The Bull Fight (1970 Tourist Program for Bull Fight in Madrid with Loose Handbill/Flyer)
Madrid, 1970. Paperback. Good. Paperback. 9 1/2" X 6 3/4". Unpaginated. Rubbing, toning, bumps, and soiling to covers, corners, and edges of paper wraps. Dust-spotting to edges of text block. Foxing and toning to endpapers and to some pages throughout. Pages are free of marks and notation. Toning to top edge of loose flyer. Program binding is sound. This 1970 tourist program features text in English, French, and Spanish, and describes the famous bulls and bull-fighters of the... Read More
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Vintage Lot of 34 Shell Service Station Maps: Eastern United States; Western and Central United States; Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Arizona; California; Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia; Florida, Georgia; Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado; Indiana; Iowa; Kentucky, Tennessee; Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont; Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island; Michigan; Minnesota; Missouri; Nevada; New Jersey; New Mexico; New York; North Carolina, South Carolina; Ohio; Oklahoma; Oregon; Pennsylvania; Texas; Utah; Washington; Wisconsin; Street Guide and Metropolitan Map of Louisville; Pamphlet of Presidential Elections (1972)
Shell, 1972. Map. Good +. Map. 11 1/4" X 16" (Binder). 23" X 36" (Unfolded maps). Maps are clean, unmarked, and un-worn. Wear to plastic binder with rubbing to cover and bumps, rubbing, and a shallow tear to edges. Light chipping to pages of binder. This collection is heavy and oversized and will require additional postal charges to ship internationally. Please contact us today for an international shipping quote. MAPS IN THIS COLLECTION: Eastern United... Read More
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Box Set of Chinese Folk Tales In Mandarin Chinese, Complete in 10 Volumes
1940. Staplebound. Very good. Staplebound. 7 1/4" X 8". Wear to box with rubbing, toning, and bumps to covers, corners, and edges. Mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of all volumes. Faint dust-spotting to edges of text block. Green pencil scribbles to cover and to pages of one volume. Bindings all remain sound. With color illustrations throughout. An overall charming collection of 10 illustrated books with decorative original publisher's box.
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Translations and Reprints from the Original Sources of European History, 6 Volume Set
New York: AMS Press, INc, 1971. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. 8 3/4" X 5 5/8". Bound in green buckram over boards, with upper boards and spines lettered in black. Mild edgewear to bindings, with occasional scattered rubbing or stray bubble to cloth. Bindings are firm, tight, and sound. Pages are clean and unmarked. A very presentable set, complete in 6 volumes, of this 1971 reprint by AMS Press of this classic resource covering medieval and early modern European... Read More
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Elvis Presley First Day Issue Stamped Envelope, Grenada, August 16, 1978 with Souvenir from the Meditation Garden at Graceland Mansion
Bear, Delaware: Boxcar Enterprises, Inc., Lic. by Factors Etc., Inc, 1978. First Edition. Loose_leaf. Very good. First Edition. Loose_leaf. 3 3/4" X 6 1/2" sealed envelope with authorized stamp of Elvis in full color, dated 1977, and blue-and-black printed vignette of Elvis to opposite side, with "First Day Issue / Official Commemorative Stamp / of Grenada" pritned below and "With great / dignity / Granada / commemorates / Elvis Presley / 1935-1977" to the right. "1978 - Boxcar... Read More
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Mother Goose Rhymes: In Words of One Syllable
Chicago: The Saalfield Publishing Company, 1908. Hardcover. Good/good. Hardcover. 8" X 6 1/2". 92pp. Rather heacy wear to price-clipped dust jacket with rubbing, toning, chipping, and tears to covers, corners, and edges. Previous owner's name and "1924" written in ink at front of jacket. Rubbing, toning, and bumps to covers, corners, and edges of paper over boards. Dust-spotting to edges of text block. Toning to endpapers. Inked gift inscription to front free endpaper. Pages are free of marks... Read More
