Original publisher's multicolored wrapper with an illustration by Mary Sherwood Wright Jones of a woman walking with groceries and a pig; scrollwork below says, "To market, to market, to a buy a fat pig, home again, home again, dancing a jig." 10 1/2" x 13 1/4." Thirty-four pages, complete. Many black and white illustrations and advertisements throughout magazine, complete. Inside of front cover has a black and white advertisement for Listerine. On inside of back cover is a multicolored ad for "'Cosmos': The New Rainbow Quilt Blocks." On the back cover is a multicolored ad for Chesterfie... View More...
Original publisher's multicolored wrapper with an illustration of woman preparing a raw turkey for Thanksgiving dinner. 10 1/2" x 13 1/4." Thirty-four pages, complete. Many black and white illustrations and advertisements throughout magazine, complete. Inside of front cover has a black and white advertisement for Listerine. On the back cover is a multicolored ad for Chesterfield cigarettes showing a football stadium. Pages and covers are very clean and intact. Address stamp in upper-left margin of front cover. A monthly magazine featuring sewing projects and ideas, the latest trends of... View More...
Original publisher's gray cloth binding with gilt lettering on spine. 6 1/2" x 9 1/4" x 2 1/2." 710 pages, complete. Black and white illustrations, complete. "For Sale by M. S. Smith & Sons, Stationers, 1154-1158 Broadway, Oakland, Cal." printed on title page. Pages are very clean and intact. Internally Fine. Spine is rubbed with chipping at the top and bottom. Glue repair for spitting on the spine and joints. Spine has some loosening but is solid overall. A Very Good copy. Advertisements for various Bay Area businesses are included, some of which are illustrated. Front and back co... View More...
Most of the text in both German and English. Original publisher's multicolored wrapper. A Reichspoft (German Postal Service) touring car is shown on the front cover parked near a building with delighted tourists walking around. Back cover shows a picturesque scene with another Reichspoft car driving on a winding road through a canyon with a river. Illustrations by "Ruffer, Dresden." No date, circa 1929. 5" x 7 1/4." Seventy-six unnumbered pages, complete. Many black and white illustrations, two black and white maps showing the Dresden rail lines, and one black, white, and orange fold-o... View More...
Original wrapper with a black and white portrait of Christopher Morley by Joseph Hirsch in 1944 on the front cover. 6 3/4 X 10 inches. 10 pages. Copy contains 5 tribute essays written shortly after Morley's death. The first tribute titled "O Rare Chris Morley" was written by Clifton Fadiman. The other tributes were written by John P. Marquand, Norman Cousins, Harrison Smith and J. Donald Adams. Copy has been folded, however, pages are very clean. View More...
White pamphlet with a black and white reprinted roundel portrait of Warren Gamaliel Harding. 5 1/2" x 6 3/4." Four pages, complete. Pages are very clean and intact overall. Slight wrinkling to pages. A brochure for the memorial services for Warren Gamaliel Harding (1865-1923), the twenty-ninth President of the United States. The program lists songs, eulogies, and speeches that were given by the following people: Ben Ali Temple Band, Rev. William C. Whitaker, Roy J. Nielsen, Mayor Albert Elkus, Sheridan W. Downey, Rudolph Caffaro, Rev. T. J. Horgan, and Percy Blair. There are former owne... View More...
Original publisher's beige pamphlet. 5" x 8." Seven pages, complete. Pages are very clean and intact. Chipping along the spine. Vertical fold line down the center. A Very Good copy. This is a political pamphlet with a propagandist bent denouncing the candidacy of Republican nominee John C. Fremont in the 1856 presidential election. The central issue of this election was the Kansas-Nebraska Act which had essentially repealed the Missouri Compromise. The Missouri Compromise had prevented slave states from being admitted in the north above a certain latitude. The Kansas-Nebraska Act nul... View More...
Original illustrated board showing Inspector Wade on the front cover, 3 men, 1 on a horse on the back cover. 3 1/2 X 4 1/2 inches. 425 pages with 3 pages of advertisements. Black and white illustrations on the right side page, text on the left. Previous owner rubber stamped their name and address on the inside front cover. Copy has several spots on title page at hinge, otherwise pages are clean and complete. Binding is tight. View More...
Original publisher's brown wrappers backed with black cloth. Red and blue decorative stripes on front cover. Bound by the Angwin Book Bindery in Angwin, California. 6 5/8" x 9 5/8." Pages 375-390, complete. Black and white photographic plates, complete. Pages and covers are very clean and intact. Binding is tight. A few numbers are written in black pen in the upper-left corner of the front cover not affecting text. Small red mark near the numbers. Covers slightly bent with a few wrinkles. A Fine copy. This National Geographic issue does not contain an article but has a series of re... View More...
Original publisher's brown wrappers backed with black cloth. Red and blue decorative stripes on front cover. Bound by the Angwin Book Bindery in Angwin, California. 6 5/8" x 9 5/8." Pages 701-714, complete. Black and white photographic plates, complete. Pages and covers are very clean and intact. Binding is tight. A few numbers are written in red pencil and blue pen in the upper-left corner of the front cover not affecting text. Stamps of "South Sacramento School" and "John F. Kennedy Senior High School Library" are in the bottom margin of the front cover not affecting text. Front an... View More...
