Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Homebodies

By: Addams, Charles; Illustrated by Charles Addams

Price: $17.00

Publisher: Simon & Schuster : 1954

Edition: Second Printing

Seller ID: 23233

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

90 pages; 4to (11") 28 cm; Tall hardcover, grayish-pink cloth over spine, black boards, [iv] + 90 pages, 2 color cartoons on endpapers, 90 macabre full-page b/w cartoons by the great Charles Addams ; Copyright 1954. This is 2nd printing, 1954.; Worn at tips. Front cover slightly discolored. A few very small spots here and there. Lacks jacket.
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Audels Aircraft Worker : A Practical Treatise for all Mechanics, Lead Men, Layout Men, Draftsmen, Designers, Apprentices and Students

By: Alderman, William H.

Price: $32.00

Publisher: Theodore Audel & Company : 1943

Edition: Second Printing

Seller ID: 23175

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

246 pages; 16mo (6.75") 17 cm; Small hardcover, gray cloth over stiff but flexible boards, tan endpapers, all edges inked red, 228 + 10 blank pgs for notes + 8-pg publisher catalog, 246 total pages, many lists and tables, 218 b/w photos and diagrams. ; Copyright 1942. This is 2nd printing, 1943. ; Everything you need to know to get a job in an aircraft plant, design and construct your own airplane, or repair propeller-type aircraft. Topics include: Aircraft parts and materials. Blueprints. Formulas and construction. Layout. Tools. Riveting. Fabrication. Assembly. More. ; Cloth shows a few smal...
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Scottish Songs : The Morven Collection of Scottish Songs with Accompaniments for Piano

By: Allan, Mozart

Price: $27.00

Publisher: Mozart Allan : 1912

Seller ID: 20078

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

240 pages; 4to (11.25") 29 cm; Tall hardcover, red cloth over spine, tartan boards, gilt lettering, all edges red, about 120 songs with tunes, lyrics, full piano arrangements in standard notation, with tunes also in solfa notation. ; Originally published 1884. This edition 1912. A superb collection of old folksongs and more recent (mid to late 1800s) popular songs by Scottish composers on Scottish themes. (Morven or Morvern is a craggy remote peninsula in western Scotland); Edges of boards worn and chipped. Front endpaper has an old song lyric taped in and several names penned in a small hand....
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Image for Sydpolen, den Norske Sydpolsfaerd med Fram, 1910-1912, med Portraetter, Illustrationar og Karter, Volume 1 : South Pole, the Norwegian Expedition aboard Fram, with Portraits, Illustrations and Maps, Volume 1

Sydpolen, den Norske Sydpolsfaerd med Fram, 1910-1912, med Portraetter, Illustrationar og Karter, Volume 1 : South Pole, the Norwegian Expedition aboard Fram, with Portraits, Illustrations and Maps, Volume 1

By: Amundsen, Roald

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Jacobs Dybwads Forlag : 1912

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 23500

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

528 pages; 8vo (9.25") 23 cm; NORWEGIAN text throughout. Hardcover, pastel-blue cloth decorated in gray-blue with gilt lettering and front photo pastedown, steel-gray endpapers, [xii] + 528 pages, frontispiece sepia-toned portrait, site plan of Framheim camp, 211 b/w photos and illustrations in text, 12 photos on b/w glossy plates, two-color fold-out map in rear. ; This is vol-1 ONLY of a 2-volume set. Foreword by Fridtjof Nansen. Photos include portraits, tall ships, men at work, buildings, tents, dogs, seals, penguins, mountains of ice, etc, etc. ; Roald Amundsen and his expedition were the ...
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Fairy Tales from Hans Christian Andersen : Illustrated by Tasha Tudor

