Unusual Trench Art Pail
France (?), 1916. Near Fine. Made of tin and copper scraps strewn about in the trenches of the First World War, by soldiers seeking to dispel the long and boring lulls in combat with a creative project. We have had, and seen a lot more, so-called Trench Art, but never such a miniature pail. N.d., between 1914 and 1918. 5 cm tall.
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![[Trade Catalogue] Glaces Verres Cadres Troncy Frères. Manufacture de Glaces, Verres et Cadres](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/707/241/1614241707.0.l.jpg)
[Trade Catalogue] Glaces Verres Cadres Troncy Frères. Manufacture de Glaces, Verres et Cadres
Lyon: Printed by H. Richard, Lyon; Helio Aulard, Paris and Lyon; Imprimerie des Faculte, 1937. Stab binding. Cover of card stock. Brass clasp pins passing through holes. Very Good. A huge variety of mostly Art Deco mirrors, from vanity mirrors, to larger dressing mirrors, mirrors attached to furniture, etc. as well as some tables, serving carts, etc. Art Deco is definitely the dominant aesthetic, but there are frames that are in the more traditional Rococo, Empire and other... Read More
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Packard for 1937. Packard One Twenty. Packard Six-Six -- Of a Distinguished Family; Get the "Plus" of a Packard
Detroit, Michigan: The Packard Motor Car Company, 1936. First Edition. Wraps. Very Good. Oblong, 23 by 30.5 cm. Unpaginated, 32 pages. Color illustrations on virtually every page. Many are based on photos but with painterly enhancements, including a drawn background, colorizing, other touches to create some simulacrum of a painting. 14 pages are essentially full page plates depicting a single car model, this in full and bright color, with a green and white drawn idyllic background. Two pages... Read More
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[Print] Autumn
Fine. Hand-colored print depicting a somber maiden. Undated, circa mid-1840. The print itself measures 16 by 11 cm, and with mat, 35.5 by 28 cm.
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Genealogia und Chronica/ des Durchlauchten hochgebornen/ Königlichen vnd Fürstlichen hauses/ der Fürsten zu Anhalt/ Graffen zu Ballenstedt vnd Ascanie/ Herrn zu Bernburgk|| vnd Zerbst/ auff 1055. Jar/ in sechs Büchern/ mit viel schönen alten Hi-||storien/ Geschichten/ Königlichen vnd Fürstlichen Wopen|| gezieret/ vnd beschrieben.|| Mit einer Vorrede Herrn Philippi|| Melanthon
1556.
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![[Prospectus] Avedon. A limited edition](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/844/066/1615066844.0.l.jpg)
[Prospectus] Avedon. A limited edition
New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1978. First Edition. Portfolio. Light glossy card stock. Near Fine. Portfolio contains eleven quintessential Avedon photos from the late forties and fifties, all black and white, a few of which are among his more famous, widely recognized, images. The models were among the most famous of the day, and ones Avedon worked with repeatedly. They were all the supermodels of the day, before the term was coined: Dorian Leigh, her younger sister,... Read More
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1892 Price List and Illustrated Catalogue of Grocers' Store Fixtures, Embracing Tea, Coffee and Spice Canisters, Coffee Mills, Scales, Refrigerators, Desks, Show Cases, Oil Tanks, Counters and Shelving. Manufactured by Empire Hardware Co
New York, 1892. Wraps. Very Good Minus. 8vo. 23 by 15 cm. iv, 107 pp. Many elaborate tea and coffee canisters which today are highly sought after tin antiques. The store cabinetry is also of particular interest. Chips to corners of wraps. Rebacked. Interior clean. A very attractive trade catalogue of grocery store fixtures.
