The Class of 1935

A Bibliography of Stephen Butler Leacock

Montreal, McGill University Library School, 1935. Stapled Wraps. pp. 31. 8vo. Very good+. .

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Book number: 083930

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Shorter Oxford English Dictionary (Two Volumes in Slipcase); Volume I a-M; Volume II N-Z

Oxford, Oxford, [ND]. Hardcover. 4to. Navy blue binding. Still in original plastic wrapping; near fine. .

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Book number: 088798

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Alvarez, Manuel [Emmanuelis Alvari]

Emmanuelis Alvari, E Societate Jesu [Iesv] de Institutione Grammatica / Liber Primus, Liber Secundus, Liber III (in One Volume)

ND [17th century]. Leather Bound. pp. [6], 1-544. Pigskin binding with Jesuit stamp, blind-decorated in panels, over wooden boards. With two working clasps, and brass-lined corners. Page edges stained red. Very good. After its initial publication in Lisbon in 1572, Portuguese Jesuit Manuel Alvarez' Latin Grammar was heavily reprinted, and widely used in the centuries hence. This volume shows no printer, publisher, or date -- though the front board shows a hint of what may be a date of 1621. .

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Book number: 090163

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The Scientific American

The Scientific American Reference Book; a Compendium of Useul Information

New York, The Scientific American, 1887. Hardcover. 12mo. Heavy soiling to boards, scuffs, staining to edges and pages; good-. .

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Book number: 041946

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[No Author]

Wilson's Topical and Textual Index

East Haddam, Conn, Wilson Index Co, 1920. Tall 4to. Bound in black cloth over burgundy cloth with gilt rules and lettering to spine. Light shelfwear, negligible age-toning to contents, small ink entry under "h", otherwise unmarked; very good+. Indexical notebook for the cataloguing of a library in the early 20th century. Remains entirely unused save for one entry, complete with various pieces of instructional ephemera. .

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Book number: 063003

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Keywords: antiques; book collecting; notebooks; vintage;

Burrowes, Amyas Deane

The Modern Encyclopaedia; or Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature

London, Richards & Co, 1822. Hardcover. pp. 802. Thick 4to. Originally published as a set of ten volumes, the title page indicates that this is volume VII, covering topics from 'liquor' to 'mineralogy', but it appears to be more of a 'dummy' or made-up copy, for the reasons which follow. Preceding the text are fourteen full page copper plate engravings, presumably to accompany the 'C' volume, as they show the internal movement of clocks, techniques of carpentry, catarnet, centres, cerebrum, chemical apparatus, chymistry [sic], cinchona, and clitorismus (rather gruesome). Extensive articles in the text cover such topics as locks, logarithms (with an eighteen page table of logarithms from 1 to 1,000), logic (pp. 58 to 89), London (pp. 96 to 124 but not complete), [the pagination then skips from page 124 (London) to 273 (magnetism)], Mahomet and Mahometanism, mechanics (pp. 379 to 430), medicine (pp. 443 to 595), metallurgy (pp. 619 to 653), microscope (pp. 676 to 715), midwifery (pp. 717 to 759). There are, of course, many other shorter articles. There is some staining to the foredges, which has darkend the outer margins, but the text is generally quite clean. When we acquired this volume it was in the original printer's boards which were in very shabby condition, although the contents were in very good condition. We deemed it appropriate to have had it re-bound in plain cloth with a new spine label. Now in very nice condition - an unusual item. Ill.: copper plate engravings.

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Book number: 9900021759

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Keywords: Encyclopedia;Engravings;;;;;;; copper plate engravings

CLOWES, W. L.

Cassell's Miniature Encyclopaedia

London, Cassell & Company, 1889. Hardcover. pp. iv, 764.12mo,,,A rather scarce item, WorldCat reporting only a handful of copies worldwide. Bound in what appear to be an early re-binding in carmine buckram with plain stamped gilt lettering to spine, and utilitarian endpapers. Boards now lightly stained and rubbed, but still nice and tight. A few traces of foxing to margins, otherwise the contents are clean and tight. Overall, the book is in good plus condition. Ill.: black-&-white illustrations.

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Book number: 9900040981

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Decharne, Max

Straight from the Fridge, Dad; a Dictionary of Hipster Slang

New York, Broadway Books, 2000. Paperback. pp. xii, 192. 8vo. Light general shelfwear; very good. .

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Book number: 071027

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Keywords: Slang: American Lingusitics; hipster

Dilevko, Juris

Daring to Be Erudite; Traditional Librarianship in an Age of Social Media

[Seattle], Kindle Direct Publishing, 2019. Paperback. pp. 267. 8vo. Lightest shelfwear; near fine. .

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Book number: 085653

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Keywords: Literary Criticism; Librarian; Dewey;

Fish, Daniel W.

The Progressive Higher Arithmetic; for Schools, Academies, and Mercantile Colleges

New York, Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor, 1878. Hardcover. pp. x, 456. 8vo. Bound in black cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Scuffing and loss to extremities, corners bumped, discolouration to pages, edges, and endpapers, creasing to final pages; good. .

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Book number: 094808

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Franklin, Benjamin

Poor Richard's Almanacks

New York, Bonanza Books, 1979. Hardcover. 4to. Light general wear; very good in scuffed, good- dustjacket with creasing and a few short closed tears, and showing some minor soiling to panels. Illustrated by Norman Rockwell. .

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Book number: 046594

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HILL, Mabel Betsy

Handwork for All Grades Instructor Handbook Series

Dansville, NY, F. A. Owen Publishing Co, 1937. 1st edition. Wraps. pp. 86.Small 4to,,Stapled card covers a bit rubbed & soiled; else vg condition, Organized by countries, and months of the school year. Many illustrations. Introduction by Jessie Todd. Several pages loose. Ill.: black-&-white illustrations.

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Book number: 9900030721

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Keywords: Paper dolls;Crafts;Cut paper;Cut-outs;;;;;ephemera boxes; black-&-white illustrations

HOOVER, Gerald

My Lady Nicotine

Scrap Book, 1907. Wraps. pp. 147-150.A four page illustrated extract from the 1907 'Scrap Book'. An article containing statistics about the monetary costs and amounts of consumption of various kinds of tobacco products. Ill.: black-&-white illustrations.

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Book number: 9900042769

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Keywords: Smoking black-&-white illustrations

Robinson, Hugh and Jancis Johnson

The World Atlas of Wine

London, Mitchell Beazley, 2007. Hardcover. 4to. Colour illustrations. Light shelfwear; very good in lightly rubbed, very good dustjacket. .

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Book number: 060511

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Johnson, Charles Plumptre

Hints to Collectors; of Original Editions of the Works of William Makepeace Thackeray

London, George Redway, 1885. Limited edition. Vellum. pp. 48. 8vo. Vellum bound with gilt lettering to spine. Thackeray bibliography. Light shelfwear, bowing to boards; very good. Of this work only 500 small and 50 large paper copies will be printed. .

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Book number: 084086

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Keywords: Bibliography; social philosophy; Victorian; Satire