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...
S.l. General Electric Co., 1906. 1 leaf (19 x 14 cm.) with color advertisement for the electric fan sold by General Electric. With a striking color illustration of a Dutch woman in wooden shoes in the fore-ground, with the wind blowing her dress, and a traditional wooden windmill in the...
Los Angeles: Genii, 1973. Paperback. [2], 271-311, [1] p.: illustrations; 27 cm. Cover illustration of Richard Ross, Grand Prix winner, Paris, 1973. Includes Silent Mora's Letter by Charles Miller; a report on the F.I.S.M. Convention held in Paris; and articles by Dai Vernon, Glenn Gravatt, David Ginn, Donald Brookover, Art...
Los Angeles: Genii, 1973. Paperback. [1], 446-487, [1] p.: illustrations; 27 cm. Cover illustration of Paul Fidler, "the Magic Hawaiian." Includes A Name Revelation with Faro Shuffles by Michael S. Ewer; an article about the murder of Kent Richards, a New Jersey magician, in the Virgin Islands; an obituary of...
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...
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...
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...
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...
New Haven, Conn. A.C. Gilbert Co., 1919. Paperback. 32 p.: drawings and photographs; 18 x 27 cm. Light green wrapper printed in orange and black with front wrapper illustration of three boys building a large bridge. Catalog with drawings of parts and tools that could be purchased separately, as well...
Mantes, France: Granger-Courel, 1886. 1 trade card 8 x 12 cm. Chromolithographed illustration of a small person (an elf?) lying on a large scroll, whittling a quill; the background is gilt and green with pink flowers. Granger-Courel was a silk dyeing and cleaning business located in Mantes, France. The text...
New York: G. Hayward, 1865. 1 sheet 18 x 12 cm. "Lith. G. Hayward 171 Pearl St. N.Y." -- in lower left-hand corner. View of a three-story frame corner building showing people and barrels in front. Charles Dusenberry was active as a grocer into the 1840s. In Good Condition: faint dampstaining.
Philadelphia, Pa. Lyric Theatre, 1920. 24 p.: illustrated advertisements; 20 cm. Stapled program printed in grey and red with "Lyric & Adelphi Theatres" on front cover. The program for "The Guest of Honor" starring William Hodge at the Lyric Theatre beginning Mon., March 1, 1920. The cast included Jennie Lamont...
Chicago: Hamlin's Wizard Oil, 1902. Paperback. [32] p.: illustrations; 19 cm. Pink wrappers with front wrapper illustration; stapled. No date of publication; includes testimonials dated 1902. "For sale by L. L. Staehle, Druggist, 169 South Orange Avenue, Newark, N.J." -- stamped on back wrapper. Louis L. Staehle (d. 1923) graduated...
Philadelphia: Cutter Electrical & Mfg. Co., 1919. Hardcover. 263, [1] p.: illustrations, diagrams, tables; 24 cm. Blue cloth with white spine and cover titles. Spine title: Circuit (I-T-E) Breakers. No date of publication; 1919 is the year assigned in WordCat records. Former owner's name on front fixed endpaper: Cornelius C....
London: 1771. Handwritten letter, dated Jan. 1, 1771, to John Thurman, Jr., from Richard Clay, Paul Agutter, William Harper & Nevil Noble, merchants in London. John Thurman, Jr. (1730-1809) opened a dry good store in New York City in 1765 and went on to become a very successful merchant. The...
1708. One handwritten deed in beautiful calligraphy, dated 17 March 1708. 38 x 31 cm., folded. John Bydes the Elder of Little Munden, Hertford Co., yeoman, and his son John Bydes the Younger of Elsworth, Huntington Co., polterer, mortgage to Robert Hadsley of Great Munden, Hertford Co., a property known...
1895. 1 photograph 16 x 11 cm., mounted. Approx. 1895. Shows part of a parade of horse-drawn vehicles. Banner on center vehicle reads "Hardly Able Hook & Ladder We Save the Cellar"; the last word or words are blocked from sight. A comic float; the people on the vehicle are...
Hatboro, Pa. Hatboro High School, 1933. Paperback. 2 leaves; 14 cm. White card covers tied with a dark blue leather strip. Front cover embossed with leaf and vine decoration; printed in black "Hatboro High School" and a calendar for June 1933 with the 22nd, the date of graduation, printed in...
New York: Hearn, 1927. Paperback. [20] p.: illustrations; 10 cm. Stapled; card cover printed with continuous color illustration. No date of publication, but it states that it was the 100th anniversary of its founding. George A. Hearn established his store in 1827; it moved to 14th St. in 1879. This...
Lowell, Mass. C. I. Hood & Co., 1890. Paperback. [16] p.: illustrations; 11 cm. Card cover die-cut in the shape of a pansy. Gilt-stamped cover title over chromolithographed pansy in purple and orange, with small illustration of a river in the center. Back cover is a chromolithographed pansy in white...
Lowell, Mass. C. I. Hood & Co., 1899. 1 die-cut card with a chromolithographed illustration of two little girls on the front, with "Hood's Sarsaparilla Calendar" and "1900" on their night caps. Stapled to their dresses is the calendar for 1900, which includes proverbs and advertisements for Hood's Sarsaparilla. The...
1927. 1 sheet 27 x 13 cm. Printed on one side. Playbill for a production of An American Tragedy, a play by Patrick Kearney from the novel by Theodore Dreiser; staged by Edward Goodman; settings by Carolyn Hancock. Starring Morgan Farley, Janet McLeay, and Katherine Wilson. Horace Liveright (1883-1933) was...
Philadelphia: s.n., 1883. Paperback. [32] p.: illustrations; 19 cm. Sewn. Lacking wrapper? No publication information; probably published in Philadelphia. Contains calendar for 1884 with recipes, medical advice, and other useful information for the housekeeper. The recipes include chestnut sauce for roast turkey; Westphalia loaves; mock turtle soup; coffee jelly; cauliflower...
New York: Howe National Bakery, 1879. 1 trade card 7 x 12.5 cm. with chromolithographed illustration on one side of 3 ducklings and flowers, for the Howe National Bakery, 745 Third Ave., P.E. Henderson, proprietor. The illustration is marked: "Copyrighted 1879 by Bufford, Boston." The other side advertises the bakery's...
New York: Sammis & Latham, 1882. Cards. 5 cards 11 x 7 cm. printed in black on a gilt background. The cards present a father as he learns his wife has given birth to not one, not two, not three, not four, but five babies. Sammis & Latham published a....
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