Proceedings at the Dedication of the Sam Rayburn Statue... Washington, D.C. , January 6, 1965

Washington, United States Government Printing Office, 1965. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth with gilt decoration. 37pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Near fine. Memorial to this Texas politician, with a bookplate of the Executive Mansion Library, Springfield, Illinois, on the front flyleaf. .

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Book number: 1520

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Keywords: WESTERN AMERICANA Western Americana

Proceedings at the Fifty-Seventh Annual Convention of the Connecticut Medical Society, May, 1849...

Hartford, Case, Tiffany and Company, 1849. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff green hand-lettered wrappers. 30pp. Very good. Occasional foxing; minor chipping at spine. Interesting annual minutes and membership directory, with an essay on hygiene by Alvan Talcott appended. .

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Book number: 18345

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Keywords: Americana Medical

Program of Exercises Commemorating the One Hundred and Thirty-Seventh Anniversary of the Birth of Abraham Lincoln...

Springfield, IL, The Mid-Day Luncheon Club, 1946. Paperback. 8vo. Pictorial wrappers. (4pp). Very good. Edgar DeWitt Jones delivered the main address at this gathering. .

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Book number: 69

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Keywords: ABRAHAM LINCOLN Abraham Lincoln

Public Welcome to Hon. George Thompson (the Distinguished Orator and Philanthropist, Late a Member of the British Parliament,) in the City of Washington, at the Hall of the House of Representatives, on Wednesday Evening, April 6, 1864

N.p. [Washington, DC], N.p. [Washington Lecture Association], 1864. Paperback. Small 8vo. Self-cover. 3pp. Very good. Minor binding traces. Text of a verbose invitation to this British abolitionist and Union supporter to address the membership, signed in type by association officers as well as by many noted senators (Sumner, Wilson, Sherman, etc.) and representatives, together with Thompson's equally verbose response. Not in Sabin, though many Thompson essays on slavery are. Uncommon. .

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Book number: 13426

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Keywords: Civil War

Pups and Pussies

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. 438 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: 35671

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Keywords: Children's

Puss in Boots

New York, Merrimack Publishing Corp, 1970. Hardcover. Small 4to. Glazed pictorial paper over boards. 10pp. Numerous color illustrations. Very good. Slight minor separation along the always-delicate spine has been expertly and archivally strengthened. Facsimile of a cryptic "Antique Original" in which the ten all-text pages are divided by an all-color "And here is the Story of Puss in Boots in Pantomime" section, being a facsimile of what appears to be a late 19th century color lithography edition -- not pop-up style, but the kind of novelty printing in which various-size pages overlap one upon the next, revealing the story entirely in pictures as you go. Quite charming and rather uncommon. .

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Book number: 23640

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Keywords: Children's

Quick Easy Jell-O Wonder Dishes: Entrees, Relishes, Salads, Desserts

[Le Roy, NY, The Jell-O Company, 1930. Paperback. 16mo. Stiff color pictorial wrappers. 23pp. Color illustrations. Very good. Bit of age toning and a few faint spots, but overall tight, clean and attractive. Nice little promotional recipe collection, with charming outer wrappers graphic depicting a row of French-type maids each holding a different Jell-O dish. Been craving Jellied Prunes? Jell-O Cheese Loaf? Jellied Cabbage Relish? Here's your chance. .

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Book number: 31542

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Keywords: Cooking

The Quiz Kids Red Book

Akron, The Saalfield Publishing Company, 1941. Hardcover. 8vo. Tan cloth spine with green lettering and pictorial glossy paper over boards. 96pp, 31pp. Numerous small line drawings. Very good. Binding mildly edgeworn, with corners lightly bumped. Tight and nice first edition of this gathering of (to cite front board) "Popular Questions and Answers" from the popular radio show that began in Chicago in 1940, later morphing into a television show that run until the late 1950s. .

