Let's Team Up To Keep Food Prices Down : For The Sake Of America's Future (poster).; 1944. World War II
U. S. Government Printing Office. poster. Poster depicts a grocer as he gestures towards an OPA CEILING PRICE LIST that urges civilians to work together to keep food prices down. Printed in full color. Sheet measures 20 x 28 inches (51 x 71 cm). Faint horizontal and vertical folds, otherwise fine.
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Frank Leslie's Lady's Journal; 1876
New York. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good. 53 issues from January 1st, 1876 (No. 216) - December 30th, 1876 (No. 268). Bound in half leather with pebbled cloth boards, spine and cover stamped in gilt. Dazzling, vibrant, large-scale engraved illustratitions throughout. Text block is fine, bright, and clean. Covers have wear to extremities through leather, but structurally solid. 11 1/4 x 16 inches. Various paginations, 857 combined pages.
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The Westerners Brand Book 1945-46; Being The Papers Presented During The Second Year Of The Westerners (1945-46) Together With Some Original Papers Rescued From Manuscripts And Ephemera. (chicago Corral)
Chicago: The Westerners, 1947. 1st. Hardcover. Fine Condition. One of 500 copies. Bound in publisher's original blue cloth with the front cover and spine stamped in gilt. Some material on the cattle rustler and the range war of Wyoming. This is the second and final volume issued by the Chicago Corral in this form. Adams HERD 2476.
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The George Abrams Collection (Auction Catalogue)
London: Sotheby's, 1989. Hardcover. Fine Condition.
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The Caxton Club Scrap-book; Early English Verses 1250-1650
(Caxton Club). THE CAXTON CLUB SCRAP-BOOK; EARLY ENGLISH VERSES 1250-1650. Chosen and collocated by John Vance Cheney. Chicago, Caxton Club, 1904. One of 250 copies on Italian hand-made paper from a total edition of 253. Bound in quarter green cloth and green paper boards with paper label on spine. Top edge gilt. Slipcase. Very good condition.
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The Asinelli and Garisenda, Towers, Bologna. (print)
London: Henry Bohn, 1843. Very good condition. Original tinted lithograph of these twelfth century towers from Henry Gally Knight's The Ecclesiastical Architecture of Italy from the Time of Constantine to the Fifteenth Century published in 1843 by Henry Bohn in London. Image size is 10 x 16 3/4 inches. Sheet size is 14 1/2 x 21 1//2 inches. Drawn by Domenico Quaglio II (German, Munich 1787 - 1837 Hohenschwangau, near Fussen) and printed by G. Moore. Dampstain in... Read More
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The Natural History Of Birds from the best authors, ancient and modern, Volume I.
Bungay: Brightly & Childs / T. Kinnersly, 1815. Hardcover. Very good. Volume one only (of two). Bound in green cloth with the spine stamped in gilt. Cloth is rubbed at the extremities. Occasional foxing throughout. Embellished throughout with 62 plates, accurately hand coloured from nature.
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Joseph Beuys, Marcel Broodthaers, Robert Rauschenberg, Andy Warhol
Paris: Galerie Isy Brachot, 1989. 1st. paperback. Fine Condition. Bound in publisher's original wrappers. Text has been hand corrected.
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San Michele, Lucca. (print)
London: Henry Bohn, 1843. Very good condition. Original tinted lithograph of this twelfth century cathedral from Henry Gally Knight's The Ecclesiastical Architecture of Italy from the Time of Constantine to the Fifteenth Century published in 1843 by Henry Bohn in London. Image size is 16 x 11 1/2 inches. Sheet size is 21 1/2 x 14 1//2 inches. Drawn by Domenico Quaglio II (German, Munich 1787 - 1837 Hohenschwangau, near Fussen) and printed by G. Moore. Dampstain in... Read More
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English Florilegium
New York: Abbeville Press, 1988. 1st. Hardcover. Fine. As New. First Thus. Cloth. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. ISBN:0-89659-790-3. First Abbeville Press edition. Pp 240 with 50 plates. Fine in fine dust jacket. Introduction by William T. Stearn. Notes on the plates by Christ opher Brickell. Watercolor paintings by Mary Grierson.
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The Aldine Edition Of The British Poets, in fifty-two volumes
London: Bell and Daldy, n. d.. Hardcover. Fine. Bound in half blue morocco and marbled boards with front covers and spines stamped in gilt, and five raised bands. All edges marbled, marble endpapers. A few heads lightly chipped, otherwise fine condition. Each volume measures 4 x 6 1/4 inches. List of authors and images available on request.
