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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
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
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
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
réf. 0266579876.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
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
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
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. 1264Editions Lemarget. 1928. In-8° broché. Couverture rempliée. 109 pages. E.O.
1928réf. 26283Couverture souple. Broché. 109 pages.
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
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. 022635Washington DC: U.S. Treasury Department/Bureau of Prohibition 1930. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. VG/none used caramel colored cloth binding with black text on spine and upper iii-xxi 233pp although there is a blank page of lined paper bound in-between each numbered page. Interior clean no marks except the name stamp of the former owner on the top of the ffep binding tight. Slight shelf rubbing to exterior corners are not worn. This is not a reprinted item. U.S. Treasury Department/Bureau of Prohibition hardcover
Fine/fine (no faults with book or dj, as new) SIGNED FIRST EDITION Inscribed ' Here's to you my Friend, Salute!' illustrated. Titles continue '... Italians hijacking wine, cops, gangsters, all for the love of wine'
1932Features: Sanity, Prohibition, and the federal deficit; A gasser blows in - heroic measures necessary to combat flames in oil fields; Where diamonds earn their keep - interesting life of a diamond in an industrial plant - whence it comes, how it is used, and how it ends; Editorials - radium waters - Philippine Independence - Frightfulness in warfare; A Nerve center of communication - how your radio or cable message is speeded through; Eclipses and the Sund's atmosphere - solution of an outstanding solar problem; Flying as fast as sound - considerations of what the future may hold for aviation - some physiological and mechanical aspects of the question; An early Christian cemetary - the Libyan desert gives up further secrets of antiquity; Viscount Grey and Lord Haldane - conclusion of a study of two famous World War personalities; Power from pipe lines to wires - natural gas used as fuel in steam electric plant; Watching the creation of the stars - more concerning the evolution of the galaxies; Unusual fishes - they build nests, walk on land, live in dried mud, and breathe air; Forty-noners starved in the midst of plenty - survey of plants and animals in Death Valley shows that pioneers could have survived the trials of the desert; Modern alchemy - photographing the birth of an atom; What next in elevator technology?; Inter-glacial man in England - human remains and artifacts tell an interesting story of pre-glacial migrations to and from England. Unmarked. Average wear. Book
réf. LITT5765M1953 / Albert Guillot, Paris. In-8, en feuilles, couverture rempliée, sous chemise et étui éditeur rouge, 194pp illustrées de 21 compositions en gravure originale de René Proner. Exemplaire numéroté 1317 sur les 1500 tirés sur papier pur chiffon du Marais filigrané spécialement à la signature de l'auteur. Dos insolé. Très bel exemplaire
1992270 pages. "Documents the men and the ships of a little-known period in west coast history. Pays funny and fascinating tribute to the unsung heroes of an inglorious history." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with lightest wear. Dust jacket in Archival-quality Brodart cover. Beautiful copy. Book
190589p. + Engraved Portrait Frontis. Thin 4to. Original full olive green cloth binding, embossed in blind and lettered in gold. Binding slightly spotted. Hardbound. First edition. AMERICANA BOX 3 x2
1946réf. 2110502150415208Mainichishinbunsha 1946. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Mainichishinbunsha paperback
1970Book show light shelf wear only. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind except for previous owner's note at front endpaper. 273 pages with b&w historical photos throughout. Chapters include: Doctor Boals, Garibaldi, Logs and lumber mill, Tales of Tillamook folks, Logging, Schools and kids, airies and cheese, Hunting, game and dogs, Prohibition. Book contains one page laid-in handwritten letter at back from author to Dr. Stevens describing the editorial process through which the book was written. Signed by author on front end paper under note from Stevens family.
1910réf. 56456Westerville OH: The Anti-Saloon League of America 1910. 8vo. 256 pp. Numerous maps tables charts. Green ribbed publisher’s cloth gilt lettering stamped on front cover & spine very slight bumping to couple corners still a VG tight bright copy w/ long ALS on ffep. from Frank Richard Margetts fl. 1880-1910 a Spokane WA attorney and stalwart supporter of Prohibition and was the Washington District Superintendent who spearheaded the 1909 legislation to allow local Washington jurisdictions to enact their own temperance legislation. First edition of this polemic and fact book issued by the leading organization pushing Prohibision in the Progressive Era drawing heavy support from Protestant congrations throughout the country and by 1905 largely overshadowed the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union. Margetts writes in the presentation letter on the ffep. that “When a thousand years hence this book and its accompanying literature is brought forth . . . it treats of a gigantic curse which has long since been completely obliterated by an enlightened humanity through progress. . . .” After 1928 with the failures of Prohibition exposed through bootlegging and organized crime severely curtailed government tax revenue and failure to disassociate from the Ku Klux Klan the League would lose their power after the election of President Roosevelt. The Anti-Saloon League of America, hardcover
1965Some pencil marking (underlining) to about a third of the book. Full green cloth boards. 304 pages. Previous owner's name inside.
1973336 pages including index. Originally published in 1896. The most important evidence and arguments presented for prohibition by the Canadian Royal Commission on the Liquor Traffic. Unmarked. Moderate wear. Nice copy. Book
1930réf. 64180Boston MA: Little Brown and Co. 1930. 8vo. xii 173 1 pp. Frontisp. numerous plates. Illustrated mustard-coloured publisher’s cloth wine glass illustration front cover w/ d.j. Art Deco cover art by Herold of drunken revelers minor shelfwear darkening to spine still NF/NF copy from the library of Eleanore Weinstock. First edition of this nicely illustrated and fascinating satirical examination of Prohibition Speakeasies Alcohol and the possible futures at the end of the Roaring 20’s as Americans invented a myriad of ways to keep drinking and socialize. Seldes has managed to inventively interweave a myriad of cocktail recipes into his observations along with a legion of cautionary and humorous tales. Little, Brown, and Co., hardcover
1913pp. xii, 431, (4) [Publisher's catalogue]. 8vo. Original full purple cloth binding, publisher's device on front cover in gold. Extremities very slightly worn. Hardbound. First published 1908. POPERY BOX 1
