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193158 pages. Features: Nice color ad for General Electric radios inside front cover; Hudson Essex car ad shows mother dropping kids at school; Nice full-page ad for Mimeograph; They'll Come Shooting (short story); Power and Glory - the gutsy story of Boies Penrose, one of the most prodigious figures in American political life - article with photos; Wild Geese (short story); A Lady of Resource (short story); Naughty Girl - Lenore Ulric serves allure in generous portions - article with photos; The Meanest Beast - battle between black leopard and shark; The Road Back (part VI of short story); You Couldn't Hate Patrick (short story); Thoughts that Win - Advice by champion golfer Jerome D. Travers - article with photo; Nice full-page color ad for Seald Sweet grapefruits; Full-page ad for Canada Dry ginger ales; The Scotty Dog (short story); Fantastic centerfold two-colour ad for Colorado tourism; Louisville & Nashville (L&N) Railroad full-page ad; Full-page ad for Philco radios features photos of Gary Cooper; Nice Chrysler ad; Full-page Fleischmann's Yeast ad encourages readers to eat three cakes per day (!); Back page article on prohibition; Attractive color Ford ad inside back cover shows doctor making housecall in the evening snow; Color Ipana ad on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
1984139 pages. Signed and inscribed by authors inside front cover. Numerous reproductions of black and white archival photos in text. Deals almost entirely with the trade from Saint Pierre. Binding tight. Somewhat above-average wear. A sound reference copy. Book
1990230 pages. Index and bibliography. "...Traces the history of the antipotlatch law, the government's attempts to enforce it and the widespread native opposition to the repressive legislation, shedding new light on a crucial chapter in the history of native peoples in Canada over the past two centuries." - from dust jacket. Former library copy with usual markings and only light wear. A sound copy. Book
1957222 pages. "The entertaining life-history of a schooner, from her first appearance on the designing-board, through her gradual growth in the builder's yard and trials in the North Atlantic, to her cruel death indirectly at the hands of the U.S. Customs during the prohibition period." - dust jacket. Prior owner's name and date atop front free endpaper, otherwise contents clean and unmarked. Binding tight. Above-average wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A sound vintage copy. Book
1991218 pages. Index. Footnotes. "The first systematic examination of government control of liquor in Canada. As the first province in English Canada to choose government control, British Columbia stood out as a North American experiment in the post-prohibition world of alcohol regulation. Analyzes liquor control from a variety of viewpoints: attitudes and access to alcohol; federal-provincial relations; cartels and patronage; and social reform. Reveals much about he intricacies of the state in economic life, particularly the apparent contradiction between promotion and regulation." - Preface. Former library copy with usual markings and front free endpaper removed. Dust jacket not included. Above-average wear to navy blue boards. Binding intact. A worthy reference copy of this 1991 first printing. Book
1923Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: 'Twixt Sunset and Sunrise - Mining Engineer William Bartle relates a story from Mexico where, outside the large cities "no foreigner's life is worth a farthing"; The Cannibal Islands - Part II - photo-illustrated article by Clifford Collinson who has lived in the Solomon Islands for several years and, in this instalment, visits the little-known atolls of Ong-Tong-Java, with nice photos; The Disappearance of Annie Mooney - A thirty-year-old mystery is solved in a strange and unlooked-for manner - was she kidnapped by the Chinese all those years ago?; The Most Wonderful School in the World - A remarkable "sun-cure" establishment at Aigle in the Swiss mountains where children - recently hopeless cripples - learn their lessons and romp in deep snow clad only in loin-cloths and boots! - with photos; Obyada, Bad Indian - story related by a member of the Royal North-West Mounted police about a troublesome individual near Red Deer, Alberta; The Rum-Runner - the story of a sea captain's first smuggling voyage, as told in St. Pierre, headquarters of a fleet of ships engaged in the liquor-running business; Soliman the Seer - the mysterious fortune-teller of the Pyraid of Cheops; The Children of the Wilderness (Conclusion) - Juliet Bredon's photo-illustrated travels in little known Mongolia; A Wildfowling Adventure - a nasty little adventure on the Solway Firth; Fishing for Crocodiles - using a special hook and line; On Patrol - a quaint little experience related by a flying officer of the Royal Air Force; The MIssing Links - An Indian magician discovers a thief when the police had failed; Round the World With a Lasso - former Texas Ranger Captain George Ash tours the world giving exhibitions and training troops in the use of the lasso - article with photos; The Strangest Mutiny on Record - The Schooner Pedro Varela; Six Hundred Thousand Francs - One of the most audacious jewel robberies ever perpetrated (in Paris); and more. 88 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this excellent vintage issue. Book
