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"Recollections of Auton House" by C. Auton (Augustus Hoppin). 1909; Houghton Mifflin Company; Boston and New York. The book is illustrated throughout. Please see the photos for the complete list of contents.From the Preface:"These reminiscences are written to satisfy the Auton who composed them, and to amuse the Autons who may read them. Grown-up people never cease to be young. They are only old boys with hats and whiskers, and old girls with frizettes and eyeglasses, that's all. There are many Auton houses in the land, and lots of Auton children wandering over it, but the original Auton House is gone forever, and we can only catch the echo of its revelry in our ear, and detect a smack of its good cheer lingering on our tongue." Condition: Clean front cover; light soiling along the right edge of the back cover; the red cloth color has somewhat faded on the spine; sharp corners. Tight binding. No cracks. No loose pages. The inside of the book nearly appears unread - clean pages with no writing, stains,… Leer más

"An Only Child" by Eliza Orne White. 1905; Houghton, Mifflin and Company; Boston and New York. The book contains full-page illustrated plates by Katherine Pyle. Please see the photos for the complete list of contents. Condition: Some soiling and small foxing spots at the top edge of the front cover; clean back cover; tanning to the spine; sharp corners. Tight binding. No cracks. No loose pages. The text pages are in very good condition - mostly clean with no writing and only a few small stains and ink smudges found. The lower-right corner of the tissue paper over the frontispiece has torn. Name written in pen and bookshop label on front end paper.

"Rhymes of Little Boys" by Burges Johnson. 1905; Thomas Y. Crowell & Co.; New York. The book contains dozens of poems - please see the photos for the complete list of contents. Color frontispiece.From the Author's Note:"The rhyes in this collection are of two varities, - those in the words of little boys, and those to or about little boys; the latter are grouped together at the end of the book. Many of these rhymes were originally copyrighted in the magazines; sincere thanks are due to the several Harper periodicals, St. Nicholas, Everybody's Magazine, and Leslie's Weekly, among others, for permission to use them here."Condition:Clean covers and spine with no stains; the label on the spine has begun to peel a bit; sharp cover corners. Tight binding. No cracks. No loose pages. The text pages are in terrific condition - clean and white with no writing, foxing, tears or stains found. Small bookshop label affixed to front end paper. Overall in very good condition.

This is an early copy of "How to Stop Worrying and Start Living" by DALE CARNEGIE. 1948 1st edition, 2nd printing (stated); Simon and Schuster; New York. The contents are as follows: Fundamental Facts You Should Know About Worry; Basic Techniques in Analyzing Worry; How to Break the Worry Habit Before it Breaks You; Seven Ways to Cultivate a Mental Attitude that Will Bring You Peace and Happiness; The Perfect Way to Conquer Worry; How to Keep from Worrying about Criticism; Six Ways to Prevent Fatigue and Worry and Keep Your Energy and Spirits High; How to Find the Kind of Work in Which You May be Happy and Successful; How to Lessen Your Financial Worries; How I Conquered Worry.Condition:Some light soiling to the covers and spine. Light wear at the cover corners, and along the edges of the spine. Tight binding with no cracks and no loose pages. Pages 68-71 have a triangular tear with pieces missing at the bottom edge (the text is unaffected)...the pages are otherwise clean with no writing, stains or… Leer más

Nice condition vintage paperback copy of the dystopian classic "BRAVE NEW WORLD" by Aldous Huxley. 1959; Penguin Books; United Kingdom. Note - this copy specifically states "Not for Sale in the U.S.A." There is a photograph and biographical sketch of Huxley on the back cover.Condition:Clean covers; light tanning to the spine. Light creasing to the top-left corner of the back cover. Tight binding with no cracks and no loose pages. Nice interior - the pages are clean with no notable issues found. Overall the book is in Very Good condition.

"WHEN WE SKI" by Charles M. Dudley. 1937; Grosset & Dunlop; New York. Richly illustrated with photographs and drawings throughout. Illustrated end papers. On the front end paper is a nice hand-drawn ski-themed illustration.The contents are as follows: Skiing and Its Vogue; Modern Ski Technique and Its Evolution; Lessons in the Sport of Skiing; Ski Glossary; Going on the Level; The Kick Turn; Climbing Hills; The Running Position; The Stem Positions; The Stem Turns; The Stem Christiania; The Steered Turns; Stepping Around; The Jump Turns; The Selection of Proper Equipment; The Ski; The Bindings; The Poles; The Boots; Steel Edges; The Preparation, Care & Waxing of Skis; Climbing and Running Waxes; Waxing; Ski Clothing and Accessories; Trail.Condition:Light soiling to the covers. The back cover has a stain at the top-left corner, and foxing at the bottom half. Small cloth tears at the top and bottom edges of the spine. Wear to the cover corners. Tight binding with no cracks and no loose pages. Both covers… Leer más

This is a vintage Baltimore Colts "1966 Colt Nite Lucky Number Program" for an event on Friday, July 29, 1966 at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore. The program features Johnny Unitas at quarterback, Don Shula at head coach, and Chuck Noll at Defensive Coach. Double-sided. When folded, the program measures 5" tall x 2 1/2" wide; when un-folded, the program measures 5" tall x 10" wide.Condition:The program is in Very Good+ condition with no tears and only a small smudge on the front panel.

