New Arrivals
Indian Life (Informative Classroom Picture Series)
Grand Rapids, MI: Informative Classroom Picture Publishers, 1961. 9 1/2 x 12 1/4". 45 pp. of text and 24 illustrated plates. Illustrated stiff red and black paper wraps with loose paper text pages and cardstock plates inside, some edgewear and corner bumping, slight 1/2" split to top and bottom of outer wrap, very good condition.
Written by Dr. Clark Wissler, who was the curator Emeritus of the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, known as "one of the foremost authorities on the American Indians, and in this unit he has interpreted their life for young Americans of today." Interesting educational tool with text pages and artistic plates that show various Indian tribes of North America (Seminoles, Plains Indians, Pueblo Indians, Navajo) and their daily life (i.e. homes, weapons, hunting, and cooking).
Pronouncing Dictionary and Condensed Encyclopedia of Musical Terms, Instruments, Composers and Important Works
Philadelphia: Theodore Presser, 1880. 6 1/4 x 9 1/4". 87 pp. Brown cloth over boards with stamped design and gilt title, some rubbing and corner bumping, salmon colored endpapers with previous owner's signature on front paste-down endpaper, pages slightly stained in parts, good + condition.
An interesting combination of musical dictionary terms along with entries for other music related material. Appendix includes Synopsis of Pitch Notation and Melodic Embellishments. Would make a delightful gift for a nostalgic music teacher or music lover.
The Jewel of Arwen
Baltimore: T-K Graphics, [1974]. 5 1/2 x 8 1/4". 39 pp. Light blue stock paper with black pictorial cover, illustrated by Jean Brill, cover is slightly sun faded at the top,$2.00 original price on front cover, very tiny stain to back cover, very good condition.
Marion Zimmer Bradley was always a huge Tolkien fan and has published some short stories using those characters. This booklet attempts to shed more light on the history and virtue of the jewel of Arwen through study of the Red Book of Westmarch and other sources, with notes and commentary by Bradley.
Canton Trumdrum Indian Blanket Campaign
Canton, OH: Canton Trumdrum, 1929. Softcover 4 1/2 x 6 3/4". Stapled pamphlet with 1/4 bound tape repair, linen paper, illustrated in color, some creases and wear, filled in with pencil names per normal use as contest booklet. Scarce, no other copies currently in the trade. Good + condition.
The Canton Trumdrum was an Ohio Corporation the applied for non-profit status from 1934 until 1976. The campaign for Indian Blankets was basically a contest where people paid a small sum and if their name was picked, they won a Cayuse Indian blanket. The fundraiser also received an Indian blanket. If you read the fine print however, you realize that only the designs were from the Indians. In reality, the Pendletoon Woolen Mills produced the finished product (telling the reader this was much better than the "crude unfinished texture" that originated in the tepees of the wilderness.) The campaign was later cancelled. Also in the pamphlet is a story of U-ma-pine, Chief of the Cayuse Tribe, told with racist overtones.
The Robber Bride
New York: Nan A. Talese / Doubleday, 1993. 6 1/2 x 9 1/2". 466pp. First American edition, first printing. Dust jacket in good condition only, with crease on the spine and minor wear, not price clipped. Grey cloth quarter-wrapped over boards, slightly cocked, minor wear, otherwise very good condition.
This is Atwood's 8th novel, and is full of her usual wit. The story centers on three women and the influence on them by the fourth classmate, Zenia, the evil maurader. This book comes with the publisher's "Book Group Companion".
The Old Farmer's Almanac Colonial Cookbook
Dublin, NH: Yankee, Inc., 1976. 6 x 9". 64pp. Stapled binding and 3-hole punched, in unique wooden stained boards not found with any other listing currently, slight tanning to paper cover, otherwise very good condition.
While these recipes have been adapted for today's standard kitchen (i.e. no need to stir with a twig), they are still recipes that any person of 1776 would have recognized and served at their table. Bound in a charming wooden board with an eagle and 1776 carved onto the cover, this has preserved the stapled book to be in very good condition.
