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London: M. Lewis No.1 Pater-Noster-Row, 1770. Book. Good. No Binding. 1st Edition. Mary Lewis, Moravian and Independent, was a bookseller/printer in business with her husband, son-in-law, and daughter at 1 Paternoster Row, 1756-91. Upon the death of her husband, John Lewis, in 1754, Mary Lewis took over his printing business and bookshop at 1 Paternoster Row, only a short distance from Joseph Johnson's bookshop in St. Paul's Courtyard. Though Ian Maxted describes her as 'Printer to the Moravians' (she was the exclusive London publisher of the works of the Moravian evangelist, John Cennick), Lewis was more likely a Calvinistic Methodist and later an Independent, her evangelical Calvinism being shared by her Particular Baptist friends, Joseph and Martha Gurney. Joseph collaborated with Mary Lewis on several publications in the 1760s and '70s, including the popular Gospel Magazine. This issue, #52, April, 1790. 1st/1st, nice condition . Interesting content, including… Read More

Book. Very Good. Soft cover. This is a circa 1900s handmade sampler of lace- tatting - crochet patterns. 125+ examples on dark green oil cloth pages. Approx 9x9 inches, in very nice condition.

Scrapbook. Very Good. Hardcover. 1931-1936 --Handwritten 'Commonplace Book/Journal'-- Yvonne O. Miller of Schenectedy, NY shows plenty of spark during the Great Depression. Her journal is a brightly collaged mash-up of torn ticket stubs and handwritten annotations. (94) pages of (175+) annotated items-- neatly assembled in chronological order-- movie ticket and football game stubs, menus, prints, all sorts of memorabilia. Yvonne Miller added a line or two about most items in the journal, and her take on people, places, and events. Album is in (3) sections-- the journal (approx. 65 pp), prints (approx. 15 pp) and care & feeding of babies (approx. 14 pp). 1931-1936 'Commonplace Book' -- is in very good condition - 12.5" x 16"..

NY: McGraw-Hill , 1965. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by President Johnson on front free endpaper. A detailed look at the family history of President Lyndon B. Johnson, compiled by his mother, Rebekah Baines Johnson. This book was presented to Tammy Shelton, signed and autographed by President Lyndon B. Johnson. Includes a 4x6 color snapshot of President Johnson presenting the book. Twelvemo, 146pp. Black cloth spine, gilt title on spine, brown paper boards with gilt title. Stated "first edition" on copyright page. In publisher's dust jacket. Very good condition in a dust jacket with rubbing and a couple of closed tears at the edges. .

NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1962. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Inscribed by Mae West. The Western, from Silents to Cinerama, by George Everson and William K Fenin. Inscribed by May West across two pages- hinting at her relationship with famed Westerns actor Rory Calhoun [pictured]. Laid in- Las Vegas & Banbera,TX news articles, postcards, images, and the front & rear flaps from the original dust jacket.

Photographic Image. Very Good. No Binding. c. 1920s,photographic postcard. Approx. 3.5x5.5 inches.

NY: Lothrop Company, 1960. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 1960, You Learn By Living by Eleanor Roosevelt, signed 1st edition, Harper & Brothers. Signed on the front endpaper by Eleanor Roosevelt. and later inscribed [as a Christmas gift] by Abba Schwartz, a close political associate of J FK, Robert F. Kennedy, and Eleanor Roosevelt's trusted advisor. When Kennedy became President he named Schwartz Assistant Secretary of State for Security and Consular Affairs. One of the most admired people of the twentieth century, Eleanor Roosevelt remains a role model for a life well lived. At the age of seventy-six, just two years before her death, Roosevelt wrote this simple guide toward a more fulfilling life. Her commonsense ideas-and heartfelt ideals-presented in this volume are as relevant today as they ever were. Her keys to a life well lived? Learning to Learn Fear: The Great Enemy The Use of Time; The Difficult Art of Maturity Readjustment Is Endless… Read More