THE DWORAK SPECIALIZED CATALOG OF U.S. AIR MAIL COVERS.
The Gossip Printery: Holton, KS 1930. Illus, 8.5 x 6", wraps, 288pp, stain to lower front cover, covers darkened. FIRST EDITION. More
HOBBIES
E.N. WELCH MFG. CO., FORESTVILLE, CONN., USA, MANUFACTURERS OF SUPERIOR AMERICAN CLOCKS. Elegant in Style and Finish 1900.
Arlington Horology and Book Co: Arlington, nd. Illustr, oblong 6 x 9, printed stapled cream wraps, 64 pp. Covers soiled else very good. Reprint of the 1900 catalogue. More
Early reprint of a photograph by Anchorage, Alaska photographer Alberta Pyatt: "Close Play Recreation Park July 4, 1916" showing a large crowd at a baseball game watching as a player slides into home plate
(Anchorage), 1915. The photographer's last name, Pyatt, is seen in the lower left corner of the image. Oblong 7 x 11", black and white. Light creasing, tiny tear on lower margin else very good condition. Written in pencil on the reverse "1915". Image is a close-up view of the action..... More
Early reprint of a photograph by Sydney Laurence of "Susitna Station Alaska" [H.W. Nagley]
Susitna, (1915?). On the photograph "Laurence Susitna Station Alaska". Oblong 8 x 11", black and white. Light curling, creased corners, lacks one corner, light scratches in margins else good to very good. Shown in the photograph are several log buildings near the waterfront with men, boys and dogs wandering around..... More
AN EASY INTRODUCTION TO THE GAME OF CHESS; Containing One Hundred Examples of Games, and a Great Variety of Critical Situations and Conclusions, including the Whole of Philidor's Analysis...
H.C. Carey & I. Lea, and Abraham Small: Philadelphia, 1824. Folding plate, 7 x 4.25", leather backed marbled boards, 267pp, covers heavily worn, extremities bumped, hinges broken (holding on by threads), couple of inkstamped ownership names, ink inscription from former owner, pp heavily foxed and toned, folding plate has an..... More
ED MARLO ON THE ACROBATIC CARDS, With Contributions by John Racherbaumer (&) Bob Koch.
Magic Inc.: Chicago. 1981. Illustr, 8.5 x 5.5, printed stapled wraps, 80 pp, spine torn at top, cover creased at tear else a nice copy of the third printing. Scarce nonetheless. More
Eleven Original Theatre Programs and One Playbill for Appearances by Harry Blackstone.
vp, vd (c 1946-1950. Various sizes, pictorial wraps, some with folds, some with spotting and wear, but still a nice collection. Includes: Schubert Lafayette (Detroit, Sept. 12, 1948), Grand Theatre (London, Canada, Sept 29-30, 1947), Schubert Lafayette (Detroit, Jan 28, 1946), Schubert Lafayette (Detroit, Sept 12, ny), State Theatre (Kalamazoo..... More
ELEVENTH ENGLISH TOURNAMENT GAMES For The Championship of England Held at Southport, April 1909.
Glasgow 1909. Photos, 8.5x5.5", cloth, 69+pp, covers (oil?) stained, corners bumped, inner front hinge cracked. More
"ETERNAL CITIES, Photographs of Athens and Rome" [cover title, exhibition catalogue]
The J. Paul Getty Museum: np, 1988. Photos, 8.75 x 8", fold-out pamphlet to three double-sided panels, nice copy. Text by Andrew Szegedy-Maszak, of Wesleyan University. SCARCE. More
FAMOUS PHOTOGRAPHERS COURSE [5 volumes, 24 lessons].
Famous Photographers School Inc: Westport, CT, 1964. 5 volumes. Photographs (of course), four 14 x 12" binders + one 11.5 x 10" binder, some cover wear and soil, some thumbing to pages, first page of lesson 17 is detached but present, lesson assignment material present in the first binder only..... More
"FANNY" LOOM INSTRUCTIONS
Nilus Leclerc: Quebec, Canada, nd. Paperback. 8.5 x 5.5", pict stapled wraps, (6)pp, worn, toned, finger soiled; printed dos-a-dos with French language version. SCARCE. More
FAT AND OIL CHEMISTRY, Composition, Oxidation, Processing, Proceedings of the Fourth Scandinavian Symposium on Fats and Oils...
