![[Bookseller Catalogue]: Catalogue 59: Literary First Editions, Illustrated Books, Fine Printing, Poetry: James S. Jaffe Rare Books](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/126/699/1445699126.0.m.jpg)
[Bookseller Catalogue]: Catalogue 59: Literary First Editions, Illustrated Books, Fine Printing, Poetry: James S. Jaffe Rare Books
Haverford, Pennsylvania: James S. Jaffe Rare Books, 1999. Softcover. Near Fine. Stapled wrappers. Octavo. 72pp. Spine and edges of wrapper lightly sunned, else fine.
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The Galaxy. A Magazine of Entertaining Reading, Vol. 19 (January to June, 1875)
New York: Sheldon & Company, 1875. Hardcover. Very Good. One bound volume of six monthly issues (January-June, 1875). Octavo. 864pp. Contemporary dark green half morocco and light purple pebbled cloth, decorated gilt spine, light green endpapers. Binder's ticket: "Robinson Bro's & Clark ... Green Bay, Wis." on front pastedown. The spine and joints are rubbed with some wear... Read More
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Before Hollywood: Turn-of-the-Century Film from American Archives
New York: The American Federation of Arts, 1986. Softcover. Fine. First edition. Fine in wrappers.
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Louisiana's Fabulous Foods and How to Cook Them: Original Recipes of Many Louisiana Hostesses and Famous New Orleans' Restaurants
Softcover. Very Good. Very good paperback. No date. 80 pages. Clean text. Staple binding.
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Beatrice Casadesus: Synoptique, 1982 - 2006
Arras, France: Centre culturel Noroit, 2005. Softbound. VG. Color illustrated wraps. 32 pp. Many color plates and photographs. In French. Exhibition Feb 4 to April 9 2006, la Ville de Arras. Essays by Andre Descamps, Bruno Vouters, and Lydi Harambourg.
Offered by Mullen Books, Inc.
How to See the Lake of Lucerne
Lucerne: Raeber, 1980. Softcover. Very Good. Very good in wrappers. Paperback, Pamphlet has light soiling covers, clean text.
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The Philistine
New York: Society Of The Philistines. Softcover. Very Good. First thus. Very good in wrappers. Paperback. Paper covers lightly rubbed on edges and soiled, clean text, front cover corner creased.
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![[Stereoview]: Cylcone at Rochester Minnesota, August 21, 1883](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/361/747/1567747361.0.m.jpg)
[Stereoview]: Cylcone at Rochester Minnesota, August 21, 1883
J.C. Cook, 1883. Unbound. Very Good. Stereoview photograph. Imperial size, measures 4¼" x 7". Gentle bumping and some rubbing along the edges, spotting on the photos, modest soiling on the verso, very good. Verso with a neat ink inscription reading: "Mr. Cole was found several roads north east of here." Image shows the tornado damage done to Cole's... Read More
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Everybody's Favorite Songs: Over 200 Songs
New York: Amsco, 1933. Softcover. Very Good. First thus. About very good in wrappers. Paperback. Edges bumped, rubbed and faded.
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Original Poster for the Harkness Ballet
n.p., 1966. Very good.. Poster advertising the Harkness Ballet, a company founded by Standard Oil heiress Rebekah Harkness in 1964. From early in the company's history, with George Skibine as artistic director. The Harness Ballet performed primarily in Europe before opening its own theater in New York, with a company including Alvin Ailey and other avant-garde choreographers. A... Read More
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A.B.C. BOOK OF ANIMALS AT PLAY
Cleveland and New York: The World Syndicate Publishing Co, 1929. Very good.. First printing of this giant, colorful ABC and counting book, featuring a number of unexpected animals. B is for bear, M is for monkey, and X is, of course, for xeri. This oversized alphabet book with Harrison Cady-esque illustrations makes some fascinating choices when it comes... Read More
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THE SECOND LINE
New Orleans: New Orleans Jazz Club, 1959. First Edition. Very good +.. 5 issues of this 1950s Jazz fan magazine, issue via mailorder by the New Orleans Jazz Club. Consists of critical articles on jazz culture and accounts of jazz news, both local and national. Subjects include Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Jelly Roll Morton, and many other contemporaries.... Read More
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[HISTORISCOPE]
[Springfield, Mass.]: [Milton Bradley & Co.], 1890. Very good.. Reconstruction-era historical panorama of the early colonization of North America and American Revolution, a complex marriage of education, play, and myth-making. This moveable panorama is more than a toy: it is loaded with socio-cultural implications of myth-making the United States in the wake of the Civil War. While the... Read More
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![[Carte de visite photograph]: "Trubble in de Church" (Photograph of an African-American caricature)](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/586/383/1450383586.0.m.jpg)
[Carte de visite photograph]: "Trubble in de Church" (Photograph of an African-American caricature)
[No place (United States): no publisher, 1870. Unbound. Near Fine. Albumen print carte de visite photograph. Measuring 3 3/4 by 2 3/8 inches, on unprinted cardstock mount, measuring 4 1/8 by 2 1/2 inches. The image is fine, fresh and bright, with excellent contrast. Image depicts a caricatured image of an African-American congregation and preacher. The photograph, captioned:... Read More
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IBUNSŌ [Collection of Exotic Tales]
[Japan]: n.p., 1853. Very good.. Manuscript collection of three foreign affairs reports documenting late-Edo Japan's intelligence gathering and strategic planning around the years of Commodore Perry's armed arrival in 1853. A rare primary source from an epochal turning point in world history. After word reached the Tokugawa shogunate of Perry's imminent expedition to pressure Japan into opening to... Read More
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(Trade catalog): Ideal Model Aeroplanes and Supplies 1920
New York: Ideal Model Aeroplane and Supply Co, 1920. Softcover. Good. 24mo. 48pp. Illustrated. Stapled illustrated wrappers. Stain and small chips and tears on front wrap, else good. Well-used trade catalog for a model airplane maker.
