A Bridge Melodrama; Every Player Your Partner. Pat. No. 1558838
New York: Chas. S. Clark Co, 1931. Boxed. Very Good. Theatre as camp, before, we believe, the phrase, "camp", even existed or was a thing. Also issued when bridge, a game in its current form not even a decade old at the time, was sweeping the country and was incontrovertibly a craze. And of course, as anyone who plays bridge can attest, the game is full of drama, much of which comes from the behavior, emotions, reactions, and... Read More
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[Watercolor Album] Scenes in China
Paintings depicting professions and various other pursuits, customs, etc. 8vo. 26 watercolor paintings pasted onto leaves. Watercolors were executed onto a thin paper and then pasted onto the card. The mounting of the paintings has protected them from tearing and chipping, at the sacrifice of now being subject to the vissitudes of a leaves made of an acidic, or high pulp content, card stock. Also the paste used in mounting appears here and there as a light, spectral presence.... Read More
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![[Print] John Mytton, Esq. Halston, Saloop. From the original picture in the possession of John Bishton Minor, Esq](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/157/024/1328024157.0.l.jpg)
[Print] John Mytton, Esq. Halston, Saloop. From the original picture in the possession of John Bishton Minor, Esq
NA. Near Fine. Hand-colored plate, with oval cameo portrait of the famous early nineteenth century sportsman. The print in its entirely measures 24 by 15 cm, the portrait, 8.5 by 6.5 cm. On a thick weave paper.
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Illustrated Catalogue. Hotchkin & Wilder, Fine Open and Top Buggies, Road and Village Carts, Syracuse, N.Y.
Syracuse: Hotchkin & Wilder, 1883. Wraps. Very Good. Oblong, 8 by 14.5 cm. 16 pp., plus wraps, with 8 illustrations of buggies and carts. Scarce -- no copies found anywhere. Light wear.
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Nineteenth Century Maple and Bone Miniature Book Press with Tapestry Decoration
Near Fine. Very unusual, and beautiful, book press intended for miniature books. N.d., nineteenth century. Dimensions: base is 20 by 10 cm, and with its four rounded legs, it is about 4 cm to top of this base. The two screws that lie onto of the base rise 14.5 cm above the base. One turns the handles to squeeze miniature books between the slabs of wood. The "washers" at the base of the screws are bone rings. In... Read More
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Black Forest Photo Album with An Unusual Relief Depicting Putti, One Blowing Bubbles, the Other, Playing Cymbals
Berner Oberland, Switzerland. Very Good Plus. N.d., circa 1890. The front board is quite elaborate, with a beveled perimeter of a richly painted wood grain. Within is an oblong piece of walnut in the quintessential Black Forest, or in actuality, Swiss Brienzerware, style. By this is meant the delicate foliate relief vignettes which rest on lightly pitted wood. But this frames a light walnut oblong oval with the putti relief that bespeaks more eighteenth century rococo than standard... Read More
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Landschaften und Bauten. Eine Buchreihe. Band II: Unser Holz; Sein Wert und Seine Bedeutung in der Schweizerischen Volkswirtschaft
Bern, Basel, Rickenbach/Olten: Im Ilionverlag, 1942. First Edition. Near Fine/Fair. 4to. 31.5 by 23 cm. 436 pp. Many plates with photos and illustrations. Clean and tight copy. DJ with several large tears.
