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Feist Building, New York: Leo. Feist, Inc, 1921. Ephemera no binding. Good. 12 1/4" x 9 1/4"; 5, [1]pp; color pictorial front wrapper; ad for New Feist Song Hits on rear wrapper; 2" split at foot of fold; 1" split at top of fold; good.

Boston: White-Smith Music Publishing Company, 1909. String. Stiff wraps. 4to; 29pp; stiff brown wrapper printed in green, brown twisted cord tie binding; scores for 4 songs; small spots and ownership in ink to front wrapper, a few marginal pencil marks; very good plus. Held in 9 WorldCat libraries, High Voice and Low Voice editions. Words first presented as a poem, then followed by the score with words. Includes poems by Nelle Richard Eberhart (1871-1944) set to three Omaha Tribal melodies and an Iroquois Tribal Melody. Arrangements by Charles Wakefield Cadman (1881-1946). Eberhart and Cadman collaborated on many musical projects.

Racine, Wis: Whitman Publishing Co, 1929. Wraps. Very good. Harrison CADY. [CHILDREN]. 24mo square (5 3/16" x 4 ½"); [24]pp; color pictorial wrapper, 2 staple binding; illustrations every page, 12 in color, the rest printed in blue; light rubbing to edges, damp staining to wrapper; very good. This edition, in a wrapper and smaller size, is not located in any OCLC libraries. Not found in Baumgarten. Thanksgiving Day in the forest and the lively town of anthropomorphic animals join in the celebration. Lively and imaginative story, with the wonderfully expressive illustrations Cady is known for. Harrison Cady (1877-1970) was an illustrator and cartoonist perhaps best known for his cartoon strip Peter Rabbit and his illustrations for Thornton W. Burgess' books.

Racine, Wis: Whitman Publishing Co, 1929. Wraps. Near fine. Harrison CADY. [CHILDREN]. 24mo square (5 3/16" x 4 ½"); [24]pp; color pictorial wrapper, 2 staple binding; illustrations every page, 12 in color, the rest printed in blue; light rubbing to edges; near fine. This edition, in a wrapper and smaller size, is not located in any OCLC libraries. Not found in Baumgarten. A town full of anthropomorphic animals join in the fun of a "coasting carnival!" Lively and imaginative story, with the wonderfully expressive illustrations Cady is known for. Harrison Cady (1877-1970) was an illustrator and cartoonist perhaps best known for his cartoon strip Peter Rabbit and his illustrations for Thornton W. Burgess' books.

New York, N.Y.: Stoll and Edwards Co., Inc, 1928. Boards. Very good. Harrison CADY. Harrison CADY, illustrator. Small 4to; [16]pp; color pictorial boards, two bunnies with baskets and vegetables on front, green cloth shelf-back; color fp, color vignette on title page; illustrations throughout in b&w and color; 2pp publisher's ads for other Johnny Funny-Bunny stories; light warping of boards, scuffing of edges and corners; very good. OCLC locates only one copy at the University of Florida. Scarce. The story of the Funny-Bunny family's ill-fated picnic that was interrupted by a woodpecker, mole, woodchuck, frogs, turtles, bugs, and finally rain! The author and illustrator, Walter Harrison Cady (1877-1970), was an American cartoonist and illustrator best known for his Peter Rabbit comic strip in the New York Herald Tribune Syndicate papers.

Thomaston, Maine: General Henry Knox Museum, 2008. Wraps. As new. 8vo; 404pp; stiff color pictorial wrappers, portrait of Henry Knox on the front; unread condition. A biography of General Henry Knox, the first Secretary of War of the United States under General and President George Washington.

New York: The World Publishing Company, 1970. First Edition. Buckram. Near fine/Very good. Tasha TUDOR. First edition. 12mo square; 302pp; aqua buckram over board, gilt-stamped title to front and spine; mustard textured endpapers with floral vignette; thick creamy paper; 6 full-page color including fp and b&w illustrations throughout; dust soiling to top edge, light stain to fore-edge; price clipped color pictorial dust jacket, shelf-wear and one closed tear to front; near fine in very good dj. Stories and thoughts arranged in chapters that follow the months of the year.

