![Ask Yo-D ler [Card game box title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/470/118/1716118470.0.l.jpg)
Ask Yo-D ler [Card game box title]
New York: Askyo-Deler Co, 1912. Very good. 27 (of 28) 3½” x 2½” cards in a 3½” x 2¾” clothcovered cardboard box. Very good: one card lacking; box a bit edge worn but sturdy; cards fresh with a touch of scuffing. This is a rare work of advertising and product placement in the form of an illustrated card game manufactured in New York. Each card features the name of a product, a relevant illustration, and four... Read More
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Vietnamese American Association/Hoi Viet My
N.P.: N.P., 1960. Very good. 7" x 4 7/8". Stapled wrappers, dos-à-dos bound. pp. 24, 24. Very good plus: minimal wear and a small stain to rear wrapper. This is an informational booklet about the Vietnamese-American Association (VAA) printed in both English and Vietnamese. The VAA was established in Saigon in 1955 to provide educational and cultural opportunities for individuals of both American and Vietnamese descent living in Saigon. According to the introductory text... Read More
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Gay Pulp Sexual Motivation
Collectors Publications, 1969. Very good. This listing is for an adult gay pulp paperback book titled Sexual Motivation. The copyright is by Collectors Publications and states that the first printing was February 1969. The book has a total of 183 pages and 41 pages in the back of the book are dedicated to ads for other books by the publisher. The book measures 6¼” x 4¼
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![[Program for an AME Church Young People's Congress]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/748/836/1544836748.0.l.jpg)
[Program for an AME Church Young People's Congress]
Des Moines, Iowa: [Saint Paul's African Methodist Episcopal Church], 1937. Good. 8 5/8" x 5¾". Two bifolia, printed all sides and stapled. Pp. [8]. Good: outside leaves heavily soiled and worn, internally moderately so. This is a program for, as well as a circular requesting attendance at, the 1937 Young People's Congress. The event took place in Des Moines, Iowa as part of the Northwestern Annual Conference of the A.M.E. Church. While there's little secondary reporting... Read More
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1954 Echo
Bordentown, New Jersey: Manual Training School, 1954. Very good -. 10¾” x 8”. Vinyl blue wraps, embossed in blind, cover title gilt. Pp. [60]. Very good minus: wrappers moderately creased, lightly soiled and edgeworn; first two leaves with 3” tear from bottom edge; light creases and soil spots throughout; a few red inked notations. This is a rare yearbook documenting the penultimate year of a school for Black youth in New Jersey referred to as the... Read More
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![[Photographs of Women Serving in the Civil Air Patrol]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/046/612/1621612046.0.l.jpg)
[Photographs of Women Serving in the Civil Air Patrol]
St. Charles and Mexico, Missouri, 1945. Very good. 35 loose B&W photographs, about half measuring 3¼" x 4½", half 3½" x 5", 5 are captioned on versos and 1 on recto. Very good or better: photos a touch wavy, some with a bit of corner wear and the occasional small spot. This is a great group of vernacular photographs showing women in the service of the Civil Air Patrol (CAP), the official civilian auxiliary of the... Read More
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![Rahman, Abdul (illustrator). "Remember the African Holocaust"/Lynchings. [Caption Title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/079/121/1582121079.0.l.jpg)
Rahman, Abdul (illustrator). "Remember the African Holocaust"/Lynchings. [Caption Title]
New York: High Awareness, Inc, 1992. Very good. Poster measuring 23¾" x 18". Very good with scattered light creases. This is a large calendar meant to bring awareness of the history of slavery, as well as lynchings in the United States. The days of the calendar are in columns at opposite edges of the poster, with three large illustrations in the middle. The illustrations depict the process of enslaving Africans, with visceral drawings of... Read More
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![[Photographs of a Gay Freedom Day Parade]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/039/612/1621612039.0.l.jpg)
[Photographs of a Gay Freedom Day Parade]
San Francisco, California, 1982. Very good +. 76 loose color 4" x 6" photographs. Very good plus: several very lightly soiled on versos, else near fine. This is a fantastic group of 76 photographs shot at a San Francisco Pride parade, formerly known as "Gay Freedom Day." 41 photos are focused on the parade's participants - costumed men and women marching and dancing in the streets, holding signs and waving flags. We see frolicking members of... Read More
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![Willson, Ruth. [Small Collection of Ephemera Documenting Experiences with Delta Sigma Theta.]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/739/814/1671814739.0.l.jpg)
Willson, Ruth. [Small Collection of Ephemera Documenting Experiences with Delta Sigma Theta.]
