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Map of this East End Long Island town, from Mecox Bay in the west to Wainscott Pond in the East, from the Atlantic Ocean on the south to Old Noyac Path in the north; with some interesting historical features, including 10 shipwrecks found with their general locations offshore along the beach-line, the ships Henry, Circassian, Benjamin Church, Adelia, Eligible, Southern Cross, Loretta D. Fish, Julia E. Warr, James T. Abbott and the Northcliffe; notes on graveyards and old markers, a list of 59 'Important Buildings and Sites Old Houses Built Before 1800' - with their locations marked on the map and with brief background history & ownership details; mileage from towns thereabout inset; the central map surrounded by 28 additional illustrations of significance to the town, including schools, churches, buildings of architectural note; black and white map, approx. 23" x 27 1/2" size, overall - including approx. 3/4" margins around, done on medium-weight paper stock; some edgewear, darkening; few old discolorations, unobtrusive; in good plus condition, interesting Bridgehampton, Long Island cartographic, genealogical and historical interest.
Bridgehampton Long Island A Historical Map with Illustrations Compiled and Drawn By Paul H. Curts for the Bridgehampton Historical Society
(Bridgehampton - Map)
Bridgehampton, L.I. New York: Bridgehampton Historical Society, 1960.
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48 pages; with the first few pages having testimonies from Young's admirers: "Verses to the Author" Madg. Col. Oxon. T. Wharton, "To a Lady, with the Last Day. Pemb. Col. Oxon. T. Tristram and "To Docotor Young, On his Last Day, and Universal Passion." 1736 J. Banks; the 'three books' of this a Christian narrative poetic morality piece by Edward Young (bap. 1683 - 1765) British writer,"... first composition of note was the lengthy A Poem on the Last Day (1713), revised in 1715 and reprinted twenty times in the next half-century. In three books and roughly 500 couplets, Young describes the resurrection of the dead, the tortured speech of those awaiting judgment, and the final conflagration...Young's place in literary history is…embodied (in) new sensibilities and notions of literary self-consciousness and imagination. The only major literary figure spanning the reigns of Queen Anne and George III, Young has retained an importance that is also ensured by his friendships with writers as diverse as Pope, Johnson, and Richardson and his contemporaries' admiration," (James E. May in the DNB); approx.. 4 ¼" x 7 ¼" size; previous owner name of John G. Clarke 1806 at top of title page; bound in the original plain paper covers, side-sewn; title page with a couple water-marks; text pages darkened; spotted throughout; one leaf of the preliminary material trimmed short, little loss in one corner (does not appear to be any textual excision) and with a humble paper repair via thread-sewing of the bottom part of the page; covers with wear and chipping, especially along spine and edges, paper very soft; still in good condition; Shaw & Shoemaker 3603 2nd Series Early American Imprints.
Poem On the Last Day. In Three Books.
Young, Edward
Salem, (Massa.): Nathaniel Coverly, Jun., 1802.
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Matte-finish black and white photo of a row of 4 old flat-bed potato trucks, laden with tons of sacked potatoes, just visible to left of image is warehouse or garage; image approx. 7" x 10" approx. size; good heavy-quality photo stock; "Orient, N.Y. and "C.A. Barwise" written on back in pencil; light wear, one corner with old crease; a nice image with a nostalgic east end Long Island agricultural business theme, the potato still grown in the area for market, although much of the agricultural lands left are now devoted to commercial cultivation of the grape.
C 1920s Large Format black and White Photograph of Loaded Potato Trucks at Orient, Long Island
(Long Island - Photography)
Orient, Long Island New York: Not Published, 1920.
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Printed dark blue on white background; with a central illustration of the framed appropriate 'union shop' signage that should be displayed at a union barbershop; approx. 14" x 22" size; no date and circa post mid 1950s (AFL-CIO partnership began in 1955); few old mounting pinholes at top edge; top left corner with crease, bottom left with thin marginal discoloration; darkening to white background cardstock; still in very good condition, interesting American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations ephemeral item.
C. 1955 Poster This is a Union Barber Shop A.F.L. - C.I.O. Please Patronize Shops Displaying This Card J.B.H.C.P.I.U.A - Property of Local
(Americana - A.F.L. - C.I.O.)
United States: A.F.L. - C.I.O., 1955.
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Printed vivid red and dark blue on white background; approx. 21" x 21 1/2" size; striking image of a fierce-looking American eagle carrying a bunch of U.S. cash in its beak, with the title of the credit union and the numbers 2345 6789 1234; old fold lines, slight wear; colors very bright; in very good condition; a nice U.S. postal union workers ephemeral item.
