Kein Radio Beef & Bread Cookbook

Great Falls, MT, KEIN Radio, 1975. Paperback. 4to. Stiff pictorial wrappers, blue plastic spiral binding. 92pp. Very good. Small abrasion on front wrapper; top loop of spiral binding chipped. Probable sole printing of this listener-compiled collection. .

Main Street Fine Books & ManuscriptsProfessional seller

Book number: 14123

Catalogue: Books

Keywords: Cooking

Kennedy and His Family in Pictures

N.p. Cowles Magazines and Broadcasting, 1963. Paperback. Folio. Stiff color pictorial wrappers. (Ca. 50pp). Numerous illustrations (many color). Near fine. Full issue of this special focus issue of "Look" magazine, in unusually bright, clean, crisp condition. .

Main Street Fine Books & ManuscriptsProfessional seller

Book number: 5994

Catalogue: Books

Keywords: Presidential

Der Kinderfreund: Neue Erzahlungen Fur Die Jugend

New York, Verlag von Carl Hirsch, n.y. Hardcover. 24mo. Green-grey cloth with gilt and black lettering and multi-color pictorial stamping. 143pp. Decorative endpapers. Near fine. Very faintest bit of edgewear; text block lightly age toned, as usual. A tight, attractive later printing, entirely in German, of this second volume of (rough translation) "The Children's Friend: New Tales for Youth." Charming front board depicts a seated mother reading a book to a young girl standing in front of her, a young boy standing to the side and a toddler playing with toys at her feet. A superb copy, undated but circa 1900. .

Main Street Fine Books & ManuscriptsProfessional seller

Book number: 39821

Catalogue: Books

Keywords: BINDINGS Children's German Language

Klassisches Vergissmeinnicht: Mit Ausspruchen Von Goethe

Lahr in Baden, Germany, Moriz Schauenburg, n.y. Hardcover. 48mo. Patterned green paper over boards with gilt lettering, slipcase. (Ca. 350pp). Color frontispiece, 2 full-page color plates, floral endpapers. Near fine/very good. Faintest of slipcase edgewear. A tight and lovely copy of this undated (but circa 1910) daily quotation collection, entirely in German, with a different quotation for every day f the year. The color plates are especially pristine. Title translation: "Classical Forget-Me-Not." A few pages have small faintly pencilled comments, as for instance on July 18 (in English): "The last flower from Briverton when we left," complete with tiny dried flower. A charmer -- not quite a miniature book (which are less than 3"), but at 3 7/8" not far from it!.

Main Street Fine Books & ManuscriptsProfessional seller

Book number: 39901

Catalogue: Books

Keywords: Natural History Odds & Ends

Kodachrome Ektachrome Film

N.p. Eastman Kodak Company, 1955. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff glazed pictorial wrappers. 33pp. Numerous illustrations (many color). Very good. Slightest bit of mild edgewear -- overall tight, clean and quite nice. First edition of this "how to" on using this new color film, with the nifty and usually-absent heavy card stock "Ektachrome Pocket Exposure Guide" still tipped in at the back. From the library of noted Chicago photographer ARCHIE LIEBERMAN (1926-2008) of "Farm Boy" fame. .

Main Street Fine Books & ManuscriptsProfessional seller

Book number: 27850

Catalogue: Books

Keywords: Photography

Kommet Her Zu Mir! Ein Biblisches Bilderbuch II

Milwaukee, Geo. Brumder, n.y. Paperback. Small 4to. Brown cloth spine and stiff pictorial card stock. (17pp). 7 full-page chromolithographs. Very good. Binding (only) a tad edgeworn and lightly soiled. A tight and nice undated (ca. late 19th century) edition of this charming gathering of superb images and text about Christ's teaching, entirely in German. Title translation: "Come to Me! A Biblical Picture Book II." Apparently published without title page. .

Main Street Fine Books & ManuscriptsProfessional seller

Book number: 40882

Catalogue: Books

Keywords: Religion German Language

The Kruse Professional Price Guide to Collector Cars

Orlando, House of Collectibles, 1978. Paperback. Small 8vo. Stiff glazed pictorial wrappers. v, 488pp. Color illustrations. Very good. Tight, clean first edition. .

Main Street Fine Books & ManuscriptsProfessional seller

Book number: 7824

Catalogue: Books

Keywords: Automotive

Labor (Newspaper)

Washington, DC, Labor Newspaper, 1971. 73 miscellaneous issues, divided as follows: 1971 = 14, 1972 = 24, 1973 = 13, 1974 = 6, 1975 = 10, 1976 = 6. Folio. Each issue 8pp. Illustrations. Most good to very good. Usual minor age toning expected from newsprint; each folded in half, as issued. Interesting gathering of this union newspaper, "the national paper of 14 unions representing raillroad, airline and other workers in the U.S." housed in a faux wood finish cardboard clamshell box. .

