Album of Ten Chinese Botanical Gouache Paintings on Pith Paper
Hardcover. Paper pastedown on boards. Very Good. Spectacular groupings of flowers, all brightly colored and finely shaded. N.d., early 19th Century. Oblong, 24 by 33 cm. Each of the paintings is framed with blue paper strips, as typical. Condition: as inevitable with the brittle, fragile pith paper, some tears, holes and stains; in our judgment and experience, lighter by the norm, or put another way, not disconcerting ever. The album binding itself has abrasions and wear, but again,... Read More
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Tom Thumb; A Burletta, Altered from Henry Fielding, By Kane O'Hara. With Designs by George Cruikshank
London: Thomas Rodd, 1830. First Edition Thus. First Issue. Wraps. Custom clamshell case, quarter morocco, with cloth exterior elsewhere, marbled paper pastedown interior, and substantial walls creating well for the booklet. Good. 12mo. 16 by 10 cm. 34, [2], 4 pp. Five steel engraved plates of Cruikshank illustrations, and three vignettes, one being on wrap cover. With two tipped in sheets, slightly smaller in size, of publisher's additional advertisements, and printing on both sides of these sheets. First... Read More
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The Eastern Telegraph Company, Limited 1892 Page Turner with a Map of the World
London: The Eastern Telegraph Company, Limited, 1891. A wonderful wooden page turner decorated with a map and calendar for 1892 and was probably a promotional giveaway by the Eastern Telegraph Company, once the world's largest cable operating company. A page turner is the phrase commonly used for the paper knife to neatly cut the uncut pages of a book, back when publishers did not take care of this generally-speaking. In order to avert or minimize unwanted tears as the... Read More
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Souvenir Du Lac Des Quatre Cantons
Lucerne and Interlaken: Prell & Eberle Editeurs. Hardcover. Very Good. Oblong 8 by 5.5 Inches. Also entitled "Album vom Vierwaldstaettersee". Circa 1900. 24 colorized postcard-like photos of Lucerne, Weggie, Vitznau, Schnurtobelbrucke, Rigi, Pilatus, Beckenried, Gersau, Treib, Brunnen und die beiden Mythen, Rutli, Axenstrasse, Fluelen, Burgerstock Stanserhorn, Engelberg, and Alpnach-Stad. Plus pretty lake view on cover with Art Nouveau gilt frame ornamentation.
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![[Movie Poster] Carl Laemmle Presents "A Lady Surrenders" With Conrad Nagel, Genevieve Tobin, Basil Rathbone, Rose Hobart . . .](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/877/696/1697696877.0.l.jpg)
[Movie Poster] Carl Laemmle Presents "A Lady Surrenders" With Conrad Nagel, Genevieve Tobin, Basil Rathbone, Rose Hobart . . .
New York or Hollywood: Universal Pictures Corporation, 1930. First Edition. Framed. Near Fine. 54 by 32.5 cm is visible. With frame and matting, 64 by 42 cm. The poster is customized for the Capitol Vodvil Theatre, a Thursday through Saturday showing. Capitol was a fairly common name for a theater, and we could find no theater with Vodvil in its name, obviously a substitute for a full spelling of Vaudeville. Many movie theaters had formerly been Vaudeville palaces,... Read More
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Kengtung Occasions (Two Volumes)
Burma (Kengtung, Shan State, presumed), 1908. Quarter Morocco, Cloth Boards. Very Good. Oblong 8vo. 18 by 25.5 cm. 60 original watercolors, with 30 in each album. With Shan captions, presumably translated into English which is presented on pastedown sheet on front inside cover. The drawings in both albums were drawn by a Hkon artist of Kengtung according to labels on the front of both. The album creator might have been a man named Richard Phillimore, or something close... Read More
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Autographs of Distinguished Artistes, Collected by Mr. T. P. Salt, Birmingham
1901. Very Good. An incredible assemblage of operatic and classical musician autographs from the 19th century, including autographs of Adelina Patti, Christine Nilsson, Emma Albani, Minnie Hauk, John Parry, Paderewski, Charles Gounod, Nellie Melba, Ferdinand Hiller, Giovanni Belletti, Clara Novello, Mario (Giovanni Matteo De Candia), Giulia Grisi, Therese Tietjens, Marietta Alboni, Pauline Viardot, Marietta Piccolommini, Sims Reeves, and on and on -- 81 in all. Oblong 8vo. 22 by 24 cm. 54 pages with content. (The pages are... Read More
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[Faux Book] Matchbox Shaped like a Miniature Book, with Full Morocco Binding
Full Morocco. Very Good Minus. N.d., circa 1900. Elaborate gilt detailing on spine and boards of full morocco binding for this lovely matchbox measuring 6 by 4 cm. Rubbing along edges and spine. Worn but attractive.
