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London, England: Boreas Publishing Co, 1947. 14 x 22 cm. This is the story of Estonia, forcibly swallowed by the USSR at the start of World War II. Author uses many statistics to show miserable performance of USSR. Paper booklet, numerous light pencil marks throughout. Thus, good. . Catalogs: History/Economics.

Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1877. 14 x 21 cm. We must choose between National Money and Irredeemable Bank-notes. Impassioned speech favors greenbacks. Printed matter, back page loose. Fair. . Catalogs: Printed matter/History/Economy.

Washington, DC: U.S. Chamber of Commerce, 1940. 10 x 23 cm. Kemper addresses annual meeting of the United States Junior Chamber of Commerce at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, DC, with a stern speech about staying out of the war that is already raging in Europe. ""If American business as a whole was as honeycombed with graft or shot through with screwball schemes as is much of our so-called democratic government, then America could never have reached its present world position."" ""I can conceive nothing more destructive to America.. than for us to engage in Europe's present war."" Paper booklet, very good. . Catalogs: World War II/Pacificism.

Cleveland, OH: Gepfert & Crummel, 1903. 13 x 18 cm. This is Vaudevillian Kendall's ""Third, last and best book"". He tells about the crowded washroom on the Pullman car; the train enters a tunnel and men are washing each other's faces. He visits Niagara Falls and falls off the trolley car. He drinks all of the drink to get at the cherries, sleeps late after a night of drinking, to observe the menagerie that parades through his bedroom. Good, clean humor. Paper booklet, worn, good. . Catalogs: Humor.

New York, NY: Coleman Publications, 1956. 13 x 19 cm. Remember the days of test patterns, climbing the roof to fiddle with the antenna, and all the adjustments on the TV? Coming soon-- COLOR TV, and UHF, and�? Contains TV tube price guide. Paper booklet, lightly soiled, very good. . Catalogs: Educational.

New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1918. 12 x 19 cm. Israel's history, this volume deals with second period, Israel's heroic age, when physical strength, courage and patriotism were the prominent virtues. Settlement and conquest of Canaan; Decline of Saul and rise of David. Maps. Fold-out drawing of Solomon's temple. Paper booklet, cover brown with black printing, good; Text block partly detached from cover, good. . Catalogs: History/Religious.

London, England: Reeves and Turner, 196 Strand, 1885. 14 x 21 cm. Kerslake mounts a spirited attack on bureaucratsand other know-it-alls who stand in the way of historical research. He cites his considerable research all over Britain. Paper booklet, cover soiled, spine worn away, good. . Catalogs: Educational/History.

Boston, MA: Massachusetts Sabbath School Society, 1849. 10 x 16 cm. Small book intended for teaching young people about the deliberation essential to give one's heart to God, and what that means. Lessons for living a life of piety. In ""giving one's heart to God"", Love is essential; so is penitence; and humility. This book came from a collection in the Old Pearson Tavern (b. 1694), Byfield, MA. Black cloth on board with elaborate blind-stamped design and gilt title on spine. Child's handwritten name on front free endpaper: ""Charles Searles, Townsend, 1853"". Very good. . Catalogs: Religious/Children's.

Somerville, MA: Mass. Normal Art School Alumni Ass'n, 1923. 15 x 22 cm. Alumni Bulletin. ""Old Paris"" by Harold Haven Brown. List of Boston Exhibitions at Doll and Richards, Goodspeed's, Copley Gallery, Society of Arts and Crafts, Women's City Club, Guild of Boston Artists, Grace Horne's Gallery and Vose Gallery. Paper booklet with brown paper wraps. Very good. . Catalogs: Educational.

Somerville, MA: Mass. Normal Art School Alumni Ass'n, 1924. 15 x 22 cm. Alumni Bulletin.""Our School and Our Future"" by Royal Bailey Farnum.""Plans for Next Summer"" byt Grace A. Reed includes art by her showing Normandy Hills in France. She suggests that sailing to Europe, although more costly than before, is offset by low cost of living in France and elsewhere, as long as you don't want to stay in grand hotels with rich Americans. List of Boston Exhibitions at Doll and Richards, Goodspeed's, Guild of Boston Artists, Boston Public Library, Boston Art Club, Women's City Club and Copley Gallery. Ad for Bradley Quality Art Products. Paper booklet with brown paper wraps. Very good. . Catalogs: Educational.

Somerville, MA: Mass. Normal Art School Alumni Ass'n, 1923. 15 x 22 cm. Alumni Bulletin.""Old Paris"" by Harold Haven Brown, Chapter II. In Memoriam: Joseph De Camp by Harley Perkins in the Boston Transcript. ""Aldro T. Hibbard--An Appreciation"" by Anson K. Cross. List of Boston Exhibitions at Doll and Richards, Goodspeed's, Copley Gallery, Society of Arts and Crafts, Women's City Club, Guild of Boston Artists, St. Botolph's Club, Boston Public Library and Vose Gallery. Adv. for B.L. Makepeace, Inc. Artist and Student Supplies. Paper booklet with brown paper wraps. Very good. . Catalogs: Educational.

