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1919réf. 227911919. Painting. Very good condition. A group of 12 hand-painted postcards depicting women's fashion in the 1920s. The 5 artist signatures include "Rucio" "Orcina' and "Susie" with 2 undecipherable. All are in the style of the pochoir fashion magazine "Le Gazette du Bon Ton". On the verso is the standard postcard information for France "Carte Postale. La Correspondance au recto n'est pas acceptee par tous les pays etrangers Se renseigner a la poste" with a split back the address on the right and room for correspondence on the left. Two cards by "Susie" are charming - one woman is dressed in a blue sailor's suit the duffle bag slung over her shoulder with the notation "U.S.A.". In the other the young woman is wearing a short pink and blue striped outfit holding a nest of eggs the suggestive caption saying "Nous aussi nous retrouverons bientot notre cher petit nid!" We will also soon find our own little nest! The outfits are charming. Pencil inscription on some identifying the buyer as 'Mich' an American serviceman perhaps who presented the cards to his lady friend who is as "pretty as" the pictures. The postcards are unused printed on heavy rag card with untrimmed edges. unknown
1915réf. 29358Trier Germany: Schaar & Dathe 1915. 85 b&w postcards printed by Schaar & Dathe of Trier who were one of the biggest German postcard printers and used During W.W.I the company had 15 presses and employed 150 workers & used letterpress lithograph and collotype processes. Creating postcards during the war was an easy affordable way to spread the news visually about the areas most affected by combat through images of ruins life in the camps and the cleanup efforts of soldiers and civilians. See the collection held by the Library of Virginia. The postcards are numbered & captioned on the verso. Slightly dusty overall very good condition. Schaar & Dathe unknown
2005réf. 7442CBFrance, 2005. Quer-4°. 291 S. Mit zahlr. Illustr. alter Postkarten. Illustr. Orig.-Leinenband. + Wichtig: Für unsere Kunden in der EU erfolgt der Versand alle 14 Tage verzollt ab Deutschland / Postbank-Konto in Deutschland vorhanden +, A|B
2005réf. 7442CBFrance, 2005. Quer-4°. 291 S. Mit zahlr. Illustr. alter Postkarten. Illustr. Orig.-Leinenband.
réf. 41053101A group of 4 items: Hotel Bela Vista Macao luggage label in the shape of a green leaf with harbour view; 1 postcard with 3 Chinese junks and Macao to the left; 2 Cenenario de India 1498-1898 celebratory cardsunused all clean bright items. unknown
1933réf. QZI-29Paris, Institut international de coopération intellectuelle / Société des nations, 1933. Première édition de ce précieux échange de lettres entre deux des plus brillants esprits de leur temps sur un sujet alors pressant. L'une des 3000 copies sur papier de châtaignier, celle-ci portant le numéro 1509. Large in-8 broché de 16,5 x 22,5 cm pour 63 pp. (1 ff.) Couverture à rabats. Justification du tirage, page de titre. Infimes rousseurs, petite tache en marge des pp. 14 et 15, couverture légèrement salie, intérieur propre. Le titre de la publication a été choisi par Freud. Rédigé à l'initiative de l'Institut de Coopération Intellectuelle pour le dialogue au service de la paix, le livre a été publié simultanément en anglais, français et allemand. Les 2000 copies de l'édition allemande furent saisies par le gouvernement du Troisième Reich peu après leur parution et brûlées.
