Boston: Eastburn’s Press, 1841. Unbound. This playbill broadside measures 7.5” x 17.5”. In nice shape with some light soiling and toning. The “Jan’y 22d, 1841” playbill advertises “Shaksperean Week!” at the Tremont Theatre in Boston, featuring “Mr. Vandenhoff’s Benefit, and Positively his Last Appearance” as well as Miss Vandenhoff for..... More
Chautauqua, New York. Unbound. Hand drawn comic illustration done in black ink on a red 1-cent U.S. postal card (Scott UX24), presumably a self-portrait, featuring Mary’s unnamed beau seated at his desk having already written “17 dozen” postcards to her that evening. More
Jacksonville, Florida: 1913. Unbound. A colorful handdrawn comic illustration on a red 1-cent U.S. postal card featuring Commodore Perry in a bathtub, named The Niagara, writing his memoirs which begin “We have met the enemy and he is ours, Perry”. More
Jacksonville, Florida. Unbound. A colorful hand drawn comic illustration on a 1-cent red U.S. postal card (Scott UX24) featuring a banjo-playing alligator serenading Mary, “Oh, sing a song to Mary / ‘Way up in Erie town. . .”. More
Jerusalem and Tel-Aviv: Massadah and Magen, 1956. Szyk, Arthur. French Fold Binding. 4to. This is the first trade edition of Arthur Szyk's masterpiece, see Ungar p 93. Complete with 112 unnumbered pages; color illustrations throughout. Blue velvet cover with gilt decoration and lettering. Protective clamshell box with velvet-lining..... More
Saint-Armand-Centre, Quebecand Colchester, Vermont from: 1814-1840. Cardboard covers. This 6” x 8” booklet was compiled by the Sager Family whose online genealogical records show immigrated from Saint-Armand-Center in Quebec to Colchester, Vermont in the 1830s. 15 leaves, most with text on only one side. The leaves are string-bound in a...... More
Cards. 16 different holiday cards, most approximately 5.25" x 3.5", each with a different scene created from cut pieces of postage stamps. Most of the stamps used in the art work came from the 1938 Presidential series, although a small number of other definitive, commemorative, back-of-the-book, and foreign stamps were..... More
Maryland and Pennsylvania: 1959, 1960, 1968. Spiral bound wraps. Three sketchbooks created by a budding artist who later found success as a commercial illustrator of horse races, trucks, and railroad trains. These 8" x 11" standard-size spiral notebooks contain a total of approximately 425 pages, almost all filled..... More
Kyoto: Tanaka Jihei, Circa 1900. Soft Cover. 8vo. Complete in one volume. Blue cover with printed paper label. 27 single and 12 double page wood cuts with light color ink wash. Prints mostly depict birds with an occasional fish, deer, insect, or mouse. Prints are in nice shape with the..... More
Album. This red leather-bound album with debossed gilt decorations measures 6.5”x8”. Its owner’s name, Lydia Orcutt, is debossed in gilt in the center of the front cover. Unpaginated but about 125 pages. The endpapers are present and its hinges are sound. The text block fore-edge is ; it is possible..... More
Album. This book measures 3.5” X 4.5”. Although unpaginated, it contains approximately 130 pages filled with poems, notes, drawings, and illustrations. The handwriting is tiny and fine. There is an old neatly done paper repair to the front hinge that reattaches the front board of its black faux caoutchouc-gutta-percha cover..... More
San Clemente, California: 12 Gauge Press, 2005. First Edition. Soft Cover. 8vo. Presentation copy with signed original watercolor titles, hey, very pretty woman. Printing was limited to 500 books of which 14 were presentation copies. Sound perfect binding. Clean pages. Original art is bright and fresh. The book has almost..... More
