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Ben Bernie Lot - with Original Oil Painting of Ben and Harry by Bernie, Ben; Harry Cohn

by Bernie, Ben; Harry Cohn

Ben Bernie Lot - with Original Oil Painting of Ben and Harry by Bernie, Ben; Harry Cohn

Ben Bernie Lot - with Original Oil Painting of Ben and Harry

by Bernie, Ben; Harry Cohn

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~ 24" x 24" humorous oil painting on canvas of bandleader Ben Bernie ("The Old Maestro") and Harry Cohn (President of Columbia Pictures) flanking a map of the state of Florida below which Cohn has written "To (sic) bad I only hear the good things about you - Ben - Harry Cohn"

Bernie was a popular bandleader of the 1920s and 30s known for his sense of humor and trademark expression, "Yowsah! Yowsah! Yowsah!" Harry Cohn was known for his autocratic and intimidating management style, and asking for and expecting sex from female stars in exchange for employment (the Harvey Weinstein of his day).

The lot includes newspaper and radio gossip columnist Walter Winchell's March 8, 1937 check payable to Bernie, as well as sheet music for 3 songs ('Y' Got Me Baby,' 'Lonesome in the Moonlight' and 'Mrs. Astor's Horse') bearing Bernie's image, the 8 1/2" x 11' 30pp 'The Royal Palm Review of 1940 Musical Hits' and a 10" x 14" card promoting 'Ben Bernie's Blue Ribbon Malt Orchestra' (sponsor of his radio series). During the 1930s, Bernie had a long-running "feud" with columnist Winchell, leading to the duo to co-star in 20th Century Fox's successful musical comedies 'Wake Up and Live' (1937) and 'Love and Hisses' (1938)

Provenance: Ben Bernie family.
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The Circular ( 12 Issues, 1852-1853 )

The Circular ( 12 Issues, 1852-1853 )

by John Humphrey Noyes and G. W. Noyes, Editors

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Brooklyn, New York: Oneida Community, 1852. 12 issues 1852-1853, with 2 being duplicate issues, all Very Good to Near Fine, 4 issues with period prior owner names at top front, some creasing, some light toning and a few issues with notebook holes at spine. Includes Vol. I, Nos. 16 and 18, Feb. 22 and Mar. 14, 1852, Vol. II, Nos. 4, 7, 26, 29( 1 dupl.), 30, 31, 35, and 37 (1 dupl.), Nov. 27 and Dec. 8, 1852 and Feb. 21, 23, 26, Mar. 2, 16, 23, 1853. Issues from the first 2 years of this publication are SCARCE. . First Edition. Newsprint. Very Good. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall.
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Catalogue or Guide to the Liverpool Museum of Anatomy. 29, Paradise Street. This superb...
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Liverpool: Matthews Brothers, Printers, [c. 1870s]. 64 page pamphlet. Original light blue wrappers printed in black. Engraving depicting the museum on the lower wrapper, 1 engraving within the text. Wrappers rubbed, dulled, and spotted, minor crease to the upper corner slightly affecting the contents. Very good condition. The rare catalogue of the Liverpool Museum of Anatomy, describing in detail the Museum's contents and policies, and illustrating its interior by an engraving on the lower cover. The Liverpool Museum of Anatomy was one of a number of such museums in the UK and US that specialised in wax anatomical models and, unlike many of the museums of professional medical organisations, were open to the public. Though the stated goal was always education, particularly regarding reproduction and the dangers of sexual vice, these museums also traded on the shock or titillation value of their exhibits and some were targeted by the medical establishment as purveyors of vice and quackery. The… Read More
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Towards an Organic Architecture (Bruno Nevi)
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Towards an Organic Architecture (Bruno Nevi)

by Bruno Zevi

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Faber, 1950. Hardcover. Very Good. 9x5x1. Influential Italian architect Bruno Zevi's mid-century study of modern architecture with an emphasis on American activity, more specifically Frank Lloyd Wright's work between the two World Wars. Densely illustrated with many previously unpublished photos, detailed floor plans and renderings. First and only edition. Includes two laid-in handwritten notes and one 3 1/2" x 5" photo of the rear of a Harvey Park Clark designed house at 3900 Sandhill Road in Woodside, California. Photos of the front of this house appear on the front panel of the dust jacket and in one of the photo sections. Clark is also mentioned in the text. See images below of the notes for relevant content on the house. Scarce. 180 pp. 9" x 6". Tight, unmarked copy with minimal shelf wear. Price-clipped dust jacket in archival Brodart sleeve with small areas of loss to head and tail of spine panel and two small tears to bottom edge of front panel. A presentable copy… Read More
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Carey's Franklin Almanac for the Year 1810
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Carey's Franklin Almanac for the Year 1810

by Abraham Shoemaker;

