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The "Bull" Durham Baseball Guide (1911)
Boston: The Baseball Publishing Co., 1911. Original Wraps. First Thus. A handsome copy of the 1911 "Bull" Durham Baseball Guide, the 2nd year this annual was issued. A complete, thorough rundown of the 1910 season, with dozens and dozens of photos. Crisp and clean in its stapled, pictorial wrappers. Still..... More
100 Examples of Japanese Textiles for Springtime
1961. 1st. Cloth. Uncommon 1961 sampling of 100 Japanese textiles for springtime. Photographed in vivid, rich color, with accompanying Japanese text at each plate. Solid and VG- in its russet cloth, with light wear at the spine ends and along the outer hinges and light soilijg to the panels. Square..... More
13 Hand-Colored Leon Bakst Photo-Types
D. Jacomet's Artistic Press, 1927. Leon Bakst. Portfolio. (13) hand-colored Leon Bakst (1866-1924) “photo-types”, executed in 1927 at D. Jacomet’s Artistic Press. These are offset lithographs, 9 are signed/dated in the plate, all with watercolor/pochoir, heightened with gold and/or silver. Bakst, born a Russian Jew in 1866, was a painter..... More
150 Years at Chateau Lafite Rothschild
Zachys, 2019. Decorative Cloth. An all-but-pristine copy of this lavish March 2019 catalogue. Clean and Near Fine in its dark-red, pictorial boards, with just a touch of very light bowing to the front panel. Quarto, lovely color reproductions throughout. Housed in a clean, dark-card box, with handsome die-cut titling to..... More
16 Original, Large Black and White Photographs of Leading International Race Car Drivers of the 1950s and 60s
Photograph. A wonderful crop of original photographs of some of the leading International race car drivers of the late 1950s and 1960s, all taken by American photographer Bernard J. Nieuwenhuis, whose stamp adorns the back of each photograph. Except for one smaller photograph (10 1/2" x 12 1/4"), each photograph..... More
1861 Confederate Handbill Announcing the Upcoming Election and the Candidacy of Jefferson Davis as President and Alexander Stephens as Vice-President
1861. Handbill. A scarce example of a piece of Confederate electoral ephemera from 1861. A fragile, original handbill announcing the November 6th upcoming Presidential election of the Confederacy, with Jefferson Davis running for President and his running mate Alexander Stephens running for Vice-President. Also includes information on the "Electoral Ticket..... More
1876 Yale College Invitation (Printed by Tiffany & Co.)
New Haven, CT: Yale University, 1876. Single sheet. Lovely 1876 engraved invitation from "The Junior Class of Yale College" to attend a "Promenade Concert" on February 8th, 1876. An off-white single sheet (measuring 5" wide x 8" tall), folded neatly into thirds and in a handsome recent gilt-frame. Notavly, the..... More
1887 Original Yellowstone Album
1887. 1/4 leather. A meticulously-crafted album of 29 original, mounted photographs of Yellowstone, all or most of them likely taken in 1887 and purchased directly from the 14-year old National Park. Though the photos are uncredited, we can surmise that photographers such as Thomas Hine, Charles D. Loughrey, Frank Jay..... More
1920s Bookseller Pamphlet in Color
Brockton, Mass. Benj. F. Pierce, c. 1925. Booklet. Charming bookseller pamphlet ("Benj. F. Pierce Magazine and Book Specialist"), circa mid-1920s. 16mo, stapled pictorial wrappers. Clean and very sharp. with wonderful color illustrations. "The Best Recent Fiction -- Now at 75 Cents" More
1920s Photographic Print of Welterweight Champion Jack Britton
1920s. Photograph. A striking, early hand-colored photographic print (circa 1920s) of 3-time American welterweight boxing champion Jack Britton (1885-1962). In fact, the first 3-time welterweight champion in history. The print measures 14" x 18": and is framed in a period gilt-wooden frame. The image of Britton at the ready is..... More
1928 Single Sheet Wiener Werkstatte Woodblock
1928. Ephemera. A signed 1928 "WIENER W'A'SCHE WERKST'A'TTE" woodblock print, on a clean sheet of off-white paper. Signed and dated in pencil "SC.EM. WASHINGTON 1928" beneath the print. The paper measures 11" wide x 8" tall and the print is in Near Fine condition. A handsome tribute to the turn-of-the-century..... More
1930 Czech Furniture Catalogue
Prague: Museum of Applied Art, 1930. Original wraps. Very scarce 1930 Czech furniture catalogue, based on the Modern Furniture Exhibition at the Museum of Applied Art in Prague. Bright and VG+ in its mustard wrappers, with very light soiling along the panels. Quarto, crisp black-and-white photos throughout. Text --including its..... More
