Volume 4 of The Faultless Starch Company Library series. 36 titles of this children's chapbooks were published by the company from the 1890's through the 1930's. Printed in brown on white paper. Illustrated front cover showing a man blowing a horn in the woods. Illustrated with line drawing thoughout. 3 x 5 inches. Advertisement for Beaham's Faultless Starch on front inside cover and back cover. 1`5 pages. Fine copies are uncommon. View More...
Volume 36 of The Faultless Starch Library series. The final booklet in this series. Thirty six titles of these children's chapbooks were published by the company from the 1890's to the 1930's. Printed in red on cream color paper. Illustration on the front cover of children shooting off fireworks. Illustrated with line drawing throughout. 3 x 5 inches. Advertisement forBeaham's Faultless Starch on front inside cover and back cover. 15 pages. Fine copies are uncommon. View More...
Volume 27 of The Faultless Starch Library series. 36 titles of these children's chapbooks were published by the company from the 1890's through the 1930's. Printed in black ink on white paper. Illustrated front cover of children playing among some large mushrooms. Illustrated with line drawings throughout. 3 x 5 inches. Advertisement for Beaham's Faultless Starch on front inside cover and back cover. 15 pages. Fine copies are uncommon. View More...
Original publisher's light green cloth binding in a multicolored, illustrated dust wrapper. Dust wrapper protected in a mylar-covered Brodart sleeve. 5 1/2" x 8." 216 pages, complete. A few black-and-white illustrations, complete. Four additional pages in back advertise other books aimed toward boys. Pages and covers of book are virtually pristine and intact. Binding is tight. Pages age-toned. Slight bumping to corners of the book. Dust wrapper has several small chips that are mostly limited to the corners and edges. Slight wrinkling and rubbing to the dust wrapper. No remainder ma... View More...
Original publisher's light green cloth binding in a multicolored, illustrated dust wrapper. Dust wrapper protected in a mylar-covered Brodart sleeve. 5 1/2" x 8." 211 pages, complete. A few black-and-white illustrations, complete. An additional page in back advertises other "Air Combat Stories." Pages and covers of book are virtually pristine and intact. Binding is tight. Pages age-toned. Slight bumping to corners of the book. Dust wrapper has several chips but most are limited to the corners, top edge, and fore-edge of front panel. Small tear on back panel. Slight wrinkling and ru... View More...
Limited to 250 copies. Numerous black and white illustrations. Cloth with decorative front cover. 286 pages. Book measures 7 1/4 x 10 1/2. Uncut page edges. Browning to end papers. In the Introduction, the author acquaints the reader with some events of his childhood and in particular his family's move to a farm. He uses those memories as background for this fictional story. View More...
Limited to 100 copies, signed by the author. New edition revised with a new Preface. Spine label. Uncut page edges. Some unopened pages. 276 pages. Ink notation rear end paper. Chipping to spine top and bottom, small tear spine top. Some sun fading rear cover. Front end papers small tears at spine. The author describes his childhood and youth living on a farm. View More...
Original publisher's blue cloth binding with gilt lettering on front cover and spine. Original color plate tipped in on front cover. Black-and-white illustrated endpapers. 6 3/4" x 9 1/4." 455 pages, complete. Eight color plates and several black-and-white illustrations, complete. One additional page in back advertising other books in the Windermere Series. Pages and covers are very clean and intact overall. Binding is tight. Slight rubbing and corner and edge wear to covers. Front free endpaper has a former owner's stamp ("Fred Ostrander") and several marks and inscriptions in penci... View More...
58 pages; drawings; tan publisher's binding with red lettering and fairy illustration. Inscribed by the author on front flyleaf - "Walter T. Burton. from his very sincere and grateful friend, Dora Amsden. Berkeley, June 26th, 1927" in ink. A children's book about fairies. Former owner's bookplate removed from front pastedown, with some residual glue. Fine copy, signed of this unusual children's book. View More...
