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2000réf. 36859Toronto: The Coach House Press 2000. Paperback. Fine. Paperback. Number 221 of 300 copies. Signed and inscribed by the author to Nina Matheson and her husband. Nina is a bibliophile ex-rare book dealer and the director emerita of the Johns Hopkins Welch Medical Library.With laid in card reading "with compliments of Marie Korey and David Mason." Originally presented as a talk at Alumni Hall Victoria College University of Toronto 30 November 1999 under the auspices of the Toronto Centre for the Book and the Friends of Victoria University Library. Bound in cream paper wrappers with red title to front panel. Clean and bright. Laid in is another speech given by David Mason in 2002 at the L.M. Montgomery Institute University of Prince Edward Island titled "Anne's Adventures on Her Way Home" printed on 8.5 x 11 paper stapled and folded with a few handwritten edits and a note on the front that it was printed pre-publication. A handwritten letter from David to Nina and her husband is with the printed speech. 27 pages. PRI/102623. The Coach House Press paperback books
1978réf. 89494Toronto: Coach House Press 1978. First Edition. From a total edition of 1000 copies this is the deluxe issue letter "W" of 26 copies with an original holograph poem in rear "pocket" the pocket being a printed brown-paper sandwich bag. Small octavo; full green cloth with printed paper spine label 924pp. Touch of soil to covers still a tight attractive copy very Near Fine. Issued without a dustwrapper. A collection of short prose pieces by the great American novelist short story writer and small press publisher Wolf Run Press. Very scarce in this format. Coach House Press unknown books
1967réf. 2090502113717218Not Available 1967. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
1997réf. 2090502113714969Not Available 1997. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
1890réf. 46913Illinois: Frank's Fine Art Car 1890. Very Good. Illinois: Frank's Fine Art Car n.d. ca. early 1890s. Original albumen cabinet card of a serious young woman with her multi-thong riding whip 13x10cm affixed to card mount 16.5x11cm captioned along bottom edge "Frank's Fine Art Car." Image and mount a bit foxed along top edge brief peeling from mount at top right-hand corner of photo else Very Good. Verso of mount is illustrated with a line drawing of a steam engine chugging along a tree-lined elevated line followed by the baggage car and then Frank's Fine Art Car. Frank Bogges the traveling train photographer operated primarily in central Illinois during the early 1890s providing inexpensive photographic portraitures around the state. Frank's Fine Art Car unknown
1890réf. 46913Illinois: Frank's Fine Art Car 1890. Very Good. Illinois: Frank's Fine Art Car n.d. ca. early 1890s. Original albumen cabinet card of a serious young woman with her multi-thong riding whip 13x10cm affixed to card mount 16.5x11cm captioned along bottom edge "Frank's Fine Art Car." Image and mount a bit foxed along top edge brief peeling from mount at top right-hand corner of photo else Very Good. Verso of mount is illustrated with a line drawing of a steam engine chugging along a tree-lined elevated line followed by the baggage car and then Frank's Fine Art Car. Frank Bogges the traveling train photographer operated primarily in central Illinois during the early 1890s providing inexpensive photographic portraitures around the state. Frank's Fine Art Car unknown books
1941réf. 016234Pontiac Michigan: Yellow Truck & Coach Manufacturing Company 1941. Soft cover. Good. Card wraps. Moderate soiling to covers. Bottom inch of spine is surface chipped. Contemporary pinup-type pencil drawings sketched on a few pages. Original owner's name on first page Sidney Hutto of Columbia SC who worked as a driver at Fort Jackson during the war along with his wife's and first child's names. A few other penciled notations on two pages near front. Pages are generally clean with some grubbiness on the first page. Unit Index page has a torn corner no loss of text. One other page is torn and lacks its bottom half appears to be blank areas on both sides without loss of text. Thoroughly illustrated throughout with photographs diagrams and exploded views. 11 pages of Drivers Instructions at front. 298 pages. 11 x 8 inches. A decent copy with a few flaws. The GMC CCKW was a highly successful series of off-road capable 2 12-ton 6 x 6 trucks built in large numbers between 1941 and 1945 for the U.S. Army. These trucks saw heavy service predominantly as cargo trucks in both World War II and the Korean War. They formed the backbone of the Red Ball Express that kept Allied armies supplied as they pushed eastward after the Normandy invasion. Yellow Truck & Coach Manufacturing Company paperback
