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Kilbourne, Charles E. (1872-1963); Hattie Longstreet [Price] (1891-1968). Baby Reindeer and Silver Fox [Baby Animal Stories]. Toronto: The Musson Book Company, Ltd., 1943. First Canadian Edition. Unpaginated [pp. 76]. 12mo., measuring 16 cm tall. Light brown cloth over boards, illustrated colour plate affixed to centre of front board, slightly faded gilt lettering to the spine. Illustrated endpapers, accompanied with thirteen lovely colour plates, and black-and-white in-text line drawings by Hattie Longstreet, noted for her many wonderful children’s illustrations. Touch of edgewear, slight bumping to spine ends otherwise, a lovely well-preserved copy with tight, sound binding. Originally printed by The Penn Publishing Co. of Philadelphia in 1916, this is the later, though first, Canadian printing. Rare in commerce in such exceptional state. See LCCN #16022307 and OCLC #1007721560. No. 3 of the ten volume ‘Baby Animal Stories’ series published between 1913-1917. Very Good +. Hardcover.
Charles Evans Kilbourne Jr., was the first American to earn the United States’ three highest military decorations. He was the recipient of the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Philippine–American War and served as a general officer during the First World War. Following World War I, he served as the Superintendent of the famed Virginia Military Institute, succeeding General John A. Lejeune, and had a post-military career as a distinguished writer. [Source: Rolf of Ebon: A Novel of Romance, War and Adventure in Ancient England, Charles E. Kilbourne, Exposition Press, New York, 1962, p. 171.] (#2702) $229.00
![I’ve scarcely finished cataloguing this lovely little book of pressed flowers from the Holy Land. Just had to share it with all you. 🌺
Wild Flowers of the Holy Land; Matt. VI, 28, 29, 30 ; London Society’s Mission to the Jews.
[Ferdinand Vester]; London Jews’ Society’s “House of Industry”. Jerusalem, Palestine: Printed at the London Jews’ Society’s House of Industry, Jerusalem, N.D. [Circa 1890’s?]. First Edition. Unpaginated [Fourteen unnumbered leaves]. Oblong 12mo., measuring 12 x 18 cm. Original quarter maroon leather over gorgeous polished bevelled olive-wood boards bearing “Jerusalem” in black atop a deeply carved Jerusalem cross to the front board; like carving to the rear boards with Jerusalem printed in Hebrew characters to the centre; marbled edges, and ivory silk-moiré endpapers. Comprises of eleven beautifully arranged dried flower specimens mounted on stiff leaves, most (excepting two) accompanied with their original, remarkably well-preserved, tissue-guards, and individually captioned with their respective geographic origins (e.g.: “Flowers from Mount Zion”, “Flowers from the Mount of Olives”, etc.). Lightest wear to the leather spine, else, no other flaws noted to the extremities. Faint toning to the title page, otherwise, contents remain near-uniformly without blemish, and with firm, sound binding. A most lovely, and unique period offering from the Holy Land. Rare to be offered in commerce in this edition, and state. This edition unrecorded in WorldCat, however, nominally corresponds to OCLC #753636624 (with notable differences in pagination, and the number of specimens). See also OCLC #698494522. (#7243)](https://blacksbooks.ca/wp-content/plugins/instagram-feed/img/placeholder.png)
