LUG YEARBOOK 2009, Leica M Goes Full-Frame
Leica Users Group/Blurb.com: np, 2009. Photos, oblong 8 x 9.5", glossy pict wraps, unpaginated, covers a little rubbed but still a nice, clean copy of this SCARCE publication. More
HOBBIES
MAGIC FOR FUN OR PROFIT [catalogue]
The Magic Cellar: San Francisco, CA, nd (c. 1950s). Paperback. 7.5 x 6" stiff wraps portfolio contains 16pp catalogue, two advertising sheets, a blank order form, and a return envelope; all are darkened a bit, portfolio has old ink price at top of front cover, but still nice and clean..... More
"THE MAN & HIS PAN, Rudy Stanish...The Omelet King"
(Club Aluminum: Cleveland,OH), nd. Paperback. Illus.; photos, 5 x 4", stapled pict wraps, 22pp, covers a little darkened and creased, contents good. SCARCE. Recipes, "Simple Rules..." (including #4: "Banish everything but the care of the omelet from your mind..."), ads for his "Signature" Omelet pans. SCARCE. More
MARCO MAINSPRING CHART...For All Sizes of Swiss and American Watch Movements...
C. & E. Marshall Co.: Chicago, IL, 1948. Illus., 11 x 8.5", pict stapled wraps, 20pp, covers heavily rubbed, foredges and spine reinforced with yellow cello tape, pp a bit used, but still a rather SCARCE item. Mainsprings for Swiss Watches, Elgin, Waltham, Hampden, Hamilton, Illinois, Seth Thomas and Ingersol/Trenton/Reliance..... More
MARCO THE MAGI'S PRODUCTION OF LE GRAND DAVID And His Own Spectacular Magic Company, Bibliohistory, the First Ten Years, 1976-1986.
White Horse Productions: np, 1986. 9 x 6, pict wraps, 289 pp, covers with minor shelf wear else a nice, fresh copy. BOLDLY INSCRIBED (in Spanish) AND SIGNED BY MARCO, ALSO SIGNED BY LE GRAND DAVID (who dates his inscription "7/15/88"). More
MARIA BLEDA [and] JOSE M. ROSA, CAMPOS DE BATALLA
Club Diario Levante: Valencia, nd. Paperback. Photos, oblong 7 x 12", wraps, unpaginated, covers lightly rubbed, a nice copy. SCARCE. More
Menu "Shawnee Gun & Country Club Shawnee Road Tecumseh, Ont."
Tecumseh, Ontario, Canada, nd (1930s?). Front cover photo, 8.5 x 5, and opens up to 8.5 x 15. Creased, exterior heavily soiled else good. No wild game on the menu except for duck but the meals offered include sturgeon, frog legs, pickerel. There is also a wine list in which..... More
Menu for "Da Meo Patacca"
Litotiopografia: Romana, nd (1967). Paperback. 40 x 17", printed (on one side) in red, blue, yellow on cream. Rolled, light staining/wrinkling at the top, light creasing else good to very good condition. "1969" written in pencil on the back. The airline Alitalia has its name prominently printed on the menu..... More
Menu for "Da Meo Patacca"
Litotiopografia: Romana, nd (1967). Paperback. 40 x 17", printed (on one side) in red, blue, yellow on cream. Rolled, light staining/wrinkling at the top, light creasing else good to very good condition. "1969" written in pencil on the back. The airline Alitalia has its name prominently printed on the menu..... More
Menu for the Salon Madrid, Fifth Avenue Hotel in New York City
New York, October 22, 1938. Paperback. 11 x 7" (folded), front cover is in red, black and cream and shows two Spanish musicians, menu printed on the inside. Removed from an album, pieces of the album page stuck to reverse, light creasing else good to very good condition. Below the..... More
MINING ESTABLISHMENT & RAILWAY OF SANTO DOMINGOS AND PORT OF POMARON GUADIANA RIVER PORTUGAL 1863; A portfolio of fifteen photographs by the Antoine Claudet studio plus two maps from the Office of the Admiralty
A. Claudet Photo To Her Majesty, 107 Regent Street, London W., 1863. Portfolio: 18.5 x 16", tan patterned boards, gilt trimmed maroon leather spine and corners, gilt lettering, patterned maroon interior flaps. Photographs: all are 8 x 10" except for an oval portrait 9.75 x 8.75", mounts are 18 x...... More
A Miscellaneous Group of 26 19th Century Philatelic magazines: Worcester Co. Philatelist, Filatelic Facts and Fallacies, Stamp Collectors' Figaro, Western Philatelist, etc.
vp, vd. Most approx 10 x 6, stapled wraps, vp, a bit worn, toned but still remarkably usable. Most c 1880s-90s. The lot. More
THE MITCHELL-HOOVER OFFICIAL CATALOG OF UNITED STATES BUREAU PRECANCELS . . . Twentieth Edition.
