The cover of this book famous fairy Tales is missing and pages are loose. It is in very bad condition with tanning on all pages, foxing and tears. The title page is intact and has written - A Volume of Stories for Boys and Girls with Profuse Illustrations underneath a lined ornate symbol. The Saalfield Publishing Company Akron, Ohio Made in U.S.A is written at the bottom. fictionA collection of eight traditional Fairy Tales with black and white illustrations.fairy tales, children's fiction

A dark green hardcover book with an embossed pattern on the front cover. The spine has Downing's Selected Fruits for the Garden and Market in gold lettering with the publisher John Wiley's emblem at the bottom. There are upwards of 400 illustrations and diagrams of fruits throughout and an Index at the back. Some stains and markings with tanning on he edges of the pages. 679p.non-fictionThis edition of the Fruits and Fruit-trees of America has been prepared to meet the wants and convenience of practical Fruit-growers who wish to cultivate varieties tested and approved as very good or best for general use or most profitable for market. Some new varieties have been included with their culture, propagation and management in the garden and orchard.fruit growing, agriculture

A large homemade green cloth covered book, The Fruits and fruit-Trees of America by A.J. Downing, Second Edition by Charles Downing. It has diagrams and outline drawings of fruit, native and foreign cultivated in America. A section at the back is headed - Key to French Names. An Index to the Different Fruits is included along with a General Index. Appendixes I, II and III has a General Index with synonymous names in Italic. Tanning, foxing and stains are noted. 1098p. plus 193p. for Appendixes.non-fictionA textbook about the Fruits and Fruit-Trees of America; The Culture, Propagation, and Management, in the Garden and Orchard, of Fruit Trees generally; with descriptions of all the finest varieties of fruit, native and foreign , cultivated in this country.horticulture, agriculture, fruit growing

Manufactured by F.E. Kohler & Co, Canton, OhioA vintage post hole digger with two long wooden handles and two metal scooped blades. It is operated with a lever action, with the two handles pulled apart to take a 'bite' of earth. The handles are attached by a nut and bolt. There is a crowbar on the end of one handle and a rammer on the end of the other. The brand is F.E. Kohler & Co, Canton, Ohio.'Kohler Little Giant' patented.tools, agricultural tools, farming equipment, garden tools

A brown/gold book titled "A little book of friendship". Suede cover.books

Small bedside kerosene night lamp with decorative handlekerosene lamps

Plain silver christening mug with decorated handle and simple dotted edge around top and base.Made in US America Quadruple 302 Superior Silver Co.christening mugs, mugs

Dover metal Egg Beater with wooden handle.egg-beaters

One Edison Ediphone master wax cylinder for Ediphone Dictation. In green container.Number 3. Save the bottoms.dictating machines

Edison Gem Cylinder phonograph, with gold horn has wooden base. Record Cylinder on Phonograph. Has wooden box cover.gramophones, cylinder players, phonographs

Wooden expandable tape measure. measuring instruments, tape measures

Blow lamps/ torches are a fuel-burning tool used for applying flame and heat to various applications, usually metalworking.Brass blow lamp with red wooden handle.blow torches, welding equipment

Mechanical food choppers or hashers (commonly called in the U.S.A.) were used around the 1880's to chop up food.Starrett cast iron mechanical food chopper with tin barrel, on green wooden base. With booklet. kitchenware, slicers, kitchen equipment

"Westlock" "Big Ben" clock in metal case.clocks, timepiece

Index, p.613.non-fictionThe stories, traditions, legends, humor, wisdom, ballads and songs of he Irish people.folklore - ireland, ireland - social life and customs

Index, bib, notes, p.632.non-fictionOne country, two languages, and a sequence of great artists in every generation. From the Gaelic bards to the Belfast Agreement, Irish writers have drawn equally on two traditions to heal the rifts of their land." "A celebration of the enduring Irish classics, this book by one of their most eloquent and adept readers offers an unusually brilliant and accessible survey of the greatest works since 1600 in Gaelic and English. Together, they have shaped one of the world's most original literary cultures.english literature - irish authors, irish literature - history and criticism

Index, bib, notes, ill, p. 455non-fictionThis book includes a rich and diverse collection of texts newly translated from Latin, Irish and Welsh. It marks a landmark in the study of Celtic Christianity.spirituality - celtic church - early works to 1800, celtic church - doctrines

Index, notes, ill, p.188.non-fictionTraces the life of first-century Greek philosopher Posidonius, chronicling his adventures throughout the Celtic lands of ancient Gaul while explaining how he informed Rome about such aspects of Celtic culture as the druids, astrology, and human sacrifice.european histort - to 478, celtic civilization

Index, notes, p.454.fictionHSlave, soldier, lover, hero, saint, 'his life mirrored the cataclysmic world into which he was born. His memory will outlast the ages. Born of a noble Welsh family, he is violently torn from his home by Irish raiders at age sixteen and sold as a slave to a brutal wilderness king. Rescued by the king's druids from almost certain death, he learns the arts of healing and song, and the mystical ways of a secretive order whose teachings tantalize with hints at a deeper wisdom. Yet young Succat Morgannwg cannot rest until he sheds the strangling yoke of slavery and returns to his homeland across the sea. He pursues his dream of freedom through horrific war and shattering tragedy'through great love and greater loss'from a dying, decimated Wales to the bloody battlefields of Gaul to the fading majesty of Rome. And in the twilight of a once-supreme empire, he is transformed yet again by divine hand and a passionate vision of "truth against the world," accepting the name that will one day become legendireland - historical fiction, christain saints - fiction

Index, bib, p.310.non-fictionA study of Ireland's patron saint reveals a slave turned missionary, a fervent pilgrim, and a revered religious teacher, recreating the life of a spiritual leader who both embodied and rose above the conflicts of his time.christain saints, spirituality

Bib, notes, p.561.non-fictionAn anthology of modern Irish fiction, edited and introduced by Dermot Bolger.irish fiction, ireland - social life and customs - fiction

Ill, p.434.non-fictionThis collection features humour and a vernacular approach to the collection of myth, legend and folklore of Irelandirish folklore, irish myths

p.115fictionShort stories from the west of Irelandirish fiction, ireland - social life and customs

Index, ill, p.212.non-fictionA blend of mythology, psychology and shamanism to reveal the beauty of the Celtic tradition for women today.ireland - religion - fiction, woman's mysteries.

Index, bib, ill, p.286.non-fictionThis book traces the history, archaeology and legends of Ireland from 9000 B.C. ireland-history, ireland-civilization.

Index, ill., p.197.non-fictionA book of recipes which feature foods that Australians eat. The author, a well known Australian novelist, collaborated with her long time friend to produce this book.recipes - australian, cookery - australia

Index, p. 724non-fictionThe story of the Irish race: a popular history of Ireland by Seamus MacManus; assisted by several Irish scholars.history - ireland, history - great britain

p.201.non-fictionA collection of essays of Seamus Heaney concerning the poems of Irish/Celtic authorsenglish poetry - history and criticism, english poetry - irish authors

p.222.fictionAn intense, atmospheric novel that powerfully evokes the restless, romantic days of fighting Ireland, A Death in Ireland is a literate thriller of uncommon sophistication, rich in theme, style and complexity of characters.ireland - 20th century politics, ireland - geography

Index, plates, ill, p.411.non-fictionBiography of Maud Gonne, Irish revolutionary activist of the early twentieth century.maud gonne - biography, feminists - ireland - biography