Philadelphia: Mathew Carey, 1814. John G. Warnicke. Map of Maine showing 6 of its 7 counties: Cumberland, Hancock, Kennebeck, Lincoln, Washington, and York. Somerset County was formed in 1809 but not shown on this map.

New York: The Platt & Munk Co., Inc, 1955. Boards. Fine/very good +. [ACTIVITY BOOK]. 12mo square; [86]pp; textured orange boards, black stamped boy and girl under a puzzle tree, black lettering on spine; pictorial title page; numbered puzzles, solutions in rear; unused; unclipped color pictorial dust jacket, publisher's ad on rear, some light edge creasing and chipping; fine in very good plus dj. None located in OCLC. Elementary school-age crossword puzzle book with engaging graphic illustrations. Front flap advertises "a new and different kind of crossword puzzle book with a novel approach. Combines rebus and acrostics with the puzzles, to fascinate and stimulate the imagination." Price of $1.00 on front dust jacket flap.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1884. Cloth. Very good. 8vo; viii, 338pp; gilt and black stamped tan cloth, border of flowers and leaves to top, vignette of a horse in a horseshoe, gilt stamped spine; top edge gilt; green endpapers; b&w illustrated "Artotype" frontispiece, a collotype illustration process; light shelf wear, small red stain to head front board; very good. Carnegie's personal narrative of his sporting passion of four-in-hand coach driving.

Chicago: Calumet Baking Powder Company, 1923. Third Edition. Cloth. Good. Third edition; 8vo; 64pp; brown stamped cloth over board; 12 tipped in glazed chromolithographs of prepared pastries; 6 pages for Additional Recipes follow with hand written notes; cover scuffed, corners bumped, head and tail of spine chipped; offsetting and soiling to endpapers, illustrations bright although some soiled; good.

New York: Little Simon, 1994. First Edition. Boards. Fine. First edition, first printing. 12mo oblong; [20pp]; color pictorial glazed boards with title and author to front; ISBN: 0-671-86631-1; endpapers part of text; color illustrated every page with pop-up, pull tab, open flap, turn wheel, fragrant scratch-patch, and a tactile-pad interactions; as issued without dj, price on rear board $16.95; fine. Fun colorful movable and touchable trip through the alphabet.

London: Published by the Author at the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, 1841. Cloth. Very good +. George CATLIN. [NATIVE AMERICANS] [ILLUSTRATED].  W. and A.K. Johnston, Printers, in Edinburgh and London. Later printing.  Quarto; 530pp in 2 volumes; publisher's original gilt-stamped cloth re-backed; gilt tops' fore-edge and bottom untrimmed (deckle); ownership to front pastedowns; one of the title variations, omitting the words "Letters and Notes on..."; 311 colored plates including 3 bound-in maps; light foxing to endpapers and a few pages; no bad odors and binding is tight; very good plus. Bibliographical notes:  Publisher's Title page states, "with 400 illustrations carefully engraved from his original paintings and colored after nature", but a count shows a total of 311 plates, including 3 bound in maps, one a fold-out.  Of the 311, 7 are missing as noted in Howes bibliography of the book (Howes C241--23, 137, 142, 149, 159, 246 and 247), but 113 and 114 are present although Howes disputes this. … Read More

London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1902. Cloth. Near fine. [GARDENING] [DESIGN]. First edition. 8vo; xv [i], half-title, 3-212pp; Wedgewood-blue cloth over board, white-stamped vignette of a child with a flower and rake in a framed oval; ownership on front pastedown dated 1902; bookseller's label to ffep; b&w frontispiece with tissue guard; b&w half-tone photographic illustrations; near fine. Not found in OCLC. In the preface the author states her purpose of encouraging children and beginning gardeners of all ages, and providing a foundation of knowledge on which to build. Chapter titles follow the seasons and the text is illustrated with black and white half-tone photographic illustrations. A small hand-folded seed packet is laid-in at the page illustrating this skill.

