The Romance of Violette

Toronto, Published for the Trade, n.y. Hardcover. Small 8vo.Black calf with gilt lettering. 74pp. Very good. Bit of age toning to preliminary leaves; large humorous bookplate on front pastedown. Tight and handsome of this well-known erotic tale first published in Brussels in 1883. Authorship is often attributed to Alexandre Dumas, Victor Hugo, Theophile Gautier and other, invariably French authors. Some suggest an obscure lady of Northern France, Mannoury d'Ectot, as the true author. Exceptionally bright and nice binding. .

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Book number: 34125

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Keywords: World Literature

Rosa, the Little Cousin from India

N.p. N.p. 1870. Paperback. 24mo. Tan decorative wrappers. 32pp. Several small steel engravings. Good plus. Delicate, with mild edgewear and a tad dusty. Touching full-page non-authorial gift inscription on verso of title page dated 15 September 1891 tells how "This book.. you must keep in memory of your cousin Annie; when she was about four years old it was given to her, take good care of it, as she was the only child of your loving Aunt Mattie." Patronizing tale about a 6-year-old Indian girl brought to England, meant to show how even those from the most distant colonies can become obediant Brits and god-fearing Christians. "Poor heathen people of India!" it concludes. "We should be sorry for them, and pray that God would send out his light and his truth to lead them to Jesus.." Unusual. .

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Book number: 13520

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Keywords: Children's

Roundabout Rhymes with Pictures

Cleveland, The World Syndicate Publishing Company, 1931. Paperback. Small 4to. Red cloth spine and stiff color wrappers. (47pp). Line drawings. Very good. Discreet non-authorial gift inscription inside front wrapper, else quite tight, clean and attractive. Probable sole edition. A charming compilation of short children's poems, many anonymous, but including one by Edward Lear. .

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Book number: 3039

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Keywords: Children's

Rowdy Rhymes and Bibulous Ballads Gathered from Many Gay Minstrels

Mount Vernon, NY, The Peter Pauper Press, N.y. Hardcover. Newly illustrated by Henry R. Martin. 12mo. Red pictorial paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 60pp. Cartoons. Near fine/very good. Later printing. Collection of humorous ballads and verses. .

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Book number: 860

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Keywords: HUMOR Humor & Folklore

Roy Rogers -- Dale Evans Collectors Association: Winter 1988-89 (Volume V, No. 34)

Portsmouth, OH, Roy Rogers/Dale Evans Collectors Association, 1988. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff pictorial wrappers. (14pp). Illustrations. Very good. Tight, nice copy of this fanzine issued "at least quarterly, and usually each two months," celebrating all things Roy and Dale. Laid in are subscription and annual collector's convention leaflets. .

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Book number: 34563

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Keywords: Film & Theater

Roy Rogers -- Dale Evans Collectors Association: Spring 1988 (Volume V, No. 30)

Portsmouth, OH, Roy Rogers/Dale Evans Collectors Association, 1988. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff pictorial wrappers. (14pp). Illustrations. Very good. Tight, nice copy of this fanzine issued "at least quarterly, and usually each two months," celebrating all things Roy and Dale. Laid in are subscription and annual collector's convention leaflets. .

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Book number: 36859

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Keywords: Film & Theater

The Royal Kalendar: And Court and City Register, for England, Scotland, Ireland, and the Colonies, for the Year 1828

