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![Text Box: Richmond, VA: Souvenir of Richmond, Va. ca. 1917 Richmond, VA: Souvenir folder contains set of 16 panels in accordion-style, showing black and white photos of Libby Prison, Battle Abbey, Westover, Washington's Headquarters, Washington Monument, Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument on Libby Hill, Governor's Mansion, Panorama of Capitol Hill, drawing of Murphy's Hotel, more. 16 pp. 22 x 14 cm. Heavy paper cover, accordion-folded set of photos, good. (7772) $29.00. Travel
Successful Hairdresser, The; A Complete Course in All Branches of Beauty Culture; Text Book of the California School of Beauty Culture; Fifth Edition by Wilson, Kathryn 1932 Omaha, NE: California School of Beauty Culture. Text book for Beauty, 1932 style: Skin, Personality and Charm, Sterilization, Physiology, Nervous System, Vascular System, All about hair, scalp treatments, hair pulling, scalp diseases, shampooing and rinsing, singeing, dry shampooing and hair cutting; skin blemishes and ailments: Vitiligo, Leucoderma, Erysipelas, Boils, Bromidrosis, what to do about Ringworm. Permanent waving, water and finger waving, manicuring; weight control and diet; shop management. With photos, illustrations. 389 pp. 13 x 20 cm. Green cloth on board, worn, cover frayed at edges, stamp "Donna Darling Book Shop, Binghamton, N.Y." on front free endpaper. Text block starting to separate from binding, poor. (1636) $22.00. Educational
What Mr. Darwin Saw In His Voyage Round the World in the Ship "Beagle" 1879 New York, NY: Harper & Brothers Publishers. 238 pp. 16.7 x 22.4 cm. Marvelous book for children, aimed at interesting them in natural history, and physical and political geography. Preface for parents, then preface for children. This is a detailed, very colorful exploration, with many maps and illustrations. First section introduces animals Darwin encountered, including Guanaco, Bizcacha, Tortoise, Cormorant, Locust and many more. Second section discusses Man, including Fuegians, Patagonians, Gauchos, Indians of the Pampas, Spaniard, Uruguayan, Tahitian. In section on the Negroes encountered in Brazil and environs, he describes very graphically and painfully the terrible tortures and mistreatment of Negro slaves. In Geography Darwin describes Uruguay, River Parana, La Plata, the Pampas, Tierra del Fuego, Quillota, Chiloe, Lima, Tahiti; also Forests, Earthquakes, Rainfall and more. Includes detailed index of persons mentioned in foregoing text, including Audubon, Bonpland, Burchell, Chamisso, Dampier and Pernety. Dark green cloth on board, front board detached. Pages 87-88, on the Crab, missing. P. 89 loose. Thus incomplete and poor. (3730) $18.00. Travel/Scientific
Delights of Wisdom Concerning Conjugial Love; After Which Follow Pleasures of Insanity Concerning Scortatory Love by Swedenborg, Emanuel 1852 Boston, MA: Otis Clapp. 438 pp. 14 x 23 cm. This book is widely available in new reprints and electronic versions. This 1852 version contains an 1833 "Advertisement" explaining the English translation from the original 1768 Latin edition. Readers when this edition appeared in 1852 must have been amazed, because Swedenborg does not mince words. Swedenborg presents love and sex as high-minded, and altogether connected with the will of God. He teaches that conjugal (conjugial) love between husband and wife is good and extends through child-rearing and abstaining from selfishness. However, he also deals heavily with all the unfavorable, immoral parts of love and the love of sex, including "Scortatory Love" or fornication, and polygamy, jealousy, adultery, lust and consorting with harlots. A man becomes less of a man when he surrenders himself to scortatory love. Decorated blind-stamped black cloth on board with gilt title on spine, edges frayed. Inscription on front free endpaper: "Miss Ruth H. Smith--From her affectionate pupil-- Fanny E. Loring, June 30th, '54". Text block quite clean. Overall good condition. (2308) $59.00. Religious
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Shore Road to Ogunquit, Poems by Harold Plotkin, Photographs by Ernst Halberstadt 1969 Boston, MA: Copley Press. Book dedicated to Poet's father, Ely Plotkin. Marblehead, The Tides of January, Envelopment, Suicide Sea, End of Summer, Haiku, Contrails, Peregrino, Fugitive, Laissez-Faire, Cold Grey Stones, Winter Solstice, Assassin, Winter in Mattapan, Colby Rommate (in memory of Dr. Nathan Alpers, Class of 1934), Shore Road to Ogunquit [The winding road begins and turns at Perkins Cove---] 69 pp. 16 x 23 cm. Blue cloth on board with charts of southern Maine coast for endpapers, fine. Dustjacket price clipped with crease on side flap, good. In slipcase, good. (2392) $15.00. Poetry