C. 1970s St. Louis Postal Employees Credit Union Bandana
(Americana - Postal Union)
St. Louis Missouri: St. Louis Postal Employees Credit Union, 1970.
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Printed white on dark blue; approx. 24 1/2" x 25 1/4" size; locomotive engine No. 2342 and 'Reg. U.S. Patent 15999" at base margin; some sunning of the central panel, old fold lines; colors still bright; in very good condition; nice railway transportation union workers ephemeral item.
C. 1950s Railroad Brotherhood Bandana
(Americana - Railroad Brotherhood)
United States: Railroad Brotherhood, 1950.
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8 page newspaper; with occasional small black and white illustrations; front page headline content with: "Hanna's Scheme. Will make an effort to subsidize the country press and poison this avenue of information to the people"; "The Sugar Trust's Insatiable Greed; A Lot of Bad Bills. A Short session of a dead congress used to get through measures"; an interior article of several columns on "Corporationism. The Terrible Blight which has fastened upon the country. It is similar to but Far Worse Than British Landlordism..."; approximately 15 1/2" x 22" newspaper format; old fold lines, wear-hole at center of frontpage, few words lost, not to affect the sense of the text, little darkening; in good condition and interesting late 19th century news; a Populist Party paper, at this point beginning to lose their political strength.
The American Nonconformist. Indianapolis, Indiana, Thursday, February 25, 1897. Whole Number 870.
(The American Nonconformist)
Indianapolis Indiana: The American Nonconformist, C. Vincent Editor and Proprietor, 1897.
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A dancing nude woman posed with flowing fabric with stark dead tree as accompaniment; With the photographer's hand-written label taped to the back of the mounting cardstock, giving the type of camera (4 x 5 Korona View) and lens, aperture, exposure and other details; signed by him and noting the address of the Art Center School 2544 West Seventh Los Angeles, California; not dated and the Art Center moved from this location in 1946; image in black and white, approximately 10 1/2" x 13 1/2"; tipped-on to cardstock mount, which is stained, darkened and soiled; image in very good condition.
C. 1940s Large Format Photograph of Untitled Nude By Norman Lindblom Art Center School Los Angeles California
(Photography)
California: Artist Published, 1945.
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A very good impression of a European village scene, inscribed and signed in the margin below in pencil by the artist in a neat hand, "Sketch "Saint Martin de la Place" With the compliments of the artist. Proof from demonstration plate drawn, etched, and printed in 2 hours before The Present Day Club of Princeton, N.J., March 1, 1933 John Taylor Arms"; approx. 5" x 7" size with margins 9" x 11 1/8"; little bit of old matte-burn around margin of artwork; light wear; tipped-on top edge to foamcore, with (loose) matte; in very good condition; especially for the written evidence explaining the artwork-in-process immediacy of the work. John Taylor Arms (1887 - 1953) American architectural etcher, "...almost entirely self-taught...(and) one of the leading etchers of his day…an eloquent and indefatigable evangelist for his art. He developed an extraordinary form of lecture-demonstration, in which he delivered a stentorian discourse on the history, methods, and aesthetics of etching, all the while drawing ambidextrously, demonstrating every stage of the etching process from sketch to pulled proof. Between 1920 and 1953 Arms gave some 150 such performances to groups at colleges, libraries, museums, art associations, and business and industrial exhibitions..." - as evidenced in the piece offered here. (Christopher Caines in the ANB)
1933 Etching Created 'On the Spot' at the Present Day Club of Princeton New Jersey - Inscribed with Explanatory Message and Signed By John Taylor Arms
(John Taylor Arms)
Princeton, New Jersey: Artist Published, 1933.
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Map of this northern area and coastline of Germany, handcolored in outlines for the various principle provinces; noted in outside margin at top as Ausg. in 63 B1. No. XXVIII and Stieler's Hand-Atlas (No. 22a), with the Gotha: Justus Perthes 1860 copyright at bottom center margin; approx. 12" x 14 5/8" size (neat line), including margins 14 1/2" x 17 3/4"; some toning, ageing to paper, old centerfold line; little edgewear, one corner with creasing in outer margin, not in map; one corner with a bit of shadowing, also not in map; in very good condition, interesting German cartographic and historical map.
Nord-Ostliches Deutschland Enthalt: Sammtliche Saechsische Lande, Die Preussischen Provinzen: Sachsen, Brandenburg, Pommern. Mecklenburg, Holstein, Braunschweig...
(Germany - Map)
Gotha: Justus Perthes, 1860.
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Map of Long Island, New York; lithographed in colors; not dated and circa mid 1920s; approx. 20" x 22 1/2" size, including approx. 1" average margin around; printed on fairly light paper stock; some toning, ageing to paper, little edgewear, one corner with creasing in outer margin, not in map; very good condition, interesting Long Island cartographic and historical development interest.
