New Arrivals
A HISTORY OF ELK COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA 1981
Ridgway, PA: Elk County Historical Society, 1982. Hardcover. 4to. Green boards with gilt illustration and titles. Very good plus. Light touches of soil to front cover. Page edges lightly toned, some foxing internally, but internally clean, bright, and unmarred throughout. Binding sound. 472pp. In-depth history of this Pennsylvania county, with.....
THE RAGTIME EPHEMERALIST - Number Three
Oak Park, IL: Chris Ware, 2002. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Perfect-bound pictorial wraps. Near fine condition. 256pp. Third issue of this magazine on ragtime music and dance, edited by the celebrated American cartoonist Chris Ware. Contains articles and photographs reproduced from a variety of late nineteenth and early twentieth century.....
COMMITTED: A Skeptic Makes Peace With Marriage
New York: Viking Press, (2010). First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Publisher's binding in original dust jacket. SIGNED by Gilbert at the title page. Near fine or better in like jacket. 285pp. Gilbert's reflections on her decision to remarry, written after the success of her memoir EAT, PRAY, LOVE. An attractive signed.....
THE COLLECTED POEMS OF STERLING A. BROWN
New York: Harper and Row, (1980). First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Publisher's cloth-backed boards in original dust jacket. INSCRIBED by Brown at the title page, "FOR ---- / With best wishes,/ Sterling A. Brown / DECEMBER 1980". Very good. Jacket lightly rubbed and worn with spots of soil at rear. Interior.....
[Group of Photography Related Marketing Materials]
[Circa 1920s]. Contains: Price list for Hammer Dry Plate Co., 3.5" x 6.25" approx. with accompanying short letter on company stationary; pamphlet for The True Ball Tripod Head from Fred Hoefner of Los Angeles, measuring 6" x 3.5" approx.; pamphlet for Goerz Cine Lenses, 3.5" x 6.5" approx.; flyer for.....
[Advertising Card for Breast Prostheses]
New York: Flo Wilkens, Inc., Circa 1950s. First Edition. 5.5" x 7" approx. printed recto only in blue ink. Folded through center. Minor edgewear. Very good. Card advertising prostheses for post operative breast amputations. Advertising its descreet properties, the card features an illustration of a prosthetic and of a woman.....
SCENARIOS: A Helpful Guide for Hitching Interest to Sales Punch in Advertising Upon the Theatre Screen
Colorado Springs, CO: Alexander Film Co., 1937. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Comb bound in blue printed wraps. Mild edgewear and rubbing to wraps. Two staples at front wrap. Interior clean and bright. Very good. 44pp. Guidebook for creating film ads for display in movie theaters, released by Alexander Film Co......
RUSTICRAFT WOODEN FENCES [Catalog]
Philadelphia: Samuel H. Tendler, 1927. First Edition. Wraps. Oblong pamphlet measuring 8" x 10" approx. string-tied in original pictorial wood veneer wraps. Mild edgewear with some closed tears at fore edge. Interior bright and clean. Near fine. [16]pp. Promotional brochure for wooden fences, bother post and rail and english hurdle.....
[Catalog for Fall 1934]
New York: Covici Friede, 1934. First Edition. Wraps. 16mo. Publisher's printed wraps. Minor edgewear and rubbing to wraps. Interior bright and clean. Very good. 60pp. Catalog of upcoming publications from Covici Friede, founded by editors Pascal Covici and Donald Friede, most notable for their longstanding relationship with John Steinbeck. This.....
SLIDE RULES AND CALCULATING INSTRUMENTS [Trade Catalog]
Hoboken, NJ: Keuffel & Esser Co., (1932). First Edition. Wraps. 5.75" x 8.75" approx. saddle-stapled in brown wraps. Wraps creased around spine and lightly edge-worn. Drawing in pen at front. Pencil notations at inside rear cover. Wear to corners, interior otherwide clean and bright. Very good. Catalog of slide rules.....
PRECISION TOOLS AND INSTRUMENTS [Machine Tool Catalog]
New York: George Scherr, Co., Inc, 1947. First Edition. Wraps. 6" x 9.25" approx. in original wraps printed in green. Price list laid in. Wraps toned iwth light edge-wear. Light foxing to endpapers. Interior generally clean and bright. Very good. 96pp. Catalog of tools and instruments from the George Scherr.....
1965-6 DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF CITY LIGHTS PUBLICATIONS
San Francisco: City Lights, 1965. 6" x 20" accordian folded to 6" x 3.25" approx. printed recto and verso in black. IMild toning and edge-wear. Very good. City Lights' catalog for 1965-66, including new publications from Dennis Jasudowicz, Topor and Antonin Artaud, and Pocket Poet titles from Frank O'Hara, Allen.....
[Archive of Novelty Promotional Material for Silk Stockings]
Chicago: Style Silk Company, [Circa 1930s]. First Edition. Seven sets, each including: Lucky name game, folded card with perforations printed in red and blue, 3" x 5.5" approx.; order blank, printed recto only on blue stock, 8.5" x 5.5" approx.; color sample sheet, 3.5" x 5.75" approx.; Trifold brochure, 6.25".....
