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London: Henry Lintot and John Osborn, 1746. Folio. An extract of pp. 467-478 of Vol. VI of the third edition of Churchill's Voyages. Bound to style in quarter leather, red leather lettering piece, gilt; marbled paper boards. A near fine copy. Translated from the High-Dutch original. Backhoff traveled from Moscow to China via Siberia in 1654. Wagener traveled throughout Europe, Asia, Africa and America. This account is taken from his diary. He was in China in 1653. The account is quite short. .
[Two Illustrated Envelopes] Vaudeville Illustrator Decorates His Correspondence to Fellow New-Yorker, Brevoort B. Barr by Merritt, Hal - 1920
by Merritt, Hal
[Two Illustrated Envelopes] Vaudeville Illustrator Decorates His Correspondence to Fellow New-Yorker, Brevoort B. Barr
by Merritt, Hal
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Centerport, Long Island, [NY], 1920. Very good, slightly browned edges, illustrations bright and clear.. 2 envelopes. Illus. with colored drawings. 3 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches. The first illustration depicts a winter scene of a man digging his car out of the snow. The second is of a man shaking hands with a bag of money. The first was the earlier, perhaps a bit before 1920, the second about 1923.
Hal Merritt was a famous Vaudeville illustrator; he provided the drawings for Will Cressy's 1914 book, "Continuous Vaudeville," was on the same bill with W.C. Fields, and was known as "the talking cartoonist." for his act "Chalk talks and monologue", where he accompanied his monologues with drawings on stage, The Philadelphia Keith-Albee Theater Manager's Report for June 27th, 1904 notes: "HAL MERRITT-15 mins. in one-Monologuist and mimic, with a little poster drawing. Well known on the circuit. Always makes good here, if not on too late. His poster work seems to go best. Good act."
Brevoort Bristol Barr (1869-1964) was a long time New York agent of the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co.
Hal Merritt was a famous Vaudeville illustrator; he provided the drawings for Will Cressy's 1914 book, "Continuous Vaudeville," was on the same bill with W.C. Fields, and was known as "the talking cartoonist." for his act "Chalk talks and monologue", where he accompanied his monologues with drawings on stage, The Philadelphia Keith-Albee Theater Manager's Report for June 27th, 1904 notes: "HAL MERRITT-15 mins. in one-Monologuist and mimic, with a little poster drawing. Well known on the circuit. Always makes good here, if not on too late. His poster work seems to go best. Good act."
Brevoort Bristol Barr (1869-1964) was a long time New York agent of the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co.
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- Place of Publication Centerport, Long Island, [NY]
- Date Published 1920
- Keywords , Americana, Art, Vaudeville, Illustration
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A Account of Two Voyages ... into China
by Backhoff, Feodor Iskowitz, and Zachary Wagener
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The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales
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SCIESZKA, Jon. The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales. [Illustrated by Lane Smith]. [NY]: Viking [1992]. 8vo, [48]pp. Color pictorial boards. Patterned endpapers; color illustrations on every page. A fine copy in original color pictorial dust jacket (no medal affixed, price-clipped). Signed by the artist, Lane Smith, with a full-page drawing of the Stinky Cheese Man on the front free endpaper. Scarce thus.First edition. 1993 Caldecott Honor Book! Following up on the success of their previous collaboration, The True Story of the Three Little Pigs, this award-winning duo created 10 new tales filled with humor and heart. With its unconventional page arrangement, and eclectic, frenetic mix of text and pictures, this delightful spoof has captured readers imaginations for nearly 30 years and influenced a generation of picture book authors. Copies signed by Lane Smith have grown quite scarce.
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THE BLIND BOW-BOY [SIGNED]
by Van Vechten, Carl
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1923. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 261 pages; VG-/None; quarter tan cloth binding, boards in green decorated paper; spine with age-toned paper label, with black lettering; some shelf wear and soiling; corners bumped; some soiling and age-toning to spine; spine label creased and age-toned; spine cocked; inscribed by Van Vechten at front free endpaper; frontispiece starting; bookseller's sticker at back pastedown; pages clean; CX consignment; NOTE: Shelved in Room G. 1347983. Special Collections.
