Around the World Program

Garden City, Nelson Doubleday, 1958. Paperback. 4 pamphlets in stiff color pictorial wrappers, slipcase with pull-drawer. Various paginations (most ca. 60pp). Numerous illustrations, tipped-in color stamps, maps. Near fine/very good. Nifty boxed set consisting of "Iran" by Donald R. Barton, "Scandinavian Countries" by William W. Davenport, and "Italy" and "Russia" by George Kish. .

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Book number: 3370

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Keywords: Travel & Exploration

The Art Lovers Weekly: Devoted to Art and Sculpture

Chicago, Art Lovers Weekly, n.y. Paperback. Volumes 1 through 8, lacking Volume 5. 4to. Stiff tan wrappers tied with brown cord. 136pp (continuously paginated, though lacking Volume 5, pp. 73-88). Tipped-in color frontispiece (Volume 1 only), numerous illustrations. Very good. Mild wear to outer wrappers (only). A clean and nice grouping of the first issues of this art periodical, described in its subtitle as "Artotype reproductions of the Worlds Famous Paintings and Sculpture with critical and descriptive text. Sketches of the lives of Artists and Sculptors and other interesting matter relating to art." Undated, but typography, text, layout and content strongly suggest ca. 1900). Very uncommon. .

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Book number: 41237

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Keywords: Art

Articles of Faith and Covenant of the First Congregational Church in Hopkinton, N.H. With a List of the Pastors, and All Those Who Have Been Received As Members

Concord, David Kimball, 1835. Paperback. 12mo. Plain grey/blue wrappers. 12pp. Very good. Slightest bit of age toning; mild sporatic foxing (mainly to plain outer wrappers). Probable sole edition of this interesting fine-print list of this church's beliefs. The lengthy list of church members includes the brother of famed explorer Stephen Harriman Long (1784-1864), ENOCH LONG, his wife ABIGAIL LONG and other family members. Enoch long was a noted resident of Alton, Illinois and noted early Alton settler who in 1837 headed a small militia unit whose job it was to protect abolitionist Elijah Lovejoy from the "angry mob." They failed and Lovejoy was shot dead. Though not so noted, this pamphlet came from Enoch Long's personal papers. A delightful New England church item with an interesting background. Not in Sabin. .

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Book number: 28842

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Keywords: Religion

Atlantic Monthly: June 1938 (Vol. 161, No. 6)

Concord, NH, The Atlantic Monthly, 1938. Paperback. (Vol. 161, No. 6). Small 4to. Stiff red glazed wrappers. Pp. 731-876. Numerous advertisements. Very good. Some edgewear and very slight spine sunning; mild ex-library, the ONLY marking being a small inkstamp neatly applied at top of front wrapper. A tight and decent copy. Contributions include John Steinbeck's "The Harness," Virginia Woolf's "Women Must Weep" and Frederic Prokosch's poem "Song." Other contributors include William Saroyan, Jean Prevost and Agnes Repplier. .

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Book number: 15759

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Keywords: Literary Criticism

Atlantic Monthly: January 1938 (Vol. 161, No. 1)

Concord, NH, The Atlantic Monthly, 1938. Paperback. (Vol. 161, No. 1). Small 4to. Stiff red glazed wrappers. 150pp. Numerous advertisements. Very good. Some edgewear and very slight spine sunning; mild ex-library, the ONLY marking being a small inkstamp neatly applied at top of front wrapper. A tight and decent copy. Contributions include Paul Horgan's "To the Mountains," and Arthur Guiterman's poem "To a Bat in Daylight." Other contributors include Gilbert Seldes and John Holmes. .

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Book number: 15760

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Keywords: Literary Criticism

Atlantic Monthly: March 1938 (Vol. 161, No. 3)

Concord, NH, The Atlantic Monthly, 1938. Paperback. (Vol. 161, No. 3). Small 4to. Stiff red glazed wrappers. Pp. 295-439. Numerous advertisements. Very good. Some edgewear and very slight spine sunning; mild ex-library, the ONLY marking being a small inkstamp neatly applied at top of front wrapper. A tight and decent copy. Contributions include Theodore Roethke's poem "The Light Comes Brighter" and Elsa Lanchester's "From Hollywood to Paris." Other contributors include Gerard Swope, John Cheever and Donald Culross Peattie. .

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Book number: 15761

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Keywords: Literary Criticism

Atlantic Monthly: April 1938 (Vol. 161, No. 4)

Concord, NH, The Atlantic Monthly, 1938. Paperback. (Vol. 161, No. 4). Small 4to. Stiff red glazed wrappers. Pp. 441-584. Numerous advertisements. Very good. Some edgewear and curled corners and very slight spine sunning; mild ex-library, the ONLY marking being a small inkstamp neatly applied at top of front wrapper. A tight and decent copy. Contributions include Catherine Drinker Bowen's "Ballet with Red flags" and Elsa Lanchester's "From 'Rembrandt' to 'Peter Pan'" and Senator Harry Byrd's "The Cost of Our Government." Other contributors include William Saroyan and Oscar Lewis. .

