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A Little Pretty Pocket-Book, Intended for the Instruction and Amusement Of Little Master Tommy, and Pretty Miss Polly. with Two Letters from Jack the Giant-Killer...

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Worcester: Isaiah Thomas. As New. 1787. Facsimile. Wraps. Miniature; Miniature; Light green wraps with dark green spine, title on front cover, 9.3 by 6.3cm, 122 pages, followed by 2 pages of publisher's ads, illustrated with woodcuts. **Page 30 has an illustration of two boys fishing with rods and the verse: "The artful Angler baits his Hook, And throws it gently in the Brook; Which the Fish view with greedy Eyes, And soon are taken by Surprise." There is a publisher's note on the verso of the title page stating: "This is a facsimile of `A Little Pretty Pocket-Book' which was the first volume published for children by John Newberry. It was among the earliest books printed with pictures for children..." Henderson, Early American Sport, 2nd ed., pages 116-117. .
  • Bookseller HJHurley US (US)
  • Format/Binding Wraps
  • Book Condition New As New
  • Edition Facsimile
  • Binding Paperback
  • Publisher Isaiah Thomas
  • Place of Publication Worcester
  • Date Published 1787
  • Keywords Fishing, Angling, Miniature Book, Juvenile

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Sandlot Peanuts / Charles M. Schulz ; with an Introd. by Joe Garagiola

Sandlot Peanuts / Charles M. Schulz ; with an Introd. by Joe Garagiola

by Schulz, Charles Monroe) (1922-2000)

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9780030226212 / 003022621X
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New York : Holt, Rinehart And Winston, 1977. True 1st edition. Hardback. Fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 200 pages; Description: ca. 200 p. : ill. ; 29 cm. Subjects: Baseball --Caricatures and cartoons. Cartoons and comics. Summary: A selection of cartoons featuring Charlie Brown's baseball team.
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*Signed* Fall of Cthulhu #6 (Cover B)

*Signed* Fall of Cthulhu #6 (Cover B)

by Michael Alan Nelson

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Boom! Studios, 2007-09. Comic. Like New. 8 VF. Michael Alan Nelson - *Signed* Fall of Cthulhu #6 (Cover B). This copy is *AUTOGRAPHED/SIGNED* by Michael Alan Nelson on the cover. minor wear to the spine at the staples. Signed in person LBCC09. Bagged for protection with a stiff backing board,. Likely to ship in an envelope.. * * * * * * * * * * [FREE Media Mail Shipping! Images available for any item, just ask. Any images shown next to the listing that have our www.aCastleofBooks.com watermark on them are the exact item you will receive, all other images are for reference only. Free delivery confirmation for domestic orders. Books with Author signatures are guaranteed authentic. We understand collectors needs in terms of accurate grading and proper packaging. We stand behind our descriptions 100%. All items will be shipped securely to insure that they arrive in exactly the same condition in which they left. May have small easily erasable pencil markings on first page. Our Packing Slips do not… Read More
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Hey Peanuts! : Selected Cartoons From More Peanuts, Volume 2

Hey Peanuts! : Selected Cartoons From More Peanuts, Volume 2

by Schulz, Charles M.

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1954 Edition: Ninth Printing
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Paperback
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New York, New York: Fawcett Crest Books. Fine. 1967. 1954 Edition: Ninth Printing. Mass Market Paperback. 4.25 x 7 in.: 0.6: KB#010182: Peanuts Book #2-4013-4. Covers and pages are clean, unmarked, bright, tightly bound and sharp cornered (except for light rubbing along cover edges). Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. Has a photo of Charles M. Schulz on back cover. If interested, I have many other classic books by Charles M. Schulz like this one. .
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The Art of the Real USA, 1948-1968
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The Art of the Real USA, 1948-1968

by Goossen, E.C.

