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The Bird Book, Bird Neighbors by Neltje Blanchan Ill. Pairpoint

Books and Unusuals — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 20:27:35 -0500

To Neltje Blanchan, birds were not merely natural history specimens to be measured and classified and ticketed with Latin names, although she was familiar with all the scientific facts about our feathered neighbors and her descriptions were authoritative. Her interest in birds lay in their character, their beauty, and their economic relation to the balance of nature. She knew and has described the friendships and the feuds between bird families. To Neltje Blanchan, in short, each bird, whether of thicket, field, swamp, forest, or the heights of mountain peaks, was a thing of life and individuality. In one of her notes we find this description of a crow: With a heart as black as his feathers, common as sin itself. This pungent phrase is characteristic of the author's writing.

The artist, Nellie M. Pairpoint, has somewhat the same feeling about birds that Neltje Blanchan had, and her drawings, both black and white and color, are an interpretation with pen and brush of the living, glowing creatures. These pictures are made as the birds would be in action when the sun and shadow enhance the plumage, and not as the dry-as-dust specimens exhibited in museums.

The publishers take great satisfaction in bringing together in one volume Neltje Blanchan's text and Miss Pairpoint's pictures, one being a complement of the other.

The Bird Book, Bird Neighbors by Neltje Blanchan. Illustrated with beautiful drawings in color and b/w by Nellie M. Pairpoint.

Hardcover with blind embossed design on front cover, red cloth binding with dustjacket. Measures 9 1/2 in. x 6 9/16 in. with frontis (The American Robin) and 202 pages.
Literary Guild of America MCMXXXVII (1937), copyright 1932.
32 georgeuos full page, single-sided color plates printed on coated paper. (none missing)
Lots of black and white illustrations throughout.

Includes:

Contents
Listing of Color Plates
Listing of Text Illustrations
Index

I Bird Famiies
II Habitats
III Seasons Of Birds
IV Birds Grouped According To Size
V Descriptions of Birds According To Color

Printed in the USA

The dustjacket is a bit tattered, mostly around the edges including a few chips. The book cover has some handling use wear and minor discolorations. The interior has some toning and a few small closed edge tears. There is a name/address label on the ffep, no interior markings noted.
Not an ex library. The cover and pages are intact and in very nice condition.

Cooking Magic Vintage 24 Cook Book Set Boxed Culinary Arts

Books and Unusuals — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 21:40:23 -0600

Cooking Magic

Published by the Culinary Arts Institute, Chicago Illinois from 1954 to 1965. Melanie De Proft Director.

A fantastic, complete boxed set of 24 booklets bound into 2 hardcover binders. The binders are 3 inches thick and are red and white. The booklets are removable. The title on the binders is Cooking Magic, Step by step cook books in gold letters. Has lots of color illustrations and photo illustrations in color and b/w throughout. Each booklet has its own contents and index pages. 5,000 of the most remarkable recipes ever assembled.

Includes the following titles:

101 - quick dishes
102 - the casserole cookbook
103 - the French cookbook
104 - the chocolate cookbook
105 - cakes & tortes
106 - the Italian cookbook
107 - brunch, breakfast and morning coffee
108 - the ground meat cookbook
109 - elegant desserts
110 - the Creole cookbook (aka The New Orleans cookbook)
111 - dishes children love
112 - the gourmet foods cookbook
113 - the Scandinavian cookbook
114 - the Hungarian cookbook
115 - entertaining six or eight
116 - the cheese cookbook
117 - cooling dishes for hot weather
118 - the new England cookbook
119 - Sunday nights suppers
120 - the German and Viennese cookbook
121 - cooking with sour cream and buttermilk
122 - the Southern and southwestern cookbook
123 - fabulous low-calorie recipes
124 - the holiday cookbook

Condition:

Shows some signs of use. No inscriptions written in the booklets. After thumbing through each booklet there are no obvious signs of any markings. There are very few stains. The covers are still bright and colorful. The covers and pages are all intact. The binders have the title list of booklets hand written on the inside. The list includes a title that doesn't belong, but all 24 titles belonging to the set are present. The binders are sound with no repairs. The box has wear and some separation of the sides from the bottom but is still intact and no repairs. A great set of cook books in really nice condition.

Boxed Set 21 Vintage Greeting Cards Floral Roses Butterfly

Books and Unusuals — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 14:42:36 -0600

A box of 21 vintage greeting cards with envelopes. The box says Rainbow Beauty All Occasion Assortment, 21 cards, 21 envelopes. The box measures 7 3/8 inches x 3 6/8 inches with the Good Housekeeping seal. Some of the cards have the marking "A Sunshine Card" on the back. Some cards have "from the GJC Exclusive Collection" and some have just numbers. There are 21 cards, some duplicates. Butterflies, roses, floral, pansies, fans, fairies, girl wearing bonnet. All made in the USA. There are no dates. The box, cards and envelopes are age toned. One card has a 1/4 inch tear on the spine. None are written on. A nice lot of cards for collecting, decorating or crafting.