Important Historical Architectural Photo Album in Deluxe Presentation Binding) Costruzione Del Ponte Monumentale "Umberto I" in Torino
Torino (Turin, Italy) 1903-1907: Impresa Allegri & Co., 1907. Book. Very Good Minus. Leather. Oblong Folio. Collection of 29 original photographs, ( two - 8 3/4" x 6" and 27- 6 1/4" x 4 1/2") applied on 15 thick card leaves, titles written in white ink directly under photos, one blank leaf each front and back. The photographs detailing the construction of the Umberto I Bridge over the Po River at Turin, 1903-1907 ( the bridge was completed with the... Read More
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An Extraordinarily Large Collection of Nearly 40,000 Wine and Spirits Labels from 49 Countries Around the World
Various Places: Various Ephemera. Fine. Unbound. Various. A remarkable collection amassed by a single collector from the 1940s-1970s whose original inventory sheet (included) lists 39,744 labels from 49 countries spanning the globe. The countries with the highest counts include Belgium, 8000+, France, 5100+, Spain, 4400+, and Switzerland, 3500+. The collector sent letters requesting their unused labels to wineries, breweries and distilleries. Consequently, almost all are unused and most are stored in the original contemporary return envelopes, with a count... Read More
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A SAMMELBAND OF 68 BRITISH PEERESS MANUSCRIPT LETTERS TO HARDING & COMPANY, LONDON, 1843-1859
London, 1843. Book. Very Good. Paper Covered Boards. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Very Good, bound in Stitched paper covered boards, lacking the spine, a fragment of spine laid in with partial title -"ASHBY HAR(DING) LETTER OF PEERESS". A fascinating collection of letters mostly requesting various goods and items to be sent -"The Ladies Cornwallis will be glad to see the person who made their cloaks on Thursday morning at ten o'clock ", "lady Blount wishes... Read More
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Les Tres Riches Heures du Duc de Berry : Promotional Poster
New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1988. Poster. Fine. Poster. First Printing. 15 5/8"w x 23 5/8"h. Publisher's promotional poster, 15 5/8"w x 23 5/8"h, featuring an illuminated leaf from " The first complete and exact facsimile edition of the most famous and splendid Illuminated Manuscript in the world". Fine as issued, printed in Switzerland. Well suited for framing, will be shipped loosely rolled in mailing tube..
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DC Comics Role Playing Game "Be Part of the Legend": Promotional Poster
DC Comics, 1985. Poster. Fine. Poster. First Printing. 17" w x 22" h. SCARCE publisher's promotional poster, 17" w x 22 " h. Fine, as issued. Well suited for framing, will be shipped loosely rolled in mailing tube..
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(Real Photo postcard) Osage Native American Ceremony, Hominy, Okla. 1941
Oklahoma: No Publisher, 1941. Postcard. Near Fine. Postcard. 3 1/2 x 5 1/2". Real photo postcard mailed Nov. 12, 1941 to Mr. Vernon Popkins, Halstead, Kans. from his sister. Features Osage Indian ceremony at Hominy, Okla. Part of the message reads "Well this is the way they dance down here. Had a big Pow Wow this fall ..."..
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TLS from Head of B.S.A. Motor Bicycles and Programs for Funftes and 6. Hainberg Rennen,, 1927-1928
Gottingen, Germany: Gottinger Automobil - Club, 1927. Typewritten. Near Fine. Stapled Wrappers. TYPED LETTER SIGNED. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. RARE TLS from Ernst H. Diepholz, Generalvertreter fur Deutschland, B.S.A Motor Bicycles, under his company letterhead, dated 24th Nov., 1927, to British motorcycle racer R.E. Atkinson. Herr Diepholz begins the letter by congratulating Atkinson on his win at that year's Hainberg Rennen ( Atkinson was the winner of the Class B 350ccm race). He then goes... Read More
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Chronicles of the Seasons or, The Progress of the Year; Being a Course of Daily Instruction and Amusement, Selected from the Popular Details of the Natural History, Science, Art, Antiquities, and Biography of Our Father Land, in Four Books.
London: John W. Parker, 1844. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. RARE, Worldcat shows 12 institutional holdings worldwide. Four volumes bound in contemporary half vellum over marbled boards, matching marbled end papers and edges, backs with black morocco labels lettered in gilt. Near Fine, scattered light toning at end pages, top edges of page block darkened, gift inscriptions dated 1847 in two volumes. viii, 336, 320, 360, 392 pp., with numerous illustrations..
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Proverbes et Dictons Populaires, avec les Dits du mercier et des marchands et les Crieries de Paris aux XIIIe et XIVe siècles, publiés d'après les manuscrits de la bibliothèque du Roi
Paris: Crapelet, 1831. Book. Very Good Minus. Morocco. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. SCARCE. In full contemporary red morocco, signed "Lebrun Relieur", the back covered with repeating gilt decoration, the covers with triple gilt rule outer border and triple gilt rule inner border around gilt tooled floral band and with gilt decorations at corners, all edges gilt, marbled end papers, a lovely example of early 19th century fine French binding. Very Good mInus, old dampstain... Read More
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Selections from the French Anas: Containing Remarks of Eminent Scholars on Men and Books. Together with Anecdotes and Apophthegms of Illustrious Persons. Interspersed with Pieces of Poetry. In Two Volumes
Oxford: Sold by J. Cooke; and by Messrs. Robinsons; Messrs. Rivingtons; Mesrs. Cadell and Davies; and R. Faulder, 1797. Book. Very Good Plus. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. RARE. Vol. I: vii, [1], 255, [13] pages. Vol. II: 263, [11] pages. Two volumes bound in contemporary half calf over marbled boards, black morocco labels with gilt lettering and small gilt leaf decorations back, marbled end papers and edges. Very Good Plus, light rubbing at... Read More
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History of the First Company Governor's Foot Guard, Hartford, Connecticut, 1771-1901
Hartford, CT: Hartford Press/ The Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co., 1902. Book. Very Good. Pictorial Printed Wrappers. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. RARE, the 1902 First Edition, 208 pages, with "Compliments Major Louis R. Cheney Commanding Governor's First Company Foot Guard" slip tipped in at font end page. Very Good, faint damp stain and soiling front wrapper, small chips and short tears at spine ends, bottom half of page 41/42 has been neatly removed. A Commander's... Read More
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Revenue Laws of the State of Arkansas, Passed by the General Assembly of 1883
[Place of publication not identified]: [publisher not identified],, 1883. Book. Good. Sheepskin. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 95 pages, bound in contemporary sheep, Good, the leather at spine mostly deteriorated yet binding still holding nicely. The name R. W. Worthen gilt stamped front cover, stamped at title page and rear end page "R. W. Worthen County & Probate Clerk Pulaski County Little Rock Arkansas" . With presumably his marginal and end paper notations, mostly in... Read More
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Quinzaine de Pasque, Notee, a l'Usage de Paris.
Paris: Jean Desaint, 1739. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. [2], xvj, 542, [3] pages. Printer's address p. 541 (transl. from the French) "From the Printing Office of Jean-Baptiste Christophe Ballard, Sole Printer to the King for Music, & Notator of His Majesty's Chapel". Only the title page and the chapter headings are in French, the rest is in Latin. Printed notated music. Bound in contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards, marbled end... Read More
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Playboy's Choice Playboy Book Club - 26 Issues Spring 1972 through June 1975
Lemoyne, PA: Playboy Book Club, 1972. Magazine. Near Fine. Printed Wrappers. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Twenty six issues, including 11 for 1972, 7 for 1973, 2 for 1974, and 6 for 1975. All are Fine to Near Fine, all but 2 issues with ink notations front wrapper with ink notations of either "Accepted" or "Rejected" followed by the date sent. Typically 16 pages in stapled wrappers, some with return post card. Hugh Heffner's Playboy empire... Read More
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Four Large Mid-Century Partially-Nude Male Physique "Beefcake" Photograph Prints of a Series of Model Mike Mangione Taken by Montreal-Based Male Physique Photographer Alan B. Stone
Photographic Image. Very Good. No Binding. Alan B. Stone was a pioneer of beefcake photography, along with names like Bruce Bellas (Bruce of LA) and Bob Mizer. These photographers provided visual representation for hidden gay desire in a time before the first wave of gay liberation by highlighting the nude physique of male models and athletes. In 1953, Stone began running an international mail-order business, Mike Studio One, for his erotic photographs from his basement in Montreal. There was a... Read More
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The Plymouth County directory, and Historical Register of the Old Colony, containing an historical sketch of the county, and of each town in the county :
Middleboro, Mass.: S. B. Pratt & Co. (Stillman Baxter),; publisher and printer, 1867. Book. Very Good Minus. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Very Good MInus, in original printed paper covered boards, old tape mend covering cloth spine, boards well rubbed, front hinge open yet holding nicely, lacking first advertisement front end page and p. 89-90 rear advertisement end page, stains to pp. 65-71. 8vo, pp. 160, 148, 92. Map and 2 Plates. Advertising... Read More
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BOWEN'S Automobile and Sportsmen's Guide for Indiana
Indianapolis: B. F. Bowen & Co., 1917. Book. Very Good. Flexible Leather. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. "Containing, Separate Maps of Each County, Showing Section, Township and Range Lines, Steam and Electric Lines and All Public Highways. Improved Roads Shown in Color. Also Population of Counties, Townships, Incorporated Cities and Towns and Table of Distances." Bound in original limp leather, Near Fine, hinge opened between title page and Foreword, stamped at front end page "For Sale... Read More
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Charming Archive of Show Bulldogs Circa 1937 from The Detroit Bulldog Club, Inc. with Eleven Photographs and Two Original Pencil Drawings with Signatures
Detroit, Michigan : The Detroit Bulldog Club, Inc. , 1937. Photographic Image. Near Fine. Soft cover. Archive of materials relating to The Detroit Bulldog Club, Inc. including 2 catalogues with annotations in pen, 11 original bulldog photographs in black and white ranging in size from 4 ¾'' x 6 ¾'' to 12 ½'' x 10 ¾'', and 2 detailed original bulldog pencil drawings with signatures. The Detroit Bulldog Club, Inc. was founded in 1920 and incorporated in 1928 as a... Read More
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Joint Investigation Conducted at Odin, Illinois, September 15, 1941, Concerning Accident Involving Illinois Central Passenger Train No. 5 and B & O Freight Train No. 2D, at Odin, Illinois, September 11, 1941
Odin, Ill.: Illinois Central Railroad Company and B & O Railroad Co. , 1941. Typewritten. Very Good. No Binding. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Joint Investigation Statements Regarding a Significant Collision Between a Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Freight Train and an Illinois Central Passenger Train that Occurred on September 11, 1941. This accident resulted in the death of a train-service employee and several injuries. Thus, an investigation was conducted by the Interstate Commerce Commission in Odin, Illinois... Read More
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A Collection of 400+ Pieces of Original Railroad Correspondence and Ephemera, Spanning Four Decades between 1919 and 1959, in Both Text and Manuscript, Relating to the Business of Former Erie Railway Company Mechanical Engineer George W. Armstrong and Other Erie Railway Mechanical Engineers
Various: Various, 1919. Manuscript. Very Good. No Binding. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. George W. Armstrong was a railway mechanical engineer who spent a number of years working for the Erie Railroad Company prior to 1919, and with the Bethlehem Steel Company during the period of this collection. Part of Armstrong's work as an engineer led to at least two articles for the Railway Mechanical Engineer journal (currently known as Railway Age), in which he discusses centralized... Read More
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Six 5" x 7" Mid-Century B&W Editorial Nude Male Physique Photograph Prints from the "Beefcake" Era of Photography
Photographic Image. Very Good. No Binding. Collection of six photograph prints of an unknown male model in a series of editorial and classical ballet poses taken by an unknown photographer. Likely taken during the 1950s-70s beefcake era, which is characterized by a rise in published male nude photographs, which exist today as an early visualization of suppressed homoerotic desire. For many of these mid-century male physique photographers, a way of loopholing pornography allegations was to use specific poses... Read More
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Four Large Original Mid-Century Silver Gelatin Studio-Quality Editorial Photographs of a Faceless Nude Male Model
Photographic Image. Very Good. No Binding. Collection of four tastefully executed 7 ¾" x 9 ¾" silver gelatin photographs of an editorially posed torso to mid-thigh of an unknown male model taken by an unknown professional photographer. These were likely taken during the beefcake photography era of the mid-20th-century, which is characterized as a rise in published homoerotic images of male models and bodybuilders, in part to feature the artistry of the human male form, which is displayed here in... Read More
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Unique Photograph Album of Art Objects in the Touring Exhibition of Thai Arts in the United States of America
Thailand, 1960. Book. Near Fine. No Binding. 12 1/2" h x 16 1/2" W. Original dark green oblong cloth photograph album, 12 1/2" h x 16 1/2" W, tied with green laces, cover title "Photographs" in gilt and gilt embossed mandala center of front cover, internal title "Art Objects in the Touring Exhibition of Thai Arts in the United States of America". No date, no place, circa 1960. Contains 313 2 1/2" x 3 1/2"... Read More
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Fayette County, Pennsylvania Taxpayers, 1785-1799
Miami Beach, FL: T L. C. Genealogy, 1991. Book. Near Fine. Spiral Binding. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. SCARCE. Near Fine, slight toning bottom edge. 175 pp. Excellent genealogy source material..
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Standard Classic Atlas for Schools and Colleges with an Alphabetical Index Giving the Latitudes and Longitudes of Nearly 10,000 Places
New York and Chicago: Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor & Company, 1885. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. RARE, Worldcat lists only one institutional holding . Contains 22 two-page maps of ancient countries and empires plus 30 pp. Index with latitudes and longitudes of nearly 10,000 places. Near Fine, small number in ink top corner front paste down, light rubbing to cloth at tips. Maps include Orbis Veteribus Notus, Romanum Imperium, Hispania, Gallia, Asia... Read More
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