Pictorial Diary Kept by Rosamond
1899. Quarter Leather, Marbled Boards. Good. 8vo. 223 by 180 mm. 42 pages, all rectos, of what might be regarded as part of this loose comical diary, virtually all these pages dominated by pen and ink and watercolored illustrations depicting country life, country types, horses and dogs, and dogs galore. In addition, there are a few sketches interspersed on the versos and the leaves that follow, some complete, others more in the way of loose studies, and a... Read More
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[Faux Book] Majolica Flask Shaped Like a Book
Portugal. Fine. N.d., mid-20th century, most assuredly of Portuguese origin. With Delft blue floral embellishments on front and back and yellow raised bands on spine. With cork top. On fore-edge is written in bold blue strokes "The Gift is Small Goodwill is All
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Japanese Leporello on Hats
Japan, 1899. Leporello. Paper pastedown on cover. Very Good. An 1899 Japanese reprint of an 1861 work on hats. 37 by 25 cm when closed. 19 panels (pages), 14 of which are devoted to color illustrations of various headgear (some of the hats are black and gray, and so the sense of color is not pervasive). The hats range from extravagant to austere. A lovely work. Light soiling of the cover. One fold repaired.
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Schweizerische Landesausstellung in Bern: Illustriertes ausstellungs-Album 1914
Bern and Geneva, Respectively: Phototechnik A. G.; Kunstanstalt Atar, 1914. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Oblong 13 by 10 Inches. 558 pp. Large photographs document this regional fair, a smaller version of the world's fairs of the turn of the twentieth century. Particularly useful document on Swiss industry and arts. In German. Front hinge broken and binding detached there. Light soilage to light blue cloth. Pages clean.
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German Book of Brightly Colored Caricature and Rhyme, some racist, with a movable elongating leg
Stiff Wraps. Very Good Plus. No title, n.p., n.d. Circa 1930s. (We base the dating on the presence of a hobo -- otherwise, it could easily be from the prior decade.) Narrow 4to. 24 by 12.5 cm, with pull piece of elongating slacks extending length to 43 cm. Unpaginated, 12 pp. Caricatures of a black emcee, a saxophone player, a chinaman, a chef, a captain, a hobo and a wise old man. Notwithstanding the radically different appearance of... Read More
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Album de Punto de Cruz de la Familia No. 1
Mexico City (assumed): La Familia, 1945. Hardcover. Pebbled Cloth. Fair. Richly, even boldly, colorful designs for needlepoint with backdrop of the mesh of small squares. The designs might be likened to Lego designs, except they are two dimensional. Designs are very varied, with many floral displays, vignettes to full page -- roses, lilies, bouquets, baskets, bowls, laurels, etc. -- human figurative imagery such as Jesus, many children, Mexicans as to be expected but also Japanese and Dutch boys... Read More
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In and About Los Angeles
Los Angeles and Portland, Maine, respectively: E. P. Charlton & Co. L. H. Nelson Company, 1904. First Edition presumed. Wraps. Stapled. Very Good Minus. Oblong, 20 by 25 cm. Unpaginated, 32 pages. Wrap front cover with embossed title. First page a puffy intro text, with all the other pages devoted to photos and captioning. Centerfold with sweeping panorama of Downtown LA and beyond at the time -- a two page wide photo. Other pages have one to a... Read More
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Eleven Nineteenth Century Original Cut-Out Silhouette Portraits
NA. Very Good. N.d., circa 19th century. Figures represented are Napoleon, Dr. Johnson, Pope Pius VII, Mary Magdalen, Democritus (based on a medal), Shakespeare, Mad Tom and four more loosely identified figures, including a "lean curate", a "Spanish dancer, a woman representing "the Nations lost, the Nations sorrow". The silhouettes are created by the careful cutting of holes in the paper, in the vein of fretwork, resulting in a two toned picture. We have the white paper used... Read More
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Le Palais du Sommeil
Haarlem, The Netherlands: Librairie Parisienne Enfantine. Imprimerie L. Van Leer & Co., Haarlem, 1900. First Edition presumed. Paper, stapled. Good. Scarce charmer. No copies found on OCLC First Search, nor any in commerce as far as we could determine on the date of our cataloguing. N.d., circa 1900. Miniature, 11 by 7.5 cm. Unpaginated, six leaves, including cover. With six color plates, or full page color illustrations. Wrap cover foxed, soiled. Closed tear running about half the length... Read More
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Chazy Central Rural School
Chazy, Clinton County, New York: Chazy Central Rural School. Printed by Schilling-Binner Company, Chicago, 1920. First Edition. Full Semi-Hard (or limp) Leatherette. Near Fine. Quite unique celebratory publication for a new high school. We have never seen another such elaborate souvenir for a new school that covers a wide range of aspects of that school, from its educational and extra-curricular offerings to its architecture, with many illustrations of both. Generally the illustrations are b/w, or sepia toned, with... Read More
