Adams, Charles Josiah.
Coordination and Other Poems.
New York: J. S. Ogilvie, (1923). First edition, an ex-library copy with a small ink stamp at the head of the wrapper and a small marginal pencil notation on one page. Small 8vo, original printed wrappers, [32] pages. A presentation copy, inscribed in ink on the verso of the title... More about Coordination and Other Poems
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Adams, Frederic Upham.
The Story of Edward Hines, who is Falsely Accused of Having Secured by Bribery the Election of William Lorimer to the Senate of the United States. A Discussion of the Remarkable Testimony Given at Various Times by Clarence S. Funk, as Derived from the Official Records.
Chicago: The Regan Printing House, [1911?]. First edition. 8vo, original printed wrappers, 79 pages. A fairly caustic by-way in the scandal following the election of Chicago Republican machine boss William Lorimer to the Senate; Adams here defends Hines, a Chicago lumberman, who was reported to have said that he had... More about The Story of Edward Hines, who is Falsely Accused of Having Secured by Bribery the Election of...
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American Guide Series.
Augusta Hollowell on the Kennebec.
[Kennebec]: Kennebec Journal Print Shop, 1940. First edition. 8vo, original wrappers, 123 pages. 16 pages of illus., 3 folding maps. Later leaf relating to the state YMCA conference in Augusta, Me., in 1943, mounted onto the half-title.	More about Augusta Hollowell on the Kennebec
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Chillicothe and Ross County. Compiled and Written by Federal Writers' Project of Ohio, Works Progress Administration. Sponsored by the Ross County Northwest Territory Committee.
[N. p. n. p.], 1938. First edition. 8vo, original pictorial wrappers, 91, [24] pages. Illus. Published in conjunction with the Northwest Territory celebration. With the story of westward migration, Burr's conspiracy, descriptions of Greek revival architecture and regional paper manufacture, and one anecdote of a small-town swindle involving the alleged... More about Chillicothe and Ross County. Compiled and Written by Federal Writers' Project of Ohio, Works...
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Lake Erie Vacationland in Ohio. A Guide to the Sandusky Bay Region.
Sandusky: Stephens Printing Company, (1941). First edition, wrappers issue. 8vo, original pictorial wrappers, 129 pages. 10 inserted plates, one folding map. Midget City in Milan merits a photo but no mention in the historical sketch of the town.	More about Lake Erie Vacationland in Ohio. A Guide to the Sandusky Bay Region
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The Ocean Highway: New Brunswick, New Jersey to Jacksonville, Florida.
New York: Modern Age Books, (1938). First edition. 8vo, original pictorial gray cloth, 244, [5] pages. Frontis, illus., folding map mounted to the rear paste-down. Original dust jacket.	More about The Ocean Highway: New Brunswick, New Jersey to Jacksonville, Florida
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Savannah.
Savannah: Chamber of Commerce, Review Printing Co., 1937. First edition. 8vo, original green cloth, publisher's pictorial paper label on the front board, 208 pages. Illus. An nice example of a Federal Writers' Project city guide. Issued without a dust jacket.	More about Savannah
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Anderson, Antony E.
Minneapolis: The Northland Press, (1904). First edition. 8vo, original red cloth, gilt lettering. Frontis by the author. With an eight-line poem entitled "Snowfall" inscribed in ink on the front free endpaper and signed by Anderson. 13 stories by this Minnesota author, generally set in that state, and aimed perhaps at... More about Short Stories
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Aswell, James R., et al.
God Bless the Devil! Liars' Bench Tales.
Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1940. First edition. 8vo, original patterned red buckram, 254 pages. Illus. by Ann Kelley of the Tennessee Art Project. Original pictorial dust jacket. Tall-tales and folklore of Tennessee, with much in the way of regional vernacular and color.	More about God Bless the Devil! Liars' Bench Tales
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Barnhart, Joseph Oliver.
The Deserted Chapel and Other Poems.
Cerro Gordo, Illinois: J. O. Barnhart, 1926. First edition, signed by the author on the verso of the frontispiece. 8vo, original printed wrappers, 86 pages. Frontis portrait, two plates, illus. The Brethren minister from Cerro Gordo (a small town east of Decatur, Ill.) here weighs in with verses on a.... More about The Deserted Chapel and Other Poems
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Bayardo Herrera P., David.
Cipreses: Versos Ineditos de . . .
Rivas, Nicaragua: Tipografia Comercial, 1923. First edition. 12mo, printed wrappers (spine renewed, endpapers inserted, later rear wrapper supplied), 74 pages. Inserted portrait (fore-edge neatly repaired). With a preface from Enrique Aquino and a poem from Julio Linares Cerda.	More about Cipreses: Versos Ineditos de
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Benson, Stella.
The Little World.
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1925. First American edition, published the same year as the London edition. 8vo, original pink-stamped green cloth, gilt lettering, 306 pages. Travel accounts, including the author's honeymoon trip across the U.S. in a Ford automobile, from the English-born traveler and novelist who wrote much on... More about The Little World
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Berry, Victor A.
