Young Mao Zedong

0. No Binding. Map/Print, The Cultural Revolution which took place between circa 1966 and 1976 was a social/ political movement. Mao Zedong, then Chairman of the ruling Communist Party started this movement to reinforce strict communist dogma. Capitalism and traditional Chinese culture were to be obliterated. Big-character posters were used to denounce people as opponents of the Revolution. Red Guards (pupils and students who swear loyalty to Mao and his Little Red Book) destroy anything that is branded 'old' and eliminate people considered 'rightists'. The posters also were part of the campaign to respond to particular issues as they arose locally or nationally. The Cultural Revolution plunges China into turmoil and internal strife; the country is in chaos, but the posters only show enthusiasm. This later printing of the original is approx. 20x30 inches. A bit of wrinkling at the edges, and soft fold ghosts. Presents very well. Good.

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Book number: wx11

JORGE R------Z U----A

'Jesus Es MI Senor' - Handmade, Decoupage Wood Memorial Triptych

0. Hardcover. Scrapbook, --1970s HANDMADE, WOODEN, CATHOLIC MEMORIAL TRIPTYCH-- 'bronzed', decoupaged, front-doors open up to show Catholic church ephemera from the 1970s/ personal papers/ memorials in Spanish - memorial-devotional made by Jorge Ramirez Urrutia, a religious Catholic living in San Sebastian, Puerto Rico. (2) Felt-Stitched Pockets line the decoupaged doors -- hold church articles & ephemera on religious opinions, eulogies, sexual behavior. 'Handmade Catholic Memorial Triptych' -- still brightly colored and in very nice condition. Closed Triptych measures 11.25" x 15"- it opens up to 11.25" x 30". Very Good.

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Book number: yt18

Keywords: folk,vernacular,outsider art,Catholicism, Puerto Rican, memorial art, decoupage, religion, 1970s sexual mores, devotionals, primitive art

WINTHROP WHITNEY ADAMS

Mother Stork's Baby Book - 1909

NY, Dodge Publishing Co. 1904. Hardcover. Scrapbook, Mother Stork's Baby Book for Winthrop Whitney Adams, born on January 27th, 1909. Minor random foxing. Many photographs of the baby. Various illustrations and poetic passages. Some rubbing to the hardcover. Unique, classic and stylish, Mother Stork's Baby Book is reminiscent of simpler days. It includes original illustrations by Albertine Randall Wheelan and the gentle words of several well-known poets including Lewis Carroll, Eugene Field and Robert Louis Stevenson. Mother Stork's Baby Book offers categories that organize the baby's life from birth to his milestones as they occur. Good. signed.

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Book number: mu14

Catalogue: Signed

Keywords: Photography Scrapbook

LUX ALANI

Punch Happy - There's No Crying in Boxing

Trabuco Canyon, CA, Soul To Page. 2017, 1st Edition. (ISBN: 9780989981415). Trade Paperback, 8vo. Book, Darkly humorous and told with striking grit. Lux Alani is an internationally published writer, former international model, and longtime boxing fan. An advocate of power, shenanigans, and impossible triumphs, Lux is a noodle-armed midlife writer learning to .. BOX?!. Very Good. Signed by Author(s).

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Book number: xv0

Keywords: 9780989981415

GLAMOUR ROMANCE FRENCH TINTED POSTCARD ALBUM

1920s Romantic French Tinted Postcards

0. Hardcover. Book, Album approx. 6.5"x5" - 9 leaves, 18 tinted portraits. Very Good.

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Book number: zk18

A NURSE'S PHOTO ALBUM

Christ Hospital, Cincinnati 1919-30s

0. Soft cover. Photographic Image, 200+ photos, 50 leaves. - A Nurse from Cincinnati - Photo-Album'. 1919-1930s - 'Nurse from Cincinnati' photo-album - snaps of her life and friends from nursing school- the women took degrees in early part of 20th c. at School of Nursing at Christ Hospital, Cincinnati. The Nurse wrote with a white crayon witty notes & names to many of the photos. Original photos: Nurses in uniform informally or at Christ Hospital/ folks eating watermelon/ nurses at a construction site, sitting on an auto's running-board/ women go boating/ nurses in cap & gown, 1921 graduation/ landscapes- farm & fields/ old cars/ farm equipment/ early planes/ little kids in paper hats, Indian costume, pogo stick/ women in summer clothes/ boats, lake, dam/ men & women pose on hike/ women play musical instruments. The last pages show the nurses' family home in Albuquerque; photo of Isleta Pueblo Indian Reservation with young children. 'Nurse from Cincinnati' graduated in 1921; the nursing school at Christ Hospital had only opened in 1902. The hospital itself was organized in 1888, with just 11 beds.  Measures: 11"x7". In nice condition; most photos in good shape. Several pages w/missing photos, a few tears & signs of age. One page w/photo cut out. Domestic s/h $15. Good.

