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[London]: Raphael Tuck, [1894]. Die cut, thick card stock. [London]: Raphael Tuck, no. 1212 [1894]. Die-cut six piece calendar printed on thick card stock presenting the months of the year two to a panel, each panel measuring approximately 2.5 inches by 5 inches, with pastoral illustrations in color & bible quotes. The panels were originally attached by ribbon, now lacking, & designed to hang. Moderately toned & soiled, January - February rubbed briefly affecting lettering, one corner chipped away, lacking ribbon ties, otherwise Good & still quite attractive. Nicely printed bucolic scenes & quotes from the bible, quite uncommon!

Atlantic Beach, Florida: no publisher, volume 1, number 1, December, 1970. Single sheet measuring 8.5 inches by 11 inches folded once vertically forming 4 pages. Not found in OCLC as of 4/2/23.
Trace of soiling, otherwise fine. Probably a one off, we find no indication of further publication. Includes a poem by Cynthia Woodworth entitled "For Her."
"WHITEBOOK will grow, of course. Each issue will exceed in quality its predecessors, and additional pages will be added. To maintain free notices, we must of necessity restrict the volume of general-interest content - there are legions of other fine women's journals which print recipes, expound on the problems of suburbia, etc. There is only one WHITEBOOK and it will be unique, we pledge. It's yours!"

Franklin, Ohio & Denver, Colorado: Eldridge Entertainment House, 1927. First edition. 12mo, 41 & [3] pages. Original pictorial stapled paper wraps.
Covers almost detached, tape repairs securing front & back wraps, edge wear including small losses & tears, soiled, about Good & still quite serviceable.
Provides instructions for staging a carnival & a series of comedy sketches & stunts to thrill the crowd

New York: Dodd, Mead & Co,, 1926. First edition. 8vo, xvi, 195 pp., frontis & 11 plates. Original green cloth lettered in gilt on the spine & upper cover.
Brief wear (including slight fraying & a couple of nicks) at spine extremities & corners, spine gilt dull, previous owner's name in ink at the first blank page, moderately toned, offsetiing at last blank from news clipping, Good or better. An adventure story for boys featuring wonder dog Boru, an Irish Wolfhound, which was originally published serially in Boy's Life magazine. The author was a prolific contributor to the pulp magazines of Street & Smith.

New York: EP Dutton, 1959 First edition. 8vo, 245 pp, with illustrations from photographs. Publisher's light blue cloth lettered in dark blue on the spine & upper cover, in pictorial dust jacket.Margins & spine lightly sunned, previous owner's bookplate at 2nd blank, otherwise very good in like dust jacket, moderately soiled, tanned mostly at the spine, with slight edge wear.Based on personal accounts and logbooks of Captain Lester A Mosher. "Lester Mosher, one of the last of the old-time whaling captains, was a lad of fifteen when he sailed as a green hand aboard the whaleship Canton This is a gripping, detailed account of that two-year voyage, as he learned his trade of hunting the biggest game in the world" ~from the dust jacket

New York: William Morrow, (1979) First American edition Tall quarto (12.25" x 9.25"), 125 pages, profusely illustrated from photographs in color Publisher's black cloth lettered in silver on the spine, in pictorial dust jacket. Light shelf wear, otherwise Very Good in Good only dust jacket with edge wear including shallow losses "These were drawn not only by the undoubted talent of the proprietor, but also by the delicious possibility of seeing an almost naked lovely swing from the studio chandelier wearing nothing but latex motorcycle boots and a feather hat For it was during this period that our hero was developing his very personal style of photography, which several eminent critics have hailed as "absolutely disgraceful"
 ~Peter Mayle, excerpted from the preface.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1959, First edition. Octavo (8.25" x 5.25"), 183 & [1] pages. Publisher's blue paper over boards backed in brick cloth lettered in silver on the spine & upper cover. Top edge stained red. Lacking the dust jacket.
Slightly soiled & sunned, previous owner's name in ink at the first blank page, otherwise Near Fine.
Updike's second book & first novel. During the course of a prolific career he won two National Book Awards, two Pulitzer Prizes, three National Book Critics Circle Awards, & numerous other accolades.

