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New York: M Witmark & Sons, 1940. Foreword by Russell V Morgan. Blue clothbound hardcover with black titles on spine and front cover. 133 pages with sheet music throughout. Inside back cover and fep is Keyboard for Practice of Spelling Drills. Book is divided into 14 Lessons. Contents include: The Major Triad in All Positions Intervals Based… Read more

New York: Macmillan, 1930. Royal blue 8vo size clothbound hardcover with gilt titles on spine and bright gilt college seal on front cover with black title block above the seal; 224 toned pages. The Burdett College of Business and Shorthand was founded in 1879 by Charles A. Burdett on Washington Street in Boston. Over the years, it moved… Read more

Princeton University Press, 2001. 8vo size trade paperback; 382 pages From back: "(This book) brings new insight to one of the classic questions of history: why did sustained industrial growth begin in Northwest Europe, despite surprising similarities between advance areas of Europe and and East Asia?..." Edgewear, worn corners, slight curl from improper storage, shelfsoil on… Read more

Arlington, VA: Bauman Bible Telecasts Rare Study Guide for the Film and TV Course "An exploration of thirteen Scriptural passages which reveal some of the ways in which God's immediate presence is experienced in our human existence." 8vo size trade paperback; 192 pages with some black and white illustrations. Handling wear to covers, crease to bottom back… Read more

New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1915. 8vo size black cloth bound hardcover; 321 tanned pages with some black and white engravings and diagrams. Gilt titles on spines and engrossed titles on cover. Contents include: Force General Ideas of Force, Graphical Representation of Velocity, Force, etc. Composition and Resolution of Forces, Velocities, etc. Equilibrium: Three Forces… Read more

Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1948. 4to size pictorial cloth bound hardcover with two color illustration on spine and front cover. 383 pages with black and white photographs throughout followed by a nine page index. Illustrated endpapers (which is not done in children's textbooks any more) and some vintage maps. From book: "Geography is no mere dull… Read more

New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1948. 8vo size clothbound hardcover; 520 toned pages with drawings and illustrations throughout. Green title block on spine and bright gilt titles on spine. Third Edition of textbook originally published in 1929. Includes Preface to third edition and Preface to first edition. Contents include: Principles of Farm Machinery Soil-Preparation Machinery Seedbed… Read more

New York: Henry Holt, 1916. 8vo size brown cloth or buckram bound hardcover with gilt titles on the spine; 418 toned pages with black and white maps and photographs throughout. The end of the book is followed by a several page catalogue of publisher's other titles. Contents include: Earth Relations Relief Features of the Earth The Nature… Read more

Boston: D.C. Heath and Company, 1933. Introducing 500 Common Words and 30 Idioms The Heath-Chicago German Series edited by Peter Hagboldt 12mo size red clothbound staple-bound booklet with black titles and decorations; 54 toned pages Rare - clothbound softcover Two small water spots on front cover; at least three pages have pencilled check marks or x's… Read more

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1933. 8vo size green clothbound hardcover with golden titles on spine and front cover and decoration on front cover; 744 toned pages with some black and white illustrations, some full page. Heavyweight brown endpapers. Extensive Contents include: Prose Biography and Autobiography Letters Essays Poetry Old English Ballads Ballads and… Read more

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1995. edited by Tadataka Yamada with David H. Alpers, Chung Owyang, Don W. Powell and Fred E. Silverstein Second Edition, second printing Blue 4to size hardcovers with gilt titles and red decorations on covers and spine; heavyweight glossy pages. This set weighs in at more than 18 pounds boxed. Volume 1: … Read more

New York: American Book Company, 1915. Deep maroon or brown cloth with embossed publisher's logo on back and embossed titles and design on front. Gilt titles and decoration on spine are faded. 200 toned pages with great black and white illustrations by Kerr Eby. Text is primarly in French in this antiquarian textbook. Includes vocabulary… Read more

New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1968. Life in America Series 8vo size hardcover; 182 pages with some black and white photographs Book sections include: From Slavery to Citizenship: 1619-1900 Toward Full Equality: Since 1900 Authors of the various articles include: Richard Wright Martin Luther King, Jr. James Baldwin Malcolm X Booker… Read more

New York: American Book Company, 1933. 12mo size navy blue clothbound hardcover with bright gilt titles on the spine. This binding is a professional library rebinding with stiff pale blue additional endpapers (the original endpapers are also present.) 295 pages with some full page black and white illustrations, including a frontispiece. There is also a smaller map… Read more

Syracuse, New York: Iroquois Publishing Company, 1940. Green cloth with embossed black titles and illustrations all around the bottom of book. 751 lightly toned pages to this vintage high school textbook with black and white illustrations and color frontispiece. Includes teacher's guide and chapter on Listening to Radio Broadcasts and Enjoying Motion Pictures; contents including a variety of… Read more

New York: Silver Burdett Company, 1944. by Osbourne McConathy, Russell V. Morgan, James L. Mursell, Marshall Bartholomew, Mabel E. Bray, W. Otto Missner and Edward Bailey Birge Illustrated by Jules Gotlieb Wide 8vo size red clothbound hardcover with black titles on spine and front cover; 144 pages including classified and alphabetical indices. Lovely two tone illustrations throughout.… Read more

New York: American Elesevier Publishing Company, Inc., 1972. Part 1: The Thyroid, Editor J.E. Rall; Part 2: The Biogenic Amines, Editor I.J. Kopin. Green leatherette with bright gilt titles; 685 glossy pages. Contents include: Iodine chemistry; Iodoamino acids; Thyroid proteins; Iodine kinetics; Thyroid hormone analyses; The measurement of tyrosine hydroxylase activity; Methods involved in studies… Read more

New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts Inc, 1953. Very rare volume. Gray cloth with red titles on cover and spine. 595 bright, white pages. Bumped top corners and head and heel of spine; name written on fep and rep. A vintage speech textbook. Quotes are for illustrative purposes only and remain the property of their copyright holders. Thanks… Read more

Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1965. From preface: "This "seminar book" is designed to provide capable college students with the materials for a challenging course of study during their initial instruction in English." Contents include: Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden: The Fall; The Tempest (Shakespeare); Comus (Milton); Songs of Innocence and of Experience… Read more

Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishing, 2003. 4to sized hardcover; 578 bright white pages From back: "This authoritative book enables readers to evaluate the various performances and risk attributes of mutal funds, while also serving as a comprehensive reference for students, academics, and general investors alike." Contents include: Understanding Mutual Funds Mutual Fund Service Advantages Mutual Fund Service Advantages: Professional… Read more