Palm Beach, Florida: 1910-1920? (14 x 9cm). Set of eight "real photo" postcards from Palm Beach Florida. Four with inscriptions to versos: 1) "Aren't these funny looking things for grown up people to ride around in? They are used all the time in Palm Beach." 2) " This is the..... More about Afromobile pictures
1955, 1965,1967. Correspondence from and to a fan of Erle Stanley Gardner (best known for the Perry Mason series) : 1) A.L.s. to Mr. Harry Sallee thanking him for a gift of Crimefile magazine (1955) 2) Two A.L.s. (one by Gardner and one by Thelma Lyon-secretary) to Mr. Harry Sallee..... More about Erle Stanley Gardner archive; Three A.L.s by Gardner, several by his staff. All on Gardner's...
First National, 1927. (20 x 26cm). Possibly the only still (gelatin silver) to exist from the lost silent film THE LOVE MART. The film starred Boris Karloff as a heinious Captain who was trying to enslave Billie Dove in 19th Century New Orleans. Chips and tears (1cm or less) to..... More about The Love Mart; Boris Karloff and Billie Dove
California: 1940s. 42 x 35cm. Strobel, Oscar. "Lake Arrowhead". (1891-1967) California artist known primarily for his desert landscapes and murals. This risqué 1940s watercolor illustration is believed to be of an athletic couple hitting the slopes at Snow Valley Mountain Resort-one of California's older ski areas. Signed by artist at..... More about Lake Arrowhead
Universal Pictures, 1947. (20 x 26cm). Original sepia tinted lobby publicity still photo of W.C. Fields as Larsen E. Whipsnade in the film You Can't Cheat An Honest Man. Creasing to corners. More about You Can't Cheat An Honest Man; W.C. Fields and Constance Moore
Boston: Perry Mason Company, 1926. First Edition. Staplebound wraps. Folio (35 x 27cm). [1-cover], 210-228pp. Upper cover, corners and edges wear. 5cm tear through all pages at right side of fold. In plastic protective sleeve. More about Youth's Companion; March 18 , 1926
Grand Rapids, Michigan: The Dean-Hicks Company, 1922. First Edition. 8vo (20 x 14cm). 194pp. Green cloth covers with black titles to upper and spine. Stamped design to upper cover. Foxing to tissue protector facing photography of author, but photograph clear. Rest of text block tight and unmarked. More about The Yesterdays of Grand Rapids
New York: Crown Publishers, 1947. First Edition. 4to (29 x 21cm). 128pp. Red cloth covers with black titles to upper and spine. PO gift inscription to free endpaper, rest of text block tight and unmarked. Unclipped DJ with chips to head/tail of spine and chips/tears to edges. More about Best Cartoons; Of The Year 1947
New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1902. First American Edition, 1st Printing. 4to (24 x 18cm). 249pp. Light green cloth with green titles to upper cover and spine, stamped green design to upper. Spine missing .5cm from head (horizontal line intact), 7cm tear to head of joint/spine, corners bumped, wear..... More about Just So Stories
New York: George H. Doran Company, 1927? Nielsen, Kay. Later printing. 8vo (24 x 16cm). [2], 3, [5], 9-204pp. Mustard cloth covers with dark blue titles to upper and spine. 1.5cm tear to head of spine, 3 1 x .25cm white spots (DJ residue?) to tail of lower cover. All..... More about East of the Sun and West of the Moon
St. Louis: Holloway & Company, 1887. 4to (25 x 20 cm). [4], xvii-xxxii, 576pp. Multiple colored and B/W illustrations. Rebound with new blank dark red spine, original covers with blind stamped titles to upper, corners bumped. New endpapers, PO signature to possible original endpaper, rest of text block tight and..... More about The Beautiful Story; A Companion Book To The Holy Bible
New York: Sotheby's. 2008. First Edition. 4to (29 x 23cm). 391pp. Tan cloth covers with gilt tiles to upper cover and spine, pasted reproduction of page from incunabula to upper cover. More about Fine Books and Manuscripts; Thursday 11 December 2008
New York: Christie's, 2000. First Edition. 4to (27 x 21cm). 198, 50, 148pp. Multiple illustrations. In very good + red slipcase. More about Exceptional Motor Cars The Pebble Beach Equestrian Center Sunday 20 August 2000 (three volumes);...
