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Atlas of Six folding Bicycling Maps for New York State, including the Index, by the League of American Wheelmen in 1893
(League of American Wheelmen)
New York: League of American Wheelmen, 1893.
Price: $750.00
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49 pages; Foreword by David A. Brener of the American Jewish Historical Society and Introduction by Christopher R. Vagts Suffolk County Historian; with black and white photo-portraits illustrating the lives of Long Island's East End Jewish families and their histories, with amusing and poignant anecdotes about the past; bound in illustrated printed paper wraps binding; some light wear; in very good condition, good small town Suffolk County Jewish community & Long Island history and biographical, genealogical information.
"And We're Still Here" 100 Years of Small Town Jewish Life an Exhibition Sponsored By the East End Arts and Humanities Council
Gerard, Helene (compiler)
Remsenburg: Hier Publications, 1982.
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Pencil inscribed, signed, dated at the bottom margin of the art of a group of 3 grim U.S. Generals in uniforms; Black and white woodcut in a blocky mode, very well done & inked; apparently given to James "From Here to Eternity" Jones by the artist; image 7 1/2" x 6" approx. size, short margins; tipped on to old cardstock backer, not glued down; with the original Eli Jacobi N.Y. studio stamps on back in very good condition, interesting provenance association with the wartime theme and Jones' intense interest in the subject. Eli Jacobi (1898-1984) Painter, etcher, illustrator, cartoonist, block printer born in Khar'kov, Ukraine Russia died in New York, lived in Greenwich Village until the 1970s thereafter in Far Rockaway, studied at the Art Student League & NAD, member United Am. Artists, WPA contributions especially of compassionate views of the Bowery section of New York City, illustrator for the New York Times, Post, World, the Nation, Saturday Review, more. (WWW in American Art, 1999).
"Brass" Woodcut By Eli Jacobi Pencil Signed, titled and Dated 10/11/51 and Additionally Inscribed "To Fellow Artist James Jones My" By the Artist
(Eli Jacobi)
1951.
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"Circular Motion" A Limited Edition Signed Original Lithograph By Georges Schreiber
Schreiber, Georges
711 Fifth Avenue, New York 22,: Associated American Artists,
Price: $350.00
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"For the Life of Your Party" A Keg of Beer...Hollis Cold Beer Distributors Blotter
(Hollis Cold Beer Distributors)
Hollis, Long Island New York: Hollis Cold Beer Distributors,
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115 pages; tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait engraving of Maj. Gen. Charles Lee, engraved by G.R. Hall, another rather uncomplimentary engraving by A.H. Ritchie after B. Rashbrooke and tipped-in at back a large folded facsimile of the letter of General Lee to General Gates Basking Ridge 1776; tipped-in at front is a letter signed by the author, 2 pages, addressed to Joseph A. Copp, D.D., written from the Library of the New York Hist.l Soc. New York City Jan 31 1865, regarding a paper that Copp had read before the N.E. Hist. Geneaological Society concerning General Lee and hereby sending him a copy of (this) book with the hopes of entering into correspondence: "...I shall be very glad if any new researches, or the application of the most rigid principles of historical criticism shall enable me to change the views which I have expressed-for I truly desire the vindication of the truth of history in all such studies and investigations...I am perfectly ready to acknowledge my errors, if they are pointed out to me..." and respectfully asking for a continuing look at the evidence that Copp may have in his possession; George Henry Moore (1823-1892) American librarian, historian, bibliographer, very active in work of New-York Historical Society 1941-91, superintendent of Lenox Library, New York City. (DAB); original red pebbled-cloth binding, gilt cover titles; some edge, tips wear and rubbing to boards; bottom 1/4 part of spine covering chipped away; top board detaching, block's sewing secure; good condition, good American Revolutionary War scholarly research material, especially interesting for the inclusion of the author's signed correspondence.
"Mr. Lee's Plan - March 29, 1777." The Treason of Charles Lee Major General Second in Command in the American Army of the Revolution.
Moore, George H.
New-York: Charles Scribner, 1860.
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Pencil inscribed above the art of a group of partying soldiers in part-uniforms; and titled and signed below by the artist; Black and white etching in a blocky, cubist-futurist mode; no date but circa 1950s; given to James "From Here to Eternity" Jones by the artist; image 4" x 4 7/8" approx. size, short margins; tipped on to old matte mount, not glued to cardstock backer; a little darkened; matte needs renewing; in very good condition, interesting provenance association with the wartime theme and Jones' intense interest in the subject.