1973372p., illus. Hardcover Good condition; boards soiled
1933réf. 157897Cincinnati: Romach and Groene 1933. Vintage photograph of the first legal whiskey produced in Ohio during prohibition at the Carthage Distilling Company in Cincinnati with contemporary annotations of location dates and personnel and a "Rombach and Groene Commercial Photographers Cincinnati Ohio" stamp on the verso. A fascinating prohibition artifact depicting fifteen men and one woman standing in a warehouse before a stack of three whiskey barrels the topmost barrel prominently marked "1" less than two months before the passage of the 21st Amendment December 5 1933 repealing prohibition. On the verso in a contemporary hand is written: "First Barrel Whiskey produced in the State of Ohio since the 18th amendment became effective / manufactured and produced at the Carthage Distilling Corpn. plant Cincinnati Ohio / mashed under date Oct. 20th 1933 / drawn and entered under date Oct. 23rd 1933." Cincinnati Ohio second only to Louisville Kentucky in the production of bourbon prior to the end of prohibition was best known during prohibition as the headquarters for the "King of Bootleggers" George Remus. Cincinnati was located within a 300 mile radius of 80 percent of all of America's bonded whiskeys making it an ideal location for a massive bootlegging enterprise as well as for the headquarters to the Schenley Distillery one of only six distilleries nationwide with a license to sell medicinal spirits during prohibition. An October 26 1933 article from the Cincinnati Enquirer entitled "Big Blending Plant Planned For Reading; First Legal Whisky In Ohio Is Produced" confirms the annotations on the photograph "Simultaneously with the actual production of medicinal whisky at its plant in Carthage-said to be the first legal whisky turned out in Ohio since prohibition-it became known yesterday that the National Distillers Products Corporation New York largest distiller in the country will locate one of its major blending and bottling plants in the immediate vicinity of Cincinnati." The article continues "The Carthage Distillery on Anthony Wayne Avenue Carthage is the only distillery now operating in the state of Ohio." In 1933 the Carthage Distilling Company was acquired by the National Distillers Products Corporation and in 1987 was bought by Jim Beam. Established in 1883 Cincinnati photographers Rombach and Groene specialized in commercial and landscape photography. In 2001 the Cincinnati Museum Center acquired the Rombach and Groene Collection a collection of over 6500 glass and film negatives and a hundred prints dating from 1870 to 1970. The company closed in 1973. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good with some modest creasing four small bruises and a small repair to the surface of the image to the center right. Romach and Groene unknown books
1764réf. 1067Sicily Naples and Turin 1764. Very good. Together 6 items: 1 broadside 46 x 34.5 cm 5 bandi folio sheets each folded once various sizes various wear some signatures clipped others supplied in manuscript assorted manuscript annotations extracted from bindings. Small but very interesting collection of Bandi on the prohibition of tobacco all scarce none are found in OCLC / FirstSearch. As there was no centralized government in Italy the restrictions on Tobacco was a quagmire of regional taxation restriction and monopolization as is attested by the bandi in the present collection. Increasing tobacco consumption in the Italian penensula merited the establishment of fiscal laws by various States. The present items illustrate the expansion of tobacco culture and the disjointed governmental responses from Sicily Naples and Turin: 1. Broadside: Carlo . La Regia Giunta eretta da S.M. per il Dritto proibitivo del Tabacco 3 May 1758. 2. Noi il Conte d' Americo Amari . del gius proibitivo del Tabacco 23 January 1746 2 pp. 3. Noi d' Michele Amari conte de S. Adriano . del Jus prohibendi del Tabacco 23 January 1740 2 pp. 4. Noi Don Giuseppe Termine e Ferreri . del Jus prohibendi del Tabacco 30 November 1733 1 p. 5. Manifesto Camerale per la vendita. de distribuzione del Tabacco nel Luogo di Refrancore 14 May 1762 3 pp. with Tariffs. 6. 5. Manifesto Camerale che ristabilisce la vendita e distribuzione del Tabacco nel Luogo di Rochetta Belbo 13 February 1764 3 pp. with Tariffs. unknown books
