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The Quilter's Album of Patchwork Patterns: 4050 Pieced Blocks for Quilters, Jinny Beyer. Published by Breckling Press, 2009. 4to up to 12" tall; 468pp with indexes; bibliography; 2 transparencies grid sheets in rear pocket; illustrated throughout. Decorative glossy boards with decorative endpapers. Volume is in mint condition; unclipped jacket is in fine condition. A heavy book which may require… Read more

Blue Heaven: Encounters with the Blue Poppy, Terry, Bill. Published by TouchWood Editions, Victoria B.C., 2009. First Edition. Card covers with French flaps. 8vo up to 9½" tall., 184pp. with index. In fine, unread condition. Bill Terry-a leading North American authority on Asiatic Poppies-tells the story of the enchanting Himalayan Blue Poppy. It begins in 1924 in Tibet, where the renowned… Read more

The Body: A Guide For Occupants, Bryson, Bill. Published by Doubleday, Canada, 2019. 8vo up to 9½" tall., 450pp., illustrated. Blue boards, with gilt spine titles. Spine lightly cocked and otherwise both volume and unclipped jacket are in fine, unmarked condition

Our Lady of Perpetual Hunger: A Memoir, Donovan, Lisa. Published by Penguin Press, New York, 2020. First Edition. 8vo up to 9½" tall., 291pp. Quarter beige over black boards with gilt spine titles. In fine, unread condition without markings, tears or folds; unclipped dustjacket also in fine condition. Noted chef and James Beard Award-winning essayist Lisa Donovan helped establish… Read more

The English Rock-Garden, Farrer, Reginald. Published by T. C. & E. C. Jack, London, 1919. First Edition. 2 Volumes. 4to up to 12" tall; lxiv, 504, viii, 523pp., illustrated with 102 photographs plates. Green cloth with gilt spine titles. Name and place (Scotland) to pastedown, light outer edge browning and otherwise contents are in fine condition. Striations to spine and… Read more

What A Young Wife Ought To Know, Mrs. Emma F. Angell Drake, M.D. The Vir Publishing Company, Philadelphia, 1902. "A Thousand Dollar Prize Book". 12mo up to 7½" tall. 292pp., 11 pp. of commendations and portrait photos of eminent Americans; 10 pp. of advertisement and facsimile pages of foreign editions; portrait frontis of Emma F. Angell Drake,… Read more

What A Young Girl Ought To Know, Mrs. Mary Wood-Allen, M.D. The Vir Publishing Company, Philadelphia, 1905. Self and Sex Series. New Revised Edition. 12mo up to 7½" tall. 194 pp. plus advertisements and 6 pp of commendations and portrait photos of eminent Americans; portrait frontis of Mary Wood-Allen, protected with tissue guard. Maroon cloth boards with embossed and… Read more

A Dictionary of Quotations from Authors Old and New, Together with an Alphabet of Proverbs, Volume I and II, Moorhead, J K; Lee, Charles (Editor Ernest Rhys). Everyman Series 809/810. Published by J M Dent & Sons Ltd; Dutton and Sons, New York. Circa 1928. 16mo up to 6½" tall., xvi, 380; viii, 425 pages. Maroon silky cloth, gilt… Read more

Culinary Delights from The Red Lights Recipes from the Bordellos and Backstreets of the Frontier West, Moynahan, Jay. Published by Chickadee Publishing, Spokane, WA, 1999. First edition. Signed by the author to title page (without inscription). 8vo up to 9½" tall., 66 pages (not numerated) with illustrations. Pictorial card covers, spiral bound. Recipes are paired throughout with interesting… Read more

Farm and Home Mechanics' Guide: Information on Internal Combustion Engines, Mechanical and Civil Engineering Problems, Reparing and Maintaining Farm Machinery, Kilmister, L. M., Farm Mechanics Publishing Co., Regina, Saskatchewan, 1943. 16mo up to 6½" tall. 253pp. Illustrated with technical and instructional drawings. Green boards with orange titles front and spine. Light wear to boards. Contents clean without tears or markings,… Read more

