Binding: Soft Cover

"Att A Society Meeting"; The Records for the Fourth Ecclesiastical Society of Saybrook 1741-1808 Now Chester Connecticut

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Chester Connecticut, The Chester Historical Society : 1980

Seller ID: 20314HNC

Condition: Very Good

Very nicec, clean book measuring 5-1/2" tall and 9" across. Handsome tesxtured tan paper cover with art at face rendered in brown ink. Contains an almost verbatim transcription of meeting from 1741-1808 and is considered "about the only authentic historic record of public affairs in the town of Chester at the dates this volume covers ..." Illustrated with art, maps and photographs. 64 pages including index.
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1904 Twelfth Annual St. Louis Clock and Silverware Company

Price: $18.00

Publisher: St. Louis, Missouri, American Reprints

Edition: Facsimile Reprint

Seller ID: 20669

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Good-plus

Very nice nice clean catalog marred only by browning to back spine area. Pages pristine with no names or writing., Measures 9"x12" and is printed on glossy paper. Black and white art is plentiful and wonderful, showcasing novelty, Art Nouveau, Syrian gold, French stag, porcelain, miniature high, fine crystal regulator, window, onyx, black marble, iron, Seth Thomas adamantine, World's Fair and numerous other types of clocks, including cuckoo and tall. 86 pages.
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1929 Program of Summer Tours to Spain South America and Mexico

Price: $16.00

Publisher: New York, New York, Elcano Tours Travel Bureau : 1929

Seller ID: 19384

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

Very nice, clean travel brochure offering a variety of summer tours to Spanish-speaking countries. It was then possible to take a 48 day tour in the high three figures per person. Photo illustrated in black and white. Fourteen tours offered with complete itinerary. Great travel ads. Measures 6"x8-3.4". Bright yellow, red and black cover art. Small bit of wear to spine only fault -- does not compromise integrity of binding.
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1932 AAA Map of the Northeast States in Original Folder

Price: $15.00

Publisher: American Automobile Association : 1932

Seller ID: 24403

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine in Good Folder

Very clean folding map of the northeastern states (USA) rendered in an attractive black and white. No tears tofolds and paper is very crisp. Retains original folder which is very much intact, but has faded at edges and shows wear and small tears along outer left edge. Overall quite nice though. Map is qyuite large, but is accordion folded. Accroding to the instructions o use you need only turn the folds as you would the leaves of a book.
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1972 Cadillac Owner's Manual; 1972 Cadillac Emissions Control Systems (In Original Plastic Holder)

Price: $24.95

Publisher: Detroit, Michigan, Cadillac Motor Car Division : 1971

Seller ID: 20595

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Good-plus in Good-plus Holder

If you're restoring an old car there's nothing like the original manual to tuck into the glove compartment. Here we have not only the manual, but also the accompanying booklet about the car's emission control systems and their required maintenance and warranty information. Both measure 5" tall by 8" long and fit into their original blue plastic holder. The owner's manual shows some rubbing to blue cover and a small stain to side of textblock which can be seen on the very edge of some pages inside. The emissions book is quite good with a light ring stain from a glass at back Overall, both are s...
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1973 Mercedes-Benz Sales Catalog Models 220D, 220, 280, 280C

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Republic of West Germany, Mercedes Benz of North America : 1972

Seller ID: 24728

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

Very nice 16 page oversized catalog, measuring 12" tall and 8" across. Small tear to bottom of spine repaired with non-browing, almost invisible archival tape. Tightly bound. A few tiny tears to bottom edge likewise repaired and are barely noticeable. Caralog is in full color and has a fold-out for each of the four models. Much information and very high-end presentation.
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1992 Ford Service Manual; Ranger, Explorer, Aerostar (two volume set)

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Detroit, Michigan, Ford Motor Company : 1991