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Greenwich, CT / New York: New York Graphic Society Ltd / MoMA, 1968. Paperback. Good (shelf/edgewear and minor smudging to wraps; front cover may be looseining from spine; some light age-toning to page edges; former owner name inked in of top of ffep.). Yellow wraps with square cut-out showing title. 64 pp. 39 bw, 8 color plates. Essay and catalogue by E.C. Goossen. Short essay is followed by a catalogue listing of 161 works and the full-page illustrations. Sam Wagstaff's copy.
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White Ibis. From The Birds of America (Amsterdam Edition)
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White Ibis. From "The Birds of America" (Amsterdam Edition)

by AUDUBON, John James (1785-1851)

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Amsterdam and New York: Johnson Reprint Corporation and Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, 1971. Colour-printed lithograph, on fine hand-made paper. Excellent condition. Image size: 20 x 24 inches. Sheet size: 26 3/4 x 39 7/8 inches (approx). [Pl. 222]. In October 1971, employing the most faithful printing method available, the best materials and the ablest craftsmen of their age, the Amsterdam firm of Theatrum Orbis Terrarum Ltd., in conjunction with the Johnson Reprint Corporation of New York, set out to produce the finest possible limited edition facsimile of the greatest bird book ever printed: the Havell edition of John James Audubon's well-loved "Birds of America". The Curators of the Teyler's Museum in Haarlem, Holland made their copy of the original work available for use as a model. The Museum, founded in 1778, bought their copy through Audubon's son as part of the original subscription in 1839. After long deliberation, the extremely complex but highly accurate process of colour photo-lithography was… Read More
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Diane Arbus: Magazine Work

Diane Arbus: Magazine Work

by ARBUS, Diane

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Hardcover
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780893811525 / 0893811521
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(New York): Aperture, 1984. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Quarto. Fine in fine dustwrapper.
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Sandlot Peanuts / Charles M. Schulz ; with an Introd. by Joe Garagiola

Sandlot Peanuts / Charles M. Schulz ; with an Introd. by Joe Garagiola

by Schulz, Charles Monroe) (1922-2000)

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New York : Holt, Rinehart And Winston, 1977. True 1st edition. Hardback. Fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 200 pages; Description: ca. 200 p. : ill. ; 29 cm. Subjects: Baseball --Caricatures and cartoons. Cartoons and comics. Summary: A selection of cartoons featuring Charlie Brown's baseball team.
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Pirates Die-Cut Shape Book

Pirates Die-Cut Shape Book

by Caviezel, Giovanni

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ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780764159930 / 0764159933
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Book is shaped like a pirate. 10 pages of die-cut glossy illustrations over foam board.
The illustrations and short text descriptions depict the exploits and stories of such famous pirates as Blackbeard and Henry Morgan.
Includes detailled illustrations of the ships galleon and even a treasure map.
Book is in Near New condition.
12 x 6 1/2. Weight 8.5 oz.
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*Signed* Fall of Cthulhu #6 (Cover B)

*Signed* Fall of Cthulhu #6 (Cover B)

by Michael Alan Nelson

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Boom! Studios, 2007-09. Comic. Like New. 8 VF. Michael Alan Nelson - *Signed* Fall of Cthulhu #6 (Cover B). This copy is *AUTOGRAPHED/SIGNED* by Michael Alan Nelson on the cover. minor wear to the spine at the staples. Signed in person LBCC09. Bagged for protection with a stiff backing board,. Likely to ship in an envelope.. * * * * * * * * * * [FREE Media Mail Shipping! Images available for any item, just ask. Any images shown next to the listing that have our www.aCastleofBooks.com watermark on them are the exact item you will receive, all other images are for reference only. Free delivery confirmation for domestic orders. Books with Author signatures are guaranteed authentic. We understand collectors needs in terms of accurate grading and proper packaging. We stand behind our descriptions 100%. All items will be shipped securely to insure that they arrive in exactly the same condition in which they left. May have small easily erasable pencil markings on first page. Our Packing Slips do not… Read More
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Hey Peanuts! : Selected Cartoons From More Peanuts, Volume 2

Hey Peanuts! : Selected Cartoons From More Peanuts, Volume 2

by Schulz, Charles M.

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New York, New York: Fawcett Crest Books. Fine. 1967. 1954 Edition: Ninth Printing. Mass Market Paperback. 4.25 x 7 in.: 0.6: KB#010182: Peanuts Book #2-4013-4. Covers and pages are clean, unmarked, bright, tightly bound and sharp cornered (except for light rubbing along cover edges). Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. Has a photo of Charles M. Schulz on back cover. If interested, I have many other classic books by Charles M. Schulz like this one. .
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A Little Pretty Pocket-Book Intended for the Instruction and Amusement of Little Master Tommy and Pretty Miss Polly

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F. G. Melcher. Fine. 1944. Paperback. Fine facsimile of the Isaiah Thomas issue of 1787 bound in green paper wraps. 3 14/16 x 2 1/2. Like new, shipped first class. 4z 2 page adv at rear ; 122 pages .
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A Little Pretty Pocket-book, Intended For The Instruction And Amusement Of  Little Master Tommy,...

