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New York: Dell, 1968. 1968 vintage 12mo size mass market paperback with photo illustrated from cover; 128 blue bordered pages From back cover: The college campuses, the slums, the bars and taverns - wherever the lonely, the alien, the lost and seeking are - these are Malcolm Boyd's parish. - Ralph McGill A spectacular example of… Saber más sobre este artículo

Wellington, New Zealand: A.H. & A.W. Reed, 1967. 4to size blue clothbound hardcover with photo illustrated dust jacket; unpaginated. 55 colour plates with text on the page preceding each plate. From dust jacket: "No previous book has attempted to present the New Zealand countryside in full-colour, based on colour photographs from a single source ,and with text… Saber más sobre este artículo

Philadelphia: Triangle Books, 1946. 8vo size tan clothbound hardcover with color illustrated dust jacket; 306 pages From dust jacket: "Tawny was no more beautiful or talented than any of the other show girls on overcrowded Broadway, but she demanded - and got - attention... Tawny soon discovered she liked after-theatre parties better than the stage, and after… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts Inc, 1960. Red clothbound hardcover. 278 pages. From jacket: "(The author) a knowing, indefatigable globe-trotter, has long been a shopper by avocation. She has traveled thousands of miles to check and recheck her information and the results are ... here is sound advice on what specialties of certain countries...when shipping purchases home pays off… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Penguin Books, 1946. Vintage 12mo size mass market paperback; 128 tanned pages. Contributors are: William Scarlett Angus Dun Sumner Welles Reinhold Niebuhr William Ernest Hocking Arthur Holly Compton Eleanor Roosevelt Walter Russell Bowie Edward Lambe Parsons Frances Perkins Eduard Heimann Stringfellow Barr Vintage paperback has darkly tanned pages, and some wear and sunning to covers.… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Mentor Books, 1948. From back: "The essays in this book are a selection from Man Stands Alone and On Living in a Revolution." Genealogical biography of the author along with a small photograph on the back cover. Moderate wear and some small creases to covers, the laminate film on covers is lifting. . Mass Market… Saber más sobre este artículo

Whitman Publishing Company, 1956. Also Rules and Descriptions for 25 Party Games Copyright 1956 and 1938 Whitman Publishing Company 8vo size staple bound softcover booklet; 32 toned pages with black and white illustrations Contents include: Parchisi Checkers Fox and Geese Give Away Corner Checkers Shifting Pyramids Gaban Palm Reading Keep off the Grass Prisoner Game Hunter's… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Penguin, 1946. 1946 vintage mass market paperback; 232 pages. Contributors include: John Collier Saki (H.H. Munroe) Eric Knight Robert Arthur H.G. Wells Stephen Vincent Benet Julius Fast Arch Oboler Lord Dunsany Jack London John Kendrick Bangs Nelson S. Bond and others A Reading Copy with darkly tanned pages, wear to covers including lifting of the… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Platt & Munk, 1965. "An Outstanding Collection of 25 Stories by well-known authors" edited by P.C. Braun The author of the foreword and illustrator, Sam Savitt, was "the official artist for the U.S. Olympic equestrian team." 8vo size green clothbound hardcover with red cloth spine and black decoration on front cover; dust jacket; 336 pages with… Saber más sobre este artículo

Signed by author on title page 8vo size trade paperback with photo illustrated covers; 130 bright, white pages with many color photographs throughout. From back: "Bermuda is somehow quite different from all of the other islands which grace this fair planet,' writes the author David Raine. Formed from volcanic eruption a hundred million years ago and… Saber más sobre este artículo

Vintage New Hampshire Travel Guide Circa 1940s 4to size staple-bound softcover booklet with photo illustrated covers; 64 pages profusely illustrated with black and white photographs throughout, inside back cover is a map. Private Press: Conway Chamber of Commerce; Conway, New Hampshire, undated, circa 1940s Includes: Conway Passaconaway North Conway Kearsarge Chatham Madison Intervale Jackson Bartlett… Saber más sobre este artículo

Boston: D.C. Heath and Company, 1933. Introducing 500 Common Words and 30 Idioms The Heath-Chicago German Series edited by Peter Hagboldt 12mo size red clothbound staple-bound booklet with black titles and decorations; 54 toned pages Rare - clothbound softcover Two small water spots on front cover; at least three pages have pencilled check marks or x's… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Robert McBride & Company, 1931. 8vo size green clothbound hardcover with black and white photo illustrated endpapers; 304 pages to this vintage travel guide Contents include: Cornwall and the Scilly Isles Some English Villages Poppy Land and the English Holland Two Rivers of England The Channel Islands Two Castles of the North Some Cathedral Towns Some… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Edbury Press, 1997. British Edition. First Edition with full numberline. 4to size pictorial hardcover with matching vintage photo illustrated dust jacket; 144 pages with vintage black and white advertisements From jacket: "a fascinating look at how housework and life in the home have changed over the last 75 years.... In reality, the social changes… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Ace Books, 1961. 12mo size mass market paperback; 126 pages including index. From back: "A very frank, commonsense book about sexual harmony in marriage. Dr. Liswood writes about intercourse, conception, the teaching of sexual matters to children, infidelity, and ways of strengthening the marriage bond. -- Publisher's Weekly" Wear to covers including creases on… Saber más sobre este artículo

Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Company, 1966. 4to size square staple-bound pictorial softcover; 32 pages This volume is designed to teach counting through very short questions and blocks to be filled in by stickers in answer to the questions. New and unused, but there is some discoloration on all pages which looks like foxing but is probably due… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1933. 8vo size green clothbound hardcover with golden titles on spine and front cover and decoration on front cover; 744 toned pages with some black and white illustrations, some full page. Heavyweight brown endpapers. Extensive Contents include: Prose Biography and Autobiography Letters Essays Poetry Old English Ballads Ballads and… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Scholastic Book Services, 1977. Original title On to Oregon! 12mo size mass market paperback with photo illustrated covers; 235 pages. Revised for this edition by Phyllis Braun. Covers are illustrated with color photographs from the Doty-Dayton Productions movie. There is also a black and white photograph as a frontispiece. From back: "Father… Saber más sobre este artículo

Norwich, UK: Jarrold & Sons Ltd Vintage Travel Booklet - Look at Cambridge (England) described by Alexander Rutherford Jarrold & Sons Ltd; Norwich (England); no date given. Our guess is circa 1960s. 4to size staple bound booklet; unpaginated - about 25 pages. Illustrated throughout with black and white and color photographs. In English. Photo… Saber más sobre este artículo

Coats & Clark's, 1973. 5.5 x 11 inch color photo illustrated card pulls open to show four panels. One one side there are four color photographs illustrating the finished patterns for men, women, girls and boys. On the reverse are pattern instructions for Sleeveless Pullover, Children's Sweaters, and Woman's Jacket. The clansman yarn is a multi-colored yarn… Saber más sobre este artículo