[Rarebooks] F/S Honolulu Ship Board Imprint plus a couple of ther cool pieces

[Garry R Austin]

We offer the following items at a 20% discount and postpaid; or buy it 
all at Net $200
 From
Austin's Antiquarian Books
PO Box 730
Wilmington VT 05363
*02 464-8438
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(Hawaii & Philippines) Smith, Andrew V. Editor. The Briny Budget, Volume 
1; Number  Honolulu: Teachers On Board Transport Thomas. August 1, 
1901.       $125.00
Only edition; quarto; pp; 4; original digest sized newspaper. 
illustrated masthead lettered in black; very good. Quite scarce, OCLC 
locates just four copies; On Board Newspaper published by American 
teachers on their way to the Philippines in 1901. Listings of all the 
names of the company of teachers; "A weekly journal devoted to news, 
literature, and entertainment."

(Music) Gold Seal Phonograph Repeater In The Original Packaging. New 
York: Gold Seal Company, 1929.                                           
$35.00
10.5" x 10.5"; Cleverly designed attachment rides atop the record and 
redirects the needle to the beginning of the record over and over. With 
the original envelope and instruction cards. Very good.

(Catalogue) B. Altman & Company. Homemaker's Handbook 1948. New York: B. 
Altman & Company, 
1948.                                                                        
$20.00
Quarto; pp; 24; pictorial color paper wrappers lettered in white; 
illustrated throughout Very good; With the order blank and envelope. 
Goods for the Home in the post-war boom period.

(Freethought) Underwood, B(enjamin). F(ranklin). Modern Scientific 
Materialism, Its Meaning And Tendency. New York: D. M. Bennett, Liberal 
Publisher, (1880).                                              
                    $65.00
Only edition; duodecimo; pp; 26, (x), ads; ; original blue paper 
wrappers. lettered in black; very good. Quite scarce, OCLC locates just 
two copies; Underwood, Benjamin Franklin (1839-1914). Underwood was born 
in New York City, Largely self-educated, he served in the Civil War 
receiving a commendation for bravery in action. After working as a 
reporter, lecturer, and author, Underwood became a noted promoter of 
Darwin and evolution. Underwood wrote, lectured, and debated as a major 
19th century advocate for the freethought movement. His books include 
The Influence of Christianity on Civilization (1871) and The Crimes and 
Cruelties of Christianity (1877). Underwood chaired the "Congress of 
Evolution" at the World's Fair in Chicago in 1893. He was a supporter of 
feminism. His wife, Sara Underwood, wrote Heroines of Freethought .

(Symphonic Piano Rolls) Aeolian Company Audiographic Music. New York: 
Aeolian Company, 1928.                                            
          $35.00
Only edition; quarto; pp; 70, (i); illustrated in black and white, 
photographs, portraits, line drawings; original decorated gray blue 
stiff paper wrappers lettered in gilt; light soiling else, very good. 
Prospectus from the Company issuing piano rolls of fine music 
interpreted by great musicians of the day. Scarce.

(Boston) Capon, Charles R. (Cartographer). A Map of Old Boston In The 
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston: The Sherrill Press for the Boston 
Five Cents Savings Bank, 1929.                                           
$75.00
Small quarto;  stiff decorated color card stock folder; Color pictorial 
/ pictographic folding map, decorative border, 18 1/4 x 24 1/2 inches; 
Very clean and bright. Brightly colored and picturesque bird's eye view 
style mapping of historic Boston with the original mailing envelope.
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