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A book written by Lieut.. General E.L.M. Burns who worked for the U.N. from August 1954 until November 1956 as Chief of Staff.  This is a reprint from 1962 by special arrangement by the Institute For Palestine Studies, Beirut 1969.  Book is 336 pages long. Has some wonderful pictures.  There is an inscriptiong in the front cover, and a water mark in the front as if a glass was put on top of the book, otherwise in excellent shape.   This is a book written by Ross Perot. It is titled My Life and the Principles for Success. It is 162 pages with a very nice sixteen page photo section in the center of the book. It is new old stock and has never been used. It has a soft cover and was published by The Summit Publishing Group, Arlington, Texas. Copyright 1996 by Ross Perot. (5-1/2 X 8 inches)

There are (4) copies available. Price is for (1) copy.

ADD $3.00 SHIPPING TO ANYWHERE IN THE USA.


Shipping discount available on multiple purchases.


 Book entitled "Napoleon's Military Career" by Montgomery B. Gibbs.  Book was published by the Werner Co. in the year 1895.  One inside cover page states that there was only 1,000 of these Books issued.  Including index Book has a total of 343 pages with literature as well as many illustrations, some of which are in color.  Overall condition of this Book is very good.  Some soilage but nothing that I believe will concern you.  Book measures roughly 11 x 13 3/4".  Would make a fine addition to any Military library collection.  Buyer to pay shipping & insurance. 


 Boards slight faded at edges and darkened spine sans Dust Jacket, previous ownership signature lower front endpaper.


Author presents her opinionated views about the differences between Califronians and the rest of America. 


Combined shipping expense for those who obtain more than one item.

Between Arab and Israeli $50.00

 

My Life and the Principles For Success ~ $6.00

 

1895 Book Napoleon's Military Career $100.00

 

THE NATIVE SON - IRWIN $20.00

No Dust Jacket as Issued.


Three (3) noted authorities on the Civil War as well as (15) historians have selected  from the nearly 60000 books in publication, titles that they believe should be considered in one's library; invaluable reference material.


Combined shipping expense for those who obtain more than one item.  Hard cover with dust jacket 1971 Pick of Punch - Wm Davis Editor. Punch and Hutchinson of London. Condition is very good. 192 pages  Hard cover with dust jacket 1970 Pick of Punch - Wm Davis Editor. Punch and Hutchinson of London. ondition is very good. 192 pages.  


L'Aiglon 


 Edmond Rostand 


 A play in six acts, translated by Louis N. Parker 


 There is a list of the cast of characters as presented by Maude Adams at the Knickerbocker Theatre, New York, October, 1900. The play is about the Duke of Reichstadt, son of Napoleon I. and the Archduchess Maria Louisa of Austria, as played by Maude Adams. 


 R. H. Russell, New York, 1900. Hard navy blue cover with gold letterng, deckled edges, 5-1/2 inches wide by 8-1/4 inches tall, 262 pages. 


 Cover is loosening. Dent in top edge of back cover. 


 Under 2 lbs.

CIVIL WAR BOOKS: A CRITICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY $40.00

 

1970 Pick of Punch Hard Cover w Jacket $16.20

 

1970 Pick of Punch - Wm Davis Editor $16.20

 

L'Aiglon - 1900 Maude Adams - Knickerbo $8.95




How to Make Home Electricity from Wind, Water & Sunshine 


 John A. Kuecken 


 Hard dark green cover with gold lettering, 5 inches wide by 8-12 inches tall, 252 pages. 


 Very good. 


 Under 2 lbs. Shipping information will be found at the bottom of the home page. May be shipped Media (10 – 16 days) or Priority (3 – 4 days). For International shipping, please ask for cost quote.  


Animal Behavior 


 John Paul Scott 


 What is the study of animal behavior about? Designed for the general reader or the student who wishes to learn something for himself. With clearly defined terms and precise logic in order to produce true general principles. 


