Diet for Children (and Adults) and the Kalorie Kids by Peters, Lulu Hunt - 1929

New York: American Book Company, 1908. Gray cloth with black titles and decoration on covers and spine. 91 toned pages followed by several pages of publishers other publications. No evidence that the book is ex-library (we actually know the provenance) but it does have a rough glue area inside back cover. Rear end page (blank) also has rough area and large tear. We can guess that a library pocket may have been removed. Contents include: The City of Boston: Its Past; How It Grew by Florence Converse; How Boston Is Governed by Myron E. Pierce; Public Education by Charles M. Lamprey; Our City Streets by Meyer Bloomfield; How City Money Is Raised and Spent by Harvey S. Chase; The Public Parks, Playgrounds, Baths and Gymnasiums by Sylvester Baxter, much more. We note words underlined in pencil on page 7 and some stray pencil marks on page 58; a half inch tear in the margin of page 15 and some fingermarks on light soil on fep; bumped back corners. Title page has seal of the City of Boston. Color… Read More

Boston: Gould and Lincoln, 1856. Edited by the son of the diarist, this is a collection of the writings of Amos Lawrence 1786-1852. Amos and is brothers were very successful early American merchants. The city of Lawrence, Massachusetts was named for his brother, Abbott Lawrence. Following his retirement Amos Lawrence was a philanthropist on a tremendous scale donating to education, libraries and healthcare in particular. (Not to be confused with his son Amos A. Lawrence, himself a businessman and philanthropist and also a leading abolitionist and the founder of Lawrence, Kansas.) This family figures prominently in early American genealogy and history. 359 tanned pages followed by index. Engraved frontispiece of Amos Lawrence with facsimile signature plus engraving of his brother Abbott. Another page is a facsimle of Amos Lawrence's handwriting. Both black and white illustrations are on heavy, glossy stock. Beautiful embossed scroll work on front and back cover and spine. From Preface:… Read More

Philadelphia: Parry & McMillan, 1857. Prose Writers of America was first published in 1847 (this is the 4th and last edition.) And was specifically designed to compete with a similar anthology by Cornelius Mathews and Evert Augustus Duyckinck. Editor/author Rufus Wilmot Griswold was an influential editor but less than civil and scrupulous, he outed Walt Whitman (although apparently it took one to know one) and is perhaps best remembered today for defaming Egdar Allan Poe, even becoming Poe's literary executor under less than ethical circumstances. We couldn't find anyone to say anything nice about him: http://www.answers.com/topic/rufus-griswold & http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rufus_Griswold & http://www.poeforward.com/poe/griswold.html & http://www.eapoe.org/geninfo/poegrisw.htm although there is a lot of interesting reading. This volume was one of his last works, a piece of somewhat controversial literary history. Green cloth with decorative gilt on front and back… Read More

Memphis, Tennessee: Southwestern at Memphis, 1967. Folio sized hardcover; 304 pages, dark brown endpapers. Brown leatherette style cloth with embossed name and design on front cover; the background of the design is gilt. The spine has the embossed name, year and volume in gilt. Full color photograph inset of one of the school's buildings is also on front cover. Black and white photographs throughout, green endpapers and color photo illustrated title page. Yearbooks are always a fascinating snapshot in time memorializing hairstyles, fashion and social conventions. This book is very well photographed with some interesting and thoughtful compositions. Founded in 1848 the oft renamed school began: in 1848 as the Masonic University of Tennessee in 1850 was renamed Stewart College in 1850 to honor its then president William M. Stewart in 1875 was renamed Southwestern Presbyterian University in 1925 was renamed Southwestern in 1945 was renamed Southwestern at Memphis (which was its name at the time… Read More

New York: E.P. Dutton, 1900. This is a very rare edition published in 1900. Narrow 12mo size pictorial hardcover with bright gilt titles on spine and front cover; 160 pages. Phillips Brooks (1835 - 1893) was an Episcopal clergyman and Rector at Boston's Trinity Church. Well known during his lifetime, he delivered a sermon at the funeral of United States President Abraham Lincoln. He was a requested speaker worldwide and delivered a sermon at Westminster Abbey. He was elected the sixth Bishop of Massachusetts in 1891 and served in that capacity until his death. Bishop Brooks is remembered in the Episcopal liturgical calendar on January 23. Several schools were named in his honor as was the Phillips Brooks House (now the Phillips Brooks House Association, a student volunteer association) at Harvard College, his alma mater. A statue of Brooks by sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens is located outside Trinity Church in Boston. The author of several volumes of sermons, Brooks may be best… Read More