Seller ID: 17709K

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

Two volume set, both books of which are in nice condition. A few errant smudges inside, but very few. there are no names or writing. The smaller volume is devoted in its entirety to the engine, while the larger, which is two and a quarter inches thick, covers the body, chassis and electrical. Abundant technical drawings in both. [ TRANS. ]
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A Golden Gate Bridge Jubilee 1937-1987

Price: $32.00

Publisher: Cincinnati, Ohio, University of Cincinnati College of Engineering : 1987

Seller ID: 25315

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Fine

Crisp, as new book, very gently kept by former owner. Measures 8-1/2"x11-1/4" and is unpaginated. This is as much a celebration of the role the University of Cincinnati played in the designing and building of the Golden Gate Bridge as the anniversary of the bridge itself. This iconic San Francisco landmark was designed and built by Joseph B. Strauss, a Cincinnati native who graduated with an engineering degree from the University of Cincinnati. Beautiful photpographs in both color and black and white, as well as art. A lovely keepsake.
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A Guide to the Resources of the American Antiquarian Society; A National Library of American History

Price: $18.00

Publisher: Worcester, Massachusetts, The American Antiquarian Society : 1937

Seller ID: 18495

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Fine

Book looks like new. Crisp and clean as a whistle inside and out. Measures 6-1/2"x9-3/4" with bright blue card cover and cream colored pages. Blue endpapers match cover and there are 98 pages. Illustrated with photographs in black and white showing building and samples of holdings. Contents encompass the history of the society, its membership and publications, the needs of the society, its library building and its resources. Indexed.
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Aero Detail 1 Messerschmitt Bf109E

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Japan, Model Graphix : 1993

Edition: Special Edition

Seller ID: 19068K

ISBN-13: 9784499205931

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Fine

Crisp, clean book measuring 10"x10-1/4. Text in both Japanese and English. Illustrated lavishly with color photos, black and white vintage photos and technical drawings throughout. Part of a series which hones in on the technical details of historic planes. not too commonly seen.
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Air Force Museum Calendars (Full Run 1978-1991)

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, United States Air Force Museum

Edition: Colectors Edition

Seller ID: 18630K

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

Fourteen full-color, clean calendars all unused and purchased from a collector. Measure 8-1/2" tall and 11" wide. Hole punched as per design for hanging. No writing. Each calendar offers a full page color image of an historic plane and, beginning with the 1979 issue, a different historic aviation fact per day. All calendars are clean and nice.
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All About Hawaii; Thrum's Hawaiian Annual 1950

Price: $28.00

Publisher: Honolulu, Hawaii, Hawaii Star Journal : 1950

Seller ID: 25367

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

An ephemeral annual in great condition save a small loss of paper at both sides of lower spine. Tightly bound and clean as a whiste inside and out with much crispness to paper and to cover. Commemorates Hawaii's Diamond Jubilee and precedes its statehood. The front sections has a lot of Hawaiian history and there is much info later on the various islands and the sugar and pineapple industries. There is also some tourist material and ads for hotels and restaurants, but this is really about what Hawaii was like at mid-century. Photo illustrated in black and white. The book measures 5"x7" and has...
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All Hands; the Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin June, 1945 (Victory In Europe)

Price: $24.95

Publisher: Washington D.C,, Bureau of Navy Personnel : 1945

Seller ID: 18742K

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Good-plus

Very nice book-- clean and tightly bound. Small vee-shaped tear to front, lies totally flat over the "A" in All in title. Light overall wear. Cover notes that magazine was intended to be read by ten people and should be moved along quickly. Illustrated throughout with great photos, including a sequence of kamakaze suicide bombers. Articles of note include pieces on the Battle of Atlantic, the capture of U- boat 505, the saving of the carrier Franklin after attack off Japan, and the German surrender (including text of same) with photos of liberating the Jews. Also includes much info for...
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Allis-Chalmers Annual Review 1944

Price: $28.00

Publisher: Milwaukee, Wisoncon, Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company : 1944

