February 1937. Staple bound magazine, library ink stamps on front cover. 30 pages of articles and advertisements of interest to the professional photographer. View More...
February 1938. Staple bound magazine, library ink stamps on front cover. 30 pages of articles and advertisements of interest to the professional photographer. View More...
Publisher's cloth binding with black and gilt lettering, gilt illustration of nymphs and shepherds celebrating on front. Noticeable rubbing, especially at corners, chipping at top and base of spine, 2 inch split at bottom of front joint. A collection of humorous drawings from "Life" Magazine, founded in 1883 as a humor and general interest magazine. Among the illustrators featured are Harry Whitney McVickar (1868-1905) and Charles Dana Gibson (1867-1944), who got his start at "Life" magazine. View More...
Publisher's brown cloth binding with red and gilt lettering, gilt illustration of St. Patrick's Day parade on front. Noticeable rubbing, especially at corners, and 2 chips from bottom edge of front cover. A collection of humorous drawings from "Life" Magazine, founded in 1883 as a humor and general interest magazine. Among the illustrators featured are John Ames Mitchell (1844-1918), one of the founders of the magazine, Harry Whitney McVickar (1868-1905) and William Henry Hyde (1858-1943). View More...
Original greeting card printed in multicolored ink on beige paper. Printed gray lettering on front and back. Card is unused. No date, circa 1900s-1920s. 5 3/4" x 4." Card is very clean and intact but has some age toning (hence the beige color), a few wrinkles, and a few spots of discoloration or foxing. A Very Good copy. An original greeting card that can be used to celebrate the season of winter. The title is printed at the bottom on front, which features a color illustration of a snow-covered church in a wintry landscape. The back features a printed poem titled, "A Vision," but is r... View More...
94 pages with notes describing the 205 illustrations, the catalogue of the engravings compiled by John Physick. pictorial wrapper, (Large Picture Book No. 17). 9 1/2 x 7 1/4". Very good, corner of rear cover creased. View More...
Original publisher's beige paper wrappers with string binding. Gilt lettering on front cover. No date, circa 1888. 6 1/2" x 5." Pages and covers are clean and intact overall. Former owner's signature written sideways in black ink on front cover. Covers have moderate darkening, soiling, and a few small dampstains to front and back. Spine has some chipping and splitting along a crease where the book has been opened. Pages have age toning, slight wrinkling and chipping along corners and edges, and the occasional small dampstain or mark. A Good copy. A collection of beautiful illustratio... View More...
Original brown leather folk art postcard. No date, circa 1903-1915. 5 1/4" x 3 1/4." Title printed on the front. Postcard is unused. Postcard is very clean and intact overall. Etching and pigmentation clean and bright. Slight age and surface wear. A Very Good copy. This leather postcard shows a color illustration of a man, the implied speaker of the title, in front of a pawn shop with a pawn ticket in hand. Publisher's information on front. W. S. Heal is said to have been one of the more successful leather postcard artists. Original holes are located along all of the edges. Leathe... View More...
Black and white photographic portrait of Frances Alda. Alda is shown in a slightly reclined pose, smiling at the viewers. She wears a dress, head scarf, and a string of pearls. No date, circa late 1890s-early 1900s. 7 1/2" x 9 1/4." Slight rippling on the photograph. Photographer's stamps on the back: "Frances Alda, C. L. Wagner, D. F. McSweeney, 511 Fifth Ave., New York." Frances Alda (1879-1952) was a New Zealand-born Australian opera singer. She is known for her talented singing voice, musical technique, and colorful personality. She performed in New Zealand, Australia, Europe, and... View More...
No. 39 of 50 copies. Text is in German. The musical insert is not present in this copy, as usual. Original publisher's beige cloth binding with black lettering on spine. Full-page black-and-white illustrations mounted on front and back covers. 9 1/2" x 12 1/2." 143 pages, complete. Eight original graphics, including woodcuts and four tipped-in color linocuts, and many black-and-white offset reproductions of artwork, complete. The back colophon notes there are two prints included herein by Rudolf Bauer and Paul Klee. Pages are clean and intact overall but have age toning and slight rip... View More...
Autograph letter (8 x 10 inch) signed and dated June 20, 1919 from Boston on his stationary with his letterhead. Addressed to a friend "Walter" it concerns a war records job that was turned down because it involves to much paperwork. George Canning Wales (1868-1940) was an American nautical painter, etcher and lithographer. Evidence of a fold across the page, else a nice clean letter on his stationary. View More...