Circa 1900's. Paper pamphlet with color illustration of laughing clown and dog. Some chipping, 2 folds in front cover. Dimensions 5 x 8 inches. From title page, "Compiled by Hugh Mustlaff". Collection of jokes, funny stories and illustrations. View More...
"No. 212". [14] pages; drawings; stiff paper wrapper (4 1/4 x 6 3/8 inch) with title on the cover. A coloring booklet for young children with text containing information for the parents. Mainly concerned with cereals and nutrition for a healthy body. fine clean copy. View More...
Stereograph card (7 x 3 1/4 inch) with slight soiling to card. Gathering of 7 children singing in costume in front of steps at a home's entry. Late 19th century? Small label on back with title "carol singing". View More...
Color illustrated binding of paper over boards. Light wear at extremities, but a very nice and clean copy of a book usually found in poor condition. 7 x 9 1/4 inches. Contains: Color frontispiece, "Pepper" by W.E. Wifgull; Something to Sneeze At, by W.H. Morris, illustrated by W.E. Wifgull; Why Bonham Wouldn't Play by Hamish Hunter, illustrated by Ernest Radcliff; The Mystery of Drunack Bay, by C.W.C Drury, illustrated by Cecil Orr; The Grasshopper, by W.K. Holmes, illustrated by Peter Fraser; Taking a Risk, by George Surrey, illustrated by Philip Simmonds; Putting the Cap on It, by S. Beresfo... View More...
Limited to 975 copies (this copy unnumbered). Cloth backed boards, with 1/2 inch split to front top corner. Some discoloring to cloth spine. 208 pages. View More...
circa.1920s. [6] pages; table; paper wrapper (4 x 7 inch). Minor curling to the top of the pamphlet. Small pamphlet discussing the use of "Eagle Brand" condensed milk. It covers bottles and nipples, temperature, cleanliness, regularity, bath, clothing, fresh air, exercise, and unsweetened milk. Very good clean copy. View More...
120 pages; illustrations (some full page color); index; bound in green cloth with color illustration pasted on (1 x 1/2 inch scuff mark at the bottom). Evidence of book use on the spine and 2 1/2 inch tear to the title page, lower left corner. Clean inside with no markings, binding still solid. "Alice Evelyn Apell, Xmas 1926" on the notice front page in ink. View More...
12 pages including cover, color illustrations by Margot Voigt accompany little story about Baby Bear, his parents, Jackey Bear and Joey Bear and friends. View More...
Original publisher's light green cloth binding in a multicolored, illustrated dust wrapper. Dust wrapper protected in a mylar-covered Brodart sleeve. 5 1/2" x 7 3/4." 214 pages, complete. One black-and-white frontispiece, complete. Pages and covers of book are virtually pristine and intact. Binding is tight. Pages age-toned. Dust wrapper has a few small chips at the corners and head and tail of spine. Slight wrinkling and rubbing to the dust wrapper. No remainder marks. A Fine book in a Very Good dust wrapper. Al Avery (1894-1985) is the pseudonym of American author Rutherford Geor... View More...
Francis Bacon -- Baron of Verulam; Viscount Saint Alban. With an Introduction by Christopher Morley. No. 1060 of 1100 copies signed by Bruce Rogers. Printed at the Press of William E. Rudge's Sons. In folding box. Gilt edged pages. Uncut page sides and bottoms. Some unopened pages. 190 pages. Measures 8 3/4 x 13. Bacon published the first edition of these Essays in 1597. Essays on: Truth; Death; Unitie in Religion; Parents and Children; Marriage and Single Life; Envie; Travaile; Cunning; Regiment of Health; etc. View More...
Publisher's cloth binding with black ink lettering and illustrations of two young men riding their horses on front. Very minor rubbing on edges. Dust jacket has color illustration of young man on horse roping a steer, minor chipping, protected by mylar. 210 pages with two pages of publisher advertisements in back. One plate in front. Historical fiction of the Old West aimed at young people. View More...
