'DANCING THROUGH LIFE- A CHORUS GIRL'S SCRAPBOOK'-- As a performer in 1920s-1940s show-business, Miss Lorraine Kruger, of Oklahoma & Hollywood, tap danced and worked in theater. Lorraine clipped and pasted many newspaper & photos of herself as a dancer and actress-- her 80 pp. scrapbook is a look-back to one singular woman and the star-making machinery behind 1920s-'40s theater and Hollywood movies. Lorraine clipped lots of newspapers and photos-- press reviews, newspaper stories, publicity shots/ chorus girls, in group shots and with big Stars/ dance reviews/ gossip items about Lorraine/ per... View More...
1953. 1st ed. Hardcover --'CHRISTIAN REALISM AND POLITICAL PROBLEMS' Essays on Political, Social, Ethical, and Theological Themes'-- INSCRIBED by REINHOLD NEIBUHR, on front endpaper. In very nice condition-- clean, square, sharp and tight, evenly toned with a small old damp-stain at bottom of dj. Domestic s&h $15. Reinhold Niebuhr (1892-1971) was a theologian, ethicist, commentator on politics and public affairs, professor at Union Theological Seminary for 30+years and a 1964 recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. In 1943, Niebuhr preached a sermon at Union Church in Heath, Massachus... View More...
2005. 1st Edition. [A Pop-Up Book] ' New York at Christmas'-- SIGNED by CHUCK FISHER. Book- 9.5"x10.5". Bullfinch, NY. Pop-up Artist Chuck Fisher's wonderful book of (6) illustrated Pop-Ups dramatize the joy & spectacle of 'New York at Christmas'. Radio City & The Rockettes. Christmas Tree at Rockefeller Center. Nutcracker Ballet danced at the Metropolitan Opera. 5h Ave. holiday windows. Angel Tree at Metropolitan Museum. 42nd St. and the New Year's Eve Swarovski glass 'drop ball'. Times Square, Broadway marquees, fireworks. Mini gift-bag -- with pop-up tree ornament, NYC map & holiday card... 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...
Hand written in Czech- titled 'Prazsky Flasinetar' [The Prague Organ Grinder]. Approx. 80 pages of prose, poetry, and music-- hand written in a clean, clear hand in ink. The name 'Rex Allen' written in a youthful cursive, in pencil, at the top corner of the rear board. The book appears to date from the late 19th to the earlier part of the 20th cent. Approx. 5.25"x8", boards edge worn, internally the pages are good+. 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...
1671. 1st edition. --The History of Romish Treasons & Usurpations-- edition of collected work edited by Henry Foulis, B.D., an Anglican Oxford theologian and controversist (a 'stirrer of the pot'). Wing F1640B. The history of Romish treasons & usurpations together with a particular account of many gross corruptions and impostures in the Church of Rome, highly dishonourable and injurious to the Christian religion. To which is prefixt a large preface to the Romanists. Carefully collected from a great number of their own approved authors by Henry Foulis, B.D. late Fellow of Lincoln-Colledge in ... 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...
Oversized Printed Wrappers '1905 SHASTA ROUTE'-- Souvenir album of Mount Shasta, at the southern end of Cascade Range in California. Published by Denison News, San Francisco. Album is 9.25" x 11.25", 24 pages. (30) original images-- 1905 souvenir album is full of glorious b&w views of California's Mount Shasta, roads, waterways and bridges in the region. Inside pages & images in very good condition. Original owner captioned first (4) photos. Oversize covers have some creases and tears, are slightly soiled. View More...
1905 SHASTA ROUTE Souvenir Album. 24 pages & 30 original images. Oversized covers have some creases and tears, slightly soiled. Inside pages/images are in very good condition. Writing by original owner on first 4 pages. Measures 9.25"x11.25". 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...
1921-23. PHOTO-JOURNAL/SCRAPBOOK -- 163 pp., 6"x9" -- by Irene Bergman of Kansas City. In 1921-23 Kansas City, Irene Bergman was a young woman of 15-years old -- still in school, getting a 9th grade liberal arts education. Irene kept a journal of herself over 1921-23 in writings & ephemera- news of school, friends, teachers, sports, her 'toe-dance' aspirations. Irene has confidence, even a bit of attitude. Irene'sjournal brims with stories of growing up in Kansas City in the early 1920s. Irene journalled-collaged: daily classes/ basketball games, play dates & opponents/ school chums/ class t... View More...
