A Mechanical Trade Card, Advertising Seth H. Clay, Jeweler and Optician of Cambridge, Illinois
by Clay, Seth H.
Cambridge, Ill: s. n., 1885. Softcover. Trade card, n. d. (ca 1885); chromolithographed, card stock frame, with a die-cut of a dapper gentleman; second, card stock piece in the frame, with a pull-tab, illustrated with a beautiful lady; when fully inserted, the man and the woman are kissing, and when pulled out, an advertisement appears, reading: “That will be lovely Dear, and you must get the RING of Seth H. Clay, the Jeweler and Optician, Cambridge, Ills.†Overall... Read More
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An Outline History of Painting for Beginners and Students. With Complete Indexes and Numerous Full-Page Illustrations [Personal copy of Marquis D. Hornbeck]
by Clement, Clara Erskine
72057593498894296: New York: White, Stokes & Allen, 1883. Hardcover. Good. First edition; 6 x 8; pp. [11], 2-320, [2]; original embossed green boards; gilt title and illustrations; corners and head and tail of spine worn; some age-darkening and soiling to covers; few spots mostly to first several pages; profusely illustrated with full-page and in-line engravings; good condition. The book has the nameplate of Marquis D. Hornbeck, a methodist and educator, who was the first president of Chaddock College... Read More
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Instructor Poster Patterns. Child and Animal Subjects and Mother Goose Subjects. Book 1 and Book 2
by Bess Bruce Cleveland
Dansville, NY: F. A. Owen Publishing Company, 1922. Early edition. Very good. Early edition, n. d. (ca 1922); 12 x 17 3/4; pp. [20], brown wraps, printed in red and black; large leaves, stapled at fore-edge and folded to resemble a book; light creasing to edges and corners; first leaves in both books with offset to fore-edge from staples and small nicks, else minor wear; very good condition. A wonderfully-preserved set of pattern books, its art was created... Read More
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The Tale of Temelec Hall
by Coblentz, E. D.
S. l.: By the author, 1953. First Edition. Very good. First edition; 9 x 6; pp. 1-10; glossy, white, pictorial wraps; illustrated with a photograph; light wear along spine; in very good or better condition. Written by pioneer journalist and editor Edmond Coblentz, whose entire professional career was associated with Hearst newspapers in San Francisco and New York, the booklet told the story of Temelec Hall in the Sonoma Valley, owned by the Coblentz' family in the early- to... Read More
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Sheep and Wool in New South Wales, with History and Growth of the Pastoral Industry of the Colony as Regards Both These Items of Production. Published by Authority of the New South Wales Commissioners for the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893
by Coghlan, T. A.
Sydney: Charles Potter, Government Printer, 1893. Very good. First separate edition (initially published in "Wealth and Progress of New South Wales"); 8 3/4 x 5 1/2; pp. [3], 4-23; salmon-colored wraps, printed in black and decorated with a small vignette; illustrated with a frontis chart in color and numerous tables; a bit of spotting mostly to margins of wraps, not affecting readability; closed cut to top edge; old crease lines to lower corner; in good to very good... Read More
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Le Parti Communiste Instrument Decisif De La Classe Ouvriere Dans Sa Lutte Pour La Paix Pour Le Socialisme. Conference Faite Le 22 Mai 1956 Devant Les Communistes Des Federations De La Seine Et De La Seine-et-Oise, Sous La Presidence d'ARAGON [Les Conferences Educatives Du Parti Communiste Francais]
by Cogniot, Georges
Paris: Le Parti Communiste Francais, 1956. First edition; 5 1/2" x 8 1/4"; pp. 3-32 including text to last page; original blue and white staple-bound wraps; printed in black; two small faint "Hoover Institution" stamps to upper corner of front cover, else very minor wear; near fine or better. Georges Cogniot was a French Marxist philosopher and writer. He was a member of the Central Committee of the French Communist Party from 1936 to 1964 and served as editor in... Read More
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Manuscript Diagram / Maintenance Steam Fitting Shop / San Quentin Prison
by Coleman, James W. (Inmate B-5269)
San Quentin: By the author, 1960. Very good. Manuscript diagram, n. d. (1960s); 11 x 17; off-white paper and colored pencils; small unctures to top margin from removed staples; a few small cuts and nicks to edges; in very good condition. An interesting artifact from the oldest prison in California - a death row facility and, at one time, home to Merle Haggard and Charles Manson - it detailed various pipes and fittings from different sections of the prison,... Read More
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The Vanity of Man as Mortal. A Sermon Preach'd at the Lecture in Boston, September 4. 1746. In the Audience of the General Court, The Morning before the Funeral Of the Honourable Mrs. Frances Shirley Consort to His Excellency William Shirley Esq; Captain General and Commander in Chief of His Majesty's Province of the Massachusetts - Bay, &c.
by Colman, Benjamin, D. D.
