Seidel & Naumann Dresden
Dresden: Ritter & Kloeden Kunstanstalt, Nürnberg, 1898. First Edition presumed. Semi-Limp Hardcover. Cloth spine. Paper pastedown on boards. Very Good. Treiber, H., artwork on the first leaf. T. Fickenscher, probably the artist of the ornamental framing decoration on the second, but alternatively, the photographer of the 14 small photos on this page. Lovely promotion of a major Dresden-based manufacturer of bicycles and sewing machines -- and other products not featured in this celebratory publication. The drawn illustrations capture... Read More
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The Marriage of the Midgets or The Tom Thumb Wedding. A Unique Entertainment; A Novel Home Talent Play that Delights Everybody. Wholesome, Full of Fun; Helpful to the Children
Kansas City, Missouri: Kellogg-Baxter Printing Co, 1914. Good. Loopy Little People-iana! A promotional brochure for an amateur theatrical entertainment featuring an all juvenile cast playing adult midget roles in a recreation of the marriage of Tom Thumb. The brochure is 28 by 20 cm, and 4 pages. It includes nine b/w photos of the players: the bride and groom, three old maids, the clergyman, bachelor friends, best man, a guest, a rejected suitor. Also press comments, comments from... Read More
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Indonesian (Javanese) Wayang Puppet "Reneetyp
Java, 1900. Very Good. This is an especially colorful Wayang puppet, whose name is something like "Reneetyp", based on handwritten label on the central stem. We don't know who the character is, or her significance, but we are enthralled with its rich color and detailing. We can aver the puppet is obviously hand-made. We do not claim to possess the expertise to date this specimen of Folk Art with great precision. It could be nineteenth century or early... Read More
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![The Alco File of Clothing Facts. Spring and Summer 1903. Arnold, Louchh. Alco System Clothes. eim & Co. 1021-1023 Filbert St. Philadelphia. [Together with] The Practical Way to Sell....](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/738/213/1681213738.0.l.jpg)
The Alco File of Clothing Facts. Spring and Summer 1903. Arnold, Louchh. Alco System Clothes. eim & Co. 1021-1023 Filbert St. Philadelphia. [Together with] The Practical Way to Sell....
Philadelphia: Arnold, Louchheim & Co, 1902. Box: Quarter Black Leatherette. Red pebbled paper pastedown on boards. Accompanying booklet: cloth spine, boards with pebbled paper pastedown. Very Good. A most unusual promotion and catalogue from a Philadelphia-based manufacturer and retailer of men's wear in the early 20th Century. The primary piece of this two item sales package is, as its title suggests, a file box such as one commonly encounters in more generic form up to today, or at... Read More
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Promotional portfolio for Spanish Jeweler Jaoquin Berao, with seven striking Mondigliani-like portraits of women wearing Berao pieces
Madrid, 1989. Portfolio, glossy card stock. Near Fine. This is a most unusual jewelry promotion, and while it is more modern than almost all of the ephemera and trade-related items we have in our stock, its singular artistry makes it something we are proud to have on offer. The portraits, each 31 by 22, have deliberately roughed, or uneven, edges. The palette employed is fleshy browns and oranges, with turquoise and silver eyes and touches of red and... Read More
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Silver Swan Studios New York
New York: Silver Swan Studios, 1930. First Edition. Limp Leatherette Porftolio. Handles. Metal Snaps to Secure Closed. Very Good. N.d., circa 1930s. Oblong, 25.5 by 33 cm. Introductory sheet, followed by 39 enumerated pages, with a Christmas card, and envelope, on every page. Pages themselves provide cost information, based on volume of order. Wide variety of Xmas card designs, with varying sizes as well. As one would expect with Christmas and Season's Greetings cards, there's a heavy dollop... Read More
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The Barbizon Style Reference Book. BarbizonFall Winter 1965
New York: The Barbizon Corporation, 1965. First Edition. Wraps. Stapled. Very Good. Scarce catalogue with many pages of actual, or non-photographic, illustration of models in the company's lingerie, sleepwear, day and leisure wear, with 16 pages of full color renderings. 4to. 28 by 22 cm. 75 pp. Also text on rear inside cover, and separate or loose, a printed one page cover letter, an one page order form, and an one sheet, two page price list on glossy... Read More
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Weapons of Moroland Mindanao Philippines
Mindamao, Philippines, 1950. Filipino souvenir, fairly common as a type of souvenir from Mindanao, but one that can vary quite a bit. Ours we believe is vintage, meaning mid-20th century, with 30 pieces or specimens of miniature weaponry attached to the shield, and we believe that much of the painted work was done by hand, including the rather lovely painted imagery. We don't represent that ours is truly unique, as one can surely find other examples similar and one... Read More
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Geschichte und Bildliche Vorstellung der Regimenter des Erzhauses Oesterreich
Wien: Reillychen geographischen Verschleiss Komptoir, 1796. Full Morocco. Fine. 8vo. 19 by 12 cm. 168 hand-colored copper engraved plates of Austrian military uniforms of all kinds -- infantry, cavalry, etc. -- from the eighteenth century, followed by 27 page register. Scarce -- only institutional copies found at Herzogin Anna Amalia, Coburg, BNF and Brown.
