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1931rif. 461485Philadelphia: David McKay Company 1931. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Small square octavo. Quarter cloth and illustrated flexible wrappers. A bit of spotting on a few leaves modest creasing on the wrappers else a bright very good copy. David McKay Company unknown books
1931rif. 75562Philadelphia PA.: David McKay Company. Very Good. 1931. Softcover. This book is soft-bound in color pictorial printed covers with blue cloth tape covering the spine. The covers show edge-wear. The binding is solid. The contents are bright and clean with illustrations. The image of Mickey Mouse on the title-page has been colored in by a previous owner child. . David McKay Company paperback books
1910rif. 44085Kobe: Tamamura Photographic Studio / T. Takagi N.d. ca 1910. Oblong octavo 18cm x 26cm. Original silk-covered boards bouond with red silk cord; 19 colored collotype plates. Gift inscription from an N.L. Thacker on verso of title page dated 1914; child's ownership inscription on verso of final plate "Ermy Tharp Novato Cal" dated 1936. Rubbing and wear to board edges; internally clean and sound - a Very Good copy with all plates present. An attractive Meiji Era souvenir album with subtly hand-tinted collotype plates depicting a traditional Japanese wedding ceremony. One of several editions produced between 1906 and 1920; per the excellent bibliography of Tamamura's souvenir albums at ours would appear to be the Third Edition of 1910. Tamamura Photographic Studio / T. Takagi unknown books
1931rif. 54388Philadelphia: David McKay 1931. 8vo; 62 pp. First wrappered edition. Very good in original pictorial paperwraps blue cloth spine. Slight soiling to several pages some wear to extremities of cover some small creases some fraying to cloth spine but a nice bright copy. David McKay unknown books
1931rif. 61743Philadelphia: David Mckay. Very Good. 1934 1931. Paperback. 62 pages stiff paper pictorial wraps with red cloth spine. Scuffing to cover edges some light toning otherwise a Near Very Good copy. . David Mckay paperback books
1943rif. 45437Paris: Draeger Frères Imprimeurs 1943. First edition. Spiral Bound. g to vg. Quarto 11 1/2 x 9 1/4". Unpaginated 24pp. Original spiral-bound decorative wrappers with decorated green lettering in green frame on cover. Decorative title page and initial. This splendid advertising brochure published by the renown Draeger brothers in Paris is a stunning collection of eight photographic portraits of models executed by the Harcourt Studio and reproduced in heliogravure. Each photo portrait is protected with a captioned tissue-guard with texts by French authors and is facing a duo-tone reproduction of a corresponding portrait by a famous painter Da Vinci Gavarni Rubens Filippo Lippi C. van Loo Botticelli le Corrège. Laid in a printed presentation card without name entered into the space provided for it. Text in French. Light wear along edges of wraps minor chips and closed tears and lightly rubbed. Small paper label glued to bottom edge of back wrapper. Light bump to lower right corner. Wraps in overall good to very good interior in very good condition. Draeger Frères, Imprimeurs unknown books
rif. 40550COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION. 1893 HARTLEY'S STUDIO. Photograph of Woman and Two Children mounted in Decorative Paper Frame of Buildings at the Columbian Exposition. Chicago: Hartley's Studio 1893. Tall 8vo. 9 1/4 x 6 3/4 inches with photographic plate 6 1/2 x 4 1/4 inches. Rare souvenir from the Columbian Exposition of 1893 in Chicago. Unidentified portrait of woman and two children mounted in the Columbian Exposition decorated frame. The two exhibition pavilion buildings photo-lithographed molded paper on the frame are the Horticultural Building and possibly the Illinois Building. Very good. unknown books
1940rif. 8317Boston: D.C. Heath and Company 1940. First edition. Hardcover. vg. Walt Disney Studio. 8vo. 56 pp. Original illustrated cloth. Pictorial endpapers. Illustrated title page. Charming Walt Disney story book featuring Mickey Mouse Minnie Mouse Donald Duck and Pluto. Minor age-toning and rubbing on binding. Binding in overall good interior in very good condition. D.C. Heath and Company hardcover books
1886rif. 6780After 1886. Very Good. Albumen-silver print on paper. 255 x 197 mm. Signed and titled in plate. Corners trimmed. Depicts the famous Sphinx with six male figures in traditional dress distributed at various places on the monument for scale. unknown books
