Collection of Six Mounted Albumen Photographs of Towns in Austria and Germany

Vienna, Helm, [1868]. First Edition. Photograph. Six 8-1/8" x 5-1/2" albumen photographs on 12-3/4" x 9-3/4" mounts of various towns in Austria and Germany: Spitz, Persenbeug, Strudel, Passau, Weiteneck, and Grein, all from DONAU-ALBUM by Helm of scenes along the Danube. The complete album contained anywhere between 20 and 35 images and has auction records as high as 5000 Euros. Just a bit of fading to the images. Near Fine and scarce Amand Helm was born in 1831 in Teplice (now Czech Republic). His photographic career began in 1861 in Prague. In 1864 he exhibited his landscape photographs and photographs on porcelain at the Vienna Photographic Exhibition. He first published the DONAU-ALBUM in 1868.

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Book number: 020374

Catalogue: 19th Century Photography

Keywords: 19th Century Photography, Austria, Europe, Castles 19th Century Photography Castles Austria Europe

Crossing the Plains

Akron, OH, The Saalfield Pub. Co. 1942. Softcover. Stiff pictorial wraps; 12 pages including covers, all in color. Stand-up punch-outs of cowboys and wranglers. All cutouts still intact, though the cutout of the buffalo on the rear cover is detached and loosely laid in. Near Fine .

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Book number: 020604

Catalogue: Children's Literature

Keywords: Children's Literature, Illustrated Books, Paper Dolls, Cut Outs, Cowboys, Western Americana Children's Literature Illustrated Books Cowboys Cut Outs

The Daguerreotype: A Magazine of Foreign Literature and Science. Volume I, Issues 2 - 12

Boston, J. M. Whittemore, (1847). First Edition. Hardcover. Bound in publisher's brown blindstamped cloth with gilt lettering and decorations on the spine. For some reason, the first issue is not included, which seems to be rather common with this publication. Despite the title, this has nothing to do with photography but is rather a compendium of articles from periodicals from England, France, and Germany, and translated into English for an American audience when necessary. Subjects include Cuba, China, Russia, Central America, the relations between Mexico and the United States, and the Art of Eating. Owner name of Eastman Sanborn dated Andover, Mass. 1850 on the front endpaper. Minor foxing; chipping to spine tips and some loss along spine edges, covers tight. Good .

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Book number: 019534

Catalogue: 19th Century Periodicals

Keywords: Magazines,19th Century Literature, Americana, Cuba, Russia, Periodicals, China, Food Cuba Russia Americana 19th Century Periodicals

Daguerroetype Magazine. Volume I, #2-12. 1847

New York. First Edition. Hardcover. Original cloth. Spine chipped. Good .

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Book number: 003708

Catalogue: New York

Keywords: Photography, 19th Century Photography New York City 19th Century Periodical Periodicals Magazines

The Declaration of Independence & the Articles of Confederation As Published in the Annual Register... For the Year 1776

London, J. Dodsley, 1779. Second Edition. Hardcover. Bound in contemporary calf-backed boards. Though not a First Edition, still an early eighteenth-century printing of one of the most desirable volumes of this prestigious series as this year contains two of the most important documents in American history. Where the text states "The history of the present ----- of --------- ------------- is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations," someone has added in ink in an early hand "King of Great Britain. Early ink name crossed out on the title page, light to moderate foxing; pages 255 to 258 in the second section lacking, otherwise complete with the entire text of the Declaration and the Articles present. Binding tight with some wear but easily Very Good .

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Book number: 018517

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: 18th Century Literature, Colonial Americana, Independence, American History Americana Declaration of Independence American Politics American Revolution

[KELLER, Helen] (FROST, Robert; DARROW, Clarence; et. al.)