1924réf. 23615New York: League for Public Discussion 1924. First edition. 74 pages followed by 4 pages advertisements or notices 1 plate with a portrait of each of the contenders. 1 vols. 8vo. Original green stiff wrappers notice about the League on inside back cover. Some light wear and discoloration front cover detached. First edition. 74 pages followed by 4 pages advertisements or notices 1 plate with a portrait of each of the contenders. 1 vols. 8vo. League for Public Discussion unknown books
1922réf. 236901922. Woodland California Judicial Township justice court fee book 1922 to 1930 recording eight years of misdemeanor enforcement and the transfer of fines from R. W. Harrison's courtroom to Yolo County and California fiscal offices. Ninety nine of the ledger's 100 pages are completed with defendants' names abbreviated charges fines fees and docket references. Entries for liquor possession and other alcohol offenses appear beside motor vehicle violations gambling disturbing the peace assault battery and local ordinance cases while attached receipts document the sums Harrison remitted to county and state authorities. Harrison R. W. General Fee Book Justice of the Peace Woodland Judicial Township. Woodland California April 1922 to June 1930. 100 pages 99 completed in manuscript. 10.5 × 16 inches. Each monthly section provides columns for the date "Description of Work or Service" fees and remarks; Harrison supplied case names and abbreviated causes marked payments received calculated monthly totals and cited corresponding docket numbers. County auditor's receipts pasted over the entries certify payments for fines and fees. Receipts from the California Controller's Department and State Treasurer's Office record further transfers. The state documents bear the printed name of Treasurer Charles G. Johnson while the county forms carry signatures and date stamps from the Yolo County auditor and treasurer. The ledger covers most of national Prohibition which began in 1920 and records alcohol prosecutions as one category within the ordinary monthly business of a township court. Its growing number of motor vehicle matters documents the corresponding expansion of traffic enforcement often through small fines entered beside assault gambling peace disturbance and fish and game cases. Yolo County Archives maintains 18 linear feet of justice court dockets dating from circa 1878 to 1959 including criminal civil small claims and motor vehicle records whose entries generally identify the township litigants complaint and proceedings; Harrison's fee book supplies the financial sequence that followed those proceedings from the assessment of a fine through its remittance to county or state government. Quarter leather binding chipped at the outer corners; spine covering stripped although the binding remains tight; several threads loose at the edges; staining and discoloration to the front cover. Overall good condition. A nearly complete fiscal register of Prohibition era policing traffic regulation and misdemeanor justice in Woodland Judicial Township. unknown books
1934réf. 59731934. St. Paul Pioneer Press. May 10 1934 issue documents the federal prosecution of St. Paul bootlegger Leon Gleckman and the government's effort to connect Minnesota's illicit liquor economy with Al Capone's Chicago organization supporting research into Prohibition enforcement organized crime tax prosecutions and regional newspaper coverage of interstate criminal networks. Published during Gleckman's federal trial for attempting to evade income taxes for 1929 through 1931 the issue places a locally prominent defendant within the wider history of federal authorities using financial records and tax law against figures whose illegal enterprises were difficult to prosecute directly. Court records confirm that Gleckman's case concerned substantial unreported income and that his first trial began in April 1934. St. Paul Pioneer Press. St. Paul Minnesota. Thursday May 10 1934. Number of pages and measurements not stated. Front page carries the headline "AL CAPONE NAMED IN GLECKMAN TRIAL" with the subheading "Government Seeks to Show St. Paulite Sold Chicago Rum Baron Alcohol." The article reports the prosecution's attempt to establish that Gleckman supplied alcohol to Capone presenting the trial as evidence of commercial ties between St. Paul and Chicago during the final phase of national Prohibition enforcement. The headline's pairing of Capone's nationally recognized name with a St. Paul defendant also shows how the local press framed Gleckman's financial prosecution through the more publicly legible language of bootlegging and organized crime. The issue appeared five months after repeal of national Prohibition while federal authorities continued prosecuting income generated during the illegal liquor trade. Gleckman was subsequently convicted on two counts of tax evasion after a second trial and the resulting appellate decision preserved extensive evidence concerning unexplained bank deposits and his claimed interest in a distillery. Left-edge binding holes; otherwise clean with no additional defects reported; overall near fine. A sharply focused contemporary account of the federal effort to reconstruct the financial and commercial connections linking St. Paul bootlegging to the better-known Chicago underworld. unknown books
