Original publisher's brown wrapper with staple binding. 4" x 8 3/4." Eleven pages, complete. "South Tacoma Press Print" at the bottom of the front cover. Pages and covers are very clean and intact. A program for "Carnival of Nations," which is a celebratory event for Independence Day. Admission for July 4 and 5 is 25 cents for adults; 10 cents for children. R. D. McDonald is listed as the Executive Committee President, George W. Porter is the Carnival Director, and Captain I. M. Howell is the Grand Marshal. Names of the Personnel of the Carnival Committees printed on back cover. The f... View More...
Original advertisement for two books, The Traitor's Way by S. Levett-Yeats and Karadac Count of Gersay by "K. & Hesketh Prichard." Printed as a flyer on orange paper. No date, circa 1901-1906. 3 1/2" x 5 3/4." Two pages, complete. One leaf printed on front and back. Three black and white illustrations, complete. Paper is very clean and intact overall except for a small chip on the side and a wrinkle at the top. A Fine copy. The books' sizes, bindings, and prices are listed. The Traitor's Way shows the book's frontispiece by W. B. Gilbert. Excerpt about this book: "The scene of this ... View More...
Original broadside on white paper with lettering and illustration printed in black. 17" x 22." A stylized illustration of Janet Lewis by Elaine Badgley covers most of the broadside. All of the text is printed below or to the side of the illustration. Broadside is very clean and intact but has a few wrinkles. A Fine copy. Janet Lewis (1899-1998) was an American novelist, poet, and professor. She taught at both Stanford University and UC Berkeley in California. In 1992, Lewis was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. This broadside announces an event featuring p... View More...
Original calendar with staple binding. Calendar features a color illustration of the Dionne Quintuplets on the front cover. 9" x 6." Twelve unnumbered pages, complete. Edges and spine have some chipping. This is a twelve-month calendar for the year 1938 and includes pages with health, domestic, and life advice and various recipes. Calendar lists holidays and the birthdays of historical figures and famous celebrities. Among the recipes are "Moulded Peas in Aspic Jelly," "Veal Croquettes," "Mock Turkey Legs," "Split Pea Soup," "Tea Biscuits," "Lime Sherbet," "Vegetable Plate," "Mushrooms,... View More...
Original carbon typescript printed on beige paper. Pages stapled in the upper-left corner. 8 1/2" x 11." Thirty-nine pages, complete. Paper has "Peerless Mimeograph" watermark. Pages are very clean and intact. Typescript for an episode of The Fleischmann's Yeast Hour that aired 8:00-9:00 p.m. on January 25, 1934. The Fleischmann's Yeast Hour (also known as The Rudy Vallee Show, The Fleischmann Yeast Hour, and The Fleischmann Hour) was a musical variety radio show that was broadcast on NBC from 1929-1936. In 1936, its name changed to The Royal Gelatin Show which aired until 1939. In it... View More...
Original carbon typescript printed on beige paper. Pages bound by a paper clip. 8 1/2" x 11." Fifty-one pages, complete. Paper has "Peerless Mimeograph" watermark. Pages are very clean and intact except for slight chipping at the lower-right corner of the first page. Typescript for an episode of The Fleischmann's Yeast Hour that aired 8:00-9:00 p.m. on June 14, 1934. The Fleischmann's Yeast Hour (also known as The Rudy Vallee Show, The Fleischmann Yeast Hour, and The Fleischmann Hour) was a musical variety radio show that was broadcast on NBC from 1929-1936. In 1936, its name changed t... View More...
Original carbon typescript printed on beige paper. Pages bound by a paper clip. 8 1/2" x 11." Fifty-five pages, complete. Paper has "Peerless Mimeograph" watermark. Pages are very clean and intact. Typescript for an episode of The Fleischmann's Yeast Hour that aired 8:00-9:00 p.m. on May 24, 1934. The Fleischmann's Yeast Hour (also known as The Rudy Vallee Show, The Fleischmann Yeast Hour, and The Fleischmann Hour) was a musical variety radio show that was broadcast on NBC from 1929-1936. In 1936, its name changed to The Royal Gelatin Show which aired until 1939. In its time, The Flei... View More...
Original carbon typescript printed on beige paper. Pages bound by a paper clip. 8 1/2" x 11." Twenty-eight pages, complete. Paper has "Peerless Mimeograph" watermark. Pages are very clean and intact. Typescript for an episode of The Fleischmann's Yeast Hour that aired 8:00-9:00 p.m. on May 31, 1934. The Fleischmann's Yeast Hour (also known as The Rudy Vallee Show, The Fleischmann Yeast Hour, and The Fleischmann Hour) was a musical variety radio show that was broadcast on NBC from 1929-1936. In 1936, its name changed to The Royal Gelatin Show which aired until 1939. In its time, The Fl... View More...
Original black-and-white engraving of a monument to William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield. No date, circa 1828-1829. 3 1/4" x 6." Print is very clean and intact except for slight age toning and a tiny closed tear limited to upper-right corner in the margins. A Near Fine copy. A beautiful, small engraving featuring John Flaxman's monument to William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield (1705-1793), also known as Lord Mansfield, who was a British barrister, judge, and politician. He is noted for being a key figure in the modernization English laws and the English courts. Flaxman created his scul... View More...
Original black-and-white engraving of the remains of Prince Rupert's residence. Removed from Edward Brayley's Londiniana, a compendium about the history and sights of London. No date, circa 1828-1829. 3 1/2" x 6 1/4." Print is very clean and intact except for a few small spots of discoloration or foxing, faint offsetting (text) affecting the printed area, and some clipping to "Beech Lane, Barbican." A Near Fine copy. A beautiful, small engraving featuring the remains of Prince Rupert's residence on "Beech Lane, Barbican" in 1796 London. From Brayley's Londiniana, possibly the edition pu... View More...
