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196978970Paris: Jérôme Martineau 1969. Fine. Jérôme Martineau Paris 1969 14.50 x 21 cm broché sous une boîte cartonnée Rare first edition of this masterpiece of erotic literature one of 120 numbered copies on pure laid paper the only deluxe copies. This issue complete with its cardboard box bears the cover of ""Fata Morgana"" editions while the ordinary issue bears the name of Jérôme Martineau editions. The covers of the ""Fata Morgana"" edition are slightly and uniformly sunned without gravity. Our copy N°22 indeed contains like the first 50 pure laid paper copies the original engraving by François Lunven which he signed in pencil. Jérôme Martineau unknown
19409331New York 1940. Manila folder 9" x 12" filled with archival materials. Playbills magazines and small papers are very good. Handwritten ledgers and some typed letters are creased or torn on edges due to storage. <br /> <br /> John Chapman Wilson was an American stockbroker turned theater director and producer. Wilson met Noël Coward around 1925 and by 1930 was both his lover and his business manager. In 1934 with Coward and others Wilson established Transatlantic Productions with exclusive production rights to Coward's plays in the United States. He began producing shows on Broadway in 1935 and is probably best known for directing the original productions of Kiss Me Kate 1948 and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 1949 Carol Channing's Broadway debut.<br /> <br /> In 1944 Wilson produced Bloomer Girl at the Shubert Theater a comedy starring a female lead character who rejects hoop skirts despite her father's ownership of a hoop skirt company and opts for more comfortable bloomers instead. The show explored feminist abolitionist and anti-slavery themes. It was choreographed by Agnes de Mille and featured a civil war ballet scene. Bloomer Girl had a successful Broadway run a national tour including a Los Angeles residency and a later TV adaptation though it is seldom revived.<br /> <br /> This archive includes:<br /> - 1938 cable from Coward to Wilson referencing Hugh French an actor that worked on their production of Operette that year and the SS Samaria<br /> - Bloomer Girl Playbills from October 1944 and March 1946 at the Shubert Theater<br /> - Three issue of The Magazine of New York City Center of Music and Drama from 1947 during the show's six week run there<br /> - Two typed copies of a review by Sidney Phillips during their preview shows at the Forrest Theatre in Philadelphia<br /> - Five copies of typed letters and one telegram sent from Wilson to the cast dated between November 1944 to June 1947 some congratulatory and some disciplinarian in nature<br /> - Several newspaper clippings some are duplicates of show reviews and a few referencing film or television adaptation possibilities<br /> - One clipping about Gentlemen Prefer Blondes<br /> - Five pages of ledgers and budgetary information both typed and handwritten referencing both the stage production and potential film. unknown
200075583AB2000. Dublin Gill & Macmillan 2000. 16 cm x 24 cm. VIII 344 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Includes for example the following essays: Memory is the Place Where We Live The Angry Young Man The Fianna Fail Mother and Child Scheme The Night of the Big Wind In Labour In Vain The End of the Affair and How the Hell did He Get into Irish Politics hardcover
19057509London: Printed at the Chiswick Press 1905 First edition privately printed. Tan linen over blue paper boards printed paper spine label. . Quarto. Six engraved portraits wood-cut on title-page and eighteen leaves of facsimiles. Corners rubbed bookplate. Another bookplate removed leaving blue stains. Overall a very good clean copy. The story of Byron and his half-sister Augusta Leigh who was portrayed as Astarte in Byron's Manfred according to his grandson Ralph Milbanke who seeks to vindicate Lady Byron. Printed at the Chiswick Press, hardcover
1948221033London Michael Joseph 1948. 1948. First edition. 8vo. Author's preface and introduction. Full brown morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe spine with raised bands and gilt ruled compartments covers ruled in gilt gilt ruled inner dentelles a.e.g. Very good-fine. F. Hardcover. London, Michael Joseph [1948]. hardcover
