![Item #3810 [CHICAGO WORLD'S FAIR 1933 CRIME EXHIBITION]. Crime and Thrills. Crime House. Thrill...](/pictures/thumb/3810.jpg?v=1666718092)
Chicago: 1933. First Edition. 8vo. 3 pp. (1 sheet folded once to produce 4 pages, final page blank). 1" tear in fore-edge of both leaves, otherwise very good. CRIME AND CRIME DETECTION EXHIBITION AT THE 1933 CHICAGO WORLD'S FAIR. From a contemporary Guidebook "World's Fair Suvenir" (sic) published by Unk..... More
Cliveden, England: 1918 (June). Original photograph, 205 x 150 mm (very good condition); affixed to embossed cardstock, 300 x 250 mm (corners worn and partially defective). Little-known (possibly unpublished) photograph of David Lloyd George as Prime Minister, taken at Clevedon Hospital, the temporary relief center for wounded soldiers that had..... More
![Item #3801 [JAPANESE CHILDREN'S BOOK PUBLISHED IN DOOMED WWII JAPAN - 1945]. Dobutsu no okasan /...](/pictures/thumb/3801.jpg?v=1673876583)
Tokyo: Children's Book Publishers [Jidō Tosho Shuppansha / 児童図書出版社], 1945 (July 10). First Edition. Large 4to. 12 unnumbered pages (including color-printed stiff wrappers). Minor toning (as is almost always the case with Japanese paper produced at the end of WWII), some evidence of use (no doubt by tiny hands). Overall..... More
![Item #3797 [AFRICAN-AMERICANA]. Negro Makers of History. Carter Godwin Woodson](/pictures/thumb/3797.jpg?v=1666718058)
Washington DC: Associated Publishers, 1928. First Edition. 8vo. [2], vi, 362 pp. Faint tide-line along extreme outer fore-edge margins in the first half of the book, most pronounced in first 100 pages or so (SEE IMAGES), but the paper stock is strong and crisp. Original publisher's binding of light brown..... More
![Item #3790 [WEIRD 19TH CENTURY KITES]. Crandall's Sun Kite (advertising booklet). Crandall's Sun...](/pictures/thumb/3790.jpg?v=1666718046)
New York: Crandall's, 1889 (ca.). 12mo (5.75" x 3.75"). 8 pp., large illustration of Crandall's Sun Kite on p. [1] (text a little toned). Sewn in original printed wrappers (upper wrapper LACKING). Only a special few collectors will enjoy this little pamphlet as much as we do! Advertising booklet for..... More
Los Angeles: Universal Pictures, 1974. First Edition. Pressbook (8 1/2" x 11" stapled as issued). 9 ff. printed in b/w on glossy paper (rectos only). Preserved in mylar sleeve. Uncommon promo materials for one of the earliest Janis Joplin documentaries. "Janis: A Film" is justly considered to be a major..... More
![Item #3788 [CARTOGRAPHIC RACISM]. [AMOS 'N ANDY]. Eagle's-Eye View of Weber City (Inc.). i. e....](/pictures/thumb/3788.jpg?v=1666718044)
Chicago: Gwindell Printing Co. for Pepsodent, 1935. Together 3 items: large folding map (38.5 x 50 cm) folded three times as issued (EXCELLENT condition); accompanied by original printed letter (designed to look "handwritten") in Ebonics (a little smudged, otherwise GOOD); with the original mailing envelop with the faces of Amos..... More
![Item #3784 [AFRICAN AMERICANA] [DETROIT NURSERY SCHOOL]. Archive of 45 original photographs...](/pictures/thumb/3784.jpg?v=1673876536)
Detroit: early 1970s. Collection of 45 vintage borderless vernacular photographs, of which 41 photographs measure 5 x 4 inches, and four measure 3.5 x 3.5 inches. Near Fine., preserved in a modern black photo-album (PVC / acid emissions free). A significant collection of vernacular photographs documenting a Black-owned daycare in..... More
![Item #3781 [ERIC GILL'S EROTIC "SONG OF SONGS"]. Canticum Canticorum Salomonis Quod Hebraice...](/pictures/thumb/3781.jpg?v=1666718005)
Weimar: Cranach Presse, 1931. First Edition. 8vo (258 x 130mm). 31 pp., 1 f. (colophon). Printed in red and black, 11 wood-engraved illustrations (of which 7 are full-page) and 18 decorative initials by Eric Gill. Bound by Jeff Clements (his discrete stamped-signed initials dated '90 inside lower cover). Front and..... More
