New York: A. S. Seer’s Theatrical Printing and Engraving Establishment, [1877]. Unbound. Approximately 9.5” x 21”. Clean with very light edge wear and the expected storage folds. The new Park Theatre, located at Broadway and 22nd Street was constructed by Dion Boucicault, an Irish actor and playwright famed for his..... More
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
Circa 1917. Unbound. Two photographs of The Pilgrim Girls are attached to this scrapbook page. One appears to be a real photograph post card (RPPC) that measures approximately 5.5” x 3.5”. The other is a smaller silver print photograph that measures about 2.5” x 1.5”. Both are captioned. Three 3.25”..... More
London: Thomas Kelly, 1850. First Edition. Quarter Leather. Folio. Complete with 120 pages and 61 plates of which 25 (including the frontispiece) are hand-colored. Sound binding with intact hinges. Clean pages. Quarter-leather with original marbled boards; spine label replaced. Minor wear to cover. Noted in pencil inside the front cover..... More
Probably Pennsylvania: 1807. Full leather. The full-leather manuscript prayer book measures approximately 4.25" x 6.25"; the slipcase is 4.5" x 7". Complete with frontispiece, title page, author and ownership page, 273 numbered text pages, and a 7-page index. The exceptionally well-done frontispiece is hand-drawn/colored and shows Jesus in prayer..... 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
Philadelphia: The Nixon & Zimmerman Enterprises, 1907. Envelope or Cover. This lot consists of three items: a booking letter on illustrated letterhead, its accompanying illustrated advertising cover, and a second, different illustrated advertising cover. In the booking letter, Nixon humorously confronts a theater manager regarding a disagreement over a booking..... 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
New York: Rizzioli, 1997. First Edition. Hard Cover. Large 4to. Complete. Illustrations throughout. Sound binding with intact hinges. Clean pages. Very light wear to cover and dust jacket. "Whenever the rich and famous are in Paris, they head for the city's most beautiful square, the Place Vendôme, and the two..... 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
Cedarville, Ohio: circa 1915. Three photographs One photograph, measuring 9.75” x 7.75”, shows an entire finely-dressed blackface minstrel company posed on an ornately curtained stage. A second photograph, approximately 7” x 5”, shows eight members of the company posed on the same stage carrying a drum, sabers..... More
New York: 1895. Unbound. This postally used envelope features two nicely drawn pencil sketches. One is of a braying donkey in evening dress with a caption that reads, “1 A.M. – Just in from the Box Social. Very tired and sleepy.” The other is of a court jester holding a...... More
Niagara Falls, N.Y. to Hamburg, Germany: 1903. Card. This postal card (Scott UX7) is postmarked with a Niagara Falls flag cancellation and also bears a circular Hamburg receiving handstamp. It features an attractive black ink drawing of Niagara Falls. More
Germany or Pennsylvania Dutch Country: 1930s. Hardcover. This 4.5” x 6” hardcover notebook contains 140 pages of both traditional and folk songs—music and lyrics--many related to camping or hiking. 55 of the songs are German, nine are American, and three are French. There is an index in the rear. It..... More
New York to San Francisco: June 1-4, 1876. Unbound. The transcontinental Lightning Express captured the attention of the nation while transporting a theatrical troupe from New York to San Francisco in record-breaking time for opening night. A small archive relating to Jarrett & Palmer's famous non-stop transcontinental Lightning Express..... More
Jeffersonville, Indiana to St. Louis, Missouri: 1905. Both postal cards (Scott UX18), which Hedgcock sent to his cousin Johnson, bear Jeffersonville, Indiana postmarks. On also has a St. Louis receiving handstamp. One is in nice shape; the other has some soiling and is worn at the lover right corner... 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
