American Tract Society. Thick small 12mo. 7-1/16" x 4-9/16" x 2-5/8" thick. Original leather bound boards and leather spine with matching corner tips. Leather seriously worn and rubbed away in several places. Text block affected by waterstains, foxing and toning. Some underlining. Binding is still tight. Overall condition is poor but this book is still readable and worth perusing. Name in ink on free front endpaper.

Beginning with No. 65 and ending with No. 503 this book includes 105 tracts. Just after the back endpaper is inserted a neatly hand written index of the titles each one. I was unable to find any dates but the printing style and handwritten index gives me the feeling that it was probably published in the second quarter of the 19th century. Item #1611

Cleveland, OH: E. R. Hull and Co., 1887. 6-3/8" x 4". 32 pp. Saddle bound with two staples. Color front and back covers. Almanac information on recto of each page. Fashion pictures and information of verso of each page. 2 pp. have some pencil notation. Bent bottom corner of cover (see photo). One 1/8" tear on fore-edge of front cover. Overall sturdy and very charming. Item #1202

Chicago: Merrill Publishing Co., 1940. 12-7/8" x 10-7/8". Full color card stock covers with 5 punch out dolls, never used. Interior includes six full color leaves with outfits for the dolls, all from the famous 1939 movie. Fine condition. Item #1386

Early 1930s.

From a collection of photos of Garbo specially printed for her by Clarence Sinclair Bull and William Daniels. Bull himself worked in the dark room and printed all the portrait photos on very expensive heavy paper. He then sent them to her by messenger. They capture all the incredible beauty and detail from the original negatives. The collection of photos eventually ended up in the possession of a close friend of Garbo’s and then was later sold by his son to Charles Hamilton in 1982. These magnificent photos represent the peak of Garbo’s career, her greatest achievements in the movies, and the ultimate in the art of Hollywood’s greatest photographers. Included is a copy of a 3 page letter written by Charles Hamilton describing the collection and offering it to a client. Miss Garbo treasured these images and carefully put them away in albums. They have barely seen the light of day until now. They are in pristine condition. Item #365

Early 1930s.

From a collection of photos of Garbo specially printed for her by Clarence Sinclair Bull and William Daniels. Bull himself worked in the dark room and printed all the portrait photos on very expensive heavy paper. He then sent them to her by messenger. They capture all the incredible beauty and detail from the original negatives. The collection of photos eventually ended up in the possession of a close friend of Garbo’s and then was later sold by his son to Charles Hamilton in 1982. These magnificent photos represent the peak of Garbo’s career, her greatest achievements in the movies, and the ultimate in the art of Hollywood’s greatest photographers. Included is a copy of a 3 page letter written by Charles Hamilton describing the collection and offering it to a client. Miss Garbo treasured these images and carefully put them away in albums. They have barely seen the light of day until now. They are in pristine condition. Item #371

From a collection of photos of Garbo specially printed for her by Clarence Sinclair Bull and William Daniels. Bull himself worked in the dark room and printed all the portrait photos on very expensive heavy paper. He then sent them to her by messenger. They capture all the incredible beauty and detail from the original negatives. The collection of photos eventually ended up in the possession of a close friend of Garbo’s and then was later sold by his son to Charles Hamilton in 1982. These magnificent photos represent the peak of Garbo’s career, her greatest achievements in the movies, and the ultimate in the art of Hollywood’s greatest photographers. Included is a copy of a 3 page letter written by Charles Hamilton describing the collection and offering it to a client. Miss Garbo treasured these images and carefully put them away in albums. They have barely seen the light of day until now. They are in pristine condition. Item #361

Twelve two page colored woodcuts. 12 mo. Woven grass cloth boards. Accordion folded pages. One section separated from the accordion fold but none of the pictures is affected. Damp stain on fore-edge of front cover. A few small stains on only one of the pictures (see photo) Overall pictures are in very good to fine condition. Item #916

Amsterdam: 1802. 2 volumes. 7-1/4" x 4-7/16". Tome Premier 345 pp. Tome Second 168 pp. including 11 pp. Table de Matiéres at the end of the book. Each volume has a charming engraved frontispiece: one titled "De Vieillard amoureux," The other titled "La trahison italienne". Both volumes bound with marbled paper covered boards and paper spine labels now illegible. Bindings are tight. Some scattered foxing and soiled page or two but overall very good condition. Item #1191

Brooklyn, London, Melbourne, Barmen, Elberfeld, Orebro, Christiania: International Bible Students Association, 1915. 12mo bound in red cloth stamped in gold. 738 pp. including Index of Texts, followed by a 71 pp. Berean Questions on Scripture Studies and 9 pp. of publisher's ads. / Phantom of newspaper clipping on front endpapers. A few spots on spine but overall a very good to fine copy. Item #802

Paris: Durand, 1771. Engraved frontispiece of Jesus crucifiction. Dark green leather covered boards. Front and back covers identical with charming gold tooled floral design. Spine with raised bands and gold tooled panels. Marbled end papers. Following title page are 8 unnumbered pp. with "Table de fetes Mobiles" and what I think is a calendar of saints, not completely sure. Following the calendar are 70 numbered pages. Tight and clean. Some rubbing. 3/4" split at top of back joint. Overall a very nice copy.

Avec Les Prieres du Matin Les Litanies du Nom de Jesus Les Prieres du Soir Les Litanies de la Sainte Vierge Les Vêpres du Dimanche Les Complies Les Pseaumes de la Pénitence Les Litanies des Saintes Et autres Prieres de Dévotion. Item #1201

Portland Maine: Thomas B. Mosher, 1900. One of 450 copies printed on Kelmscott hand-made paper. 12mo. 7-3/4" x 4-11/16". White cardstock covers protected by art deco pictorial dust jacket printed in red and green. 43 pp. Fine. / Dust jacket has a 1" closed tear and a half inch closed tear on front panel also a 2" closed tear at back. Looks like back flap is partially missing.

Poems by Stephen Phillips, Lawrence Binyon, Manmohon Ghose, and Arthur C. Cripps. Item #980

New York: William Guthrie, 1817. 12 mo. 7-1/4" x 3-1/4". Original leather binding. 169 pp. Front fly leaf missing. Heavy foxing on back endpapers. A little scattered foxing throughout. Overall, tight, clean, very good.

Table of Contents: Indictment; Jury; Attorney General's Speech; Counsellor Quibble's ditto - Principal Witness examined; Historical Truth; Phocas Emperor; Cardinal Bellarmine; Emperor Bardanes; Emperor Leo; Emperor Constantine; Emperor Leo IV; Childeric, King of France; Henry IV Emperor; Basilaus II King of Poland; Leopold Duke of Austria; Henry VI Emperor; Alphonso King of Galicia; John King of England; Philip Duke of Swabia; Otho Emperor; Philip King of France; Frederic II Emperor; Philip King of France; Sigismond Emperor; Lewis XII King of France; Henry VIII King of England; Joan Queen of Navarre; Elizabeth Queen of England; Henry III King of France; Henry III King of France; Henry IV King of France; James I King of England; Charles VI Emperor; Hibernia Catholic; Apostle Peter; Apostle Paul; Peter de Bruis; Arnold; Gerald Waldenses; Walter Lollard; John Wickliff; William Sawtree; Thomas Badley; Sir John Oldcastle; John Huss; Jerome of Prague; Jeronimo Savonerola; Martin Luther; Philip Melancthon; Ulric Zuinglius; Prince of Orange; John Calvin; Peter Martyr; Augustus Casal; Denis Renix; Admiral Collgny; Father Paul; William TIndal; Thomas Bennet; John Rogers; Lawrence Saunders, &c; Bishop of St. David's; Rowland Taylor; Bishops Latimer and Ridley' George Marsh, &a; Sir John Temple; Mr. Hume; Dr. Maxwell; King Edward Confessor; Hate Controversy; Thuanus; R. Robemaker and others; Bonaparte; Half Protestant. Item #777

Paw Paw, Michigan: Paw Paw Press, August 1980. With a warm inscription signed by Victor Beck and dated Aug. 31, 1980 on the last page. Stated First Edition. Comb binding. 161 pp. Contains 30 stories of fallen troopers with black and white photographs and photo portraits. Comb binding a little rolled but could be carefully readjusted. Card stock covers are a little faded. One coffee splash at top of front cover. Overall sturdy and clean. Very good.

When the "Michigan State Troops" were signed into existence by Governor Albert Sleeper on March 27, 1919, the force consisted of fifty officers, four cars, five motorcycles, three trucks and an undetermined number of horses. The Governor probably didn't anticipate that this underequipped, quasi-professional agency would become the Michigan State Police, a modern, efficient law enforcement organization, which today consists of over 2,000 officers and 800 civilian employees, with duties ranging from the "Detroit Freeway Patrol" to protecting the residents of isolated homes and cottages in the upper peninsula. However, by the nature of the task, and man's inhumanity to man, the road from 1919 was inevitably paved with sacrifice, professional courage and the death in action of a number of officers. Their stories, and legacy to the living, began on . . . old Grand River Road about three miles west of Novi in the early morning hours. . . . Item #2172