Inglewood Community Book de Lloyd Hamilton - 1949

Paris: H. Camus, 1870. Overall condition is good. This six piece wooden puzzle with applied depicts a critical scene in the life of little Tom Thumb. The color lithograph is done by H. Jannin depicts the two parents at a table by a fire with sad expressions, as the caption reveals that the mother and father have decided to "loose" Tom in the forest. The mother has her hands clasped beneath her chin and the father with a hand over his heart to convey the difficult decision they made. All the while, Little Tom is eavesdropping right behind them. The puzzle is simple and is doable for a small child. Measures 6 3/4" x 5

Baltimore, Maryland: Bolgiano Water Motor Co, 1894. Fine. Some rust to grommet.. Printed receipt (5.5" by 8.5") acknowledging the sale of a gas iron from the Bolgiano Water Motor Company of Baltimore, Maryland, to the Hendrick Manufacturing Company of Carbondale, Pennsylvania. Depicts a clever water-powered sewing machine in upper left-hand corner of the receipt, powered by the company's proprietary water motor that "will run Sewing Machines, Fans, Scroll Saws, Coffee Mills, Lathes, Printing Presses, Grindstones, Ice Cream Freezers, Washing Machines, etc." (recto). Attached with small grommet to receipt acknowledging the same transaction on Hendrick letterhead, measuring 7" by 8.5

Springfield, Massachusetts: G. and C. Merriam, 1832. Good to very good. Spotting, minor dust soiling to binding with extremities worn, spine chipped.. Published by G. and C. Merriam (i.e. George and Charles Merriam, publishers of the Merriam-Webster Dictionary), with Merriam provenance via. H.C. Rowley. "How to Do Good" is a printed pocket-sized booklet on how to conduct oneself well, written in lighthearted and plain language. Instructs reader how to "do good" in family, society, among friends, schools, in politics, church, etc. Chapter Ten is dedicated to "doing good" via books: "One important way of doing good is by means of books ... we shall necessarily be judged of by others by the books they find in our hands" (pp. 40-41). Lists authors that should be considered "highly objectionable" including Swift, Sterne, Pope, and Byron. Finishes the chapter by urging reader to always have a book at hand to offer the "poor", "ignorant" or "friendless" in society. 32mo (4" by 2.5"), pp. 112, [2], with… Leer más

New York, New York: American Hard Rubber Company, 1920. Very good. Some rubbing, minor dust soiling. Corners bumped.. An illustrated advertising booklet for hard rubber "Ace" brand combs, marketed to fashionable women in the 1920s. Offers advice for proper hair care and how to make finger waves, and illustrates "Combs of Former Ages" from the Roman era, Renaissance era, Stone Age, etc. The next pages illustrate Ace combs and their sleek modern designs. Also of note in the booklet is the inclusion of "The Comb Maker", a 1568 poem "from a rare book" (p. 21). Includes some fabulous Art- Deco inspired images of women. Single vol. (6.5" by 5"), pp. 32, illus., stapled in original illus. wrps. The American Hard Rubber Company was originally based in New Jersey, and made the state known as a major center for rubber products such as combs, shoe soles, and syringes.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Ladies' United Aid Society of Philadelphia, 1868. Very good to near-fine. Minor toning, vertical crease.. Printed circular soliciting contributions to the Ladies' United Aid Society of Philadelphia to help support their new "Home for the aged and infirm". Includes a list of trustees and managers, and a brief description of the lot purchased for the home on the corner of Thirteenth street and LeHigh Avenue. Also mentions an upcoming fair being organized to further raise funds. Printed bifolium with additional printed single sheet (both 8" by 5"). The Ladies' United Aid Society of Philadelphia was instrumental during the Civil War in caring for the wounded, and became one of the most recognizable Ladies' Aid Societies in the country. It kept records of honorably discharged soldiers, and recognized the need for ongoing support of soldiers who may have been left without a means of making a living because of their injuries from the war.

Folio, olive green cloth, pp. 80; illustrated in b&w, with a tipped-in portrait of Belcher on the title-page. Internally fine; light soiling to covers, and light bumping to corners. A nice copy.

WEATHERFORD, Carole Boston. Box. Henry Brown Mails Himself to Freedom. Illustrated by Michele Wood. [Somerville, MA]: Candlewick [2020]. Oblong 8vo, [56]pp. Color pictorial boards. Black endpapers; color illustrations on nearly every page. A fine copy in original color pictorial dust jacket (no medal affixed). With a bookplate signed by Newbery Honor author Carole Boston Weatherford.
First edition. 2021 Newbery Honor Book! Henry Brown wrote that long before he came to be known as Box, he "entered the world a slave." Put to work as a child and passed down from one generation to the next — as property – he lost his wife and children when they were sold away out of spite. But Henry Brown found hope — and help —in the form of the Underground Railroad. And escaped enclosed in a box!

McKILLIP, Patricia A. The Throme of the Erril of Sherill. Illustrated by Julie Noonan. NY: Atheneum, 1973. 12mo, [vi] 71pp. Maroon cloth stamped in silver on spine and blind stamped on front. Turquoise endpapers; four full-page b&w illustrations and b&w illustrated chapter headings. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author, Patricia McKillip.
First edition. A knight goes in quest of the non-existent throme of the Erril of Sherill since the king will not allow his daughter to marry without it.

[NEWTON, Isaac]. ADAMS, Edward Dean. A Portrait Bust of Sir Isaac Newton by Josiah Wedgwood the English Potter. 12mo, original blue boards, paper label, frontispiece, half-title, title, pp. [10] + 1 plate, uncut. [New York:] Privately Printed [by Bartlett Orr Press] for the Engineering Foundation, January, 1926.
Only Edition. Presented by Adams, a noted engineer, to great American mechanical engineer Ambrose Swasey (see DAB): "To Ambrose Swasey. This record of a search in hopes that it may be as interesting to him as it was in its conduct to his sincere friend and well wisher. Edward Dean Adams June 10, 1927." Frontispiece of the Newton bust, which had been in the possession of Adams for over sixty years. With large Swasey ex-libris on rear pastedown depicting the "36 inch Lick Telescope" the observatory having been built by him. Not in Babson. OCLC locates four copies. No copies for sale online as of this date (1/28/22). Fine.

Philadelphia: The Paper Mills' Company, n.d.. cloth, four ring binder. Paper Specimens. 8vo. cloth, four ring binder. Not paginated. Coated and Uncoated. Lovely paper specimen catalogue featuring over 100 examples. A near fine copy.