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Das neue Gemeinschaftliche Gesangbuch: zum gottesdienstlichen Gebrauch der Lutherischen und Reformirten Gemeinden in Nord-America wit einem neuen vermehrten Unhange (The New Community Hymnal, for the worship use of the Lutheran and Reformed Congregations in North America. With a new enlarged appendix)
New York: Wilhelm Rabbe, 1859. Leather bound. Good. Leather bound. 5 1/4" X 3 1/2". xxxii, 672pp. Text in German. Printed in two columns. Bound in full embossed leather, with spine lettered in gilt. Rather heavy wear to binding, with hard rubbing to edges and extremities, chipping to tail of spine, small open tears to spine, creasing, and soiling. Hinges tender but holding. Previous owner's name to front pastedown and flyleaf, Elisabeth Kinnehard of Chatauqua County, New York,... Read More
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The Railway Lighting & Heating Company. Instructions for Manipulating and General Description of the Frost Dry Carbureter System for Lighting Passenger and Other Railroad Cars. For the Use of Trainmen
Philadelphia: Railway Lighting & Heating Company, 1889. Wraps. Very good. Wraps. 6 3/8" X 4 1/8". 19pp. Stiff russet printed paper wraps with spine backed in red cloth. Moderate wear to binding, with small open tear to top corner of upper wrap,creasing, spots of soiling, and scattered rubbing. Binding is sound. Occasional spots of soiling to pages and toning due to laid in insect wing. A quite attractive copy of this 1889 manual used by actual rail workers... Read More
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![Magnificent Queen Anne & Georgian Cabinetwork from the Collection of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., Parts One and Two [Complete, Two Volume Set]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/809/395/1055395809.0.l.jpg)
Magnificent Queen Anne & Georgian Cabinetwork from the Collection of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., Parts One and Two [Complete, Two Volume Set]
New York: Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc, 1960. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover. 11" X 7 3/4". 178pp; 165pp. Brown ribbed paper over boards, with upper boards stamped in pale blue and gilt and spines lettered in gilt. Rather heavy edgewear to bindings, with tears to paper at extremities, tears to heads of spines, and spots of heavy rubbing. Front hinge cracking to Part One and tender to Part Two; bindings remain sound. Pages are clean and unmarked. A solid and quite... Read More
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![Nor'Way News Fall 1950 Issue [Vintage Advertisements]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/809/527/1206527809.0.l.jpg)
Nor'Way News Fall 1950 Issue [Vintage Advertisements]
Terra Haute, Indiana: Nor'Way Commercial Solvents Corporation, 1950. Staplebound wraps. Good +. Staplebound wraps. 6 1/8" X 4". 32pp. Mild wear to staplebound wraps, with pencilled notes to wraps, light soiling, and a touch of shelfwear. Binding is sound. Pages are clean and unmarked. A charming mid-century pamphlet for commerical customers from the Nor'Way Corporation, featuring, in between pin-ups, the ABCs of selling anti-freeze, cartoons, information on pressure radiator caps, a photo quiz, a photo-feature on American cars,... Read More
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German Antiguerrilla Operations in the Balkans (1941-1944)
Washington DC: Superintendent of Documents, 1954. Staplebound. Good +. Staplebound. 9 1/4" X 6". vi, 81pp. Mild wear to pictorial paper wraps with light creasing and toning to covers and edges. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. Includes fold out map. ABOUT THIS BOOK: The purpose of this study is to describe briefly the German campaign against the guerrillas in the Balkans during the period of the European Axis occupation, from the end of hostilities... Read More
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Hellboy: The Role Playing Game KICKSTARTER EDITION
Produced for Mantic Games by Red Scar Publishing with Dark Horse Comics, 2020. Collector's Edition. Hardcover. Very good +. Collector's Edition. Hardcover. 11 1/4" X 8 3/4". 241pp. Moderate edgewear to color pictorial paper slipcase sleeve. Bound in faux-leather over boards, with fist holding sword stamped in gray to upper board. Fold-out artwork poster with timeline to verso laid in. Binding is firm and sound. Pages are clean and unmarked. A very presentable Kickstarter edition of Hellboy: The... Read More