Double Blossoms. Helen Keller Anthology

New York, Lewis Copeland Company, 1931. Second Revised Edition. Hardcover. An anthology of tributes to Keller by Robert Frost, Clarence Darrow, James Weldon Johnson, W. E. B. DuBois, Witter Bynner, Langston Hughes, Countee Cullen, Rabindranath Tagore, and many others. SIGNED on the front endpaper in pencil, as always: "Cordially/Helen Keller." . Braille at the top of the front endpaper, possibly a previous owner's name. Light edgewear. Very Good, lacking the dustwrapper .

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Book number: 015306

Catalogue: Signed

Keywords: Signed, James Weldon Johnson, W. E. B. DuBois, Disability Rights, Witter Bynner, Langston Hughes, Countee Cullen, Rabindranath Tagore, Helen Keller, Anthology, Modern Poetry, Blindness Modern First Editions Literature: American Signed Blind

Dove at the Windows: Last Letters of Four Quaker Martyrs

Lincoln, MA, Penmaen Press, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Tall quarto (8" x 11-3/4") in original cloth. Illustrated with five woodcuts by Michael McCurdy. One of 24 copies of a total edition of 224 SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. This copy is marked "GS" at the colophon and belonged to George Selleck who wrote the foreword to the book. With the four-page prospectus. Fine .

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Book number: 005364

Catalogue: Signed

Keywords: Signed, Quakers, Americana, Michael McCurdy, Penmaen Press, Limited, Woodcuts Limited Illustrated Books Woodcuts Fine Press

Dove at the Windows: Last Letters of Four Quaker Martyrs

Lincoln, MA, Penmaen Press, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Tall quarto (8" x 11-3/4") in original cloth. Foreword by George Selleck. Illustrated with five woodcuts by Michael McCurdy. One of 24 copies of a total edition of 224 SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. This copy is marked "MM" at the colophon and belonged to the publisher and illustrator, Michael McCurdy. Fine .

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Book number: 015725

Catalogue: Signed

Keywords: Signed, Quakers, Americana, Michael McCurdy, Penmaen Press, Limited, Woodcuts Limited Illustrated Books Woodcuts Fine Press

Dove at the Windows: Last Letters of Four Quaker Martyrs

Lincoln, MA, Penmaen Press, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Tall quarto (8" x 11-3/4") in original cloth. Foreword by George Selleck. Illustrated with five woodcuts by Michael McCurdy. Copy #50 of 200 numbered copies of a total edition of 224 SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. Fine in a lightly toned, Near Fine dustwrapper .

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Book number: 020379

Catalogue: Signed

Keywords: Signed, Quakers, Americana, Michael McCurdy, Penmaen Press, Limited, Woodcuts Signed Illustrated Books Woodcuts Fine Press

Edward Anthony

Philadelphia, American Museum of Photography, [1942]. First Edition. Softcover. Printed slim dark red wraps (5" x 7-1/4"); 16 pages plus covers. Illustrated with a tipped-in portrait of the photography pioneer and a full-page engraving of his establishment. Near Fine .

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Book number: 019832

Catalogue: Early Photography

Keywords: Early Photography Early Photography Photography

The Engraver and Printer

Boston, The Engraver and Printer Co. (August 1895). First Edition. Softcover. Decorated wraps; 116 pages plus ads. Includes articles on lettering and job estimates as well as an illustrated section on the origin and growth of the Roman letter. Library blindstamp on the corners of some pages; rear cover detached. Very Good .

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Book number: 020377

Catalogue: Printing

Keywords: 19th Century Printing, Periodical, Printing, Illustrated, Books on Books 19th Century Periodicals Printing Books on Books Walt Whitman

(WHITMAN, Walt; et. al.)

Eris: A Spirit Record" and "Dumb Kate -- an Early Death" in the Columbian Lady's and Gentleman's Magazine, Embracing Literature in Every Department. Volume I, Nos. 1-6

New York, Israel Post, 1844. First Edition. Hardcover. Contemporary brown leather-backed cloth with decorative gilt rules, gilt-decorated and lettered spine, and a black morocco label on the front cover with the owner's name--Jannette E. Cook--in gilt. The first 6 issues of this important American magazine containing two stories by Walt Whitman (here referred to as Walter Whitman) titled "Eris: A Spirit Record" and "Dumb Kate -- An Early Death." Illustrated with steel engravings. Light foxing; some rubbing to the binding with a chip at the heel of the spine. Very Good .

