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1910ref. 001845S. l. Paris: s. n. 1910. Softcover. First edition issue No. 1; 11 ¼â x 8 ¾â ; pp. 4; fragile newsprint; mild age-toning to margins; folded with a horizontal crease line; several small cuts to fold and edges; very good condition. The very first issue of a short-lived Russian journal presumably only 2 issues were ever printed it was published by an unidentified émigré group in France and contained news and articles on labor events from around the world including the 21st International Miners Congress in Brussels the Trade Unions Conference in Sheffield the New York City Cloakmakers’ Strike which would result in the signing of the “Protocol of Peaceâ and others. S. l. (Paris): s. n. paperback books
1910ref. 001861Los Angeles CA / Independence Iowa: Unique Novelty Co. Mfrs. and Jobbers 1910. Softcover. First edition presumed n. d. ca 1910; 10 wooden blocks with carvings of a car a bridge etc. one piece replaced else original squares and rectangles approx. 1 1/2 x 3/4; dark red box with a green engraved label pasted-on 4 x 3; instructions to top half verso; box with a few chips and rubbed spots to edges; two of the corners with short splits; very good- condition. A mystery game most probably created shortly after the Panic of 1907 it proclaims: "Getting the first $1000 in the bank is a problem. It seems a long rough road with mountains ahead and many amusements and other temptations. Yet it is possible." The bottom half of the box has a diagram drawn with shapes matching those of the wooden blocks. After removing the block marked "Remove this Bridge" the rest of the blocks are to be slid around without being lifted until the "First $1000" block could land on the diagram square marked "Bank." It requires 55 moves. Los Angeles, CA / Independence, Iowa: Unique Novelty Co., Mfrs. and Jobbers paperback books
1930ref. 001868New York US Office: Carl Schleicher & Schuell Company 1930. Softcover. First edition n. d. ca 1930; 4 x 5 1/2; pp. 1 4-46; pink card stock wallet-type portfolio; two pockets to verso of wraps with 11 samples; front wraps stamped with a manuscript name and address; illustrated with engravings and tables; a few spots to wraps; light general wear; very good condition. Carl Schleicher & Schuell Company was established in the second half of the 19th century in Dueren Germany and several satellite offices were opened in Rhineland New York City Feldbach Switzerland Hertogenbosch Netherlands and others. The company specialized in laboratory and industrial filter paper filter units for chemical analysis graph and drawing paper etc. New York (US Office): Carl Schleicher & Schuell Company paperback books
1943ref. 001867Chicago: Montgomery Ward & Co. Inc. 1943. Softcover. First edition; 9 x 7 1/2; pp. 1 4-84; illustrated wraps; small loss of paper to head of spine; thin cut to bottom edge; lower corner of several of the leaves clipped as published; very good condition. A wartime edition with a caveat added that: "Wallpaper Books use valuable dyes inks and paper stock - the Government has issued a limitation order to conserve these critical materials for war use.This Wallpaper Sample Book will undoubtedly be the only edition that we can offer to our customers for the duration. Will you therefore please co-operate with us by returning this Catalog after it has served your purpose so that other Ward customers may share the use of it with you" The mail order company was founded by Aaron Montgomery Ward in 1872 and is still in existence today. Despite the war restrictions the catalog contained a dazzling array of wallpaper sheets - embossed painted gilded and textured. Also fittingly "patriotic colors in stripes" were offered. Chicago: Montgomery Ward & Co., Inc. paperback books
1900ref. 001876S. l.: s. n. 1900. Softcover. First edition presumed n. d. ca 1900 ; 9 3â 4 x 6 3â 4; pp. 6; illustrated beige wraps with an ornamental border; a few small spots of foxing mostly to back wrap; color vignettes to head of each chapter; very good condition. A mystery pamphlet but nevertheless quite interesting it gives a short history and descriptions of several famous 19th century clippers including the Staghound the Dreadnought and the Sovereign of the Seas. S. l.: s. n. paperback books
1870ref. 001643Boston: Nichols and Noyes 1870. Softcover. Boston: Nichols and Noyes paperback books
