The Printer's Devil in 19th Century New Mexico Print Shops
by Anonymous
72057593498894297: New Mexico (?), 1950. Softcover. First edition, n.d. (ca 1950); 5 1/2 x 8 1/2; pp. [12]; brown die-cut wraps tied with decorative string; minor crease to back cover, else fine. Illustrated with drawings and photographs, including one of young Mark Twain who was a "printer's devil" at the Weekly Missouri Courrier in the 1850s. The book is a fascinating account of the so called "printer's devils" - the youngest and lowliest employees in the printing trade tasked with... Read More
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Frozen Desserts" together with "Dainty Sandwiches
by Anonymous
Boston: Rust Craft, 1918. Softcover. Very good. First editions, n. d. (ca 1918); illustrated folders - 6 x 3 1/2, 18 cards in each folder - 5 x 3; folders with small nicks to corners and minor spotting; light wear to spine spine; cards in near fine or better condition. Released as a series of recipe- and cocktail publications, each folder contained a small upbeat rhyme to recto with the current two reading, respectively: "When you wish a new... Read More
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Da zdravstvuet 1 Maia (Long Live May 1st) [Manuscript Propaganda Poster]
by Anonymous
S. l.: By the author, 1930. Very good. Collage, n. d. (1930s); 8 1/2 x 9; mixed technique - laid-on, die-cut images, watercolors, and pencil; signature of author in black ink unreadable; a few small spots to margins; in very good condition. A beautiful, spirited, handmade propaganda poster, almost entirely in shades of red, it depicted on one side larger-than-life Lenin, with his customary pointing towards a brighter future, and a Red Army truck full of soldiers in the... Read More
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Moiva i Terpug (Fish Recipes - Capelin and Rasp)
by Anonymous
S. l. (Moscow [?]): s. n., 1950. First Edition. Very good. Two leaflets, n. d. (ca 1950s); 8 1/2 x 4 3/4; single leaves, pp. [2]; lithographed illustrations to recto, text to verso; minor creasing and wear to corners; very good or better condition. Published as advertisements for "Mosryba" - a large wholesale and retail fish store in Moscow - the colorful leaflets described two different fish, found along the far North shores of Russia - Moiva (Capelin) and... Read More
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Mir / Peace
by Anonymous
Moskva (Moscow): Plakat, 1988. Softcover. First edition; 26 1/2 x 18 1/2; offset print; a few faint creases from being rolled; small bump to lower right corner and a very minor nick to top edge; very good or better condition. Published at the very end of Communism, the poster shows a boy and a girl standing next to each other, with the girl's kerchief made of the Soviet Flag and the boy's hat made of the American Flag. It hints... Read More
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Pussy Cat Coloring Book
by Anonymous
Akron, Ohio: Saalfield Pub. Co., 1950. Softcover. Shape book; approx. 8 x 8; pp. [16]; illustrated wraps; rubbed spots along spine and some creasing; good to very good. An adorable story of the adventures of hungry Little Tom Cat accompanied by black & white illustrations for children to color.
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Delectable Foods
by Anonymous
New York: California Preserves, Inc., 1960. First Edition. Very good. First edition, n. d. (ca 1960); 6 3/4 x 5 1/4; pp. [20]; red, pictorial, card stock wraps; small rubbed spots along spine; a bit of wear to corners; illustrated with photographs; overall in very good condition. An interesting piece of ephemera, published as an advertisement for the California Preserves Co. and their products, the booklet contained numerous recipes for hors d'oeuvres, desserts, soups, and so on. It also... Read More
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William Seaton and the Butterfly, with a History of That Beautiful Insect
by Anonymous
New York: Kiggins & Kellogg, 1850. Softcover. First edition, n. d. (ca 1850); 6 x 3 3/4; pp. 24; engraved salmon wraps; two spots to margins of front wrap and small nicks to tips of spine; illustrated with steel engravings; very good or better. Part of Redfield's Toy Books (this one No. 5 in the Fourth Series), the book tells the story of little William Seaton, a nature's lover, and a history of butterflies, including descriptions of several remarkable ones.
