‎Fin de siècle‎

‎Americana 19th Century Photography Yellowstone Park F. Jay Haynes‎

‎Circa 1891 Yellowstone Photograph of Grotto Geyser By F. Jay Haynes‎

‎St. Paul Minnesota: F. Jay Haynes 1891. A photograph of the Grotto Geyser of Yellowstone by Haynes; measuring 5" x 7 3/4" Back of photo is numbered and titled corresponding to the published Haynes catalog. No date circa 1891. One corner chipped away; old closed tear repaired on back and the other corner with a crease/split. In about fair condition. Photograph. Not Bound. Fair. F. Jay Haynes Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 24746

‎Americana Photographic History 19th Century Liberty New York Loomis Sanitarium‎

‎Circa 1895 Large Format Photographic Birds-Eye View of the Loomis Sanitarium Liberty Heights Liberty Sullivan County New York‎

‎Liberty New York : Not Published 1895. A black and white image of this noted tuberculosis sanitarium in upstate New York; hand-written identification on the reverse. Not dated; circa 1895. Approx. 7 1/2" x 9 1/4" size; old crease at right side; bottom left corner edge chipped; some silvering at margins; in good condition good clear detail. . Photograph. Not Bound. Good. Not Published Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 25644

‎Americana 20th Century Real Estate Development Bronx New York City‎

‎Circa 1900 - 1905 Collection Manuscript Real Estate Development Documents Maps Letters Concerning Transactions and Development in the Bronx Westchester and Other New York City Properties Via The Business of R.I. Brown's Sons‎

‎New York: Various 1900. The R.I. Brown's Sons real estate firm was established in 1867 in NY and was located at 3428 Third Avenue; approx. 100 items of paper documenting the transactions of this real estate company; for example: a blueprint Map of the Arden Property Westchester NY approx. 9 1/4" x 14" with an inset route map to the property indicating plots sold off ; this development was located near Pelham Bay View Park with a related 4-page document typed giving the New York Property Belonging to Allan G. MacDonnell 63 Wall Street NY including the addresses and prices of extensive holdings in the Bronx lots and developed properties and which also included interest in 900 acres of land located on both sides of Central Avenue between Yonkers & Mount Vernon with the Jerome Travis estate John Bush James Gordon Bennet and others; MacDonnell also had properties in Brooklyn a hotel and grounds located at Coxsackie NY and acreage on Long Island in Holbrook and Riverhead - with the business card attached of Peter J. Quinn Real Estate and Insurance Bloomfield NJ having a pencil note at top which states 'Westchester - Arden' - with a typed sheet from F.E. Pollard Att'y concerning some of the plots being developed ".millions soon to be expended on water front." the note was typed on Lenox bond paper evidently a re-use - the back with the small letterhead of The Cuban Exposition and Trading Co. NY; this group also with a plot plan blueprint of the area of 184th St. indicating Aqueduct Grand Davidson Jerome Avenues trolley sewer gas & water services and the locations and measurements of various parcels approx. 8 7/8" x 12 1/2" size; and a group of correspondence concerning the properties of Sol Moses of NYC including a typed descriptive list including building details and amenities sizes addresses plot plans several handwritten notes from Moses asking the Brown firm to sell the holdings "�In view of the larger increases in the population of the Bronx and the consequent improvement of rentals and the work now being done by the Dept. of P.W�.there ought to be a good demand for both improved and unimproved property�"; a 5-piece group of notes lists descriptions agreements to sell properties of Julia E. Curran "�I hope you will be able to get us a buyer�" for various lots "�anxious to sell and will sell cheap providing we can sell at once�"; also three filled-in "Description of Property for Sale' forms of R.I. Brown's Sons which are used to clearly describe various properties for sale of August E. Kuntz noting location block frame or brick stories families of occupancy heat price mortgage obligations outstanding improvements "all the best"; a 9-item group of correspondence conducted on plain postal cards and company stationery of J.E. Butterworth Carpenter and Builder 1901 - 1904 "�you and your client go and look at the houses and then make me an offer I have 2 one family houses on Wash. Ave. near 181 St.papered and in good condition�"; a 16-item grouping concerning properties of Wm. Rosenzweig mostly handwritten letters "�I want to sell for Cash only 660 - 663 East 148th St. and in order to dispose of same at once I will sell at a very low figure. No reasonable offer refused. Try and get me an offer within the next few days if you want to make a good brokerage�" - with some interesting ephemera used as scrap for notes from this customer - a small menu perhaps for a Order of Red Men fraternal society dinner with the names of contributors of various dishes and an illustrated ticket printed on cardstock for that group for their "1900 Second Annual Midsummer Night's Festival for the United Tribes of the Reservation of the Bronx Music by Professor Hager's Full Orchestral Union Band to be held at Brommer's Union Park Willis Ave. and 133d St. The Committee reserves the right to Eject any Disorderly Persons"; the R.I. Brown company 'filed' its correspondence with these and other clients in small mailing envelopes giving name and address disposition other notations; other owners and business associates include Victoria P. McVeany of Bensonhurst C.V. Halley Chas. Peiser of Kingston NY R.R. Randall Lyons & Chabot Lorenz F.J. Weiher Architect with hand-drawn depiction of location of property on his letter Squire Brothers Innes & Center brokers Alexander Johnston Lyon Brothers and more; some wear and soiling old fold lines a couple of the items browned and brittle; mostly in good to very good condition and an interesting glimpse of this New York City real estate brokerage's daily business over a several year span evidencing a very lively market for property sale and exchange at the beginning of the 20th century. Manuscript. Not Bound. Good. Various Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 23212

