Art Deco Bookends: Cape Cod Fisherman
The Connecticut Foundry, [c. 1928] Pair of "Cape Cod Fisherman" bookends, with The Connecticut Foundry ("C" within a triangle, within a larger circle) and 1928 copyright date engraved on back. About fine, with some natural darkening. Overall, a pleasing pair of vintage bookends. Sailors and other maritime themes were popular subjects for bookends in the early 20th century because of their literary connection (Samuel Taylor Coleridge's "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" as an example) and evocation of... Read More
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Art Deco Bookends: Sea Captain
[c. 1920] Pair of sea captain bookends, cast iron. Near fine, with patina. Overall, a great, weighty pair of vintage bookends. Sailors and other maritime themes were popular subjects for bookends in the early 20th century because of their literary connection (Samuel Taylor Coleridge's "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" as an example) and evocation of adventure and romance. Named after the International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts that took place in Paris in 1925,... Read More
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Time Magazine, Strike Harvard, Rage and Reform on Campus (April 18, 1969)
New York: Time Inc., 1969 First edition. Publisher's pictorial wrappers, with a collage by Louis Glanzman featuring the John Harvard statue to the front wrapper. Very good, with rippling to front wrapper and tidemarks to verso, some tears near staples, subscriber label to front wrapper, and light toning to page edges. Overall, a bright copy of this issue covering the 1969 Harvard strike. This April 18, 1969 Time issue features a cover story on the 1969 Harvard strike... Read More
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Working Papers of the Ed. School Committee for the Eight Demands
[Cambridge, MA]: [1969] 10pp. First edition. Mimeographed sheets stapled together at top left corner, printed in black. Very good, with some toning and creasing to cover page, cover page loose over the staple. Overall, a pleasing example of this very scarce report. This document, printed during the 1969 Harvard strike and written by a "group of concerned people affiliated with the [Harvard Graduate School of Education] and who support the original demands as SDS formulated them," outlines the... Read More
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Old Mole Extra! 3
Cambridge, Mass: The Old Mole, [1969] First edition. Original undated special issue of the underground newspaper, with "There is some shit we will not eat - Strike" in black on red to the first page, and a red symbol combining the clenched fist and the female symbol in the background of the text on the second and third pages. Poor, in three (nearly four) pieces, separated along fold lines, with considerable chipping to edges and center, and some loss to... Read More
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Art Deco Bookends: Loie Fuller
[c. 1920] Pair of dancing Loie Fuller bookends, bronze-toned cast metal. About fine, with a few tiny nicks, and traces of patina here and there. Overall, a gorgeous rendering of this influential dancer. Loie Fuller (1862-1928) was a pioneering American dancer who invented the "Serpentine dance," a type of "skirt dance" in which she would mesmerically swirl her billowing silk robe, and made many innovations in stage lighting, utilizing under-stage lighting, phosphorescent materials, mirrors, and other revolutionary techniques.... Read More
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Art Deco Bookends: Winged Cherub
Dutton & Co. and Armor Bronze, [c. 1920] Pair of winged cherub bookends. Fine. Overall, a lovely, stately set. Winged cherubs, strongly associated with Renaissance and Baroque art, are high ranking celestial beings, symbolic of divine love and innocence. Named after the International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts that took place in Paris in 1925, Art Deco was a design movement that flourished in the 1920s and 1930s, characterized by sleekness and geometric lines, and influenced... Read More
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Art Deco Bookends: Scottie dog with front paws Lifted
[c. 1920] Pair of bookends featuring a Scottie dog with front paws elevated, gold-toned metal. Fine. Overall, a delightful set. Scottie dogs were popular subjects for bookends in the 1930s and '40s due to their prominence in popular culture, recognizable silhouette, and compact, "boxy" shape, which made them ideal for metal casting. Named after the International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts that took place in Paris in 1925, Art Deco was a design movement... Read More
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Art Deco Bookends: Scottie Dog
[c. 1920] Pair of Scottie dog bookends. About fine, with a few nicks to bases, and patinated metal. Overall, a charming pair of vintage bookends. Scottie dogs were popular subjects for bookends in the 1930s and '40s due to their prominence in popular culture, recognizable silhouette, and compact, "boxy" shape, which made them ideal for metal casting. Named after the International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts that took place in Paris in 1925, Art Deco... Read More
