Die Stadt Gottes: Illustrierte Monatschrift Für Das Katholische Volk Zur Unterhaltung, Belehrung Und Religiösen Anregung -- Achtzehnter Jahrgang (1895)

Steyl, Germany, Verlag der Missionsdruckerei Johann Janssen, 1895. Hardcover. 4to. Dark green pebble-grain cloth with elaborate gilt lettering and decorations and black front board decorations. 429pp, (3pp). Numerous illustrations, line drawings, floral endpapers. Very good. Quite minor edgewear only -- overall tight and attractive, with all gilt bright. Handsome copy of the eighteenth annual volume of this heavily-illustrated periodical, 24 issues, entirely in German. Title translates "The City of God: Monthly Magazine for the Catholic People for Entertainment, Instruction and Encouragement. .

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Book number: 49055

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Keywords: Religion German Language

Star-Kist Dietetic Pack Tuna Recipes

Terminal Island, CA, Star-Kist Tuna, n.y. Paperback. 32mo. Stiff pictorial folder. (4pp). Near fine. Probable sole printing. Handsome little folder promoting this firm's newest tuna product ("Without Added Oil or Salt") and containing a half dozen low-cal tuna recipes. Undated, but circa 1950. Accompanied by a similar small "Recipes of the Stars" folder for keeping additional tuna recipes. .

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Book number: 37485

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Keywords: Cooking

State Historical Markers of Virginia: Listing the Inscriptions on All Such Markers on the Principal Highways of Virginia, with Supplementary Data

Richmond, Virginia Department of Conservation and Development, 1948. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff green pictorial wrappers. 262pp. Very good. Tailof spine the teensiest bit rough. Sixth edition, tight and clean, of this popular and still useful roadside marker guidebook. .

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Book number: 40803

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Keywords: Americana

State of Wisconsin Messages to the Legislature and Proclamations of Emanuel L. Philipp, Governor, 1915-1921

Milwaukee, Wisconsin Printing Company, 1920. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue cloth. 528pp. Good plus. Minor cloth abrasion on rear cover, but overall tight and clean. Interesting and uncommon collection of Wisconsin gubernatorial pronouncements. .

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Book number: 911

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Keywords: ILLINOIS MIDWEST Illinois & Midwest

Statues of Sam Houston and Stephen F. Austin Erected in Statuary Hall of the Capitol Building at Washington: Proceedings in the House of Representatives on the Occasion of the Reception and Acceptance of the Statues from the State of Texas

Washington, DC, Government Printing Office, 1905. Hardcover. Small 4to. Original blind-embossed olive green cloth, gilt lettering. 143pp. Frontispeces with tissue guards. Near fine. Slightest bit of faint edgewear. Tight, pristine first edition. Eleven popular Texas and Southern politicos of the day speechify in honor of these Texas founding fathers. A superb copy -- as good as it gets. .

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Book number: 33936

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Keywords: Western Americana

Steam Stern Wheel Towboat

Dubuque, Dubuque Star Brewing Company, 1961. Paperback. Oblong 8vo. Stiff wrappers. Single folded leaf (4pp). Near fine. Slight age toning about the edges. Oversize Christmas greeting card from this Dubuque brewery. Front wrapper depicts ink-and-wash drawing by C.P. Ferring of a "Steam Stern Wheel Towboat" plying the Mississippi; inside front wrapper contains a brief several-sentence history of this type of boat; and inside rear wrapper features a printed Christmas greeting. An interesting piece of brewery ephemera. .

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Book number: 8090

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Keywords: BREWERY ADVERTISING Illinois & Midwest

The Stetson University Collection of Edward B. & Lillian A. Alling

Wolfeboro, NH, Bowers and Merena, 1993. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff black pictorial glazed wrappers. 344pp. Extensive illustrations (some color). Very good. Catalogue for this May 27-29, 1993 auction by the renowned New England coin dealers. Clean, tight, handsome. .

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Book number: 6714

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Keywords: COIN COLLECTING" "NUMISMATICS Antiques & Collecting

The Stock Illustration Source: Volume III

New York, The Stock Illustration Source, n.y. Paperback. Folio. Stiff blue pictorial wrappers. 384pp, (8pp). Extensive color illustrations. Very good. Tight, nice copy of the third volume in this standard reference, sorted alphabetically by artist. .

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Book number: 23406

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Keywords: Art

The Story of an Idea: And Its Role in the Growth of the Baby Foods Industry

N.p. Gerber Products Company, 1953. Hardcover. Small 4to. Tan cloth. 95pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Very good. Tight, clean first edition. .

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Book number: 4501

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Keywords: BABY FOOD Cooking Business & Economics

The Story of the Three Bears

New York, Merrimack Publishing Corporation, n.y. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff glazed pictorial wrappers. (14pp). Color illustrations. Near fine. Undated modern (circa 1980s) facsimile of this late 19th century unidentified edition, with the top edge diecut to reflect the contour of the top of Papa Bear, Baby Bear and Mama Bear's heads as they appear on the front wrapper. Just a facsimile, but charming. .

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Book number: 35608

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Keywords: Children's

Sunny Stories for the Little Ones

London, Thomas Nelson and Sons, n.y. Hardcover. Small 4to. Green cloth spine and pictorial paper over boards. 160pp. Color frontispiece, numerous line drawings, 5 full-page color plates. Very good. Binding lightly edgeworn and faintly soiled, though internally lovely and bright; nonauthorial gift inscription on front flyleaf. Apparently the first edition of this title bears no year, as here; the inscription in this copy is dated Christmas 1920, which is likely the era of this volume. .

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Book number: 35869

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The Super Chief (8mm Film)

Davenport, IA, Blackhawk Films, 1965. Standard 5" film reel containing this Super 8mm locomotive documentary with "Magnetic Sound," housed in the original pictorial case. Fine/very good. No film deterioration evident; case shows very slight rubbing. .

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Book number: 10212

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Keywords: super 8mm; Railroad

Swinton's Third Reader

New York, American Book Company, 1882. Hardcover. 12mo. Burgundy leatherette spine and red cloth with black lettering and decorations. 240pp. Frontispiece, illustrations, charts. Very good. Mild bit of edgewear. A tight, clean, quite attractive first edition of this popular reader. An unusually nice copy of a title often found in less-than-nice condition. .

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Book number: 35585

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Keywords: Children's

Tell Me the Stories of Jesus

N.p. Warner Press, 1960. Paperback. 48mo. Stiff pictorial wrappers. (10pp). Color illustrations. Near fine. Edition not ascertainable, but an early printing of this nifty near-miniature "Foldorama" title, issue on heavy card stock with perforations to be folded accordion style. .

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Book number: 26339

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Keywords: Religion

These Tremendous Years: Flashes from the History of a Quarter Century of Business Achievement

N.p. N.p. 1937. Hardcover. 4to. Blue cloth. 64pp. Illustrations. Near fine. Probable sole edition, reprinted from the May 1937 issue of "Nation's Business." History of product developments and business trends, published in honor of the twenty-fifth birthday of the United States Chamber of Commerce. .

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Book number: 249

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Keywords: AMERICANA Americana Business & Economics