Original brown wrapper with black lettering on front cover. 6 3/4 X 5 inches oblong. 11 pages with 1 black and white photograph of Jack Gannon. From the colophon, "Printed by the Arion Press in an edition of 350 copies. Of this edition, 125 copies are presented by Andrew Hoyem to members of the Roxburghe and Zamorano clubs attending the Joint Meeting in Los Angeles in October 1998, and the remaining copies are for subscribers to the Arion Press, for relatives of Jack Gannon, and for others who may wish to remember him." Gannon (1907-1932) this copy contains poems and letters by Gannon. This co... View More...
Advertising brochure for Joseph Conrad. No date, circa 1920s. 3 1/2" x 8 1/4" folded; 10 1/2" x 16 1/2" unfolded. Four pages, complete. Pages are clean. Very minor splitting at front folds in center. This brochure folds out like a newspaper. On the first page is a biography of Joseph Conrad. The inner and last pages advertise "The Canterbury Edition" which is listed as the first complete set of Conrad's works in twenty-four volumes. Joseph Conrad (1857-1924), a Polish-Britisher writer, is considered to be one of the most accomplished writers of the English language. He is renowned fo... View More...
Original white wrapper with black lettering and a black design surrounding text on the front cover. 1 sheet folded measuring 9 3/4 X 13 1/2. From the colophon, "Printed on Urabec-Hoffman all-rag hand made paper by Richard Hoffman for the members of the Columbian 415 Chappel, September, 1980." An Editorial Note from Carey S. Bliss is on the back page. Rogers (1870-1957) was an American typographer and type designer. Bradley (1868-1962) was an American Art Nouveau illustrator and artist, nicknamed "Dean of American Designers." Copy is very clean. View More...
Original program announcing upcoming lectures by John Masefield. 3 3/4" x 7 1/2." Unpaginated, four pages (one leaf folded in half and printing on all sides), complete. One black-and-white illustration of "John Masefield on his way to Buckingham Palace to be received by the king," complete. Program is very clean and intact except for slight bumping at the bottom edge and a former owner's stamp in black ink in top margin on back. A Near Fine copy. Part of the Lifelong Learning series. This is a brief program announcing upcoming lectures by John Masefield (1878-1967), an English writer an... View More...
Clark Wing. 4 manuscript documents. Circa 1930's. California. Two documents are signed by Wing. 6 pages. Clark Wing was a California writer. From 1936-1940, he worked as a WPA editor, editing the California Historic Landmark Series. During this same time, he also wrote articles on State Parks and historic places. He was a friend of the writer Harold Speakman. This collection consists of 4 documents:. 1) "Make the Birdie Sing". 1 page, handwritten and signed by Wing Humorous poem. 2) "Let Snookie Catch 'em" 1 page. Handwritten. Humorous poem. 3) "There are three parts." 2 pages. Handwritten Phi... View More...
Original music program printed on beige paper. 5 1/2" x 9." Very slight browning on front and back panels. Four pages (one leaf folded in half), complete. There are advertisements on two panels for Goldsmith's music store and a concert at Memorial Hall featuring pianist Rachmaninoff on March 19, 1923. This is a music program for a performance by violinist and composer Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962). The program lists the following songs performed by Kreisler: Handel's "Sonata, D-major," Bruch's "Scotch Fantasie," Ernest Schilling's "Intermezzo Alla Zingara (From Violin Concerto)," Kreisler's... View More...
Original publisher's program printed on beige paper. Folded into thirds. 3 1/4" x 5." Six unnumbered pages (one leaf folded into three double-sided panels), complete. Paper is very clean and intact. Contains a schedule of events for the annual Christian conventions held in Merced County, California. The schedule includes lectures, speeches, and addresses, among other events, given by different Christian societies and religious members. There are three conventions, "Sunday School Day" from August 28-30, "Epworth League" on August 31, and "Christian Endeavor Day" on September 1-2. (Event... View More...
Formerly bound. Original publisher's beige paper wrappers. No date, circa 1835. 4" x 7." Four pages, complete. Pages are clean and intact overall except for a few wrinkles, slight rippling, occasional offsetting, light to moderate foxing and staining throughout (text still readable), and minuscule chipping along spine (text is unaffected). A Very Good copy. A Christian tract containing a description of what true repentance is and why it is necessary. The general idea in this tract is that true repentance of sins entails a true change of heart and mind. Tract No. 252 of the American Tr... View More...
Text is in German. Original publisher's red cloth binding with gilt decorations and lettering on the front cover. No date, circa 1890s-1910s. 5 1/4" x 6." Twelve unnumbered panels, complete. The panels are part of one accordion-style leaf that folds out from the book. Black and white illustrations printed on glossy paper, complete. "Ad. Frohlichstein, 81. Louisenstrasse 81. Bad Hamburg" stamped on back pastedown. Panels, illustrations, and covers are very clean and intact. Covers have some edge and corner wear. The illustrations show scenic views and landmarks in and around Bad Hombu... View More...
Original program for the 1917 reception of French and British War Commissions in New York. Black text printed on white paper. 6" x 8." Four unnumbered pages, complete. One leaf folded in half. Pages are very clean and intact. A Fine copy. The first page lists the schedule of the reception to take place from May 9 to May 12, 1917. The interior pages and back page include brief biographies and character assessments of "Joffre: Marshal of France," "Rene Viviani: Minister of Justice," and "Arthur J. Balfour: Secretary for Foreign Affairs." Marshal Joseph Joffre (1852-1931) was a general ... View More...