Boston, Mass: Printed by Rogers and Fowle, for D. Henchman in Cornhill, 1746. Softcover. First edition; removed; 8 1/2 x 5 1/4; pp. [1], 6-32; laid paper, printed and ruled in black; light, uniform age-toning; very good or better condition.Benjamin Colman (1673 - 1747) was a Harvard graduate and one of the most prominent religious figures of his generation. He would become Pastor of the Brattle Street Church in 1699 and would continue for 48 years, until his death.... Read More
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One Chosen of God and called to the Work of the Ministry, willingly offering Himself. A Sermon Preached at the Ordination of the Reverend Mr. Samuel Cooper, to the Pastoral Office in the Church of Christ in Brattle-Street, Boston, Nay 21. 1746. To which are added, The Charge then given by the Rev. Dr. Sewall : and The Right Hand of Fellowship by the Rev. Mr. Prince.
by Colman, Benjamin, D. D., Senior Pastor
Boston, Mass: Printed by Rogers and Fowle, for J. Edwards in Cornhill, 1746. Softcover. First edition; removed, but including half-title page, as published; 8 x 5 1/4; pp. [1], 6-33; laid paper, printed in black and tied with two decorative strings; a few minor spots to margins and a small puncture to lower corner of first leaf; woodcut borders to half-title page and beginning of text; very faint, embossed stamp to half-title page; very good condition. A small note... Read More
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The Kolynos Company "Parley Voo
by Col. Maude, F. N., and Scudamore, Frank
72057593498894288: New Haven: Kolynos Company, 1918. Soft cover. Fair. First edition, undated (c1918); small stapled booklet; pp. [3] including text to front cover verso, 4-38, [2] including text to back cover; original wraps; fading and creasing to wraps; cut to head of spine; page edges show fraying; fair to good condition. Subtitled: "Practical French and German Phrases and How to Pronounce Them." This booklet was distributed among American soldiers during WWI. The Kolynos Company were makers of... Read More
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False WWII "Missing in Action" Notification for Well-known Ukrainian Monumentalist and Avant-garde Artist Aleksandr Antonovich Mordan' together with a Brochure Detailing His Life and Several of His Works
by Colonel Andrei Gerkin (notice), et al; Diuzhenko, Iu. (brochure)
Moscow: Kirovskii Raionnyi Voennyi Komissariat (notice); Moscow: Sovetskii Khudozhnik, 1944. Softcover. Small sheet, printed with hand-filled notes (recto only); trimmed to 4 1/4 x 5 1/4; two faint intersecting fold lines through middle; small closed cuts to edges; few spots to verso only; overall good to very good condition. Brochure limited to 600 copies; 5 1/2 x 11 1/2; triple-folded; portrait frontis and several b&w illustrations from paintings; minor wear, near fine condition. Aleksandr Mordan' joined the Red Army after... Read More
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[Lumber industry]Grade Marking of Lumber for the Consumers' Protection. Report of the Subcommittee on the Grade Marking of Lumber of the National Committee on Wood Utilization
by United States Department of Commerce
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1928. Soft cover. Near Fine. First edition; staple- bound 6" x 9 1/4"; pp. 1-14; original brick-red printed wraps; minor crease to upper corner, else fine; illustrated with b & w photographs. The pamphlet is geared towards consumers, rather than manufactures and distributors, and it explains the advantages of grading lumber for better utilization of wood, as well as better merchandising.
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Economic Survey of California [1949 Supplement]
by Research Department of California State Chamber of Commerce
California State CHamber of Commerce, 1949. Soft cover. Very Good. First edition thus, staple-bound 6" x 9"; pp. 3-23, including text to back cover verso; original printed wraps; 1" closed cut to fore-edge of back cover; slight wear to head of spine; illustrated with graphs, tables, and diagrams; very good. A summary of the economic growth and recovery of California in the postwar years 1946 through 1948.
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Reort of the Tenement House Committee as Authorized by Chapter 479 of the Laws of 1894. Transmitted to the Legislature January 17, 1895
by Tenement House Committee
Albany, NY: James B. Lyon, State Printer, 1895. First Edition. Good. First edition; 9 x 5 1/2; pp. [1], 4-79; wraps perished; spine strengthened with silk tape; illustrated with numerous tables; mild age-toning and wear; several period, penciled-in, manuscripts notes to margins; in good condition. By the early 1890s, the housing problem for the poor residents of New York had grown to epic proportions, prompting the media to state that the city had become “the most densely crowded city…that... Read More
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A Small Collection of Material, Related to the American Christian Palestine Committee
by American Christian Palestine Committee
New York: American Christian Palestine Committee, 1950. Very good. A pamphlet and a gathering of mimeographed sheets, 1940s - 1950s; pamphlet - 8 x 5 1/4; pp. [6]; illustrated with photographs; stapled mimeographed sheets - 14 x 8 1/2; pp. [8], text to recto only; minor wear and creasing and light age-toning - in very good condition. The American Palestine Committee was founded in 1932 as a political lobby group, with the aim of influencing American policy towards establishing... Read More
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Atlas Mosquito Oil
by Atlas Drug Company
New York: Atlas Drug Co., 1910. Very good. Counter display advertisement broadside, n. d. (ca 1910); green card stock, printed in black; illustrated with a drawing of a giant mosquito; light fading to extreme margins; thin, discolored spot to bottom edge; in very good condition. An advertisement for a quack remedy of the early 20th century, the broadside stated that the Atlas Mosquito Oil "relieves bites and stings of insects apply freely."