Original black-and-white engraving of the tomb of King Henry VII. Removed from Edward Brayley's Londiniana, a compendium about the history and sights of London. No date, circa 1828-1829. 3 1/2" x 6 1/4." Print is very clean and intact except for slight age toning and faint offsetting of text which affects the printed area. A Near Fine copy. A beautiful, small engraving featuring the tomb of King Henry VII as viewed from the north side. The print is from an edition of Brayley's Londiniana published by Thomas Hurst, Edward Chance & Company. View More...
Original greeting card printed in multicolored ink on beige paper. Card is unused. Printed on two sides of one unfolded leaf of paper. No date, circa 1890s-1920s. 4" x 6." Card is very clean and intact except for some age toning (hence the beige color) and slight wear to extremities. A Very Good copy. An original greeting card that can be used to celebrate the summer season. The color illustration on front features a picturesque scene of a creek and forest. A poem is printed on back titled, "Summer," and is an excerpt from one of Willis Gaylord Clark's poems, perhaps of the same name.... View More...
Original handwritten notes in pencil on paper. Pages are loose with most separated into groups and fastened with paper clips. Placed in an envelope with the title written on front in pencil. No date, circa 1930s-1960s. 6" x 9." 146 unnumbered pages (may be incomplete). Pages are very clean and intact except for browning and slight wrinkling and edge wear. Notes are in cursive and may be somewhat to read at times but are legible as a whole. A Very Good copy. A collection of handwritten notes about Spokane, Washington and surrounding areas. Notes are well-written. It is unclear what t... View More...
A small road map that advertises the Hotel Manx in San Francisco. No date, circa 1939. Folds out into five panels. Measures 2 1/4" x 5 1/2" folded; 11 1/4" x 5 1/2" unfolded. Black and white illustrations and reprinted photographs. A clean, fine copy. Front panel includes title and also the following: "Official AAA Hotel; Powell at Union Square; Managing Owner - Garage Service at Door; 'Meet Me at the Manx.'" Managing owner is Harvey M. Toy. Other panels include a black and white map of California, Oregon, and Washington that shows major highways as red lines and cities and promotional... View More...
Original holiday greeting (poem) and envelope. Greeting is printed in red and green ink on light beige paper. Envelope is made of light beige paper and has a typed mailing address and a brown 1 1/2-cent Martha Washington stamp. No date, circa, 1938-1950s. Envelope postmarked in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Poem: 6" x 9." Envelope: 6 1/2" x 3 3/4." One page (one leaf printed on one side), complete. Greeting and envelope are very clean and intact except for light age toning, wrinkle on right edge of envelope, and two original horizontal fold lines on greeting. A Very Good copy. A holiday ... View More...
Original broadside printed in black ink on thick gray paper. Black-and-white bust portrait photograph of William Gibbs McAdoo featured at center. No date, circa 1924. 9" x 12." Small imprint of "Allied Printing, Chattanooga; Trades Council; Union Label" in lower-left corner. Broadside is very clean and intact overall but has some darkening throughout, slight foxing or discoloration at top, and a few bumps at the edges and corners (largest being a crease in the lower-left corner). A Very Good copy. A promotional broadside supporting the bid of William Gibb McAdoo for U.S. President in hi... View More...
Original small broadside printed on beige paper in black ink. "Reproduction of Advertisement Appearing in Leading Pacific Coast Newspapers." printed in bottom margin. No date, circa 1915. 8 1/2" x 11." One horizontal fold line at center. Broadside is very clean and intact overall except for some light wrinkling and a few small closed tears at the edges. A Very Good copy. A small broadside with black-and-white illustrations announcing awards given to the Sperry Flour Company for their exhibit at the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco, California. The following... View More...
Original typescript in black ink on white paper. Stapled in upper-left corner. No date, circa 1920s-1950s. 8 1/2" x 11." Two pages, complete. Pages are very clean and intact except for slight wrinkling and offsetting at the bottom of Page 1. A Near Fine copy. Contains two articles. Subtitle of "Battle of Spokane Plains: Grand Spectacle of Indian Splendor": "Redskin Hosts Went Into Fray With Plumes Flying and 'Gorgeous Finery'; Horses Were Painted -- But Surprised Braves Up Against Minie Balls First Time, and Panic Followed." The first article is about the Battle of Four Lakes which wa... View More...
Original typescript with staple binding. Bound in a white paper folio. Part of another typescript is loose and paper clipped to the back of the folio. "Huttons" typescript includes holograph corrections in blue pen on almost every page. Inscription in top margin of first page of "Huttons" typescript reads, "Published in Spring issue of Montana, Magazine of Western History, 1967." No date, circa 1967. 9" x 14." "Huttons" typescript is fourteen pages, complete. Untitled typescript is ten pages (Pages 5-13), incomplete. The last page of the latter typescript is a copy of Page 13. Untitl... View More...
Original typescript on beige paper with two staples at the top. Backed with stiff cardboard or cardstock. No date, circa 1960. 6 1/4" x 9 1/2." Typescript is very clean and intact except for age toning on the covers. A Fine copy. Inscription in black pen on the front cover not affecting text: "Am. Or. Soc. Meeting, April 1961, Philadelphia Exhibition of [title] in the University Museum arranged by S. D. Gordon[?]" Excerpt from Page 1: "Geniza is a burial place for discarded writings. In mediaeval times it was believed that anything written in Hebrew should not be destroyed, but like th... View More...
