Hobbies/collecting from Trench Books

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1938. Orange Cloth. Good+/No Jacket. Samuel Nisenson. Moderate shelfwear, spine faded, name scratched out on flyleaf, price and date on flyleaf; copyright page and rear pastedown stamped "Dow Air Force Base Library". Fool your friends, be the hit of the party, get yourself in trouble...

Brattleboro VT: Stephen Greene Press, 1975. Second Edition . Trade Paperback. Very Good+/No Jacket. Grace A, Brigham. Minimal wear to covers, clean and unmarked. "The complete guide to how, why, when & where". Numerous photos, many drawings

New York: Newcomen Society in North America, 1953. Second Printing . Soft cover. Very Good. Light soiling to covers, text clean and unmarked. "Connecticut Origins of Modern Telephony (1878-1953).) Interesting and detailed history, written by the President of the Southern New England Telephone Co, (SNET). Includes a reproduction of the one page New Haven telephone directory, the first… Read more about this item

North Brunswick NJ: Boy Scouts of America, 1960. Illustrated Hardcover. Very Good. Light soiling to covers, text clean and unmarked; sound copy. Large collection, with diagrams, of magic tricks that any young scout can do.

London: Frederick Warne & Co.. Tan Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Paul Sharp. Light wear/soiling to covers, text clean and unmarked. Pocket sized volume of descriptions of MANY instruments, and how they work. Thoroughly illus, some illus in color. Very detailed. No date, probably 1950s?

Albany, OR: Van Dahl Publications, 1971. Revised Edition . Paperback. Good+. Covers soiled, previous owner's stamp on flyleaf; sound and unmarked otherwise. Illus, information, and prices, on thousand of US postmarks from all over the country. Prices may be dated, history doesn't change (oh wait, yes it does). This is from the days when every post office… Read more about this item

New York: Sentinel Books, 1946. Illustrated Hardcover. Good+/No Jacket. Irwin Perchonok. Light soiling, rubbing, to covers; light wear to edges, pages quite yellowed. Sound and unmarked. 127 pages of Ripley's magic tricks explained!

Chicago: Rand McNally, 1965. Gray Cloth. Very Good/Good+. Nice copy, clean and unmarked. Jacket shows some wear/light soiling to edges. Detailed info on numerous historic doll houses. Illus with many B&W photos; indexed.

New York: Harper Collins, 1999. First Edition . Green Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. Superb copy, clean and unmarked. Large volume with hundreds of color photos of all kinds of flowers. Extra postage outside the US.

London: B.T. Batsford, 1947. First British Edition . Red Cloth. EX-LIBRARY/No Jacket. Stain to corner of front cover, light soiling, usual library markings and pocket. How to make toys, architectural models, geographical models, and scientific models. Great reference for the hobbyist or crafter.

New York: Robert M. McBride, 1927. Second Printing . Green Cloth. EX-LIBRARY. Exlibrary with the usual markings and rear pocket, soiling to a few pages. Rebound in decorative green cloth. Nice copy, evidently not borrowed much from the Bangor Public Library. All kinds of info on what and how to collect, including things like fossils, rocks & minerals,… Read more about this item

New York: Greenberg, 1945. Junior Literary Guild . Blue Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Abraham Hersh. Light wear, sound copy; clean and unmarked. Full of activities to keep young boys busy, indoors and out.

New York: Permabooks, 1950. First Edition . Hardcover. Good+/No Jacket. Light wear/soiling, pages yellowed; sound and unmarked. Pocket sized volume, full of treasure tales."The road to gold is long and cold....".

Garden City: Doubleday Doran, 1945. Blue Cloth. Good+/Good+. Robert Haberstock. Light wear/soiling to covers, otherwise a nice clean and unmarked copy. Jacket complete, shows edgewear and light rubbing. "Planning and establishing a productive country home". One of the original 'back to the land' books.

Emmaus, PA: Rodale, 1991. First Edition . Illustrated Hardcover. Very Good+/No Jacket. Minimal wear, clean and unmarked. "Using Nature's Designs to Plan Your Yard". Illus with many photos, drawings, and diagrams.

New York: Gramercy, 1947. Reprint . Red Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. L. Vosburgh Lyons. Light wear/soiling; inscription on half-title page. "New Tricks for Amateur Performers".

Chicago: Wilcox & Follett, 1949. Illustrated Cloth. Poor/No Jacket. Ex-library copy, with usual markings. Complete and in sound condition. Covers worn and soiled; greasy fingerprints throughout. A great reference on older bicycle repairs. Many detailed photos and diagrams. 34 pgs.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1971. Blue Cloth. Very Good+/Very Good. Exceptional condition, clean and unmarked in a lighly worn dust jacket. "The most marvelous firearms produced during the entire 700 year history of shooting". 252 pages of photos, most in color. Oversized, extra postage outside the US.

New York: Coward McCann, 1955. Third Edition . Red Cloth. Good+/No Jacket. Moderate wear and soiling; small stain on spine; unmarked. Numerous B&W photos. The pricing is outdated, but there is lots of information, much history here. 398 pgs.

New York: A&W Publishers, 1978. Burgundy Cloth. Good+/Good. Gift inscription on flyleaf, minimal wear. Jacket lightly soiled, wear and tear to edges. "Military and civil firearms from the beginnings to the present day...An A - Z directory of makes and makers from 1830". Hundreds of photos, some in color. Oversized, extra postage outside the US.