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Noble & Brooks Hides, Leather & Splitting Machines

Boston, Massachusetts: Noble & Brooks, 1870. Near fine. Letter folds, one or two spots.. Illustrated advertising bifolium for Noble & Brooks, "sole agents for the sale of A. Richardson's Patent Union Leather Splitting Machines, also Dealers in Leather, Tanners' & Curriers' Tools". Includes lithographed illustrations of the various tools and their names. Bifolium (10.5" by 8.25"), lithographed on rectos only.

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£182.90

Aleppo Shriners - 1922 Meeting and Annual Outing Two-Sided Promotional Poster

Boston, Massachusetts: Aleppo Temple, 1922. Good. Toned and water stained with some creasing, minor nicks to extremities. Penciled notes to foot of recto.. An early 1920's poster advertising a meeting and annual outing for the Aleppo Shriners. The printed poster (26.25" by 11") contains information about the events on the front along with humorous cartoons; on the back, it features a large panorama printed in yellow and black that appears to depict Shriners in the Egyptian desert undergoing different... Read more about this item

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£203.22

Exercises for People Who Sit at Work

Bureau of Social Education of the National Board, Young Women's Christian Association, 1919. Fine.. Combat sluggish digestion, bad circulation, flabby muscles, nervousness and the "Blues" with this pocket-sized guide of exercises tailored for working women by the YWCA! It will provide the "Three Things Wanted by All Girls": Youthfulness, Health and Efficiency. The guide provides the user with ten (10) diagrams showing different exercises including: "Signaling"; "Steamboat"; "Chopping Wood"; "Climbing... Read more about this item

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£264.19

U. S. News & World Report Magazine - July 14, 1986 : Wild Cards For The White House

by U. S. News & World Report

U. S. News & World Report. Very Good. 1986. Soft Cover. 68 pages: 8 x 10.5 in.: 0.8: KB#006093: U. S. News & World Report Magazine (July 14, 1986) Wild Cards For The White House. Complete Original Magazine. Cover Stories include: Glittering Bash For Shining Lady * Is Flying Riskier Today? * U. S. Tells U. N. To Shape Up Or Lose Funds * Tax Reform's Threat to The Stock Market * Communism Hits Hard Times In Western Europe. Front cover is lightly creased and has blank label placed over... Read more about this item

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£14.63

Country Life Magazine 1965 Dec 9

by The Editor

London: Country Life Ltd, 1965. Name to upper rear edge. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with slight foxing to rear cover and no bumping to corners. 1603-1658pp. Vintage social history magazine with main features 'Sir Joseph Paxton - architect of Crystal Palace, cocker spaniels, the snakes olfactory (smell) system, first Test Match prospects, Birmingham's Victorian greatness, Littlecote Wiltshire, group trading by farms, Irish Williamite... Read more about this item

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£8.25

Contracts and Broadside for the Auction of the Ship Inn

Southampton, UK: W. T. Hickman and Son, 1883. The three contracts are in good shape, with minor soiling and toning due to age. The broadside has numerous separations on the folds. The broadside is fragile.. In 1883, the Ship Inn, a roadside public house, was put on auction by the lawyers W. T. Hickman and Son. This collection features the large broadside for the auction, and three unused contracts for bidders. The auction was advertised to all "innkeepers, brewers, trainers of racehorses and others".... Read more about this item

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£284.52

White Wings. Immigrant Ships to New Zealand 1840-1902.

by Brett, Sir Henry; edited by Cyril R. Bradwell

Wellington: Reed , 1984. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Revised Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. xii, 235 pages, several b/w plates. Condensed edition..

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£19.51

Burn's Improved "Challenged" Spice Mill Illustrated Broadside or Broadsheet

New York, NY: Jabez Burns & Sons, 1860. Crease folds with minor separation. Penciling (in pen) on back.. An illustrated broadside for a spice mill by Jabez Burns & Sons, a coffee and spice machinery business located in New York, NY. The ad is for their improved 'Challenge' Spice Mill, which was billed as a "a perfect portable Burr Stone Mill, adapted for any purpose for which mill stones may be used." At the top of the page is a black and white illustration of the mill itself which also comes with a... Read more about this item

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£101.61

The Story of Bristol - A Brief History for Yourg Citizens.

by Dowding. W. L

Bristol: The Scholastic Trading Co. Book. Near V.G.. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Not dated but authors preface dated 1906. 150 pages + appendix giving leading dates in local history. 280g. Blue cloth boards rather edge-rubbed and marked, and darkened to spine, Near Very Good, with a spotting to some pages o/w the contents tight and clean. Illustrated with maps, (one fold-out), plans and drawings..

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£6.84

Exploring Contemporary Migration

by Boyle, Paul; Halfacree, Keith H.; Robinson, Vaughan

Harlow: Addison-Wesley Longman Ltd, 1998. No marks or inscriptions. Minor creases to two corners, none to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slight curve to whole book and no bumping to corners. 282pp. A comprehensive study of the various aspects of population migration in both the developed and the developing worlds. Scarce in the UK.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 9.75 x 7.5 inches.

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£25.00

The Pamir under the New Zealand Ensign.

by Churchouse, Jack

Wellington: Millwood Press, 1978. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. xi, 284 pages, colour and b/w illustrations. .

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£52.84

Snow Petrel

by Tucker, Jon

Hobart: Forty Degrees South Publishing Pty Ltd,, 2011. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 167 pages, colour photos, maps. Nice inscription and signed by the author his wife Barbara, and Ben and Mat, members of the expedition. Epic sailing trip to Antarctica..

