14 Lone Ranger publicity photos
n.p.: n.p., 1950. Fine. The Lone Ranger was an American Western television series that aired on the ABC Television network from 1949 to 1957, with Clayton Moore in the starring role. Jay Silverheels, a member of the Mohawk Aboriginal people in Canada, played the Lone Ranger's Native American companion Tonto. This is a collection of fourteen 8x10 publicity photos taken for this popular Western. Two of the photos are in color, the rest are black and white, with... Read More
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Omaggio al Poeta Biagio Marin: Discorso di Carlo o e indirizzo di saluto del presidente del circolo della cultura e delle arti antonio fonda-savio
Circolo della cultura e delle arti, Trieste, 1962. Paperback. Fine. Paperback. Number 47 of 500 copies. Thin white paper wrappers with red and black title to front panel. Mnor wear to edges of wrappers. Slight discoloration to bottom of front wrapper, else clean. Frontispiece illustration. 39 pages. ITA/041019.
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Description des Principales Pierres Gravées du Cabinet de S.A.S. Monseigneur Le Duc D' Orléans, Premier Prince du Sang Two Volumes
Paris: Abbé de la Chau and Abbé Le Blond, 1784. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. These two sumptuous French volumes describe the Duc of Orléans's magnificent collection of pierre gravées - "engraved stones or gems" - that was acquired over the years. This was the collection of Louis Philippe (1725-1785) that was inherited by his son Louis Philippe II (1747-1798), The son had the collection for two years but it was sold to Catherine, Empress of Russia in 1787.... Read More
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The Galaxy: An Illustrated Magazine of Entertaining Reading. Volume VII (7). September 1866 - December 1866
New York: W.C. and F.P. Church, 1866. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover. Includes chapters from Trollope's 'The Claverings.' Ex-library. Modern cloth covered boards with gilt title to spine. Clean interior overall aside from library markings. Dampstaining to first few pages. Paper repair to corner of one rear page. 920 pages. PER/052119.
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The Art World: A Monthly for the Public Devoted to the Higher Ideals. February 1917 Combining the Craftsman. Volume I, Number 5
New York: The Kalon Publishing Company, Inc, 1917. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. Includes articles on 19th century painting, G.F. Watts and Arnold Boecklin, the Real Aims of the NY Central, Library of Congress, and more. Illustrated white paper wrappers with black title to spine and front cover. Chipping and tears to paper on spine. Both wrappers are detached but present. Minor spotting and soiling to covers, but clean interior. Includes many full page black and white photographic reproductions... Read More
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Photo Album from 1939: nature and landscapes across America
1939. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Black oblong leatherette covers titled "photographs" in gilt and stab bound with black string. Includes black and white photographs from a vacation in 1939 of natural bridges, Smoky Mountain views from TN, pelicans and alligators in St. Petersburg, FL, aquatic gardens (Rainbow Springs, FL) pictures taken through the bottom of a glass bottom boat, Tarpon Spring, FL, the campus of the University of Tampa, St. Augustine, FL, Dayton Beach, and "Cotton Pickers". The... Read More
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Celebration of the Two Hundred and Seventy-fifth Anniversary of the Founding of the Town of Southampton, NY. 1640 - 1915
Southampton, NY: John H. Hunt, 1915. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. Uncommon. Includes a history of the town (included here as a dramatized pagaent, which was performed during the celebration), an address, which includes multiple important events in the town's history, memorial notices, brief descriptions of events taking place during the celebration, tipped in illustrations, and more. Bound in white side-stapled paper wrappers with black title to front wrapper. Minor soiling to front wrapper with minor edgewear, but clean... Read More
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Harper's New Monthly Magazine. Volume XL (40), No. CCXXXV, December 1869 - May 1870
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1870. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Lacks volume title page and table of contents pages. Bound in three quarter brown leather with light brown cloth covered boards and gilt title to spine. (The spine is labeled "Vol. XV" rather than "XL"). Rubbing and wear to spine ends, edges, and corners. Foxing and occasional spots of soiling to interior. Illustrated. 944 pages. PER/050818.