‎Americana 20th Century Scrapbook.‎

‎Circa 1915 Scrapbook Repurposed from a Ledger‎

‎USA: Not Published 1915. About 200 pages with scraps pasted in; nearly all are color printed from various sources; the majority of these are of large size many with only one or two items pasted-in to a page side. Including fashionably-attired women advertisements for food and other products - Yeast Foam Sunkist oranges Wilson's ham Sherwood Spring Coaster wagons Jonteel Talc Cream of Wheat Postum Cereal and other businesses; Kewpie dolls; pictures of foods being presented for consumption deliciously tempting pies cakes servings of roast meats and other dishes; also babies & older children at play; portrayals of domestic scenes idealized family life of white middle-class America of the time sometimes depicting black or white servants and with a few postcards tipped in from American locales. Bookseller label at front endpaper of A-M Paris Libro Mayor. Approx. 8" x 11 3/4" size; green & red marbled paper over boards green suede leather spine cover. Some edge tips wear rubbing to the binding; the tops of all pages trimmed as shown in the images; a few leaves with content cut out & removed; some wear and soiling to contents; an interesting varied and colorful curation of scraps of the time in good condition. Scrapbook. Hardcover. Good. Not Published‎

Bookseller reference : 26214

‎Americana 20th Century Architecture Art Watercolor Harry D. Pelcher‎

‎Circa 1920 Group of Three Original Watercolors By Harry D. Pelcher‎

‎New York New York: Not Published 1920. Group of three early 20th century watercolors the largest signed in ink by Harry D. Pelcher; all three were acquired at the same time from the same estate. The largest approx. 15" x 12" size the other two approx. 2" shorter in length. Larger piece with old glue residue from being matted at some point in the past approx. 1 1/2" on three edges; a little darkening to paper; colors still bright with naive artistic appeal. Art. Not Bound. Very Good. Not Published Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 26044

‎Americana 20th Century Community Singing Songsheets Philadelphia‎

‎Circa 1920s Group of Song Sheets of The Welsh Society of Philadelphia Jere Shaw Lew Gordon Philadelphia Music League & Music Bureau‎

