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![Text Box: Warrior Mower Company's Almanac, 1885, illustrated; for sale by H.T. Taplin, Newmarket, NH ca. 1884 Little Falls, NY: Warrior Mower Co. Almanac features excellent engravings of various Warrior products. Details of Warrior products and testimonial letters. Many pictures of young women. Description of new U.S. time zones. In the Sick Room: how to stop bleeding; sore throat; how to remove warts; sprains, asthma, chilblains, etc. 16 x 20 cm. Paper booklet, lightly soiled, fair. (6242) $19.50. Farming/Advertising
Weeds Used in Medicine by Alice Henkel; U.S. Department of Agriculture Farmers' Bulletin No. 188 1904 Washington, DC: Government Printing Office. The farmer, in his fight to exterminate weeds, may wish to turn some of them to account. Roots, barks, leaves and herbs. Flowers, seeds. Burdock, dandelion, the docks, couch grass, pokeweed, foxglove, mullein, lobelia, tansy, gum plant, scaly grindelia, boneset, catnip, hoarhound, yarrow, fleabane, blessed thistle, jimson weed, poison hemlock, wormseed, and mustards. 45 pp. 15 x 23 cm. Paper booklet, cover lightly soiled, last four pages slightly dog eared. Good. (6863) $17.00. Farming/Scientific
FICTION
Angel of the Household, The By T.S. Arthur, 1854 Boston, MA: L.P. Crown & Co. By author of "Ten Nights in a Bar Room, and What I Saw There." "Into every household angels may enter. They come in through the gate of infancy, and bring with them celestial influences. Are there angels in your household?" Frontispiece illustration by H.L. Stevens shows Mrs. Harding and dear Lotty, and "The Stranger." 211 pp. 11 x 17 cm. Olive-green cloth on board with elaborate gilt floral decoration. Slight wear at heel and toe of spine. Frontispiece engraving with tissue guard. Gilt-edged pages. Very good. (2721) $28.00. Fiction/Morality
Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush by Ian MacLaren, 1895 New York, NY: Dodd, Mead & Co. Colorful story of life in Drumtochty, Scotland, rich with Scottish voices. "A cam' on him in the byre, rowing in the strae like a bairn, and every ither row he took he wud say, 'am I a goat?'" 218 pp. 9.6 x 15.6 cm. Tan cloth on board with picture of Drumtochty road on cover. Lightly soiled. Very good condition. (3109) $15.00. Fiction.
Frank Mildmay, or the Naval Officer, Marryatt's Novels, De Witt's Cheap Edition by Marryatt, Captain ca. 1870 New York, NY: Robert M. De Witt, Publisher. Adventures of a naval officer early in the nineteenth century. Edgar Allan Poe blasted Marryatt as "mediocre" as well as unoriginal and worse, in a scathing critique in 1841. 104 pp. 15 x 24 cm. Paper booklet, edges frayed and worn. Story printed in very small type. Good. (5358) $16.00 Fiction/Nautical
Frederick the Great and His Family, An Historical Novel, translated from the German by Mrs. Chapman Coleman and her daughters, with illustrations. by Mühlbach, L. 1867 New York, NY: D. Appleton & Co. Novel tells colorful story of Frederick the Great and his family. Excellent illustrations. 300 pp. 15 x 24 cm. Cloth on board, cover faded, slightly frayed. Front inner hinge broken. Fair condition. (1469) $21.00. Fiction.