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Chauncey Olcott Cigars Playing Cards
Unadilla, New York: W. Mulford & Son, 1900. Box. An early celebrity branding, to our knowledge, tying the popular American actor, songwriter and singer Chauncey Olcott to both cigars and playing cards. Olcott (1858-1937) may no longer be a name known to many, but few haven't heard some of his Irish nostalgia songs, such as "When Irish Eyes are Smiling", for which he wrote both the words and music. Although born in Buffalo, he would gain fame, and fortune,... Read More
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![[Original Watercolor] Woman in Slightly Feminized Men's Dress, with a Yellow Top Hat, Tailcoat and Waistcoat and Striped Pants, Cane in Hand, Standing by a Cannon, Sword by Her Side](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/149/914/1673914149.0.l.jpg)
[Original Watercolor] Woman in Slightly Feminized Men's Dress, with a Yellow Top Hat, Tailcoat and Waistcoat and Striped Pants, Cane in Hand, Standing by a Cannon, Sword by Her Side
1880. N.d., latter half of nineteenth century. The clothing could be 1860s, but given the woman's prettiness and how, if anything, the men's clothing works to heighten her feminine appeal, the watercolor suggests to us a performer in one of the ubiquitous revues and musicals that took New York and London by storm in the 1880s with cross-dressing actresses a prominent feature of the show. The costume suggests to us American more than English, but we can't say it... Read More
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Anchor Supply Co. (Inc.) Awnings Covers Tents; Catalogue No. 38
Evansville, IN, 1932. Wraps. Very Good Plus. 4to. (11.75 by 8.75 inches.) 88 pp. With color illustrations on ten pages, and many black and white illustrations elsewhere. The color illustrations in particular make for a surprisingly delightful catalogue that transports one back to an old-time carnaval or state fair -- covered in color are tents for food concessions and various carnival games. Plus 15 pp. Bargain Prices brochure and Discount Sheet insert. Other than a thin film of... Read More
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![[Trade Catalogue] Harris & Co. Designs of Childrens and Invalid Carriages for 1900. Lion Works, Bradford St., Birmingham; Designs of Bassinette Perambulators and Mail Carts for 1900](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/319/391/1117391319.0.l.jpg)
[Trade Catalogue] Harris & Co. Designs of Childrens and Invalid Carriages for 1900. Lion Works, Bradford St., Birmingham; Designs of Bassinette Perambulators and Mail Carts for 1900
Birmingham, England, 1900. Wraps. Very Good. 4to. 24.5 by 18.5 cm. 52 pp. The many items on offer are tinted either green or an orange/brown. A dizzying variety of prams, carriages, carts on display here, within each category, featuring small variations. Includes wicker, and many have frilly decoration. Condition: small edge chip on rear cover. Wraps have moderate soiling. Some light foxing. Mostly clean, if age toned, within.
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Das Schwesterchen
1920. Stiff Wraps. Very Good. 8vo. 21 by 17 cm. Unpaginated, 30 leaves, with twelve silhouette drawings, four of which have some slightly crudely added color to the precise black ink, and facing each sihouette is orginal verse handwritten in Sütterlin Schrift, which makes it difficult for us to read fully although it is done with a highly regular, neat hand. But even excluding the poetry, the sihouettes are very appealing and we assume are original, although we... Read More
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Versailles et Trianon
Paris: Imprimerie Lemercier et Cie. Hautecoeur freres, Martinet. Cloth. Very Good. Oblong, 26 by 17 cm, 10 by 6.75 inches. With sixteen hand-colored views of the main palace, its grounds and fountains, and the Trianons. With no title other than that which is on the binding, this is a collection of views that were either assembled by the tourist and then bound, as was done then, or more likely, bound with some randomness by the souvenir shop. This... Read More
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A Lesser-Known Hermit of Farne"; being an article "St. Bartholomew of Farne" by Sr. Felicity, C.P.P. taken from "The Life of the Spirit
1963. A striking homemade book, with wonderful watercolored illustrations filling the borders of every page of this hagiographic account of St. Barthomew. Oblong, 20 by 27 cm. Unpaginated, four leaves, with five pages of content, including front cover. The illustrations are folk art-ish and winsomely naive. We would suspect that the artist was not an accomplished artist, but he worked expertly within his artistic limitations to create something especially pleasing and immediate in its artistry. Cameos include depictions of... Read More
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Almanach för Året Ester Frälsarens Christi Födelse, 1838. Till Stockholms Horizont, belägen wid 59 grad. 20 1/2 . .
