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1368Weber J.M. Erich. Liittyy Suomennoksena Saksankieliseen Loistoteokseen “Pra-Ko-Ku” Praktische-Konditorei-Kunst Dresden-Radebeul: Weber c. 1921. 68 pages. Illustration mounted on cover. Over 600 products for confectionery and bakery operations aimed at Finnish market. <br /> <br/><br/> unknown books
21323Very good. Three-page manuscript letter approximately 800 words from Dr. G.A. Hinnen of Cincinnati Ohio to his parents. Dated March 22 1937 and written on letterhead of the National Association for the Elimination of Home Work of which the Hinnen was on the Advisory Committee. Writing more than a month after the devastating flood that stretched from Pittsburgh to Cairo Illinois and left 385 people dead Hinnen expresses gratitude that Cincinnati where 100000 lost their homes suffered less than many other cities. "Considering the horrors of it and its enormous extent not a case of typhoid.and but two deaths by drowning -- a truly remarkable record when you figure the river at a depth of 80 feet when 12 is the norm. Here at Cinti the river was 1 1/2 miles in width. At Louisville I understand it was 15 miles." After describing the utter devastation of most of the small towns around Louisville he returns to conditions in Cincinnati writing that that the city's "greatest hardship was lack of water. When the pumping plant finally submerged at 75 feet we were in a quandry. For two weeks not a trickle out of any faucet. So we hauled water. You have heard and read about bread lines but little did we expect to participate in a water line. Norwood St. Bernard Wyoming Ohio Columbus Chicago Indianapolis Dayton Hamilton all came to our rescue most valiantly. The Penn RR brought in 40000 gal. from Chicago. Water was paddled in the streets from concrete mixers tanks and whatnot. They would ring bells and people dashed out madly with any available receptacle.All business was suspended. Drug stores and food shops were the only stores allowed to be open. Where electricity was available you were allowed but a single small light to a house and on the radio fire police and emergency orders were constantly being transmitted. No autos allowed below Court St. While not actually martial law it practically amounts to it. No street lights at night. I never saw such desolation." A well-written and compelling account of life in Cincinnati in the aftermath of disaster. unknown books
1941006231New York: Time Inc. 1941. Cover art by Antonio Petruccelli. Near Fine small corner crease bottom corner front cover in a Very Good Plus SCARCE original publisher's mailing box. . First Edition. Magazine. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Time Inc. Paperback books
21482Kansas City: T.J. Green & Co. Undated likely early 20th century. Four cards measuring approximately 2.5 x 4.5 inches each advertising a differrent residential development in Kansas City: Eaton Place Forest Park Melba Park and Chesterfield Each card has brief promotional text "fine residence lots" "magnificent view every lot 2 to 3 feet above grade close to good school stores and churches" prices ranging from $175 to $425 and directions on one side and a map showing the streets and numbered lots on the other. Three cards near fine one Melba Park very good with a spot of abrasion on the map side. The T.J. Green Company was established in 1881. By 1886 a book on the city's commercial development The Commerce of Kansas City praised them as "among the most prominent and reliable firms" involved in developing the areas of the city beyond the central business district that would meet the needs of a rapidly growing population. "Their system is to purchase acre tracts that are in good locations and as near as possible to city itself then to subdivide them into town lots and so dispose of them on the open market. This is really developing the city or in other words it is constantly creating new additions and suburbs. That these transactions have proved most profitable under the experienced management of this firm is shown in the daily increasing value of this class of property and in the fact that not a single client who has acted on their advice has failed to make a very handsome return on his investment." Evidently the company's success continued; the four tracts offered on these cards are listed as the company's 52nd 53rd 56th and 57th "additions." We find no examples of these or other T.J. Green advertising cards in OCLC. T.J. Green & Co unknown books