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Latin Quarter New York
n.p.: n.p., 1950. Softcover. Very Good. Softcover. A fascinating publication publicizing the owners, dancers, performers, and some of the featured stars appearing at this famed cabaret in Manhattan. It is described as having America's greatest stars, at America's most fabulous cabaret at Times Square. With many b&w photos of the performers, many of them scantily dressed. There are also scenes from recent Latin Quarter shows, photos of some of the stars who have appeared (including Eleanor Powell, Rowan... Read More
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The Only True Mother Goose Melodies, without addition or abridgment. Embracing, also, a Reliable Life of the Goose Family, Never Before Published
Boston: G.W. Cottrell, 1833. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover. Early edition, uncommon. (Priced with condition in mind.) Copyright date listed on title page as 1833 by Monroe & Francis. With numerous handcolored illustrations. Bound in the original blue cloth boards with gilt title to front board. Large split to book cloth along front hinge and spine. Split has amateur glue repair along exterior. Interior hinges have been reinforced with pasted down paper strips. Rubbing and a few spots of soiling... Read More
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Teddy Bear
Cleveland, OH: Goldsmith Publishing Co, 1922. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. No. 520 Series. A shape book in side stapled stiff paper wrappers featuring a teddy bear in full color to both wrappers. The story is told in rhyming verse about a teddy bear that goes for a walk, a bike ride, and eventually skating. None of these adventures turn out well, but he does meet friends along the way. Long closed tears to wrappers along spine panel; however,... Read More
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Binder with twenty-one black and white publicity photos from the 1930s
Very Good+. A black school binder with twenty-one black and white movie publicity photos fromo the 1930s. Most of the photos are either stills from Broadway Melody of 1938, along with several just of actress Eleanor Powell, apparently greatly admired by the collector of these items. Some of the photos have information on their backs about the film or the star. The photos are in three-hole clear plastic sleeves that allow them to be held by the binder.... Read More
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Postcard Album - Europe - Switzerland / Germany / Italy from 1920s / 30s
1920. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. A collection of black and white photographic postcards from a transatlantic voyage - mostly reproductions of art. Also includes postcards featuring the Hotel Kulm (the hightest hotel in the Swiss Alps), the alps, and a cruise ship near Trieste, Italy - possibly the Vulcania or Saturnia of the Cosulich Line Trieste. Bound in grey stiff paper boards with grey cord binding. Minor wear to edges and corners of boards. 12 pages with 48... Read More
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James and Charles, and Other Tales for Children
Providence: Geo. P. Daniels, 1843. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. 24 mo. A later edition, but still an early and uncommon chapbook. Each of the stories imparts lessons of good behavior and morality. The last story is about the camel's feelings of resentment and how once it acts out, it immediately forgets. It tells of how camel drivers drop their clothes when their camels become angry so that the camel will rush at the clothes and trample them rather... Read More
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Late Victorian Era Wedding Photo Album
1900. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Includes 22 original photographs, mostly of brides and grooms. Several have been hand colored. As is common with photographs from this period, the couple are not smiling, due to the long exposure times required. An attractive full leather photo album with working metal spring clasp featuring a metal lyre. Embossed and gilt decorations to both boards and spine. It appears that a label was once adhered to the crest on the front board;... Read More
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Open Set
[Colorado]: American Academy of Bookbinding, 2017. Softcover. Fine. Softcover. A handsome exhibition catalog for the Academy's annual exhibition of bindings submitted for consideration of awards . in the exhibition. The exhibition travelled to various locations around the country that year. Softcover in white paper and brown binding with the title decoratively shown on the front cover. The spine notes that this is the catalog of the competition and exhibition for that year. Each exhibitor was given a page... Read More
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Manuscript Leaf in Arabic
Turkey, n.d.. Very Good. A lovely Arabic leaf identified by the previous owner as a Koran leaf from Turkey. The text is beautifully adorned with a gilt frame, small gilt circular decorations, There is a decorative symbol in the margin of one page done in blue and red inks and gilt. Small chips along page edges and some light soiling. Very good condition. Measures 4.5 x 7 inches. MANU/041923.
