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![Text Box: Boston Sunday Post, Sunday Magazine, November 14, 1915 Boston, MA: The Boston Post. Cover painting shows boy in turtleneck sweater with football in right hand, using his left hand to amplify his voice as he shouts. By Cushman Parker. "You Should be Proud of this Man" by Burton J. Hendrick. Story of Dr. Richard P. Strong, who has, in the midst of war, delivered Servia from the typhus. For most of past 15 years he has been conducting expeditions to fight disease; a modern knight-errant whose weapons are the test-tube and the hypodermic needle. He has fought small-pox in the Philippines, pneumonic plague in Manchuria, and the "black death" in China. Centerfold features photos of Love Making in Motion Pictures now (1915) and in earlier years on the stage. Photos of Maude Adams and Robert Edeson in "Little Minister". Photo of Sarah Bernhardt, 31 years ago, indulging in then-risky behavior of placing her hand on a man's shoulder. Also photo of Nat Goodwin and Maxine Elliott. Conclusion: Film lovers in 1915 are much closer together. Full-page color ad for Pabst Extract American Girl Calendar for 1916. 16 pp. 26 x 36 cm. Paper periodical, good. (7228) $15.00. Printed Matter
Boston Weekly Messenger and Massachusetts Journal, Thursday, March 28, 1833, Vol. XII No. 42 Boston, MA: Boston Weekly Messenger. National Republican convention was held in Salem, MA to nominate a candidate for Representative in Congress--Joseph S. Cabot, Esq. Was nominated. A lady was crossing Brattle street near the square was struck by the Marblehead stage; both wheels passed over her right leg and broke it in a shocking manner. 4 pp. 43 x 62 cm. Newspaper, quite brittle, starting to tear at the folds, poor. (6115) $15.00. Printed Matter/Ephemera
Boston Weekly Messenger, Wednesday Evening, September 1, 1841, Vol. XXXI No. 10. Boston, MA: Nathan Hale. New Bank Bill passed by U.S. House of Representatives; President Tyler has declared he will veto it; Riot in Washington in reaction to veto message. In campaign for President of Texas, Burnet leads Sam Houston; The Houston Telegraph says Houston's moral character is so outrageously bad it is compelled to go against him. Edward Everett of Massachusetts has been rejected by the Senate as ambassador to England on the grounds that he is an abolitionist. 4 pp. 52 x 68 cm. Newspaper, pages browned, pinholes in intersection of folds, good. (6117) $23.00. Printed Matter/Ephemera
Carrom Game Boards Rules for Games Played on the Styles D No. 2 and E No. 1 Archarena Game Boards 1920 Ludington, MI: The Carrom Company. Rules for playing Carroms on Checker Board side of board; Crokinola; Carromola; Ten-pins; Five-pin Cuban Carrom; Billiardette, Hawk and Sparrows; Backgammon; many more games. Drawings of tables, folding revolving stands. List of extra parts for game boards, January 1920. 39 pp. 9 x 15 cm. Paper booklet; cover shows photo of woman holding Archarena Game Board. Cover has diagonal fold, lower right edge dogeared, fair. (7488) $19.00. Printed Matter
Chase Architrave, The; The Chase National Bank of the City of New York ca. 1928 New York, NY: Chase National Bank. Booklet describes newly constructed Chase Bank and Architrave, Pine Street Corner of Nassau, in New York City. Architrave, or decorative moulding of main entrance to bank, contains reproductions of ancient coins and even the new 1927 U.S. Peace Dollar. Includes Silver Stater of Metapontum of Greece; coin of Poseidonia (Paestum); Dolphin coin of Spartan Tarentum in Sicily; Shekel of Israel; Holland Rider used in 16th century New York; Testone struck during Sforza dukedom in Milan; Joachimthaler of Bohemia; and more. 31 pp. 17 x 23 cm. Paper booklet, cover slightly stained at spine, very good. (7189) $15.00. Printed Matter
