The Christian Observer, Conducted by Members of the Established Church. VolumeI from the First of January, to the Thirty-first of December, 1802 - From the London Edition

Boston, William Wells and T.B. Watt ancd Co, 1802. 1st Edition, 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. 828pp. First Edition, First Issue. Quarter bound, marbled boards, calf spine. red leather spine label, gilt lettering. Wear and scuffing to boards, 1 1/2 inch piece chipped from head of spine, contents age-toned and partially foxed, binding is tight and sound, inscription and pencilled poem on front free endpaper, 1/2 inch strip excised form top of front endpaper. This rare volume includes all 12 months of the 1802 year, which was it's very first year of the publication of The Christian Observer. Good.

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Book number: 004737

Catalogue: Religion, First Edition, Collectible

Keywords: Christianity "Clergy "New Testament" Gospel Church Philosophy

(Donaldson, Alexander, Printer)

The Complete Letter-Writer. Containing Familiar Letters on the Most Common Occasions in Life. Also a Variety of Elegant Letters for the Direction and Embellishment of Style, On Business, Duty, Amusement, Love, Courtship, Marriage, Friendship,.....

Edinburgh, Printed for Alexander Donaldson, 1781. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardcover. 230 +9pp contents. Full leather, leather label. Covers worn and scuffed, free endpapers lacking, joints tender, contents tanned and foxed, minor dampstaining to last pages,drawing and doodling on front pastedown, strip torn from lower margin of last page, no loss of text, former owner's name on title page. A very early edition of this title, by the author referred to by James Boswell as the "Prodigious Vendor of Literature." Good.

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Book number: 003546

Catalogue: Collectible, Business and Industry, How-to and Hobbies

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

Pinafore Rhymes: Indoor Scenes

New York, E.P Dutton and Company, 1890. 48mo - over 3" - 4" tall. Soft cover. No date, circa 1890. Stiff pictorial sewn wraps, 4 leaves of chromolthographs plus 2 chromos on inside front and rear covers. A different nursery rhyme accompanies each illustration. Cover is chipped along edges, mailny along spine, one illustration has an irregular 5 inch tear along top with slight loss of illustration. One of the publications from E.P. Dutton's "Pinafore" toy Books series, an uncommon series. Good.

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Book number: 002080

Catalogue: Illustrated, Children's, Collectible

Keywords: " Juvenile Nursery Rhymes"

Views of the Granite City

Aberdeen, Aberdeen Daily Journal and Evening Express. Oblong 8vo. Hardcover. 48pp. No date, but circa 1910. Red cloth, grey granite-like design paste-on to front cover. Moderate edgewear and light soil, endpapers toned,some splitting to front hinge but binding is tight and contents sound. Photos with descriptions of various sites in and around Aberdeen. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 001780

Catalogue: Travel and Geography, Collectible

Keywords: Scotland Aberdeen Tourism

State of Connecticut Board of Agriculture

Connecticut Agriculture. List of Farms For Sale. 1914

Hartford, Board of Agriculture, 1914. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft cover. 168pp. Pictorial wraps. Front cover barely attached, spine half missing, contents are clean and unmarked. A listing of farms for sale arranged by county. The towns and cities are listed alphabetically and each includes a detailed description of every farm for sale including buildings, water supply, crops, roads, asking price, distance to schools and churches. A fascinating look at rural Connecticut a century ago. An original publication, not a recent reproduction. Good.

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Book number: 002688

Catalogue: Americana, Collectible, Business and Industry

Andersen, Hans Christian and Others

The Darning Needle and Other Stories

Boston, J.E. Tilton and Company. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Hardcover. 128pp. Purple blind-stamped covers, gilt lettering and decoration to spine. No date but circa 1870's, inscription dated 1877 on front free endpaper, illustrated with 4 engravings. Stories included are The Fir Tree, The Swineherd, Elder-tree Mother, Five out of One Shell, The Snow Queen and Roland Spine sunned, minor scuffing. Binding is tight and there is a faint water stain to lower portion of text. Contents are otherwise very clean and fresh. Good.

