Recent Arrivals from Haec City / Also Books

New York: William R. Jenkins, [ca. 1900]. Leather . Good. Deep red leather 24mo, 5 x 3.75 inches, 175pp. Good condition: Spine dried and darkened, chipped at the crown and with several horizontal splits down the length and some residue to interior, nibbling to the front flyleaf and small stain on the title page. Covers slightly bowed… Read more about this item

Elkhart, Indiana: Dr. Miles Medical Co, ca. 1920s. Paperback. Good. Oblong 16mo, 32pp. Color wraps. Good with gnawing at the upper edge of the last 10 leaves (no text loss) a tidemark at the bottom edge affecting the first 10. Scarce bit of advertising full of lightly illustrated testimonials, printed in black and red.

Chicago: Oak Flooring Manufacturers Association, 1929. Sixteenth edition. Paperback. Very good. Softcover 8vo, 24pp. Very Good with slight creasing and wear, particularly to the yapp edges, still very attractive. Centerfold chart of wood grain finishes printed in color, the rest printed in a dark sepia and pale green with halftone photographs of interiors and delightful illustrations pouring into… Read more about this item

Columbus, OH: Nationaline Plumbing Stores, 1954-1955. Paperback. Very good. Softcover quarto, 26pp. Printed in a variety of colors, primarily green and orange. Slight nibbling at the top of the spine, otherwise Very Good with light soil to covers, printed address and handwritten dates (March 1955). A wonderfully quirky assortment of fixtures and fittings. The figures in the illustrations… Read more about this item

New York: Standard Pneumatic Action Company. Paperback. Very good. Softcover 16mo, [16]p including covers. A play on Lewis Carroll's 'Alice', the piano-playing protagonist enters a fantasy world through her player piano. Printed by Standard Pneumatic Action Co. and locally issued by Altruist Leals (Hagerstown, MD). Very Good with moderate soil to wraps, splitting at the top and bottom… Read more about this item

New York: American Tract Society, 1860. Newspaper. Very good. Newspaper, 14 x 10 inches, [4p] with engraved pictorial masthead and illustrations. Very Good with surface soil and discoloration from creases, heavier internal ink residue/soil, no major damage or tearing. Signature of Esther Osborn. Morally driven tales for children with charming illustrations.

Scranton, PA: Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences, 1931. Near fine. Flexible hardcover 12mos printed by the International Textbook Co. for the Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences, an offshoot of the International Correspondence Schools. Thoroughly illustrated and in Near Fine condition. The courses provided a means for professional advancement, allowing women to study as their… Read more about this item

Philadelphia / Cleveland: Presbyterian Board of Publication / F. M. Barton, 1917. Paperback. Very good. (1908) 64pp. Wraps with tissue reinforcement along the spine. Private Sunday School library bookplate and number patch on the cover. Originally published in 1908, this edition published as part of the "Evangel Advanced Standard Teacher Training Course" promoted at Sunday School teachers. A… Read more about this item

New York: American Tract Society, 1859. Newspaper. Very good. Newspaper, 14 x 10 inches, [4p] with engraved pictorial masthead and illustrations. Very Good with surface soil and discoloration from creases, heavier internal ink residue/soil, no major damage or tearing. A heavily euphemized notice on the back page regards the death of a young girl who donated subscription… Read more about this item

Scranton, PA: Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences , 1920s-1930s. Near fine. Flexible hardcover 12mos printed by the International Textbook Co. for the Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences, an offshoot of the International Correspondence Schools. Thoroughly illustrated and generally in Near Fine condition with scuffing to one of the covers. The courses provided a means… Read more about this item

Framingham, Mass.: Dennison Manufacturing Co., 1927. Paperback. Very good. Softcover 8vo, 36pp. Color printed wraps and centerfold color chart, copious b&w illustrations throughout. With the original large folding sheet of stencils (30.5 x 21.5 inches) and two paper examples laid in. Wraps with moderate soil/discoloration, split at the bottom 2-inches of the spine, overall Very Good with tidy… Read more about this item

Bradley Junction, PA: Strittmatter Honey & Plant Co., 1931. Paperback. Near fine. 23pp printed on pink stock with halftone illustrations. A descriptive catalogue of flowers available for mail order at a very small the company, which thanks its customers for their financial support after the company founder struggled in business "Due to a very serious nervous condition ending… Read more about this item

New York: American Tract Society, 1857. Newspaper. Very good. Newspaper, 14 x 10 inches, [4p] with engraved pictorial masthead and illustrations. Very Good with surface soil and discoloration from creases, no major damage or tearing. Pencil signature of David Osborn. Cover features walrus hunting.

Cincinnati, OH : H. L. Barnum, 1831. Wraps. Good. Containing Original and Selected Essays on Vegetable Physiology, or Structure of Plants, Farriery, Culinary Art, or Cookery; Statistics; Geology, or Description of Soils; Gardening; Recipes upon the Various Branches of Agriculture; Products, Mode of Culture; and the Various Branches of Domestic Economy. Illustrated with engravings." Stab stitched octavo… Read more about this item

Baltimore: Daily Press, 1934. Facts about your everyday happenings and experience in numbers. Softcover 24mo, 62pp + 1 coupon leaf. In Good condition with dampstaining mostly evident in the first 20 pages, then an occasion tidemark at the corner or edge. Centerfold has some wear around the edges, but pages are generally sturdy.

Cincinnati, OH : American Book Company, 1878. Hardcover. Near fine. Copyright 1878 Van Antwerp, Bragg & Co; this likely printed closer to 1890. Copiously illustrated. A Near Fine copy with crisp, fresh binding. Contents have occasional fingersoil; previous owner's signature and ink annotation to the prelims, contents unmarked. This copy is a choice example of this particular binding style,… Read more about this item

Boston: American Tract Society, 1864. Newspaper. Very good. Newspaper, 14 x 10 inches, [4p] with engraved pictorial masthead and illustrations. Very Good with surface soil and soil and tidemarks at corners, no major damage or tearing. This issue notably addresses the morality of the Civil War in terms of it being right because "The rebels are fighting against… Read more about this item

New York: New York Book Company, 1910. Hardcover. Good. Cloth 12mo, 180pp. Publisher's cloth printed with a faux half-leather and marbled boards design. A decorative edition of the popular book with birthday inscription on pastedown. In Good condition with fraying to the cloth at the upper edge of the rear board and a puncture at the spine. Contents… Read more about this item

New York: Printed by John T. West, 1828. Second Edition. Softcover. Good. Printed wraps, 8vo, 47pp. Good copy; bottom corner a bit chewed with no threat to printed area, faint dampstaining with a persistent tidemark at the upper spine and mild foxing. The second printing of this tract, one of Spring's earliest, which commanded a flurry of responses… Read more about this item

Fairmount, WV: Marion County Schools. Softcover 8vo: 36, (1)pp. A Good copy only, well-referenced with pencil markings and some annotations in text. Covers with soil and wear, staples corroded, leaving the two center leaves loose. "It has frequently been our experience that during a crisis or a time of doubt in our lives or when we have… Read more about this item