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Brookline, Massachusetts: Museum of Transportation, 1986. 8vo staple-bound booklet; unpaginated, about 32 pages with many black and white illustrations Some of the vehicles features include: 1908 Mercedes 35/40 hp touring car 1926 Mercedes-Benz Type 200 "Stuttgart" 1928 Mercedes-Benz Model "S" 1952 Mercedes-Benz 170 S Sedan 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 S Cabriolet 1956 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL "Gullwing" coupe 1957 Mercedes-Benz 220 S Convertible 1969 Mercedes-Benz 280 SL 1971 Mercedes-Benz 280 SE 3.5 Convertible Also includes an illustratated timeline from 1879 to 1986. Covers have rubbing, some small creases on front cover from the stapled binding and some adhesive residue where sticker was removed. . Stapled. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Private Press.

New York: Golden Books, 1997. Rare and Collectible Read and Listen with Pages that Talk - Just touch the pages to bring the characters to life Adapted by Mary Dykstra from the Animated Film Annabelle's Wish. Illustrated by Alan Nowell & Associates 4to size pictorial hardcover with integrated speaker at top of book. Unpaginated - about 12 pages. The book works by pressing a symbol within the text and a sound or short phrase is heard. This complements the text. For the total experience, one has to both read the text and press the symbol. The inside front cover details battery information (we suggest the replacement battery offer from the manufacturer is no longer in effect.) The fep has details on how to use the book. The inside front cover contains the Golden Book 'bookplate' blank and waiting to be completed. From back cover: "Born on the even of Christmas, little Annabelle is wide-eyed at her new world. But when Santa Claus show up with his team of reindeer and a… Read More

Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 1990. Rare Edition: Authorized for sale only in the (former) Soviet Union Published in 1990 Text is in English except for the title page and publication information page which are in Russian, with some English on publication information page. 8vo size marble patterned hardcover with silver foil titles on spine and front cover; 284 pages The volume is divided into two parts: a lengthy introduction section and the dictionary. The Introduction includes: Grammatical Collocations Lexical Collocations Arrangement of Entries Style Guide Abbreviations Lightly bumped head and heel of spine and three of four corners; light spot on front cover, rubbing to silver titles. . Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Boston: Harvard Club of Boston, 1983. 12mo size trade paperback; 227 pages Contents include: Homage to the Harvard Club of Boston A Brief History of the Harvard Club of Boston Harvard Club of Boston Foundation Alphabetical List of Members Members Listed by Class and/or Schools Edgewear and moderate wear to covers, creased spine, penciled price on fep. . Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Private Press.

New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1940. Notes on the Exhibition of Useful Objects under Ten Dollars 8vo size staple bound booklet; 11 pages with some black and white photographs and photo illustrated cover Includes objects made from: China Glass Lucite Wood There is a two-page listing of Museum officials and staff. Back cover is a list of traveling exhibits for 1940. Light wear. . Stapled. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Tokyo: Asahi Photo Service, 1934. en Francais - Image du Japon Second Edition; 1934. Bilingual English/French book with French translations by Georges Alsot 4to size tan clothbound hardcover with black titles on spine and cover; 292 pages. Endpapers are a two page spread of a red Rising Sun on a light colored background. Most pages are full page black and white photographs, there are some pages where two photographs appear on a single page. The photographs are very high quality reproductions. The photographs are captioned in English and French. The book has no Table of Contents and no text other than the photo captions and Preface. From Preface: "(Our) cameramen are constantly exploring the multi-colored life of the people, and their photographs offer fresh sidelights upon Japanese customers and activities, which will afford Western readers glimpses into an unfamiliar Eastern world... (It shows) something of the recent developments, both social and political, that go to make up modern… Read More

Jamaica Plain, MA: Institute for Cultural Landscape Studies;, 1999. 8vo size staple bound booklet with illustrated covers; 31 pages. Foreword by Robert E Cook, Director of Arnold Arboretum Contents include: Chronology Eliot Commissions Bibliography Charles Eliot (1859 - 1897) was a landscape architect who was a pioneer in conservation, landscape planning and development. His design of urban landscapes in Greater Boston still exist today. There is a very brief biography of the author on reverse of fep. There are some very small creases around the stapled binding. . Stapled. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Private Press.