By: Andersen, Hans Christian; Illustrated by Tasha Tudor

Price: $27.00

Publisher: Oxford University Press : 1945

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 18615

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

273 pages; 8vo (9") 23 cm; Hardcover, pale blue cloth, silver lettering, silver snowflake design on front, 273 pages, 31 fairy tales retold, each illustrated with at least one b/w illustration. Book also includes 10 beautiful full-color plates. ; 1st edition, copyright 1945, no additional printings listed. ; Some well-known and some obscure tales, including: The Tinderbox. The Mermaid. Little Ida's flowers. Emperor's new clothes. The Goloshes of fortune. Snow queen. Steadfast tin soldier. Flying trunk. Ole Lukoie (Olé Luköié). Swineherd. The Fir tree. Soup from a sausage-stick. Ugly duckling. ...
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Looking Unto Jesus : A Narrative of the Brief Race of a Young Disciple, by Her Mother

By: Anonymous (Judith Towers Grant and Emily Frederica Grant)

Price: $18.00

Publisher: Ide & Dutton : 1853

Seller ID: 20368

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

175 pages; 12mo (7") 18 cm; Hardcover, brown cloth, dark brown endpapers, [viii] + 175 pages, gilt title on spine, all edges red, footnotes, several original poems by Emily, 2 b/w engravings with captions. ; This is an actual book from 1853, not a flimsy overpriced computer-generated travesty. ; Inspirational biography and memoria of Emily Frederica Grant (1835-1851) a devout young poet, written by her mother, Judith Towers Grant, including Emily's poems and many quotations taken down while she was on her deathbed. ; Very light wear to exterior, mainly ends of spine. Antique bookplate from Con...
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East of the Sun and West of the Moon : Old Tales from the North

By: Asbjornsen, Peter Christen, and Jorgen Engebretsen Moe; Illustrated by Kay Nielsen

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Garden City Publishing Company : 1914

Seller ID: 21813

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

204 pages; 8vo (9") 23 cm; Hardcover, black cloth, illustrated paste-down depicting princess riding on polar bear toward far-off castle, 204 pages, top edge green, green lettering on spine, monochrome illustrated endpapers, dozens of b/w illustrations in text, 7 beautiful full-color illustrations on glossy plates. ; Copyright 1914. This edition undated but we estimate 1930. Cover art by Victor Candell. ; A celebrated collection of fifteen fairy tales gathered by legendary Norwegian folklorists Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Engebretsen Moe on their journeys across Norway in the mid-ninet...
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Antique Photo Album

By: Author Unknown

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Burkhardt Company : 1915

Seller ID: 11000

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

22 pages; Oblong hardcover (12.5 x 9.75 inches) 32 x 25 cm, dark brown textured buckram boards with raised decor in orange, green, red, silver. Lovely black moire endpapers, black moire page lifter. Three inner rings spaced 3.5 inches apart. 11 black leaves (22 pages) on heavy board stock. ; Exterior shows moderate rubbing and wear, mainly on rear cover. All rings function and are aligned correctly. No photos. No marks. Rare and quite attractive.
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Nurse Lovechild's Legacy : Being a Mighty Fine Collection of the Most Noble, Memorable and Veracious Nursery Rhymes, Embellished by C. Lovat Fraser for the Poetry Bookshop, 1922

By: Authors Various; Illustrated by C. Lovat Fraser

Price: $36.00

Publisher: Poetry Bookshop : 1922

Seller ID: 8462

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

63 pages; 12mo (7.5") 19 cm; Small hardcover (5 x 7.5 inches) 127 x 182 mm. Black cloth over spine, red boards, laid cotton-fiber (rag) paper throughout, 54 nursery rhymes, both familiar and obscure, illustrated with interesting, concise b/w line drawings. ; States 'New Edition', seventh thousand, 1922.; Gift note dated 1941 penned on front endpaper. Upper edge sunned, cloth frayed at crown. Light foxing throughout. Binding tight. Scarce.
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Mother Goose Panorama, 1957