New York: Harcourt, Brace & Co., (1945). Early printing. Octavo (8.25 x 5.25"), 209 pages. Publisher's gray cloth lettered & ruled in maroon in pictorial dust jacket.
Moderate foxing/ offsetting at pastedowns, first & last blank pages & edges of the text block, otherwise very good in very good corner-clipped dust jacket, a bit faded at the spine, lightly rubbed & soiled, with modest edge wear.
"This is the story of two brothers who come up from a minor league baseball team to join the Dodgers. They play the important keystone combination - second base and shortstop - and their success depends not only on their individual skill but on the complete coordination with which they work together ..." ~Excerpted from the dust jacket

Berkeley: University of California Press, (1979). First edition, this copy inscribed & signed in ink at the second blank page by Kilmer. Octavo (8.75" x 5.75"), xiv & 251 pages, illustrated. Publisher's red cloth lettered in yellow on the spine in pictorial dust jacket. Text in French & English.
Edges of the text block lightly foxed, otherwise fine in very good dust jacket with a half inch tear at the top edge.
"Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585), chief poet of a famous group of poets known as the Pleiade, is regarded as the father of lyric poetry in France ..." ~Excerpted from the dust jacket.

Danbury, Connecticut: Danbury Printing Co, 1941 First edition 8vo, unpaginated [64 pp], occasional illustrations. Original pictorial stapled paper wraps Not found in OCLC as of 3/9/2020.
Wraps with edge wear including small losses, margins browned, lightly soiled & rubbed, Good or better.
A charming cook book which begins with a fanciful short story before turning to inspiring recipes from Ms Tottle's famed Spinning Wheel Inn at Redding Ridge near Fairfield, Connecticut. Her restaurant empire eventually expanded to include the Spinning Wheel Mill at Southport & a location in Sarasota, Florida.

New York: Simon & Schuster, (2000). First edition, this copy signed & inscribed in ink on the title page by Thomas. Octavo (9.5" x 6.5"), 509 pages plus 16 unnumbered pages of illustrations from photographs. Publisher's two tone gray paper over boards lettered in silver on the spine, in pictorial dust jacket.
Lower margin of the covers slightly sunned, otherwise fine in fine dust jacket.
"Robert Kennedy has been viewed as hero and villain. Evan Thomas's achievement is to realize RFK as a human being, to bring to life an extraordinarily complex man who was at once kind and cruel, devious and honest, fearful and brave. Thomas had unusual access to his subject's life. He is the first biographer since Arther Schlesinger to see RFK's private papers, and he interviewed all of Kennedy's closest aides and advisors, many of whom were forthcoming in ways that they had not been before. The portrait that emerges is unvarnished but sympathetic, fair-minded and always readable. It is packed with new detail about… Read More

Pensacola, Florida: Santa Rosa Island Authority, no date (pre zip code, circa 1958). Single sheet measuring 17 inches by 11 inches folding to 8.5 inches by 3.75 inches (as issued) presenting illustrations in color & black & white from photographs & art work plus descriptive text.
Trace edge wear, slightly soiled, otherwise Fine.
An uncommon pre-zip code promotional brochure which is not found via OCLC.
"Really Live ... Laugh ... Relax on Florida's Island Paradise.Here's a vacation center refreshingly different - Florida's newest beach resort, an unspoiled natural paradise flavored with a fascinating history. Santa Rosa Island - a picturesque strip of the whitest sand on earth ... the island pleasureland of your dreams!"~Excerpted from the text.

North Hollywood, California: Barclay House (9BC - 7171), (1970). First edition., 16mo (6.75" x 4.25"), 192 pages plus 16 unnumbered pages of advertisements. Publisher's pictorial card covers. OCLC locates a single copy at the University of California Los Angeles as of 6/14/2023.
Slight edge wear, one corner creased, text browned, otherwise very good.
"A sexual combination that is being resorted to more and more by modern young ..."