Civil Service: Manual of Examinations, Revised to July 1, 1907; United States Civil Service Commission, Form 302 1907 Washington, DC: Government Printing Office. Following defects will debar persons from any examination: insanity, tuberculosis, paralysis, blindness, deafness, loss of speech, loss of both arms or legs, diabetes. Entrance salaries and conditions of employment at Indian schools: Physician $720 per annum, matron or seamstress, $480 per annum; cook or baker $500 per annum. Information relative to the Philippine civil service. 80 pp. 15 x 23 cm. Paper booklet, cover wrap slightly folded, good. (6896) $16.00. Printed Matter
Dartmouth, The, April 1874; published by the students of Dartmouth College and edited by the senior class 1874 Hanover, NH: Dartmouth College. Publication features literary genius of Dartmouth students. Hamilton as a Young Writer describes Alexander Hamilton as a revolutionary pamphleteer. "A Proposition" by Franz Boyd is humorous piece that suggests boxing up 300 Chinamen and smuggling them through the Upernavik custom-house. "Mr. Webster in Court" relates story of celebrated divorce case (and others) with Webster as counsel, in 1848. 156 pp. 14 x 22 cm. (6502) $32.00. Printed Matter/Educational
Edison Life, May-June 1932 Boston, MA: Edison Electric Illuminating Company. Frontispiece portrait of Charles Leavitt Edgar (1860-1932) who died this year on April 14. He was president of Edison for over 32 years. Photo of model kitchen and laundry at 45 Boylston St. has the very latest of labor-saving devices and beautiful appointments. This includes an electric sink of stainless metal and built-in dishwasher. Ventilating fans keep the air cool and clean at all times. Opening program was broadcast over Radio Station WEEI. 32 pp. 15.5 x 23 cm. Periodical, cover has stains. Fair. (7808) $16.00. Printed Matter
Essex County Mercury and Weekly Salem Gazette, Salem, Mass., Wednesday morning, Sept. 17, 1890 vol. 51 no. 38. Salem, MA: Nath'l A. Horton & Son. The Colored Odd Fellows--story about parade off black Odd Fellows from all over Boston area, and friction between Boston and Cambridge units. Juniper Point Illumination --crowds bigger, illumination smaller. An Ipswich Cow named Eurotisama produced over 945 pounds of butter. Trouble in Toronto when American flag is unfurled at Industrial Exposition. 4 pp. 56 x 72 cm. Newspaper, slightly worn, good. (6207) $15.00. Ephemera
Federal Old-Age Benefits Established by the Social Security Act, December 1936 Seidemann, Henry P., Director 1936 Washington, DC: The Social Security Board. The Social Security Act was signed into law by President Roosevelt in 1935. This booklet explains how much a worker must earn and contribute to receive a benefit at age 65. For example, a worker who will be 30 years old in 1937 and whose wages will be $2000 each year after 1936 and until he is 65 years old will be entitled to a monthly retirement benefit at age 65 of $60.42. Booklet provides tables and lists regional offices of the Social Security Board, and states that have public assistance plans and unemployment compensation laws approved by the Social Security Board. 19 pp. 10 x 23 cm. Paper booklet, 1 cm. inkstain at bottom of pages. Good. (7723) $16.00. Printed Material
Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly, June 1890 --"The Cheapest Magazine Published in the World" --over 100 engravings Leslie, Frank, Editor 1890 New York, NY: Frank Leslie, Publisher. Frederic Arthur Bridgman by Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensselaer; Neuchatel; A Mexican Martyr by Brandt Knox; The Life of a Longshoreman by E. Irving Rackett; Frederick the Great, King of Prussia, Part IV, by A.H. Guernsey; The Bowery and its Story by Felix Oldboy; Edmund Russell on the Art of Dress; "The Last of the Mohicans" by J.L. Ford-- a trip along the Thames River, from New London to Norwich (before the gambling casinos came); Traveling by Air by Andrew Wilson. Excellent illustrated advertisements for Dr. Price's Cream Powder, Sapolio, Wright & Ditson, Luce's Sunshade for Carriages, Harriet Hubbard Ayer Gentlewoman's Toilet, Cornish's Organs, Pears' Soap, W.L. Douglas $3 shoe, Madame Foy's Skirt Supporting Corset, National Sheet Metal Roofing, Merritt Typewriter and Young Ladies' Journal. 128 pp. 20 x 28 cm. Paper periodical, top and bottom of spine torn, small chips, fair. (7645) $16.00. Printed Matter/Magazines
