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London, England: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1916. 21 x 33 cm. Printed circular reporting Deportation of Belgians to Germany and forced labor, by M. Hymans, Belgian Minister to London, with assurance from Viscount Grey of H.M. Government's intention to bring war to a speedy and successful collection. Paper correspondence, printed, Miscellaneous No. 37, folded horizontally 4 cm from bottom, ""From Sir Gilbert Parker"" in pencil on cover; good. . Catalogs: History/World War I.

Providence, RI: Rumford Chemical Works, ca. 1922. 11 x 17 cm. Famed principal of the Boston Cooking School, Fannie Farmer, prepared this small cook book, which includes recipes for Parker House Rolls, Berkshire Muffins and Cambridge Gingerbread. Paper pamphlet, some pages soiled. Good. . Catalogs: Cookbooks.

London, England: The Lord Great Chamberlain and the Speaker of the House of Commons, 1945. 12 x 18 cm. Booklet is guide to the Houses of Parliament, with excellent photos, including several showing bomb damage from Nazi attack on London. Pass issued to Sgt. Woolf for 1-23-45. Twelve pages of questions for Commons for 1-23-45, give good idea of a typical day in the Commons in World War II. Booklet with name ""Henry Bosley Woolf, London, 23 Jan 1945"" written on cover, very good. Card and questions also very good. . Catalogs: History/England.

Napoli, Italia: A. Garruccio Stampatore, 1816. 14 x 21.5cm. Collection of Stories chosen from the work of the most celebrated Author, Signor de la Motte Fenelon (1671-1715). Fran�ois de Salignac de la Mothe-F�nelon was a French Roman Catholic Archbishop, theologian, poet and writer. Booklet by Raffaele Caracciolo de Duchi di Rodi is dedicated to his parents, and is for the edification of his younger brothers. Stories are: La Prefazione; La Vigna ed il Vignjuolo; Il Cane colpevole; Il Zoppo, il Gobbo,il Cieco; Il Pazzo, Socrate, ed un suo Scolare; La Pecora, ed il Cane; I Pastori; La Pernice ed i suoi Figli; La Morte; Giove e Minosse; Il Cardellino; L'Orso giovine ed il di lui padre; I topi giovini, ed il lor padre; and One-hundred six Massime scelte (Selected Maxims), rendered in both French and Italian. Includes frontispiece engraving, ""La Tranquillit�"" showing young woman seated beneath a tree with three lambs nearby. Truly a delightful little booklet. Paper bound, very rough cut. Engraved… Read More

New York, NY: Funk & Wagnalls Company, ca. 1922. 9 x 16 cm. Little booklet provides guidance includiong idioms and errors in English, Key to pronunciation. Ads for Talks on Talking by Grenville Kleiser; French Grammar Made Clear by Ernest Dimnet; Self-Development: A Handbook for the Ambitious, by H. Addington Bruce; The House-Owner's Book by Allen L. Churchill and Leonard Wickenden; Lessons on Tuberculosis and Consumption by Charles E. Atkinson, M.D. Paper booklet, very good. . Catalogs: Educational.

Boston, MA: John B. Russell, 1830. 23 x 28 cm. Natural history of insects; All about barns; Bird shooting; Report from Brighton market; Kenrick's native Grape; Orwigsburgh Grape; Population of Lowell, MA is now 6477. Paper periodical, worn, good. . Catalogs: Farm/Educational/Agricultural.

Boston, MA: John B. Russell, 1829. 24 x 28 cm. Greville Rose--many have bloomed this season in great splendor. Culture of the strawberry. Importance of wholesome water to cattle. Culture of silk. Wolf killed in Sandwich, MA. Paper periodical, very good. . Catalogs: Printed matter/Ephemera/Agricultural.

Boston, MA: John B. Russell, No. 52 No. Market Street, 1829. 24 x 28 cm. Advice on making fruit trees more productive. In the fall remove the earth around the roots and cleanse from all vermin, then put around each tree from ten to one pounds of tobacco stems; pound them with a mallet. Account of olden time in Pennsylvania. Passed a law to prohibit importing too many Germans in one vessel. Paper periodical, tiny tears in folds. Good. . Catalogs: Farming.

