LUG YEARBOOK 2007: The Year of the M8, Created by Members of the Leica Users Group
(Leica Users Group/Blurb.com: np), (2007). Photos, oblong 8 x 9.5", glossy pict wraps, unpaginated, covers lightly rubbed else a nice, clean copy. More
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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
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
Magic Movie Picture Card made by the G. Felsenthal Co, Chicago, showing a photographic image of a man wearing a homburg hat. A tab extends from the card and when bent it causes the man's hat to move and face to change expressions.
G. Felsenthal & Co: Chicago. Pat. Dec. 28, 1. Card is oblong 3.5 x 4.5 (including tab), card front is brown with the word "BifiX" printed above photo and two metal fasteners attaching it to the back which also happens to be a postcard. Light wear and creasing to front..... More
MAGIC OF THE ANCIENTS
George Johnson Magical Publ.: London, (1949). Illus., 7.25 x 5", pict stapled wraps, 24pp, covers a bit worn and soiled; contents very nice. Early slight of hand. More
MAGICIAN'S OWN BOOK, Or the Whole Art of Conjuring . . .
Dick & Fitzgerald: NY, 1857. Illustr, 7.5 x 5.25, gilt decorated cloth, 362 pp, covers very worn, spine badly sunned, ink stain on front cover, extremities bumped and fraying, front outer hinge torn, rear cover almost entirely detached, contents loose but still sharp with minor scattered soil and spots. SWAF..... 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, Thirty Five Years of Sustained Wonder.
White Horse Productions: Beverly, MA, 2012. Color photos, 8.5 x 5.5, pict stiff wraps, 89 pp, covers a little shelf worn else a nice, clean, tight copy. SIGNED ON TITLE PAGE BY LE GRAND DAVID and CESARIO (Marco the Magi); also signed by 13 others including Ellen Sheehan. 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
MDWG COOK BOOK (McDonnell Douglas Wives Group) Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia.
np (Saudi Arabia), nd (c 1970s?). 10.5 x 7, plastic comb bound printed wraps, 202 pp, some cover wear and soil else a very nice copy of a rather rare cookbook. 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 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
MERRY MIXER, A Booklet on Mixtures and Mulches, Fizzes and Whizzes.
Schenley Products Co: NY, 1936. Illustr, 9 x 4, stapled wraps, 34 pp, covers worn and soiled, corners creased, contents toned and used. Still, a great Depression-era drink guide. 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
THE N.B.C. Published by Advertising Department. . . " vol. 6, no. 9, September 1919 [National Biscuit Company magazine].
New York, 1919. Photos, 9.5 x 6.75, pict stapled wraps, 30 pp, covers worn and darkened with some soiling, hinge torn a bit from bottom, tear in rear cover with old cello tape, contents with some edge wear else a good copy of this scarce house organ for the National..... 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
NAWCC THIRTY SECOND NATIONAL CONVENTION, Commemorative Exhibit Catalogue. Disneyland Hotel, Anaheim, California June 17th, 18th and 19th, 1976.
Los Angeles Chapter National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors, Inc.: Los Angeles, 1976. Color and b&w illustr, 10 x 7, brown wraps with gilt lettering on front cover and gilt illustr on back cover, 64 pp. Covers have light wear and soiling, lettering rubbed, loose and detached pages (all..... 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