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Farmyard Play Book
(Children). FARMYARD PLAY BOOK. Akron, Saalfield, 1940. A play book containing a folding barnyard diorama. Eight farm animals (sheep, goose, cat, goat, rabbit, rooster, dog, and pig) individually depicted on stiff, dye-cut boards are connected end-to-end with cloth hinges. All fold into a cloth spine and illustrated paper board cover. Six of the figures are detached from the rest and a tape repair has been made along one of the hinges. A charming play book from the early 1940s... Read More
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Combination Atlas Map of Grant County Indiana, Compiled, Drawn and Published From Personal Examinations and Surveys
Chicago: Kingman Bros, 1877. Hardcover. Very good. Bound in pulisher's original black cloth, elaborately stamped in blind, front and back. Considerable edge wear to the binding, otherwise very good. Text block is tight. Pages are clean with minimal foxing. Illustrations are mostly very clean. Fronticepiece map of United State and territories, showing railway routes, rivers, and mountains. Many illustrations of personages, residences, city and township maps, and census data including residents' names, birthplaces, and employment or business. Hardcover.... Read More
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THE BALLOCH CASTLE SEASONS OF LUCAS: Being Four Gobelin Tapestries rich with gold, 8 feet 2 inches high, with combined width of 41 feet 7 inches From Balloch Castle, near Glasgow, where they hung for nearly two centuries A companion set to the famous Months of Lucas, and by the same designer
New York: Privately printed for Warwick House, Ltd, 1918. Hardcover. Very good condition. One of 25 copies, this being number 8 presented to Samuel Mather. Four colored plates Bound in publisher's original quarter red leather and paper covered boards with a red leather label on the front cover stamped in in gilt. Bookplate on the front pastedown endpaper. Uncut. Spine is rubbed. Chips to the extremities. Interior is clean and bright.
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American Art Today: Gallery of American Art Today, New York World's Fair
New York: National Art Society, 1939. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good. Bound in blue cloth with spine and cover stamped in yellow. Illustrated throughout in black and white, with short essays by Holger Cahill, Stuart Davis, Jonas Lie, Eugene Speicher, John Gregory, Paul Manship, William Zorach, John Taylor Arms, Anne Goldthwaite, Hugo Gellert. Preface by A. Conger Goodyear, foreword by Grover A. Whalen. Text block is in fine condition. Wear to corner, head and heel of spine. 9 x... Read More
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Save -- Buy-- For Victory : W.s.s : War Savings Stamps Issued By The United States Government : For Sale Here (poster).; World War I.
Government Printing Office. poster. Fine Condition. United States Treasury Department poster printed in black on a white background. Sheet measures 16.75 x 24.25 inches (42.5 x 61.5 cm).
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Kress Library Of Business And Economics Catalogue Covering Materila Publihsed Through 1776 With Data Upon Cognate Items In Other Harvard Libraries. With Catalogue 1777-1817.; Two volumes
Cambridge: Martino, n. d.. Hardcover. Fine Condition. Reprint edition of the 1940 and 1957 volumes (Besterman 6163), limited to 250 copies. Bound in the publisher's original maroon cloth with the spines stamped in gilt.
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La Mode feminine de 1795 a 1900 (4 Volume Set)
Paris: Nilsson. paperback. Very good. 80 hand-colored plates loose in four publisher's original color illustrated wrappers with extensive splitting at the seams Contained in new paper slipcase with the original label mounted to the spine of the box. The prints are bright.
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Parts Catalog; KLUGE Automatic Press
St. Paul, MN: Brandtjen & Kluge. Softcover. Good. Bound in original stiff paper wrappers with cover stamped in illustrated red and blue. Illustrated throughout in black and white, with red illustrated top page borders. Wear and smudges to exterior, text block is largely clean. 7 x 10 1/2 inches. 30 pages.
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Cabala or the Rites and Ceremonies of the Cabalist. National Series. Arranged in accordance with the standard formula
New York: Redding Masonic Supply Co, 1876. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Bound in publisher's original red leather folder 145 pp. 5 1/4 inches tall.
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Photograms Of The Year 1942
London: Illiffe and Sons, 1942. Paperback. Very good. Edited by F.J.Mortimer. Includes photos by Rosalind Maingot and Dr. Max Thorek. Green paper wraps have separated and are somewhat soiled and worn at extremeties. Interior intact.
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The Saturday Evening Post Stories 1961; Selected from 1960
Garden City: Doubleday, 1961. 1st. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Bound in publisher's original blue and green cloth with spine stamped in black and cover stamped in black and red. Minor wear to extremities. Half-inch chip to head of dust jacket spine, quarter inch chip to top of back dust jacket cover. Text block tight and bright. 5 1/2 x 8 inches. 358 pages.
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Getting Ready For The Victory Loan... (poster).; World War I.
poster. VICTORY LOAN PICTORIAL NEWS poster with a black-and-white photographic image of the presses at work above a text, printed in black on a white background, that encourages buying Liberty Bonds. Sheet measures 14 x 17 inches (35.5 x 43 cm). Few small (less than half inch) closed tears, one horizontal fold, otherwise fine condition.
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Korea: It's Land, People And Culture of All Ages
Seoul, Korea: Hakwon-Sa, Ltd, 1960. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Illustrated in black and white, and color, with fold-out color map. Comes in board slipcase with yellow and black spine labe. Book is near fine except for missing front free endpaper. Dust jacket has wear to extremities, front interior flap has a tear. 7 1/2 x 10 inches. 718 pages.
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Martin Luther: Treasures of the Reformation
Dresden: Sandstein, 2017. 1st. Hardcover. Fine. Illustrated throughout in color. A beautiful presentation of a fascinating exhibit. 9 1/2 x 11 3/4 inches. 503 pages.
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