1919réf. C98410Felixstowe 1919. Very Good. Postcard album containing 169 original postcards of Felixstowe Suffolk; the majority being b/w photo-cards with captions lettered white. One hundred and thirty-one postcards inserted into album pages with an additional 38 loosely inserted. Comprising a fascinating record of the history of Felixstowe. Subjects include WW1 Peace Celebrations together with domestic scenes of the Beach the Promenade the Cliffs and country walks architecture and gardens. Features include cliff erosion the Pier Felixstowe Dock an outfitters shop the Cottage Hospital and a fire at the Bath Hotel several photos. Many in real-photos style. A photo card of Old Hall Farm suggests the residence of the album owner; one photo card of an elderly Victorian lady is inscribed in pencil 'Cousin Mary Godwin.' Dates range between 1919 WW1 Celebrations and the early 1920s. Original publisher's boards in red lettered 'Post Card Album' in gilt. Decorative repeat pattern on endpapers. Pages in green. Dimensions: 255mm x 230mm. pp.150. Very good. Slight lean. Covers slightly rubbed at edges with some minor loss to head of spine. hardcover
1940réf. 64352Asheville NC: Asheville Post Card Co. May 9 1940. Thick oblong 12mo. 5.6 x 3.6 x 2.5 in. 120 pp unpaginated. on thick gray-green paper stock leporello accordion-style format w/ 114 tipped-in sample colour-litho printed postcards many on linen matte finish others printed photos. Typed title label mounted minor shelfwear rubbing pencil markings crossing out the label indicating that they were probably now all out-of-stock originally still a VG exemplar. First edition thus of this salesman sample postcard catalogue portfolio revealing the remarkable range of styles and types of souvenir postcards issued by the Asheville Postcard Co. on the eve of World War II. Many of the view postcards included here depict the Virginia countryside automobile travel automobile camping historic University of Virginia Monticello Skyline Drive homes of James Monroe Woodrow Wilson the Shenandoah River and the Blue Ridge Mountains. Also included are views of typical Mountain Cabins Mountaineer family homes black bears and tobacco fields. Of additional interest are the series of racist stereotypical African-American Cards including watermelon eating “The Darkey Preacher” and African-American sharecropper family featuring “Seven-Up in Dixieland” showing seven children in front of a ramshackle cabin. LeCompte 1890-1970 began as a postcard salesman and souvenir novelties before World War I and by 1921 had partnered with J.L. Widman to set up the Asheville Postcard Co. quickly becoming the largest distributor of postcards south of Washington D.C. and even began shooting many of his own photos and artwork. By the end of the 1930’s he had taken up residence in the historic Biltmore Hotel operating his company in conjunction with the souvenir concessions later. Worldcat locates 1 similar survivor salesman sample w/ different dates UVA; See some of the cards included here residing in the L.C. LeCompte Postcard Collection D.H. Ramsey Library Special Collections Univ. of North Carolina Asheville P77.5. Asheville Post Card Co., unknown
1900réf. BK0100New York: Franz Huld and Arthur Livingston 1900. Three illustrated private mailing cards approximately 3 ¼ x 5 ½ inches each with manuscript messages and Hoboken postmarks dated August 23 1900 addressed to J. H. McNally of Lowell Massachusetts. Minor handling wear and soiling very good. Three postcards depicting the destruction caused by the June 30 1900 North German Lloyd pier fire at Hoboken mailed from the city less than two months later by a man signing himself "Jim" to his brother in Lowell. Two are Franz Huld cards nos. 31 and 32 showing the North German Lloyd docks the day after the fire and the burning S.S. Saale; the third published by Arthur Livingston shows the ruins at the entrance to the company's docks. The sender adds brief observations from Hoboken to the printed disaster views. On the view of the ruined docks he writes "The fire is still smoking." Of the Saale: "This boat is still here they are repairing her." The third explains the group: "I saw these cards today and I thought you would like them. Everything is O.K." The fire swept through the North German Lloyd piers and several vessels in the harbor killing more than 300 people. Postcard historian George Miller has described it as "the first major disaster recorded on postcards" noting at least sixteen American postcard issues and an exceptionally rapid response by publishers; the earliest known copyright was registered only five days after the fire.1 The present cards were mailed while its physical aftermath remained visible on the Hoboken waterfront. 1 George Miller "The first major disaster recorded on postcards" Postcard History October 25 2021 https://postcardhistory.net/2021/10/the-first-major-disaster-recorded-on-postcards-the-hoboken-pier-fire-june-30-1900/. . Franz Huld and Arthur Livingston unknown