1920réf. LIST120American 1920. Gelatin silver photograph 5 ½ x 3 ½ inches on Cyko stock photo paper. Very Good. A scarce photograph of a bootlegging operation c. early 1920s. The photograph is printed on Cyko stock which was used through the early 1920s. Few images of bootleggers have survived. The six men in the picture look quite serious in their work and it's difficult to imagine why they allowed a picture to be taken. A very good example with good contrast well preserved. unknown books
1930réf. BK0040Texas 1930. Journal measuring 9 ¼ x 7 ¾ inches 67 double-sided pages filled thoroughly with many loose newspaper clippings tucked inside. Many pages with newspaper clippings pasted over writing some fairly loosely attached. Cover heavily worn good; contents worn and somewhat delicate though generally very good or better. With appx. 200 sheets of other material mainly 5 x 8 inch note papers generally good to very good. Overall very good. The scrapbook journal and papers of a Texas preacher likely the Methodist reverend Charles B. Garrett documenting his anti-alcohol stance and his efforts to come up with convincing empirical arguments in favor of Prohibition. The journal begins in about 1900 or 1901 starting with numerous newspaper clippings concerning alcohol-induced killings domestic violence and other tragedies. Alongside the clippings are Garrett's own notes and writing. These include some fully thought-out short essays on topics like the Woman's Christian Temperance Union the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment and drinking rates alcohol-related death rates crime and so on. For example Garrett writes: "These boys and girls who are determined to drink because the government has prohibited the sale of intoxicants come as a rule from fathers and mothers who have failed to endow their sons and daughters with elimental sic decency. Yet the wets make the best of this. It is a fact. Drinking flask toting and cocktail jerking is not done in the best American society. . Bottle made conversation is never worth listening to only fools are entertained by such." He also comments on certain Texas happenings in particular including the impeachment of anti-Prohibition Governor James Ferguson appearing to blame Ferguson's behavior on drink. Next to clippings about Texas v James E Ferguson he writes: "A self confessed degenerate / An impeached Governor / A proven grafter using the state money to pay his own debts . a. To hell with these cigarette smoking boys my pockitt book is my principal / b. I am a degenerate son of a noble sire". However his writing is typically tempered with the acknowledgement that "this is a public question with two sides and this is a free country or is supposed to be therefore each individual has the right of choice." His aim seems to have been to construct an argument for Prohibition using rather than moral rhetoric as much convincing empirical evidence as he could; entries often include specific statistics such as crime and car accident rates rates before and after bans on alcohol sales in Texas counties. He also shows great consideration for the opposing side's arguments; for instance a more stream-of-consciousness entry reads: "1 The all important Q is shall a man be deprived of selling what he pleases - this is an inalienable right. 2 Any man has the absolute right to buy liquor. Minors are not allowed. We got ar sic right to do these things - it is God gave it. Dont 14 chapter on thithing sic. There is the whole field of the liquor question covered. . The law provides that it may be sold for every purpose . Prohibition is violation of the Holy Scriptures / Will one of you who laughed at his ridicule tell where he found the scripture / No man new wine in old bottles / The ax is laid at the root of the tree. / Paul said take wine for the stomach sick / We don't prohibit we regulate. . Our forefathers fought for these rights / Sam Houston and others ." In another similarly free-associative entry his reasons against prohibition include that "It is boy's nature to do what you say he shan't" "Can't make men good by law" and "I drank boat loads of it but harmed nobody"; and he remarks that "Men who have strong opinions on one side of a subject will not see the other side." These stream-of-consciousness entries sometimes veer into the bizarre such as the following entry titled "Anecdotes": "Get 'em in the open. Like the cowboy who saw a bald headed man on the train out West scratching the fringe of hair at the base of his skull. The cowboy