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The Soldiers' French Phrase Book

By: N/A

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Chicago, IL, Felt and Tarrant Manufacturing Company: 1918

Seller ID: 020953

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Fine

Original publisher's brown wrapper with staple binding. 4 1/2" x 5 1/2." Fifty-four pages, complete. One additional page of an advertisement for the "Comptometer, The Rapid-Fire Adding Machine." Also included are lyrics to the songs, "The Star-Bangled Banner" and "The Battle Hymn of the Republic," and a calendar for the years 1918-1919 on the verso of the title page. Faint handwritten lettering that says, "Chico Public Library," near the top edge of the front cover. "Chico Public Library" is also faintly stamped at the top of the title pag...
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Style Book : O.A.C. Daily Barometer

By: Anonymous

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Corvallis, Oregon, Oregon State Agricultural College:

Seller ID: 10191

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

"O.A.C. Daily Barometer" 25 pages; brown wrapper (3 1/4 x 5 1/4 inch) with evidence of use to the covers. Some pencil notations in the back. For use as an aid to students to learn the proper style in the College paper 'Daily Barometer''.
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Original Letter Signed, "William H. Appleton"

By: Appleton, William H.

Price: $37.50

Publisher: 0

Seller ID: 018319

Binding: No Binding

Condition: Fine

Original letter signed by William H. Appleton. 5 X 8 inches. 2 pages. Dated January 17, 1893. William H. Appleton (1814-1899) was the oldest son of Daniel Appleton. William began his publishing career in 1838 and became senior member of D. Appleton & Co in 1848. In this letter, Appleton writes from Anacortes Washington to Mr. Rickoff regarding the financial soundness of a nearby bank. Appleton writes that it has bee a "few moments since he has listened to a detailed financial statement" of the banks affairs. Appleton writes, "I would advise you not to put any faith or confidence in...
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The Reading Club and Handy Speaker; Being Serious, Humorous, Pathetic, Patriotic, and Dramatic Selections in Prose and Poetry, for Readings and Recitations

By: Baker, George M., Editor

Price: $37.50

Publisher: Lee and Shepard, Publishers. 1880. Boston.: 1880

Seller ID: 2751

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

First edition. Illustrated cloth. Contents include numerous writings (with and without authors or sources): The Defense of Lucknow, Tennyson; The Outlaw's Yarn, Michael Lynch; People Will Laugh; Ballad of the Bell-Tower, Margaret J. Preston; Mrs. Br own at the Play, Arthur Sketchley; Apples -- A Comedy, Blackwood's Magazine; The Fast Mail, John H. Yates; The City Man and Setting Hen; Miss Edith's Modest Request, Bret Harte; etc.
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An Introduction to the Phonetic Alphabet : Analysis of the Spoken Word

By: Barrows, Sarah T.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Boston, Massachusetts, Expression Company - Publishers: 1930

Seller ID: 14243

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

xvi, 57 pages; red cloth binding with dust jacket (chipped and worn edges, some soiling). "The purpose of this book is to aid the beginner to a quick and painless mastery of the phonetic alphabet." - dust jacket cover. Very good condition.
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The Discussion of Human Affairs

By: Beard, Charles A.

Price: $17.50

Publisher: New York, The Macmillan Company: 1936

Seller ID: 8511

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

(Subtitle): " An Inquiry into the Nature of the Statements, Assertions, Allegations, Claims, Heats, Tempers, Distempers, Dogmas, and Contentions wihch Appear when Human Affairs are Discussed and into the Possibility of Putting Some Rhyme and Reason into Processes of Discussion." Publisher's red cloth with gilt lettering. Dust wrapper soiled and with some chipping along top. Although written in the 1930's Beard's conclusions are expecially interesting in the modern days of Internet chat rooms and talk radio. 124 pages.
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Slips of Speech: A Helpful Book for Everyone Who Aspires to Correct the Everyday Errors of Speaking and Writing

By: Bechtel, John H.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, PA, The Penn Publishing Company: 1901

Seller ID: 021651

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Original publisher's green cloth binding with silver foil decoration on front cover. 4 3/4" x 6." 217 pages, complete. Seven additional pages of advertisements in the back for other books on similar subjects. Pages and covers are very clean and intact overall. Binding is tight. Pages slightly browned. Text on the spine and front cover are rubbed. Slight edge wear at the top and bottom of spine. Excerpt from the Introduction: "But too often these rules are merely memorized by the student for the purpose of recitation, and are not engrafted upon his everyday habit of speech....
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The Work of Stephen Harvard; A Life in Letters

