Search Results: Western Fiction and Americana from Singularity Rare & Fine

Solion with Norwood / Licensed by Curtis Publishing, 2004. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Spiral-bound Wraps. Fine. Rockwell, Norman. Fine. See scans and description. (no place): Solion, with lithography by Norwood; licensed by Curtis Publications, Indianapolis. The 2004 Saturday Evening Post Norman Rockwell Calenda, this being the variant published (in this case) by the apparently now-defunct Solion print solutions company, with the cover illustration being Rockwell's painting of a schoolteacher (Miss Jones) who has been pleasantly surprised on her birthday by chalked birthday wishes on the blackboard from her young charges. See scan. Quarto size in landscape format, 10 3/4" in width, 8 3/8" tall. Spiral bound, 12 pp., each with a Rockwell painting reproduction on a verso and each with a calendar month on a recto. Fine; note that what appears to be a tiny cover smudge (see scan) is in fact underneath the cover gloss, hence was part of the printing process, whether intentional or not.… Read More

Altadena, CA: Prospect Park Books, 2017. 1st Edition . Hardcover. New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. New, and pristine. Signed by author, First Edition. 'Addicted to Americana', by Charles Phoenix, "The Ambassador of Americana". Signed by him on the half-title, with his notable flair (see scan). Square octavo, semi-gloss illustrated multicolored boards, 176 pp. A banquet of American, with Phoenix's knowledgeable text and color photography throughout - both contemporary and actual retro shots - of nostalgic retro Americana. Quits scarce in the signed, perfect condition, first edition form. Ships in a stout box, of course; not a bag. See all scans. L8

Hawthorne, CA: Mattel, Inc. , 1961. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Very Good. "Barbie Sings! 6 Terrific Teen-Age Tunes Sung By Barbie and Ken." Contains three 45 RPM Records- 45 rpm. Hawthorne, CA: Mattel, Inc., 1961. Square Octavo (7 7/8" x 7 1/4 "). Illustrated cardboard boards, 8 illustrated pages with lyrics (2 of those being the endpapers, the other6 the front and back sides of the record envelopes). Charlotte Austin (daughter of singer/songwriter Gene Austin, from back in the day) and Bill Cunningham (who had been around himself) did the singing; words and music were by Eliot Daniel and Ken Darby. Very Good; some moderate creasing and rubbing at the outer covers, and a bit of dust. See all scans. Contents virtually Fine, with scant signs of handling. Those aren't smudges in the scans; the actual original art was done in a smudge-y way. Pure Pop Culture Americana - and not just for kids any more, of course. As the… Read More

uncredited: uncredited, 1977. No Binding. As New. As New; pristine and flawless. See scan and description. Big Boy Restaurant Vintage 3" Embroidered Souvenir Patch (circa 1977). 3" diameter, manufacture and art uncredited, circa 1977. As New, and quite completely flawless; stored in zip-lock since acquisition in (about) 1977, at a Big Boy restaurant a bit south of Gastonia, NC - but over the border in South Carolina - as I recall. Scarce thus. The red, white, blue, brown and silver threads are still as engagingly luminous as when new. See scan. Travel & restaurant ephemera. Collectible. Don't put this on clothes you wear a lot - it's just too nice. Lsmph4

Asheville, NC: Mary Newman Fitzgerald, 1946. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Near Fine; see scans and description. Asheville, NC: Mary Newman Fitzgerald, 1946. The 1946 First Edition of Mary Newman Fitzgerald's opus, 'The Cherokee and his Smoky Mountains Legends'. Octavo, illustrated staple-bound wraps, 44 pp. Illustrated with black and white photographs and other graphics throughout. Near Fine, with just a thin band of moderate age-toning at the top of both covers, and no other flaws whatsoever, inside or out. Certainly one of the finest surviving 1946 first edition examples of Fitzgerald's history of the Cherokee in the Smoky Mountains and associated legends. See all scans. Ships in a new, sturdy, protective box - not a bag. L4

