New National Publishing Co.: Washington, DC & Detroit, (1985). Hardcover. 9 x 6", cloth, 299pp, spine ends a little bumped, pp toned else a nice copy in a rubbed, soiled and edge-torn/chipped/worn dustjacket. FIRST EDITION. SCARCE. Detroit attorney. More
(Salt Lake City), (1931). Paperback. Photos, 9 x 6", wraps, unpaginated (32)pp, covers creased and soiled. Photos of late 19thc. pioneer views (Sudbury Mill, Main Street, Chief Washakie) and contemporary ones (military planes at Salt Lake Airport, University of Utah, Santa Clara Indians ceremonial dance). More
Kent, June 1983. Paperback. 9.5 x 6.5", wraps, 179pp, minor wear. Over 3400 items. Cookery and food, natural history, country life, literary periodicals, Nonesuch Press, Russian literature, etc. Intro by Nicolas Barker. More
Rochester, NY, 1927. Paperback. Directions for the game are on the interior. It appears to be a variation of Chutes and Ladders, where Poor Jenny the donkey travels the countryside interacting with a "black mammy" with a rolling pin on a cardboard surface with the object being the first little..... More
Salem, NY, nd (c. 1930s). Paperback. Wooden game that has a rooster and an African American. The game was played with an air rifle that was shot at the target. When the rooster was hit the image of the African American drops down. Game appears to be working as the..... More
Churchville, NY, 1931. Paperback. Directions on the interior of the box states the object of the game is to shoot the wooden balls into the holes in the target for points. The chromolithograph in vibrant colors on the box top is the same as the target in the box. This..... More
NY, 1931. Paperback. Directions are on the side of the box lid, with the object of the game being to shoot the wooden balls into the chucklers/ mouths in the target for points. There are 8 chucklers (clowns with open mouths- 2 of which are black). The box top and..... More
Salem, Mass. nd (c. 1900). Paperback. This game is a matching card game where a player yells "quack" to identify a match. Directions are on the interior of the lid. 19 of 20 cards depicting a friar, a man carrying a book, a black child eating watermelon and an eye-patched..... More
np, nd (c. 1920s-30s). Paperback. Game has 25 cards consisting of pictures in bright colors of animals such as goats, ducks, donkeys, bears, etc. with a symbol in the upper left hand corner such as carrots, plus Pierre Noir. A variation of Old Maid? Box is 4" x 3.25". Top..... More
McLoughlin Bros.(?), nd (early 20thc.). Paperback. 48 playing cards, all present. Paper directions in box state the object of the game is to win the most cards with the 12 families of cards of 4 cards each. Families are the Fusby, Sly, Rosebuds, Sugars, Rastus (a black family), the Plates..... More
Whitman's Chocolate, nd. Paperback. 7 x 1 x 1". Small 2-3/8 oz size cardboard product box for Whitman's brand chocolate candies. This box has clear great graphic images of African American children on three sides. SCARCE. An interesting product that Chief Justice Marshall prior to his Supreme Court appointment sent..... More
No manufacturer, nd (early 20thc.). Paperback. Cardboard dexterity game with small metal balls that are rolled in the box into the African American minstrel's open mouth. The minstrel has earrings and a bow tie. The Chromolithograph cover is not faded with nice colors and depicts the same African American on..... More
Chicago, (1920). Paperback. Illus. (including seven color plates), 13.5 x 10", wraps, 110pp, endpapers frayed, small piece from front one, covers worn and darkened with edge tears, offsetting on p102-103. Features crochet, tatting, knitting, millinery, dressmaking, modern laundry methods, etiquette, exercise, skin care, teeth, canning, cuts of meats and much..... More
Pocket Books: (NY), (1991). Paperback. Oblong 8.5 x 14", wraps, 217pp, spotting and discolor to front cover, minor wear and soil. ADVANCE GALLEY'S Jimmy Flannery Mystery. A man with a gym membership named "Porky Pig" drops dead in front of Jimmy, no ID and old Italian lire in his pocket..... More
Garnier Freres: Paris, nd (1920s?). Hardcover. 12 full page plates by Dore, 12.5 x 9.5", cloth backed pict boards, 27pp plus plates, small corner of fep lacking, spine worn and discolored, covers well rubbed and soiled, inner hinges cracked, pp browned else good. In French. The Wandering Jew. More
Yale University: New Haven, (1970). Paperback. 13 x 8.5", 32pp, very good condition. 22 FULL PAGE REPRODUCTIONS OF BASKIN'S DRAWINGS. Includes scenes from The Inferno, Purgatorio and Paradiso. More
Felicie Inc.: NY, (1973). Hardcover. Illus., 12 x 8.5", color pict cloth, 322pp + colophon, extremities worn, spine a bit cocked, pp toned, textblock a bit used, in a rubbed dustjacket. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION (NAP). A well-used but still good copy. More
Thames and Hudson: (NY), (1997). Hardcover. 2 vols. Photos, 11.5 x 9.25", cloth, 875pp with index, minor extremity wear else a nice set in a lightly rubbed and edge-bumped dustjackets. FIRST EDITION (NAP). More
Christie's: NY, 1999. Hardcover. Photos, 11 x 8.5", red cloth, 415pp, textblock a bit yellowed else a nice, clean copy in a lightly edge-worn, creased and rubbed dustjacket. More
Sam/Gabriel Sons & Co.: NY, 1923. Paperback. Color illus., 12 x 10", color pict stapled wraps, (12)pp, disbound, worn and soiled. Story of "Goldenlocks" the burglar. More
Merrill Publishing: Chicago, 1952. Paperback. Cloth, color illus., 10 x 7.5", unpaginated. Covers worn, rubbed, frayed, creased, contents have creasing, soiling, light staining. Interior illus. are bright and charming. SCARCE. "Bow, wow, wow! Whose dog art thou? Little Tom Tinker's dog. Bow, wow, wow!" More
Hampton Publishing: np, (1950). Paperback. Illus. by Thelma Gooch, 10.5 x 8.5", linen, unpaginated. Well worn and rubbed, creased, soiled/stained, frayed, spine thread unraveled and partially gone. "Jack-In-Box", "X mas Tree". Thelma Gooch was a well-known pulp magazine and children's book illustrator. More
Hampton Publishing: np, (1951). Paperback. Illus. by Howard L. Hastings, oblong 8 x 10", linen, unpaginated. Well worn, creased, soiled/stained, frayed, spine thread unraveled and mostly gone. "It's supper time for the white rabbit and her bunnies. Can you see he carrots they are eating?" SCARCE. More
Street Department, City of New York, 1864. Paperback. Oblong 7.5 x 9". Fold creases, splitting at folds, chipped at corners, missing small piece of one corner else good. Items purchased were axes and handles, brass trumpets, a brass lantern. Signed by Fire Commissioner Bonnoll, Chief Engineer John Dicker and Deputy..... More
Pacific Palisades, CA, Jan. 28, 1976. Paperback. 2pp, 5.5 x 8.5", very good condition. On Miller's personal stationery regarding Miss Cordes, his elementary school teacher. "I wrote about her in 'Book of Friends', just out, in a chapter on a school mate whom she may remember- Jimmy Pasta!...Give her my..... More