Red Poppies and Other Poems.
Bell, California: Published by the Author, 1929. Stated third edition. 8vo, original printed orange wrappers, 12 pages. California poems from this Los Angeles-area author and evident amateur press operator. Includes a few pieces on Berry's love of Mexican maidens: "In cantaloupe country Clarita resided, / And neighbors who knew her... More about Red Poppies and Other Poems
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Bell, California: Published by the Author, 1930. Stated fourth edition, reset and expanded from the 12-page third edition. Small 8vo, original printed green wrappers, 16 pages. California poems from this Los Angeles-area author and evident amateur press operator.	More about Red Poppies and Other Poems
Black, A. Bruce and Robert Metcalf Smith.
Shakespeare Allusions and Parallels [wrapper title].
Bethlehem, Penn. Lehigh University, 1931. First edition. 8vo, original printed tan wrappers, 59 pages. Issued as vol. 5, no. 3 in the Lehigh University Publications. An addition to the literature of Shakespeariana, over 50 contemporary parallels and allusions, assembled by an independent scholar and edited by a professor at Lehigh.	More about Shakespeare Allusions and Parallels [wrapper title
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Bradley, A. G.
The Rivers and Streams of England Painted by Sutton Palmer, Described by A. G. Bradley.
London: Adam and Charles Black, 1909. First edition. Large 8vo, original decorated blue cloth, gilt lettering, xiii, [1], 287 pages, plus 4 pages ads. Frontis, 74 color plates, one folding map. With a gift inscription signed Helen Georgiana Baddeley, Castle Hale, 9 July 1910, at the head of the title... More about The Rivers and Streams of England Painted by Sutton Palmer, Described by A. G. Bradley
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Bragg, Paul C.
Sealed Secrets of Empiro-Dynamics.
Burbank: Health Science Church, (1937). First edition. Small 8vo, original printed orange wrappers, 62 pages, illus. The well-known advocate of unprocessed foods and the theoretician behind the ascendancy of Jack La Lanne here presents the religious and nutritional foundations behind his system of healthy diet and other esoteric practices (he... More about Sealed Secrets of Empiro-Dynamics
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Bronson, George Cathcart.
Soul Immortal: A Subjective Impression.
(Lansing, Mich. Press of Robert Smith Printing, 1902). Likely first edition, one of two published dated 1902; OCLC also notes one with a Chicago imprint. 8vo, original green cloth, gilt lettering, 170 pages. Inscribed and signed by Bronson on the front free endpaper. A lengthy allegorical verse tale, replete with... More about Soul Immortal: A Subjective Impression
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Brown, Charles E.
Christian Science Unmasked.
Anderson, Ind., Kansas City, Mo. Gospel Trumpet Company, (1919). First edition. 16mo, original printed wrappers, 63, [1] pages. From the publishing branch of the Church of God, the expected biblical evidence brought to bear against Mrs. Eddy and her church, "in doctrine very like the heresies of ancient times."	More about Christian Science Unmasked
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(Burns, Robert). Lindsey, John.
Immortal Memory: The Real Robert Burns.
New York: Liveright Publishing Corporation, (1938). First edition. 8vo, original red cloth, 412 pages. Frontis portrait. Lacks dust jacket.	More about Immortal Memory: The Real Robert Burns
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(Burton, Theodore Elijah). Morrow, James B.
An Interview with Theodore E. Burton [caption title].
Washington, D.C. n.p., 1916. First edition. 8vo, unbound, 8 pages. A pamphlet meant to position Burton for the 1916 Republican presidential nomination, portraying the former Senator as a fiscally conservative progressive, independent of party boss pressures--a portrayal with some basis in truth (see the ANB).	More about An Interview with Theodore E. Burton [caption title
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Butler, J. Dean.
Champoeg.
Oregon City: n. p., 1936. First edition. 8vo, original pictorial wrappers, 84 pages. Illus. Poems on various romantic-historical aspects of the old Oregon territory.	More about Champoeg
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[Campbell, Richard Posey].
Just Common Folks by Dick Posey [wrapper title].
[Ashland, Oregon]: (Ashland Tidings Printers), 1918. First edition. 8vo, original printed brown wrappers, [64] pages, wire stitched. The James Whitcomb Riley variety of dialect poem evidently travels well; Campbell here collects his newspaper verses of the homespun variety. With occasional mention of local figures; in one pleasing instance, Campbell attributes... More about Just Common Folks by Dick Posey [wrapper title
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(Christian Science).
Official Commerorative Picture Card Set, 1964-1965 New York World's Fair. Christian Science Pavilion.
[New York:]: Committee for Christian Science Activities, World's Fair 1964-1965 Inc., [1964]. 28 postcard-sized cards, original pictorial box, text in English, Spanish and French. A nice visual relic of Christian Science outreach at the New York World's Fair, with views of the pavilion, displays, curious passersby, the Landscaping Features Park, etc.	More about Official Commerorative Picture Card Set, 1964-1965 New York World's Fair. Christian Science Pavilion
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