Original black-and-white photo postcard. No date, circa 1920s-1940s. 5 1/2" x 3 1/2." Title printed at the bottom of the image. Imprint of "Walker" ar bottom of the image. "Published by Walker, Stratford-upon-Avon; Copyright; British Production" printed on back. Postcard is unused. Postcard is intact but has a few marks on the front and back. A Very Good copy. This postcard shows the ruins of Kenilworth Castle in Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England. The castle was built over the course of several centuries, between the Norman and Tudor periods. The castle dates back to the 1120s as a ... View More...
327 pages; plates; index; publisher's green cloth binding with pattern and gilt lettering on the cover and spine, no fading. A history of architecture over the ages from Greece to Modern. Clean copy with former owner's signature on the front inside cover. View More...
Original black-and-white photo postcard. No date, circa 1940s-1950s. 5 1/2" x 3 1/2." Title printed at the bottom of the image. "Published by Walter Rutherford and A. J. Gorham, Bermuda" printed on back. Postcard is unused. Postcard is very clean and intact overall except for slight surface wear on front and back and slight corner wear. A Near Fine copy. This postcard shows Front Street in Hamilton, Bermuda. Front Street is a waterside promenade. A docked ship, buildings, pedestrians, people riding in horse-drawn carriages, and a tram are visible within the scene. View More...
Original black-and-white photo postcard. No date, circa 1940s-1950s. 5 1/2" x 3 1/2." Title printed at the bottom of the image. "Published by Walter Rutherford and A. J. Gorham, Bermuda" printed on back. Postcard is unused. Postcard is very clean and intact overall except for slight corner and edge wear and slight age toning on front and back. A Very Good copy. This postcard shows a home in Bermuda residing on a hillside. View More...
Original black-and-white photo postcard. No date, circa 1940s-1950s. 5 1/2" x 3 1/2." Title printed at the bottom of the image. "Published by Walter Rutherford and A. J. Gorham, Bermuda" printed on back. Postcard is unused. Postcard is very clean and intact overall except for slight surface wear on front and back, slight corner wear, and a minuscule spot on part of the image. A Very Good copy. This postcard shows a bucolic scene in Smith's Parish, Bermuda. A man rides on a horse-drawn cart headed down a dirt road. A quaint cottage is in the foreground. Smith's Parish is named after ... View More...
Original publisher's illustrated wrappers with staple binding. No date, circa 1920s-1930s. 4 3/4" x 6 3/4." Thirty unnumbered pages, complete. Many color illustrations, complete. Pages and covers are clean and intact overall. Dampstain in upper corners, slightly affecting illustrations toward the front of the book. A Very Good copy. This booklet takes readers on a visual tour of historic points of interest in New Orleans, Louisiana. Descriptions and history of the locations are given alongside the beautiful color illustrations, which depict many scenic streets and landmarks in New Orl... View More...
Complete set of eight original bookplates designed by Lynd Ward for the Antioch Book Company. No date, circa 1940s. Each of the bookplates measures 3" x 4." Each bookplate is unused and virtually pristine and intact. Each bookplate and the entire collection are Fine. A complete set of beautiful bookplates designed by Lynd Ward (1905-1985), an American artist and author. Ward is best-known for his woodcut prints and wordless novels featuring the medium. He also worked with other art media including lithography, mezzotint, oil painting, ink painting, and watercolor. Each bookplate in th... View More...
One of 125 copies. Original publisher's gray wrapper. A beautiful booklet with gilt foil decoration on the front cover. 7 1/8" x 9 7/8." Eight pages, complete. Pages are clean and crisp and feature an array of Goudy's typefaces and fonts. A very pristine copy. This is a monograph on renowned artist and type designer, Frederic W. Goudy (1865-1947). It provides a brief biography on Goudy and his type designing career, how he began producing his own typefaces, and some examples of his work including most of his "lost" typefaces. Also included is a smaller beige booklet measuring 6" x 9" ... View More...
Circa 1870's. Original stereocard on orange board. Board dimensions, 7 x 3 1/2, photograph dimensions, 6 1/2 X 3 1/4 inches. Title on base of board. Photograph of the Palace Hotel in San Francisco. The Palace is on the right side with the street and horse drawn buggies across the street from the Palace. Light foxing is beginning. View More...