By: Authors Various; Illustrated by Julian Wehr

Price: $18.00

Publisher: McLoughlin Brothers : 1957

Seller ID: 20493

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

18 pages; 4to (10.25") 26 cm; Panoramic accordion-folded board book with 18 panels, top edge die-cut, featuring full-color illustrations of 9 different characters from Mother Goose (no rhymes, just brief captions) : Mary had a Little Lamb, Little Bo Peep, Old Woman who lived in Shoe, Jack and Jill, Simple Simon, Wee Willie Winkie, etc. Opens all the way up to a length of over 6 feet. ; McLoughlin Brothers C-701. Interior code 100100. ; Very light edgewear. Covers have a few very small spots. Intact. Stands up by itself when opened. (See image)
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Baedeker's Rhine, the Rhine from Rotterdam to Constance, 13e : A Handbook for Travelers, with 44 Maps and 24 Plans, 13th Revised Edition, 1896

By: Baedeker, Karl

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Karl Baedeker : 1896

Edition: Thirteenth Edition

Seller ID: 11331

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

422 pages; 16mo (6.25") 16 cm; Hardcover, red cloth over flexible boards, gilt lettering, 422 pages, marbled edges, index, green page-marker ribbon, endpaper overview map, 24 plans and 44 two-color maps, of which many are fold-outs. English throughout. ; 13th edition, 1896, stated. This is an actual book from 1869, not a print-on-demand fake. Travel guide to Rhine River region of Germany, Netherlands. ; Exterior shows moderate sunning to edges, light wear to cloth. Spine a bit faded but gilt is sharp and readable. Pages and all fold-outs crisp. Binding tight. ; Baedeker's Handbooks for Tra...
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Christmas Carols Old and New, Songs You Love, Volume 9 : As Heard on the Back to the Bible Broadcast

By: Bartsch, John, with Norman Voth

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Back to the Bible Publishers : 1974

Seller ID: 22611

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

36 pages; 8vo (8.5") 23 cm; Blue and yellow softcover, 36 pages, 29 Christmas carols, including 21 traditional carols and 8 by modern composers (Eugene l. Clark and others) all with lyrics and full music in 4-part harmony. ; Copyright 1974 by Good News Broadcasting Association. Christmas carols heard on the radio show, Back to the Bible, from its beginning in 1939 until 1974. ; Light edgewear. No marks. Binding tight. Scarce. ; Songs You Love Series; Vol. 9
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Jack Pumpkinhead and the Sawhorse of Oz : Also, Tik-Tok and the Gnome King of Oz

By: Baum, L. Frank; Illustrated by John R. Neill

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Rand McNally & Company : 1939

Seller ID: 24154

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

64 pages; 16mo (6.75") 17 cm; Beautiful old hardcover children's book, 64 pages numbered to 61, 14 wonderful three-color illustrations including 12 full-page (two on covers) and two full-spread. Two complete short stories. ; Copyright 1916. This edition published March, 1939.; Covers show light edgewear and foxing. Spine (which is unlettered) a bit faded. Hinges are tight. Book shows no writing or scribbles, no rips or tears. Remarkably good condition for a fragile children's book. ; Rand McNally Junior Editions Series; Vol. 296
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Martin and Judy for Parents and Teachers : (Lot of 4 Volumes)

By: Bayley, Verna Hills, with Josephine T. Gould and Sophia Lyon Fahs; Illustrated by Lydia N. Breed

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Beacon Press : 1951

Seller ID: 11511

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

8vo (9.5") 25 cm; Ex-Library; Written for use with 3- to 5-year-old children in nursery schools and kindergartens, or for liberal religious education classes, or for parents at home. Monochrome and b/w illustrations throughout. ; UUTopics. Lot of 4 volumes, all hardcover except vol-4. 1) Martin and Judy Playing and Learning, illustrated by Eleanora Madsen, 8th printing, 1943, 100 pages. 2) Martin and Judy, Volume 2, revised edition, 12th printing, 1959, 96pgs. 3) Martin and Judy, Volume 3, revised edition, 4th printing, 1965, 100 pgs. 4) Martin and Judy for Parents and Teachers, teacher guide,...
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Professor, the : A Tale by Currer Bell, Author of Jane Eyre, Shirley, Villette, Etc