House Beautiful, The; June 1911 New York, NY: The House Beautiful Company. "A Remodeled City House" by F.J. Sterner, Architect, includes drawings and interior photos of home of J.B. Thomas, Esq., 135 E. 19th St., NYC. "Seasonable Notes for the Home Grounds" by Elizabeth Bootes Clark, Landscape Architect. "Georgian Chairs & Sofas" by Virginia Robie. "Brick Houses & How to Build Them" by Charles E. White, Jr., AIAA. "Tiles for the Bathroom & Kitchen" by Ann Wentworth. 32 + xxxviii pp. 24 x 32 cm. Paper periodical, minor wear, good. (7022) $24.50. Printed Matter
Housing the Metropolis; Progress report of the Citizens' Housing Council of New York by Buttenheim, Harold S., President 1938 New York, NY: Citizens' Housing Council of New York. Booklet provides report on housing and neighborhood conditions, especially as affecting families of low income throughout the city, and some recommendations for their improvement by public and private action. Includes three-page mimeographed Digest of New York Public Housing Law, based upon Housing Amendment to NY State Constitution, adopted in November 1938, soon after this report went to press. 44 pp. 15 x 23 cm. Paper booklet with markings and pocket for Regional Plan Association, Inc. Library. Good. (7681) $16.00. Printed Material
Lewiston (Maine) Evening Journal, July 5, 1876 Editor, Nelson Dingley, Jr. 1876. Lewiston, ME: Nelson Dingley Jr. & Co. Fascinating coverage of Maine's celebration of the nation's 100th birthday. Immense procession; fireworks; Exciting tournament of firemen; Greased pig and pole; Balloon voyage. Fair, four small holes in newsprint, else very readable. (0308) $15.00. Ephemera.
Life, New York, November 6, 1902 New York, NY: Life. Lively magazine of tart opinions, satire and humor. Full page cartoon "When a Woman was Pope". Lead editorial chides Methodist ministers who seek to get Professor Atwater of Wesleyan University fired because he stated that to a certain extent alcohol serves as food to the body. Discussion of Labor question, now that miners have gone back to work-- what will happen to non-union miners? In U.S. Army nowadays soldiers are more or less a catch-all-- "it gathers in young men whose brief experience of life has been disappointing to their friends." Service in the Philippines has not been conducive to orderly living. Cartoon by Bayard Jones, "No Love Lost". Ad for White Steam Carriage made by the White Sewing Machine Company (Automobile Department) of Cleveland, Ohio. "Schlitz Beer is Healthful”; Heyner Whiskey. Old Crow Rye Whiskey. Martell's Three Star Brandy. Wilson Whiskey. Remington Typewriter. 22 x 27 cm. Paper periodical, slight wear, very good. (7310) $15.00. Printed Matter
Mount Royal Hotel, Montreal, Canada Carte de Vins 1928 Montreal, Que.: Mount Royal Hotel . The Hotel complies with the Alcoholic Liquor Act of the Province of Quebec--only beers and wines served. Particulars of Vintages: 1887 Port was fine, best since 1878; 1896 is a fine vintage; 1888 mediocre. Champagne, 1880 vintage is very good, lighter than 1874's. Sherry, 1903 vintage average quality; 1902 yield small but quality useful. Champagne, 1915 Heidsieck Dry Monopole $7.00 a quart. Magnum of Mumm's Extra Dry $12.50. 16 pp. 16 x 24 cm. Paper booklet, cover lightly soiled, good. (7033) $17.00. Printed Matter
