Lighting Fixtures and Parts catalog

Lighting Fixtures and Parts

A wholesale catalog of chandeliers, ceiling and wall fixtures, and other lighting parts. No date on the catalog, but as one of the fixtures bears a patent date of May 24, 1921, the catalog is probably from the early 1920s. Fixtures are illustrated, two chandeliers in color.

Samuel Ran & Co, Ltd., Sacramento, California. The binding is a soft two-hole binder style, with brads. The title is printed with black and embossed gold lettering. The paper is slick....
Circa: 1921
Condition: used
Size: 8-3/4 x 11-1/4 inches
Country of Origin: US
Publisher: Samuel Ran & Co, Ltd. Sacramento California
Pages: 33  

American History for Little Folks

Albert Blaisdell, and Francis K. Ball

A supplementary reading-book on American history for use in the third grade, ten to twelve years of age.

Little Brown & Co., Boston, 1926. Hard cover, 5 inches wide by 7-1/2 inches tall, 138 pages.

Edge and corner wear. Binding is slightly loosening. No tears.

Under 2 lbs.
Circa: 1926
Condition: Used
Size: 5 inches wide by 7-1/2 inches tall
Type: hardcover
Country of Origin: US
Publisher: Little Brown & Co., Boston
Author: Albert Blaisdell, and Francis K. Ball
Pages: 138  

The Woodcarver of 'lympus

The Woodcarver of 'lympus

Mary E. Waller

A Vermont man, while felling a tree, is injured by a falling limb and loses the use of his legs. This is the story of his recovery.

A. L. Burt, 1912. Hard cover, 5 x 7-1/2 inches, 311 pages.

Cracking front hinge. Fly pages torn out. First page has a two inch tear along the gutter and a small top tear taped with archival tape. First few pages had pencil underlines of words, now mostly erased. Good reading condition.

Under 2 lbs.
Circa: 1912
Condition: used
Size: 5 x 7-1/2 inches
Type: hardcover
Country of Origin: US
Publisher: A. L. Burt
Author: Mary E. Waller
Pages: 311  

Farm Festivals 1881

Farm Festivals

Will Carleton

A book of country poetry.

Harper & Brothers, 1881. Hard cover, blue green-gray with gold printing, 6-1/2 inches wide by 9 inches tall, 167 pages.

Inscription in front to Esther May Woods from Esther May Porter, November 25 1922. Loosening at the hinges. A butterfly shaped stain on the gutter of page 66-67. Otherwise very good.

Under 3 lbs.
Circa: 1881
Condition: Used
Size: 6-1/2 inches wide by 9 inches tall
Type: hardcover
Country of Origin: US
Publisher: Harper & Brothers
Author: Will Carleton
Pages: 167  

Little Black Sambo - Early edition ca 1910

Little Black Sambo

Helen Bannerman

'' Helen Bannerman (1863-1946) wrote this story during a long railway journey to India, after having left two small daughters to be educated in her native Scotland. The author never intended the book for publication, but through the encouragement of her children and friends the manuscript was shown to E.V. Lucas who agreed to publish it as the fourth title in his series of 'The Dumpy Books for Children''' (Schiller, p. 381).When first published...
Circa: 1910
Condition: Used
Size: 4 inches by 5-3/4 inches
Type: hardcover
Country of Origin: US
Publisher: Frederick A. Stokes
Author: Helen Bannerman
Edition: 4
Pages: 56  

The Inside of the Cup

Winston Churchill

Popular early 20th century author Winston Churchill should not be confused with the English statesman of the same name. This is a fierce indictment of Christian hypocrisy.

John Hodder is the new rector at St. John's, a church in a fashionable section of town that isn't so far away from the misery of poverty-stricken Dalton Street. It doesn't take Hodder long to discover the true nature of his supposedly pious congregation. Primary among them is Eldon Parr, a...
Circa: 1915
Condition: Used
Size: 5-1/8 inches wide by 7-3/4 inches tall
Type: hardcover
Country of Origin: US
Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap
Author: Winston Churchill
Pages: 513  

Story of One Hundred Years - 19th Century

Story of One Hundred Years

Daniel B. Shepp

A comprehensive review of the political and military events, the social, intellectual and material progress, and the general state of mankind in all lands. From 1801 to 1900. This is an exhaustive look at the Nineteenth Century, written at the beginning of the Twentieth Century. There is a fold-out picture depicting progress of the century, including pictures of the major inventions, and 112 other plates, showing such subjects as...
Circa: 1900
Condition: Used
Size: 7-1/2 x nearly 10 inches
Type: hardcover
Country of Origin: US
Publisher: Globe Bible Publishing Company, Philadelphia,
Author: Daniel B. Shepp
Pages: 631