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Ohio: Youngstown Pressed Steel Company. Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. 1942. Board Book. Envelope flap is a little ragged with some chips and closed tears - see image 0therwise in Good condition. Boards are unused with cut-outs still intact. ; Novelty item to entertain children (and/or adult) by having them punch out the pieces on one board, paint them, and then mount them on second board that has also been painted by the child (and/or adult). Still in original envelope. ; YPS Walt Disney Character Plaks Series; Color Illustrations; Folio 13" - 23" tall .

Ohio: Youngstown Pressed Steel Company. Very Good+. 1942. Board Book. Corners of cover are bumped, otherwise in excellent condition. Boards are unused with cut-outs still intact. ; Novelty item to entertain children (and/or adult) by having them punch out the pieces on one board, paint them, and then mount them on second board that has also been painted by the child (and/or adult). Still in original envelope. ; Color Illustrations; Folio 13" - 23" tall .

Berkshire, England: Amateur Yacht Research Society. Very Good+. 1977. Softcover. The purpose of this book is to "help with the choice of a suitable boat and prevent duplication of some past faults." crafts in mind are those that transport the crew and stores to and from the parent yacht. Profusely illustrated with photographs and drawings. ; Vol. 88; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 64 pages .

Self-Published. Very Good-. 1952. Spiral bound. Piece missing from last page - does not affect text or contents. ; Self-published work which was followed up by the author with a commercial volume called, "Sailing Language." Contents is divided into chapters for The Yacht, The World Around the Yacht, The Yacht Afloat, and Handling the Yacht. Alphabetical Index of Words in rear. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall .

Rhode Island: Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. Very Good. N.D.. Hardcover. Light toning to spine and seams of covers - see image. ; Book is in Very Good + condition. Yachts By Herreshoff Designers And Builders Of Sailing and Power Craft. This is copy Number 4330. 7 translucent pages of yachts' specifications. Scarce copy in this condition and at this price. No date given. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 53 pages .

Boston: L. C. Page and Company. Near Fine. 1899. Hardcover. Previous owner's name in ink dated June 20th 1899 on first front endpaper. ; Book is in pristine condition. At the time of publication it was best book about Yale yet. Of particular interest is complete records of athletics at Yale, and the college customs and tradtions in the past. Profusely illustrated with photographs of buildings, people, and teams. A very comprehensive work - and scarce in this condition. ; American University Series; ; 628 pages .

CA: Yamaha Motor Corporation. Very Good-. 1985. 5th Printing. Paperback. Covers have usual surface soiling and curled corners. ; Manual is in Very Good condition - exceptions noted. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall .

Maine: Tilbury House. Near Fine. 2002. New Revised. Paperback. 088448243x . Book is in excellent condition. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 102 pages .

New York: Coward - McCann, Inc.. Very Good. 1939. 2nd Impression. Hardcover. A little rubbing on some corners of the book. Usual library markings. ; Book is in Very Good condition - tight binding and clean, unmarked text. Exceptionally clean, for a cookbook! Special contribution essays by some noted people: Joseph C. Lincoln, Wilbur L. Cross and C. M. Webster. ; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 398 pages .

Bangor, Maine: Bangor Police Relief Association. Very Good. 1976. 7th. Paperback. Fold-out street map laid in. Portraits of members of the Police Department, Clubs and Organizations, Bangor and Brewer street directories, Bicentennial Events, Historical Accounts, Locations of parks, trails, etc. Lots of area advertisements with illustrations and photographs. ; Bicentenial Edition Series; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 388 pages .

Boston: Fidelity Trust Company. Very Good-. 1920. Paperback. Dampstain on covers and in gutters of first and last few pages - does not affect the integrity of the book, or the text. ; A history of one of Boston's old taverns giving the reader its ancient history and how the locality developed, and also was the site of the Fedelity Trust Compay and became the centre of a commercial district. ; B&W Illustrations & Photographs & Maps & Drawings; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 64 pages .

Cambridge, MA: Perseus Books. Near Fine. 1994. Paperback. 0201489392 . Popular author of many books on nature, this is his memoir of living off the land for one year. ; B&W Illustrations; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 258 pages .

Maine: Penobscot Bay Press. Very Good+. 1978. Paperback. Light foxing along the foredge of the textblock. ; Book is in excellent condition. A veteran reporter in Maine, as well as around the world, in this work the author covers the former governor of Maine with a "funny, sad, analytical, entertaining, tender, bruising story of one of the state's most fascinating characters." ; Cover Drawings; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 148 pages .

New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1972. 1st. Hardcover. 0151997403 . Dustjacket has a thin crease at the edge of the rear flap - book not closed properly. Slight storage smell. ; Both book and dustjacket are in excellent condition - minor exceptions noted and priced accordingly. Author's first book and highly collectible - scarce copy in this condition at this price. Dustjacket protected in a Mylar sleeve if requested. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 246 pages .

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1967. Hardcover. Slight edgewear to top of dustjacket's spine, and a spot of rubbing to some corners, also. Protected in a Mylar sleeve. ; Book is in excellent condition. - Would make a wonderful gift. Beautiful color illustrations by noted artist, N. C. Wyeth, including very attractive endpapers. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 405 pages .

Maine: Blackberry. Near Fine. 1986. Presentation Copy. Paperback. 0942396405 . Signed, inscribed and dated by the author on the copyright page. From the library of Sanford Phippen, Maine author. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author .

Solon, ME: Polar Bear Productions. Very Good. 1989. Revised Edition. Paperback. "Yoganomics is age-old wisdom brought into the twentieth cenury to help gide us in a balanced way through opennessand caution through the union of pure sensual motion." ; Unpaginated pages; Signed by Author .

Bath, Maine: Anderson & Sons. Very Good. 1999. Paperback. 1893804003 . The author's seventh book on the joys of Maine/New England's pop culture past and present. Lots of trivia information that will be of interest to automobile buffs, historians and writers. ; B&W Illustrations, Photos & Ads; Square 8vo 8" to 9" tall; 168 pages .

New York: The MacMillan Company. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1936. 1st ; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Slight fraying to top and bottom of spine. Dustjacket has a few small chips at the corners and a 1/4" at the top of the spine. In a mylar plastic sleeve so these are not that noticable. Previous owner's name blacked out on inside front cover. ; Courtroom tactics in the most dramatic phase of a trial. Actual questions and answers from cases are quoted. Famous trials are cited including Lindbergh kidnapper Bruno Hauptmannn and Charles Parnell and the London Times. Table of cases, Bibliography and Index. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 194 pages .

New York: Signet. Very Good+. 1965. 1st. Paperback. Tiny closed tear at top of front cover, and small crease at bottom corner of front cover. Rear lower edge Is slightly knicked in two places - otherwise, book is in excellent condtion. ; "First Printing" stated on copyright page. "First Time in Paperback" on the front cover. ; "James Bond" Series; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 160 pages .