Category: Americana

Ladies' Home Manual of Physical Culture and Beauty

By: Allen, Monfort B., M.D., and Amelia C. McGregor, M.D.

Price: $35.00

Publisher: : 1896

Seller ID: CL004788

Condition: Good

C. W. Stanton Company, Chicago, 1896, 511 pages, preface, index, blue floral endpapers, illustrated with a number of full-page sepia-tone anatomical plates as well as several b&w full-page plates (including frontis) and numerous b&w etchings (per title page: "…Many Superb Colored Plates, Phototype and Wood Engravings"), 6.5"x 8.25", hardcover, tan cloth with ornate titles and decorations in brown and gilt as well as blue and white, all edges of text-block marbled, corners and spine ends lightly bumped and worn, slight edge wear, very minor fading to spine decoration, covers very slightly scuff...
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Fruits of the Shaker Tree of Life: Memoirs of Fifty Years of Collecting & Research (50)

By: Andrews, Edward Deming & Faith

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Berkshire Traveller Press, Stockbridge, MA : 1975

Seller ID: CL004581

ISBN-13: 9780912944319

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+

Berkshire Traveller Press, Stockbridge, MA, 1975, 1st edition, 222 pages, many b&w photos, b&w illustrations on endpapers, 7.5”x 11”, hardcover, green cloth with black spine titles, cover edges a bit faded, slight corner wear, one tiny pale spot on front, good dust jacket with edge and corner wear and short tears, 1/2” triangular piece with short tear missing top of front panel, dust jacket protected in a new archival plastic cover, one interior hinge cracked but holding well, otherwise contents clean and tight, book good+ [(s)0114SSL] 4581 (G+/G)
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South Shore Town (Hingham MA)

By: Coatsworth, Elizabeth

Price: $295.00

Publisher: Macmillan, NY : 1948

Seller ID: CL005443

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Macmillan, NY, 1948, 1st edition, 1st printing stated, 201 pages, bibliography, postscript, 5.5"x 8.25", hardcover, brown cloth with yellow titles and small decoration on spine, light corner and edge wear, one rear bottom corner lightly bumped, light soil and former owner's stamp on free front endpaper, small gold bookstore label bottom of front paste down, no dust jacket, rear internal hinge cracked but holding well, bibliography page creased, otherwise contents clean and tight, book very good (VG/no dj) 5443 [Hsss1121RB}
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Favorite Dolly Dingle Stickers & Seals

By: Drayton, Grace G., selected by Carol Belanger Grafton

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Dover, NY : 1985

Seller ID: CL005239

ISBN-13: 9780486249223

Binding: Paperbound

Condition: Fine

Dover, NY, 1985, 1st edition, unpaginated but four pages (plates) of stickers, illustrated with 46 full-color stickers by Grace G. Drayton, all stickers present, 8.25”x 11.25”, paperbound, glossy heavy paper full-color covers, contents clean, tight and bright, book fine (Fine) 5239 [Ss0121IJ]
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Image for A Rogers Ranger in the French and Indian War, 1757-1759, illustrated by Frederic Remington, Reprinted from Harper’s Magazine, November, 1897

A Rogers Ranger in the French and Indian War, 1757-1759, illustrated by Frederic Remington, Reprinted from Harper’s Magazine, November, 1897

By: Goodenough, Joshua; Frederic Remington

Price: $255.00

Seller ID: CL005212

Binding: Softcover, staple-bound pamphlet

Condition: Very Good-

Softcover, staple-bound pamphlet, (VG-), no date, 12 pages, illustrated in b&w with 5 images by Remington (4 full-page, one inter-text), 6-5/8 in. x 9-1/2 in., grey laid-paper covers with black titles, bound with two center staples, corners and spine ends slightly bumped and worn, one tiny chip to lower edge of front cover, very slight rubbing to covers, lower page edges show very minor wear, mild bumping to page corners, last four pages show one tiny chip to top edge near spine (rear cover NOT affected), at some point in the book’s history one very small piece from the illustration at center ...
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Image for Tobacco-Land in Old New England: How Yankee Ingenuity Defied Nature; Brought Tropical Climate to Connecticut; Created an Important and Prosperous Agricultural Business in a Great Industrial Area.

Tobacco-Land in Old New England: How Yankee Ingenuity Defied Nature; Brought Tropical Climate to Connecticut; Created an Important and Prosperous Agricultural Business in a Great Industrial Area.