1950réf. 41316Detroit: Hudson Motor Car Company 1950. 1950. First edition. Oblong 8" x 10" color pictorial wrappers 28 pp. including covers text illustrated throughout with exterior and interior views in full color of the car models and their appointments. Inside rear cover is a full color picture of Hudson's plant. The Hudson Commodore was Jack Kerouac's automobile of choice for Dean Moriarty in the TV Show ON THE ROAD. Light foxing to lower portion of rear cover and covers lightly rubbed else a very good copy. Hudson Motor Car Company, 1950. unknown
1936réf. 43457Detroit: Hudson Motor Car Company 1936. 1936. TRADE CATALOGUE. First edition. 28 x 19.5 cm 7 1/4" x 11" original color oblong pictorial wrappers n. p. 20 pp. text illustrated throughout with exterior and interior views from black-and-white photographs red highlights printed on coated white stock. Bound in color-pictorial wrappers with a bold front-end view of a 1936 Terraplane on the front cover. Specification details on the rear cover. WorldCat finds holdings of this title at the Library of Michigan and Harvard Business School. Fine bright copy. Hudson Motor Car Company, 1936]. unknown
1936réf. 43456Detroit: Hudson Motor Car Company 1936. 1936. TRADE CATALOGUE. First edition. 28 x 19.5 cm 7 1/4" x 11" original color oblong pictorial wrappers n. p. 28 pp. text illustrated throughout with exterior and interior views from black-and-white photographs blue highlights printed on coated white stock. Bound in color-pictorial wrappers with a bold front-end view of a 1936 Hudson on the cover. Specifications details are presented on the rear cover. WorldCat finds holdings of this title at the Library of Michigan and Hagley Museum. Fine bright copy. Hudson Motor Car Company, 1936]. unknown
1938réf. 42948N. P.: Printed in Canada by R. G. McLean Limited 1938. 1938. TRADE CATALOGUE. First edition. 4to. 12" x 9" color pictorial wrappers 24 pp. including covers color-lithograph illustrated throughout and numerous black & white photograph illustrations. This scarce dealership catalogue is the Hudson Motor Car Company's 30th anniversary lineup with fresh new styling and models. A limited numbers of these models have survived and very few appear in period photographs. Even though over 80000 cars were shipped to dealers there are very few remaining examples from one of the few surviving pre-World War II smaller automakers. For the year 1939 the company offered six new models all equipped with L-head engines with chrome-iron blocks beginning with a bare-bones Series 90 and then the Series 91 92 and 93 straight sixes and finally the fully equipped Series 95 and 97. The Country Club sedans Broughams and Coupes featured luxurious Airfoam interiors with a broad range of paint and upholstery choices. This is a very colorful and informative catalogue. Light wear to the spine and extremities else a very good clean copy. Worldcat locates 1 copy Library of Michigan Lansing. [Printed in Canada by R. G. McLean Limited], 1938. unknown
1912réf. 49077Autocar Sales and Service Co: Newark NJ 1912. Very Good. Newark NJ: Autocar Sales and Service Co. 1912. Archive relating to the design sale and maintenance of an ice cream truck for the New York Ice Cream Co. Contents include a blueprint of the design 25.5x49cm; seven pieces of signed typescript correspondence from the Newark manager of the company dated October and November 1912 six typescript receipts on company letterhead dated December 1912 to May 1913; and a two-page Commercial Chassis Order Contract accomplished in typescript and manuscript signed by a representative of the New York Ice Cream Co. Some light toning and old folds else Very Good in excellent legible condition. Technical but still revelatory archive relating to a very early ice cream truck preceding the launch of Good Humor by eight years. The truck was designed in beet red and gold with black striping "New York Ice Cream Company" printed on the side with a Neapolitan Brick design on the belt panel. The total cost of the vehicle set the New York Ice Cream Company back $2375. What is lacking--and what would make Good Humor the lead in the field--are any bells or a gramophone announcing the arrival of the truck to the neighborhood. Further Reading: Daniel Tannehill Neely's "Soft Serve: Charting the Aural Promise of Ice Cream Truck Music. Newark, NJ unknown
