Bridgeton, N.J. South Jersey Institute, 1891. 4 programs, 3 of them printed on folded card (1 with gilt edges and 1 with embossed yellow birds on the front). The South Jersey Institute was opened in 1870 in Bridgeton, N.J., by the West New Jersey Baptist Association as a co-educational college..... More
New York: Franco American Food Co., 1889. 2 trade cards, each 7.5 x 11 cm. Each has a chromolithographed illustration on a gilt background on one side, with "Franco American Food Co. 101 Warren St. N.Y." in the upper left-hand corner. The illustrations portray child chefs in French clothing having..... More
Chicago: S. Franklin & Co., 1905. Advertising flyer (18 x 22 cm.) printed in black on one side. Offers the company's free catalog of moldings and picture frames. The company, located at 10-26 Waller St., Chicago, manufactured moldings and frames, which were also available at Drescher & Cusson, New York..... More
New York: Dodge Publishing Co., 1910. Hardcover. 44 p.: frontispiece; 20 cm. Green suede with gilt-stamped cover title: Friendship Outstays. Dark green moire endpapers. Frontispiece is an 11x2-cm. color pastedown illustration of a winter scene, within a blue and gilt border. Title page is printed in blue and gilt within..... More
Chicago: Ludlow Typograph Co., 1930. Pamphlet. [8] p.: illustrated; 31 cm. Stitched. Includes a reproduction of the Berner Specimen Broadside of 1592 and 2 pages of Garamond type offered by the publisher, Ludlow Typograph Co. In Very Good Condition: closed 1-cm. tear from fore-edge of last leaf; first leaf and..... More
Philadelphia: Garrick Theatre, 1902. Gunn, Archie. Pamphlet. [20] p.: illustrations; 24 cm. Color illustration on front wrapper signed Archie Gunn. Wrappers are included in page count. The program is from the week of April 28, 1902, for the last week of the Philadelphia tryout of The Wild Rose, a musical..... More
Dublin: Rialtas na hÉireann, 1981. Hardcover. xi, [1], 815, [5] p.; 21 cm. Blue cloth with silver spine and cover titles. "Irish-English" at tail of spine. Lacking dust jacket. An Irish-to-English dictionary only (does not include English to Irish translation). In Fine Condition: clean and bright... More
Berlin: H. Itzkowski, 1908. Hardcover. 10th edition. iv, 468 p.; 21 cm. Black cloth with gilt-stamped spine title and gilt-stamped decoration on front cover; mirrored blind-stamped decoration on back cover. All page edges gilt. Gilt-and-black decorated endpapers. Slipcase covered in matching black cloth. Bookseller's label on front fixed endpaper: "C..... More
London: Printed by W. Strahan and M. Woodfall, for T. Waller, 1769. Hardcover. "The Second Edition, with many References and considerable Additions." Attributed variously to Robert Foley, Sir Geoffrey Gilbert, Matthew Bacon, and Henry Pooley. cf. British Museum Catalogue. Vol. 2 only. [22], 780, [42] p.; 37 cm. Folio. Contemporary..... More
Los Angeles: Genii, 1973. Paperback. [3], 404-447, [1] p.: illustrations; 27 cm. Cover illustration of Max & Salli Hapner. Includes articles by Dai Vernon, Glenn Gravatt, Len Hollyman, Michael F. Ehart, Ira Smolowitz, Roy Fromer, Richard Karschner, Clarke "The Senator" Crandall, Paul Green, Chris Kessler, and Don Keller, as well..... More
Los Angeles: Genii, 1973. Paperback. [1], 358-399, [1] p.: illustrations; 27 cm. Cover illustration of Christmas greeting from Clarke and Ruth Crandall. Includes The Joe Cossari Extention of Copenetro as told to Mickey O'Malley; Clarke "The Senator" Crandall: A Sketchy Autobiograpy; reports on Lou Tannen's 11th Annual Magicians Jubilee by..... More
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1808. Hardcover. Vol. 2 published in 1810. 2 volumes: vii, [1], 524 p., frontispiece and 62 leaves of engraved plates; viii, 444, [30] p., frontispiece and 95 leaves of plates (one folded): one in-text engraving; 29 cm. Original brown boards; both spines are covered..... More