New England Conservatory Magazine, October, 1899 Boston, MA: New England Conservatory, Franklin Square. "The Building of Music in the Kindergarten Idea" by Nina K. Darlington. "A Message to Garcia" by Elbert Hubbard, reprinted by the courtesy of Mr. Hubbard from the March issue of "Philistine" of which he is editor. "In all this Cuban business there is one man who stands out on the horizon of my memory like Mars at perihelion." "A Curious Instrument of Old Japan" by Anna van Zandt Bing of Nagasaki, Japan. The instrument is a "Koto". Fanciful recipes for Shirred Eggs, Scalloped Oysters and Snow Pudding. Ads for the Harris Shoe, Wm. Knabe & Co. Pianos, Ivers & Pond Pianos. 34 pp. 20 x 27 cm. Periodical, minor chips in wrapper, good. (7746) $16.00. Printed Matter
Opera Glass, The, Boston, March, 1897 Boston, MA: The Opera Glass Publishing Co. Cover photo of E.H. Sothern, the star in "An Enemy to the King." His life story includes adventure in Galveston, Texas in 1880 when, in need of costume for a barbarian part, he bought some half-tanned skins and had them sewn. The smell was very "barbarian." Excellent cartoons illustrate "Some West-End Theatres" with rather daring pictures of female performers. Article remarks about male visitors from staid New England villages who really "get sporty" enjoying the burlesque girls. Ad for a novel entertainment for Lodges, Churches, Receptions, etc.: Edison's Phonograph. 16 pp. 15 x 23 cm. Paper booklet, very good. (6757) $15.00. Printed Matter.
Republic of Iraq Postage Stamps: Souvenir Sheet of Freedom from Hunger Campaign 21-2-1963 1963 Baghdad, Iraq: Republic of Iraq. Souvenir sheet contains three Iraqi postage stamps of 10, 3 and 20 fils denominations commemorating Freedom From Hunger Campaign of March 21, 1963. Sheet is postmarked 3-21-63 and addressed to Karl Struss, Hollywood, CA. ( Struss [1886-1981]was an Oscar-winning cinematographer.) 1 sheet 17 x 12 cm. Special stamps on sheet affixed to envelope, very good. (7496) $16.00. Printed Matter
Royal Electric Cleaner Model H-- Information for its Proper Use & Care ca. 1918 Cleveland, OH: The P.A. Geier Co. "Twenty Minutes with the Royal and the rest of the day is yours" shows woman looking out of picture window as she gently pushes the vacuum cleaner across the floor. Be careful to avoid twisting or straining the lamp cord; coil up the cord when not in use. Instructions for oiling, cleaning, and how to dump out the Royal bag on a piece of newspaper. List of prices of parts for you Royal Suction Cleaner Model H. Fields, $3.50, armature, complete, $6.50. 15 pp. 10 x 23 cm. Paper pamphlet, lightly soiled, good. (6956) $17.00. Printed matter
Rural Repository, The, devoted to Polite Literature, embellished with numerous engravings, Vols. XX-XXI, Aug. 26, 1843 to Aug. 16, 1845 by Stoddard, William B. 1845 Hudson, NY: William B. Stoddard. Fascinating collection of two years of bi-weekly issues, of moral and sentimental tales, biography, travel sketches, humor, poetry. Sketches of Whitehall, NY, Sailor's Snug Harbor on Staten Island; First Baptist Church, Rochester, NY; Smithville Seminary, RI; Calcutta, a city of Hindostan; Lockport, NY; Killingworth, CT; Monument to Sir Walter Scott, Edinburgh; Caldwell, NY; Johnstown, NY; Plattsburg, NY; Notch of the White Mountains and the Willey House; Pittsfield, MA; Bristol, England; Roxbury, MA; Cabotville, MA, many more. Biographies of Oliver Goldsmith, Count Rumford, Philip Doddridge, D.D.; Aesop, Handel, John Rennel, Antonio Canova, Edward Somerset, Lord Nelson, Sir Christopher Wren, Lady Rachel Russel, many more. With Index for each volume. 22 x 29 cm. Leather spine with marbled paper on boards. Spine scuffed, worn. Front free endpaper contains pencil notes on contents. Very good. (6767) $130.00. Printed Matter/Travel/Biography/Fiction.
