The American Kitchen Magazine (November 1900 Volume XIV, No.2)

Boston, The Home Science Publishing Company, 1900. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Soft cover. 48pp. Illustrated wraps. Cover is mildly age-toned, contents are clean, front cover and corners of first 3 pages slighty dog-eared, faint "Sample Copy" stamped on lower fornt cover. Articles include "Thanksgiving Notes" by Mary J. Lincoln, "Training Children in Dietetics" and others, plus numerous recipes and period ads. A nice copy. Good.

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Book number: 001973

Catalogue: Cooking, Periodical, Ephemera

Keywords: Cooking Cuisine Baking

The Amesbury Home of Whittier

Amesbury, Massachusetts, The Whittier Press, 0. Oblong 8vo. Soft cover. Catherine Tucker. 30pp. No date circa 1920. Grey card stock wraps. Cover and contents are in very good condition. Photos and descriptions of the home of John Greenleaf Whittier. Very Good.

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Book number: 003244

Catalogue: Ephemera

Keywords: Poet

Eastern Branch National Home D.V.S.

Augusta, Maine, Eastern Branch National Home D.V.S. 1908. Oblong 4to. Soft cover. Unpaginated 42pp. Grey stock wraps, red, white and blue ribbon tie. Light cover soil, light foxing to margin of one page, centerfold page loose but present. Photos of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, formerly known as Togus. Numerous photos of the campus as well as several interior views. Very Good.

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Book number: 003241

Catalogue: Military, Ephemera, Regional

Keywords: Maine Veterans Togus Kennebec Augusta Hallowell Gardiner

How to Use Florence Knitting Silk. No.4

Florence, Mass, Nonotuck Silk Co. 1882. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Soft cover. 57pp. Wright & Potter Printing Co. Stapled illustrated wraps. Covers chipped and missing narrow 4 inch long strip from front cover, not affecting text or illustration. A few corners creased and an occasional smudge, but overall contents are sound. Knitting instructions with numerous illustrations. Fair/No Jacket.

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Book number: 001484

Catalogue: Hobbies and How-To, Ephemera, Collectible

Keywords: Knitting Handcrafts Needlework

Inaugural Committee 1953

Official Program of the Inaugural Ceremonies Inducting Into Office Dwight D. Eisenhower President of the United States, Richard M. Nixon Vice President of the United States January 20, 1953

Washington, DC, Inaugural Committee 1953, 1953. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Soft cover. 48pp. Pictorial stapled wraps. Clean and in like new condition. Original mailing envelope mildly age-toned is included. Near Fine.

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Book number: 002606

Catalogue: Government and Politics, Ephemera

Keywords: Republican Elections

Steam: Its Generation and Use, With Catalogue of the Manufactures of The Babcock & Wilcox Co.

New York and London, Babcock & Wilcox, 1906. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardcover. 131pp. Purple bevelled boards, gilt lettering and decoration. Wear to spine ends, tiny chip to foredge, spine sunned but readable, cracking to front endpapers, text is clean. Contains numerous illustrations and technical data and charts. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 001815

Catalogue: Engineering and Technology, Ephemera

Keywords: Boilers Furnaces Generation

(No Author Stated)

Thirty Two Scenic Views of Western Canada

Canadian National Railways, 1930. Soft cover. Undated but circa 1930. Grey wraps, silfk string tie, brown lettering and illustration. Unpaginated but 32 leaves with full-page sepia photos on one side only, plus title page. Light soil and light wear to cover, contents are clean and photos are bright. Very Good.

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Book number: 000847

Catalogue: Illustrated, Travel and Geography, Ephemera

Keywords: Albert "Britiish Columbia" Rockies Ontario Manitoba Vancouver Saskatchewan Canadiana Collectible

Anonymous

Guide des Plaisirs à Paris

Paris, Administration du Guide des Plaisirs, 1930. Soft cover. 144p. No date, circa 1930. Tan wraps. Cover and endpapers stained, text is clean, front cover and front endpaper re-attached with tape repair, owner's name and date on front free endpaper. An entertainment and tourist guide to Paris with numerous photos of female performers of the various theaters and clubs in Paris. Fair.

