L'aurore. [Launch poster] by Carrière, Eugène - [1897]

London: Cape Goliard, 1969. First Edition. Paperback. Near Fine. Single sheet printed on rag paper. A poem by Berrigan with illustration by Jim Dine. This is number 14 of only 60 copies specially SIGNED by Berrigan and Dine. Measures 11.5" by 15" tall. Near fine copy. Signed by Author.

Sonoma, California: Cadmus Editions, 1982. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Signed by Author. First Edition, Limited to 100 Numbered Copies Signed by M. F. K. Fisher. 15 in. x 22 in. A fine copy designed and printed from handset type on Rives BFK, Gutenberg Laid and Mohawk Superfine by Judyl Mudfoot at Mudborn Press. Calligraphy by Pamela Gardella. An excerpt from M. F. K. Fisher's engaging, A Cordiall Water: A Garland Of Odd And Old Receipts To Assuage The Ills Of Man And Beast, collecting age-old folk remedies, "a perfect combination of superstition, instinct, and primitive knowledge", with autobiographical anecdotes from the author's life in California, Provence, Mexico and Switzerland. From the broadside: "The first advice is from the Journal kept by a London apothecary, in Shakespeare's time. The second is from a handbill thrust at me in Aix-en-Provence in about 1970, by a tall man dressed in rough thick clothes. It was night. Down the side street from which he darted now and… Read More

[New York]: Jack Smith, 1971. Unbound. Near Fine. Measuring 8.5" x 11". Printed recto only. Tiny bit of wear at one corner, else fine. A flyer for one of the many weekly midnight audience participation plays staged in Jack Smith's apartment, dubbed "The Plaster Foundation." Smith is considered a pioneer in American performance art and underground cinema, and one of the founders of the camp aesthetic. Rare. *OCLC* locates no copies.

Dewsbury: Dawson & Son, Printers, 1901. Unbound. Very Good. Large broadside. Approximately 9¾" x 30". Printed in blue ink in several type sizes. Several old horizontal folds, one short tear, and modest chips to the right margin affecting no text, very good. Broadside for a play apparently created to capitalize on the vampire craze precipitated by Stoker's novel *Dracula* (published in 1897), which in turn was derived from medieval legends. The broadside gives detailed information on the members of the cast including "The Vampire - The Black Death of Paris - by Itself," "Ritza, The High Priest of Karma," and various heiresses, detectives, and so forth. Also provided is the sequence of the acts and scenes. The play premiered in early 1900; this particular performance is advertised here for the week of August 12th, 1901. A very attractive contemporary evocation of the fascination for vampires, which doesn't seem to have waned. A detailed internet search for this play revealed little beyond a few… Read More

London: Margray, at his Old Office, 1789. Unbound. Very Good. Handbill printed both sides. Approximately 5.5" x 9". Printed in orange. Tiny holes in the left margin (possibly stitched together with others at one time), a tiny tear, and a little soiling, very good or better. A physically pleasing lottery invitation, whereby a guinea and a half might become 30,000 Pounds, conducted under the supervision of Margray: "Business has been transacted for upwards of TWENTY YEARS with the strictest Honour and Integrity, Margray has Reason to flatter himself, that the above Mode of adventuring will have the Preference of any other with the judicious and discerning Part of the Public." No doubt.

Dallas: Northouse & Northouse, 1981. First Edition. broadsides. Fine in case as issued. A collection of 8 folio broadsides and title page ranging in size from 13" x 17" to 13" x 19" and printed on heavy paper of various colors with all but two of the broadsides illustrated and each individually SIGNED by the author. This is Copy "F" of 26 lettered copies of a total edition of 126. Contributors are John Updike ("Two Sonnets"), Allen Ginsberg ("Capitol Air" - - Ginsberg has also made a single word holograph correction to the text), Linda Pastan ("Mother Eve"), Howard Nemerov ("Landscape with Self-Portrait"), Heather McHugh ("From 20,000 Feet"), William Stafford ("Geography Lesson"), William Heyen ("Mother and Son"), and Scott Davison ("Soft Salvation"). The five printers are The Red Ozier Press, The Meadow Press, The Press of A. Colish, The Press of W. Thomas Taylor, and the Wind River Press. Housed in a plexiglass box especially made for this publication and allowing the portfolio to be hung on a… Read More

Boston: Boston Chemical Printing Company, 1830. Unbound. Very Good. First edition. Printed on cotton cloth hemmed on four sides. Approximately 12" x 11.5". Several modest and scattered rust stains, but no fraying or other wear, a very good or better example. Printed in three columns divided by lines of type ornaments within an overall border of type ornaments. Cuts at head of each column are of boys in Sunday School; a boy playing with a lamb; and a woman reading to young girls. Five other hymns or prayers surrounding the central poem: *Mary's Lamb* by Mrs. Hale. Better known now by the first line, "Mary Had a Little Lamb," Hale's poem was first published in the magazine *The Juvenile Miscellany.* (Boston: Putnam and Hunt, September, 1830) and in book form in *Poems for Our Children*, also in 1830. A revised version was published by Hale in *The School Song Book*. (Boston: Allen & Ticknor, 1834). Our version seems to be identical in text to the original version, so our presumption is that this… Read More

1810. Probably Unique Nineteenth-Century American Medical Broadside Advertisement, Illustrated by One of America's First Lithographers Miller. Doctr. Miller has erected a commodious house in Franklin . . . Engraved advertising circular, illustrated with an engraving of Miller's sanatorium by Thomas Wightman (fl. 1811) after I. R. [i.e., John Ritto] Penniman (1782-1841). N.p., n.d. [before 1884]. 173 x 210 mm. Laminated on paper, some marginal spotting, moderate toning. Probably Unique American Medical Broadside advertising Dr. Miller's sanatorium, located in Franklin, Mass., about 20 miles southwest of Boston. According to the advertisement, Dr. Miller's establishment treated "persons labouring under the Cancer, Stone in the Bladder, Cataract and other diseases of the Eye, Hydrocele, White Swellings, swelled Legs, Fistula, Polypus, Hare Lips, Wens, Eruptions of the Skin and Ulcerations in general." The advertisement further states that "much pains have been taken to make this a place of resort, where… Read More

1850. Rare 19th Century American Electricity Broadside [Electricity] Wonderful experiments! At the [Liberty Hall (Groton)] this evening, [Feb. 19] inst. Dr. Fisk begs to inform the ladies and gentlemen of this place, that he will give one night of pleasing and instructive amusement . . . Broadside. Woodcut illustrations. N.p.: Samuel B. Hall, n.d. [ca. 1850]. 627 x 225 mm. Small portion of one corner torn (not affecting text), some creasing, minor stains, but very good. Rare nineteenth-century American broadside advertising Dr. Fisk's traveling show offering a "pleasing and instructive" demonstration of the many and varied uses of electricity. Among the marvels promised were "a splendid railway engine . . . driven by electricity, 200 miles per hour," "electro-magnetic engines, of immense power . . . driving a variety of useful machines," and "cannons and fireworks . . . fired by electricity." The broadside also proclaims that "a medical galvanizing machine will be at work for the benefit of all,"… Read More

[Shillington, Pennsylvania: Privately Printed, 1990. Unbound. Fine. Untitled broadside written for the author's high school reunion. Measuring 8" × 10". Signed by Updike. Fine. Reportedly issued in a small edition, of which many were distributed at the event. Very scarce.