Los Angeles, California: Erotic Realism Press, (1970). First edition., 8vo (8.25" x 5.25"), 256 pages, with 8 plates from photographs within the pagination. Not found in OCLC as of 6/12/2023.
Moderate edge wear, some creasing, lightly rubbed, text browned, previous owner's name & date in ink at title page, otherwise good.
"This factual study of case histories from the files of hypnoanalyst Dr. Leonard J. Mildenberger will shock and enlighten the reader ..."

New York: New York State Socialist Campaign Committee, 1970. 4to (11" x 8.5"), mimeographed broadside, single sheet printed on pale yellow paper recto only.
Lightly browned along the right & left margins, slight edge wear, otherwise Very Good. Describes conditions in New York City public high schools as perceived by the Socialist Workers Party, particularly with regard to bias & racism directed at African American & Puerto Rican students. Additionally presents the party's demands which include "all cops get out of the schools, that the demonstration school districts be restored under community control, and that Black and Puerto Rican people control Black and Puerto Rican education" Quite uncommon, not found in OCLC

Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1917. First edition. Duodecimo (7.25" x 5"), 48 pp. plus 8 unnumbered pp. providing the publisher's catalog of "Books on the Great War." Original printed & decorated blue paper over boards backed in tan cloth, in pictorial dust jacket.
Binding lightly soiled, old price in ink at the ffep, brief offsetting/ toning mostly at endpapers & pastedowns, otherwise very good in worn, torn, chipped, & soiled dust jacket with a substantial loss at the rear panel, fair only.
Known primarily for her mystery fiction, author Rinehart, often called the American Agatha Christie, directs her appeal to the mothers of the United States noting that "Personal service is not rolling bandages for the other woman's son."
This title was published in April, 1917, the same month when the United States reversed its neutrality stance & declared war on the German Empire.

New York: Bernard Geis Associates, distributed by Random House, (1959). First edition. Octavo (8.5" x 5.75"), xiii & 204 pages. Publisher's decorated dark gray paper over boards backed in white & gilt lettered green cloth, in pictorial dust jacket.
Trace of wear at spine extremities, slight foxing affecting early & late leaves, otherwise near fine in very good or better dust jacket, lightly soiled, with brief edge wear including a short closed tear.
"Following are a bunch of true experiences that I wrote at various times of my life. All the experiences are about girls, because that is what my life is about - girls. I'm not oversexed, mind you. But I'm not undersexed either. Let's just say I'm sexed ..." ~"Dobie Gillis," excerpted from the Foreword

No place [Camden, New Jersey] Thomas Nelson, (1970). First edition. Octavo (8.75" x 6.75"), 176 pages, illustrated throughout. Publisher's gilt lettered maroon cloth in pictorial dust jacket.
A fine copy in good or better dust jacket, price clipped, browned at the spine, moderately soiled & toned, with edge wear including small losses & tiny tears.
A title in the Colonial Histories series "for students. teachers, and the general reader with an interest in America's colonial past."

Havana, San Juan de Dios y Villegas: Impresos Martin, no date (ca. 1949). Illustrated brochure, bifolium (9.5" x 6.25"), 4 pages, with photographic illustration depicting General Wood, who founded the Fronton, & teammates at page 4.
Removed from a scrapbook leaving glue staining & scuffing at the upper margin of the last page, old folds, creasing, edge wear including a couple of short tears & small losses, good or so & still quite useful.
Presents "description & rules of the game" on pp. 2 & 3.
This fronton was established in 1901 by General Leonard Wood, then military governor of Cuba. The facility, now in ruins, closed in 1959 after the Cuban Revolution when Fidel Castro banned sporting or recreational events involving betting.

New York: Wehman Bros., "Handy Series, No. 52," 1920. 32mo (5" x 4"), 58 pages plus 6 unnumbered pages of illustrated advertisements. Publisher's pictorial, stapled paper wraps.
Back cover closely trimmed at the bottom edge, text toned, otherwise Very Good.