182066545London: printed by Thomas Davison Whitefriars 1820. First octavo edition following the quarto edition of the previous year; 8vo pp. 4 227 1; original gray paper-covered boards printed paper label on spine; a near fine copy. printed by Thomas Davison, Whitefriars unknown
1822221034London Benbow 1822. 1822. Early edition. Small 8vo. Original tan boards printed paper spine label with original price of 2s. 6d. upper hinge starting. Good-very good. 183 pages. Hardcover. London, Benbow, 1822. hardcover
50856BYRON George Gordon Noel ROGERS Samuel. Lara A Tale; Jacqueline A Tale. 1/2-leather over cloth with gilt-decorated spine with raised bands t.e.g. London: J. Murray 1814. First edition. Contains both Byron's Lara and Rogers' Jacqueline. A very good copy. unknown
19329076New York City London 1932. Green paper wrapss with color illustration pasted to front cover string bound bifolium printed in black and red ink on Vidalon paper signed by Rackham on the first page very good. <p><br /> John Barry Ryan Jr. was the grandson and heir of prominent financier Thomas Fortune Ryan. In 1928 he married Margaret Nin Kahn daughter of Otto Kahn whose wealth and mustache were the inspiration for "Mr. Monopoly" and was sometimes known as "the King of New York."<br /> <br /> The Ryans were both collectors and patrons of the arts. A limited number of Rackham's The Night Before Christmas were printed with an extra leaf tipped in to the the front of the book that reads "A Merry Christmas from Mr. and Mrs. John Barry Ryan Christmas 1931" and supposedly distributed to friends and family. <br /> <br /> This is their Christmas greeting from 1932. Printed inside is Church's "Yes Virginia There is a Santa Claus." It seems to be a sort of prenatal gift as their daughter Virginia was born on February 9 1933. Virginia Ogilvy Countess of Airlie was the first American to be a lady-in-waiting serving Elizabeth II until her death in 2022 and was a Dame Commander of the Royal Victorian Order.<br /> <br /> The Santa Claus illustration on the cover seems to be specially commissioned by Ryan for the occasion as "Copyright 1932 by John Barry Ryan" is printed right beneath it. This image was not included in Rackham's illustrations for The Night Before Christmas and is stylistically different enough that it isn't believed to be an abandoned plate for that project. Arthur Rackham signed this copy on the bottom of the first page.<br /> <br /> Scarce with one holding in OCLC and no previous sales records.</p> . unknown
193433419Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company 1934. First Edition. With illustrated coloured frontispiece and title-page and with black and white head and tail pieces and other illustrations throughout. 6mo in the original publisher's red cloth with a white lettering label on the upper cover. 25 pp. A fine copy mildly mellowed on the spine. Internally clean and tight. FIRST EDITION AND A CHARMING BOOK ABOUT CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION IN A SMALL TOWN. Houghton Mifflin Company hardcover
62936N.p. no date. enclosed in publisher's two-part box illustrated in color 12 x 9-1/2 inches. . Cards and envelopes fine; light dust-soiling and use to box. 12mo cards. 16 Christmas cards printed in color and 16 envelopes unused. Including: Terry of Terry and the Pirates; The Gumps Skeezix Dick Tracy Little Orphan Annie Nancy and others. unknown
199091041990. <br /> <br /> A trove of beautiful materials from the files of California bookbinder Mel Kavin of Kater-Crafts consisting of correspondence and other items sent to him by several renowned book artists.<br /> <br /> Includes 18 unique cards:<br /> - two by the preeminent British restoration bookbinder Bernard Chester Middleton<br /> - one by Trevor Jones British designer bookbinder<br /> - two by Ethan Lipton a leader in technology education and graphic communications and student of Richard J. Hoffman<br /> - two printed by Hoffman for Dr. Robert John Moes a collector and member of the Zamorano Club<br /> - one printed in Laguna Beach by Tom Jeavons featuring wood engravings by Paul Landacre and the text from ‘Song of Peace’ by George Harkness from Finlandia Opus 26 by Jean Sibelius<br /> - one by internationally renowned English designer bookbinder and book artist Philip Smith featuring art of St. Margaret’s Church in Yatton