Forty-Fifth Year-Book of DePauw University for the Year 1883-84
Greencastle, Indiana: DePauw University, 1884. Book. Very Good Plus. Leather. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. RARE. In original leather with gilt titles, five raised bands, all edges gilt, marbled end pages, Very Good Plus, leather rubbed at the tips, prior owner name front end page. An exceptional copy of this RARE leather bound early DePauw history and yearbook ! " A Historical Sketch of the Institution; An Outline of the Organization; The Triennial... Read More
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The Ladies Home Journal November, 1902
Philadelphia: The Curtis Publishing Company, 1902. Magazine. Very Good Plus. Magazine. First Edition. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. Volume XIX, No. 12. Very Good Plus, small mailing label front cover, light soiling. A beautifully preserved copy. Cove art illustration by Edwin A. Abbey. Contains "The Philadelphians as Seen by a New York Woman" by Katharine Bingham and "The 600,000 Smiths in America" by John Elfreth Watkins, Jr., among many other articles..
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"Morris for President" 1988 MORRIS ( the Cat ) Calendar
No Place: Star-Kist, Inc., 1988. Paper. Fine. No Binding. First Printing. 12" w x 11" h. Advertising calendar for the year 1988. Fine, 12" w x 11" h with spiral binding. The twelve months each with a different picture and one page of manufacturer's coupons. Morris the Cat became the advertising mascot for 9Lives brand cat food in 1968. One of the most successful campaigns in advertising history, his successors are still featured in the company's advertising over... Read More
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Broadside - Vaudeville) Old Knickerbocker Music Hall - The Old Look Revue Featuring "Vaudeville's Last Stand", Starring Jack Albertson and "The Wayward Maiden", with Jack Lemmon ( early theatre appearance)
2nd Avenue at 54th Street, New York: Old Knickerbocker Music Hall Poster. Near Fine. No Binding. First Printing. No date, circa 1947-1949. Playing piano and acting in these revues was Jack Lemmon's initial show business job in New York after his arrival in New York in 1947 and until late 1949 when he appeared in the television series, "That Wonderful Guy". 8 1/4" wide by 18 3/4" hi, tri-folded for mailing, Near Fine, small pinhole at top, small... Read More
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Constitution of American Folklore Society, Boston, November - 1966
Boston: American Folklore Society, 1966. Typewritten. Very Good. No Binding. First Thus. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Eight pages, typed one side, stapled top left, on 8 1/2" x 11" paper. Very Good, uniformly browning, light soiling. SCARCE piece of American Folklore Society history. The Society was originally founded in 1888..
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Songs of the Yellowstone Park Lodges
Yellowstone Park Wyo.: The Yellowstone Park Lodge and Camps Co. Book. Near Fine. Stapled Wrappers. Early Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Subtitle reads "If You Feel Like Sighing - Sing.". 43, [1] pages, in stapled pictorial wrappers, containing lyrics to popular camp songs of the time. No Date, circa late 1920s. Near Fine, very faint crease rear cover. An excellent copy..
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( Social Action, Education - Original Poster ) Captain Hydro Hero of Water Conservation
Oakland, CA: East Bay Municipal Utility District, 1987. Poster. Near Fine. Poster. First Printing. 24" h x 18" W. An original poster printed to publicize "The Captain Hydro Water Conservation Workbook" which was published by the East Bay Municipal Utility District (EMBUD) in 1987 and is still in use today as an educational resource for schoolchildren. RARE, a single copy located online, at the Oakland Museum of CA (OCMA). Near Fine, faint creases. top right corner with small triangular... Read More
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(Ephemera) Souvenir of Columbus, Ohio
Columbus, OH: W. S. Harriman, 1928. Postcard. Very Good Plus. Postcard. 4 14" x 6 1/4". Uncommon postcard packet of 20 different views and buildings in Columbus , Ohio, mailed and postmarked 1928. 9 cards, accordion folded and with a different view printed each side, with front and rear card views and a singles page description of Columbus. Very Good, mailed and postmarked with stamp and sent to addressee in Halstead, Kansas. Light wear to covers, the interior cards Fine..... Read More
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Catalogue et description des objets d'art de l'antiquite, du Moyen-age et de la Renaissance, exposes au Musee; Musee des Thermes et de l'Hotel de Cluny
Paris: Hotel De Cluy, 1857. Book. Very Good Plus. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. With the bookplate and ownership signature of John V. L. Pruyn, a member of the US House of Representatives from 1863-1865. serving as a pro-Union Democrat who supported the war effort> He served a 2nd term in 1867-1869. Handsomely bound in contemporary quarter red morocco over marbled boards, marbled end papers. Very Good Plus, end papers browned, moderate rubbing to edges..... Read More
