The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (signed) by Baum, L. Frank - 1999

This volume contains a record of the "happenings" at a little white schoolhouse on two days separated by 50 years. It also includes letters from the "outside world" and contributed accounts of blizzards, storms grasshopper blights and fires. Acknowledgements made to local residents for pictures and stories.. special recognition to University Publishing Co.,Lincoln, NE for the use " Nebraska Old and New"and to the Rev Wesley children for use of their book, "A Frontier Life"

Little, Brown, 1974. Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition Second Printing. pages deckled, Pages clean and unmarked

original photo card unused

from larger book on back oh holt co

NY: Rider and Driver Publishing Co, 1931. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition, 4to, brown pebbled cloth, gilt-stamped titles and pictorial pastedown front cover, 399 pages, copiously illustrated. Printed at the Brooklyn Eagle Press, Pages 1- 16 are advertisements for all manner of product and services to horse riders and drivers, the rest an annual compilation of all aspects that relate to the sport. Laid-in is a collection of contemporary news clippings, mostly from NYC dailies, about horses. RIDING CARRIAGES.

A love story set in New York, a departure from the author's usual settings in his native Kentucky. Copies with the original dust jacket are scarce to the market.
PHYSICAL DETAILS: 12mo (7 1/4 x 5 inches; 185 x 125 mm), 281, [1] pages plus advertisements, in green cloth, top edge gilt, beautiful gold medallion to the upper panel, in an illustrated dust jacket.CONDITION: Rubbing to green cloth, upper corner bumped, some fading to spine titles, a few leaves unopened, but otherwise clean, bright, and unmarked. The dust jacket has soiling, a few stains, chips, and tears, with the most prominent tears (1/4 to 1/2-inch) on both ends of the spine, not affecting any text. Very Good or Better in a Fair dust jacket.

LUKOFF, Kyle. Too Bright To See. [NY]: Dial [2021]. 8vo, [iv] 188pp. Green boards with spine stamped in white. Pictorial title page. A fine copy in original color pictorial dust jacket (no medals affixed). Signed by the author, Kyle Lukoff.
First edition. 2022 Newbery Honor Book and National Book Award Finalist! A ghost story and tale of personal discovery in which 11-year-old Bug must figure out if a ghost is really haunting their eerie old house in rural Vermont – and maybe haunting Bug in particular – as they struggle to come to terms with their realization that they're not ready to embrace being a girl like their best friend Moira. A powerful tale of a young person discovering they are non-binary.

Springfield, MA: Milton Bradley Co., 1893. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Cloth-backed boards, 8vo, 77pp. With copious diagrams throughout. Very Good with mild discoloration and rubbing wear. Previous owner's signature to flyleaf; else clean and unmarked. A popular example of Milton Bradley's books for teachers designed to expand the influence of Frobelian gifts and occupations in the American kindergarten and primary school classroom.

Ford Automobile Supplies 1914. Illustrated.
Oblong 8vo. Original pictorial wrappers. J.G. Birdsell, Ossian, Iowa. First Edition.
The catalogue offers parts for any brass Model T 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1915, etc. In it are all sorts of items including: headlamp, sidelight, spark plug, carburetor, timers, clock, bumper, even a full page ad for a Kellogg air starter. Stamp on inside back cover: Improved Congo Ford Special….
Fine. Scarce.

Hong Kong: s.i., 1950. Very Good. Octagonal collapsible tabletop candle screen composed of white cloth over stiff card stock to which is mounted to each folding panel a 3-D cloth, silk, and hand-colored paper rendering of the Eight Immortals, accompanied by a separate octagonal card paper base. Cloth slightly foxed at extremities, perished tape repair visible on the interior (but not externally), abrasion from removed sticker to base piece significantly affecting the "Made in Hong Kong" rubber-stamp, else a Very Good example. Attractive example of a popular theme for a tabletop candle screen, the Eight Immortals holding the power to banish evil.