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Book number: 002918

Catalogue: Performing Arts, Travel and Geography, Ephemera

Keywords: Tourism Sightseeing France

No Author

American Views

8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Beige boards, black lettering and gilt-stamped wildflower design. No date,but circa 1890. Contains 14 folding panel with scenes of New York, Boston Philadelphia,Washington, Niagara Falls, Cleveland, Cincinatti, Detroit, Chicago, St. Louis, New Orleans, Kansas City, Yosemite Valley & Pacific Coast, Salt Lake City. and San Francisco. Includes birdseye views of New York and Philadelpia. Cover is spotted, chipped and worn. Contents are corner-chipped and illustration backings are foxed, but illustrations are quite clear. Good.

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Book number: 000974

Catalogue: Illustrated, Travel and Geography, Ephemera

Keywords: Sightseeing Birdseye Viewbook "View Book" Tourism

[No Author]

Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupre Album

Grand Rapids, Mich, The James Bayne Co. 0. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Printer Wrapper. Unpaginated. No date but circa 1912. Tan stiff wrappers, string tie binding. Covers and contents are clean and unblemished except for 1/2" abrasion to rear cover. Photos with text in English and Frenc. Very Good.

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Book number: 000697

Catalogue: Travel and Geography, Ephemera

Keywords: Quebec Canada Church Shrine Eglise

Braden, Charles

Condensed History of the United States

Saginaw, Michigan, Seemann & Peters, 1893. First Edition, 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Soft cover. 42pp. Flexible card stock. Very mild shelfwear, contents clean, very neat notations and underlining to portions of text. Book was compiled by Lieutenant Charles Braden "to aid Camdidates in preparing for entrance to the United States Military Academy." The author further states the book "should be used in connection with one of the standard histories, as Swinton's or Barnes'." An early example of an exam preparation book for military education. Very Good.

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Book number: 003464

Catalogue: Military, History, Ephemera

Keywords: USMA "West Point"

Obpacher Brothers

From Cliff and Mountain Side

Munich & New York, Obpacher Brothers. 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall. Soft cover. 12pp. No date, circa 1888. Heavy card stock pictorial cover with silver matallic tie. Cover and contents are very clean and unmarked except for owner's name and date (1888) on inside front cover. Dust jacket is edge chipped and lightly soiled and stained but mostly intact. Delicate sepia lithographs of idyllic landscapes on front cover and on each page along with poetic text. A nicely preserved example of this type of illustrated book. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 001948

Catalogue: Illustrated, Ephemera, Art

Keywords: Landscapes Seascapes Mountainside

Harper & Brothers

Harper's Round Table (Vol. II No.16, February 1899)

New York, Harper & Brothers, 1899. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Soft cover. 161-208pp. Pictorial wraps. Dampstaining and a bit of chewing to lower margins only. Articles by Henry W. Fischer, Webb Donnell, Kirk Monroe, F. H, Spearman, H. L. Jerome and others. Good.

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Book number: 002607

Catalogue: Periodical, Ephemera

Keywords: "Short Stories"

Harper & Brothers

Harper's Round Table (Vol. I No. 10, August 1898)

New York, Harper & Brothers, 1898. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Soft cover. 433-480pp. Pictorial stapled wraps. Small stain to foredges, otherwise in very nice condition. Articles by James Barnes, Owen Hall, Rowan Stevens, Mary G. Bonesteel and others. Spanish-American War photos. Very Good.

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Book number: 002608

Catalogue: Periodical, Ephemera

Keywords: "Short Stories"

American Railway Bureau

American Railway Review February 23, 1860. (Newspaper)

New York, American Railway Bureau, 1860. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Soft cover. 16pp. Dampstaining and soiling mainly to front page, light edgewear. Newspaper format, pages are uncut and unopened, measures 58 x 40 inches, published weekly, Vol II No. VII. Subtitle of publication reads: "Public Works, Engineering, Steam Machinery, Finance and Patents" and includes numerous articles on those subjects, and several engraved illustrations of industrial equipment, plus advertising. An uncommon and diversified publication of early railroading. Fair.

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Book number: 003339

Catalogue: Periodical, Ephemera, Business and Industry

Keywords: Railroads Trains Machinery