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Hollywood, California, 1949 - 1951.. Three issues of POINSETTIA, the yearbook from Hollywood High School. Embossed cloth. Very good condition. Carol Burnett attended Hollywood High School, and her picture appears in all three yearbooks. In the 1949 she is in the Class of Summer 1951 picture, also in the Board of Control picture; in 1950 she is in the… Read more about this item

Washington: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, 1990. . Yellow cloth lettered in red. 548pp. Illustrated. Light fading to edges, a very clean and unmarked copy.

Lerwick: Manson, 1901. First edition.. Burgundy cloth, covers stamped in blind, front cover lettered in gilt. 94pp. Frontispiece & numerous illustrations. Bookplate of Alexander Moffatt on front end paper, some discoloration of end papers, a bright and attractive copy.

Philadelphia: Saunders, 1926. First edition.. Blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Frontispiece, several illustrations. Wrinkle in cloth on front cover, ownership stamp and label on front end paper, a bit of underlining in red pencil, a bright very good copy. This copy bears the Mayo Clinic ownership stamp of Georgine Luden, who is mentioned in the book. A later… Read more about this item

Milwaukee: Blatz Gum, [1928].. Original decorative stiff wrappers, tied. A little wear to the lower corner of the first couple of pages, a clean and unmarked very good copy otherwise. This album contains all 20 Favorite Screen Stars Trading Cards issued by Blatz, with facsimile signatures, mounted in the album. This set includes the key "Our Gang" card. The… Read more about this item

Cambridge: Printed by Metcalfe & Co., 1909 - 1912.. Four volumes. Red buckram, front covers designed in gilt, spines lettered in gilt. Spines are somewhat faded, many leaves creased vertically from being folded before binding, a few folded page corners, generally clean and very good. Illustrated with a few plates. The President and Treasurer listed in Volume XXXIII is… Read more about this item

London: Royal National Life-Boat Institution, 1922.. Green boards, upper cover designed and printed in black. Upper cover detached, old tape marks at spine, much of spine chipped away, very good condition generally. Many illustrations, some in colour, also some underlining. Several errata slips, one canceled page. Laid in is an 8-page booklet of Coast Guard Regulations relating to the… Read more about this item

Wichita: Hubbard Dianetic Foundation, 1951.. Original printed wrappers, stapled. 28pp. Light edge wear, a clean very good copy. In the original mailing envelope with the Foundation's return address in Elizabeth, New Jersey, overprinted, and the Wichita address beneath. Postmarked in Wichita in June,1952. Accompanied by a fold-out ad leaflet listing publications and prices (Current Dianetic Publications. January 1, 1952);… Read more about this item

Dana Point, Ca.: Blue Water Publications, 1993.. Black plasticized wrappers, ringbound. Illustrated. 152 pages. Slightly bent, nice condition. Limited edition with an author-signed page in the front, this is copy #226 of an unknown number of copies.

New Delhi, Bombay, etc.: Allied Publishers, (1963). First edition.. Original grey cloth, spine lettered in black. Frontispiece portrait of the His Holiness Marishi Mahesh Yogi. Slight wrinkling of cloth, ownership name on front end paper, a very good copy in a slightly chipped dust jacket, the jacket missing small pieces from the upper corner and top of spine. The… Read more about this item

This is a group of 21 issues from 1926 - 1933. Original wrappers. A couple show edge wear, a couple are stained on the front wrapper, a few have dampstained fore-edges, condition is basically very good. Issues present are: Summer 1926 / Autumn 1926 / Winter 1926-27 / Spring 1927 / Summer 1927 / Autumn 1927 / Winter 1927-28… Read more about this item

Edinburgh: Agnew Association, 1982.. Blue boards designed and lettered in white. Illustrated. A clean, basically fine copy.

Tokyo: Susan Scully and Millard (Corky) Alexander, 1970.. Original wrappers, once folded. Generally about fine condition, the owner's name written at the top of most issues. This is a run encompassing Vol. 1, No. 2 through Vol 1, No. 21 (20 consecutive issues). Dates are Feb. 20, 1970 through July 3, 1970. Tokyo's longest-running English lifestyle magazine, still publishing;… Read more about this item

Bangor, Gwynedd: Margaret & John Summerwill, 1991.. Light blue self-wrappers, stapled. 20pp. Very good condition. Map & illustrations in the text. The memoirs of Gladys May Siviter (1906-1991) who was born in Blackheath. Memoirs of Yew Tree Lane and Powke Lane School, and life at a house on Southwick Road.

(Montreal?): National Hockey League, 1969-1975. . 6 issues of this yearly guide. Original pictorial wrappers. Light wear, nice condition. Some great cover shots, such as Gordie Howe on the cover of the 1970-1971 issue.

NY: Harris Press/Who's Who in Baseball, (1969 - 1990).. Red pictorial wrappers. 22 volumes. The spines of all issues are quite faded, some slight edge wear, generally in very nice clean condition. An unbroken run of 22 years of this illustrated annual from 1969-1990, the 55th through 75th editions.

London: Heinemann, (1917). . Original wrappers, the front cover a design of a French flag. Slight chip at top of spine, ink stamp on front end paper, a very nice clean copy. A translation of Nyrop's "Frankrig" (Copenhagen, 1915).

London: Epworth, (1925). First edition.. Blue cloth lettered in black. Frontispiece and four inserted plates. A nice clean copy in a slightly worn pictorial dust jacket, a few tears to edges and moderate edge wear. An unusually nice copy of this biography. Issued as a volume in Epworth's Noble Life Series.

Candleriggs, Glasgow: Hobbs, 1904. First edition, limited issue. . Quarter-calf & red cloth, spine lettered in gilt, front cover designed in gilt. Marbled end papers. Frontispiece and numerous illustrations. Discoloration to end papers, some light foxing, small snag to the centre of the spine, a clean very good copy. This is copy #1 one of 50 special copies, with… Read more about this item

Amelia, Italy: the Author, 1999. First edition.. 4to. Quarter-cloth & marbled boards, spine lettered in black. Maps & illustrations, some in colour. Folding tables at rear. Faint wear, a couple of small spots, a fine copy. Limited to 60 copies, this is #50. A scarce genealogical work.