornate embossed designs and gilt roundel on front. Title on cover is just Scrap Book. We estimate it was started about 1935. One clipping is dated 1940. ; Covers show modera...
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Avocado Bravo, the : Revised Edition with Nutritional Information

By: Avocado Board

Price: $9.00

Publisher: California Avocado Advisory Board : 1978

Edition: Second Edition

Seller ID: 22789

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good+

48 pages; 8vo (9") 23 cm; Softcover booklet, 48 glossy pages, color glossy covers, index, 16 color illustrations including small map of southern California coast, 10 full-page color photos showing serving suggestions, 140 recipes, most vegetarian. ; Originally published 1976. This is 2nd edition, revised, April 1978. ; Includes history of the avocado, how to grow your own avocado tree, how to buy, ripen, cut and peel, etc, and table of nutrition by Roslyn B. Alfin-Slater. ; Item shows little sign of use but covers are spotted and discolored, with faint thumb creases.
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Supernal Joy : (Shape Notes) Our Second 1970 Book for Singing Schools, Conventions, Etc

By: Baxter, Clarice Howard

Price: $13.00

Publisher: Stamps-Baxter Music & Printing Company : 1970

Seller ID: 23931

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good+

176 pages; 12mo (7.75") 20 cm; Softcover, pink and blue covers, 176 pages, index, 3 small b/w portrait photos and brief history of Stamps Baxter Company, 174 hymns and sacred songs numbered to 173, all in 4-part harmony in shape notes. ; Initials penned on top and bottom in old ink, otherwise no marks or scribbles. Moderate wear. Pages yellowed from age but not brittle. Binding tight.
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Golden Book of Favorite Songs, The, Revised and Enlarged : A Treasury of the Best Songs of Our People

By: Beattie, John W.

Price: $11.00

Publisher: Hall & McCreary Company : 1951

Edition: 21st Edition

Seller ID: 23119

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good+

128 pages; 8vo (9") 23 cm; Yellow softcover, 128 pages, index, 202 beloved songs, of which 192 have full piano music, mostly in 4-part harmony. ; Copyright 1914. This is 21st edition, revised and enlarged, 1951. Includes popular songs of 19th and early 20th century, as well as hymns, carols, folklore songs, college songs, etc. Co-edited by William Breach, Mabelle Glenn, Walter J. Goodell, Edgar B. Gordon, Norman H. Hall, Ernest G. Hesser, E. Jane Wisenall. ; Worn and spotted on the exterior. Interior clean but pages a bit yellowed from age. Binding tight.
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Gray Book of Favorite Songs, the : Uncle Sam's Favorite Song Book, Revised

By: Beattie, John W.

Price: $7.00

Publisher: Hall & McCreary Company : 1924

Edition: Third Revised Edition

Seller ID: 23346

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good+

128 pages; 8vo (8.75") 22 cm; Pale gray softcover booklet, 128 pages, 2 indexes, 3 readings, 148 songs, of which 133 have tunes, many also have full piano arrangements; Originally published 1919. This is 3rd revised edition, 1924. ; Includes solos, choruses, rounds, humorous songs, spirituals, folklore songs, Christmas carols, patriotic songs and more. ; Light wear and pale spots to covers. Front has dealer name stamped in old faded ink. Both covers have owner name neatly penned in an old hand. Interior clean, binding tight.
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Most Often Needed Radio Diagrams and Servicing Information, Volume 2 : 1939

By: Beitman, M. N.

Price: $24.00

Publisher: Supreme Publications : 1941

Seller ID: 22631

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good+

192 pages; 4to (10.75") 28 cm; Tall green softcover, black cloth over spine, 192 pages, index, over 180 circuit diagrams for every popular brand of radio manufacturer. Volume 2 stated. ; Includes diagrams for Air-King, Allied Radio, Ansley, Belmont, Chevrolet, Crosley, Detrola, Emerson, Fada, Gamble-Skogmo, Howard, Lafayette, Majestic, Montgomery-Ward, Motorola, Noblitt-Sparks, Oldsmobile, Philco, RCA, Sears-Roebuck, Sparton, Spiegels, Stewart-Warner, United Motors, Zenith and many more. ; Moderate edgewear. Front cover has three spots (see image). Interior clean, binding tight. Scarce.
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Ballads and Songs : Collected by the Missouri Folk-Lore Society

By: Belden, Henry M.