Keynell by artist Dorothy M. Weighill Smith’s wife<br /> - one from Whittier College President Emeritus Eugene S. Mills featuring the title page of a first edition of John Greenleaf Whittier’s Snow-Bound that the university had recently acquired<br /> - five from Samuel B. Ellenport and wife Avril owners of Harcourt Bindery Inc and the Harcourt School of Bookbinding in Boston<br /> - one from Margaret and John F. Class owners of the largest private collection of leaf books and a very large collection of miniature and movable books and members of the Miniature Book Society the Book Club of California the Movable Book Society and Los Compadres <br /> - one featuring a photograph labeled "Mel's idea" and another with black and gold leaf paper pasted to the front cover<br /> <br /> <br /> . unknown
34283Batman Wholesale Greeting Card Specialists. Melbourne. ND c1955. Foli. Red stiffened cover is worn and chipped on extremeties stiched spine is slightly damaged first two pages have been neatly removed interior in good cond. This is a sample album of Christmas cards from LJM Hodder & Co a firm which is still in the gift wrapping business in Melbourne. There are 70 cards tipped in. Most are brightly coloured and illustrate the traditional European Christmas. Labels showing wholesaler's price for loose cards and packets of six are tipped to each page. Batman Wholesale Greeting Card Specialists. Melbourne. ND (c1955) unknown
19616293Portland Maine: The Foreside Press 1961. Number 95 of 110. 12mo 21pp light blue printed self-wrapper string-tied lettered in red darkening along spine and edges very good. <br /> <br /> "Caroline's Christmas" originally appeared in Leacock's Nonsense Novels published in 1911.<br /> <br /> The Foreside Press was an amateur press established by Marybelle and Royal Boston in 1957 at Falmouth Foreside Maine. The Bostons and the Press moved to Southern Pines North Carolina in 1970. The output of the Press appears to have been limited to annual Christmas keepsakes published for the proprietors' friends between 1957 and 1985. The Foreside Press unknown
19406120Cody WY: Buffalo Bill Museum 1940. 6x20cm 2pp. Bifolium original lithograph on front by Jackson signed and inscribed by Mary Jester Allen on inside toned at center fold else very good. <br /> <br /> Wonderful Pony Express Christmas card featuring "a painting by William H. Jackson presented to the Buffalo Bill Museum at Cody Wyoming. By Mr. W. R. Coe of New York and Cody." This card is signed by Mary Jester Allen 1875-1960 niece of William F. Cody and founder of the museum. She has also signed for her daughter Helen Cody Allan who was involved in the museum's activities. A great piece of Wyoming and Buffalo Bill ephemera. [Buffalo Bill Museum] unknown
185534377London: David Bogue 1855. An early edition in pleasing binding. With 53 lovely colour-tinted illustrations designed and drawn on wood by Birket Foster and engraved by Henry Vizetelly. Many of the cuts within elaborate gilt frames each page printed within a gilt boarder large gilt initials and other decorations all throughout. 4to in the publisher's deluxe binding of bright red full morocco the boards with elaborate decorative panels in gilt the spine gilt decorated in similar panel design and with festive gilt lettering board edges beveled marbled endpapers a.e.g. x 202 pp. A very attractive copy generally the text is very clean and fresh with some occasional light spotting more to the prelims as would be expected the block solid the festive red binding sturdy with firm hinges the scarlet morocco spine panel a bit darker than the covers the giltwork still very vivid and bright a little minor rubbing to the edges and shoulders. A BEAUTIFUL COLLECTION OF CHRISTMAS POEMS AND LYRICS. Arranged by periods of English history it includes the religious hymns one would expect but also more lighthearted fair such as carols in praise of ale mistletoe and wassailing. Birket Foster steals the limelight here though his wonderful tinted engravings make this a holiday gem truly worth treasuring. David Bogue hardcover
