Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

Down Under : South-West Pacific Area, Fifth Army Air Force, 1943

Price: $400.00

Publisher: Angus & Robertson : 1943

Seller ID: 23409

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

84 pages; 4to (11") 28 cm; Tall hardcover, dark blue buckram cloth, 5th Air Force (5AF) insignia on front, green-tinted photo endpapers, 84 unnumbered pages, tons of group photos, aircraft photos, etc. Little text. ; Illustrations by Charles Pearson. Cartoons by B. & C. ; Military photos for the most part, but some also of Australian aborigines, grass huts, kangaroos, etc. Some nudes. ; Exterior shows light wear, maintly to crown. Pages are clean but slightly wavy. Binding tight. Quite scarce. ; Five relevant items laid in: 1) group photo, 23 men in two rows, palm trees in background, marked "...
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Show Songs from the Black Crook to the Red Mill : Original Sheet Music for Sixty Songs from 50 Shows 1866-1906

By: Appelbaum, Stanley

Price: $27.00

Publisher: Dover Publications : 1974

Seller ID: 16077

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

279 pages; 4to (12") 31 cm; Ex-Library; Tall hardcover, tan cloth, 279 pages, introduction and commentary, 30 b/w photos and illustrations from shows, 60 original songs reproduced from original sheet music, with tunes, piano parts, and lyrics. ; Includes two hit songs from 1902 stage show of The Wizard of Oz (Sammy, and, Hurrah for Baffin's Bay). Other songs include: Mulligan guard. Paddy Duffy's cart. Maggie Murphy's home. Song of brown October ale. Mister Johnson turn me loose. Purity brigade. I want to be a military man. Mister Dooley. Tale of the turtle dove. Absinthe frappe. I want what I...
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Universalist and Ladies Repository, The, Volume 8 : June 1839 to May 1840

By: Bacon, Henry, and Sarah C. Edgarton

Price: $65.00

Publisher: Abel Tompkins : 1840

Seller ID: 21090

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

476 pages; 4to (10.25") 26 cm; Hardcover, tan leather spine and corners, marbled boards, [vi] + 476 pages, speckled edges, gilt lettering on red and black bands on spine, rag (cotton fiber) paper throughout, main text in 2 columns. Each issue (except one) also has an original song (one composed by J. Lodge) with tune, lyrics, and full piano accompaniment. ; 12 monthly issues bound together, June 1839 to May 1840, with full index in front. Contents include: Bible expository. Original poetry and short stories. Philosophical topics. Historical topics. Women in history. Denominational news. Review...
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Le Sud-Ouest de la France, de la Loire a la Frontiere d'Espagne : The Southwest of France, from the Loire to the Spanish Border

By: Baedeker, Karl

Price: $18.00

Publisher: Verlag von Karl Baedeker : 1906

Edition: Eighth Edition

Seller ID: 23453

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

450 pages; 16mo (6.5") 17 cm; FRENCH text throughout. Small hardcover, red cloth over flexible boards, gilt lettering, 450 pages, marbled edges, two page-marker ribbons, index, 25 plans, 1 panorama, 13 maps including many fold-outs in 1 or 2 colors. ; Originally published 1894. This is 8th Edition, 1906. ; The definitive travel guide in its day. ; Light edgewear. One fold-out extends a little beyond textblock and is worn along edge, affecting margin only. The number 1 is marked on rear in old ink. Binding solid and square.
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Bystander's Fragments from France, The, Volume 4 : By Captain Bairnsfather

By: Bairnsfather, Bruce

Price: $10.00

Publisher: The Bystander : 1916

Seller ID: 24470

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

36 pages; 4to (11.5") 30 cm; Tall olive-green softcover, color paste-down on front, 36 glossy pages, 33 full-page b/w cartoons of those famous British fighting men, Bill and Bert, in the trenches of WW1. ; Normal wear, a few pale spots. Small splits at heel and crown otherwise binding is holding together very well.
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Best Loved Nursery Rhymes and Songs : Including Mother Goose Selections, with Helpful Guide for Parents

By: Baker, Augusta

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Parents' Magazine Enterprises : 1974

Edition: Second Edition

Seller ID: 21255

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

250 pages; 4to (11.25") 29 cm; Tall hardcover, color illustrated boards, 250 + 4 pages, index, monochrome illustrations throughout in many different colors. Includes Edward Lear's charming Alphabet Poem. ; Copyright 1963. This is 2nd edition, 1974.; Moderate edgewear. Juvenile marks on both endpapers and last page of index. Otherwise clean and tight.
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Life of Robert Louis Stevenson, The, Complete in 2 Volumes : With Portraits