Somerville, MA: Mass. Normal Art School Alumni Ass'n, 1923. 15 x 22 cm. Alumni Bulletin. ""Purpose and Use of Museum Illustrations in the Boston Schools"" by Flora L. Enright, MNAS 1908, Assistant in Manual Arts, Boston Public Schools. Grace Aznive, 1919, writes about her classmate, Helen Jackson, now in Bucharest, Roumania. List of Boston Exhibitions at Doll and Richards, Goodspeed's, Copley Gallery, Society of Arts and Crafts, Guild of Boston Artists, and Vose Gallery. Ad for Bradley Quality Art Products. Paper booklet with brown paper wraps. Very good. . Catalogs: Educational.

Somerville, MA: Mass. Normal Art School Alumni Ass'n, 1923. 15 x 22 cm. Alumni Bulletin. ""A Message From our President"" by Harold Haven Brown. Photo of Director, Royal B. Farnum. List of Boston Exhibitions at Doll and Richards, Goodspeed's, Copley Gallery, Society of Arts and Crafts, Guild of Boston Artists, and Casson Galleries. ""Art Colonies We Have Met"" Chapter I: Summer Painting Class at Boothbay Harbor, Maine offered by Frank Allen and Henry B. Snell. Ad for Bradley Quality Art Products. Paper booklet with brown paper wraps. Very good. . Catalogs: Educational.

Somerville, MA: Mass. Normal Art School Alumni Ass'n, 1923. 15 x 22 cm. Alumni Bulletin. List of Boston Exhibitions at Doll and Richards, Goodspeed's, Copley Gallery, Society of Arts and Crafts, Women's City Club, Guild of Boston Artists, St. Botolph's Club and Vose Gallery. Bio and inserted photo of George Hartnell Bartlett, Principal Emeritus, who just died at age of 84. Annual Alumni Banquet coming May 26: Dancing, Speakers (short and snappy), dinner and entertainment. ""No. 45 River Street"" by Olive I. Hanna. Paper booklet with brown paper wraps. Very good. . Catalogs: Educational.

Somerville, MA: Mass. Normal Art School Alumni Ass'n, 1924. 15 x 22 cm. Alumni Bulletin. ""Program for our Golden Jubilee"" starts Thursday, June 5, 1924. Graduation is Thursday, June 12. ""In Shottery"" home of Anne Hathaway, includes sketch by Elisabeth Warren, MNAS 1911. MNAS Medal of Honor (shown in illustration) presented this year for first time to four graduating students. Ads for Milton Bradley Company, B.L. Makepeace, Inc. Drafting Material, Artists' Supplies. Paper booklet with brown paper wraps. Very good. . Catalogs: Educational.

Stuttgart, Germany: Verlag der J.G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung, 1882. 10 x 16 cm. Die Rheinfahrt; Mann und J�ngling; Der Meisterschu�. Elegantly decorated leather book with gilt and black design, tiny fraying at corners. Bookplate on front pastedown. Gep. Owner's name (1883) on title page; frontis. Foxed. Very good. . Catalogs: Poetry/German.

New York, NY: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co, ca. 1914. 11 x 18 cm. Collection of Kipling's poems, led by Recessional, a Victorian Ode, The Vampire, as suggested by the painting by Philip Burne-Jones; Danny Deever; Tommy [O it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an ""Tommy go away""; But it's ""Thank you Mister Atlins,"" when the band begins to play,] Decorated paper on board, pencil marks on front free endpaper, good, dustjacket spine frayed, fair. . Catalogs: Poetry.

Haverhill, MA: A. Kittredge & Co, 1870. 42 x 60 cm. Account of funeral of George Peabody, illustrious local man, whose body was returned from England; Prince Arthur of England attended funeral, Rev. Daniel D. Marsh read scripture, etc. Need two more bridges across the Merrimack, one at the Chain Ferry and one either above or below the railroad bridge, with Groveland and Bradford contributing to construction, will be great return. Newspaper, very good. . Catalogs: History.

Boston, MA: Samuel L. Knapp, 1825. 14.5 x 24 cm. Brilliant little magazine, in its third issue, aimed to present American literature instead of European.""Nug� Histori�"" (Gossip of History) ""Quicquid agunt homines, votum, timor, ira, voluptas, Gaudia, discursus, nostri est farrago libelli.""--Juvenal, Sat. I. From Col. McLane's Journal, this is an interesting summary of General Washington's operations in the Revolutionary War, with Lafayette, a youth of uncommon spirit, and Baron Steuben, an experienced Prussian soldier, against Lord Cornwallis and Gen. Howe. Continued. ""The Natural Rights of Woman"" Tongue-in-cheek piece about man, since he was created 6000 years ago, has become wiser than his maker, and much wiser than woman. Written by D'Anville, ""a woman who resides near us."" ""Memoir of Stephen Hooper"" read before the Boston Debating Society by Samuel L. Knapp. Hoope was born at Newburyport April 8, 1785, called to the bar in 1811. ""A Visit to the Metropolis"" by Agricola (Farmer),… Read More

Sandusky, OH: The American Crayon Company, 1927. 15 x 23 cm. Recipe for a happy art class--use Crayonex! Color mixing with pigment; color posters from Ohio classrooms. Paper booklet, very good. . Catalogs: Educational/Art.