20997Very good. Four photograph albums containing a total of 558 mounted images documenting military training and service in Japan in 1920s and 30s all in very good condition. Although we acquired these albums together they appear to have belonged to different people. Most if not all were officers. One album has handwritten captions the others do not but do have some group photographs with captions in the negative. Two identity documents are tipped in to one album that we are told are for people with the family names Yokoo and Hayashi. During the interwar years Japanese culture was pervaded by the conviction that a strong military was the solution to most problems foreign and domestic. The Army enjoyed considerable independence from the civilian government and various factions within the military played a major role in directing the country's foreign policy. As described by historian David Hunter-Chester in The Culture of Military Organizations Cambridge 2019 the Imperial Japanese Army's "organizational culture produced tough proficient and courageous soldiers." These albums reflect great pride in military service with numerous images of their subjects in dress uniform singly and in groups and engaged in military exercises including bayonet training firing machine guns field and parade drills physical fitness ropes course gymnastics equestrian training cleaning and assembly of weapons and more. There are also images of soldiers in the classroom at leisure sporting events sumo at a public bath etc. and at special events and celebrations-the latter characterized by an abundance of Japanese and Imperial Army flags. These albums reflect an ethos that was soon to vanish. The military culture of pride in excellence according to Hunter-Chester "left it unable to deal with military losses; it was a culture that prized reputation over public honesty ritualized death and placed its own judgment above question. According to its own creed the Army should have 'done its utmost to protect the state.' Instead its soldiers are remembered in Japan and much of the world as 'beasts.'". unknown books
185821557Austin: John Marshall & Co. State Printers 1858. First Edition. Softcover. Very good. pp 284 ix index in original sewn wrappers. Rear wrapper and final page of index detached but present some light staining to front wrapper and lower corner of first 40 pp not affecting text otherwise quite clean. Stitching loosening but holdng. Includes "An Act to Establish the University of Texas approved on February 11 1858 which set aside $100000 in United States bonds toward construction of the state's first publicly funded university. Also acts relating to the incorporation and relief of several different railroads; creating the counties of Archer Mason Menard Zapata Hardin Hamilton Kimble and Buchanan; and "An Act to permit free persons of African descent to select their own master and become slaves" approved on January 27 1858. Similar acts allowing for voluntary enslavement were passed in Florida and Tennessee the same year. Also noteworthy is a 43-page act supplementing and amending the Texas Penal Code that had been established in 1856 which provides an extensive list of criminal offenses and their statutory punishments including those for unlawful i.e mixed race marriage and a number of slavery-related offense. These are divided into those committed by whites inciting insurrection illegal transportation of slaves stealing or enticing a slave harboring runaways conducting business with slaves undue cruelty to and torture of slaves and those committed by slaves or free persons of color. Winkler 1071. John Marshall & Co., State Printers unknown books
195412121954. Wraps. Cream cards. Very good. 18.5 x 14.5 cm. Folded card. Very good. Full menu with entertainment - "Songs by University Glee Club". Clean crisp copy. <br/><br/> paperback books
19782479New York: Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc 1978. Softcover. Very Good. Part One: Unpaginated approximately 150 pp with b/w illustrations. Part Two: Unpaginated approximately 120 pp with b/w illustrations. Top edges toned light handling wear; contents clean. Auction catalogues for Sotheby Parke Bernet sales 4114 and 4179. Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc paperback books