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Philadelphia: Printed for Mathew Carey, Lydia R. Bailey, Printer, No. 10, North Alley, 1809. SCARCE. Very Good, scattered toning and spotting. Stitched, 48 unnumbered pages : illustrations. No other copies for any years found in current commerce. RBH notes last 1810 copy at auction in 1918, previous copies for other years in 2005 and then 1964. Shaw & Shoemaker,; 17151. First Printing. String Tied. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Chap Book.
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BALLYHOO MAGAZINE: The first 12 issues, August 1931 - July 1932
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BALLYHOO MAGAZINE: The first 12 issues, August 1931 - July 1932

by Anthony, Norman

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New York: Dell Publishing, 1931-1932. First edition. The first 12 issues of this hugely popular depression-era humor magazine known for its parodies of advertising and publishing. An early precursor to Mad Magazine, it was "stuffed with parodies of national advertisements and consumer magazines and sprinkled liberally with topical and risque cartoons and gags." In the first issue alone the magazine uses cartoons to tackle topics such as prohibition, economic conditions, homelessness, and organized crime. (Joseph P. Bernt in THE ADVERTISING AGE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ADVERTISING, Egolf and McDonough, editors.) The 15-cent, initially ad-free magazine spawned all manner of products -- from scarves and neckties to a Manhattan nightclub. There was even a Broadway production called "Ballyhoo" starring Bob Hope bankrolled by its editor, Norman Hume Anthony [1889 - 1968], the cartoonist, illustrator, one-time editor of Judge and Life Magazines, and author, as "Judge Jr.," of a series of books on cocktails. Third… Read More
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Reginald Archer. A Novel

Reginald Archer. A Novel

by Seemuller, Anne M. Crane

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Boston: James R. Osgood and Co., 1871. Book. Good+. Hardcover. First Edition.. Wright II 2185. This is the 386 p. version. (Wright also mentions a (presumably later) 147 p. version printed in double columns). Rust-colored embossed cloth with gilt spine lettering. Moderate shelfwear, with frayed spine ends. The spine is slanted. There is a short tear on the rear hinge. Previous owner's name is penciled on the second free endpaper. Some leaves have small dampstains on their fore margins. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Zanol. The Better Way to Buy. Catalog No. 20. Edition A.
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Zanol. The Better Way to Buy. Catalog No. 20. Edition A.

by (Art Deco) The American Products Company

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Cincinnati, OH: The American Products Company, May, 1925. Perfect bound (355 x 280 mm). Original brown wrappers printed in blue and cream, brown cloth backstrip. 78 pages, of which 16 are in full colour and the rest being uncoloured lithographs on single-colour backgrounds. With the original order form loosely inserted. Light rubbing at the extremities, small chips at the ends of the spine. A fresh copy in excellent condition. A beautiful, 78 page chromolithographic catalogue for the American Products Company's Zanol line of cosmetics, food products, and home goods, including 16 pages in full colour. A superb example of Art Deco marketing design. The American Products Company was founded in 1907 by three brothers, Albert, Edgar and Clarence Mihalovitch (Albert later changed his surname to Mills), of Cincinnati, who hoped to capture the growing Midwestern consumer market (see "Cosmetics by the American products Company", Collecting Vintage Compacts blog, January 2012). This catalogue promotes… Read More
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Request for Membership Dues for the Association of Banks for the..
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Request for Membership Dues for the Association of Banks for the..

