KNIVES WITH CORKSCREWS by BOB NUGENT – 1987

Softcover, 8 1/2 by 11 inches, published by the author in Hillsboro, New Hampshire in 1987 with 31 pages packed with information, line drawings and photographs. UNCOMMON with history, knife construction, basic types, “the buried corkscrew”, Longer Corkscrews; discussions of various patents; tool kits; and, much more. EXTREMELY UNCOMMON

PRICE — $60 – (Order No. eb1639)

ROBERT MURPHY: NEW ENGLAND CORKSCREW MAKER by BOB NUGENT 1990

Mimeograph or offset privately published monograph (8 1/2 by 11 inches) with 24 pages. The first six pages by Nugent include: History – Products – Corkscrews – Markings. The remainder of the pages are reproductions of ads, catalogues, and a patent.

PRICE — $35 – (Order No. eb1640)

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KENTUCKY PIONEER GENEALOGY AND RECORDS – 6 YEARS (24 ISSUES) OF THE JOURNAL

Kentucky Pioneer Genealogy and Records: A Genealogical Journal Devoted to Kentucky Has been published by the Society of Kentucky Pioneers since 1979. Offered as one lot are the first 6 years of this publication from 1979 through 1985 – complete four issues a year (just over 3 inches of newsletters). In depth articles and indexes in the last volume of each year. Each issue contains research help; book reviews; abstracts of cemetery, Bible, tax, census, and other county records; and, much more. When found, individual issues are priced at $8 each and up.

THE SOCIETY OF KENTUCKY PIONEERS is for those individuals who have one or more direct ancestors who resided in Kentucky on or before 31 December 1800. Formed in 1982,  the society allows recognition of those persons who have the proud heritage of a direct ancestor who resided within the limits of what is now the Commonwealth of Kentucky on or before 31 December 1800. Membership also provides knowledge among family researchers and historians of such ancestors of others and is an aid in developing your own family genealogy.

Here are images of the issues by years – note that the cover colors are always the same for each number issue for the year.

PRICE – $185 for the collection — Order Number 58245
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1877 – A MODERN MEPHISTOPHELES – LOUISA MAY ALCOTT
FIRST EDITION – UNCOMMON

Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1877, 290 pages, publisher’s advertisements. Hardcover, good, wear to cloth and some light foxing, cant to bookblock as seen below.

The No Name Series, published by Roberts Brothers in Boston from 1876-1887, with the idea of keeping the authors anonymous. The series included 37 volumes.  A contemporary ad announced the series: “These novels are to be written by eminent authors, and in each case the authorship of the work is to remain an unavoidable secret… No name will help the novel, or story, to success. Its success will depend solely on the writer’s ability to catch and retain the reader’s interest. From a current review, “A novel of psychological complexity that touches on controversial subjects such as sexuality and drug use, A Modern Mephistopheles is a penetrating and powerful study of human evil and its appalling consequences.” BAL 184 – Wright 36.

Only reprints are to be found. This is the hard to find First Edition.

Price – $295 – Order Number eb1635
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1657 – Della Santissima Eucaristia orazioni 30. Di Giouanni Rho della Compagnia di Giesu translates to:
Orations of the Holy Eucharist 30. By Giouanni Rho of the Company of Giesu

17th century religious text, bound in vellum, at one time in its almost 400 year history was in a theological library. Measures about 6 1/2 inches by 9 inches. Solid and tight book block, Internally exceptionally nice. I have owned 15th century manuscript leaves (and sold them all), but this is the earliest bound volume I have had to offer to the collector who “needs everything.”