leaned forward and said: 'Stranger if you will run them up into the clearing you can catch em' / Got his eyes open - Old Sook John and Dad / The Arkansas girl and the Texas Cowboy. / The negro who grew in grace. / The stammering boy and his palseyed Dad / The stammering a peculiarity. / The two men who bought a fan each one wore his out fanning while the other kept his by holding the fan still moving his head from side to side. / The Lousanna sic man who drank corn whiskey till he saw so many snakes that he decided to start a snake show / Mr Nesbitt and his namesake / A rabbit took a drink of No 4 and broke the latch on a bull dog's door / A peckerwood took a drink of No 3 and peeled the bark from a hickory tree / A bull frog took a drink from No 2 and when he jumped he fairly flew / A mouse took a drink from No 1 and said I am a cat lickin son of a gun." The journal continues throughout and after Prohibition. An entry from during Prohibition again focusing on opposition arguments reads: "The U.S. has stood the depression better than most any nation. We have had to lend several of the soaking wet nations money to keep them out of bankruptcy. Irving Fisher. Why do you oppose the 18A It destroys my personal liberty . / When I want a drink I want to walk right in and take it / Women didnt drink till the 18th A was adopted / Pro. made bootleggers / It interferes with my personal liberty . / Americans will not stand for any one saying they shall not they shall not do this or that." After the repeal his focus shifts somewhat to the moral responsibility of nonvoting "drys" for the evils resulting from legalization. He writes: "The wets now refer to repeal of the 18A. without sic emphasizing the overwhelming majority for repeal and many drys swallow that like they swallowed the diabolical propaganda against the 18A. . No honest person wet or dry will vote for or give their consent to anything that will double drunkenness and increase car accidents and crime if they know it will but that is exactly what every wet voted for and drys who didnt vote consented to and became responsible for if they knew what it was." The loose materials mainly seem to be sermon notes though they also contain a significant amount of Prohibition-related material. These include anecdotes about alcohol-related car accidents; a letter from the Texas Liberal Legion favoring Roosevelt's Beer and Wine Revenue Act with many of Garrett's notes on the back; and mailers with statements and sets of statistics from the Anti-Saloon League of America and the Methodist Episcopal Church's Board of Temperance Prohibition and Public Morals. Overall an engaging if sometimes strange document of a religious leader grappling with the task of convincing people of the Prohibitionist viewpoint. Of interest to historians of Texan prohibition and anti-alcohol views before during and after Prohibition. . unknown books
1933réf. 41184n.p. 1933. 8" x 12". Original color painting on Abacco illustration board matted and framed behind glass. Vibrant colors with some pencil sketch lines showing through. Unsigned and uninitialed. Corners chipped a closed crack in lower left corner. On verso of board is the name of the type of board and available dimensions "Paints Brush and Color Corporation" with distributors listed as E.H. & A.C. Friedrichs Co. of New York The Hirshberg Company of Baltimore and Henry M. Taws of Philadelphia. Very Good. Ours is the only copy located after diligent investigation. The camel which Thomas Nast chose as the symbol of the Prohibition Party has replaced the Statue of Liberty on the pedestal. Camels don't drink very often; when they do they only drink water. This item was likely painted between 1931 and 1933. The official Beer for Prosperity Campaign was organized May 1931 in New York City. Edward H. Schulze was director of the organization and announced that he would support all political candidates in favor of legalizing beer. The slogan spread over the next year and a half. Posters for this campaign in 1932 advertised that legalizing beer would bring two trillion dollars in new revenue in four years because "millions of dollars made from bootleg Beer now finances all kinds of crimes kidnappings etc." Another campaign poster advertised purchases of "Beer for Prosperity" Stamps to "Help Elect to Congress Men Who Will Vote 'Yes.'" Beer for Prosperity Campaign. n.d. In John J. Raskob papers. Manuscripts and Archives Hagley Museum and Library #m473_20100624_005; "Beer For Prosperity Campaign Inc. Will Back Pierce's Congressional Candidacy" The Rutland Daily Herald 23 August 1932 p.7. We do not know who painted this imaginative item. E.H. & A.C. Friedrichs Company was founded in 1868 and is still in business today under the modern name of Fredrix. The Hirshberg Company originated in 1845 as Hirshberg Hollander & Company and remained in business under a few different Hirshberg names until approximately the early 1960s. Henry B. Taws opened in Philadelphia around 1897 and remained in business until at least 1931. unknown books