1934rif. 461487Philadelphia: David McKay Company 1934. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. Small square octavo. Quarter cloth and illustrated flexible wrappers. A bit of rubbing at the corners of the wrappers a bright very nice near fine copy. David McKay Company unknown books
1934rif. 512380Philadelphia: David McKay Co 1934. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Octavo. 45pp. Illustrated. Red cloth with large color pictorial onlay on front cover. Light wear at tips of spine and corners lower corner of rear cover is moderately bumped else a very good or better copy with the front cover bright and the text fresh and clean. David McKay Co hardcover books
1939rif. 9026758London: Studio 1939. 1st. Hardcover. Fine condition. Bound in publisher's original black cloth with spine and cover stamped in gilt. Illustrated book of the cutting edge of mid-century modern decorative art in 1939. 168pp. of which the last 24 pages comprise interesting and valuable period advertising. Leaf size: 11 x 8 inches. Ex non-circulating library with spine numbers and title page perforation only. Interior is clean and the text bloc is tight. Studio hardcover books
1938rif. 9026757London: Studio 1938. 1st. Hardcover. Fine condition. Bound in publisher's original black cloth with spine and cover stamped in gilt. Illustrated book of the cutting edge of mid-century modern decorative art in 1938. 176pp. the last 32 of which comprise interesting and valuable period advertising. Leaf size: 11 x 8 inches. Ex non-circulating library with spine numbers and title page perforation only. Interior is clean and the text block is tight. Studio hardcover books
1900rif. D11289Brooklyn c. 1900. Hardcover. Very Good. Contemporary green morocco gilt-stamped lettering and ornament in spine compartments 5 raised bands; 3 volumes 120 x 190 mm; containing a total of 37 silver prints 92 x 140 mm mounted to the recto only of grey heavy cardstock leaves with the name of the studio blindstamped in the lower right corner of the mount. Features one mustachioed gentleman "trying on" different postures identities and costumes in the studio including businessman's attire tuxedos ethnic costume sombrero! swimming costume behold the Speedo!. He flexes his biceps he smokes a cigar -- he WORKS IT for the camera. Spine somewhat sunned; some light scuffing along edges of boards. One leaf detached otherwise internally bright and clean. hardcover books
1890rif. 199942Chicago: Hetherington Studio 1890. Paperback. Good Wraps are edgeworn/toned/scuffed/smudged; textblock edges are toned/scuffed/smudged; interior is clean but has some light toning with occasional foxing/smudging; binding is solid. Tan wraps with brown illustration and grey spine; 96 pp.; richly illustrated. Very rare item in good condition. This is a nice "catalog of portrait backgrounds and props; with advertising by photographic apparatus suppliers on verso of each page." -- WorldCat. Hetherington Studio paperback books
1936rif. 237922New York: Bachrach 1936. Half-length gelatin silver print. 10 x 8 inches. Mounted too artist's board. Slight silvering to photo mount a bit soiled and worn. Half-length gelatin silver print. 10 x 8 inches. Inscribed by FDR's campaign manager and Postmaster General "To my good friend Antonio C. Gonzalez Sincerely James A Farley". Gonzalez 1888-1965 born in New York City was U.S. Minister to Panama from 1933-35; to Ecuador from 1935-38; and to Venezuela in 1938. Bachrach unknown books
1896rif. 20057Herisau Switzerland: Edwin Jucker 1896. Matted. A kooky Gay Nineties band of cross-dressers a la Suisse! Four of the eight member band are in comical drag in this large sepia-toned photograph taken place during Carnival when outrageous costumes partying and carousing are as much a tradition in the Teutonic world as they are in the Latin countries. The photo itself as visible in the window surrounded by matting is 17 by 22 cm. The photo is taped to the back of the matting and when we look behind the photo is on a thick card measuring about 18 by 23.5 cm. We haven't examined the photo removed from the matting but we would assume that there is a narrow margin and virtually all of the photo is visible. The matting included the dimensions are 27.5 by 35 cm. The band seems to be a more or less typical Tyrolean ensemble with a violin a double bass a trumpet a flute a clarinet we assume -- part of the instrument is hidden so we aren't 100 percent certain a bass drum and a trombone. The center figure in the photo is a man dressed like Uncle Sam with a top hat a long goatee etc. We think this was probably intentional -- the consciousness of America and American culture has become a thing in a Europe with the explosive growth of the American