Songs of the University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona: University of Arizona, 1903. approx. 5 1/2" x 6 1/2" [12] pages. Here are the words of the songs which were sung by the students in the 18th year of its early history. It was in 1903 that they issued the first yearbook. Very scarce. OCLC shows a copy at the University of Arizona Special Collections and at the Arizona State Archives. Bound in blue paper wraps lettered and decorated in maroon, small closed edge tear to... Read More
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Memorial of Kate Benedict Freeman; Printed for Private Circulation
New York: Robert Carter and Brothers, 1870. First Edition. Cloth. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 151p. Kate Benedict Freeman's early death af age 29 seemed tragic; nevertheless, she had already made a wonderful contribution in her early life. All through her early twenties, she visited the Civil War wounded veterans at the Central Park location and also made efforts to also assist the poor, she married a Presbyterian pastor but died of a lingering... Read More
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Nova Guinea Resultats De Expeditions Scientifiques a La Nouselle Guinee
Leiden; No Date /ca. 1920: Leiden: E.J. Brill. Quarto. pages 149-250pp. unopened. German text. 4 pages of sketches, 22 plates, with 93 Bound in gray stiff paper wraps lettered in black. A very good copy with light wear to edges.
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REPRESENTATIVE ART AND ARTISTS OF NEW MEXICO
Santa Fe: Museum of New Mexico, 1976. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Light blue pictorial wraps, short history of Santa Fe art. Examples of art, photos of artists. 41pp.
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Advances in the Control of Zoonoses: Bovine Tuberculosis, Brucellosis, Leptospirosis, Q Fever, and Rabies
Geneva: World Health Organization, 1953. First Edition. Original Paper Back Version. Very Good. Octavo. 276pp. Anthology of articles on zoonosis by experts in the field. Illustrated, tables, foldout charts. Outer panels darkened, with old Game & Fish department library number on spine.
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For Your Entertainment: Talking Pictures and Dancing" New Hampshire 1937 Movie and Dance Events
1937. Near Fine. 4p. measuring 5" x 3" advertises Talking Pictures and Dancing at the Memorial Hall in Wolfeboro, Pineland (Center Ossipee) and at the Opera House in Sanbornville. Besides advertising dancing at these places and the Wolfeboro Casino there were a list of the talking movies of the time starring Shirley Temple, Spencer Tracy, Fred MacMurray and many others. dances were 10 cents an unusual piece of ephemera.
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Interagency Assessment of Oxygenated Fuels
Washingtion D. C.: National Science and Technology Council, 1997. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall. President Clinton established the National Science and Technology Council by Executive Order on November 23, 1993. This cabinet-level council is the principle means for the President to coordinate science, space and technology policies across the Federal Government.
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Garcia De Orta; Revista Da Junta Das Missoes Goegraficas e De Invesigacoes Do Ultamar
Lisboa, Portugal: Junta De Investigacoes Colonials, 1956. Original Wraps. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall. 336p. [84] p. of plates. Portuguese text with summaries in French and English at the end of chapters. Profusely illustrated with photographs, folding plates of maps, etc.
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Proceedings of the Third International
Ottawa; 1978 and 1979: National Research Council of Canada. Quarto. In two volumes. Text primarily in English with summaries in French and Russian. Extensive bibliographies and indexes. Introduces man's effect on the environment with interest in rising temperature change which was a prelude to observable global warming. Bound in white and blue cloth lettered in black, a few spots of finer soiling, a couple of bumped corners. A very good set.
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The Chinese Threat
Delhi, India: Publications Division, 1964. Original Wraps. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 83p. with 15 folding maps, mostly colored. Nehru died after issuing the smaller edition in 1963. After his death, his expanded version was published detailing to the West the Chinese threat. A scarce item.
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Watchmen Portfolio
DC Comics, 1988. Although not as scarce as the Portfolio signed edition (our order for that edition is number is 12573), it is seldom seen with the illustrated slip case l(12x16) and three sets of folders complete: 12 folders from the American edition of Watchmen, 6 new covers for the French edition and 6 promotional folders all by Dave Gibbons.
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Preparing for an Uncertain Climate, 2 Volumes
Washingtion D. C.: Office of Technology Assessment, 1993. Wraps. Good/No Dust Jacket as Issued. Soft Cover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 359,383 pages, index, maps, graphs, charts and photographs. Corner creased on volume one. Light scuffing to both books. Previous owner's name inked on ffep of vol. one.
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Morelto Liquid Chocolate: Tested Recipes
London: Choclate Products, Co. Original Wraps. Good/No Dust Jacket as Issued. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall.
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Tommy Dorsey, inscribed Photography
8" x10" inscribed photograph. "To Julius, Sincerely, Tommy Dorsey." Because of his early death at age 51 signed photographs are relatively uncommon.