1900réf. BK0100New York: Franz Huld and Arthur Livingston 1900. Three illustrated private mailing cards approximately 3 ¼ x 5 ½ inches each with manuscript messages and Hoboken postmarks dated August 23 1900 addressed to J. H. McNally of Lowell Massachusetts. Minor handling wear and soiling very good. Three postcards depicting the destruction caused by the June 30 1900 North German Lloyd pier fire at Hoboken mailed from the city less than two months later by a man signing himself "Jim" to his brother in Lowell. Two are Franz Huld cards nos. 31 and 32 showing the North German Lloyd docks the day after the fire and the burning S.S. Saale; the third published by Arthur Livingston shows the ruins at the entrance to the company's docks. The sender adds brief observations from Hoboken to the printed disaster views. On the view of the ruined docks he writes "The fire is still smoking." Of the Saale: "This boat is still here they are repairing her." The third explains the group: "I saw these cards today and I thought you would like them. Everything is O.K." The fire swept through the North German Lloyd piers and several vessels in the harbor killing more than 300 people. Postcard historian George Miller has described it as "the first major disaster recorded on postcards" noting at least sixteen American postcard issues and an exceptionally rapid response by publishers; the earliest known copyright was registered only five days after the fire.1 The present cards were mailed while its physical aftermath remained visible on the Hoboken waterfront. 1 George Miller "The first major disaster recorded on postcards" Postcard History October 25 2021 https://postcardhistory.net/2021/10/the-first-major-disaster-recorded-on-postcards-the-hoboken-pier-fire-june-30-1900/. . Franz Huld and Arthur Livingston unknown books
1986réf. 294881986. Very good condition. A personal collection of post cards all with Jewish content put together in the 1980's. A mix of RPPCs color and b&w illustrated views some photo cards of family or people of note many unused 21 franked with approximately 7 full back the rest splitback the transition was about 1905. The cards date from 1905 through the 1940s with one post card signed by Yitzhak Navor Israeli Cabinet minister in 1983. Also includes 1 circular Viewmaster reel of Jerusalem the Old City. All housed in protective plastic sleeves 4 per page within a white binder. unknown
réf. 2080502106908912Not Available N.A. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
1950réf. ABC_487261950. Kept in a clear plastic sleeve. Various sizes. Four postcards and one press photograph. Collection of four postcards and one press photograph all relating to hajj. Every image shows a different aspect of the pilgrimage. The photograph shows a group of Moroccan men awaiting their turn to board the plane to Mecca and the postcards show the covered Kaaba both from further away and from up close and the arrival of the holy carpet in Alexandria. The final postcard depicts the public execution of two men.The postcard of the holy carpet has been used and has a black stamp on the front and a message and an address on the back the left margin has been cut slightly affecting the image and the handwritten text the corners of the photographs are somewhat creased. Otherwise in good condition. unknown
1914réf. 51977Honolulu H.T.: n.p. ca. 1914. Seven Real Photo Postcards all printed on split-back CYKO photo postcard stock and stamp box w/ outline CYKO imprint indicating 1906-1915 dating slight edgewear very slight dustsoiling still NF set of images. This scarce group of Real Photo Postcards chronicle some of the floats and events from the 1914 Floral Parade held on the 8th day of Carnival Feb. 21 1914 with the parade forming at Aala Park in the afternoon. The first shows bustling crowds a cleared street men women and families lined up along the street as the parade passes down the corner from McInerny’s Shoe Store with store front and window displays clearly shown in downtown Honolulu. The next series of cards depict the pyramid of children sitting on the Lincoln-Lee Legion float touting their lifelong temperance pledges to abstain from alcohol a large model wooden ship on the Inter-Island Transportation float another showing Lady Liberty on a Spanish War veterans float; along with a RPPC of the Honolulu Fire Department Engine Co. No. 1’s first motorized fire engine what appears to be a 1910 Knox High Pressure Hose Wagon fitted with ladders on the side cab-over configuration and large Brass lamps in front fitted with ladders and firemen riding in the parade. The RPPC of the Iolani Palace lit up at night with floodlights bringing out the architectural details and revealing all of the windows draped in American flags. n.p., unknown
réf. 2080502106906620Not Available N.A. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
