History from Friday's Child Books

Pocket Books, 1953. Paperback. VG. Pocket Cardinal C-102 First paperback edition. Cover art by George Mayers. Rubbed; bumped corners; spine creased and curved. Interior tanning but clean.

Putnam, 1964. Hardcover. Good/none. A nice reference book aimed at children that goes into the historical significance of heraldry, how to read heraldric devices and the designs and terminology for the creation of them. This is an ex-library book, and as such, the highest I will grade it is "good". It has no dust jacket. It is… Read more about this item

Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1976. Hardcover. VG. Elizabethan feasts and recipes adapted for modern cooking. In decorative boards as published. Rubbed; shelf wear. There are two small stains on the spine, and also staining on the bottom edge of the text block. The staining on the text block penetrated into the pages about 2mm at most, and… Read more about this item

Little, Brown and Company, 1964. Hardcover. Good/Good. Later printing. Classic novel of the Revolutionary War. Ex-library, with stamps all over, DJ taped into cover, card pocket on back endpaper. Text is clean and quite nice - they used good paper in this one!

Clarion, 1984. Hardcover. Good/Good. Photography by George Ancona. "The First Thanksgiving Feast re-creates this first harvest festival. It was photographed at Plimoth Plantation, a living history museum of 17th-century life in Plymouth, Massachusetts. The museum uses an alternate spelling to distinguish it from the town itself. The people at Plimoth Plantation, called interpreters, live and speak just… Read more about this item

Herter's, 1969. Paperback. Good. 20th edition of this amazing book. Part cookbook, part history book, part...? I would love to see an annotated copy of this where someone has gone through and fact-checked the whole thing. It is a fun and fantastic read, at the very least. This is a copy in an odd condition. It's the… Read more about this item

Lippincott, 1970. Hardcover. Good/Good. Second printing. Ex-library. Clean ex-library copy. Taped tear on dust jacket under cover. Square spine; minor wear to edges; minor soiling. Library pocket on ffep; ffep top corner cut off. Tape marks on endpapers. Text clean.

Dover, 1984. Paperback. VG. VG/VG+ copy. Glossy, sharp edges, slightly bumped corners. Lower front corner has a partial crease and a small discolored spot.

Geer, 1976. Hardcover. VG. White cover shows light soiling and a partial ring on the front cover where something was set on it. Corners bumped, foxing on edges. Interior is quite clean. Photography by Carlton Bullock. Photographs and descriptions of a dozen or so plantations divided between the front and the back of the book, with… Read more about this item

Dial, 2002. Hardcover. NF/NF. Mary Azarian. A like-new copy of this beautiful book. Second printing.

University of Nebraska Press, 1961. Paperback. VG. Ninth printing. Foreword by Jessamyn West. Trade paperback copy, VG with some shelf wear, slight discoloration to the white panel on the back cover, foxing on top of text block.  

Harvard University Press, 1968. Hardcover. Good/Good. Clean ex-library copy, with the expected stamps, stickers, glued-down dust jacket and pocket glued on rear endpaper. Text very clean.

Pocket, 1978. Paperback. VG. John Thompson. Solid VG copy with white covers discoloring from age. Minor edge wear, a nick at the top edge of the front cover and one on the bottom edge of the back cover. There is an ink mark across the top edge of the page block. Interior is clean but browning. Illustrations are… Read more about this item

DJ Pryse & Son, 1979. Paperback. VG. 76 page stapled book. Signed and inscribed on inside front cover by Huw Williams. VG copy, lightly rubbed.

Little, Brown, 2005. Paperback. VG. 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen Basis for the movie. VG copy. Minor edgewear, partial corner creasing, interior clean.

University of Wisconsin, 1981. Paperback. VG. VG copy in white wraps with brown text. Front and back cover have tape residue at the top of the spine and light wear. Half-title page has a bookstore stamp. Interior is otherwise clean, with no highlighting or underlining.

Constable, 2013. Hardcover. VG. British Military Grub Since 1707 VG copy in decorated boards. Corners are bumped, some are worn. Interior is clean.

Orchard/Scholastic, 2001. Hardcover. VG/Good. Ex-library. VG book in Good+ DJ. DJ is in plastic and glued into book. Library stamps on top of text block and inside on back endpaper. Book doesn't look like it ever got into circulation, it's that clean.

McGraw-Hill, 1957. Hardcover. VG-/Good+. Ezra Jack Keats. Eighth printing.  Ex-library copy. DJ is price-clipped, has stickers and staining from adhesive (ex-library). Book is in pale orange cloth with simplified DJ art on it in blue and black. Top and bottom of text block have library stamps. Inside front and back endpapers have residue/staining from adhesive. There are… Read more about this item

David R. Godine, 1979. Paperback. VG. A Book of Beasts Fabulous & Authentic Selected from Philemon Holland's Translation of Pliny 1601 and Edward Topsell's "Historie of Foure-Footed Beastes" 1607 & his "Historie of Serpents" 1608 & edited by M. St Clare Byrne VG copy. Matte, textured cover shows some rubbing and light soil; front corners are curling.… Read more about this item