 University of Chicago Press, 1969. Hard cover, no dust jacket, 5-1/2 inches wide by 8-3/4 inches tall, 281 pages. 


 Ex-library, with library stamps and discard marks along edges, and remnant of pocket inside back. Slightly bumped corners. Text is clean and firmly bound. 


 Under 2 lbs. Shipping information will be found at the bottom of the home page. May be shipped Media (10 – 16 days) or Priority (3 – 4 days). For International shipping, please ask for cost quote.


 Chapters include: 1) Animal Behavior And Human Behavior 2) The Elements Of Behavior: Methods Of Study 3) Differential Capacities: Anatomy And Behavior 4) Internal Causes: The Physiology Of Behavior 5) Learning: The Effects Of Experience 6) Heredity And Behavior 7) Intelligence: The Organization Of Behavior 8) Social Behavior And Social Organization 9) Communication: The Language Of Animals 10) Behavior And The Environment 11) Behavior And Evolution.  Antique Saalfields linen cloth animal book. Great canary, tropical aquarium fish, squirrel, parrot, guinea pig, rabbit, dove, dog and horse pictures and text. Rare childrens book. We have several different types of antique muslin linen cloth books available please ask.  Celebrity canary care booklet from French's. this War Time star filled thirty two page plus treat is brightly colored. Movie stars posed with their favorite singers, canaries that is. Penny Singleton,Sonja Henie, Bob Hope, Joan Carrol, Veronica Lake, Jane Withers, Joan Bennett, Linda Darnell, Mary Lee, John Roles, Mary Martin, Rita Hayworth. Great color graphics of canary breeds, a few parakeets and super collectible pet feed and cure tins and bird supplies.

Make Home Electricity from Wind Water & $5.00

 

Animal Behavior $5.00

 

Funny Colored Animals Saalfield's Muslin $99.99

 

Keep Song In Your Home R. T. French 1942 $49.99

London Deans linen like fabric childrens book Fire side and Farm Yard. This antique  animal book features pages of livestock and pets. We have several other antique fabric muslin type children books available.  Antique linen Saalfields cloth animal book. Great canary, tropical aquarium fish, squirrel, parrot, guinea pig, rabbit, dove, dog and horse pictures and text. Rare childrens book. We have several different types of antique muslin cloth books available please ask.    Magnesia Products Company Milwaukee maker of West's bird food. This colorful thirty two plus page booklet was distributed during the Great depression by Gormans pet shop. Featuring parakeet, lovebird, finch, canary and even cardinal, this avian care advisor features many rare collectible pet product illustrations.  American Bird products of Chicago Ill. makers of 3 Vees produced this twenty page Atomic Age keet guide. Neat retro birdcage and pet supply pictures and product as well as avian care at a time when canaries were replaced by these popular Budgie birds.

Fireside and Farmyard Dean's Rag Book 19 $99.99

 

Pets and Playmates Saalfield's Muslin Bo $99.99

 

Canaries Pleasure and Profit Wests 1931 $49.99

 

Talking Parakeets James Warren American $29.99

There's a song in every seed, so states the back cover advertisement on this wonderful fifty plus page pet bird booklet. Fantastic artwork graphics and product ads. We have 2 available. One dated 1932 has the original coupon for ordering and a 1931 with out coupon  Please specify preference, first come first served.  Distributed by J. B. Gorman seed Company  2330 2nd ave. Birmingham Alabama this Justrite Canary and Pet Owners Guide Book is a historical snapshot into pet care during the great Depression. Covering Canaries, Love birds, Parrots, Dogs Goldfish and Tropical fish, this sixty plus page bird booklet shows early breeder cages, supplies like aquarium heaters as well as the avian and other pet products now so highly collectible today. Priced at ten cents, this would of been quite special and not a give away.  Geislers since 1888 has been a leading importer and outfitter of champion canaries. Known for  it's Golden Cubes Of Energy egg biscuits, this company was the only serious competition for Hartz Mountain. this thirty plus page Art Deco style booklet features both great product supplies and pet images.  Canary care booklet more then twenty two pages of then expert avian advice. Touting Singmor Song Restorer Fort Wayne Indiana Feed and Seed company produced this scrarce little booklet covering canaries lovebirds and parrots.

