UNBOUND COPY. 30 pages (5 3/4 x 9 inch). Webster's memorial speech given at the laying of the corner stone for the addition to the federal capitol. A long winded speech on America's great progress in expansion and knowledge of the liberal arts. Very good clean copy. View More...
Circa 1900. [16] pages; illustrations; tan paper wrapper (3 1/4 x 5 3/4 inch). Some sun fading along the edges, front and back. Paul Helleu (1859-1927) was a French artist best known for his portraits of beautiful women. He received the 'Legion d'honneur' for 1904 for his art work. The astrological ceiling for the New York city 'Grand Central Terminal' was created by him in 1912. Very good clean copy. View More...
Text is in Spanish. Original black-and-white photo postcard. No date, circa 1940s. 5 1/2" x 3 1/2." Title printed at the bottom of the image. Imprint of "Wessel" on the back. Postcard is unused. Postcard is virtually pristine and intact except for slight corner and edge wear. A Fine copy. This postcard shows a view of Sugarloaf Mountain (Portuguese: Pao de Acucar) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The mountain gets its name from resembling the form of a sugarloaf. Buildings are visible in the background. A monument is in the foreground. Wessel was a postcard photographer based in Rio de ... View More...
Original black and white photo postcard. No date, circa 1925-1942. 5 1/2" x 3 1/2." Title printed at the bottom of the image. "Wheeler" imprint in the lower-right corner. The style of "DOPS" stamp box on the back was used from 1925-1942. Postcard is unused. Postcard is virtually pristine and intact except for slight corner wear. A Fine copy. This postcard shows the town of Valdez, Alaska at its original location before the catastrophic 1964 earthquake. Mountains are in the background and what appears to be a pier in the foreground. An airplane is in the sky. Valdez was severely dam... View More...
Original sheet music printed on white paper in black ink. Hand-colored illustration done in soft pinks and green on front. Illustration shows a somber scene of a father comforting his two daughters, one of whom is asleep in bed. 10" x 13 1/2." Unpaginated, five pages, complete. Sheet music comprises three pages. The remaining pages are the title page on front and back page which advertises other sheet music. Sheet music is clean and intact overall but there is light smudging throughout, splitting along spine, slight age toning, and a tear on the first two pages of sheet music running mo... View More...
A beautiful, original hand-colored copperplate engraving that shows a view of Pont Neuf over the River Seine. People are shown walking or riding in horse-drawn carriages. Statue of Henry IV is featured in the center. Paper measures 19 1/2" x 13 1/8"; printed area measures 5 1/2" x 8 3/4." The local points of interest within the scene have numbers next to them, which correspond to a key below that lists the names of said places or monuments. This print is also a "vue d'optique," which were very popular in the latter half of the eighteenth century and first half of the nineteenth century. ... View More...
Original red cloth with gilt lettering on front cover and spine. 5 1/2 X 8 inches. 214 pages which include 6 pages of index and 8 pages of ads and 6 pages of Table of Contents. Copy has 312 black and white illustrations. Head and tail are slightly bumped and a small dent in edge of front cover. All pages are very clean and complete, binding is tight. View More...
Signature on beige card in black ink by Gluyas Williams. Dated September 20, 1935. 3 1/2" x 2 1/4." Signed, "Gluyas Williams, Sept. 20, 1935." Card and signature are very clean and intact. Faint offsetting on the front. A Fine copy. Gluyas Williams (1888-1982) was an American cartoonist whose work appeared in a number of national newspapers and magazines including The Boston Globe, Century, Collier's, Life, and The New Yorker. His cartoons varied in theme and covered daily news and politics. He is also known for his illustrations of books by Robert Benchley. View More...
Original calendar from 1926 for the Wing Kong Company that features a multicolored illustration by Adelaide Hiebel of a women seated in side profile on a picturesque beach who wears a fancy dress with pink roses on her lap. Illustration is adhered on backing and has a top mat with a gilt decorative border and gilt lettering. Calendar is unmarked and features the twelve months of the year. It is adhered at the bottom of the top mat. String also at the top of the mat. 13 1/2" x 19." Calendar and illustration are very clean and intact. Mat and backing are clean and intact overall. Minor t... View More...
No. 187 of 900. Colophon in the back lists Numbers 101-200 as being reserved for members of the Roxburghe Club. No. 24 in A. R. Tommasini's Christmas Keepsakes series. Original publisher's gray-brown stiff wrapper with decoration on front cover. 3 5/8" x 5 1/4." Thirty-three pages, complete. Original white card with decorations laid-in: "This keepsake comes to you with Holiday Greetings from A. R. 'Tommy' Tommasini." Decorative endpapers. Pages are clean; binding is tight. A fine, pristine copy. This book briefly cover various topics on graphic arts, printmaking, and the printing ind... View More...
