General
Vegetable Guide.
Omaha, NE. Union Pacific Railroad. No date. Ca. 1925. Booklet, black and white photo illustrations, 64pp, 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches, color pictorial paper wrappers. Occasional light soiling; good condition. A summary of vegetable production and transportation in the United States.
The Tribune Almanac and Political Register.
1863. 66 pp, 7 1/2 x 5 inches. Missing cover, chipping to edges of first and last few pages. Interior very good. Includes diagram "illustrating the relative course and position of each state, with ratio of increases from 1790-1860",illustrated advertisements, and "The Slaveholder's Rebellion. Brief Chronicle Continued from Almanac of 1862", etc.
Steve Tobin' Rubber Cushioned Horseshoe / A Pictorial Description of Broadway by the Mail & Express 1899 / Eldredge $50 Belvidere $40
No date. Ca. 1899. Three color lithographic thin card sheets each approximately 6 x 16 1/2 inches, printed in color on both sides. It appears they were at one time attached at the left edge, and two of them still are attached there. Many chips to the edges but the...
At a Georgia Campmeeting. A Characteristic March. A Song in Black.
New York. F.A. Mills. 1897. Music sheet, 14 x 11 inches, covers split and taped in two spots on left margin, margin tears with two tears entering image. Illustrated cover of a dance at a meeting.
Blue Boogie.
New York. Belwin. 1944. Music sheet, 12 x 9 inches, very good condition.
A Wandering Story of Blend Flour Glory.
Seattle. Fisher Flour. No date. Ca. 1920. Illustrated booklet 5.5 x 3.25 inches; 8 pp (including covers) that tells the story of the African-American child who, in adulthood, became the visual personification of a Seattle, Washington firm, Fisher's "Blend Flour." Some lettering on front cover abraded; contents in very good...
Boy Scouts Membership Certificate 1931-1932.
Leyendecker, J. C. (illus).
New York. National Council: Boy Scouts of America. 1932. Three-panel folded certificate that records a membership expiration date of the last day of March 1932. Size approximately 4 x 3.25 inches. Two panels of art work and the rest data and information including Scout Oath and...
Boy Scouts Membership Certificate 1939-1940.
Rockwell, Norman (illus).
New York. National Council: Boy Scouts of America. 1939. Three-panel folded certificate that records a membership expiration date of the last day of January 1941. Size approximately 4 x 3.25 inches. Two panels of art work and the rest data and information including Scout Oath and Scout...
Official Boy Scout Uniforms and Equipment.
Portland, OR. Portland Area Council Boy Scouts of America. 1961. Booklet 8 ½ x 5 ½ inches, 24 pp including covers, with damage to cover along spine edge. Contents in good clean condition. Booklet pictures and describes a wide variety of merchandise aimed at boy scouts-uniforms, packs and bags, camping...
The Heathen Chinee.
Hull, Joseph (illus).
Chicago. The Western News Company. 1870. 9 loose black and white lithographs, 7 3/8 x 5 3/8 inches, with original decorative envelope (7 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches). Envelope is split along seams, light toning, chipping, previous owner's name in pencil at top of front cover. First...
I Confess My Faith.
New York. Editorial Department The Methodist Church. No date. Ca. 1943? Booklet, 11pp, 6 1/4 x 3 1/2 inches, color pictorial wrappers.
Our National Flower. Which Shall It Be?
Boston. L. Prang & Co., 1889. Booklet, color illustrations, approximately 4pp, 7 1/4 x 5 1/4 inches, color pictorial stiff card wrappers (softbound). Covers a trifle soiled with abrasion to back cover and last page, 1/2 inch chip to upper left corner and 1/4 inch chip to lower right corner...
The New York Times. Monday, July 20, 1863.
New York. New York Times. 07-20- 1863. Single copy of the NY Times for July 20, 1863; 22 x 16 inches; 8 pages. Complete issue, never bound, folded at center; 2 inch tear at top of page 1; fold to lower right corner page 1; overall very good clean condition...