New York: American Book Company, 1908. Gray cloth with black titles and decoration on covers and spine. 91 toned pages followed by several pages of publishers other publications. No evidence that the book is ex-library (we actually know the provenance) but it does have a rough glue area inside back cover. Rear end page (blank) also has rough area and large tear. We can guess that a library pocket may have been removed. Contents include: The City of Boston: Its Past; How It Grew by Florence Converse; How Boston Is Governed by Myron E. Pierce; Public Education by Charles M. Lamprey; Our City Streets by Meyer Bloomfield; How City Money Is Raised and Spent by Harvey S. Chase; The Public Parks, Playgrounds, Baths and Gymnasiums by Sylvester Baxter, much more. We note words underlined in pencil on page 7 and some stray pencil marks on page 58; a half inch tear in the margin of page 15 and some fingermarks on light soil on fep; bumped back corners. Title page has seal of the City of Boston. Color… Read More

Boston: Gould and Lincoln, 1856. Edited by the son of the diarist, this is a collection of the writings of Amos Lawrence 1786-1852. Amos and is brothers were very successful early American merchants. The city of Lawrence, Massachusetts was named for his brother, Abbott Lawrence. Following his retirement Amos Lawrence was a philanthropist on a tremendous scale donating to education, libraries and healthcare in particular. (Not to be confused with his son Amos A. Lawrence, himself a businessman and philanthropist and also a leading abolitionist and the founder of Lawrence, Kansas.) This family figures prominently in early American genealogy and history. 359 tanned pages followed by index. Engraved frontispiece of Amos Lawrence with facsimile signature plus engraving of his brother Abbott. Another page is a facsimle of Amos Lawrence's handwriting. Both black and white illustrations are on heavy, glossy stock. Beautiful embossed scroll work on front and back cover and spine. From Preface:… Read More

Philadelphia: Parry & McMillan, 1857. Prose Writers of America was first published in 1847 (this is the 4th and last edition.) And was specifically designed to compete with a similar anthology by Cornelius Mathews and Evert Augustus Duyckinck. Editor/author Rufus Wilmot Griswold was an influential editor but less than civil and scrupulous, he outed Walt Whitman (although apparently it took one to know one) and is perhaps best remembered today for defaming Egdar Allan Poe, even becoming Poe's literary executor under less than ethical circumstances. We couldn't find anyone to say anything nice about him: http://www.answers.com/topic/rufus-griswold & http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rufus_Griswold & http://www.poeforward.com/poe/griswold.html & http://www.eapoe.org/geninfo/poegrisw.htm although there is a lot of interesting reading. This volume was one of his last works, a piece of somewhat controversial literary history. Green cloth with decorative gilt on front and back… Read More

Memphis, Tennessee: Southwestern at Memphis, 1967. Folio sized hardcover; 304 pages, dark brown endpapers. Brown leatherette style cloth with embossed name and design on front cover; the background of the design is gilt. The spine has the embossed name, year and volume in gilt. Full color photograph inset of one of the school's buildings is also on front cover. Black and white photographs throughout, green endpapers and color photo illustrated title page. Yearbooks are always a fascinating snapshot in time memorializing hairstyles, fashion and social conventions. This book is very well photographed with some interesting and thoughtful compositions. Founded in 1848 the oft renamed school began: in 1848 as the Masonic University of Tennessee in 1850 was renamed Stewart College in 1850 to honor its then president William M. Stewart in 1875 was renamed Southwestern Presbyterian University in 1925 was renamed Southwestern in 1945 was renamed Southwestern at Memphis (which was its name at the time… Read More

New York: E.P. Dutton, 1900. This is a very rare edition published in 1900. Narrow 12mo size pictorial hardcover with bright gilt titles on spine and front cover; 160 pages. Phillips Brooks (1835 - 1893) was an Episcopal clergyman and Rector at Boston's Trinity Church. Well known during his lifetime, he delivered a sermon at the funeral of United States President Abraham Lincoln. He was a requested speaker worldwide and delivered a sermon at Westminster Abbey. He was elected the sixth Bishop of Massachusetts in 1891 and served in that capacity until his death. Bishop Brooks is remembered in the Episcopal liturgical calendar on January 23. Several schools were named in his honor as was the Phillips Brooks House (now the Phillips Brooks House Association, a student volunteer association) at Harvard College, his alma mater. A statue of Brooks by sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens is located outside Trinity Church in Boston. The author of several volumes of sermons, Brooks may be best… Read More