Stephen G. Rich: Verona, NJ, 1938. 7 x 5, spiral-bound wraps, 92 pp with ads, covers a bit worn and soiled, contents very good. February, 1938. More
THE MODEL RAILROADER, Vols. 8-17, Jan. 1941-Dec. 1950.
Kalmbach Publishing: Milwaukee, WI. Illus, 10 1/2 x 6 1/2" and 11 1/2 x 8", cloth, v.g. with covers bound in. Total of 10 volumes. More
Mounted Albumen Photograph of the Interior of a Hardware Store.
np, nd (early 20th. Photo is 4.5 x 6.5, mount is 8 x 10. Scratches and light soiling to photo, mount is chipped, missing upper left corner and part of lower left side, light soiling. Scene is mainly of the center aisle of the store, a row of glass cases..... More
Mounted photograph of "Argus The Magician" [Redpath Chautagua]
np, nd (1939?). Paperback. 9.5 x 7.75", mount 10.5 x 8.5", no photographer listed. Photo heavily spotted, lacks tip of one corner, ink note, mount has notes, is spotted and creased, pinhole. Written on the front "Argus Called- In Sept-17-1939." On the reverse: "'Argus' The Magician. Per add. Kankakee Illinois..... More
MOURNING CABINET CARD PHOTOGRAPH.
Giles' Ground Floor Studio: Aurora, IL nd (circa 1890s). 4 x 6.5", shows fancy draped memorial with pix of deceased and "Husband" written out in flowers, and "dear father" pillow at top. Minor abrasions else ok. Back has fancy ad showing studio. More
NATIONAL BEAUTIES AND THEIR COSTUMES, With Explanatory Text.
Geo. Kirchner & Co: NY, nd (c 1870?). 15 original mounted albumen photos, 11 x 7.75, gilt decorated red cloth, aeg, 32 pp + photo pages, covers a bit worn, extremities fraying, spine ends bumped, top of spine torn a little, hinges loose, contents toned a little with some finger..... More
NELSON ENTERPRISES...Our Streamlined Catalouge No. 31...[cover title]
Nelson Enterprises: Columbus, OH, nd. Paperback. Illus., 9 x 6", pict stapled orange wraps, 20pp, minor spine wear, several pages browned from inserted browned pp, a couple of items with handwritten ink "out" over description, others with changed prices else a nice copy of this magic equipment catalogue. Includes "Mental..... More
"NEW MAGIC, 30 TRICKS, Coin, Card, Novelty, Number . . . A Push-Out Book" [cover title].
Treasure Books, Inc: NY, 1961. Designed by Ben Klein, 11 x 8.5, pict stapled stiff wraps, 4 pp of instructions and 5 pp of push out and fold, just minor wear on covers, instruction pages toned else a remarkably untouched juvenile magic play book. Scarce in any condition! More
"NO ONE'S LOOKING", a three page photo essay by Weegee in "Night and Day" Vol. 6, No.2 February 1954 [Campanella]
Halho: New York, 1954. Illus., 13 x 10", (42)pp. Covers worn, creased and soiled, spine starting to split, letter "B" written near the top, contents toned, one page with edge tear else good condition. The Weegee photo story is three pages but he is only credited for two, no one..... More
OBSERVATORY TIME THROUGH THE POWER STATION. Brochure Number 14.
Revere Clock Co: Cincinnati, OH, nd. Illustr, 11 x 8, pict stapled wraps, (16) pp. Covers rubbed, spotted, chipped, creased, back cover torn and detached, front cover almost detached, staples rusty, contents have light soiling and creasing, tear on one page else good. Shows different types of grandfather and mantle..... More
Octagonal photo case "Genuine Union Case, Improved. Fine Gilt and Burnished Hinge. S. Peck & Co. Manufacturers"
S. Peck (New Haven), nd (1850s?). Hardcover. 3.75 x 3.25", brown thermoplastic, center oval with flower pattern, edges have scrolls and leaves, metal hinges, interior with velvet pad and glass covered section with gilt stamped gold colored trim on top and below the glass. Light wear, small chip on side..... More
OEKONOMISCHES HANDBUCH FUR FRAUENZIMMER, ERSTER BAND: Neues Kochbuch oder Geprufte Anweisung zur Schmakhaften Zubereitung der Speisen, des Bakwerks, der Confekturen, des Gefrornen und Eingemachten.
Johann Friedrich Steinkopf: Stuttgart. 1795. 7 x 4, full leather, 636 pp, index, boards detached chipped and creased, scattered staining, numerous leaves dogeared, text complete, sound and usable, chipping to last couple leaves, poor to fair condition. Second ed. More
OFFICIAL ALBUM, ALBUM OFFICIEL, Les Floralies de Montreal 1980, From May 17 to September 1, 1980.
Le Group AMPM: Montreal. 1980. Color photos, oblong 8.25 x 10.75, pict wraps, 127 pp, covers with minor shelf wear, contents a little toned else a nice, fresh copy. More