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£39.02

The Castaways of Disappointment Island.

by Escott-Inman, H

London: Partridge Book. Very Good. Red Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 319 pages, b/w frontispiece. True story of the wreck of the Dundonald on an island in the Auckland Islands group..

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£121.93

The Transplanting : A Narrative from the Letters of Marie Balascheff, A Russian Refugee in France

by Balascheff, Marie & Stearns, Martha Genung (editor)

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1928. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked maroon cloth boards, very slight rubbing to spine ends and no bumping to corners. Page fore-edges untrimmed. 251pp. Biographical account of the author, daughter of a Russian Charge d'Affairs who spent time in England and France after her family escaped the Russian Revolution. Whilst in England she met Queen Victoria a number of times. Photographic... Read more about this item

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£40.00

White Wings. Immigrant Ships to New Zealand 1840-1902.

by Brett, Sir Henry; edited by Cyril R. Bradwell

Wellington: Reed , 1984. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Revised Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. xii, 235 pages, several b/w plates. Condensed edition..

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£19.51

Some Information for Mother

by John Palmer Gavit

New York, New York: American Social Hygiene Association, 1939. Very good. Minor toning, short tear to lower foot of spine, a little rubbed at extremities.. Printed sex education pamphlet distributed by the New Jersey State Department of Health titled "Some Information for Mother". Penned by a man, the book presents itself in the form of a story in which a humble fisherman explains the birds and the bees to a professor's children using exclusively nature metaphors. Presumably, it is meant to be a guide... Read more about this item

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£121.93

The Ultimate History of Aston Martin.

by Andrew Noakes

London: Marks and Spencer, 2003. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 192 pages, 2kg. Pictorial laminated boards with 2 small dents to bottom of front cover, reflected in d/w. FINE in a FINE d/w. Illustrated with colour photographs throughout..

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£12.00

Story of Simple Simon from the Susie Sunshine's Series

New York: McLoughlin Brothers, 1900. 8 plates, litho on linen covers, with linen interior pages. Tells the classic story of Simple Simon. In verse with charming color illustrations on each page. A part of the Susie Sunshine's Series. Measures 7 1/2" x 5" Cover wear, particularly on the back strip. Inscription from previous owner. A few minor stains on the edge of the page, that do not affect the images or text.

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£69.10

Little Prayers for Little Children

Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union, 1840. 8 pp. Blue illustrated printed cover, illustrations. Prayers are for "In the Morning" "At Night" "A Prayer for a Child who is in trouble" and "A Thanksgiving when a Child has recieved a favour from God" 3" x 2" inscribed, slight staining.

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£20.32

Cheshire Life and Border Counties Magazine : July 1954

by The Editor

The Whitethorn Press Ltd, 1954. Name to front cover. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. Clean tight pages with slightly dusty covers. 48pp. Social history of Cheshire with society events, nature, local thoughts, short stories and period fashion. Features on the Hillman Californian Coupe, Northern Lawn Tennis Club Tournament - Didsbury, Great Cheshire Show, Horse Trials at Cholmondeley, 1904-1954 Rolls-Royce Jubilee Drive and Queen Mary's treasures.. Soft Cover. Good. 11.25... Read more about this item

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£7.30

The Natural System of Vertical Writing, Business and Social Forms, Book VII

by A. F. Newlands & R. K. Row

Boston, MA; New York, NY; Chicago, IL: D C Health & Co, 1898. General wear.. This item is the seventh book in a series of eight workbooks in the Natural System of Vertical Writing by A. F. Newlands and R. K. Row. This book focused on practicing "business and social forms", which essentially meant practicing how to write receipts (both amount due and receipts in full payment), bills for labor, cash account ledgers, bank checks, letters of applications for jobs, promise notes, grocery bills, notes of... Read more about this item

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£81.29

Mark's Crinoline Sketches - Chimney Sweep Admires Leg Sighting Beneath Crinoline

London: S. Marks & Sons, 1850. Title caption reads Honi soit qui mal y pense (Shame on him who thinks ill of it".) (Motto of the Order of the Garter). A hand colored lithograph depicting a woman tying her shoe causing her crinoline to rise and expose her other leg. A nearby chimney sweep quips "Oh Gemini there's a leg! how they show those things, 'of airy lightness, and don't the wells' like to see them that's all!". Reverse is blank. Measures 10" x 7". No OCLC or other online reference (August 2018).... Read more about this item

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£203.22

Riding Academy Terms & Rules w Cameo Embossing

by W.H. Disbrow's Riding Academy

1855. Letter folds.. A single fold circular for W. H. Disbrows Riding School, 5th Ave. Cor. 39th St. Adorned with a deeply embossed cameo imprint of a woman riding a horse bordered by the name and location of the school. Includes terms for Lessons, Exercise Riding and special events and information. "Evening parties of Ladies and Gentleman, for pleasure riding only, on Tuesday...with MUSIC to enliven the scene". The inside is blank. The back page provides an overview of the riding academy and the... Read more about this item

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£182.90

First Joint Report of the Associated Delaware & Raritan Canal Co., Camden & Amboy R.R. & Transportation Co., and New Jersey R.R. & Transportation Co., to the Stockholders

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: H.G. Leisenring's Steam Printing House, 1867. Very good to fine. Minor dust soiling to wrappers.. First joint report to stockholders from three New Jersey and Delaware based transportation companies, illuminating early efforts to better connect the cities of New York and Philadelphia via innovative railway and canal lines. Includes a list of directors and officers of the consolidated companies, balance sheets, and a lengthy report by Ashbel Welch, General President. Includes... Read more about this item