New Orleans, Louisiana: Nobility Recording Company, 1965. F. A 12" record album, LP Nobility 703; High fidelity mono. Signed by Cottrell, Joseph, Howard & Adams on the back cover in various inks. The band participants were: Louis Cottrell, clarinet and vocals; Lester Santiago, piano; Avery "Kid" Howard, trumpet and vocals;.....
Huntsville Alabama. A bound group of poetry on African-American themes, most probably corresponding to the edition credited to Howard Weeden published by Doubleday & McClure in 1899; containing 54 poems, typed, one side only; with blank pages interspersed between the poems; with some interesting ephemeral items laid-in, including: A typed.....
London, England: R. And J. Dodsley in Pall-mall: And Sold By M. Cooper in Pater-noster Row, 1758. F. 11 pages; one of the writings of Mark Akenside (1721-1770) British poet and physician "...The Romantics were particularly attracted by the emphasis Akenside placed on the imagination and his active engagement with.....
New York: Mitchell Kennerley, 1912. F. 120 pages; errata slip tipped-in; Zoë Akins (1886-1958) American playwright, poet, screenwriter, Pulitzer Prize winner for her adaptation of Edith Wharton's The Old Maid. (DAB); this her first book, published also in England in 1912; with the bookplate of H.R. Goodman, signed by I......
Pomona California: Frashers Photo, 1960. A glossy real photo postcard of the crowned happy beauty contest winner, seated on her throne of ice; approx. 3 1/2"" x 5 1/2" size; with photographic studio name of Frashers Photo of Pomona California and identifiers on front, no. F. 9099; postally unused; with.....
Alaska: No Publisher, 1933. F. The movie can be loosely interpreted as the history of a journey up the Alaska coastline with some land interior footage, beginning in the more southern tier and ending in the bleak far northern ice lands, with 'stops' along the way; the movie has a......
Portland, Maine: Hugh C. Leighton Co., 1908. divided back postcard; used, with 1908 cancellation; light edge, tips wear, very good condition.
New York & Chicago: A.C. Bosselman, 1910. divided back postcard; used, with 1910 cancellation; light edge, tips wear, very good condition.
New York: Dramatists Play Service Inc., 1962. F. 88 pages; inscribed and signed on the front endpaper, "For Sandy Darrah Edward Albee (on the street-E.H.)"; black and white illustrated frontispiece of a scene from The American Dream; Edward Albee (b. 1928) American dramatist and theatrical producer, best known for Who's.....
New York: M.W. Dodd, 1848. F. 143 pages; frontispiece illustration of 'The Old Stone House'; the author notes in the Preface: "...object of the following volume is to inspire the young reader with the spirit of patriotism, to render him familiar with some of the elementary principles of the science.....
New York: Stroefer & Kirchner, 1880. F. Photograph of a portrait of Alexander Pope (1688-1744) English poet and satirist, regarded as the epitome of English neoclassicism, member of the Scriblerus Club; part of Bruckmann's Potrait Collection; not dated, circa 1880 albumen process; little wear to tips & edges of mount;.....
Leningrad: Kamalog, 1957. Exhibition catalog for this 20th century Russian artist; biography, list of works, followed by 16 black and white plate pages; text entirely in Cyrillic; some wear & chipping to soft cover self-wraps; good condition, good reference to this artist & his works.
Alfonso Rios & Co., 1920. Baseball-motif, boldly printed in gold and black on white; approx. 4 1/2" x 14" overall size, the artwork at center about 1/3 that; no date, early 20th century, circa 1920; light wear, one corner with old discoloration; very good condition and a nice baseball history.....
New York: Underwood. Sepia-toned real-photo stereoptical view of this tree-lined boulevard, leading into the gardens, folk strolling away from the camera; no Underwood card number; photographer's identifiers on card at edges; no date, circa 1890; older "split-image" type of stereo; clear and with good detail; some edge, tips wear and.....
New York - London: Random House, 1975. F. 304 pages; the career of "The Greatest"; tracks Ali from his days as a sophisticated amateur boxer in Louisville to his Olympic and subsequent professional career; original tall red paper wraps, about 5 1/2" x 9 1/2", some light edge, tips wear;.....
Geneve: Editions Pierre Cailler, 1947. 209 pages; very nicely printed in sepia and black; one of the series "Les Tresors de La Litterature Francaise"; done at the presses of Albert Kundig; short stories, French text by Alphonse Daudet (1840-1897) novelist, born at Nimes (Provence), remembered chiefly by delicately sentimental, humorous.....
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982. F. 343 pages, translator's notes, glossary; "First Edition" stated on copyright page; warmly signed andinscribed by the translator Guy Daniels, on the front endpaper; with an introduction by Susan Jacoby; "...one man's refusal to be bound by the old terms of the contract of.....
Washington, D.C. American Federation of Labor, 1900. F. Single-sided printed receipts; giving the amounts paid to Myers, by the AFL, varying amounts from 10 to 41 dollars; each receipt filled in manuscript and signed by Frank Morrison, who at this time in his career identifies himself after his name as.....
London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1898. F. xvi + 339 pages; useful index at back; black and white illustrated frontispiece and other illustrations within; William Henry Hudson (1841 - 1922) a naturalized British citizen, Argentine-born author and naturalist, "...His carefully crafted and precise prose has a poetic quality which appeals.....
Boston: American Tract Society, 1865. 168 pages; one tissue-guarded color plate frontispiece, a few more black and white plates interspersed within the text; story of a drunken-boat race and the sad consequences; original publishers' cloth, gilt spine titles, dulled; slight edge, tips wear; some foxing; very good condition.
Riverhead New York: Charles A. Wood Architect, 1950. F. The architect's name and address in the photo, printed at lower right; photograph finished in very high gloss; paper a little toned; light wear; not dated, circa 1950; in very good condition.
Locust Valley Long Island New: The North Shore Journal, 1989. F. Eight issues of this periodical, average 8 pages each; with single-feature articles, which concentrate text and black and white illustrated historical coverage on a particular aspect of Long Island's north shore history: H.D. Gibson and the Fair (World's Fair.....
Pennsylvania: Various, 1896. F. Group of seven billheads addressed to J.E. Elliott; from the Scranton Packing Co., (with 1/4" x 1" edge-chip); the Pennsylvania School Journal (double-sided, much advertisement); Christopher Sower Co; F.S. Bixler Dry Goods; Pennsylvania Baking Co.; Rice, Levy & Co. and (undated) Durland, Thompson Shoe Co.; average.....
United States of America: Not Published, 1850. F. (34) pages. Periodical clippings, stories, pictures, poetry, by Clara Augusta, Artemus Ward, William James Lisle, R.H. Willoughby, Brandreth's Almanac, and clipped pictorials from many publications, with dates 1860 - 1880s are pasted-in items. Beneath these are found entries for the sale of.....
Philadelphia, PA: Not Published, 1862. F. Bill of lading & Entry of Merchandise form, completed in manuscript. Dated 24 May, 1862 for the ship Wyoming; Burton, master; sailing from Liverpool; bringing in a cargo of bicarbonate and soda ash in various casks. The goods were imported by Yarnall & Trimble.....
