ephemera

Hardcover. UK, Pi Global Publishing Limited, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, large format pictorial boards, Drawn from Opie''s unrivalled collection, this scrapbook illustrates song sheets, magazine covers, comic postcards, fashion and food, games, propaganda posters and a wealth of British wartime ephemera whose very survival is remarkable. Due to size (10 1/2 X 15"), DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Hardcover. NY, Abrams Books, 1st, 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover with pictorial boards, 336 pages. This New York Times bestselling overview of Wes Anderson's filmography features previously unpublished behind-the-scenes photos, artwork, and ephemera, with an introduction by Michael Chabon. Writer/director Wes Anderson guides movie/television critic Matt Zoller Seitz through Anderson's life and career in a hardcover book-length conversation, woven together with original illustrations and production images from Bottle Rocket, Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, The Darjeeling Limited, Fantastic Mr. Fox, and Moonrise Kingdom.The result is a meticulously designed book that captures and reflects the spirit of Wes Anderson's movies: melancholy, playful, wise, and wonderfully unique.

Softcover. Boston, Samuel Hall, reprint, 1794, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover 12mo, 56 pp. Small, tall 16mo, original marbled paper wrappers. First published in 1695 by Lady Mary Cressy, under the title The Whole Duty of a Woman; or, A Guide to the Female Sex, from the Age of Sixteen to Sixty, &c. For a new edition in 1753, the author was simply listed as "A Lady." In fact, this author was William Kenrick (1725-1779), English novelist, playwright, and founder of the book review digest The London Review. Kenrick was described by Paul Fussell in PMLA (June 1951) as "one of London's most despised, drunken, and morally degenerate hack writers in the later eighteenth century." In this tiny volume, Kenrick assumes the persona of a fallen woman, now reformed, who wants to persuade other women to live a life of virtue. Chapters include Curiosity, Reflection, Vanity, Knowledge, Reputation, Applause, Censure, Insinuation, Affectation, Modesty, Chastity, Complacence, Acquaintance, Friendship, Elegance, Frugality, Employment, Virginity, Marriage, Education, Authority, Widowhood, and Religion. Considerable wear to wrappers, still intact.

Hardcover. NY, Thames & Hudson, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 112 pages illustrated in color. Originally trained as sculptor, Thomas Demand approaches photography as a means of preserving his painstakingly created, ephemeral paper constructions. At no time do his forms strive for the perfect illusion, his is a wholly artificial world reduced to generic forms. Large immaculate photographs of interiors and architectural exteriors - a world peopled with inanimate objects and bathed in uniform lighting - are mounted on Plexiglass, which underscores the materiality of the photographic object. For each of his reproductions, Demand constructs life-size models using paper and cardboard. Like new.

Book: Very Good, Three folding brochures. 1) Guided Tour of Rockefeller Center, 2-colors, b&w photos/3 panels 2) Rockefeller Center, full-color, 4 panels with a fold-out. 3) Welcome to the City of Times Square, 2-color, 5-panels with one side being an illustrated map. None dated but all appear to be late 1940s, early 50s. Very good condition.

Softcover. Washington DC, National Park Service, 1947-49, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Three b&w pamphlets promoting travel in the southwest. 1) Canyon de Chelly National Monument, 3-panels, b&w photos, map, 1947. 2) Mesa Verde National Park, 3-panels with map, 1949. 3) Mesa Verde National Park, 16-pages, stapled, b&w photos with map,1948, All very good, clean.

Softcover. Salt Lake City, Gibbs Smith, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, pictorial wrappers, 160 pages, illustrated in color and b&w. Trailer Travel showcases the rich visual history of America's enduring fascination with life on the road. Beautifully reproduced color and black-and-white images culled from public archives and the private collections of passionate trailerites vividly document the travel trailer?s storied past. This engaging volume offers a look at motor-camping trips in the early 1900s, the unparalleled innovations in trailer design during the thirties, rare and unique trailer models and interiors, and an extensive array of bold and graphic promotional material, literature, and postcards that illustrate the undeniable attraction of living on wheels.

Softcover. London, T. Plummer, Printer, Seething Lane, reprint, 1801, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet. 4 pages in small typeface. Presumably reduced from the 8 page 1798 printing. Moore, a Scottish cartographer, chart seller and educator with a somewhat controversial reputation, was accused of copying a chart of the coasts of France, Spain and Portugal drawn up by William Heather. The case was heard before Lord Kenyon with the prosecution led by Erskine; the jury quickly found for the defendant despite Kenyon's balanced instruction.

Softcover. Kenosha WI, Samuel Lowe, nd, Book: Very Good, Two small 4 X 7" paper booklets. Cinderella is 12 pages with a color illustration on each page, no credit or date. Puffy is 8 pages, color illustrations by Margot Vogt. Both clean and bright.