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Book number: 001107

Catalogue: Children's, Collectible

Keywords: Andersen "Fairy Tales"

Various Authors

The Lamp, October 1937 (Vol. 20 No. 3)

New York, Standard Oil Company (New Jersey), 1937. Soft cover. 32pp. Pictorial stapled wraps, light wear, cover split to lower spine. Bi-monthly publication for employees and stockholders of Standard Oil.

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Book number: 001154

Catalogue: Business, Periodical, Collectible

Keywords: Magazine Oil Petroleum

Baumhoff, Frederick W. (Managing Director)

The National Home Journal (Vol. III, No. VIII) August 1908

St. Louis, Missouri, The National Home Journal Company, 1908. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Soft cover. 24pp. Color pictorial cover. Faint staining along spine and minor abrasion to rear cover and last page, slight center crease, contents are clean. A variety of women's interest articles, and ads, many offering medical cures. Good.

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Book number: 003019

Catalogue: Periodical, Collectible

Keywords: "Quack Cures"

McLoughlin Bros.

Pleasure Book for Little Folks

New York, McLoughlin Bros. 1888. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. 258pp. Color pictorial boards, black and white illustrations. No date circa 1880s. Edges worn, light soil, other than foxing to first few pages, text is clean and unmarked, binding is tight, owner's name and dated inscription (1889) on front free endpaper. Good.

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Book number: 003475

Catalogue: Illustrated, Children's, Collectible

Keywords: Juvenile

Carco, Francis Carco

à l'amitié

Pierre Seghers Éditeur, 1945. Limited, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft cover. André Warnod. Unpaginated, French languaage. Card stock wraps. Couverture souple, très bon état. Numéro 546 de 625 exemplaires. Pprinted on rag paper by Papeteries Johannot à Annonay, of which this is number 546. Black and white illustrations by Warnod. Cover and contents are in very nice condition, protected by the original glassine jacket still present. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 002159

Catalogue: Poetry, Collectible

Keywords: Jean Pellerin

Carroll, Lewis

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

New York, Chanticleer Press, 1948. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. John Tenniel. 120pp. Tan boards, gilt lettering and decoration. Book is clean and unworn, a few small faint spots to top edges, good dust jacket is lightly chipped at top edge and lightly worn along folds, but is overall sound. 16 fascinating and surreal color scenes have been adapted by model-maker, Hugh Gee. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 004177

Catalogue: Literature and Fiction, Children's, Collectible

Keywords: Fantasy "Hugh Gee"

Carroll, Lewis

Alice in Wonderland (Shorthand)

New York, The Gregg Publishing Company, 1920. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft cover. Catherine Tucker. 154pp. No date c1920s. Illustrated green card wraps, red and black lettering. Light soiling to cover, slight corner crease, contents mildly age-toned, clean and unmarked. Text is in Gregg Shorthand and is accompanied by black and white illustrations throughout. Good.

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Book number: 004268

Catalogue: Literature and Fiction, Collectible

Keywords: Fantasy Shorthand Gregg

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

Clarke, Thomas E. (Compiler)

The American Pocket Library of Useful Knowledge

Phildelphia, Griffith & Simon, 1841. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. 63pp. Brown publisher's cloth, gilt lettering. Light wear to cover, 1/4 inch chip at head of spine, dampstaining and foxing appearing most heavily to first and last few pages, binding is tight light pencil notations on endpapers. A previous owner drew a detailed, and comical pencil drawing of an orator standing at a lectern giving a speech. The type in this book is very small, and the compiler explains that "larger type would greatly increase the size and price" of the book! Information in the book includes agriculture health, temperance, U.S. Constitution, phrenology, religion, cookery and more. Fair/No Jacket.

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Book number: 004640

Catalogue: Reference, Collectible

Keywords: Encyclopedic Compendium Diverse Information