A Wolf in Sheeps Clothing...Daddy Hardacre...To Conclude with The Farce The Wandering Minstrel
Royal Olympic Theatre Wych Street Strand: John K. Chapman and Company., Printers, 5, Shoe Lane, 1855. Double folio broadside bifolium, printed on tissue. London. Old Folds. Double folio broadside bifolium, printed on tissue. London.
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1905 Maher Bros Upholstered Furniture
Medina, N.Y.: Maher Bros, 1905. With 4 leather samples stapled in at the front. Illus 69pp. Large 4to. Grey wrapper, printed in red. Very Good. With 4 leather samples stapled in at the front. Illus 69pp. Large 4to.
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The New School announcement card for lectures by Louis Untermeyer and Max Eastman [1953]
New York City: The New School for Social Research, 1953. 5.5" x 3.5. Black text on card; fine. 5.5" x 3.5" Louis Untermeyer (b.1885 - d.1977) and Max Eastman (b.1883 - d.1969) were both prominent New York poets and editors who in their own ways were swept up by the effects of McCarthyism. Eastman, once a defender of socialism and the Bolshevik Revolution had turned politically and initially supported the House Un-American Activities Committee while Untermeyer who was... Read More
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Christmas Improvement; or, Hunting Mrs. P. A Tale Founded on Facts. Intended as a Christmas Box for those who wish to begin the New Year without her
London: Simpkin and Marshall, 1841. Third edition. Frontispiece and 5 plates. viii, 111, [1] pp. 1 vols. Square 16mo. Publisher's red embossed cloth, gilt-lettered on front cover and spine; quarter morocco slipcase and chemise. Fine. Third edition. Frontispiece and 5 plates. viii, 111, [1] pp. 1 vols. Square 16mo. Provenance: Bookplate of J. Gordon Houghton
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The Echo
(New York): Printed at the Porcupine Press by Pasquin Petronius, 1807. Engraved Frontispiece Title-page engraved & 7 otherplates, including one called "The Negro Ball" showing black musicians and dancers at a black ball. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary half crimson pebbled morocco and marbled with the label of boards, with the binder's label of A.L. Harrison, Binder, 70 State Street, Albany. Staining on the head of pp. 35-43 affecting plate. Engraved Frontispiece Title-page engraved & 7 otherplates, including one... Read More
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Reefer Madness poster
1970. 17" x 11" offset. Fine. 17" x 11" offset. The infamous 1936 film Reefer Madness was funded by a church group and made in earnest as anti-marijuana propaganda depicting the extreme perils of drug abuse. In the 1972 the film was rediscovered and shown as satire to throngs of stoned audiences who found all of the messages comically absurd. Underground film maker Jack Smith wrote an appreciation for The Village Voice in which he stated that "it... Read More
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The Fourth American Tourist
New York: Published by A.T. Goodrich Astor House, No. 2 Barclay-streetr. D, Fanshaw, Printer, 1839. ix, [1], 506pp. 12mo. Publisher's green straight grained cloth, styamped in blind. ix, [1], 506pp. 12mo.
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Cuff's Farmer's Friend
London: J.H. Cuff's Cattle Medicine Warehouse, No. 10, Smithfield Market. Illustrated. 4 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Folded, else fine. Illustrated. 4 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Brochure.