By: Becker, David P., Cataloger

Price: $17.50

Publisher: Harvard College Library. The Houghton Library. 1990. Cambridge, Mass.: 1990

Seller ID: 2787

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

Illustrations. 2,000 copies printed. From the Foreword: "The Houghton Library has long cherished its close relationship with Stephen Harvard, which began when he was an undergraduate at Dartmouth. He frequently visited the Departm ent of Printing and Graphic Arts, where his interest in the world of letters. was encouraged by Philip Hofer". From the Introduction: "Born in Rochester, Minnesota in 1948, Stephen grew up in Connecticut, where his first interest was natural his tory. " "Along with his boyhood museum of natural history in the basement came the self-taught practice...
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A Theological Dictionary, Containing Definitions of all Religious Terms; A Comprehensive View of Every Article in the System of Divinity; An Impartial Account of All the Principal Denominations Which Have Subsisted (continued)

By: Buck, Charles, (The Late Rev.)

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Published by Joseph J. Woodward. 1833. Philadelphia.: 1833

Seller ID: 2768

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

Leather. Some illustrations. 624 pages. Title continued: ".in the Religious World From the Birth of Christ to the Present Day; Together with an Accurate Statement of the Most Remarkable Transactions and Events Recorded in Ecclesiastical History ; W oodward's New Edition, Published From the Last London Edition; to Which is Added an Appendix; Containing an Account of the Methodist Episcopal, and Presbyterian Churches, in the United States, to the Present Period". Front cover partially separa ted from lower spine. Front end papers split at spine. Chipping to bottom of spine. Newspaper art...
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Public Speaking: A Practical Course for Business Men

By: Carnegie, Dale; Thomas, Lowell (Introduction)

Price: $37.50

Publisher: New York, American Institute of Banking: 1926

Seller ID: 019765

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Original publisher's blue cloth binding with gilt decorations and lettering on spine. 5 1/4" x 7 1/2." 583 pages, complete. Former ownership signature in black ink of Harry Buss on front pastedown. Bookplate of Henry Buss on front free endpaper. Pages and covers are very clean and intact. Very minimal, if any, wear on edges of covers. Dale Carnegie (1888-1955) was an American writer and lecturer best-known for his writings and teachings on self-improvement. Carnegie grew up on a rural farm, worked his way out of poverty, and found his true calling by coaching and teaching peopl...
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Original Autographed Sentiment Signed. Mary Hartwell Catherwood

By: Catherwood, Mary Hartwell

Price: $25.00

Publisher: 0

Seller ID: 018473

Binding: No Binding

Condition: Fine

Original signed sentiment by Mary Hartwell Catherwood. 4 X 6 1/2 inches. 1890. Catherwood (1847-1902) was a Midwest writer of popular romance novels. The signed sentiment is a quotation from "Story Of Tonty". "The Story Of Tonty" is about an Englishman's adventures among the Chippewa Indians of Mackinac. This sentiment is a quotation, "Tonty, I have found the lost river!" ("Story of Tonty.") Sincerely your friend, Mary Hartwell Catherwood". Copy has been folded and is very clean.
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Frost's School and Exhibition Dialogues; Comprising Frost's Humorous Exhibition Dialogues, and Frost's Dialogues for Young Folks, Combined in One Volume

By: Frost, S. A.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Dick & Fitzgerald, Publishers. (1871). New York.: 1871

Seller ID: 2765

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

Cloth. In the Preface, the author states: "In preparing this little volume of Dialogues for the use of the young folks, the author is aware that she has departed from the usual aim of such works, which is to combine moral maxims and improving ideas with a certain amount of recreation. In defiance of all established rules, the author frankly confesses that she is not writing for their instruction at all, but simply aims at their amusement, in the fulle st sense of the term. The Dialogues are wr itten with a view to recreation only, and are specially adapted for celebrations, juvenile partie...
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The Hand-Book of Standard or American Phonography

By: Graham, Andrew J.

Price: $17.50

Publisher: New York, Andrew J. Graham & Co.: 1894

Seller ID: 4582

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

New and Revised Edition. (First Edition 1858). Illustrations. Gilt decoration and lettering front cover. Front end papers partially split at spine. This book provides background information about phonography, or phonetic shorthand. The word 'phonograph' (noun) is the graphic or written sign of a vocal element. 'Phonetic Shorthand' is writing produced with an alphabet composed of very simple signs. Book provides an Introduction to Phonography; Simple Consonants; Simple Vowels; Contractions and Expedients; Punctuation - Accent - Numbers; Diphthongs; Writing Exercises; etc.
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Green's Introduction: An Introduction to the Study of English Grammar

By: Greene, Samuel S.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, H. Copperthwait & Co.: 1857

Seller ID: 8644

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

Original leather backed illustrated boards. Signatures of Nathan Newton, Lime Road, Smithfield, Rhode Island, dated 1858 on front end paper and pastedown. 192 pages.
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Original Autographed Letter Signed, "J. W. Harper Jr.