A beautiful original color print, likely a lithograph, by Margaret Winter. The print features a surreal desert landscape with purple mountains, land, and sky among which are green trees, grasses, and plants. Print with margins: 18" x 12 1/2." Printed area: 12 1/2" x 9 3/4." Print is very clean and intact overall but has light to moderate wrinkling and slight wear to the corners and edges. The printed area is still very clean and bright. A Very Good copy. The print is signed and dated by the author in pencil in the lower-right corner below the printed area: "Margaret Winter, '52." The t... View More...
Watercolor painting in shades of purple, green and black, showing a tree in left foreground, expanse of desert with cactus, and low peaks in background. Image is 10 x 13", with wide margins. Very good. A pleasing scene by a Sacramento artist. View More...
Original black and white photo postcard. No date, circa 1920s-1930s. 5 1/2" x 3 1/2." Title printed at the bottom of the image. "Pub by Ellis," "Photo by Wood," and "1603" are printed in lower-right corner of the image. "Photo Post Card" is printed on the back. "Kodak Paper" is also printed on the back where the stamp would be placed. Postcard is unused. Postcard is virtually pristine and intact. A Fine copy. This postcard shows an aerial view of the State Capitol buildings in Olympia, Washington. The Ellis imprint belongs to the Ellis Post Card Company, which was founded in 1921 b... View More...
Original publisher's beige paper wrappers. Title inset within a black-and-white illustration of a tree-lined avenue on front cover. No date, circa 1865-1890s. 5 1/4" x 8 1/2." Pages 79-91, complete. Five black-and-white plates, complete. Each plate shows a portrait of William Wordsworth. Printed by T. and A. Constable. Text printed on back: "Edinburgh University Press: T. and A. Constable, Printers to Her Majesty." Pages are clean and intact overall but are slightly age-toned and have a few small closed tears at the edges. Binding is a bit loosened, so some leaves may be detached. C... View More...
Two volumes, complete. Contemporary black 3/4 leather binding with dark brown cloth-covered boards. Gilt lettering on spine. No date, circa 1850-1882. 8" x 11." Volume I: 1048 pages, complete. Twenty-three black-and-white plates, some of which are folding plates, and additional black-and-white illustrations, complete. Volume II: 1008 pages, complete. Thirty black-and-white plates and additional black-and-white illustrations, complete. Some of the plates in both volumes are mispaginated, but all plates of both volumes are complete. Both volumes were printed and published by William Ma... View More...
Text is in Spanish. Original black-and-white photo postcard. No date, circa 1941. 5 1/2" x 3 1/2." Title and imprint of "Yanez Fot." printed at the bottom of the image. The style of "EKC" (Eastman Kodak Company) stamp box with "Sello" within the box is known to have been used in 1941. "Tarjeta Postal" printed on back. Postcard is unused. Postcard is very clean and intact overall except for slight corner and edge wear and slight surface wear. A Fine copy. This postcard shows the dining room of La Gruta restaurant in Teotihuacan, Mexico. Tables and chairs are neatly placed in the grot... View More...
Original publisher's multicolored, illustrated paper-covered boards in a multicolored, illustrated dust wrapper. Dust wrapper protected in a paper-backed mylar sleeve. 5 3/4" x 7 1/4." Unpaginated, 122 pages, complete. Black-and-white illustrations, complete. Dust wrapper and pages and covers of the book are virtually pristine and intact. Binding is tight. Pages lightly age-toned. Dust wrapper has slight rubbing, minuscule wear to corners, a microscopic closed tear at top of front flap, and a dog-eared back flap. Dust wrapper not price-clipped. No remainder marks. An As New book in ... View More...
Original black and white photo postcard. No date, circa 1939-1950. 5 1/2" x 3 1/2." Title printed at the bottom of the image. Imprint of "Zan" in the lower-right corner of the image. Alexander J. "Zan" Stark (1889-1967) was a postcard photographer based in Mill Valley, California. He used the trade name of "Zan of Tamalpais" from the 1920s-1950s. "Kodak Paper" printed on the back. Postcard is unused. Postcard is virtually pristine and intact. A Fine copy. This postcard shows an outdoor entertainment space at the Forest of Arden Resort in Miranda, California. View More...
