Old Books for sale

La Cucina: The complete Italian Cookbook by Rose L. Sorce - $18.00

This is from the book's forward:
"Unfortunately for many Americans who know Italian cookery only through the common run of Italian restaurants, this joy in a good table is not an ingredient that lends itself readily to commercial success … The good Italian restaurant is a joy indeed, but one is not always easy to find. And unless you do find one, there is only one way to get a good Italian meal, you have to prepare it at home! ... Miss Rose Source has had the good fortune to be born the joyous daughter of a joyous mother, and to learn at their source, the celebrations of the true Italian home kitchen. In THIS book, she compiled her learning for all to share! "

Chapters: Antipasto, Wines, Soups, Salads, Meats, Poultry, Fish and Seafood, Vegetables, Rice, Cheese & Eggs, Dressings & Sauces, Breads ...

Harvard Examination Papers Collected and Arranged by R.F. Leighton - $23.00

1873 Second Edition, 5" x 7 3/4"
Crack in binding front end paper and yellowing including a few stains. Otherwise it's ready for your use prior to taking your admission test.

From the preface: "The following questions make a complete set of the Examination Papers (except on the subject of Geometry) which have been used for admission to Harvard College since 1860. No papers on Geometry are given previous to 1866, as the requisites ofr admission to theat department were changed in theat year. The papers on Trigonometry previous to 1871 are for examination for advanced standing; since then, for admission to Course II."

I wonder how many people were accepted to Harvard based on their study of this book. The original owner's name & other information is penciled in the front page. Hard to make it out, but he wrote Class '74 so presumably he got this in time to prepare for the exam.

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"Going Back" by A.G. Murray Jr 1933 Princeton Tigers Undefeated Season  $48.00

First Edition January 1934 Cloth hard cover
41 pages
Going Back (Undefeated football team and season of 1933) by A. G. Murray,
Jr. Privately printed at the Princeton University Press, 1934
8 5/8" x 11 3/4"
Essentially Reprints of articles featuring the Tigers' stellar 1933 season
including punchy headlines such as "Tigers Claw Helpless
Amherst 40 - 0", Last Quarter Nassau Surge Sinks Fighting Navy 13 - 0" and
"Princeton, Completing Perfect Season, Crushes Yale 27 -2"
Condition: No DJ ... tear in binding all down inside 2nd leaf. Elsewhere
mostly tight. pages and copy are clean.

Silent Spring by Rachel Carson 1962 Fourth Printing  $23.00

Houghton Mifflin Co., 1962
Historically significant book on  issues of understanding ecology and the environment. Instrumental in removing the pesticide DDT from farming practices which lead to the recovery of the American bald eagle population.

This book has some smoke damage on the dust jacket (as pictured). You can see where smoke hit the book and where it was protected by other books next to it. The book itself is in great condition. The only sign of smoke on the book itself is on the top edge and a little on the fore edge. I took a picture of the book without the dust jacket to show how clean it is, and discovered that my shadow is over the bottom right corner. The original owner's name is written and his bookplate is on the inside of the front cover (as noted on the picture)

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1954 Manual on Conservation of Soil and Water  $18.00

Long before environmental stewardship was in the mainstream public consciousness, scientists were studying and advising on many important issues.
208 pages
approx. 6" x 9"
There is smoke staining on the outside of the book. The inside is clean and in good condition.

From the Preface: "All over the world people are becoming aware of the importance of keeping their agricultural land permanently productive. They are coming to realize that productive land is the source of human sustenance and security - that it is basic to the welfare of peple everywhere at all times. ... In order o keep the land productive, a good conservation program is imperative ..."

Chapters discuss: Soil erosion; land capability; preventing and controlling gulleys; Woodland improvement; Terracing; Stripcropping; Cover Crops; Soil-depleting, Soil-conservin and soil-building crops; pasture improvement; Rangeland improvement; Conservation irrigation; Farm Drainage and Conservation nurserys.

Handbook for Professional Agricultural Workers
United States Dept. of Agriculture
Soil Conservation Service - Agriculture Handbook No. 61

1920 Bird and Game Laws of Rhode Island - $17.00

Revised to June 1920
Booklet 4" x 6" 39 pages
Complete. Fair to good condition - The text is clean - the booklet complete, but the first 14 pages are dogeared and there's some water staining.

