F.W. Devoe & Co.: NY, (1883). Holt Brothers Catalogue and Label Printers, New York. Color and black and white illus., 8 x 6", maroon stiff wraps, gilt lettering and illus. on front cover, (136pp). Covers well worn, rubbed, vertical crease/fold on both covers, inner hinges cracked, front cover almost detached... More about F.W. DEVOE & CO. NEW YORK MANUFACTURERS AND IMPORTERS OF COLORS DRY AND GROUND IN OIL: WHITE...

Scribner's: NY, 1930. Illus., 10 x 7", black buckram, gilt spine lettering, 683pp. Ex-library, bound without magazine covers and ads, covers worn and rubbed, scratched, contents have scattered light spotting and a few edge tears else good to very good. A note accompanying the story says that Hemingway is considered... More about "Wine of Wyoming" a short story in Scribner's Magazine August 1930; Scribner's Magazine...

np, nd (c 1862). 13 x 6.5. one sheet, printed on one side, folds, uneven ink, toning and soil, paperclip rust along right side else a nicely preserved piece of Confederate Civil War ephemera. "The Army of the Confederate States has come to expel the enemy, to rescue the people... More about "TO THE PEOPLE OF WESTERN VIRGINIA" [confederate broadside

Printed by Transformer Press at Wayne State University (Detroit), 1982. Illustr, 9 x 6.25, pale green wraps, unpag. Very good. Charming reminiscences, accompanied by recipes, of Pauline Melhorn's culinary life in Nova Scotia. Includes recipes for Blueberry Pie, Bienenstich, Apfelkuchen. Printed on 100% rag paper, the cover is made from... More about LIGHT AND FLAKY Portrait of the Artist's Mother: A Cookbook. With story by Pauline Melhorn

G.P. Putman's Sons: NY, 1907. 2 vols. 8.75 x 6", original blue cloth, 281pp; 284pp with index + publisher's catalogue, covers well worn and darkened, extremities bumped and fraying, hinges loose, EX-LIBRARY with usual markings, a bit of a loose set but still usable. Much on slavery, cotton, etc. in the Antebellum South. More about A Journey in the Back Country In the Winter of 1853-4 [two volumes

William C. Rowland: Philadelphia, nd (early 20th. Illustr, 9 x 4, printed stapled wraps, 16 pp + loose inserted page, covers worn and darkened, staples a little rusty else a nice copy. Included are "White Mess Jacket" (gabardine, $6.50, cotton duck, $6.00), buttons, saber chains, puttees, etc. More about CATALOGUE M 800, ARMY OFFICERS UNIFORMS AND EQUIPMENTS [William C. Rowland

Eclipse Publishing Co: Phila. 1908. Front cover illustr, 11 x 10, sheet music, 10 pp including covers. Removed, disbound, creased, soiled, chipped, small tears. Front cover illustr shows a seated Black man with a dreamlike image above his head showing slaves in a cotton field. No lyrics. Titles of the... More about MEMORIES OF THE OLD SOUTH

(Gentenaar & Torley Publ.: The Netherlands), (1999). Hardcover. Illus., 10 x 7.5", pict boards, 16pp + illus., minor shelf wear else a nice, clean copy; with the colored paper sample: "Het monster is gemaakt van hennep, sisal, linnen en katoen" ("this sample is made of hemp, sisal, linen and cotton") tipped in. More about PAT GENTENAAR-TORLEY