by Counterfeiting

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1859. Boston, February 17, 1858. 8-1/2" x 5" bifolium. Boston, February 17, 1858. 8-1/2" x 5" bifolium. A Group of New England Banks Unite to Suppress Counterfeiting [Counterfeiting]. [Request for Membership Dues for the Association of Banks for the Suppression of Counterfeiting]. Boston, February 17, 1858. 8-1/2" x 5" bifolium, text to recto of first leaf, post mark and manuscript address to verso of second leaf. Vertical and horizontal fold lines, faint stains to verso of second leaf, otherwise fine. $450. * This form, which includes a receipt, was addressed to the Pittsfield Bank of Pittsfield, New Hampshire. It reads (in part): "To the cashier of the _____ Bank: Sir: At a meeting of the Board of Managers (...) it was Voted, 'That an assessment, at the rate of five dollars on each one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) of Capital Stock, be laid upon the Banks for the ensuing year,' and the Treasurer, in conformity to the above vote, attaches hereto a blank receipt, that you will please fill up,… Read More
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De Historie van Docter Johannes Faustus.
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1750. Rare printing of Doctor Faust's chapbook in Dutch. Woodcut on title, 58 (repeated) woodcut illustrations. A total of 60 vignettes. Complete. More recent paper covers. These are somewhat rubbed with significant rubbing and loss to the spine. Written number to the front cover. The date c.1750 is printed on the remnant of a catalogue label stuck to the front cover. The impressions of the engravings are somewhat are somewhat blurred. P. 41, repeated on p. 76, the illustrations are not woodcuts but metalcuts. The shape of the heads of the nails with which the plates were mounted on wood are printed on many of them. A nice example. 86 (2) pp. 205 x 165 mm (8 x 6½ inches). Bibliography: Engel 280, Kippenberg 2089
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Twelve Contemporary Poets. . . 1966 Houston Poetry Festival Poets Reading Selections From Their...
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Twelve Contemporary Poets. . . 1966 Houston Poetry Festival Poets Reading Selections From Their Own Works.

by SCANNELL, William J., Edited by. Signed by 6 poets: Robert Bly, Robert Creeley, Donald Hall, Galway Kinnell, Carolyn Kizer, W. S. Merwin. (Vinyl LP)

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Champaign, IL: The National Council of English Teachers / RCA #868N-8519, 1966. Signed by Robert Bly, Robert Creeley, Donald Hall, Galway Kinnell, Carolyn Kizer, W. S. Merwin. First edition / First printing. 12" Vinyl LP in Illustrated cardboard sleeve. Near fine. A lovely copy. Uncommon, especially signed by several participants.
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Selected Poems
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Selected Poems

by Masefield, John

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New York: Macmillan, 1938. Includes selections from Masefield's books: Salt-Water Ballads; Poems and Ballads; Pompey the Great; The Everlasting Mercy; The Widow in the Bye Street; Dauber; The Daffodil Fields; Philp the King; Good Friday; Lollingdon Downs; Gallipoli; Reynard the Fox; Enslaved; Right Royal; Ester; King Cole and Other Poems; Odtaa; Midsummer Night and Other Tales in Verse; The Wanderer; Minnie Maylow's Story and Other Tales and Scenes; A Letter from Pontus. 271 toned, clean pages. Navy blue cloth with gilt facsimle signature on front cover and dull gilt titles on spine; a dozen or so pages are bumped at top corner; tanned inside covers. Thanks for shopping with us! 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and lifelong learning.. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Forgotten  Song by Eugene Cowles  Oliver Ditson Company Boston

Forgotten Song by Eugene Cowles Oliver Ditson Company Boston

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Forgotten Song by Eugene Cowles Oliver Ditson Company Boston
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Reno, Land of Charm [Nevada]

Reno, Land of Charm [Nevada]

by Reno Chamber of Commerce

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Reno, Nevada: Reno Chamber of Commerce, 1927. Stapled Binding. Very Good. Includes original sleeve. Light general wear. 1927 Stapled Binding. Unpaginated. Reno, Nevada. Early travel brochure. Briefly discusses the area surrounding Reno, and touches on each of Nevada's major cities. Numerous black-and-white photo reproductions of Reno and surrounding area, including countryside and Sparks.--Calvello Books
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EDGAR ALLAN POE IN 20 OBJECTS FROM THE SUSAN JAFFE TANE COLLECTION
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EDGAR ALLAN POE IN 20 OBJECTS FROM THE SUSAN JAFFE TANE COLLECTION

by Gabrielle Dean and Richard Kopley [eds.]

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Baltimore: The Sheridan Libraries, Johns Hopkins University, 2017. paperback. 9.2 x 5.2 inches. paperback. xiv, 129 pages. This collection of short, illustrated essays by leading and emerging Poe scholars focuses on twenty Poe-related objects from a private collection, which are closely examined as a means of unpacking Poe's family history, literary preoccupations, and legacy. Published in connection with a public exhibition at Johns Hopkins University, October 2016 through February 2017, "The Enigmatic Edgar A. Poe in Baltimore & Beyond.
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Two Anti-Communist Newsletters

Two Anti-Communist Newsletters

by CHURCH LEAGUE OF AMERICA [ANTI-COMMUNISM] [ANTI-LABOR]

