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Vernacular Picture-Book Dedicated to New Jersey Music Teacher Bertha Battersby

Vernacular Picture-Book Dedicated to New Jersey Music Teacher Bertha Battersby by [Bertha Battersby] Henry S. Hulse, Jr.

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Seller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
Title
Vernacular Picture-Book Dedicated to New Jersey Music Teacher Bertha Battersby
Author
[Bertha Battersby] Henry S. Hulse, Jr.
Seller
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Very Good -
Description
Elizabeth, NY, 1956. Very Good -. Elizabeth, NJ: 1956. Large quarto scrapbook (33x26cm.); black paper over paste-paper boards; [27]ll. filled to two-thirds completion. Boards rather scuffed and toned, leaves brittle with shallow chips and tears to margins not affecting contents, preliminary leaf separated but present; overall Good to Very Good, contents remaining clean and sound. This hand-made picture book opens with an autograph poem dedicated to Bertha Battersby (1891-1960) and signed by a Henry S. Hulse, Jr., the presumed compiler of this work. The book includes four leaves of original typescript poetry; eight leaves of typescript narrative; and fifteen ink and watercolor illustrations die-cut where Battersby could put a small cut-out of her photograph if so desired. The work concludes with a local news clipping announcing Battersby's retirement after forty-three years of teaching, the final twenty-five years at Elizabeth and Newark, New Jersey. A wonderful record of the career of lifelong music teacher Bertha Battersby. The compiler, either a very devoted student, friend, or fellow-teacher, both lovingly and facetiously places his subject in light of major world events, opening with her birth: "There were two-world shaking developments of the very, very late nineteenth century to make their appearance on the American scene. One took place in Detroit--the horseless carriage. The more important event took place in Pennsylvania--Bertha Battersby." In this version of events, Battersby takes up women's rights ("So we speculatively see Bertha 'Suffragette' Battersby parading down Broad St., Elizabeth, demanding her equal rights--her right to vote"); contributes to the ascension of American capitalism alongside her peers Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, and Harvey Firestone ("Bea's ever increasing interest in surf and turf was given a new stimulus with the psychic pay she was receiving in Elizabeth, so she allowed herself the luxury of an occasional two bucks at Saratoga or two bucks at Atlantic City"); and dances her way through prohibition ("But due to high caloric content of liquor, Bea wouldn't know anything about 'booze' or 'bathtub gin' or 'speakeasies' or 'grog-shops'"). The final section of the text is devoted to Battersby's career as the Supervisor of Music at the Burnet Street School in Elizabeth, where she mounted the final Christmas pageant to great acclaim. The news clipping announcing her retirement reproduces a photograph of Battersby at the event, looking a right jolly woman.
Cook Book: Tried Recipes. Compiled and Edited by [the] King's Daughters, Grace Church, Ravenna, Ohio

Cook Book: Tried Recipes. Compiled and Edited by [the] King's Daughters, Grace Church, Ravenna, Ohio by [Grace Episcopal Church (Ravenna, Ohio). King's Daughters]