Boston, MA: George C. Barrett, No. 52 No. Market Street, 1830. 24 x 28 cm. Sketch of vegetable anatomy: Epidermis, cortex, cellular integument, pith, etc.; Railroads--can travel at 20 mph perfectly well; Cow Cabbage; Mammoth Ox weighed 3000 lbs. Paper periodical, front page lightly soiled. Two interesting leaves have been inserted and dried in pages. Good. . Catalogs: Farm/Agriculture.

Boston, MA: John B. Russell, 1829. 24 x 28 cm. Wet feet: A child who plays and gets wet feet can end up as a corpse; Further improvement in locomotive engines; The canker worm on fruit trees. Start of railway in Charleston, SC. Paper periodical,some foxing, very good. . Catalogs: Printed matter/Ephemera/Agricultural.

Boston, MA: John B. Russell, 1830. 23 x 28 cm. Culture of Lucerne grass, richer than oat grass; An Anaconda and a Boa Constrictor are now at Peale's Museum in New York. Rev. Mr. Pierpont's hymn. Paper periodical, worn, good. . Catalogs: Farm/Educational/Agricultural.

Portland, ME: S.C. Fessenden, 1856. 46 x 62 cm. New paper: Members of Maine churches don't want a crabbed visitor in religious dress. More than 330 missionary churches in India now. President's State of the Union: About relations with Great Britain. Kansas. Missouri. Newspaper, tiny holes in folds, very good. . Catalogs: Religious/History.

Boston, MA: John B. Russell, 1830. 23 x 28 cm. Illus.: Improved rings for breaking steers; The plough (wooden, wrought iron, share and coulter,cast iron; comparison of shipping freight by canal and lake or rail. Paper periodical, worn, very good. . Catalogs: Farm/Educational/Agricultural.

Boston, MA: John B. Russell, 1830. 23 x 28 cm. Origin of the Bartlett pear; Nasturtium; Onions, a cure for dropsy; Swiss immigrants coming to America have capital, energy and agricultural skills; Poem, the Tea-table. Paper periodical, worn, good. . Catalogs: Farm/Educational/Agricultural.

Boston, MA: John B. Russell, 1830. 23 x 28 cm. Lead story: Milk of the Cow Tree from Colombia. We've just received a quantity of the juice from this tree for Harvard University. Deathly poem by farmer's boy for New Year 1830. Paper periodical, worn, good. . Catalogs: Educational/Agricultural/Botany.

Boston, MA: John B. Russell, 1830. 23 x 28 cm. Remarks on the canker worm; Mildew on gooseberries; Importation of pigs; More on horse diseases; Mr. Pierpont's sermon before the Ancient and Honorable. Paper periodical, worn, good. . Catalogs: Farm/Educational/Agricultural.

Boston, MA: George C. Barrett, No. 52 No. Market Street, 1835. 24 x 28 cm. Cultivating a piece of swamp, by John Conant, Jaffrey, NH; Preservation of bacon using charcoal; Cultivation of Madder; Cure for Whooping Cough; Cheap method of raising potatoes. Paper periodical, tiny tears in folds. Good. . Catalogs: Farm/Agriculture.

Boston, MA: George C. Barrett, No. 52 No. Market Street, 1830. 24 x 28 cm. More on vegetable anatomy; :Leghorn Wheat; Anecdote about man afraid of his firearm; Recipe for Gombo; Different breeds of English horses; The White Mulberry; Rice Flour. Paper periodical, front page lightly soiled. Good. . Catalogs: Farm/Agriculture.

Boston, MA: George C. Barrett, No. 52 No. Market Street, 1834. 24 x 28 cm. Lead article discusses feeding and fattening of swine; experiment of Charlemont, MA farmer in fattening pigs; New Bake Stove, invented by Dr. Nott--requires just 3 quarts of charcoal to bake half a dozen loaves of bread. Paper periodical, tiny tears in folds. Good. . Catalogs: Farming.

Boston, MA: John B. Russell, 1830. 23 x 28 cm. Report of meeting of Mass. Horticultural Society: Palm cabbage, violet colored carrot, cardoons, tragone, twisted radish; blight on barley; The way to poverty: avoid speculation. Paper periodical, worn, very good. . Catalogs: Farm/Educational/Agricultural.