Spectator; Daily entries 1711-1714, in Eight Volumes by Joseph Addison 1744 London, England: J. & R. Tonson in the Strand. Addison uses his marvelous education to provide daily doses of wisdom and humor to his readers over the years 1711 to 1714, in 635 entries. Originally published daily, this 1744 version includes all 635. Entries start with an apt quotation in Latin or Greek, followed by its translation into English, and then a refreshing discourse that is delightful after four centuries. It gives the modern reader an interesting and entertaining picture of what Englishmen were doing and thinking in the early 18th century. The daily diary of an Englishman reproduced in Vol. IV shows how Addison uses the mundane entries of a gentleman to teach readers a lesson. 2612 pp. 10 x 17.4 cm. Eight duodecimo volumes in calf with five-ribbed spines with gilt design. Boards are worn, and three of eight have detached front or back boards, or nearly so. (V.1 front board detached, pencil notes on front pastedown; V.2 front hinge cracked; V. 4 front hinge cracked, back cover nearly detached; V. 7 front board detached, back board cracked.) Text blocks on all are excellent. Thus overall, poor. (5277) $299.00 Printed matter.
Victory Song Book for Soldiers, Sailors and Marines edited by Frey, Hugo ©1942 New York, NY Robbins Music Corporation 96 pp. 15 x 23 cm. 93 patriotic and popular song favorites for community singing in camps, recreational groups, schools and in the home. Paper pamphlet, spine worn. Good. (1489) $16.00. Printed matter/Music.
Weekly Progress: America's Most Dynamic Prison Weekly, Marquette, Michigan, March 17, 1961 1961 Marquette, MI: Branch Prison. Mimeographed newsletter. Headline: Six Inmates Pass G.E.D. Test, announced by Norman Kukuk, director of education. Ray Hinter, Robert Stacy, Bill Tolbert, Frank Oliver, Frank Strachan and Robert Meadows all passed. "Ex-Con Returns to Speak" --George "Chi” Walker talked to 10 inmates about how he turned the tide of his life. Cartoon "Movie Previews" by Jim Breeze features "Tribute to a Bad Man" starring James Cagney and Irene Pappas; "Platinum High School" starring Mickey Rooney, Terry Moore and Dan Duryea; "Desire in the Dust" starring Raymond Burre (sic) and Martha Hyer. 8 pp. 21 x 27 cm. Mimeographed newsletter, very good. (7505) $17.00. Printed Matter
Yearbook, Wartburg Orphans' Farm School of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, Mount Vernon, NY; Dreissig Jahre ein Berichterstatter, Jahrbuch des Wartburg-Waisenhauses 1914-1915 by Berkemeier, Dr. G.C. 1915 Mount Vernon, NY: Wartburg Orphans' Farm School. Yearbook, most of text in German, reports donations and contributions to Orphans' Farm School. Quotes by Goethe: "Edel sei der Mensch, hülfreich und gut!" and Bismarck: "Ein Berichtstatter is ein Mensch, der seinen Berusversehlt hat." 36 pp. 23 x 15 cm. Paper booklet, color cover illustration shows family looking at reporter (Berichterstatter?). Very good. (6631) $21.00. Printed matter](image684.gif)