221217Chicago; New York; San Francisco: Belford Clarke & Co. Hard Cover. Good binding. Illustrated; Gift note written on ffep. Title page missing. No pencil or ink markings in text. Maroon cloth spine and pictorial paper-covered boards. Shelf-wear to bottom spine. Edgewear to top bottom and sides of front and rear boards. Corners bumped. Small closed tears at top of spine. Good binding. Belford, Clarke & Co unknown books
188321644Milwaukee: Geo. Brunder 1883. Softcover. Good. 13 cm ca. 5"  pp 110 2 index; original sewn wrappers with decorative initials and wood-engraved illustrations in the text. Final leaf index of songs and back cover are damaged with some loss chipping to corners of front cover; otherwise very good. An uncommon collection containing 87 songs on a variety of patriotic political and sentimental themes. Includes many Civil War songs mourning songs a Garfield campaign song. A great women's suffrage song features an exchange between male and female choruses. An excerpt: Boys: See young woman just look here; / Your home is your true place; / You never ought from out your sphere / To show your pretty face. / Don't you see you ought to knit and sew / And meek and humble be / If from your sphere you wander so / You'll get no help from me. Girls: Joseph! You cant help yourself / Our cause is speeding on; / And you'll be laid upon the shelf / When woman's rights are won. When our President is Katy fair / And Mary's eyes of blue / Beam sweetly from the Mayor's chair / They'll see no place for you! The publisher George Brumder 1839-1910 was a German immigrant who opened a bookstore in Milwaukee in 1864 and later added a small printing department and bindery. From the 1870s to the 1910s he published German-language newspapers in several Wisconsin cities as well as in Chicago and Lincoln Nebraska. We find one copy of this title listed in OCLC at the San Francisco Public Library. . Geo. Brunder unknown books
185321559New York: G.P. Putnam 1853. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. viii 366 pp with 19 steel-engraved plates portraits and views of the authors' homes 14 wood-engraved vignettes of which 7 are printed in color and 16 facsimiles. A handsome copy in publisher's full morocco with stamped decoration and raised bands all edges gilt marbled endpapers. Some scuffing to the leather occasional light foxing; else very clean and sound. Includes chapters on Audubon Paulding Irving Bancroft Bryant Dana Prescott Sedgwick Cooper Everett Emerson Simms Longfellow Hawthorne Webster Kennedy and Lowell. The chapter on Emerson also includes some discussion of Thoreau who "lives in the berry-pasture upon a bank over Walden Pond and in a little house of his own building." BAL 1345; Bennett p. 58. G.P. Putnam hardcover books
1915006305Stuttgart Germany: Union Deutsche Verlagsgesellschaft 1915. Beautifully bound in red cloth with illustrated front cover and spine black end pages with gold German eagle emblem. "562 Abbildungen im Tekst 22 zum Teil doppelseitige mehrfarbige Kunstbeilagen 3 grose zeifarbige Kartenbeilagen sowie 34 karten und Plänen im Text" 562 illustrations in the Text 22 partly double-sided multi-colored art supplements 3 large-color map inserts as well as 34 maps and plans in the text. Text entirely in German. Laid in is publisher's catalog for their publication of "BISMARK Der Mann und das Werk" 8 pp. Fine. Book is Fine. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Fine/No Jacket As Issued. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Union Deutsche Verlagsgesellschaft Hardcover books
1923001780New York: International Ladies' Garment Worker's Union 1923. Very Good Plus small stain bottom corner front wrapper small black dot top edge front wrapper back wrapper age-toned. 26 pages of course offerings with an additional 5 pages in Hebrew . Several of the courses were offered in Yiddish Italian and English. Instructors included Max Levin Harry Rogoff Leo Wolman and Theresa Wolfson. Scarce. First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Very Good Plus/No Jacket As Issued. International Ladies' Garment Worker's Union Paperback books
191621463Austin: University of Texas 1916. Softcover. Good. 172 pp. Original wrappers present but heavily chipped front wrapper detached. Binding sound text unmarked. Old dampstin to lower outer corner of last 65 pp. Relatively scarce report resulting from Texas Governor James E. Ferguson's efforts to have several people he disliked for various reasons removed from the University of Texas Faculty and replaced with political cronies. The University declined to follow Ferguson's recommendations and in retaliation he vetoed the appropriations bill that funded the University. Ultimately Ferguson's attempt to interfere in University affairs resulted in his impeachment. University of Texas unknown books