19716294Southern Pines NC: The Foreside Press 1971. first printing in limited edition. 12mo 13pp off-white printed self-wrapper string-tied lettered in red with red and green holly border darkening along spine very good. <br /> <br /> "Conversation About Christmas" appeared first in Picture Post in 1947 and was later merged with Thomas's "Memories of Christmas" from 1945 into "A Child's Memories of a Christmas in Wales" published in 1950.<br /> <br /> The Foreside Press was an amateur press established by Marybelle and Royal Boston in 1957 at Falmouth Foreside Maine. The Bostons and the Press moved to Southern Pines North Carolina in 1970. The output of the Press appears to have been limited to annual Christmas keepsakes published for the proprietors' friends between 1957 and 1985. The Foreside Press unknown
196513289Buffalo New York: Howard Engraving & Printing Co 1965. First Edition Thus. Boards. Near fine. Album of Christmas cards designed by various artists for Howard's Engraving & Printing Co. of Buffalo New York. Square quarto 49 numbered leaves. Red album with screw post binding Howard's logo affixed to front cover. Christmas card mounted on each leaf contains 49 cards some with accompanying envelopes. Price points of cards printed along bottom of each leaf with specific charges for quantity with imprint or without. Laid-in order blank. Solid text block some wear to hinges front hinge starting to separate. Faint toning along edges small dampstain to front sheet occasional transference from card to opposite leaf. Howard Engraving & Printing Co unknown
199990861999. <br /> <br /> Fred Ruffner was an American publisher founder of Gale Research and Omnigraphics.<br /> <br /> This archive includes:<br /> <br /> Religious Tract Society. The Christmas Box or New Year's Gift. Detroit Ann Arbor London: The Singing Tree Press 1967.<br /> <br /> Shepard Leslie; Ruffner Rickey. A Little Book of Tigers. Detroit: Gale Research Company 1968.<br /> <br /> <br /> Briggs Clare. The Days of Real Sport. Detroit: Gale Research Company 1976.<br /> <br /> The Twelve Months of the Year; with a Picture for Each Month. Adapted to Northern Latitudes. Detroit: Gale Research 1977.<br /> <br /> Landells Ebeneezer. The Boy's Own Toy-Maker: A Practical Illustrated Guide to the Useful Employment of Leisure Hours. Detroit: Gale Research 1984.<br /> <br /> Bentley Rensselaer. The Pictorial Primer; Being An Introduction to the Pictorial Spelling Book: Designed as a First Book for Children in Families and Schools. Detroit: Gale Research 1980s.<br /> <br /> Stephenson Robert Louis et al. Forgotten Christmas Poems. Grosse Pointe Farms Fort Lauderdale: The Owl and the Pussycat Press at the Sign of the Pea Green Boat 1999.<br /> <br /> Harper's Weekly Nast Thomas - illus. A Christmas Box. Reprinted from Harper's Weekly December 26 1885. Montage of ads printed on verso appeared in various issues of Harper's in the 1870s and 1880s. . unknown
19819405Shakopee Minnesota: Bear Publishing Co 1981. First edition. 8vo. 47pp. Colorful illustrated wraps staple bound light staining to cover very good. <br /> <br /> From the back cover "Folkways of Christmas is a delightful look at the variations of celebrations of Christmas in the Minnesota River Valley in the 1800s. Many of the customs and traditions arrived with the immigrants many were altered in America and passed on with the natural changes time itself imposes as it sharpens or mellows a folkway." This book contains recipes decorations and traditions and is sorted by country of origin with black and white illustrations.<br /> <br /> The Folkways of Christmas celebration started at Murphy's Landing now The Landing Minnesota River Heritage Park in Shakopee Minnesota in the mid-1970s and is still celebrated annually. It was rebranded "Folkways of the Holidays" in the early 1990s after including Jewish Hanukkah traditions in the program. <br /> <br /> This title is listed in OCLC with no holdings.<br /> . Bear Publishing Co unknown