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Title
Cook Book: Tried Recipes. Compiled and Edited by [the] King's Daughters, Grace Church, Ravenna, Ohio
Author
[Grace Episcopal Church (Ravenna, Ohio). King's Daughters]
Seller
Rabelais - Fine Books on Food & Drink (United States)
Description
Ravenna, Ohio: Ravenna Republican Press, 1913. Octavo (23 x 18 cm.), [viii], 241 pages. Includes index. Advertisements interspersed, in footers, and (for Knox Gelatine) in running headers. FIRST EDITION. A generous and ambitious recipe collection, described – unfairly – in April 1914 as "not particularly economical" in the Cleveland Public Library's acquisitions list. While it is true that the King's Daughters in Portage County evidently dabbled in "fancy cooking," the Nesselrode Pudding, Baked Alaska, and Boudin à la Reine appear alongside a fair number of entries on the order of Peanut Butter Sandwiches (the last appearing on the same page as Caviar Canapes). Economical solutions abound. Cottolene (a lard with cottonseed oil) is called for on at least a dozen occasions, and kornlet (canned green corn pulp) makes no fewer than six entrances. There are surprises scattered among roughly one thousand entries: Deviled Chestnuts, with cayenne and pickle; Stuffed Egg Plant, with English walnuts; a Raddish, Carrot, and Nut Salad, with olives; an Irish Moss Blanc-Mange; an Orange Cebolia (Cebolla?) Salad that apparently wandered in from Spain. And a mere sampling of the evidence for an Ohio preoccupation with fillings in a pastry shell: Lemon Maple Pie, Elderberry Pie, Rice Pie (with nut meats), Grape Pie, Rhubarb Date Pie, Pumpkin Raisin Pie, Sour Cream Pie, Apple Sauce Pie. ~ The Order of King's Daughters was founded in New York in 1886 by Margaret Bottome (1827-1906) as "a sisterhood of service" whose early members had Episcopal, Methodist, and Presbyterian affiliations. Within a decade it had become the International Order of King's Daughters and Sons with branches in twenty-six states and a dozen foreign countries. Individual chapters operated independently. The women of Grace Episcopal Church in Ravenna–still known locally as "the church with the red front doors"–raised funds not only by selling the Cook Book but also through sponsored sales of cooking equipment, if the advertisement on page 199 is any indication. Text block solid and pages clean and tight, save for several corrections to the text in ink. In slightly soiled and shelf-worn grey oilcloth with navy blue lettering. Very good to near fine. [OCLC locates three copies; also four copies of a second edition published in 1920; Brown 3831 lists the second edition; not in Cagle].
Binding, Fine) Tragedie di Vittorio Alfieri da Asti; con una notizia intorno agli autografi delle tragedie conservati nella mediceo-laurenziana, ed alle prime e principali edizioni di Esse

Binding, Fine) Tragedie di Vittorio Alfieri da Asti; con una notizia intorno agli autografi delle tragedie conservati nella mediceo-laurenziana, ed alle prime e principali edizioni di Esse by Alfieri, Vittorio

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Binding, Fine) Tragedie di Vittorio Alfieri da Asti; con una notizia intorno agli autografi delle tragedie conservati nella mediceo-laurenziana, ed alle prime e principali edizioni di Esse
Author
Alfieri, Vittorio
Seller
Dale Steffey Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Very Good Plus
Description
Firenze: Successori Le Monnier, 1866. Book. Very Good Plus. Hardcover. Second Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Two volumes, with the bookplates of Louis Dyer, Sunbury Lodge, Oxford front paste downs. Louis Dyer (1851-1908) was an American educator and autho and was a lecturer at Balliol College, Oxford. Two volumes bound in contemporary unsigned full vellum, covers with double gilt rules bordering gilt tooled emblems of Oxoniensis Academia (Fronts) and Coll deBal Oxon (rear covers), the backs with two red morocco labels and intricate gilt tooled decorations, marbled end papers, edges dyed yellow. Overall a thoroughly delightful Oxford binding. Very Good Plus, the vellum lightly soiled, scattered toning to end papers. interior text clean and bright. Frontispiece portrait engraving and fold-out chart Vol. I. A rather SCARCE edition, text in Italian..
Baryshnikov at Work: Mikhail Baryshnikov Discusses His Roles
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Baryshnikov at Work: Mikhail Baryshnikov Discusses His Roles by Baryshnikov, Mikhail

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Baryshnikov at Work: Mikhail Baryshnikov Discusses His Roles
Author
Baryshnikov, Mikhail
Seller
Bookbid Rare Books (United States)
ISBN
9780394403458
Condition
Near Fine
Description
U.S.A.: Alfred A. Knopf, 1978. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Second Edition as stated by Second Printing on copyright page. Signed by author on half title page. Inscribed by previous owner on front free endpaper. Original price of 30.00 on dust jacket. Near fine book, dent on bottom front cover, and bumps on corners of front and back cover, sides of spine, and bottom back cover. Near fine dust jacket, shows use of wear on corners of spine, back, and bottom front cover, darkening on the inner flaps.
Uomini e Civilta Agraria in Territorio Veronese Volumes I and II

Uomini e Civilta Agraria in Territorio Veronese Volumes I and II by Borelli, Giorgio [edited by]