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Decorative Lighting Catalog No.36. Southern Electric Company. Wholesale Distributors. Staunton, Virginia
Staunton, Virginia: John C. Virdin Company, 1936. Wraps. Brass Clasps. Near Fine. A wide selection of chandeliers, overhead lighting fixtures generally, sconces, indoor and outdoor, many Art Deco, but also more ornate styles that can be loosely described as Victorian, and the primary material besides the light bulbs various metals, sometimes painted, sometimes hammered, sometimes sculpted and shaped, but also glass the design often actualized by molding the glass into striking shapes. The lighting fixtures here, which we... Read More
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58th Fete Federale de Gymnastique 17-21 Juillet 1925 Geneve Album Souvenir
Geneve: Le Comite D'Organisation. La Rotogravure S. A., 1925. First Edition. Wraps. Very Good. 4to., 28 by 22 cm. 96 pp. Richly illustrated with photos of all the gymnastic events, the parades and other celebratory events, including theatrical productions, and group photos of the officialdom. A fascinating document celebrating physical culture of the period. Soiling to the wraps. Tight and clean otherwise.
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The Mishaps of J. Alphonso Brown Until He Got Blackwell's Genuine Durham. A Warning to young men in seven chapters
Durham, North Carolina: W. T. Blackwell & Co. Printer: Donaldson Brothers, Five Points, New York, 1880. First Edition. NA. Very Good Minus. Strange, amusing and illogical promotion for smoking tobacco, shown here to save the life of J. Alphonso Brown afflicted by having smoked an inferior competitor but also thanks to Blackwell's, to have won a lovely bride in the bargain! Nine panel leporello, color printing on one side only. Title panel, then seven story panels, the last... Read More
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Five Manuscript Trade Catalogues for Silverware Company
Birmingham, England. Hardcover. Half Calf, half morocco. Good to Fine. Spectacular manuscript silverware catalogues, with literally thousands of designs all drawn with pen-and-ink and sometimes colored with watercolors or wash, with coloring usually partial, but occasionally an object is fully, richly colored as well. N.d., circa 1880 to 1920. All albums are large oblong, of varying size, and also varying bindings. The smallest is 19 by 33 cm, the largest, 31.5 by 45 cm. Two are about 26... Read More
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Souvenir of San Francisco. Photo-Gravures
New York and San Francisco, respectively: A. Wittemann, The Alberype Co. Joseph A. Hofmann, 1890. Decorated Cloth. String tie -- stab binding. Very Good. N.d., circa 1890s. Oblong, 13 by 19 cm. 38 leaves, content only on rectos. Title leaf, followed by 37 photo leaves, most, of course, views of prominent buildings, hotels, sights and points-of-interest, but also a few in which people -- Chinese children, among them -- are the explicit subject. This viewbook is scarcer than... Read More
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Crawford's Biscuits are Good Biscuits 1934
Edinburgh, Liverpool and London: William Crawford & Sons Ltd, 1933. First Edition. Grained Leatherette, with cloth spines or sides. Fine. A most unusual trade catalogue combined with a diary and blotter/desk accessory! Closed, oblong, 27 by 30 cm, and when the panels are opened wide, 60 cm wide. This was surely intended as a promotional tool in which the attractive catalogue was part and parcel with a freebie likely to be used and valued by the wholesale customer,... Read More
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Photo and inscription by Liberace at the Club Mocambo, Hollywood, December 1954. Also in photo, and with an inscription, is actor Andre-Philippe
Hollywood, 1954. Very Good. Lovely inscription by Liberace with a small vignette drawing of a grand piano beside his appropriately flamboyant signature. The inscription was to a Norma, and it reads: "To Lovely Norma, I think this is a most memorable Day for many reasons." The photo, framed by light card on the facing page, shows the young but easily recognizable Liberace smiling at Norma to his right, while Norma is looking straight at the camera, as is... Read More
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Season's Style Leaders Men and Young Boys. Progress Tailoring Company "America's Finest Tailors" Chicago. Spring & Summer 1937 Fashion Folio
Chicago: Progress Tailoring Company, 1937. Wraps -- leatherette-like surface card. Stapled. Near Fine. Fashions from the City of Broad Shoulders -- Chicago, 1937. Exaggerated shoulders was the look, whether double breasted or single breasted, lapels, wide, vests, de rigeur. Folio, 31 by 24 cm. Unpaginated, 24 pages, plus wraps. 15 color plates, all of which we would regard as more than merely tinted but still only partially colored. The faces are shown in a plausible flesh coloring, and... Read More
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College Color Hat Bands presented by Band-Craft, Inc. for Wholesaler J. B. Mast Co, Inc. for Retailer. 715 Broadway, New York 3, N.Y.
