Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union, [1853]. Hardcover. Good. 44 pp, with illustrations in the text. In original printed paper-covered boards, leather spine mostly perished. Rear board (which is printed with a list of “Aids for Sabbath-School Teachers”) holding on by threads. Good. Penciled ownership inscription “Elizabeth Ann Lloyd [?] of [illegible]”..... Item #22461
Softcover. Near fine. No publication given, but a note at the back indicates the book was "sponsored by the East Side Thimble Club." 6 x 9 inches, unpaginated, but ca. 60 pp, with photographic illustrations. Minor wear to the cheerful pictorial wrappers, internals fine. An interesting compilation of short articles..... Item #23037
Four-page circular, 5.75" x 9", urging the reader to "send us your photograph...and we will produce a highly-finished permanent enlargement equaling a rich steel plate engraving." Inside are numerous testimonials to quality of the product, and on the back is a promise of free gift with your first purchase --..... Item #21937
Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1932. Soft cover. Near fine. Official NPS visitor's guide to Grand Canyon National Park, 1932 edition. 78 pages, stapled, illustrated with b/w photos, three-panel foldout map of the Park. Cover photo by Fred Harvey shows the canyon from near Hopi Point. Covers the history..... Item #23115
Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1932. Soft cover. Very good. Official NPS visitor's guide to Wind Cave, 1932 edition. 12 pages, stapled, with double-page map (Underground Survey of Cave in Wind Cave National Park) at center and railroad route map on back cover. Cover photo shows Elk in the..... Item #23116
Paris: Emile-Paul Freres, Editeurs, 1917. First Edition. Soft cover. Good+. Edition limited to 50 copies, of which this is number 4. xvi, 397 pp, with 16 plates illustrating items in the catalogue. Front and rear wrappers are present but detached; backstrip is missing. Textblock itself is complete, clean, and solidly..... Item #13152
New Haven, CT: William Reese Company. Softcover. Very good. Seventy-six [76] Americana catalogues issued by the William Reese Company between approximately 1981 and 2019. All in very good or better condition. Includes many titled "Western Americana" or "Rare Americana," as well as some covering specific themes such as California and..... Item #23114
Twenty-seven (27) 8” x 10” photographs showcasing high-end vehicles for rent from the Iowa Garage in Pasadana, California, owned by former race car mechanic Eugene Lajunie (b. 1885). Each photo is accompanied by a typed caption giving the model number, color, some specifications, and the price per day to rent..... Item #20563
Very good. A small but interesting gathering of correspondence relating to 23-year-old Isaiah "Ike" Klingman (1902-1966), who was picked up on a disorderly conduct charge while selling fake obscene photographs (i.e., photos in sealed envelopes that he falsely implied were pornographic, telling customers not to open them until later) on..... Item #23099
Newark, NJ: The Consolidated Illustrating Co., [1896]. 7.5 x 10.5 inches (oblong), original embossed wrappers. xix, 208 pp, with many illustrations from photographs. Front wrapper detached, wrappers have some some staining, chipping to spine; good. An elaborate and relatively uncommon promotional that--in addition to general text on the advantages of..... Item #21495
Taipei: Taipei Fine Arts Museum, 1986. Softcover. Very Good. Exhibition catalogue. 10 x 10 inches, 112 pp, with approximately 40 illustrations (majority in color). Light shelf wear, museum library stamp on front free endpaper; else clean and sound. Text in Mandarin and English. "Art movements are an effort to obtain..... Item #1959
San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1982. Softcover. Fine. Book Club of California Keepsake printed by Adrian and Joyce Lancaster Wilson at the Press in Tuscany Alley in an edition of 1050 copies. Initial cut by Valenti Angelo. Single sheet folded to 6.5 x 10 inches, oblong. Text is a...... Item #20711
London: W.C. Such, Printer and Publisher. Very good. Broadside. Undated, ca. 1922. 25 x 19 cm (ca. 9.75" x 7.5"), on newsprint or similar stock. Old folding creased, closed tear with archival repair on verso; very good. Although this song--a lament for England's poor and unemployed--may have been written as..... Item #21796
