Ephemera

American Greetings, 2000. Embossed Card & White Envelope which reads The White House on Front, Fine Condition, 8 X 6 in., Front Card reads The White House, The Yellow Oval Room, 2000 & inside With Warm & Treasured Memories of our Special Time in the White House, our family sends you & yours our hearfelt ................ First Edition. Unbound.

1964. ORIGINAL Ticket Yellow & Black in Color, all seat $1.25, 9 P.M., 1/2\" X 3 1/2\", NF. First Edition. Unbound.

Chapel Hill: Lillabulero, Spring 1967. Signed by Russell Banks on title page. First edition / First printing. Stapled blue wrappers. Very good. Sunning and light wear to covers, short tear to top front cover, no loss. Includes Portfolio 2: The Shaker Dove, by Daniel Patterson inserted into a sleeve on inside rear cover. Also includes William Faulkner: a Story and Five Poems. Poetry by Lucius Shepard, Dabney Stuart, etc.

1891. Book. Very Good. 8 x 10 inch, matted and framed photogravure print of Schooner America, from a photograph taken August, 1891. some minor spots on image, else in very good condition in a sound black frame with silver surround.Overall dimensions 12 x 14 inches. An 8 x 10 " glass negative of the same image is held by the Library of Congess. Only partial image shown in scan since the item is too large for my scanner..

Rob Hower Film / Connoisseur Art Collection / Image Entertainment 1975 1989. Signed by Director Paul Verhoeven on the cover. First edition / First printing. Laserdisc in laminated pictorial sleeve. Very fine disc in very fine sleeve. The acclaimed Dutch director's third film.

Elgin, IL: Elgin National Watch. 1919. Softcover. Very Good; Front cover has some soiling; Booklet includes information on Watch Repairing and why you should use Genuine Elgin Watch Materials. They Save Time, Make Your Repair Department Pay and more. ; B&W Illustrations; 31 pages .

New York: Cleanliness Institute, 1928 Small booklet printed in black on green paper, closed tear and small chip from rear cover. Deceptively, this little book has nothing to do with magic, but rather each "magic trick" is actually an act of personal hygiene. The author and artist take a humorous approach which should have appealed to youngsters. This was part of a series of pamphlets created by the Health Institute, who employed comedian "Happy" Goldsmith to make their message more appealing to a young audience. Two copies located on OCLC (the copy at Harvard is part of a grouping of Cleanliness Institute publications). See: Vegetables on Parade by Naomi Rogers, pg. 40 of Children's Health in Historical Perspective, by Warsh, Cheryl Krasnick.. Very Good. Illus. by George Callahan. 16mo.

Development & Structure of the Egg-tooth and Caruncle in the Monotremes (Platypus & Echidna) and on the Occurrence of Vestiges of the Egg-tooth & Caruncle in Marsupials. Original Light blue wrappers. Text pages 42 (numbered 503-544)plus 10 plates (complete)Text & plates clean. Wrappers tape repair to front cover base o/w clean. Size 33 x 26cms. Please note: Due to International mail delivery problems, we currently ship items only to Australian addresses.

Seattle: Amy E. Redmond, Seattle School of Visual Concepts, 2006. Signed by David Mitchell. First edition / First printing. This is a signed and numbered limited edition broadside printed in an edition of 150 to commemorate the publication of Black Swan Green. Number 24 of 150. Letterpress Broadside. 15.125" x 7 Very fine.

The three letters indicate Steve Allen's more serious side on issues of religion and philosophy. The collection on Steve Allen's letterhead includes (1) a type one-page letter signed to Donald K. Sharpes on September 7, 1959. Allen explains his intent in the articles in Look Magazine was to shock Christians into realizing their hypocrisy. (2) a letter of November 27, 1959, where he explains he has digested the contents of his previous letter and he intends to answer with a fuller communication; and (3) August 2, 1960, where he provides a long two-page typed letter his response. He explains that he is a neighbor of a philosopher or a scientist, but he believes man has a soul. He is puzzled by the horrors of creation such as children born on occasion without a brain or other deformities. Do these little beings have souls? He goes on to say that his autobiography Mark it and Strike It will be published in a few weeks which will mainly deal only with the trivialities of his television career. He closes… Read More

Hauer delin. et Sculpsit [Johann Thomas Hauer, 1748-1820]. Optical view, 1 leaf.Prospect in Hamburg / Vue de la Ville Hambourg. Se vend a Augsbourg au Negoce comun de L'Academie Imperiale d'Empire des Arts libereaux avc Privilege de Sa Mageste Imperiale et avec Defense ni d'en faire ni de vendre les Copies. Augsburg: [Kaiserliche Franziskische Akademie], [1775-1779]. Series: Collections des Prospects. Copperplate engraving, hand colored. Single leaf, plate size: 400 x 300mm [15.75 x 11.8 inches], paper size: 455 x 340mm [17.9 x 13.4 inches]. Condition: a very good impression with bright coloring, with little darkening of paper. Outside of the impression there are generous margins that were in contact with an acidic matte. These margins are darkened by the acid of the matte board but are still supple. The print was attached to the matte with paper tape, a 0.25 inch is attached around the edge of the back of the print (see photo). This print is an exemplar of the "Optical Print/Vue d'Optique." These… Read More

Charles Landis, Vineland, NJ, 1875; 21" x 28", 4 pgs., plus 2 pg. Supplement. March, 1875 issue of The Vineland Rural newspaper, published by dynamic 19th century visionary Charles K. Landis (1833-1900), founder, designer, developer, and promoter of Vineland, New Jersey. After traveling throughout the United States in search of an ideal location, Landis settled upon Cumberland County, New Jersey as the site to realize his plan for a place of beautiful homes, manufacturies, businesses, schools, and churches, populated by hardworking, prosperous, contented citizens, all laid out with a mind toward beauty, and surrounded by thriving farms. "I desired to make Vineland so desirable a place to live in by reason of its various privileges, and over all to throw such a halo of beauty, as to make people loath to leave it." After purchasing 20,000 acres in 1861 from prominent Quaker landowner Richard D. Wood, Landis quickly set about drawing up plans, clearing a wide boulevard, and… Read More

Near Fine. Postcards. Set of a dozen first edition postcards, signed by Edward Gorey on the envelope as Dogear Wryde. It contains 12 postcards with printed verses all in very fine condition. Envelope is in NF condition, slight bend on the one corner and a pencil price 25.00 in other corner. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author .

Aspen, CO: Aspen Bookshop / Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies / Jargon Society, 1968. 1st edition. No Binding. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. Rare letter-sized announcement printed in black on white stock, folded for mailing. While the year is not given, the date suggests this was from 1968 (presumably the referenced Cape volume was delayed). A bit of toning and general wear.

Littleton, New Hampshire: Littleton View Company, 1897. This image was featured on the front cover of the January/February issue of STEREO WORLD: THE MAGAZINE OF STEREO PHOTOGRAPHY and on the back cover of Linda McShane's book, WHEN I WANTED THE SUN TO SHINE.. Early Printing. Stereoview. Fine. 3 1/2' by 7". Photo.