Canary It; s Care And Treatment French's $39.99

 

Justrite Canary Pet Guide Book 1930 $49.99

 

Geisler's Bird Book 1930c $49.99

 

Bird Care Singmor Indiana Feed and Seed $29.99

Rare antique pet bird cat and dog care booklet dated 1931. Almost fifty pages Champion Animal Food Co of Minneapolis was famous for producing great prize winning canaries during the Great Depression. With branches in Washinton state, California and Winnipeg Canada, this company was popular with judges and breeders alike. Cutting edge in it's time.  Dog care classic, Spratts dog cakes and puppy biscuits have been famous since the end of the Victorian age. More then fifty pages of canine home Veterinary  hints and great breed photos. Collie, Dreat Dane,  Shepherd, Dalmatian, Jack Russel Sealeyham and other Terrier photographs as well as several pages on what are now collectible rare pet dog supplies. Great reference work on early pet dog care.  Old canary care booklet by French dated 1925. This wonderful softcover  treatise is almost seventy pages long and covers all THEN known aspects of pet bird care. French Seed and other avian items are illustrated as are some great color prints of canary type breeds.  Old pet husbandry booklet from Hartz Mountain. This great mid century animal care reference features many of todays the hottest collectibles, advertising pet tins and products. Brightly colored and in fine condition it is over thirty pages long. Details on Canaries, Parakeets, Dogs, Cats, Goldfish, Tropical Fish and Turtles it is fine insight into pet care in the 1940's

Canary Care Champion Animal Food Company $49.99

 

Spratt's Dog Care 1930c $49.99

 

The Canary Bird R. T. French 1925 $39.99

 

Vintage Hartz Mountain Pet Care 1940c $39.99

Antique pet animal care booklet from the Forest City Bird Store Cleveland Ohio. Victorian parrot, goldfish, tropical aquarium fish, canary and wild bird, squirrel, guinea pig, ferret, cat, dog, rabbit even poultry husbandry care detailed in this seventy plus page soft cover. Interesting antique bird cage information.  First printed in 1881, this edition is dated 1888 W. M. Sayne Printing House. Amazing inside look at what America kept as pets in the 19th century and the odd recommended care they received. Hawks owls, robins, cardinals and sparrows among others described. A small tape on inside cover unaffecting rarity of this important  vintage reference and zoological treasure. 


North Fork Pets And Antiques specializes in rare antique bird cages, vintage pet and Veterinary collectibles and animal related antiquarian books and estate jewelry. Our other web shops Maidensmemoirs.com offers old Love letters, diaries, Victorian scrap books and antique photographs. Our newest web site, Teardropmemories.com offers bizarre funeral, cemetery, and death related art and antiques.   Victorian canary story booklet in miniature. Sweet tweet mini book with soft warm illustrations and fringe cut cover with silk like tassel. Just a frew pages perfect for a quick bedtime story for any bird lover baby. This antique childrens story is by Isa J. Postgate. Lovely condition.  The Forest Lawn Story by Ralph Hancock hard cover book 1955 is quite amazing. All the history you could ever dig up on this the nations cemetery celeb. 160 page with inscription from original owner. As an added bonus inside found and included, the pamphlet Forest lawn Serves The Community 1957 from the Forest Lawn Association. Everything you always wanted to know about the graveyard to the stars. 


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Tear Drop Memories offers fine Post Mortem photography, rare funeral collectibles and interesting cemetery art, vintage Halloween and death related books. Please visit our other two Tias web shops ; North Fork Pets And Antiques, a great shop for antique Victorian bird cages and vintage animal collectibles and Maidens Memoirs, the place for old Love letters, Victorian scrap Book and vintage diaries. Email us for our phone number we are dying to hear from you!