13166Neither item dated. 1890s. Lowe's note on the proof from 7 Harley Gardens SW London. Both items in very good condition on lightly-aged paper. Item One galley proofs: On piece of 13 x 49 cm. paper. In manuscript at head: '7 Harley Gardens SW Monday Dear Mrs Butterworth The Printer will send you a proper proof tomorrow Yours in haste E Lowe'. The first part only in small type with one minor correction. The article is attributed to Augusta de Grasse Stevens in Helen O. Black's 'Notable Women Authors of the Day' 1893. Item Two manuscript biography: 4pp. 4to. With a few minor emendations. The account probably composed as well as written out by her sister Marie de Grasse Lady Evans d.1920 begins: 'Miss A de Grasse Stevens the young and rising novelist whose writings have given her a high position in England and America is the youngest daughter of the late Samuel Stevens of Albany N.Y.; who was one of the greatest Barristers or Councillors at Law in America. His distinguished legal attainments made him prominent in the highest courts and it was said that from the great causes he conducted the foundation of the Patent Law of the United States was largely owing. He was the life long friend of Daniel Webster and with him was engaged or opposed in most of his great cases; which led Mr. Webster to say that he regarded Mr. Stevens "as a lawyer first of any man living in the country."' After describing her antecedents the author turns to the subject of the biography: 'Miss Stevens has travelled much abroad and is highly accomplished. With her mother she has resided in London for the past ten years surrounded by a wide circle of warm friends & occupying a high social position. She is of medium height and slight a blonde cendree with gray-blue eyes . Her working hours are from 10 to 3 every day; the afternoons and evenings being devoted to home or social pleasures. During her residence in London she has occupied the position of special art critic to the New York Times where her initials "A de G S" must be known to a wide circle of readers. She is a constant contributor to the Saturday review in which journal her descriptions of Old American Customs have called forth much interest and praise. She writes also for Time the Womans World the Argosy and many other magazines and papers in England and America.' The author concludes with a description of her subject's books. Neither item dated. [1890s.] Lowe's note on the proof from 7 Harley Gardens, SW [London]. unknown
19636295Portland Maine: The Foreside Press 1963. first printing in limited edition. 12mo 13pp off-white printed self-wrapper string-tied lettered in red with green and gray decorative border darkening along spine very good. <br /> <br /> "Hoof-Beats on a Bridge" was "reprinted without permission from 'Long Long Ago' Viking Press copyright 1943 by Alexander Woolcott."<br /> <br /> The Foreside Press was an amateur press established by Marybelle and Royal Boston in 1957 at Falmouth Foreside Maine. The Bostons and the Press moved to Southern Pines North Carolina in 1970. The output of the Press appears to have been limited to annual Christmas keepsakes published for the proprietors' friends between 1957 and 1985. The Foreside Press unknown
19519096Los Angeles: The Plantin Press 1951. 15.5cm x 10.5cm. Tan boards stamped in red string bound bifolium leaf printed in black and red very good. <br /> <br /> Saul and Lillian Marks owned and operated The Plantin Press in Los Angeles from 1931 until 1985 printing over 150 books and countless other ephemera. This was their Christmas greeting in 1951. The Plantin Press unknown
19479111New York 1947. 5.5" x 7". Original artwork on fine paper black ink and water color some toning visible pencil lines and erasure marks minimal wear to edges very good. <br /> <br /> A Christmas tradition in the Madeleine and Hugh Franklin family from 1946-1963 was to create Christmas cards with original art drawn by L'Engle that were then hand-colored and sent to friends and family. <br /> <br /> Their daughter Josephine was born in 1947 so this image would be the the first of them as a family of three with the couple pushing baby Jo in a stroller and Madeleine walking their dog Touché. A wonderfully warm and nostalgic piece not often seen. unknown
19489113New York 1948. 8" x 10.5". Printed on fine paper in blank ink and hand-painted some toning minimal wear to edges very good. <br /> <br /> A Christmas tradition in the Madeleine and Hugh Franklin family from 1946-1963 was to create Christmas cards with original art drawn by L'Engle that were then hand-colored and sent to friends and family. <br /> <br /> This card features Hugh as Santa Claus and a young Jo sitting on his and Madeleine's lap. Jo holds their cat Perceval and their dog Touché sits by their feet. One card is painted messily and features Madeleine with green hair perhaps a contribution by their young daughter. A wonderfully warm and nostalgic piece not often seen. unknown
