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While undated and unsigned, the work must date between 1941 - 1945. Patriotic, if crude, it is constructed within a cigar box (9” tall x 5 1/2” wide x slightly over 2” deep), the bottom of which is an abstract, colorful background to the painted cardboard figures, which are about..... More
[Book #24212P]
Lynn, Massachusetts: C.H. Stephenson, n.d. [ca. 1900]. Consisting of ten different items and some duplicates; printed material, photographs, proofs, and an original drawing of a young woman emptying a pail of garbage into the “Underground Garbage Receiver.” Some wear, but in decent condition. More
[Book #36932P]
Derby, England: no publisher [presumably Greensmith’s], n.d. [late 19th century]. Color lithograph on heavy stock; approximately 28 3/4” wide by 18 1/2” tall; lithographed by R.H. Allen & Son, Nottingham; tied string hanger at the top; a little bumped, but fine. Featuring a stage on which there is an open..... More
[Book #26698P]
Firenze (Italy): Presso Luigi Dardi R. Calcografo, 1850. First Edition; oblong quarto (approximately 9 3/4” tall by 13” wide); consisting of a title page with descriptions on the verso and twenty color plates; bound in later buckram with a leather spine label (rubbed); some foxing, which is not apparent in..... More
[Book #37452P]
New York: S. Wood, 1811. Measuring approximately 1 3/4” tall x 1 1/2” wide x 3/4” thick; bound in contemporary (original?) quarter morocco and paper-covered boards: the spine is lettered in gilt “Bible H.”; contemporary ownership inscription on the front free endpaper; lacking rear free endpaper; illustrated with woodcuts; some..... More
[Book #35769P]
New York and Beverly Hills: Rogers & Cowan, n.d. [1956]. Five pages, rectos only, on Rogers & Cowan letterhead; with two ink cross-outs. Probably largely written by Williams, a vigorous defense of the film for its condemnation by the Legion of Decency. More
[Book #31479P]
Boston: Jordan Marsh and Company, n.d. [c. 1910?]. Promotional catalogue for this line of boots, one model of which is suggested as appropriate for golf. Wrappers; 16 pages plus front and back wrappers; fine. More
[Book #35292P]
Boston: Thomas B. Wait, 1829. A handbook for local officials, apparently intended for those primarily in Massachusetts. The front free endpaper and the first blank are trimmed at the top, likely to excise owner’s signatures; some page staining; complete with two folding tables; good; bound in publisher’s (or contemporary) full..... More
[Book #32105P]
New York: American Sports Publishing, 1903-1930. Some are in wrappers; some bound either with or without wrappers; many with notes, mostly pencil, and various enclosures, printed and holograph. These were the property of player and coach (mostly at the University of Chicago) Amos Alonzo Stagg, and his name is embossed..... More
[Book #32032P]
London: David Bogue, 1851. First Edition. “With Twenty Illustrations, Drawn from the Stuffed Animals Contributed by Herrmann Ploucquet of Stuttgart to the Great Exhibition. Publisher’s illustrated cloth; some spotting; shaken; very good. The illustrations (frogs, cats, weasels, etc.), including the fold-out frontispiece, are black and white. More
[Book #28243P]
Amsterdam: Den Jb. da Cunha, 1839. A handwriting manual illustrated with 17 folding engravings. Bound in what appears to be the original paper covered boards, which are detaching from the worn spine, still retaining the printed paper label “Schryfkunst.” The printed contents have an occasional minor spot and tear. More
[Book #35932P]
![[Book #37421P] Denslow's Mary Had A Little Lamb. CHILDREN'S BOOKS, ANONYMOUS](https://sternrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/37421p.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1700157137)
New York: G. W. Dillingham, 1903. First Edition with Denslow’s colorful illustrations and designs. Publisher’s wrappers; an excellent example, with only very slight rubbing. More
[Book #37421P]
Undated, but likely from the twenties and probably from a department store or other retailer; a colorful (apparently tempera) picture of a boy and a girl in front of a Christmas tree, with a Santa Claus, a doll, sailboat, biplane, toy soldiers, a cannon and more. An exceptionally attractive, nostalgic..... More
[Book #31912P]
London: James Blackwood, 1855. First Edition. A Christmas offering illustrated by “Phiz.” Bound with the front and back wrappers in later 19th century calf by Zaehnsdorf (somewhat worn and soiled); spine in compartments with gilt decoration and inlaid black morocco; top edge gilt; very good. More
[Book #37513P]
New York: Esquire Magazine, 1939. First Edition of this “...New York guide book for world’s fair visitors...” Spiral-bound stiff wrappers; very good. More
[Book #34657P]
New York: William C. Bryant & Co., 1871. First Edition of the comprehensive first report on New York City's public parks; with the ownership signature inside the front cover of physician and medical missionary Samuel F. Green, brother of first Park Commissioner Andrew H. Green. Profusely illustrated with two large..... More
[Book #35966P]
Each photograph is approximately 8 x 5 1/2” and mounted (one on each side) on boards; almost certainly originally bound into an album (the left edge is strengthened with cloth, with holes top and bottom). As follows: “Circuit Avenue, Cottage City” (captioned on a printed label), depicting what is now..... More
[Book #22146P]
Each photograph is approximately 8 x 5 1/2” and mounted (one on each side) on boards; almost certainly originally bound into an album (the left edge is strengthened with cloth, with holes top and bottom). As follows: “Public Garden Bridge” (captioned in the photograph), showing the suspension bridge, swanboats, rowboats..... More
[Book #35759P]
New York: Saks & Co, 1906. Publisher’s string-bound wrappers; roughly 6 x 10”; small number and dated (1908) name stamp on the front wrapper; aside from a tiny puncture in the front wrapper and several leaves, very good or better; 85 pages. Each coat and hat is modeled by men..... More
[Book #37058P]
New York and North Bergen, New Jersey: Gibraltar Corrugated Paper Co., Inc. Toy Division, n.d. (c. 1930). Consisting of a printed corrugated wrapper enclosing printed corrugated pieces meant to be punched out and assembled. Each piece is in printed wrappers, identified, and printed with directions, as follows: No. 1, Stone..... More
[Book #31151P]
Boston: Samuel Ward Company, 1903. Introduction by Margaret E. Sangster. Bound in white leather with gilt rules and title. The album, entirely unused, features spaces to fill in various occasions, many of them illustrated, such as vacations, weddings, Thanksgivings, school, moving, etc. Aside from trivial wear and foxing, a fine..... More
[Book #28567P]
New York: W. B. Gilley, 1819. First American Edition. Attributed to Mrs. Ross, a writer most of whose work was issued in London by the Minerva Press. Two volumes; publisher’s printed boards; uncut; some chipping and staining; some stitching added later, but clearly at an early date; a good set..... More
[Book #37502P]
Boston: Munroe and Francis, n.d. [ca. 1840-1850]. Probably a later edition. Wrappers; spine crudely re-sewn; spotting, soiling and wear; on the shabbier side of good. More
[Book #27563P]
No place of publication: no publisher, n.d. [1920s?]. Printed on paper, approximately 7 x 5/1/2.” Titled in large letters “Safety First Guarantee” with tongue in cheek boilerplate that the undersigned (and this is not filled in) is “...in my right mind and not under the influence of any drug or..... More
[Book #35047P]
Akron: The Werner Company, 1899. First Edition. Publisher’s pictorial cloth; depicting an Indian motif based on the title story. The other stories concern General Grant, European travel, the Pope, etc. Very good. More
[Book #26695P]