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Poughkeepsie, NY: The Eastman Journal, 1889. 28 x36 cm. Features Oration by Chauncey M. Depew, LLD at the Centennial of the Inauguration of George Washington; Jones of Kalamazoo; A.T. Stewart, The Greatest Merchant. Paper periodical, folds weak, starting to tear. Fair. . Catalogs: History/Periodical.

Hamilton, MA: Augustus P. Gardner, 1913. 11.2 x 17.8 cm. Augustus P. Gardner (1865-1918) , was a Congressman when he delivered anti-immigration address at Worcester, Mass. On Oct. 17, 1913. This leaflet summarizes words of his address, after President Taft had vetoed bill restricting immigration. Gardner explains that admitting 1,400,000 new immigrants each year keeps standard of living low and limits ability of recent immigrants and natives to improve their wages and living standard. Paper leaflet, very good. . Catalogs: History.

Greenwich, CT: Fawcett Publications, Inc, �1968. 20 x 13 cm. Photos of Presidents Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon, VP Hubert Humphrey and Spiro Agnew, and George Wallace, all with humorous things coming out of their mouths. Paper booklet very good. . Catalogs: Humor/Cold War History.

Salem, MA: John D. Cushing and Brothers, 1822. 15 x 24.5 cm. Reprint of Discourse delivered by Rev. Ebenezer Gay (1696-1787) in 1781. Text is based upon verse in which Caleb notes that on this day he is 85 years old. Paper booklet, no wraps. Circular stain on title page. Good. . Catalogs: Religious.

Lewiston, ME: Almanac Publishing Co, 1972. 13.7 x 20.6 cm. Recipe book courtesy of Plaistow Bank & Trust Co., Plaistow, NH. Includes Melt-in-your-mouth Blueberry Cake, Raspberry Squares, ""Topless"" Cheese Cake, Cocola Cake, Peach Mello, Ironed Cheese Sandwich, Veal Birds, Elephant Stew, more. Paper booklet, very good. . Catalogs: Cookbooks.

Lewiston, ME: Almanac Publishing Co, 1972. 13.7 x 20.6 cm. Handy Hints book courtesy of Plaistow Bank & Trust Co., Plaistow, NH. Use Care With Guns. How to rid rooms of stale tobacco smoke. How to keep fish flavor from spreading. Shrinkage in woolens. Keeping cake fresh. How to make cheese courtons. How to keep peanut butter from sticking to the roof of your mouth. How to silence squeaky shoes. How to eat a lobster, with step-by-step illustrations. Paper booklet, very good. . Catalogs: Women's/Household.

New York, NY: D. Appleton & Co, 1850. 10.5 x 15.4 cm. In her 1844 Preface, Author Mary Gertrude writes that this tale is intended to convey a moral to the youthful reader; in Philip is shown self-denial and moral courage. Life amongst the Indians in colonial Virginia. Brown cloth on board with blindstamped design and gilt title, cover very good, with tape library marker on spine and bookplate on front pastedown from Universalist Sabbath School Library, Marion, Mass. Also on front free endpaper, handwritten in 1850 style, ""Sippican S.S. Library No. 98"". Good. . Catalogs: Children's/Morality.

Elgin, IL: Social Ideals Co, 1901. 16 x 23 cm. Election of a ""single-tax"" Mayor in Cleveland; In Russia, student uprisings, under influence of Tolstoi; Miss nellie Auten and her reports on Chicago sweat shops. Aguinaldo's capture. Socialism. Heavy brown paper cover, sewn binding. Very good. . Catalogs: History/socialism.