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ORUN: Post-Apotheosis, Afro-Centric, Space Opera RPG
New Agenda Publishing, 2021. Hardcover. Very good +. Hardcover. 8 1/4" X 8 1/4". 288pp. Light edgewear and faint dust spotting to slipcase. Bound in pictorial paper over boards. Light shelfwear to binding, with gentle bumping to head of spine. Binding is firm and sound. Pages are clean and unmarked. A very presentable hardcover in original slipcase of this richly detailed and fully realized Afrocentric science fiction RPG. ABOUT THIS BOOK: This is the hardcover with slipcase... Read More
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![[Loring Liquor Store Cocktail Recipe Booklet] Recipes for Mixed Drinks](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/692/934/1675934692.0.l.jpg)
[Loring Liquor Store Cocktail Recipe Booklet] Recipes for Mixed Drinks
Minneapolis: Loring Liquor Store, 8211. Staplebound. Good. Staplebound. 5 1/2" X 3 1/2". 16pp. Staple-bound booklet with brown paper wraps, printed in black. Some age toning and minor staining to cover. Rust to staples. Pages are free of marks and notation. Binding is sound. A charming mid-century cocktail recipe booklet issued by Loring Liquor Store, located at 1401 Nicollet Avenue, Minneapolis, MN. The store, likely named after the nearby Loring Park, advertised "Fine Wines and Liquors" and... Read More
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French Impressionist and Post Impressionist Paintings: Thirty Two Plates From American Collections
New York: Unknown, 1940. Portfolio Wraps. Very good. Portfolio Wraps. 9 3/8" x 6 1/4". Folio of 32 loose plates. Printed recto only with title, artist, plate number, and collection credit beneath each image. Plain brown/orange card wrappers (left flap loose), blank on all surfaces inside and out. No title page, text, colophon, or publisher imprint present. A significant and unrecorded survey portfolio documenting the finest French Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings in American private and commercial... Read More
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Animal Pictures for the Little Ones
New York: McLoughlin Bros, 1902. Paperback. Good. Paperback. 8 3/4" X 6 3/4". Unpaginated. Wear to pictorial paper wraps with toning, creasing, rubbing, and surface paper loss to covers, corners, and edges. Foxing, toning, and pencil marks to linen pages. Black-and-white and color illustrations throughout. Binding is sound. An admittedly worn, but overall solid copy of this 1902 "untearable" linen children's book on animals.
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A Pictorial and Descriptive Guide to Felixstowe, Dovercourt, Harwich, The River Orwell, Ipswich, Etc.
London: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited, 1930. Fifth Edition, Revised. Hardcover. Good. Fifth Edition, Revised. Hardcover. 6 3/4" X 4 1/4". xvi, fold-out frontispiece, title, copyright, 5-7, [ii], 2-16, fold-out map, 9-90pp, fold-out map, 91-128pp, 47pp + [ii] ads. To Readers statement bound in at page 115, pencilled notes to verso. Red cloth over boards, with upper board and spine lettered in black. Map printed in black on upper board and ad on rear. Rather heavy wear to... Read More
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Report of the Special Committee on Nondiscrimination of the Board of Public Education of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia: Special Committee on Nondiscrimination, The Board of Public Education of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1964. Paperback. Good. Paperback. 9" X 6". xxvi, 191pp. Mild edgewear and rather heavy sunning to textured paper wraps. Binding is firm and sound. Gift inscription to first page, else clean and unmarked. A solid copy of this 1964 report of the Special Committee on Nondiscrimination's "study in fulfillment of the charge made to it 'to formulate for consideration fo the Board a statement of... Read More
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Georgia's Government: A Citizen's Guide
Atlanta: The League of Women Voters of Georgia, 1966. Staplebound wraps. Good. Staplebound wraps. 9" X 6". 59pp. Mild wear to yellow pictorial staplebound wraps, with edgewear, toning, foxing, and stain to rear through rear free endpaper. Binding is sound. Pages are clean and unmarked. A nice copy of this 1966 guide to the government of the state of Georgia, with maps of congressional districts, Senate districts, and House districts.