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Book number: 47794

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Keywords: Children's

Railroad Story Book

New York, Merrimack Publishing Corporation, n.y. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff glazed pictorial wrappers. (14pp). Color illustrations. Fine. Tight and pristine undated modern (circa 1980s) facsimile of this late 19th century unidentified edition, "Reproduced from the Antique Original." As with all Merrimack Publishing productions, the year and publishing details about the edition they're reprinting are not given -- annoyingly -- but this is a short adventure tale about Victorian rail travel featuring siblings Jessie and Frank and their mother and titled "A Thousand Miles by Rail. .

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Book number: 35723

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Keywords: Railroad Children's

Railroad Story Book

New York, McLoughlin Bros, 1907. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff glazed pictorial wrappers with modern brown cloth tape spine. (14pp). Color illustrations. Good only. Edgeworn and rubbed, with several small edge chips, with text block likewise slightly edgeworn and lightly soiled from lots of lovin'. Fairly tight and decent first edition of this short adventure tale about Victorian rail travel featuring siblings Jessie and Frank and their mother and titled "A Thousand Miles by Rail." The color lithograph illustrations are bright, charming and abundant despite the overall general wear of the item. Merrimack Publishing brought out a facsimile reprint of this in the 1980s, but originals are quite scarce. .

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Book number: 35724

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Railroad Book

Springfield, MA, McLoughlin Bros, n.y. Paperback. 4to. Stiff glazed pictorial wrappers, modern brown cloth tape spine. (12pp, all heavy stock). Full-page full color illustrations on every page, pictorial endpapers. Very good. Bit of edgewear and minor soiling. Tight, decent copy of this undated but circa 1910 oversize booklet "Mounted on Linen," as the front wrapper proclaims. Charming, dramatic full-page images are captioned (in order) "Locomotive in Repair Shop," "The Bridge Cuts Off Many Miles of Travel," "A Modern Electric Train," "Huge Derrick Used in Railroad Construction," "A Short Cut Through the Mountains," "Filling Water Tank at a Tank Station," "Express Train Leaving Terminal at Night," "A Scene in the Yards -- The Turn-Table," "Steep-Grade Engines Hauling Freight," "The 'Through-Limited' in the Far West" (2-page spread) and "Taking Water at High Speed From a Track Trough." Not to be confused with this same publisher's "Railroad Story Book. .

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Book number: 35729

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Keywords: Bibliography & Books About Books

Rally Once Again: Galena CIVIL War Centennial

[Galena], Galena Civil War Centennial Committee, n.y. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff red pictorial wrappers. (20pp). Illustrations. Near fine. Likely sole printing of this program and booklet commemorating this northwest Illinois's role in the Civil War: Adopted hometown of Ulysses S. Grant, home of nine Civil War generals, etc. A tight, quite handsome copy of a booklet often found in inferior condition. Interestingly, laid in loose is a small 4pp self-mailer leaflet, a program of Galena's Civil War centennial events -- "Nine Exciting Days and Nights - June 30 Thru July 8, 1961.". .

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Book number: 32356

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Keywords: Civil War Illinois & Midwest

Rand Mcnally World Atlas

Chicago, Rand McNally & Company, 1986. Hardcover. 4to. Burgundy buckram, dust jacket. 27pp, 224pp. Numerous color maps, charts, tables. Fine/very good. Later printing. .

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Book number: 1494

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Keywords: TRAVEL AND EXPLORATION Travel & Exploration

Recipes -- American Cooking: The Northwest

New York, Time-Life Books, 1970. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff pictorial wrappers, spiralbound. 144pp. Very good. Ownership signature inside front wrapper. First edition of this volume in the "Foods of the World" series. .

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Book number: 4274

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Recipes -- American Cooking: New England

New York, Time-Life Books, 1970. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff pictorial wrappers, spiralbound. 144pp. Very good. Ownership signature inside front wrapper. First edition of this volume in the "Foods of the World" series. .

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Book number: 4275

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Keywords: Cooking