Home Pets S. H. Wilson 1888

 

Antique Canary Chromlithograph Booklet

 

Forest Lawn Story Book Plus Brochure $39.99

 

Diary Of Jack The Ripper, Shirley Harris

Huge Hitchhcock book full of 250 great film illustrations. Coffee table sized 1994 edition by Cresent Books, this pictorial anthology contains images of all Hitch's most famous movies like; Family Plot, The Birds, Psycho, Frenzy, Nectie Murderer, Topaz, Torn Cutain, North By Northwest, The Wrong Man, The Man Who Knew Too Much, Notorious, Vertigo, The Trouble With Harry, To Catch A Thief, Rear Window, Rope, Suspicion, The Ring, Blackmail, Sabotage, Downhill, Woman To Woman and his TV Television Presents shows.


 Celebrity actors include Paul Newman,Ivor Novelllo, Anny Ondra, Jill Esmond, Robert Donai,  Peter Lorre, John Gielgud, Laurence Oliveir, Joan Fontaine, Carol lombard, Cary Grant, Robert Cummings, Joseph Cotton, Gregory Peck, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains, Jimmy James Stewart, Marlene Dietrich, Jane Wyman, Grace Kelly,  Leo G. Carroll, Karl Malden, Montgomery Clift, Ray Milland, Raymond Burr, Doris Day, Kim Novak, Shirley Maclaine, Henry Fonda, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, Rod Taylor, Jessica Tandy, Tippi Hedren, Sean Connery, Julie Andrews, Karen Black, and Anthony Perkins.


Almost 200 pages of pictures and inside stories from Alfred Hitchcocks movies and life.Hardcover with dust jacket.


Tear Drop Memories offers fine Post Mortem photography, rare funeral collectibles and interesting cemetery art, vintage Halloween and death related books. Please visit our other two Tias web shops ; North Fork Pets And Antiques, a great shop for antique Victorian bird cages and vintage animal collectibles and Maidens Memoirs, the place for old Love letters, Victorian scrap Book and vintage diaries. Email us for our phone number we are dying to hear from you!  Antique linen like cloth animal book. Great canary, tropical aquarium fish, squirrel, parrot, guinea pig, rabbit, dove, dog and horse pictures and text. Rare childrens book. We have several different types of antique muslin cloth books available please ask. Saalfields  Spooky childrens  hardcover Skeleton Closet pop-up book by Steven Guarnaccia. Originally almost 13 dollars. Fine condition with lots of action.


Tear Drop Memories offers fine Post Mortem photography, rare funeral collectibles and interesting cemetery art, vintage Halloween and death related books. Please visit our other two Tias web shops ; North Fork Pets And Antiques, a great shop for antique Victorian bird cages and vintage animal collectibles and Maidens Memoirs, the place for old Love letters, Victorian scrapBooks and vintage diaries. Email us for our phone number we are dying to hear from you!  Pair of $1 Tokens for the 1962 Seattle World's Fair.  Both very good condition.  Grat to add to your World's Fair collection.  Buyer to pay shipping.

Films Of Alfred Hitchcock by Patrick Hum

 

Nursery Pets Saalfield's Muslin Book 190 $99.99

 

Skeleton Closet Pop Up Book Guarnaccia

 

Pr. of 1962 Seattle World's Fair Tokens $25.00

Inscription ffep. 


A selection of images and prose by legendary artists and literary figures, such as Vonnegut, Chagall, Millay, etc.,  complementing the theme of love and  its mysteries.


Combined shipping expense for those who obtain more than one item.


