New York: Metropolitan Print, [1877]. Unbound. Approximately 7.5” x 20.5”. Clean with some minor wear at the lower left corner and the expected storage folds. The letters at the top of the broadside are not blurred, the fuzziness is from a smear on the camera lens. At the time of... More
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: circa 1940. Various. This lot consists of: 1) A 7” x 5” b/w photograph of an 18-member, primarily male, dinner party enclosed in a colorfully tropical Cocoanut Grove Melody Lounge souvenir folder that measures 8.5” x 6.5” (cover artist was Marty Sherman). 2) A Cocoanut... 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
Boston: Oliver Ditson (copyright held by Firth, Pond & Co.), 1860. Cardboard covers. First edition. Collated and complete with all 80 pages. Illustrated card covers with cloth spine covering. Cover illustration of Buckley (not in blackface) sitting in a chair and playing his banjo. Worn spine and cracked hinges. Soiling... More
Cedarville, Ohio: circa 1915. 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, and pennants for Cedarville, Slippery... More
Champaign-Urbanna and Chicago, Illinois: 1970s-1980s. Unbound. There are six programs and flyers of varying sizes. All in nice shape, one with pencil notes. "Porgy and Bess." Starring legendary bass-baritone William Warfield and Bernice Fraction. Presented at the Festival Theatre by the University of Illinois School of Music and Krannert... More
China: Unknown, 2007. Unlisted. Presumed First. Hardcover. 4to. Beautiful overview of Chinese opera. Text is in English and Chinese. Opera scene illustrations in color plus 6 Chinese postage stamps issued in 2007 and 5 traditional redbud leaf paintings. Paintings and stamps are in protective mounts. Additional marginal illustrations of opera... More
Camptonville, California: 1883. Unbound. This three-page letter is complete with its mailing envelope. The envelope is franked with a green, 3-cent Washington stamp (Scott A46) and bears a large, circular Camptonville postmark. Both are in nice shape. Transcript included. In this letter, W. M. thanks his Oakland friend... More
