Ephemera

SCB Photographics Publ,, 1981. PBO Softcover Pictorial Wraps,Slightly Oversized, 1981, stated 1st Limited edition, #168/500, Minor Rub & Wear Cover, Interior Nice, Tight Clean, FINE/F-, 59 pgs. Signed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover.

President Richard Nixon Personalized Gold Tie Clasp  ,Fine Condition, Like New, AS-IS. Unbound.

1964. ORIGINAL Ticket Yellow & Black in Color, all seat $1.25, 9 P.M., 1/2\" X 3 1/2\", NF. First Edition. Unbound.

Boston & Charlestown, MA: Free Democratic State Committee & Republican Club, 1854. Leaf. Very Good. Two early contribution receipts; one from the Boston Republican Club in 1856 and the other from the Free Democratic State Committee of Massachusetts in 1854. The Free Democratic Party was one of several splinter political parties (e.g., Liberty Party, Free Soilers, etc.) that formed in opposition to the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854, which repealed the Missouri Compromise and opened up the new territories of the United States to slavery. The Free Democratic Party quickly banded together with other anti-slavery parties to form the Republican Pary in 1855. The Free Democratic Party receipt was printed by J. S. Potter & Company; the Republican Party receipt is manuscript. Both receipts are made out to Oliver Smith, a prominent Massachusetts businessman, philanthropist, and statesman.

New York: Cleanliness Institute, 1928 Small booklet printed in black on green paper, closed tear and small chip from rear cover. Deceptively, this little book has nothing to do with magic, but rather each "magic trick" is actually an act of personal hygiene. The author and artist take a humorous approach which should have appealed to youngsters. This was part of a series of pamphlets created by the Health Institute, who employed comedian "Happy" Goldsmith to make their message more appealing to a young audience. Two copies located on OCLC (the copy at Harvard is part of a grouping of Cleanliness Institute publications). See: Vegetables on Parade by Naomi Rogers, pg. 40 of Children's Health in Historical Perspective, by Warsh, Cheryl Krasnick.. Very Good. Illus. by George Callahan. 16mo.

New York: Milky Way Productions. Very Good. 1975. First Edition. Paperback. A lot of 26, 1975 issues of Screw Newspaper. The worlds's greatest, published every monday by the Milky Way Production in New York. Illustrated with B/W photograph and drawings. Warning: Sexual material of an adult nature. This literature is not intended for minors. January 6, 13, 20, 27, #305, #306, #307, #308; Feb. 3, 10 24, #309, #310, #312; Mar. 3, 10, 17 and 24,#313, #314, #315, #316; April, 1, 7, 14, 21, and 28, #317, #318, #319, #320 and #321; May 5, 12 and 19, #322, #323, and #324; June 2 & 30, #326 & #330; July 21, #333; August 4, #335; Oct. 6 & 13, #344 & #345; November 10, #349. Adult Magazine Erotica; B/W photograph & Drawing illustrations; Folio 13" - 23" tall .

San Francisco: Hungry Mind / Midnight Paper Sales, 1996. Signed by Sherman Alexie. First edition / First printing. Number 52 0f of 90 copies. Letterpress broadside. 15" x 11 Fine. Excerpt from Indian Killer. This broadside was produced for Sherman Alexie's Reading at the Hungry Mind on November 15, 1996. Uncommon.

various: various, 1970. Three Ring Binder. Good. We offer a large archive of fireworks labels dating to the 1970s, including 175+ labels collected from various manufacturers and countries, mostly India and China, but with a few from Japan and even America. The archive is contained in two binders labeled "FIREWORKS LABELS ALBUM NO. 3" (containing 82 labels mostly of Indian origin), and "FIREWORKS LABELS ALBUM NO 4." (99 labels, mostly of Chinese/Macau origin with a few from Japan and America). This archive was collected in the 1970s (presumably by someone in the fireworks business), and placed in old photograph albums with the "magnetic glue" format which has transferred to the backs of many of the labels. In some cases lines are visible on the front of the labels. We've left the labels in the albums as is, partly because there are some penciled notes on some pages indicating a date or (in album 4) "PGII CONV" presumably for the Pyrotechnics Guide annual conventions. They are easily removable, but… Read More

A 1st ed. very good hardcover (cloth-bound) in blue, gold embossed cover, minor signs of wear on cov. as in image, text near fine clean tight. Colour maps and numerous colour and black and white illustrations, advertising.