economy and the lure of emigration beckoning to so many at the time. Three of the cross-dressers are zaftig and they are dressed in fittingly matronly attire while the fourth mostly hidden behind his drum seems as if he might be a little more svelte and his attire looks more like that of a suffragette say. The men dressed as men are also in comical costume as well at least three of them. The thinner man holding a trumpet is in clothes that might be Tyrolean or might be from an earlier decade -- we can't tell from the photo that blurs his suit into just a dark undifferentiated shape. We also think it is possible but unlikely that one or more of the band members dressed as men might be a cross-dressing woman but we have no confidence that this is the case and it is probably unknowable. A close look at the faces of the band members suggests to us also that a few of them are closely related and probably siblings. Again probably unknowable for all intents and purposes. The backdrop of the photo is a paneled wall with four travel posters of Swiss resorts -- Rigi Lake Maggiore Ragaz-Wartenstein. We would think this was a photo studio backdrop. Again just a guess. Written on the photo is "Wartsaal III - Classe". This suggests that the band was participating in a contest. Herisau is in the Appenzell Canton of Switzerland or the Northeast of the country close to St. Gallen. The photo is foxed not terribly. The matting is also foxed and stained otherwise with three chips two of which are at corners. Although the matting might seem a candidate for replacement though we wouldn't since it is clearly original to the photo with its black impressed caption above and issued with the photo itself as a souvenir of the band and the event. Edwin Jucker unknown books
1931rif. 017463David McKay 1931. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Very Good Copy Of Book 1. First Edition 1931. Wear To The Green .Spine. Very Scarce Original Title of The Great Disney Mouse. . David McKay Hardcover books
1885rif. 30592Chacago: Smith's Studio of Photography 1885. Housed in an elaborately decorated wood frame with gilt fabric and hand-painted mat. 1 vols. Image 5 x 3-1/2 inches; overall frame is 14-1/4 x 12-1/4 inches. Fine condition. Housed in an elaborately decorated wood frame with gilt fabric and hand-painted mat. 1 vols. Image 5 x 3-1/2 inches; overall frame is 14-1/4 x 12-1/4 inches. The elaborately dressed child wearing a pensive look sits on a low plush-covered bench; the photographer's advertisement on back for "Children's Photos par excellence" gives the firm's address as 206 N. Clark Street in what was Chicago's fashionable Near North Side. The frame is a bravura creation of rich complexity easier viewed than described. A splendid piece of late-19th century upscale Americana. Smith's Studio of Photography unknown books
1900rif. List3340United States and the Philippines: West’s Studio and others 1900. Eight photographs mounted on heavy cardstock measuring 5 ½ x 6 ¼ inches and smaller. Some with manuscript captions verso. Some with manuscript captions verso. Some staining and damage to mounts especially at corners; overall excellent. A collection of eight photographs from the Spanish-American War with seven of stateside training camp scenes and one portrait of an unknown soldier taken at Fort McKinley near Manila. Three are captioned verso identifying their locations as Camp Presidio San Francisco; Camp Powers Augusta Maine now Camp Keyes; and Savannah Georgia likely Camp Onward. The latter photo which depicts a Thanksgiving scene also mentions in its caption that “Robert Golding was in the Army in Savannah at that time.” Golding from Eastport Maine was in Company I of the 2nd Infantry Regiment; interviews with Golding about his life and experience in the war are available from the American Folklore Society. Note that the portrait does not appear to be of Golding. Besides Thanksgiving shots include several of soldiers posing in front of their tents one of a haircut at the Presidio and an excellent shot from Augusta of a soldier being tossed in the air on a makeshift trampoline. Of interest to historians of the Spanish-American War and US training camps from the time. West’s Studio and others unknown books