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The Site of Fort de Crevecoeur
Danville, Illinois: State of Illinois, 1925. Staplebound wraps. Good. Staplebound wraps. 10" X 6 3/4". 42pp. Moderate wear to printed paper wraps, with sunning, toning, creasing, edgewear, small open tears to rear, and 2 1/2" closed tear from head down spine, with other smaller closed tears to spine. Occasional crease to margin, else pages are clean and unmarked. A worn but complete 1925 copy of this history of the site of Fort de Crevecoeur in Illinois, a report... Read More
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![1926 Carnegie Hall Programs: Song Recital by Mme. Maria Kurenko on January 16th; Oratorio Society of New York's Elijah (Mendelssohn) on February 12th; Song Recital by Mary Lewis on February 28th; Song Recital by Dusolina Giannini on February 28th; violinist Fritz Kreisler on April 3rd; Oratorio Society of New York performing Bach's Mass in B Minor on April 17th [Six Programs from the year 1926 at Carnegie Hall]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/990/484/1062484990.0.l.jpg)
1926 Carnegie Hall Programs: Song Recital by Mme. Maria Kurenko on January 16th; Oratorio Society of New York's Elijah (Mendelssohn) on February 12th; Song Recital by Mary Lewis on February 28th; Song Recital by Dusolina Giannini on February 28th; violinist Fritz Kreisler on April 3rd; Oratorio Society of New York performing Bach's Mass in B Minor on April 17th [Six Programs from the year 1926 at Carnegie Hall]
New York: Carnegie Hall, 1926. Staplebound wraps. Good. Staplebound wraps. 11 3/4" X 9 3/8". 12pp each. Staplebound printed wraps. Moderate wear to programs, with creasing, bumping, age-toning, and light foxing. About 3/4" tears at heads and tails of spines to each program, with 5" long closed tear along spine up from tail to program for April 17th, Oratorio Society of New York performance of Bach, and both wraps of program for Dusolina Giannini completely separated. Worn but... Read More
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Outdoor Life, September 1948 VINTAGE MAGAZINE ADS
New York: Popular Science Publishing Co., Inc, 1948. Paperback. Good. Paperback. 11 1/2" X 8 1/2". 141pp. Wear to pictorial paper wraps with rubbing, creasing, and toning to covers, corners, and edges. Chipping and rubbing to spine. Dust-spotting to edges of text block. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. With full page color ads for Camel Cigarettes and PM Whiskey, as well as many more black-and-white ads throughout.
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Good Times: Fun for the Little Folks
Boston: Lothrop Publishing Company, 1897. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover. 10" X 8". Unpaginated. Wear to paper over boards with rubbing, toning, and bumps to covers, corners, and edges. Boards are exposed at corners and along edges. Tears to fabric at spine. Dust-spotting to edges of text block. Penciled notation at front free endpaper reads, "Ethel Willing, Christmas 1898". Light foxing and age-toning to pages. 2" closed tear to fore edge of one page. Hinges feel tender and text block... Read More
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![1947 Cheerleading Ephemera from Crescent City High School [Putnam County, Florida]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/166/972/1434972166.0.l.jpg)
1947 Cheerleading Ephemera from Crescent City High School [Putnam County, Florida]
Crescent City, Florida: Privately printed, 1947. Loose_leaf. Good. Loose_leaf. Two pieces of ephemera from Crescent City High School in 1947, both attached to a small loose-leaf scrapbook page: 4-page program for a "Style Show" and list of cheerleading cheers for the '46-47 school year. Scrap paper to which both pieces of ephemera are affixed is toned, brittle, and chipping. 8 1/2" X 5 1/2" 4-page program for a "Style Show" sponsored by The Business and Professional... Read More
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Handmade Album of Automobile Purchases, Records, and Photographs, 1908-1965: The 1908 Croxton-Keeton Jewel 2-passenger car, the 1916 Ford Model-T Touring Car, the 1929 Ford Model-A 4-door Sedan, the 1936 Chevrolet Standard, the 1950 Ford V-8 Model BODA, the 1954 Ford V-8 4-door Sedan, the 1965 Ford Falcon
Ohio, 1965. Cards. Fair. Cards. 8 index cards and 13 photographs taped together to form a binding of 28 pages, unpaginated, forming a typewritten and photo-illustrated account, with one hand-drawn diagram, of 9 vehicles purchased and driven by Milton and Ross Elliott of Ohio from 1908 to 1965. Vehicles include: The 1908 Croxton-Keeton Jewel 2-passenger car, the 1916 Ford Model-T Touring Car, the 1929 Ford Model-A 4-door Sedan, the 1936 Chevrolet Standard, the 1950 Ford V-8 Model BODA,... Read More
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