Almqvist & Wiksell: Stockholm, nd (c. 1965). Paperback. 8 x 6", cloth-tape backed wraps, 313pp, covers a little rubbed and toned, EX-LIBRARY with usual markings, but still a good, clean copy. SCARCE. More
"Feed the Brute?" Color comic postcard showing angelic woman in apron, mixing bowls and cookbook on table in front of her with silhouette of man with ax chopping something. By C. Ryan.
np (American), nd (c 1910?). Open book in corner reads: Newlyweds Cook-Book, The Road to His Heart Lies through His Stomach. Worn some, light spotting, corners with minor bumps. The woman holds open a book reading the page for "Recipe for Making Angel Food." Postally unused. More
FERRY'S HOME GARDEN GUIDE.
Ferry-Morse Seed Co.: Detroit and San Francisco n.d. (circa 1940's). Illus, 9.5x6.5", pict stapled wraps, 48pp, minor wear. More
FERRY'S HOME GARDEN GUIDE.
Ferry-Morse Seed Co: Detroit, Mountain Valley and Memphis. nd (1953?). Photos, 9.5 x 6.5, color pict wraps, 16 pp, horizontal fold, some wear and soil else a good, usable item. On back is printed: "Offered to General Motors Men and Women . . ." More
FIDE ALBUM, 1945-1955.
Sahovska Naklada: Zagreb, 1964. Illustr, 7.75 x 5.5, pict wraps, 479 pp, covers worn and lightly soiled with bent corners, former owner's address label on front fly, contents nice and clean. Chess. More
FIDE ALBUM, 1956-1958.
Zagreb, 1961. Illustr, 7.75 x 5.5, pict wraps, 187 pp, covers worn and soiled with tape-repaired tears and reinforced spine ends, former owner's and old bookstore (Budapest) paper labels on front fly, contents toned and worn. SWAF. More
FIDE ALBUM, 19562-64.
Sahovska Naklada: Zagreb, 1968. Illustr, 7.75 x 5.5, pict wraps, 259 pp, covers a bit worn, soiled and darkened, former owner's address paper label on title page else contents nice and clean. Chess. More
FINAL REPORT ON A STUDY OF ALLOYS SUITABLE FOR USE AS UNITED STATES COINAGE TO U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY, BUREAU OF THE MINT, February 12, 1965.
Columbus, OH (1965). Illus, 11x8", wraps, covers sunned, some paper remnants to front cover, light musty order else ok. More
First Day Cover: CENTENNIAL OF THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, 1892-1992.
Art Craft: Rome, NY, 1992. 3.5 x 6.5, nice image of children and flag on left, cancelled, and the 20-cent Pledge of Allegiance stamp on right, some minor wear to back, not addressed, vg. More
First Steps in Autotype Printing
The Autotype Company: London, 1907. [Photography] 5.5 x 4.75", stapled wraps, 21pp + pp, covers a bit rubbed with old rust stains on front cover, pp toned and somewhat used. With: Price List (#944) of Materials and Apparatus for the Carbro Process..., publ. by the Autotype Co.; plus small pamphlet..... More
FIVE MIND READING ACTS EXPOSED, Any Two Persons of Average Intelligence Can Perform All Acts Described Herein ["How Does He Do It?"]
Johnson Smith & Co.: Racine, WI, nd. Paperback. 7.5 x 5.25", pict wraps, 12pp + ads (of course), covers browned and a bit worn, pp browned with some minor chipping to lower fore-corners; still a nicely preserved copy of this cheaply printed ad for the Johnson Smith novelties. More
Five Miscellaneous Issues of The Draughts Review, c. 1929-1930.
The Draughts Review: London, 1929-1930. Each issue with ads, illustr, 9.25 x 6, stapled green printed wraps, vp, worn, vertical folds, browning, edge chipping but still complete. Includes: Vol 5 No 1 January 1929, Vol 5 No 2 February 1929, Vol 6 No 9 September 1930, Vol 6 No 11..... More
Five page article "Weegee's Weird World" in "Tab" vol. 4, no. 4, October 1954.
Illustr, 7.5 x 8, pict wraps, 131 pp. Covers rubbed, creased with small tears, contents have a few creased corners, light staining, pinholes, toned. More
THE FLORICULTURAL CABINET. AND FLORISTS' MAGAZINE. Volume XVIII, January - December 1850, and Volume XXI, January - December, 1853.
London: Whittaker & Co., 1850 & 1853. 25 full page color plates (Vol XVIII: 13 and Vol XXI:12), both green cloth with gilt lettering on spines, 332, 300. Covers have soiling, staining, bumped corners and spine tips. Vol XVIII: ink name, spotting and soiling to endpapers, staining to title page..... More