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Revista De Arte. Two Volumes,
Santiago: Facultad de Bellas Artes de la Univeridad de Chile, 1934. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Two volumes containing the complete first two years of publication. Bound in heavy burlap cloth with paper covered illustrated front boards. Published bimonthly, Volume I, Ano I, June-July 1934 through June-July 1935, and Vol. II, Ano II spanning Aug. 1935 through Aug. 1936. Very Good, loss of some cloth at spines, corners a bit... Read More
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(Railroads) Blueprint Plan for ABERNATHY Steel Surface Cattle Guard
Birmingham, Alabama : Standard Cattle Guard Co Poster. Very Good. Poster. No date, circa 1905-07. Printed on thin blueprint paper, about Very Good, small chip bottom left corner, edge creases and tears with small chips, two recent archival tape repairs and old pencil notations verso, 2" tear at center fold, faint red lettering bottom right corner. The Standard Cattle Guard Co. was incorporated in Birmingham in 1905, Samuel Abernathy, Pres. An advertisement for the Abernathy Cattle Guard appears in a... Read More
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( In Fine Ornately Gilt Victorian 19th Century Binding ) THE QURAN ( Koran )
No Publisher Book. Very Good. Full-Leather. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. A fine 19th century Quran in intricately gilt-tooled wrap-around leather binding, all edges gilt, in printed Naskh script with a beautiful illuminated conjugated lawh that is reminiscent of fine Persian carpet. The text bordered in wide gilt rule, with black, red and gilt in the text. Very Good, the covers worn at the edges and with rear cover detached. An unusual Quran for its Victorian binding.... Read More
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Important Historical Architectural Photo Album in Deluxe Presentation Binding) Costruzione Del Ponte Monumentale "Umberto I" in Torino
Torino (Turin, Italy) 1903-1907: Impresa Allegri & Co., 1907. Book. Very Good Minus. Leather. Oblong Folio. Collection of 29 original photographs, ( two - 8 3/4" x 6" and 27- 6 1/4" x 4 1/2") applied on 15 thick card leaves, titles written in white ink directly under photos, one blank leaf each front and back. The photographs detailing the construction of the Umberto I Bridge over the Po River at Turin, 1903-1907 ( the bridge was completed with the... Read More
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An Extraordinarily Large Collection of Nearly 40,000 Wine and Spirits Labels from 49 Countries Around the World
Various Places: Various Ephemera. Fine. Unbound. Various. A remarkable collection amassed by a single collector from the 1940s-1970s whose original inventory sheet (included) lists 39,744 labels from 49 countries spanning the globe. The countries with the highest counts include Belgium, 8000+, France, 5100+, Spain, 4400+, and Switzerland, 3500+. The collector sent letters requesting their unused labels to wineries, breweries and distilleries. Consequently, almost all are unused and most are stored in the original contemporary return envelopes, with a count... Read More
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A Collection of 400+ Pieces of Original Railroad Correspondence and Ephemera, Spanning Four Decades between 1919 and 1959, in Both Text and Manuscript, Relating to the Business of Former Erie Railway Company Mechanical Engineer George W. Armstrong and Other Erie Railway Mechanical Engineers
Various: Various, 1919. Manuscript. Very Good. No Binding. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. George W. Armstrong was a railway mechanical engineer who spent a number of years working for the Erie Railroad Company prior to 1919, and with the Bethlehem Steel Company during the period of this collection. Part of Armstrong's work as an engineer led to at least two articles for the Railway Mechanical Engineer journal (currently known as Railway Age), in which he discusses centralized... Read More
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Les Tres Riches Heures du Duc de Berry : Promotional Poster
New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1988. Poster. Fine. Poster. First Printing. 15 5/8"w x 23 5/8"h. Publisher's promotional poster, 15 5/8"w x 23 5/8"h, featuring an illuminated leaf from " The first complete and exact facsimile edition of the most famous and splendid Illuminated Manuscript in the world". Fine as issued, printed in Switzerland. Well suited for framing, will be shipped loosely rolled in mailing tube..
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DC Comics Role Playing Game "Be Part of the Legend": Promotional Poster
DC Comics, 1985. Poster. Fine. Poster. First Printing. 17" w x 22" h. SCARCE publisher's promotional poster, 17" w x 22 " h. Fine, as issued. Well suited for framing, will be shipped loosely rolled in mailing tube..