 Both books were printed in the 60s.  The Joyous Christmas Carol book was given away at Christmas by the Motor Vu Dirve In Theater.  Some of the songs in the book are: Joy to the World, Silent Night, O, Christmas Tree, and many more.  In excellent shape no rips or tears.  The Oster Golden Circle of Holiday Ideas was given away by the Company Oster at Christmas time.  Book shows wonderful craft ideas from the 60s.  The illustrations and pictures are terrific.  This book is also in excellent shape.  These books were sold in the movie theatres when the movie were shown.  Most of the time they were soft back books.  The book outlines the story and covers the actors.  A little wear on the spine, but otherwise in excellent condition.   Cemetery softcover Pictorial Forest lawn with forward by Bruce Barton. 1955 Memorial Park Association Glendale California. Well over seventy pages of incredible photos and history of the cemetary of the stars. Fourteen inches tall, this funeral fancy is fantastic.


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LOVE: A CELEBRATION OF ART AND LITERATUR $25.00

 

Christmas Carol Book and Holiday Ideas B $15.50

 

My Fair Lady 1964 Book $12.50

 

Graveyard Giant Forest Lawn Pictorial 19 $59.99

Remember those candy PEEPS! Antique children's book with great farm animals. Ducks, chickens, geese, all interact in this old linen like storybook.  Old celluloid book with warm and friendly autographs. Edwardian charm simple, sincere, sweet.    

Here’s an autographed copy of the funny, the phenomenal, the fantastic <b><font color=blue>NORM HITZGES HISTORICAL SPORTS ALMANAC,</font></b> a great gift book for your favorite sports fan!   


Think you’ve seen and heard it all?   Would you believe Outhouse Races?  The heavyweight boxer who knocked himself out?   Octopus tossing?  The grand slam of tobacco spitting?   These and about 1,800 other wild, wacky, weird and just plain wonderful happenings in the world of perspiring arts appear in the 376 pages of this softbound book.   Here’s every sport – from the Olympics of ancient Greece to today’s major championships.  With hundreds of photos and illustrations, this is the ultimate fun, fact-filled sports almanac!  


Author Norm Hitzges, a popular HSE baseball announcer, has signed his photo on the front endpaper.  The book was published in this 1991 apparent First Edition by Taylor Publishing, Dallas.  It’s in Very Good condition, inside and out, with only some very slight edge wear.   It’s definitely gift quality!    (p1026)



 


With a cow Mona Lisa painting on the front cover, this is Gary Larson’s cartoons at their best!   This 192-page soft cover is <b><font color=red>THE FAR SIDE GALLERY 3, </font></b> featuring cartoons from ‘Hound of the Far Side’, ‘The Far Side Observer’ and ‘Night of the Crash Test Dummies’.  



One advantage of owning this gallery book is that many of the cartoons are full page size, about three times the size of the original books.  


 And, as with all Larson’s works, they are both topical and hilarious!



Published in this 1988 reprint edition by Andrews and McMeel, Kansas City MO, the book is in Very Good condition, with no apparent defects.  A great gift – or present for yourself when you need a laugh or two handy!  (p1025)

Chickies Linenette Samuel Gabriel Book $59.99

 

Victorian Autograph Book Windmill 1909 $99.99

 

Hitzges Historical Sports Almanac, Autog $5.00

 

The Far Side Gallery 3 $5.00




Detection and Identification of War Gases 


 Ministry of Home Security Air Raid Precautions Department. Notes for the use of gas identification officers. 


 Chemical Publishing Co., Inc., 1940. First American Edition stated. Hard cover, no dust jacket, 5-1/2 inches wide by 8-34 inches tall, 53 pages.  


 Some rubbing on edges and along spine. Name, Capt. John F. Cramer on front fly. Clean and firmly bound. 


 Under 1 lb. Shipping information will be found at the bottom of the home page. May be shipped Media (10 – 16 days) or Priority (3 – 4 days). For International shipping, please ask for cost quote.  


1)Zoo Animals  - An Animal Information Book. 


 Color photos and descriptions of giraffes, tigers, elephant, monkeys, lions, zebras. 


 Scholastic Book Fairs, 1992. 


 2) Birds - An Animal Information Book 


  Scholastic Book Fairs, 1984. 


 Two books by Elizabeth Elias Kaufman. 


These are each a very small, 5 inch x 5-1/2 inch book with 16 pages. 


