Document Collection Celebrating the 30th Anniversary of the Establishment of Shenzhen Art Museum
(2006). Folio. The 30th Anniversary of the Establishment of Shenzhen Art Museum. 147p. Chinese text. Illustrated with black and white photographic images and art.Bound in black cloth, upper board with another board covered in red paper lettered in gilt, a couple of small bumps to upper edge. A very good copy.
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Library of Classic Realism
London: Gibbings & Co. Ltd, 1901. Limited Edition. 12mo. In 21 volumes limited to only 500 sets, The Florentine Edition. Includes The Decameron by Boccaccio, The Confessions of Rousseau, The Writings of Rabellais and Persian Letters by Charles Louis Montesquieu. Illustrations reproduced from the plates engraved for the celebrated edition of 1757, and designed by Gravelot, Eisen, Boucher and... Read More
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In Den Karpathen Und Im Buchenland
Berlin: Georg Mueller, 1916. Original Wraps. Good Copy First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Der Oesterreichisch-Ungarische Krieg in Feldpostbriefen. Zweiter Band. Herausgegeben von M. Winter. Mit einer Einleitung vom Kriegsb erichterstatter Hugo Schulz. stamped Withdrawn from Hoover Library as duplicate.
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Directory of Birmingham Monthly Meeting, 1880
Phoenixville, PA, 1889: Brimingham Monthly Meeting of Friends; Serrill J. Sharple, Printer. 3" X 4 1/4" 22 pages listing member's names and adresses, bound in brown paper wraps, lacking front wrapper, A good copy.
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Signed Photograph of Grace Null Crowell, Poet Laureate of Texas
Signed photocard (3 1/2" x 7 1/4") by Grace Null Crowell. Besides being the most popular poet in America in the 1940's, she was appointed Poet Laureate of Texas and was named in 1938 as one of the ten most outstanding women in America.
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The Fighting Top University of Southern California Presents the Trojan Sea Horse
Los Angeles: Institute of Character Research, USC, 1946. First Edition. Original Paper Wrps. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 96 unnumered pages with a picture of the last year of the NROTC class at USC all of whom were expecting service in the Pacific in the last phase of the II World War until... Read More
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Punch's Pocket-Book for 1871 Containing Ruled Pages for Cash Accounts and Memoranda for Every Day in the Year. An Almanack; and a Variety of Useful Business Information
London: Punch Office, (Bradbury & Evans). 12mo. . Folding color frontispiece, full page illustrations and textual illustrations by John Tenniel, C. Keene, L. Sanbourne, etc. in two parts. Lists the government agencies, theatres, exhibitions, the Queen's household Governors of colonies, a cash account for each month, a daily diary or memoranda. The second part gives poetry and some plays... Read More
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![Thomas T. Kissam to Thomas Fuller, Two Page Autographed Letter Signed, Bethany, Pennsylvania, [with Reference to Randall Wilmot], October 31, 1831](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/612/930/968930612.0.m.jpg)
Thomas T. Kissam to Thomas Fuller, Two Page Autographed Letter Signed, Bethany, Pennsylvania, [with Reference to Randall Wilmot], October 31, 1831
An interesting series of connections in Bethany Pennsylvania in 1831. Thomas T. Kissam has written to Thomas Fuller, an Attorney in Bethany requesting him to proceed in collecting an unpaid debt of Joseph Miller. He writes that they have a mutual friend, Randell Wilmot [father of David Wilmot, of the 'Wilmot Proviso'] who recommended him. He... Read More
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La Nouvelle Revue Francaise: Hommage a Paul Claudel 1868-1955, Le Poet, Le Philosophe, Le Dramaturge, La Bible et Le Monde Claudelien Hommages, Souveniers
Paris: Nouvelle Revue Francaise, 1955. Octavo. 163 pp. with black and white photos of Claudel's bust and his death mask. Contributions by St.-John Perse, Superveille, Jouhandeau, Blanchot, and others. Paul Claudel was a French poet, dramatist and diplomat, and the younger brother of the sculptress Camille Claudel. He was most famous for his verse dramas, which often convey his... Read More
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Cartoons Von Manfred Deix. Ausgewahite Arbeiten 1976 - 1980
Wien, Germany: ORAC, 1985. Manfred Diex. Folio. (200pp.). Delightfully wicked, German political cartoons from 1976 - 1980, including Jimmy Carter, the PLO, and German leaders, of course. cartoon endpapers. Bound in decorated boards, with blue letters on black background. Owner's name on free endpaper.
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22nd Annual Exhibition, Cowboy Artists of America 1987, with Price List for Phoenix Art Museum Sale
Flagstaff, AZ: Northland Press, 1987. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 8vo., ~55pp. Illustrated checklist of artists, with photograph, biographical sketch, and example of paintings or sculptures. Price list for Phoenix Art Museum sale. In illustrated wraps.
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Tombstone's "Buckskin Frank." Nashville Franklyn Leslie The Story of Tombstone's Fastest Gun, the Most Notorious Ladies an, and Its Biggest Liar
Red Marie's Books on the West, 1985. Orginal Wraps. Near Fine. Octavo (7¾" - 9¾" tall). 39pp. Selected sketches of various shootings involving Leslie, including "reported" and "actual" for many lies associated with his life. Photographs. Facsimile. Bound in illustrated paper wraps.