Prospect, CT: Biographical Publishing Company, 2006. Stated First Edition Private Press Poetry Chapbook 8vo size trade paperback; 58 pages with some color illustrations. Brief biography and black and white photograph of author and illustrator are on last page. From back cover: "No one can deny that (the author) has had an eventful life. His memories blossom thorough his poetry, reflecting the simple pleasures of a small town childhood in Yugoslavia to the rigorous disciplines of clinical and academic medicine... and tragically, the devastation of a homeland torn apart by war... He translates this rich store of experiences... into a series of free verse poems, each of which related to some aspect of history as only he has seen it evolve. -- Alice Johnson-Zeiger" Like new. Please note: the address of the publisher on the title page has been digitally obscured. . First. Trade Paperback. As New/No Jacket. Illus. by Whistler, Marta. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.… Read More

Wein: Phaidon-Verlag spiel in 5 akten nach dem Chinesischen The Chalk Circle A play in 5 acts based on the Chinese Text is in German. German author Alfred Henschke (1890 - 1928) known by his pen name, Klabund, wrote more than two dozen plays. Quoting Wikipedia: "The name Klabund goes back to a north and northeast German name and was devised by him and others as a combination of Klabautermann (a devious hobgoblin of German folklore) and Vagabund (vagabond)." Illustrated by Georg Mayer-Marton. Mayer-Marton (1897 - 1960) was a Jewish artist working in Vienna when he created the illustrations for Die Kredekreis in 1928. He emigrated to England in 1939. His paintings hang in numerous museums in Great Britain and Europe. Der Kredekreis was first performed in 1925. The book is an 8vo size Chinese stitched binding: black hardcover with gilt titles on spine and gilt titles and gilt and white decorations on front cover. Binding is tied with what appears to be bamboo strings. 103 French… Read More

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1980. Rare title 8vo size trade paperback; 146 pages with some color illustrations and including indices Contents include: Guide to the Student Text Guide to the Teacher's Edition Organization of the Student Text Comprehensive Tests Student Pages and Teacher's Commentary Edgewear, light wear to covers. Spot on front cover, inside front cover and small white spot on bottom of back cover We also have English Alfa Book One Teacher's Edition listed separately. . Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1990. Rare - Winston Cigarettes Premium Edition of this book 8vo size trade paperback; 259 pages plus a glossy center section of black and white and color photographs Contents include: The Green Godfather The Green Garden Green Origins The Green Giant The Greening of America Final Green Wave Fall and Rise of the Green Dark Green The Green Bird Today's Green Green Voices We note only edgewear.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Rare - The Exorcist Lobby Card About 4.5 by 3.5 inches with black and white photograph of actor Max von Sydow playing the role of Father Lankester Merrin. . Postcard. New/No Jacket. 48mo - over 3" - 4" tall.

Ford Motor Company, 2001. Very Rare Ephemera Copyright 2001 by Ford Motor Company and Viacom. Distributed with 2004 Ford Minivan 7.25 x 5.25 card has a white background, black lettering and color illustrations on both sides. Both Ford and Blue's Clues logo appears. Contains information about child seat, and safety features. Edgewear. . Unbound. As New/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Private Press.

Evanston, IL: Row, Peterson and Company, 1941. One of the Basic Social Education Series, Richard W Bardwell, Editorial Director Rare title, unique binding. Storytelling is used to explain how people paid for things and how coins and other financial instruments came to be and how they work. 8vo size softcover has been rebound with black cloth hardcover with white titles on cover and spine while retaining the original color illustrated soft covers; 36 pages with black and white and color illustrations and decorations throughout. Color illustrated inside covers are the equivalent of endpapers. Some black and white photographs. Ex-library with typical treatments, spine and corners are worn and frayed. Pages have handling wear and light soil in the margins. Page 23 has a pencilled name in top margin and small spot in bottom margin. Pages 29 and 32 have stray pencil marks; we noted one creased page corner and the 'y' in the word money on the front cover has been filled in with blue ink. .… Read More

