Pasco, Washington: 2008. Wear from handling and tearing of the envelopes. Otherwise, Very Good, overall. Twenty-six envelopes, four of which are empty, and one empty legal envelope in addition to the enclosed letters, drawings, and documents.“I’m still in this jail mad as fuck and pissed off.”A collection of correspondence from..... more
Philadelphia. Paper coaster with fluted edges from Bookbinders restaurant at the 215 South 15th St. location in Philadelphia.Samuel Bookbinder, a Dutch-Jewish immigrant to Philadelphia, opened Bookbinders sea food restaurant in the 1890s. While Samuel left the restaurant to a Jewish charity, his grandsons opened their own namesake restaurant at the..... more
1947. Paperback. Very Good with minor scuffing and creasing. No publisher information. Staplebound. Black and white photos. 16 pages. 4.75” x 7.25”.A handy and descriptive guide to the Anglican cathedral in Exeter, England. The slim booklet takes the viewpoint of the tourist, walking them from the grounds through each part..... more
Paris: Chez Laurant, ND. Paper portfolio. Four paper portfolios, each containing 20 hand colored women’s fashion designs. The portfolios correspond to different time periods: 1795–1820, 1820–1845, 1845–1870, and 1870–1900. The wrappers for each are discolored, worn, and splitting at the edges, though largely intact except for the last one which..... more
Dumfriesshire, Scotland: Moffat Town Council, c. late-1940s. Paperback. Very Good. Stapled binding. Slightly curved and dogeared fore corners. Black and white photographs. 64 pages. 4.75” x 7”.A midcentury guidebook to the spa town of Moffat in Dumfriesshire, Scotland. Includes advertisements for local banks, boarding houses and hotels, booksellers and printers..... more
Los Angeles. A paper coaster with fluted edges from the Brown Derby restaurant location on 3377 Wilshire Boulevard.The iconic restaurant was originally founded at 3427 Wilshire Boulevard where it operated from 1926 through 1936 and relocated to the 3377 Wilshire Boulevard address, a block away, thereafter. That location shuttered in 1980..... more
Rome: ND. A Very Good selection of 18–3.25” x 2.25” black and white photographs (originally 20; missing numbers 4 and 5) of Castle Sant’Angelo in Rome. Housed in their original green envelope, bearing a textured stain down the front. Undated; likely early 20th century.An attractive set of souvenir photos of..... more
c. 1940s. Paperback. A Very Good selection of 6 black and plates bound in paper wrappers with protective tissue between each image. Printed on sturdy stock with perforated edges. An additional plate pasted to the front cover. Unpaginated, no date or publisher information. c. 1940s. 7.5” x 5.75”.Travel souvenir for..... more
New York: 1974, c.1979. The first photo shows the ballroom crowded with dancers for its December 16, 1974 Cotton Club Revival benefit for the Duke Ellington Cancer Center. Pasted on the rear are details of the film, photographer ([Charlie] Ruppmann, misspelled, of the New York Daily News), date, etc., apparently..... more
Milan: Cesare Capello, ND. Paperback. wrappers are nearly disbound from the block, which is printed on brittle, toning paper. Some leaves have detached, but all are present. Black and white photos with a color, pull-out map. 192 pages. 4.5” x 6.5”.Highly detailed descriptions of the art, architecture, and sites which..... more
955th Engineer Topography Company, 1943. Paper. Near Fine. Crease down the middle. Color printing. Double sided. 16.75” x 5.5”.WWII era map issued for the 13th Air Force—established in 1942, based in the Pacific—from Buka Island in the West to San Cristobal (now Makira) in the East.The reverse shows closeups of..... more
955th Engineer Topography Company, 1943. Paper. Very Good with faint fingersoil and minor chipping. Crease down the middle. Color printing. Double sided. 20” x 5.5”.WWII era map issued for the 13th Air Force—established in 1942, based in the Pacific—centered on New Georgia island, found among the Solomon Islands in Melanesia..... more