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(Real Photo postcard) Osage Native American Ceremony, Hominy, Okla. 1941
Oklahoma: No Publisher, 1941. Postcard. Near Fine. Postcard. 3 1/2 x 5 1/2". Real photo postcard mailed Nov. 12, 1941 to Mr. Vernon Popkins, Halstead, Kans. from his sister. Features Osage Indian ceremony at Hominy, Okla. Part of the message reads "Well this is the way they dance down here. Had a big Pow Wow this fall ..."..
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Revenue Laws of the State of Arkansas, Passed by the General Assembly of 1883
[Place of publication not identified]: [publisher not identified],, 1883. Book. Good. Sheepskin. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 95 pages, bound in contemporary sheep, Good, the leather at spine mostly deteriorated yet binding still holding nicely. The name R. W. Worthen gilt stamped front cover, stamped at title page and rear end page "R. W. Worthen County & Probate Clerk Pulaski County Little Rock Arkansas" . With presumably his marginal and end paper notations, mostly in... Read More
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Quinzaine de Pasque, Notee, a l'Usage de Paris.
Paris: Jean Desaint, 1739. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. [2], xvj, 542, [3] pages. Printer's address p. 541 (transl. from the French) "From the Printing Office of Jean-Baptiste Christophe Ballard, Sole Printer to the King for Music, & Notator of His Majesty's Chapel". Only the title page and the chapter headings are in French, the rest is in Latin. Printed notated music. Bound in contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards, marbled end... Read More
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Playboy's Choice Playboy Book Club - 26 Issues Spring 1972 through June 1975
Lemoyne, PA: Playboy Book Club, 1972. Magazine. Near Fine. Printed Wrappers. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Twenty six issues, including 11 for 1972, 7 for 1973, 2 for 1974, and 6 for 1975. All are Fine to Near Fine, all but 2 issues with ink notations front wrapper with ink notations of either "Accepted" or "Rejected" followed by the date sent. Typically 16 pages in stapled wrappers, some with return post card. Hugh Heffner's Playboy empire... Read More
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BOWEN'S Automobile and Sportsmen's Guide for Indiana
Indianapolis: B. F. Bowen & Co., 1917. Book. Very Good. Flexible Leather. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. "Containing, Separate Maps of Each County, Showing Section, Township and Range Lines, Steam and Electric Lines and All Public Highways. Improved Roads Shown in Color. Also Population of Counties, Townships, Incorporated Cities and Towns and Table of Distances." Bound in original limp leather, Near Fine, hinge opened between title page and Foreword, stamped at front end page "For Sale... Read More
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Charming Archive of Show Bulldogs Circa 1937 from The Detroit Bulldog Club, Inc. with Eleven Photographs and Two Original Pencil Drawings with Signatures
Detroit, Michigan : The Detroit Bulldog Club, Inc. , 1937. Photographic Image. Near Fine. Soft cover. Archive of materials relating to The Detroit Bulldog Club, Inc. including 2 catalogues with annotations in pen, 11 original bulldog photographs in black and white ranging in size from 4 ¾'' x 6 ¾'' to 12 ½'' x 10 ¾'', and 2 detailed original bulldog pencil drawings with signatures. The Detroit Bulldog Club, Inc. was founded in 1920 and incorporated in 1928 as a... Read More
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The Plymouth County directory, and Historical Register of the Old Colony, containing an historical sketch of the county, and of each town in the county :
Middleboro, Mass.: S. B. Pratt & Co. (Stillman Baxter),; publisher and printer, 1867. Book. Very Good Minus. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Very Good MInus, in original printed paper covered boards, old tape mend covering cloth spine, boards well rubbed, front hinge open yet holding nicely, lacking first advertisement front end page and p. 89-90 rear advertisement end page, stains to pp. 65-71. 8vo, pp. 160, 148, 92. Map and 2 Plates. Advertising... Read More
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Collection of 6 Letters Between the Cincinnati, Hamilton, & Dayton Railway Co. and Mills Lumber Co. Regarding Work on the Decatur, IL Freight House dated August 1904 to April 1905
Decatur, IL: Cincinnati, Hamilton, & Dayton Railway Co. and Mills Lumber Co. , 1904. Handwritten. Very Good. No Binding. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Collection includes: 5 Manuscript Letters, 1 Typed Letter, and a 1-pg. Manuscript Inventory/Price List Attached to the Final Letter 1.To the Assistant Engineer of C.H. &D Railway Co., E.S.A. From N.M.S. Cincinnati, Hamilton, & Dayton Railway Co. Letterhead. Decatur, August 25, 1904: Manuscript letter regarding plumbing details for Decatur freight house... Read More
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