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Japanese Trade Catalogue or Salesman's Sampler with Color Painted Illustrations of Toys
Japan. Leporello, with silk cloth boards, and outer cloth case with a pictorial pastedown. Very Good. A trade catalogue of very colorful Japanese toys, all actually painted, not printed! Circa 1930. 32 by 29 cm. WIth 27 exceptionally bright painted color plates of tops, rattles, dolls, paddles, wheeled toys -- with dogs, cats, fish, rabbits, mice, children, ogres, geishas, other men and women, etc. as the figures incorporated into these various playthings. On the facing page are two... Read More
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Der Kleinen freunde Album. For Our Young Friends. Des Petits Amis. Dei Piccoli Amici. De Los Amiguitos. van de kleinen Vrienden
1845. Romantic Cartonnage. Near Fine. Exceptional ornate romantic cartonnage binding. N.d., circa 1840s. Slightly oblong, 7 by 5.75 inches, 17 by 14 cm. With sixteen hand-colored plates of children mostly playing. Gumuchian 291 indicates 18 plates, so two are apparently missing, although there is no sign of removal or cannibalization in this copy. Depicted are games of blind man's bluff, shooting out with fingers, sledding, marching military-style, crab hunting, hide-and-seek, etc. with a few scenes of juvenile apprehension,... Read More
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Dix Nouvelles Morales et Illustrees; Par Les Auteurs et Dessinateurs de la Morale en Images
Paris: Chez Aubert. Blindstamped cloth. Very Good. N.d., circa 1840. 80 pp. With ten color plates. Small 4to, 10 by 6.5 inches, 25 by 17 cm. This book is extremely scarce, and it should be noted that the same title was used with different stories and illustrations than appeared in this version, and also the plates were not always colored. The ten tales contained in this copy are "Les Dix-Neuf Pots de Confitures" by Eugenie Foa, "Les Deux... Read More
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Picturesque Representations of the Dress and Manners of the Russians; Illustrated by Sixty-Four Coloured Engravings, with Descriptions
London: James Goodwin. Full Morocco. Very Good. 4to, 9.5 by 7 inches, 24 by 17 cm. 64 plates, each accompanied by a page or two of description (on separate leaves). Colas 2358. This is derived from the same title published by John Murray in 1814, which itself was based closely on the work published by Miller in 1803 and the plates of Georgi from the 1770s (Colas 1223). Notwithstanding the derivative nature of the plates, as hand-colored stipple... Read More
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[Studio Campaign Book] Alliance Magazine 39 40
Paris: Alliance Cinématographique Européenne, 1939. Wraps. Very Good. 4to. 31 by 24 cm. Unpaginated, 10 leaves, plus wraps. Seven films get a two page treatment; six, only a single page. Alliance Cinématographique Européenne was a distributor for films from several production companies, but it would appear, at the time of this publication, principally UFA, the largest German film company, although the publication does promote a French cast movie, "L'Entraineuse", which starred Michele Morgan, who was to soon head... Read More
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![[Fan][Postcard] See Seven States from Rock City Atop Lookout Mt](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/327/488/802488327.0.l.jpg)
[Fan][Postcard] See Seven States from Rock City Atop Lookout Mt
NA. Very Good Minus. Shaped card souvenir for Rock City and Lookout Mountain, located in Georgia. Closed, 18 cm tall, 12.5 cm wide at its widest. Open, 26.5 cm wide. Shaped like a bell. On pictorial side, panorama of slightly arid fields with mountains in distant background and a gray blue sky. Round base shows distance to various points of interest in other states. On postcard address side, there is also a boxed checklist of possible messages, including... Read More
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Cigarette Lighter Shaped like a Royal Crown Cola Bottle
Detroit, Michigan: Kem Inc, 1950. Very Good. A novelty miniature Royal Crown Cola bottle that is a mere 67 mm tall, 15 mm diameter at its base. Its wraparound label shows a Good Housekeeping seal on its back. Its front is decorated with the three pyramids of Giza. The lighter is accessed by twisting the bottle at its middle, not far from its collar. We know the manufacturer because it is chased into the metal top piece. We... Read More
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![Handwritten and signed note from Lillian Gish, [together with] three photos, one of which is also inscribed and signed in ink by Gish](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/495/875/1420875495.0.l.jpg)
Handwritten and signed note from Lillian Gish, [together with] three photos, one of which is also inscribed and signed in ink by Gish
1984. Very Good. The note, on Lillian Gish's personal stationary, reads, "Dear Jim and Steve: Here is the money for your new table. Hope it turns out to be just what you want and need. With much love at Christmas, and every day of 1985, and always. Yours grateful, Lillian." The letter was to James Frasher and his boyfriend. Frasher was Gish's manager and confidante. As a young man he had appeared in a few Western movies, most... Read More
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Battle of Gettysburg and Museum. Corner Market & Tenth Sts., San Francisco; The Most Realistic War-scene Ever Produced
San Francisco: F.R. Brodie & Co. Wraps. Good. Scarce, with only known institutional copy at California State, according to OCLC First Search. N.d., circa 1890. 8vo. 23 by 14.5 cm. Unpaginated, 44 pages of content. With testimonials, and also a basic description of the museum rendered in French, German, Italian, Spanish, Chinese. The artwork for the panorama wa spearheaded by a Mr. Austen, a "world-renowned battle artist", who coordinated we are told art specialists from France and Germany... Read More
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Lord Byron Vinaigrette and Seal
New York: Gorham Manufacturing Co, 1894. Wraps. Thread holding leaves together. Beautiful early promotion by Gorham, with lettering and illustrations impressed into the textured manila card in a muave. 12mo. 17.5 by 12 cm. Basically four folded sheets held together with thread running through stab holes of spine. Unpaginated, frontis, title page, colophon, four page text, with vignette illustrations on all these pages. Also envelope in which the brochure had come, opened at the top neatly. First and last... Read More
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Aunt Louisa's Nursery Favourite. Comprising Diamonds and Toads, Dick Whittington, Lily Sweetbriar, Uncle's Farm Yard.; With Twenty-Four Pages of Illustrations
London: Frederick Warne and Co, 1870. Decorated Cloth. Very Good. Printed in colours by Kronheim. 4to. 27 by 24 cm. Each story comes with six chromolithographic color plates. Hinges restored. Light wear to binding. One tissue guard with repaired long closed tear.