Oxford: Alden & Company, Ltd., 1946. Paperback. Very Good; clean and unmarked. Soundly bound. Gift inscription across front endpapers. Slight toning to the spine. Black and white photos. 157 pages, plus advertisements. 4.75” x 6”.A guidebook for visitors to the university and its environs, including detailed descriptions of each building’s..... more
Washington, DC: Army Map Service, 1942. Paper. Very Good with no tears, only creasing from folding. Very slight toning to edges. Color printing. 22” x 24”.A US Army-issued map of Buka Island in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, which was occupied by Japan during WWII. The map includes the northern..... more
Washington, DC: Army Map Service, 1942. Paper. Very Good with no tears, only creasing from folding. Very slight toning to edges. Faint soiling to the rear. Color printing. 22” x 24”.A US Army-issued map of the southern tip of Bougainville Island, which was occupied by Japan during WWII and the..... more
St. Paul, Minnesota: c. 1915-1926. Very Good Minus, overall. 269 black and white photos, dating from approximately 1915 to 1926, pasted in a black, string-bound photo album. Some photos are missing and some appear to have been pasted in the wrong spots, perhaps someone erroneously “fixing” ones that had fallen..... more
Paris: The Black Sun Press, 1945. Unbound leaves on various stock in the original folio, all lightly discolored and chipping. Printing of 1000 with 200 “de luxe” copies; this is the regular edition. Includes leaves 12, 14, 15, and 16 in duplicate. Lacks leaf 7, Albert Camus’ Letter to a...... more
Binghamton, NY: Dr. Kilmer & Co., 1938. Paperback. Good overall with tearing to the wrappers at the head and food of the spine. Staplebound. Black and white illustrations with tables and charts. 32 pages. 5.5” x 8”.Dr. Sylvester Andral Kilmer was a student of homeopathic remedies and eventually launched his..... more
Berlin: Albert Goldschmidt, 1922. Second edition. Paperback. A Fair copy with toning, chipping, and tears, but all the tour content is intact and legible. Detached wrappers and missing the rear panel. Includes color pull-out maps and museum floorplans. Brittle stock. 84 pages + xvii pages advertisements. 4” x 6”.A tourist’s..... more
Machlett Laboratories, Inc., 1945. Paperback. Near Fine with pencil markings on the front cover only. Staple bound. Black and white photos throughout. 29 pages. 6.25” x 9.25”.Machlett Labs produced transmitter and X-ray tubes and contracted with the Atomic Energy Commission during WWII. The United States government gave the company an..... more
1916. Paper. Very Good. Creasing from folding; minor wear about the edges. Color printing. 30” x 21.5”.Officially commissioned map of Killarney and Dingle Bay in Ireland at the scale of ½ inch to 1 mile. Attractive printing. more
London: Radiohead, 2011. First edition. Near Fine with very moderate toning. Lateral fold, newspaper style. Unpaginated. 11” x 13”.The Universal Sigh was a limited run newspaper distributed in select cities worldwide in March of 2011 as a publicity stunt, promoting Radiohead’s upcoming album, The King of Limbs. Lead singer Thom..... more
Belfast: R. Carswell & Son, Ltd., 1947. Paperback. Very Good, overall. Faint soiling to the rear wrapper and general wear. Staple bound paperback. Black and white photographs. 44 pages. 5.5” x 8.5”.The Giant’s Causeway, found on the northern coast of Northern Ireland, “has been described as probably the most extensive..... more
New York: taeOne, 2022. First printing. Staple bound paperback. A Near Fine copy of a rare zine. Color and black and white photographs. This copy is number 24 of a signed limited edition of 150. Stated first printing. Unpaginated. 5.5” x 8.5”.If you grew up in New York in the..... more
The Roper Organization, 1975. Paperback. Clean, crisp, and unmarked. Slight bend to upper corners; otherwise, Very Good Plus. 19 pages. 4” x 6”.In response to the Women’s Movement, Phillip Morris, maker of Virginia Slims cigarettes, began conducting surveys in 1970 which collected data on the changing role(s) and values of..... more