Milwaukee: Die Hausfrau, 1936. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Milwaukee: Die Hausfrau, 1936. The August, 1936 issue of Die Hausfrau, "Monatsschrift fur die Frauenwelt Amerikas" (roughly, Monthly Review for the American Woman"). Text in German. Tall quarto, almost folio, illustrated stapled wraps (in this case with an idyllic scene - two maidens by paradise-like garden fountain, one playing the lute), 58 pp. Very Good or better; small torn upper corner throughout (see scan), and not much else to point to. Just moderate toning to the still-quite-supple interior pages; original owner's mailing label. See scans. High Grade example. Not often found in this grade. Published for German-Americans in the mid-20th century, but you don't have to be able to read German to appreciate the covers, the interior color plates in some issues, the craft pages, short fiction (sometimes illustrated), the frequent geographically whimsical articles, and… Read More

Milwaukee: Die Hausfrau, 1934. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Adelaide Hiebel (cover). Milwaukee: Die Hausfrau, 1934. The Mai (May), 1934 issue of Die Hausfrau, "Monatsschrift fur die Frauenwelt Amerikas" (roughly, Monthly Review for the American Woman"). Text in German. Tall quarto, almost folio, illustrated stapled wraps, 58 pp. Cover - a very pretty young miss, posed at the seashore with her collies - is by the noted calendar pastel artist Adelaide Hiebel, who with contemporary Zula Kenyon did a number of covers for this periodical. Near Fine; literally no salient flaws. Standard very modest age toning, and a subscriber's address, lower right corner. That's about it ! See scans. Very High Grade example. Published for German-Americans in the mid-20th century, but you don't have to be able to read German to appreciate the covers, the removable interior color plates in some issues (this issue's is in fact black and… Read More

Milwaukee: Die Hausfrau, 1937. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Oskar Herrfurth; Ernst Liebermann. Milwaukee: Die Hausfrau, 1937. The Februar (February), 1937 issue of Die Hausfrau, "Monatsschrift fur die Frauenwelt Amerikas" (roughly, Monthly Review for the American Woman"). Text in German. Tall quarto, almost folio, illustrated stapled wraps, 58 pp. Cover is a beautiful gondola scene (see scan), likely of Venice, signed by the artist but not legibly; many outstanding artists had work published in the pages of Die Haufrau (see below). Near Fine; very small spot of roughening at top of front cover, standard very modest age toning, and a subscriber's address, lower right corner. That's about it ! See scans. Very High Grade example. Published for German-Americans in the mid-20th century, but you don't have to be able to read German to appreciate the covers, the removable interior color plates in some issues (this issue's is… Read More

Milwaukee: Die Hausfrau, 1943. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Milwaukee: Die Hausfrau, 1943. The July (Juli), 1943 issue of Die Hausfrau, "Monatsschrift fur die Frauenwelt Amerikas" (roughly, Monthly Review for the American Woman"). Text in German. Tall quarto, almost folio, illustrated stapled wraps, 50 pp. Very Good plus to About Near Fine; standard age-toning to the interior pages, but just modestly so in this case. Small touches of edge wear at cover, but not much; else not much in the way of flaws to point to. See scans. High Grade example. Not often found in this grade. Published for German-Americans in the mid-20th century, but you don't have to be able to read German to appreciate the covers, the interior color plates in some issues, the craft pages and sometimes geographically whimsical articles, and the excruciatingly home-y black and white photos in Die Hausfrau. This will take ya back. Well, depending on how old you… Read More

Milwaukee: Die Hausfrau, 1939. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Milwaukee: Die Hausfrau, 1939. The May (Mai), 1939 issue of Die Hausfrau, "Monatsschrift fur die Frauenwelt Amerikas" (roughly, Monthly Review for the American Woman"). Text in German. Quarto, nicely illustrated stapled wraps, 58 pp. Very Good plus to About Near Fine; standard inevitable age-toning to the interior pages, but just moderate in this case. Several faint small spots, pre-printed subscriber's address, else not much in the way of flaws to point to. High Grade example; see scans. Not often found in this grade. Published for German-Americans in the mid-20th century, but you don't have to be able to read German to appreciate the covers, the interior color plate (sometimes, plates, plural), and the excruciatingly home-y black and white photos in Die Hausfrau. This will take ya back. Well, depending on how old you are...Americana, in German. Collector's… Read More