![Item #3780 Les livres de Braque realises par P A B [i.e. P.A. Benoit]. Georges Braque ....](/pictures/thumb/3780.jpg?v=1673876532)
Ales (France): [Privately Printed for P.A. Benoit], 1961. First Edition. Tall 8vo. [12] pp. including wrappers, text, and illustration. Bound in 1963 by Pierre-Lucien Martin for himself: smooth olive-beige calf, spine lettered in gold, top edges gilt, others gilt on the rough, original wrappers bound in, three binder's blanks at..... More
![Item #3776 [SAMMELBAND OF THREE 16TH-CENTURY ITALIAN PLAYS]. 1) Cresci: Tirena Favola; 2) Della...](/pictures/thumb/3776.jpg?v=1673876529)
Ferrara: Vittorio Baldini, 1584-1585. First Edition. 8vo. Together 3 works in one volume. 1) [9], 2-31, [1] ff., signed A-E8, COMPLETE; 2) [40 ff.], signed A-E8, COMPLETE; 3) 31 ff., signed A-C8, D7 (lacking 9 leaves at end: D8, E1-8). Old Italian limp vellum, spine title lettered in ink (now..... More
Scotland and Northumbria: 1852-1853. Oblong 8vo (126 x 223 mm). Contemporary tartan-patterned boards, modern leather spine very well executed, lower cover stained (presumably an ink blot), contents clean and unblemished, all specimens in excellent condition. Suitable for exhibition and study. Stretching our comprehension of the book as a physical object..... More
![Item #3774 [JAPANESE ART-DECO 1930]. Japanese Harmonica Sheet Music: Kono Taiyo ["This Sun"]....](/pictures/thumb/3774.jpg?v=1666717962)
Tokyo: Aporo Shuppansha, 1930 (Showa 5). First Edition. Folio (265 x 193 mm). [4] pp. printed on thick paper folded vertically, pages 1 and 4 printed in color, pages 2 and 3 in b/w (dust-soiled; light bumps to extremities, minor foxing, and marks). FABULOUS Japanese art-deco item, being a harmonica..... More
![Item #3765 [PAPERMAKING - MEXICAN TABASCO TREE]. Informe acerca de la explotacion del tejido...](/pictures/thumb/3765.jpg?v=1666717959)
Mexico City: Tip. de la Secretaria de Fomento, 1890. First Edition. Small 4to. 31 pp. + 1 full-page illustration. Original printed wrappers (detached, spine worn, paper stock a trifle browned and brittle). PRINTED ON PAPER MANUFACTURED FROM 25% "JOLOCIN" (MEXICAN TABASCO TREE) PAPER AND 75% RAGS. This is an early..... More
![Item #3764 [INHERITANCE LAW 1591]. Vando general en lo que toca a los testamentos, y bienes de...](/pictures/thumb/3764.jpg?v=1666717957)
Brussels: Juan Mommarte, 1596. First Edition. Small 4to. 6 ff., with the arms of Spain on the title. Small wormhole in first three leaves, affecting text, but a very good, crisp copy, unbound. INHERITANCE LAW IN SPANISH-RULED FLANDERS IN 1596: WHAT DID SHAKESPEARE KNOW? "Recent research on inheritance law in..... More
![Item #3481 [SLAVERY IN MEXICO 1863]. Message of the President of the United States,...](/pictures/thumb/3481.jpg?v=1666717940)
Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1863. First Edition. [3] pp. (final page blank). Extracted from a larger volume (the two leaves are separating). Little-known report to Congress, referencing the estimated 450 Negro Egyptians who were rounded up off the streets, beaten, and forced onto a French ship bound for Mexico..... More
![Item #3868 [FOLK ART - WOMAN CALLIGRAPHER]. [Spencerian Calligraphic Pen and Ink Drawing of a...](/pictures/thumb/3868.jpg?v=1665083011)
s.l. 20th century. On paper (585 x 460 mm), mounted to what is no doubt acidic board, formerly matted and framed (drawing paper browned along matte lines). Preserved in a mylar sleeve. LARGE, ACCOMPLISHED AMERICAN FOLK ART CALLIGRAPHY BY AN OBSCURE (NORTH TEXAS?) WOMAN CALLIGRAPHER. The artist incorporated the initials..... More