Home Angel, The, by L.B. Urbino (Levino Buoncuore, d. 1888) 1858 Boston, MA: Wentworth and Company. "Does the reader believe it impossible to live happily, as these good people did, in a community of negroes? Let him pray that his Christianity may be more Christ-like, and his heart so enlarged that he can take in all mankind as his brothers." Miss Urbino took on a monstrously obscure subject in this novel about interracial marriage. Written in the years of slavery in the United States, this is the story of Esther Le Gendre, whose whose father was a fair-skinned count, and whose mother died as she was born. Esther is a "mulatress", but it's difficult for her to find out her background. She meets her grandfather, a former slave, and learns that her mother was "colored". Novel is written in the elaborate language of the mid-nineteenth century, with much religious reference. Very scarce. 239 pp. 12 x 19 cm. Red cloth on board with blind-stamped and gilt design. Edges worn and frayed, inside rear hinge cracked. "Mrs. Josie H. Lang" inscribed on front free endpaper. On second free endpaper is a small (3 x 3 cm.) enameled picture of a woman and a man, and an inscription in pencil: "Leavis Collishead G A 2nd 1869". A few light stains on pages, fair. (5705) $90.00. Fiction/Race
In Watermelon Sugar by Brautigan, Richard 1968 New York, NY: Dell Publishing Co. Brautigan (1935-84) calls this a novel, and notes that he began it in Bolinas, CA in 1964 and finished it two months later in San Francisco. He seemed fixated upon death in the prose and poetry of this book. [20 years after he wrote this book, he shot himself to death in Bolinas.] His style is stark and bold. "In watermelon sugar the deeds were done and done again as my life is done in watermelon sugar." Cover photo by Edmund Shea shows Brautigan and a young woman. 138 pp. 13.5 x 20.3 cm. Paperback book, owner name on front free endpaper, very good. (2955) $18.00. Fiction
May Martin; or The Money Diggers. A Green Mountain Tale, First Edition Thompson, Daniel Pierce 1835 Montpelier, VT: E.P. Walton and Son. Author Thompson (1795-1868) moved from Massachusetts to Vermont at age five. He graduated from Middlebury (VT) College in 1820 and then moved to Virginia where he worked as a tutor while he studied law and was admitted to the Virginia bar. Returning to Vermont, he began practice as an attorney, then a law clerk, judge, and eventually Secretary of State for Vermont. All the while he was writing fiction, and is today recognized as Vermont's first novelist. May Martin became a very popular novel, and today is widely sold in modern (2004-2006) paperback editions. This early edition, however, is quite scarce. This copy came from a collection in the Old Pearson Tavern (b. 1694), Byfield, MA. 231 pp. 9 x 14 cm. Paper on board, 1/4 leather, worn and scuffed, on front free endpaper is contemporary sticker from "H.P.U. Library". Very good. (3967) $80.00. Fiction
Mississippi Bubble, The: How The Star of Good Fortune rose and Set and Rose Again, By a woman's Grace, For One John Law of Lauriston, w/ illus. by Henry Hutt by Hough, Emerson ©1902 Indianapolis, IN Bowen-Merrill Company, Publishers 452 pp. 13 x 19 cm. Cloth on board, silver printing on cover, corners bumped, gift inscr. dated 1903 on ffep. Very good. (1644) $15.00. Fiction/Novel.
New-York Mirror, A Weekly Journal Devoted to Literature and the Fine Arts: Issues for Sept. 8, 15 and 22, 1838; Vol. 16 Nos. 11, 12, 13 1838. New York, NY: New-York Mirror. Features Original Nouvellette: "Old Polly Carey" contained in these three issues, by H. Hastings Weld. Also, Sept. 8: "Hints to my Epistolary Correspondents" by Theodore S. Fay; Sept. 15: "A Day with the Queen's Stag Hounds" by John St. Hugh Mills; Letter reports trip to Ireland, and miserable conditions there. Music for pianoforte furnished on back page of each issue. 24 pp. 27 x 36 cm. Three issues of periodical, very good. (5992) $20.60. Fiction
Old Peabody Pew, The; A Christmas Romance of a Country Church, with illustrations by Alice Barber Stephens. First Edition, fifth impression. By Wiggin, Kate Douglas ©1907 New York, NY: Grosset & Dunlap. A handful of New England women use their determination to refurbish the church. Nancy Wentworth ends up walking down the aisle with Justin Peabody. Dorcas Society. 143 pp. 14 x 20 cm. Light gray decorated cloth on board, cover lightly soiled, and minor fraying at edges, black and white illustrations, each page decorated. Very good. (5124) $15.00. Fiction
Rocks and Romance: A Story by F. Barrett Johnson. Illustrated by Author. 1889 Chicago, IL: J.S. Ogilvie, Publisher. 300pp. +4 pp. advt. 12 x 18 cm. Author dedicates this book to her husband; some of the episodes in book are founded on facts. In back of book are advertisements from Burlington, VT: Prolific Poultry Food, Burlington Book Bindery, The Weekly Burlington Clipper, Dr. Henry Baxter's Mandrake Bitters, more. Illustrated by author. Black leatherette on board with gilt lettering, mild wear, inside front hinge cracked, owner name "E.S. Maynard" inscribed on front free endpaper. Good. (2337) $40.00. Fiction
Tempest and Sunshine Or, Life in Kentucky, Tenth Edition by Holmes, Mrs. Mary J. 1857 New York, NY: D. Appleton & Company. Mary Holmes spent some time in Kentucky and introduced life there to her readers. This is a story about northern upperclass white people venturing into Kentucky in the days well before the Civil War. Slaves were a fact of life, and Kentuckians were war of abolitionist Yankees coming into their midst. There's poor Julia's tragic drowning.... Interesting look at the social life of the 1850s. 381 pp. 12 x 19 cm. Cloth on board with blind-stamped design, handstitched repairs to spine for naught, as cloth of spine is missing. Binding is cracked, rear hinge is broken, half of pp. 107-108 torn out, but replaced by a copy of missing text. Poor. (3942) $60.00. Fiction.
