1939. Original textile art. -- 'A CHEERFUL KITCHEN'-- SIGNED 'CGG'. Framed In original burlwood frame, 17"x 21"; original textile, matted under glass, measures 11"x14". Handmade art, probably by a woman, with initials 'CGG' inked at bottom right-corner. A fine example of domestic African-Americana art. An inked homily describes the scene-- A Cheerful Kitchen-- Bright and Gay--- Will Make All Troubles-- Fade Away -- 1939, CGG. Art textile shows two domestic Black workers, a cook and manservant, busy in a country kitchen. Made of fabrics sewn on linen, crayon and pencil-- in shades of peach, ... View More...
1917-27. (107) b&w Photos. Disbound sheets, housed in a protective, custom-made box, 7"x10"; leaves have been extensively repaired. 'Country Folks & Life on the Southern Plains'-- in the years prior to the Depression & Dust Bowl, photos of rural Oklahoma, Arkansas & Missouri show folks having good times in the back-woods and countryside. Names of folks inscribed in ink: 'Taggart, Mitchell, Osborne, Brown, Linthicum'. (107) PHOTOS from 1917-1927 -- People in homemade, rakish ready-made clothes/ men wear fedoras/ old-time motor cars/ folks doing manual labor/ wheel carts, hand-drawn wells, oil... View More...
Approx. 8"x10" mounted on a sheet approx.10"x14". Very good condition. This is from one of the series "Art Treasures of the World", published by Harry N. Abrams in 1959. View More...
Publication date 1858. 'THE BALLAD of KITTY WELLS' --rare copy of a Civil War-era LOVE SONG-- handwritten on Union stationary. This rendition of 'Kitty Wells' has lyrics attributed to Thomas Sloan, Jr., music by Charles Atherton. 'The Ballad of Kitty Wells' is in the collection of American Song Sheets, Library of Congress Rare Books and Special Collections. NICELY PRESENTED --MATTED & FRAMED in SILVER METAL-- the item measures 16"x 22.5"-- a thoughtful, careful display of the fragile song sheet. 'The Ballad of Kitty Wells' is a Civil War-era song of 'lost love'-- a Black man grieves her deat... View More...
Approx. 8"x10" mounted on a sheet approx.10"x14". Very good condition. This is from one of the series "Art Treasures of the World", published by Harry N. Abrams in 1959. View More...
From 1990 to 1991 during the first Persian Gulf War - codenamed Desert Shield and Desert Storm - An American-led coalition Invaded Iraq to secure western interests in the middle east. These handbills were printed by the Iraqi government to damage morale amongst the Coalition Forces. Handbills are approx 5"x9", printed on glossy stock. View More...
Mary Lewis, Moravian and Independent, was a bookseller/printer in business with her husband, son-in-law, and daughter at 1 Paternoster Row, 1756-91. Upon the death of her husband, John Lewis, in 1754, Mary Lewis took over his printing business and bookshop at 1 Paternoster Row, only a short distance from Joseph Johnson's bookshop in St. Paul's Courtyard. Though Ian Maxted describes her as 'Printer to the Moravians' (she was the exclusive London publisher of the works of the Moravian evangelist, John Cennick), Lewis was more likely a Calvinistic Methodist and later an Independent, her evangel... View More...
1864. HANDWRITTEN 1st DRAFT OF A RESOLUTION TO RAISE FUNDS (by the national delegates to the Democratic Convention) for the family of Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois (the Democratic presidential candidate of the famous 1858 Lincoln-Douglas debates). Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois, statesman and patriot, ran against Abraham Lincoln in the historic 1858 Presidential election. Douglas died suddenly in June, 1861, and at the Democratic National Convention of 1864, the first after Douglas died, a resolution was adopted to raise charitable funds for his family. The final resolution was presented to... View More...
1894. Lithographic poster, 16"x12"- illustrated by Henry McCarter - finely drawn, multi-colored, Arts & Crafts design. 'The Green Tree Library' Poster was designed to announce a new imprint from the Chicago publisher, Stone and Kimball. Printer: Stromberg, Allen & Co. In good condition, colors still bright. Domestic s/h $20.. View More...
c1905. Signed by R--- Maroske. Moderate tempo, music scored for a Tenor. 3 stapled, 11"x7", handwritten sheets with covers. Handle with care; pages are a bit brittle. View More...
LOVE SONNETS SONNETS from PORTUGUESE by E.B.BROWNING London, Arthur L. Humphreys; 1911 64 pages Full Sandorski and Sutcliffe leather binding, stamped Sandorski and Sutcliffe. Size 4 1/2 by 5 3/4" Very good condition, minor wear and foxing View More...