Sex Habits: A Vital Factor in Well-Being: By A. Buschke and F. Jacobsohn - $13.00

Translated from the German by Eden and Cedar Paul. Foreword by Gerald L. Moench. New York: Emerson Books
Fifth Printing 1934. 204 p. 5 3/4" x 8"

A review of the book in The Psychonalytic Quarterly 1935 - "Review by: Joseph J. Asch
" Of the large number of books on sex enlightenment from the physical point of view that appear daily, this book should certainly rank among the best. It is a sane, straightforward and thorough exposition of the subject, and there is a series of plates that would for clarity and general excellence grace any scientific work on anatomy and embryology. The book deals with the structure and the functions of the reproductive organs, and includes an excellent chapter on semen-menstruation, fertilization and development of the embryo. A chapter each is also devoted to tubal pregnancy and the Aschheim-Zondek test, which is admirably discussed. What makes the book particularly important is the candid and courageous treatment of puberty. Here the authors show themselves to be men of wide experience, and no parent should fail to make a careful study of this valuable chapter."

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The Well Adjusted Personality by Polatin & Philtine 1st 1952 $13.00

The Well- Adjusted Personality: Preventive Psychiatry for Everday Use  by Phillip Polatin & Ellen Philtine

Hard Cover - No dust jacket - First Edition
Publisher: J. B. Lippincott Company 1952
266pages
6" x 8 5/8"
This had been a library copy. The front and back inner sleeves from the dust jacket have been pasted onto blank pages in the book as pictured. The binding is tight and other than library notations and the dust jacket remodel, the book is clean.

The modern reader should find this interesting not only as a snapshot of certain psychiatric views of the 1950s, but also as an early version of what has become very popular today- The Self Help Book
Titles of the ten chapters:
I.   What is Preventive Psychiatry
II.  The Life & Problem of Students
III  Adjusting to One's Work
IV. Marriage and its Adjustments
V.  Not Everyone Should Marry
VI. Having Children
VII. Parents Have Rights As Well as Responsibilities
VIII Growth & Self Discovery Through Parenthood
IX. The Change of Life
X.   The Advanced Years

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Ireland Since The Union - McCarthy 1892 $48.00

Caxton Edition
Subtitle: Sketches from Irish History 1798 to 1886
by Jutin HM McCarthy, M.P "with Copious Notes
published by Donohue, Henneberry & Co.
368 pages
5 1/4" x 7 1/2"
Good condition, though the pages have a consistent darkening

In the Preface, the author starts off by saying "Home Rule is the question of the hour" and he ends the preface, "Not to Ireland alone, will the advntges be limited. All that is to be gained from friendship instead of enmity, from trust instead of distrust from loving friendship instead of suspicion and the heirloom hate, all these may yet be England's if England choose. In God's name, is it not better to have across that strip of stormy water, a nation of free men who are friends, fellow workers for the Empire's welfare, firm allis in danger, than to be the most unhappy masters of an island of unconquered and insurgent bondsmen?" If only his advice had been heeded!

This book belongs on the shelf of anyone interested in the history of the Irish struggle for sovereignty.

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Ireland's Case Stated in reply to Mr. Froude by Rev. T. N. Burke  $22

Publ. by P. M. Haverty, New York. 1873 Hardcover. 238pp.
Overall the book is in fair to good condition. The top right corner of the cover is broken off.and the color of cover is faded and / or stained. The inside text is clean right through page 238 -except for the back 10 ad pages which are water stained (see pic below). There is a beginning tear on top third inside left front cover hinge.

5 1/4" x 7 3/8"

B/W Photographic Essay showing children at various activities in the young state of Israel in 1952
Written in 3 languages: Hebrew, English and French

Edited by I. Klinov & L. Kuperstein
Laam Israel Pub. Co, Tel Aviv, 1952.
Hardcover.
Condition is good. Spine is split at several pages. There is some hinge pivoting..Pages
are clean. The cover is starting to tear at the lower binding.
Inscription on front flyleaf in hebrew 4/9/1955.
144 pages.
Leatherette covered boards with title on copper-colored plate.(probably copper plate)
Minimal text and captions in English, Hebrew and French. Numerous black and white photos.

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I did  not see a date, but is between 1949 to 1952 showing Chaim Weizmann president, Ben-Gurion Prime Minister 1948 to 1953; and Sharett as Foreign Minister. This is a fundraising plea from the Kupat Holim to help them complete building a larger medical center. 14 pages of photographs. 7" x 10". The pamphlet is held together with 3 plastic coil hinges. The cover is torn at these hinges and has water marks. The inside is in good condition.

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