The Dainty Book

Israel, Fred. L. ed / Sears Roebuck & Co. Sears Roebuck & Co. Catalogue 1897 ... New Hardcover , still sealed, Chelsea House Pub Pennsylvania 1993
Hardcover ... BRAND NEW from publisher ... Never opened, Never owned, Never marked ... Excellent Gift Giving quality ... Still sealed in original publisher's shrinkwrap ... 736 pages , profusely illustrated throughout & with a color painting of a Victorian mother and child curled up in a chair, looking at a book, on the cover ... This is a handsome hefty book, over 8 x 11 " in size, and weighing in at nearly 5 pounds ... The first new hardcover printing from Chealsea House Publishing, of the original 1897 Sears Roebuck & Co catalog , in all its Black and White glory ... Hundreds and hundreds of pictures, with thousands of words of descriptions of all manner of products for sale in the late Victorian era in America ... Buggy whips , and Cream separators ... ladies corsets ... mens moustache wax ... wringer washers ... ear trumpets ... magic lantern slide projectors ... ladies bust developing breast enhancing creams , and lotions and potions of all sorts ... as well as tonics and laxatives , and cures for opium addiction , and whatever else ailed you ... Imagine your grandparents and great-grandparents getting this thick satisfying catalog ... ' the wish book ' ... and poring over it for an entire year ... planning for what they needed ... hoping for what they wanted ... and longing for the real luxuries they might never be able to buy .... Whether they lived in a sophisticated city ... or in a wild west ' frontier ' town ... or out on the farm out of sight of anyone else ... the Sears catalogue was for them ... There was furniture and jewellry and watches ... ( Mr. Sears first started out in business selling watches ) ... for every taste and budget ... Need a dining room table and chairs ? ... You had your choice of the finest fancy mahogany, or the sturdiest humble oak ... prices varied widely ... and in many parts of the country folks both rich and poor all ' shopped Sears ' ... Imagine the thrill of getting a long-awaited package ! ... of getting word from the freight depot that your piano or your petticoat or your new plough was in , awaiting the draught horses being freed up from the farm harness, to be able to be hitched to the wagon and get into town to pick it up ! ... Every time something arrived it was just like Christmas ... and at Christmas time itself ... well .. words couldn't express how the youngsters felt about the Sears parcels and packages, boxes and bundles and bales being secreted about the house in anticipation of the arrival of Santa Claus ! ... Wagons, and tops, and toys ... books, games , slingshots ... New-fangled carpet sweepers ... and the carpet to lay under them ... for Mom ... A set of finest bristle brushes and mustache comb for Dad ... and violet powder and rose water for the Aunts ... A first gun for Junior ... Anyone today who goes ' antiquing ' ... or to garage sales and second hand shops and finds something that makes them go " hmmm ... I wonder what this is " ... will probably find the answer to their "collectable question " in this book ... There is a drawn picture and a full educational and informative description of everything under the sun that could be sold retail at the end of the 19th century .... The text incidentally gives a great deal of information about the social customs and mood of the country at the time ... What people bought , is how they lived, so to speak ... and the Sears catalogue was so comprehensive that it speaks volumes about the State of the Union ... and of the Union suit ! ... Fashion afficianados will thrill to the underwear alone ... laces and lines, and chemises and corsets and other unmentionables of the undergarments of another time ... stockings and gloves and handkerchiefs ... bonnets and top hats and spats ... coats and dresses and shirtwaists ... shoes and boots and high button dainty ladies booties ... pyjamas and nightshirts abound ... as well as the latest fashions in fur muffs and caps and gloves ... and mens suits and shirts and collars and silk ties ... Jewellry is here as well ... everything from lace pins , or fishu brooches , in silver and gold, gold washed, & mother of pearl ... to men's cufflinks, and watch pins ... pocket watches and watch chains ... dainty necklaces for little girls and diamond pieces for the lady love of a gent's life ... or rhinestone, if he couldn't afford diamonds, but loved her just the same as if he could ... Whether you wanted to get engaged, married, outfit a home , start a farm, or a town house, or set up in trade, Sears could help you do it ... Tools abound ... some quaint and archaic now ... who does all that woodworking by hand anymore , except the finest craftsmen ? ... and farm implements ... beds and bedsprings and bedspreads and coverlets and Victorian sofas ... cut glass punch bowls and crystal glasses ... china, pottery, crockery ... kitchen ware , kitchen dressers, breadboxes ... and all kinds of lamps, lanterns, candle holders and more ... Everything that was useful or beautiful or both, was all sold by Sears ... This beautiful book is valuable for museaum curators, collectors, second-hand shop owners, craftsmen and women, people who love to create authentic Victorian crafts and knitting and sewing, and anyone who just loves to have a fun and leisurely leaf through history ... and especially history as told through the eyes of the people who wrote it ... This is the real Sears catlogue from 1897, just as our ancestors would have seen it ... but this is printed on new paper and bound into a beautiful hardcover that will give hours of reading pleasure throughout the years ... ( we all know what happened to those original old Sears catalogs ... well, they were printed on newsprint, so we needn't say more ! ) ... I remember looking through one of these beautiful books with my own Grandpa, and him going through and explaining what all those ' antiques ' were really used for ... They weren't ' antiques ' to him .. he remembered his Mother and Dad actually using a lot of that stuff around the house and farm ! ... " 1897 Sears Roebuck & Co. Catalogue " ... edited by Fred L. Israel ... published by Chelsea House Publishing , Pennsylvania ... Hardcover ... Brand New Gift Giving quality