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Book number: 47ou

Keywords: nurses, medicine & health, vintage photos, Americana, women's studies

1907 PHOTO ALBUM

Us Army Co. A Signal Corps Training at Ludington, Lake Michigan

0. Soft cover. Photographic Image, 1907. -- Photo Album with (25) Photos of U.S. ARMY, SIGNAL CORPS. Company 'A' at Ludington, near Lake Michigan-- Photos- 5.5" x 3.25", most with white-ink captions. Alubm, 6"x 8", has burlap cover & suede ties, medallion stamp 'In Friendship's Name'. (25) b&w photos are detailed & expressive-- army training camp, post-Spanish-American War and President Teddy Roosevelt. U.S. Army Soldiers Signal Corps. at Training Camp in 1907 -- Company 'A' at Ludington, near Lake Michigan / Soldiers march Decoration Day/ Kids join soldiers in lineup/ men on horseback out in fields / "Mess" lines/ Field telegraph & reel cart signal training/ Canoeing on Prairie Creek Mill Pond/ "Up in Blanket" good fun/ Circus stage door/ 'Asylum' bldg. for criminally-insane prisoners. In excellent condition- clean, square, sharp, tight, with a slight bow. Very Good.

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Book number: 57kz

Keywords: photos, photo album, Army Signal Corps, WW1, vernacular, Michigan, 20th c.

PRIVATE EVERETTE ALEXANDER, BUGLER, COMPANY C

Post Ww1 Army Hawaiian Hijinx

0. Soft cover. Photographic Image, Hawaii photo album with approx. 90 real photo post cards of Named US Army Bugler, 44th Inf. 1921-23. The inside front cover reads in part, "Private Everette Alexander, Bugler, Company C, 44th Infantry, Schofield Barracks, Honolulu". The majority of the photos have location & name of the soldiers handwritten on the fronts. The photos are in very good condition. The album is fragile and worn on some edges. It has, "Aloha" on the front. It measures 11 3/4" by 8 1/2". Most of the rppc's are mounted, but a few are loose. Good.

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Book number: xy70

JEFFERY RENARD ALLEN

Rails Under My Back

San Diago, Harcourt Inc. 2000. (ISBN: 9780156014151). Trade Paperback. Book, Near Fine/No Jacket.

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Book number: jra6

Catalogue: Signed

Keywords: 9780156014151 Biography

MARTIN CLEAVER, MATH STUDENT AT NYC HS OF ART & DESIGN

The Parabola

0. No Binding. Ill.: Martin Cleaver. Book, 1984. -- STUDENT PROJECT, 8"x 10", 'THE PARABOLA'-- by math student at the NY High School of Music & Art. Ink & yellow, green, orange watercolors with green-taped border. In mathematics a 'parabola' is the U-shaped curved line created when a quadratic is graphed-- many real-word objects travel in a parabolic shape. Signed art made in 1984 by NYC's HS of Music & Art math student Martin Cleaver and presented to his senior year math teacher, Mrs. Francine Eisen. In excellent condition. Good.

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Book number: fe0m

Keywords: Martin Cleaverstudent projects, school, math, illustration, handmade art

UNKNOWN ARTIST

C. 1927 - Imaginative Japanese Accordian Sketch Book: Calligraphy, Ink Paintings, Watercolors

0. Hardcover. Painting, c1927.  -- TRADITIONAL JAPANESE ACCORDIAN-STYLE SKETCH BOOK -- original work by artist unknown. Silk covered boards, top edge gilt. Beautiful Japanese ink paintings, calligraphy & watercolors-- scenes of people, flora & fauna, birds, flowers, butterflies, rivers & mountain scenes. With a portrait of a man that's so compelling it just might be the artist's self-portrait..  Japanese Accordion-Style Sketch Book, 7.25" x 11"-- in very nice condition. (260 leaves and (18) double-paged spread (approx. 11"x14.25"). Very Good.