Kansas City: Bekay Publishing Company, 1961. Author Betty Kalikow, who died in 2021, ran a Kansas City, MO catering business for many decades. This was her second book. 8vo size plastic spiral comb binding; 96 pages with some black and white decorations Although it looks like a community cookbook, recipes do not include the names of the contributor. There is a page in the beginning of the book which is a list of friends and family who have contributed recipes. This list includes the person's name, and city and state (family historians take note.) There is an index by category. Recipes were "authenticated" by Rabbi Abraham Danzig, Beth Israel Abraham, Kansas City, MO. There is no Table of Contents. The contents include: Appetizers Soups Mom's Favorites Meats - Fowl Fish Salads - Molds Vegetables Sauces & Salad Dressings Breads-Rolls Desserts Cakes & Icings Pies Cookies Passover Items Candy Recipes include: Chopped Herring Salad; Bean & Barley Soup; Potato Kugel;… Read More

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company Copyright 1944, published between 1944 and 1959 when it was accessioned into the library. 8vo size custom clothbound hardcover; 54 pages with color illustrations throughout, many full page. Blue cloth cover has a green/gold print on front cover. The back cover is plain. The spine has white print titles. James Thurber (1894 - 1961) was an author of adult and children's books, a cartoonist and playwright. He was best known for his contributions to the New Yorker magazine. Some of his pieces have been made into movies, including The Secret Life of Walter Mitty. This was Thurber's second children's book. Ex-library with typical treatments. The corners of the binding are wrapped to create a rounded edge and that creates an impression on abutting pages. We noted fingermarks or light soil on at least 19 pages, and a stray ink mark inside back cover, edgewear. Family historians note: Caroline B Wade bequest bookplate. . Cloth. Very Good/No… Read More

1932. 8vo size trade paperback with sewn binding; 183 pages Contents include: Class Day Exercises Class Poem Ivy Oration Class Ode List of Graduates Marriages and Births (has detailed info for family historians) Addresses and Occupations (has detailed info for family historians) Prizes and Honors Organizations Very thin cardstock cover is partly disbound, but pages are tightly bound; tanned pages, light fox or spot in inner margins of pages 64/65; we noted one creased page corner. . Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Private Press.

New York: Hastings House Publishers, 1963. Stories, Songs, Facts and Fun from Five Countries Being Assisted by the United Nations Children's Fund Very Rare Title 4to size staple-bound softcover with color illustrated front cover; 64 pages with black and white illustrations, maps, photographs and sheet music. From back cover of Book 4: "(This book) has information about the flags, festivals, games, what people eat and wear as well as example of folk songs of the countries included. -- N.Y. Herald Tribune Book Review" Edgewear and rubbing wear to covers, creases on front cover, creased bottom corner of back cover and one page. There is a name, now faded, on front cover and also on fep. . Stapled. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: Hastings House Publishers, 1961. Stories, Songs, Facts and Fun from Five Countries Being Assisted by the United Nations Children's Fund Very Rare Title 4to size staple-bound softcover with color illustrated front cover ; 64 pages with black and white illustrations, maps, photographs and sheet music. From back cover: "(This book) has information about the flags, festivals, games, what people eat and wear as well as example of folk songs of the countries included. -- N.Y. Herald Tribune Book Review" Edgewear and rubbing wear to covers, light crease on front cover. . Stapled. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Hyde Park, MA Very Rare St. Anne's Cook Book Hyde Park Massachusetts Circa 1960s or 1970s based on the typeset of book and the photo of church, which was heavily remodeled and rededicated in 1982. Cover art and section dividers on red card stock have drawings based on the Peanuts comic strip. 8vo size horizontal plastic comb bound softcover with acetate over covers. Acetate covers are slightly shorter than the paper covers. Fep is black and white photograph of the church and is the only illustration other that the section divers. Most recipes include the name of the contributor and the style is first initial, last name such as "K. Capone" or "L. King." There are no indices of contributors or recipes. Sister L. Marie contributed many recipes. She was most likely a member of the religious community Sisters of Charity of Nazareth, whose members taught at St. Anne's school until 1980. Sister M. Ann was also a contributor. Contents include: Appetizers Breads &… Read More