[Rarebooks] FS: 2 nice oddballs

[Gerard Gormley]

For your kind consideration ---


~.  INFORMATIVE CLASSROOM PICTURE SERIES: Science and Invention~.
Grand Rapids MI, USA: Informative Classroom Picture Publishers,
no date (circa 1950).  Keywords: Very, very hard to find -- Out
of Print -- Americana -- American History -- Education --
Illustrated -- Illustrated (photos) -- Non-Fiction -- Science &
Technology -- Young Adults -- Younger Readers -- English
language.  First Printing (NAP).  Looseleaf in pictorial folder.
No dust jacket (none issued).  40 plates + text pages published -
- Plate 1 & text for Plates 1, 2 & 3 missing: black & white
photographs, art reproductions & illustrations throughout.
Folder height: 11-3/4".   Folder Very Good: missing items penned
on inside front, light wrinkle & rubbing to fore-corners
(moderate to spine-top/bottom).  Plate 1 & text missing, Plates
2-40 & text pages Fine.  [Digital JPEG image (2) available on
request].  2392~.  US$50.-


~.  WHOLE EARTH CATALOG: access to tools, Fall 1969~.  Menlo Park
CA, USA: Portola Institute, January 1970.  Keywords: Very hard to
find -- Out of Print -- A rich resource of books and items to
help one pursue an ecological lifestyle -- Architecture -- Art --
Art Technique -- Crafts & Woodworking -- Farming/Gardening --
How-to -- Illustrated -- Nature -- Naturalists -- Philosophy --
Reference -- Science & Technology -- Self-Reliance -- Stories --
Survival -- Tools -- Writing -- English language.  2nd printing.
Oversized soft cover.  128 pages: black/white photographs &
illustrations throughout.  Binding size: 14-1/2"H x 10-5/8"W.
Pictorial wraps.  Book Very Good: heavy rubbing to 3 small spots
front & 2 back, light rubbing to edges, light curl to fore-
corners (2 creases to bottom back).  Binding strong & tight,
insides Near Fine (starting to brown).  On Oversized Shelf.
[Digital JPEG image (1.5) available on request].  2393~.
US$50.-


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                Gerard Gormley Books
                COLLECTIBLE BOOKS -- USED & RARE
                7 Washington Street
                Manchester-by-the-Sea MA 01944-1528 (USA)
                TEL: 978-526-7351
               E-mail: gerard at shore.net
                http://www.shore.net/~gerard
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books returned in as-shipped condition within 2 weeks of ship-date;
if my fault, I also reimburse you for return postage.  I ship in 24 hours.
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$3.50 each additional.  Media Mail $4 most books.  Over $50, preceding
plus insurance, quoted at order entry.  Shipping also quoted for books
over 2 lb. & foreign addresses.  Please email or telephone to hold.  I
hold books 10 days for collectors, 3 weeks for dealers.  I appreciate
your business & aim to satisfy you in every way.
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