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Book number: 80

Keywords: calligraphy, original art, Japanese, Asian, ink painting, watercolors, artist books

HERBERT ASBURY

The French Quarter. An Informal History of the New Orleans Underworld

New York, Trübner & Co. 1938. Hardcover, 8vo. Book, 'Wicked New Orleans! Carefree daughter of the Mississippi--gay, unblushing "City of Sin!' Where else could such a publication as the famously infamous 'Blue Book' ever have been offered for sale! Where but in the French Quarter could such bawdy brawls and brazen brothels color the day and illumine the night! Many walls still standing have trembled to the bruising shouts of the flat-boat men and the murderous challenges of Bricktop Jackson and Bridget Fury (two notorious prostitutes whose fits of violent rage were legendary). Only but recently gone are Fanny Sweet and Lulu White, 'Queen Gertie' Livingston and Tom Anderson, but compared with the careers of his predecessors the recent accomplishments of the singular Mr. Huey Long seem pallid, dull and definitely gentlemanly.' 1938. --THE FRENCH QUARTER - An Informal History of New Orleans with Particular Reference to Its Colorful Iniquities-- Nicely inscribed by HERBERT ASBURY (author of 'The Barbary Coast' and 'The Gangs of New York'). Vintage Edition with dust jacket - presents well. Chapters: Nouvelle-Orleans, In the Day of the Dons, Down the River to Dixie, Le Creole S' Amuse, The Terror of the Gulf, Filibusters, Gamblers Afloat and Ashore, Congo Square, Voodoo, 'An Epoch of Degeneration', "Hell on Earth', Some Loose Ladies of Basin Street, Criminals' Paradise, Storyville. Very nice copy- with (23) illustrations of prints and advertisements, 6-pg Bibliography, 16-pg Index. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included. Inscribed by Author(s).

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Book number: rwq31

Keywords: Crescent City Crime & Criminality - Vieux Carré New Orleans History - Social & Moral Conditions

ARTHUR ASHE

A Hard Road to Glory

NY, Warner Books. 1988, 1st Edition. (ISBN: 9780446710060). Hardcover. Book, Ashe wrote a piece for the New York Times (November 13, 1988) that ended with this paragraph: Proportionately, the black athlete has been more successful than any other group in any other endeavor in American life. And he and she did it despite legal and social discrimination that would have dampened the ardor of most participants. The relative domination of blacks in American sports will continue into the foreseeable future. Enough momentum has been attained to insure maximum sacrifice for athletic glory. Now is the time for our esteemed sports historians to take another hard look at our early athletic life, and revise what is at present an incomplete version of what really took place. Near Fine/Very Good. Inscribed by Author(s).

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Book number: pj53

Keywords: 9780446710060 RACE RELATIONS, Biography & Autobiography

RICHARD AVEDON

In the American West

NY, Abrahms. 1985. Soft cover, Folio - over 12. Book, The 120 full-page photographs in this book depict people at country fairs, rodeos, mining camps, drilling sites, and even a slaughterhouse - men and women of the American West who work at hard, everyday jobs. Richard Avedon introduces the volume with an essay on his working method and portrait philosophy, and Laura Wilson, who accompanied Avedon and his team, provides a journal of their travels, between 1979 and 1984. 11x17 inches, soft cover in nice condition. Very Good/No Jacket Issued. Inscribed by Author(s).

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Book number: ty60

JULIA BAIRD - SIGNED

In His Own Youth, in My Own Words: Childhood of John Lennon

Cheshire England, River Women Press Press. 1985, 1st Edition. (ISBN: 9780951106105). Trade Paperback, 8vo. Book, 1985. 1st Edition paperback. SIGNED. --'In his own youth - in my own words'-- by author-journalist, JULIA BAIRD, John Lennon's younger half-sister. (36) vernacular b&w photos of John Lennon-- as a kid, with his family, his mother and aunt, as a young man and new dad, with the Beatles. Signed on the book cover and front endpaper. In excellent condition-- clean, crisp, tight, 59 pages. Very Good/not applicable. Signed by Author(s).

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Book number: cr25

Keywords: 9780951106105 Beatles, John Lennon, memoir, women, 20th c., rock n roll