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Philadelphia: Macrae Smith Company, 1951. New and Revised Edition, with the addition of the final chapter entitled "Do Stay for Supper," which features quick-preparation recipes for unexpected situations. Originally published in 1947. Chock full of practical and basic recipes, interspersed with neighborly discussion by the author. Light-to-moderate rubbing of cover extremities. Clean and tight. The dust jacket is in two very edgeworn pieces, with light cover crease and faintly soiled, but, st... more information

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Philadelphia: Lea & Febiger, 1947 Cloth. Second printing; first published 1946. Many black-and-white illustrations. Moderate wear to cover extremities. Prior owner's inkstamped name/address on front endpaper and inside front cover. Faint partial cup stain to front cover. Interior clean and intact.. Hard Cover. Good +/No Jacket. ... more information

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New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, Inc. 1971. 1971. Hard Cover. Small 4to Cloth. Very Good in dust jacket. Third printing. Traces the history of this profession. Intended for young readers. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs. Clean and tight. Dust jacket only fair, heavily edgeworn and creased, and with diagonal 6" closed tear at lower front panel, 1" chip out of upper spine. . ... more information

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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1955. Good/Good-. First U.S. Edition. Illustrated paper-covered boards. First published in Japan as "Tade Kuu Mushi." Translated by Edward G. Seidensticker. A "subtle and delicate story that deals with a modern bourgeois. . .who escapes from his empty domestic life into the arms of a beautiful Eurasian," and the father-in-law who tries to help the failed marriage. Moderate-to-heavy rubbing of lower cover edges, with "crunch" creasing to tail of ... more information

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Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1916 Ex-Library. Pictorial cloth; former schoolbook; reinforced binding. Third printing. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs with Inkstamped school library bookplate on inside cover the only library mark. Moderate-to-heavy cover soil; light edgewear. Prior owner's name in pencil ffep. Remnants of pencil scribbling on ffep and reverse. Very small inkstamp "Howard St." on title page. Interior otherwise clean and tight.. Hard Cover. Good -/No Jacket. ... more information

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Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1918 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Pictorial cloth. Original copyright 1916. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs. Ex-school library with reinforced binding. Moderately worn extremities. Inkstamped school book plate inside front cover. Prior owner's name in pencil on front endpaper. Faint remnants of pencil scribbles to front endpaper; some smudges to rear endpaper. Otherwise clean and tight.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. ... more information

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Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1916 Ex-Library. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Pictorial cloth. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs depicting modes of transporation of the period, including trolleys and trains. Ex-school library with reinforced binding. Inside front cover bears inkstamped library bookplate partly covered with label noting room numbers/dates. Prior owner's name in ink at upper front endpaper. A couple of small stray ink marks to page 15; occasional faint so... more information

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New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1979 Very Good-. Moderate cover wear, including corner creases and tiny tear to bottom rear cover corner. Interior clean and tight.. Trade Paperback. ... more information

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New York: Barnes & Noble, Inc., 1969 Good+/No Jacket. Ex-Library. Reprint; first published 1930. Rear endpaper excised; inkstamps to title page, top and bottom page blocks; spine lettering. Small area of dampstain to lower rear cover along spine edge, with very small stain to inside rear cover and lower rear hinge; no musty odor. Otherwise clean and tight with only faint wear.. Hard Cover. ... more information

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London: Faber and Faber Limited Very Good+/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Stiff wraps with stiff wrap dust jacket and protective glassine cover. No date; circa 1950. Part of Faber Gallery series edited by R.H. Wilenski. Tipped-in color plates. Very light edgewear. Glassine cover mostly present, but in two pieces and missing a piece along front spine edge.. Soft Cover. ... more information

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Detroit: General Motors Forty-nine booklets. Economist Henry J. Taylor (1902-1984), also a prolific journalist/author and Ambassador to Switzerland from 1957-61--was the featured speaker on the Mutual Broadcasting System's General Motors radio program "Your Land and Mine" in the mid-40s. His talks were published in staple-bound booklet and brochure format, two talks in each. He probably was popular because of his basically conservative/"man-in-the-street" views and comments on gove... more information

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Kenthurst: Kangaroo Press , 1987 Very Good/Very Good -. Lavishly illustrated with author's color and black-and-white photographs and drawings. Faint edgewear, including miniscule scrape/tear bottom front cover corner.. Hard Cover. ... more information

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New York: Worthington Co. , 1887 Decorative Cloth. Franklin Edition. Tragic adventure tale of English boys who board an unmanned trading vessel at port and somehow drift out to sea. Illustrated with tissue-guarded black-and-white frontispiece drawing. Light rubbing to cover extremities; light rubbing to boards. Bookseller inkstamp to front endpaper; prior owner vintage name/date third front blank endpaper; otherwise clean and tight.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. ... more information

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Taftsville, Vermont: Foul Play Press/The Countryman Press, 1979 Digest-size; color photograph illustrated card covers. Asey Mayo, the "Hayseed Sherlock," returns to the Cape and becomes caught up in a carnival of murder and mystery.. Soft Cover. Very Good +. ... more information

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Taftsville, Vermont: Foul Play Press/The Countryman Press, 1966 Digest-sized; color photograph cover. A Leonidas Witherall Mystery. "Leonidas Witherall slept through Death's visit. And awoke to find himself number one suspect for murder. Few very small scuff scrapes to covers; light rubbing to cover extremities. Clean and tight.. Soft Cover. Very Good. ... more information

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Seattle, Washington: The Mountaineers , 1982 Very Good. Illustrated with color photographs by Bob and Ira Spring.. Trade Paperback. ... more information

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Victoria : British Columbia Provincial Museum, 1974 Ex-Library. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Staple-bound. Black-and-white drawings by Elizabeth J. Stephen. Range maps. Library marks limited to catalog numbering at upper front cover near spine, and inkstamp at lower margin of last page.. Soft Cover. Very Good +. ... more information

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Boston: Little, Brown and Company. 1975. Ex-Library First U.S. Edition. Hard Cover. 0316843513 Cloth. Very Good/Good Pictorial endpapers. Black-and-white text drawings. Library marks: partially-removed bookplate inside front cover; inkstamp front endpaper; embossed seal title page; small sticker scar at base of dust jacket spine. Small chip to lower front hinge paper. Dust jacket moderately edgeworn. Otherwise clean and tight. . ... more information

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Portland, Maine: Falmouth Book House , 1935 ". . .[A] picture of Maine in the unwritten past. . ." Creation and Pre-Cambrian Time through the Psychozoic Era. An uncommon book on an unusual subject, with original black-and-white illustrations by the author. Binding slightly shaken; faint discoloration to black cloth cover noted in certain light; otherwise clean and intact with faint wear to extremities. Dust jacket intact with cover panel and descriptive front flap still bright; spine darkened wit... more information

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Boston: Little, Brown & Company , 1953 Some outmoded information, but much still pertinent; also useful for research about attitudes and concepts operating 50 years ago. Faint wear and fading to bottom edge of book. Dust jacket intact, but moderately scuffed and edgeworn. Clean and tight.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. ... more information

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