Old Saratoga Books

The Singing Tree, by Kate Seredy, NY: Viking, 1939, first printing. VG in VG jacket. Jacket tone, price-clipped and moderately worn. Illustrated with color frontispiece and numerous other black and white illustrations by the author. A Newbery honor book. Signed by Seredy on the half-title. Gray illustrated cloth. Illustrated endpapers. The sequel to the author's The Good Master, continuing the story about two Hungarian children between the World Wars. 247 pages.

Alphabet, by X. Karimov, Stalinabad [Dushanbe]: Tajikistan State Publishing House, 1956. Good . Boards toned and worn, dings to top edges of front boards, pages toned, front hinge cracked. Gray cloth spine with color illustrated paper-covered boards. Text in Tajik. Many illustrations. Folded printed alphabet sheet laid in. School primer published during the era of the Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic. Many illustrations reflect Russification policies with depictions of obedient children studying, tractors and orderly agricultural scenes, factories, military equipment, Moscow landmarks, Lenin, and women hard at work with sewing machines. Not in WorldCat.; 96 pages .

Some Little Cooks and What They Did, edited by Elisabeth Hoyt, Boston: W. A. Wilde Company, 1912. VG. Boards lightly worn, child signature penciled on front flyleaf and copyright page, some finger soiling. Brown boards with color illustration of two little girls baking in kitchen on front boards. Illustrations throughout, many signed by Josephine Bruce. Floral endpapers. Stories for young readers about two little girls, Carrie and Cora, who love to cook during all the seasons and for various special occasions, with chapters about birthday cakes, pumpkins, picnics, and tea parties. Happy Hours Series. 96 pages.

Good Mixers, by Lyons and Helms, Ma Leck Industries, 1967. Color-painted wood covers with metal hinges and rawhide ties. Illustrations throughout. Very Good. Metal hinges tarnished. Color-painted wood covers with metal hinges and rawhide ties. Illustrations throughout. Vintage bartending manual. Many recipes 47 pages .