1935004902Kalamazoo MI 1935. Original panoramic photograph 5 7/8" x 32 3/4" unframed rolled. Very Good slight creases 1" from each end of photo scant soiling. No photographer credit. A few hundred employees with their families in bathing suits and casual clothing pictured in a group portrait. SCARCE. First Printing. Photograph. Very Good Plus. Paperback books
21298Softcover. Very good. Collection of 25 pieces of sheet music issued as Sunday supplements to the San Francisco Examiner each 4 pp 14 x 10.5 inches printed on thick newsprint. All with the name "R. James" in ink on the cover a few with short tears at margins or light soiling; very good overall. Between 1895 and 1911 William Randolph Hearst published more than 650 pieces of sheet music in his newspapers. Most pieces were reprints of recent popular songs but each was given new cover illustration printed in color often including a photograph of the performer who popularized the piece. Although primarily intended to help sell newspapers the inclusion of sheet music and the selection of songs included also reflected Hearst's personal interest in vaudeville burlesque musical theater and other popular forms of entertainment. Other papers had begun publishing sheet music in the late nineteenth century but Hearst was only newspaper publisher to commission new songs. Among these commissions was "Klondike Gold" published in 1898 and included in this collection. The song warns of the perils freezing starvation of following the stampede of hopeful men and women seeking their fortunes in the Yukon. Also included here is "Battle Hymn Written by the Mikado of Japan" another original piece which purports to have been "sung by the Japanese armies on the battle fields." Some of the other reprinted pieces also claim "ethnic" or international themes -- such as "Sonoma A Mexican Serenade" and "O Love" described as a "Famous Filipino Serenade brought from Manila by the Leader of the First California Volunteer Band." There are also love songs comic songs and pieces from musical theater. A rather unexceptional song called "At the Bottom of the Hill" is said to be the "first copyrighted song of the new century." In all an interesting collection reflecting popular musical taste at the turn of the twentieth century. unknown books
1915007326New York: The Evening Telegram 1915. RARE. One of the finest banner headlines on the sinking of the Lusitania to be had dated May 8 1915 Vol. XLVIII No. 26320 the Night Edition of The Evening Telegram a major New York newspaper of the era. Features a full page article with a subhead "EXTRA Only 700 Saved Fom The Lusitania". Framed under glass Near Fine original center fold crease paper size 15 3/4" x 25" with a 5 1/2" banner headline frame size 19" x 25". An important ephemeral piece of American and world history. This framed item will require extra shipping charges- please inquire before ordering. . First Printing. Newsprint. Very Good. The Evening Telegram Paperback books
1896231694Seneca Falls NY: The Courier Printing Company 1896. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Illustrated; No pencil or ink markings in text. Grey cloth binding with black lettering. Light to moderate edgewear to boards. Boards slightly soiled. Spine is stained; Not Ex-Library. Very Good binding. The Courier Printing Company unknown books
1248San Francisco CA. Cardboard covers. Maroon cloth covered boards wallet-style diary title in gilt. Very good. Repurposed 1895 Diary. 17.5 x 9 cm. Written in pen Harry Lapidaire Pharmacist My Father on Tues. Jan. 1895. Remedies and recipes handwritten in pencil throughout. Entries include: Poison Oak Antiseptic Solution Sore Nipples Syphilis Bug Poison Tooth Ache Drops etc. One-quarter used. The Excelsior District is located along Mission Street east of San Jose Ave. Front free end paper ripped out boards lightly rubbed interior crisp and clean all edges marbled. <br/><br/> hardcover books
1920948Tacoma WA c. 1920. Wraps. Gilt illustrated and embossed wraps. Good. 132 pages. 23 x 15.5 cm. Handbook for Newlyweds including recipes household and medical advice personal health and life lessons. Filled with full page ads for local advertisements suggesting martial bliss. Covers rubbed interior clean. <br/><br/> paperback books