Price: $40.00

Publisher: University of Missouri Press : 1966

Edition: Second Edition; Second Printing

Seller ID: 21550

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good+

532 pages; 4to (11") 28 cm; SOFTCOVER edition. Stiff gray covers, 532 pages, index, appendix, about 280 songs and ballads with lyrics and historical notes, many with tunes, many with variants. ; Ballads and Songs Collected by the Missouri Folklore Society; published by University of Missouri Press, originally published 1940. This is 2nd Edition, slightly revised, 2nd printing, 1966, stated. Introduction by Edward H. Weatherly. Authentic folklore collected 1910s-1930s. ; Moderate wear. Edges lightly sunned, tips worn, clear book tape over uncreased spine, sticker ghost on title page, several sm...
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Nationwide Dialing : From Wayne County, Michigan

By: Bell

Price: $11.00

Publisher: Michigan Bell Telephone Company : 1954

Seller ID: 19806

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good+

36 pages; 8vo (8") 21 cm; Red softcover, 36 pages, 2 b/w diagrams of dial phones, one map showing US cities that can be dialed direct from Detroit. Includes lengthy lists of new area codes and old exchanges -- those phone numbers that start with two letters (CEdarcrest, WAshburn, etc) and their locations. ; Amazing! You can now dial direct to 13 states and parts of Ontario! Published May 16, 1954.; Light edgewear. Main defect is that former owner used rear cover (blank except for small Bell logo) to do their sums; eight sums lightly written in pencil. Interior clean, binding tight. Quite scarc...
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We Never Called Him Henry : (Henry Ford, Giant and Genius, Pigmy and Puppet)

By: Bennett, Harry, with Phil Marcus

Price: $28.00

Publisher: Gold Medal/Fawcett Publications : 1951

Edition: Paperback Original

Seller ID: 23569

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good+

180 pages; 12mo (7") 18 cm; Red and yellow paperback, 180 + 4 pages, all edges inked yellow. Laid in: photocopy of 1951 newspaper clipping about this 'startling' book. ; Gold Medal 185. First edition, 1951, no other printings listed. ; Rare memoir of Henry Ford by his 30-year trouble shooter, top employee and closest confidant. Highly controversial when published. Reveals extent of Ford's private police system, underworld connections, and bloody relations with labor unions, as carried out by author on Ford's orders. ; Worn at tips. Front cover creased. Pages yellowed from age. Binding tight. R...
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Circus Model Builders : Third National Gathering, Santa Monica, California, 1960

By: Bergen, Elmer G.

Price: $60.00

Publisher: Circus Model Builders & Owners Association : 1960

Seller ID: 24010

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good+

18 pages; 8vo (8.5") 23 cm; Oblong softcover booklet, 11 x 8.5 inches, sidestapled, illustrated on front with performing animals, 18 unnumbered pages including covers, with 2-page Schedule of Events, 2-page Bull Session Notes, one-page List of Officials, and eight b/w drawings. Printing appears on eight pages (all bymimeograph except front cover); other pages blank, as issued. ; Founded in 1936, the purpose of CMB was to bring together all who build or own miniature models of circus equipment. This convention was held July 14-17, 1960, in California. The Al G. Barnes Ring (named for legendary ...
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System, the : A World Champion's Approach to Chess

By: Berliner, Hans

Price: $16.00

Publisher: Gambit Publications : 1999

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 22846

ISBN-13: 9781901983104

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good+

176 pages; 8vo (8.25") 21 cm; Brown and red softcover, 176 pages, brief bibliography, about 150 b/w chess-board diagrams. ; Edited by Graham Burgess. ; Covers show light edgewear. 5 leaves creased at tip. 16 pages have yellow highlighting.
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Condition: Good+