Ephemera

Softcover. NY, See Publishing Co,, 1946, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Single magazine issue, color wraps, Linda Darnell on cover. 42 pages, b&w photos throughout. Vintage tabloid magazine published monthly and devoted to celebrity sightings, sports, war, some emphasis on scantily clad women wearing high heels. Page on Jane Russell. Paper tanning.

Softcover. NY, See Publishing Co,, 1954, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Single magazine issue, color wraps, Elaine Stewart on cover. 42 pages, b&w photos throughout. Vintage tabloid magazine published monthly and devoted to celebrity sightings, sports, war, some emphasis on scantily clad women wearing high heels. Articles on brain-washing, should women be banned from sports, Jackie Gleason and his dancers, Dorothy Dandridge. Paper tanning.

Softcover. Rochester NY, Home Institute, 1940, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 40 page booklet profusely illustrated in b&w by the author who was an instructor at New York University as well as a professional illustrator. #92 in a series of self-help pamphlets published by the Home Institute. Clean, 6 X 9".

Softcover. Wochester MA, Simplex Player Action Company, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover booklet, undated, but appears to be a reprint from about 1940. Instructions for a device that used to help tune and repair pianos. 40 pages, b&w illustrations. Light wear to wrapper otherwise clean.

Softcover. Boston, Dr. Earl S. Sloan, 1901, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, stapled pamphlet, 48 pages. Small octavo. Illustrated wraps with silly rebus to front. Illustrations. . Binding sound and pages unmarked. Title page features a black and white image of Dr. Sloan (Formerly of St. Louis, MO)Includes recipes for Bread, Desserts, invalid recipes, candy, pickles and catsup, soup, jelly, meats, fish.Booklet features promotion for Sloan Medicines, including Sloan's Rubber Neck Liniment, Sloan's Liniment, Sloan's Sure Colic Cure For Horses, Sloan's Pink Eye Distemper and Fever Cure For Horses. Includes medical advice, testimonials from satisfied patients, 1900 Census Information, useful information, household hints.

Softcover. Albany NY, 1838, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 32 pages. Lacking original wrappers, title page and folding frontispiece, pages 3-32 all present, moderate foxing. Howe - P-600, Sabin 65493.

Softcover. Chicago, Price Baking Powder Co., 1892, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 64 pages, illustrated wrappers in 3-colors. Light soil to covers otherwise very good. Small hole in top corner with string loop.

Hardcover. College Station TX, Texas A&M University Press, 1st, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover with dust jacket, 232 pages. Like new in publisher's shrink-wrap. A postcard craze gripped the nation from 1905 to 1920, as the rise of outdoor photography coincided with a wave of settlement and prosperity in Texas. "Taming the Land" presents, in a large, detailed format, photographic postcards from twenty-four counties in the booming Texas Panhandle. Each entry includes this historical context of the photo.

Softcover. Jersey Central Power & Light Co., 3rd pr., 1940, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, stapled wraps, 37 pages. Clean copy.

Softcover. Keene, NH, J. A. Wright & Co., 1944, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, Full-color pictorial wrappers. Stapled binding. Thin, unpaginated pamphlet. Color illustrations by Vernon Grant, the artist who first designed Snap, Crackle and Pop for Kellogg's Rice Krispies. Tells the true story of a boy who saved a cow from a bog, and in doing so discovered a rare mineral ideal for cleaning silver.

Softcover. Los Angeles, The Augustan Reprint Society , reprint, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 29 pages. A facsimile reprint of a pamphlet published in 1727. The subject was a friend of Samuel Johnson who was pardoned after being sentenced to death for a murder in a coffeehouse altercation. The pamphlet, published anonymously, was a defense of Savage based on his character. Clean copy.

Softcover. New Haven CT, New Haven Railroad, 1st, 1938, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, small 2-color brochure promoting the company's new streamlined locomotives, coaches and cars. 12 pages, photographs with a die-cut center featuring their 0361 locomotive. Super clean condition.

Softcover. Buffalo NY, Great George Route and International Railway., Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Single folding sheet with text and photographs printed on one side and a single full-color panoramic illustration on the other, circa 1923. Mild wear.

Hardcover. Boston, MFA Publications, 1st, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. 295 pages in color. In the decades around 1900, a postcard craze swept the world, and billions of cards were bought, mailed and pasted into albums. Many famous artists turned to the new medium, but one of the great pleasures and enigmas of postcards is how some of the most beautiful and interesting examples were made by artists whose names we barely know. Drawing on the riches of the Leonard A. Lauder Postcard Collection (probably the finest and most comprehensive collection of its type), this gorgeous book traces the historical and cultural themes--enthralling, exciting, and sometimes disturbing--of the modern age. The first general publication on the postcard as an artistic medium since the mid-1970s, The Postcard Age is organized thematically, with chapters devoted to urban life, the changing role of women, sports, celebrity, new technologies, the stylish collectors' cards of Art Nouveau and World War I. The result is at once a vivid picture of the concerns and pastimes of the turn of the century and a sampler from the Lauder's vast archives. Still in publisher's shrink wrap.

Softcover. Los Angeles, The Augustan Reprint Society , reprint, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 31 pages. A facsimile reprint of the 1650 pamphlet by Dury, laying out a plan for the organization of books and libraries. Clean, bright copy.

Softcover. Laurel MD, Den's Collector's Den, 1st, 1979, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 156 pages illustrated in b&w and color. Paper spine reinforced with clear tape. Otherwise clean copy.

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.

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.

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.