By: Bell, Currer (Charlotte Bronte)

Price: $18.00

Publisher: Harper & Brothers : 1868

Seller ID: 15719

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

330 pages; 12mo (7.75") 20 cm; Hardcover, dark brown cloth, 330 pages, decorative blindstamped boards, gilt spine lettering, pale pink endpapers. ; Written by Charlotte Bronte prior to Jane Eyre but not published until after its success. Originally published 1857. This edition, published in 1868 by NY: Harper & Brothers, carries only the pen name Currer Bell and also has brief a preface by her husband, Arthur Bell Nicholls. ; Cloth shows only a touch of wear. Gilt lettering is bright and readable. Front endpaper has one name in old, faded ink, andother name in pencil. A very small amount of fo...
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Hungarian Cooking : Simple and Economical Recipes

By: Biro, Elisabeth De

Price: $9.00

Publisher: K. P. Schick : 1958

Seller ID: 20529

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

142 pages; 12mo (7") 18 cm; Small hardcover, red buckram, [iv] + 142 pages, index, appendix, about 280 recipes. ; Copyright 1950. This printing 1958.
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Cooking with a Velvet Touch : 86 New Recipes for Velvetized Carnation Evaporated Milk

By: Blake, Mary

Price: $7.00

Publisher: Carnation Company : 1965

Seller ID: 22074

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

48 pages; 8vo (9") 19 cm; Softcover booklet, 48 glossy pages, index, 25 full-color photos, 86 recipes of all kinds. ; Light edgewear. One leaf creased at lower corner. No other defects.
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Hunter Songs : Songs of Hunter College, 1919

By: Bowen, Rosalie

Price: $13.00

Publisher: Hunter College : 1919

Seller ID: 1032

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

74 pages; 4to (11") 28 cm; Tall hardcover, dark brown cloth, gilt lettering, 74 pages, b/w frontispiece photo, one b/w photo tipped in, 53 songs with full piano score, plus 6 songs with lyrics only. ; Printed by F. J. Lawson Company. Hunter College, founded 1870 as teacher-training school for women, now part of City University of NY. ; Light edgewear, cloth a bit frayed at crown, owner name and address penned on front endpaper dated 1920. Light thumb smudges to several pages. Binding tight. Scarce in any condition.
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Scriptural Psychiatry : A Popular Presentation on an Hitherto Little Explored Source in Mental Hygiene

By: Braude, Morris

Price: $17.00

Publisher: Froben Press : 1946

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 23235

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

170 pages; 8vo (9.25") 23 cm; Hardcover, blue cloth, gilt title over black band, pale blue endpapers, [ii] + 159 + 9 pages, index, detailed footnotes. ; Limited edition stated. Authored by Morris Braude, MD, professor of psychiatry, University of Illinois College of Medicine. ; This is not a how-to but a compilation of psychiatric symptoms, diseases, and cures as related in the Old Testament, with modern (1946) commentary. Topics include: Madness. Idiocy. Mania. Deaf-mutism. Demonology. Evil eye. Amnesia. Apoplexy. Hallucinations. Heart attack. Sex perversion. Epilepsy. Marriage and divorce. P...
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Journal of Negro History, the : Volume 41, Number 3, July 1956

By: Brewer, William M.

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Association for the Study of Negro Life & History : 1956

Seller ID: 17743

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

104 pages; 8vo (9.75") 25 cm; Softcover, gray covers, side-stapled binding, [ii] + 99 pages numbered 185-283 + 3 pages, footnotes, 1 table. ; Topics include: Negroes and Indians on the Texas frontier 1831-1876, by Kenneth W. Porter. Attitutes of American Protestantism toward the Negro 1919-1939, by Robert M. Miller. William E. B. DuBois' concept of the racial problem in the US, by Mary L. Chaffee. More. ; Very light wear and a touch of foxing. No other marks.
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Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket