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12 Florida Glass Lantern Slides.

By: N/A

Price: $150.00

Publisher: ca 1903

Seller ID: 17088

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Eleven different scenes, 4" x 3.75" glass positive transparencies (lantern slides), mostly Florida, including George Street house, S.S. Miami at sea, Eating fruit on Hogg Island, Ostrich Farm Jacksonville, fort scene, Obispo Street, Old Vedder House, Carnival on the Prado, Old City Gate (St. Augustine), Mule-drawn streetcar, Jacksonville National Bank. All are nicely hand-tinted (?), all seem to be dated 1906 by the E.O.M. Co. Chicago and copyrighted by Alvah Roebuck, the co-founder of Sears & Roebuck, suggesting these made have been sold through the Sears catalog. In adition to these eleven, ...
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A True Magdalen

By: Braeme, Charlotte

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York City, F. M. Lupton: N.D.

Seller ID: 8554

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Fair with no dust jacket

Wraps have been crudely repaired with tape , most of spine is either missing or covered in tape, corners and edges chipped interior is browned and somewhat brittle, but seems to be complete. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 313 pages; This is a book by the author of the immensely popular dime novel Dora Thorne. Charlotte Brame was English and wrote romances under her own name and Bertha M. Clay until her death in 1884 at 48. Street and Smith continued to use her name, spelled Braeme in the US, as a house name and published books written by several authors under that name. This may be one of the...
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The Luminaries

By: Catton, Eleanor

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Back Bay Books: 2014

Seller ID: 16772

ISBN: 0316074292

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

Book has very light shelf wear and a remainder mark on the bottom edge. This, Catton's second novel, won the Man Booker Prize. It is an intricately crafted work that treats modern issues in the manner of a Victorian novel. Fascinating read.; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 830 pages
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Growing & Using Herbs Successfully

By: Jacobs, Betty E. M.

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Garden Way Publishing :

Seller ID: 5668

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

8vo 8" - 9" tall
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Report upon the Reconnaissance of Northwestern Wyoming, including Yellowstone National Park, made in the Summer of 1873

By: Jones, William A.

Price: $450.00

Publisher: Washington DC, Government Printing Office: 1875

Seller ID: 15277

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good-

Wear and rubbing to cloth, corners lightly bumped; hinges appear to have been reglued at some point. Toning to interior and maps; all maps present, most with edgewear and occasional small tears at stubs, occasional tape repairs, map of Wyoming detached but laid in, with many tears at folds and a few pieces lacking; good or better. The book is square and the binding secure. Significant survey with an important color geologic map including Yellowstone National Park; many of the maps are large scale trail maps. This is the expanded, and more important, second edition of this report which includ...
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Savage Inequalities

By: Kozol, Jonathan

Price: $5.00

Seller ID: 5691

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

12mo 7" - 7½" tall
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The Art of Cooking with Herbs and Spices

By: Miloradovich, Milo

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Garden City, Doubleday: 1950

Seller ID: 15161

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket

Subtitled "A Handbook of Flavors and Savors," this book features recipes using kitchen herbs, spice and condiment. The book is near fine except for light toning to the fore edges. The dust jacket has very minor shelf wear. The only date is 1950, but edition is not stated .; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 304 pages
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Behind the Florida Bombings: Who killed NAACP leader Harry T. Moore and his Behind the Florida Bombings: Who Killed NAACP leader Harry T. Moore and his wife

By: North, Joseph

Price: $75.00

Publisher: New York, New Century Publishers: 1952

Seller ID: 15432

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

Stapled, illustrated wrappers. with very light wear and aging. An investigative pamphlet by long-time Communist journalist, Joseph North, on the murder of civil rights activists, Harry T. Moore and his wife. On Christmas Day 1951, members of the Florida KKK bombed the Moore house killing both Harry Moore and his wife. Moore was the founder of the Brevard Co. NAACP and he and his wife were the first NAACP members killed during the civil rights movement. Moore is considered the first martyr in the Civil Rights Movement. Relatively scarce pamphlet. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 23 pages
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World's Greatest Collection of Mountain Ballads and Old Time Songs

By: Robison, Carson J.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Chicago, M. M. Cole Publishing House: 1930

Seller ID: 16394

Binding: Softcover

Stapled, pictorial wraps (image of Robison) with a taped spine edge and much edge, corner and surface wear. Name and number sticker in top right corner. Music store stamp, bottom left. Some songs in the Table of Contents have notations and there are pencilled in chord markings in a few of the songs. This book was obviously used by a player or performer. Overall G-. This is an excellent collection of early country folk ballads, sung by Carson Robison. The songs include: Hallelujah I'm a Bum, Birmingham Jail, Golden Slippers, Hand Me Down My Walking Cane, The Hell Bound Train, The Death of John ...
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Backward Glance

By: Steans, D. J.

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Smithtown, Exposition Press: 1983

Seller ID: 15412

ISBN: 0682499641

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket

Beige cloth with light aging and light bumps at corners. Square and securely bound. The jacket has corner and very light edge wear with light scuffing along the edges. This scuffing blends so well with the white parts of the jacket, that, on first glance, it appears to be part of the design. See scan. This copy is signed three times, once on the half title and twice on what amounts to a second half title after the Preface. Backward Glance is a historical novel based on Steans family. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 211 pages; Signed by Author
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Stevie

By: Steptoe, John

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Harper & Row: 1969

Seller ID: 13119

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Pictorial covers (illustration from book) with white backgroud. Some general wear, aging and soiling but overall a securely bound, complete and attractive copy. ; Color Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Unpaginated pages; Story of two boys who develop a friendship that ends when one moves away. Bittersweet.
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Race and Region : A Definitive Bibliography

By: Thompson, Edgar T. and Alma Macy Thompson

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina Press: 1949

Seller ID: 17097

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket

Book is VG+ to NF with minor age-toning primarily to the end papers. The DJ has a sunned spine and a few small chips at the top edge. According to the blurb, Race and Region is a Bibliography listing and describing approximately 2,000 book and periodical titles on the subject of race generally and white-Negro relations in America in particular. This is of interest historically, though a similar bibliography today would probably take multiple volumes. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 194 pages
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Native Woody Plants of the United States Their Erosion-Control and Wildlife Values

By: Van Dersal, William R.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Washimgton, Government Printing Office: 1938

Seller ID: 13389

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair with no dust jacket

The cover is detached from the text block, which seems to be complete and intact. Ffep (2) detached by present. Light foxing and toning. Included are 2 maps in an envelope: Climatic Provences and Plant Growth Regions of the United States and Importnt Soil Regions and Plant Growth Regions of the United States. The maps appear unused and except for light toning, are NF. ; 2 folding maps; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 359 pages; The main value of the book is the maps, which rarely survive. The book could be a valuable, if dated reference work.
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