Main Street Fine Books & ManuscriptsProfessional seller

Book number: 9648

Catalogue: Books

Keywords: Transportation Newspapers

Laddie

Philadelphia, Henry Altemus Company, 1903. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Grey cloth with red and blue pictorial front cover stamping. 123pp. Color frontispiece, 7 full-page color plates. Very good. Early (not first) priting, a tight and attractive copy of this sentimental bestseller. .

Main Street Fine Books & ManuscriptsProfessional seller

Book number: 17836

Catalogue: Books

Keywords: British Literature

The Latest and Best Books on Aviation

Chicago, Popular Mechanics Press, n.y. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff pictorial wrappers. 24pp. Illustrations. Very good. Outer wrappers (only) lightly soiled, though internally near fine, with no edge tears whatsoever. Tight, attractive trade catalogue featuring an enormous range of flight books of all types -- books on civil aviation, aircraft mechanics, aerobatics, airplane photography, airports, etc. Though not dated, most of the titles are from the late 1920s. "Handy Order Blank" form also laid in at rear. Most unusual. .

Main Street Fine Books & ManuscriptsProfessional seller

Book number: 36480

Catalogue: Books

Keywords: Bibliography & Books About Books Aviation

Lauritsala

Helsinki, Yhteiskirjapaino Oy, 1966. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff glazed pictorial wrappers. 64pp. Map, extensive illustrations. Very good. Bit of edgewear and rubbing to wrappers. Probable sole printing of this pictorial guidebook of this city in southeastern Finland, with text in Finnish. Front flyleaf bears 1968 inscription and signature (possibly by the photographer, though our knowledge of Finnish is -- well, zero.) From the library of noted Chicago photographer ARCHIE LIEBERMAN (1926-2008) of "Farm Boy" fame. Single separate leaf in English explaining this volume laid in. .

Main Street Fine Books & ManuscriptsProfessional seller

Book number: 27538

Catalogue: Books

Keywords: FINLAND Travel & Exploration

Laws of the State of Illinois Passed by the Twenty-Second General Assembly, at Its Extraordinary Session, Convened April 23, 1861

Springfield, Bailhache & Baker, 1861. Paperback. 8vo. Wrappers. 31pp. Very good. Slight bit of age toning to outer wrappers (only); binding traces. A tight and attractive copy of this interesting session devoted to acts addressing the Civil War that had erupted: "An act to organize six regiments of volunteers.. and to provide for the election of regimental officers and of a brigadier general," "An act to prepare the state of Illinois to protect its own territory, repel invasion, and render efficient and prompt assistance to the United States," "An act to prevent rendering aid to rebels" and many others. .

Main Street Fine Books & ManuscriptsProfessional seller

Book number: 28348

Catalogue: Books

Keywords: Illinois & Midwest Crime & Law

Learning from the Pros

New York, Watson-Guptill Publications, 1984. Paperback. Foreword by Wendon Blake. Small 4to. Stiff pictorial wrappers. 80pp. Numerous color illustrations. Near fine. First edition of this volume in "The Artist's Painting Library" series. .

Main Street Fine Books & ManuscriptsProfessional seller

Book number: 7666

Catalogue: Books

Keywords: Art

Leica Product Directory

New York, E. Leitz, Inc, 1954. Paperback. 8vo. Red wrappers. 71pp. Numerous illustrations. Very good. Die-punched along left edge, as issued; mild wear to outer wrappers (only). Delightful guide to all of this camera manufacturer's products, big and small. From the library of noted Chicago photographer ARCHIE LIEBERMAN (1926-2008) of "Farm Boy" fame, who has underlined and circled a few items in the catalogue. Laid in is an ornate printed 10" X 8" certificate, the "Guarantee" for a Leica camera and lens, dated 20 December 1955. .

Main Street Fine Books & ManuscriptsProfessional seller

Book number: 27859

Catalogue: Books

Keywords: Photography

Let Freedom Ring: The Struggle for a Peaceful World

Washington, DC, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1952. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff color pictorial wrappers. 96pp. Extensive illustrations (many color), maps. Near fine. Flag-waving, red scare propagandistic p.r. piece from the height of the Cold War, with discussions of the evils of Communism, Stalin, etc. Department of State Publication 4443, number 67 in the "General Foreign Policy Series." First edition. A fascinating period piece in tight, handsome condition. .

Main Street Fine Books & ManuscriptsProfessional seller

Book number: 12557

Catalogue: Books

Keywords: Military History