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Book number: 019332

Catalogue: 19th Century American Literature

Keywords: 19th Century Literature, 19th Century American Literature, Walt Whitman, Literary Periodical 19th Century Literature Literature: American 19th Century American Literature Walt Whitman

Favorite Mother Goose Rhymes

The Platt & Munk Co. Inc. (1937). First Edition. Softcover. Illustrated covers, printed on linen; 12 pages all in color illustrated by Eulalie. The hardcover edition seems to be much more common. Ill.: Eulalie. Very Good .

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Book number: 007268

Catalogue: Children's Literature

Keywords: Color Plates, Children's Literature, Illustrated Books, Mother Goose Eulalie Linen Children's Literature Mother Goose Illustrated Books

Gaberbocchus Black Series 1 - 7

(London), Gaberbocchus, (1954-55). First Edition. Softcover. The first seven titles of the short-lived Gaberbocchus Black Series in publisher's wraps (4-1/2" x 6-1/2") with printed tape spines and a window opening on the front covers. Housed in likely publisher's multi-colored paper slipcase. Several titles illustrated. Includes 1. ABANDON SPA HOT SPRINGS by John Conrad Russell; 2. THE TROJAN HORSE by Raymond Queneau; 3. THE WAY IT WALKS by Franciszka Themerson; 4. VERSIONS AND PERVERSIONS by Heinrich Heine; 5-6. THE SONG OF BRIGHT MISERY by Pol-Dives; and 7. DAY OFF by Patrick Fetherston. Ill.: Franciszka Themerson. Near Fine in a Near Fine slipcase .

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Book number: 021211

Catalogue: Modern First Editions

Keywords: Illustrated Books, Poetry, Modern First Editions, Modern Firsts, Gaberbocchus Press, German Literature, Franciszka Themerson Franciszka Themerson Poetry Illustrated Books Modern First Editions Gaberbocchus Press

IL Gazzettiere Americano Contenente Un Distinto Ragguaglio Di Tutte le Parti Del Nuovo Mondo Della Loro Situazione, Clima, Terreno, Prodotti, Stato Antico E Moderno, Merci, Manifatture, E Commercio Con Una Esatta Descrizione Delle Città, Piazze, Porti, Baje, Fiumi, Laghi, Montagne, Passi, E Fortificazioni IL Tutto Destinato Ad Esporre Lo Stato Presente Delle Cose in Quella Parte Di Globo, E le Mire, E Interessi Delle Diverse Potenze, Che Hanno Degli Stabilimenti in America

Livorno, Marco Coltellini, 1763. First Edition. Hardcover. Three folio (9-1/2" x 12") volumes bound in twentieth century half green morocco leather with marbled boards and endpapers and matching morocco corners. First Italian Edition of THE AMERICAN GAZETTEER, published in London in three duodecimo volumes by J. Millar in 1762, which Sabin 26814 refers to as "A meritorious work." Illustrated with engraved title vignettes and 78 engraved plates and maps (including engraved frontispiece, 20 folding maps, 19 maps, 35 plates, 3 folding views). This work covers parts of South America, Cuba, New England, and up to Newfoundland. The natural history plates include bison, penguins, and many others. A handsome presentation. Half-title with marginal repair, one leaf (Ll1) with a small repaired hole affecting text, first folding map with repair to verso, some light staining, mostly marginal; binding close to Fine with a little spotting to the leather. Overall Near Fine Borba, page 347: "This translation of the American Gazetteer [3 vols. London, 1762], is practically a new work, having been greatly enlarged, and with eighty plates and maps engraved for this edition"; Howes, A 207.

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Book number: 018452

Catalogue: Illustrated Books

Keywords: Illustrated Books, Early Printed Books, Americana, Maps, Travel, Natural History, Cuba, 18th Century Americana Maps Travel Illustrated Books