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1924WRCLIT49263New York: Boni & Liveright 1924. Large thick octavo. Cloth. Portrait and plates. First edition. Signed by Weber and Fields on a preliminary blank as often. Spine dull and worn at head and toe; just a good sound copy. Boni & Liveright hardcover books
19152788431915. unbound. very good. Signed 1915 Columbia Records release #A - 1855 one of the earliest comedy releases ever put on phonograph discs featuring a skit titled "Trust Scene" boldly etched into the dead wax and partly on the record labels: "Joe Weber - Lew Fields." The B side of this record has mechanically etched signatures of the performers. Very good condition.<br/><br/> Immensely popular Polish-Jewish comedy team who at the height of their stage success opened up their own Broadway venue in 1896 and booked some of the greatest talent of the early 20th century. Included in this roster are Gallagher and Sheen The Marx Brothers Ted Healy and his Three Stooges Jimmy Durante and W.C. Fields. They are also credited with recording some of the earliest known comedy phonograph records between 1912 and 1915.<br/><br/> unknown books
191142917Cincinnati 1911. Silver gelatin photograph mounted on stiff grey mounting board with green border and bevelled edges. Very minor soiling/wear to photo signed and inscribed at upper and lower corner. Light soiling to mounting board upper corner slightly bumped light damp-staining to verso with few spots of loss to paper overlay. VG overall. Photo: 8-3/4" x 7-13/16". Mounting board: 12" x 10" <br/><br/>Publicity photograph from vaudeville performer W.E. Crafeaux signed and briefly inscribed to his mother on the photo itself with a longer signed inscription to the verso of the mounting board. Crafeaux is in blackface and clownlike apparel. The inscription on the verso is dated "Cincinnati O. 3/29/11" and reads in part: "Darling Mamma: - Don't laugh at your red-headed son in this garb as its sic the way he makes his living making other people laugh. Crazy way to make a living isn't it. Some are born fools and others get jealous and make fools of themselves but I don't know whether Im sic a natural fool or naturally a fool or a fool naturally however Im sic not as big a fool as some fools I've fooled . . . " W. E. Crafeaux who seems to have been known professionally as Earle performed with his wife Tessie in several locations on the West Coast as well as in Oklahoma and the Midwest. The Tulsa Morning Herald called them "a pair of the cleverest entertainers on any vaudeville circuit" April 9 1911 and the Vinita Daily Chieftain reported that the Crafeaux were particularly well-liked by a "large audience . . . that readily showed their appreciation of this clever and versatile team by many rounds of applause" August 13 1910. The Vinita Daily Chieftain goes on to note that the final offering that night was the Crafeaux's original blackface comedy "The New Hostler." Research indicates that the Crafeaux also performed in Bakersfield and Santa Ana CA as well as Abilene KS primarily circa 1910 - 1915. They appear to have lived in San Francisco around that time as well as in Los Angeles. unknown books
33409Paris: Chez Le Fuel n. d. 1st edition. Ca 1817. Bound in beautiful color printed silk onlays same design to front & back affixed to gold boards with floral motif panel affixed to spine. AEG. Slipcase also with color printed silk onlays. General wear to silk panels. One engraving protrudes slightly. A Very Good copy in a rubbed slipcase with 1 cm seam splits at slipcase opening. 4 209 5 pp. Printed by Didot. Engraved title with vignette. Illustrated with 8 full-page copperplate engravings. 1817 calendar at rear with engraved headpieces by Bosselman. 18mo in 6s. 4-5/8" x 3" 11.8 cm x 7.7 cm. <br/><br/>Quite scarce work compiling divers French theatrical pieces from 1792-1815. OCLC locates 4 cc worldwide with KVK adding a 5th. at the time of cataloging Chez Le Fuel hardcover books
190915615np: np 1909. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Oblong small 4to. commercial album produced by R.A. Leet and Co. Oakland California. Textured cloth covered stiff card boards. Measuring approximately 10.5" x 7". 44 cyanotype prints recto mounted to 10 black paper leaves. Remaining 15 leaves blank. Area of discolor to front board. 5 prints perished. Overall clean sound. Prints with occasional rubbing though overall well preserved. <br/><br/>A small archive of cyanotype photgraphs capturing primarily a mother and daughter members of a Vaudeville performance troop touring the Orpheum Circuit in the United States Pacific Northwest in 1909. Identified locations include Portland Seattle Spokane San Francisco and Oakland. A clear portrait captures a woman and young child standing beneath an Orpheum marquee in Spokane which lists acts for a Sunday July 25 1909 matinee performance including: Joseph Hart's Bathing Girls Mr. George Auger Carson and Willard Lew Bloom Moffett and Clare and Frank Rogers the colored ventriloquist. Additional images capture the troop members travelling with families and at rest. Of note is a clear shot showing George Auger who reportedly stodd nearly 8 feet tall towering above other members of the troop. np hardcover books