Price — $225 — (Order No. eb1628)
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1955 – THE MODEL ENGINEER – 27 ISSUES

Model Engineer Magazine was first published, in the United Kingdom, to support the hobby of model engineering in 1898 by Percival Marshall, who was to remain its editor for over 50 years. It has been owned by MyTime Media since 2008. The magazine began focusing on the emergence of a new hobby — the construction of models (often working) and experimental engineering, largely in metal. It appealed to professional engineers, jobbing machinists and anyone interested in making working mechanisms. Subject matter ranges from articles about techniques and tools to profiles of full-size prototypes of modelling subjects. The main content is ‘constructional articles’ describing projects at various levels of detail. WIKIPEDIA

Offered as a lot are 27 different issues from 1955, softcover with some edgewear and wear or tear to a few spines. Appears to be about 36 pages in each issue – the magazines measure about 7 1/4 inches by 9 3/4 inches. A wealth of information, Issues usually cost $6 each and more

Price – $85 for the entire lot (Order No. eb1619)
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By Clark W. Bryan of Great Barrington, Massachusetts – Prepared for the Housatonic Railroad with illustrations from the Cameras of Julius Hall and George W. Lovejoy.

Offered is the uncommon original 32 page travel booklet (sadly also now available in Print on Demand) measuring about 4 7/8 inches by 6 3/4 inches. Fifteen wonderful B&W illustrations and in the rear a map of the Housatonic R.R. [Railroad) and Connecting Lines. This great takes you up the Connecticut River through Connecticut and towns in the Litchfield Hills to the hills of the Berkshires including Great Barrington, Stockbridge, Lenox, Pittsfield. Two pages include details on Summer Resort Hotels along the route. Packed with information and nostalgic details, I purchased this for my personal summer resort and travel collection when my bookshop was in the Litchfield Hills in New Preston, CT. But, now time for a new home.

Includes a list of summer resort hotel accommodations and rates in the Litchfield Hills of Connecticut and lower Berkshires. On Page 5 in the text it states, “during the season of 1884” thus the date listed. Our shop was formerly in this area, and I found of interest the mention (and illustration) of the ABOVE-ALL MOUNTAIN HOUSE that was to be built in Warren, CT to be opened the next season. With an elevation of 2,000 feet the new hotel was to have a 125 tower allowing views all the way to the Hudson and Connecticut Rivers and the Brooklyn Bridge. Having always been fascinated by summer resorts, Cathy and I travelled to Above All State Park (actually only 1456 feet elevation) in my 1930 Model A Ford Roadster one day to see what I could find of the hotel. Alas, nothing was there, and I have never ever been able to find any reference about the existence of this Mountain House. A great piece of ephemera.

and, now four sample two page spreads followed by the route map

and, the rear cover

Special Website Price – $100 – (order number 53304)
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1868 – CYCLOPAEDIA OF COMMERCIAL AND BUSINESS ANECDOTES: COMPRISING INTERESTING REMINISCENCES AND FACTS, REMARKABLE TRAITS AND HUMORS, AND…

Notable Sayings, Dealings, Experiences, and Witticisms of Merchants, Traders, Bankers, Mercantile Celebrities, Millionnaires (sic), Bargain Makers, etc. etc. … nearly three thousand illustrative anecdotes and incidents.

By Frazar Kirkland, D. Appleton and Company, New York. Original green cloth with edgewear, some occasional foxing, B&W illustrations, 779 pages. Measures about 6 1/2 inches by 9 1/2 inches, and 2 1/4 inches thick and packed with fun reading. Stuck/pasted on page 664 are eighteen 1922 RED CROSS FOR HEALTH Christmas stamps. Categorized into 14 subject matter parts. Offering it here to illustrate the wear instead of describing as a listing on my website.

five sample two page spreads

PRICE – $40 – (Order Number eb1246)
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THE UNIVERSAL PENMAN by GEORGE BICKHAM
Original – circa 1741 plate
THE HONEST MERCHANT – THOROWGOOD TO TRUEMAN by G. BLAND

An original copperplate engraving from Bickham’s noted work. Paper measures about 9 7/8 inches by 15 1/2 inches. There is some light foxing as you can see, and an old bend/fold on the lower right. When I obtained this example it was framed in a totally inappropriate metal frame, and double matted. To save on shipping costs (and you would not have wanted the 20th century metal frame with an original 18th century engraving) I am selling the print in the old matte as illustrated.

