Scenic Resources of the Tennessee Valley: A Descriptive and Pictorial Inventory

Knoxville, Tennessee Valley Authority, 1938. Hardcover. Small 4to. Brown cloth. xii, 222pp. Frontispiece, numerous illustrations, numerous color, folding maps. Very good. Ownership initials on front pastedown. Uncommon first edition. .

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Book number: 207

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Keywords: AMERICANA Americana

Scenic Grandeur of the West

San Francisco, The National Color Press, 1943. Small 4to. Stiff tan pictorial folder housing 16 color prints. Very good/near fine. Probable sole edition of this set of prints depicting "points of interest along Southern Pacific Lines." A handsome set. .

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Book number: 7311

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Keywords: SOUTHERN PACIFIC Western Americana

School Days Record: A Memory Book

New York, The Marion Company, n.y. Hardcover. 8vo. Grey cloth with pictorial label. (122pp). Decorations. Fine. Blank, unused school memory book with album pages for photographs, autographs, special events, press clippings, etc. Undated, but seemingly of teens (ca. 1915) vintage. Unusual!.

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Book number: 238

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Keywords: AMERICANA Americana Education

Scottish Pop-Up Book

Edinburgh, Lomond Books, 1994. Hardcover. Small 4to. Glazed pictorial paper over boards. (12pp). Extensive color illustrations. Very good. Bit of wear to couple of pop-ups. A tight and nice first edition of this pop-up, with all pop-ups present and functional. .

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Book number: 38243

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Keywords: Children's

The Scrap Book: Choice Bits of Humor and Philosophy Begged, Borrowed and Begotten

Indianapolis, C.P. Lesh Paper Co, 1954. Paperback. 12mo. Stiff beige wrappers with red and green lettering. 64pp. Small graphics. Near fine. Faintest of wear to outer wrappers (only). Tight and quite nice 25th edition of this paper company's promotional booklet -- homespun Hoosier humor. .

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Book number: 44752

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Keywords: Humor & Folklore Philosophy

Scribner's Magazine: February 1931

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1931. Paperback. (Vol. LXXXIX, Number 2). Small 4to. Stiff orange glazed wrappers. 28pp, pp. 115-233, pp. 28a-58. Advertisement illustrations. Very good. Spine slightly sunned, some edgewear and small edge tears. Contents include George Seldes' "Is the Cannon-Fodder Ripe?", Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings' "Cracker Chidlings," Lewis Mumford's "The Brown Decades" and William Lyon Phelps' "As I Like It." Clean and attractive, with a small library inkstamp on front wrapper. .

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Book number: 16845

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Keywords: American Literature

Scribner's Magazine: September 1931

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1931. Paperback. (Vol. XC, Number 3). Small 4to. Stiff orange glazed wrappers. 20pp, pp. 223-344, pp. 21-34. Advertisement illustrations. Very good. Spine slightly sunned, some edgewear and small edge tears. Contents include Andre Maurois' "The Three Ghosts of America," Waldo Frank's "Mexico," Norman Macleod's "Stride on the Desert: A Poem" and William Lyon Phelps' "As I Like It." Clean and attractive, with a small library inkstamp on front wrapper. .

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Book number: 16846

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Keywords: American Literature

Scribner's Magazine: August 1931

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1931. Paperback. (Vol. XC, Number 2). Small 4to. Stiff orange glazed wrappers. 20pp, pp. 119-232, pp. 21-30. Advertisement illustrations. Very good. Spine slightly sunned, some edgewear and small edge tears. Contents include Struthers Burt's "This Subtle Land," Lloyd C. Douglas's "The Legacy of Israel" and William Lyon Phelps' "As I Like It." Clean and attractive, with a small library inkstamp on front wrapper. .

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Book number: 16847

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Keywords: American Literature

Scribner's Magazine: March 1932

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1932. Paperback. (Vol. XCI, Number 3). Small 4to. Stiff orange glazed wrappers. 20pp, pp. 129-192, pp. 21-32. Advertisement illustrations. Very good. Spine slightly sunned, some edgewear and small edge tears. Contents include (among other things) V.F. Calverton's "The Liberation of American Literature," Edmund Wilson's "The Best People" and of course William Lyon Phelps' "As I Like It." Clean and attractive, with mild library inkstamps on the front wrapper. .

