Boston: Moore-Smith Company, 1914. Staplebound. 8vo; 32pp; illustrated paper wrapper; 13pp black and white photographic illustrations; light scuffing and a light stain to the back wrapper; very good. Not in WorldCat. More about Winthrop Furs and Automobile Fur Accessories, Price List for 1914
No place listed: International Educational Publishing Company, 1922. Staplebound. 8vo; 62 +1pp; blue printed pictorial cover on grey stiff wrapper; 2 staple binding; illustrated; chipping to cover at folded spine, light age toning of paper, pencil ownership to top front cover; very good plus. Illustrated instructional construction techniques for sewing... More about Children's and Misses' Garments, 410, Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences, Scranton, Pa
No place listed: International Educational Publishing Company, 1917. Staplebound. 8vo; 25 + 2pp; blue printed pictorial cover on grey stiff wrapper; 2 staple binding; illustrated; crease to back cover upper corner, light age toning of paper, ownership to front upper cover; very good plus. Illustrated instructional construction techniques for sewing... More about Pattern for Children and Misses' Garments, 18, Woman's Institue of Domestic Arts and Sciences,...
No place listed: International Educational Publishing Company, 1922. Staplebound. 8vo; 51 + 1pp; blue printed pictorial cover on grey stiff wrapper; 2 staple binding; illustrated; chip to bottom front cover corner and through first 8 pages without loss to text, light age toning of paper; very good. Illustrated instructional construction... More about Aprons and Caps, 405, Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts & Sciences, Scranton, Pa
[New York]: The Spool Cotton Company, 1938. Third Edition. Staplebound. Third edition. 4to; 30pp; red and black decorative wrappers; 2 staple binding; black and white photographic illustrations; light shelfwear and scuffing to wrapper, 1/4'' closed tear to front wrapper upper edge; very good. Nicely illustrated booklet on needle work for... More about Gay Gadgets. Home Decorations, Accessories, Also Hardanger Embroidery, No. 121
Boston: The Modern Priscilla, [1899]. Boards. 8vo; 48pp; green illustrated wrappers; illustrated; 11pp instruction, 37pp advertisements; advertisements inside wrapper and back wrapper; wrapper corners bumped, head and tail of spine chipped with loss; very good. The Priscilla was a periodical with a strong needle arts theme. The front inside wrapper... More about The Priscilla Needlework Book for 1899
Racine, Wis. Whitman Publishing Co., 1947. Ruth E. NEWTON. Staplebound. 4to; [11pp with back wrapper last page of story]; linen-like color illustrated paper wrapper, title, author and publisher on front; 11 pages of color illustration followed by text; a few light creases to front wrapper and light scuffing of paper;... More about Peter Rabbit, Ruth E. Newton's Chubby Cubs
Akron, Ohio: The Saalfield Publishing Company, 1931. Staplebound. Large square 4to (10 1/2" x 12 1/2"); unpaginated [14pp]; heavy board wrappers; all pages board; chromolithographed illustrations every page; 2 1/2'' split of spine to first staple, pages holding tight, colors bright, light edge rubbing; very good. More about The Happy Day Begins
Racine Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Co., 1931. Helen Munsell ROBERTS. Staplebound. Folio; [18pp]; color pictorial wrappers; 3 staple binding; color illustrations every page; light soiling to wrapper, partial erasure to front; bright unmarked interior; very good. Educational information about insecs presented in simple rhymes with brightly colored graphics. More about Bugs
Kenosha, Wisconsin: Abbott Publishing Co., No date [c. 1940s]. Winifred PLENINGER. Boards. A Pull-Toy Book. 8vo; [16pp]; color illustrated card stock train engine shaped wrapper with hinge that expands so the wrapper stands; color illustrated with text below; creases to wrapper, light soiling, light age toning to paper; very good... More about The Chug-Chug Express
Rochester, N.Y. Stecher Litho Co., 1917. Margaret Evans PRICE. Staplebound. Folio; [14pp]; color illustrated wrapper with three staple binding; color illustrations throughout the text; light soiling to wrapper; very good plus. Colorful and charming illustrations accompany the adventures of a small girl, her then, Biddy, and the chicks. More about The Troubles of Biddy, No. 25
Rochester, N.Y. E.M. Leavens Co., Inc., Stecher Litho Company, 1918. W. F. STECHER. [First Edition]. Staplebound. [First Edition]; 4to; unpaginated [8 pp]; color illustrations every page and front and back of paper wrappers; 3'' split to bottom of wrapper spine but staples holding; very good. Only 3 listed in WorldCat. More about Flowers of the Months, A Book for Kiddies