This is a charming, vintage collection of nursery rhymes: This Little Pig Went to Market, Jack and Jill, Simple Simon, and There Was a Crooked Man. Nicely illustrated with full-page color plates and black & white drawings throughout. Circa 1940's (there is no date of publication stated); Frederick Warne & Co.; London.Condition:Light tanning & foxing to the covers and spine. Sharp cover corners. Tight binding with no cracks and no loose pages. Both covers are firmly attached. Occasional foxing to the pages. The 1st page has a 1" and a 1/4" tear at the top edge. The rear end paper has staining/foxing(?) at the left edge. Overall the book is in Good condition.

This is a facsimile copy of "A Visit from St. Nicholas" by Clement C. Moore. This copy is a reproduction of an 1849 edition, of which only two copies are known to exist. With wood cuts by "Boyd." Including the covers there are 20 pages. The book is smaller in size - it measures 6 1/8" tall x 4 5/8" wide. Softcover. Also included is the original gift envelope. From the back cover: "This is a HAPPY re-creation of the 1849 illustrated edition of which only two copies are known to exist. That from which this facsimile was reproduced is in the Rare Book Division of The New York Public Library."Condition:The book is in Fine condition and appears unread - clean both inside and out with no issues found.

This is an excellent condition copy of the "Illustrations for The Knave of Hearts" by MAXFIELD PARRISH with its original dust jacket. 1993 1st edition, 1st printing (stated); Ten Speed Press; Berkley, CA. The book contains 18 wonderful color prints arranged accordion-style that appeared in "The Knave of Hearts" book originally published in the 1920's. Smaller in size - the book measures 7 1/4" tall x 6 1/8" wide.Condition:The book is in Near Fine condition - clean both inside and out with only a name written in pen on the "This is the Book of" page at the front. The dust jacket is in Near Fine condition - un-clipped with the original price intact on the front flap and only a tiny foxing spot at the right edge of the back cover.

"THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY" - A Selection of the Bitter Definitions of Ambrose Bierce. 1958; Peter Pauper Press; Mount Vernon, New York. The book comes with its original dust jacket. There are illustrations in color. From the Publisher's Note: "This iconoclastic little book is made up of the best items that Bierce the newspaperman wrote between 1881 and 1906. Like Bierce himself the book is irreverent, bitter, clever. Like him - for it came from the depths of him despite its light tone - it will shock those who think that life is, or can be, beautiful. Beneath its mocking laughter we can discern, understand and forgive the dark forces that drove him through his desperate, angry tour of life."Condition:Light foxing to the covers and spine. Sharp cover corners. Tight binding with no cracks and no loose pages. Both covers are firmly attached. The text pages are clean and appear unread with no issues found. The end papers and pastedowns have light foxing and tanning from the jacket flaps. Overall the book is… Leer más

"Buffalo Bill On A Cold Trail" by Colonel Prentiss Ingraham. 1907; Street & Smith Corporation; New York. No. 187 from the "Buffalo Bill Border Stories" series. Softcover. There is a two-page section titled "In Appreciation of William F. Cody (Buffalo Bill)" at the front.Condition:The back cover has a light stain at the top-left corner and is attached to the spine by only a 2" strip at the top edge. The front cover has a piece missing at the bottom-left corner. Bits of paper have chipped away at the top and bottom edges. The back cover has a small tear at the top edge and at the bottom-left corner. Overall the book is in Fair condition.

This is a facsimile copy of "Miss Parloa's Cook Book" - a reproduction of the first edition published in 1880. This copy was produced in 1974 by General Mills, the successor to the Washburn Company, who were the original publishers of the book. There are a few full-page illustrated advertisements, and illustrations depicting scenes from the Washburn Mills on the inside covers.Condition:Clean covers and spine. Note - the "wear" seen on the covers is from the image scan of the original cookbook. The only actual wear to the book is a 1" tear at the top-right corner of the back cover by the spine. Nice interior - the pages are clean with no notable issues found. Overall the book is in Very Good- condition.