1905ref. 001654S. l. Oxnard CA : s. n. 1905. Softcover. First edition n. d. ca 1905; 5 x 3 1/2; single sheet light brown card stock illustrated in blue and red; lower right corner with a chip chipped piece present else minor wear; very good condition. A fun advertisement puzzle for Bishop's Nut Brown Sodas - a business that appears to have been located in Oxnard California at the beginning of the 20th century. The recto of the card features a beautiful illustration of a jester and a parrot and the verso contains a table with numbers and letters and directions for guessing one's age with the help of that table. S. l. (Oxnard, CA [?]): s. n. paperback books
1939ref. 001653S. l. Seattle WA : s. n. 1939. Softcover. First edition; 2 x 4 1/4; single sheet stiff beige card stock illustrated in black; punch hole for a string to left margin; a bit of wear and creasing; faint glue residue to verso removed from a scrap book and a handwritten name overall very good condition. A hilarious advertisement piece for the so called "Unique Comedy Act Appealing to Both Sexes of All Ages" of the 1930s and 1940s. The verso of the label features the following short poem: "I am out on a hell of a time -- When I get so I can't stand up Take my purse wind my watch Tie this to my button hole Kick my ass and send me home." It features a rebus of a donkey for the word "ass." S. l. (Seattle, WA [?]): s. n. paperback books
1904ref. 001661S. l. Elgin Ill : The Willson Press 1904. Softcover. Small broadside n. d. ca 1904; 8 1/2 x 6; light brown paper printed in black; a few nicks to edges with small loss of paper; faint intersecting crease lines; good to very good condition. The broadside advertised a lecture on Russia and Siberia at the Elgin Opera House under the auspices of Elgin Lodge No. 117 one in several such events around the country by Captain S. Alberti. He was a Freemason and a former army officer who had been condemned to exile in the Kara mines in Siberia and had managed to escape with the help of Masonic friends and to immigrate to the US in the late 1800s. He would become widely known as a prolific Masonic lecturer and would often travel around the country and retell stories of his former life in Russia. S. l. (Elgin, Ill [?]): The Willson Press paperback books
1884ref. 001666Odessa: Tip. Tovarishchestva "Bratia Kulberg' 1884. Softcover. First edition n. d. ca 1884; 9 1/2 x 7 1/4; pp. 37; pink wraps faded to dark yellow illustrated with wood engravings; small loss of paper to tips of spine; crease to upper right corner; illustrated with drawings; overall very good condition. In English and Russian. An uncommon survivor of the 19th century the catalog was published strictly for the Russian market of one of the biggest British manufacturers of agricultural machinery and general engineering products from the late 18th until the end of the 20th century. The enterprise was started by Robert Ransome 1753-1830 in the 1780s when he was casting ploughshares in a disused malting in Ipswich and discovered entirely by accident chilled casting - the process of hardening a metal's surface by initiating contact between molten metal and cold metal. By 1851 export trade was initiated including opening a branch establishment in Odessa and by the early 1900s it would become much more important than the home market with more than four-fifths of the threshing machines and steam engines sales being exported abroad. The catalog contains drawings and descriptions on facing pages and both in English and Russian of spare parts for the company's steam threshers. Not in OCLC or in the trade as of January 2015. Odessa: Tip. Tovarishchestva "Bratia Kulberg' paperback books
1939ref. 001676Tokyo: The Central Raw Silk Association of Japan 1939. Softcover. First edition; oblong 7 x 9 1/2; pp. 26; colorful silk over card stock wraps tied with a blue decorative string; a few spots to wraps; very light fraying to silk; illustrated with photographs; overall very good condition. A wonderful book published "for those who love the grace and beauty of silk and for those who are not informed on the origin of and the utility of silk the story of raw silk will be told." it follows the process of obtaining the material and manufacturing the fabric and describes the characteristics of raw silk. Tokyo: The Central Raw Silk Association of Japan paperback books