"Denver and its Mountain Parks" plus "Rocky Mountain National Park & Estes Park Hotels"
Denver, CO. Denver Convention and Tourist Bureau and Rocky Mountain National Park/Estes Park Hotels. No date. Ca. 1930s. Tourist brochures: "Denver and its Mountain Parks" 9 x 4 inches, 16 pp. illustrated chiefly with photographs, although a centerfold illustration provides a map of Denver showing the "Mountain Parks" region and...
There's More in You Than I Thought.
Dundee. Valentine & Sons Ltd., No date. Ca. 1950. Color postcard, 5 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches. Verso a trifle soiled; very good, unused condition. A vintage British post card featuring Mickey Mouse's family emptying out a piggy bank. Mickey Mouse Series 5013.
WWII Era Greeting Card Album.
1942-1944. Loose-leaf album with string binding; 14.5 x 12 inches; approximately 51 sheets with over 175 cards. On some sheets cards are attached to both sides, hence 60 pp of greeting cards. Eight pages (four sheets) have been left blank. The album was assembled in Portland, Oregon. It is in...
That's Jazz.
Los Angeles. L.A. Music Pub. Co., 1919. Music sheet, unpaginated (4 pp including covers), 1/2 x 1/8 inch paper loss to left edge, 3/4 inch tear to lower edges, 3 short tears to right edge, light stain at upper left. A vintage music sheet with great color cover graphics, issued...
A Salute to America.
Buchanan, John (illus).
London. National Children's Home. No date. Ca. 1946. Booklet in color decorative paper wrappers, color illustrated throughout, 9 1/2 x 7 inches, 16 pages. Fine condition. Beautifully designed plates by John Buchanan (1908-1953) provide the visual context for the quotations from notable Americans that embody "Vitality, Freedom...
New York Illustrated News (March 16 1861).
Nast, Thomas (illus).
New York. John King, Proprietor. 03-16- 1861. Weekly newspaper, March 16 1861, featuring, on front cover, Abraham Lincoln taking the oath of office, as drawn by Thomas Nast. Newspaper 16 x 11 inches; pp 259-304; folded Thomas Nast wood engraving at center unfolding to 23 x 32...
Black Gold. A Super Feature with an ALL COLORED CAST in Six Reels.
Arlington, Florida. Norman Studios. No date. Ca. 1928. Broadside mailer 3 1/2 x 11 inches, unfolding to four sheets size 22 x 14 inches, including a full-page facsimile of the advertising Lobby Card. Black and white photo illustrations with blue or gold-tone background coloring; some printed text in blue; overall...
The NAACP Honor Guard.
New York. National Association for the Advacement of Colored People. 1961. Booklet, 51pp, 11 x 8 1/2 inches, decorative stiff card wrappers (softbound). Light soiling to covers, interior in very good condition.
Souvenir Album of Noted Indian Photographs. Cover title: Moorhouse Indian Photographs.
Pendleton, Oregon. Lee Moorhouse. No date. Ca. 1909. Second Edition. Black and white photo illustrations, unpaginated, 9 x 11 inches, color pictorial paper label on decorative gilt titled paper wrappers (softbound) with tie at spine. Covers very worn with chips and edge tears, color paper label chipped, worn and creased;...
Panama Brand.
Santa Barbara. Johnston Fruit. Copyright 1912, but published ca. 1950s? Vintage color fruit crate label, 9 x 12 1/2 inches, unused, very good condition. This map of North and Central America is a fun piece of cartographic ephemera. It shows a map of the United States and Central America with...
George Bush Ephemera.
Several pieces of President George H. W. Bush ephemera, circa 1991. The first is a "Congressional Certificate of Appreciation" awarded by the Republication Membership of the House of Representatives in recognition of financial support dated May 24, 1991. Second, a presentation photo "Official Portrait of President George Bush and Vice...