New York: M.S. Publishing Co., Inc., No date [c. 1930]. Kay SWAN. [JUVENILE] [TOY BOOK] [ACTIVITY BOOK] [WOMAN ILLUSTRATOR]. A.W. NUGENT, wrapper illustrator; Kay SWAN, illustrator. Small 4to oblong (9”x 10 ½”); 6 leaves; stiff brightly colored pictorial wrapper features animals around an artist easel on the front, the rear..... More
New York: Royal Baking Powder Co., 1917. Staplebound. 22 pages of recipes using Royal Baking Powder. Chromolithograph illustrated advertisement to back wrapper. Rare, only one in WorldCat for this year. More
Hoopeston, Illinois: The lllinois Canning Co., No date [c. 1930s]. Staplebound. 12mo; 64pp; glazed illustrated wrapper with Joan of Arc on a white horse on front; red background; color illustrated back wrapper with woman and cartouche announcing "Pride of Illinois"; 2 staple binding; light soiling to wrappers; very good. Scarce..... More
London: 1849. [JUVENILE]. London: Re-published by Henry Washbourne, New Bridge Street, Blackfriars; and Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, 1849. Spine title: The Juvenile Miscellany Two volumes in one. 16mo (6 ¼” x 4 ¼”); [3], 4-192pp + 3-195 [1]; blind-stamped design on green ribbed cloth over board, gilt decoration to front..... More
New York: Munn & Co., No. 361 Broadway, 1900. Ephemera no binding. Folio (16 ¼” x 11 ¼”); pp82-96; illustrated wrapper; 4” split at tail of wrapper fold and separation at mid-fold, shelf-wear; very good minus. Advertised as a Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry and Manufactures..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925. Arthur RACKHAM. Later printing. Cloth. Reprint. 8vo; 126pp; gilt-stamped green cloth over board with color pictorial onlay to front; ownership in neat ink and bookseller’s ticket to free front endpaper; 16 full-page color illustrations inserted including fp; light shelf wear, darkening to spine gilt..... More
Chicago: Albert Whitman & Co., Junior Press Books, 1941. Mary GROSJEAN. Cloth. [JUVENILE] [WOMAN AUTHOR] [WOMAN ILLUSTRATOR] [STIGMATIZING LANGUAGE]. Mary GROSJEAN, illustrator. First edition, fourth printing, April 1941. Small 4to; 30, [2]pp; dark maroon cloth over board, color pictorial onlay to front board showing three young Black girls looking at..... More
Augusta, Maine: The Maine Historic Preservation Commission, The Maine Archaeological Society, and The Maine Bureau of Parks and Recreation, 1994. [STATE OF MAINE] [NON-FICTION] [HISTORY]. 4to; vi, [1], 2-286pp; glazed stiff wrapper with an illustration of the “Plan of the Old Fort of Pemaquid and the proposed New Fort” on..... More
New York: Frederick A. Stokes & Brother, 1889. [JUVENILE] [POETRY] [ILLUSTRATED] [WOMAN AUTHOR] [WOMAN ILLUSTRATOR]. Maud HUMPHREY, illustrator. Small 4to; [9] leaves printed one side only; color pictorial boards, the front pictures four young children and decorative title lettering, rear board pictures a young child portrait; pale green shelf back;..... More
New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, 1923. Cloth. 8vo; xvi, 183pp; red cloth over board, label with title and author on front cover and spine; untrimmed bottom and fore edge; illustrated with black and white photographs and sketches; chipping to label on spine, bumping to cover lower edge and..... More
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Rockland, Maine: Courier-Gazette, No date [c. 1973]. Stiff wraps. 8vo; 65pp + a-h [8pp] cooking aids + [4] blank for recipes; white glazed stiff wrapper with white plastic comb binding, illustration of a sailing ship to front; b&w vignettes to chapter heads; light staining to front wrapper; very good plus..... More
Chicago: Wilcox & Follett Co., 1943. Lucia PATTON. Boards. 8vo; 32pp; brown buckram with color pictorial onlay to front board; color pictorial endpapers of letters and envelopes; ownership to front pastedown; illustrations every page; light shelf wear, a few light spots to pages; very good plus. Written during war-time by..... More
New York: Skidmore Music Co., Inc., 1949. Mabel WANYE, music. Ephemera no binding. 12" x 9 1/16"; 4pp; color pictorial front wrapper; very good plus. More
Augusta, Maine: Maine Development Commission, No date [c. 1940s]. Staplebound. 12mo; 61, [3]pp; stiff pictorial glazed wrapper printed in green; two staple binding; half-tone b&w photographic illustrations throughout text; fine. Booklet covers equipment needed for hiking and climbing, and local accommodations. Includes a chart of named mountains, local towns with..... More
New Haven: S. Babcock, No date. Wraps. 48mo (3 11/16” x 2 ¼”); 16pp; stiff yellow wrapper, decorative borders and pictorial vignette titled “Lazarus raised to life.” on front, publisher’s ad for Toy Books on rear; pictorial vignette titled “The crucifixion of Christ.” on title page; 7 wood engraved illustrations;..... More
[Paris, France]: Librairie PLON, 1966, 25 Octobre. Michel OLIVER. First Edition. [JUVENILE] [COOKERY] [FRENCH LANGUAGE]. New expanded edition. 4to (12 ½” x 10 ½”); 95pp; stiff glazed white boards with white plastic Cerlox binding [comb-style with square holes], colorful pictorial of a large cake on the front; simple colorful illustrations..... More
Paris: No publisher listed, 1887, Christmas. F. A. BANNISTER. Cloth. F.A. BANNISTER, illustrator. Printed in London by the National Press Agency, Limited. 8vo; 31pp; gilt-stamped bright blue cloth over beveled board, gilt-stamped vignettes of flowers, and a fairy on a mushroom to front; all edges gilt; black endpapers; 4 full-page..... More
Boston: A Richard Todd Book, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1991. First Edition. 1/4 cloth. Later printing. 8vo; xx, 524pp; quarter-bound in navy cloth with white paper, spine stamped in white; b&w photographic illustrations; unclipped color pictorial dust jacket; near fine in near fine dj. A book about Maine culture and its..... More
Chicago, Illinois: The Merrill Publishing Company, 1936. Eleanor CAMPBELL. Wraps. [ACTIVITY BOOK] [EDUCATION] [EPHEMERA]. Eleanor CAMPBELL, cover illustration. Folio (14 7/8” x 10 ¼”); [64]pp; color pictorial stiff wrapper, 3 staple binding; color pictorial title page printed in red and black, vignette of 2 children crafting; clear simple printed outlines..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1901. W. Appleton CLARK. [LITERARY WORK] [DECORATIVE BINDING]. W. Appleton CLARK, illustrator. First edition. 12mo; x, [2], 295, [1]pp; navy decorated cloth over board, gilt-stamped floral wreath on the front surrounding the gilt lettering, gilt lettering on spine; top edge gilt, untrimmed fore and bottom..... More