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Papers relating to New England Elevator Company. Deed of Site. Mortgage. Subrogation. Lease.

By: New England Elevator Company. 1902.

Price: $50.00

Seller ID: 54677

1902. A 42-page booklet, stapled, in pale green printed wrappers. One folding plate on blue paper, printed in black & red. Ownership signature on the front wrapper, light edge wear, about fine. This booklet prints the deed, mortgage, etc. for the construction of a grain elevator in Portland, Maine. It contains the details of a contract between the Atlantic & St. Lawrence Railroad Company, the New England Elevator Company, and The Grand Trunk Railway Company Of Canada. The folding plate is a map showing the intended site of the elevator, by the GTR Passenger Station on India Street in Portland,...
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Harlequin Phoenix or The Rise and Fall of a Bergamask Rogue.

By: Niklaus (Thelma) (Jacket by Mervyn Peake).

Price: $50.00

Publisher: London: The Bodley Head, (1956). First edition.:

Seller ID: 50341

Yellow boards, spine lettered in black. Some discoloration of boards, jacket browned at edges and rear panel, small stains; in general, a decent, very good copy. Numerous illustrations, some in colour, one folding. Dust jacket art by Mervyn Peake. Traces the colourful history of this dramatic clown through the ages.
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Papyrus. Some Notes Concerning the Origins of Writing Materials in the West. Part 1. Compiled by Duncan H. Olmsted. Decorations by Valenti Angelo.

By: Olmsted (Duncan H.) -compiler.

Price: $50.00

Seller ID: 53421

Orinda: Press of the Golden Key, 1979. Olive wrappers designed and lettered in green. A tipped-in piece of papyrus, from the Papyrus Institute, Cairo, serves as a frontispiece. Limited to 150 copies, 100 of which were for presentation to members of the Roxburghe Club, San Francisco. Signed by Olmsted on the title page. One little wrinkle to front wrapper, a stain to the upper edge which extends down the center pages (a spill on the booklet while opened? not very noticeable); fine otherwise.
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The Yale Man Up To Date. With Character Sketches.

By: Pardee (Jean)

Price: $45.00

Publisher: New Haven: Price, Lee & Adkins, 1894. First edition.:

Seller ID: 50780

12mo. Blue buckram designed and lettered in gilt. beveled edges, top edge gilt. Frontispiece & several plates, as well as small vignette illustrations. First signature starting, popped out a bit, trifling shelf wear, a little rubbing to back cover, otherwise a nice bright copy. A pleasant little book. The illustrations are from drawings, engravings and photographs, by at least 10 different contributors.
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"Much Fruit." The Story of A Grain Of Wheat.

By: Penn-Lewis (Mrs.)

Price: $45.00

Seller ID: 54753

London: Marshall Brothers / Leicester: Alfred Tacey / NY: Revell, [c.1900]. First edition. Small decorative wrappers, stapled. 36 pages, plus an ad leaf at the rear. Some staining to covers, staples rusty, a few pencil marks within, very good generally. Ownership inscription on the first leaf dated 1908. Concerns the Parable of The Sower. A short religious pamphlet which has been reprinted several times; this original edition is uncommon.
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Journal by Dorothy Perkins.

By: Perkins (Dorothy) [Harriet May Austin] [Ginger Press]

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Kilsyth: Ginger Press, 1982.:

Seller ID: 56452

Plain, unlettered, marbled paper wraps, stitched. A fine copy. This is copy 8 in an Edition of 35. "Dorothy Perkins" is the pseudonym of Harriet May Austin .... "This story is based on actual events which took place when Hattiemae and her sister Adele were interned in Germany after the outbreak of the First World War". A 36-page booklet.
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A New Forest Bibliography.

By: Perkins (W. Frank) -editor.

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Lymington: C.T. King/Southampton: H.M. Gilbert & Sons, 1935. Second Edition.:

Seller ID: 50636

30pp. Small green wrappers, stapled, lettered in black. Some rusting of the staples, browned at edges, very good. This is enlarged from the first edition, which was issued in 1925 under the editorship of Heywood Sumner. Includes New Forest fiction, also Anonyma. A useful little checklist.
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Alfred le Petit, Photographe <>. negatifs commentes.

By: Petit (Alfred le)

Price: $45.00

Seller ID: 54512

Paris: Ceros / Librairie Plantureaux, 2005. 48 pages. Square, flexible pictorial boards, pictorial end papers. Frontispiece & numerous plates. Issued as: VENTI - 11. A fine copy. Reproduces some extraordinary and occasionally outrageous photos by Petit, who was a caricaturist and photographer in 19th century France.
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History of Thomastown and District. With Illustrations by Canon Bentley.

By: Pilsworth (W.J.)

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Kilkenny: Kilkenny Journal Limited, (1953).:

Seller ID: 55881

93pp., stapled, porous printed wrappers. Fading to spine and front wrapper, short tears at the base of the spine, a clean very good copy. Uncommon.
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The Truth About Thunderbolt. Australia's "Robin Hood".