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Evanston, IL: Church League of America, 1950. Pamphlet. Fine. This is a lot of 2 pamphlets from the early 1950s published by the right wing Church League of America based out of the Chicago suburbs from 1937-1984. Both pieces are in fine condition. THOMPSON, Dorothy. "What Is Behind the Immigration Furor?"; News and Views, January 1953, No. 230. Evanston: National Laymen's Council of the Church League of America. Broadsheet. 4 pp. A newsletter decrying the New Deal and the threat of Communist immigrants. RADCLIFFE, Cy. "A little business fights Big Government". Evanston: National Laymen's Council of the Church League of America. Broadsheet. 2 pp. A newsletter describing the writer's efforts to prevent his employees from unionizing and the ensuing lawsuit. Includes a photo of Radcliffe captioned "CRUSADER."
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THE CALIFORNIA-ARIZONA CITRUS STORY
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THE CALIFORNIA-ARIZONA CITRUS STORY

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Redlands, California: Pure Gold, [1955]. Stapled wraps. Very good. [12p.] Small chips to wrap edges. The Mutual Orange Distributors (MOD) was founded in Redlands, California, in 1906 as a cooperative marketing association representing citrus growers in California. Within a few years, the coop included citrus growers in western Arizona. In 1955, MOD changed its name to Pure Gold, originally the brand name for fruit grown by the approximately 2,500 MOD growers. Sunkist took over the Pure Gold trademark when the co-op closed in 1987 due to housing developments replacing the citrus fields and the shrinking number of packing plants. This booklet explains the history of the citrus-growing culture in California and Arizona and provides information on the variety of oranges, lemons, and grapefruit grown and their cultivation and packaging. A map on the back shows the regions represented by the Pure Gold cooperative. Scarce, none located in OCLC. B&w illustrations and halftone photographs. (11"x8-1/2")
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Leopold Von Ranke A Review of his Life
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Leopold Von Ranke A Review of his Life

by Adams, Henry Brook

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Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Volume
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Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Volumes 22-23 pages 542-558, signed "H. B. A" Leopold Von Ranke a review of his life. by Herbert Baxter Adams;
Adams was born to Nathaniel Dickinson Adams and Harriet (Hastings) Adams in Shutesbury, Massachusetts. On his mother's side, he was a descendant of Thomas Hastings who came from the East Anglia region of England to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1634.[1] Adams received his early training in the Amherst, Massachusetts public schools and Phillips Exeter Academy. He graduated from Amherst College in 1872. In 1873 Adams traveled to Europe to study and write. In 1874 he then moved to Heidelberg, Germany to pursue the Ph.D. degree. There he was influenced by Johann Gustav Droysen and Johann Kaspar Bluntschli, the latter also becoming his mentor. Heidelberg did not then require a thesis from its doctoral candidates, instead it required an oral examination, for which he chose political science for his major field (Hauptfach), with two minors… Read More
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Butterflies in gilded frame
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Butterflies in gilded frame

by Handmade in Switzerland Reichlin

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handmade exhibit of butterflies gold frame
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Number 30. Shelter Lullaby, by Helen Thomas sheet music Boston Music, drawing by Edwina Dumm

Number 30. Shelter Lullaby, by Helen Thomas sheet music Boston Music, drawing by Edwina Dumm

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Number 30. Shelter Lullaby, by Helen Thomas sheet music Boston Music, drawing by Edwina Dumm
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[BOWLING] [WOMEN] Annual Reception Queen Pin League Sat. June 6 1959 9:00 PM Flame Lounge [cover...
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[BOWLING] [WOMEN] Annual Reception Queen Pin League Sat. June 6 1959 9:00 PM Flame Lounge [cover title]

by [Queen Pin League (of Cleveland, OH?]

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[no place, but Cleveland, OH], 1959. Staplebound. Very good. Octavo, 4pp. Side-stapled with decorative ribbon added. Mimeographed cover and contents. Very good, with some creasing to covers. There is pen and pencil writing internally, and with the numerous corrections to dates and times, we presume that this program was used to draft the program for the coming season; that is, the corrections to dates, times, sponsors, and the league officers are indicated so that the new season's program will be updated. We could find no information about the "Queen Pin League," but it clearly seems to have been an all-women bowling league in the Cleveland area (with all Cleveland city businesses as sponsors). A light pencil drawing on the rear cover might be a mock-up for a new cover design. Highly ephemeral piece of Cleveland women's bowling history.
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