Village Pencillings: Picnic Tales No. 1 Lewis Benton by Isaac F. Shepard. Illustrated. 1842 Boston, MA: William S. Damrell. Temperance tale for young readers. Young Lewis Benton is an admirable lad, headed for the Ministry. His father dies, leaves family penniless. John urges Lewis to try a glass of liquor. Lewis takes a drink and starts the long slide downward. Tale of despair and hope. 112 pp. 11.5 x 17.2 cm. Blindstamped cloth on board with gilt title. Edges frayed. Pencil notations on endpapers. There are a few small tears in pages. Good. (1835) $49.00. Fiction/Temperance
Which Is The Wiser; Or People Abroad: Tales for the people and their children by Howitt, Mary 1842 New York, NY: D. Appleton & Co. Sorrow begins the tale of the widow Hoffman… Madame Von Holzhäuser's sad childhood and musical fame…Mrs. Palmer and Caroline…Von Rosenberg… all live happily ever after. 184 pp. 10 x 15 cm. Blindstamped leather on board with gilt design on spine, slight fraying on heel and toe of spine. Inscription on front free endpaper: "Miss E. Wilkinson a gift from Caroline E. Lovett". Pages foxed. Fair. (1744) $16.00. Fiction
HISTORY
Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition: Report of the Legislative Committee from the State of New York to the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, Albany, January 15, 1910. 1910 Albany, NY: State of New York. New York State was the only state east of the Rockies to vote to appropriate money to take part in this exposition, held in Seattle, Washington in 1909. Book provides summary of entertainments sponsored by New York, text of major speeches, including one by N.Y. Gov. Charles Evans Hughes. Considerable text is devoted to celebration of Seward Day, Sep. 10, 1909, when a statue of the great Secretary of State William H. Seward was dedicated. His son, General William H. Seward, took an active part in the celebration. Interesting photos of interior of New York State Building, and of various New York participants. 197 pp. 20 x 28 cm. Red cloth on boards with gilt lettering and State seal of New York. Spine fabric faded and mottled, front and back hinges cracked, one illustration page loose. Poor. (1464) $39.00. History/Biography
Alfred M. Landon: Deeds Not Deficits, The Story of Alfred M. Landon, with an introduction by William Allen White by Fowler, Richard B. 1936. Governor of Kansas, Landon led his state through the dustbowl days of the Depression, and promised to bring America back under Republican leadership. Pictures of his family early childhood, goals, aspirations. Frontispiece photo of Landon. Pasted in front cover is flyer "Landon Marches On" and this copy includes a letter, pasted on front free endpaper from President of the Kansas Daily Newspaper Association, enclosing booklet. 89 pp. 13.7 x 19.1 cm. Paper booklet, "Property of John U. Bergquist" hand written on cover. Good. (6264) $18.00. History/Biography
Alfred M. Landon: “Landon-Knox Campaign Button, 1936. Button, 5/8” (1.5 cm.) wide, dark blue with yellow printing, shows trumpeting elephant with “GOP” on side. Pin back, Union label on inside. Very good. (6796) $16.00. History.
America Prepares the Next War, Worker's Library No. 10 by Lovestone, Jay ©1928 New York, NY: Workers Library Publishers. Early American Communist literature. "Key to the policies of the United States imperialists in the world situation today is to be found in its role as the leading capital exporting country." The Kellogg Treaties are part of the pacifist offensive of Wall Street imperialism. The four Main Policies of American imperialism are: Isolation, Monroe Doctrine, The Open Door, and The Dawes Plan. Role of the Communist Party: Turn the next imperialist war into a Civil War. 20 pp. 13 x 19 cm. (5959) $24.00. History/Communism
America: A Pictorial History of America Embracing Both the Northern and Southern Portions of the New World, by S.G. Goodrich, illustrated with more than 300 engravings, 1851 Hartford, CT: House & Brown, Publishers. Geographical description; Discoveries and Conquests; Columbus; Cortez; Brazil; Tupac Amaru; Nova Scotia; Virginia; bill to abolish slave trade in the District of Columbia; Appendix, 48 pp: Aborigines of America. 896 pp. 16 x 24 cm. Elaborately tooled leather cover with owner's name (George W. Clark) in center; Edges well scuffed; Marbled endpapers. Contents page has 3 x 8 cm. piece torn out; pp. 55-56 has closed tear. Thus, fair. From the library of Gladys Hasty Carroll, Poetess, So. Berwick, ME. (3685) $50.00. History.