Truro: Cornwall Publicity Ltd. Softcover. Good. Undated, c. 1935. 368 pp, indexed, extensively illustrated with photographs, much local advertising, primarily for restaurants and lodging. Spine slanted, some creasing to the wrappers, else very good. "The Official County Guide," with detailed sections on many individual towns. Item #16967
Very good. Illinois native Ethelbert Stewart (1857-1936) was a longtime employee of the United States Labor Department and a pioneer in the field of labor statistics. Originally a coffin-maker by trade, he developed an interest in labor issues in the 1880s, secured an appointment as Secretary of the Illinois Board..... Item #22689
Sevilla: Fundaciòn Cristóbal Colón, 1991. Softcover. Very Good. Exhibition catalogue. 8.5 x 11.5 inches, 239 pp, with color illustrations. Light handling wear; contents clean and sound. Text is in Spanish and English. "Encurentro 92" is the title of six mural units composing one work of art. This catalogue includes over..... Item #733
Philadelphia: J.H. Johnson. Broadside. Very good. Song sheet, 6 x 9.5 in., with wood engraved vignette of a bearded man (king?) removing the hat of a supplicant, decorative border. Undated, possibly late 1850s. Light foxing. A song descrying the ineffectiveness of Philadelphia's city council and the overzealous use of the..... Item #20742
Springfield, VA: National Technical Information Service, 1973. Softcover. Very Good. v, 47 pp, in original wrappers. Minoir handling wear. Report prepared by the Planning and Research Section of the Dallas, Texas Police Department, reproduced and distributed by NTIS. The purpose of the study was to assess how much crime in..... Item #3117
New York: Blum Helman, 1989. Softcover. Very Good. Exhibition catalogue. 9 x 9 inches, approximately 30 pp, with 7 color illustrations. Light wear to wrappers. minor soiling to front blank endpaper, else clean and sound. "Having influenced attitudes about contemporary landscape, these paintings proceed to establish, beyond all fallen speech, a...... Item #1479
[Daytona Beach, FL]: Printed for the Town of Daytona Beach by Roberts & Son, Birmingham. Softcover. Very good. Undated, ca. 1915. Accordion-folded souvenir view book with 14 views from photographs by C. G. Smith and on page of text. 3.5" x 6" when folding. Light general handling wear; very good..... Item #21993
New Delhi: Department of Tourism, Ministry of Transport and Communications, 1961. Softcover. Very Good. 115 pp, with illustrations, folding map, in original color illustrated wrappers. Light handling wear, name stamp on inside cover; else clean. Includes information on tourist attractions and places of interest including Delhi, Punjab Plains, Chandigarh and..... Item #2641
Krefeld: Galerie Schönewald und Beuse, 1996. Softcover. Very Good. Exhibition catalogue. 9.5 x 8.5 inches, 84 pp, with color illustrations, exhibition information sheet laid in. Light handling wear; else clean and sound. Includes work by Ackermann, Cavael, Förg, Fritsch, Kirchner, Klee, Nolde, Pechstein, Stöhrer, Uecker, and others. Text is in..... Item #2058
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1938-1944. First Edition. Hardcover. Complete four-volume set in original red buckram bindings. College library gift bookplates on front endpapers, but appears never to have been accessioned, as there are no other related markings. All volumes show some wear to the boards, but are internally sound..... Item #20730
Chicago: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway, 1908. Softcover. Good. 10.5 x 14 in., 10 pp. Old folding creases, some chipping and short tears; good. An early issue of this western land promotion magazine from the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway, published from 1904 to 1938. Articles in this..... Item #21855
Los Angeles: Security Trust & Savings Bank, 1928, 1929. First Edition. Softcover. Very good. Two volumes: El Pueblo, 80 pp; La Reina, 208 pp. Both extensively illustrated, both in very good condition in original illustrated wrappers. Some minor soiling and edgewear to the front cover of La Reina. Internals fine..... Item #22380
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