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Borscht — War-Time
Edition
Maddox, Gaynor, ed. Russian cook book for American homes. New York: Russian War Relief, Inc., (copyright 1943). 8vo. 95, [1] pp.
• Brown, Culinary Americana, 3223. Publisher's color-printed wrappers, showing minor shelf wear, with unobtrusive creases. Half-title and title-page partially separated from spiral binding; pages clean. (22203)
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The
Height of Romance
Madison, Janet,
ed. Sweethearts always. Chicago: Reilly & Britton Co.,
1906. 8vo. 232 pp.; 12 plts.
Binding: Publisher's maroon cloth, front cover and spine stamped in white and gilt and signed “DD” — Decorative Designers.
• Binding as above: extremities and spine showing minor shelf wear, gilt a bit rubbed in a few spots. 
A beautiful sentimental gift — 100 years ago or now. (22217)
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Sailing Around
(Maine). Duncan,
Roger F. Eastward: A Maine cruise in a friendship sloop. Camden, ME: International
Marine Publishing Company, 1976. 8vo. Illus.
• Publisher's cloth. Very good condition, in a good dust jacket; some nicks along the lower edge of the jacket's near panel and head of the spine.
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Interesting Pathetic Moral COMPLICATED!Marmontel, Jean François. The shepherdess of the Alps, a very interesting, pathetic, and moral history. Glasgow: Pr. for
the booksellers, [1839]. 12mo. 24 pp. 
• NSTC 2S18901. Removed from a nonce volume. (16764)
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Science for ChildrenMarles, J. de. Les cent merveilles des sciences et des arts. Huitieme edition. Tours: Alfred Mame et fils, 1869. 12mo. Frontis., add. engr. t.-p., [2], 5-240 pp. 
• Contemporary gilt-stamped green cloth with a bit of light wear to the head and foot of the spine, otherwise bright and lovely. Some page edges uncut. (10569)
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“Relics of Père Marquette” — ILLINOISMarquette, James. Facsimile of Père Marquette’s Illinois prayer book. It’s [sic] history by the owner Colonel J.L. Hubert Neilson, M.D. Quebec: Quebec Literary and Historical Society, 1908. Oblong 8vo (15.5 cm, 6.2"). [1 (blank)] f., [3]–12, [13], [3 (blank)] pp., 2 plts. (incl. 2 ports.), and [65] ff. of plts. (facsimile of prayer book, 2 pp. to 1 f., printed on 1 side).
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English Humor — American Edition & Content Martin, Theodore, & William Edmondstoune Aytoun. The book of ballads. Edited by Bon Gaultier. A new edition, with several new ballads. With illustrations. New York: Redfield, 1854. 8vo. 216 pp.; illus.
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Illustrated with nine in-text wood engravings, all caricatures by Richardson-Cox.
There is a separate section of “American Ballads.”
• Publisher's brown cloth, spine with gilt title and decorations, front cover with a gilt image of a tall knight on a tiny running horse. Spine slightly cocked and its gilt darkened; spots of foxing on endpapers and several others. (23542)
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A
First Edition
of the First
VolumeMartin,
William, ed. Peter Parley’s annual: 
Christmas and New Year’s present for young people.
London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co., 1840 [i.e., 1839]. 12mo (15 cm, 5.9").
Engr. t.-p., vi, 378 pp.; 4 plts., illus.
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the history and rules of
chess, are illustrated with a number of in-text steel engravings
and four engraved plates, one of which depicts a ship at sea in stormy weather.
• Faxon 108. Binding as above, paper scuffed and joints a touch
rubbed. Front free endpaper with owner’s name; front pastedown and fly-leaf
with pencilled notations. Frontispiece with small chip to outer margin, repaired.
Some instances of offsetting surrounding plates and illustrations, pages otherwise
clean. 
An attractive, engaging
little book.
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PRB&M “FEATURED BOOK” —
A Novel inWood Engravings Masereel, Frans. My book of hours. 167 designs engraved on wood by Frans Masereel. N.p.: Se trouve chez l'Auteur, 1922. Small 8vo. [6] ff., 158 plates (of 167).
Click the interior images for enlargements. Originally published in 1919, at Geneva, in an edition of 200 copies. Romain Rolland wrote the introduction. Stated on verso of title: “This edition is strictly limited to 600 copies for America. Each copy is signed. No. 180.” Signed by the author.
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“Carry-to-Church” Hymnal/PsalterMason, Lowell, ed. Church psalmody: A collection of psalms and hymns, adapted to public worship. Boston: T.R. Marvin, 1844. 12mo (16.3 cm, 6.4"). 576 pp.
Binding: Contemporary black morocco, covers gilt-stamped with arabesque and foliate motifs, spine gilt extra, board edges and turn-ins with gilt rolls. Front cover gilt-stamped “C.A. Babcock.” All edges gilt.
• Binding as above, corners bumped, a few spots of light rubbing to gilt, edges, and extremities. Edge gilt, though rubbed, still glimmering. Front free endpaper with pencilled monogram. Pages clean. Once, somebody’s treasure — “C.A. Babcock’s,” to be specific.
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