"Old Soldiers" Etching By Harold W. Rabinowitz Pencil Signed and titled and Additionally Inscribed "For Jimmy Jones and His friends" By the Artist
(Harold W. Rabinowitz)
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"Sunrise Shadows" A Limited Edition Signed Original Etching By Samuel L. Margolies
(Samuel L. Margolies)
711 Fifth Avenue, New York 22,: Associated American Artists,
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623 pages; 1 page publisher's announcements at back, with black and white tissue-guarded portrait frontispiece illustration of the author and in the text; Mrs. Stenhouse and her husband became disaffected with Brigham Young and aspects of the Latter-Day Saints commercial policies and became associated with the "Godbeyite Heresy" from the Mormon faith-and published on that account; original publishers' green decoratively blindstamped cloth binding, gilt spine titles & decorations; cloth tips and edges wear, illustrations a bit foxed; overall, good condition.
"Tell It All": The Story of a Life's Experience in Mormonism. An Autobiography: By Mrs. T.B. H. Stenhouse, of Salt Lake City, for More Than Twenty Years the Wife of a Mormon Missionary and Elder. With Introductory Preface By Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe.
Stenhouse, Mrs. T.B.H.
Hartford Conn.: A.D. Worthington & Co., 1874.
Price: $150.00
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104 pages; portrait frontispiece illustration of Ketchel, other black and white illustrations in the text depicting the fighter's days in the ring and various opponents, with Fleischer's commentary; with the ring record at back; the short and notable life of this top middleweight boxer, shot and killed a few months after his last fight in 1910; bound in blue cloth, some edge, tips wear and rubbing to binding, very good condition, good boxing history.
"The Michigan Assassin" The Saga of Stanley Ketchel, World's Most Sensational Middleweight Champion
Fleischer, Nat
New York - Paris: Author Published, 1946.
Price: $250.00
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Four consecutive, massive volumes of this series on the great steamship, written over a number of years by prominent marine historian & writer Frank O. Braynard (1916-2007); 288 + 380 + 399 + 424 pages; inscribed and signed by the author in all volumes to Ann Graham and in two of the volumes, additionally by Harry Wright, one of the Leviathan engineers; each volume profusely illustrated; with a group of 10 Leviathan newsletters, spanning 1972-1979, a few news clippings regarding Braynard's work, a couple of photocopied items relating to the 1979 New York Harbor Festival, the 26-page Fall 1974 publication "South Street Reporter," their Christmas catalogue of 1972 and a flyer advertising Braynard's "The Tall Ships" prints by Braynard; dustjacket for Vol. 1 with some inner archival tissue repairs, some edgechipping and rubbing, still very presentable; other jackets very good plus condition, with light wear; one volume with some edge-repairs to final leaves; overall, in very good condition.
"World's Greatest Ship" The Story of the Leviathan Vols. 1-2-3-4
Braynard, Frank O.
New York: South Street Seaport Museum, 1972.
Price: $250.00
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'64 Buick: Above All, They're Buicks! Here's A Capsule Version of the Whole Great line of 1964 Buicks
(Buick)
Flint: Buick Motor, 1964.
Price: $35.00
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The Salesman's Sample for this sensational account of the San Francisco Earthquake and subsequent fires; great before & after views of the city's architecture & people, historic districts; and dramatic black and white illustrations throughout, from photographs; as is usual in these sample books, the most lurid and depictive text and photos were presented in order to lure potential buyers to purchase the book; sign-up pages at back (blank) with an interesting engraving of the "...magnificent Half Morocco Binding of this superb book...", which was evidently an option; this copy bound in light green cloth, gilt cover titles and with black and white paste-down illustration of the "In Memoriam..." for the dead; marbled endpapers; light wear to boards; very good condition and an interesting example of the illustrated prospectus in popular literature in use in early twentieth century America.
(Salesman's Sample) San Francisco's Horror of Earthquake and Fire....compiled from Stories Told By Eye Witnesses of These Frightful Scenes...Embellished with a Great Number of Superb Photographic Views Taken Before and After...
Wilson, James Russell
Washington, DC: G.W. Bertron, 1906.