1880ref. 001701Philadelphia: Ketterlinus Lithographic Mfg. Co. 1880. Softcover. First edition n. d. ca 1880; 9 1/2â x 6 1/4â ; cream card stock; embossed lithographed american flag in red blue and gold; 4-line poem and company information beneath illustration; pricing for “duplicate copies of this flagâ to verso; thin closed cut to left edge and a few small creases; small pin puncture to upper left corner; a spot to verso from a removed label; overall in very good condition. An interesting advertisement piece for the Ketterlinus Lithographic Manufacturing Co. which was established in 1842 and operated until the 1970s. Founded by Eugene and Paul Ketterlinus the business would quickly become known for printing color stock cards and manufacturers label earlier than any other company in Philadelphia. Eugene’s son John Louis took over in the early 1870s continuing the tradition of employing the most advanced equipment of the times and printing not only greeting and advertising cards but also checks Congressional documents catalogs etc. Philadelphia: Ketterlinus Lithographic Mfg. Co. paperback books
1988ref. 001703Moskva Moscow: Plakat 1988. Softcover. First edition; 26 1/2 x 18 1/2; offset print; a few faint creases from being rolled; small bump to lower right corner and a very minor nick to top edge; very good or better condition. Published at the very end of Communism the poster shows a boy and a girl standing next to each other with the girl's kerchief made of the Soviet Flag and the boy's hat made of the American Flag. It hints at Gorbachev’s starting to lose control over regions of the Soviet Union the democratization of the country and Russia's imminent opening to Western Europe and the United States. Moskva (Moscow): Plakat paperback books
1906ref. 001702Otoe Co. Nebraska: Dewey Public School No. 96 1906. Softcover. Otoe Co., Nebraska: Dewey Public School No. 96 paperback books
1942ref. 001587New York: The American Social Hygiene Association 1942. Softcover. Revised edition; 7 x 3 1/4; three-fold pp. 6; illustration to front wrap; light age-toning and wear to corners; small nicks to tips of fold-lines; handwritten address to back wrap; very good. Published mostly for the benefit of the American soldiers in the Second World War but also addressing civilian men and women the pamphlet described the two diseases and outlined their symptoms modes of infection treatment prevention etc. Two copies at Harvard and Yale none other in the trade. New York: The American Social Hygiene Association paperback books
1900ref. 001426San Francisco: J.A. Folger & Co. 1900. Softcover. Leaflet n. d. ca 1900; 4 x 7; single sheet printed recto only; small chips to corners; a bit of age-toning to margins; good to very good. An advertising leaflet for the Golden Gate Baking Powder which was produced the J. A. Folger Company also known for their Folger's coffee containing the statement: "Use 1/4 less of Golden Gate Baking Powder than any other brand and get the same results" as well as various cake and cookie recipes made with the above-mentioned baking powder. San Francisco: J.A. Folger & Co. paperback books
1931ref. 001427St. Louis MO: Ralston Purina Co. 1931. Softcover. First edition; 3 1/2 x 4 1/2; single sheet four-fold; minor rubbing to spine; faint wear to front wrap; illustrated; very good or better. An advertisement and recipe booklet it touts the benefits of staying slim by eating Ry-Krisp wafers show various way of enjoying them and supplies a full "One Week's Stay Slim Menus." St. Louis, MO: Ralston Purina Co. paperback books
1920ref. 001428Syracuse NY: G. C. Hanford Mfg. Co. 1920. Softcover. First edition; 4 x 5 1/4; pp. 14; illustrated wraps; Minor wear to edges and wraps; near fine condition. An advertisement for Hanford's Balsam of Myrrh in the form of an abc book with each page featuring two letters an illustration and short rhymes touting the magical properties of the product for example: "W is for Wound or Open Sore That you have tried to heal before; Seek Hanford's Balsam where for sale Then use after others fail." Hanford's Balsam was introduced in 1846 as a cure-all for external injuries on horses livestock and humans. Syracuse, NY: G. C. Hanford Mfg. Co. paperback books
1926ref. 001429Boston: The E. L. Patch Company 1926. Softcover. First edition; 3 1/4 x 5; pp. 13; illustrated wraps; minor wear and rubbing to spine and edges; illustrated with photographs; very good to near fine condition. An apparently unrecorded booklet describing Carrageen aka Irish Moss detailing in words and photographs the process of raking the ocean along the New England coast for the moss drying it and manufacturing various products. The pamphlet is also an advertisement for the company's Nepto Lotion - made with Carrageen and apparently the go-to for surgeons housewives "those who drive a car" etc. Boston: The E. L. Patch Company paperback books