1924-1926. STUDENT SCHOOL PROJECT - 'Historic Art'. SCHOOL PROJECT by student Elizabeth Roberts, who signed her work and painted (6) watercolor illustrations for her chapter titles- still bright and clean. Disbound sheets, housed in custom-made box, 12.5"x 9.75". 'HISTORIC ART'- (49) tipped-in magazine pictures (some color-tinted) -- Egypt & Greece/ ancient Rome/ Medieval/ Gothic/ Renaissance art/ ancient Europe & Asia/ colonial art drawings made by Elizabeth Roberts. Magazine photos by The Perry Pictures/ Chas. Glidden/ M.O. Williams/ Austin Breed/ Harold Weston/ Helen Murdoch/ Emil Albrech... View More...
c1936, unbound sheets --High School student's (85) science experiments-- EDGAR FUHR hand written, hand-illustrated, numbered and described (85) science experiments, with many containing additional pages of documentation. Biology, physics, earth sciences and more. Topics include: Length of Days & Nights/ Why the earth is unequally heated/ Why everything expands and contracts/ Thermometer (heat measure)/ Air is a material and has weight/ Why does the wind blow?/ How air pressure is measured (barometer)/ "Highs" and "Lows"/ Foods plants must have/ How plants grow and manufacture food/ Lift and f... View More...
1946 from Milwaulee, 14 pg. magazine illustrated, hand typed texts. Delightful, poetical roast for 'Freddy the Plug'- known formally as Fred M. Snodgrass, The Hoosier Hotshot! A true roast: sharp, insightful and funny. A deep-dive look at a guy named Freddy- his travels, friendships, career choices, and proclivities- created with great affection by someone who knew him well- his wife, Mariam. Nice condition. Domestic s/h $10. View More...
Hortus siccus; 1949 Flint, Michigan --SIGNED-- Helen Brown's Tree Herbarium project - with 64 specimen leafs. This herbarium has a single specimen per page (recto only). With 22 pages of clearly handwritten characteristics of each specimen, and a 4 page index. Notes on each numbered page have both the scientific & common names for the leaf specimen. One specimen is labeled "Oak Grove Campus / Flint / Oct. 1949". Two evergreen specimens lack some needles. The specimens are mounted with cellophane tape- mostly unobtrusive, but some of the evergreen specimens are heavily taped down. Overall in... View More...
The illustrator is identified as 'Reinhardt'. Split leather artist's portfolio, 18 x 22 inches, circa 1960s. Professional portfolio with (26) illustrations of midcentury modern furniture, fashions for men and women-- drawn on variety of poster stock board, in color & b&w. Leather portfolio is solid, illustrations overall are in very good condition. Zipper on leather portfolio is broken. View More...
1969. PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPH-- SIGNED BY DAVID BEN-GURION-- Photo of Ben-Gurion as an elder statesman, at age 83. B&W photo: 5"x7". David Ben-Gurion (1883-1973) is considered a preeminent figure in the history of modern Israel. As the voice of the Jewish people in Palestine during the British-mandate, David Ben-Gurion led the Jewish community there from 1935 until the 1948 establishment of the State of Israel. Ben-Gurion served as Israel's Prime Minister from 1948-1963 [with one short break]. The photograph was signed by David Ben-Gurion in blue ink, writing his name in both Hebrew & English. ... View More...
1982 approx.15x19.5 inches. Designed by Alberto Blanco. Political posters from Cuba were printed in limited editions and were distributed around the world in their struggle against the US, and in support of rebel and communist guerrillas in America, Asia, Africa and Latin America (OSPAAAL). The graphic design of OSPAAAL posters are highly partisan and provocative. View More...
1994, approx.14x22 inches. Designed by G. Acosta. Political posters from Cuba were printed in limited editions and were distributed around the world in their struggle against the US, and in support of rebel and communist guerrillas in America, Asia, Africa and Latin America (OSPAAAL). The graphic design of OSPAAAL posters are highly partisan and provocative. Minor wrinkles at some edges. View More...
July 26, 2001. Certificate of 'RECOGNITION'. SIGNED by FIDEL CASTRO. Large and graphic, this award (written in Spanish) was awarded to Danais Lima Gomez, for his 'excellent work' doing social work/public service in Havana's barrios and acknowledging the anniversary of the Cuban Revolution in 2001 -- 26 de Julio del 2001, Ciudad de La Habana and "Ano de la Revolucion Victoriosa en el Neuvo Milenio"-- a patriotic description of Cuba's Independence Day, July 26th, and the July Movement of the Cuban Revolution. Castro spearheaded the popular revolution that overthrew Cuban then dictator Fulgencio... View More...
1904, original etching. --Amelia Bauerlë's 'A Boy of Teneriffe'-- In excellent condition. Matted under glass in silver-colored oak-wood frame. From the Estate of Eric Carlson, a university professor and professional art dealer of 19th century French and American prints & drawings. Painter, illustrator and etcher, British artist Amelia Bauerlë's studied art at the South Kensington School of Art and the Slade School of Fine Art at London's Kensington Museum, before traveling in Italy and Germany. She exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1897 until her death, and also Paris & the U.S. Daughter ... View More...
A Leaf from a Latin Version of the Bible, printed in Venice in 1497 by Hieronymus de Paganini. While early editions of the Vulgate followed one another in rapid succession, all are now scarce and worthy of attention if only for their place in the history of typography. The need for thin paper in printing as large a book as the Bible was evidently felt as keenly then as in our own day, and the very credible success obtained by Paganini in this direction may be said to foreshadow modern India paper editions. Approx. 4.5x6 inches. View More...
