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The Finger Lakes Book Project is a curated list of titles published about the history, culture, community, of the Finger Lakes Region of Central New York. Originally compiled by Joe Wetmore. Maintained by The History Center in Tompkins County
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TitleAuthorPublishing CompanyOriginal Publication DateDescriptionNotesThe History Center Archives
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"All you have to do is just stand on your portch and holler...": the life stories of three women neighbors on Ithaca's South HillRaleigh, Sarah1996126 pp., illus.
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"Black Jacob," A Monument of Grace. The Life of Jacob Hodges, an African Negro, Who Died in Canandaigua, NY, Feb. 1842Eddy, A.184294 pp.
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"Excelsior" Geneseo 1848-1878Ward, F.24 pp., softcover
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"Grip’s" Historical Souvenir of Clyde, New YorkWelch, Edgar LuderneSyracuse Herald190568 pp.
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"Grip’s" Historical Souvenir of Cortland County, New YorkStandard Pr.1899234 pp.
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"Grip’s" Historical Souvenir of Groton, New YorkGrip189958 pp.1
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"Grip’s" Historical Souvenir of Lyons, New York1904108pp.
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"Grip’s" Historical Souvenir of Marathon, New York190187 pp.
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"Grip’s" Historical Souvenir of Seneca Falls, New YorkSyracuse Herald1904144 pp.
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"Grip’s" Historical Souvenir of Waterloo, New YorkSyracuse Herald1903104 pp.
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"Grip’s" Historical Souvenir of Wolcott, New York190584 pp.
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“The Best Ever!” Memories of Hotel Ezra CornellNichols, Joy Sheridan, with Kimberly Joy Sanders and Allison Jenne MorrisCornell University School of Hotel Administration1990Unpaginated, red cloth covered boards, 5 ¾” x 9”, $151
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"True and Firm." Biography of Ezra Cornell, Founder of the Cornell University, a Final TributeCornell, Alonzo BA. S. Barnes18841
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1000 Boys in BlueWillson, Arabella593 pp., hardcover, ip @ $ 39.95
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100th Anniversary of Cortland County. 1808-1908Whitmore, F.100 pp.
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11th Census, 1890. Indians. The Six Nations of New York, Cayugas, Mohawks, Oneidas, Onondagas, Senecas, Tuscaroras, compiled by Thomas DonaldsonU.S. Census OfficeU.S. Census Printing Office1892
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157th New York Volunteer (Infantry) Regiment 1862-1865 Madison and Cortland Counties, New YorkBracyHeart of the Lakes Publishing1991126 pp., Blue cloth covered boards, 6" x 9", only 20 issued hardbound, $.Gray cardstock cover
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175th Anniversary of the Town of Prattsburgh, New York, Founded April 12, 1813Ameigh, Pat and Ray AmeighPrattsburgh Historical Society1988Unpaginated, Stapled Picture Cover, 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, $8.00
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1786 History of Seneca County, New York. With Illustrations Descriptive of the Scenery, Palatial Residences, Public Buildings, Fine Blocks, and Important ManufacturesEverts & Ensign1876Reprint: Ovid: W. E. Morrison & Co., 1976. 170 pp., brown cloth covered boards, black paper spine, 9 ½” x 12 ½”, $150.00 Index and supplement. Ovid: W.E. Morrison & Co., 1976. 86 pp.
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1808-1908 Centennial History of the Town of NundaHand, H. Wells1908636 pp.Reprint: Interlaken: Heart of the Lakes Publishing, 1993. 750 pp., red brown cloth covered boards, 9 1/4" x 6 1/4"
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1990 BoyntonianBoynton Middle SchoolBoynton Middle School199048p., ill.
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19th-Century Costume
Laver, James and the Victoria and Albert Museum
His Majesty's Stationary Office1947unpag., illus.