By: Imperial Agricultural Corporation and Joep Nicolas, illustrator (Joseph Nicholas)

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Imperial Agricultural Corporation, New York, NY & Hartford CT : 1944

Seller ID: CL005661

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good-

Imperial Agricultural Corporation, New York, NY & Hartford CT, no date but circa 1944, unpaginated but approx. 55 pages, 12 tipped-in color plates and many monochrome (brown) drawings in text by Joep Nicolas, brown map endpapers, 11.25"x 8.5" oblong, hardcover, brown and white illustrated paper over boards, front cover very slightly warped, edge wear, corners very rubbed, spine edges and ends are very worn and chipped with pieces missing along cover edges, no dust jacket as published, endpaper maps offset onto opposite page, brown drawings have bled through a bit, page edges darkened, otherwis...
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Food for Angels

By: Johnson, Kay

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Kay Johnson, Fort Wayne Indiana : Circa 1970

Seller ID: CL005169

Binding: Paperbound

Condition: Good

Kay Johnson, Fort Wayne Indiana, no date but circa 1970, 53 pages, 5.5”x 8.5”, paperbound with stapled binding, staples rusted, heavy pink paper covers with maroon illustrations with angels, covers lightly soiled, some drawing with blue ballpoint pen on front cover, soil on page edges, a few small stains on front endpaper, otherwise contents clean and tight, book good {This self-published cookbook is dedicated to The Ballet Angels, a group of women who support the Fort Wayne School of Ballet.} (G) 5169 [(s)1020NC]
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I Love Vermont - - But… — Life in the Green Mountains

By: Lewis, Oma Barnes

Price: $21.00

Publisher: Exposition Press Inc. : 1956

Seller ID: CL004812

Binding: Hardcover in dust jacket

Condition: Very Good+

Hardcover in dust jacket, 1st ed., (VG+/G-), Exposition Press Inc., New York, 1956, First Edition Stated, 123 pages, Author Preface, 5.5 in. x 8.25 in., green cloth with black titles, very mild wear to corners and spine ends, faint shelf wear, very faint foxing to top of text-block, dust jacket shows bumping and wear to corners and spine ends as well as rubbing to spine and flap edges, clear tape from previous owner inside jacket spine, panels slightly scuffed and soiled, small (1 in.) piece missing from base of jacket spine, dust jacket protected in new archival plastic cover, previous owner’...
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Dining on Rails: An Encyclopedia of Railroad China

By: Luckin, Richard W.

Price: $95.00

Publisher: RK Publishing, Golden CO : 1983

Seller ID: CL005496

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

RK Publishing, Golden CO, 1983, 1st edition, limited edition #346/2000, with embossed seal stating "Library of RK Publishing Ltd Edition", signed in ballpoint by the author Richard W. Luckin on the title page, 320pp, index, many b&w photos & illustrations, color wheel sheet, four pages of addendum and a photocopied article from "The L. & N. Employes' (sic) Magazine" laid-in, b&w vintage ads on blue endpapers, 8.75"x 11.25", hardcover, blue glossy boards with plate illustrations on front and back and yellow titles on front and spine, light edge and corner wear, spine ends lightly rounded, top...
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Rainbow Party Book: For All Keen Teens Who Go Partying in Juniorette and Teenable Dresses

By: Pepper, Nancy, editor

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Rainbow (a teen dress manufacturer) : Circa 1950s

Seller ID: CL005272

Binding: Paperbound

Condition: Very Good

Rainbow (a teen dress manufacturer), no place, no date but circa the early 1950s, (VG), unpaginated but 16 pages including the covers, black, white and blue illustrations every page, 5-1/4”x 7-7/8”, paperbound, covers are white paper with blue swashes and black type and black illustration on front, white type on back, some very light creasing on covers that carries through to all the pages, contents clean and tight, book very good {Advertising of just a few lines at the bottom of some pages for Rainbow dresses. “The Dreamiest Date Dresses for the Keenest Teens. *Juniorettes in Regular Teen siz...
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Cobblestone Landmarks of New York State (A York State Book)

By: Peterich, Gerda (photographs); Olaf William Shelgren, Jr.; Cary Lattin; Robert W. Frasch

Price: $23.00

Publisher: Syracuse University Press : 1978

Seller ID: CL005554

ISBN-13: 9780815622017

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good Minus

(VG-/G+), Syracuse University Press, 1978, stated First Edition, 163 pages, b&w decorated endpapers (photo of cobblestone wall), profusely illustrated in b&w with photos on almost every page as well as several maps, 7-1/8 in. x 8-1/4 in., hardcover, black cloth with white titles, faint speckling to covers, dust jacket has foxing to panels (predominantly near flap joints) and spine, price is crossed out in ink on front flap (small mark), dust jacket protected in new archival plastic cover, publisher label on front paste-down endpaper, ink gift inscription on reverse of front free endpaper, mino...
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Ezekiel

By: Pratt, Lucy with Frederic Dorr Steele, illustrator

Price: $95.00

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin/Doubleday Page, Boston : 1909

Seller ID: CL004184

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Houghton Mifflin on jacket spine and book spine as well as title page, Doubleday Page on copyright page, Boston 1909, 254 pages, INSCRIBED and SIGNED by author, Lucy Pratt, on front free endpaper, list of illustrations, profusely illustrated in b&w with drawings by Frederic Dorr Steele - many full page - including tissue-guarded frontis., 5"x 7.5", hardcover, red cloth with black titles on front and spine, corners faintly worn, spine ends slightly rounded, fair dust jacket with wear and chipping to corners and edges as well as hinges, jacket shows a few small creases and a very few short close...
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Skies and the Artist: How to Draw Clouds and Sunsets