1932 Framed Art Deco Bartender's Tray Serving as a Guide to Mixing Drinks
Colonial Sales Corporation, 1932. Ephemera. 1932 framed silver tray (15 1/2" wide x 8 1/2" tall), wonderfully illustrated, very Art Deco in feel. Designed as a bartender's guide to mixing drinks, with 2 separate pinwheels (still functioning very well) revealing the ingredients of a particular drink through 4 small dye-cut..... More
1946 New York City Symphony Announcement (and Leonard Bernstein Ephemera)
The New York City Symphony, 1946. A nice example of New York City Symphony history -- and a wonderful piece of very early Leonard Bernstein ephemera. The original flyer announcing the 1946 Fall series ("10 consecutive Monday evening concerts/Tuesday evening concerts --September 23 to November 26"), with a prominent photo..... More
1947 Press Photograph of M. Tanguy-Frigent, the French Minister of Agriculture
New York: PIX Incorporated, 1947. Photograph. A crisp, very sharp example of this press photograph of M. Tanguy-Frigent. According to the description on the back of the photograph, he was the post-War "French minister of agriculture and the most hated man in France, (here) making a statement about the grain..... More
The 1950 and 1954 Palm Springs, California Phone Directories
Santa Ana, CA: Western Directory Company, 1950, 1954. Pictorial wrappers. A pair of surprisingly elusive Palm Springs phone directories from the early 1950s. As if to confirm that Palm Springs really was the playground for Hollywood, the directories include both the phone numbers and street addresses of such luminaries as..... More
1950s Framed Handwritten Letter and Team Patch from a Young Japanese Baseball Fan to a 10 Year Old American Baseball Fan
Letters. A moving, heartfelt letter (probably from the 1950s) from a kind Japanese baseball fan named Yutaku to a 10 year old American boy named Paul. In the handwritten letter, Yutaku wishes Paul a happy birthday and includes as a present an original patch from the Yomiuri Giants, Japan's most..... More
1952 Black and White Portrait of Champion Show Dog Bunnell Boruss
1952. Photograph. 1952 presentation --with full pedigree-- of the champion-to-be dachsund "Rusty", as here represented in portraiture by his proud relative "Bunnell Boruss". Meticulously detailed lines of breeding and show records for this family of champion show dogs and pure-bred dachsunds. Rusty was bred by the Donald Bunnells of Hollywood..... More
The 1960 AB Bookman's Yearbook: The ABC of Bookselling
Newark, NJ: Antiquarian Bookman. Original Wraps. The 1960 annual AB Bookman's Yearbook. Solid and VG in its printed wrappers, with light wear along the spine crown and very light spotting to the front panel. Octavo, 456 pgs., an intimate look at the American used and rare book world of 1960..... More
The 1964 AB Bookman's Yearbook: The Old & the New
Newark, NJ: Antiquarian Bookman. Original Wraps. The 1964 annual AB Bookman's Yearbook. Tight and VG in its printed white wrappers, with very light soiling to the panels. Octavo, 352 pgs., wonderful look at the rare book world in the mid 60s. More
19th Century Japanese Hand-Colored Photo Album
Decorative Cloth. Interesting album (7" wide x 5" tall) of 24 hand-colored mounted photographs. Set in late 19th century Japan, bound in decorative brown cloth in a concertina/accordion style. Sepia-toned portraits, enlivened by splashes of red, green and purple. On the front pastedown printed date and name: "April 11, 1887..... More
2 Early, Handwritten Neil Simon Letters Signed SIGNED
Signed letter. 2 warm, handwritten letters from Neil Simon (both signed "Doc") to a fellow comedy writer. One dated October 1963, the other from the same period if not even earlier. In both cases he's expressing his surprise over the success of his early plays (possibly "Barefoot in the Park"..... More
2 Little League World Series Official Programs (1953, 1954), Plus Nice Laid-In Ephemera
Williamsport, PA: Little League Baseball Incorporated, 1953-1954. Pictorial wrappers. 2 uncommon 1950s Little League World Series official programs. One spanning Aug 25th-Aug 28th, 1953, the other spanning Aug 24th-27th, 1954. Both programs clean and very sharp. Bright, Near Fine examples in their stapled, pictorial wrappers. Very mild rubbing and scxratching..... More
2 Samuel Beckett Mock-Up Photographs Created for Dustjackets
Photograph. 2 mock-up photographs of Samuel Beckett, both designed to appear on dustjackets of his books. The photo of the younger Beckett was chosen for the front dustjacket cover of his "Three Novels: Molloy, Malone Dies and the Unnamable" by Grove Press (1959). And the photograph of the older Beckett..... More