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The Holy Bible : containing the Old and New Testaments, translated out of the original tongues ; and with the former translations diligently compared and revised. With Canne's marginal references, together with the Apocrypha and Concordance. To which are added an index and tables of Scripture Weights, Measures, and Coin
Hartford: Published by Sials Andrus, 1846. Frontrispieces in Old and New Testaments. Stereotyped by James Conner, New-York. 555; 82; [4, family record]; 174; 11pp. Folio. Contemporary red morocco, a.e.g. Fine. Frontrispieces in Old and New Testaments. Stereotyped by James Conner, New-York. 555; 82; [4, family record]; 174; 11pp. Folio. Not in Hills; OCLC Number:722463856 (1847 edition, not citing 1846)
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A New and Elegant Set of Round Text Copies. Written for the instruction of Scholars
London: E. Gedge, 1803. Engraved throughout. Title plus 10ff, printed recto only. Oblong 8vo (3-1/2 x 8-1/4 inches). Original blue paper wrappers. Engraved throughout. Title plus 10ff, printed recto only. Oblong 8vo (3-1/2 x 8-1/4 inches). An acrostic with each leaf comprising three lines of calligraphy as a model to be copied by the student. The present verses beginning: "A rash man oft repents. / Be not envious of any. / Candour becomes all." This version unrecorded in... Read More
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Comic Tales, Sketches and Anecdotes, Original and Selected
Philadelphia: G.M. & W. Snider, 1832. First edition. 224 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original muslin-backed board, worn, upper joint splitting, head and foot of spine chipped, contemporary owner's inscription to ffep; very good. First edition. 224 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Scarce and early American anthology of wit and humor, from both domestic and foreign sources - all unattributed. American Imprints 11923; OCLC 2527932 (5 locations)
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A, B, & C's Little Trip: Pleasant Recollections of a Holiday in Holland and Belgium. Narrated by "C." With "A's" Compliments
Manchester: Richard Johnson, Printer, Brook Strreet, 1894. First edition. Illustrated with lithographs. 57 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Original red pebbled cloth, stamped in gilt, a.e.g. Fine. First edition. Illustrated with lithographs. 57 pp. 1 vols. 12mo.
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The Book of Common Prayer ... According to the Use of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America
New York: D. Appleton & Co, 1851. 670, 237pp. 12mo. Contemporary brown velvet, brass clasp and edges, patterned endpapers, gilt edges. Provenance: inscribed by Philip Hamilton to his wife Rebecca. 670, 237pp. 12mo. Rebecca McLane married Philip Hamilton, Alexander Hamilton's youngest child, on December 29, 1842. This Book of Common Prayer is inscribed by Philip to Rebecca on December 25, 1852, evidently a ten-year anniverary present.
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Clayton's College
Lunéville: Editions de l'Orchidée, 1955. One of 325 numbered copies, this being number 288. Illustrated with original drypoint etchings. 165 pp. With an extra suite of 18 handcolored plates. Stiff paper wrapper in a cloth covered chemise, gatherings unsewn. Fine. One of 325 numbered copies, this being number 288. Illustrated with original drypoint etchings. 165 pp. With an extra suite of 18 handcolored plates.
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Constitution, By-Laws and Rules of the Alba Fishing & Hunting Club. Adopted and Effective March 13, 1933
Mobile, Alabama: Alba Fishing & Hunting Club, 1933. 12 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Orange illustrated wrappers printed in black. Bookplate removed from inside front wrapper, else very good. 12 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Unrecorded constitution and rule book of this private club on the Dog River, established for "the social and literary advancement of its member, the establishment of a park and fishing grounds, the stocking, protection and use of the same ..." and still in existence. Not... Read More
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A Treasury of American Popular Songs [Cover title]
[New York: Simon and Schuster, 1950. Publisher's dummy, pasted up from sheet music, with blanks. 1 vols. Thick 4to. Blue cloth spine and red cloth boards. Externally clean and fresh, internally some paste soiling and loosening. Very good. Publisher's dummy, pasted up from sheet music, with blanks. 1 vols. Thick 4to. Mock-up for A Treasury of American Popular Songs, from sheet music, from On the Banks of the Wabash (1898) to Say It with Music (1921), with a... Read More
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Biblia, das Die ganze heilige Schrift des Alten und Neuen Testaments, Nach der deutschen Uebersetzung D. Martin Luthers: Mit eines jeden Capitels firzen Summarien
Philadelphia: Gedruckt und zu haben bey Kimber und Scharpless, Buchandler, 1828. In Stereotypen, verfertigt, von J. Howe. Kimber ande Sharpless Quarto Sereotyped Bible. Frontispiece and woodcut and engraved plates throughout. 932pp. 4to. Contemporary American calf with 5 raised bands, clasps and straps intact. Signed John Huyett and with his family delineated at the family Register between Old and New Testaments. Minor foxing, minor wear to the joints. In Stereotypen, verfertigt, von J. Howe. Kimber ande Sharpless Quarto Sereotyped... Read More
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Watercolor Full Length Profile Portrait of Gentleman in blue waistcoat holding rolled paper, with curtain on right
1 vols. Framed and glazed. 1 vols.