Softcover. Los Angeles, The Augustan Reprint Society , reprint, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 60 pages. A facsimile reprint from the pages of the author's Miscellaneous Works (pages 285-348) published in 1751. Clean, bright copy.

Columbia Pictures, 1979, Book: Very Good, Two glossy photos of the actress/dancer: one in color, one in b&w.

Columbia Pictures, 1979, Book: Very Good, Two b&w glossy photos of the actress/dancer: Full length and close-up.

Columbia Pictures, 1979, Book: Very Good, Two glossy photos from the hit Bob Fosse production, One in color, the other b&w.

Hollywood CA, 20th Century Fox, 1980, Two b&w glossy photos. 1) Adam Baldwin, Matt Dillon and Chris Makepeace. 2) Matt Dillon and his campus crew.

Hollywood CA, Universal Studios, 1978, Two b&w glossy photos. 1) Members of the fraternity in front of their campus frat house. 2) Two cheerleaders in bleachers with John Belushi peering up at them.

Softcover. UK, Trustees of the Uganda National Parks, 1957, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 102 pages plus ads in rear. Also has a small folded map of Uganda in back pocket. B&w illustrations throughout.

Hardcover. Brattleboro VT, Stephen Daye Press, 1st, 1939, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, red cloth stamped in black, 247 pages, b&w illustrations. Folklore, history and spelunking information about the caves that lie underneath the New England area. SIGNED BY PERRY on the front fly leaf above a previous owner's inscription. Also a b&w photo and related ephemera laid in. Clean copy.

Softcover. Waseca MN, Herter's Inc., 1958, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 6 X 9" booklet, 28 pages illustrated with b&w drawings. Tips on methods of hunting and how to butcher the meat. Laid in is a flyer on the company's famous Scent Holder. Light wear.

Hardcover. New York, Rizzoli , 1st, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 280 pages. Like new in publisher's shrink-wrap. Valentina was the twentieth century's first American fashion designer celebrity, working and living on equal social footing with the clientele she dressed (Greta Garbo, Gloria Swanson, Katharine Hepburn, Millicent Rogers, and Audrey Hepburn, among others). One of the few designers who proved that America could live without the Parisian haute couture, her career is a much needed missing link in the history of American fashion. Beyond merely turning out show-stopping evening gowns, Valentina's exotic beauty, dramatic personality, and incomparable style earned her a legendary reputation. Kohle Yohannan explores the carefully constructed persona and lore of this designer who helped define American Couture. Published in association with the Museum of the City of New York's exhibition Valentina: New York Couture and the Cult of Celebrity, this book includes photographs, never-before-seen personal ephemera, sketches, and original platinum prints from master photographers such as Cecil Beaton, Horst P. Horst, and George Hoyningen-Huene.

Softcover. Montpelier VT, State of Vermont, 1st, 1912, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, original color illustrated wrappers. 89 pages of text interspersed with dozens of b&w photos of Vermont landscapes. The copy details all the hotels, resorts and bed and breakfast accomodations, town by town. Information on rates and proprietors. Great reference, Previous owner's name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Softcover. New York, E.P. Dutton, 1st, 1930, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 12 heavy paper sheets plus cover, bound together with blue cord in punched holes at top. One and two color illustrations by Shepard, verse for every month by Milne. Some light pin-size spotting to corner of cover, otherwise clean and bright.

Hardcover. NY, Prestel , 1st, 2017, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards, 320 pages. Some of Walker Evans' most iconic images of 20th-century American culture are showcased in this book celebrating his 50-year career. Walker Evans was one of the most important American photographers of the 20th century. His focus on everyday life in America, in both urban and rural settings, makes him also one of the most relatable. This retrospective volume traces Evans' career through more than 300 images--from his first photographs of the late 1920s to his Polaroids of the 1970s. Organized thematically, the book examines topics such as Evans' relationship with the impresario Lincoln Kirstein, his work in postcards and magazines, and his lifelong exploration of the American vernacular. In addition, this volume features items from the photographer's own collection, including personal writings, signage, postcards, and other ephemera. Through these ancillary objects and a thorough overview of Evans' career, readers will come away with a better understanding of a photographer whose iconic photographs remain timeless.

Softcover. Watford UK, Argus Books, reprint, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 64 pages. Revised by ERnerst Steel and Martin Evans with new drawings in this edition.

Softcover. Cambridge MA, Lever Brothers, 1936, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, small stapled brochure with color, b&w illustrations, 48 pages. A promotional cookbook for Spry Vegetable Shortening (a competitor of Procter & Gamble's Crisco), which was produced by Lever Brothers from 1936 and thru the 1940s.