American Directory and Publihsing Co.

Bridgeport City, Business and Street Directory. 1894.

American Directory and Publlishing Co. 1894. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. 212pp. Heavy card stock plain boards, stapled binding. Boards and several pages of ads are soiled, chipped and detached but present, spine perished, endpapers lacking, text block is evenly tanned but is otherwise unworn and is complete, map not present. Includes a business directory, street and avenue directory, government listings, organizations and a business directory of Ansonia, Derby, Shelton, Seymour, MIlford, Stratford, Fairfield, Long Hill, Newtown and Southport. There are numerous ads, (some illustrated), plus other relevant and interesting information about Bridgeport and its environs. Poor.

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Boeknummer: 002941

Catalogus: Reference, Ephemera, Regional

Trefwoorden: Connecticut "Fairfield County" "City Directory"

Department of State Engineer and Surveyor

State of New York Department of State Engineer and Surveyor Laws and Regualtions for the Improvement of the Erie, Oswego and Champlain Canals

Albany, Department of State Engineer and Surveyor. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Soft cover. 75p + approx. 35p orders and instructions. No date, approximately 1910. Flexible cloth cover, gilt lettered. Covers clean, contents age-toned, owner's name on front free endpaper. Laws, specifications and instructions for canal improvement. 7 foldout diagrams and drawings. Very Good.

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Boeknummer: 002126

Catalogus: Engineering and Technology, Ephemera

Trefwoorden: "Hudson River" Mohawk Oneida Champlain Canals Waterways

Smith Henry F. (Compiler)

Municipal Register of the City of Hartford (1895) - With Map

Hartford, Waterman & Wright, 1895. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. 540pp. Full leather, gilt lettering and gilt City of Hartford seal, folding map of Hartford in rear, photos and folding diagrams. Covers edgeworn and scuffed, partial label removal from lower front cover has left leather abrasion. Contents are mildly age-darkened and one page is edgeworn and a couple of short tears. Folding map is clean but has several tears with archival tape repair. The contents are overall quite sound. Government officials, department reports, municipal statistics. Good/No Jacket.

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Boeknummer: 002053

Catalogus: Government and Politics, Ephemera

Trefwoorden: Connecticut Brainard

Gall, George H.

The New Washington; An Illustrated Description of The National Capital

Washington, DC, Washington Chamber of Commerce, 1913. First Edition, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft cover. 144pp. Illustrated wraps. Cover is edge-chipped and soiled, staple rust, contents are lightly age-toned and unmarked. This is the FIRST EDITION of this publication in 1913, not a later reprint. "Information of visitors to Washington and those who wish to be informed about their national city." The sights of Washington as it was in 1913. Many illustrations and period ads. Good.

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Boeknummer: 002445

Catalogus: Travel and Geography, Ephemera

Trefwoorden: Sightseeing Tourism Guide Guidebook

Gregory, I.M. (Editor)

Judge Magazine ; October 7 1893

New York, The Judge Publishing Co. 1893. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Soft cover. Victor, Gillam, Milton. 16pp. Stapled wraps. Light edgewear chipping, partial separation to binding, light wear and tearing to horizontal fold (archival tape reinforced), faint small stains to upper margin, cover and text are otherwise clean and unmarked. 3 full page color cartoons, one of President Cleveland, one of his nominee for Ambassador to Italy and one of "The Society Treadmill" : "the weary round of a fashionable woman." Good/5/16.

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Boeknummer: 001870

Catalogus: American History, Periodical, Ephemera

Trefwoorden: Satire Magazine

M. Heminway & Sons

Illustrated Manual of Knitting and Crochet Adapted to the Use of M. Heminway & Sons' Pure Dye Silks

[Watertown, Connecticut], M. Heminway & Sons' Silk Co. 1894. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Soft cover. 127pp. Tan stapled illustrated wraps. Front cover chipped and creased, rear cover and most of spine missing, contents lightly toned but mostly quite clean, a few early pages lightly chipped. Detailed instructions for many knitted and crocheted items, heavily illustrated throughout. A scarce example of this original publication. Fair/No Jacket.

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Boeknummer: 001483

Catalogus: Hobbies and How-To, Ephemera, Collectible

Trefwoorden: Handcrafts Needlework Fashion

Modern Hospital

The Modern Hospital - February 1924

Chicago, The Modern Hospital Publishing Co. Inc. 1924. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Soft cover. 176pp. Printed wraps. LIght soiling and light wear to cover, library stamp on front cover, contents are mildly age-toned but clean and unmarked. Early trade magazine for hospital management. General topics covered include nursing, dietetics and institutional food service, hospital equipment and operation, dispensaries and out-patient departments and occupational therapy and rehabilitation. Numerous illustrations and many illustrated ads. A fascinating look at hospital and medical nearly a century ago. Good.

