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Grand Rapids, MI: The Simplicity Co, ca. 1902. 20 x 13.7 cm. Booklet of colored photographs of Niagara Falls, Maid of the Mist, Whirlpool Rapids, view of city of Niagara Falls, NY, Lake Steamers Chippewa and Corona, Brock's Monument, Temple of Music where Pres. McKinley was shot on Sep. 6th, 1901, Buffalo Public Library, more. Paper booklet, mionor wear, interior clean, good. . Catalogs: Ephemera.

West Nyack, NY: Dexter Press, Inc, ca. 1945. 13.7 x 8.6 cm. Picture shows rocky coast of Massachusetts, with lighthouse and schooner in background. Postcard, unused, very good. . Catalogs: Postcard/Ephemera.

Rockport, MA: J. Bradford Hague, ca. 1960. 16.7 x 12.7 cm. Postcard text: ""You'll see this person in Rockp[ort or Gloucester, most any time of the day. Cape Ann is a great place for artists; it's noted for its fishing boats and street scenes for the artists to paint."" Colored postcard, very good. . Catalogs: Ephemera.

West Nyack, NY: Dexter Press, Inc, ca. 1945. 13.7 x 8.6 cm. Picture shows old buildings, fishing boats, and fishermen. ""When in Gloucester, a visit to the harbor is a must. The boats and old wharfs are an inspiring sight. Gloucester, MA."" Postcard, unused, very good. . Catalogs: Postcard/Ephemera.

West Nyack, NY: Dexter Press, Inc, ca. 1945. 13.7 x 8.6 cm. Picture shows old fishing boat, known as dragger type. Typical boat used by the fishermen of Rockport and Gloucester on Cape Ann, MA. Postcard, unused, very good. . Catalogs: Postcard/Ephemera.

Boston, MA: American Unitarian Association, 1842. 13 x 20 cm. This brief exegesis seems to be against those people and religions who pay close attention to forms in their worship. ""As in the times of Christ, there were those who thouight it sufficient to make the outside clean, to fast often and pray long, --to frequent temples and synagogues, and wear disfigured countenances, to observe the injunctions of the law relating to what was merely reitual and external... their hearts are unloving and impure, their lives dishonest and selfish..."" Paper booklet, lightly soiled, very good. . Catalogs: Religious.

Boston, MA: D.C. Heath & Co, �1962. 16 x 23 cm. Erich Marcks, A Country Squire; Hajo Holborn, Formative Intellectual Experiences; A.J.P. Taylor, a Freudian Approach; �mile Ollivier, The Eternal Boche; Gerhard Ritter, The Last Great Cabinet Statesman Paper booklet, owner name on ffep. Slight wear. Very good. . Catalogs: History.

New York, NY: Samuel French, 25 West 45th St, 1907. 11 x 19 cm. Script for play; List provides cast of original production at the Imperial Theatre, London, on Feb. 10, 1907. Mrs. Cassilis was played by Miss Evelyn Weeden, Geoffrey Cassilis was played by Langhorne Burton. Scene takes place at Deynham Abbey in Leicestershire. British drawing room comedy. Typewritten cue sheets inserted. . Catalogs: Humor.

New York, NY: Reuben H. Donnelly Corp, 1957. 17 x 24 cm. Adv. For Foodarama '57 refrigerator by Kelvinator; Ben-Hur Chest Freezer. Tiered Duct Hay Drying. Use Sprinkler Irrigation. Low Cost Feed Handling.Prepare now for wet harvest days--standby drying equipment wilol eliminate some of the gamble in small grain storage. Handless egg gathering. Hydro-cooled corn sells for more. Paper periodical, cover shows farm family at table in kitchen. . Catalogs: Farming.

New York, NY: Grosset & Dunlap, 1928. 13 x 19 cm. Up from one of the worst streets in a crowded city came Al Smith, first man in history to be elected four times Governor of New York state. Brown cloth on board, cover mildewed. Text block very good. Dustjacket covered with plastic, very good. . Catalogs: Biography.