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![A Barrel-Full of Money Making Ideas for Printers. Full Size Plans for Die Cut Booklets - Folders- Novelties Etc. Accurate Steel Rule Die Manufacturers [together with] mailing envelope to prospective customer, along with typed letter to prospect](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/039/759/1655759039.0.l.jpg)
A Barrel-Full of Money Making Ideas for Printers. Full Size Plans for Die Cut Booklets - Folders- Novelties Etc. Accurate Steel Rule Die Manufacturers [together with] mailing envelope to prospective customer, along with typed letter to prospect
New York: Accurate Steel Rule Die Manufacturers, 1949. First Edition. Wraps. Stapled. Envelope. Fine. A most unusual shaped-book, die cut trade promotion, most appropriate in this instance as the company is promoting its own business of making die cuts for the printing trade. In other words, the company was the maker of die cuts to be used by other printers, as opposed to being a printer using die cuts. Of further interest is that the promotion is a... Read More
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Framed and Matted Bronze Medallion Commemorating Yiddish Writer Shalom Aleichem 1859-1916
1920. Very Good. A dignified bronze medallion of the greatest of Yiddish authors, and also one of the greatest of comic authors in any language, whose most famous character, Tevye the Milkman, became the central character in "Fiddler on the Roof". The bronze is rare -- we could find other medallions honoring Sholem Aleichem, but not this one. Given that the medallion gives his birth and death years, we would conjecture that the medallion was issued to honor... Read More
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Color and Style in Bathroom Furnishing and Decoration
Pittsburgh: Standard Sanitary Manufacturing Company. Printer: American Lithographic Company, Inc, 1929. First Edition. Wraps. Near Fine. Folio, 30.5 by 25.5 cm. 55 pp. Lush color illustrations on the vast majority of pages. In the introductory text, it is asserted that "[This], we believe, is the first book ever devoted to the bathroom as a subject of interior decoration. The new ideas it presents are the result of the coordinated efforts of architects, interior decorators, artists, designers, and those... Read More
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Framed Two Photographs of a Cute Staffordshire Terrier, One with an Equine Friend, One, Wearing a Straw Party Hat while Sitting Upright
San Diego, California, probably, 1920. Oak Frame. Near Fine. Staffordshire terriers, whatever your view of them on the street, are not all bad -- far from it -- as these photos capture some of their winsome personality and performative cuteness. Obedience, seriousness, sobriety, are exuded by the dog as he sits upright in his goofy hat. In the other, standing on a tack trunk in a horse barn, the same dog is but a few inches from a... Read More
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World War Two Era Portfolio and Portable Desk, with Embossed Imagery of Bald Eagle, War Planes, a Warship, a Blimp, a Tank and and a Cannon
Chicago: Durand, 1942. Full Leatherette (Like Calf). Very Good. Distinctive and unique portfolio with military and patriotic themed embossed decoration on the calf front board. We haven't been able to locate other copies of this object, although there surely were others made. The embossed decoration of the eagle and military vehicles and weaponry is not only embossed but also colored a light blue/gray, with a few yellow highlights, to contrast with the navy background and overall color of... Read More
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Wilson Folding Partitions for Churches, Schools, Y.M.C.A. Buildings, Hotels, Clubs and other Public Institutions. Manufactured Exclusively by The J.G. Wilson Corporation, 8 West 40th Street, New York. Factory - Norfolk, VA. ....