1968rif. 92685New York: The Studio Museum in Harlem 1968. Very Good. Two-page exhibition list probably produced on a photocopier. Accompanying the exhibition list also probably produced on a photocopier is a two-page Press Release dated November 14 1968 and issued by Eleanor Haas on behalf of the Studio Museum. titled. Both items are printed on one side and stapled in upper left corners. 28 cm. The exhibition was organized by Henri Ghent director of the Brooklyn Museum's Community. 42 works by 21 African American artists are listed as included in the exhibition. The Press Release is titled "Blacks Talk Back to the Whitney Museum and states in part: The Whitney Museum left them out. Not a single black artist is inclued in its current survey of American art of the 1930's . "Our title of course refers to Ralph Ellison's superb image for the exclusion of blacks from consciousness by the white establishment" said Mr. Ghent . "They refuse to see us. Small wonder our artists have not been taken seriously. The Studio Museum in Harlem unknown books
1957rif. 191474Peking: People's Art Publishing House 1957. Hardcover. Good shelfwear and handwritten name in marker on front of cardboard box light foxing spots to title page and some borders plates are all present and otherwise very clean. Silk over boards portfolio with red Chinese lettering and yellow illustrations with bone clasp closures; 5 pp text with bw illustrations 73 color plates some with two or three per page. Issued in cardboard box with black Chinese lettering. Edited by the Research Studio of the Northeast Drama Institute. Designs reproduced by Lu Hua and Ma Chiang. Eng & Chinese. 16x15x1.5" People's Art Publishing House hardcover books
1942rif. WALTER-FILM006912New York: Ivan Black New Color Studio 1942-1945. Set of three vintage original 8 x 10" 20 x 25 cm. black-and-white print still photos. Date stamps agency information and paper blurbs attached to two photos. Minor wear with one showing wrinkling at top and bottom blank white margins. Overall near fine. These portraits including one of Hazel Scott at the piano capture her effervescent sassy and charismatic personality which made her a top favorite for radio film and -- what one of the image's attached paper blurb indicates -- star of Café Society Uptown. She performed as the resident pianist/vocalist for five years by 1945 and earned a place at the top of show biz. Originally from Trinidad and Tobago Scott moved to the US and was a child prodigy. The classic and jazz musician became one of America's premier pianists of her time. One portrait announces her marriage to Congressman Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Two are agency portraits while the third shows her at the piano. Ivan Scott, New Color Studio books
rif. 2421London 1894-1898/99. The Studio An Illustrated Magazine of Fine and Applied Art. The Extra Winter Numbers 1894 1896 1897 1898 and 1899. London Offices of the Studio V Henrietta Street Covent Garden. London. 4to.The Studio Magazine was an illustrated fine arts and decorative arts magazine founded in Britain in 1893 which exerted a major influence on the development of the Art Nouveau movement. The Studio commissioned original graphic works for inclusion in its periodical magazine and these are represented here BY CHARPENTIER a French Artist and R. ANNING BELL a British artist. Profusely illustrated in this volume with original lithographs prints and color and black-and-white reproductions. Arntzen & Rainwater Q331. Five years bound into one volume. A special separate issue from the regular yearly issues. 4to. The book is bound in green cloth with gilt letters on the cover and spine. In good condition with the exception that the edges of the book are a bit rubbed. The earlier editions usually had original lithographs and etchings by artists such as James Mc Neil Whistler Charpentier and others bound into the publication as it is here. 1894-Christmas cards and their Chief Designers 1896-Robert Louis Stevenson 1897-98-Chuldren's Books and Their Illustrators 1898-99-Modern Book Plates and their Designers CHARPENTIER ALEXANDRE 1875-1963. LISEUSE WOMAN READING. London. 1896. Embossed lithograph in colors. Contained within the bound edition of The Studio See Photo 1896 with their blind stamp lower right. 5 ¼ x 8 7/8 188mm x 226mm. The book is bound in green cloth with gilt letters on the cover and spine. In good condition. Also a second original lithograph "In Nooks with Books" by R. Anning Bell. The Studio Magazine was an illustrated fine arts and decorative arts magazine founded in Britain in 1893 which exerted a major influence on the development of the Art Nouveau movement. unknown books
rif. MA07A-07028The Eastman Kodak Company. Used - Good. Good condition. Lot of 100 Studio Light Magazines ranging from 1911-1930 and 64 Portrait Magazines ranging from 1910-1920. Slightly dampstained. Writing on cover. In polypropylene bag. early 20th century photography NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES. The Eastman Kodak Company unknown books