 Used, with a couple of underlines in the zoo book.  Good condition, not torn or colored on. 


 Shipped First Class.  Ray Manleys Documentation of the Southwestern Indian Arts and Crafts   **   Beautifully Illustrated in Color   **   Covering Jewelry, Pottery, Baskets, Rugs, Kachina Dolls and Some Well Known Artists   **   A Must Have Reference Book   **   In Slick Hard Paper Cover   **   Excellent Condition Another quality collectible from Doris Stephan's Antiques & Collectibles  Great Information about the Various Tribes, Their Culture and Crafts   **   Very Well Illustrated, Some in Color   **   Heavy Slick Paper Bound   **   Good Condition Another quality collectible from Doris Stephan's Antiques & Collectibles

Detection and Identification of War Gase $9.95

 

Zoo Animals - Birds $6.00

 

Southwestern Indian Arts and Crafts $15.00

 

Southwest Indian Tribes Book $12.00

Fetishes and Carvings of the Southwest by Oscar T. Branson   **   Heavy Slick Paper Bound Beautifully   **   Illustrated in Color   **   An Excellent Guide Filled with a Wealth of Information   **   Good Condition Another quality collectible from Doris Stephan's Antiques & Collectibles  WAR AND ANTI-WAR  book by Alvin  and Heidi Toeffler - Survival at the Dawn of the 21st century - 302 complete pages of a hard cover, like new book.  Authors of Future Shock and The Third Wave    Copyright 1993  RUSH LIMBAUGH : The Way Things ought to be -  Hard cover book in great shape -  304 complete pages of one of America's most outspoken Conservatives.   THE PROMISE book by Danielle Steel - copyright 1978 by MCA publishing -  Based on a screenplay by Garry Michael White -  Hard cover - 211 complete pages.

Fetishes Book $12.00

 

WAR AND ANTI-WAR BOOK - by Alvin and Hei $12.99

 

Rush Limbaugh book - The way things ough $15.99

 

The PROMISE book - by Danielle Steel $15.44

THE COMMANDERS BOOK  by Bob Woodward - Hard cover edition -Copyright 1991 

398 complete pages in excellent shape -=Pres. Bush and Colin Powell, Dick Cheney - James Baker - Sadaam Hussein - General Schwartzkoff.  (Originally sold for $24.99)  


How to Live with a Calculating Cat 


 Eric Gurney 


 


 Essandess Special Edition, 1967. Soft cover, 5-1/4 inches wide by 7-1/2 inches tall, 116 pages. 


 Some wear to cover, ink marks, 1/2 inch off bottom of spine. Book is clean and firmly bound. 


 Under 1 lb. Shipping information will be found at the bottom of the home page. May be shipped Media (10 – 16 days) or Priority (3 – 4 days). For International shipping, please ask for cost quote.  


Henry Reed's Journey 


 Keith Robertson 


 Fireworks really explode on the funniest car trip ever taken from the West coast to Yosemite, Disneyland, the Grand Canyon and points east. 


 Grosset & Dunlap, 1967. Paperback, 188 pages. 


 Wear to corners and edges. Clean and firmly bound. 


 Under 1 lb.  


Young Skin Divers 


 Dwight Tracy, and Don Lasky, ill. by Wayne Blickenstaff 


 The safe way to explore below the surface; How to spear a good fish dinner; The adventures and treasure hunts that can lure the skin diver; The beauties of the underwater world. Why skin diving is our fastest-growing sport. 


 Scholastic, Inc., 1962. Soft cover, 5-1/4 inches wide by 7-3/4 inches tall, 95 pages. 


 Under 1 lb. Shipping information will be found at the bottom of the home page. May be shipped Media (10 – 16 days) or Priority (3 – 4 days). For International shipping, please ask for cost quote.

THE COMMANDERS by Bob Woodward $19.99

 

How to Live with a Calculating Cat $3.00

 

Henry Reed's Journey $3.95

 

Young Skin Divers - Tracy - Lasky $7.50

The Wisdom Of John Paul II: The Pope On Life's Most Vital Questions. 1st edition 1995. 