This is a vintage short story compilation, "12 Great Modern Stories" - A new Collection. 1944; Avon Book Company; New York. Softcover with 162 numbered pages. This issue features stories by ERNEST HEMINGWAY, JOHN STEINBECK, Sinclair Lewis, and others - please see the photos for the complete list of contents.Condition:Some very light soiling to the covers. Tight binding with no cracks and no loose pages. Both covers are firmly attached. The pages are age-toned, though not brittle. Clean pages with no notable issues found. Overall the book is in Very Good condition.

This is an antique collection of poetry and prose, "GIFTS OF THE WISE MEN" by a variety of writers. Circa 1910's (there is no date of publication stated); The Acmegraph Company; Chicago. There are 64 numbered pages. Writers include Walt Whitman, Poor Richard, Helen Hunt Jackson, Abraham Lincoln, William Shakespeare, Charles Dickens, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Robert Louis Stevenson, Thomas Moore, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Goethe, John Milton, Alfred Tennyson, Oliver Goldsmith, Robert Browning, William Cullen Bryant, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, John Ruskin, Robert Burns, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Seneca, James Russell Lowell, Voltaire, George Eliot, Plato, Aurelius, William Makepeace Thackeray, John Greenleaf Whittier, John Keats, Alexander Pope...and many more. The book measures 6 3/4" tall x 5/8" wide.Condition:This appear to be a custom-bound copy, as the title illustration at the center of the front cover looks as though is was hand-cut, presumably from the original front cover. Nonetheless, it is still… Leer más

This is a vintage paperback containing the stories "Of Mice and Men" and "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck. 1961; Penguin Books; Great Britain.Condition:Light soiling to the covers; there is a 1.5" think dark stain line at the bottom of the back cover; partial UK price label affixed to the bottom of the front cover. Tight binding with no cracks and no loose pages. Small tears at the top and bottom edges of the spine. The pages are lightly tanned and clean with no writing, stains, tears or foxing. Overall the book is in very good condition.

This is a lot of 2 antique poetry books - "Selections from Edgar Allan Poe" with "Selections from John Greenleaf Whittier." Published by The Toyme Press in Philadelphia; there is no date of publication stated. The following poems are included: POE - The Bells, Annabel Lee, The Haunted Palace, Eulalie, A Dream, The Sleeper, Bridal Ballad; WHITTIER - Thy Will Be Done, Skipper Ireson's Ride, Brown of Ossawatomie, My Playmate, Randolph of Roanoke.Condition:Both books have clean covers with no stains. The pages are in excellent condition - clean with no writing, stains or tears and only trace foxing on the first and last pages. No loose pages. Overall in very good condition.

This is a unique "Teachers' Edition" of the classic "ROBINSON CRUSOE" - For Boys and Girls by Lida B. McMurry and Mary Hall Husted. 1902; Public-School Publishing Company; Bloomington, Illinois. Illustrated. The book is smaller in size - it measures 6 7/8" tall x 5 1/8" wide. At the back of the book is the poem "On His Island" by William Cowper, as well as the following Appendices: "The Educational Value of Robinson Crusoe"; "Method of Teaching Robinson Crusoe"; and "Robinson in His New Home." From the Preface: "This little book is the result of much experience in seeking to adapt the story of Robinson Crusoe to the literary attainments and educational needs of children in the primary schools. Crusoe is the transition from myths and fairy tales, where the imagination is untrammeled by the 'practical,' to the study of real biography. Those events in Defoe's story that are of doubtful educational value are omitted; but it is believed that the child's interest in the narrative is not impaired thereby.… Leer más

This is an as-new condition copy of "CANDIDE" by Voltaire. 1979; The Franklin Library; Pennsylvania. Handsome copy bound in full leather with decorative gilt covers and spine, gilt page edges on all sides of the text block, decorative end papers, and three raised bands on the spine. With numerous full-page illustrations by Antoni Clave. Translation by Tobias Smollet.Condition:The book is in Fine condition and appears unread - clean both inside and out with no issues found.

This is the first Dutch edition of "LADY CHATTERLEY'S LOVER" by D.H. Lawrence - complete unexpurgated edition. 1956 1st edition thus; William Heinemann; The Hague. The book is written entirely in English. From the dust jacket: "Lady Chatterley's Lover was Lawrence's last novel. On it he lavished especial care and into it he put his final message. Lady Chatterley and the game-keeper Mellors he holds up as an example to an industrial age suffering from 'sex in the head,' 'a new phallic tenderness between man and woman.' Lawrence prophecied that it would only bring him more hatred and abuse. His intuition was, as usual, right - but only temporarily. Lady Chatterley's Lover has long been acknowledged to be a novel of great power and beauty."Condition:Clean covers; light soiling at the top and bottom edges of the spine. Sharp cover corners. Tight binding with no cracks and no loose pages. Both covers are firmly attached. The pages are age-toned and clean with only a thin, light stain at the top edge of the… Leer más