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Two Homemade Cards Using Cut-Outs, Both on Folded Sheets, One Depicting Children Playing, the other, A Frazzled Waitress and Playful Cats in a Kitchen
France, 1920. Very Good. Clever and charming homemade cards for no particular occasion. N.d., circa 1920s. The two cards, made of folded light blue mottled stationary, are 13 by 17.5 when closed, and the entire pasted decoration is on the closed front page. The one with the children playing uses five different cut-outs, all cut neatly, with the largest image of two girls pulling a long fabric being used as a jump rope, while a separate cut-out has... Read More
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Campaign Brochure for Horror Film Double Feature: "Brain of Blood" and "Vampire People". Double Dose of Shok! A Blood-dripping Brain Transplant turns a Maniac into a Monster ... Brain of Blood. And A cult of Undead Creatures seek fresh warm Human Blood! Vampire People
New York: Hemisphere Pictures, Inc. Phil-Am Enterprises Ltd, 1971. Light wear.. What could be more fun than the graphics of B movie horror film poster artwork? We call this a brochure since it served as the campaign brochure sent to exhibitors in the lead up to the double feature's release, with poster ideas, synopses of the films, some still photos of the movies. But this one is not bound but rather like a poster printed on both sides... Read More
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Das Alte Rom mit dem Triumphzuge Kaiser Constantin's im Jahre 312 N. Chr
München: Franz Hanfstaengl Kunstverlag, 1890. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. A scarce panorama of Ancient Rome and the triumphal march of Emperor Constantine in 312 A.D. An albumen photo reproduction of a painting by Josef Bühlman and Alexander Wagner -- we believe the former was the primary designer, the latter, a collaborator who executed much of the actual painting. Closed, oblong, 18.5 by 23 cm. Opening to eight mounted photo panels, and on the opposite side of the... Read More
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![[Trade Catalogue] Concertina of Fabric Decorative Trim](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/331/128/1669128331.0.l.jpg)
[Trade Catalogue] Concertina of Fabric Decorative Trim
France, 1890. Leatherette for end panels. Very Good. A truly beautiful and unusual sample book from the late 19th Century. 15 panels with samples, 73 samples, and possibly two more which are string and we are unsure whether they are the full sample or there was loss. Gold dominates the fabric color, and quite possibly real gold leaf was used as an ingredient. After gold, there is a good amount of silver, with occasional red thread as well.... Read More
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The Murder. Mossetse, The African Orphan Boy. A Little Sermon for a Little Child
Philadelphia: American Sunday School Union, 1879. Quarter Morocco. Marbled paper pastedown on boards. Good. The title alone seems startling when one considers these were intended to be moralist tales for children of impressionable age. N.d., mid-19th Century. Our copy has a Christmas gift inscription dated 1879, so we use that as the date, but the copy might well have been published well before that. Miniature, 11 by 7 cm. 16, 16, 16 pp. Title pages for Mossetse and... Read More
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Nashua Storyland Blanket
New York or Boston presumed: Amory, Browne & Co., Boston and New York, 1924. First Edition. Paper. Stapled. Near Fine. Charming company product promotion that seeks to get at the buyer, the parent, by hooking the child through a ersatz children's book. An example of a not insignificant genre of commercial publication, with here, at least, the product being pushed is one that is meant for children -- crib blankets, and a Nashua Storyland Blanket meant for young... Read More
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Los Angeles and Picturesque Vicinity
Los Angeles: The O. Newman Co, 1910. First Edition. Wraps. Stapled. Good. You could mistake a time travel trip to LA circa 1910 to a trip to The Land of Oz, based on many of the scrumptious colorized photos of the city before its explosive growth and the paving over of the Los Angeles River. Oblong, 21 by 28 cm. Unpaginated, 16 pp., plus wraps. OCLC First Search shows just four institutional copies, all in California, and no... Read More
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![[Faux Book] Album Collar. Reversible Collar Company, Boston, Mass](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/494/403/647403494.1.l.jpg)
[Faux Book] Album Collar. Reversible Collar Company, Boston, Mass
Boston, 1870. Blindstamped Cloth. Very Good. A most unusual book-shaped box created to house a collar, with a plush round well within to place the collar. On the spine written in gilt is "Album 15 Collar", while the Album Collar and Reversible Collar Co. are blindstamped onto the front board, along with a gilt image of a collar. The sides are all marbled. The box is a perfect simulacrum of a book from the era. The faux book... Read More
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Curioser Spiegel, worinnen der ganze Lebenslauf des Menschen von der Kindheit bis zum Alter zu sehen, in Figuren, mit beygefugten ganz neuen kurzen Erklarungen vorgestellt
Nurnberg: Verlag der Johann Andreas Endter. Endterischen Handlung, 1824. Neue Auflage. Half Cloth. Marbled Boards. Custom Cloth Box to house book. Tall folio, 34 by 21 cm. Title, followed by 41 hand-colored plates. This work was originally published in 1689, and there was also an 1812 printing. This copy used the original woodcut plates, and the hand-coloring palette and style is consistent with that of the seventeenth century, lending an antiquarian authenticity to the edition. They are woodcuts by... Read More
