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Baytown, TX: Baytown Fire Department, 1977. 21 x 27 cm. Book dedicated to Firechief L.V. Bailey (retired),for 30 years service in Baytown. Fire Department Highlights for 1976. Chief is V.H. McBride. Paper booklet, very good. . Catalogs: Printed Matter.

Ludington, MI: The Carrom Company, 1920. 9 x 15 cm. Rules for playing Carroms on Checker Board side of board; Crokinola; Carromola; Ten-pins; Five-pin Cuban Carrom; Billiardette, Hawk and Sparrows; Backgammon; many more games. Drawings of tables, folding revolving stands. List of extra parts for game boards, January 1920. Paper booklet; cover shows photo of woman holding Archarena Game Board. Cover has diagonal fold, lower right edge dogeared, fair. . Catalogs: Printed Matter.

Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1907. 15 x 23 cm. Following defects will debar persons from any examination: insanity, tuberculosis, paralysis, blindness, deafness, loss of speech, loss of both arms or legs, diabetes. Entrance salaries and conditions of employment at Indian schools: Physician $720 per annum, matron or seamstress, $480 per annum; cook or baker $500 per annum. Information relative to the Philippine civil service. Paper booklet, cover wrap slightly folded, good. . Catalogs: Printed Matter.

Boston, MA: Edison Electric Illuminating Company, 1932. 15.5 x 23 cm. Frontispiece portrait of Charles Leavitt Edgar (1860-1932) who died this year on April 14. He was president of Edison for over 32 years. Photo of model kitchen and laundry at 45 Boylston St. has the very latest of labor-saving devices and beautiful appointments. This includes an electric sink of stainless metal and built-in dishwasher. Ventilating fans keep the air cool and clean at all times. Opening program was broadcast over Radio Station WEEI. Periodical, cover has stains. Fair. . Catalogs: Printed Matter.

Port Townsend, WA: Loompanics Unlimited, 1990. 13.5 x 21.5 cm. One of many books published by oddball publisher Loompanics from 1975 to 2006. ""Execution"" cover features 1908 photo of a man ""waiting"" in electric chair. More than you probably want to know about execution, including which states execute by hanging, firing squad, gas, electrocution and lethal injection. Execution customs like last meal and last cigarette. Problems with hanging. Beheading. The Guillotine. Awkward executions. The Rosenbergs. Index. Paper booklet, notation about ""Dostosiky""(sic) in ink on p. 31. Otherwise clean and very good. . Catalogs: Printed matter.

New York, NY: The House Beautiful Company, 1911. 24 x 32 cm. "A Remodeled City House"" by F.J. Sterner, Architect, includes drawings and interior photos of home of J.B. Thomas, Esq., 135 E. 19th St., NYC. ""Seasonable Notes for the Home Grounds"" by Elizabeth Bootes Clark, Landscape Architect. ""Georgian Chairs & Sofas"" by Virginia Robie. ""Brick Houses & How to Build Them"" by Charles E. White, Jr., AIAA. ""Tiles for the Bathroom & Kitchen"" by Ann Wentworth. Paper periodical, minor wear, good. . Catalogs: Printed Matter.

New York, NY: Life , 1902. 22 x 27 cm. Lively magazine of tart opinions, satire and humor. Full page cartoon ""When a Woman was Pope"". Lead editorial chides Methodist ministers who seek to get Professor Atwater of Wesleyan University fired because he stated that to a certain extent alcohol serves as food to the body. Discussion of Labor question, now that miners have gone back to work-- what will happen to non-union miners? In U.S. Army nowadays soldiers are more or less a catch-all-- ""it gathers in young men whose brief experience of life has been disappointing to their friends."" Service in the Philippines has not been conducive to orderly living. Cartoon by Bayard Jones, ""No Love Lost"". Ad for White Steam Carriage made by the White Sewing Machine Company (Automobile Department) of Cleveland, Ohio. ""Schlitz Beer is Healthful""; Heyner Whiskey. Old Crow Rye Whiskey. Martell's Three Star Brandy. Wilson Whiskey. Remington Typewriter. Paper periodical, slight wear, very good. . Catalogs:… Read More

Montreal, Que: Mount Royal Hotel, 1928. 16 x 24 cm. The Hotel complies with the Alcoholic Liquor Act of the Province of Quebec--only beers and wines served. Particulars of Vintages: 1887 Port was fine, best since 1878; 1896 is a fine vintage; 1888 mediocre. Champagne, 1880 vintage is very good, lighter than 1874's. Sherry, 1903 vintage average quality; 1902 yield small but quality useful. Champagne, 1915 Heidieck Dry Monopole $7.00 a quart. Magnum of Mumm's Extra Dry $12.50. Paper booklet, cover lightly soiled, good. . Catalogs: Printed Matter.

Minneapolis, MN: Pillsbury Flour Mills, 1924. 15 x 21 cm. Simple program for concert held on Friday, August 29th, 1924 by Pillsbury Flour Mills Company Band, George A. Collins, Conductor and Rudolph V. Noreen, soloist. Paper leaflet, good. . Catalogs: Printed Matter.

Baghdad, Iraq: Republic of Iraq, 1963. 17 x 12 cm. Souvenir sheet contains three Iraqi postage stamps of 10, 3 and 20 fils denominations commemorating Freedom From Hunger Campaign of March 21, 1963. Sheet is postmarked 3-21-63 and addressed to Karl Struss, Hollywood, CA.( Struss [1886-1981]was an Oscar-winning cinematographer.) Special stamps on sheet affixed to envelope, very good. . Catalogs: Printed Matter.

Cleveland, OH: The P.A. Geier Co, ca. 1918. 10 x 23 cm. "Twenty Minutes with the Royal and the rest of the day is yours"" shows woman looking out of picture window as she gently pushes the vacuum cleaner across the floor. Be careful to avoid twisting or straining the lamp cord; coil up the cord when not in use. Instructions for oiling, cleaning, and how to dump out the Royal bag on a piece of newspaper. List of prices of parts for you Royal Suction Cleaner Model H. Fields, $3.50, armature, complete, $6.50. Paper pamphlet, lightly soiled, good. . Catalogs: Printed matter.

Salem, MA: Salem Grammar Schools, 1871. 16 x 22 cm. Programme for musical exhibition begins with remarks by Mayor Nathaniel Brown to open the event. Then Choral by Heinrich Isaac; Boat Song; Three-part Song by Lambillotti, more. Event ended with singing of the Old Hundredth Psalm. Program moderately soiled, name ""Susie L. Kelley"" written in pencil on title page. Fair. . Catalogs: Printed Matter.

Plainville, CT: The Trumbull Electric Manufacturing Co, 1934. 12 x 23 cm. "Public work helps much; public confidence helps more."" Roger W. Babson. Publication has NRA emblem on cover, but editorial refers to ""unprecedented propaganda of the NRA,"" and suggests that it would be helpful for business to see what it can do free from increased governmental and political regimentation. ""Look for the Circle T on every switch."" Trumbull material installed in largest commercial building on the eastern seaboard: Island Terminal No. 1, Port of New York Authority, NYC. From John Newington, New Bedford, MA: ""Both men and women sprang from monkeys, but women sprang the farthest."" Water tight and dust tight Iron Clad switches--Types ""A"" ""RB"" ""RM"" magnetic. ""The Man and the Multitude"" moral lesson. Paper periodical, lightly soiled, very good. . Catalogs: Printed Matter.