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1910ref. 69836Providence RI: Providence Litho. Co 1910. 12 cm. 8pp. illus. Illustrated wrappers stapled. Color lithographs of American animals five to the page. Advertisements for Chase & Sanborn on rear wrapper. Providence Litho. Co unknown books
1997ref. 9022906New York: Hyperion 1997. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/fine. With hundreds of ilustrations and photographs. Hyperion hardcover books
1950ref. 31806New Hampshire: Monadnock Region Association 1950. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. Green paper wrappers with silver title to front wrapper and to spine. Light foxing to end pages. Else is clean and bright. Filled with photographic illustrations. Fold out map to rear. NH/022118. Monadnock Region Association paperback books
1943ref. 49786New York: s.i. 1943. Very Good. New York: ca. 1943. Unsent bifolium handbill program postcard illustrated and printed in black brown and red 27 cm. Front panel depicts the Cafe Zanzibar's "Home of the Stars" scandalous logo of a woman in a long skirt pasties and a flowered headdress with her similarly-dressed friends framing the interior listing of performers. The rear panel includes the not exhaustive history of the cafe. Rubbed and toned overall with mild soiling and smudging especially at the fold. Otherwise Very Good or better overall. The Cafe Zanzibar on Broadway opened its doors in 1943 and was known for showcasing almost exclusively Black artists filling their stage with comedians bands and dancers like the aptly nicknamed tap dancer Bunny Briggs. Cab Calloway was a popular name on the playbill as were the King Cole Trio and Marie Ellington who appear on this program. Nat King Cole the Trio's bandleader and Marie met while playing at the Zanzibar maybe during this particular evening show and eventually married in 1948. Their daughter Natalie Cole and her siblings described their mother as "in a class all by herself" upon her death in 2012. We locate only one example of this program in OCLC at the Wolfsonian-Florida International University. s.i. unknown books
1784ref. 20089London: Printed for J. Walker 1784. 92 pp. 8vo. Stitched as issued. Stitching lacking loosening gatherings some light spotting or soiling of front and back leaves and general edgewear else a very good copy. A contemporary owner has annotated and underlined several sections in the Tea Act. 92 pp. 8vo. These acts passed that years were seen by the author as being the most pertinent and so included in this work the rest of the acts of Parliament were to be released shortly thereafter in a second part. The acts abstracted were the 1 Tea and Window repealing the several Duties and for granting other duties in lieu and duties on coffee and cocoa nuts Act 2 The Game Act hunting license 3 The Horse Act granting duties on riding and carriage horses 4 The Postage Act increasing postage rates 5 The Pawn Broker's Act trying to reduce the handling of stolen goods 6 The Soap and Starch Act requiring the licensing of makers of starch and instilling new laws on soapmakers 7 The Cotton and Linen Act placing duties 8 The Hatter's Act requiring licenses laying additional duties on imported hats 9 The Excise Goods Act laying duties upon licences to be taken out by the makers and delers in exciseable commodities 10 The Candle Act cancelling the duty on wax candles made in Britain 11 The Distillery Act trying to discourage home distillation by discontinuing the duties uon low wines and spirits for home consumption. 12 The Hackney Coach Act increasing the charge for Hackey license 13 The Smuggling Act trying to prevent 14 Brick and Tile Act placing duties on brick and tile made in Great Britain and additional duties on those imported 15 Wax Candle Act placing additional duties on all candles except wax and spermaceti candles. Printed for J. Walker unknown books
1981ref. 149805N.p.: N.p. 1981. Draft script for an unproduced film. Based on the 1939 play by William Joyce Cowen and Leonore Coffee which debuted at the Morosco Theatre directed by Margaret Webster and starring Judith Anderson. The plot follows the story of Jesus' crucifixion as told through the eyes of his family. Set in Jerusalem. White untitled wrappers. Title page present dated August 17 1981 with credits for screenwriter John Gay and playwrights Leonore Coffee and William Joyce Cowen. 106 leaves with last page of text numbered 104. Xerographic duplication rectos only with white revision pages throughout dated 9/9. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus lightly soiled overall bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1966ref. 298408Mexico City 1966. The Café Concert Can-Can in Mexico City Mexico was a music hall/restaurant in the style of the Parisian Moulin Rouge of the "Gay Nineties". The program "Las tandas del Can-Can" was a musical revue featuring international performers that continued for several years beginning in 1965. This program from August/September 1966 lists actresses and singers Syndee Balaber Susana Brunetti Lilian de Celis and others as well as dancers comics and crew members. It is accompanied by a menu from the restaurant featuring the well-known image from the show on the front cover. The menu is in Spanish and English; the program is in Spanish. 7 ¾" x 12 ½" menu; 11" x 8 ½" program. unknown books
