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Condizione: Very good. First edition presumed, n. d.; 7 3/4 x 5; pp. [3], 6-132; blue, pictorial wraps; faint remnant of an erased, penciled-in note to title page, else minor wear; in very good to near fine condition.Signed and inscribed by the author on the title page.A contemporary, self-published book of poems and anecdotes by a Ukrainian emigre in Israel.…

Condizione: Very good. Miniature calendar; single card stock sheet, folded, pp. [4]; 2 1/8 x 1 1/2; gilt-and-chromolithograph illustration of a glass of wine, a wine bottle and a bunch of grapes; tiny crease to lower corner; a few numbers underlined in manuscript; overall in very good condition.Founded in the 1880s by Louis W. Bunde (1858-1936), the company would become one of the premiere jewelers, watch-makers, and stationers in Milwaukee at the turn of the century. The largest jewelry retailer in the state, they would also open a branch in New York, dealing only in fresh water pearls found in the rivers of Wisconsin.…

Condizione: Near fine. First Edition. First edition; 11 x 8 1/2; pp. [8]; stapled, off-white stock, printed in two columns; no separate wraps, as published; illustrated with a small vignettes of the Statue of Liberty at the end of text; minor wear and creasing to edges; near fine condition.William Christian Bullitt (1891 - 1967) was an author, journalist, diplomat, the US Ambassador to France during the Second World War, and the first US Ambassador to the Soviet Union. Given on the anniversary of the Battle of Kosovo (an epic battle, fought in 1389 between the Ottoman Empire and the Serbian Army), the speech addressed the Serbian emigre community and touched on the subjects of Communism, the Soviet Union nuclear power, military strength, etc.…

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. First edition presumed, n. d. (ca 1981); 5 1/2 x 8 1/2; pp. i-vi, [2], 1-80 including text to last page; pink wraps, decorated in black; spine slightly faded; a few minor spots to upper margin of front cover; profusely illustrated with photographs, cartoons, and drawings; very good. James A. Payne was born in the early 1900s in Ithaca, NY. He entered the entertainment business at an early age - traveling with a circus as a barker and later performing as a magician and a clown. He also worked as a "ham" (an amateur radio operator). He spent his later years mostly in California and authored two other books: "The Best of Tiny" and "Tiny's Balloon Animal Zoo." His current book contained a short autobiography and amusing stories from his life as a clown, as well as tools of the trade, do's and don'ts of clowning, etc.…

Cloth - Hard Cover. Condizione: Very Good+. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First English Edition. 322 pages. Ink stamp of the "Museo de Arte e Historia." is seen on the blank fly leaf. There is light rubbing seen at the foot of the spine. Volume is otherwise Fine. Dust jacket shows a few small chips/tears along edges. Jacket remains bright and clean, and is now in a clear Brodart protective sleeve.…

Condizione: Very good. First Edition. Small pamphlet, 6 1/2 x 5; single sheet, folded, pp. [4]; beige paper, printed in black; text to pp. 1 and 3 only; horizontal fold line, else very minor wear; very good to near fine condition.John F. Kramer, a lawyer and legislator from Ohio, was the first US Prohibition Commissioner and founder of the Prohibition Enforcement Unit, later the Prohibition Enforcement Bureau, the members of which would be known as "The Untouchables." The pamphlet invited the public to a law enforcement rally, to meet Kramer, to hear his speech on the evils of moonshining and rum-running, and to support the peace officers of America.…

Condizione: Good. 1st edition. Half calf, G+. ivi+[x]+[ii]+288pp, engraved frontis, subscribers list & a single page of adverts after the preface & before the main body of the text, signatures L & L3 are cancels, upper board detached, leather a little rubbed & worn, occasional foxing & yellowing of the paper, a fair copy of an uncommon work. The work contains a preface in which Fawkes thanks the help he has received from his peers including Zachary Pearce, John Jortin, and Samuel Johnson. Burnaby furnished the Essay. Francis Fawkes [ 1721 - 1777 ] English poet & translator, who was, in the latter role, considered by his contemporaries to be the best since Alexander Pope. His translations are still selected for modern anthologies to this day, such is their merit. 500 grams.…

Condizione: Very good. Small leaflet, n. d. (1944); 4 x 6; pale-green stock, printed and ruled in black and illustrated with a vignette; light fading to margins and a few minor spots; in very good condition.An announcement for a moving picture night, with the program featuring three movies - "Matsushima," "Jane's Engagement Party," and "Buckaroo Kid" - the leaflet was most probably distributed among the crew of S. S. "Shinyo Maru," while the latter oversaw the transportation of PoWs. The cargo steamship was built in 1894 and it would go under successive British, Australian, Chinese, and Greek owners, under different names, before being captured by the Japanese in 1941. Renamed "Shinyo Maru" in 1943, it would be used as a Hell Ship to transport allied prisoners until September 1944, when the US Navy submarine USS Paddle torpedoed and sank the ship. …