1881ref. 001430S. l. Boston: s. n. Seth W. Fowle & Sons 1881. Softcover. First edition n. d. ca 1881; 3 1/5 x 5 1/2; pp. 16; illustrated wraps; a few spots to front wrap; small chip to head of spine; illustrated with steel engravings; overall very good-. An advertisement for the firm of Seth W. Fowle & Sons' patent medicines - Wistar's Balsam of Wild Cherry and Peruvian Syrup. The booklet contains testimonials descriptions and a hilarious poem. S. l. [Boston]: s. n. [Seth W. Fowle & Sons] paperback books
1890ref. 001434Baltimore MD: Emerson Drug Co. 1890. Softcover. First edition n. d. ca 1890; 2 3/4 x 4 1/2; pp. 14; illustrated stiff wraps; minor age-toning to wraps; illustrated; near fine- condition. An unusual advertising booklet combining poetry and historical facts for Emerson Drug Co.'s Bromo-Seltzer which purportedly cured all headaches nervous depression over brain-work alcoholic excesses and so on. Several pages left blank with heading "Memorandum." Others contained information on the British Russian French German Italian Spanish and US Armies' numbers of soldiers guns horses etc. Also included were short poems corresponding to the particular army being described for example: "And Russia is a mighty power But well disposed to us We shall indeed deplore the hour It ceases to be thus." The only copy in the trade. Baltimore, MD: Emerson Drug Co. paperback books
1948ref. 001444Paris: s. n. 1948. Softcover. Presumed first edition; 5 3/4 x 9; pp. 20; beige wraps printed in black; closed cuts to tips of spine; some rubbing to edges; several small tears around staples of first and last few pages; good to very good. An anonymous work on the Antichrist most probably created and published by a Russian emigre religious organization in France in the aftermath of the Second World War. Paris: s. n. paperback books
1860ref. 001455New York: H. De Marsan 1860. Softcover. Broadside n. d. ca 1860; 6 1/2 x 10; single sheet recto only; chips to top edge with small loss of paper and a few spots to upper margin; ornate engraved border; good to very good. Called broadside ballads and a sub-genre of "street" literature these poems or narrative songs most often with scores sold separately were printed on cheap fragile paper sold by vendors and hawkers in the streets and tended to reflect sensational news of the day. In the early to mid-19th century the ballad printing market was dominated by just a few publishers including H. De Marsan publisher of the current broadside in New York Wehman Brothers and Magnus. Though many of the ballads were not illustrated De Marsan used series of stock engravings to form elaborate eye-catching ornamental borders. New York: H. De Marsan paperback books
1780ref. 001457S. l.Pennsylvania: s. n. 1780. Softcover. Broadside n. d. ca 1780 ; date obtained from a himmelsbrief at Yale closely resembling identical dimensions similar border similar typography; 7 3/4 x 12; single sheet recto only; several crease lines with small punctures at intersections; age-toning to margins; a few small nicks to edges; illustrated with a geometrical border; double columns; good to very good. Himmelsbrief in Pennsylvania Dutch or Himmelsbriefe in German was a religious document which according to the text had been invented by a gypsy in Prussia in 1714 and had been first printed in Koeningsberg in 1715. It gave a prayer which was supposed to protect the family owning the broadside from fire pestilence and lightning. It also assured pregnant women that carrying it on their body would repel witchcraft and sorcery. Though extremely popular with the Pennsylvania Dutch and wildly published in German in the late 18th and all through the 19th centuries the "heavenly letters" were also printed in English and various Scandinavian languages. Most of them were sold at fairs and markets and even peddled throughout rural communities. S. l.[Pennsylvania]: s. n. paperback books
1983ref. 001496Mill Valley CA: Splendid Press 1983. Softcover. First edition; 6 1/4 x 4 1/2"; pp. 4 single sheet folded in two; front wrap illustrated in red; thin smudge of gilt to fore-edge from illustration on pp. 2 being hand-colored else very minor wear; near fine condition. A beautiful prospectus from the well-known fine press of Carol Cunningham et al in Northern California it advertises and describes a deluxe limited edition hand-colored miniature dedicated to the Horses of Saint Mark. Not in OCLC. Mill Valley, CA: Splendid Press paperback books