Washington DC: United States Postal Service, 1992. First Edition. Softcover. 18pp; illustrated throughout in color. Bound in white, stiff wrappers, 8.5" x 7.25" Shows 63 different US postage stamps featuring women, with biographical sketches. [OCLC cites only the USPS Library holding of this title.]. More
Los Angeles: Aaron Blake, 1986. First Edition. Full-color, pictorial map, folded as issued, opens to 16" x 25.5". Housed in pictorial card covers. This colorful map designates 150 locations used in Steinbeck novels. More
New Orleans: s.n., circa 1940s. Original documents. Eight (8) divided-back postcards (3.5" x 5.5") with Sarrazin's pen-and-ink views on the rectos and descriptive captions on the versos. Unused, in the original illustrated envelope. The New Orleans views are: Patio Royal, Pirates Alley, Claiborne Courtyard, Little Theatre Courtyard, "Lacy Balcony," Spanish..... More
1901-1907. Original postcards. Undivided backs, unused, burnished albumen prints. Views of the Waywide Inn are: The Old Kitchen; The Parlor; The Washington Room; Lower Hall; Old Fashioned Garden. 3.5" x 5.5" More
Washington DC: U.S. House of Representatives, 1938. Original document. Accomplished and signed by Smith. Dated May 19, 1938. Addressed to Hon. A.W. Hall, Bureau of Engraving. "Any courtesy you may extend to Mr. A.C. Heald and party will be appreciated [signed] Clyde H. Smith, M.C., Maine." Clyde Harold Smith (1876-1940)..... More
Princeton: Princeton University, 2001. First Edition. Softcover. (16)pp, accordion-fold card stock; 4-page essay by Andrea Immel, 12 illustrations, most in color. Pictorial self-wrappers, 6.5" x 4.75" More
(Princeton): Cotsen Family Library, 2002. First Edition in English. Softcover. (24)pp, accordion-fold broadsheet; six illustrations fro photographs. Captions under the photos are in German, translated into English on facing versos. Incluces a one-page essay by Mus White, a note on albumen prints, and suggestions for further reading. Self-wrappers, printed on..... More
New York: Blue Note Records, circa 1951. First Edition. Softcover. 4pp, printed in blue on white stock. Lists the personnel, each with a biographical sketch: George Lewis, clarinet; Kid Howard, trumpet; Jim Robinson, trombone; Lawrence Marrero, banjo; Edgar Mosley, drums; Chester Zardis, bass; Jim Little, tuba. A two-page essay by..... More
New York: Commodore Records, 1941-1944. First Editions. Softcover. (1) broadsheet printed in purple on white, folded to 10 pages. One page is devoted to an essay on jazz collectors and the United Hot Clubs of America. Listed are U.H.C.A. red and blue labels, including King Oliver, Louis Armstrong. Bessie Smith..... More
Detroit: Cornell Studios, circa 1915. Original document. Unused card. Shows a man in a chauffeur's cap, holding the end of an air-horn, and a woman in a very large hat, both facing the camera from a studio-prop automobile. Imprint of Cornell Studios on verso. Approx 3.25" x 5.5"... More
New York: Czechoslovakia Government Information Service, 1944. First Edition. Softcover. (16)pp text; two illustrations on coated stock. Bound in pictorial stiff wrappers, 8.25" x 5.25" Designed by Rudolph Ruzicka. Printed by Supreme Printing Service, New York. More
New York: Cooper Union, 1951. First Edition. Softcover. (16)pp; three woodcuts, two examples of type design. Exhibition notes by Paul Standard. Bound in printed self-wrappers, 5.5" x 8.25" More
Miles City, Montana: Foster Photo Co., 1920. Original document. The photograph is captioned, "At A Boy Mose." On the verso is a handwritten message to a Pennsylvania woman: "...This is a sample of the real rough west as it is in reality never the less it is the life /..... More
Denver: City Ticket Office, 1924. Original document. Softcover. 4pp, printed black on pink stock. Contains time tables for Denver, Idaho Springs, Georgetown and Silver Plume as well as Forks Creek, Black Hawk and Central City. Lists round-trip summer fares from Denver. 6" x 3.25" More
Pulaski, Virginia: Norfolk & Western RR Co, 1891. Original documents. Five (5) printed documents, accomplished by hand, signed by the purchasing agent. Goods include: 1 Parlor Suite, 2 Divans, 1 Eng. Oak Rocker, 1 Doz. Individual Whiskey Bottles, 12 Doz. Plates, 12 Doz. Decanters, 8 Celery Glasses, &c. Brass fastener..... More
New York: Owl Club of the New York Herald, 1912. First Edition. Softcover. 8pp, large folio; illustrated from photogaphs and cartoons. The front page mentions a "Martinique Disaster," alluding to an inside story on the Herald Owls 11th Annual Dinner at the Hotel Martinique in New York. Humorous comments and..... More
New York: Samuel French, circa 1855. Early edition. Softcover. 19pp. Bound in printed yellow wrappers, 7.5" x 4.5". Lower corner of cover chipped away. [Kurutz, California Gold Rush, 160: "The California Gold Rush provided the inspiration for this dramatic presentation. Scene two depicts English, Spanish, Americans, Indians, Mexicans, and African-Americans..... More
circa 1890s. Original photograph. The boy is dressed in a frilly white shirt, large bow tie, short pants, long stockings, and leather high-button shoes, his right hand resting on a stool. Oval photograph (3.5" x 2.5") is mounted on heavy card stock (6.75" x 4.75"), printed "Anderson, Necedah, Wis." Written..... More
New York: Charles Scribner & Co., circa 1865. Original document. Softcover. 4pp, printed black on yellow stock. Includes details and prices of each item. 5" x 3" More
Paris: Paris Art Editions, 1925. First Edition. Three items. An 8-page illustrated catalog (6.25" x 4.75"), offering: Music-Hall Albums (The Review of the Folies Bergere and Souvenirs of the Paris Music-Halls); Monthly Albums La Beaute [barenaked ladies]; Mythological Albums; The Ball of the Moulin-Rouge Album. Subscription form, printed on tissue..... More
San Francisco: Bonhams, 2012. First Edition. Softcover. Quarto, pp: 74, (6); describes 271 lots, illustrated throughout. Bound in color-pictorial. stiff wrappers, 10.5" x 8.25" The sale featured modern fiction, manuscripts, broadsides, ephemera, Carl Sandburg's guitar, &c. More
Brooklyn, New York: Golden Age Publ Co, 1937. First Edition. Softcover. (32)pp; 3 political cartoons in the text. Printed on pulp stock; slight wear to lower part of spine. 8" x 11". Contents of this issue include: Less Demand for Human Labor; Unsavory Odors from Chicago; New Hosiery Mills in..... More
New York: Madison Square Theatre Print, 1881. First Edition. Printed in green ink on card stock, folded to form six (6"x3.5") panels. Designed by William H. Day. One panel contains a Frank Fowler drawing of Mrs. Burnett, and another shows Miss Annie Russell in costume as Esmeralda. Lists the Cast..... More
1828. Original manuscripts. Seven ALsS, quarto, written in sepia ink on rag paper, integral address leaves. Brief descriptions follow. February 1, 1828: Recommends that Billings send their whale oil to Boston at 75 cents a barrel because the market is full. Sperm candles should do well because they are scarce;..... More
1930s. Original album. Hardcover. The 170 clippings are mounted to 74 pages (37 leaves) in a folio ledger. Another 310 pages of this ledger contain handwritten entries, recording the purchase of various car parts by a variety of New Jersey automotive garages in the early 1930s. Bound in half-morocco &..... More