‎Philadelphia Pennsylvania: Various 1920. 6 identified-origin song sheets and one anonymous; The Welsh Society of Philadelphia 4 pages mostly printed double column lyrics for 31 pieces including the March of the Men of Harlech Yindlaith Gwyr Harlech Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau The Land of My Fathers David of the White Rock and many other Welsh songs along with American favorites 6" x 9" approx. size; "Sing!" Old Fashioned Song Sheet printed for free distribution under the auspices of the Philadelphia Music League of 1437 Spruce Street Phil compliments of Strawbridge & Clothier 34 songs double column American favorites Dinah Keep the Home Fires Burning Sweet Adeline America printed on light blue paper 6" x 9" approx. size; "Sing!" Song Sheet printed for free distribution under the auspices of the Philadelphia Music Bureau Room No. 402 City Hall Annex with permissions disclaimer "Supplied by Strawbridge & Clothier for the furtherance of community singing" 41 songs double column American favorites 6" x 9" approx. size; "Sing!" Song Sheet printed for free distribution under the auspices of the Philadelphia Music Bureau Room No. 402 City Hall Annex with permissions disclaimer "Supplied by Strawbridge & Clothier for the furtherance of community singing" 40 songs double column American favorites slightly different listings from the previous version 6" x 9" approx. size; Jere Shaw successor to Kraus & Shaw Inc. Amusement Enterprises Suite 728 to 732 Real Estate Trust Bldg. Broad & Chestnut Sts. Phila. Vaudeville Entertainers 18 songs America I've Got a Feeling I'm Falling I Faw Down An' Go Boom others approx. 3 5/8" x 9" size plain paper stock; Let me "Show" You Lew Gordon Entertainment Contractor Suite 307 Rush Bldg. 13 N. 13th Street Phil. Some We Can't Forget 35 lyrics printed boule column including a type-outlined Bouquet of Choruses She Wears a Yeller Ribbon In the Evening by the Moonlight Painting the Clouds with Sunshine more 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" size; with an anonymously - printed songsheet of 29 pieces Abide with Me! Oh! How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning Mandalay Down in the Subway more; 3" x 9" folded panels; a few pencil initials or notes; "song sheet" in pen on one; not dated circa 1920s; some edge tips wear and darkening to paper; in very good condition. First Edition. Not Bound. Very Good. Various Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 24200

‎Americana 20th Century Business History Long Island Construction‎

‎Circa 1920 Receipt W.R. Fry Camp Upton Building Material Wading River Long Island New York‎

‎Wading River New York: W.R. Fry 1920. A receipt for 2 items signed by W.R. Fry on the company letterhead; not dated and with the 192- imprint; approx. 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" size; some light wear old fold lines; in very good condition and interesting Long Island construction business ephemera from the first part of the 20th century. Manuscript. Not Bound. Very Good. W.R. Fry Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 23241

‎Americana 20th Century Photography Interior Design Style‎

‎Circa 1930 Photograph of a Furnished Corner of a Room‎

‎USA: Not Published 1930. Photo shows a room corner with 3 velvet-slip-cased small chairs a small incidental table with magazines glass decorative object floral spray; also a side-cabinet with starfish-shaped drawer-pulls. Not dated circa 1930 no photographic studio noted. Very high-gloss finish. Approx. 7 1/2" x 9 1/2" size; light edge-wear; in very good condition. Photography. Not Bound. Very Good. Not Published Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 25220

‎Americana 20th Century Photography Tyler Texas‎

‎Circa 1931 - 1938 Photograph Album & Related Ephemera Tyler Texas Crawford Family.‎