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Art Deco Bookends: Dante Alighieri and Beatrice Portinari
Pompeian Bronze Company, [c. 1928] Pair of bookends featuring profiles of writer Dante Alighieri and his muse Beatrice Portinari, 1928 copyright date engraved to back of bookends, bronze with some blue and red color. Very good, with some tarnishing, and some fading to red and blue. Overall, a beautifully designed pair of Art Deco bookends. Italian writer Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) wrote The Divine Comedy (ca. 1308-1320), which follows the author's allegorical journey through hell, purgatory, and heaven,... Read More
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Art Deco Bookends: Scottie dog chasing a cat up a stack of Books
[c. 1920] Pair of bookends featuring a playful scene between a dog and cat, silver-toned metal. Very good, with some tarnishing, and one of the bookends lacking felt base. Overall, an adorable pair of vintage bookends. Scottie dogs were popular subjects for bookends in the 1930s and '40s due to their prominence in popular culture, recognizable silhouette, and compact, "boxy" shape, which made them ideal for metal casting. Named after the International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and... Read More
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Art Deco Bookends: Sailor boy and Dog
Frankart, [c. 1924] Pair of bookends featuring a sailor boy with a dog. Very good, with some spotting, and one of the sailor boy figures slightly loose. Overall, a bright, charming pair of Art Deco bookends. Founded by sculptor Arthur von Frankenberg in 1924, Frankart was a NYC-based metal art company that specialized in functional Art Deco items. Named after the International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts that took place in Paris in 1925, Art... Read More
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Art Deco Bookends: Scottie dog with front paws Lifted
[c. 1920] Pair of bookends featuring a Scottie dog with front paws elevated, gold-toned metal. Fine. Overall, a hefty vintage pair of bookends for dog lovers. Scottie dogs were popular subjects for bookends in the 1930s and '40s due to their prominence in popular culture, recognizable silhouette, and compact, "boxy" shape, which made them ideal for metal casting. Named after the International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts that took place in Paris in 1925,... Read More
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Art Deco Bookends: Cape Cod Fisherman
The Connecticut Foundry, [c. 1928] The Connecticut Foundry. Pair of "Cape Cod Fisherman" bookends, with "The Connecticut Foundry" and 1928 copyright date engraved on back. About fine, with some natural darkening. Overall, an attractive pair of vintage bookends. Sailors and other maritime themes were popular subjects for bookends in the early 20th century because of their literary connection (Samuel Taylor Coleridge's "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" as an example) and evocation of adventure and romance. The Connecticut... Read More
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Constitution and Playing Rules of the National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs. 1887.
Chicago: A. G. Spalding and Bros., 1887 First edition. Original publisher's cream wrappers, lettered and decorated in black with a Spalding advertisement to rear. Very good, with a tiny closed tear to head of spine, longer closed tear to foot of spine, small chips to bottom edge and left corner of front wrapper, and light soiling to front wrapper. Overall, a well-preserved example of an early baseball publication. This official booklet contains the National League's 1887 Constitution... Read More
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1963 Baseball Photo and Autograph Album
New York: JKW Sports Publications, 1963 Photographs by William N. Jacobellis. First edition, first printing. Signed on front and rear wrappers by fourteen players: Willie Mays (HOF), Whitey Ford (HOF), Stan Musial (HOF), Hank Aaron (HOF), Yogi Berra (HOF), Harmon Killebrew (HOF), Brooks Robinson (HOF), Richie Ashburn (HOF), Warren Spahn (HOF), Maury Wills, Tom Tresh, Jack Sanford, Tommy Davis, and Johnny Podres. Publisher's green, black, and white wrappers illustrated with many portrait photos of standout players; fine, with a small... Read More
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The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments and Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church. Together with the Psalter or Palms of David
New York: Oxford University Press, [n.d.] Reprint. Finely bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in full red morocco, with margins of boards ruled in gilt, five raised bands to spine, ruled and lettered in gilt, decorative design in blind extending from spine bands to edges of boards, gilt turn-ins, all edges gilt, India paper, and bookplate of Florence A. Bieglow dated April 21, 1940 in morocco matching the binding to front pastedown. About fine, with clean binding and pages, corners gently... Read More