(51) b&w PHOTOS in PHOTO ALBUM of images of people & sled dogs in c.1930s ALASKA TERRITORY. Album measures 5.5" x 7". Many photos show inscriptions of the names of people in them. Locations are unidentified. All the photos are glued to the pages. In nice condition. View More...
1943, ww2 scrapbook including superheroes , militaria and other items of interest to the maker, Edward C Pocus, age 16 residing in Cicero, Illinois. 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...
1968 Dentist Photo Album Portfolio of Office & Dental Work Done. About 22 page. Also has some newspaper clippings on his practice. The dentist office was in Orange Texas. Approx 11"x14", rear album board detached, housed in a good slipcase. Nice item! View More...
Vintage snapshot photo album c1939, Sino-Japanese war. Most of the photos are approximately 1.75" by 2.5". A few are larger. There are 60+ photos of the war zone, and also several family photos interspersed within the album. Photos of bombed buildings and bridges. Snaps of military activity - cars and trucks, men in uniform, street and crowd scenes, etc. Please see the examples of the pages in the photos I took of the album included here. There are numerous pages in the album that are unused. The album measures about 6.75"x9.75", with brown faux leather covers. The front cover has an emb... 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...
A Leaf from the Twelve Books of the Orations of Quintilian, with annotations by various scholars. Printed by Pierre Vidoue and published by Jean Petit at Paris in 1527. The leaf here shown is interesting because of the variety of type faces, the large clean roman text being strikingly set off by the diminutive roman annotations and the bold running titles in lettre de forme. Approx. 8.5x13. View More...
Aladdin- Oversized version of well known classic. With vivid full page pictorials in color. A bit of chipping on spine and some edge wear, a loose page, but otherwise no real issues. Clean and intact. Cupples & Leon Publishers 1915., About 15 inches tall. View More...
2004 printing. "Angela Davis has been a political activist at the forefront of the Black Liberation, feminist, queer, and prison abolitionist movements for more than fifty years. First published and edited by Toni Morrison in 1974,' An Autobiography' is a powerful and commanding account of her early years in struggle. Davis describes her journey from a childhood on Dynamite Hill in Birmingham, Alabama, to one of the most significant political trials of the century: from her political activity in a New York high school to her work with the U.S. Communist Party, the Black Panther Party, and t... View More...
1863. [NYC, city planning, medical history, charts] 'ANNUAL REPORT of the CITY INSPECTOR of the CITY OF NEW YORK'-- Signed by Daniel E. Delavan, City Inspector for NYC. In 1800's New York, unprecedented immigration to the city created unhealthy health conditions, as people found dwellings in underground cellars and stacked-up tenements. This Annual Report by the City Inspector is for the year ending 1862, and details the health and welfare of NYC (Manhattan), and when possible compares NYC with other European cities. Hardcover book is filled with charts, statistical tables & comments. Thoro... View More...
Otto Hunziker was a pioneer in the American and international dairy industry, as both an educator and a technical innovator. Hunziker was born and raised in Switzerland, emigrated to the U.S., and studied at Cornell University. He started and developed the dairy program at Purdue University when such programs were at their infancy. At this same time, Hunziker was heavily involved with the development of the American Dairy Science Association (ADSA) and the standardization and improvement of many dairy tests and processes. Hunziker wrote several of the leading dairy processing texts, which con... View More...
Evocative portrait of a young couple in a cafe by 'outsider artist' Celeste Asconsguy. Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1999. Oil on cardboard. Approx. 7.5" x7". Frame approx 10" x 10". View More...
The photo album opens in June 1942 with Lt. Berg relaxing in San Bernardino, CA before shipping out to Patterson Field, OH for bivouac and training into 1943.While at Patterson Lt. Berg has snaps of the mess tent, guys playing and working, practice ariel strafing, the Officer's Mess, chapel choir pics....Next on to Oran- NW coastal Algeria where we see a series of small portraits of other men in Berg's Company We're now into 1944 and Lt. Berg has left North Africa, and we see him in Naples, Pompeii, Nancy, Capri, Marseilles; now on to Palestine Lt. Berg was attached to the 15th Depot & Su... View More...
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