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Book number: 15763

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Keywords: Literary Criticism

The Atlantic Monthly: September, 1908 (Vol. 102, No. 3)

Boston, The Atlantic Monthly Company, 1908. Paperback. (Vol. 102, No. 3). Small 4to. Stiff salmon wrappers. 48pp, pp. 289-432, pp. 49-56. Numerous advertisements. Very good. Ownership signature along top of front wrapper; mild edgewear, but overall tight, clean, attractive. Contents include Henry C. Merwin's "Bret Harte's Heroines," Charles A. Conant's "The Regulation of the Stock Exchange," James Ford Rhodes' "Edwin Lawrence Godkin," Edith Abbott's "The English Working-Woman and the Franchise," Ray Morris' "Enforced Railroad Competition," Harry James Smith's "On the French Shore of Cape Breton," Agnes Repplier's "On the Slopes of Parnassus," Brander Matthews' "The Playwright and the Playgoers" and much more. .

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Book number: 30085

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Keywords: Americana

Atlas of Dubuque County Iowa: Containing Maps, Plats of the Townships, Rural Directory, Pictures of Farms & Families, Articles About History Etc.

Minneapolis, Title Atlas Company, 1979. Paperback. Folio. Stiff green leatherette wrappers with gilt lettering and stamping, spiralbound. (6pp), 60pp, (ca. 200pp). Extensive maps, illustrations, advertisements. Near fine. Probable sole edition of this modern county atlas durably bound in extra heavy duty metal spiral binding, thus "tight" (can this be said of a spiral binding?), with no loosening pages whatsoever. Surprisingly uncommon for so modern an atlas. .

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Book number: 32362

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Keywords: Illinois & Midwest Maps

Atlas of Delaware County Iowa: Containing Maps, Plats of the Townships, Rural Directory, Pictures of Farms & Families, Articles About History Etc.

Minneapolis, Title Atlas Company, 1979. Paperback. Folio. Stiff green leatherette wrappers with gilt lettering and stamping, spiralbound. (6pp), 16pp, (9pp), 55pp, (ca. 150pp). Extensive maps, illustrations, advertisements. Very good. Slightest bit of wear. Probable sole edition of this modern county atlas (Delaware County is en eastern central Iowa) durably bound in extra heavy duty metal spiral binding, thus fairly "tight" (can this be said of a spiral binding?), with no loosening pages. Surprisingly uncommon for so modern an atlas. .

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Book number: 32364

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Keywords: Illinois & Midwest Maps

Auf Dem Wege Nach Golgatha

N.p. N.p. n.y. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Glossy pictorial paper over boards with green cloth spine. (24pp). 6 full-page chromolithographs. Very good. Faintest of binding edgewear, else internally near fine. Cover title translates "On the Way to Calgary" (Golgatha being another name for the site outside Jerusalem's walls where Jesus was crucified), this cryptic but handsome slim title appears to have been published without title page, and consists of several brief Biblical lessons about the crucifixion. Lower left corner of front board notes "No. 1925," as if one in a lengthy series of Biblical lessons. Entirely in German and seemingly of turn-of-the-century (1900) vintage. Likely published by the New York branch of the German publisher Kunstdruck und Verlag von Ernst Kaufmann. Quite handsome and charming, in any case. .

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Book number: 40491

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Keywords: Religion German Language

Azimuths of the Sun and Other Celestial Bodies of Declination 0 to 23 for Latitudes Extending to 70 from the Equator

Washington, DC, United States Government Printing Office, 1934. Hardcover. Small 4to. 226pp. Extensive tables. Very good. Blue oval inkstamp of nautical instrument maker Negus on front flyleaf. Fifteenth edition, a quite tight and handsome copy of this oft-reprinted astronomy classic, a Hydrographic Office publication (H.O. No. 71) -- and judging from the number of printings, an edge-of-your-seat page turner it is!.

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Book number: 33801

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Keywords: ASTRONOMY Science

Baby Chickies

New York, Sam'l Gabriel Sons & Company, n.y. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff glazed pictorial wrappers with tan cloth tape spine added. (10pp). Full-page color illustrations. Very good. Bit of mild edgewear and faint soiling, though internally "Near fine" -- bright and lovely. No. 445 in this series of picture books on "Linenette" stock, marketed as the "Fun and Frolic Library" or the "Mischief Makers" series. Brief text printed in blue at bottom of each page. Undated, but circa 1940. A tight, nice copy. .

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Book number: 35666

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Keywords: Children's

Backe Backe Kuchen. Alte Reime Mit Neuen Bildern

N.p. N.p. n.y. Paperback. Illustrations by Wilhelm Schäfer. Small 4to. Stiff pictorial wrappers. (14pp). Numerous color illustrations. Very good. Binding a bit edgeworn and faintly scuffed. Bibliographically-challenged German-language edition of this old children's rhyme, whose title translates "Bake, Bake a Cake: Old Rhymes with New Pictures." Likely published in Germany around the turn-of-the-century, to which a pencilled ownership signature dated 1903 on front flyleaf lends credence. Apparently published without title page, though the publisher identifies this title as "No. 839" on the front wrapper. It also follows the quirky binding pattern of the first three text pages running on the left-hand side, followed by a charming centerfold (pp. 7-8) and the final three text pages running on the right-hand side. Numerous small illustrations throughout are bright and quaint. .

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Book number: 40881

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Keywords: Children's German Language

The Battle of Fort Sumter and First Victory of the Southern Troops, April 13th, 1861

Charleston, Shaftsbury Press, 1961. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff grey wrappers. 35pp. Map. Fine. Centennial facsimile reprint of Parrish 4735 -- identical to Parrish 4734, but with a map added. .

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Book number: 9556

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Keywords: CIVIL WAR Civil War