‎Tyler Texas: Not Published 1935. With over 110 photographic images nearly every one of which is identified on the album page or on the edge of the photo; these are mounted to scrapbook album pages on one side only. Including schoolchildren group & single photos Tyler Texas; Crawford family horses animals relations; family home in Dallas TX in 1931; 'Swanson Farm' South Dakota; travel images from visits to Salt Lake City Boise Idaho various Texas locales - Houston Dallas Austin others which are usually of the folks at these locations; also photos of ancestral homestead & graveyards in Carthage Missouri. Ephemera included either tipped-in or loosely laid-in: family-related newspaper clippings; a few greeting cards; several amateur 'portraits' and designs in pencil; Sunday School & grammar school diplomas; a 1938 Piano Recital program "by the Progressive Series Pupils of Mrs. Katherine Kilpatrick"; and a few genealogical notes.The photographs contained in a textured brown cloth side-string bound hardcover 'Scrap Book' approx. 10" x 13" size; the pages within are browned paper crumbling at edges. most of the leaves now loose. The photographs are in various sizes averaging approx. 4 " x 6" 3" x 5" and some small 'photobooth' size with a few larger & smaller formats. Most of the images are pasted to the album paper with a few having come loose of their moorings or just laid-in; the images are in good to very good condition. . Photograph Album. Not Bound. Good. Not Published Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 26369

‎Americana 20th Century Postcards Graymoor Garrison New York‎

‎Circa 1940 Collection of Postcards of the Society of Atonement at Graymoor Garrison New York‎

‎Garrison New York: Ave Maria Hour & St. Anthony's Legion 1940. A group of 30 black and white Albertype-process postcards all with different images of this retreat-house monastery located in Garrison New York. Founded in 1898 the Society of Atonement is a Catholic Franciscan order that maintains various community outreach programs; their founder Rev. Father Paul James Francis Lewis T. Wattson is currently a candidate under review for saintly canonization. The cards have two copyright notices on their backs about half the cards with Ave Maria Hour and the Prayer of The Blessings of God's Poor Upon You printed in the stamp section; the others with the copyright of St. Anthony's Legion with the prayer of May Jesus Mary Joseph be With Us On Our Way. Images include Father Paul school the cloister walk Little Flower Friary living quarters pictures of the grounds landscaping statuary friars at prayer and play interior and exterior views of the buildings. All of the cards with short printed descriptions of the images on their reverse sides. Not dated; however the Fr. Paul card notes his death in 1940. These are unused postcards with slight wear and a little age-darkening; in very good condition. Postcards. Not Bound. Very Good. Ave Maria Hour & St. Anthony's Legion Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 25612

‎Americana Photography 20th Century Architecture New Jersey Behee & Krahmer‎

‎Circa 1950 Three Photographs Illustrating the Work of Architectural Firm Behee & Kahmer Architects Newark New Jersey‎

‎Newark New Jersey: Behee & Krahmer Architects 1950. Three black and white photographs 8" x 10" approx. size. Two of the images are of courtroom interiors with the stamp on the reverse of the firm Behee & Krahmer Architects 17 Washington St. Newark N.J. with a photograph of an architectural rendering identfied on the reverse in pencil as "Short Hills School"School signed Behee & Krahmer Architects within the image. No date or photographer noted circa 1950 as according to our research the firm had wound up its business as a partnership by 1954. Light wear in very good condition. See Sandra L. Tatman biographical details about Krahmer in the Atheneum of Philadelphia "Philadelphia Architects and Buildings" site 2017. Photography. Soft Cover. Very Good. Behee & Krahmer, Architects Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 24562

‎Americana 20th Century Architecture Long Island Photography‎

‎Circa 1950 8" x 10" Glossy Black and White Photograph of a Perspective Drawing of the East Hampton Dune Apts. Charles A. Wood Architect 206 Roanoke Ave. Riverhead New York‎

‎Riverhead New York: Charles A. Wood Architect 1950. The architect's name and address in the photo printed at lower right; photograph finished in very high gloss; paper a little toned; light wear; not dated circa 1950; in very good condition. Photograph. Not Bound. Very Good. Charles A. Wood Architect Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 23297

