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....
Condition: used
Size: 8-3/4 x 11-1/4 inches
Country of Origin: US
Publisher: Samuel Ran & Co, Ltd. Sacramento California
Pages: 33  

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  

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

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  

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