Swamp-Root Almanac for 1943 1942 Stamford, CT: Kilmer & Co., Inc. Almanac contains monthly calendars for 1943, sun and moon rise and set times, weather predictions, daily horoscopes, holiday and church days, air raid precautions, planting times, ads for Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root Diuretic for the Kidneys. Where are your kidneys? What is urine? What is the function of your bladder? What are the ureters? Urethra? Testimonial from Mrs. John Teter (age 64) of La Junta, CO who writes that Swamp-Root was first used by her family in 1884. Keep an eye on your urine--should be 50 oz. in 24 hours, pale amber in color and a not disagreeable odor. 32 pp. 14 x 20 cm. Paper booklet, crease on cover wrap, minor wear, good. (7756) 16.00. Advertising
Iran Today, A Quarterly Review, Vol. I No. 1 published by the Department General of Information and Broadcasting, Tehran, Iran ca. 1956 Tehran, Iran: Dept. General of Information & Broadcasting. This magazine-format booklet features full-page photos of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlevi and Queen Sorayya (Soraya). History of Iran. Persian culture. Zoor Khaneh. Olympic Success in 1948 games. Woman of Iran, photo of Queen in fur coat, inspecting women at evening class. Photos of visits by Iskandar Mirza of Pakistan, Sokarno of Indonesia, Conrad Adenauer of West Germany and Camille Chamoun, of Lebanon. Radio Tehran broadcast schedule. 48 pp. 21 x 29 cm. Paper booklet, very good. (7760) 24.00. Cold War/History
Life of Rev. David Brainerd, The; Chiefly Extracted from His Diary by President (Jonathan) Edwards, Somewhat Abridged, Embracing, in the chronological order, Brainerd's Public Journal of the Most Successful Year of His Missionary Labors by Edwards, Jonathan ca. 1840. New York, NY: American Tract Society. Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758) , the fiery Calvinist preacher and president of Princeton University, compiled this life of Brainerd, a noted Missionary amongst the American Indians. Brainerd (1717-1747) died in the home of Edwards in Northampton, MA. Brainerd lived an intense 29 years, ministering first at Kaunaumeek, near Stockbridge, MA, then among the Delaware Indians near Easton, PA and Cranbury, NJ, but the account of his life became a missionary classic in the 19th century; this small book was widely read and treasured. Brainer writes about a morning when he couldn't gather the Indians-- they were troubled with sickness: fever and bloody flux, and set about for several hours with "all the wild, ridiculous and distracted motions imaginable, sometimes singing, sometimes howling....twisting their faces, turning up their eyes, grunting, puffing...." Brainerd saw devilish motions here and attempted to talk to them about Christianity, but they weren't listening . Illustrations in book are engraving of View of Parsonage in Cranbury, NJ in 1833, occupying ground where Brainerd preached to the Indians in 1746. Also View of the Creek and Village of Crosswicks, NJ, July, 1833. Brainerd preached here, when it was called Crossweeksung. 360 pp. 9.5 x 15.2 cm. Calf on board, worn, edges scuffed, very good. (7757) $45.00. Religious
Agenda PLM 1921 --Paris Lyon Mediterraneé (P.L.M.) [Text in French] 1921 Paris, France: La Compagnie PLM. Les Agendas P.L.M. publiés avant et pendant la guerre, constituent une collection à peu près introuvable aujourd'hui. Ces éditions, épuisées, ont acquis, de ce fait, une valeur supplémentaire pour les bibliophiles. L'Agenda se compose de trois parties distictes: I. Pages choisies; II. Carnet de Mois; III. Les Bonnes Adresses. Map of France from Paris to Marseille. Information for the traveler, including excursion service in auto-cars. Many photos, drawings, colored plates tipped-in. Month-by-month tour guide with many travel ideas. Advertisements include Automobiles Th. Schneider; Automobiles Berliet; Le Bicyclette Peugeot; Tricycles, Voiturettes Monet & Goyon; Aix-les-Bains (Savoie); Les Grands Hotels Besançon-La-Mouillère, Grand Nouvel Hotel, Lyon; Hotel Californie, Cannes; Hotel du Parc, Cannes; Casino Municipal de Menton; Hôtel des Aglais, Menton; Grand Hôtel de Marseille; Grand Hotel Prince de Galles, Monte-Carlo; Hôtel Beau Rivage, Monte-Carlo; Casino de Monte-Carlo; Casino Municipal de Nice; Hotel Negresco, Nice; International-Hôterl Vichy; Société Général de Transports Maritimes à Vapeur,Paris-Dakar, Brésil-Plata, Antilles, Golfe du Mexique, Pacifique, more. 296 pp. 17 x 29 cm. Simulated alligator-hide paper on board, with gilt PLM Crest on cover, with cloth spine, worn at edges, color print at pp. 25-26 loose, good. (7752) $41.00. Travel/Advertisement
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