‎Americana 20th Century Photography Robert Imandt‎

‎Circa 1950 Two Black and White Photographic Studies of a Young Boy By Imandt‎

‎United States of America: Robert Imandt 1950. Two black and white photographic studies of a young boy not titled. With the studio stamp on backs "Study by Imandt" numbered 047 # 5 & 047 # 6; no date circa 1950's; subject not identified. With the Imandt stamp on front below the images; an example of portrait work by American photographer-musician Robert Imandt 1894 - 1969. Approx. 6 1/2" x 9 1/2" image size; mount 10" x 14." Studio stamps clear and legible; images very good and clean. Photographs. Not Bound. Very Good. Robert Imandt Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 11036

‎Americana 20th Century Real Estate Development City Investing Company‎

‎Circa 1965 Major Projects Planned and Supervised By Robert W. Dowling and City Investing Company New York with The Omnia Building A Study for the Pennsylvania Railroad Company‎

‎New York - London: City Investing Company 1965. Two large loose portfolios approx. 14" x 18" size sheets; both are illustrated with actual tipped-on professionally-taken photographs in black and white and color; for several of the projects very dramatic before-and-after views of the developments are shown; text printed in dark teal-blue on good quality heavy light putty - color paper- stock; the 'Major Projects' sheets 15 including title page cover sheet include Parkchester New York 'the largest planned residential community in the country'; Stuyvesant Town Peter Cooper Village - NYC 'innovations in large scale metropolitan residential communities'; Penn Center Philadelphia 'a vital center of commercial business and transportation'; Penn Park Pittsburgh 'occupies six million square feet of land along the Allegheny River'; Gateway Center Pittsburgh; Calgary Central City Canada; Sterling Forest NY; with The Omnia Building study 14 sheets giving the background for this concept in the 30th street area in Philadelphia photo of the concept artwork site location along the Schuylkill River details of the building ".accommodating a minimum of 50000 persons with a potential to increase to 100000.a vertical street composed of the many varied facilities and services of a major downtown avenue.offices exposition and sales shopping transportation communications manufacturing and distribution." with details of each of these conveyed via text and composites of imagery on photographs an impressive site development proposal; Robert W. Dowling 1895 - 1973 American real estate investor developer and philanthropist; Dowling College on Long Island is named for him - among his many diverse achievements we wish to note here that due to his involvement in the performing arts ". In 1959 President Dwight Eisenhower tapped Dowling to head the Arts Advisory Committee of the National Cultural Center in Washington. Dowling proposed the design of the center which later became the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts." from the Dowling College site biography - see it for extensive references to Dowling and his creative and wide-ranging career; not dated and circa 1965 from internal evidence; light edge tips wear to sheets; occasionally some old mounting-spots are found on the backs not intrusive or detracting; the black and white photographs especially are very sharp and well-delineated the color photos more muted reflecting the technology of the time and their age; both portfolios in very good condition and an interesting group of material documenting some of the largest real estate development projects in the United States & Canada by one of the business' largest investment firms in mid-20th century; with 11 extra plates being doubles of some of the pages noted above. Manuscript. Portfolio. Very Good. City Investing Company Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 23139

‎Americana 20th Century Typography‎

‎Circa 1985 Famous Faces Typography Typefaces Style Poster with Portraits of Aldo Novarese Ed Bengulat Tony Stan Herb Lubalin Eric Gill By Bill Ogden Itek Graphix Itek Compositions Systems Nashua New Hampshire‎

‎Nashua New Hampshire: Famous Faces Typography Typefaces Style Poster with Portraits of Aldo Novarese Ed Bengulat Tony Stan Herb Lubalin Eric Gill By Bill Ogden Itek Graphix Itek Compositions Systems 1985. Poster with type face specimens; illustrated by Bill Ogden; with biographical details below the portraits of these typographic giants below. Printed on one side only in black & blue on glossy paper stock; with additional information about licensing of the typefaces listed by various companies. Not dated circa 1985. Approx. 42" x 28 1/2" size; old fold lines as made. Light wear on edges; in very good condition. Typography. Not Bound. Very Good. Illus. by Bill Ogden. Famous Faces Typography Typefaces Style Poster with Portraits of Aldo Novarese, Ed Bengulat, Tony Stan, Herb Lubalin, Eric Gill Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 25492