192618601926. Cards. Dark green card stock. Very good. 12.5 x 8.5 cm. folded. A program and menu featuring a gathering of New England based garden and poetry enthusiasts. Held on February 10th 1926 welcomed by Mrs. Willard A. Boyd President of the Poetry Society and her husband William A. Boyd President of the Garden Club. The entertainment consisted of a poetry reading of The Poetry of a Catskill Garden by Louise Driscoll a musical duo a playlet "In The Garden" in two scenes by William B. McCourtie and a dinner featuring Chicken Gumbo. Light scratch to one panel fold marks. <br/><br/> unknown books
190012111900. Wraps. Cream printed paper. Good. 4 Pages. 18 x 15 cm. Folded sheets. Sophisticated menu with full page of Toasts by Alumni and leading political and business figures including: George E. Lounsbury Governor of Connecticut Flavel S. Luther CT state senator and many more. Some toning to covers. <br/><br/> paperback books
19474101947. Large French Menu dated May 25 1947. 75 x 54 cm 108 cm. open This menu was made for a First Communion painted on front and back covers as well as the interior. The menu was signed by family and friends that were present at the event. The front cover depicts a religious figure on a train along with a large religious figure with many bottles of wine. Roughly translates: "Jeannot Leclerc/First Solemn Communion/Menu/In time the Lord said: "Woe to St. Lo"/and we venerate this holy day our great Patrons/St.Estephe/St. Emilion/Ste. Croix du Mont/Amen.the bottle!" Depicted on the first interior page is an illustration of a scroll and a large man smoking a cigar. Translates: "It is a treat to see my first's communion/If you are really well happy and cheerful/Praise the stove/Thank the master of the house/and in memory of this memorable precious day/Leave me a sly autograph/ So you are able to write." Under this illustration and writing is the signatures of over 10 people with a couple of longer notes. On the facing page many cheeky illustrations depicting the Menu which is also illustrated on this page. Translates: "First as a prelude/a light breakfast enough to maintain an outfit for vespers/ Les hors d'oeuvres - traditional/Hen/ The Rice/Salad of our gardens/Whipped cream as a large Steeple/Mocha/Now that the ceremonies are completed it is worth giving serious attention/This famous dinner we will enjoy/Winter Soup/The Salmon Canapé Louis XIII epic/The Lamb/Chicken/the Mushrooms of the dead/The other salad/The assorted cheeses-delights the boss/The Pies-super comfort/The Fruits-First Headlines/The bomb/To properly finish this meal/Champagne/Contraband Coffee/liqueurs/And all these good things pleasantly watered by/Bergerac St. Estephe Cote d'Or 1942 Chateauneuf du Pape/Bon Appetit!!"/ Depicted on the back cover is a man with a finished meal and a easel. Translated: Poverty is often the ransom Engineer/The order of the day N. Lemaine railroaders/With wishes of genuine affection/for his family young Communicant Jeannot/25.5.47/First Solemn Communion" with the signature of the artist. A fabulous one of kind item! <br /> <br/><br/> unknown books
19162560Providence R.I. 1916. Cards. Illustrated cream cards. Very good. 13.5 x 19 cm. Illustrated menu tendered by the Providence Friars at the Pomham Club in Providence R.I. on Thursday June 8 1916. The menu commences with a Martini Cocktail followed by Clam Broth Clam Chowder Baked Clams Clam Cakes Baked Lobster Broiled Mackerel - along with Rhode Island Johnny Cakes Champagne Beer Cigars & Cigarettes. Speakers include Rhode Island politicians John J. Fitzgerald 1871-1926 State representative & Democratic Mayor Mayor Joseph H. Gainer Artist Hezekiah Anthony Dyer Commissioner Benjamin P. Moultan and Henry A. Carpenter. <br /><br />The "Providence Friars" seems to be a bit of a leg-pull as they all are known entertainers. We know "Abbott" George M. Cohan was no other than the famous vaudeville song-and-dance man playwright director producer comic actor and popular songwriter George M. Cohan. Born in Providence Rhode Island this may have been a welcome homecoming for Cohan. Light toning to cards. <br /> books
19611682Bangkok 1961. Piano shaped black boards illustrated with string ties. Very good. Piano shaped die cut menu. The Key Note Club was popular among expatiates Thai Celebrities and tourists. Daily specials menu tipped in. Full-page cocktail menu includes Charles Bakers famous Tigar's Milk. <br/><br/> hardcover books