By: Sloane, Eric

Price: $85.00

Publisher: Art Books for All, NY : 1950

Seller ID: CL005376

Binding: Paperbound

Condition: Good

(G) Art Books for All, NY, 1950, 1st edition, unpaginated but approx. 40 pages, 55 b&w illustrations by Eric Sloane, 8.5"x 11", paperbound with red titles and b&w illustrations, it has what looks like small rust stains on the front and a few glass ring stains on the back cover, minor chipping of edges and corner wear, spine rubbed, cover edges a bit darkened, the two binding staples rusted, a few small spots on four pages, pages just beginning to yellow a bit around the edges, otherwise contents clean and tight, book protected in a clear plastic sleeve, book good (G) 5370 [Onsr0821EB]
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Skies and the Artist: How to Draw Clouds and Sunsets

By: Sloane, Eric

Price: $195.00

Publisher: Art Books for All, NY : 1950

Seller ID: CL005370

Binding: Paperbound

Condition: Very Good+

(VG+) Art Books for All, NY, 1950, 1st edition, signed by the artist, Eric Sloane, on the front cover in brown marker with a slight smudge to the "Eri" in Eric, unpaginated but approx. 40 pages, 55 b&w illustrations by Eric Sloane, 8.5"x 11", paperbound with red titles and b&w illustrations, a very little light cover soil, very minor chipping of edges and spine, the two binding staples rusted, a small pale stain at top of front endpaper and an even paler matching one at top of title page, pages just beginning to yellow a bit around the edges, otherwise contents clean and tight, book protected ...
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Berkshire Seasonings: A Book of Favorite Recipes Compiled by the Junior League of Berkshire County, Inc.

By: The Junior League of Berkshire County, Inc. (Juraye R.H. Moran, Susan Breuer, Louise Baslik, Jean Ryan, Betty Sweeney)

Price: $65.00

Publisher: Circulation Service, Inc., Leawood KS : 1989

Seller ID: CL004821

Binding: Plastic comb binding with paper covers

Condition: Very Good-

Circulation Service Inc., Leawood KS, 1989, 134 pages plus section of kitchen/cooking helps and charts along with index at back, illustrated in blue with line drawings as well as reproductions of pen and ink scenes of Berkshire County, text of book also printed in blue, 6.25”x 9.25”, paperbound in heavy paper in light pink with blue hearts and titles and blue plastic comb binding, very mild bumping to corners and spine ends, faint shelf-wear, covers show a very little bit of minor soil, contents clean and tight, protected in new clear plastic sleeve, book very good- (VG-) 4821 [Rr1117EG]
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In the Land of Our Dreams: A German immigrant family after World War II. Autobiography

By: VonWaldenburg, Hidegard (Von Waldenburg)

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Self Published, von Waldenburg, East Nassau, NY : 2001

Seller ID: CL005220

ISBN-13: 9781424307661

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Self Published, von Waldenburg, East Nassau, NY, 2001, 310 numbered pages plus approx. 62 unnumbered pages of b&w photos, 7”x 9.25”, hardcover, glossy white boards with black titles and b&w photos on front, no dust jacket most likely as published, contents clean and tight, book fine (F/no dj) 5220 [s0121EC]
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American Decorative Arts and Paintings in the Bayou Bend Collection: The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

By: Warren, David B., Michael K. Brown, Elizabeth Ann Coleman and Emily Ballew Neff

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston TX & Princeton University Press : 1998

Seller ID: CL005633

ISBN-13: 9780691059624

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston TX & Princeton University Press, 1998, 1st edition, complete number line, 468 pages, bibliography, index, profusely illustrated with color and b&w photos, 9.25"x 12.25", hardcover, blue-grey cloth with white titles on the spine, very good+ dust jacket with a very little minor edge wear and some very light scratches and scuffing, dust jacket protected in a new archival plastic cover, contents clean and tight, book fine {This book is oversized and heavy and may very well require extra postage.} (F/VG+) 5633 [Ips0223EC]
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Image for Summer Days on the Hudson: The Story of Pleasure Tour From Sandy Hook to the Saranac Lakes, Including Incidents of Travel, Legends, Historical Anecdotes, Sketches of Scenery, etc.

Summer Days on the Hudson: The Story of Pleasure Tour From Sandy Hook to the Saranac Lakes, Including Incidents of Travel, Legends, Historical Anecdotes, Sketches of Scenery, etc.

By: Wise, Daniel and Benson J. Lossing, illustrator

Price: $175.00

Publisher: Nelson & Phillips, NY : 1875, 1876

Seller ID: CL005601

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Nelson & Phillips, NY, 1875, 1876, 288 pages, 109 b&w engravings in the text with many by Benson J. Lossing, 5"x 7.5", hardcover, brown cloth with elaborate gilt & black titles and illustrations on front and spine, corners lightly bumped & worn, light edge wear, spine a bit cocked, back cover has light grey smears across half of it, gilt titles & illustrations are bright and sharp, a little light wear around edges of front endpapers with a 3/8" tear and a 1/16" chip, front hinge cracked but holding very well, former owner's brown ink inscription on free front endpaper, pages beginning to yello...
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Category: Americana