Bards & Co.: NY, nd (1890s?). Hardcover. 9 x 5.5", cloth backed printed paper over boards, 175pp. Covers well worn, soiled, rubbed, chipped, spine torn and missing pieces, first few pp detached, inner hinges cracked, spine torn and missing pieces, first few pp detached, inner hinges cracked, covers becoming detached..... More
The Courier Co: Buffalo, 1909. Photos, illustr, ads, 9.5 x 7.25, color pict wraps, unpag, covers quite rubbed and moderately darkened, edges worn with one small tear to foredge (repaired from the other side), contents toned and worn with some finger soil; still, a nicely preserved piece of early US..... More
N.p. n.d. Color postcard showing warehouse and wagons in big fenced yard. Not mailed else good. More
Friends of the Aldrich Public Library: Barre, VT, 1975. Photos, folding map, 9 x 6, pict stapled wraps, 70 pp, covers with minor soil and wear else a nice, clean copy. Berre, Vermont. More
8 x 5.5, self pictorial wraps, 4 pp, folds, staining, edgewear else a nice piece of ephemera with light check marks next to items ordered, and light pencil notation below menu. Items offered include Lima Bean Soup, Broiled Nuttolene (entrée), Granose Biscuit, Sanitas Cocoa, etc. A veggie menu; with schedule..... More
The Century Co: NY, 1887. 4 volumes. Illustr, maps, 11.25 x 7.75, original olive cloth, various paginations, covers well worn and darkened with some minor spottiing and staining, extremities bumped and fraying, hinges loose, couple of small stains to eps, otherwise contents thumbed but still very good, volume 3 a...... More
The Century Co: NY, 1894. Illustr, 11.5 x 14, blindstamped, cloth with gilt lettering, marbled endpapers, 324 pp. Covers well worn, rubbed, soiled, corners and spine tips bumped and worn, spine tips are also torn, peeling and fraying tear at lower front outer hinge. Title page for Part I is..... More
A 2 1/2" splinter affixed to an identifying card "Splinter from the wood of the Maine. Through Captain Sigsbee, by Alex K. Stevenson, 3222 Forbes St." Card and wood are presented within an envelope providing accession date June 8, 1898. This was deaccessioned from the Carnegie Museum in Pittsburgh. Sigsbee..... More
Bay High School: Bay Village, Ohio, 1948. Hardcover. Photos; ads, 9 x 6", dec textured cloth, 74pp + pp, covers rubbed and soiled, extremities bumped, endpapers toned, a good, used copy with dozens of ink inscriptions to "Dick" (mostly calling him a "swell fellow"); with "Dick" Kughn's signature inside rear..... More
Bernard C. Harris Publishing Co: Purchase, NY, 2003. 9 x 6, glossy pict boards, 539 pp, a nice, fresh, clean, as-new copy. There was one alumnus from Finland! More
Bernard C. Harris Publishing Co: Norfolk, VA, 1998. 9 x 6, pict boards, 441 pp, as new condition. Bay City, Michigan. More
The Anson Jones Press: Houston, TX, nd. Hardcover. Maps on endpapers; photos, 8 x 5", pict woodgrain paper over cloth, 167pp with index, covers a bit extremity-worn, textblock browned a bit else a nice copy with remnants of the dustjacket included. SCARCE WPA Guide. More
F.F. Andrews: Chattanooga, nd (early 20thc.?). Paperback. Chromolithographs by Adolph Selig, St. Louis, oblong 6 x 8", pict grey wraps with corded ties, unpaginated. Covers have light creasing and wear, lacks tips of two corners, edge tears alongside by/at ties, covers have light wear and soiling else good to very..... More
Pacific Novelty Co: San Francisco, 1915. Color illustr, oblong, 4.5 x 6.25 not including front cover flap, unpag (32pp). Covers have light wear and soiling, contents very good. More
Detroit, nd (1930s). Circular, 4" diameter, red printing on a tan cardboardish background. Light staining, soiling and small abrasion on reverse else good. Printed on one side "Delicatessen Cordials Cocktails Chocolate Bars Candy Boxes Marzipan . . . German Records and Greeting Cards. 3152 Gratiot Ave. Detroit, Mich." Also shows..... More
Detroit, nd (1930s/). Octagonal, 4", blue printing on a tan cardboardish background. Light staining and wear else good. Printed on one side only "Wasum's Hofbrau . . . Featuring German Specialties and Sea Food . . . Imported Beer, Wines and Liquors. Detroit's Finest Restaurant 1564 Broadway - Detroit, Mich."..... More
Detroit Black Writers' Guild: Detroit, 1990. Paperback. 8.5 x 5.5", wraps with photo of participants on rear cover, 159pp, covers rubbed, extremities bumped and worn, corners creased, library number label affixed to front cover (former owner did this with all his books), ink ownership inscription inside front cover, still a...... More
Published by the Kiwanis Club of St. Ignace, Mich, Inc: 1957. Photos; ads, 9 x 6", plastic-comb bound printed wraps, 270pp, ex-library stamp on each edge else vg with folding map. More
(National Labor Committee: NY), (1988). Paperback. Photos, 11 x 8.5", pict wraps, 32pp, covers a little rubbed else a nice, clean copy. SCARCE. More
Ohio Commission To A Century Of Progress International Exposition: Columbus, 1933. Paperback. Color, 24 x 19", folded down to 8 x 9.5". Fold creases, light soiling on reverse else very good condition. "The people of Ohio have elected to put fourth no wordy booklet...to the visitors to the Century Of..... More
Pond's Extract Company: NY, (1895). Paperback. Illus., 6 x 6", pict stapled wraps, unpaginated (16)pp. Light creasing, toning and wear else good to very good condition. Attractively illustrated booklet telling the tale- in poetry- of college students traveling the Great Lakes. "They ate, they slept, they sailed then, To Mackinac..... More
Bench and Bar Publishing: Detroit, 1918. 10 x 7, cloth, 172 pp, illustr, index, textured black cloth, moderate wear to corners, vg. FIRST ED. More
Bentley Historical Library: the University of Michigan: Ann Arbor, MI, 2004. Photos, 11 x 8.5, pict stapled wraps, 54 pp, covers with some wear (esp on rear cover) else a nice, fresh, clean copy. Scarce. More
Berkeley Barb: Berkeley, CA, 1972. Paperback. Photos; ads, 17 x 11", newsprint self-wraps, 24pp, worn and toned with horizontal center fold, some tears and mis-folds, an old paper address label on front cover, etc. but appears complete. Headline: "12 Nudes, No Bust, Only in PP [People's Park]". Also, the Rolling..... More
Birmingham, MI, xxx. Photos, 11 x 8.5, stapled wraps, 40 pp, covers soiled, contents vg. Couple ink notes/names. Includes: 45 rpm record "Berkshire Echos" with "Message from Principal," "Pledge of Allegiance," and assorted musical tracks. Record not played but looks vg. Neat souvenir from Berkshire Junior High's first school year..... More