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A Collection of 18 Mid-20th-century Adult Humor Booklets
by Anonymous
S. l. : Grayko, 1946. First Edition. Very good. Eighteen booklets; 4 x 2 3/4; pp. [15], including text to back wrap and front wrap verso; beige paper, printed, ruled, and illustrated in black; all of them with a dark spot around staple on top edge, else minor creasing and wear; in about very good- condition. An unusual collection of mild, adult humor, only identified by an elusive publisher (Grayko), in each small booklet - every page contained a... Read More
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United States Corps of Cadets, Camp Dix, NJ. Summer Hops, 1920
by Anonymous
Philadelphia: Skillcrafters Incorporated, 1920. Very good. Dance card; 4 x 3; pp. [8]; off-white, card-stock wraps, embossed and decorated in gilt, silver, yellow, and black, and tied with decorative string; manuscript entries within; very mild age-toning to wraps; small, closed cut to tail of spine; in very good or better condition. A beautiful memento from a summer dance at Camp Dix (present day Fort Dix), the latter established in 1917 and named in honor of veteran of the War... Read More
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Gruppa Iakutskago Protesta, 18 Feb. - 7 Mar., 1904 (Yakutsk Protest Group)
by Anonymous
S. l.: Izdanie Bunda, 1904. Very good. Real photo postcard; 3 1/2 x 5 1/2; subtitled below image; a few small creases and several nicks to corners; minor spotting; in about very good condition. A photographic postcard, showing the members of the Yakutsk Protest, most of them Russian Jews, which lasted from February 18th through March 7th of 1904. Fifty-six men and women were depicted, with their last names listed below the picture. The protest was an armed rebellion... Read More
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Panoramic Photograph "Donner Lake from Donner Pass"
by Anonymous
S. l.: s. n., 1930. Near fine. Gelatin silver panoramic photograph in original plain brown envelope, n. d. (1930s); 3 1/2 x 10 3/4; photo with very minor wear - in near fine condition; envelope with a few tears to top edge and a small piece of tape to inside of flap. A beautiful image by an anonymous photographer (identified only by the initial 'H'), it showed an elevated view of Donner Lake and the Rainbow Bridge.
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Broadside for the Theatre Royal, English Opera Presenting "The Wizard: Or, the Brown Man of the Moor"
by Anonymous
S. l. (London): s. n., 1817. Good. Broadside; 12 3/4 x 7 1/2; backed on a card stock sheet with margins closely trimmed; card stock frame; uniform age-toning and a few small worn spots; in about good condition. The broadside advertised a performance of "The Wizard: Or, the Brown Man of the Moor" - based on Walter Scott's "Black Dwarf - with the principal actors being Miss Kelly and Miss Love, Mr. H. Johnston, and others. Also advertised... Read More
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Ca 1795 Scrapbook "Extracts from Newspapers"
by Anonymous
London (?): By the Author, 1795. Softcover. Scrapbook; laid paper and wraps, hand-sewn with a decorative thread; pp. [18]; slight spotting and age-toning to wraps; pages clean; very good or better. A charming 18th century British scrapbook by an anonymous person filled with newspaper articles from various publications - mostly following maritime news as the French Revolutionary Wars were under way. Also included are several pieces on the arts as well as an account of a "very remarkable appearance of... Read More
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Coming! Here! Coming! The Wonder Show with Brin the Magician, Assisted by Miss Helene. Presenting Magic, Mind-reading, Comedy, Also - Barnello the Fire Eater
by Anonymous
S. l.: s. n., 1890. Very good. Small broadside, n. d. (late 19th century); 8 1/2 x 5 1/2; beige stock, printed in black; a small nick and creasing to lower left corner; a few spots (not affecting readability); in about very good condition. Though research has not revealed much about Brin the Magician, there is plenty of history surrounding Barnello the Fire Eater. Born in Decatur, Illinois, Edward A. Barnwell (1857-1910) was, arguably, the best-known fire eater of... Read More
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Little Sister's ABC Book
by Anonymous
New York: McLoughlin Bros., 1890. Softcover. First edition thus, n. d. (ca 1890); 5 x 7; pp. 8 + text to covers verso; a bit of wear and fading to spine and corners; a few very small pieces of tape to bottom edges; bright chromolithographed wraps with highly stippled effect (characteristic to McLoughlin publications of the 1890s); stunning chromolithographs throughout; very good. Arguably one of McLoughlin's most beautiful ABC books, it lists each letter and describes it with a picture... Read More
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A Sachet Valentine
by Anonymous
S. l. (England): s. n., 1860. Very good. Sachet valentine, n. d. (1860s); 5 x 3 1/2; several layers of gilded and embossed paper lace, forming an elaborate, 4-sided envelope; recto with two die-cut chromolithographs of flowers and butterflies; verso with a larger chromolithograph of a floral bouquet; silk satchet within, with a poem printed on it; remarkably well-preserved, with minor loss of paper to edges; in very good or better condition. Although unsigned, the stunning valentine could possibly... Read More
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Your Guide to 1960 Olympic Winter Games
by Anonymous
Squaw Valley, Lake Tahoe, CA: s. n., 1960. Softcover. Brochure; four fold, 9 x 20 unfolded; illustrated with drawings and a map in red, blue, and white; a few creases to lower margin and mild wear to folds and edges; very good condition.An interesting ephemeral memento from the 1960 Squaw Valley Winter Olympics, the brochure included complete schedule of events, ticket and housing applications, transportation information, and a greeting from then Governor of California Edmund Brown.
