Glass Art: The Easy Way to a Stained Glass Look

New York, Sterling Publishing Co, 1998. Hardcover. Small 4to. Red paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 128pp. Color frontispiece, numerous color illustrations, line drawings. Fine/fine. A tight and handsome first edition. .

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Book number: 28791

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Keywords: Art

Golden Book Magazine for December, 1934

New York, The Review of Reviews Corporation, 1934. Paperback. (Vol. XX, No. 120). 8vo. Stiff red wrappers. Pp. 609-736. Illustrations, numerous advertisements. Very good. Spine slightly sunned, though front and rear wrappers bright and remarkably free of edge tears -- overall a quite handsome copy. Selections include Ernest Hemingway's "My Old Man," Thomas Hardy's "Tony Kytes," Anton Checkhov's "Sleepy," Anatole France's "A Good Lesson Well Learnt," D.H. Lawrence's "Men and Peacocks," James Branch Cabell's "A Brown Woman," G.K. Chesterton's "The World's Desire" and more. Colorful "Christmas Gift Subscription" leaf laid in. .

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Book number: 20879

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Keywords: American Literature

Golden Days for Boys and Girls

Philadelphia, James Elverson, 1893. Hardcover. (Vol. XIII No. 45 - 52 through Vol. XIV, No. 1 - 21). Folio. Quarter calf and marbled paper over boards. Pp. 705-832; 336pp. Numerous steel engravings. Very good. Slight edgewear and rubbing; text slightly but evenly age toned throughout, as usual, but with very little brittleness or edge chipping. Fairly tight and attractive 6½ month collection of this popular juvenile publication. A charming period piece, difficult to find in acceptable condition given the inferior paper used. .

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Book number: 31155

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Keywords: Children's

The Golden Book Magazine (December 1934)

New York, The Review of Reviews Corporation, 1934. Paperback. (Vol. XX, No. 120). 8vo. Stiff red wrappers. Pp. 609-736. Illustrations. Good plus. Some edgewear, with light sunning to spine. Overall tight and decent copy. Includes D.H. Lawrence's "Men and Peacocks" as well as contributions from Ernest Hemingway ("My Old Man"), Anatole France, Thomas Hardy and more. .

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Book number: 8117

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Keywords: D.H. LAWRENCE" "ERNEST HEMINGWAY Literary Criticism

Goldilocks and the Three Bears

Springfield, MA, McLoughlin Bros. Inc, 1938. Hardcover. 16mo. Pictorial paper over boards. (56pp). Numerous color illustrations. Very good. Mild edgewear and touch of rubbing. A tight and nice later printing of this "Little Color Classics" edition, charmingly illustrated. Title page title: "The Three Bears. .

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Book number: 40210

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Keywords: Children's

Der Goldne Wegweiser: Ein Fuhrer Zu Gluck Und Wohlstand

Cleveland, Forest City Publishing House, 1881. Hardcover. Small 4to. Original green cloth over bevel-edged boards with gilt and black lettering and decorations. 500pp, (2pp ads). Tissue-guarded steel-engraved frontispiece, 8 tissue-guarded full-page steel engravings, decorative endpapers. Very good. Mild edgewear; title page a tad rough; leaf 15-16 inexplicably rubbed, worn and edge-torn (though archivally closed). A tight and nice first edition of this thick inspirational tome, entirely in German.Title translation: "The Golden Signpost: A Guide to Luck and Prosperity. .

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Book number: 39815

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Keywords: BINDINGS German Language

Good Housekeeping Decorating and Do-It-Yourself

New York, Good Housekeeping Books, 1977. Hardcover. 4to. Red paper over boards, red pictorial dust jacket. 256pp. Color frontispiece, numerous illustrations (some color). Fine/near fine. Tight and handsome, an interesting period piece but still laden with useful tips and tidbits. Exhaustive source for home improvement projects; includes over 2000 illustrations. This publisher does not note edition in a consistent, verifiable manner. .

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Book number: 317

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Keywords: ANTIQUES AND COLLECTING Architecture

The Gramophone Shop Enyclopedia of Recorded Music

New York, Simon and Schuster, 1942. Hardcover. Small 4to. Red cloth. 558pp. Very good. Ownership signature on flyleaf; inoffensive ex-library, with few markings. First edition. Useful reference guide for collecting classical recordings. .

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Book number: 1158

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Keywords: MUSIC Music

The Greek Anthology (Palatine Ms): The Amatory Epigrams Completely Rendered Into English for the First Time

N.p. Privately printed, 1916. Hardcover. 16mo. Half burgundy leather and red cloth. 142pp. Top edge gilt. Very good. Curious and cryptic edition, limited to 750 numbered copies (this #68). Tight, clean and handsome. .

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Book number: 18838

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Keywords: World Literature

Greek Painting: The Development of Pictorial Representation from Archaic to Graeco-Roman Times

New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1944. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff white pictorial wrappers. 24pp. Numerous illustrations. Very good. First edition. .

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Book number: 424

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Keywords: ART ARCHITECTURE Art

Guide to American Historical Manuscripts in the Huntington Library

San Marino, Huntington Library, 1979. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. viii, 442pp. Fine. Handsome and tight first edition, an exhaustive description of one facet of this California library's outstanding, massive manuscript collection. .

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Book number: 35815

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Keywords: Bibliography & Books About Books

Guidebook of Southwestern New Mexico

Socorro, New Mexico Geological Society, 1953. Paperback. 4to. Stiff orange wrappers with blue comb binding. 153pp. Illustrations, maps (one folding). Very good. Proceedings of the Fourth Field Conference, held October 1953. .

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Book number: 1194

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Keywords: NATIVE AMERICAN Native American

Guidebook to Diplomatic Reception Rooms

Washington, DC, Department of State, 1970. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff brown wrappers. 61pp. Numerous illustrations. Very good. First edition of this room-by-room, item-by-item detailed guide to the furnishings in the John Quincy Adams State Drawing Room, Thomas Jefferson Sate Reception Room, Benjamin State Dining Room, James Monroe Reception Room, James Madison Dining Room and Martin Van Buren Dining Room. From the library of noted Lincoln and Civil War scholar Arnold Gates (1914-93). .

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Book number: 25892

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Keywords: Americana

Hammond's Family Reference World Atlas

Garden City, Doubleday & Company, 1964. Hardcover. Small 4to. Orange paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 256pp. Numerous maps (color and half-color), illustrations (many color). Very good/very good. Later printing. "Space Age Edition. .

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Book number: 1492

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Keywords: TRAVEL AND EXPLORATION Travel & Exploration

Heavenly Cooking from Space City, U.S. A.

Houston, Press of Premier, 1967. Hardcover. Illustrations by Mrs. Si Sartorius. 8vo. Blue cloth, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. 244pp. Drawings. Very good/good plus. First edition. Compendium of diverse, southwestern recipes compiled by Houston volunteer group, the Sisterhood of Congregation Beth Israel. .

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Book number: 700

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Keywords: COOKING Cooking