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[Leporello] Munchhausen
1948. Leporello. Very Good. Six colorful square panels, plus title panel, depicting scenes from the ever-popular picaresque doings or imaginings of the great fictional tall tale teller. 11 cm, or 4 3/8 inches square, the panorama is printed on thick card, and the panels are linked by a substantial cloth. The printing is entirely on one side, except the panel containing the title. There is no publishing information other than the title and data impressed in the rear... Read More
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Pewter Tobacco Jar with Punch and Toby Relief
England, 1880. N.d., mid to late 19th Century. The relief shows three scenes -- one of Toby trying to douse the smoke coming from Punch's pipe as he is reclining and relaxing; and Toby wielding a drumsticks Toby seeks to pacify him; and finally, a small representation of the puppet theatre. There is also a small18 cm tall, from bottom to top of finial on lid. 10 cm in diameter. Quite hefty, with thick side walls, and the relief,... Read More
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Minerva Yarns; Standard Color Card No. 16
Hardcover. Textured leatherette. Very Good. N.d., circa 1920s. 4to. 268 by 199 mm. Textured binding meant to simulate a fabric made of yarn, and a centerpiece rondel relief, evoking a commemorative medal or coin, Eight panels of card stock containing close to 600 yarn color samples, each sample a small rectangle measuring 8 by 24 mm. Front inside cover with a photo of the Minerva Processing Plant which was located in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. The product was branded Minerva... Read More
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White Embossed Papers. A. Hartung & Co. 506-12 Race Street Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia: A.Hartung & Co. Wraps -- textured paper. Stapled. Very Good. White doesn't mean vanilla! the diverse world of paper whiteness here demonstrated, with 25 samples, each with a different embossed pattern or style, some mimicking other materials, some, geometric, some, indescribable. Oblong, 12.5 by 20.5 cm. 27 leaves, with two leaves serving as a key. The inside front cover has pricing info printed. The samples are arranged into two groups, the first, with a diagonal cut-away. In... Read More
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Fireside Card Games.; Highly Enameled and Finished. Catalogue No. 1.--England
Cincinnati, Ohio: The Fireside Game Co. The United States Playing Card Company, 1897. Card. (Stiff wraps). Very Good. Scarce card game trade catalogue, with only a single catalogue of this line found on OCLC First Search, and that particular catalogue is for a later year (1899) and somewhat smaller as well. (Held by the Ohio Historical Connection.) Oblong, 12 by 16.5 cm. Title page, price list and 18 chromolithograph plates. The card games being promoted in this catalogue... Read More
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Photo Album Recording the Setting up of an East German Grocery and Home Appliance Store
Leatherette. Ribbon tie. Very Good. N.d., circa 1969. Oblong, 22 by 30 cm. With 110 photographs, mounted one to four per leaf, depicting the setting up of an East German supermarket and home appliances store, from the build-out of raw space to the stocking of the shelves and final touches of display spaces. Included also are photos of presumably the managerial staff conferencing and then shoppers in the newly opened store(s). The photos make no claim to artistic... Read More
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Homes of the English Poets
1890. Stab binding. Wide ribbon tie. Front and rear, as all leaves, of light card stock. Very Good. Idiosyncratic, somewhat funky, home-made book showing the homes of Shakespeare, Robert Burns, Thomas Moore, Sir Walter Scott, Lord Byron and Tennyson. N.d., late 19th century. Oblong, 23 by 25.5 cm. Eight leaves of light textured card stock, with content exclusively on rectos. Bound by wide blue/aqua ribbon. With six color illustrations on silk, each framed by what looks to us... Read More
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