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Inscribed Sarony Cabinet Card Photo of Tommaso Salvini to American Actress Marie Wainwright during Salvini's 1886 American Tour in which he acted opposite Edwin Booth and Wainwright
New York: Sarony, 1886. NA. Very Good. The inscription, below the oval half-profile of Salvini, reads: "A Madame Marie Wainwright comme souvenir de l'artiste Tommaso Salvini 11, Mai 1886. We are reasonably confident this is an inscription by Salvini given its close match to his handwriting easily accessed on the Internet, notwithstanding the peculiar third person wording. The recipient, Marie Wainwright (1853-1923) was a famous actress of the day who played opposite Salvini during the tour, which was... Read More
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Gallia la Marque de la Qualité
Paris: Félix Boudou & Cie, 1935. Wraps. Very Good Plus. An especially handsome Art Deco French trade catalogue for a beauty salon (and barbershop) supply company. Carried are virtually all the products unique to such businesses, from small implements and beauty products, to furniture and fixtures, as well as such things as advertising signage. The business served virtually all the needs of such businesses that supplied beauty salons and barbershops. Besides the high Art Deco style of the... Read More
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Bibliothèque-Terquem Pour Livres & Musique. Marque Deposée. Magasins de Vente 19. Rue Scribe. Paris
Paris, 1900. Wraps. Stapled. Very Good. Lovely Art Nouveau-style catalogue of bookcases, including revolving ones, etageres, glass-fronted, music stands, book slides, desks, print racks, print cabinets, library step laddders, bookends, even a scrapbook. Basically many of the fixtures one would outfit an office or library with. Styles are various, with a considerable amount of ornate pieces in the Louis XVI style, but also plainer pieces in what in the U.S. was known as Arts and Crafts style, and... Read More
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Colt's Story in Miniature 1836 to 1862
1960. First Edition. Cloth. Gilt and blindstamped. Clasp. Near Fine. With fourteen miniature pewter models of Colt guns, each with a shaped resting well on the right side when one opens the cover. On the verso of the front cover is a fourteen page pamphlet on the facing verso. N.d., circa 1960. The octavo-sized blue cloth album binding measures 22 by 17 cm. It resembles albums used by coin collectors. The pamphlet, its rear cover pasted onto the... Read More
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Miniature Manuscript Pustaha Concertina
Sumatra, Indonesia, 1850. Bone, to which the end pieces of the concertina, tree bark unadorned, is attached. Oblong, 31 by 49 cm. Ten panels made with tree bark, with text and illustrations on both side. Eight painted illustrations, and a dozen panels of text. Plus of course the two incised illustrations on the bone covers. Our Pustaha is shorter than most -- its size isn't conducive to elaborate laborious detail. And one can certainly find Pustaha's with more detail... Read More
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The Illustrated London News. For the Week Ending Saturday, September 4, 1847 to Sunday, September to .... Saturday, January 1, 1848. No. 279 to No. 296. All of Volume XI [18 weekly issues bound together]
London: The Office, The London Illustrated News, 1848. First Edition. Full Cloth -- buckram cloth. Near Fine. Folio, 40.5 by 28 cm. Pages 145 to 440. A nice and tight copy of the London news covers politics, sports, culture and general interest. The abundant illustrations include many larger ones, half and full page, which have not infrequently been excised from the periodical to be hung on the wall. The cloth is fairly attractive, and the spine label is... Read More
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Collection of a Dozen Postcards Featuring Original Watercolors and Ink and Pencil Drawings
1907. Very Good. An extraordinary group of original artwork from the early twentieth century, with short text written on a few of the cards. The artwork was all done by a B. Vinya and sent to a D. Enrique Montagut in Alicante, which is on the Mediterranean Coast of Spain. Subjects of the watercolors include an elderly guitarist, a young family looking off to the sea's horizon where there is the fishing craft of the father and husband,... Read More
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Record of the Child-Life of Geraldine Richmond
Wraps. Good. The heavy paper wraps have a watercolor painting of daffodils and the name of the baby, "Geraldine", written neatly at a diagonal to a side of the painting. Within are 17 leaves of content -- pen and ink work only on rectos, and a few of the pages have just the ornamental work, with the space intended for clippings or photos not used. The cover measures 25 by 17.5 cm, the interior pages, 20 ny 16.5... Read More
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Picture Show Annual for 1929
London: The Amalgamated Press, Ltd, 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Pictorial pastedown on boards. Very Good/Good. Scarce with original glassine dust jacket which has some printed content on it, as well as four separate color plates depicting Hollywood duos. 4to. 28 by 21 cm. 160 pp. Profusely illustrated with photographs, black and white or sepia toned, and a full full color photographs, of the top Hollywood movie stars of the day, plus English movie stars then based in the... Read More
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