4 postcards of Chattanooga: The Baylor School, Walden's Ridge, Boynton Park, Jonas' Bluff, housed in a lovely Chattanooga stamped envelope advertising the Charles Denby 5-cent Cigar, "The Cigar You Want". VG. More
Price: $20.00
2 copies of the Dionne Quintuplets Calendar for 1938, measuring 9 x 12 with color painting of the quints playing, 'The Five Little Sweethearts of the World', and tearaway month sheets for Jan-Dec, receipts on the verso of each sheet. Very good, light soil. Priced for two copies. From the... More
Price: $25.00
NP. Ca. 1890, paper wrap measures 4.25 x 2.75 inches, housing 17 inches of transfer-pictures, plus a couple of clipped out pictures in color. Instructions are to cov er the picture with thin coat of dissolved gum arabic, press on to the object you want to decorate and after a.... More
Price: $45.00
Dated and postmarked 1911. Note on back said the writer is going out buggy riding. VG. More
Price: $30.00
Eichbaum & Co. Printing / A. French & Co., 1884 Softcover 8vo, 21pp. Illustrated with diagrams explaining the product. In good condition with soil to covers, small chip to upper left joint. All of "A. French & Co." have been stamped-over in purple with "The A. French Spring Co., Limited"... More
Price: $38.25
New York: The Sleazy Corporation, ca. 1970s. An adult version of "pin the tail on the donkey" wherein the player must attempt to pin breasts onto a topless women. Game comes with life-sized fold out woman and six pinable sets of breasts, packaged in an illustrated envelope. Pins and blindfold... More
Price: $20.00
London: Elliott & Fry, CDV of poet Alfred Tennyson. c. 1880, produced by Elliott and Fry of London. Image measures 2.25 x 3.5 inches, and the card itself is slightly taller. 'A. Tennyson' handwritten in the bottom margin, another small ink mark on the top right corner of the image. More
Price: $120.00
Boston: Allen and Co, 1836. Wraps, measures 3.5 by 2 inches. Good. Lacks rear wrap. Loss to corner of last page. Edgewear and bending to corners and light foxing to contents. Despite cosmetic flaws, contents remain intact and readable. Includes calendar and lunar information for the year 1836, a Tide... More
Price: $30.00
Washington DC: Alonza O. Bliss Company, 1895 Softcover 8vo, 22pp. Promotional pamphlet advertising herbal remedies for dyspepsia, nervous diseases, and more. Small closed tear to one page, else very good with light age toning. Contents are clean and unmarked. More
Price: $28.00
Manhattan, KS: Quip, 3 volumes, softcover 4to's, illustrated. Last three issues of this unofficial humour magazine of Kansas State which ran October 1928-May 1929. Illustrated with comic, smart short prose, and color inner wraps. Issues are very good with some light discoloration to each. Contents remain clean and unmarked. More
Price: $29.25
Amateur Athletic Union of the United States, 1937 Softcover 12mo, 23pp. List of committee members for Basketball, Bobsled, Horseshoe Pitching, Ice Hockey, Tug-o-War, and other sports, as well as publicity, records, registration, and other administrative committees. With directory at rear. Very good with vertical crease, faint paperclip impression. Contents are... More
Price: $20.00
New York: American Academy in Rome, 1939 Softcover 4to, [32]p. Replete with halftone photographs of sculpture and arts at the Academy's displays, inclding sculptures by Leo Friedlander. VG+ with mild discoloration to covers. Contents are bright, clean and unmarked. More
Price: $15.00
Pittsburgh: American Steel Company, 1907. Red printed wraps, 8vo. 24pp. illustrated, with contemporary prices. Very good. Ownership signature on front wrap, light soil to wraps. Internally very bright and unmarked. More
Price: $60.00
American Tobacco Co., ca. 1940. 24mo, 24pp pamphlet describing the work of the American Tobacco salesman, and warning against the gentleman who "fools himeself" into thinking he can do the work. In near fine condition with minor bumping to yapps. With previous owner's information filled into the rear form, else... More
Price: $27.00
New York: American Tract Society, ca. 1910 Softcover 16mo, 36pp. Illustrated. Very good with light soil to wrappers, occasional hint of age toning. Contents are clean and unmarked. More
Price: $19.20
American Y. M. C. A., ca. 1919 softcover 12mo, np. With copious halftone photo illustrations, large folding map at rear. Guidebook intended for American Expeditionary Forces ostensibly stationed in Paris who would take a day or two's leave to Lyons. Cord-bound with light discoloration to wrappers and bumping to corners... More
Price: $24.00
Philadelphia: Anderson Medicines, Pamphlet advertising Anderson's vegetable and mineral based blood purifier, meant to cure indigestion, dyspepsia, rheumatism, and a gamut of other ills. Measures 7 by 10 inches. 2pp. Good. Folded once, two inch separation at crease. Staining to corners, and loss to top right corner of rear wrap... More
Price: $15.00
New York. "Oberammergau Home Arts Exhibition," Grand Central Palace, Dec. 1th to Jan. 1st Exhibition. 1923-1924, catalog of what appeared to be a traveling exhibition of works of pottery, wood carving, needlework, painting and printmaking, and more, with most works created by the "Passion Players," namely Anton Lang and his... More
Price: $37.50
San Francisco: Celestial Arts, Psychedelic poster featuring three nude space goddesses and against a vibrant background of reds, greens, pinks, and blues by Eduardo Arderi, who designed many similar posters featuring goddesses in that era. 1969. Measures 23 by 35 inches. Very good+, with only minor bending to corners and... More
Price: $45.00
Boston: Heathen Woman's Friend, ca. late 1875 Softcover 12mo, 65pp. Generally very good with light general soil to wrappers and a persistent stain to the upper right corner after p. 23. Small spot on rear wrapper. A rare volume, with only 2 copies on OCLC. Relating to Christian missionaries and... More
Price: $90.00
Boston: Auxiliary Educational Leage, 1904 poster, 22 x 16 inches. Printed in green, red and gold with two small illustrations and decorative flourishes. In near fine condition with just minor edgewear to the lower left corner. Promoting the "Auxiliary Educational Plan", a "modern adaptation of the Frobel Kindergarten System" prepared... More
Price: $30.00
Pittsburgh: Mi Pu Zeta Club, 1950 Softcover 12mo, [12]p. Very good + with a few stray marks on the cover and check marks to the list of past presidents. List of members and committees as well as club prayer. Pittsburgh women's Greek society. More
Price: $30.00
Pittsburgh: Baldwin and Graham, 1889. Green pictorial wraps, measures 3.5 by 6 inches. 40pp. illustrated. Very good. Shallow chipping to spine, wraps toned. Internally unmarked. More
Price: $50.00
New York: Tuchman, 15 line ALS from Barbara Tuchman to Robert Cowley at The Reporter magazine, 1966. Single sheet of Tuchman's stationery, folded once. Original envelope included. Tuchman mentions a book review that she submitted and her difficulty keeping it short enough for Cowley's editors. Robert Cowley, an editor at... More
Price: $60.00
New York: Cowley, Handwritten postcard from Barbara Tuchman to Robert Cowley at Horizon Magazine, 1966. Tuchman tells Cowley that she no longer writes magazine pieces -- 'I've sworn off, otherwise I'll never get to work on a book'. Fine. Robert Cowley, an editor at Horizon, is the son of Malcolm Cowley. More
Price: $60.00