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Title
Uomini e Civilta Agraria in Territorio Veronese Volumes I and II
Author
Borelli, Giorgio [edited by]
Seller
The Kelmscott Bookshop (United States)
Condition
Very Good+
Description
Banca Popolare di Verona, 1982. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. Hardcover. TWO VOLUME SET. Volume I is the 9th-17th centuries and Volume II is the 18th-20th centuries. Blue cloth boards with gilt titles to spine. Minor rubbing to spine ends of both volumes and Light bumping to corners. Both volumes have a small bump to the bottom edge of the front board and a small and light scratch to the bottom edge of the text block. Very very slight, barely noticeable yellowing to the edges of the pages. Else is clean and bright with many illustrations throughout. Dark blue illustrated dust jackets with white titles to front and spine panels. One small closed tear to bottom edge of front dust jacket panel on volume I corresponding with the bump on the board. Slight rubbing to edges of dust jackets. TEXT IN ITALIAN. ITAHIS01/092199.
Illustrirte Dorfzeitung des Lahrer Hinkenden Boten. VI Band

Illustrirte Dorfzeitung des Lahrer Hinkenden Boten. VI Band by Boten, Lahrer Hinkenden

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Illustrirte Dorfzeitung des Lahrer Hinkenden Boten. VI Band
Author
Boten, Lahrer Hinkenden
Seller
The Kelmscott Bookshop (United States)
Condition
Good
Description
Lahr: J.H. Gieger, 1868. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover. (Illustrated Village Newpaper. Volume 6) Includes 52 issues bound together in one volume. Good in half leather with marbled paper covered boards. Boards are rubbed, front cover is detached, and leather spine panel is missing. Previous owner inscription to front endpage dated 22/3/69. First two pages are present but detached and have a few chips along the edges. Browning to margins of pages. Includes numerous illustrations. Some of the original yellow paper wrappers bound into rear. 401 pages. A good reading copy. German. GER/4223.
Chansons des Clochers-a-Jour suivies de Chansons en marge

Chansons des Clochers-a-Jour suivies de Chansons en marge by Botrel, Theodore

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Chansons des Clochers-a-Jour suivies de Chansons en marge
Author
Botrel, Theodore
Seller
The Kelmscott Bookshop (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
G. Ondet, 1912. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Very good in modern rebinding, black cloth with gilt lettering. Original illustrated wraps bound in. Black and white photographs. Gift inscription on early blank. Music. MUS1/8240.
A Glass Face in the Rain; New Poems

A Glass Face in the Rain; New Poems by Stafford, William

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Title
A Glass Face in the Rain; New Poems
Author
Stafford, William
Seller
Carpetbagger Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9780060150464
Condition
Near Fine
Description
New York: Harper and Row, Publishers, 1982. First Edition. Paperback. Near Fine. Signed by Stafford on the title page. Fine in a Fine jacket, unclipped ($12.95). Purple cloth with gilt lettering on the boards. Square and firmly bound, clean internally.
The Christmas Anna Angel

The Christmas Anna Angel by SAWYER, Ruth

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Title
The Christmas Anna Angel
Author
SAWYER, Ruth
Seller
Sandra L Hoekstra Bookseller, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA (United States)
Description
New York: The Viking Press, 1944. Kate SEREDY. [JUVENILE] [ILLUSTRATED] [WOMAN AUTHOR] [WOMAN ILLUSTRATOR]. Kate SEREDY, illustrator. First edition. 8vo; 48, [1]pp; royal blue cloth over board, decorative lace-style border blind stamped on front, lettering in yellow on spine; color pictorial eps; b&w vignette on half-title; fp and color pictorial title page; 13 full-page color illustrations with smaller illustrations in text; two small spots on front board; unclipped color pictorial dust jacket, a few small edge chips and light sunning of spine; very good plus in very good dj. A Caldecott Honors Award winner in 1945. This is the story of a small girl on a Hungarian farm at Christmas during wartime. The lovely illustrations are reminiscent of Hungarian folk art.
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Souvenir Book of Beautiful Detroit

