Vaquero with Pack. by Erwin E. Smith - 1920-1940?

9 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.

San Francisco: Straight Arrow Press, 1973. First printing. Paperback. Fine +. Unpaginated, pictorial wraps, black and white photos and text on glossy stock, 10x10 inches, Near pristine first printing of this classic photo book of suburbia, fascinating portraits and commentary. No marks or creases, near new.

Pasadena Circa 1920/ 1940: Carnegie Institution, Mt Wilson Observatory, 1930. Original Astronomical Photographs . No Binding. Near Fine/No Jacket. Original Astronomical Photograph Approximately19 3/4" X 16", A Stunning Photograph Of Two Linked Galaxies. Pencil Annotation On Verso "G-4 G-132. Image Is Excellent,But 1/8" Square Abrasion Right At Lower Left Corner.

[no place]: [no publisher], [no date]. Very Good. Faux leather protective roll with three snap closures, containing one portrait on paper. The whole connected between two large (1 3/4 inch) dowel halves on one end. The salesman could add various portraits to the assemblage by separating the two half dowels, adding additional portraits, and screwing the assemblage together again. This example has a linen guard to protect the paper portrait as it is rolled and snapped shut. Leather roll is approx 17 inches wide and two foot long. Portrait in this case is of a distinguished man in a suit, shoulders up. Marked on the rear of this portrait (which is paper laid onto linen) is a stamp "Crayon" and various sizes and costs. Generally good condition, with some soiling to the faux leather, and minor creasing to the portrait. Large photographic prints were expensive and difficult to store and transport. This was one solution for photographers - a sample portrait that could be rolled up in a protective cover and… Read More

Original booklet ( FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINT ) in the Dutch language with cardboard cover with white letters on a black background with SS logo, top right: 'MOHR' (illustrater). Photos of concentration-camps in april 1945 liberated by the British army in 32 pages. Photographs in black/white. The booklet has a spiral. With a drawn map of Germany and the Netherlands and a description of each concentration-camp.
War-paper is yellowed with some brown stains; no damage.
On the first page is an explanation in old Dutch of the reason for the war of the whole world against Germany by looking at the pictures in the book: "Deze beelden, stuk voor stuk, verklaren den strijd op leven en dood van een geheele wereld tegen een levensbeschouwing die aan het 'leven' geen, aan de 'vernietiging' elke plaats wilde inruimen."
Willem van de Poll (Amsterdam, 13 April 1895 – Amsterdam, 10 December 1970) was a Dutch press photographer in Europe, the Middle East, Indonesia and the Dutch Antilles. After the war he became the… Read More

FINE Condition, SIGNATURES GUARANTEED AUTHENTIC. Signed by Author. Unbound.

1940. 5 X 7 inches, SIGNATURE GUARANTEED AUTHENTIC, Fine Condition, SIGNED B/W PHOTOGRAPH. Signed by Author. Unbound. Very Good/No Jacket.

Pasadena : Carnegie Institution, Mt Wilson Observatory, 1934. Original Astronomical Photographs . No Binding. Near Fine/No Jacket. Original Astronomical Display Of "The Sun's Neighbors: Stars Known To Be Within 65 Light-Years Of The Sun", With Visual Markers For Absolute Magnitude/Luminosity, Spectral Type/Effective Temperature, Determination Of Distance By Mt. Wilson/No Determination, Single/Double/Triple Stars, On Single Sheet From Carnegie Institution Mt. Wilson Observatory, Stars And Text In Black On White Background. 19 7/8" X 16 1/8". I

Original Astronomical Photographs . No Binding. Near Fine/No Jacket. Original Astronomical Photographs, Composite Image On Sheet 14" X 11" Including Photos Zn11, Zn13, Zn15, Zn 17 And Zn19, With Detail Photographs Annotated Zn10, Zn12, Zn14, Zn16 Zn18 And Zn20. Undated And Unattributed. Pencil Annotation On Verso, P-10336.

Pasadena: Mt. Wilson Observatory, 1937. Original Astronomical Photographs . No Binding. Near Fine/No Jacket. Two Original Astronomical Photographs Printed On One Sheet, Showing Sun And Sunspots, 20" X 15 3/8". Undated And Unmarked, One Of A Large Group Of Photographs From Mt. Wilson Observatory 1920-1955, Of Which One Dated In 1937.