By: Rixon (Annie)

Price: $50.00

Seller ID: 53084

Sydney: George M. Dash, 1940. First edition. Textured gray boards, front cover lettered in black, pictorial paper label on front panel. 158 pages. Several illustrations from photographs. Light wear to spine and edges, a clean and attractive copy of a book which is difficult to find in nice shape.
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Royal Danish Airforce In-Flight Booklet.

By: Royal Danish Airforce.

Price: $45.00

Publisher: np/nd [1960s or 70s].:

Seller ID: 55447

Bluel wrappers, stapled. Insignia on front cover. 32pp. "Welcome Aboard" booklet with text in Danish and English, many humorous illustrations. This looks to have been used on the C-47 and C-54 aircraft. Very good condition.
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Motor Truck and Automobile Motors and Mechanism. A Practical Illustrated Treatise... with Numerous Revisions and Extensions by John B. Rathbun.

By: Russell (Thomas H.)

Price: $45.00

Seller ID: 53521

Chicago: Charles C. Thompson, 1917. Blue cloth, spine and front cover lettered in gilt. A bit of light shelf wear, but an unusually clean and attractive copy. Many illustrations. This is an expanded version of Rusell's AUTOMOBILE MOTORS AND MECHANISM, first published in 1909. This 1917 edition is uncommon.
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21 New Card Tricks.

By: Sellers (Tom)

Price: $45.00

Seller ID: 53198

London: George Johnson, The Magic Wand Office, 1936. Green decorative wrappers. 24 pages. Illustrated. An uncommon booklet of card tricks. Staples are rusty, browning along spine, a nice copy otherwise.
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Reminiscences of Joe Bowman and the Ullswater Foxhounds.

By: Skelton (W.C.)

Price: $75.00

Seller ID: 54611

Kendal: Atkinson & Pollitt, "Westmorland Gazette" Office, 1923. Brown cloth, front cover designed and lettered in black. Frontispiece & several illustrations. Light fraying to spine ends, some modest shelf wear, a very good copy. Presuably the second edition, as there was one published in 1921. Of hounds and hunting, with local history and anecdotes.
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A history of the Glassary Stewarts. With a Contribution by Afton Shirley Olsen.

By: Stewart (Alexander Donald)

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Amelia, Italy: the Author, 1999. First edition.:

Seller ID: 56555

4to. Quarter-cloth & marbled boards, spine lettered in black. Maps & illustrations, some in colour. Folding tables at rear. Faint wear, a couple of small spots, a fine copy. Limited to 60 copies, this is #50. A scarce genealogical work.
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TODAY. Number 21.

By: Strong (Anna Louise)

Price: $55.00

Seller ID: 54585

Montrose, California: The Author, June-July 1953. Issue Number 21. Two leaves, stapled, legal size, printed on both sides. Once folded, some fading at the fold, very good condition. Her commentary on current political issues, including the Rosenberg execution. "TODAY is a personal letter on how things look to me. It appears about once a month. If you want it, send your name..... we send TODAY to any who ask, whether they can pay or not." Uncommon.
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TODAY. Number 26. (with supplement)

By: Strong (Anna Louise)

Price: $65.00

Seller ID: 54587

Montrose, California: The Author, March-April 1954. One legal-size leaf printed on both sides, and the supplement which is two legal-size leaves, stapled. The supplement is titled: "Open Letter To Sec'y Dulles On Indo China". It is dated March 30, 1954, "suppplement to TODAY No. 26". All three sheets folded once, some darkening and creased at fold, very good condition.
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The Modern Carpenter Joiner and Cabinet Maker. A Complete Guide to Current Practice. Illustrated. [Volume I only].

By: Sutcliffe (G. Lister) -editor.

Price: $50.00

Publisher: London: Gresham, 1905.:

Seller ID: 55484

4to. Dark green decorative cloth designed in red, light green and black. Spine lettered in gilt. Light fraying to spine ends, some shelf wear to tips, ownership info in pen on front end paper; in general, a fairly bright very good copy. This is Volume I Only, of an 8-Volume set. An attractive binding design.
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Harpun-, Kastpil- och Lansspetsar fran Vst-Grnland. Med 5 Taflor och 5 Figuren I Texten.

By: Swenander (Gust.)

Price: $50.00

Seller ID: 53505

Uppsala & Stockholm: Almquist & Wiksells, 1906. 4to. Original wrappers. 45 pages, and 5 plates inserted at the end. A bit of chipping to edges, some wear to the base of the spine, a clean very good copy. Issued as Band 40. No. 3. in the series Kungl. Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar. An illustrated archaeological treatise on the tips of harpoons and lances from Greenland.
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The Traitor. Being the Untampered With, Unrevised Account of the Trial and All That Led to It.

By: Thaw (Harry K.)

Price: $60.00

Seller ID: 53561

Philadelphia: Dorrance, (1926). First edition. Red cloth lettered in black. Frontispiece & numerous illustrations. Some yellowing of end papers, light edge wear, a bright copy in a slightly chipped pictorial dust jacket (the original 1926 Dorrance jacket); the spine of the jacket is rubbed, there is some wear to the spine ends and several chips from the edges and along the rear hinge. A clipped obituary of Evelyn Nesbit is laid in, from a 1967 newspaper.
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