1954ref. 149578Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1954. Vintage reference photograph from the 1954 film showing actors Frank Sinatra and Cliff Ferre. A nihilistic self-destructive piano player begins a romance with the chipper youngest daughter of a middle-class family. The first of five film collaborations between Sinatra and director Gordon Douglas followed by "Robin and the 7 Hoods" 1964 "Tony Rome" 1967 "The Detective" 1968 and "Lady in Cement" 1968. Set in the fictional town of Strafford Connecticut. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with a light crease to the bottom left corner. Warner Brothers unknown books
ref. 009528Dayton OH: Dayton Spice Mills Book. Good. Cardstock. 2 5/8" x 5 3/4". No date circa1888 which was the year the Bryson Bonebreak Block was built in Los Angeles and the date in ink at bottom margin below photo that someone has added. From the verso: " Handsome Historical Instructive. Photo-Lithographic View Cards. One card in each package of Jersey Coffee! . Jersey Coffee is pure clean strong and fine flavored and is the best package coffee on the market. Sold only in 1-lb. packages. Dayton Spice Mills Co. sole manufacturers Dayton Ohio U.S.A." A Good complete card several creases and small tears at edges. SCARCE not listed at OCLC which does list 9 of the 100 views that were issued to advertise Jersey Coffee by The Dayton Spice Mills Co. in the late 1800s. Dayton Spice Mills unknown books
ref. 39779TRADE CARD ENTERPRISE COFFEE. Enterprise Coffees of Baltimore Trade Card of Doll Furniture. Baltimore: circa 1900. Single printed card 4 x 7 inches. An interesting trade card for Enterprise Coffee of Baltimore featuring paper doll furniture on one side. The text explains: "Paper doll furniture will be packed in every pound package of Enterprise Coffee - They will be found instructive and amusing. Just the thing for the little folks.There are twelve sheets - When cut out they form a complete set of - Dining Room Furniture Bed Room Furniture Kitchen Furniture Parlor Furniture." The furniture includes chairs a sideboard towel rack vases and a clock. Minor soil light wear. unknown books
1954ref. 169564N.p.: N.p. 1954. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1954 film showing actor Frank Sinatra at the piano. Provenance label and annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso. A nihilistic self-destructive piano player begins a romance with the chipper youngest daughter of a middle-class family. The first of five film collaborations between Sinatra and director Gordon Douglas followed by "Robin and the 7 Hoods" 1964 "Tony Rome" 1967 "The Detective" 1968 and "Lady in Cement" 1968. Set in the fictional town of Strafford Connecticut. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. N.p. unknown books
1923ref. 155094Los Angeles: Metro Pictures Corporation 1923. Vintage reference photograph of Fred Niblo directing a gang of pirates on the set of the 1923 silent film. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Based on the 1921 play "Captain Applejack" by Walter C. Hackett. Now considered a lost film. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. Metro Pictures Corporation unknown books
1954ref. 144878Los Angeles: Arwin Productions 1954. Vintage photograph of director and key Sinatra arranger Gordon Douglas and Frank Sinatra on the set of the 1954 film. Mimeo snipe and an studio stamp on the verso. A remake of the 1938 film "Four Daughters" directed by Michael Curtiz. Alex Burke Gig Young comes into the lives of the musical Tuttle Family and charms the three sisters though he and Laurie Doris Day seem to be a perfect match and the two strike up a relationship. Matters are complicated when Alex brings his friend Barney Frank Sinatra to the Tuttle home to help with some musical arrangements and he quickly grows feelings for Laurie as well meanwhile her sister Amy longs to be with Alex. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Olive Films. Arwin Productions unknown books
1947ref. 144819Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1947. Vintage photograph of director Charles Vidor and stars Rosalind Russell and Melvyn Douglas speaking to Orson Welles on the set of the 1947 film. Welles was directing the classic Columbia Pictures film "The Lady from Shanghai" at the same time. Mimeo snipe and agency stamps on the verso. Janet Ames Rosalind Russell seeks out five soldiers who her husband sacrificed his life for during World War II. After suffering a serious injury she meets Smithfield "Smitty" Cobb Melvyn Douglas who helps her find the men her husband saved though he does not tell her he is one of them. He tries to help her reconcile her pain and guilt while he treats his own pain from the war with heavy drinking. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1776ref. List3149Knaresborough England 1776. Single three page letter measuring 6 ¼ x 7 ¾ inches. Normal wear; Near Fine. A letter from Nathaniel Sharpe in Knaresborough to Edmund Green a merchant in London addressed to Green at the Jamaica Coffee House. This café the first of its kind in London was established in the mid-17th century; in 17th and 18th century Britain coffee houses were popular meeting places particularly for conducting business. Sharpe writes to Green: “Your Esteem’d favour of the 22d is before me and the picture you have drawn of the situation of publick affairs are truly very alarming and have no doubt but the Representation is a very just and real one. . But to the following Fact place yourself in my situation and give me your Candid opinion Wether I am safe in letting £2200 lay any longer or whether I ought to call it in and place it out on a Security in this Country.” He describes his investments and states that: “I have not one shilling in Trade since 1760 and in Decemr. 1762 Retir’d to this place and found myself in possession of a Happiness that I could ill brook to part with. And which I would wish to preserve. Should this sum be in no danger I can live as usual.” The American Revolutionary War had a significant impact on the British economy; at the time Sharpe was writing although the conflict had been ongoing for some time the war itself was in its early days and uncertainty was high. Other than asking for financial advice Sharpe tells Green that Green’s “Brother Tommy had . taken a Cup of Liquor rather too freely and had been drawn into Cards” alarming their mother who had requested that Sharpe inform Green about the event; asks Green to visit her; and sends his good wishes to a mutual friend. unknown books
1955ref. 85335New York: Crown Publishers 1955. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. Fine in about very good dustwrapper with several very small tears and one slightly jagged longer tear on the front panel. Basis for the 1958 film directed by Lewis Allen and featuring Lana Turner Barry Sullivan Glynis Johns and Sean Connery in an early leading performance. Exceptionally scarce. Crown Publishers hardcover books
1849ref. 373676Washington: C. Alexander Printer 1849. Softcover. Very Good. Revised edition with printed order from W.L. Marcy indicating that fact. Small octavo. 38 10 blank pp. Quarter black calf with marbled paper over flexible boards. Signature of Andrew Jackson Coffee on front board and then repeated twice once as a Major and again as a Lt. Colonel in both cases noting he was a paymaster on the titlepage. Ink blots on front board endpapers with ink calculations on one blank is a list of his expenses of a trip Charleston to Savannah to Tampa Bay to Fort Myers to New Orleans. Coffee was the great nephew of Andrew Jackson and was forced to resign from West Point for demerits in 1836. After resigning he became an engineer and paymaster in the Army and went on to serve as aide-de-camp for Zachary Taylor in the Mexican War where his actions the Battle of Buena Vista in 1847 precipitated his promotion to Lt. Colonel. Taylor chose Coffee to report to President James K. Polk about the battle. Afterwards he was an Army surveyor in California. A pleasing copy with an interesting association. OCLC locates a single copy of this book at West Point. C. Alexander, Printer unknown books
ref. D4749Very Good. Color lithograph map about 26-by-30 inches. Shows boundaries and basic geography of Colombia indicating its railroads highways cableways coffee districts and steamship lines. With tables of the coffee picking seasons coffee census for 1932 steamship companies engaged in coffee transportation from Colombia and distance in kilometers from principal coffee centers to ocean shipping ports. Small closed tears and light wrinkling along folds but overall bright and clean. unknown books
1965ref. 148774Valdez: Gibson's Cafe 1965. Single sheet 14.5x10 inches printed one-side only brown ink on yellow paperstock folded twice else very good condition; history of Valdez up to 1964 with a simple linedrawn map. Valdez was the second oldest settlement on the mainland of central Alaska. We learn that in 1912 it voted to withdraw from the US and repatriate to Russia. It was also the closest populated place to the 1964 earthquake epicenter; this caused the entire city to be moved 4 miles away over a 4 year period. Enough text to get you to that order of pancakes. Gibson's Cafe unknown books
2002ref. 25785NY: Newmarket Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2002. Hardcover. 1557044910 . First printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Newmarket Press hardcover books
ref. B224931-1London 1972. 36pp. 24 illus. partly color. Oblong 4to. Wraps. Published in conjunction with exhibitions at the Parkin Gallery London Sept.-Oct. 1972 and The Café Royal London Oct.-Nov. 1972. London, 1972. paperback books
1898Roy. 8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with a map, two plates and numerous tables throughout;, neat contemporary signature on blank preliminary, neat contemporary inscription on title verso; original burgundy pebble-gained cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy. With personal pictorial bookplate on front paste-down. This important text by the notable Mexican diplomat, politician and agricultural pioneer, is extremely scarce, especially in this condition.
182816mo., Second Edition, text in French, with an engraved frontispiece, and engraved and printed titles, mid-nineteenth century inscription on front free endpaper; attractively bound in contemporary brown patterned cloth, very neatly rebacked, old backstrip laid down, all edges gilt, yellow endpapers, a very good, bright, clean copy. Collects the four pieces 'La Chaumiere Indienne', 'Le Café de Surate', 'Voyage en Silisie', and 'Immensite de la Nature'. The engraved title bears a fine portrait of the author engraved by Scriven after Girodet. The two early London editions are extremely scarce, especially in this condition.
1955Leaflet, 6pp, double fold, folded size 8 x 5 ins (approx. 20 x 13 cms); a fine copy. Includes Peaches in Syrup 'the first we have offered since the war', Real Turtle Soup 'superlative quality, made from a very secret recipe', Australian Fruit Cake 'imported by us since 1947' and many other period delicacies.
1934Mm 140x205 Brossura editoriale di 297 pagine, alcune illustrazioni in bianco e nero fuori testo. Leggeri, ordinari segni del tempo concentrati all'esterno, peraltro buona copia con legature ben salde. SPEDIZIONE IN 24 ORE DALLA CONFERMA DELL'ORDINE.