‎Americana 20th Century New York City Transportation History Subways‎

‎Collection of Blueprints for Protocols and Methods of Operation for the Williamsburgh Power Plant IRT Subway Station Power Plants Titled "Instructions High Pot. Testing of Cables HPC -23"‎

‎New York City New York: Various Documents include: 1948 Board of Transportation Power Dept. - Cable Section Test Schedule and Index 2 folding plates 1946 revising the 1925 revising 1915 instructions for the Williamsburgh Power Plant Corporation 4 text pages for the testing of High Tension Cables in Case of Trouble or Indications of Trouble; 1924 Wiring Diagram H.T. Test Set; 1924 Interborough Rapid Transit Co. Motive Power Dept. H.T. Testing Station wiring diagram 59th St. Power Station folding plate; 1919 IRT Feeder Oil Switch Gallery H.T. Testing Station wiring diagram 74th St. P.H. folding plate; 1925 General Electric Co. Schenectady NY 11 text pages Instruction Book # 860 68 Kenotron Cable Testing Set�; 1925 Williamsburgh Power Plant Corp. Calibration curve for 37.5 mm sphere gap calculated values one sphere grounded chart;1924 WPP Corp. Connection Diagram of Meter Rectifier for 100000 volt current�2 pages;1925 WPP Corp. Outline of D.C. Cable Testing Set 1 page with a large folding plate schematic of the Set; 1927 General Electric Co. Pittsfield Mass. 9 pages Instruction Book # GEI -541 Kenotron Cable Testing Set�customer Interborough Rapid Transit Company with folding plate of the connection diagram schematic also 100000 V DC & 6 pages of additional wiring schematics with a folding plate black and white layout drawing of the equipment on photographic paper; 1941 General Order # 404 Routine Kenotron Test of High Tension A.C. Feeders 3 pages; 1927 General Electric Co. Schenectady NY 7 1 pages & 4 pages of diagrams Instructions GEI -1723 Kenotron Cable Testing Set Rated for New York Rapid Transit Co.; 1916 Transit Development Company Electrical Department�Insulation Test on Underground D.C. Feeder Cables 4 mimeograph pages with a diagram page for the Amertran DC Feeder; with an Undated General Electric Co. Schenectady NY 27 mimeograph pages Direct Current Cable and insulation Testing Thyratron Set for the Board of Transportation City of NY with Board of Transportation Power Div. 10 3 copy paper pages regarding Cable Fault Localization with Thyratron Set 11-panel folding plate elementary diagram high pot. test truck; The group mostly in blueprints; 9" x 11 1/2" approx. size; bound in plain light gray stiff paper inked black title lettering; brass post & wing bound; binding soiled darkened some wear; some of the blueprints rubbed; in good condition and interesting New York City transportation system electrical engineering ephemera. . Blueprints. Post Bound. Good. Various Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 24033

‎Americana 20th Century Art East Hampton Long Island Guild Hall‎

‎Contrabando Rafael Ferrer November 5 2011 - January 16 2012 Guild Hall Museum East Hampton New York‎

‎East Hampton New York: Guild Hall Museum 2011. 10 page catalog of works for this exhibition; illustrated in color. Guest curator Esperanza Leon assistant curator Michelle Klein; accompanying text in Spanish and English; with biographical information on the artist. Approx. 8 1/2" x 11" size oblong format; color illustrated stapled softcover; light wear; in very good condition. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Guild Hall Museum Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 25228