New York: Beginner Books, a Division of Random House, 1959. First Edition. Boards. Near fine/near fine. Carl ROSE. First edition. 8vo; 61 [4]pp; glazed yellow pictorial boards featuring a giraffe; color illustrated endpapers; color illustrations with text; light scuff to head and tail of spine; unclipped color pictorial dust jacket lacking price, rear panel features a publisher's ad for "I Can Read It All By Myself Beginner Books" with an image of the Cat in the Hat, "0275" on bottom right; near fine in near fine dj. The illustrated story of a young boy named Marvin and his adventures. The illustrator, Carl Rose, was a cartoonist who contributed to The New Yorker magazine. The author, Bennett Cerf, was a co-founder of Random House publishing company, a columnist for King Features and a panelist on the TV show, "What's My Line?".

Freeport, Maine: The Bond Wheelwright Company, 1971. Staplebound. Near fine. 8vo; 76pp; stiff glazed color printed wrapper, b&w photographic illustration of a 4-masted schooner to the front, list of publisher's County Editions to rear; 2 staple binding; map of Washington County to verso front wrapper; b&w photographic illustrations; minimal shelf-wear to wrapper, tight binding; near fine. A look at the towns of Washington County, Maine and a brief summary of their history with photographic illustrations.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1958. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/very good +. Ronni SOLBERT. Ronni SOLBERT, illustrator. First edition. 12mo oblong; 36, [2]pp; light brown buckram stamped with Befana riding a donkey and moon in blue ink, title in red; color illustrated throughout; unclipped color pictorial dust jacket, light chipping to edges, small closed tear to rear; fine in very good plus dj. A folk story celebrating Befana, the old Italian woman who delivers gifts to children on Twelfth Night, the twelfth night after Christmas, also known as Epiphany in the Christian calendar. Charming illustrations accompany the story.

Boston: Dutton and Wentworth, Printers, Congress Street, 1847. Wraps. Fine. 16mo (6 1/8" x 3 13/16"); 17, [1]pp; plain green wrapper; border and vignette on title page; one additional engraved vignette.; light wear to wrapper else fine. This small pamphlet was produced by the teachers at the Warren Street Chapel with an appeal for participation in the annual Floral Procession. The Warren Street Chapel was a charity for impoverished children founded in 1826 by Dr. Tuckerman. The Chapel building was erected in 1835/6 and the charity was supported first by the American Unitarian Association and then by the Benevolent Fraternity of Boston churches. In Gleason's Pictorial Drawing Room (1856), Rev. Luther Farnham is quoted as saying that this era was the "children's age" when society turns to the "moral instruction of the rising generation." The call for a gathering of "Bouquets, Baskets, Banners, and Decorations of every kind—Branches and Wreaths of Evergreen—Moss and dried Grass" went out to… Read More

Boston: Lockwood, Brooks, & Company, 1876. Cloth. Near fine. 12mo; 138, [1]pp; gilt-stamped green cloth, title and vignette of cherubim blowing a trumpet and carrying lilies, gilt stamped spine; all edges gilt; brown endpapers; title page in red and black; all verse within black border; ornamental tailpiece; light scruff to spine tail; near fine. Collection of hymns and poems celebrated at Easter and concentrated on the Christian belief of the resurrection of Christ.

[London]: Virgin Books, Imperial War Museum, 2009. Cloth. Fine/very good +. [HISTORY] [WWII]. 8vo; xviii, 446pp; black buckram over board, silver stamped lettering on spine; color pictorial endpapers; b&w photographic illustrations; unclipped color pictorial dust jacket, light creasing with some color loss; fine in very good plus dj. The outbreak of war with Germany in Great Britain on September 3, 1939, and its effect on the population and country.