Search Results: Non-fiction from The Book Lady

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1928. Hardcover. Dark cloth hardback with gilt to front cover and spine with no marks. Illustrated in color by Mead Schaeffer. Light overall age-tanning. Top edge red with deckled fore edge. Binding is weak but holding with no breaks at gutters. Gilt lightly dulled but readable. Blindstamping to front cover. Very light wear at spine edges as well as corners. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 301 pages .

Buffalo, NY: Prometheum Books. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. 1988. Hardcover. 0879754915 . Blue paper over boards on this tightly bound hardback. Contains Appendices that cover North American Book Search Services, North American Specialty Booksellers Who Issue Catalogs of Collectible Books, Selected Reading List of Books About Books, Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrases and Ready Reckoner Value Guide. Bright gilt to spine with very slight soil to bottom edge. Unclipped dust jacket, now in Brodart, has wear and small tears to edges as well as a 1 1/2" x 1/2" hole to back. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 612 pages .

Chicago: American School of Home Economics. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1920. Hardcover. Green cloth hardback has gilt to cover and spine. Contains numerous black and white illustrations of modern household items from the 1920s. Laid in are two typed sheets listing monthly budgets for incomes of $150 and $200 per month. FO name and light foxing to FFEP with light foxing to back end papers. Overall light age-tanning. Binding weak but holding with very light wear at spine and around edges. Digital photos available. ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 527 pages .

New York: Doubleday. Very Good in Fair dust jacket. 1950. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. Beige cloth hardback is tightly bound with no marks. Index. End papers are maps of the Karankaway Country and Adjacencies printed in green. Light overall age-tanning. Upper edge a dulled green. Binding has green to spine with very little wear visible. Unclipped DJ, now in Brodart, has the price erased and the back flap detached but present. Numerous scuffs and tears along edges with light fading to spine and tanning to inside. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 290 pages .

Philadellphia: John E. Potter and Company. Good with no dust jacket. 1865. Hardcover. Rust cloth hardback has black and gilt to front cover and spine that Is faded but still readable. Contains numerous black and white illustrations. End papers are dark brown with FO name with a couple of pencil scribbles to front. Overall age-tanning with light foxing and a few smudges. Binding is weak with breaks along both front and back gutters but still holding. Wear at spine with 1/4 in piece missing at bottom. Both top and bottom edges of cover are frayed with boards showing in some places. Digital photos available. ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 351 pages .

London: Frederick Warne and Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. Hardcover. Green cloth hardback has ornate gilt and black to front cover and spine. Contains frontis with tissue guard as well as other black and white illustrations. Publishers' Preface states: "The Parents' Assistant" has for so long a time received the deserved approbation of those engaged in training young people, that the Publishers feel assured it will, in this cheap edition, prove still more acceptable to those employed in such work." Edges dust dulled. Hinges weak but holding and very slightly cocked. Binding lightly worn at spine edges and corners. Digital photos available. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 620 pages .

New York: Philomel Books. Near Fine in Very Good- dust jacket. 1981. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. 0399208127 . Glossy pictorial boards with tight binding and no marks. Each page contains Tudor's delightful artwork surrounding space for recording important dates with facing pages full color illustrations. No damage or wear to book. Slipcase shows light rubbing with wear around edges and corners. Digital photos available. ; Oblong 8vo 8" to 9" tall; Unpaginated pages .

Author. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1988. Trade Paper. Lavender with black illustrated wraps on this trade paperback that has no marks other than author's inscription and signature. Contains numerous black and white illustrations. Binding is fragile but holding with creases visible on the spine. Light wear and scuffs to covers. Digital photos available. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 265 pages; Signed by Author .

Austin, TX: De Vere Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1963. First. Softcover. Illustrated wraps on this small book that has the author's inscription and signature as well as FO bookplate. Stapled binding. Contains a collection of poems and short stories each connected with a military experience. Very light wear to edges with light age-tanning. ; 24mo 5" - 6" tall; Unpaginated pages .