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PLAYMATES ABC
New York: Graham & Matlack, 1895. Very good.. Exceptional linen alphabet book that uses a fun searching game to teach early readers letters and numbers. The text in verse asks the child to find the letter within the words listed; the end of the book has a counting rhyme. The educational text still retains whimsy: one full-page chromolithograph... Read More
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EASY INTRODUCTION TO THE GAME OF CHESS
Boston: C. Bingham & Co. (H. Bowen, printer), 1820. Very good.. Scarce Boston chapbook teaching chess to beginners. Erroneously dated 1805 in Shaw & Shoemaker, Bowen printed this booklet in Boston 1817-1821, according to BENJAMIN FRANKLIN AND CHESS IN EARLY AMERICA by Ralph Hagedorn. The publisher Caleb Bingham was a Dartmouth graduate who opened a school for girls... Read More
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AN INTRODUCTION TO COLOR [Cover Title]
[Los Angeles]: CBS Television Network Operations Department, 1965. First Edition. Very good +.. An internally printed and distributed binder of materials on the conversion to color television broadcast equipment prepared for staff of CBS' operations department. This copy formerly belonging to Royce A. Fish of Rockville, MD, a longtime CBS News broadcast engineer. Divided into 10 sections each... Read More
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SWING: "The Bold One" - Vol. 1 No. 9
np: np, 1972. Very good plus.. Pornographic newspaper focused primarily on swinging and swingers, but also orgies and BDSM. Includes a lengthy personals section. Folded newspaper (15" by 11.5" approx). Mild toning as usual near edges. Small closed tears to several pages, but no losses. Clean, crisp throughout. 23pp.
TEETOCK AND PEEKO
n.p.: n.p., 1935. Very good.. Utterly disarming handmade children's book, detailing the story of the titular monkeys. Undoubtedly written for the owner of the "real" monkeys pictured in the frontis, the tale extends over five chapters as Teetock and Peeko struggle to return home from Furry Face Land. Quaint, cute, and illustrated with two colorful and striking paintings.... Read More
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YOUNG ONES PRIMER
n.p.: n.p., 1890. Very good.. Great ABC book, with a charming rhyme for each of the colorful letters of the alphabet with accompanying depiction. 8.75'' x 6.75''. Original chromolithograph pictorial wrappers. Interior illustrated in three colors. [8] pages. Faint small stain to bottom right corner of both leaves and wrapper; light creasing to wrapper. Spine firm.
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NURSERY RHYMES
n.p.: n.p., 1930. Near fine.. Die-cut Mother Goose rhymes, in the shape of a little girl carrying a pig. Rhymes include "This Little Pig," "Pussy Cat," "Little Jack Horner," etc. A charming picture book. 8.74'' x 3.25''. Flexible card wrappers. Featuring 5 full page color illustrations and 6 illustrated in brown line.
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Original Girl Scout Camp Photo Album
1929. Very good.. Collection of photographs documenting several summers at Girl Scout Camp Cardinal and Camp Tall Trees in the late 1920s. Campers and counselors alike are shown here in uniform, in costume, and dressed for sport. The careful captions identify each person by name or nickname ("Captain Betty") and include dates and often places. Among the photos... Read More
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KENILWORTH, ILLINOIS [Cover Title]
n.p. [Kenilworth?]: n.p., 1910. Good.. A beautiful photographic study this planned community, one of the first communities in the US to incorporate landscape architecture into its development. Includes a picture of founder Joseph Sears, as well as those of several houses and buildings. Most images though of natural surroundings. While the album's exact purpose is unclear (though we... Read More
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