Stockholm: P. A. Norstedt & Söner, 1837. First edition. Hardcover. Paper pastedown. Very Good. Scarce, with only copy found on OCLC at the National Library of Sweden. 16mo. 107 by 88 mm. Unpaginated, 48 pp. Four hand-colored plates depicting a young couple. The plates capture the Biedermeier, high Romantic, sensibility perfectly. Lovely paper pastedown binding, with intricate combining of decorative motives we associate with the period. Moderate wear to the cover, with a distinct diagonal crease line in... Read More
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Away Goes Cuffee
1863. Civil War stationary used by soldiers. A folded sheet of lined paper, with a woodblock illustration of the U.S. capitol on the first page, below which are he lyrics of a patriotic song published in 1863. Thus we assume this piece was either 1863 or 1864.
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Petit Black et ses Amis; Indechirable sur Toile
Paris: Paul Bernardin. First edition. Wraps. Very Good. Scarce, with no copies on OCLC, and not listed in Cotsen. N.d., circa 1920. 4to. 27.5 by 21 cm. 16 pages, including wrap covers. Each page features a dog and underneath is a cutsie few lines about the individual dog. Half of the images are rendered in full color. Although described as indestructible, the book does have some wear on the laminated wrap cover. Otherwise, clean and comparatively fresh. ... Read More
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![[Trade Catalogue] Thomas Goode & Co. (London) Ltd](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/374/929/1597929374.0.l.jpg)
[Trade Catalogue] Thomas Goode & Co. (London) Ltd
London: Thomas Goode & Co. (London) Ltd. Printed by Tresises (London) Ltd., Buron-on-Trent, 1960. First Edition presumed. Hardcover. Snakeskin. Spiral within. Fine. Beautiful and unique trade catalogue for bone china and earthenware, with binding of full white snake skin. Being a rather opulent catalogue, it was supposedly for sale, carrying a price of half a guinea, as printed discreetly on the rear endpaper lower right corner, but we would surmise that it was sent and/or given to established... Read More
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Painted Bird Bookmark
Fine. Measuring about 10 cm tall.
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[Piggy Bank] [Miniature Tin Stove] Radiation "Regulo" Controlled Gas Cooker
England: Radiation Patents or Radiation Ltd, 1935. Very Good. We believe that this piggy bank toy or dollhouse oven and burner was a promotional vehicle, probably a gift to buyers and serious prospective buyers of the company's mainstay products. It is possible it sold the toy too, or alternatively. It is today scarce. The Victoria and Albert has one in its collection, from which we get the approximate dating of 1935. This is 21.5 cm tall, when top... Read More
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Handwritten Letter of George Cruikshank to Horace Mayhew, probably, Dated January 29, 1869, from Amwell (Hertsfordshire)
NA. Very Good. The letter is both substantive, relating very clearly to the printing process to be used on some project and perhaps more generally, and to a frequent collaborator with Cruikshank, in all probability. We can't say that the letter is entirely lucid to us, and there would be no reason it would have to be, as regular correspondents have their own private language and shorthand, so to speak. As the letter was surely dashed off quickly,... Read More
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Bandes Pour Étagères. Dentelées et Coloriées. Papier Extra-Fort Remplaçant la Toile Cirée
France: MOG & Cie, 1920. Concertina, single folded sheet of three folds. Very Good. 23 samples of bands of paper fringe meant to decorate shelving. Tapers have a resemblance to lace and embroidered work. The salesman's sample catalogue has four panels that open concertina-style, and both sides of the panels are used. Five panels have four samples each, one panel, three specimens, and there is the title panel, which contains all the information to be found about the... Read More
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The Stage. Playing Cards Featuring Photo Portraits of Famous Actors
Cincinnati: The Cincinnati Game Co, 1908. NA. Very Good. A complete deck, with 53 cards, with actors pictured on cards including William Gillette, E. A. Sothern, Alla Nazimova, Ellen Terry, Julia Marlowe, Anna Held, George M. Cohan, Eddie Foy, William Gilette, Lillian Russell, Tyrone Power, Sr., Blanche Ring, Maxine Elliot, etc. etc. Portraits, with their signature, are on every playing card, including cards for 2 to 10. Decorative touches on the cards are pure Art Nouveau! The cards,... Read More
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