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Very Rare Title Private Press; undated 8vo size trade paperback; 41 pages. Color photo illustrated front cover and color photographs illustrate each recipe. Contents include: Appetizers Soups Home-made Pasta Pasta Sauces Gnocci Rissoti Dessert Recipes include: Fried Sage, Salad Apples and Walnut; Velvety Soup of Escarole with Garlic Croutons and Sour Cream; Pasta Roll… Read more about this item

2012. 8vo size plastic spiral binding; 58 pages followed by a Recipe Index, a List of Contributors and some publisher supplied content. Recipes include the name (sometimes just the first name) of the contributor. Section dividers are color photographs. There are several recipes for treats for horses. Contents include: Appetizers Soups & Salads Main Dishes… Read more about this item

New York: Barricade Books, Inc., 1995. This book was effectively banned in Britain, after (then) Prince Charles (now King Charles III) obtained an injunction preventing its publication. The author had worked for years for the Royal Family whose employees are prevented by law from writing about their experiences. An American publisher accepted Berry's memoir about Charles and Diana's… Read more about this item

New York: Golden Books, 1997. Rare and Collectible Read and Listen with Pages that Talk - Just touch the pages to bring the characters to life Adapted by Mary Dykstra from the Animated Film Annabelle's Wish. Illustrated by Alan Nowell & Associates 4to size pictorial hardcover with integrated speaker at top of book. Unpaginated - about… Read more about this item

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1980. Rare title 8vo size trade paperback; 146 pages with some color illustrations and including indices Contents include: Guide to the Student Text Guide to the Teacher's Edition Organization of the Student Text Comprehensive Tests Student Pages and Teacher's Commentary Edgewear, light wear to covers. Spot on front cover, inside front… Read more about this item

New York: Wonder Books, 1960. Abridged 8vo size pictorial hardcover with sewn binding; unpaginated - about 20 pages Fill-in bookplate is blank. Light wear and soil to covers, very light crease on front cover; edgewear and small bump to bottom of front cover and bumped top corners. There is some penciled scribbling to inside back… Read more about this item

2016. Very Rare Title 8vo size trade paperback; 140 pages with a few black and white photographs From back cover: "(This book) is a memoir in a traditional sense, a bouquet of memories from a life in the service of literature and teaching. The selfies are more often portraits in words than they are in photographs."… Read more about this item

Boston: Unitarian Universalist Association, 1974. by Unitarian Universalist Women Writers, edited by Mary Lou Thompson 8vo size staple-bound softcover; 46 pages with sepia colored type and sepia colored illustrations throughout A chapbook with 40 poems. Includes the name and location of the contributor. Contributors include: Marjorie Baversfeld Alice Berry Viola Cook Merry Drake Judy Deutsch V… Read more about this item

Lowell, Massachusetts: Loom Press, 2001. Signed (first name only) and inscribed on title page. 8vo size staple-bound softcover; 39 pages. Author biography on back cover. From back cover: "Charles Levenstein's poems touch down in familiar and strange territory. he maps the interior landscape who signpost bears his own name. Home and away, back and… Read more about this item

Boston: Harvard Club of Boston, 1983. 12mo size trade paperback; 227 pages Contents include: Homage to the Harvard Club of Boston A Brief History of the Harvard Club of Boston Harvard Club of Boston Foundation Alphabetical List of Members Members Listed by Class and/or Schools Edgewear and moderate wear to covers, creased spine, penciled price on fep. .… Read more about this item

New York: Hastings House Publishers, 1963. Stories, Songs, Facts and Fun from Five Countries Being Assisted by the United Nations Children's Fund Very Rare Title 4to size staple-bound softcover with color illustrated front cover; 64 pages with black and white illustrations, maps, photographs and sheet music. From back cover of Book 4: "(This book) has information… Read more about this item

New York: Hastings House Publishers, 1961. Stories, Songs, Facts and Fun from Five Countries Being Assisted by the United Nations Children's Fund Very Rare Title 4to size staple-bound softcover with color illustrated front cover ; 64 pages with black and white illustrations, maps, photographs and sheet music. From back cover: "(This book) has information about the… Read more about this item

Jamaica Plain, MA Prepared by Our Lady of the Cedars of Lebanon Church, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts Private Press; Circa 1976 8vo size plastic spiral comb binding; 110 pages with some black and white decorations. Includes a Recipe Index, Menus and Glossary. This is the first community cookbook we've seen which has a Glossary. The recipes… Read more about this item

Virgil Partch, also known as Vip, 1916-1984 was a cartoonist and illustrator who created the nationally syndicated Big George cartoon strip. During his career, he produced 19 books of cartoons and illustrated a dozen other books. He was the recipient of Comic Con's 1979 Inkpot Award. Private Press, no publication information is present Horizontal 8vo size staple… Read more about this item

Topeka, Kansas: Lone Tree Publishing Company, 1993. Rare Title. First Edition with full numberline 8vo size black clothbound hardcover with dust jacket; 412 pages From dust jacket: "It is the mid-1990s, and a secret plot with the German military high command is nearing completion. Those involved realize that the Americans are blindly trusting their… Read more about this item

Prospect, CT: Biographical Publishing Company, 2006. Stated First Edition Private Press Poetry Chapbook 8vo size trade paperback; 58 pages with some color illustrations. Brief biography and black and white photograph of author and illustrator are on last page. From back cover: "No one can deny that (the author) has had an eventful life. … Read more about this item

1932. 8vo size trade paperback with sewn binding; 183 pages Contents include: Class Day Exercises Class Poem Ivy Oration Class Ode List of Graduates Marriages and Births (has detailed info for family historians) Addresses and Occupations (has detailed info for family historians) Prizes and Honors Organizations Very thin cardstock cover is partly disbound, but pages are… Read more about this item

New York: Harper Audio Read by Basil Rathbone New, Old Stock One of more than 50 Sherlock Holmes short stories, The Redheaded League was first published in 1891. Actor Basil Rathbone (1892 - 1967) starred as Sherlock Holmes in 14 films and a radio series. Packaging has moderate wear. . Audio Cassette. New/No Jacket. 12mo -… Read more about this item

1985. Rare title. Private Press; 1985; 2nd Edition 8vo size plastic spiral comb binding; 160 pages with a few black and white decorations. Recipes includes the name of the contributor. There is no index of contributors, or of recipes. This book contains a wonderful collection of regional recipes and recipes which reflect Hawaii's diverse culinary… Read more about this item

New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1940. Notes on the Exhibition of Useful Objects under Ten Dollars 8vo size staple bound booklet; 11 pages with some black and white photographs and photo illustrated cover Includes objects made from: China Glass Lucite Wood There is a two-page listing of Museum officials and staff. Back cover is a… Read more about this item