New York: McLoughlin Bros. No date [c. 1870s]. 4to; [22pp]; color illustrated wrapper with advertising for other books on back, title and publisher to front; 6 full page chromolithographs with a verse on the opposite page; 2 tears on a verse page with some paper loss on ''Be Kind to... More about Home Kindness, A Picture Gift Book for the Children
New York: McLoughlin Bro's, 1887. Staplebound. 4to; [14pp]; bright chromolithographed glazed wrappers; 6 full-page color illustrations with rhyming text, b&w illustrations within text; 1'' closed tear to rear wrapper, owner's name in neat script to rear wrapper, small creases, chips and darkening to wrapper edges, 2'' separation at spine tail... More about Bo-Peep Mother Goose Melodies
New York: McLoughlin Bros. 1888. R. [Richard] ANDRE [William Roger Snow]. Staplebound. 8vo; [14pp]; chromolithographed front and rear stiff wrapper; 2 staple binding; 4 full page color illustrations; 1 1/2" split to bottom fold not involving the staple, some offsetting of illustrations; very good. R. Andre (1834-1907 is as interesting... More about The Babes in the Wood, the Pictures by R. Andre, Little Folk Series
New York: McLoughlin Brothers, No date [c. 1870s]. String. Square 12mo; [8pp]; yellow stiff color pictorial wrappers printed in red and black; rear wrapper lists Picture Books for Little Children at "Six Cents Each"; string binding; color lithographed illustrations with story in rhyme; fine. With verse containing more difficult vocabulary... More about Puss in Boots, Father's Series
Buffalo, N.Y: The Courier Litho Co., No date [c. 1887]. Wraps. 12mo; 32pp; color pictorial wrapper, ad for Merchant's Gargling Oil Liniment to rear wrapper and Compliments of "A.K. Hawley, Jefferson, Ohio."; light age-toning of paper, light soiling to wrapper; very good plus. Calendar for 1888 on verso front wrapper... More about Merchant's Gargling Oil Songster, Dream and Fate, Palmistry & Co
Amsterdam: Claes Jansz Visscher, 1649. 5 1/4'' x 6 7/8", 3 1/4" x 4 3/4" within the neat line; plate mark visible; scale of Germanic sea miles; decorative title; three small dots of brown ink, a very spots in the outer margin; very good plus. Small map illustrating the Gulf... More about Insularum Cubae, Hispaniole, Jucatanae & circumjacentium describtio, from Visscher's...
Atlas York County Maine, Philadelphia: Sanford: Everts and Co., 1872. 13 1/8'' x 16 1/8'' paper size, 11 7/8" x 14 1/2" within the neat lines; map extends on southern and western edge past the neat lines; town information on verso by Samuel K. Roberts; hand-colored; a few light spots;... More about Waterborough [Maine
[Washington D.C.]: [U.S. Coast Survey], 1879. 20 1/8'' x 13'' within the neat line; pin holes to all four corners to attach to lithographic stone; original fold lines as issued; delicately hand-colored in green with roads and neat line in yellow, and lighthouses shown in orange; fine. Rare in color... More about Muscle Ridge Channel Maine, 1879
[Edinburgh]: John Thomson, 1817. N.R. Hewitt. 21 1/4'' x 24 3/4''; 19 3/8'' x 23'' within the neat line; original folds; a few light creases; very good. Map includes and identifies rivers, lakes, mountains, state boundaries, several forts, native peoples' lands, bank and ledges off the eastern shore and parts... More about Northern Provinces of the United States, Thomson's New General Atlas
[Washington, D.C.]: [U.S. Coast Survey], 1879. 20 1/8'' x 13'' within the neat line; pin holes to all four corners to attach to lithographic stone; original fold lines as issued; fine. Finely done lithograph on bond paper, includes a scale of nautical miles with notes on buoys and soundings. Detail... More about Muscle Ridge Channel Maine, 1879
Philadelphia: Mathew Carey, 1814. John G. Warnicke. Map of Maine showing 6 of its 7 counties: Cumberland, Hancock, Kennebeck, Lincoln, Washington, and York. Somerset County was formed in 1809 but not shown on this map. More about The District of Maine
Boston: Weeks, Jordan & Company, 1838. G.W. BOYNTON. Hand-colored. 11 3/8'' x 14 1/8'' within the neat lines; light age toning and soiling to margins; very good. Map of Maine showing its 12 counties: Cumberland, Franklin, Hancock, Kennebeck, Lincoln, Oxford, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset, Waldo, Washington and York; and Augusta as... More about Maine
Baltimore: B.T. Welch & Co., 1823. Hand-colored. Printed on thick creamy paper and considered to show a superior engraving quality (Rumsey and Ruderman). Nicely visible platemarks. Very good +. Map of Maine showing its 9 counties: Cumberland, Hancock, Kennebeck, Lincolm, Oxford, Penobscot, Somerset, Washington, and York; Penobscot County having been... More about Maine