[Trade Catalogue] 1899 Heywood Brothers and Wakefield Company Makers of "The Heywood" Children's Carriages, Sleeping Coaches and Go-Carts
Softbound. Card covers. Cloth spine. Good. Folio, 30 by 23 cm. 128, [2] pp. One unpaginated sheet in center. Virtually every page is illustrated, most with a large illustration of a wheeled carriage. A few pages near the end have multiple illustrations of parasols, which were attached to the carriages, and one page has two illustrations of runners, to be used in winter. There is a price list given at the front and on the final leaf. The... Read More
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Japanese Color Plate Propaganda Album
1935. Cloth on boards. String tie. Good. Bright, vivid and fantastical illustrations from Japanese folklore, Samurai legend, martial and equine traditions, and other patriotic-tinged stories. Showa 10, or 1935. Oblong, 18 by 38 cm. 60 color plates, with text captions generally in a narrow column on one side. The imagery jumps off the page, with not a few of the illustrations having the illusion of real dimensionality. The color adds to the electricity of the scenes depicted. A... Read More
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![[Trade Catalogue] Coutellerie de Table et de Luxe de Chatellerault](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/961/510/939510961.0.l.jpg)
[Trade Catalogue] Coutellerie de Table et de Luxe de Chatellerault
Domine par Naintré (Vienne): Etablissements Georges Pagé. Wraps. Very Good. N.d., circa 1930. 4to. 28 by 21. 12 plates showing table knives, a few forks and serving knives. Seven of the plates have color. Wraps have raised lettering, and a lined texture. Wraps with edge chipping and wear. Otherwise, clean and lovely.
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Collection of Five Trade Cards Featuring Baseball Caricatures
Circa 1880s, these five cards were all promotions, or ads, for The New Carlton Dining Room in Boston. The cards depict a fat klutz contending with various elements of the National Pastime. We see this man knocked off his feet by catching a ball, stiffly awaiting a pitch while at bat, as a catcher, striking out and lolling after apparently hitting a home run. The captions are"Bravo! The Pet of the Nine", "Something must be done! Put it there!",... Read More
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Friendship Album of Jana Vasatova, containing four pages with color illustrations or decoration
London, 1951. Cloth. Very Good. 8vo. 19 by 16.5. Unpaginated. with only eight pages having content out of 50 leaves, but three of the color illustrations are delightful. One is of a brightly colored dog descending through the air with a parachute, the second, of a dog laden with all kinds of sporting equipment, and the third is an RAF winged emblem, or an adaptation of such. Since some of the textual entries are in Czech, in addition... Read More
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Modernist Wallpaper Designs
1930. NA. Very Good. 53 wallpaper samples representing eleven, or arguably a dozen, different patterns, all striking, and all Modernist, and Art Deco-ish, in their sensibility. Patterns are geometric -- lines, circles, parallelograms, etc. -- or abstracted foliage and other floral elements, or vaguely suggestive of marine life. While there is no date, nor even evidence of the wallpaper company for whom these were done, we are of the conviction these date probably to the 1930s, although they... Read More
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Fairy Tales
Chicago: N.K. Fairbank Company. First Edition presumed. Wraps. Very Good. N.d., circa 1900. 8vo. 17.5 by 10.5 cm. Unpaginated, 24 pp. plus wraps. With 12 chromolithographic plates, in addition to other duotone illustrations, often underlaying the text. Adaptations of a few well-known Mother Goose nursery rhymes, but most of the doggeril is original verse, with pleasantly, and none to subtly, promotes the company's product. The fairy motif runs throughout both in the verse and the illustrations.