New Haven, CT: Oliver Steele, 1814. 14 x 23 cm. Harper (1765-1825) was a Congressman from South Carolina, then moved to Baltimore in about 1800, where he practiced law. He served in the War of 1812, attaining the rank of Major General. This speech celebrates the Prussian victory over Bonaparte, but then goes into a lengthy discourse about how the debt of southern planters led eventually to the War of 1812 with Britain. He tells about the British attack on the frigate Chesapeake in 1807, looking for deserters, that emboldened the ""war party"" in the U.S. ""The passions of honest zealots; the erroneous theories of visionary, but well-meaning politicians; the cupidity of such as are governed in their political conduct by pecuniary interest; the ambition of demagogues, more desirous of distinction than attached to principle; the weakness of honest party men, and the low prejudices and passions of the vulgar, were all enlisted in the cause."" Paper booklet, quite browned. Illegible pencil notes on… Read More

New York, NY: Longmans, Green & Co, 1891. 24 x 18 cm. Author, Dr. Hart (1854-1943) in 1909 was instrumental in getting his student, W.E.B. Du Bois, to deliver a paper on Reconstruction before the American Historical Association in New York.He later protected right of African-American students to enter Harvard after WWI. Set of 14 maps which describe United States of America from North America in 1650 to Post-Civil War USA in 1891. One map shows territorial growth from 1783 to 1866; another shows status of slavery in U.S. 1775-1865; Map shows territorial controversies settled by U.S. 1840-1850; Also U.S. Mar. 4, 1801; Mar. 4, 1825; Mar. 4, 1855; July 4, 1861; and Mar. 4th 1891. Maps are printed in color. Grey cloth on paper soft cover; colored maps printed on one side of each page; three pages at back of booklet list other geographical materials for sale. Maps very good, 1 cm chip in advertisement page. Very good. . Catalogs: Maps/History.

New York, NY: MacFadden Publications, Inc, 1925. 13 x 19 cm. A Rating of Feeds For vitality, growth, reduction and energy and for the prevention of constipation. Brown paper wrap, frayed, waterstained, text block good. Overall poor. . Catalogs: educational/physical culture/diet.

Boston, MA: Carl Fischer Inc, ca. 1937. 17 x 27 cm. Music includes A Man of Prayer; There's a Lady in Kalamazoo; A Spring Love Sog [sic]; Thoughts; Zephyr; Cocaine Bill and Morphine Sue; I Was Born 100,000 years ago; Riding Down from Bangor: more. Paper booklet, owner's name on front and back covers: Lloyd L. Wells; also names of members of his ""Agony Trio"" at Woodville High School, 1928-29. Pencil notes on one song. Fair. . Catalogs: Music.

Boston, MA: Boston Wesleyan Association, 1869. 29 x 40 cm. Colorful report, ""A New Englander in Old England."" The Jesuit Council of Rome, now under way--very suspicious of results. The third part of Babylon will fall. Anti-Catholic. Newspaper, very good. . Catalogs: Religious.

ca. 1910. 10 x 14 cm. Report notes that there are still 54,000 Indians without Christian instruction by any denomination. The Roman Catholics carry on the largest work today (ca. 1910), and Presbyterians the greatest among Protestants. Reports efforts of various denominations. Paper booklet, very good. . Catalogs: Religion/Native Americans/History.

Philadelphia, PA: The Standard Music Publishing Co, 1925. 23 x 31 cm. "Soft as the voice of an angel, Breathing a lesson unheard, Hope, with a gentle persuasion, Whispers her comforting word: Wait, till the darkness is over, Wait till the tempest is done�"" Sheet music, pages detached and loose, poor. . Catalogs: Music.

Providence, RI: Rumford Chemical Works, ca. 1913. 11 x 18 cm. Household hints for kitchen (cover floor with oilcloth); new can openers cut a can lid with a clean stroke; clean frying pan with hard crust of bread. Wrap ice in flannel before putting in refrigerator so it will not melt so rapidly. Paper booklet, cover lightly soiled, very good. . Catalogs: Cookbooks/Household.

Providence, RI: Rumford Chemical Works, ca. 1913. 11 x 18 cm. Household hints for kitchen (cover floor with oilcloth); new can openers cut a can lid with a clean stroke; clean frying pan with hard crust of bread. Wrap ice in flannel before putting in refrigerator so it will not melt so rapidly. Paper booklet, back cover held by thread. Poor. . Catalogs: Cookbooks/Household.

Washington, DC: Religious Liberty Association, ca. 1944. 12 x 19 cm. Describes a ""highly financed scheme which would abolish religious days, directly affecting Catholics, Protestants, and Jews."" New World Calendar will abolish Sunday and Sunday observance. The last day of 1944 would be lopped off, and called no day. But it IS a day. Cover shows bombers, one marked ""Blank Day"" dropping bombs on a town filled with churches. Paper booklet. Very good. . Catalogs: Religious.