Peter Rabbitt

Springfield, MA, McLoughlin Bros, 1938. Hardcover. 16mo. Glazed pictorial paper over boards. (54pp). Numerous color illustrations. Very good. Mild edgewear, mainly at head and tail of spine. A tight and nice little volume, quaintly illustrated. This publisher does not indicate edition in an ascertainable manner. Cover title: "The Story of Peter Rabbitt." Delightful addition: While this is NOT an ex-library copy, some child owner actually created a small brown craft paper pocket, neatly affixed it to the rear pastedown with paper strips, and made a miniature library check out card on yellow heavy stock, ruling it in pencil by hand and noting that it was loaned out to one of his friends! Absolutely charming. .

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Book number: 35717

Catalogue: Books

Keywords: Children's

KA-TZETNIK 135633

Phoenix over the Galilee

New York, Harper & Row, 1969. Hardcover. 8vo. Tan cloth, dust jacket. ix, 268pp. Near fine/near fine. First edition of this Holocaust novel. .

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Book number: 4500

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Keywords: YEHIEL DE-NUR World Literature

Photographer's Handbook

[New York], Time-Life Books, 1970. Paperback. Narrow small 8vo. Stiff wrappers, spiralbound. 64pp. Numerous illustrations. Good plus. Some wear to wrappers, but basically tight and decent. Second printing of this nifty little volume in the "Life Library of Photography" series -- from the library of noted Chicago photographer ARCHIE LIEBERMAN (1926-2008) of "Farm Boy" fame. .

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Book number: 27857

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Keywords: Photography

A Pictorial and Descriptive Guide to London with Large Section Plans of Central London; Map of London and Twelve Miles Round; Railway Maps; Main Roads out of London; Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens, and Twenty Other Maps and Plans

London, Ward, Lock & Co, 1934. Paperback. 16mo. Limp red cloth with black lettering and pictorial stamping. xvi, 288pp, 47pp, (3pp). Illustrations, foldout color maps, advertisements. Very good. Faint vertical crease to front board, else tight, clean and sharp. A handsome 51st edition of this famed city guide. .

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Book number: 38686

Catalogue: Books

Keywords: Travel & Exploration

Picture History Portfolio

New York, New York Times Co, Publisher, 1923. Hardcover. Folio. Purple cloth with gilt lettering and elaborate gilt rules. 480pp. Extensive illustrations, marbled endpapers and page edges. Very good. Binding a bit irregularly sunned and lightly edgeworn, but tight and attractive overall; text block lightly age toned as expected. First edition. Tight, quite nice and internally fine, this hefty compilation of sepia-tone photographs and others images cover every manner of news story of the day: Current events, travel, history, [politics, war, nature, the arts, etc. Sections of these sepia-tone images (printed on delicate newsprint-quality stock) also appeared in "The New York Times" and other daily newspapers of the period, although in this form many if not most have become brittle and edgeworn beyond repair -- but in this hardbound form they are largely protected from aging and remain supple and are 100% free of the edge tears and edge chipping that normally plague them. A remarkable view of newspaper coverage of the 1920s in a superb form usually not seen. .

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Book number: 45426

Catalogue: Books

Keywords: Americana

2 Picture Puzzle: Dual Purpose

N.p. N.p. n.y. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue pictorial paper over boards. No pages (as issued). Very good. Bit of edgewear. "Book" opens to reveal two side-by-side puzzles, with all pieces present and in superb condition. The left pastedown puzzle shows four small floral arrangements, while the right pastedown puzzle is titled "National Wildlife Conservation Series" and depicts nine wildlife stamp scenes. Each image in this latter puzzle bears the copyright data "1948 National Wildlife Federation, Washington, D.C." but it is unclear whether this organization was the publisher of this bibliographically-challenged "book." Unusual and quite handsome. .

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Book number: 6448

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Keywords: Children's Games

Piggy Wiggy

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. 440 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: 35670