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Book number: 17357

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Keywords: American Literature

Scribner's Magazine: December 1932

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1932. Paperback. (Vol. XCII, Number 6). Small 4to. Stiff orange glazed wrappers. 32pp, pp. 321-384, pp. 33-36. Advertisement illustrations. Very good. Some edgewear and small edge tears. "Christmas Fiction Number," with contents including (among other things) James Boyd's "The Gizzard of a Scientist -- A Story," Thomas Beer's "Menu," Stuart Chase's "Government Economy" and of course William Lyon Phelps' "As I Like It." Clean and attractive, with mild library inkstamps on the front wrapper. .

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Book number: 17358

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Keywords: American Literature

Scribner's Magazine: June 1933

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1933. Paperback. (Vol. XCIII, Number 6). Small 4to. Stiff orange glazed wrappers. 12pp, pp. 325-388, pp. 13-20. Advertisement illustrations. Very good. Spine slightly sunned, some edgewear and small edge tears. Contents include (among other things) Thomas Wolfe's "Death the Proud Brother -- A Story," Dumas Malone's "Jefferson and the New Deal," Robert Nathan's "On Being a Jew" and of course William Lyon Phelps' "As I Like It." Clean and attractive, with mild library inkstamps on the front wrapper. .

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Book number: 17359

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Keywords: American Literature

Scribner's Magazine: May 1931

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1931. Paperback. (Vol. LXXXIX, Number 5). Small 4to. Stiff orange glazed wrappers. 40pp, pp. 465-584, pp. 41-68. Advertisement illustrations. Very good. Spine slightly sunned, some edgewear and small edge tears. Contents include (among other things) George Seldes' "Twilight of the Dictators," John Dewey's "Is There Hope for Politics?," Waldo Frank's "Within the Skull: A Poem," Erskine Caldwell's "The Corduroy Pants: A Story" and of course William Lyon Phelps' "As I Like It." Clean and attractive, with mild library inkstamps on the front wrapper. .

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Book number: 17368

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Keywords: American Literature

Scribner's Magazine: February 1933

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1933. Paperback. (Vol. XCIII, Number 2). Small 4to. Stiff orange glazed wrappers. 14pp, pp. 65-132, pp. 15-18. Advertisement illustrations. Very good. Spine slightly sunned, some edgewear and small edge tears. Contents include (among other things) Stuart Chase's "World Without Money," Evelyn Scott's "Turnstile -- A Story," Howard Mumford Jones' "Those Eminent Victorians," two poems by Conrad Aiken and of course William Lyon Phelps' "As I Like It." Clean and attractive, with mild library inkstamps on the front wrapper. .

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Book number: 17369

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Scribner's Magazine: October 1932

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1932. Paperback. (Vol. XCII, Number 4). Small 4to. Stiff orange glazed wrappers. 16pp, pp. 193-256, pp. 17-24. Advertisement illustrations. Very good. Spine slightly sunned, some edgewear and small edge tears. Contents include (among other things) Clarence Darrow's "The Massie Trial," William Rose Benet's "Answering Letter -- A Poem," John Galsworthy's "Flowering Wilderness -- Part II -- A Novel," James Truslow Adams' "America's Lost Opportunity" and of course William Lyon Phelps' "As I Like It." Clean and attractive, with mild library inkstamps on the front wrapper. .

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Book number: 17370

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Keywords: American Literature

Scribner's Magazine: November 1932

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1932. Paperback. (Vol. XCII, Number 5). Small 4to. Stiff orange glazed wrappers. 24pp, pp. 257-320, pp. 25-32. Advertisement illustrations. Very good. Spine slightly sunned, some edgewear and small edge tears. Contents include (among other things) John Galsworthy's "Flowering Wilderness -- Part III -- A Novel," Frank R. Kent's "The Next President," Thomas Craven's "American Men of Art" and of course William Lyon Phelps' "As I Like It." Clean and attractive, with mild library inkstamps on the front wrapper. .

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Book number: 17371

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Keywords: American Literature