George Bickham was the most famous English writing master and engraver of the early 18th century and was best known for his engraving work in “The Universal Penman”, a collection of writing examplars which helped to popularize the English Round Hand script in the 18th century.

and here is the backside, showing you how it is partially attached to the backing.

and a close up of the very well done hand-coloring to the illustration

Price – $125
Shipping –  $7.95 tracking and insurance in the US
packed securely in cardboard – Order No. eb808
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1887 ROYAL JUBILEE – QUEEN VICTORIA -COLLECTION OF FOUR BOUND NEWSPAPERS – CHROMOLITHS and BLACK and WHITE ENGRAVINGS

Bound in olive green cloth, hardcover measuring about 12 inches by 15 1/2 inches are three London publications (plus one) relating to the Queen’s Golden, 50th, anniversary. Read details below about the large number of black and white engravings and impressive full-color chromoliths – depending upon how you count two-page spreads, there are 14 color plates. From these issues I find individual black and white illustration pages selling for $20 to $40 each and more. The color chromos bring much more more if found individually, but here I have the complete issue with all the plates. Overall condition (I am conservative) good plus to very good.

Included are:

1 – THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS JUBILEE NUMBER, JUNE 13, 1887, 32 pages, over 20 pages with engravings, some are full page. Some great advertisements

2 – THE JUBILEE CELEBRATION NUMBER OF THE GRAPHIC, JUNE 28, 1887, starts (for some reason in this bound volume) with page 3 – a full page engraving of “The Jubilee of Her Majesty the Queen. Continues on to page 66. At least six full page engravings, and there are four two-page engravings. Most other pages also have B&W illustrations, and many ads.

3 – HERE LIES THE MOST VALUE — THE GRAPHIC CHRISTMAS NUMBER , 1887 packed with color chromoliths. Starts with a full page color plate, “The Squire’s Christmas Box,” then picks up with page 4 ending at page 33 with another full page color plate. The two page color chromos (if found) run $50 and much more each, and (counting is hard) there are four of them. In addition, I count about seven single full page color plates — THUS 15 PAGES OF COLOR CHROMOLITHOGRAPHS.

4 – THE GRAPHIC: AN ILLUSTRATED WEEKLY NEWSPAPER, SATURDAY, JANUARY 7, 1888. Volume 36, No. 945 – 24 pages plus index. Pages 16 to 24 (followed by a second index) appears to be an Index from July to December, 1887, along with some articles and more B&W engravings. Two page engraving – “Church Parade of the Scots Greys at Brighton.

This is an amazing assemblage someone gathered and bound probably in the late 1880s.

below two page illustration – A STORY OF THE SEA

and, this two page spread is – ROBINSON CRUSOING A TAIL OF ADVENTURE

PRICE – $400
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When my bookshop was in New Preston, Connecticut, from 1995 to 2002, in what I will call my “amazing days of book selling,” a number of publications (actual real printed magazines, remember those?) I stocked in the shop for my customers to purchase and enjoy. I have recently unpacked a carton of new, un-sold, and un-read copies to offer here for your enjoyment. I have to offer you:

1- A lot of five Biblio Magazines for $22.50
2- Single issues of Biblio Magazine from $6 each – full details with lead articles to be added soon
3- FINE BOOKS & COLLECTIONS – a number of these issues at $7 each

Scroll below to read about them (and some further details to be added). Shipping $3.99 for one publication, and $1 additional for each additional publication mailed to the same address

BIBLIO: THE MAGAZINE FOR COLLECTORS OF BOOKS – FIVE NEW ISSUES 1996-1997

Price: $22.50; and, shipping for this lot of five issues – $6.50

VOLUME ONE – NUMBER THREE – NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 1996 – Book Production and Collecting in the Computer Age; Mission Impossible? Gaining Access to Book Collections; The Angling Books of the Derrydale Press; Why I have 500 Copies of the Same Book

VOLUME TWO – NUMBER 2 – FEBRUARY 1997 – Hay-on-Wye: Inaugural Book Town; World War Poster; Editions, Impressions, and States; Cakecraft Manuals

