Detroit, 1858-1894. Two Calvert lithos, size ranges from 8.5 x 5.5 to 10 x 7.75, mostly lined. Light soiling, staining, creasing, small tears, toning else good. Most are addressed to the First National Bank of Cassopolis. Some of the banks: Peninsular Savings Bank, Seond National Bank (C.H. Buhl, vp), and..... More
The Parkers: Evanston, IL, 1956. Paperback. Envelope 6 x 8.5", light green, green lettering, pink ribbon, product sticker. Envelope has light soiling, sticker removal mark, couple of corners with small tears else good. Unopened so not examined out of envelope. "Throne Throws for The Traveler by Plane by Ship by..... More
University of Michigan, 1995. Photos; illus., 11 x 8.5", glossy stapled wraps, (16)pp, covers a bit rubbed, contents nice. Theme: "We Have Already Made History, Now, Let's Build a Better World". Also included is the Summer 1995 (Vol. 1 No.1) Tuskegee Airmen Historical Project Newsletter, some ink writing on first..... More
np (Detroit), 1929. Paperback. 9 x 6", printed stapled wraps, 39pp. Covers have light soiling and creasing, contents have light soiling else good. No program list, events squeezed in throughout between ads. Loads of really nice local ads: Paradise Candy Shop, Grunow Drug Co., Kneiding's Bakery, Moran's Mortuary Chapel, E.W...... More
GP/Publishing: Pontiac, MI, 1983. Photos, ads, 11 x 8.25, pict stapled wraps, 136 pp, covers a bit worn, corners a little bumped else contents still sharp. With the logo for the 32nd Annual Detroit Autorama on the front cover. More than 50 photos of cute women leaning on cars.... More
Indianapolis Motor Speedway Corp: Indianapolis, IN, 1936. Photos, ads, 11 x 8.5, pict stapled wraps, covers worn and darkened with a couple ink stamps (ex-lib) and black crayon squiggle, contents a little worn but clean. Original ed, not a reprint. Withdrawn from the Campbell-Ewald advertising agency library (they handled GM)..... More
Supreme Magic: (Bideford, UK), (1980). Paperback. 9.75 x 7.25", pict stapled wraps, 8pp, a nice copy with the uncut sheet of miniature cards laid in loose. SCARCE. More
np (General Motors: Detroit), 1951. Paperback. Portraits; illus., oblong 9 x 12", spiral bound silver-lettered/dec limp faux leather, unpaginated, covers a little worn, extremities a little bumped, contents nice. SCARCE souvenir tracing the history of the Pontiac car. More
np: Detroit, 1956. Hardcover. Photos, 9 x 6", cloth, pict blue and silver dustjacket, 255pp. Light wrinkling to lower margins else good to very good condition. Dustjacket is rubbed, soiled and chipped. More
np (Detroit), nd (1956). Photos, 9 x 6, cloth, 255 pp, covers a bit worn, extremities bumped, contents lightly toned else a nice copy in an edge-worn, toned dust jacket. More
Metropolitan Methodist Church: Detroit, MI, nd (c. 1951). Paperback. Photos, 12 x 8.5", pict stapled wraps, (28)pp, covers worn, creased and spotted, spine torn 2" up from bottom, a used copy. The 25th Anniversary of the Church, the 50th Anniversary of the Congregation. SCARCE. More
(Lansing, MI), 1989-1996. Hardcover. 26 issues. Illus., 11 x 8.5", self wraps, 8pp each, some horizontal folds else a nice collection from Oct-Dec 1989 to Oct-Dec 1995, plus the June 1996 (14)pp issue that announces the resignation of Robert Graves, the editor (and is considerably more professional looking). SCARCE. More
Habatat Galleries: Pontiac, MI, (1998). Paperback. Photos, 11 x 8.5", wraps, 80pp, a nice copy. More
Indianapolis Motor Speedway Corp: Indianapolis, IN, 1938. Photos, ads, 11 x 8.5, pict stapled wraps, unpag, covers a bit worn and darkened, spine fraying, a few pp detached but present (with fraying edges). Ex-lib with inkstamp on front cover (from the Campbell-Ewald advertising agency library -- they held the GM..... More
John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co.: Boston, Mass. (1920). 6x4.5", stapled wraps, unpaged, text browned, covers moderately soiled. Hand out from James E. Scanlan in Detroit. More
Taylor Publishing Co: Dallas, TX, nd (1951?). Numerous photos, 11.25 x 8.25, stamped cloth, unpag, ink name, pencil annotation throughout, corners bumped, extremities worn, small snag to back cover, with two 8x10 photos in uniform of former owner of this book. Scarce. More
The Association for Gravestone Studies: Needham, MA, 1986-1993. Illustr, half are 14 x 8.5, stapled at top corner; half are 11 x 8.5, stapled wraps, minor wear and soil else nice. MISSING VOLUME 16 #3. Also includes the index for Vols 1-5. The lot. More
Various, 1943-1946. Photograph sizes range from 2.25 x 2.25 to7 x 5, with the exception of the panoramic group photo of the battalion which is oblong 24 x 8. Included are three photo folders, 3.25 x 5, processed by Bear Photo Service (San Francisco). Overall condition: light creasing, wear and..... More
Indianapolis Motor Speedway Corp: Indianapolis, IN, 1940. Photos, ads, 11 x 8.5, pict stapled wraps, unpag, covers lightly worn, inkstamp on front cover from advertising firm (Campbell Ewald -- they handled GM for years), contents lightly toned but still nice. With "Lap Score Sheet" that is unfortunately worn at edges..... More
Automotive Daily News/Automotive News: Detroit, 1938-1942. 17 individual issues are 14.5 x 10, with stiff pebbled black wraps, 2 six month each issues are 15.5 x 11, black pebbled cloth, pagination varies on all. Ex-corporate library, wrap edge are lightly fraying, first volume of 1942 have cello tape marks, contents..... More
np, 1940 (year comm. 9 x 7" and extends to 9 x 17" with tickets (32), red and white on one side and blue and white on reverse. Creasing, light soiling and spotting, tip of one corner almost detached, date stamp of Jan. 1, 1945. Blindstamped with red Chinese stamp..... More
The American Theatre Council: NY, 1938. Photos; ads, 10 x 7", pict stapled wraps, unpaginated, covers a bit rubbed and unevenly toned, some spotting to foredge of textblock else contents good. Among the speakers were George M. Cohan, Orson Welles, Antoinette (Toni) Perry, and Robert Sherwood. More
London 1934. 10 x 6, wraps, 7 pp., wrinkled and soiled. More