Seller ID: 24565

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

Wonderful wartime report from Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing covering all aspects of the business including power generation; power distribution; precessing items such as metals, coal, rock products, cement, forest products, pretroleum, rubber, chemicals, food, and solvent oil; industrial; construction and agriculture; and transportation. The book is oversized at 8-1/2"x11". Minor stubborn soil to spine and a few wrinkles there, likely endemic to the publishing process, but otherwise clean and tightly bound. There is also a letter laid-in to accompany it.The book does have text, but it's...
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American Western Art

Price: $16.00

Publisher: Corning, New York, The Rockwell Museum : 1989

Seller ID: 18966

ISBN-13: 9780962203817

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

Beautiful catalog measuring 9" square and printed on glossy paper. Only fault is a shiny circle torust colored paper at face caused by old price sticker. No loss of color. Pages and page edges are pristine and there are no names or writing. Art is presented in full color -- total 79 plates. Among the artists represented are George Catlin, Alfred Jacob Miller, Carl Wimar, Frederic Remington, Charles Russell and John Ford Clymer, among numerous others.
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Art Glass and Lamps, Arts and Crafts, and the Modern Movement (Sale 1405, October 11, 1991)

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Bolton, MA, Skinner : 1991

Seller ID: 14930

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

An exquisite catalogue amply illustrated in both black and white and full color. Among examples are Rookwood, Dedham, Gustav Baumann, Stickley, Milano, Pairpoint lamps, Steuben, Tiffany, Durrand, Galle Cameo glass, and more. Includes a few pieces of Arts and Crafts furniture as well. Wonderful resource with prices. Also available is the catalogue for Sale 1423, January 17th, 1992.
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Arts & Crafts in Chicago VIII March 24, 1991

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Cincinatti, Ohio; Oak Park, Ill., Don Treadway Gallery; John Toomey : 1991

Seller ID: 19467

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

Very nice, clean auction catalog with simple, but elegant, cover design showing a leaded glass window and five vases showing different styles of pottery representative of the Arts & Crafts period. Items include furniture, windows, art, pottery, lighting fixtures, rugs, Frank Lloyd Wright drawings, and jewelry -- 230 objects in all. Each is pictured, most in black and white, but there are also eight full pages of color photos showing multiple items, as well as color photos inside both the front and back covers.
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Atlas of Licking County, Ohio Combination Atlas From Actual Surveys 1866 & 1875 (Reprinted 1971)

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Knightstown, Indiana, Mayhill Publications : 1971

Edition: Reprint

Seller ID: 23607

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

This over-sized atlas measures 13"x 17" with 32 pages. Everything is clean and nice and there is no real defect of note, including no names or writing.The atlas draws from both the 1866 and 1875 editions. To add to the maps there are beautiful drawings on most pages depicting homes and buildings. At this writing we also have the Centennial History of Licking County, Ohio.
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Bayonet Fighting (The Combat Bookshelf)

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Cornville, Arizona, Desert Publications : 1978

Seller ID: 19911

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

Hard to find book in nice clean, solid condition. Red cover with black printing to face. Measures 4" across and 7" high and has 76 pages. No names or writing, no creasing. Only fault is light toning to page edges. Illustrated with black and white photographs throughout. Chapters disscuss uses of the bayonet, principles of bayonet fighting, positions and movements, group assault tactics and advice to instructors.
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Better Homes & Gardens Magazine May 1943

Price: $14.00

Publisher: Des Moines, Iowa, Meredith Publishing : 1943

Seller ID: 23059

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

Very nice, clean oversized magazine measuring 9--3/4"x13". A special treat is an original order unused order form laid-in. Light name and address stamped to top back edge for mailing. A WWII era issue which definitely reflects wartime in ads and in content. First article is entitled "What Your Boy at the Front is Thinking". Rice Krispie ad shows Snap, Crackle and Pop piloting planes with the caption "Right on the beam for wartime eating." Article also discusses feeding children of different ages despite rationing. Recipes, decorating, gardening all very much with the w...
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Binding: Soft Cover