London, England: Effingham Wilson, Royal Exchange, 1855. 8.2 x 12.3 cm. This little book about Crimean War is dedicated to Rt. Hon. Sidney Herbert, M.P., Secretary at War. This edition includes letter from ""our Most Gracious Queen"" noting accounts of Miss Nightingale and Mrs. Bracebridge, and expressing her sympathy to families of those lost and wounded. Letter is dated Christmas, 1854, from Windsor. Brief accounts of battles of Alma, first Allied victory; Balaklava, second victory with great disaster to British troops; and Inkerman, called ""the soldier's battle"". Memoirs of officers killed include Major-General Henry William Adams; Lieutenant-General the Hon. Sir George Cathcart; Lieutenant-Colonel Edward William Pakenham (nephew of Sir Edward Pakenham who fell before New Orleans); Memoirs of some 200 officers killed provide excellent biographical data and relate units men belonged to, family connection, peerage, and more. Also list of officers wounded; chronology of incidents of the war. 16mo.… Read More

Armour & Co, 1957. 12.5 x 16.7 cm. Little booklet contains coupons each worth 15� for Armour Star Corned Beef Hash, Chili Con Carne, Beef Stew, Treet, Vienna Sausage, Ham, more. Recipes for lazy days of summer: hash patties with corn stuffed tomatoes, skillet stew and parsely dumplings, ham and macaroni salad, more. Coupons expired in 1957. Paper booklet, good. . Catalogs: Cookbooks.

London, England: Printed by R.E. Thomas & Co, 1919. 14 x 22 cm. List of services. St. Paul's in Anglo-Saxon days (607-1087). Wren's St. Paul's. The building, 1675-1710. Architectural description. Changes in the arrangement of the choir since 1858. Much detail on organs. Paper booklet, some pages unopened, very good. . Catalogs: Religious/Travel.

Philadelphia, PA: J.B. Lippincott & Co, 1856. 11 x 19 cm. Grimshaw provides his corrections to Goldsmith's history, noting that Goldsmith as an Historian failed miserably. Hippias. Miltiades. Xerxes. Thucydides. Lysander. Illustrated paper on board, spine missing, front board detached, pages foxed and dampstained. Marvelous reading copy, else poor. . Catalogs: History.

New York, NY: Ernst Kaufmann, 22-24 N. William Street, ca. 1900. 15 x 21 cm. A book for children about evangelical work being done ""im Heidenlande."" Greenland, with eskimos. In India, with tigers. In China. In wild Africa. With illustrations. Paper on board with tape spine, illustration on cover shows black and white children around a Christmas tree. Cover soiled and worn. Fair. . Catalogs: Children's/German.

Boston, MA: American Unitarian Association, 1843. 13 x 21 cm. The people at Athens had attained a great advancement in learning and philosophy when the Apostle Paul came to preach to them the new religion, they did not close their ears against him, nor presume to denounce his doctdrine without affording it a hearing. ""Amidst the unfortunate divisions of the Christian world, and the conflicting claims of sects, how many there are, whose minds are continually vacillating between one and the other, who are driven about by every wind of doctrine, and can find no permanent resting-place for their faith and hope!"" Preacher presents an outline of Unitarian Christianity. ""Unitarianism is no new doctrine. We firmly and conscientiously believe that Unitarianism was the doctrine of Jesus Christ and the Apostles-- we believe it to be the doctrine of pure and uncorrupt Christianity."" ""We believe that there is one God, and one only; that God is one person, one being, one spirit, one intelligent agent and one… Read More

Boston, MA: D.C. Heath & Co, �1958. 16 x 23 cm. Jules Michelet, Famine in the Eighteenth Century; Alexis de Tocqueville, Feudalism in Eighteenth Century France; albert Mathiez, The breakdown of the Ancien R�gime� Paper booklet, owner name on ffep. Slight wear. Very good. . Catalogs: History.

Boston, MA: Lee and Shepard, Publishers, 1888. 13 x 20 cm. Fascinating, often humorous account of travel in Britain and Russia in 1880s. Writer is not tolerant of English hostelrys, and gives vivid descriptions of Russia. Cloth on board with gilt lettering on spine, blindstamped design on cover; slight fraying top and bottom of spine. Overall very good. . Catalogs: Travel.