1889réf. 30728New York: The National Temperance Society and Publication House 1889. Original printed wrappers some edge and spine chipping rear wrapper detached but present and original staples. 36pp. Clean text. Except as noted Very Good. In 1881 Kansas enacted a constitutional amendment prohibiting the manufacture or sale of alcoholic beverages. Doing so was a misdemeanor punishable by fine or imprisonment. The amendment effectively rendered Peter Mugler who operated a brewery unemployed. He brought suit claiming that Kansas had unconstitutionally deprived him of his property in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Writing for the Court Justice Harlan-- who would issue a powerful dissent several years later in the notorious case of Plessy vs. Ferguson-- held that the amendment was a permissible exercise of the State's police powers which have always been reserved to the States as an attribute of their sovereignty. The rear wrapper advertises works sponsored by the National Temperance Society. OCLC locates eleven copies under two accession numbers as of November 2013. The National Temperance Society and Publication House unknown books
1927réf. List38121New York City: Underwood & Underwood 1927. Press photo measuring 8 x 10 inches. With editorial marks recto and verso Underwood & Underwood stamps and caption verso. Excellent contrast. Some damage to margins and some small areas of ink staining not intersecting with subject. Overall very good to excellent. A glamorous shot of "Texas" Guinan in about 1927 attending opening day at Belmont Park a horse racing track just outside New York City. Guinan 1884-1933 was born Mary Louise Cecilia Guinan in Waco Texas. Trained in singing and horseback riding she typically played a gunslinging girl heroine in "Wild West" shows making it from New York to Hollywood in 1917. She returned east in the 1920s to sing and emcee in clubs-becoming known for her signature "Hello sucker!" greeting-in New York Chicago and Florida working closely with entrepreneur and rumrunner Larry Fay. During this time Guinan became infamous as an alleged though never proven bootlegger; clubs in which she worked were routinely raided throughout Prohibition though charges against her never stuck. She leveraged her fame as "Queen of the Night Clubs" as she is described on the verso of this photograph to return to Hollywood for several unsuccessful autobiographical films and then attempted to tour Europe where her reputation preceded her and her ship was denied entry at every port on which it called.1 1 Debbie Mauldin Cottrell "Mary Guinan: The Trailblazing Texas Star of Broadway and Hollywood" Texas State Historical Association Handbook of Texas Online accessed May 26 2026 https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/guinan-mary-louise-cecilia-texas. Underwood & Underwood unknown books
1927réf. List387654379New York City: Underwood & Underwood 1927. Press photo measuring 8 x 10 inches. With editorial marks recto and verso Underwood & Underwood stamps and caption verso. Excellent contrast. Some damage to margins and some small areas of ink staining not intersecting with subject. Overall very good to excellent. A glamorous shot of "Texas" Guinan in about 1927 attending opening day at Belmont Park a horse racing track just outside New York City. Guinan 1884-1933 was born Mary Louise Cecilia Guinan in Waco Texas. Trained in singing and horseback riding she typically played a gunslinging girl heroine in "Wild West" shows making it from New York to Hollywood in 1917. She returned east in the 1920s to sing and emcee in clubs-becoming known for her signature "Hello sucker!" greeting-in New York Chicago and Florida working closely with entrepreneur and rumrunner Larry Fay. During this time Guinan became infamous as an alleged though never proven bootlegger; clubs in which she worked were routinely raided throughout Prohibition though charges against her never stuck. She leveraged her fame as "Queen of the Night Clubs" as she is described on the verso of this photograph to return to Hollywood for several unsuccessful autobiographical films and then attempted to tour Europe where her reputation preceded her and her ship was denied entry at every port on which it called.1 1 Debbie Mauldin Cottrell "Mary Guinan: The Trailblazing Texas Star of Broadway and Hollywood" Texas State Historical Association Handbook of Texas Online accessed May 26 2026 https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/guinan-mary-louise-cecilia-texas. Underwood & Underwood unknown books
1932réf. Prohibition1932PROHIBITION American Drinks special issue 718 of LE RIRE. Text by Robert Dieudonné. Paris: Le Rire 5 November 1932. With 17 illustrations by Jean Bruller. Folio 20pp; entire issue in brown cloth binding front panel with duplicate pictorial cover image. Fine copy. First printing of this clever spoof on the secret consumption of alcohol during the American prohibition. Le Rire hardcover books