New York: Printer: De Vinne Press, New York, 1925. Wraps. Stab bound, with string running through three holes. Near Fine. Attractively printed catalogue for a mundane yet highly useful architectural feature of public spaces, the folding room partition. N.d., circa 1925. 4to. 28 by 22 cm. 16 pp. Catalogue has eleven pages showing, with one to three photos each, the company's products in actual public spaces, including the Harvard Club of New York, the Hotels des Artistes in... Read More
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![[Movie Poster] Orchestra Wives](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/551/967/1669967551.0.l.jpg)
[Movie Poster] Orchestra Wives
Elkart, Indiana, 1942. Heavy Card. The movie musical that introduced the Harry Warren Mack Gordon standard of the American Song Book, "At Last", not to mention Glenn Miller hits "I've Got a Gal in Kalamazoo" and "Serenade in Blue", and the second of two movies showcasing the Glenn Miller Orchestra. 59 by 36 cm. The poster is of interest because of its plainness, in our view. The theater was showing the movie for only two days! While this might... Read More
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Portable Writing Desk or Case, Notebook and Photo Album
France, 1880. Full Morocco. Very Good. N.d., circa 1880. In size comparable to 8vo. 23 by 18 cm. With a brass clasp, with a floral decorative motif incised onto both the top and base piece. The front, the side with the clasp, has flowing corner decoration in relief, the design suggestive of a fleur-de-lys without being literally one, and gilt and blindstamped ruled lines around the border. When open, there are three panels, all about the size of... Read More
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![The Coronation Decorations & Souvenirs at Harrods. Public Decoratioins. Illuminations Pavilions and Marquees Erected -- Artistic Decorations of Every Description. Armorial Shields -- Rich Draperies -- Banners -- Mottos --Heraldic Trophies -- Flags -- Pennants -- Floral Displays -- Decorative Illuminations for Buildings, Parks and Gardens -- Electric, Gas, Candle Lighting and Transparencies. Temporary Ball Rooms Complete with every requisite. Coronation Souvenirs -- Medals and Novelties of every kind. [Together with] A folded sheet, four page promotion of coronation products](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/680/588/1630588680.0.l.jpg)
The Coronation Decorations & Souvenirs at Harrods. Public Decoratioins. Illuminations Pavilions and Marquees Erected -- Artistic Decorations of Every Description. Armorial Shields -- Rich Draperies -- Banners -- Mottos --Heraldic Trophies -- Flags -- Pennants -- Floral Displays -- Decorative Illuminations for Buildings, Parks and Gardens -- Electric, Gas, Candle Lighting and Transparencies. Temporary Ball Rooms Complete with every requisite. Coronation Souvenirs -- Medals and Novelties of every kind. [Together with] A folded sheet, four page promotion of coronation products
London: Harrods, Ltd, 1911. First Edition. Wraps. Two staples. Very Good. All the tchotschkes one sees at antique stores relating to the Royal Family and then some, all sold by the legendary department store in connection with the coronation of George V and Queen Mary. Categories listed on the first page (page 3) are Public Decorations, Illuminations, Pavilions and Marquees Erected, Artistic Decorations of Every Description, Armorial Shields, Rich Draperies, Banners, Mottos, Heraldic Trophies, Flags, Pennants, Floral Displays,... Read More
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![[Trade Catalogue] Rongalit. Badische Anilin- & Soda-Fabrik; Rongalit C fur Cattandruck](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/562/929/1597929562.0.l.jpg)
[Trade Catalogue] Rongalit. Badische Anilin- & Soda-Fabrik; Rongalit C fur Cattandruck
Ludwigshafen am Rhein: Badische Anilin- & Soda-Fabrik, 1910. Wraps. Very Good. Large fabric swatches that are suggestive that the pared down, more abstract aethetics associated with Art Deco are actually ones that significantly pre-date, by more than a decade, what is understood as the Art Deco era. The swatches are also fairly large, measuring 16.5 by 8.5 cm. The swatches' purpose, of course, was to show the variety and richness of the company's dyes, which heightened the blues,... Read More
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![[Theatrical Commemorative Tchotchke] A Pewter Ashtray Marking the 75th Performance of Clyde Fitch's Play "The Girl with the Green Eyes" with Clara Bloodgood. New Savoy Theatre. Wednesday Feb. 25th, 1903](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/851/807/1673807851.0.l.jpg)