By: Balfour, Graham

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons : 1901

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 23040

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

531 pages; 8vo (8.5") 23 cm; Set of 2 hardcover volumes, dark red cloth, gilt letting, top edges gilt, 256 + 275 pages, 531 total pages, footnotes, index, 7 appendixes, 2 b/w portraits, 1 fold-out two-color map of Stevenson's life and travels in the South Seas (Hawaii, Samoa, Marshall Islands, Tahiti, etc) ; Published 1901. No additional printings listed. Biography of famed Scottish author of Treasure Island, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Kidnapped and many more. ; Cloth shows moderate wear, sunning and small spots to edges. Spines darkened but readable. Owner name in fountain pen on front endpaper...
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Expositor and Universalist Review, The, Volume 4, New Series : Numbers 1-6, 1840

By: Ballou, Hosea 2nd

Price: $70.00

Publisher: G. W. Bazin & A. Tompkins : 1840

Seller ID: 21091

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

432 pages; 8vo (8.5") 23 cm; Hardcover, full reddish-brown leather, gilt spine lettering, tan endpapers, [iv] + 432 pages, 33 extensive articles and other features. ; Complete volume, with table of contents, 1840. Edited by Rev. Hosea Ballou II. Published bi-monthly (Jan, Mar, May, Jul, Sep, Nov) by George W. Bazin & Abel Tompkins. Printed by William A. Hall & Company. ; Contents include: Sermons. Original poetry. Bible exposition, with footnotes, including commentary on the lake of fire, the logos, the second death, ancient Hebrew, eternal punishment, the Book of Enoch, more. ; Universalism, ...
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Norwood, Or, Village Life in New England : By Henry Ward Beecher, from the New York Ledger (1e, 1st Edition, 1868)

By: Beecher, Henry Ward

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Charles Scribner & Company : 1868

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 16325

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

549 pages; 12mo (7.5") 19 cm; Hardcover, original purple cloth, gilt spine lettering, [xii] + 549 pages + 4-pg publisher catalog in rear, tan endpapers, rag (cotton fiber) paper throughout. ; 1st edition in book form. Title page 1868. Copyright page 1867. No additional printings. ; This was the first novel by the famed Congregationalist preacher. It was originally published in parts in the New York Ledger. A sprawling novel filled with all sorts of odd characters, family life, New England sociability, almost autobiographical. ; Cloth moderately worn at heel and crown, purple color mostly faded...
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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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Alcoholics Anonymous, 2nd Edition, 9th Printing : (Second, Ninth) the Story of How Many Thousands of Men and Women Have Recovered from Alcoholism

By: Bill W.

Price: $120.00

Publisher: Alcoholics Anonymous World Services : 1967

Edition: Second Edition; Ninth Printing

Seller ID: 24365

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

575 pages; 8vo (8.5") 22 cm; Dark blue cloth, title blind-stamped on front, copper lettering stamped on spine, [xxx] + 575 pages, 6 appendixes. Page xv states, "As of 1966, there are over 12,000 groups in over 90 countries." Page 16 states "some 12,000 groups." ; Preface by Dr. William D. Silkworth. ; Cloth lightly spotted, worn at tips. Bottom edge spotted. Front endpaper and front 35 leaves discolored in margins, not affecting any text. Several small marks on Table of Contents pages. Interior clean, binding tight. Lacks jacket. ; Four vintage items laid in: 1) Understanding Alcoholism: Medic...
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Indianapolis Area of the Methodist Episcopal Church, the : First Quadrennium

By: Bogue, Jesse

Price: $16.00

Publisher: Herald Publishing Company : 1924

Seller ID: 21122

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

126 pages; 4to (10.25") 26 cm; Hardcover with brown buckram embossed covers, dark brown endpapers, 126 glossy pages, 370 b/w photos with captions. ; Tons of lists, data, names, info on parishes, preachers, publications, membership, councils, men's and women's organizations, district staff, etc, of Methodist churches of Indiana and large part of Kentucky, from earliest days to 1924. Interracial. Additional contributions by Clarence E. Flynn, Alfred E. Craig, W. L. Ewing, J. B. Redmond, W. H. Riley, C. B. Croxall, Hattie L. Asbury, more. ; Light to moderate edgewear, mainly at crown. Three leave...
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Moderne Deutsche Gebrauchs Exlibris, mit 400 Abbildungen, das : The Modern German Artistic Bookplate, with 400 Illustrations

By: Braungart, Richard

Price: $26.00

Publisher: Franz Hanfstaengl : 1922

Seller ID: 24333

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

128 pages; 8vo (9.5") 25 cm; GERMAN text throughout, in plain type, with a few illustrations having Fraktur script. Hardcover, gray decorated cloth, top edge inked blue, 101 + 3 pages + 24 glossy unnumbered plates, total 128 pages, index, 90 b/w illustrations on plates, 310 illustrations in text, total 400 strikingly beautiful illustrations of antique b/w German bookplates of the 1800s to 1922, with artist's names. Art Nouveau predominates. ; Cover design by Fritz Wittlinger. Bookplates in this volume are decorated with all manner of graphic art including coats of arms, human figures, fabulous...
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Duty

By: Brooks, Phillips

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Hayes Lithographing Company : 1910

