New York: Pierre Matisse Gallery, Publisher. Wraps. no date, presumed 1956. Lithographed wraps (original lithograph by Joan Miro). 24 pp., plus a color centerfold original lithograph by Joan Miro, double sided on a single sheet folded into four panels. Black and white photos throughout. A catalog to a 1956 exhibition..... More
Memphis, TN: Compass Points, Publisher. Unbound. no date. 33 ¼ by 21 ¾ inches. Untitled blacklight poster of musician Bobby Sherman. GOOD condition. Poster stored rolled. Horizontal crease along the top portion. A few other creases and wrinkles present, with several small cracks in the ink. More
No Place: No Publisher. Unbound. No publisher, place or date, perhaps circa 1879. Printed by the Forbes Co., Boston. Cards measure 5 ¾ by 2 ¾ inches and are printed on thin card stock. Obverse depicts characters from the drama "My Partner" in black and white against a gold background..... More
No Place: No publisher. Unbound. Free Walter Collins and All Political Prisoners. No publisher, place or date. About 1 ¼ inches in diameter. Stickpin style back. Blue background with white lettering. A pinback bringing attention to the incarceration of Black activist Walter Collins. He was convicted of resisting the draft..... More
No Place: The Commune, Publisher, 1970. Unbound. Single sheet, on pink paper stock, 8 ½ by 11 inches. Flyer for a March 12, 1970 event sponsored by a group called The Commune. The top of the flyer celebrates the recent theft of 6 rifles and 12,000 rounds of ammunition from..... More
No Place: No publisher. Unbound. No printer, place or date. Presumed circa 1974. Approximately 1 ¾ inches in diameter. Locking style back. Yellow background with black lettering. A pinback bringing attention to the police killing of 14 year old Tyrone Guyton. Guyton was a Black teenager involved in a high..... More
Medina, OH: Pro Arts Inc, 1971. Unbound. Single sheet, 48 by 23 inches. A blacklight poster using a variety of fluorescent colors. Depicts the members of the Beatles as Mount Rushmore, a weeping Statue of Liberty, a few dinosaurs that are dwarfed by mushrooms and other things one would expect..... More
Sausalito, CA: Sausalito CreArts, Publisher, 1971. Unbound. Presumed Sausalito, CA: 1971. 27 ½ by 21 ½ inches. A blacklight poster combining psychedelic style illustrations with themes from what appears to be the ancient Middle Eastern tales of Sinbad. Combine 1970s psychedelia with Middle Eastern legends, a blacklight and a bit..... More
Medina, OH: Pro Arts, Publisher. Unbound. no date, perhaps late 1960s. Approximately 30 ½ by 20 inches. Paper stock, printed in dayglow orange, lime-yellow and blue. Anti-Vietnam War poster utilizing psychedelic lettering and colors. FAIR condition. Four heavy, haphazard creases/curls to the poster, with moderate wrinkling. This has resulted in..... More
Boston: Dutton and Wentworth, Printer, 1850. Wraps. Printed wraps. 18 pp. A financial report of the Boston and Maine Railroad. FAIR condition. Moderate foxing, soiling, staining and dampstaining to the covers. Several large tears to the front and rear cover. Some creasing and wrinkling. Faint pencil scribbles to the rear..... More
San Francisco: Star Engraving Co. Unbound. no date. 1 ½ inches in diameter. Locking pin style back. White background with red and black letters encircling a photo of Bill Epton. Epton was an African-American communist/Marxist activist, associated with the Progressive Labor Party until the early 1970s. In 1964, after New..... More
No Place: No publisher. Unbound. No printer, place or date. Presumed 1979, 1980. 1 ¼ inches in diameter. Locking pin style back. Yellow and black. Image of a nuclear power plant in black. A pinback referring to the Three Mile Island partial meltdown of a nuclear reactor, an accident that..... More
No Place: Women's Union, Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Publisher. Unbound. No place or date. Perhaps New York, 1918. Single sheet, 8 ½ by 11 inches. A flyer soliciting help for the Women's Union, Bureau of Engraving and Printing, as well as highlighting initiatives undertaken by the union. The piece..... More