New York: Sotheby's, 2008. First Edition. 4to (30 x 23cm). 224pp. Dark green cloth covers with gilt tiles and pasted copy of A. Lincoln letter to upper cover, gilt tiles to spine, 2 small stains and full length line to upper cover. More about Presidential and Other American Manuscripts; From The Dr. Robert Small Trust
New York: Christie's, 2001. First Edition. 4to (28 x 22cm). 259, 307pp. original black cloth covers with gilt titles to covers and spines. In original Mylar wraps. More about The Library of Abel E. Berland Part I and II; Monday/Tuesday 8/9 2001
Moscow: 1967. First Edition. 8vo (26 x 17cm). [0], 236 [2]. Missing title page. In Russian. Blue cardboard covers with rocket launch to upper cover, green cloth spine. 2 x 2cm chip to head of upper cover, wear to edges,corners bumped. Fold-out diagram of Gemini capsule's instrument panel and numerous..... More about Gemini program/ Survey of Open Foreign Press Materials; Programma "Dzhemini"/Obzor Po...
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1937. First Edition (F-M). 8vo (21 x 15cm). 126pp. Blue paper covers with fading to head edge, black cloth spine with intact paper label. Text block tight and unmarked. Unclipped and unrestored DJ with chips, tears and 1cm missing from tail of faded spine, in..... More about Conversation At Midnight
New York: Harcourt, Brace And Company, 1939. First Edition. 8vo (19 x 14cm). 313pp. Blue cloth covers with white titles to faded spine. Inscribed (in French) by author on free endpaper. rest of text block tight and unmarked. More about Blow-Down
Milan, Italy: Ulrico Hoepli, 1917. Paperback. 16mo (15 x 10cm). 260, 53(Elenco Completo Dei Manuali Hoepli), [9] (Indice Alfabetico Per Autori) pp. Con 88 figure intercalate nel testo. Tan paper covers with tear to spine, 1cm head of spine missng. PO stamp to half-title, rest of text block tihgt and..... More about Tecnica Moderna Degli Acciai
Milan,Italy: Ulrico Hoepli, 1906. Paperback. 16mo (15 x 10cm). 130, 131-165 (Tabelle Pratiche)pp. Tan paper covers. PO stamp to half-title, rest of text block tight and unmarked. With original glassine dust jacket (several chips and tears). More about Stampaggio A Caldo E Bolloneria; Con 62 Incisioni
Milan, Italy: Ulrico Hoepli, 1923. Second Edition. Paperback. 16mo (15 x 10cm). [9] x-xix, 384pp. Green paper covers with black titles to upper cover and spine. Spine brown. PO stamps to free endpaper and half-title , rest of text block tight and unmarked. More about Ricettario Pratico Di Metallurgia
New York: Boni & Liveright, 1925. First Edition, Fourth printing. 8vo (23 x 15cm). Blue cloth covers, red title and silver design to upper cover, spine faded. Inscribed (1926) on free endpaper with original (?) hand written poem by author to half-title. More about Troubadour
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1951. First Edition. 8vo (20 x 15cm). 596pp. Tan cloth covers with gilt design to upper and gilt/blue titles to spine. Text block tight and unmarked. Unclipped DJ, small chips and tears to edges, in Mylar. More about Melville Goodwin, USA
New York: E. P. Dutton, 1949. First Edition. 8vo (21 x 14cm). 317pp. Quarter bound with green cloth covers and yellow cloth spine. Light wear to corners. Text block tight and unmarked. Unclipped DJ in Mylar, upper panel separated, multiple chips to edges and corners. More about Pemberly Shades
New York: Fredrick C.Beil, 1982. First Edition. 8vo (22 x 14cm). 26pp. Brown paper covers with black cloth spine. Gilt titles to upper cover and spine. Wear to covers and corners, 9 x 2.5cm sticker residue to center of lower cover. 3cm ink line to head edge of text block..... More about Sewanee