Various places, 1951. Very good. Collection contains ten scrapbook leaves (twelve handwritten pages) measuring 12” x 9¼”; five pieces of ephemera and eight photographs, all but three measuring 5” x 7” or larger. Generally very good: scrapbook leaves are laminated; a couple of photos with significant wear. This is a terrific group of materials documenting one woman's experience at Delta Sigma Theta (DST), Ruth Willson. Due to how common Ruth's name is when it's mispelled (including on... Read More
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![The Sarah Allen Cookbook [Cover title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/489/118/1716118489.0.l.jpg)
The Sarah Allen Cookbook [Cover title]
N.P.: Fourth Episcopal District Womens Missionary Society of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, 1975. Very good. 8½” x 10½”. Blue pictorial wrappers. Pp. 90 + 14 unnumbered section dividers. Very good with wrappers somewhat chipped, scuffed and spotted; penciled owner notation to first page, else internally fresh. This is a rare creation, not only a fabulous cookbook but also a rich resource on the Fourth Episcopal District of the AME Church, serving Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and... Read More
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![The Chinese Americans [Cover title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/620/406/1532406620.0.l.jpg)
The Chinese Americans [Cover title]
Oakland, California: Oakland Unified School District, 1968. Very good -. 11" x 8½". Stapled printed thin card wrappers. Pp. V, 25; an additional two separate unrelated leaves laid in described below. Very good minus: last leaf fully detached and possibly lacking a rear wrapper; light dust-soiling and toning; a few penciled notations to one page. This is a rare publication detailing the history of Chinese Americans in California as well as the greater United States. In 1968,... Read More
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![The 12 Counts 9th Anniversary Party [Cover Title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/796/727/1362727796.0.l.jpg)
The 12 Counts 9th Anniversary Party [Cover Title]
Cleveland, Ohio, 1948. 9" x 6". Bifolium. pp. [4]. Very good with crease from vertical fold; light dust soiling; tape residue at top and bottom of third page. On March 6, 1948, a Cleveland social group known as "The 12 Counts" put on a shindig to celebrate their ninth anniversary at the Paradise Auditorium. The festivities promoted community spirit and include music, speeches, dancing and a salute to other clubs. The program lists an additional 17 African... Read More
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![JCJL Map Showing Routes, Ports of Call and Services of the Java-China-Japan Line . . . [Cover title]/ Java-China Japan Lyn [Map title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/491/644/1531644491.0.l.jpg)
JCJL Map Showing Routes, Ports of Call and Services of the Java-China-Japan Line . . . [Cover title]/ Java-China Japan Lyn [Map title]
London, England: Stanford's Geog[raphica]l Estab[lishmen]t, 1931. Very good. Map measuring 44" x 33¼" partially glued down as issued to heavy card stock bifolium measuring 14¾" x 9" and with two pages of text and images on map's verso. Very good: minimal wear to the map which has a few insignificant spots of staining, a few small separations at intersections and a 3" jagged internal tear intersecting the large N and G in MONGOLIA. Bifolium with a 3" split... Read More
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![[Brown, Catharine?]. Catharine Brown, the Converted Cherokee: A Missionary Drama, Founded on Fact. Written by a Lady [Cover title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/432/586/1693586432.0.l.jpg)
[Brown, Catharine?]. Catharine Brown, the Converted Cherokee: A Missionary Drama, Founded on Fact. Written by a Lady [Cover title]
New Haven: S. Converse Printer, 1819. Good. 6¾” x 3¾”. Stitched wrappers. Pp. 27. Good: stitching nearly perished; one bifolium detached; back wrapper fragile; library stamp and number to front, number also to title; one leaf cropped close with no loss of meaning; creased at margins. This is an uncommon copy of a short, possibly autobiographical play about a young Cherokee woman and her early years training to become a Christian missionary to the Cherokee people.... Read More
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![Preview of You as a WAC [Cover title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/634/148/1648148634.0.l.jpg)
Preview of You as a WAC [Cover title]
[Washington, D.C.]: [United States Army Recruiting Service], 1951. Very good +. 7” x 5”, opens to 7” x 20”. Single sheet, printed both sides and folded accordion style to make an 8-panel pamphlet. Pp. [8]. Very good plus: a touch of corner wear; two small dings to rear panel. This is rare promotional featuring a photographic image of an integrated class of the Women's Army Corps (WAC). While Executive Order 9981, which directed the... Read More
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![[Photographs of an Indigenous Maya Market Town]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/449/586/1693586449.0.l.jpg)
[Photographs of an Indigenous Maya Market Town]
[Chichicastenango, Guatemala], 1940. Very good. 25 loose sepiatoned photographs; 20 measure 5” x 7”, 5 a bit smaller. Generally very good or better: one with a moderate stain, one with a horizontal crease across the top and a few with some light corner wear. This is an uncredited group of beautiful photographs taken in a town in Guatemala known for its Indigenous Maya culture, both past and present. Though uncaptioned, these fantastic shots show... Read More
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Two Photographs Related to the International Order of Odd Fellows Building Dedication in Marshfield, Oregon
Two Photographs Related to the International Order of Odd Fellows Building Dedication in Marshfield, Oregon. Marshfield, Oregon: McMillan, 1889. Two black and white photographs, each measuring 9¼" x 7 5/8" on larger card mounts. Photos very good with light foxing; mounts good and very good. Two images related to the dedication of the Odd Fellows building in Marshfield, Oregon in 1889. The building had an opera house on its second floor and burned to the ground in 1920. One... Read More
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Disneyland 1961 Original 35mm Slide Images Photos Photographs (Lot 2)
1961. Fine. This listing is for a group of original 35mm slides which are in red letter Kodachrome Transparency mounts date stamped July 1961 and in fine condition. This group includes an image of a pirate ship, the submarine voyage, a geyser, the entrance to Frontierland and a shot of a canal.