Keene, NH: First Baptist Church, presumed Publisher. Wraps. no date, perhaps early 1900s. Lavender/pink printed wraps. 64 pp. A cookbook containing a variety of recipes for a range of dishes, including cocktails (non-alcoholic), soups, fish, salads, jellies, breads, meat, desserts, etc. Issued by the First Baptist Church of Keene, New..... More
Chicago: W.V.R. Powis, Publisher, 1882. Unbound. Winter Sport. 1882 color lithograph. Caldwell Lith. Co. printer. W.V.R. Powis, Publisher. Chicago: 1882. An approximate 14 by 12 inch color lithograph titled 'Winter Sport.' A depiction of two boys pulling a sled through the snow, upon which a girl with a riding crop/whip..... More
Toronto: The Copp, Clark Company. Wraps. no date, presumed circa 1895. Illustrated wraps. 328 pp. A few illustrations and many ads throughout. An almanac, containing political, historical and economic information on Canada, including a militia list, the clergy of Canada, railroad stations, H.M. regular forces and fortifications of Esquimalt, H.M...... More
No Place: Alembic Press, 2000. Wraps. No place, presumed UK: 2000. One of 170 handset copies. Small booklet. 2 ¾ by 3 inches. 8 pp. A very short, witty work on typographical do's and don'ts, done for MBS XVIII and other friends. VERY GOOD condition. Minor foxing to the exterior..... More
New York: I.M.R. Co., Publisher. Unbound. no date, perhaps late 1920s, early 1930s. A lot of 10 postcards featuring erotic photos of women, topless and scantily clad, some posed suggestively, with others featuring two women engaged in comical, vaudevillian sort of banter. The five with comical captions are printed in..... More
Lexington, MA: Museum of our National Heritage, Publisher. 1992. Wraps. Marbled paper wraps. Unpaginated. Small black and white photos throughout. A catalog to a 1992 exhibition of fine bindings created by members of the New England Chapter of the Guild of Book Workers, accompanied by photos of the books, as..... More
No Place: No Publisher. Wraps. No publisher, place or date. Presumed circa 1952. Blue wraps, spiral bound. Oblong quarto. Unpaginated, approximately 125-150 pp. Photos tinted blue throughout. A yearbook style work recalling a 1952 cruise of the US aircraft carrier, the U.S.S. Salerno Bay CVE 110. This includes mention in..... More
No Place: No Publisher. Wraps. Lot of 12 Cruise Ship Menus from various ships and dates. All with color illustrated covers. Sizes vary. Most a single sheet, folded into four pages, with one being a single sheet, printed on one side only. All in about VERY GOOD or better condition..... More
Peoria, IL: Lakeview Center for the Arts and Sciences, 1969. Wraps. Wraps, illustrated in black and white. Unpaginated, approximately 30 pp. A few black and white reproductions of paintings present. A catalog to an exhibition of paintings by a group of American artists of the late 1800s and early 1900s..... More
Boston: Privately Printed, 1907. Original Wraps. 78 pages including index. A catalog of an exhibit of books from colonial printers, excepting the Whole Booke of Psalmes. Also included is a collection of works by early colonial writers. In GOOD condition with uneven fading and minor offsetting to the wraps. Minor..... More
Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 2001. Trade Paperback. Trade paperbacks. A printing of the comprehensive 1901 Canadian census, extracting information pertinent to genealogy, including surname, given name, relationship to the head of the household, birth date, birthplace and year of immigration if applicable. NEAR FINE. Light edgewear. More
No Place: No publisher. Wraps. No publisher, place or date. Perhaps Class of 1911 Yale Alumni, circa 1924. Illustrated wraps. 64 pp. A few small black and white illustrations throughout. A book produced in part for the then upcoming May 16, 1924 Field Day, a gathering of alumni from the..... More