Kansas City, Misssouri: Bev-Ron Publishing, 1952. 8vo. (6.25" x 9") Plastic comb binding. A mid-century Church recipe book from Pipestone, MN with local advertising. Clipped recipes included with purchase.
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1963. 8vo. (5.75" x 8.25") in orange boards with gilt and burgundy titles to spine and pictorial jacket. A fourth printing of Fowles' debut novel about the kidnapping of a young female art student. Later adapted into the 1965 Terence Stamp film of the same.....
New York. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1930. Illustrated by Peter Hurd. 8vo. (7" x 9.5") in black cloth with illustrated pastedown to front cover and gilt titles to spine with pictorial jacket. Adapted from the 11th Century French poem "The Song of Roland" (or La Chanson de Roland) by the American.....
New York. Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1929. 8vo. (6" x 9") in black cloth with gilt title and decoration with pictorial dustjacket in mylar. Written by author, drama critic, and later film producer Kenneth Macgowan. "A survey of American progress towards a National Theater as evidenced in the Little Theaters.....
New York. Rand McNally & Company, 1922. Illustrated by Bertha Corbett Melcher and James McCracken. 8vo. (6.25" x 9") in taupe boards with black, red, and blue stamped decorations and title. The sixth book in the series, depicting the babies' trip to Italy and all they met on their way.....
Mankato, MN: Crestwood House, Inc., 1982. Illustrated with photos from the Universal Pictures Film. 8vo. (7.5" x 9") Library Bound in brown boards with pastedown images to recto and verso with white institutional type titles to spine. From the legendary Crestwood House "Monsters Series" from the 1980s, The Mummy is.....
Hallmark Cards. Christmas pop-up diorama depicting winter country church scene.
Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press, 1982. illustrated with 24 color plates and 101 black-and-white photographs. 4to. (9" x 11.25") in blue boards with silver titles to spine, and blue pictorial jacket. From the Jacket flap: "The collection of Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan contains some of the world's finest examples.....
New York. Atlantic Monthly Press, 2020. (6" x 9.25") in blackboards with red titles with pictorial jacket. 2020 book detailing the 1898 Wilmington massacre, an insurrection and coup by White Supremacists on the leadership of a mixed race community.
Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press, 1982. (6.5" x 9.5") in blue cloth boards with silver titles to spine, and burgundy pictorial jacket. From Jacket flap: "Gransden describes the careers and evaluates the work of such important writers as Ranulf Higden, Thomas Walsingham, Thomas Elmham, Polydore Vergil, and Thomas More.....
New York. D. Appleton-Century Company Incorporated, 1938. Illustrated With Seventy-Five Full-Page Colored Plates after drawings by Ernest Thompson Seton. 8vo. (5.5" x 8.25") in green cloth with Chromo-lithograph pastedown to cover and gilt to spine. Some gorgeous full color plates as well as black and white illustrations throughout.
Clarkston, GA: White Wolf Publishing, 1996. cover illustration by Doug Alexander Gregory. 16mo. MMPB in black pictorial wraps. Based on Wraith: The Oblivion roleplaying game.
Lincoln, NE: No publisher stated, possibly self-published. 1945. (7" x 8.5") Spiral bound in beige textured wraps with black titles and decoration. A seemingly self-published (possibly mimeographed interiors) cookbook by the Lincoln Nebraska PTA. The heading to each chapter features a crude stencil illustration. A window into early to mid-20th.....
New York. Popular Library, 1967. Illustrations by C. Walter Hodges. 16mo. (4.25" X 6.75") MMPB in green and white pictorial wraps. The second book in Goudge's Torminster Saga, "A Warm and Delightful Christmas Story"
Rochester, N.Y. Scranton, Wetmore, & Company, Publishers, 1881. 18mo. (4" x 5.75") in white boards with gilt titles, decorations and gilt edges. A gift book of poetry related to the subject of wedlock and marriage. Certificate endpapers inscribed by the officiant and witnesses of the marriage of Byron A. Hardin.....
London: George Routledge and Co., 1857. with Forty Illustrations. Third Edition. 12mo. (5" x 8") in full black leather with gilt decorations and titles. As stated in the title, this is a compendium of biographical sketches of the poets, their homes and frequented locales. Gift inscription to ffep: " A......
New York. A. L. Burt Company, Publishers. 1904. With Illustrations by Harry C. Edwards. 12mo. (5" x 7.5") in blue cloth boards, with white, green, yellow, and red decorations and titles. Historical Fiction set during the U.S. Civil War. Nice Jugendstil design to front board.
Stockholm: Wahlstrom & Widstrand, 1913. Illustrated with photographs and illustrations throughout. 8vo. (5.25" x 8.25") in quarter leather with aqua/teal marbled boards, gilt titles and decorations to spine. Translating to "Swedish Tourism Association Annual Report 1913", this volume is packed with some great photos of Swedish tourist spots. Each chapter.....
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1898. Illustrated by E. Boyd Smith. First Edition. 12mo. (5" x 8") in yellow cloth boards with gilt titles and black decoration. From the author of the Uncle Remus books, these are tales of Southerners of all walks prior to, during, and after the American.....
New York. A. Wessels Company, 1900. 12mo. (5.5" x 8*) in red cloth boards with gilt titles and decoration. A nice Victorian era gift book filled with witty sayings, and a few black and white plates.
New York. Stein and Day, 1962. First Edition. 8vo. (6" x 8.5") Quarter cloth orange and grey boards with silver titles and decoration, in pictorial jacket. Inspired by the tale of Kazan's Uncle's (Avraam Elia Kazantzoglou) journey to America, this was made into the film of the same name. This.....
Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1851. 12mo. (4.75" x 7.5") in brown cloth covered boards with embossed decoration and gilt titles to spine. Volume 1 of a 2-volume publication by Ticknor, Reed, and Fields. Originally issued in paper wraps, this has been bound by B. Bradley, & Co. A collection.....
Minneapolis, MN: M.S.R.B. Press, 1978. illustrated with various photos and illustrations by John Blau, Guntis Kupers, Michael Padgett, Jerry Armstrong (Cover Design), and Steve Sack. First Edition. Small 4to. (8.25" x 10.75") in pictorial wraps. Perhaps inspired by the Boston Women's Health Collective's "Women and Their Bodies" (published later as.....
Boston: Lee and Shepard Piblishers, 1890. illustrated by H. P. Barnes. 12mo. (5"x6.5") in red cloth boards with black titles, and dark green, olive and tan decoration. A late 19th century juvenile written by John Townsend Trowbridge.
Derby, CT: Monarch, 1963. MMPB in pictorial wraps. Monarch MB541 "A Doctor's Confidential Report On the Sexual Behavior of Men and Women in Military Life". Written by science fiction author Robert Silverberg under the pseudonym "L. T. Woodward. M. D."