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The Art Journal. New Series: Volume VI (6) 1867 - 1868
London: Virtue and Co, 1867. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. An important Victorian magazine, known for its honest viewpoints on the fine arts. Includes the full year of 1867 plus issues through August of 1868. A total of 43 engraved full page plates based on paintings and sculptures by Leslie, Eastlake, Ward, Solomon, Hook, Dore, and more. Articles on art, sculpture, photography, architecture, fashion, art clubs, exhibitions, reviews, decorative arts, and more. Ex-library from MICA with stamp to copyright... Read More
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![[Six French Plays] Victor, or L'Enfant de La Forêt; Le Chateau des Apennins ou Le Fantôme Vivant; Madame Angot, ou La Poissarde Parvenue; Le Mariage de Nanon, ou La Suite de Mme. Angot; Madame Angot au Serail de Constantinople; La Femme Romanesque](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/980/660/1558660980.0.l.jpg)
[Six French Plays] Victor, or L'Enfant de La Forêt; Le Chateau des Apennins ou Le Fantôme Vivant; Madame Angot, ou La Poissarde Parvenue; Le Mariage de Nanon, ou La Suite de Mme. Angot; Madame Angot au Serail de Constantinople; La Femme Romanesque
Paris: [multiple], 1801. Hardcover. Good +. Hardcover. An interesting compilation of five dramatic or comedic plays published in the last years of the French Revolution and the establishment of the First Republic. Three of the works were published by Chez Barba, a bookshop that specialized in the theater. It was founded by Jean-Nicolas Barba, a bookseller and sometimes actor. All of the plays are complete. They were printed on various types of paper, and some have browned considerably... Read More
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Le Livre d'Art International. Numéro spécial 26, 15 Novembre 1931
Paris: Arts et Metiers Graphiques, 1931. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Number 26, special. Quarto. This book focuses on the book arts with tipped in pages from private presses - Mainzer Presses, Leiter-Nypels, Harrison of Paris, and more. Photographic images of bindings, and page layouts are included. Printed pieces by illustrators and other fine artists are also included: work by Dufy, Picasso, Redon, Degas, Franz Masereel, Max Ernst, and more. Later binding of off-white cloth boards with black title... Read More
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Archivio Storico Italiano. Fondata da G.P. Vieusseux. Anno CXXIX. 472. Disp. IV
Firenze: Leo S. Olschki Editore, 1972. Paperback. Good. Paperback. Beige paper wrappers with black title to spine and front cover. Dampstained on cover and first few pages. Minor browning to margins and chipping to edges of wrappers and some pages. A good reading copy of this Italian history periodical. pages 387 - 586. ITA/041219.
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Celebrate
New Haven, CT: Yale Graphic Design Department, 1990. Near Fine. Scarce. A boxed collection of programs, schedules, menus, and more commemorating the 40th anniversary of Yale's Graphic Design Department. It includes a fold out time line listing the students and faculty for each year of the program that also notes significant news events in many of the years. A symposium and reunion were held as part of the celebration and the schedule and programs are provided in two... Read More
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Motion Picture [magazine]
n.p.: Laurence Reid, editor, 1940. Softcover. Very Good. Softcover. Motion Picture was an American monthly fan magazine about film, published from 1911 to 1977. The magazine was established by Vitagraph Studios co-founder J. Stuart Blackton and partner Eugene V. Brewster under the title The Motion Picture Story Magazine. In contrast to earlier film magazines such as The Moving Picture World, which were aimed at film exhibitors, The Motion Picture Story Magazine was aimed at regular film goers. It... Read More
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Life and Adventure in the South Pacific
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1861. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover. First edition of this relatively scarce title attributed to "A Roving Printer." It describes the travels of two young men who spent five years on a whaling ship that departed from the whaling port of New Bedford, Mass. It begins with a description of fitting out a whaler for a voyage, through its launch. The book then gives a detailed description of the boats and whaling apparatus. and the... Read More
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