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Vellozia: Bound Volume 1, Numbers 1-6
Rio De Janeiro: Centro De Pesquisas Florestaiss e Conservacao De Natureza, 1961. First Edition. Cloth. Octavo (7¾" - 9¾" tall). Portuguese and English text. 8vo., (approx. 300pp.) Collated Numbers 1-6 of Vellozia, volume 1, (1961-1968), containg botanical papers of species description and conservation. Illustrated. References. Bound in black cloth boards, with silver title on... Read More
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Memorial of Kate Benedict Freeman; Printed for Private Circulation
New York: Robert Carter and Brothers, 1870. First Edition. Cloth. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 151p. Kate Benedict Freeman's early death af age 29 seemed tragic; nevertheless, she had already made a wonderful contribution in her early life. All through her early twenties, she visited the Civil War wounded veterans at the Central Park... Read More
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REPRESENTATIVE ART AND ARTISTS OF NEW MEXICO
Santa Fe: Museum of New Mexico, 1976. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Light blue pictorial wraps, short history of Santa Fe art. Examples of art, photos of artists. 41pp.
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Phoenix Brass Band...First Anniversary, Grand Promenade Concert and Ball..1881
1881. The band and dance invitation was to be held at Woolsey Hall on March 17, 1881. Brass bands were a major point of civic pride as the cities became centers of business as well as agriculture but also of major social events. (See the Library of Congress overview on the American Brass Band Movement).The recipient of... Read More
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American's Hand Book; Containing the Declaration of Independence, Washington's Farewell Address and the Constitution of the United States
Rutland, Vermont, & Tokyo, Japan: George A. Tuttle and Co, 1855. 3" x 4 3/4" ". 72pp., Giving the full Declaration of Independence, the signers, Washington's farewell speech along with the Constitution and the 13 amendments. Bound in publisher's brown patterned cloth, no lettering, pale orange endpapers, text clean and bright, binding with bump to head. A very nice... Read More
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![Original Document re: New York and Harlem Rail Road [sic] (Railroad) Signed By Simeon Baldwin](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/848/652/1084652848.0.m.jpg)
Original Document re: New York and Harlem Rail Road [sic] (Railroad) Signed By Simeon Baldwin
1 page hand written internal document of Simeon Baldwin's Purchase of 200 shares of the stock of the New York and Harlem Railroad [they do not treat it as a compound word; hence, rail road] The New York Legislature approved the Corporation in April of 1831. This document is a month later (May 30, 1831) addressed to a "Dear... Read More
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Photograph of Nome at Front Street, Fourth of July Celebration, Ca. 1904
Original photograph of Fourth of July Parade (circa 1900) passing by the Miners Merchants Bank of Nome, Alaska (measuring 9 1/2" x 6 1/4". The Library of Congress Collection has a panorama photograph from 1899 which shows the buildings but with mostly tents and lean-to's. Since those from 1906-1913 have changed and automobiles have not yet... Read More
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Report Relative to the Contested Election from the County of Halifax
Richmond, Virginia: William F. Richie, 1863. Octavo. 6 pages. bound with: Minority Report relative to The Contested Election (1863) 4 pages. Measuring approximately 5 1/4" x 8 7/8" OCLC records copies at University of Alabama and Wake Forest. Another source shows the Virginia State Library has a copy. When David Chalmers took the seat in the Virginia General Assembly... Read More
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![[Broadsheet] $1,000 Reward; To Detectives and Police Officers](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/470/837/638837470.0.m.1.jpg)
[Broadsheet] $1,000 Reward; To Detectives and Police Officers
Freeport, Illinois, 1878. Broadsheet: I send herewith a photograph of George Thompson, formerly County Clerk of Stephenson Illinois. He left here about four and a half years ago. Indictments have been found against him for mutilating the records of the country and for forgery. He fled to Canada then ended up in California but eventually returned to Illinois where... Read More
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Baptist Catechism, or a Brief Instruction the Principles of the Christian Religion, Agreeable to the Confession of Faith...to Which are Added Proofs from Scripture
Wilmington: P. Brynbert, (Printer), 1809. 12mo. Rare American edition, 36pp., bound in plain gray wrappers, worn along spine with some paper loss, a bit of paper lost to upper right corner, internally clean. A very nice copy of this small early book.
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The Royal Tank Corps Journal, Vol. 10
Bovington Camp, Wareham: Royal Rank Corps Center. Quarto. May 1928-April 1929. 442p. One of the most important sources on tank development and theory of usage in the period between the World Wars. Full page photographs of King George reviewing the Officers (p. 51-58); B.H. Liddell Hart's article on "the Army and the Future--Lessons of 1928" Articles on modern anti-tank... Read More
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Tommy Dorsey, inscribed Photography
8" x10" inscribed photograph. "To Julius, Sincerely, Tommy Dorsey." Because of his early death at age 51 signed photographs are relatively uncommon.
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Pennsylvania Land Grant
1789. Indenture on vellum measuring 28" X 11", Dated March 3, 1789, with one Pennsylvania seal and four red wax seals each signed by Alex Fullerton, Richard Fullerton, Esther Fullerton and Charles Marshall. John Evans was granted a portion of land to be purchased from the Fullerton family; Richard, Alex and Esther Fullerton and Charles Marshall (noted as a... Read More
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