VOLUME TWO – NUMBER 4 – APRIL 1997 – An April Fool’s Day Salute to the Joker; Where Oh Where is Uncle Lubin; W. Heath Robinson’s Delightful Children’s Books; The Verdict of Replevin

VOLUME TWO – NUMBER 6 – JUNE 1997 – PAPER DINOSAURS; Booking in London; I. B.L Singer: Crown Prince of Judaica

VOLUME TWO – NUMBER 8 – AUGUST 1997 – BOUND FOR DISCOVERY; Hooked on Devine Books; The Muse of a Gypsy Soul, Lafcadio Hearn

BIBLIO: THE MAGAZINE FOR COLLECTORS OF BOOKS – INDIVIDUAL NEW ISSUES 1996-1997 – $6 Each
Soon I will add illustrations and list cover articles

Volume 1, Number 1, July/August 1996 – PREMIERE ISSUE – this issue is $10
Volume 1, Number 2, September/October 1996
Volume 1, Number 3, November/December 1996
Volume 2, Number 1, January 1997
Volume 2, Number 2, February 1997
Volume 2, Number 3, March 1997
Volume 2, Number 4, April 1997
Volume 2, Number 5, May 1997
Volume 2, Number 6, June 1997
Volume 2, Number 7, July 1997
Volume 2, Number 8, August 1997

FINE BOOKS & COLLECTIONS (listed is a cover article) – These come from my personal library and are “as new”
Price: $7 each
Soon I will add some illustrations

MARCH/APRIL 2005 – NO. 14 (VOL. 3 NO. 2)

MAY/JUNE 2005 – NO. 15 (VOL. 3 NO. 3)- BEFORE LEWIS & CLARK MACKENZIE CROSSES THE CONTINENT

SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2005 – NO. 17 (VOL. 3, NO. 5) – THE NEXT COLLECTOR’S: WHO’S THE BEST?

NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2005 – NO. 18 (VOL. 3, NO. 6) FINE METAL JACKETS – SILVER BOOK BINDINGS

JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2006 – NO. 19 (VOL. 4, NO. 1) – PAUL COLLINS TAKES DICKENS APART

SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2006 – NO. 23 (VOL. 4, NO. 5) – ILLUMINATING AMERICAN HISTORY – HEMINGWAY IN NY

JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2007 – NO. 25 (VOL. 5, NO. 1) – HEAVEN CAN WAIT: HANDWRITING THE HOLY BOOKS

MARCH/APRIL 2007 – NO. 26 (VOL. 5, NO.2) – TOP AUCTION RESULTS FOR 2006

MAY/JUNE 2007 – NO. 27 (VOL. 5, NO. 3) – MINIATURE MASTERPIECES

JULY/AUGUST 2007 – NO. 28 (VOL. 5, NO. 4) – COLLECTING HOLLYWOOD – FAKE BOOKS – ALTERED BOOKS

SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2007 – NO. 29 (VOL. 5, NO. 5) – CHAMPION BOOK COLLECTORS

NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2007 – NO. 30 (VOL. 5, NO. 6) – THE ARCHIMEDES CODE – EZRA POUND – HARRY POTTER

MARCH/APRIL 2008 – NO. 32 (VOL. 6, NO. 2) – TOP BOOK AUCTION SALES – QUEBEC’S 400TH ANNIVERSARY

MAY/JUNE 2008 – NO. 33 – (VOL. 6, NO. 3) – FORE-EDGE PAINTINGS – COLLECTING STOCK CERTIFICATES

JULY/AUGUST 2008 – NO. 34 (VOL. 6, NO. 4) – PENNY SELLERS – RUSSIAN AMERICA – WIRELESS COLLECTING

SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2008 – NO. 35 (VOL. 6, NO. 5) – DEAD PEOPLE’S LIBRARIES – BOOZE BOOKS

NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2008 – NO. 36 (VOL. 6, NO.6) – NICHOLAS BASBANES BOOK EXCERPT

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