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Boeknummer: 003341

Catalogus: Medicine, Periodical, Ephemera

Trefwoorden: "Health Care" Medication Sanitation Diagnosis

Hubbard, Walter (Editor)

The American Art Student ; Vol.VI No.2 October 31, 1922

Nwe York, Association of American Art Students, 1922. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Soft cover. 27pp. Stapled stiff wraps. Very mild sunning to cover, contents clean, staples rusty. Articles directed to the art student include figure drawing, artist's materials and modern art. Very Good.

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Boeknummer: 001959

Catalogus: Periodical, Ephemera, Art

Trefwoorden: "Commercial Art"

The Edison Institute

Edison Institute Museum and Village

Dearborn , Michigan, Edison Institute, 1929. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Soft cover. 30pp. No date but presumably 1929. Stapled pamphlet. Light soil to covers, contents clean. Published for the opening of the Museum and Village in 1929. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Boeknummer: 002680

Catalogus: Ephemera

Trefwoorden: Inventor Inventions

Intourist

Seeing the USSR

Moscow, Intourist. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft cover. 68pp. No date, circa 1930s. Tan stiff wraps, green, red, and gilt lettering and decoration. Light soil to covers, chipping to spine, contents are clean and binding is sturdy. Travel brochure extolling the virtues of the Soviet Union before World War II. Good.

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Boeknummer: 001564

Catalogus: Travel and Geography, Ephemera

Trefwoorden: Russia Moscow "Red Square" Crimea Caucusas Leningrad

T. Kingsford & Son

Recipes for the Use of Kingsford's Oswego Corn Starch or Prepared Corn, Also, Instructions in Carving, and Other Useful Recipes.

Oswego, NY, R.J. Oliphant/Oswego Starch Factory, 1877. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Soft cover. 64pp. Grey wraps. Cover lightly soiled, contents are sound and in unmarked condition. Numerous recipes and a section on carving with detailed illustrations. A very early publication of this food processing company. Good.

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Boeknummer: 001997

Catalogus: Cooking, Ephemera, Advertising

Trefwoorden: Cuisine Carving Recipes Kingsford

De Laval (delaval)

De Laval Handy Reference Year Book 1948

New York, The De Laval Separator Company, 1947. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft cover. 48pp. Pictorial stapled wraps. Light chipping and corner creasing, retail store stamp on front cover, contents are tanned but unmarked, die cut hole for string. Promotional information for De Laval products plus almanac and household information. Good/No Jacket.

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Boeknummer: 001646

Catalogus: Ephemera, Advertising

Trefwoorden: Milk Farming Milking

Law, Ernest

Kensington Palace the Birthplace of the Queen Being an Historical Guide to the State Rooms, Pictures, and Gardens

London, George Bell and Sons, 1899. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Soft cover. 140pp. Red stiff wraps. Covers lightly soiled, chipping and tearing mainly to spine, corner crease to rear cover, pencil notation on front endpaper, contents are age-toned but otherwise clean and sound. History, descriptions and a few illustrations. Good.

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Boeknummer: 001394

Catalogus: Travel and Geography, Ephemera, Collectible

Trefwoorden: History England UK Victoria

W. Lawrence

Album of Belfast

Dublin, W. Lawrence, Photographic Publisher, 0. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardcover. Catherine Tucker. Red cloth-covered boards, gilt lettering and decoration. No date but circa 1880-1890. 11 accordion-fold pages, 44 views of Belfast, all vehicles shown are horse-drawn. Rear pastedown has ads of Gt. Northern Railway Co. and Great Southern & Western Railway. Light wear and chips to edges and spine, but still very presentable. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Boeknummer: 001189

Catalogus: Illustrated, Travel and Geography, Ephemera

Trefwoorden: "Northern Ireland" Tourist Viewbook Views Photos

Lytton, The Earl of

Antony (Viscount Knebworth) A Record of His Youth (Association Copy)

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1936. First Edition, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 368pp. Blue cloth, gilt lettering. Book is sound, light wear and slight fading of spine. Laid-in are 3 letters addressed to the book's owner, Alexander William Armour with references to the book about Viscount Knebworth, son of Victor Bulwer-Lytton. Letters are from A.J. Armstrong of Baylor University, Charles Erdman of The Theological Seminary of Princeton, New Jersey, and one letter is unsigned from someone in Greenwich, Connecticut. Two of the three letters are handwritten, and the Erdman lettter is typed and signed and contains a personal note at the end. Contents of the letters are mix of business and personal, mostly of a personal nature. Owner's name and bookplate on front endpapers, another personal handwritten note tipped-in at front. Also laid-in is brochure for the Knebworth House, Herts, the home of Bulwer-Lytton, and the rear panel of the book's dust jacket. A very interesting association copy. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Boeknummer: 003865

Catalogus: Biography, Ephemera

Trefwoorden: Bulwer-Lytton