Matted North Platte Hotel Cabinet Photo
9x7 mounted on mat. Photographer unknown, August 1911. Local purchase, good condition

New York: Dr. Jeanne Walter, n.d. [ca. 1915-20]. 24mo (5 3/4 x 3 7/16 inches; 143 x 88 mm), 23, [1] pages, in printed stapled wrappers (soft cover). An early 20th-century version of fat shaming: Dr. Jeanne Walter promises to reduce your "superfluous flesh" if you buy her medicated rubber garments. "Any physician will tell you that by inducing profuse perspiration you can reduce flesh, relieve any kind of rheumatism, skin diseases and many other ailments because it stimulates circulation and eliminates waste products through the pores" (page 3). This pamphlet features a woman modeling such products as chin, bust, and abdominal reducers as well as jackets, suits, belts, and pants. All in glorious black-and-white halftone illustrations. Most products are aimed at women, although a page is devoted to a mustachioed guy wearing an abdominal belt that works by "stimulating circulation in the organs of digestion, and, by drawing out the uric acid from the system, relieving any rheumatic condition that may… Read More

Manuscript leaves numbered 38 through 255, plus 2 leaves of introduction. Folio (12 1/2" x 8 1/2") bound in later quarter calf over green marbled boards.The first page is captioned "Títulos y sucesiones de la casa llamada de Santa Inés, situada a la entrada de la ciudad de Tlalpan," or "Title deeds and inheritances of the house named after Santa Inés, situated at the entrance of the city of Tlalpan." The volume contains numerous documents which trace the succession of owners, sellers, and heirs of a house and orchard in San Agustín de las Cuevas, a town in colonial Coyoacán. It later came under the jurisdiction of Tlalpan in the national period, where it remains today. An introduction summarizes its contents; followed by a bill of the sale of the house by the bachiller Fr. Ventura de Medina y Picaso to Diego Bravo de Monera in 1688. Medina had dubbed the house Casa Santa Inés, a name that stuck. After several other buyers and heirs, the volume ends with a deed from 1839. The documents… Read More

[n.p.: 1888] Dated October 1888 on front cover. . Accordion bound in buff paper self-wrappers. . 8 in. x 8 in. With eight full-page paper-weaving samples, each in two colors of paper (green, brown, pink, blue, black, white, etc.) Slight dampstaining to edges of wrappers. Contemporary ink ownership signature of a Mary Webb and date to front cover. Internally quite clean and attractive. A very good example of a fragile Froebel gift album. This is a colorful and well-executed example of Froebel gift fourteen. The techniques shown here include weaving in straight rows and columns, zigzags, and perpendicular designs, as well as attractive color-matching within the samples. The album also shows a difficulty progression from basic patterns to the more complicated designs.

Near Fine. Postcards. Set of a dozen first edition postcards, signed by Edward Gorey on the envelope as Dogear Wryde. It contains 12 postcards with printed verses all in very fine condition. Envelope is in NF condition, slight bend on the one corner and a pencil price 25.00 in other corner. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author .

[Maine] Pictorial Letter Sheet. New York: C. Magrms(?) [Circa 1860?] 13.4 x 21.6 cm. Lined paper with color vignettes of Bird's Eye View of Bangor from the Harbor and Woman with a Trident. Light staining along top edge, not affecting color vignettes, else very good.
OCLC shows no holdings. This was with a number of Civil War letter sheets, so I am assuming it may be contemporary with them. The harbor shows three paddle wheel steamers in addition to a number of sailing vessels. The figure is perhaps meant to be Amphitrite, goddess of the sea.