1910réf. List3897United States 1910. Nine real photo postcards most standard postcard size several postally used with divided backs. Images include families and groups gathered on porches and in yards with phonographs or gramophones lakeside and camp scenes with record players an interior scene showing a man posed beside a piano and phonograph and several portraits of men with tabletop and horn machines. Some wear silvering soiling and handling; generally very good. A group of real photo postcards documenting the domestic and social use of gramophones and phonographs in the early twentieth century. The cards date from the period in which recorded sound was moving from novelty to common household entertainment. Victor introduced the internal-horn Victrola in 1906 and by the following decade phonographs had become recognizable features of parlors porches camps and other informal leisure settings. The commercial growth of the industry was rapid: Victor's 1904 Red Seal recording of Enrico Caruso singing "Vesti la giubba" is generally described as the first million-selling record while less expensive records and machines helped bring recorded music into a broader range of American homes.1 The group shows the machines among families vacationers young men porch groups and domestic interiors centering the new technology in social gatherings during the period. 1 Marc Hogan "How Much Is Music Really Worth" Pitchfork April 16 2015 accessed July 21 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20150501155808/https://pitchfork.com/features/articles/9628-how-much-is-music-really-worth/. . unknown
1910réf. List3897United States 1910. Nine real photo postcards most standard postcard size several postally used with divided backs. Images include families and groups gathered on porches and in yards with phonographs or gramophones lakeside and camp scenes with record players an interior scene showing a man posed beside a piano and phonograph and several portraits of men with tabletop and horn machines. Some wear silvering soiling and handling; generally very good. A group of real photo postcards documenting the domestic and social use of gramophones and phonographs in the early twentieth century. The cards date from the period in which recorded sound was moving from novelty to common household entertainment. Victor introduced the internal-horn Victrola in 1906 and by the following decade phonographs had become recognizable features of parlors porches camps and other informal leisure settings. The commercial growth of the industry was rapid: Victor's 1904 Red Seal recording of Enrico Caruso singing "Vesti la giubba" is generally described as the first million-selling record while less expensive records and machines helped bring recorded music into a broader range of American homes.1 The group shows the machines among families vacationers young men porch groups and domestic interiors centering the new technology in social gatherings during the period. 1 Marc Hogan "How Much Is Music Really Worth" Pitchfork April 16 2015 accessed July 21 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20150501155808/https://pitchfork.com/features/articles/9628-how-much-is-music-really-worth/. . unknown books
1950réf. 294601950. Postcards. Very good overall. A collection of Wyoming postcards dating from 1900-1950. A total of 121 postcards 19 RPPC 102 regular 18 full back the rest split-back used and unused cards. Priced to sell. Featuring views of Wyoming from: Yellowstone National Park Cheyenne Laramie Sheridan Green River Jackson Hole Fort Russell Col. W. Cody's Pahaska Teepee Shoshonee Irrigation Reservoir. unknown
réf. 76640Various places; various dates. Generally fine condition. unknown
1977réf. ABC_47947Baghdad: Ministry of Oil 1977. Original sturdy plastic case. Oblong 10 x 23 cm. With photographic illustrations all postcards are printed in colour. Remarkable complete set of 14 postcards published by the Iraqi Ministry of Oil to celebrate the flourishing petroleum industry and probably its nationalisation in 1972. The first 2 postcards show the building of the ministry and the official state portraits of then President of Iraq Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr 1914-1982 and Vice Chairman Saddam Hussein 1937-2003. The remaining 12 postcards are each printed for a different month of the year and show various aspects of the Iraqi petroleum industry including the Al-Bakr deep water terminal renamed in 2003 to Al-Basah oil terminal the Al-Khalida oil products tanker the degassing station at North Rumaila oil field the eternal fire near Kirkuk which was the first oil field found in Iraq and the Haditha-Rumaila pipeline which was newly built at the time.With a small crack in one of the sides of the sturdy plastic case. The first and last card in the set are slightly creased. Otherwise in very good condition. Ministry of Oil, unknown
