1926ref. 59638Chicago IL: Crane Co. 836 S. Michigan Ave. 1926. 4to. 47 1 pp. With over 150 of colour illustrations & blueprint floor plans throughout Gray printed boards w/ black & blue lettering on front cover minor shelfwear very slight chipping at foot of spine faint rust to staples at gutter margin of text block still VG copy. First edition of this scarce catalogue emphasizing the importance of colour and the latest modern crane fixtures valves and fittings mixing their compact and graceful gleaming white enamel on iron units with fine marbles and flawless crystal. Each of the individual designs includes elevation drawings along with each wall illustrated as it would appear on the blueprints on the facing page for the floor plans. Some feature Greco-Roman or Pompeian design elements while others show vivid Art Deco influences. Worldcat locates 6 copies The Strong DLC Hagley MO Hist. Mus. Cincinnati Carnegie. Crane Co., 836 S. Michigan Ave., hardcover

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[DANCING -- JAZZ AGE]. MURRAY, Arthur [TEICHMAN, Murray].Biblio.com

The modern dances: an introductory course.

1923ref. 58318New York: Arthur Murray 801 Madison Ave. 1923. 4to. 32 pp. Blue-tinted photo illustrations text diagram illustrations. Textured brown softcovers gilt lettering & decorative border on front cover yapp fore-edges minor soiling & fading front cover to lettering minor bumping to couple corners still a VG copy. First edition of one of the renowned dance studios’ instruction books after they opened their dance studio in New York in 1923 in conjunction with their struggling mail-order business. Murray pioneered dance instruction and dance schools to encourage exercise and build self-confidence and poise and was the first to broadcast live dance music on the radio in March 1920. Murray originated the idea of the “footprints” style of teaching dance now an Arthur Murray trademark and this book includes instructions for The Chasse Waltz the Tango foxtrot and The Cortez. Worldcat locates 4 copies w/ similar titles and different collations NYPL - 2 copies 51 & 24 pp. British Lib. 51 pp. BYU 63 pp. Arthur Murray, 801 Madison Ave., paperback

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Birmingham Age Herald NewspaperBiblio.com

1913: May issues of this Alabama daily newspaper in Bound Into One large Volume Birmingham Age Herald

ref. 79297Good Used Condition. unknown

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Star Silent Films, signed inscribed to Bertie my dear friend from Bill Fairbanks 1927, Actor died age 50 in 1945 of lobar PneumoBiblio.com

Bill Fairbanks William SIGNED B/W Photograph Hollywood actor silent films such as "Timber Wolf" Somewhere in France played Dillion In LITTLE Brother

ref. 25479 1/2" X 7 1/4" Side shot of Bill in Tuxedo holding paper with shadow on wall taken by Evans Studio in LA VG. Hollywood actor silent films such as "Timber Wolf" Somewhere in France played Dillion In LITTLE Brother & The Hired Man whicxh also starred Charles Ray Although Fairbanks was a busy movie star through the greater part of the 1920s after playing Long Collins in The Vanishing West 1928 he retired from the screen. Signed by Author. Unbound. unknown