réf. 71501Ephemera. Very Good. Photostat of an illustration by John Held Jr. for the temperance novel "Ten Nights in a Barroom" by Timothy Shay Arthur originally published in 1854. Measures 10" x 8". Lightly creased. "Property of King Features Syndicate" ink stamp and a sticker from "historicimages.com" on the reverse. Also on the reverse in pencil: "drawn by John Held Jr / illus to "Ten Nights in a Barroom." Utah artist and cartoonist John Held Jr. 1889-1958 was one of the best-known magazine illustrators of the 1920s. He is known for his uniquely styled cartoons depicting people dancing driving playing sports and participating in other popular activities of the time. His work epitomized the Jazz Age and he became famous for his portrayals of the 1920s flapper girls. unknown books
1920réf. List1317Southern California 1920. Limp leatherette album oblong 4to measuring 10 x 7 inches with seventy photographs most measuring 4 x 2 ½ inches. Wear to binding photographs with excellent contrast very good to near fine overall. Near Fine. An energetic album of photographs belonging to one Eddie Jones a fun-loving banjo player from Santa Ana mostly composed of photographs of musicians performing at small parties and functions during the prohibition era. Jones was apparently quite active on the local scene and the album is mostly made up of candid photographs of musicians all captioned some humorously. Many of the photographs show small bands playing guitars many of them playing with slides likely due to the popularity of Hawaiian music at the time. Also included are many photographs of parades in and around Los Angeles as well as photographs of the 1925 Santa Barbara Earthquake showing damaged buildings. Two photographs feature a glass of rye others show agricultural scenes. Newspaper clippings in the back center on the Santa Ana and it’s possible that Jones - who was the common name mentioned in these clippings - was also a farmer from the Santa Ana area when he wasn’t playing music. One photograph shows San Diego a couple show a bullfight in Tijuana. Overall an evocative and well preserved piece of California Prohibition-era history. unknown books
réf. 64183Ephemera. Very Good. Printed notice on thin card paper 11.5 cm x 8.5 cm. A notice from the former landmark hotel that was a staple in downtown Salt Lake City for 71 years. A June 24th 1983 "Deseret News" editorial referred to the hotel as "a monument to the early boom-and-bust days of mining in Utah a story of sudden wealth lavish spending and a lifestyle that has vanished from the American scene." Utah adopted statewide alcohol restrictions on August 1 1917 becoming the 24th state to do so. unknown books
1888réf. 78719New York NY.: The National Temperance Society and Publication House. Very Good. 1888. Softcover. Soft-bound in tan wrappers with black printing. The spine is chipped and torn with the covers loose but present. The covers show light soiling and wear/chipping to the edges and corners with loss to the top outer corner of the lower cover. The text-block is worn with the title-page loose but present. The contents are bright and clean. . The National Temperance Society and Publication House paperback books
1892réf. 013064Hartford: Press of New England Home 1892. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. Scarce 1892 campaign booklet for the Prohibition Party's Presidential candidate General John Bidwell its Vice Presidential candidate James Cranfill electors at large congressional candidates and canddiates for Connecticut Governor Ltnt Giovernor. Secretary of State and other state officers - all temperance advocates. Mustard textured paper covers titles printed in black measures approx 4.5x 7.5" 58pages with acceptance speech of Bidwell and full biographies and images from plates of all candidates. In the election of 1892 the Prohibition Party came in 4th place with about 2% of the national vote. OCLC lists no library holdings with this specific title though a search for it by title reveals that one library -Yale - sources "Collection of late 19th century minor political pamphlets" dated 1892 but we cannot confirm if this title is among them. Press of New England Home unknown books
1915réf. 101596Prohibition ephemera cardboard beer mug advertisement color on one side printed message on the reverse. Some aging and darkening; but in excellent shape overall.Sponsored by Steuben Taverns in New York City this cardboard beer mug urges people to write their Congressman and let him know "That You Want Beer." It suggests that beer can be taxed which is a good incentive. The ad mentions Ruppert's Beer on Draught and tells people to hang these mugs in their cars. It also lists the various Steuben Taverns in New York City. books