Condizione: Very good. First Edition. First edition; 9 x 6; pp. 1-10; glossy, white, pictorial wraps; illustrated with a photograph; light wear along spine; in very good or better condition.Written by pioneer journalist and editor Edmond Coblentz, whose entire professional career was associated with Hearst newspapers in San Francisco and New York, the booklet told the story of Temelec Hall in the Sonoma Valley, owned by the Coblentz' family in the early- to mid-1900s. The southern-plantation-style mansion was constructed in 1858 by frontiersman and Bear Flag revolutionary Granville Swift, who had made his fortune during the Gold Rush and used local stone and Native American labor during the construction.…

Condizione: Good. First Edition. Small broadside; 7 3/4 x 4 3/4; off-white stock, printed in black; uniform age-toning and a few spots to margins; several small nicks to edges; in good condition.David Sanford (1801-1875) was the Pastor of the Village Church in Medway, Massachusetts from 1838 to 1871. He was also the grandson of David Sanford (1737 - 1810) - Chaplain of the 13th and 23rd Continental regiments during the Revolutionary War.…

Softcover. First edition, n. d. (ca 1955); 8 3/4 x 6; pp. 64; stiff orange wraps illustrated in black; two small chips to lower corner and fore-edge; thin cut to head of spine; lower margin of back wrap and last several leafs discolored; small handwritten note to title page; illustrated in b&w; very good- condition.Published by a Ukrainian emigre author, the book contains funny sayings, amusing stories, and humorous poems. Many of the entries, and more specifically the larger illustrations created by several young caricaturists, are very decidedly anti-Soviet, including the front wrap one, in which a Soviet delegate, on a trip to a peace conference, looks at his reflection in a body of water and sees the devil. 2.…

Condizione: Very good. The very first, and apparently only, issue of the fanzine, n. d. (1957); 11 x 8 1/2; pp. 1-6; mimeographed, pictorial self-wraps; a few small punctures to bottm margin (removed staples [?]); a few short nicks to fore-edge; in about very good condition.Published by prolific fan Gary Labowitz for FAFA Mailing 78, it was "a magazine of mailing comments," containing random musings from fandom members - from a questionable: "Ugg!," to a rambling review of "Sundance.".…

Condizione: Very good. Manuscript poem; 7 3/4 x 6; two loose sheets, pp. [4]; text in brown ink; mild age-toning to maegins - in very good to near fine condition.A rambling, yet quite appealing poem, dedicated to Cornwall and its rugged coast and beauty.

Condizione: Very good. First Edition. First edition; 5 3/4 x 4; pp. 3-84; light-brown, pictorial wraps, printed and decorated in dark brown; a small crease to upper right corner and a minor spot to front wrap; tiny nick to upper corner of title page; light, uniform age-toning; in very good condition.A lovely poetry compilation, it was written by Vasyl Chaplenko, also known as Vasyl Chaplia (1900 - 1990) - a Ukrainian author, linguist, educator, and editor. After escaping Ukraine and entering a DP camp in Germany in 1945 (?), he taught Linguistics and Ukrainian at the Institute of Modern Languages in Augsburg and was the editor of the emigre journal "Nashe zhyttia." After emigrating to the US in the early 1950s, he actively contributed to various magazines and wrote numerous articles, studies, and books on Ukrainian politics, literature, and liguistics and served as the Chairman and Professor at the Ukrainian Technical Institute of New York.…

Condizione: Very good. Handwritten document + engraved label, partially filled in manuscript; 11 1/4 x 18 1/4; single sheet, beige stock, filled in ink and pencil - alphabet letters and numbers from 1 to 9 in four lines; engraved label affixed to upper left corner; a few light spots to margins and a bit of wear to edges; label with short tears to edges; in about very good condition.An International Correspondence Schools project, it was executed by one Ben David and submitted to and graded by the School of Lettering and Sign Painting in Scranton, PA.…

Condizione: Very good. Manuscript, n. d. (ca 1893); 7 1/4 x 5 1/2; single sheet, text to recto only; unevenly trimmed with a few nicks and creases; in very good condition.A receipt, beginning with: "Dear Sir, Your play to-day will be.(five lines enumerating the races and horses' names)." It, then cautions: "Note - only first horse named in each race. Second horse mentioned not to be noticed unless first is 'scratched'.".…

Softcover. Original sketches in pen and ink + two identical copies of what appear to be an advertisement for a "Swimming Carnival"; 1927 - 1929; eight loose sheets, various mediums, various sizes, approx. 12 x 9; manuscript captions; condition varies from very good - occasional small crease, wear to edges, and pencil smudges - to near fine, with very minor wear.A beautiful archive of original drawings, by an, undoubtedly, talented and creative artist. The sketches are all titled, with one of the more humorous ones asking: "To Which Class Do You Belong?" above 6 faces with various hairdos and headpieces (Stenog!, Nurse, HelloGirl, The White Sister, etc.). Another piece shows a pretty lady with a flowing coat and fashionable stockings ice skating. 2.…