[Theatrical Commemorative Tchotchke] A Pewter Ashtray Marking the 75th Performance of Clyde Fitch's Play "The Girl with the Green Eyes" with Clara Bloodgood. New Savoy Theatre. Wednesday Feb. 25th, 1903
New York, 1903. A rare theatre tchotchke marking the 75th performance of a play by the most commercial and prolific of playwrights at the time, Clyde Fitch, and produced by Charles Frohman. The object itself we call an ashtray, but it could be used as a receptacle for loose change, cufflinks, or anything small, or merely serve a decorative purpose. It was not intended as an ephemeral object to be tossed the next day. It is made of pewter,... Read More
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The Rose Almanack. Souvenir for 1860
London: Rock Brothers & Payne, 1859. First printing. NA. Fine. Highly unusual paper fold almanac, shaped when open like a snowflake -- and meant to suggest a rose, obviously. Closing to two shaped panels, loosely approximating triangles, with chromolithograph images of roses. Scarce -- we were unable to locate any other copies of this one, and also more broadly, we are unaware of other such origami-like almanacs. We often enough see such paper as souvenirs for cities, bearing... Read More
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The World of Barbie Fashions By Mattel. Book 1
Hawthorne, California: Mattel, 1968. Wraps. Good. Fashions au courant, not just for Barbie, but her fashionista cohorts Casey, Skipper and Tutti too! Along with glamourous, provocative and fabulous outfits for virtually every occasion that a popular debutante might imagine -- lawn parties, cruises, etc. etc., cases for all the characters on offer, along with other accessories, such as an oven for Tutti so she can cook all kinds of goodies. Bound by staple at top edge, measuring 11.5... Read More
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English Scenery. One Hundred and Twenty Chromo Views
London, Edinburgh and New York: T. Nelson and Sons, 1891. Near Fine. 8vo, 8 by 6 inches, 20 by 15 cm. Two chromolithographic postcard-sized images per plate, with fine views of the most memorable buildings, landmarks, natural wonders and views of England. Moderate foxing of preliminaries, otherwise generally clean, with all tissue guards intact. Re-cased with very attractive archtypal Victorian styled decorated morocco spine. Marbled boards.
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Two Pieces of Promotional Ephemera Relating to the Silent Universal Film "Phantom of the Opera", released in 1925 and starring Lon Chaney Sr., and the mailing envelope from Universal Pictures Corporation, with a 1925 postmark
New York or Hollywood: Universal Pictures Corporation, 1925. First Editions. Stapled. The two items are "The Magic Book About a Great Motion Picture", the other, "Phantom Mysteries", which includes "The Phantom of the Opera" Game. The book is really a small booklet, 12mo (13 by 8.5 cm), eight pages including the cover, printed entirely in orange ink. It comes with a small sheet of red gelatine that when you place it over any of the four illustrations, an entirely... Read More
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![[Trade Catalogue] 1937 Decorated Tin Boxes. Hudson Scott & Sons Limited. Carlisle, England](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/382/891/596891382.6.m.jpg)
[Trade Catalogue] 1937 Decorated Tin Boxes. Hudson Scott & Sons Limited. Carlisle, England
1937. Wraps. Very Good. A beautiful, and colorful, catalog of tin boxes. 47 pp. The tins are decorated in a multitude of styles, with Asian (Japanese, Chinese, Indian) influences particularly strong, but also Regency, deco-ish and other styles popular at the time evident in some tins. The leaves are printed only on the recto sides. Some of the tin images are mounted, others are printed directly onto the leaf. The mounted tins appear to be of very thin... Read More
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Spalt Fountain Installations and Specification Date Arranged for . . Spalt Fine Fixtures Since 1868. Manufacturersa of Store Fixtures -- Soda Fountains -- Display Cases -- Cabinet Work
Albany, New York: George Spalt & Sons, Inc, 1930. Good. N.d., circa 1930. 4to. 28.5 by 22 cm. Unpaginated, 26 leaves, printing on only rectos. Four of these leaves or pages are solely text -- the first intro, entitled "Installation", and two pages listing its then recent installations. Otherwise, illustrations of some sort -- photographic or drawn -- dominate every page. These include photos of actual installations -- eight photos spread out on four pages -- drawings of... Read More
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