Milwaukee: Die Hausfrau, 1937. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Adelaide Hiebel (cover). Milwaukee: Die Hausfrau, 1937. The Januar (January), 1937 issue of Die Hausfrau, "Monatsschrift fur die Frauenwelt Amerikas" (roughly, Monthly Review for the American Woman"). Text in German. Tall quarto, almost folio, illustrated stapled wraps, 58 pp. Cover - a fetching young miss, in side portrait pose - is by the noted calendar pastel artist Adelaide Hiebel, who with contemporary Zula Kenyon did a number of covers for this periodical. Very Good or better; small torn upper corner throughout (see scan), and not much else to point to. Just moderate toning to the still-quite-supple interior pages; original owner's mailing label. See scans. High Grade example. Published for German-Americans in the mid-20th century, but you don't have to be able to read German to appreciate the covers, the interior color plates in some issues (this issue has a… Read More

Milwaukee: Die Hausfrau, 1931. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Zula Kenyon (cover). Milwaukee: Die Hausfrau, 1931. The February (Februar), 1931 issue of Die Hausfrau, "Monatsschrift fur die Frauenwelt Amerikas" (roughly, Monthly Review for the American Woman"). Text in German. Tall quarto, almost folio, illustrated stapled wraps, 58 pp. Cover - an extraordinarily pretty fraulein, gazing intently at something she likes - is by the estimable Zula Kenyon, whose pastels were achieved with her own recipes. Kenyon also executed the interior illustration, "Ein Diadem des Felengebirges" (scan). Very Good or better; small nick at upper right front cover; penciled name of front cover, and two on back cover, erasable (scans); and not much else to point to. Just moderate toning to the still-quite-supple interior pages; original owner's mailing label. See scans. A nice example, particularly with the dual Kenyon contribution. Published for… Read More

Milwaukee: Die Hausfrau, 1931. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Zula Kenyon (cover). Milwaukee: Die Hausfrau, 1931. The March (Marz), 1931 issue of Die Hausfrau, "Monatsschrift fur die Frauenwelt Amerikas" (roughly, Monthly Review for the American Woman"). Text in German. Tall quarto, almost folio, illustrated stapled wraps, 58 pp. Cover is - IMHO - one of the most engaging ever executed by the estimable Zula Kenyon, whose pastels were achieved with her own recipes. Here, she gave us an astonishingly feminine and enchanting female image, a nameless mona lisa who literally raises the concept of 'flapper' to an entirely different level of meaning. See the scan. A color interior illustration, "A Glimpse of Nature's Wonderland", is from a painting by C.A. Mills; deeper inside is some poetry by German writer/poet Paul Heyse (Paul Johann Ludwig von Heyse), and at the front a charming photo of Billie Dove. And much more,… Read More

Milwaukee: Die Hausfrau, 1936. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Milwaukee: Die Hausfrau, 1936. The January (Januar), 1936 issue of Die Hausfrau, "Monatsschrift fur die Frauenwelt Amerikas" (roughly, Monthly Review for the American Woman"). Text in German. Tall quarto, almost folio, illustrated stapled wraps (in this case with a comely young fraulein on the cover, a remarkably appealing illustration), 58 pp. Very Good plus, not far from Near Fine; light scratch at front cover, almost not edgewear and only just very modest toning to the supple interior pages. See scans. Very High Grade example. Not often found in this grade. Published for German-Americans in the mid-20th century, but you don't have to be able to read German to appreciate the covers, the interior color plates in some issues - including, here, a removable, laid in, beautifully-scenic calendar for the year (see scan) - the craft pages, and sometimes geographically whimsical… Read More

Milwaukee: Die Hausfrau, 1938. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Milwaukee: Die Hausfrau, 1938. The January (Januar), 1938 issue of Die Hausfrau, "Monatsschrift fur die Frauenwelt Amerikas" (roughly, Monthly Review for the American Woman"). Text in German. Quarto, nicely illustrated stapled wraps, 58 pp. Very Good plus to About Near Fine; standard inevitable age-toning to the interior pages, but just moderate in this case. Several faint small spots, pre-printed subscriber's address, else not much in the way of flaws to point to. High Grade example; see scans. Not often found in this grade. Published for German-Americans in the mid-20th century, but you don't have to be able to read German to appreciate the covers, the interior color plate (sometimes, plates, plural), and the excruciatingly home-y black and white photos in Die Hausfrau. This will take ya back. Well, depending on how old you are...Americana, in German.… Read More