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Pennsylvania Land Grant
1789. Indenture on vellum measuring 28" X 11", Dated March 3, 1789, with one Pennsylvania seal and four red wax seals each signed by Alex Fullerton, Richard Fullerton, Esther Fullerton and Charles Marshall. John Evans was granted a portion of land to be purchased from the Fullerton family; Richard, Alex and Esther Fullerton and Charles Marshall (noted as a druggist as his father had been before him) in exchange for one hundred and twenty-five pounds for a designated strip... Read More
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Tommy Dorsey, Signed Napkin Adam Springs Hotel Undated
Boldly signed by Tommy Dorsey on a folded cloth napkin of the Adam Springs Hotel in California where the big bands played, booze flowed even under prohibition and gambling was wide open until 1949. Besides Tommy Dorsey, Harry James, Xavier Cugat, Freedy Martin, and others played at their large outdoor dance pavilion. The bar and restaurant were opened around the clock which made it a favorite rendezvous location for celebrities.
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Mezz Mezzrow Signed Note, December 17, 1959
a 9 1/2" x 5 1/2" note signed by Mezz Mezzrow "For the Hotel la Royale where we had a wonderful time in the past (1953), sincerely, Mel Mezz Mezzrow. Legendary for his obesseion with the black experience and the blues along with supplying large quantitites of marijuana to his friends, he was a good jazz musician but financed the important recording sessions for Sidney Bechet and managed Louis Armstrong. He started his own record... Read More
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[Photograph] The Ladies of Llangollen Card
Very Good. [Sarah Ponsonby; Lady Eleanor Charlotte Butler]. The card issued ca. 1930 measures 2 !/2" x 4" and shows them at table with their books, china and cat on a chair. The original painting by Richard James Lane in 1887 now hangs in the National Portrait Gallery. There is another more common card showing them in black dresses and top cats which is also available. The controversial Ladies of Llangollen are often viewed as committed lesbians. Anne... Read More
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Rousby, Clara Marion Jessie (1852?-1879), actress, CDV of her in Role as Joan of Arc
CDV, c187-? by S. Ayling. On 10 April 1871 she was, at the Queen's, Joan of Arc in Taylor's play so named. In this she looked very handsome in armour, and came on the stage on horseback. Her impersonation of the character was lacking in dignity. A scene in which she was shown tied to the stake, the faggots being lighted, caused by its painful realism much protest. The audience thought she was actually on fire. There is a... Read More
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[Photograph] Alfred Lord Tennyson (1809-1892) , carte De Viste
(The London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company London, 1862). Very Good. One of the most important CDV's for the 1862 International Exhibition. What made CDV's was that they were ideal for collectors as opposed to those earlier photographs printed on card stock and consequently were more durable and did not have to be pasted into a scrapbook to protect. Dickens, Longfellow, and Hans Christian Anderson were among the most popular. This is an early image and was intended for... Read More
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[Photographs] German Prisoner of War Photographs, 1945-46 (12 cards); Camp Pittsburgh
Approx. 3 5/8" x 2 1/2" These photographs show the German POW's at Camp Pittsburgh. Once the Allies secured the French harbor Le Havre, they began to create a ring of camps as staging area for new troops. In the meantime, they created "Cigarette Camps" in the interior for German troops. While the camps were named for the various brands (so that the Germans would not know which area were referred to in radio transmissions), the POW camps were... Read More
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Eddie Rosenwal Photograph, Electric Violin
. 8" x 10" sepia photograph of Eddie Rosenwald who in 1939 began playing the Vega Electric Violin. The Boston listeners to the radio program enjoyed the sound and it soon became a popular instrument to add to sound recordings. Eddie Rosenwald influenced Scotty MacLean to use it in his playing at the Hotel Victoria in New York. Soon a number of Jazz musicians used it and by the late 1960's Pape John Creach and Doug Kershaw were using... Read More
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The Boers and the British; a History of the Events Leading to the Hositilies in South America
Melbourne and London: A.N. Smith, 1899. Original Paper Wrps. Fragile. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 139p. Map is laid in. The account is contemporary on the event of the Boer War. Spine has been reglued, clipped corner but text is clean and housed in clam shell box.
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The Daily Okinawan (April 6, 1946); Army Day Issue
4p. A nice copy with only light wear along outer edges. Besides announcing Army Day and the end of KP, notes pilots are working with atomic bomb test using drones. Comic strips include "Blondie" "Donald Duck", "Li'l Abner" and Dick Tracy. Sports page notes the big money being offered by the Mexican League to Major League ballplayers (Max Lanier and Lou Klein were among those who accepted) and photograph of Marty Marion of the St. Louis Cardinals discussing gloves... Read More
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The Daily Okinawan (March 25, 1946)
Okinawa, 1946. 4p. A nice copy with only light war along outer edges. Issue has headline: Truman Postpones Bomb Tests [due to international pressures); Gen. Lao Donovan declares Okinawa Day. Sports page predicted that Cards vs Yankees would be in 1946 World Series (It was Cards vs Red Sox actually). A small photo of GI receiving a bath from a Geisha girl and receiving tea at the same time (comments "Kansas was... Read More
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