A Little Pretty Pocket-book, Intended For The Instruction And Amusement Of Little Master Tommy, And Pretty Miss Polly...

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Worcester: Isaiah Thomas. As New. 1787. Facsimile. Softcover. ; 48mo 3½" - 4" tall; Modern facsimile reprint, wraps, 9.8cm X 6.3cm, 122p. , ads, illustrated. **Includes baseball and fishing. Bruns p.281. Goodspeed p.88 quotes from this book: "The artful Angler baits his Hook, And throws it gently in the Brook; Which the Fish view with greedy Eyes, And soon are taken by Surprise. " Also, see Henderson's Early American Sport, 2nd ed. , p.116. .
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A Little Pretty Pocket-Book, Intended for the Instruction and Amusement of Little Master Tommy,...
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A Little Pretty Pocket-Book, Intended for the Instruction and Amusement of Little Master Tommy, and Pretty Miss Polly: With Two Letters from Jack the ... a Ball and Pincushion; ... the Tenth Edition

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A little pretty pocket-book, intended for the instruction and amusement of little master Tommy...
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A little pretty pocket-book, intended for the instruction and amusement of little master Tommy and pretty miss Polly. With two letters from Jack the ... To which is added, a little song-book, ..

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A little pretty pocket-book, intended for the instructions and amusement of Little Master Tommy,...
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A little pretty pocket-book, intended for the instructions and amusement of Little Master Tommy, and pretty Miss Polly. ... To which is added, a little song-book, ..

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A Little Pretty Pocket-Book, Intended for the Instruction and Amusement of Little Master Tommy,...
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A Little Pretty Pocket-Book, Intended for the Instruction and Amusement of Little Master Tommy, and Pretty Miss Polly: With Two Letters from Jack the ... a Ball and Pincushion; ... the Tenth Edition

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A Little Pretty Pocket-Book, Intended for the Instruction and Amusement of Little Master Tommy...

A Little Pretty Pocket-Book, Intended for the Instruction and Amusement of Little Master Tommy and Pretty Miss Polly. with Two Letters from Jack the Giant-Killer; As Also a Ball and Pincushion, ... to Which Is Added, a Little Song-Book, ...

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A Little Pretty Pocket-Book, Intended for the Instruction and Amusement of Little Master Tommy,...

A Little Pretty Pocket-Book, Intended for the Instruction and Amusement of Little Master Tommy, and Pretty Miss Polly: With Two Letters from Jack the Giant-Killer; As Also a Ball and Pincushion; ... the Tenth Edition

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A Little Pretty Pocket-Book, Intended for the Instructions and Amusement of Little Master Tommy,...

A Little Pretty Pocket-Book, Intended for the Instructions and Amusement of Little Master Tommy, and Pretty Miss Polly. ... to Which Is Added, a Little Song-Book, ...

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A LITTLE POCKET-BOOK, INTENDED FOR THE INSTRUCTION AND AMUSEMENT OF LITTLE MASTER TOMMY AND PRETTY MISS POLLY 1944 Facsimile on 200th Anniversary of the Book's First Appearance

by Isaiah Thomas original publisher

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F. G. Melcher, Isaiah Thomas, 1944. This is an ex-library copy from their vintage book vault. Green stiff wraps with spine sticker, some wear but binding is secure Small - 3.14/16 x 2.5/8. 124 pages. Per the title page: With two letters from Jack the Giant-Killer; As also a Ball and Pincusion; The Use of which will infallibly make Tommy a Good Boy and Polly a Good Girl. To which is added A Little Song Book, being a new attempt to teach children the Use of the English Alphabet, by way of Diversion. (The letter 'f' is used in place of the letter 's' throughout.) On the copyright page: Little Pretty Pocket Book was the first volume published for children by John Newbery of London of that edition, June 1744. No single copy has survived. The first American edition was published by Isaiah Thomas at Worcester Mass in 1787. This facsimile from the copy in the New York Public Library is issued by F. G. Melcher on the tenth of June 1944 on the 200th Anniversary of the Book's first… Read More
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