Stomping Grounds Books & Ephemera

Stomping Grounds offers new books, collectible used books, and vintage paper. Our selection of newly published titles feature New York State authors and themes. Our used book inventory features items with distinguishing characteristics such as fine bindings or brilliant illustrations. Our "ephemera" includes old catalogs, brochures, trade cards, postcards, sheet music, art prints, and much more.

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The Word. Walks from Eden.

$150.00
Author: 
Warner, Susan B. (Elizabeth Wetherell)
Book Info
Published Date: 
1866
Edition: 
1st Edition
Binding: 
Hardcover
Condition: 
Good-
DJ Condition: 
No Jacket
Illustrated: 
Illustrated
Illustrator: 
B&W engravings

Exceptionally hard to find Susan Warner publication.  First edition with six pages of publisher's ads following text, dated "Jan., 1865."  Bit of tenderness at the front hinge, but a generally sturdy original brown cloth binding.  Spine cloth shows heavy wear with several chips (see image).  A few loose pieces of spine cloth have been secured with archivally sound bookbinder's glue.  Light internal soil with some margin dampstaining.  Fully legible and complete. Heavier discoloration to front end papers.

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The Flemish School of Painting (Cassell & Company's Fine Art Library)

$15.00
Author: 
Wauters, A. J. Translated by Mrs. Henry Rossel
Book Info
Published Date: 
1885
Binding: 
Hardcover
Condition: 
Good+
DJ Condition: 
No Jacket
Illustrated: 
Illustrated
Illustrator: 
B&W illustrations
ISBN / Basin: 
B000H0KFZ8

Attractive decorative Victorian binding.  Hardcover in blue cloth with gilt lettering plus red and black decoration. Pages mildly tanned but otherwise clean. Sturdy. Cover wear with some discoloration, plus fraying at corners and spine ends.

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Robb's Family Physician: Being a Concise and Comprehensive Treatise on Diseases as They Occur in Every-Day Life.

$75.00
Author: 
Bean, J. V., R. L Robb, and Sarah L. Robb
Book Info
Published Date: 
1882
Edition: 
7th Edition
Binding: 
Hardcover
Condition: 
Good
DJ Condition: 
No Jacket
Illustrated: 
Illustrated
Illustrator: 
B&W illustrations
ISBN / Basin: 
B000WLYVM0

Attractive Victorian era hardcover binding. Sturdy. Cover wear with fraying at spine ends. Moderate foxing and age discoloration. Decorative end papers and marbled closed edges. Illustrated throughout.  Mild mustiness. Previous owner's bookplate. Interestingly co-authored by a woman doctor of the 19th century.

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The Old Deal and the New

$8.50
Author: 
Beard, Charles A. and George H. E. Smith
Book Info
Published Date: 
1940
Edition: 
1st Edition
Binding: 
Hardcover
Condition: 
Good
DJ Condition: 
No Jacket
Illustrated: 
Not Illustrated
ISBN / Basin: 
B000M15IAE

Sturdy hardcover copy. Light tanning to pages. Otherwise clean interior. Blank front end paper removed. Light cover wear and spine fading.

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The Elements of Astronomy: for Colleges, Schools, and Private Students.

$30.00
Author: 
Peabody, Selim H.
Book Info
Published Date: 
(1869)
Binding: 
Hardcover
Condition: 
Good
DJ Condition: 
No Jacket
Illustrated: 
Illustrated
Illustrator: 
B&W illustrations
ISBN / Basin: 
B000880J9Q

Hardcover with leather spine. Wear at spine ends and corners.  Light interior soil and tanning.  Sturdy, legible and complete.

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Memoir of Sarah B. Judson, Member of the American Mission to Burmah

$30.00
Author: 
Forester, Fanny (Sarah B. Judson)
Book Info
Published Date: 
1848
Edition: 
1st Edition
Binding: 
Hardcover
Condition: 
Fair
DJ Condition: 
No Jacket
Illustrated: 
Illustrated
Illustrator: 
frontispiece
ISBN / Basin: 
B003VHU856

Attractive middle 19th century publication. Hardcover. Bound in brown cloth with gilt stamped lettering and decoration on front cover and spine.  Spine slant.  Binding a bit delicate. Exterior wear heavier at corners and spine ends.  Light to moderate foxing and soil.  Memoir, more than 150 years old, of a woman traveler and adventurer, and the adversities she and her family faced far from home.

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Polly Sees the World at War

$25.00
Author: 
Whitehill, Dorothy
Book Info
Published Date: 
1918
Binding: 
Hardcover
Condition: 
Good+
DJ Condition: 
No Jacket
Illustrated: 
Illustrated
Illustrator: 
Charles L. Wrenn
ISBN / Basin: 
B000M0OH8Y

Fourth in a series of books about Polly Pendleton.  This copy is sturdy, legible, and complete.  It shows light soil to its text.  Its spine is sunned. Its front cover is bowed.  Good to good plus condition over all.  Illustrated with four b/w full page plates.

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KNIFE ALBUM

$39.95
Author: 
Mayes, Colonel Robert
Book Info
Published Date: 
1975
Edition: 
Third Printing
Binding: 
Hardcover
Condition: 
Very Good
DJ Condition: 
No Jacket
Illustrated: 
Not Illustrated
ISBN / Basin: 
B00117CYOG

Photos. Interior clean and bright. Photos and drawings. Light cover and edgewear. A few brown spots to closed edges and rear cover.  Looks a bit like shoe polish.

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The Case of the Waltzing Mouse, A Brains Benton Mystery

$5.95
Author: 
Wyatt, George
Book Info
Published Date: 
1961
Binding: 
Hardcover
Condition: 
Very Good
DJ Condition: 
No Jacket
Illustrated: 
Illustrated
Illustrator: 
Al Schmidt
ISBN / Basin: 
B0007F64TY

Pages tanned with age but generally clean. Sturdy binding.  

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Legacy in Lace

$12.50
Author: 
Birnbaum, Leon
Book Info
Published Date: 
1968
Binding: 
Hardcover
Condition: 
Good+
DJ Condition: 
Good+
Illustrated: 
Illustrated
Illustrator: 
B&W photographs
Signed: 
by author
ISBN / Basin: 
B0006BUNHS

Covers clean. Binding sturdy. Light tanning to text pages. Original jacket present and complete with light soil and short tears. Signed and dated by author.

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