‎Americana 20th Century Long Island Coram Natural History‎

‎Daniel R Davis Nature Sanctuary of the Long Island Chapter Mt. Sinai Road Coram Long Island N.Y. Volume IV - No. 1 Fall - Tuesday November 19 1968 Book and Author Luncheon Wagon Wheel Route 112 Port Jefferson Sta.‎

‎Coram Long Island New York: The Nature Conservancy 1968. 20 pages; black and white illustrated; edited by Mrs. Stephen Marinuzzi. The Daniel R. Davis Sanctuary of the Nature Conservancy is a ".40-acre parcel.Located on the Ronkonkoma Terminal Moraine in Suffolk County it consists of a typical scrub oak-pitch pine community which provides a unique area for Hermit Thrushes in that it is about 500 miles removed from their usual breeding grounds. The property protects a good number of the shrubs and wild-flowers native to the area and contains some "boundary ditches" used during the 1700's for surveying." from the prefatory material in an earlier issue Back cover with map of the Sanctuary; list of the local projects committee chaired by William Floyd Nichols; and notes on Chapter events & activities at the sanctuary; with An Appreciation of her visit to the Sanctuary by West Virginian Constance Katholi. Dr. Robert E. Smolker was moderator for the author event which included presentations by John Kaufmann Mrs. Paul W. Bigelow and Seon & Robert Manley. Approx. 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" size stapled paper covers. Old stain on cover; a few pencil names on back and within; light edge tips wear to binding; centerfold pages detached; in good condition; Long Island community & natural history for this sanctuary. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. The Nature Conservancy Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 26646

‎Americana 20th Century Nature Conservancy Long Island‎

‎Daniel R. Davis Sanctuary of the Long Island Chapter The Nature Conservancy Vol. III - No. 2 Winter - February 29 1968‎

‎Coram Long Island New York: Daniel R. Davis Sanctuary of the L.I. Chapter The Nature Conservancy 1968. 22 pages; black and white illustrated; the Daniel R. Davis Sanctuary of the LI chapter of the conservancy's preserves. Editor Mrs. Stephen Marinuzzi. Information regarding winter activities at the Davis Sanctuary by William Floyd Nichols slide show at the Three Village Garden Club local history notes the reconstruction of Ft. George at Smith's Point near Mastic Beach the finding and curation of manuscripts at the Manor of St. George Coram place-name & history and re-printings of other east end LI conservation news from other publications. Approx. 5" x 8 1/2" size; original printed stapled paper covers; light wear; in very good condition; interesting Coram Long Island history & nature preservation. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Daniel R. Davis Sanctuary of the L.I. Chapter The Nature Conservancy Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 24571

‎Americana 20th Century Art The Parrish Art Museum‎

‎Drawing on the East End 1940-1988 September 18 to November 13 1988 The Parrish Art Museum Southampton Long Island New York‎

‎Southampton NY: The Parrish Art Museum 1988. 86 pages; black and white illustrations of this exhibition. Foreword by Trudy C. Kramer essay by Klaus Kertess. Catalog includes information on the artists details and descriptions of the works sizes titles and media. Approx. 8" x 9 1/2" size oblong format; printed softcover. Light wear; back cover with tin scratch; in very good condition. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. The Parrish Art Museum Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 25232

‎Americana 20th Century Art East Hampton Long Island Guild Hall‎

‎Eleven Painters Guild Hall Museum 10 August - 21 September 1986‎

‎East Hampton Long Island NY: Guild Hall Museum 1986. 28 page catalog of works for this exhibition illustrated in color & black and white including artist portraits. Artists in the show included: Robert Chapman Dan Christensen Jennifer Cross Josh Dayton James de Pasquale Thomas Ferrara Rachel Friedberg Sandra Kraskin Rex Lau Paton Miller Oliver Steindecker. With a list of works in the exhibition including titles sizes media provenance information; the artist's biographies exhibition details and collections along with their statement accompanies their page. Foreword by Judith B. Sneddon introduction by Helen A. Harrison & Rae Ferren who curated the show. Approx. 8 1/2" square format; printed stapled softcover; light wear; in very good condition. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Guild Hall Museum Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 25191

