Search Results: Collectables from Friends of the Cazenovia Public Library

1962 hardcover as pictured. A classic African-American cookbook from Freda DeKnight, legendary food writer at Ebony magazine. Described as part cookbook, part cultural guide, the original A Date With a Dish was published in 1948, then reappeared as the current offering in 1962. DeKnight's selections from the thousands of recipes in her collection have stood the test of time. Binding is firm. Aqua boards with black stamping are clean and show only light edge wear. Pictorial endpapers, head and tail bands. Text is lightly tanned but appears otherwise clean and unmarked. Small stain on edge of text block. Dust jacket with tiny chips, and small tears at top of spine is protected in mylar sleeve. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s OA4

Published 1986. Hardcover, pre-printed case as shown with this listing is rubbed, scuffed and chipped. Painted endpapers, head and tail bands. Edges are mottled and the is some foxing to text, binding is firm. Multiple black and white and four-color illustrations. Your purchase helps our small public library. pi (AR - oversize)

1994 leather bound hardcover as pictured. Binding is firm. Black leather with gilt stamping and raised bands on spine. Boards are clean and show minimal shelf wear. Tan silk endpapers. Gilt edge of text block, ribbon marker. Text itself is clean and unmarked. No dust jacket as published. Would be as new aside from slight shelf wear. Your purchase helps support our small village library. sOB3

1945 hardcover as pictured. Third printing of the 1941 classic history of the outlaw Loomis Gang of Central New York. Binding is intact. Green cloth boards with dark green stamping are soiled and rubbed with bumped corners and fraying at edges. Rear hinge cracked. Owner's bookplates on FEP and half title page. Endpapers are mottled. Text is tanned but appears otherwise clean and unmarked. No dust jacket. Price reflects condition. Your purchase helps support our small village library. sAR

1900 hardcover as pictured. A beautifully made book in good condition. Binding is firm. Brown cloth boards with beveled edges, embossed and stamped in black and gold, show slight fraying at head and tail of spine and at gently bumped corners. Gilt edge of text block. Half inch tear mid front hinge. Pencil markings on FFEP. Text is age tanned with some foxing but appears otherwise clean and unmarked. No dust jacket. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s OB2

Leather bound hardcover from Easton Press as pictured. Book is as new in shrink wrap. Brown leather boards with gold stamping, gilt edge of text block, silk ribbon, head and tail bands. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s OE1

1928 hardcover as pictured. A beautiful small volume, numbered copy 128/1050, by Nonesuch Press/Random House. Twelve Pythian odes by the cannonical Greek poet in English translation with commentary. Binding is firm. White buckram boards with gold stamping on spine are lightly soiled but show little wear. Owner's bookplate on FEP. Endpapers tanned. Rough cut text block with gilt top edge. Text appears clean and unmarked. Patterned slip case shows light edge wear. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s OG2

1937 hardcover as pictured. This is a very nice volume, of interest more for its design and production than for content. The binding, with head and tail bands, is firm. Maroon deeply embossed boards with gold stamping on front and spine show light edge wear and gently bumped lower corners. Maroon endpapers. Text block with gilt top edge and thumb index. Text is age tanned. Page 475 has a small tear. No dust jacket. A handsome addition to any bookshelf. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s
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1983 first edition hardcover as pictured. A comprehensive review of thimbles with sections on manufacture and materials, country of origin and identification marks. Includes a glossary and bibliography along with many photographs. An essential for the serious enthusiast. Binding is firm. Maroon boards with gold stamping are clean and show minimal shelf wear. Endpapers and text appear clean and unmarked. Would be as very good except for slight mottling of edge of text block. No dust jacket. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s AR

1860 two volume hardcover set as pictured. A very handsome edition of The Marble Faun, otherwise known as Transformation: Or The Romance of Monte Beni. Covers have black leather over lays and gilt tooling to fronts and spines. Colored edges, head and tail bands, marbled endpapers. Copyright Edition stated on title page of each volume and Printing Office of the Publisher on page 292 of volume one. Frontispiece is a portrait of author facing title page in volume one. Many photographs of Rome in both volumes.Binding are firm although 4pp (263/264/265, 266) are completely detatched. Some foxing and light tanning to text pages. Your purchase helps of small village library. pi (B3)

1972 hardcover as pictured. This is an amusing but sobering look back at fashion, style and gender expectations as of 1972 published by Montgomery Ward, the mail order company and "Amazon" of the day. Binding is firm. Boards are lightly soiled and faded over spine with a bit of edge wear. Endpapers and text appear clean and unmarked. No dust jacket. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s AR