Six to Break Even.
N.p. Rand McNally & Company, 1967. Hardcover. 8vo. Green cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 194pp. good plus/good plus. Minor foxing near jacket edges. First edition. A Chicago couple inherits a farm in Indiana. More
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Babies Are Human Beings: An Interpretation of Growth.
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1942. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth. xii, 128pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Very good. Mild edgewear; pediatrician's bookplate on front pastedown. Later printing of this popular 1938 study, tight and nice. More
Babies Are Human Beings: An Interpretation of Growth.
New York: The Macmillan Company, 194. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth. xii, 128pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Very good. Mild edgewear and bit of rubbing; nonauthorial gift inscription on front flyleaf. Later printing of this popular 1938 study, tight and nice. More
Mary Hunt's Salad Bowl.
New York: M. Barrows & Company, Inc., 1942. Hardcover. 8vo. Green cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 98pp. Good/good. Minor chipping at head of jacket spine. Second printing. Menu ideas for all types of occasions. More
Ten Years in Washington. Life and Scenes in the National Capital, as a Woman Sees Them.
Hartford: A.D. Worthington & Co., 1877. Hardcover. 8vo. Original purple cloth, ornate gilt spine. xx, 587pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Good only. Edgeworn and rough, with slight chipping at head and tail of spine, which is rather sunned (though gilt lettering fully legible); inner hinges delicate though expertly, archivally strengthened. Internally a...... More
The Story of Aunt Lizzie Aiken.
Chicago: Jansen, McClurg & Company, 1880. Hardcover. 16mo. Brown cloth with gilt spine lettering. 226pp, (14pp ads). Tissue-guarded frontispiece. Good plus. A bit edgeworn, mainly at spine head/tail, with delicate inner hinges expertly, archivally strengthened and thus tight; text block nice, clean and very good. A nice first edition of..... More
The Counsel Assigned.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1917. Hardcover. 12mo. Brown cloth spine and tan paper over boards with brown lettering and graphic. 43pp. Frontispiece. Very good. Mild edgewear; 1918 ownership signature on front flyleaf. Later printing of this historical fiction about Lincoln's early law days, tight and attractive. MONAGHAN 2018 note..... More
Passing the Torch.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1924. Hardcover. 12mo. Tan paper over boards with brown lettering. 84pp. Frontispiece. Near fine. First edition, tight and superb, of this maudlin historical Lincoln fiction. MONAGHAN 2677. More
The Perfect Tribute.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1908. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Brown cloth spine and tan paper over boards. 47pp. Frontispiece. Very good. Some edgewear; contemporary ownership signature/date on inner flyleaf and nonauthorial gift inscription on rear flyleaf. Later printing of this popular 1906 fictional treatment of the writing of the Gettysburg..... More
The Perfect Tribute.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1908. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Brown cloth spine and tan paper over boards. 47pp. Frontispiece. Near fine. Faint offsetting to endpapers, per usual. Later printing of this popular 1906 fictional treatment of the writing of the Gettysburg Address. MONAGHAN 1485 note. More
The Perfect Tribute.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, [1956]. Hardcover. Illustration by Rudolph Ruzicka. 12mo. Blue cloth with silver lettering, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. 48pp. Frontispiece. Fine/very good. Faint jacket edgewear. A tight, handsome later printing, adding Ruzicka's superb partly-color Lincoln portrait, of this 1906 fictional treatment of the creation of the Gettysburg..... More
The Perfect Tribute.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1908. Hardcover. 12mo. Full calf with gilt title and rules. 47pp. Tissue-guarded frontispiece. Very good overall. Edgeworn and with spine rough and worn, though internally fine. Unusual, seldom seen early printing of this popular 1906 fictional treatment of the writing of the Gettysburg Address in..... More
Bulletin of Bibliography: Vol. 16, No. 1, September-December, 1936.
Boston: The F.W. Faxon Company, 1937. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff blue wrappers. 20pp. Frontispiece. Very good. Slightest bit of faint wear only; inoffensive tiny check marks inked alongside a number of names in the Carl Sandburg checklist (only). Tight, clean, nice copy of this well-known journal, this issue with articles..... More
Religions of Rome: Volume 1 -- A History.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, [2007]. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff glossy pictorial wrappers. xxiv, 454pp. Maps, illustrations. Near fine. Tight and handsome later (8th) printing of this thick study first published in 1998 -- "a radical new survey of more than a thousand years of religious life at Rome: from the..... More
Heroes & Heroines: Tlingit-Haida Legend.; Illustrations by Nancy DeWitt.