1912réf. 49077Autocar Sales and Service Co: Newark NJ 1912. Very Good. Newark NJ: Autocar Sales and Service Co. 1912. Archive relating to the design sale and maintenance of an ice cream truck for the New York Ice Cream Co. Contents include a blueprint of the design 25.5x49cm; seven pieces of signed typescript correspondence from the Newark manager of the company dated October and November 1912 six typescript receipts on company letterhead dated December 1912 to May 1913; and a two-page Commercial Chassis Order Contract accomplished in typescript and manuscript signed by a representative of the New York Ice Cream Co. Some light toning and old folds else Very Good in excellent legible condition. Technical but still revelatory archive relating to a very early ice cream truck preceding the launch of Good Humor by eight years. The truck was designed in beet red and gold with black striping "New York Ice Cream Company" printed on the side with a Neapolitan Brick design on the belt panel. The total cost of the vehicle set the New York Ice Cream Company back $2375. What is lacking--and what would make Good Humor the lead in the field--are any bells or a gramophone announcing the arrival of the truck to the neighborhood. Further Reading: Daniel Tannehill Neely's "Soft Serve: Charting the Aural Promise of Ice Cream Truck Music. Newark, NJ unknown books
1940réf. 127976Self published 1940s. Good Plus. Collection of 4 vintage snapshot silver gelatin photographs of midget race car drivers with car numbers present: 5 24 46 like other sports numbers were used by several persons. Each photo shows notations on the versos: three with the driver's name and two with photographer credits Elwood Wilson Philadelphia PA. It's possible Wilson took all of the photos. Midget cars were smaller versions of sprint cars the sport popular during the Second World War and began around 1930s California and gradually eastwardly expanded to Midwest and eastern US. Photos range but 2.75 x 4.25 inches to 3.5 x 4.5 inches all with white borders single-weight. Good Plus overall light rubbing toning foxing curl a few short tears some with brief insect chews and one is cropped to maintain the contour of the driver and the steering wheel background cut. Self published unknown
1940réf. 126434Self published 1940s. Very Good. Collection of 9 vintage snapshot photographs of midget race cars from a state fair or auto show in Ohio during or shortly after WWII with men in uniform and "Isaly's" store sign present. Car numbers present: 1 3 8 12 24 30 like other sports numbers were used by several persons. Midget cars were smaller versions of sprint cars the sport popular during the war began 1930s California and gradually eastwardly expanded to Midwest US where stores like Isaly's operated. Isaly's had locations in Ohio West Virginia and Pennsylvania offering fine deli products rooted in 19th century Swiss cheese. Locations ceased but products are sold to date throughout Appalachia and the Mid-Atlantic. Photos 2.25 x 3.5 inches all with white borders. Versos have small "9" rubberstamp and numerical notation. Very Good Plus overall a few corner creases faint smudges. Self published unknown
1941réf. 143462Los Angeles: N.p. 1941. Collection of six vintage photographs of California midget car racing each with the same decorative border at the short-lived Atlantic Speedway in Los Angeles circa 1941. Featuring an unknown race car with number 23 painted on the tail and "Warner Spl." painted just below the cockpit a few of the mechanics responsible on-hand. "X34" rubber-stamps on the versos. Midget racing began in California in the early 1930s in Los Angeles the sport then owned and operated by the Midget Auto Racing Association MARA. Small custom cars many called "specials" looped on small wood tracks formerly reserved for bicycle races. A notable venue was Gilmore Stadium built in 1934 by Earl Bell Gilmore an heir to the Gilmore Oil Company. The Atlantic Speedway operated about 1935-1942 near Compton at the intersection of Atlantic and Banducci Boulevards now part of Long Beach Expressway and this collection offers a humble pocket-sized look at that lost California track. 2.5 x 4 inches silver gelatin. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1941réf. 143462Los Angeles: N.p. 1941. Collection of six vintage photographs of California midget car racing each with the same decorative border at the short-lived Atlantic Speedway in Los Angeles circa 1941. Featuring an unknown race car with number 23 painted on the tail and "Warner Spl." painted just below the cockpit a few of the mechanics responsible on-hand. "X34" rubber-stamps on the versos. Midget racing began in California in the early 1930s in Los Angeles the sport then owned and operated by the Midget Auto Racing Association MARA. Small custom cars many called "specials" looped on small wood tracks formerly reserved for bicycle races. A notable venue was Gilmore Stadium built in 1934 by Earl Bell Gilmore an heir to the Gilmore Oil Company. The Atlantic Speedway operated about 1935-1942 near Compton at the intersection of Atlantic and Banducci Boulevards now part of Long Beach Expressway and this collection offers a humble pocket-sized look at that lost California track. 2.5 x 4 inches silver gelatin. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