Set of Winnie the Pooh First Editions 4 Volumes -- When We were very young -- Winnie the Pooh -- Now We are Six -- The House at Pooh Corner
London: Methuen and Co., 1924 - 1928. First Editions (When We Were Very Young is 1st edition, second state with "ix" on Contents page), Four volumes. With wonderful line drawings throughout, illustrated by E. H. Shepard.
When We Were Very Young, published in 1924, first trade edition, second state, NF copy with light wear to extremities in VG dustwrapper with a tanned spine, miniscule chip out of top left of spine, navy cloth boards with gilt lettering and gilt vignettes to front and back covers, 100 pps, one of 4,500 copies printed in the first edition, which sold out in the first week.
Winnie-the-Pooh, published in 1926, first trade edition, NF copy in a NF first issue dustwrapper with 117th thousand marked on back flap is bright and complete (does have small wrinkle on back which is not a tear) with minor dustiness, green cloth boards with gilt lettering and vignettes of Christopher Robin and Winnie the Pooh, illustrated end papers with map of 100 Aker Wood and numerous line drawings throughout the book of Pooh and his friends, 158 pps.
Now We Are Six, published in 1927, first trade edition, NF in first state VG dustwrapper with 7/6 price on the spine, back panel has a one-inch tear and slight chips to head and tail of spine, PO name on verso of FFEP, maroon cloth with gilt lettering and vignette of Christopher Robin playing with a train engine on front and Pooh and Piglet on back, 103 pps.
The House at Pooh Corner, published 1928, first trade edition, NF copy in VG first issue dustwrapper (back flap contains an ad for When We Were Very Young, stating it is in its 179th Thousand), small one-half inch tear to front of dustwrapper at the top in the middle and a small gouge (paper still present) to bottom right corner, salmon cloth boards with gilt lettering and vignette, small prior bookshop label to rear endpaper, 179 pps.
Elson-Gray Basic Readers Primer
Chicago: Scott, Foresman and Company, 1936. Second edition, Hardcover, 5 1/2 x 7 1/2". 144 pp. Green, black and orange cloth over boards with illustration on cover, corner bumping and some spine cloth fraying, a few stains. Interior has some stains throughout and small amounts of foxing but is overall very bright and clean with many colorful illustrations by Miriam Story Hurfurd. Very good condition.
William S. Gray developed the Curriculum Foundation Series of books for Scott, Foresman and Company. His vision was to tie "subject area" books in health, science, social studies, and arithmetic (each discipline having its own series of graded texts also published by Scott, Foresman and Company) with the vocabulary mastered in the basic readers, thus vastly improving readability in these same areas. These books often had the very recognizable names of Dick and Jane.
Health for Little Folks
New York: American Book Company, 1890. Hardcover, 5 x 7". 90 pp. Green cloth over boards with black lettering and illustration on cover, corner bumping and spine cloth fraying on edges and ends with some stains. Some ink stamps on front paste-down endpaper and previous owner markings (partially erased) on front free endpaper, several minor pencil marks and stains throughout. Good condition.
This is the Authorized Physiology Series, No. 1 from American Book Company which was intended for primary school years to teach" laws of practical hygiene" and physiology. Contents include: why we need to eat, kinds of foods, the body needs water, salt and lime, drinks that contain alchol, how food is changed into blood, the blood, how the blood is purified, the framework of the body, the muscles, brains and nerves, our five senses and the skin. Nicely illustrated throughout with small medical drawings.
Chief's Choice IV : Marching Chiefs - University of Wisconsin - La Crosse
La Crosse, WI: University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Marching Band {The Chiefs}, 1981. Spiral bound softcover, 5 1/2 x 8 1/2". 263 pp. Red card stock cover with black lettering and illustration. Sections separated by red card stock into categories such as soups, meats, breads, vegetables, etc. Very good.
Produced by the University of Wisconsin - La Cross Marching Band with a dedication to band director and teacher, Dr. John Alexander. Includes many local recipes like seafood chowder and those including cranberries, cheese, and bratwurst.