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Art Deco Bookends: Standing Dog
[c. 1920] Pair of standing dog bookends, cast iron with bronze-tone finish. Near fine, with loose felt at the base of one of the bookends. Overall, a sleek pair of vintage bookends. Dogs were popular subjects for bookends in the first half of the 20th century because their familiar silhouettes translated well into small-scale decorative sculptures. Named after the International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts that took place in Paris in 1925, Art Deco was... Read More
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I Had A Hammer: The Hank Aaron Story
by Aaron, Hank; Wheeler, Lonnie
New York: Harper Collins, 1991 First edition, first printing. Signed and inscribed by Aaron on 2/22/91 in blue marker to the front endpaper. Publisher's cloth, dust jacket. An excellent copy, in an unclipped dust jacket with the spine ends lightly bumped, else fine. Aaron's career with the Negro leagues was rather short lived, playing with the Indianapolis Clowns for a mere three months in 1951 when his exceptional performance was quickly recognized with offers from the New York... Read More
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Signed 1974 All-Star Game Official Ballot
by Aaron, Hank
New York: The Gillette Company, 1974., 1974 Signed by Hank Aaron in blue ink on the side with the list of players. Original white ballot, printed in blue and red, with mailing information on recto and list of players on verso. Near fine, with light soiling to top of recto, and ballot selections unpunched. Encased in a Beckett Grading Services slab. Overall, a great item. Famously referred to by Muhammad Ali as "the only man... Read More
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Signed Limited Lithograph of Don Drysdale
by Amore, James M.; [Drysdale, Don]
1980s. 8" x 10" lithograph. Signed and numbered (number 23 out of a limitation of 30) by artist James Amore in pencil. Additionally signed by Hall of Fame pitcher Don Drysdale. Drawing of Drysdale in pencil, with blue and red coloring. Fine. Overall, a striking piece. Don Drysdale spent his entire MLB career pitching for the Brooklyn/LA Dodgers. In his fantastic career, he earned nine All-Star selections, a Cy Young award (1962), and won three World Series titles... Read More
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The Summer Game
by Angell, Roger
New York: The Viking Press, 1972 First edition, first printing. Presentation copy, signed and inscribed by Angell on front free endpaper to literary couple Barbara ("Bobbie") and Spencer Klaw: "For Bobbie and Spence - About time you became fans, isn't it? Love, Roger." Publisher's blue cloth-backed green paper-covered boards, with spine lettered in blue and yellow; in its original white pictorial dust jacket, with a drawing of a baseball player by James Stevenson to front panel, lettered in green, blue,... Read More
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Not Another PUNK! Book
by Anscombe, Isabelle
London: Aurum Press, 1978 First edition, first printing. Publisher's bright pink wrappers, lettered in black and pink. Some rubbing and soiling to spine, else fine. Overall, a fantastic copy of this energetic look at the emerging punk movement. This scrapbook-style book captures the ethos and fashion of the 1970s London punk scene in pages peppered with quotes and photos. As one quote from the book, attributed to "Anarchy in the U.K.", puts it, "There is only one criterion.... Read More
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A Ball Player's Career. Being the Personal Experiences and Reminiscences of Adrian C. Anson
by Anson, Adrian "Cap"
Chicago: Era Publishing Co., 1900 Illustrated with black and white photographic plates. First edition, first printing. Original publisher's green cloth, spine lettered in blue, front cover with ball player illustration of Anson and lettering in blue. Very good, with light toning to spine, light wear to spine ends, some red staining to rear board, boards very slightly warped, lightly bumped corners, previous owner's stamp to front pastedown and frontispiece verso, light dampstaining to page edges, and occasional light soiling to... Read More
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Vie Du Jeune Louis XVII
by Antoine, A
Paris: Blanchard, 1816 With a frontispiece and additional engraved title page. Second edition. Contemporary tan sheepskin, ruled in blind to boards and stamped in gilt to spine with red leather spine label lettered in gilt, edges tooled in gilt, green silk marker present. A very good copy with some wear to extremities, bottom edge of front hinge gently starting, bookplate with Patris-Cougousse coat of arms to front pastedown. This short biography of King Louis XVII (1785-1795) tells the... Read More
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