True Politeness: A Hand-Book of Etiquette for Ladies
NY: Manhattan Publishing Co., no date [ca 1840s]. 24mo.; paper wraps with sewn binding, softcover; 64 pages; edgeworn, sunned and foxed with the sewn binding apparently repaired else good. More
NY: Manhattan Publishing Co., no date [ca 1840s]. 24mo.; paper wraps with sewn binding, softcover; 64 pages; edgeworn, sunned and foxed with the sewn binding apparently repaired else good. More
Chicago: American Library Association, (1979). Second printing; 8vo. 84 pages, stiff wraps, softcover; a very good clean tight copy. More
East Orange, NJ: American Motel Association, 1940. Twenty-Sixth Edition; 8vo.; stiff wraps with stapled binding, softcover; black and white photographic illustrations; from the cover “Finest Tourist Homes De-luxe Cottage Courts Excellent Restaurants, Motel Guide and Trip Diary.”; very good. More
no publishing information, [ca 1930s]. 16mo.; one page folded in half with illustration of giraffes on front, softcover; very good. More
NY: American Publishing and Patent Specialty Co. (1903). 8vo.; blue cloth covered boards with black and gilt decorations, hardcover; 266 pages including index, plus advertisements; black and white photographic illustrated frontispiece and black and white illustrations; “Containing treatise on the science of health, diet, dress, personal magnetism and hypnotism, physical..... More
NY: no publishing information, no date [ca.1900s]. Oblong 32mo.; illustrated envelope with 10 Singer sewing machine advertising cards, softcover; black and white photographic illustrations; text on back of card with an advertisement for Singer Sewing Machines; envelope is in poor condition, torn in 2 and edge-chipped else the cards are..... More
Meriden, CT: Meriden Gravure Company (1968). Small oblong 4to.; stiff pictorial wraps; softcover; 48 pages; black & white illustrations by Samuel Ward Stanton; slight edgewear else very good. More
Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union, no date [ca 1820s]. 24mo; cloth backed marbled boards with title label on spine; hardcover; 108 pages; black and white illustrations; Milan Christian S.S. Library written on front endpapers; edgeworn covers else a very good clean tight copy. More
NY: American Tract Society, no date [1828]. 16mo; cloth covered boards, hardcover; front free endpaper is missing, gift inscription on preliminary page, and internal foxing else a good, tight copy in rubbed and sunned boards. More
NY: American Tract Society (circa 1868). wide 8vo. green and gilt cloth covered boards, all edges gilt, hardcover; 160 pages; black & white illustrations; inscription on front free endpaper; “ Christiana Maria Marshall frm her afectionate uncle Walter Marshall August 25th, 1868l; ight edgewear else a very good, clean, tight..... More
Chicago: Consolidated Book Publishers, 1942. 8vo.; illustrated wraps with stapled binding, softcover; 48 pages; black and white illustrations and photographic illustrations; front wrap is rubbed and bumpy else very good. More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co. (1967). Stated Second Printing; 8vo.; cloth covered boards, hardcover; 208 pages; black and white illustrations; very good in a sunned dust jacket. More
NY: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1954. First edition; 8vo.; cloth covered boards; hardcover; b/w illustrations by William Pene du Bois; the life story of a pigeon named Smoky; very good in slightly chipped and sunned dust jacket. More
NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1891. Second edition; 24mo; blue cloth covered boards with red and gold decorations; previous owners names else a very good, clean, tight copy. More
NY: A Young Owl Book, Holt, Rinehart and Winston (1963). Signed “Joc ‘n’ Lee” on half title page; Oblong 16mo.; pictorial covered boards, hardcover; black and white and sepia illustrations; boards are lightly rubbed with spine sunned else very good. More
Amherst, Mass: University Gallery, University of Massachusetts, 1989. small 8vo. stiff black wraps with silver lettering, softcover; black & white illustrations; essay by Stephen Westfall; a fine, clean, tight, unmarked copy. More
Amherst, Mass: Amherst College, 1972. 1st edition; small 8vo.; stiff pictorial wraps, softcover; (21) pages; b&w photographic illustrations; text by Lewis Shepard, Curator andFrank Trapp, Director; partially toned cover else a very good, clean, tight, unmarked copy. More
NY: Harmony Books (1987). Stated First Edition; with 1 in the numberline; 8vo. black cloth backed boards, hardcover; 149 pages; “short stories that directly link between the presence of nuclear weapons an the increasing violence and cynicism of our world;” signed by Amis on the title page; a fine, clean..... More
NY: Harmony Books, (1997). Stated First American Edition; with 1 in the numberline 8vo.red and black boards, hardcover; 175 pages; isigned by Amis on the title page; a fine, clean, tight copy in a fine unclipped dustjzcket. More
Collinsville, MA: 1934. 8vo; stiff wraps, softcover; 128 pages; a very good, clean, tight, unmarked copy. More
Corning NY: The Corning Museum of Glass (1953). Small 4to.; pictorial stiff wraps with stapled binding, softcover; 50 pages; black and white illustrations; wraps are sunned else very good. More
Accra, Ghana: Ghana Publishing House, 1968. First Edition; 16mo; stapled stiff pictorial covers; softcover; 60 pages; black and white illustrations; a very good clean tight copy. More
Racine, WI: Western Publishing Co. (1988). 8vo.; pictorial stiff boards with golden tape on spine, hardcover; color illustrations; Little Golden Book #103-59; lightly rubbed else very good clean tight copy. More
Racine, WI: Western Publishing Co. in conjunction with Children’s Television Workshop (1985). 8vo.; pictorial boards with golden tape at binding, hardcover; color illustrations; a Little Golden Book #203-56; boards are rubbed else very good. More
NY: Lothrop Lee & Shepard Books (1995). Stated first edition with a 1 present in the number line; small 4to.; glossy pictorial boards, hardcover; includes glossary; color photographic illustrations; a very good clean, tight copy in a very good dust jacket. More