A conversation between Tom and Ashley
A: [stretching] New Year, New Me!
T: [gestures at stretching girl] What’s all this stretching?
A: It's 2020! I’m going to learn a sport, run a marathon, knit a blanket, learn Mandarin, figure out what “love” means in tennis…
T: I don’t think it means what you think it means. How about sell a book, maybe?
A: People need a “how-to” book list!
T: [to himself] “How to Hire Better Employees.”
A: [to herself] “How to Plan a Coup.”
~ fin ~
New York: The National Phonograph Company, 1900. Hardcover. First edition. Octavo. 181, [2]pp. Illustrated. Pictorial buff cloth. Moderate soiling or foxing on the boards, else very good or a little better. Excellent illustrations, and an early book on the phonograph. More
New York: Wehman Bros. 1912. Softcover. 24mo. 91, [5]pp. Stapled illustrated glazed yellow wrappers. Cheaper paper of the pages slightly age-toned, but supple and very near fine. The small print assures that a wealth of drink recipes are included. *OCLC* locates four copies of what seems like a similar (but..... More
New York: Wehman Bros. [circa 1895]. Softcover. Edition unknown. Illustrated wrappers. 99, [1]pp. Cheap paper of the text browned, else a nice, just about fine copy. More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1978. Hardcover. New and revised edition. Tiny ink stroke on the foredge else fine in fine dustwrapper. Inscribed by the author (father of the composer) to Tony Award-winning actress Marian Seldes: "To Marion[sic] with all my best - Bert." More
London: Hodder and Stoughton, (No date - 1923). Hardcover. First edition. Slight foxing to the paper spine label, and soiling to the top edge, else fine in fine dustwrapper with a couple of tiny tears. One of the author's "pocket philosopies." Very uncommon in jacket. More
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1920. Hardcover. First edition. Top edge soiled, modest wear on the boards, very good or better in modestly soiled very good dustwrapper. Exercise advice from the father of American football. Very scarce in jacket. More
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New York: Roulette Records, [no date]. Hardcover. Original 33 1/2 vinyl record. Two Lps. Both albums fine in unprinted paper sleeves in a near fine pictorial cardboard box with edgewear and some rubbing. Includes two instructional pamphlets: "Special Instructions on How to Belly-Dance for Your Husband" by famous belly dancer..... More
Washington, D.C. Combat Forces Press, 1950. Hardcover. First edition. Octavo. 150pp., illustrated. Age-toning on the white boards, cheap paper toned at the edges, very good in very good dustwrapper with a modest chip at the top of the front panel near fine spine, and with some slight rubbing. Good news..... More
[No place]: Recreation Films Inc., [no date - circa 1975]. Softcover. First edition. Octavo. 56pp., photo illustrated. Stapled illustrated wrappers. Some rubbing and a small stain on front wrap, very good or better. Bold ownership Signature of Olympic Gold Medalist Greg Louganis on the title page. More
Boston: Marshall Jones Company, 1922. Hardcover. First edition, preceding the Little, Brown and Company edition by a couple of years. Introduction by Heywood Broun. Near fine in near fine dustwrapper with a small chip on the rear panel and some other slight wear. Scarce in jacket. More
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[Buffalo: Buffalo Museum of Science], 1942. Softcover. Quarto measuring 8¼" x 13¾". Stapled wrappers. 19pp. Black and white illustrations. Overall very good, with a chip and general age-toning to the front wrap, quite clean and bright internally. Small previous owner's name and stamp on the front wrap. A wonderfully curious..... More
Akron, Ohio: B.F. Goodrich Rubber Co., [1930]. Softcover. First edition. Edited by Kenneth Williams. Octavo. [32]pp. Illustrated. Owner's name, small scrape, and light soiling, all on the front wrap; top corners of pages with creases, about very good. Endorsement by Jim Thorpe on inside back cover. Author’s birth name was..... More
New York: Grand Central Publishing, (November 2014). Hardcover. First edition. 336pp. Foreword by Brené Brown. Black and white illustrations. Fine in a fine dustwrapper. Signed by the author. A memoir from musician Amanda Palmer, formerly of The Dresden Dolls, written in the wake of her million dollar crowd funding endeavor..... More
New York: The Vanguard Press, (1949). Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated by John Groth. Slight wear in front gutter, else about fine in near fine blue dustwrapper (we've also had one in a pink variant) with a little rubbing and small tears. More
London: Ward, Lock & Co., [circa 1925]. Hardcover. First edition. Slight scattered foxing, else near fine in near fine dustwrapper with shallow chips at the crown. Scarce in jacket. More
New York: Longmans, Green and Co., 1931. Hardcover. First edition. A bit of spotting on the boards, near fine in handsome very good lightly soiled dustwrapper with small chips and closed tears. Nicely Inscribed and Signed by both authors. Seymour was the head continuity writer for NBC Radio. Very uncommon..... More
(New York: J.W. Hawxhurst, 1866). Softcover. Revised and enlarged edition, Octavo. Printed glazed yellow wrappers. 137, 138-144 ads paginated consecutively with the text. Publishers affixed label partially affaced on the rear wrap, a very good copy. Originally printed in 1856, *OCLC* locates only two copies of this issue. More
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[London]: The Daily Telegraph, [circa 1950s]. Softcover. Oblong 12mo. Laminated stiff illustrated wrappers. 12 pp. Black and white illustrations. Slight creasing, edgewear, and lifting lamination else very good with original 45 RPM vinyl record, with warp affecting first track, enclosed in rear pocket. The Daily Telegraph Record Series No. 2..... More
Holyoke, Massachusetts: The Elizabeth Towne, Co., Inc., (1916): The Elizabeth Towne, Co., Inc., (1916). Softcover. First edition. 12mo. 32pp. Printed illustrated wrappers. Contemporary ownership signature on front wrapper, modest age-toning on the wrappers, very good or better. Very uncommon. *OCLC* locates a single copy. More
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1897. Hardcover. First edition, first printing with page 187 uncorrected. Two pages of advertisements in the rear including George Du Maurier's *Peter Ibbetson* and *Trilby*. Brick red cloth decorated in gilt. Top edge gilt. Contemporary owner's gift inscription in pencil on the front fly..... More