Brooklyn, New York: Not Published, 1927. Typed Letter Signed. Typed single page, on the company letterhead; dated November 25, 1927 and addressed to James H. Post (1859 - 1938) American sugar refining financier, philanthropist, and civic leader who directed an industrial empire in sugar; Sperry congratulating Post on his receiving.....
Brooklyn, New York: Not Published, 1913. Manuscript. Three typed pages. Two of them are the draft of a report to an insurance company written by the homeowner, which gives the details of the crime - an electric company workman managed to make off with a substantial group of valuable jewelry;.....
Westport, Connecticut: Not Published, 1929. Manuscript. Blueprint map scale of 1" = 16'; with the names of 38 individuals and their number location on the map, a compass directional and a couple of notes; faintly penciled in at the bottom of the list are two additional plots, with the name.....
Vineland, New Jersey: Not Published, 1910. Manuscript. Two sides, handwritten on pink paper. Salutation to "Sister Agnes" who had inquired regarding some Confederate currency her brother had sent her. He explains, "...The Confederate $ 50 bill you have is one of a lot of different denominations of like character amounting.....
Norfolk, Virginia: D.C. Whitehurst Grocer, 1861. Scripophily. Small printed scrip for 10c, with a little type ornamentation, signed by Whitehurst. Approx. 2" x 3 3/8" size, on plain light gray paper. Bottom corner chipped below the margin-line; worn and soft; in good condition.
Brooklyn, NY: Everett Literary Association, 1863. Ticket. Ticket for this event, printed one side in assorted types. Approx. 2" x 3 1/4" size, on plain thin card. Light wear and in very good condition.
Tucson, Arizona: De Grazia Studios, 1950. Ettore "Ted" DeGrazia. First Edition. Soft Cover. With 4 color reproductions of De Grazia imagery, color silk screen printed by Bob Spray. These are printed on paper stock heavier than the text descriptions; with black & white pictures & text by De Grazia. Approx.....
Garden City, New York: Doubleday-Page Art Co., 1910. First Edition. Soft Cover. (10) pages, 38 available gravures described, giving title of work, artist, a description of the piece and the size. The back cover gives the 'points' of these prints, "...in a heavy Whatman board mount...printed in perfect Mezzogravure...$ 3.00.....
New York, NY: The Textile Color Card Association of the United States, Inc., 1923. Soft Cover. A folding brochure; cover printed in the Chinese Colors listed within. Other colors available were the Primitive Indian and the XIX Century French colors, which are listed only, without illustration. The accompanying text explains.....
San Francisco, CA: The Book Club of California, 1940. Soft Cover. (4) + 13 pages; frontispiece illustration and others within. Limited edition of 650, Number Two of the Pacific Adventures series of the Book Club of California, printed by the Grabhorn Press. Approx. 6 1/2" x 9 1/2" size; staple-bound.....
Fairfield, Washington: Ye Galleon Press, 1964. Soft Cover. 23 pages; title page printed in three colors; with a centerfold outline map of the North Pacific Ocean. Limited edition No. 253 of 400, the fifth book of Ye Galleon Press. Essentially a reprint of the Brooks article of 1876. Approx. 6.....
Daylesford, Berwyn P.O. Pennsylvania: A. Edward Newton "Oak Knoll" 1930. First Edition. Soft Cover. (18) pages; color frontispiece, which is a facsimile of The First Christmas Card, published by Summerley's Home Treasury Office. A little keepsake from A. Edward Newton (1863-1940) American author, publisher, and avid book collector, with his.....
United States of America: 1919. Photograph Album. Over 230 photographs, pasted-on black paper album pages, average size 2 3/4" x 4 ¼." Descriptions written in legible ink in the lower margin of the imagery; most are identified and many are also dated. The majority were taken in upstate New York.....
U.S.A. 1945. Photography. Inscribed and signed, "Sincerely, Tex Beneke" Black & white image, toned to sepia, matte finish. Approx. 5" x 7" size; dark areas in the image spotty; light wear; in good condition.
U.S.A. 1945. Photography. Inscribed and signed, "To Marjorie Best o Luck Ed "Archie" Gardner Duffy's Tavern" Black & white, matte finish, approx. 8" x 10" size; old pinholes in corners; to right corner surface crack, bottom edge rippled some; light wear; in good condition.
U.S.A. 1945. Photograph. Inscribed and signed, "Best wishes Arturo de Cordova" Black & white matte-finish silver gelatin image, approx. 5" x 7" size; little bit of silvering at right border; light wear; in very good condition.
U.S.A. 1945. Photography. Inscribed and signed, "Best of luck Idood it Red Skelton" Black & white, approx. 8" x 10" size; old pinholes in corners; light wear; in very good condition.
U.S.A. Archives of American Art, 1972. First Edition. Soft Cover. Inscribed and signed by the author-artist on the front endpaper, to American lawyer & social rights activist Lloyd K. Garrison (1897 - 1991) and his wife Ellen. The first, dated December 1971 to Ellen & Lloyd and handwritten, signed John.....
U.S.A. 1940. Scrapbook. Hard Cover. (38) pages with mostly black & white illustrated items pasted-in; with about a dozen additional related aviation articles loosely laid-in at back. Articles and captions emphasize war-preparedness, with visual & textual evidence from countries around the world. Imagery is from prior to WWII and during.....
Paris, France. Bureau International De Recherches et De Documentation, 1936. Correspondence. Including: 1936 Typed form letter "Dear Friend…." Explaining the purposes of the Bureau, "…a group of exiled scholars…services to scholars outside of France for research in historical, economic, juridical, artistic, literary, scientific and philosophical fields. The Bureau has research.....
Philadelphia, PA: 1936. Correspondence. Two letters: the first dated November 17, 1936 on U Penn Law letterhead, one page and signed Alex, regarding congratulations to the recipient's notice of upcoming marriage. The second, also on letterhead, of December 15, 1953, 1 & 1/3 pages, and signed Alec. This with good.....
United States of America: 1902. Correspondence. Over 40 individual letters; handwritten on notepaper, in pen or pencil; usually 4 pages. Sent by Sarah Tulin to her brother Louis Harris, mostly from Hartford Connecticut with several in 1906 written from Colchester. A few of the letters with additional writing in cursive.....
Sugar Island, Thousand Islands Canada: American Canoe Association, 1926. First Edition. Soft Cover. (2) + 89 + (14) pages; full page portrait of the Commodore, Carl T. Hatch, along with a color illustration of the officer & member burgees as a frontispiece. Other pictures within, in black & white: portraits.....
York, Pennsylvania: The Maple Press Company, 1931. First Edition. Soft Cover. . (20) pages; finely-printed in blue and black, with small illustrations of these historic designs. "...Being a brief consideration of some old marks used by printers in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries with a special reference to a twentieth.....
Sao Paulo, Brazil: A "Habitat Edition" 1955. Karl-Heinz Hansen-Bahia. First Edition. Portfolio. A set of twelve wood engravings printed on heavy paper by Brazilian-German expressionist artist Karl-Heinz Hansen-Bahia (1915 - 1978), collated complete according to the printed list. The portfolio's "Log-Book N.o" (un-numbered) page is signed in pencil by the.....