American Almanac and Repository of Useful Knowledge for the Year 1833 Fourth Annual Volume 1832 Boston, MA: Gray and Bowen; and Carter, Hendee and Co. Calendar of Celestial Phenomena for the Year; Red snow of the Alps, Showers of Dust, Meteoric Stones, Mirage, Halos, Parhelia or False Suns, Lightning Rods. Part II: Executive Government. President Andrew Jackson receives salary of $25,000 per annum. Senate: Daniel Webster was Senator from MA; John Tyler from VA, Thomas H. Benton, MO, Henry Clay, KY; John Q. Adams of Quincy, MA was Congressman; Benedict J. Semmes was Congressman from MD, James K. Polk Congressman from TN. John Marshall was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Roger Taney was Attorney General. Bank of the United States--a bill rechartering this Bank was passed by both houses of Congress but was rejected by the President. Census shows free white population of 10.526,248, free colored of 319,599 and slaves 2,009,043. Information on each state provides interesting data on railroads constructed, under construction, and planned, and river transportation. Section on Commonwealth of Virginia contains interesting report on Committee on Slavery and Removal of Free Negroes, which concluded with resolution that it is currently "inexpedient to make any legislative enactments for the abolition of slavery." Includes reports on various foreign nations, and a Chronicle of Events for Sept. 1831 to Sept. 1832. 312 pp. 12 x 19 cm. Paper covered book with 4 cm. hole burned in cover; owner name "Fannie P. Matthes" handwritten on cover. Fair. (2555) $79.00. History
American Miscellany, The; Of Romance, Literature, News, Instruction and Amusement; Vol. I, No. XIV. Saturday, July 8, 1865. Boston, MA: James H. Brigham & Co. Lead story: Margaret Gould, by Kathie Laura Lynde. The Bowie-knife Sheath by Nathan Eisenlord. New sealed rail car, lined with sawdust, for shipping butter. 12 pp. 23 x 32 cm. Newspaper, tear 6 cm. on fold on front page. Good. (2947) $15.00. History/Literature
American Monthly Review of Reviews, The; illustrated; October, 1898 Shaw, Albert, Editor 1898 New York, NY: The Review of Reviews Co., 13 Astor Place. This issue is full of comment and criticism of of the United States and Pres. McKinley in the Spanish-American War. Brilliant and biting political cartoons, several from German publications, which are smarting at American aggressiveness in Cuba and the Philippines. Criticism of Secretary of War Alger for a mismanaged Cuban campaign. "Medical and Sanitary Aspects of the War" by Dr. Carroll Dunham. Glimpses of Indian Life at the Omaha Exposition: fascinating article about Indians at encampment-- Assiniboines, Jicarilla Apaches, Sioux, Blackfeet, Omaha, Chippewa, Cheyenne, Crow, Winnebago, Brule-Sioux, Flatheads, Mojave Apache, photos. "The Man at the Helm," William McKinley as War President by Gen. A.B. Nettleton. The Founder of a Protestant Brotherhood--Rev. Thomas Champness of the Joyful News Mission. 126 + 81 pp. 18 x 24.5 cm. Periodical, cover has 2 x 2 cm corner torn off, spine frayed and torn, Table of Contents page misprinted, so that several page numbers do not appear. Good. (5751) $19.00. History
American Past, The; A History of the United States from Concord to the Nuclear Age by Butterfield, Roger. ©1957 New York, NY: Simon and Schuster. Beautifully illustrated history of the U.S., with excellent photos, cartoons and drawings. Portfolio of full-page cartoons in color. 511 pp. 19 x 25 cm. Red cloth on board, only slight trace of wear, no dj. Very good. (3254) $17.00. History
American Review, The;The American Review of Reviews, March 1928 Shaw, Albert, Editor 1928 New York, NY: Review of Reviews Corp. Over 100 pages of advertisements. Frontispiece photo of Mr. And Mrs. Herbert Hoover--he will enter the Republican presidential primary in Ohio. How to Enforce Prohibition by William G. McAdoo, leader of the "Dry" Democrats. Views of Southern Leaders on Prohibition. 214 pp. 16 x 24 cm. Paper periodical, very good. (6287) $15.00. History](image480.gif)