New Hard Cover First 1993

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Books, Golden: Betty Crocker's Cookie Book, Golden Books 1986
0307094421

Hardcover Prompt delivery with tracking. Many satisfied customers. Satisfaction guaranteed; Everybody Loves Cookies! <P>Crispy, chewy, crunchy or chocolaty, cookies are always a favorite. This cookie book is filled to the brim with scrumptious recipes, from sweet treats to delight your family to dainty, delicious bites perfect for sharing with friends. You'll find plenty of great new recipes and ideas, plus the most sought-after, tried-and-true classics to satisfy any cookie craving. Packed with gorgeous photos so you can see exactly what you're making, it's the only cookie book you'll ever need! You'll find the best cookies for: <UL> <LI>Chocoholic Choices _ Triple Chocolate Brownies, Fudgy Layer Squares, Outrageous Double Chocolate — White Chocolate Chunk Cookies</LI> <LI>Holiday Supreme — Magic Window Cookies, Gingerbread Village, Snowflakes</LI> <LI>Elegant Occasions — Brandy Snap Cups, Lemon Tea Biscuits, Cappuccino-Pistachio Shortbread</LI> <LI>Cookie Jar Classics — Toasted Oatmeal Cookies, Deluxe Chocolate Chip Cookies, Soft Molasses Cookies</LI> <LI>Kid's Ultimate — Peanut Butter Swirl Brownies, Cookie Pizza, Dream Bars</LI></UL> Very Good

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GORDON, ELIZABETH; ILLUSTRATED BY M.T. ROSS. BIRD CHILDREN; THE LITTLE PLAYMATES OF THE FLOWER CHILDREN. Illinois: P.F. Volland Company, 1930.

Old Doctor Stork, the kind old bird, Brings the new babies, I have heard; If you should ask him, he may bring You one to keep, beneath his wind." "Humming Bird, the dainty thing, Has no voice and cannot sing, He lives daintily, and sips Honey from the Flowers' lip." Nice clean interior, 1930 reprint of this wonderful book of colorful children as birds. Color illustrated blue boards, rubbing to edges and extremities. Color illustration bright & unscuffed. Black cloth spine. E.P.'s brightly colored illustrations of bird children. Upper hinge starting 1 1/2. Pastedown lower edge Herr's book sticker, Christmas gift inscription, neat small to e.p. 95 pages of clean vibrant illustrations by M.T. Ross, with narrative. Hinges tight. tall 8vo. In protective polyester wrap. Click for Image Hard Cover Very Good

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ONDAATJE, Michael: THE DAINTY MONSTERS. Toronto Coach House Press, (copyright 1967) [1969]. 1969

"Second Edition" (so stated to front flap of jacket), AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK. Sewn sheets in plain black card covers with attached dust jacket. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR "for_____ with best wishes, Michael Ondaatje". Book a little leaned; minor rubbing to the tips and rear joint of the black jacket spine, and to outer corners; else fine. Though the colophon would suggest that there were 500 copies of this edition published November 1967, that statement actually refers to the 1967 hardcover first edition. This second printing (first in paper covers) was issued in 1969, at2.50, in an edition of 500 copies. The jacket, which duplicates the illustration found on the hardcover first, adds quotes from reviews of the book on the rear panel and there is a list of seven Coach House Press books on the rear flap ending with Ondaatje's THE MAN WITH SEVEN TOES (1969). Signed by Author Softcover Octavo.

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