réf. 41052503Group of 8 photo postcards color and black and white very clean most unused a few used as a group only. This is an excellent lot of eight period postcards most likely from about 1898-1920's. THE CARDS & THEIR CAPTIONS: a. No caption. Shows what looks like a Manchurian Princess in elaborate gowns sitting beside a Chinese man smoking opium large format 14.5 x 10.2 cm. black & white very good verso blank. . b. "N. AN OPIUM DEN SHANGHAI. "Verso shows publisher as Denniston & Sullivan Shanghai no. 2. b.w. shows two Chinese men sharing an opium pipe usual postcard size unused card. . c. "CHINESE OPIUM SMOKERS." Color card shows 5 Chinese men with queue hair style one smokes an opium pipe one other smokes a 'water pipe' a child looks on verso publisher states: "Published by the Turco-Egyptian tobacco store Hong Kong Queens Road Old Post Office Building else blank card unused. . d. "CHINESE OPIUM SMOKING." Black & white card shows 6 Chinese men with queue hair style one smokes an opium pipe one other smokes a 'water pipe' while others look on. Verso blank unused card. The color photo illustration occupies 2/3 of the card balance 1/3 to the right is blank. Front states: "Edward H. Mitchell publisher San Francisco." . e. "57 UNDERGROUND OPIUM DEN CHINATOWN SAN FRANCISCO CAL" Color card shows the dank dark basement type opium den common to the San Francisco area in the early 1898-1900's. Shows 4 Chinese men one with a long queue 3 smoke the opium pipe. Verso is blank but printed: "Authorized by act of Congress of May 19 1898. This could be close to that date. . f. "SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA UNDERGROUND OPIUM DEN CHINATOWN." This is similar to the above but a full-sized card color view. Front also states: "Published & Manif. by the Galloway Lithographing Co. S.F. Cal." Verso is blank unused. . g. "CHINESE OPIUM DEN 614 JACKSON STREET CHINATOWN SAN FRANCISCO THE CAT HAS BECOME ADDICTED TO THE FUMES OF THE DRUG." Color photo with 1905 dated ink message on the front cover also on the front is: " Britton & Rey Lithographers San Francisco 512." Verso is addressee postmark round dated and cancelled one-cent stamped with 1905 postmark. Shows a Chinese man with queue hair style smoking an opium pipe a cat sits on his body being held in place by the man's hand. . h. "OPIUM AND PIPE SMOKERS." Color card shows 6 Chinese with queue hair styles two smoke opium. Verso is with penned message dated 1910 round-dated stamp with half-penny stamp addressed to Jersey a UK island. CONDITION: All items in very good or better original condition. Please view the photo images posted to our web site if any questions. . unknown
1950réf. 294511950. Postcards. Very good overall. A collection of California postcards dating from 1900-1950. A total of 222 postcards 61 RPPC 161 regular 28 are full backed the rest split-back both used with franked postage and unused cards. Priced to sell. Featured views showing the sights and sounds of Los Angeles San Francisco San Diego Mendocino Santa Clara Catalina Island Modesto Yosemite Monterey Mt. Shasta Long Beach Lake Tahoe Redondo Beach Auburn Santa Maria Santa Monica Hollywood Eureka Santa Maria Sacramento etc. Some with interesting messages postage or destinations e.g. 1946 Roosevelt/Hyde Park stamp; 1906 earthquake postcard sent to New Zealand and cancelled in 1908; 1944 1 cent Statue of Liberty "Industry Agriculture for Defense" stamp; uncancelled 5 cent "Toward United Nations April 25 1945"; 3 RPPC from Fort Ross showing Russian Officers Building built in 1934 chapel built by Russians in 1811 etc. unknown
1938réf. 24708Japan 1938. Ephemera & postcards. Very good overall. Album comprising 100 cards with embossed illustration of a gun-toting soldier on the cover and with a map printed inside the cover showing Japanese territory in China. The postcards are mostly colored artist postcards many stamped and mailed and almost entirely of Chinese locations. Presumably put together by a Japanese soldier with the occupation force in China. Fortunately the album consists mainly of artists' cards of places and doesn't have any of the images of atrocities committed against the conquered Chinese. Illustrated printed color postcards include many of military life: cavalry units soldiers bathing in hot tubs soldiers relaxing in courtyards a soldier standing in city street soldiers at drill and a seaplane. One card with printed signature T. M. Kauri ; another signed T. Hazma and dated 1938. Other printed color post card subjects include landscapes both Japanese and Chinese Mt. Fuji temples temple gates Japanese beauties one waving a Japanese flag lake and mountain views pagodas industrial river sites river families in their junks Japanese gardens and Chinese walled cities. Color and b&w printed photographic post cards include: mountain landscapes waterfalls temples cherry trees in blossom and traditional architecture. A real albumen picture post card shows a seated group in Western clothes the man at the left a military figure in an outdoor thatched roof gazebo. Oblong 8vo 8 1/2 x 5 1/4" cord bound. Dark blue pictorial embossed boards with red embossed entry gate in fortress wall embossed Japanese soldier and Japanese lettering. Faint damp stain mostly top edge early leaves only; chipping to lower corners of album pages only; the postcards clean and bright. unknown
réf. 46840Minerva Press.1993.In-4,couv.souple ill.en couleurs.375 p.Nombreuses reproductions en noir.Dédicace de l'Auteur. TBE.En langue anglaise.
réf. 2080502106911326Not Available N.A. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