Hardcover. Three panels on repurposed cardboard, n. d. (early 1970s [?]); each panel measures 21 x 14; paper collage, ink, and pencil; mild age-toning and spotting to margins; a few small thumb-tack holes; a bit of wear to corners; overall in very good condition.From the estate of a local Bay Area comic artist and graphic designer Tim Buckreus, the hilarious anti-Government ramblings poke fun at Dick (Richard Nixon), Cash Mckinny (Republican Stewart McKinney and his wife, the Standard Oil heiress), the Pig Enterprises (law enforcement), and more. Two of the three panels appear to be variations of each other. 2.…

First edition, author's presentation copy inscribed, in the year of Jacob's death to William LeGrand (probably his brother-in-law). Jacob's is the best of all the early Faversham histories. Born in Canterbury, Jacob settled in Faversham (living at 78 Preston Street) and practised as a surgeon. He was four times mayor of Faversham. 8vo (220 × 135 mm), pp.[iv], vii-xii, [4], 222, complete (despite mispagination of preliminaries) with 15 engraved plates, plans and elevations (2 folding), engraved headpieces to dedication and p. 205. One old repair to a marginal tear, small insect hole to extreme upper forecorner of final 6 leaves. Uncut in the original pale blue publisher's boards, buff paper spine with early printed label. Spine rubbed and lower joint cracking but secure. Presentation inscription to head of title "Wm LeGrand, a Gift of the Author's 1788", early critical notes to front pastedown together with later gift inscription. A very good, unsophisticated copy. [Bibliotheca Cantiana 198-9.].…

Condizione: Very good. Trade card, n .d. (1880s); 4 1/2 x 2 3/4; chromolithographed illustration to recto, text to verso; minor nicks to bottom corners; verso with a bit of wear to several letters; in very good condition.An advertising card for notorious gambler, salloon keeper, political organizer, and head of a criminal New York family Theodore "The" Allen (1833 - 1908) and his American Mabille. Named after the Jardin de Mabille in Paris the venue officially hosted boxing matches, dances, and concerts and unofficially - alleged gambling and prostitution. A journalist, contemporary of Allen, stated that the salloon caused "the ruin of more young girls than all the dive keepers in New York," as it would become well-known for allowing women to attend unescorted, drink alcohol, and socialize with strange men - all of these presumably leading the women to eventually become prostitutes. Strangely-enough, considering the advertisement subject, the illustration of the trade card showed a little girl teaching the alphabet to a disturbing-looking, Harlequin-type doll. …

Condizione: Very good. Manuscript, n. d. (first half of the 19th century); single clream-colored sheet, with an elaborately-embossed margins and a hand-colored, pink band around edges; text in brown ink; light age-toning and a few minor spots; remnants from being previously affixed in a scrapbook to verso; in about very good condition.An amusing and a tad bizarre ode, it began: "But bless me! What two non-descripts together! The SHE - a pile of ribbon, straw and feather.a Bonnet! Aye, and an actual woman in it." It continued on to mention Ross and Buchan (Arctic explorers James Clark Ross (1800 - 1862) and David Buchan (1780 - 1838)) - "Now for the HE.Have Ross or Buchan brought him to console, the quidnuncs for the passage to the Pole?" It ended with: "No, Paris has the honor.The thing is contraband - Let's crush the trade; LADIES insist on't - all is best home made.".…

Condizione: Very good. Small broadside, n. d. (1930s); 11 1/2 x 8; white stock, illustrated with a photograph and ruled with a gilt border; signed by the author in blue ink in the lower right corner; small punctures to top and bottom edges from previously being hung with thumb tacks, else minor wear; in very good condition.A beautiful, unrecorded tribute to one of Northern California's natural wonders, the latter now gone, the broadside contained a what-appears-to-be an original poem in honor of and an image of Mammoth Hooker Oak near Chico. Over a hundred feet tall, the tree's age had been estimated at a thousand years, when it fell in 1977, though it was discovered it was in fact two trees, at about half that age each, which had grown into one.The author, Andreas Petersen Sontum (1875 - 1958) appears to have been a Danish-American resident of Petaluma, a prominent citizen and an active member of the Lutheran Church community.…

Condizione: Very good. New edition (first published in 1907); 6 1/4 x 4 3/4; pp. 1-42; red wraps, printed and decorated in black; a bit of rubbing and small cuts along staples; leaflet, advertising the Moral Obligation Society pasted to front wrap verso; overall in very good condition.Christian Theosophist Franklin Ellsworth Parker, a well-known crusader against capital punishment (studied and refuted in detail here, often using biblical references and calling capital punishment just another kind of murder), took discussing his convictions a step further - dedicating the second half of the booklet to campaigning against abortion.…