Milwaukee: Die Hausfrau, 1942. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Milwaukee: Die Hausfrau, 1942. The April, 1942 issue of Die Hausfrau, "Monatsschrift fur die Frauenwelt Amerikas" (roughly, Monthly Review for the American Woman"). Text in German. Quarto, nicely illustrated stapled wraps, 58 pp. Very Good plus to About Near Fine; standard inevitable age-toning to the interior pages, but just moderate in this case. Several faint small spots on covers, else not much in the way of flaws to point to. High Grade example; see scans. Not often found in this grade. Published for German-Americans in the mid-20th century, but you don't have to be able to read German to appreciate the covers, the interior color plate (sometimes, plates, plural), and the excruciatingly home-y black and white photos in Die Hausfrau. This will take ya back. Well, depending on how old you are...Americana, in German. Collector's condition. See scans. Lpr3

Milwaukee: Die Hausfrau, 1934. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Zula Kenyon (cover). Near Fine. VERY Near Fine. Milwaukee: Die Hausfrau, 1934. The Juni (June), 1934 issue of Die Hausfrau, "Monatsschrift fur die Frauenwelt Amerikas" (roughly, Monthly Review for the American Woman"). Text in German. Tall quarto, almost folio, illustrated stapled wraps, 58 pp. Cover - a beautiful blond mother, holding her infant, apparently lost in reverie - is by the noted pastel calendar artist Zula Kenyon, who (with contemporary Adelaide Heibl) did a number of covers for this periodical; most of those, as is the case with this one, were work done for the Gerlach Barklow Calendar Company of Joliet, IL (see creditation at lower right of painting). Near Fine; literally no salient flaws. The usual age toning is very, very modest here; there is NO printed subscriber's address (unusual). Rear cover shows faint small stain, and ...that's it! See scans.… Read More

Milwaukee: Die Hausfrau, 1939. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Milwaukee: Die Hausfrau, 1939. 6 3/4" x 5 3/4" subscription flier, printed front side only in black and red on cream paper, which was originally laid in to the May, 1939 issue of Die Hausfrau Magazine. Text in German. As New condition; remarkably, absolutely flawless, probably from having been protectively enclosed in the magazine itself for so many decades. Pristine ephemera, for the collector in the genres of German-Americana and Publishing ephemera. Find another one of these ! l-smph

Milwaukee: Die Hausfrau, 1930. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Edna Crompton (cover). Milwaukee: Die Hausfrau, 1930. The December (Dexember), 1930 issue of Die Hausfrau, "Monatsschrift fur die Frauenwelt Amerikas" (roughly, Monthly Review for the American Woman"). Text in German. Tall quarto, almost folio, illustrated stapled wraps, 58 pp. Cover - "Heimkehr vom Weihnachts - Markt" ("Returning From the Wine Market"), an enchanting flapper sophisticate with an armful of the Good Stuff - is by the estimable Edna Crompton; inside, a full-color illustration by Nell Hatt , "Ein Strenges Geheimnis" ("A Strict Secret") shows a very young lad whispering in his dog's ear. Near Fine; modest peripheral toning at covers and the original subscriber's pre-printed address are notable. Just moderate toning to the still-quite-supple interior pages. See scans. High Grade example. Published for… Read More

Milwaukee: Die Hausfrau, 1935. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Milwaukee: Die Hausfrau, 1935. The January (Januar), 1935 issue of Die Hausfrau, "Monatsschrift fur die Frauenwelt Amerikas" (roughly, Monthly Review for the American Woman"). Text in German. Tall quarto, almost folio, illustrated stapled wraps (in this case with an adventurous nautical scene by Duncan Gleason- see scan), 58 pp. Very Good or better; small torn upper corner throughout (see scan), and not much else to point to. Just moderate toning to the still-quite-supple interior pages; original owner's mailing label. See scans. High Grade example. Published for German-Americans in the mid-20th century, but you don't have to be able to read German to appreciate the covers, the interior color plates in some issues (this issue has an unmarked, and removable, color 1935 calendar - see scan), the craft pages, short fiction (sometimes illustrated), the frequent… Read More