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Leather and Things
Glendora, California: R.F.M., 1978. 11" x 8½". Stapled thin card self-wrappers. pp. 48. Fine: fresh with minimal wear. This is a catalog for R.F.M., a BDSM mail order company and publishing house. According to the text, RFM made some of the products himself and offered to find anything a customer needed that wasn't already in the catalog. Approximately 200 items are shown in exceptionally graphic drawings as well as around 30 photographic images. Included for purchase were... Read More
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![de Paur, Leonard (conductor). [Concert Program and Records Documenting De Paur's Infantry Chorus.]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/498/118/1716118498.0.l.jpg)
de Paur, Leonard (conductor). [Concert Program and Records Documenting De Paur's Infantry Chorus.]
[New York]: [Columbia Artists' Management], 1952. Good. Program [stapled wrappers] measures 11½” x 8¾”; album sleeves are 10” x 10”. Pp. [24] + three LPs in cardboard sleeves. Program good due to detached wrappers; otherwise very good with light wear; album sleeves are good due to heavy wear, records are scratched and not tested. This is a rare souvenir program and three long playing records documenting de Paur's Infantry Chorus. Leonard de Paur first began his... Read More
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![“Still Another” Cook Book [Cover title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/451/586/1693586451.0.l.jpg)
“Still Another” Cook Book [Cover title]
Walnut Creek, California: The Woman's Club, 1920. Very good. 6 ” x 4½”. Stapled thin card wrappers. Pp. 60. Very good: light wear and spotting to wrappers; faintly toned with a few spots to fore edge. This is a rare book of recipes and culinary expertise issued by the Woman's Club of Walnut Creek, California, the town's first service club. Organized in 1911, the club secured a Carnegie Foundation grant for the town library... Read More
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“The Annual” 1916
[Hutchinson, Kansas]: The Senior Class, Hutchinson High School, 1916. Very good -. 10½” x 8”. Thin card wrappers, two-hole punched and string-tied. Pp. [98, 34 (ads)]. Very good minus due to wrappers lightly sunned and edgeworn with moderate diagonal crease and old tape repair to spine; internally very good plus, save a few final leaves of ads adhered at top edge. This is a rare early yearbook of Hutchinson High School (HHS) in Kansas, revealing the... Read More
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![Pegasus. Summer 1916 [Manuscript title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/756/866/1759866756.0.l.jpg)
Pegasus. Summer 1916 [Manuscript title]
[Devon, England], 1916. Very good. 10 " x 8¼". Quarter leather over boards. Pp. 135, [20]. Very good: backstrip perished, light scuffing and faint spotting to boards; foxing to pastedowns and loss to (blank) RFEP; a few chips to title page not approaching illustration; foxing and offsetting common throughout but still internally vivid and bright. This is an astounding, entirely handmade arts and literary journal from England, Pegasus. It was created by the Pegasus Club, a... Read More
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Two Buenos Aires Restaurant Menus 1920s
Very good. This is a listing for two different menus from restaurants in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The first is for a restaurant that appears to be named Felix and is a double-sided menu. The front features writing along the left side of the menu, and the inside also looks like it was handwritten and has faded over time. The back has a printed wine and beer list with markings along the prices. This menu measures 11½” x 9¼”.... Read More
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![Rocky Mountain JIHO [Run of 42 issues]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/045/966/1656966045.0.l.jpg)
Rocky Mountain JIHO [Run of 42 issues]
Denver, Colorado: [Sadako Tsubokawa (Jan-Mar)]/[Eiji Makino (Mar-Nov)]/[Eiichi and Yoriko Imada (Nov-Dec)], 1978. Very good. 17” x 10 7/8”. Newsprint. Pp. 4. Publication sequence: Vol. 16, Nos. 37-50 (Jan 11 – Apr 19 1978); Vol. 17, Nos. 1-16 (Apr 26 – Aug 30 1978), 18-20 (Sep 20 – Oct 11 1978), 22-31 (Oct 18 – Dec 20 1978). Generally very good or better: folded horizontally at center, presumably as issued; postal markings and stamps of former ownership to bottom... Read More
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