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Box: Henry Brown Mails Himself to Freedom
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WEATHERFORD, Carole Boston. Box. Henry Brown Mails Himself to Freedom. Illustrated by Michele Wood. [Somerville, MA]: Candlewick [2020]. Oblong 8vo, [56]pp. Color pictorial boards. Black endpapers; color illustrations on nearly every page. A fine copy in original color pictorial dust jacket (no medal affixed). With a bookplate signed by Newbery Honor author Carole Boston Weatherford. First edition. 2021 Newbery Honor Book! Henry Brown wrote that long before he came to be known as Box, he "entered the world a slave." Put to work as a child and passed down from one generation to the next — as property – he lost his wife and children when they were sold away out of spite. But Henry Brown found hope — and help —in the form of the Underground Railroad. And escaped enclosed in a box!
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Fullerton, CA: Lorson's Books & Prints, 1987. Murray, Gordon. (12)ff., frenchfold. One of 32 copies with seven original watercolors of pastoral scenes in winter. Signed by the artist, Gordon Murray, who also calligraphed the text of John Clare's poem. Very fine in tan cloth with a watercolor winter landscape set into the front cover. Black cardboard slipcase with paper labels. (2 3/4 by 2 1/2; 70x63mm).
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A Account of Two Voyages ... into China
by Backhoff, Feodor Iskowitz, and Zachary Wagener
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London: Henry Lintot and John Osborn, 1746. Folio. An extract of pp. 467-478 of Vol. VI of the third edition of Churchill's Voyages. Bound to style in quarter leather, red leather lettering piece, gilt; marbled paper boards. A near fine copy. Translated from the High-Dutch original. Backhoff traveled from Moscow to China via Siberia in 1654. Wagener traveled throughout Europe, Asia, Africa and America. This account is taken from his diary. He was in China in 1653. The account is quite short. .
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The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales
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SCIESZKA, Jon. The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales. [Illustrated by Lane Smith]. [NY]: Viking [1992]. 8vo, [48]pp. Color pictorial boards. Patterned endpapers; color illustrations on every page. A fine copy in original color pictorial dust jacket (no medal affixed, price-clipped). Signed by the artist, Lane Smith, with a full-page drawing of the Stinky Cheese Man on the front free endpaper. Scarce thus.First edition. 1993 Caldecott Honor Book! Following up on the success of their previous collaboration, The True Story of the Three Little Pigs, this award-winning duo created 10 new tales filled with humor and heart. With its unconventional page arrangement, and eclectic, frenetic mix of text and pictures, this delightful spoof has captured readers imaginations for nearly 30 years and influenced a generation of picture book authors. Copies signed by Lane Smith have grown quite scarce.
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THE BLIND BOW-BOY [SIGNED]
by Van Vechten, Carl
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1923. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 261 pages; VG-/None; quarter tan cloth binding, boards in green decorated paper; spine with age-toned paper label, with black lettering; some shelf wear and soiling; corners bumped; some soiling and age-toning to spine; spine label creased and age-toned; spine cocked; inscribed by Van Vechten at front free endpaper; frontispiece starting; bookseller's sticker at back pastedown; pages clean; CX consignment; NOTE: Shelved in Room G. 1347983. Special Collections.
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Box: Henry Brown Mails Himself to Freedom
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WEATHERFORD, Carole Boston. Box. Henry Brown Mails Himself to Freedom. Illustrated by Michele Wood. [Somerville, MA]: Candlewick [2020]. Oblong 8vo, [56]pp. Color pictorial boards. Black endpapers; color illustrations on nearly every page. A fine copy in original color pictorial dust jacket (no medal affixed). With a bookplate signed by Newbery Honor author Carole Boston Weatherford. First edition. 2021 Newbery Honor Book! Henry Brown wrote that long before he came to be known as Box, he "entered the world a slave." Put to work as a child and passed down from one generation to the next — as property – he lost his wife and children when they were sold away out of spite. But Henry Brown found hope — and help —in the form of the Underground Railroad. And escaped enclosed in a box!
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Fullerton, CA: Lorson's Books & Prints, 1987. Murray, Gordon. (12)ff., frenchfold. One of 32 copies with seven original watercolors of pastoral scenes in winter. Signed by the artist, Gordon Murray, who also calligraphed the text of John Clare's poem. Very fine in tan cloth with a watercolor winter landscape set into the front cover. Black cardboard slipcase with paper labels. (2 3/4 by 2 1/2; 70x63mm).
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