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Midget Cards, Yosemite Nat'l Park
by Arrco Playing Card Company
Chicago: Arrco Playing Card Company, 1940. Very good. A deck of miniature playing cards in original box and embossed leather case, n. d. (1940s); 52 cards + 2 Jokers - 2 1/2 x 1 3/4; very minor age-toning and wear - in about near fine condition; card stock box in blue and white, illustrated with a picture of a dog - a bit of wear along edges - in good to very good condition; embossed, polished calf case... Read More
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A. J. Johnson & Sons Furniture Company (Trade Catalog)
by A. J. Johnson & Sons Furniture Company
Chicago: A. J. Johnson & Sons Furniture Company, 1905. First Edition. Very good. Trade catalog, n. d. (ca 1905); oblong folio, 18 1/4 x 13; pp. [58], recto only; textured, olive wraps, 1/4 cloth, and large rivets (as published); a small cut to cloth on spine; wraps with a few spots to margins and nicks and cuts along edges of paper; faint vertical crease; numerous, sepia-tone illustrations; very good condition. A beautiful, lavish, trade catalog for the A. J.... Read More
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Borden's Recipes
by Borden's Condensed Milk Company
S. l.: Borden's Condensed Milk Co., 1920. First Edition. Very good. First edition presumed, n. d. (ca 1920); 8 x 3 1/4; pp. [1], 2-24; pictorial brown wraps, decorated in blue and white; illustrated with a chromolithographed centerfold and small drawings; a few small rubbed spots along spine, else minor wear; in very good condition. The Borden's Condensed Milk Company was founded by Gail Borden Jr. in 1857 as the Gail Borden Jr. and Company, primarily manufacturing condensed milk,... Read More
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Dr. Brown Folding Pipes Stationary
by Brown Specialty Company
Los Angeles: Brown Specialty Company, 1940. Near fine. Stationary, n. d. (1940s); 11 x 8 1/2; single sheet, illustrated with several small monochrome images to the margins; unused; very minor wear - in near fine condition. An interesting piece of tobacciana, it illustrated several of the fares of the Brown Specialty Company, that is their folding pipes, including "The Donnie Brown," which were advertised in period media as: "For the man who carries a pipe, Dr. Brown Folding Pipes... Read More
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Colored Celluloid Enamels
by Celluloid Zapon Company
New York: Celluloid Zapon Company, 1910. Very good. Tenth edition, n. d. (ca 1910); 6 x 3; gray wraps, printed and decorated in black and tied with a decorative string; two-fold, card-stock, three-panel within; 18 color paint chips laid on; light wear to wraps; a few of the paint chips with slight cracks; in very good condition. The Frederick Crane Chemical Company, founded in 1884 in Springfield, New Jersey by Richard Hale, his son-in-law Frederick Crane, and Leonard Richards,... Read More
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A Pair of Octagon Soap Premium Lists
by (Colgate & Company)
Various: Colgate & Company, 1927. First edition. Very good. A brochure and a leaflet; brochure - tri-fold, pp. [8], 9 1/4 x 6 folded; monochrome illustrations; faint vertical crease through middle and small, closed cuts to top edge; in about very good condition; leaflet - 8 1/2 x 5 1/4; pp. [2]; lithographed illustrations; small cut to top edge; in very good condition. Introduced by the Colgate-Palmolive-Peet Company in the early 1900s, Octagon Soap would quickly become a staple... Read More
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Hood's Latest
by C. I. Hood and Company
Lowell, MA: C. I. Hood & Co., 1884. First Edition. Very good. Trade card; 4 3/4 x 3 1/4; chromolithograph to recto, text in blue to verso; a bit of glue residue from previously being in a scrapbook to verso, else minor wear - in very good condition. A charming advertisement for Hood's Tooth Powder, it featured a Trompe-l'oeil effect with a woman's face breaking through a newspaper titled "Hood's Latest, Volume 6, Number 6, 1884." The text, boasting... Read More
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Steamboat Helen Hensley Billhead
by California Steam Navigation Company
Stockton, CA: California Steam Navigation Company, 1861. Very good. Printed document, partially filled in manuscript in brown ink; 4 1/4 x 6 3/4; pale-blue stock, printed and ruled in black; old, intersecting crease lines; a bit of age toning along creases; in very good condition. The California Steam Navigation Company was founded and incorporated in 1854 with the purpose of consolidating competing steamship companies in the San Francisco Bay Area and along the San Joaquin and the Sacramento rivers.... Read More
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Ostrich and Fancy Feathers
by Coutellier Brothers and Company
Boston: Coutellier Brothers & Co., 1870. Very good. Small broadside, n. d. (1870s); 6 1/4 x 4 1/2; white stock, printed in black; a few creases and a tiny spot; in very good condition. While in earlier centuries, namely the 16th, 17th, and 18th, men, especially nobility and military officers, often wore ostrich and other feathers, by the 19th century, the use of extravagant feathers had shifted almost exclusively to women's fashion. They were worn on hats, boas, etc.... Read More
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