By: Harper Jr. , J. W.

Price: $37.50

Publisher: 0

Seller ID: 018425

Binding: No Binding

Condition: Fine

Original autographed letter signed by J. W. Harper Jr. Circa 1864. New York, 8 1/2 X 8 1/2 inches. 1 page. Joseph Wesley Harper Jr. (1830-1896) was the son of Joseph Wesley Harper (1801-1870), one of the founding brothers of Harper and Brothers Publishing. H. W. Harper Jr had a long career with Harper and Brothers. In this letter to A. Lyle White, publisher of the "Republican", Harper writes that he will add the "Republican" to the Harper's magazine Exchange List. Harper also writes that he is looking forward to receiving a photograph of a General Canby from White (likely Gener...
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Original Autographed Letters Signed. "J.H. Harper"

By: Harper, J.H.

Price: $50.00

Publisher: 0

Seller ID: 018371

Binding: No Binding

Condition: Fine

Original autographed letters signed by J.H. Harper. Dated January 1874. 2 pages. 5 X 8 inches on Harper and Brother Memorandum stationary. J.H. Harper (1850-1936) was among the second generation of the Harper family that founded and operated Harper and Brothers Publishing. J.H. Harper was the author of "The House Of Harper" (1912) and "I Remember" (1934). Both of these letters are to Ed. Seymour, Harper's cousin and both are in regards to tickets to "Nast's Lecture" (Cartoonist Thomas Nast, 1840-1902). Harper has blocks of tickets to sell and he wants Seymour to sell th...
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Original Written Letter Signed, "Oliver Wendell Holmes"

By: Holmes, Oliver Wendell

Price: $100.00

Publisher: 0

Seller ID: 018320

Binding: No Binding

Condition: Fine

Original written letter signed by Oliver Wendell Holmes. 4 1/2 X 7 inches. 1 page. Dated Sept. 22, 1894. With engraving of Holmes, circa 1879. Holmes (1809-1894) was an American essayist and poet. He was also a physician, lecturer and a member of the Fireside Poets. In this brief letter, Holmes tanks a correspondent for sending him a book ("Pretty Little Quarto") and for quoting from his writing. This letter was written two weeks before Holmes' death on October 7, 1894. Letter has been folded but is clean. The engraving of Holmes measures 4 1/2 X 7 1/2 inches. Lower corner is slightly ...
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A New Self-Teaching Course in Practical English and Effective Speech: Comprising Vocabulary Development, Grammar, Pronunciation, Enunciation, and the Fundamental Principles of Effective Oral Expression.

By: Hunter, Estelle B.

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Chicago, Illinois, The Better-Speech Institute of America.: 1935

Seller ID: 9588

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Collectible-Fine

Fifteen pamphlets [28 to 32 pages each] boxed with cover sheet discussing the home course, complete. Title band across the cover of the box. Deals with the correct standard-english version usage in conversation and correspondence along with lessons to achieve it. In very good condition. Complete sets are uncommon.
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The Story of Language

By: Hutson, Charles Wooodward

Price: $37.50

Publisher: Chicago, A.C. McClurg and Company: 1897

Seller ID: 018994

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Publisher's green cloth with gilt lettering. A study of language, historical, contemporary and foreign. 5 1/4 x 7 3/4 inches. 392 pages, including index plus four unnumbered pages at the end of books for sale by the publisher.
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The Story of My Life

By: Johnston, Sir Harry H.

Price: $50.00

Publisher: London, Chatto & Windus: 1923

Seller ID: 7584

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Collectible-Fine

Four illustrations, including a frontispiece engraving of the author. Dust wrapper with dampstain running down middle of spine, but not affecting the book. Dust wrapper has some small chips and a closed tear. From the promotional material by the publisher: "Sir Harry Johnston's rich life as explorer began while he was still in his teen, shen, as an artist, he stayed in Tunis and made adventurous excursions therefrom. All Africa, since that time, has been his province, as this fascinating book clearly shows. He has made intelligible to strangers the many dialects of the Bantu languages; his...
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Category: Words and Handwriting