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Marietta, GA: Cobb Exchange Bank. 1973. 60pp. illus. staple-bound paperback sm 4to: near Fine. A collection of historical vignettes that were originally published in the Marietta Daily Journal in 1972 and 1973.

New York: Garden City Publishing Co. 1939 reissue. 323pp. illus. red cloth 8vo: near Fine in a Good+ dj in poly cover [ink name; bookplate; else nrF] A follow-on to Major Yeats-Brown's (1886-1944) "Lives of a Bengal Lancer."

New York: Jerome Remick. 1916. sheet music. 6pp. paper folio incl. cover illus. of a plantation house entrance. fair cond. [some edge tears, spine slit & cover creases; cover is suitable for framing] The long-lived Songwriters Hall of Famer Yellin (1892-1991) wrote "Happy Days Are Here Again," among many other Tin Pan Alley songs. Composer Grumble (1883-1946) was a frequent musical collaborator.

Philadelphia: Emmett J. Welch Music. 1917. sheet music. 8pp. paper folio incl. cover illus. of girl peering out through dogwood blossoms. Good cond. [few creases & edge nicks; cover is suitable for framing] The long-lived Songwriters Hall of Famer Yellin (1892-1991) wrote "Happy Days Are Here Again," among many other Tin Pan Alley songs.

New York: The Vendome Press, 1992. 223pp. illus. hardback sq 4to: Fine in a Fine dj in Brodart poly cover.

New York: Gramercy Books, 1999 1st ed. 128pp. illus. hardback 8vo in pictorial boards: Very Good/no dj [text is age browned owing to low quality publisher’s paper; else VG] A cartoon trivia compendium featuring over 500 illustrations from classic comic strips, comic books & animated cartoons.

New York Times, April 2, 1944. 48pp. illus. newsprint folio (ca. 14x12 in.): fair [newsprint is completely age browned; some tears @ edges & at spine folds; else a complete copy] This issue features a cover photograph of medics giving the wounded plasma in the Pacific, a Lansing Warren feature article on four years in Europe under the Nazis, a Brooks Atkinson profile of Gen. Claire Chennault of the Flying Tigers, a William Rose Benet poem on Marines, "David Low Interviews Col. Blimp" with D. A. Low cartoons & a piece on wartime entertainers of the troops, inter alia, as well as great period ads & other features.

New York Times, October 8, 1944. 48pp. illus. newsprint folio (ca. 14x12 in.): fair [newsprint is completely age browned; some tears @ edges & at spine folds; else a complete copy] This issue features a cover photograph of two GIs manning a heavy machine gun, a Drew Middleton feature on the movement of U.S. troops into Germany, a photo article on the ways Hitler might look if he tried to disguise himself in order to avoid capture, a piece on Gen. Kenney’s air strategy in the Pacific, an article on Argentina, a profile of Eleanor Roosevelt & a piece on dog heroes of the Marine Corps, inter alia, as well as great period ads and other features.

New York Times, February 6, 1944. 48pp. illus. newsprint folio (ca. 14x12 in.): fair [newsprint is completely age browned; some tears @ edges; else a complete copy] This issue features a cover photograph of an American naval aviator after shooting down two planes in the Marshall Islands, a feature article on Japanese torture, photographs of the Pacific War, a piece on Rommel & a David Low cartoon, inter alia, as well as great period ads & other features.

New York Times. February 13, 1944. 48pp. illus. newsprint folio (ca. 14x12 in.): fair [newsprint is completely age browned & somewhat brittle; some tears @ edges; else a complete copy] This issue features a cover photograph of an Avenger taking off from an aircraft carrier, a feature article on seaborne assaults in the Pacific, pieces on bomber ground crews, antisubmarine warfare, and articles on Geneva & the League of Nations & Tin Pan Alley, inter alia, as well as great period ads & other features.

New York Times, June 4, 1944. 48pp. illus. newsprint folio (ca. 14x12 in.): fair [newsprint is completely age browned; some tears @ edges & spine fold; a page has a 6-in. tear; else a complete copy] This issue, just two days before the Normandy landing, features a cover photograph of Gen. Montgomery, a Drew Middleton feature article on Montgomery v. Rommel again, an essay by Jan Masaryk (foreign minister of Czechoslovakia, who would be killed at the dawn of the Cold War), a poem on soldiers by William Rose Benet, a David Low cartoon & an article on paratroopers by Frederick Graham, inter alia, as well as great period ads & other features.

New York Times, December 24, 1944. 40pp. illus. newsprint folio (ca. 14x12 in.): fair [newsprint is completely age browned; some tears @ edges; else a complete copy] This issue features a cover photograph of a snowy farmland scene on Christmas morning, a feature article on fighting men hoping that this will be the last war, a profile of General De Gaulle & a piece on scout pilots over German lines, inter alia, as well as great period ads & other features.

New York Times, October 29, 1944. 56pp. illus. newsprint folio (ca. 14x12 in.): Good [newsprint is completely age browned; some tears @ edges; else a complete copy] This issue features a cover photograph of an American battleship, an article by Sen. Joseph Ball of Minnesota on American isolationism, a Frank Kluckhorn piece on MacArthur’s return to the Philippines, a feature on Picasso, a poem about Merrill’s Marauders and fashions of the Times, inter alia, as well as great period ads & other features.

Tempe, AZ: Bilingual Press, 2005. 248pp. illus. paperback 8vo: Fine. An all-encompassing guide to the drinks of old Mexico.

Rotary Club of Blantyre, Malawi. 1984 reissue. 239pp. folding map. burgundy cloth 12mo w/gilt titles & decoration: Fine in a near Very Good dj in Brodart poly cover [small ink name and address in Malawi on pastedown; else a very nice crisp copy] No. 498 of 750 numbered copies of this limited edition reissue of the original 1877 London edition. Full title: "A Journal of Adventures whilst exploring Lake Nyassa, Central Africa and establishing the settlement of Livingstonia.

Princeton Univ. Press, 1992 expanded ed. INSCRIBED by author on half-title p. 498pp. illus. paperback 8vo: near Fine [bit of age darkening to top & fore edges; else a very nice crisp copy] A classic social history of medical quackery by Emory University professor James Harvey Young (1915-2006).

New York: Waterson, Berlin & Snyder. 1919. sheet music. paper 4to: fair cond. [cover is scuffed; some tears; score is complete] Songwriters Hall of Famer Young (1889-1939) was one of Tin Pan Alley’s greats. He collaborated with Hall of Famer Lewis (1885-1959) for years. Grant (1878-1951) composed this number. Albert Barbelle (1887-1957) was a prolific illustrator who provided the cover art in monochrome of a young woman and man in soldier’s uniform entering a cafe.

New York/Boston: G. Schirmer. 1917. sheet music. 8pp. paper 4to w/cover illus. depicting a young woman in a bonnet holding a bunch of flowers: Very Good condition [name on front cover; else VG] A song from the popular 1917 musical "Maytime" with lyrics by Young (1875-1926) and music by Romberg (1887-1951).

New York: Viking, 1991 advance uncorrected proof. 240pp. paperback 8vo: Very Good [small scuffed spot on back cover where a sticker was lifted; some foxing of yellow covers; else VG]

Paris: Gallimard. 1969 edition bilingue.  118pp. paperback sq. sm. 8vo: near Very Good [lightly bumped @ spine tail; edges are age foxed & darkened; small name label on front fly leaf; else nrVG] French translations of the American poet Flexner (1885-1973) in which the French faces the English across the page. In 1980 the Belgian-born Marguerite de Crayencour (1903-87), writing as Marguerite Yourcenar, became the first woman elected to the Academie Francaise.