Map of Long Island, East Part & West Part
(Long Island - Map)
Boston Massachusetts: Walker Lith. & Pub. Co., 1925.
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214 pages; tissue-guarded color frontispiece plate of the Larchmont Yacht Club flags & burgee, signals; and additional pages of color plates at back, illustrating International & Club codes -flags & pennants & U.S. Signal Service weather pennant signals; black and white illustrations in text, including photos, the frontispiece "In Memoriam" portrait of James B. Ford, Commodore of the club 1915-1928 (his death); an image of the Flagship Tara, of Commodore Henry L. Maxwell, the sailer Sythetic of the Vice Commodore Joseph B. Dunbaugh, the Novia of Rear Commodore Harold Tobey; one of the most prestigious yacht clubs in the United States, founded in 1880 in New York's Westchester County; previous owner ownership rubber stamp on front endpaper of Charles A. Ward of New Rochelle, N.Y., listed as a club member - Ward was an electric vehicle manufacturer; faint pencil remark on cover; original beige cloth binding, cover with the club's emblem; some edge, tips wear, soiling; very good condition and interesting American yachting and sailing club history with good membership-owner provenance.
Constitution, By-Laws Racing Rules, Etc. Larchmont Yacht Club
(Larchmont Yacht Club)
Larchmont, New York: Larchmont Yacht Club, 1928.
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The Little Red Hen And the Wheat
(Childrens Book - Miniature)
No Place Noted: No Publisher, 1920.
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(2) leaves; + half-title & colophon leaf; title page with a small woodcut illustration; noted as one of 500 copies printed by D.B. Updike at the Merrymount Press in December of 1924; on F.J. Head & Co. watermark paper; the colophon also with a small cut; 7 1/4" x 8 1/2" approx. size, oblong format; previous owner inscription on half-title; original sewn illustrated paper wraps in dark olive; edge, tips wear to the wraps, small chip at top of spine, small piece of back upper corner chipped away; in very good condition; a good Merrymount Press ephemeral item.
Home! Sweet Home! By John Howard Payne A Reproduction of the Author's Manuscript of the Poem with the Seasons Greetings from Mr. & Mrs. W.K. Bixby
(Printing History - Merrymount Press)
Boston: Merrymount Press, 1924.
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(8) pages; containing this decorative architectural elements firm's 'take' on "Old Timbers. Old Brasses. Pewter & Wrought Iron The Art of the Craftsman of Olden Days." according to Arthur Todhunter's prefatory remarks, "...I set myself the task, this summer (1925) of bringing together from the old villages of England a collection of those pieces which are so necessary, if this delightful effect is to be obtained to-day..."; with the rest of the booklet devoted to illustrating in black and white the items selected - which are described as they would be used on-site, the items not priced; approx. 5" x 6" size; original illustrated (2-color) stapled stiff paper covers, depicting the quintessential English Cottage; light cover wear; some old staple coloring to inner page gutters; in very good condition; interesting architectural arts ephemeral item, from the point of view of the decorator.
Quaint Ideas for the English Cottage from Todhunter
(Architecture - Todhunter)
New York - London: Todhunter, 1925.
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Two water birds, stream, drifting snow falling; approx. 11 1/2" x 17 1/2" overall with the margins; black and red ink signed artist chop-mark and signature; loosely tipped-on the right side to a larger paper sheet with the Uchida rubber stamp at bottom; the colors very vivid and bright, heightened with touches of silver; a very good impression, in very good condition.
C. 1950 "Water Birds in Winter" Japanese Color Wood Block Printed By Uchida Printing Co. Ltd.
(Japanese Block Print)
Japan: Uchida Wood Block Printing Co. Ltd., 1950.
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Group includes two country landscape scenes in color, both signed lower left Katsutaro Furuya in black ink, both approx. 9" x 13"; 2 ink and wash, heightened and accented with white paint, winter scenes, approx. 10" x 14 1/2", one signed lower right; and 2 ink wash, waterside scenes, 10" x 14 1/4" one signed lower left; all are laid-down on to paper backers; light wear; one of the wash pieces with a thin line-scrape, not intrusive; these not dated and circa 1950s; all in good condition, the paper backers with wear and wrinkling in margins, creasing; the artworks very good.
Circa 1950s Group of 6 Original Works of Art By Katsutaro Furuya Including Color Watercolors, Pen & Ink Brush Work, Signed by the Artist
(Katsutaro Furuya)
Japan: Artist Published, 1950.