4 brochures in-4° oblong brochées. TBE - In very good condition. [PROF]
1924réf. 57101Portland OR: Oregon State Chamber of Commerce August 1924 - June 1931. Twelve vols. 4to. 24; 24; 20; 16; 16; 16; 16; 16; 16; 16; 16; 16 pp. With 100’s of photo illustrations illustrated ads text illustrations. First five issues w/ self-printed colour-illustrated and lettered softcovers remainder in black & white minor shelfwear rubbing ex-lib stamps & markings occasional annotations still VG- set. First editions of this scarce run of Oregon Business land promotion periodicals extolling and touting the natural beauty growth opportunities local businesses and new highways across Oregon from the Roaring 20’s to the opening of the Great Depression. Often featuring decidedly “Oregon” booster clubs and activities such as the “Wild Cavemen” of Josephine County who dressed in “cavemen” garb inspired by local Native American legends of pre-Columbian ancestors; the “Lava Bears” in Bend; “The Pirates” in Coos Bay and others. Also detailed are the developments of hydroelectric dams in the region; the newly opened Pacific Coast Silk Mill of the Pioneer Silk Co.; the massive reclamation project in Malheur County; the Trowbridge West-Made furniture Co. and rapid growth of paper companies. Of additional interest is the issue devoted to “Buying Oregon Products -- Key to Oregon Prosperity” surrounded by ads for many local companies and producers. This business journal appears to have flourished from 1922 to 1931 when it ceased publication after Nov. 1931 as the U.S. economy continued to spiral downwards. Oregon State Chamber of Commerce, paperback
1970réf. ABC_487291970. Kept in a clear plastic sleeve. Eight photographs all ca. 9 x 12.5 cm. Collection of photographs from the 1970s of a Nissan car show in which the newest models were presented. The show most likely took place in Saudi Arabia where Nissan had a strong presence at the time.The photographs have an orange hue because of fading of the dyes which is common in photographs of this time period. Otherwise in good condition. unknown
1915réf. 60717Omaha NE: McKeen Motor Car Co. 1915. Oblong 8vo. 16 pp. With photo illustrations throughout. Colour-illustrated softcovers w/ cover art of Streamline Motor Car and McKeen Highway Coach on front cover photo on back cover minor shelfwear date annotations in upper right corner still a VG copy. First edition of this exceedingly scarce catalogue touting the pioneering Streamline powered railway 300 Horsepower Motor Car which a successor to his famed gasoline car run as Union Pacific Railroad’s Motor Car 1. His later designs featured large round portholes evoking Jules Verne and innovative industrial and mechanical designs. The double trouble twin motored McKeen cars were said to have pulled twenty freight cars and the M21 was the first 70-foot car followed by M23 & M24 intended to pull passenger cars hotly supported by E.H. Harriman. McKeen redesigned carburetors transmissions running gear and the compressed air often did not work properly. The inventive genius also produced a special motor coach with Streamline features rounded rear portholes and depressed side door intended to offer highway service between Minneapolis and St. Paul MN with its’ specially designed seats which allowed for greater comfort. See: William M. Schopp Born Thirty Years Too Soon: William Riley McKeen got his Air Foi Sections reversed but had Trouble with the Power Transmission Railroad Magazine 1950. McKeen Motor Car Co., paperback
réf. LFA-126732937Plaquette de 12 pages, format 210 x 295 mm, illustrée, brochée couverture couleurs, s.d., bon état
réf. 6158Bruxelles. Direction : Rose Capel. Comité de rédaction : Paul Colinet, Christian Dotremont, Marcel Mariën. Collection complète en 9 numéros, du 22 février au 19 avril 1945. In folio de 4 pages (36,5 x 27,5 cm.). Les numéros 8 et 9 sont imprimés sur papier vert. Ensemble en très bon état. "Ne publie que de l'inédit". Rare.
réf. 6159Bruxelles. Direction : Rose Capel. Comité de rédaction : Paul Colinet, Christian Dotremont, Marcel Mariën. Collection complète en 9 numéros, du 22 février au 19 avril 1945. In folio de 4 pages (36,5 x 27,5 cm.). Les numéros 8 et 9 sont imprimés sur papier vert. Ensemble en très bon état. "Ne publie que de l'inédit". Rare.
réf. 12424« La Terre et la guerre dans luvre de Claude Simon », par Merleau-Ponty, Car Gustaf Bjurstrom, Georges Raillard, Alastair B. Duncan, Jean Rousset, John Fletcher, Lucien Dallenbach, etc. Bon état.
