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

Clark, Louis Gaylord [Editor]

The Knickerbocker or New-York Monthly Magazine. March 1856, Vol 47, No.3

New York, Samuel Hueston, 1856. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft cover. 221-330pp+ ads. Illustrated wraps. Rear cover missing, moderate soiling, 2 holes to front cover with slight loss of text, occasional foxing but contents mostly clean. Fair/No Jacket.

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Book number: 001496

Catalogue: Periodical, Ephemera, Collectible

Electric Wheel Co.

Electric Wheel Co. , Catalog No.34

Quincy, Illinois, Electric /wheel Co. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft cover. 31p. No date, circa 1920. Grey pictorial stapled stiff wraps. A few light smudges on rear cover, otherwise interior and exterior are mainly clean. Black and white illustrations of farm equipment with descriptions; centerfold is in color. Mostly horse-drawn equipment but also 2 recently introduced kerosene tractors. Very Good.

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Book number: 001751

Catalogue: Business, Ephemera, Collectible

Keywords: Tractors Wagons Wheels Trucks Calkins Walton

Mercantile Illustrating Company

Hartford and Its Points of Interest ; Illustrated From Original Photographs

New York, Mercantile Illustrating Company, 1895. Oblong 4to. Soft cover. 122pp + index. Ecru stiff wraps, gilt an dbrown lettering and decoration, red string tied. Covers soiled, corners and spine chipped and loose, binding is holding firmly. Contents are age toned and title page has a clean corner tear, text is otherwise unmarked. Wonderful period photos of prominent sites and indexed business listings with descriptions of each business. Good.

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Book number: 001964

Catalogue: Travel and Geography, Ephemera, Collectible

Keywords: Connecticut

Crane, K.F.

The City of Syracuse Today

Syracuse, NY, Dey Brothers & Company, 1906. Oblong 4to. Soft cover. 23pp unpaginated. Stiff purple stapled wraps, gilt lettering and decoration. Photo illustrations of prominent sites and locations of Syracuse. Mild fade to front cover and small label removal abrasion, 1/4 inch tear to lower rear cover. Contents are in very nice condition. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 001688

Catalogue: Travel and Geography, Ephemera, Collectible

Keywords: Tourism "Erie Canal" Onandaga

M. Heminway & Sons

Illustrated Manual of Knitting and Crochet Adapted to the Use of M. Heminway & Sons' Pure Dye Silks

[Watertown, Connecticut], M. Heminway & Sons' Silk Co. 1894. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Soft cover. 127pp. Tan stapled illustrated wraps. Front cover chipped and creased, rear cover and most of spine missing, contents lightly toned but mostly quite clean, a few early pages lightly chipped. Detailed instructions for many knitted and crocheted items, heavily illustrated throughout. A scarce example of this original publication. Fair/No Jacket.

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Book number: 001483

Catalogue: Hobbies and How-To, Ephemera, Collectible

Keywords: Handcrafts Needlework Fashion

Law, Ernest

Kensington Palace the Birthplace of the Queen Being an Historical Guide to the State Rooms, Pictures, and Gardens

London, George Bell and Sons, 1899. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Soft cover. 140pp. Red stiff wraps. Covers lightly soiled, chipping and tearing mainly to spine, corner crease to rear cover, pencil notation on front endpaper, contents are age-toned but otherwise clean and sound. History, descriptions and a few illustrations. Good.

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Book number: 001394

Catalogue: Travel and Geography, Ephemera, Collectible

Keywords: History England UK Victoria

Osterreichisches Propagandaburo

Salzburger Festspiele 1947 Salzburg Festivals

Salzburg, Oesterrichisches Propagndabüro, 1947. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Soft cover. Beard, Dan. 142pp. Pictorial wraps. Bi-lingual English/German. A fold-out schedule of events and a fold-out seating plan in addition to numerous photos and advertisements. Light wear and light soiling to cover, Contents clean except for a 1 inch oval hole to margin of one page and abrasions slightly affecting some of the seating plan. Good.

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Book number: 001904

Catalogue: Music, Ephemera, Collectible

Keywords: "Music Festival" Mozart Austria

Schoeffel, Joseph (Manager)

Half a King

Boston, Boston Theatrical Publishing Company Musical, 1897. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Soft cover. 12pp. Printed wraps. Light wear and light scuffing to covers, interior is clean, slight center crease. Programme for the week of December 27, 1897 for Francis Wilson and Company under the management of Ariel Barney, producing the comic opera in 3 acts entitled "Half a King". Many fascinating ads including a full page ad featuring Charles River Lots for 10 cents per foot. Good.

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Book number: 002774

Catalogue: Performing Arts, Ephemera, Collectible

Keywords: Theater Boston

Johann Bär's Sohnen (Editor)

Neuer Gemeinnütziger Pennsylvanisher Calender Auf Das Jahr Unseres Heilandes Jesu Christi 1876

Lancaster, PA, Johann Bär's Sohnen, 1876. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 34pp unpaginated incl. covers. Stitch-bound wraps, green binding. Moderate chipping (mostly to corners) and occasional marginal dampstains, light foxing, a few pencilled notes. Pennsylvania German almanac. Good.

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Book number: 002020

Catalogue: Ephemera, Collectible

Keywords: German Deutsch Pennsylvania

Compagnie Générale Translantique

Une Grande Compagnie de Navigation

Compagnie Générale Translantique. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Soft cover. Michel Lezla. 24p unpaginated. No date circa1960. Stapled card wraps. No wear, contents clean. Comprehensive fully-illustrated description of the company's principal activities with graphic details. Includes the history of the company, fundamental navigational principles, descriptions and cutout sections of the ocean liners and other relevant information. As New.

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Book number: 002194

Catalogue: Travel and Geography, Ephemera, Collectible

Keywords: Cruises Tourism

Unknown

A Balsamic Ditty

Seth W. Fowle & Sons. 1883. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. Soft cover. 16pp. Yellow pictorial wraps, sewn binding. Moderate soiling and spotting to covers, contents are toned and occasionall lightly spotted, but mostly clean. cover barely attached. A story told in rhyme for each letter of the alphabet, with each letter accompanied by a small but finely-detailed engraving, extolling the wonders of Wistar's Balsam of Wild Cherry for numerous ailments, plus testimonials and endorsements for Peruvian Syrup. A very attractive primer, and it has nothing to do with vinegar! Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 001687

Catalogue: Medicine, Ephemera, Collectible

Keywords: Quackery Cure-alls