[Small Archive of Promotional Material from an Earthworm Farm]
Cattanooga, TN: Stoners Earthworms, [Circa 1951]. First Edition. Eight 8.5" x 11" sheets mimeographed recto only on various paperstock; Two 8.5" x 5.5" mimeographed sheets; Three cards measuring 5.5" x 3.25" approx. on green and pink stock; and two envelopes printed with Stoners Earthworms address, 6.5" x 3.5" approx. folds.....
ARTISTS' MATERIALS CATALOG
Chicago: Devo and Raynolds Company, [Circa 1942]. First Edition. Wraps. 8.5" x 11" approx. brad bound in original wraps. Wraps sunned at extremities. Interior lightly toned but clean. Very good. 40pp. Extensive atalog of artists' materials including oils, canvas, brushes, palettes, papers, pastels, watercolors stencils and assorted accessories. Illustrated throughout.....
[Salesman's Dummy for Children's Books]
Philadelphia: W.E. Scull, [Circa 1900s]. First Edition. Hardcover. 7.5" x 10" approx. in brown cloth with extended flap over fore edge. Contains six samples with boards, four with spines attached. Each volume has explaination printed on pink stock pasted onto initial blank. 60pp. each, approx. Binding heavily stained with moderate.....
MONTY MACLEVY'S FIGURAMA SALON-AT-HOME SLENDERIZING PLAN
New York: Streamform Manufacturing Co., [Circa 1950s]. First Edition. Wraps. 12" x 9" oblong, saddle-stapled in wraps. Mild wear at edges, with top corner bumped. Wraps lightly rubbed with faint dampstain around spine. Interior bright and clean. Very good. 40pp. Booklet accompanying Monty MacLevy's Figurama, a "slenderizing table" intended for.....
COTTON BAG AND BURLAP INKS [Sample Book]
New York: General Printing Ink Corp. 1940. Hardcover. 6.75" x 9.5" approx. Screwbound in cloth covered boards. Introductory text and 28 samples in cotton and burlap printed recto only in various colors. Mild toning, pen mark to front board. Samples fresh and bright. Near fine overall. Extraordinary sample book of.....
SUGGESTED DESIGNS FOR SMALL FIRESAFE CONCRETE HOMES [Cover Title]
Chicago: Portland Cement Association, 1946. First Edition. Wraps. 8.5" x 11" saddle-stapled in wraps. Printed offset in black and white. Wraps worn at edges. Front wrap partially detached. Interior clean and bright. Good. Promotional brochure for potential homeowners promoting concrete construction when building a new home. Contains sample floorplans with.....
BUY ALL YOUR ORIGINAL BLANKS FROM ONE SOURCE [Cover Title] [Key and Hardware Catalog]
New York: D. Silver Hardware Co., [Circa 1940s]. First Edition. Wraps. 8.5" x 11" catalog saddle-stapled in wraps. Mild toning throughout with light edge-wear. Near fine. 40pp. Catalog from the D. Silver Hardware Company in New York City, containing primarily wholesale keys, locks and related items for locksmiths. A large.....
COLLOTYPES [Art Reproduction Catalog]
New York: Braun & Cie, [Circa 1920s]. First Edition. Wraps. 8.5" x 11" approx. string-bound in wraps. Title page stamped with New York office address. Approx. 200 images. "printed in France" stamped at rear. Wraps lighty edge-worn. Interior bright and clean. Near fine. [62]pp. Catalog of fine art reproductions, including.....
CATALOGUE OF THE PERRY PICTURES
Malden, MA: The Perry Pictures Company, Circa 1934. First Edition. Wraps. 7.5" x 9" appox. saddle-stapled catalog in wraps. Punched through at top left corner and strung with blue cord. Wraps lightly toned with wear near staples. Interior generally clean and bright. Very good. 64pp. Also includes promotional packet for.....
[Catalog of Promotional Matchbooks]
Chicago: Match Corporation of America, [Circa 1950s]. Hardcover. Plastic-comb-bound book, 10" x 11.5" approx., in illustrated cloth boards. Approx. 136 samples glue-mounted in nine tabbed sections, with tissue guards between pages. Pages profusely illustrated in full color. Light rubbing to boards. Boards bowed. Tabs frayed. Light wear to page edges.....
SAMPLES OF WALL PAPER FOR 1927
Minneapolis, Minn. M.W. Savage Co., 1927. First Edition. Wraps. 8" x 11" approx. in original wraps, containing instructions for hanging wallpaper, 2pp. sample images in color of borders, and 60 full-page samples with product information printed at verso. 6pp. paint and accessories at rear and windowshades at interior of rear.....
WARNER'S RUST PROOF CORSETS
New York, Chicago and San Francisco: Warner Brothers Co., 1919. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Saddle-stapled in original wraps printed in black and orange. Significant damage to lower portion of wraps and at spine. Mild toning. Good only. With typed letter from Warner Bros company regarding catalog. 63pp. Corset catalog, with.....