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Album of Ten Chinese Botanical Gouache Paintings on Pith Paper
Hardcover. Paper pastedown on boards. Very Good. Spectacular groupings of flowers, all brightly colored and finely shaded. N.d., early 19th Century. Oblong, 24 by 33 cm. Each of the paintings is framed with blue paper strips, as typical. Condition: as inevitable with the brittle, fragile pith paper, some tears, holes and stains; in our judgment and experience, lighter by the norm, or put another way, not disconcerting ever. The album binding itself has abrasions and wear, but again,... Read More
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![The Coronation Decorations & Souvenirs at Harrods. Public Decoratioins. Illuminations Pavilions and Marquees Erected -- Artistic Decorations of Every Description. Armorial Shields -- Rich Draperies -- Banners -- Mottos --Heraldic Trophies -- Flags -- Pennants -- Floral Displays -- Decorative Illuminations for Buildings, Parks and Gardens -- Electric, Gas, Candle Lighting and Transparencies. Temporary Ball Rooms Complete with every requisite. Coronation Souvenirs -- Medals and Novelties of every kind. [Together with] A folded sheet, four page promotion of coronation products](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/680/588/1630588680.0.l.jpg)
The Coronation Decorations & Souvenirs at Harrods. Public Decoratioins. Illuminations Pavilions and Marquees Erected -- Artistic Decorations of Every Description. Armorial Shields -- Rich Draperies -- Banners -- Mottos --Heraldic Trophies -- Flags -- Pennants -- Floral Displays -- Decorative Illuminations for Buildings, Parks and Gardens -- Electric, Gas, Candle Lighting and Transparencies. Temporary Ball Rooms Complete with every requisite. Coronation Souvenirs -- Medals and Novelties of every kind. [Together with] A folded sheet, four page promotion of coronation products
London: Harrods, Ltd, 1911. First Edition. Wraps. Two staples. Very Good. All the tchotschkes one sees at antique stores relating to the Royal Family and then some, all sold by the legendary department store in connection with the coronation of George V and Queen Mary. Categories listed on the first page (page 3) are Public Decorations, Illuminations, Pavilions and Marquees Erected, Artistic Decorations of Every Description, Armorial Shields, Rich Draperies, Banners, Mottos, Heraldic Trophies, Flags, Pennants, Floral Displays,... Read More
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Souvenir Du Lac Des Quatre Cantons
Lucerne and Interlaken: Prell & Eberle Editeurs. Hardcover. Very Good. Oblong 8 by 5.5 Inches. Also entitled "Album vom Vierwaldstaettersee". Circa 1900. 24 colorized postcard-like photos of Lucerne, Weggie, Vitznau, Schnurtobelbrucke, Rigi, Pilatus, Beckenried, Gersau, Treib, Brunnen und die beiden Mythen, Rutli, Axenstrasse, Fluelen, Burgerstock Stanserhorn, Engelberg, and Alpnach-Stad. Plus pretty lake view on cover with Art Nouveau gilt frame ornamentation.
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![[Movie Poster] Carl Laemmle Presents "A Lady Surrenders" With Conrad Nagel, Genevieve Tobin, Basil Rathbone, Rose Hobart . . .](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/877/696/1697696877.0.l.jpg)
[Movie Poster] Carl Laemmle Presents "A Lady Surrenders" With Conrad Nagel, Genevieve Tobin, Basil Rathbone, Rose Hobart . . .
New York or Hollywood: Universal Pictures Corporation, 1930. First Edition. Framed. Near Fine. 54 by 32.5 cm is visible. With frame and matting, 64 by 42 cm. The poster is customized for the Capitol Vodvil Theatre, a Thursday through Saturday showing. Capitol was a fairly common name for a theater, and we could find no theater with Vodvil in its name, obviously a substitute for a full spelling of Vaudeville. Many movie theaters had formerly been Vaudeville palaces,... Read More
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Kengtung Occasions (Two Volumes)
Burma (Kengtung, Shan State, presumed), 1908. Quarter Morocco, Cloth Boards. Very Good. Oblong 8vo. 18 by 25.5 cm. 60 original watercolors, with 30 in each album. With Shan captions, presumably translated into English which is presented on pastedown sheet on front inside cover. The drawings in both albums were drawn by a Hkon artist of Kengtung according to labels on the front of both. The album creator might have been a man named Richard Phillimore, or something close... Read More
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Der Weidmann. Blatter Fur Jager Und Jagdfreunde: Erste Illustrirte Deutsche Jagdzeitung . .
Blasewitz-Dresden: Verlag Von Paul Wolff, 1889. First Edition. Half Calf. Very Good. Elephant Folio. 456 + 114 pp., binding together 12 monthly issues of hunting/shooting/fishing/ sporting magazine of late nineteenth century. With index. Besides articles, rich in ads for hunting and outdoor gear. Spine starting, and joint rubbed. Otherwise, tight, clean, toned.
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![[Trade Catalogue] 1894 Ames & Company. Manufacturers of Woven Wire Mattresses, Folding Beds, Spring Beds and Cots. Corner Blackhawk St. & Cherry Ave. Chicago](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/415/956/1031956415.0.m.jpg)
[Trade Catalogue] 1894 Ames & Company. Manufacturers of Woven Wire Mattresses, Folding Beds, Spring Beds and Cots. Corner Blackhawk St. & Cherry Ave. Chicago
Chicago, 1893. Wraps. Good. 8vo. 23 by 15 cm. 48 pp., wraps. Profusely illustrated, with mostly engravings, some photographs, many showing folding beds, better known now as Murphy beds, with the beds when vertical looking like armoires, mantels or chests. On rear cover is a depiction of the company's factory in Chicago, inside rear cover, of its factory for wire mattresses in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and last page of the catalogue shows the single non-bedding-related item on offer --... Read More
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![[Faux Books] Three Near Miniature Petrified Wood Stone Books](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/783/073/1325073783.0.m.jpg)
[Faux Books] Three Near Miniature Petrified Wood Stone Books
N.d., circa 1900. Each measuring 6.5 by 5 cm. Petrified wood with green, crimson, orange, brown striations. Indentations on spine to suggest bands. Sides dark brown, to simulate appearance of actual books. The three are essentially identical, with differences only because of the quirks of the stone tree rings.
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Lustige Post. Neu Ein Nachschlagewerk. Neu für angehende Postpensionisten
Munich, 1948. Hardcover. Paper pastedown on cover. Very Good. The inefficient efficiency of Deutsche Post -- a whimsical and fun take on postal services and innovations! 4to. 24.5 by 21.5 cm. Unpaginated, 29 leaves, each with original illustrations done with pen and ink and watercolors. The manuscript was created as a tribute or gift for a retiring postal official (the Oberpostinspektor) in Munich, whose name was Karl Scherner. The illustrations are absurdist cartoons that don't require an understanding... Read More
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Boulle Work Obling Book-Shaped Album Box
Vienna, 1830. Calf Spine. Boulle work onfront. Very Good Plus. Magnificent binding with intricate Boulle work, with metal, ivory and mother-of-pearl inlays on the front cover, and the rear dominated by wood inlays, which surround a centerpiece of Boulle work. These components are not just intricately shaped, but there are minute details embellishing them within. The ivory has a generous amount of penwork, a highlight of which are the two heads found adjacent to each of the short... Read More
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Japanese Woodblock Print Medical Handbook
1872. Very Good. Meiji 5, or 1872. 22 by 15 cm. 57 pp, all but one with fine detailed woodblock prints of human anatomy. Light to moderate wear of cover. Sharp impressions within.
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Transvestite High Heel and Other Fashion Wares Catalogue from Fine Craft, Inc., Circa 1970
Hollywood, California: Fine Crafts, Inc, 1970. NA. Near Fine. Move over, Manolo Blahnik! You have nothing on Fine Crafts, Inc.'s 7" Black Patent Opera Pumps or 7" Deliciously cheesy catalogue of Heel Sandals. For those goils who weren't man-enuf for the towering challenge, there were 6 1/4, 5 1/4, 5, and 4 1/2" alternatives, but we would note that the last option were advertised as a close out sale! The heels arms race was killing off the lower... Read More
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![[Trench Art] Ashtray shaped like an upside down officer's cap](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/231/767/1699767231.0.l.jpg)
[Trench Art] Ashtray shaped like an upside down officer's cap
1917. Very Good. True First World War Trench Art, made of salvaged pieces of metal found in the trenches. 9 cm diameter at its base, almost 5 cm tall at the tallest -- from the base to the peak of the visor. With two rounded pieces screwed in at opposite sides to act as a cigarette holder. Cigarettes were precious currency during the war, and soldiers generally smoked to ease the stress and tedium of the battlefield. This... Read More
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Miniature Brass Fragrance Bottle with Mounted Brass Plate with Brand Name Moet & Chandon Epernay
Epernay, France: Moet & Chandon, 1900. Very Good. A stunning miniature objet d'art -- a fragrance bottle made of brass and bearing the label of the famous French brand of champagne, Moet et Chandon, which is based Epernay. We assume this was something that the company used as a promotional novelty, quite possibly a freebie giveaway. We note that while it could function as a salt shaker, we think it would have been dysfunctional as such, at least... Read More
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Whitman Picture Stationery for Children
Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Company, 1920. NA. Very Good. N.d., circa 1920. An envelope housing the stationery. Our set presently has five unused pieces of stationery, each of which is a folded sheet, with a color printed vignette on the top of the first of four pages for the child to write his note. We have only three envelopes though. We do not know how many pieces the set would have had originally. Our guess is a half... Read More
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Epitome Chronicorum Regum Galliae a Pharmundo ad Carolum cius nominis numum
Paris: Gulielmum Le Noir, 1566. First Edition. Quarter Calf. Wood boards. Very Good. Many of the woodcut portraits of French rulers, each slightly more than half of their pages, are beautifully hand-colored, making this an unique copy. The coloring is especially rich in lustrous gold and silver. 12mo. 14.5 by 9 cm. Unpaginated, 160 pages or so. 36, of the 61 portraits, hand-colored. Biographies are short -- some are not even half a page; most are two pages;... Read More
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![[Manuscript] Traité et Abrégé de la Géographie et des Sciences Physiques et Naturelles. Manuscrit XVIIème Siecle](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/510/811/1661811510.0.l.jpg)
[Manuscript] Traité et Abrégé de la Géographie et des Sciences Physiques et Naturelles. Manuscrit XVIIème Siecle
France, 1650. Quarter Calf. Paper pastedown on boards. Very Good. Exquisite 17th Century manuscript, written in a neat and often calligraphic hand, with absolutely stunning original Folk Art mostly watercolored illustrations. N.d., other than we are confident that the manuscript is 17th century, based on the handwriting, an explicit dating, written later, on the title page, the fact that the manuscript is devoid of any reference to gravity and other discoveries made in the latter part of the... Read More
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Cocktail-Themed Toile Fabric
1930. Very Good. An Art Deco toile fabric that captures the glamour of alcohol during Prohibition -- cocktail shaker, martini glasses, snazzily and elegantly dressed people, a door with a sign saying "Private House" -- this an explicit nod to Prohibition, we believe -- a background repeat of stars, this evoking the night and all its frolic and forbidden pleasures, a flying stairway -- is that a reference to a speakeasy, or a "stairway to Heaven", or both?... Read More
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