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Keywords: Children's

Pine Homes and Pine Interiors

Minneapolis, The Barta Press, 1930. Paperback. Preface by Joseph Everett Chandler. 4to. Stiff cream string-tied wrappers with gilt lettering and front wrapper sepia-tone steel engraving. (Ca. 50pp). Numerous sepia-tone illustrations, map. Very good. Mild wear to outer wrappers (only), else internally near fine. Intriguing promotional booklet for Shevlin, Carpenter & Clarke Company, "Manufacturers and Merchants of Pine Lumber," featuring an actual plate-marked steel engraved image of a charming interior pine-walled living room. "Pine in the Early American Home" takes the reader room-by-room through a classic colonial home, highlighting of course the extensive use of pine throughout, while "Pine in the Eighteenth Century American Home" and "Pine in the Modern American Office, Hotel, Club and Shop" chapters go into further detail and it all closes with the hard-sell "Shevlin Pine" chapter talks up this company, explaining and showing where and how it sources its pine. Laid in loose at the close (presumably as issued) are three inserts addressing "Pine," "Colonial Pine Treatment" and "Color Reveals the Beauty of Knotty Pine." Colonial architecture experienced quite a revival in the early 20th century and of course Shevlin, Carpenter & Clarke sought to capitalize on this. A delightful and impressive sales pitch. Accompanied by the prospectus for Russell Hawes Kettell's "The Pine Furniture of Early New England," 4to, wrappers, a 5-page excerpt from this 1929 Doubleday, Doran & Company classic that "shows Title page, Table of Contents page and four specimen pages from the book itself" -- interesting, relevant, unusual. Very good. .

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Book number: 47146

Catalogue: Books

Keywords: Colonial Americana Architecture

Playboy 1975 Annual Report

Chicago, Playboy enterprises, Inc, 1975. Paperback. 4to. Stiff glossy pictorial wrappers. 28pp. Numerous color illustrations, charts. Fine. A tight and attractive sole printing of this firm's breakdown of assets, liabilities, net sales and revenues, earnings before income taxes, etc. preceded by a summary of the firms various publications and other endeavors. Unusual. .

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Book number: 39654

Catalogue: Books

Keywords: Film & Theater

Playful Puppies

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. 442 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: 35667

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Keywords: Children's

Playful Puppies

New York, Sam'l Gabriel Sons & Company, n.y. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff glazed pictorial wrappers (10pp). Full-page color illustrations. Very good. Mild edgewear and faint soiling, though internally "Near fine" -- bright and lovely. No. 442 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: 35668

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Keywords: Children's

Please Bring Back My Book: A Checklist for Books

South Orleans, MA, Erma J. Fisk, 1980. Paperback. Wide 64mo. Stiff pictorial wrappers, stapled. (20pp, rectos only, printed on card stock). Illustrations. Near fine. Clever "book" that's actually two side-by-side perforated heavy stock bookmarks, each featuring black and white bird illustrations -- thus a total of forty bookmarks. "This book belongs to" followed by a blank line is printed at the bottom of each 1 3/4" X 5 3/4" bookmark, while a stub from each remains attached to the book, on which is printed "Loaned to" and line, "Date" and line, and "Title" and line. For those who loan out so many books they can't keep track of who borrowed what, an easy way to turn your collection into a lending library. First and likely sole edition. .

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Book number: 31564

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Keywords: Bibliography & Books About Books

The Practical Home & School Educator Containing Courses of Reading and Study with Outlines and Questions Arranged to Accompany the New Practical Reference Library

Chicago, The Dixon-Hanson Company, 1908. Hardcover. Small 4to. Brown pebble-grained cloth with black spine lettering and rules. 222pp, (2pp). Illustration. Very good. Faint binding edgewear, with spine lettering badly rubbed; text block evenly, moderately age toned as usual. A tight, fairly attractive second printing of this teacher's A to Z (literally, Agriculture to Zoology), soup to nuts guidebook featuring chapters on every conceivable subject taught -- with front flyleaf bearing the Friends of the Chicago Public Library 1986 membership card of Ralph G. Newman (1912-98), founder of Chicago's noted Abraham Lincoln Book Shop and one-time president of the Chicago Public Library. Interesting copy of an uncommon title usually found in worn, inferior condition. .

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Book number: 43861

Catalogue: Books

Keywords: Literary Criticism Education

Prehistoric Cultures of the Southeast

Washington, DC, United States Department of the Interior, 1941. Paperback. 16mo. Stiff tan wrappers. 31pp. Maps, illustrations. Very good. Slightest bit of mild edgewear. Tight, attractive first edition of "History No. 4" in the "National Park Service Popular Study Series. .

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Book number: 26382

Catalogue: Books

Keywords: Native American

Prenatal and Postnatal Mortality in Cattle

Washington, DC, National Academy of Sciences, 1968. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff green wrappers. 130pp. Tables. Very good. Errata slip laid in. Slight bit of edgewear. Tight, nice first edition. .

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Book number: 23680

Catalogue: Books

Keywords: Natural History