Philadelphia: Shubert Theatre, 1929. [4] p.: illustrated advertisement; 22 cm. Book by William K. Wells and George White; music by Ray Henderson; lyrics by B.G. De Sylva and Lew Brown; costumes and curtains made in Paris by Max Weldy from designs by "Erte"; orchestra under direction of Charles Drury. Cast..... More
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Pittsburgh: German National Bank of Pittsburgh, 1884. 1 leaf 24 cm. Engraved. At head: "A. Groetzinger, President. Jos. Laurent, Cashier." "Surplus $190,000" has been crossed out in red; stamped below in red: "Surplus $206,000." Dated April 24, 1884, and addressed to A. E. Patton, cashier of the First National Bank..... More
New York: Girl Scouts of the U.S.A., 1955. Hardcover. [8], 278 p.: illustrations; 21 cm. Grey cloth spine with grey and green paper over boards. Green spine and cover titles. Brown patterned endpapers. Former owner's name on half title page, covered by a small label bearing the name of another..... More
Merchantville, N.J. Gladys Kochersperger, 1933. [4] p.; 25 cm. Printed on red paper. Gladys Kochersperger taught dance in the Kochersperger School of Dancing, which had locations in Merchantville, and Haddonfield, N.J., and in Drexel Hill, Pa., in the 1930s and later. In Very Good- Condition: exterior is slightly darkened; lightly..... More
New York: W.B. Conkey Co., 1898. Hardcover. approx. [120] p., color frontispiece: many full-page and in-text illustrations; 26 cm. Blue cloth spine; chromolithographed illustrated paper over boards. Red and gilt title on front board; illustration on front board also has gilt trim. Front illustration is of a boy and a...... More
New York: The Review of Reviews, 1931. Paperback. 118 p.: illustrations; 29 cm. Paperback with color illustrated cover. Contents include: Sunia: A Daughter of the Hills by Maud Diver; drawings by Cyrus Leroy Baldridge -- The Detective by Archibald Marshall; drawing by George Morrow -- The Highwayman by Lord Dunsany;..... More
New York: The Review of Reviews, 1931. Paperback. 104 p.: illustrations; 29 cm. Paperback with color illustrated cover. Contents include: The Heart of Little Shikara by Edison Marshall; illustrations by Kurt Wiese -- Nausicaa by Charles Nodier -- First Hate by Albernon Blackwood; illustrations by Edward Staloff -- I Want..... More
Johnstown, N.Y. Knox Gelatine, 1959. Pamphlet. 15, [1] p.: illustrations; 23 cm. Stapled pamphlet with illustrated cover. Cover title. Contains directions for using unflavored gelatine and recipes for whips, sponges and snows, chiffons, mousses and charlottes. Recipes include chicken mousse, strawberry ginger pie, turkey-tomato mold, and nesselrode pie. The "Students"..... More
Geneva [Geneve]: J. Herman Widerhold, 1681. Hardcover. Title continued: "Avec un Traité de la Poesie, Trois Dialogues familiers, la Comedie de la Moresse, des compliments, & une Guirlande de Proverbes, &c." 312, 87, [1] p.; 16 cm. Signatures: *4 A-N12 a-c12 d8 (12mo). Contemporary full vellum with writing faintly at..... More
Wernersville, Pa. Grand View Sanatorium, 1910. 13 receipts from March 12 to June 21, 1910, for Polly M. Dozier, who paid for board and lodging and occasional meals in her room, but not for medical consultation or treatment of any kind. Dr. Reuben D. Wenrich (1842-1926) and Dr. James W...... More
Paris: A. Taride Editeur, 1915. Map. 1 folded map (70 x 100 cm.) in an envelope 19 x 13 cm. "Carte Routière pour Automobilistes & Cyclists -- Centre de la France, Auvergne" -- at upper edge of map. "Cartes Taride" -- at upper edge of envelope. Map in color showing..... More
Paris: A. Taride Editeur, 1915. Map. 1 folded map (75 x 53 cm.) in an envelope 19 x 13 cm. "Carte Routière pour Automobilistes & Cyclists -- Frontiere des Alpes" -- at upper edge of map. "Cartes Taride" -- at upper edge of envelope. Map in color showing roads, paths..... More
Paris: A. Taride Editeur, 1915. Map. 1 folded map (72 x 93 cm.) in an envelope 19 x 13 cm. "Carte Routière pour Automobilistes & Cyclists -- Centre de la France: Section Sudest" -- at upper edge of map. "Cartes Taride" -- at upper edge of envelope. Map in color..... More