![Item #3560 [MAPPING THE WEST - COMPLETE SET IN PERFECT CONDITION]. Mapping the Transmississippi...](/pictures/thumb/3560.jpg?v=1666570982)
San Francisco: Institute of Historical Cartography, 1957-1963. First Edition. Together five vols. in six. Large folios (355 x 260 mm). Original publisher's dark green buckram over gray linen, spines gilt-stamped; standard offsetting inside boards from publisher's brown dust-wrappers, now no longer present. Unread copy. ONE OF THE GREAT WORKS OF..... More
![Item #3717 [VISIONARY FUNERARY MONUMENTS / CEMETERIES / URBAN PLANNING 1799]. Rapport sur les...](/pictures/thumb/3717.jpg?v=1655589853)
Paris: Pierre Didot, l'aine, 1799 [An VII]. First Edition. 4to., 300 x 220 mm. 2 ff., 83 pp., COMPLETE with 9 folding engraved plates (one loose, another with short tear), and with the "Projet d'arrete du département de la Seine sur les sepultures" (pp. [73]-83) which is certainly not present..... More
![Item #3754 [COMFORTING PRISONERS CONDEMNED TO DEATH]. Documenti per confortare i condannati a...](/pictures/thumb/3754.jpg?v=1652998060)
Turin: Heirs of Colonna, 1690. Third edition. 12mo. 1 blank fol. + [6], 424 pp. (some foxing throughout, pp. 135-170 with worming in blank lower margins, rather ugly but touching only four letters). Contemporary Italian vellum, four raised bands on spine, in the second compartment the author's name and title..... More
![Item #3745 [PRE-LINNAEAN HERBAL, BEAUTIFULLY HAND-COLORED]. The British Herbal: An History of...](/pictures/thumb/3745.jpg?v=1651463283)
London: T. Osborne and J. Shipton, 1756. First Edition. Folio (460 x 280 mm). With an engraved allegorical frontispiece, title vignette, title printed in red and black, dedication with engraved arms, 75 engraved plates (plate 2 torn at the foot, plate 63 mounted), ALL COLORED by a contemporary hand. Contemporary..... More
![Item #3726 [BODONI - DAPHNIS AND CHLOE 1786. In Greek]: Longus. Poimenikon ton kata Daphnin kai...](/pictures/thumb/3726.jpg?v=1648946167)
Parma: Bodoni, 1786. 4to (300 x 218 mm). Engraved title-vignette and head-piece, [8], lxxiii, [3], 164 pp. Preliminary leaves: title-page with engraved vignette, verso blank + dedication leaf to Jose Nicolas de Nibiano, verso blank + 2 unnumbered leaves dedication to Anton Raphael Mengs with half-page engraving signed "Lucatelli inv..... More
![Item #3709 [INDIAN CAPTIVITY NARRATIVE 1867]. Life and adventures of William Filley: who was...](/pictures/thumb/3709.jpg?v=1648946034)
Chicago: [Western Book Manufacturing Co. for] Filley & Ballard, 1867. Second edition. 8vo. 110 pp. (of 112, lacking final leaf which is the end of a poem and also has a small woodcut) including 8 (of 8) plates on pale yellow paper. Stiched, original illustrated front wrapper present, paper along..... More
![Item #3708 [SCOTTISH (?) COSTUME BOOK - UNRECORDED]. Dresses of Different Nations or The...](/pictures/thumb/3708.jpg?v=1648946020)
[Edinburgh?]: 1830s (ca.). Small octavo (185 x 120 mm), contemporary cloth-backed stiff wrappers (a little worn), inside front cover with small binder's ticket of "Campbell, Stationer & Bookbinder, 17 Leith Street, Edinburgh," contemporary presentation inscription to free-endpaper "Miss L. J. Wilson from Papa Pa." CONTENTS: engraved title and [37] engraved..... More
![Item #3693 [EARLY AMERICAN JUDAICA 1700]. [The Fountain Opened: or, The Great Gospel Priviledge...](/pictures/thumb/3693.jpg?v=1648945990)
Boston in New-England: Ad 1: Printed by B. Green, and J. Allen; Ad 2: B. Green, 1700 and 1722. First Edition and Second Edition. Ad 1: 16mo. Lacks pp. 1-14 (including title), and pp. 199-208, [2] at end. Bound in contemporary American sheep over scale-board (VERY WORN: SEE IMAGES). Preserved..... More