Price: $45.00
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16 views of New York City in the latter part of the 19th century; printed one side; black and white; gravure process; including: East River (view of tugs & bridge); Bowling Green and Washington Buildings; Wall Street - Trinity Church, Sub-Treasury; Lower City and Broadway, South from St. Paul Building - American Surety, Empire, Washington Life, Trinity Ch.; St. Paul's Church - Park Row and St. Paul Buildings; City Hall Park - The World, Tribune, Am. Tract Soc., Times, Potter Bldgs; Union Square - Washington Statue; Dewey Triumphal Arch - Madison Square; Madison Square - Broadway, Fifth Ave., Madison Square Garden; Cornelius Vanderbilt Residence and Fifth Ave.; St. Patrick's Cathedral; Boulevard, Columbus Monument and Central Park West; The Mall - Central Park; Lake and Bethesda Fountain - Central Park; Grant Monument - Riverside Drive; The Speedway and Harlem River - Washington Bridge; oblong format, approx. 5 1/4" x 8"; original printed paper wrap covers; no longer sewn, with the old holes at edge, plates loose in the covers; some wear to wraps; contents in very good condition and a good reference for the architecture, cityscape of New York at the turn of the 19th century.
..New York.. Photo-Gravures
(New York City)
Brooklyn, New York: A. Wittemann, 1899.
Price: $65.00
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70 pages; followed by a black and white photo illustrated section depicting the manufacturing plant and facilities of this company; black and white, a few colored illustrations in the text; "...tribute in print to the graphic arts in America, portraying the pageantry of its progress for the past century, done into a book about books to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of The Davey Company..."; collecting, printing, publishing history in America; bound in grey patterned paper covered boards, blue cloth spine, gilt cover & spine titles; light wear to covers; very good condition
100 Years of Books
Romer, Frank
Jersey City New Jersey: The Davey Company, 1942.
Price: $20.00
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48 pages; staff was Jerome Zeitlin, editor, Morris Weisenthal guest editor for this issue and Doris Martin secretary; with contributions by Walter Houmere (art) Robert Hayden, Carrol Coates, William Carlos Williams, Howard Griffin, Harold Seigelbaum, Oscar Williams, Robert Carter, David Gascoyne, Earle Birney, David Ignatow, S. Raiziss, Hugh Chisholm, Betti Still, Bernice Kavinoky Isaacson, Paul Goodman, James Broughton, Harold Norse, Lysander Kemp, Louise Louis, Mason Jordan Mason, Weldon Kees, and reviews by Herbert Cahoon, Morris Weisenthal, Carroll Coates; in addition to early works by some very good poets, most entertaining is the presentation of the speaking schedule for "The Poetry Center of the YM-YWHA" under the direction of John Malcolm Brinnin: reading dates for Truman Capote, Arthur Miller, Valerie Bettis, A Joyce Memorial, Dylan Thomas; Richard Eberhart, Richard Wilbur, Robert Horan, Patrick Boland in one night; Elizabeth Bishop and Randall Jarrell on another; George Davis, William Carlos Williams with their own nights to read - and a subscription for the course of 10 events could "...be obtained for $ 10.00. Single admission for the readings is $ 1.50..."; there are a couple of advertisements at the back for local eateries and for services catering to students, artists, writers needs; original white printed paper wrap covers; some edge, tips wear and soiling to binding; contents in very good condition
12th Street: A Quarterly Volume III Number 1 December 1949 Poetry Issue
(12th Street)
New York: Students of the New School for Social Research New York, 1949.
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1653-1903 Historic Huntington Long Island N.Y.
(Huntington)
Huntington Long Island New Yor: 1903.
Price: $125.00
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1764 MS Obligation Betw. John Whitson Henry Whitson Benjamin Birdsall & John Powell Oyster Bay and Samuel Jackson Richard Jackson Richard Seaman and Thomas Hendrickson Hem(p)stead (bound unto) William Jones Benjamin Townsend Jacob Valentine Johanes Covert
(Oyster Bay)
Oyster Bay New York: 1764.
Price: $250.00
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1772 Manuscript Deed of Lands Between John & Henry Whitson & Samuel, Richard and Richard Jackson Junior in Oyster Bay Queens County Colony of New York
(Manuscript Deed)
1772.
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1787 Manuscript New York Suffolk County Town of Huntington Satisfaction of Agreement Between Ezekiel Ketcham & Isaac Buffet Smithtown
(Huntington)
Huntington Long Island New Yor: 1787.
Price: $175.00
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