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20 Bicycle Tours in the FingerlakesRoth, Mark, and Sally WatersBackcountry Books1987159 pp., glossy cardstock cover, 5 1/2" x 8 1/4", $8.00
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20 Years of Creativity: Progress Report, 1952-1972Gabriel, Ellen W.The Senior Citizens Council of Tompkins County, Inc.1972238 pp., [8] pp. of plates: ill.; 23 cm
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200 Waterfalls in Central and Western New York - A Finder's' Guide FishersFootprint Press2002384 pp. Multicolor cardstock cover, perfect bound, 5 1/2” x 8 1/2” ip @ 19.95
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200 Years of the Town of PhelpsParmelee, John M
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25 Ski Tours in Central New YorkNew Hampshire Publishing Company1980143 pp., Picture cardstock cover, 5 1/2" x 8", $8.00
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25 Ski Tours in Central New YorkNew Hampshire Publishing Company1980143 pp., multi-colored printed card stock cover, perfect bound,, 5 1/2" x 8", $8.00
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25 Walks in the Finger Lakes RegionNew Hampshire Publishing Company1979160 pp., multi-colored printed card stock cover, perfect bound,, 5 1/2" x 8", $8.00
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300 Years of Kitchen CollectiblesFranklin, Linda CampbellBooks Americana1991645p., ill., 28cm.
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40 Years of Progress; A Brief History of the Beacon Milling Company, Cayuga, New YorkRiford, Lloyd SBeacon Milling Co.19601
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50 Years of Eliis Hollow Quilting (Large)Beverly West2016Pamphlet, $20.001
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50 Years of Ellis Hollow Quilting: 1966-2016Beverly West2016Pamphlet, $5.001
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68 Years, 5 Months and 8 DaysBatsford, MyrtleTalent, OR; Famous Poets Press201583p, ills, 21 cm.
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99 pp., 66 cmHill, Deidre Hazel Pauline1994
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A Bibliography of Books and Pamphlets in Ithaca 1820-1850McMurtrie, Douglas CGrosvenor Library193746-103 pp., green stapled cardstock covers, 5 1/4" x 8 3/4", $30.001
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A Biography of Walter Craig KerrAmerican Society of Engineers1927
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A Book of Facts about the City of CanandaiguaClark, Louis M80 pp., softcover ip @ $ 10.00
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A Book of Hand-Woven CoverletsHall, Eliza CalvertC.E. Tuttle1966411 pp., illus., 21 cm.
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A Booming in the Ears as it Echoes Around Ludlowville and Lansing of the Finger Lakes RegionBristol, Alice Adele250 pp., 29 cm.
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A Boy's Will..A Man's WayFendrick, Lewis RVantage Press1978137 pp., blue cloth covered boards, with dust jacket, 4 3/4" x 8 1/4", ip @ $6.50
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A Brief Account of the Catholic Church in AuroraCentennial Committee of St. Patrick's Church1974One mimeographed page
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A Brief Account of the Construction, Management and Discipline of the New York State Prison at Auburn, Together with a Compendium of Criminal Law, Also a Report of the Trial of an Officer of Said Prison for Whipping a ConvictPowers, GershomU. F. Doubleday1826
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A Brief History of Chemung County for the Use of Grade SchoolsTowner, AusburnA.S. Barnes1907103 pp., green cloth covered boards, 5” x 7 ½”, $40
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A Brief History of the Brooktondale Baptist ChurchMartin, Donald196442 pp., yellow cardstock cover, 56 1/2" x 8 3/8", $10.00
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A Brief History of the Town of AuroraHollcroft, Temple RiceW. E. Morrison & Co.1977Green cloth covered boards, 6 1/8” x 9 1/4”, numbered and limited to 100 copies. $150. 6 pp., off white textured cardstock cover, 6 ¼" x 9 ½", $30.00A Brief History of the Town of Aurora. Ovid: W. E. Morrison & Co.: 1977. 76 pp., off white textured cardstock cover, 6 ¼" x 9 ½", $20.00
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A Brief History of the Town of West BloomfieldRigney, Mary191321 pp., softcoverip@ $ 5.00This is a well written history by 7-8th graders attending the Union Free School #6 in 1913
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A Brief Look at LansingCummings, MikeLansing Elementary School19731
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A Celebration of Childhood in America by Sandra Brant and Elissa CullmanBrant, SandraE.P. Dutton1980180 pp., 28 cm.