Condizione: Near fine. Artist proof, n. d. (1918); 3 1/4 x 5; glossy, off-white stock with six identical, circular button designs in 2 rows by 3; minor wear - near fine condition.A wonderful design by an anonymous artist, the button depicted the intertwined flags of the war's victors, with "VICTORY" printed below. …

Condizione: Good. First Edition. Broadside, n. d. (ca 1894); approx. 9 x 6; newsprint stock, printed in black; margins chipped, but affecting only two characters of the first line in text; old, faint fold lines; good to very good condition.An apparently unrecorded broadside, advertising the trade of the only true descendant of the old Gypsy Queen Erdo - Gertrude Erdo. She is said to have been born with a double veil (caul - a membrane that can cover a newborn's head, which is believed to endow supernatural powers), and is able to remove dark clouds hanging over families, obliterate financial troubles, and tell young ladies all there is to know about their intended husbands. Part of the broadside is in verse.…

Condizione: Very good. Manuscript; 8 1/2 x 6 3/4; pp. [18], text to rectos only; loose, lined sheets, tied with strings; title page trimmed shorter that the rest; age-toning and a bit of wear to last page; overall in very good condition.Eloquently presented, although appearing somewhat unfinished, the manuscript followed the United States banking system, from the chartering of the Bank of North America in 1781, through several financial crises, to the late 1870s. …

Condizione: Very good. Manuscript, n. d. (second half of the 19th century[?]); single sheet, pp. [2]; score and lyrics in blue and brown ink; 10 1/4 x 9; loss of paper to upper left corner, not affecting text, but for one letter of the title; crease line through middle and several closed cuts to edges; vertical split, crudely, but lovingly sewn together with period thread; occasional spotting; overall in good condition.A lovely rendition of Henry Herz' (1803 - 1888) "We Have Lived and Loved Together," it was arranged for the guitar by V. B. Bell for one Mrs. Caroline Schoch - possibly a teacher of German at the Indiana State Normal School.…

Condizione: Very good. First Edition. First edition presumed, n. d. (1920s - 1930s); 8 x 5 1/4; pp. 3-32; yellow, pictorial wraps designed by Andrew R. Janson; illustrated with photographs; small nicks and creases to edges of wraps and tips of spine; in about very good condition.Ruth Comfort Mitchell-Young (1882 - 1954) was a Northern California author, playwright, and wife of California State Senator Sanborn Young. Friends with many of the leading literary figures of the day, including W. C. Morrow, Gertrude Stein, Gertrude Atherton, etc., Mitchell would enjoy a long and successful career, authoring 16 novels and numerous short stories, poems, and plays.Her current booklet, quite uncommon and probably written in the earlier part of her creative period, was a ficticious story for a real cause - supporting and promoting the Community Chest, monetary donations from which would make possible for twenty-four San Francisco Bay Area agencies to carry on work, including the Stanford Home for Convalescent Children and the Good Cheer Health Center. The story revolved around an orphaned, wealthy, spoiled teenager, who refused to contribute to his comminity in any way, until his guardian and the latter's friend arrange for the boy to temporarily live an unprivileged and destitute life.…

Condizione: Very good. Scrapbook, n. d. (1940s); 10 1/4 x 7 1/4; pp. [22]; repurposed, 18th-century (?) book boards with an elaborate gilt crest and fleur-de-lis accents - tied with decorative string; handmade paper leaves of various colors and textures; newspaper clippings affixed to rectos, manuscript, penciled-in subtitles to versos; light age-toning and wear; in very good condition.A humorous scrapbook in memory of President Franklin Roosevelt, it was subtitled "The Kronikles of a Krumb" and consisted of media clippings of the president with amusing commentary by the author. Under a photo of the president, in relation to his pledge to preserve US neutrality, the caption read: "I hate WAH! I hate WAH!" Another article, showing the president greeting his wife and unceremoniusly kissing her after a visit to Puerto Rico, warranted the caption: "Now, Frankie, stop! You're mussing me all up!". …

Condizione: Near fine. A short manuscript letter on the author's stationary and a black-and-white photograph, the latter inscribed on the right margin, n. d. (ca 1970s - 1980); letter - yellow stock, 8 x 4 3/4, single sheet, text to recto; photograph - 5 x 7; both with very minor wear - in near fine condition.Archibald MacLeish (1892 - 1982) was an author, poet, the ninth Librarian of Congress, and multiple-Pulitzer Prize winner. The letter thanked one Mary Cypress for a letter, regarding his work. The photo showed him in the latter part of his life - sitting by a window writing.…