Vegetable Cook Book, McFayden Seed Co, Winnipeg, 1941. First Edition. 8vo up to 9½" tall. Stapled card wraps with text and illustrations to both sides front and rear. 37 (orange) pages with illustrations; text in black and red; blank "Memo" page and leaf of 4 book coupons. Light wear to covers; contents in fine condition without marks or tears. … Read more

A Dictionary of Gastronomy, Simon, Andre President of the Wine and Food Society of London. Published by Farrar, Straus and Company, New York, 1949. First Edition. 8vo up to 9½" tall. 264 pages. Blue cloth boards with gilt titles. Contents are in fine condition with light page toning; no markings, tears or folds. Binding is tight with very light… Read more

Gaskell's Compendium of Forms, Educational, Social, Legal and Commercial, Embracing a Complete Self-Teaching Course in Penmanship and Bookkeeping, and Aid to English Composition Together with The Laws And By-Laws Of Social Etiquette And Business Laws And Commercial Forms. A Political Dictionary; The Government of the U.S., The States and Territorial Governments, Colored Charts etc. Also A Manual of Agriculture,… Read more

Better Homes and Gardens New Garden Book -- A Complete Guide for Roses, Trees, Lawns, Shrubs, Soils, Vegetables and LandscapingEditors of Better Homes and Gardens, Meredith, New York,1972. Second edition, 5th printing 1972. Hardcover.Laminated binder with 5 metal-rings, and 17 tabbed dividers for such topics as roses, trees, shrubs, soils, vegetables, fruits, garden flower etc. 400 pages. Light rippling to… Read more

Moonshiners Manual, Barleycorn, Michael. Published by Oliver Press, Willits, CA, USA, 1975. Second printing. 8vo up to 9½" tall. 150 pages with glossary; illustrated throughout with black and white drawings. Card covers. Light wear to covers; owners book plate to versus of cover and other wise in fine condition. Contents includes: History; Moonshine; Country Still; The Run; The Mash; Aging… Read more

Watkins Household Hints, Allen, Elaine Published by The J.R. Watkins Company, Winona, Minnesota, USA, 1941. 8vo up to 9½" tall. 241 pages plus index and blank pages for owner's notes; illustrated throughout with full page colored advertisements of Watkins products. Green cloth boards with black titles front; wire coil binding. Light wear to boards, small soil mark to outside bottom… Read more

James Beard's New Fish Cookery: A Revised and Updated Edition of James Beard's Fish Cookery, Beard, James. Little, Brown and Co,Boston, Mass.,1976. 8vo up to 9½" tall. 495 pages including index. Dark gray cloth boards with gilt spine titles. Clipped jacket protected in mylar in fine condition. Volume in fine condition without marks, tears or folds. A healthful, dramatically… Read more

The McClary Household Manual, The McClary Manufacturing Co., London, Ontario, Canada, 1923. Heavy blue card covers with embossed titles and illustration within decorative blue and black borders. 92 pages including several full page glossy pictures in full color and black and white, diagrams, charts and index. Illustrative yellow borders to text. A vintage charm with chapter headings such as:… Read more

Down the Kitchen Sink: A Memoir Nichols, Beverley. Published by W. H. Allen, London, 1974. First Edition. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 201 pages. Brown boards, gilt spine titles. Clipped jacket has crease line lower front and otherwise fine; volume is fine without marks, tears etc. Beverley Nichols (1898–1983) was a prolific writer, playwright, pianist, songwriter, actor, mystery writer,… Read more

The Folio Book of Humorous Anecdotes. Published by The Folio Society, London, 2005. Introduction by Edward Leeson; black and white drawings by Nick Hardcastle. 8vo up to 9½" tall. xiv, 272 pages. Yellow cloth boards with red and gilt front and spine illustration, black titles to silver spine labe; yellow endpapers. Maroon slipcase has 2 very small and light… Read more