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Clark'; Louisiana-based photographer (b. 1949) known for her atmospheric landscape photography which explores her deep connection to the beauty of the American South; her works held at several U.S. & international institutions as well as private and corporate collections: New Orleans Museum of Art, Ogden Museum, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Mississippi Museum of Art, Memphis Brooks Museum, Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton, N.Y., Paine Webber, New York, Uwe Scheid Collection, Germany Alumni, Brazil and more; 9" x 11 3/4" (sight); 15" x 17 3/4" framed; image of a wooded glen, much plant and flowering undergrowth and a lone ladies' or girls slipper at forefront; matte surround darkened; unexamined out of frame; not dated, probably circa 1980-90; frame with a little wear and rubbing, still very good; a nice example of this photographer's haunting work; an artist of great courage and perseverance, whose studio and photographic equipment and much of her output destroyed by hurricane Katrina; she continues to produce and photograph with skill and vitality.
Framed Landscape Photograph By Louisiana Photographer Sandra Russell Clark.
(Sandra Russell Clark)
Louisiana: Photographer Published, 1990.
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143 pages of text + 3 pgs musical piece 'Stucke des Bidermann'schen Automaten-Spinetts + section of gravure plate pages, with hundreds of well-illustrated ancient musical instruments of all types illustrated, cataloged, explained and identified as to makers and use; text in German throughout; an overview of the subject by the Austrian polymath Julius Schlosser (1866-1938) historian and writer, "...Influential scholar and leader of the so-called (second) Vienna School of art history; successor to Max Dvoràk at the University of Vienna...Schlosser is considered one of the giants of the discipline of art history in the twentieth century. Today, his best-known work is his survey of the entire corpus of western writing on art, from antiquity to modern times...The second half of Schlosser's life was devoted to the study of Lorenzo Ghiberti, whose influence Schlosser had come to appreciate through the study of primary texts...he was also an excellent cellist and toured with a string quartet of which Hahnloser was the violist." (Dict. of Art Historians); this part (Band III) of Schlosser's scholarly work for his school; bound in the original printed paper-covered boards, approx. 9 1/2" x 12 1/2" size, cloth spine; endpapers spotty, boards warping, tips wear-through, bumped; text and plates very good and an interesting overview of musical instruments of antiquity, some of them quite beautifully decorated and with famous provenance.
Die Sammlung Alter Musikinstrumente
Schlosser, Julius
Wien: Kunstverlag Anton Schroll & Co., 1920.
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A company overview and catalog, 47 pages; black and white illustrated throughout; history of Kimball, manufacturing musical instruments in Chicago for years; extolling quality, tonal design, testimonial quotes from 'outstanding organists' - users around the country; at this time, the company could reveal that they had "...built over four thousand pipe organs, installed all over the world...designed by the Kimball staff in consultation with the purchaser and his advisers to suit the acoustical conditions of the church and the purpose it serves..."; with c. 25 pages of illustrations of their products visible in the interior, or exterior views of: St. Bernadette's R.C. Church, Brooklyn; Hollywood Presb. California; First Church of Christ Scientist Oak Park, & that in Cambridge Mass; Congregation B'nai B'rith Los Angeles; St. Paul's Cathedral Pittsburgh; St. John's Cathedral Denver (this one double-page, with specifications of the organ as well); Thorne Hall at Northwestern; Municipal Auditoriums at Minneapolis, in Worcester Mass, Memphis, Union Medical College in Peiping(sic) China, and many more mentioned, with details of construction and use of all these; the rest of the catalog describing the quality of the Kimball-Welte Reproducing Organ, self-contained and pipe organs, the company line of pianos; descriptions of the factory & offices, console organs, illustrations of factory techniques and testing of products; catalog quality-printed on glossy stock, in black and deep orange type and ornamentation; approx. 9 1/4" x 12 1/2" size; metal 'coil' binding (little rust at back inner leaf), illustrated stiff blue paper covers, matching endpapers; some edgewear, closed tears to binding, bit of color-fade, very good overall; (with) laid-in Wicks company 4-fold illustrated brochure for their 'Fuga' organ (circa 1930s also) and several typed pages which list organ stop information - the organ of Leipzig, another list of ranks for a 'miniature baroque organ' and others, and a page of 'repertoire' listing various organ pieces - this group of paper with some relevant pencil notes and information; contents of Kimball catalog in very good condition as are the ephemeral items; interesting keyboard musical instrument history and especially for the illustrations and background of some of the particularly large & famous organ installations of the Kimball Company - both the Kimball and Wicks (only very recently) co.'s had given up the manufacturing of organs in this country, after enjoying much popularity and long-term brand recognition in their fields.
Kimball Pipe Organs
(W.W. Kimball Company)
Chicago Illinois: W.W. Kimball Company, 1938.
Price: $250.00
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