New York, 1910. Heavy Card, made to look like calf. Very Good. A most unusual trade catalogue, for something that today would seem extremely narrow when excepting baseball caps, men's hats are seldom seen, but once no man was without a hat when outside, and hats, especially boaters, and boaters worn by college students, would have colorful bands. N.d., circa 1910. Folded card sheet, or four unpaginated pages, including front and back. Closed, 31.5 by 20 cm. Open,... Read More
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The Home of the Travelers
Hartford, CT: The Travelers Insurance Company. Printed by the Redfield-Kendrick-Odell Co., Inc., New York, 1921. First Edition. Hardcover. Paper pasted down onto boards. Faux vellum spine. Near Fine. Folio, 36 by 26.5 cm. 38 pp. A brief history of the insurance giant and a celebration of its new beaux arts tower which dominated the Hartford CT skyline when it was completed. With many charming black and white illustrations of the building. Light wear to the cover. Clean and... Read More
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[Trade Catalogue] Albert Pick & Company. Soda Fountains & Supplies. Catalog B-37
Chicago: Albert Pick and Company, 1920. Wraps. Very Good. 4to. 29 by 21 cm. 235 pp. With over 60 pages with color illustration (including the inside covers), much of which is full color, with some simply duotone. Albert Pick was established in 1857. It grew to become a highly successful and large full service hotel and restaurant supplies and service company, with the breadth of its goods and services easily evident in this particular catalogue which was directed... Read More
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Swords Horstmann Bros. & Allien, New York
1860. Half Morocco. Marbled paper pastedown on boards. Good. Mostly manuscript trade catalogue for swords. With 61 pen and ink illustrations of the swords on offer. Oblong, 12 by 22.5 cm. 60 leaves, paginated in ink, with content on all rectos, and also the last 12 versos, plus 8 page printed price list pasted down to REP. The 61 pen-and-ink illustrations of swords are done one per page, accompanied with neat cursive handwritten captions, Eleven photographs, each depicting... Read More
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Original Haori Designs
Wrappers. String. Very Good. 72 original watercolors, all whimsical and colorful. N.d., circa 1910s. 38 by 29 cm. Cover and first page with Japanese calligraphy, hand-written. Following are leaves with paintings, all by hand. Contents only on top side of leavest throughout, and no text after two first two leaves. Opens vertically -- bound on top. Haori jackets are overcoats worn over kimonos. That said, the paintings all work as artwork on their own. Their style is deliberately... Read More
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Arms, Crests & Monograms
Full Decorated Morocco. Very Good. A wonderful monogram album in which crest and monograms are incorporated into idiosyncratic and whimsical artwork done in watercolors and/or pen-and-ink. 4to. 28.5 by 25.5 cm. 33 pages of such artwork. Among the more spectacular and/or imaginative illustrations are of two Scotsman dancing a jig (the Scotsman, both in kilts, are painted, cut out and mounted, as opposed to done directly onto the album paper); a pen-and-ink cat wearing spectacles, sitting at a... Read More
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The Packard Six 5-26 5-33
Detroit: Packard Motor Car Company, 1927. First Edition Presumed (Of this catalogue issue). Wraps. Two staples. Very Good. Oblong, 13 by 28.5 cm. 16 pp. 12 of the pages are color plates, each featuring a model of one of the two lines. The difference between the 5-26 and the 5-33 line is merely size, the latter being slightly larger. Otherwise, the two lines appear to completely parallel one another in their styling. All the cars, to our eye,... Read More
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