‎Americana 20th Century New York Riverhead Long Island‎

‎Entry Guide for the 13th Annual Riverhead Country Fair Sunday Oct. 9th 1988 Information on Vendor Spaces Competitions 10k Race Business Expo and Public Service‎

‎Riverhead L.I. New York: Riverhead Chamber of Commerce 1988. 15 pages; blue and white printed with a few illustrations; essentially a guide for those wishing enter into the various competitions for the fair with advertisings from local vendors; also with a centerfold fairgrounds map; approx. 8 1/4" x 10 3/4" size; original printed stapled printed paper wraps; light wear darkening short closed tear at top edge of cover; in very good condition. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Riverhead Chamber of Commerce Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 24016

‎Americana 20th Century Architecture Long Island NY Business History Advertising‎

‎For Homes of Charm.Anywhere and Everywhere a New Comfort Ease Convenience and Economy. Gas Beyond the Main! Brought to You By Hi-Heat Gas Co. Dealers.‎

‎New York City N.Y.: Hi-Heat Gas Co. Inc. 1930. 20 pages; illustrated in 2 colors and photographic half-tones. Showing equipment and the plant of the company and with exterior views of Gurney's Inn Montauk Long Island; the home of Peconic Duck Farm owner Alexander B. Soyars at Riverhead; home of florist Peter J. Buse at Hicksville; NYC tailor C.F. Wetzel home at Remsenburg; Rev. John G. Hehr's home at Southold; the old Taylor Home at Heckscher State Park E. Islip and a few smaller images of the Syosset residence Thomas Whittaker proprietor of Green Acre Farm Langon's Restaurant in the same town and the home of builder Fred Hallock of Jamesport L.I. all of which are quoted with testimonials as to the efficacy of Hi-Heat's gas service. Approx. 6" x 9" size; illustrated stapled green paper covers; light wear; in very good condition. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Hi-Heat Gas Co., Inc. Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 26475

‎Americana 19th Century Periodical Frank Leslie‎

‎Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper No. 976 Vol. XXXVIII New York June 13 1874 Cover Illustration Henri Rochefort The Communist - from New Caledonia to New York‎

‎New York NY: Frank Leslie 1874. 14 pages; illustrated in black and white throughout. Cover pictorial and story within of Henri Rochefort 1830 - 1913 French radical political journalist news publisher & sometime communist politician duelist and anti-Semite; by this point in 1874 his turbulent life had led to his escape from penal servitude in the French colony of New Caledonia where he'd been committed to a life sentence for his various polemics after which he made his way to the U.S. one his way to returning to Europe by 1895 where he eventually ".became a leader of the anti-Dreyfusards and had a principal share in the organization of the press campaign." E.B. 11th ed. The cover vignettes give portrait of Rochefort his command 'on the barricades' in France escape scene and at a fiery "Meeting of a New York International Society." Other articles within depict steamship travel booksellers' row State Street in Chicago the Spanish civil war of the First Republic and other world and national news. Approx. 11" x 16" size; light wear; inner hinge strengthened; disbound from a larger volume; a little edge-wear closed edge-tear; in very good condition. Periodical. Not Bound. Good. Frank Leslie Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 24741

‎Americana Photography 20th Century Animal Training‎

‎Group of Large Format Photographs of Andre and "Smoky Devil" the Personality Horse. Jenkintown Pennsylvania‎

‎Jenkintown Pennsylvania Includes scenes of this "trick horse" with his trainer Andr� standing on hind legs other poses also one with same trainer different horse; with a handwritten note identifying this as such; black and white sepia toned; no date but circa 1950s; 8" x 10" format; good professional images; little bit of edge tips wear; very good condition. NOTE: With several dozen extra images repeating many; and a few others; about 85 total. Photography. Not Bound. Very Good. Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 16187