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A century of missions in the Empire State, as exhibited by the work and growth of the Baptist Missionary Convention of the State of New YorkBrooks, Charles WesleyAmerican Baptist Publication Society1900366 pp.
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A Century of Seneca Falls History, Showing the Rise and Progress of a New York State VillageEisenhart, EdwardThe Author1942
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A Century of Seneca Falls History, Showing the Rise and Progress of a New York State VillageEisenhart, EdwardThe Author1942
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A Century of Unitarian History in Ithaca, 1865-1965Grinnell, Lawrence IFirst Unitarian Society of Ithaca, N.Y.196541 pp., gray cardstock cover, 6 1/4" x 8 3/4", $8.001
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A check list of New York State County Maps publihed 1779-1945Wright, Albert Hazen196587 pp., 28 cm.
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A Child NinetiesHorton, EdithDewitt Historical Society of Tompkins County197130 pp., blue stapled cardstock cover, 6" x 9", $8.00
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A Chronicle of Auburn, New York, 1793-1955The Author 1955152 pp., mimeographed
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A Chronicle of Early Auburn. 1793-18601953softcover, mimeographed
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A close-up of closuresLief, AlfredGlass Container Manufacturers Institute196547 pp., 23 cm.
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A communion of the spirits: African-American quilters, preserveres, and their storiesFreeman, Roland L.Rutledge Hill Press1996396 pp., illus. index
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A complete name index of the Biographical review of Cayuga County, New York, edition of 1894Luther, Leslie LHeart of the Lakes Pub.197761 pgs.1
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A Continuing History of Trumansburg, New York, 1968-1981Lutes, Phyllis52 pp, white cardstock covers, stapled, 6 x 8 3/4”, $25.001
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A Cornell HeritageNY State College of Veterinary Medicine1979green cloth covered boards, ?, $10.001
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A Cornell Heritage: Veterinary Medicine 1868-1908Leonard, Ellis PiersonNew York State College of Veterinary Medicine1979288 pp., red cloth covered boards, 6 ¼” x 9 ½”, $25.001
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A Cornell NotebookHowes, Raymond FVail-Ballou Press, Inc.1971201 pp., Red cloth covered boards, 5 1/2" x 7 3/4", $15.001
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A Directory and Brief History of the Town of WilliamsonAmerican Legion Post 3941928100 pp.
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A Drive-by Tour of the Town of CarolineTown of Caroline Bicentennial CommitteeTown of Caroline Bicentennial Committee1995Unpaginated, xeroxed pages bound with plastic spiral binding, 8 ½” x 11”, $20
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A Farm Girl in the Great DepressionMyer, RuthEmpire State Books1995185 pp., pictorial cardstock cover, perfect bound, 6" x 9", $10.00
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A Field Guide to American HousesMcAlester, Virginia and McAlester, LeeAlfred A. Knopf, Inc.2006525 pp., illus.
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A frontier Trianon; the true story of the Azilium VillageMurray, ElsieTioga Point Museum195523 pp., illus., plans. 24 cm.
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A Gallery of EccentricsBishop, MorrisKinton, Balch1928244 pp., front., ports, 22 cm.
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A Gazetteer of the State of New YorkSpafford, Horatio GatesPackard & Van Benthuysen1824Reprint: Interlaken: Heart of the Lakes Publishers, 1981. 620 pp., green cloth covered boards, 6 1/4" x 9 1/4", ip @ $35.00
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A Gazetteer of the State of New YorkH. C. Southwick1813
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A Gazetteer of the State of New York: Comprising its Topography, Geology, Mineralogical Resources, Civil Divisions, Canals, Railroads and Public Institutions; Together with General Statistics; Also Statistical Tables Including the Census of 1840 and Table of Distances with a New Map of the StateDisturnell, J.C. Van Benthuysen1842
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A Genealogist"s Guide to Discovering Your Female AncestorsCarmack, Sharon DeBartoloBeltway Books1998152p., 28cm
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A Geographic Analysis of CortlandAl-Khayat, H.Thesis Syracuse University1959103 pp., mimeographed
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A Geographical & Historical View of the State of LisleNat Odd1842This humorous work has been attributed to several people: Mr. Cook, R.J. Ketchem, Nehemiah Randall"-Nessler
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A geographical history of the state of New YorkMather, Joseph H.H.H. Hawley1848432 pp., illus., maps., 19 cm.