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Football. All Service League Game. Ford Island vs. Hickan [sic.] Field, NAS Pear Harbor, Saturday, Sep. 28, 1946
by Anonymous
Hawaii: s. n., 1946. Good. Leaflet; 8 3/4 x 6 1/4; illusration and text to recto, text to verso; old crease lines and a few nicks and cuts to edges; several scattered spots; Hickam Field erroneously printed as Hickan Field; in good condition. An advertisement for a game between Ford Island (Navy Air Station) and Hickam Field (Air Force) football teams, a year after the end of WWII.
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Blue Ribbon Figs from California. Prepared and Packed in a New Way. A Health Food
by Anonymous
Fresno, CA: California Peach & Fig Growers, 1920. Softcover. First edition, n. d. (ca 1920); two fold brochure, 6 x 10 1/2 unfolded; cream stock, printed in blue; very light foxing to bottom edge; a small cut to fore-edge; illustrated with photographs and drawings; very good or better condition. A pretty pamphlet, extolling the virtues of the Blue Ribbon Figs of the Central Valley of California, it advertises "brownie meat" (packed for children), "Fig Brownies," and "Fig Meat" (12-ounce bricks).
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A Small Archive of Printed Silk Prize Ribbons from the 1940 Annual Kohala Fair
by Anonymous
Kohala, Hawaii: April 27 and 28, 1940. Softcover. Printed silk; approx. 2" x 6"; two "First Prize" blue ribbons lettered in gilt, five "Second Prize" red ribbons lettered in black, twenty-five "Honorable Mention" yellow ribbons lettered in red; a few with light fraying to tips and creases; all bright and clean; in about near fine condition. An interesting group of ephemeral survivors from what appears to has been a pre-WWII annual event in Kohala. Though research has not revealed much... Read More
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Manuscript Document, Related to Highways in the City of Baldwin, Maine
by Anonymous
Baldwin, ME: By the author, 1822. Very good. Manuscript; 7 1/2 x 6; laid paper, folded and sewn with a string to form a notebook; pp. [8]; text and tables to pp. 1-4, in brown ink; fore-edge unevenly trimmed; light spotting, mostly to margins; in very good condition. An early 19th century document, it addressed Joel Libby, one of the surveyors of highways in the town of Baldwin for the year 1822 and presented him with a list of... Read More
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Carl Schleicher & Schuell Sample Book of Special Filter Papers
by Anonymous
New York (US Office): Carl Schleicher & Schuell Company, 1930. Softcover. First edition, n. d. (ca 1930); 4 x 5 1/2; pp. [1], 4-46; pink, card stock, wallet-type portfolio; two pockets to verso of wraps with 11 samples; front wraps stamped, with a manuscript name and address; illustrated with engravings and tables; a few spots to wraps; light, general wear; very good condition. Carl Schleicher & Schuell Company was established in the second half of the 19th century in Dueren,... Read More
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Carrageen. A Story of the Sea
by Anonymous
Boston: The E. L. Patch Company, 1926. Softcover. First edition; 3 1/4 x 5; pp. [13]; illustrated wraps; minor wear and rubbing to spine and edges; illustrated with photographs; very good to near fine condition. An apparently unrecorded booklet describing Carrageen, aka Irish Moss, detailing, in words and photographs, the process of raking the ocean along the New England coast for the moss, drying it, and manufacturing various products. The pamphlet is also an advertisement for the company's Nepto Lotion... Read More
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Crimes and Career of Tiburcio Vasquez. The Bandit of San Benito County and Notorious Early California Outlaw. Compiled from Newspaper Accounts of the Period and First Hand Information from Some of Those Who Played a Part in This Story
by Anonymous
Hollister, California : San Benito County Historical Society, 1976. Near fine. Limited bicentennial printing, this copy #26; 9 1/4 x 6; pp. [4], 1-40; textured red wraps, printed in black; illustrated with photographs, including frontis; small nicks to tips of spine, else very light wear; in very good to near fine condition. The story of Tiburcio Vasquez (1835 - 1875) - called the second-greatest bandit of California (Joaquin Murieta being, allegedly, the greatest one), who was active between 1854... Read More
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