Seller ID: 18420

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

12 pages; 8vo (8") 21 cm; Tall narrow hardcover, white cloth, 12 unnumbered pages, gilt decor, 7 beautiful full-color chromolithographs. ; Lovely old gift book containing popular inspirational quotes by the Rev. Phillips Brooks (1835-1893) one of the most well-known Episcopal clergy of his era. ; Cloth lightly soiled, with pale areas of discoloration visible. Small chip to crown. Interior clean, binding tight. ; Best Wishes Series
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Highlights of Templar History

By: Brown, William Moseley

Price: $30.00

Publisher: William Mitchell Printing Company : 1944

Seller ID: 20032

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

87 pages; 8vo (9.25") 23 cm; Hardcover, dark brown cloth, gilt lettering and knight on front, 87 glossy pages, chronology of Templars in US from 1769 to 1816, 16 b/w photos and illustrations including chart showing development of Freemasonry and Templars from ancient times to today (in French) otherwise all text is English. ; Published under auspices, Grand Encampment, Knights Templar, United States of America. Foreword by Charles Noah Orr. Preface by author, with Andrew D. Agnew and Chalmers L. Pancoast, being the committee on Templar history. ; Cloth shows light wear at tips. Front free endp...
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Really Babies, 1e : (1st Edition, 1908)

By: Brownell, Elizabeth B. ; Illustrated by Elizabeth B. Brownell

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Rand, McNally & Company : 1908

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 14299

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

63 pages; 4to (11.25") 29 cm; Large hardcover, brown cloth, gilt lettering, 63 glossy pages, title on front in gilt edged in black, small b/w photo paste-downs on front and rear. ; Original nursery rhyme-style poems, illustrated with b/w photos of real children, age about 1-5 years, wearing normal (1908) clothing. Glossy throughout. ; Cloth quite worn, small chips to photo paste-downs. Light foxing here and there, also pale dampstains to lower margins of rear leaves, none affecting text or pictures. Several leaves have small tears to lower margins, a common feature of large books well-loved by...
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Selections from the Poetical Works of Robert Browning : 1872

By: Browning, Robert

Price: $18.00

Publisher: Thomas Y. Crowell : 1872

Seller ID: 21434

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

282 pages; 12mo (7.5") 19 cm; Hardcover, dark blue cloth over beveled boards, black and gilt decor on front and spine, [viii] + 282 + 8 pages, all edges gilt, b/w portrait frontispiece illustration of Browning, main text in 2 columns, small type throughout. ; Dedicated by the poet to Alfred Tennyson, May 14, 1872, stated. ; Cloth shows moderate wear at heel and crown, minor wear to tips. Interior clean but pages slightly yellowed from age. 1889 newspaper clipping with obit for Browning neatly clipped and affixed to front free endpaper with sewing pin, which we have left in place. Binding tight...
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Songs for Children

By: Buckingham, Dora I.

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Milton Bradley Company : 1927

Seller ID: 20150

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

38 pages; Folio (12.5") 32 cm; Tall hardcover, brown cloth and boards, 38 pages, 33 delightful original songs for young children of kindergarten age, with tunes, lyrics, and full piano. ; Copyright 1913. This edition 1927. Songs by Dora Buckingham, assistant professor of early education, Western State Normal School, now Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo. Foreword by Lucy Gage. ; Songs, which were successfully "tested" on children who loved them, include: Christmas eve. Daddy long legs. Mango pepper. Soldier boy. Bumble bee. Grasshoppers. Foolish puppy dogs. Naughy bunny. Morning sun. More...
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Poems : By William Henry Burleigh

By: Burleigh, William Henry (Rev)

Price: $38.00

Publisher: J. Miller M'Kim : 1841

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 20370

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

248 pages; 12mo (7.75") 20 cm; This is an actual book from 1841, not an overpriced mess printed by a computer after you place your order. ; hardcover, black leather, gilt spine lettering, 248 pages, yellow endpapers, ; 1st edition. Same date. Published in Philadelphia by J. Miller M'Kim (James Miller McKim, speaker for American Anti-Slavery Society), Pittsburgh by Ingram & M'Candless, New York by Wiley & Putnam. ; Fiery poems by the Rev. William Henry Burleigh 1812-1871, abolitionist, journalist, newspaper editor, hymnwriter, whose arguably more famous wife was the radical activist Rev. Celia ...
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Illustrated Tarzan Book, The, Number 1 : Picturized from the Novel Tarzan of the Apes, 300 Pictures

By: Burroughs, Edgar Rice; Illustrated by Harold Foster

Price: $26.00

Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap : 1929

Seller ID: 16073

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

80 pages; 8vo (8.75") 23 cm; Green cloth over spine, illustrated boards in green and orange, 80 pages, each page has four b/w line illustrations laid out comic-book style, with a paragraph underneath telling the story. ; Dated 1929. No other dates; however, this publisher often reprinted without modifying the date, so this unit is possibly as late as 1931.; Worn and chipped along all edges, as usual. Gift note on front endpaper neatly done in fountain pen dated 1931. The word 'chump' penciled several times on rear cover, which is otherwise blank. No other marks or writing. Faint smudges to pag...
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Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket