Annual Dinner, Second Panel Sheriff's Jury, Thursday, January 27th, 1898, Delmonico's
by Anonymous
New York: The King Press, 1898. Near fine. First edition; 6 1/2 x 4 1/4; pp. [8]; light-blue cloth over boards, embossed and decorated in gilt and dark-blue; page edges gilt; very minor wear and spotting to cloth; in very good to near fine condition. The Sheriff's Jury of New York, grand name notwithstanding, was primarily an exclusive social club for wealthy Manhattan gentlemen, established in the first half of the 19th century and abolished in the 1970s. The... Read More
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Montgomery Ward Wallpaper Catalog and Sample Book
by Anonymous
Chicago: Montgomery Ward & Co., Inc., 1943. Softcover. First edition; 9 x 7 1/2; pp. [1], 4-84; illustrated wraps; small loss of paper to head of spine; thin cut to bottom edge; lower corner of several of the leaves clipped (as published); very good condition. A wartime edition, with a caveat added that: "Wallpaper Books use valuable dyes, inks and paper stock - the Government has issued a limitation order to conserve these critical materials for war use...This Wallpaper Sample... Read More
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A Manuscript Receipt for Betting at the Horse Races
by Anonymous
S. l. (Oakland Trotting Park, Oakland, CA [?]): By the author, 1893. Very good. Manuscript, n. d. (ca 1893); 7 1/4 x 5 1/2; single sheet, text to recto only; unevenly trimmed with a few nicks and creases; in very good condition. A receipt, beginning with: "Dear Sir, Your play to-day will be:...(five lines enumerating the races and horses' names)." It, then cautions: "Note - only first horse named in each race. Second horse mentioned not to be noticed... Read More
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This Christmas Stocking is Presented to Help EVERY CHILD Start a SAVINGS ACCOUNT, First National Bank, Wood River, Ill.
by Anonymous
S. l.: Luxem Co., 1925. Softcover. First edition, n. d. (ca 1925); red die-cut card, folded to form two illustrated Christmas stockings; approx. 6 x 2; 10 cut slots, the shape and size of a dime to verso; small tear to fold line on verso only, else minor wear; very good to near fine condition.Sent/given to families with children in December, the card was a Christmas greeting, a clever advertisement for the First National Bank of Wood River, Illinois,... Read More
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Doctor Dick
by Anonymous
London and New York : Ernest Nister / E. P. Dutton and Co., 1890. Very good. First edition presumed, n. d. (ca 1890); 6 x 4 3/4; pp. [12]; chromolithographed paper over boards and 1/4 cloth; illustrated with chromolithographed plates, including two-page centerfold, and black and white drawings; no title page, as published; minor wear to tips of spine and corners and a small nick to top edge of back board; in very good to near fine condition. A... Read More
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Tom Thumb
by Anonymous
S. l.: Platt & Munk Co. Inc., 1934. Very good. First edition, n. d. (1934); 8 x 7; pp. [10], including text to wraps verso; pictorial wraps; numerous color and black-and-white illustrations; minor creasing and spotting to wraps; a small, rubbed spot to back wrap; in about very good condition. A beautiful retelling of the classic fairy tale, the pictures in it were vreated by famed British artist and illustrator Eulalie Minfred Banks (1895 – 12 November).
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"The old Woman Who lived in a Shoe" Paper Dolls
by Anonymous
Boston: Forbes Co., 1895. Softcover. Art supplement to The Boston Sunday Globe; single card stock sheet, 9 1/2 x 8; chromolithographed illustrations; a few crease lines to corners; small spot to top margin, not affecting the illustrations; very good condition. Beautiful and, amazingly, never played with, the sheet contains an illustration of a giant shoe, piled with children, and several more figures and accessories around it, including the Old Woman, each with a separate tab. There are also various dotted... Read More
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Pochtovye Marki SSSR. Katalog 1966
by Anonymous
Moscow: Glavnaia Filatelisticheskaia Kontora Soiuzpechati Ministerstva Sviazi SSSR, 1966. Softcover. First edition; 5 x 7 3/4; pp. 40; illustrated wraps; a few small nicks to edges and corners; small spot to extreme lower margin of pages, not affecting text; illustrated with photographs; very good. A catalog of Russian postal stamps for the year 1966. Apparently, according to the preface, the stamps for that year reflected the achievements in building Communism and people's well-being and commemorated the XXIII Congress of the... Read More
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Bourdonis et Mintonis. Pompa funerea et tristis crematio apud Universitatem Californiae, celebratum a classe nonaginta sex Vicensimus octavus Aprilis MDCCCXCIII
by Anonymous
S. l. (Berkeley): S. n., 1893. First Edition. Very good. Leaflet; single sheet, folded, 8 1/2 x 5 1/2; pp. [4]; printed and ruled in black; old, intersecting fold lines; a bit of age-toning and wear to edges; illustrated with a picture of a devil over a coffin and a drawing of a coffin, skull, and bones; in about very good condition. In Dog Latin and English. A long-gone ceremony of UC Berkeley students, the "Burial of Bourdon and... Read More
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May the Peace of Christmas Tide, with You Through the Year Abide [Hand-embelished Christmas Book]
by Anonymous
S. l.: s. n., 1890. Very good. Small Christmas book, set and embelished into a hand-made frame with a stand, n. d. (late 19th century); book - 3 1/2 x 4 1/4, frame - 7 x 7 1/2; book with plain, card stock wraps with laid-on, chromolithographed illustration, pp. [12]; frame constructed out of two types of padded fabric and three kinds of decorative strings in cream, beige, and copper; backed with a stiff, card stock stand to... Read More
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Hand-painted Escutcheon, in Honor of Italian Prime Minister Amintore Fanfani in 1963
by Anonymous
S. l. (Washington, DC [?]): s. n., 1963. First Edition. Very good. Pressed cardboard (1/4") and paint, in the shape of a wedge-top escutcheon; the Emblem of the Italian Republic to recto (although also called Coat of Arms of the Italian Republic, it is indeed an emblem, because it is not designed to conform to the official heraldic rules); manuscript notes in pen and marker to verso; two miniscule punctures through the middle (for hanging); a bit of... Read More
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The Daily News Would Like to Know
by Anonymous
S. l. (San Francisco): The Daily News, 1912. Good. Small broadside, n. d. (beginning of the 20th century); 8 1/2 x 5; off-white stock, printed in black; a bit of light spotting; a small nick to top edge; in about good condition. "The Daily News" - a progressive, four-page "penny paper" - was founded in 1903 by E.W. Scripps. It targeted working-class residents with easy-to-read, short, two-paragraph stories, serving as an alternative to larger, more conservative papers. The current... Read More
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WWI Victory Button Proofs
by Anonymous
S. l.: By the author, 1918. Near fine. Artist proof, n. d. (1918); 3 1/4 x 5; glossy, off-white stock with six identical, circular button designs in 2 rows by 3; minor wear - near fine condition. A wonderful design by an anonymous artist, the button depicted the intertwined flags of the war's victors, with "VICTORY" printed below.
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"Chow." The Salvation Army with the A. E. F.
by Anonymous
Paris: Imp. P. Schneider & Cie., 1918. Very good. Rea-photo postcard, n. d. (ca 1918); 5 3/4 x 3 1/2; monochrome picture of two women of the Salvation Army, in uniform, holding cooking utensils; captioned below image; small manuscript note above image; manuscript address to verso; minor creasing to corners; in very good condition. A WWI piece of history, the poscard was created in France for the American Expeditionary Forces, the latter working with the Salvation Army.
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Original Photograph of a Large Victorian Family Inside Their Home in San Francisco
by Anonymous
S. l. (San Francisco): By the photographer, 1890. Very good. Albumen photograph, mounted on stiff card stock, n. d. (ca 1890); image - 4 x 5, card stock - 5 1/2 x 6 1/2; some spotting to card stock; photo with a few minor scratches; very-faint, penciled-in note to verso; in about very good condition. A beautiful, albeit a bit blurry, photo of a large San Francisco family (provenance - previous owner) in their, presumably, living room, dressd in... Read More
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Manuscript Poster for a Fais Do-Do Dance, Featuring the Bob Roberts Orchestra
by Anonymous
Manuscript broadside, n. d. (1960s); 24 x 19, unrolled; ink and pencil on off-white stock; corners with residue from being hung with tape; a bit of age-toning and creasing; in good to very good condition. A fabulous piece of mid-century folk art, it announced a Fais Do-Do Dance "in Gym Barn" on "Friday Nite," featuring the "Bob Roberts Orchestra." The prospective attendees were encouraged to bring their gals and beaus and to dress as they liked.
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The Moyer - New, Extra Early, Best Quality, Healthy & Hardy
by Anonymous
Rochester, NY: Stecher Lith Co., 1888. Very good. Small broadside; oblong - 6 x 9; large chromolithographed illustration and text to recto; verso with some residue from previously being affixed in a scrapbook; a tiny nick to bottom edge, else minor wear; in very good condition. A beautiful advertisement - it gave a short description and the benefits of the Moyer - a variety of grapes developed in Canada from a cross between the Delaware and another native variety.... Read More
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A Small Collection of 3 "Pears' Soap" Bookmarks
by Anonymous
S. l. (London): Pears' Soap, 1880. Softcover. First edition, n. d. (ca 1880); 7 1/4 x 1 1/4; die-cut card stock; chromolithographed illustration to recto, advertising text to verso; one of the four with a small, repaired cut, the rest with very minor wear - near fine condition. A beautiful collection of Victorian bookmarks, they were very popular in the late 1800s. The Pears' Soap ones always featured their trademark, die-cut hand, which extended from the main body of the... Read More
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A Glimpse of the Imperial Mint, Osaka
by Anonymous
Osaka: The Imperial Mint, 1923. First Edition. Very good. First edition; 7 1/2 x 5; pp. [7], 2-34; light-yellow wraps, printed in black and decorated with a small vignette; illustrated with numerous monochrome photographs and tables; a few spots to wraps and endpapers, else minor wear; in about very good condition. Published fifty-two years after its founding, the book gave a glimpse into the history of the Imperial Mint, also known as the Japan Mint - the government agency... Read More
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Tramp Art, "Return from the Honeymoon Tour"
by Anonymous
S. l. (Chicago [?]): s. n. , 1881. Very good. Albumen print on a card mount, behind glass in a tramp art frame, n. d. (print ca 1881, frame ca 1900); image approx. 4 1/4 x 6, frame 6 3/4 x 8; print with a crease to upper left corner, light age-toning, and a few small spots (not examined outside of the frame); frame recto gilded, with minor flaking of paint and light dust-dulling; overall in very good... Read More
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Chertezhi i nazvaniia zapasnykh chastei dlia parovykh molotilok, fabrikuemykh firmoiu Ransom, Sims i Dzheferis, Orvelskii zavod, Ipsvich, Angliia (Drawings and Names of Spare Parts for Steam Threshers Manufactured by Ransomes, Sims & Jefferies, Ipswich, England) In English and Russian
by Anonymous
Odessa: Tip. Tovarishchestva "Bratia Kulberg', 1884. Softcover. First edition, n. d. (ca 1884); 9 1/2 x 7 1/4; pp. 37; pink wraps faded to dark yellow, illustrated with wood engravings; small loss of paper to tips of spine; crease to upper right corner; illustrated with drawings; overall very good condition. In English and Russian. An uncommon survivor of the 19th century, the catalog was published strictly for the Russian market of one of the biggest British manufacturers of agricultural machinery... Read More
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Questions and Answers about Syphilis and Gonorrhea
by Anonymous
New York: The American Social Hygiene Association, 1942. Softcover. Revised edition; 7 x 3 1/4; three-fold, pp. 6; illustration to front wrap; light age-toning and wear to corners; small nicks to tips of fold-lines; handwritten address to back wrap; very good. Published mostly for the benefit of the American soldiers in the Second World War, but also addressing civilian men and women, the pamphlet described the two diseases and outlined their symptoms, modes of infection, treatment, prevention, etc. Two copies... Read More
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Alfa (A Pair of Portfolios of Alfa Romeo Prints)
by Anonymous
Milan: Arti Grafiche Peko. Near fine. Two portfolios with seven loose prints each, n. d. (second half of the 20th century). Portfolios - red card stock, with title in white - 9 1/4 x 12 1/4; text in English to front pannel verso; wear to edges and corners with minor loss of paper to top edge of one - in good condition. Prints - heavy, textured, cream card stock with illustrations and captions in English; very minor wear... Read More
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Illustrated Manuscript History and Genealogy of the Greenough Family of Massachusetts
by Anonymous
S. l. : By the author. Very good. Large notebook, n. d. (first half of the 20th century); 9 3/4 x 8; pebbled, black cloth over boards and 3/4 red leatherette, ruled in gilt; pp. 1-302 - about 1/2 of them filled in manuscript and some newspaper clippings; illustrated with numerous watercolor drawings and an engraved family bookplate; a bit of wear to edges of boards; several leaves with excised sections (corrections [?]); in very good condition. A detailed,... Read More
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African-American Gentleman with an Automobile
by Anonymous
S. l.: s. n., 1932. Very good. Photograph, n. d. (ca 1932); 3 1/4 x 5; black-and-white image; tiny creases to corners and mild yellowing to margins; in very good condition. An unusual photograph of a young African-American man, in a rural setting (a water tower and low houses in the distance), dressed in a natty suit, with one leg propped on the running board of what appears to be a 1932 Plymouth Roadster, with a cigar jutting out... Read More
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