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A Guide in the Wilderness, or the History of the First Settlements in the Western Counties of New York with Useful Instructions to Future SettlersCooper, WilliamPost Express Printing Co.1897
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A Guide in the Wilderness, or the History of the First Settlements in the Western Counties of New York with Useful Instructions to Future SettlersThe Freeman's Journal1949
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A Guide to Local Historical Materials in the Libraries of South Central New York StateSouth Central Research Library Council1976188 pp., 21 cm.
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A guide to the care and administration of manuscriptsKane, Lucille M.American Association for State and Local History196674 pp., illus., 23 cm.
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A Guide to the Revolutionary War Manuscripts in New York State LibraryBielinski, StefanNew York State American Revolution Bicentenial Commission197697 pp., 28 cm.
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A Half Century at CornellChase, Harry LCornell Daily Sun1930112 pp., red cloth covered boards, stapled, 14 3/4” x 10 1/2” $25.001
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A Half Century in the Life of Clinton, New York 1915-1965Stanley, Edward WClinton Historical Society196676 ppp, white cardstock cover, perfect bound, 8 ½” x 11”, $25.00
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A handbook of popular antiquesMcClinton, Katherine MorrisonBonanza Books1945244 pp., illus., 25 cm.
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A Handbook of the Collections - Herbert F. Johnson Museum of ArtHerbert F. Johnson Museum of Art 2018$45.001
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A handbook on the care of paintings, for historical agencies and small museums.Keck, Caroline KohnAmerican Assoiation for State and Local History1965132 pp., illus., 23 cm.
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A Heritage Uncovered: The Black Experience in Upstate New York, 1800-1925Armstead, Myra B. Young, Field Horn, Gretchen Sullivan Sorin and Cara A. SutherlandChemung Historical Society198840 pp., Stapled pictorial cardstock cover, 8" x 8", ip @ $4.00
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A high-school astronomyMattison, HiramMason Brothers1863240 pp., 19 cm.
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A History of Auburn Theological SeminaryAdams, John QuincyAuburn Seminary Press1918235 pp. Plus several pages of photographs and a 5 page index, dark blue cloth covered boards,, 6 1/2" x 9 1/4", $50.00
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A History of Battery "F", 309th Field Artillery, 153rd Artillery Brigade, 78th Division 1917-19Brennan, Wallace A., et al.The Author1920109 pp., illus.
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A History of Binnewater in the Cement Mining TimesPlatt, Frances MarionWomen's Studio Workshop2003122 pp., cardstock cover, staplebound, 5 1/2 " x 8 1/2", $10
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A History of CornellBishop, MorrisCornell University Press1962651 pp., red cloth covered boards, with dust jacket, 6 3/8" x 9 1/2", ip @ $49.95first issue jacket has "CUP" Logo on spine, later printing jackets spell out "Cornell University Press" on spine. There was a small number of leather-bound, with slipcase, presentation copies made by the University. Inserted into the book is a leaf signed by the University President, the Chairman of the Board of Trustees, and National Chairman Cornell Centennial Campaign.$2001
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A History of Freemasonry in Seneca County, New YorkBrownell, James WMimeographed
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A History of Freemasonry in Waterloo, New York 1817-1942Becker, John ESeneca Lodge no. 1131942
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A History of Hammondsport to 1962Swarthout, L.1971pamphlet
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A History of Kendal at Ithaca 1990 Towards 2000Stanton Laura K120 pp., multi-color cardstock cover, perfect bound, 6” x 8 ½” $10.001