rare book catalog 2012 - Weller Book Works

Fishing, Sports, Homemaking, Recreation
34. Berg, Albert Ellery, editor. The Universal Self-Instructor and Manual of
General Reference including Many Valuable Vocabularies and Carefully
Compiled Tables. Chicago: J. W. Kindt, 1882. 672 pages. 4to. Decoratively embossed
brown leather with gilt lettering and edges, marbeled endsheets and gilt rolled
dentelles. Book Condition: Very good with light rubbing to extremities. Pages are
clean and bright with only an occasional small spot. An extremely well preserved
copy of this beautiful compendium of knowledge. This large volume contains
information on English, Banking, Agriculture, Law, Politics, Music, Medicine,
Mining, Fitness, Food, Religion and Phrenology, as well as providing selections of
Maxims, Quotes, Poetry, Toasts, Proverbs, Abbreviations and Foreign Terms. It also
gives advice on Speaking, Reading, Etiquette, and forms of Amusement. A beautiful
book for the autodidact. RBERUNI00tw $200
35. Breese, W. W. Well-Springs of Truth Upon the King's Highway to Peace and
Prosperity. Nashville: Southwestern Publishing House, 1883. 801 pages. 8vo. Brown
leather decoratively embossed in gilt and darker brown. Top edge gilt. Gilt rolled turn-ins.
Light blue endsheets with gilt pattern. Near fine with very lightly rubbed corners. Pages
are gently yellowed. A beautifully designed and
produced book. RBREWEL00tw $100
36. Child, Julia.] Greenspan, Dorie. Baking With Julia: Savor the Joys of Baking
with America’s Best Bakers. New York: William Morrow, 1996. 1st edition. 481
pages. 4to. Cream buckram in good condition with very light bumping to
extremities and a few small spots on covers. Dust jacket is very good, with very light
bumps to spine ends and a few small spots. A publisher provided bookplate signed
by Julia Child is mounted on the front free endsheet. RGREBAK00rjb $300
37. Constantine, Albert, Jr. Constantine's Rare Collection of The
World's Fine Woods with a signed first edition of Constantine's
Know Your Woods. New York: Albert Constantine and Son, the
sample box, circa 1950; the book 1959. Illustrated. 8vo. Cloth
bound book and a box of wood samples. The book is signed by
Albert Constantine, Jr.. Book is fine in a near fine dust jacket. A
boxed collection of 50 samples of wood veneers along with an
autographed first edition of Constantine's book. Each wood
sample has a label that identifies the variety, its traits and origin.
Super cool. RCON01rjb $450
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