Anchorage: Alaska Northwest Books, [1994]. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff glazed pictorial wrappers. xiii, 113pp. Illustrations. Fine. A tight and handsome third printing of this gathering of myths and legends from Southeast Alaska. More
Voices from the Century Before: The Odyssey of a Nineteenth-Century Kentucky Family.
New York: Arcade Publishing, [1997]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue and grey paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. xiv, 522pp. Illustrations, map. Near fine/near fine. Tight, handsome first edition of this thick gathering of 19th century Kentucky letters from the Clay and Field families. More
Haunted New England.
New York: Weathervane Books, 1972. Hardcover. 4to. Grey cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 128pp. Numerous illustrations. Very good/very good. Minor jacket edgewear; abrasion on front flyleaf. First edition, tight and nice, of this "Devilish View of the Yankee Past," being 35 folk tales divided by category ("Witches," "The Sea," "Indians," "Pirates,"..... More
How to Win Over Your Children.
New York: The Viking Press, 1966. Hardcover. Illustrations by Bill Mauldin. 12mo. Orange, white and black paper over boards, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. (78pp). Illustrations. Near fine/very good. Inscribed and initialed by Mauldin. First edition. Inscribed "For Hattie / M" by Mauldin on the front flyleaf. Uncommon as such. More
Arizona in Literature: A collection of the best writings of Arizona authors from early Spanish days to the present time.
Glendale, CA: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1935. Hardcover. Small 4to. Terra cotta cloth with gilt spine lettering. 574pp. Color frontispiece, 2 illustrations. Very good. Faintest of binding edgewear, else tight and internally near fine. Handsome first edition, second state of this thick, indispensable guide to the writings of The..... More
Bed the Turtle Softly: Legends of the South Pacific.
Mukilteo, WA: Scott Publications, 1975. Hardcover. Drawings by Harriet U. Fish. 8vo. Orange cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 182pp. Drawings, map endpapers (front only). Very good/good plus. Inscribed by Mary Edith Branham. First edition, inscribed by one of the authors on the front flyleaf verso "To Elma Lacock -- / With..... More
Our Acre and Its Harvest. Historical Sketch of the Soldiers' Aid Society of Northern Ohio.
Cleveland: Fairbanks, Benedict & Co., 1869. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue cloth over bevelled boards, gilt lettering and gilt spine. xiii, 511pp. Illustrations, map. Good plus. A tad edgeworn, with front inner hinge starting but expertly and archivally strengthened, thus tight and handleable. Decent first edition -- a better than average..... More
Inscribed Photograph Signed.
This American actress, singer and dancer appeared in dozens of films in the 1930s, often musicals such as "College Humor," "Double or Nothing" and "Doctor Rhythm," all co-starring Bing Crosby. IPS, 4½" X 8", n.p., n.y. Near fine. Black-and-white photograph removed from book, a publicity portrait depicting her and Bing..... More
Foxfire: Winter 1972.
Rabun Gap, GA: Foxfire, December 1972. Paperback. (Volume 6, Number 4). Small 4to. Stiff red pictorial wrappers. Pp. 173-252pp. Numerous illustrations, line drawings. Very good. Tight, attractive early issue of the famed folksy quarterly -- articles in this issue on bending bows for an ox yoke, cornmeal made with a...... More
The Bible and the Common Reader.
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1945. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth with silver lettering, dust jacket. xi, 316pp. 2 maps, map endpapers. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear and a few small edge chips, else tight and internally fine. Handsome third printing of this (to cite front jacket panel) "helpful answer..... More
Richard Mansfield: The Prince of Donkeys.
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, [1964]. Hardcover. Illustrations by Paul Kennedy. Small 8vo. Tan cloth with green lettering, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. 65pp, (2pp). Line drawings, pictorial endpapers. Very good/very good. Mild jacket wear and bit of rubbing. A tight, nice early (not first) printing of this children's tale..... More