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Souvenir Book of Beautiful Detroit
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Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB (United States)
Description
(Detroit: A.C. Dietsche) nd. (ca. 1909). Oblong Quarto. 24p. 47 color images of Detroit in its golden era (circa 1909). These beautiful souvenior books were printed by A.C. Dietsche and sold in his postcard shop on Woodward Avnue. Along with the many beautiful images, he shows us the building on Woodward Aveue where his large postcard and stationery were sold. Also one of the pictures shows a picture of The Deitsche Sight Seeing Company car (which held 22 or the larger car 40 passengers) which left from his postcard shop. Far more horse-drawn carriages than early automobiles (pictures here appear to be a few 1910 models) but the scenes depict a golden age for Detroit when civic beauty surpassed the vast industrial center it became just a few years later. A lovely copy, near fine in original gray wraps printed in orange.
JOHN BROWN'S BODY

JOHN BROWN'S BODY by BENET, Stephen Vincent

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Title
JOHN BROWN'S BODY
Author
BENET, Stephen Vincent
Seller
Charles Agvent, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Bookplate on the front pastedown. Spine with typical sunning. Near Fine in a Very Good slipcase with a closed split at the back
Description
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1948. Hardcover. Bookplate on the front pastedown. Spine with typical sunning. Near Fine in a Very Good slipcase with a closed split at the back edge. John Steuart Curry. Tall quarto (7-1/8" x 11-1/2") bound in full rough scarlet linen with blue leather labels on spine and front cover. Designed by Francis Meynell and printed by William Rudge. Introduction by Douglas Southall Freeman. Copy #39 of 1500 numbered copies illustrated with oil paintings by John Steuart Curry, his last illustrations for a book, reproduced in offset lithography by Fretz Freres, Zurich, Switzerland. Issued unsigned as the artist died before publication.
The New York Weekly News. Saturday, October 29, 1864. Vol. VIII. No. 50.

The New York Weekly News. Saturday, October 29, 1864. Vol. VIII. No. 50. by [Civil War]

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The New York Weekly News. Saturday, October 29, 1864. Vol. VIII. No. 50.
Author
[Civil War]
Seller
Nicholas D. Riccio Rare Books & Prints (United States)
Description
Newspaper, folded, six columns, 8 pp. Mostly uncut, a few splits, chips and tears at folds, a couple of small pieces are missing from center column that goes through paper and results in some loss of text throughout, creasing, some foxing or darkening, name stamp in top margin, paper somewhat fragile, and is folded. Overall condition fair or better for newsprint. This issue includes substantial Civil War coverage. Most of the front page is dedicated to the war, including coverage of the Battle of Cedar Creek, the war in Missouri, the war in Tennessee, and information about General Sherman's activities. An article "From the South" provides some additional war coverage on a subsequent page.
Travelling Standing Still

Travelling Standing Still by Taggard, Genevieve

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Title
Travelling Standing Still
Author
Taggard, Genevieve
Seller
Crooked House Books & Paper (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
Alfred A. Knopf, 1928. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Full black cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine & front board, under teal dust jacket, priced at $2.00. Slight discoloration to rear panel of DJ, slight edgewear, but generally a lovely copy. Miss Taggard's own selection and chronological arrangement of her best poetic work of ten years.
Final Payments (Advance Reading Copy)

Final Payments (Advance Reading Copy) by Gordon, Mary

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Title
Final Payments (Advance Reading Copy)
Author
Gordon, Mary
Seller
Brenner's Collectable Books (United States)
ISBN
9780394427935
Condition
Very Good/Near Fine
Description
New York: Random House, 1978. Advanced Reading Copy ARC. Soft cover. Very Good/Near Fine. 8vo., Wraps 297 pp.. Beautiful Unread Advance Reading Copy of the author's first book. Square, tight and clean throughout with just a touch of edge-wear and shallow spine crease. Light toning to edges. Still bright with no chipping or tears. A sharp collectable copy at a great price.
Poetry For Cows

Poetry For Cows by Ok Waleed

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Title
Poetry For Cows
Author
Ok Waleed
Seller
Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
New
Description
Monee, IL: Self-Published, 2024. First edition. Paperback. New. 113pp Octavo [22.7cm]. White illustrated wraps. "Poetry for Cows is delivered with a mixture of zany slice-of-Life poetry, emotional reflections on political and social issues, sage advice on how to deal and heal, adventures in sex and love, and with Ok Waleed's signature comedic twists sprinkled throughout. Poetry for Cows is a fun read with moments that will grip your heart and coax your mind open." -From the Publisher.

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