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Harper's New Monthly Magazine. Incomplete set
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers 327 to 335 Pearl Street, Franklin Square, vd. Volumes LVIII, LVIV, LXVI, LVII, LIX, LXII, LXV, LXVI, LXIX, LXVIII, LXXI, LXIII, LXX. 13 vols. Large 8vo. Bound in quarter black contemporary calf and black cloth sides, Very Good condition Signed label "Clark's Journal Book Bindery Removed to Rialto Building, State Street, Montpelier, Vt..." Bookplate of W.R. Sturtevant Hartland, Vt. Volumes LVIII, LVIV, LXVI, LVII, LIX, LXII, LXV, LXVI, LXIX, LXVIII, LXXI, LXIII,... Read More
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My Own A, B, C, Illustrated
New York: T. W. Strong, 1850. Title plus 26 leaves, joined at edges to form a lengthy sheet and folded accordion style, each with hand colored illustrations. 1 vols. 12mo. Original blue and gold printed boards. Lightly rubbed, short split to spine fold at bottom. Ownership signature of Annie Penfield on title. Title plus 26 leaves, joined at edges to form a lengthy sheet and folded accordion style, each with hand colored illustrations. 1 vols. 12mo. Attractive illustrated... Read More
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Black Images. Volume 1 Number 1 & Number 3 & 4. A Critical Quarterly on Black Culture
Toronto Ontario, 1972. 32,; 67, [1]pp. With errata in Vol.I. 4to. Wrapers. About fine. 32,; 67, [1]pp. With errata in Vol.I. 4to.
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Photographs of the Brooklyn Bridge and Statue of Liberty
New York, 1890. Albumen prints mounted recto and verso of album leaf, captioned in ink. 5 3/4 x 7 3/4 in. Some fading and foxing, very good. Albumen prints mounted recto and verso of album leaf, captioned in ink. 5 3/4 x 7 3/4 in.
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Archive Documenting the Life of a Queer African American Couple
Calfornia, 1980. Approx. 270 chromogenic prints, 20 pieces of ephemera. 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches. Some fading, but everything very good. Approx. 270 chromogenic prints, 20 pieces of ephemera. 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches. An intimate archive of approx. 270 personal snapshots documenting the life of a queer Black couple in California in the late-1970s and early-1980s. They appear to live in San Francisco, but travel to Napa, Los Angeles, San Jose, Las Vegas, and other... Read More
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Sammelband of Fifteen 18th Century Plays
London, vd. 2 vols. 8vo. Spine perished. Bookplate of Benjamin Brown French. 2 vols. 8vo. 1. George Colman and David Garrick The Clandestine Marriage: A Comedy as it is acted at the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane. A New Edition London: Printed for T. Becket, in Pall Mall. 1785 2. [Burgoyne, John]. The Heiress: A Comedy in Five Acts: As Performed at the Theatre-Royal Drury Lane Fifth Edition London: Printed for J. Debrett, Opposite Burlingston-House,... Read More
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Paul Pry's Jest Book: Being a choice collection of comical jests, droll adventures, touches of humour, excellent bon-mots, pleasing short stories, whimsical anecdotes, Irish bulls and blunders, with many other diverting pieces, original and select, inscribed to the sons and daughters of mirth
London: Printed for Joseph Smith, 1828. Frontispiece. 144 pp. 1 vols. Narrow 12mo. Green printed boards. Some rubbing, foot of spine repaired. Lacking front flyleaf, small loss to lower flyleaf. Very good. Frontispiece. 144 pp. 1 vols. Narrow 12mo. Paul Pry was a popular farce of the mid 1820s, where the eponymous character leaves his umbrella behind as a pretext to return and eavesdrop on conversations. In the twentieth century, Paul Pry was adopted by Thomas Burke... Read More
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