London, Suttaby, Fox, & Suttaby, 1828. Hardcover. 16mo. Quarter burgundy calf with gilt spine lettering and raised bands and marbled paper over boards. viii, 408pp, 12pp. Very good. Faint binding edgewear at extremities; light even age toning to text block. Quite tight and exceptionally handsome copy of this annual compilation -- with a unique autograph twist: Inner flyleaf bears a presentation inscription in a fine, legible hand: "S.J. Cramer / from his Friend / Bush'd. C. Washington." (Below this, another 19th century hand saw fit to repeat this verbatim in thick, bolder ink.) Bushrod C. Washington (1790-1851) was President George Washington's great nephew and a Virginia justice of the peace, legislator and plantation owner. S.J. Cramer signs the title page small but bold, and several text pages bear neat margin notes in pencil in what appears to be his hand. Title continues: "Including a Correct LIST of the EIGHTH Imperial Parliament, summoned to meet for their First Session July 25, 1826.." And continues again: "Both Houses of Parliament, Officers of the State, Law, Revenue, and other Public Departments; Army and Navy; Ecclesiastical Establishments; Literary, Scientific, and Charitable, Institutions; Commercial Companies, &c." A most unusual copy. (NOTE: Bushrod C. Washington should not be confused with Bushrod Washington, 1762-1829, the nephew of George Washington who inherited Mount Vernon upon the first president's death in 1799 and who was appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1798 at age 36, serving as associate justice until his death.). .

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Book number: 39362

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Keywords: Odds & Ends

Royster's 1948 Almanac: Sixty-Third Year Edition

Norfolk, VA, F.S. Royster Guano Co, 1947. Paperback. Small 8vo. Blue printed wrappers. 48pp. Illustrations. Very good. Single-punch hole at upper left for handy outhouse hanging! Tight and attractive copy of this obscure modern almanac, with the usual charts, two-column format, etc. Given their use, these seldom survive in such nice condition. .

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Book number: 36545

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Keywords: Americana

C.M. Russell Catalog of Quality Reproductions from the Original Paintings

Great Falls, MT, C.M. Russell Museum, 1980. Paperback. Oblong 16mo. Stiff pictorial wrappers. 20pp. Numerous color illustrations. Fine. Interesting catalogue of oil paintings and watercolors. .

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Book number: 16346

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Keywords: Art

C.M. Russell: A Legendary Man, 1864-1926

[Great Falls, MT], C.M. Russell Museum, 1978. Paperback. Oblong 24mo. Stiff wrappers. (24pp). Illustrations. Fine. Interesting overview of the man and his art, published on the occasion of this museum's 25th anniversary. Probable sole edition. .

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Book number: 16347

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Keywords: Art Biography

La Salle Tricentennial, 1687-1987: Commemoration of Robert Cavelier de la Salle -- Opening of Illinois and the Mississippi Valley on the Occasion of the Tricentennial Anniversary of His Death

Chicago, The French Colonial Historical Society & The Newberry Library, 1987. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff blue wrappers. (27pp). Illustrations, maps. Fine. .

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Book number: 13387

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Keywords: Colonial Americana

San Francisco a la Carte

Garden City, Doubleday & Company, 1979. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue cloth, dust jacket. 497pp. Illustrations, decorative endpapers. Very good/very good. Slightest bit of jacket edgewear; four recipe titles highlighted. Tight, clean, quite decent later printing of this popular hefty Junior League of San Francisco compilation. .

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Book number: 32743

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Keywords: Cooking

Sargent Mechanics' Tools: 1911

Columbia, MO, Mid-West Tool Collectors Association, 1995. Paperback. Small 8vo. Stiff decorative wrappers. (6pp), 250pp. Numerous illustrations. Very good. Rear wrapper (only) a self-mailer and a bit soiled. Tight, attractive facsimile of this well-illustrated trade catalogue. .

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Book number: 36546

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Keywords: Antiques & Collecting

Saturday Review of Literature: August 6, 1949 (Vol. XXXII, No. 32) -- 25th Anniversary

New York, The Saturday Review Associates, 1949. Paperback. (Vol. XXXII No. 32). 4to. Stiff blue glazed pictorial wrappers. 186pp. Illustrations, advertisements. Good plus. Some edgewear and rubbing, but overall tight, clean, decent. Decent copy of this 25th anniversary issue, featuring a "Who's Who" list of contributors. .

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Book number: 30294

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Keywords: American Literature Literary Criticism

The Saturday Evening Post Movie Book

Indianapolis, The Curtis Publishing Company, 1977. Hardcover. 4to. Blue buckram, pictorial dust jacket. viii, 152pp. Numerous illustrations (some color). Near fine/near fine. First edition, tight and handsome. .

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Book number: 9196

Catalogue: Books

Keywords: Film & Theater