Search Results: Books from Michael Carroll Dooling

Warner-Lambert Company, 1994. First Edition . Illustrated Blue Wraps. Near Fine/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Contains 34 pp., monotone and color illustrations; traces the history of shaving, Schick Razor, Wilkinson Sword, the technology of making modern shaving systems; dermatological factors - hair, skin & pseudo-folliculitis barbae (ingrown hairs); shaving hints, care of razors. A fascinating look at shaving (if I do say so myself). SIGNED by Author on title page. This was written for Schick and Wilkinson Sword after Warner-Lambert acquired Wilkinson.

Two color postcards showing the Steamer "Benjamin B. Odell" (Central Hudson Line) postmarked 1916 and the other showing the "Hartford" (postmarked 1922). Both cards have writing on the reverse side with 1-cent stamps and cancellations that are partly visible on the front of the card.

Carrollton Press, 2014. First Edition . Soft cover. New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The Haunting on East 27th relates the true story of an investigation into a house haunting in New York City in 1862. William Channing Russel, a prominent lawyer in the city, investigated the strange affair at a private home just off Park Avenue. Russel documented every aspect of his inquiry by hand in a leather-bound journal that has survived all these years. In his manuscript, he recorded every interview he undertook and the details of every séance in which he participated.

4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. Volume XII, Number 2 of this important publication. Bound in stiff printed wraps, b&w illustrations, 24 pp., minor soiling. Contains architectural information relating to various historic homes in Farmington with special attention to the Cowles-Lewis House. 4 center pages separated from stapled binding, minor wear.

The Carrollton Press, 2009. First Edition . Illustrated Softcover. New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Milford: Lost & Found re-discovers events that have been either lost in the dustbin of history or simply forgotten with the passage of generations and time. Some are historic, others just plain fun. All deserve to be remembered. Why were plays, novels, and romances banned from a Milford library? How did Milford receive the nickname "Sleepy Hollow"? What role did Welch's Point play in the history of camping? Why was the beach at Smith's Point once transformed into a desert, complete with camels? How did a constable cause a stir with fans before the Yale - Harvard football game in 1906? Why did boys from the Milford School parade downtown in their pajamas? Who was Laura of Lauralton Hall fame? When did Milford pass a modesty law requiring women to cover up on their way to and from the beach? What amusement sensation made its state debut here in 1939? Who… Read More

Saint Paul: White Pine Bureau, 1915. Printed Wraps. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Volume I, Number I of this important publication. Bound in stiff printed wraps, b&w illustrations, 16 pp., minor soiling, 3-4 small stains or marks on cover, lower right corner of all pages have small water stain (measuring about 1" x 1.5". Contains architectural information relating to Topsfield, Massachusetts, Dedham, Mass., Gloucester, MA, Wenham, Ipswich, Salem, and Saugus.

Nice condition

New York: White Pine Bureau, 1923. Cream Wraps. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Printed in April, 1923 (Vol. IX, No. 2). Printed stiff white wraps, 16 pp.; contains b&w photographs of domestic architecture in Hartford, Windsor, Wethersfield, Northford, and Rocky Hill, minor wear.

Contains b&w photos and detail drawings of woodwork from the Vernon House in Newport, Rhodes island; the Webb House in Wethersfield, Connecticut; Thomas Lee House in East Lyme, Connecticut; the Burnham House in Ipswich. Massachusetts; Noah Webster House i West Hartford, Old Ship Tavern in Essex; Morris House in East Haven; and the General Epaphroditus Champion House in East Haddam. Contains 20 pp., minor wear.

Saint Paul: White Pine Bureau, 1920. Printed Wraps. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Volume VI, Number 1 of this important publication. Bound in stiff printed wraps, b&w illustrations, 16 pp., minor soiling. Contains architectural information relating to Guilford, Westport, Fairfield, Groton, Mystic, Westbrook, Clinton, Old Lyme, New London, Saybrook, Connecticut.

Saint Paul: White Pine Bureau, 1922. Printed Wraps. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Volume VIII, Number 3 of this important publication. Bound in stiff printed wraps, b&w illustrations, 16 pp., minor soiling. Contains architectural information relating to historic homes in Newport, Rhode Island.

New York: White Pine Bureau, 1923. Cream Wraps. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Printed in April, 1923 (Vol. IX, No. 2). Printed stiff white wraps, 16 pp.; contains b&w photographs of domestic architecture in Hartford, Windsor, Wethersfield, Northford, and Rocky Hill, minor wear.

Saint Paul: White Pine Bureau, 1922. Printed Wraps. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Volume VIII, Number 1 of this important publication. Bound in stiff printed wraps, b&w illustrations, 16 pp., minor soiling. Contains architectural information relating to Camden, Belfast, Castine Maine.

4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. Volume XII, Number 2 of this important publication. Bound in stiff printed wraps, b&w illustrations, 24 pp., minor soiling. Contains architectural information relating to various historic homes in Farmington with special attention to the Cowles-Lewis House.

Saint Paul: White Pine Bureau, 1922. Printed Wraps. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Volume VIII, Number 5 of this important publication. Bound in stiff printed wraps, b&w illustrations, 16 pp., minor soiling. Contains architectural information relating to Bennington, South Shaftesbury, Weathersfield, Woodstock, Hartford, Norwich, Pawlett Vermont.

Saint Paul: White Pine Bureau, 1923. Printed Wraps. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Volume IX, Number 1 of this important publication. Bound in stiff printed wraps, b&w illustrations, 16 pp., minor soiling. Contains architectural information relating to New York City, Bronx, Flushing. Elmhurst.

New York: White Pine Bureau, 1921. Cream Wraps. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. The White Pine Series of Architectural Monographs, December, 1921 (Vol. VII, No. 6). Printed stiff white wraps, 16 pp.; contains b&w photographs of domestic architecture in Suffield, minor wear.

Saint Paul: White Pine Bureau, 1920. Printed Wraps. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Volume VI, Number 6 of this important publication. Bound in stiff printed wraps, b&w illustrations, 16 pp., minor soiling. Contains architectural information relating to Essex, Connecticut.

Saint Paul: White Pine Bureau, 1923. Printed Wraps. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Volume IX, Number 6 of this important publication. Bound in stiff printed wraps, b&w illustrations, 16 pp., minor soiling. Contains architectural information relating to Canterbury, Connecticut.

Carrollton Press, 2014. First Edition . Soft cover. New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Contains 193 pp., 50 illustrations (many in color or sepia). In 1854, a young man named Aaron H. Wood from Swansea, Massachusetts left the comfort of his family and farm and embarked on a lifetime journey. With William R. Gardner as master of the new clipper ship Monarch of the Sea, Aaron's maiden voyage brought him to the Black Sea at the height of the Crimean War. In his handwritten journal Aaron described life aboard ship, the Crimean battlefields, and a naval assault that used shell guns and iron-sided vessels for the first time. Over the next thirty years, Aaron sailed from one port to the next, eventually becoming master of his own sailing ships. As the ship's captain, he was accompanied by his wife Isabel and they raised their family at sea. Their son Oscar sailed around Cape Horn fourteen times by the time he was eight years old. Isabel's letters describe in great detail what it was like living for months… Read More