Compiled by Nick Bakalar and Richard Balkin, introduction by Father John W. White. Published by Harper Collins CA 1995.

ISBN 0-06-060474-3

In new condition. 



 Author: Ryerson, Egerton. The Netsuke of Japan Legends, History, Folklore and Customs. 

Published by A. S. Barnes and Company New York: 1958. Castle Books.

Blue hardcover, dust Jacket has a few edge tears. 

Illustrated with B&W photos and four pages of color plates, 88 pgs. I believe this is a 1st edition, has one date of 1958 inside. Book is in very good condition. 

Library of Congress catologue card number 67-30527.




 Seven wonderful pages of the Golden Gate Internation Exposition in 1939. It says it is the Official Souvenir.  Includes 2 postcards.  A must see.  Giant Undertakers embalming chart cut away book A manikin of superimposed diagramatic plates wth D.W. graham M.D. J.E. owen M.D. Published by the Western Publishing House Chicago and New York. Designed to show anatomy of the circulatory system, to assist mortuary, funeral preparations, autopsy and embalming. 


Hard cover folio measuring twenty two by fifteen inches, this medical rarity features huge plates movable slide out dissections. All manner of plumbing discussed.

 

My meager photos can not show the depth of field required to properly show the height and content of each slide out filled page.


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The Wisdom Of John Paul II 1995 $9.99

 

The Netsuke of Japan, c1958, Egerton Rye $21.99

 

Magic In The Night, San Fransico Expedit $15.00

 

Embalmers Anatomical Aid J. Suydam M. D. $999.99

A manual of Personal Hygiene proper living upon a physiologic basis with D.H. Bergey, J.W. Courtney M.D. George Howard Fox M.D. E. Fletcher Ingals M.D. B. Alexander Randall M.D. G.N. Stewart M.D. Chares G. Stockto M.D.. Published by W.B. Saunders company London Philadelpha. Hard cover over 450 pages.  


Spitz the Wandering Dog 


 Marianne Richter 


 When the gate is left open, Spitz explores the city (Which seems to be German, by the signs in the pictures.) 


 Children's Press, Inc., 1966. Hard pictorial cover, 8 inches wide by 10-3/4 inches tall, 30 pages. 


 Slightly bumped corners and spine ends. 


 Under 2 lbs. Shipping information will be found at the bottom of the home page. May be shipped Media (10 – 16 days) or Priority (3 – 4 days). For International shipping, please ask for cost quote.  


Instrument Flying 


 Richard L. Taylor 


 Don't navigate your airplane ''by the seat of your pants,'' use your instruments to control your aircraft. 


 Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc., 1973. Hard cover, with dust jacket, 5-3/4 inches wide by 8-1/2 inches tall, 276 pages. 


 One page is not completely cut at top. Dust jacket very slight edge wear. A near new book in a very good dust jacket. 


 Under 2 lbs. Shipping information will be found at the bottom of the home page. May be shipped Media (10 – 16 days) or Priority (3 – 4 days). For International shipping, please ask for cost quote.  


Tom in the Mountains 


 Ingvald Svinsaas, translated from the Norwegian by Marianne Turner, ill. by Gunvor Edwards 


 Perry and Lisa decide to take their young cat Tom with them for the summer trip to the mountain farm. But when Mother becomes ill the family leaves the farm, and Tom is left behind. What will happen to the cat alone in the mountains? 


 Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Company, 1964. Hard pictorial cover, no dust jacket, 5-1/2 inches wide by 8-1/2 inches tall, 108 pages. 


 Slight wear to corners. Name in ink inside front. Clean and firmly bound. 


 Under 1 lb.

Personal Hygiene Walter L. Pyle M. D. 190 $29.99

 

Spitz the Wandering Dog $4.95

 

Instrument Flying $3.95

 

Tom in the Mountains - Norwegian cat $5.00




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