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188025115York Pennsylvania: Butteroff & Shadle & Busser 1880. Group of 6 cabinet cards 3 with the Butteroff and 3 with the Shadle & Busser studio imprints. Not otherwise identified or dated circa 1880. Cabinet cards average 4 1/4" x 6 1/2" size. Image of the gentleman somewhat faded with some spotting in the image; one card with closed 1/2" edge-tear; otherwise the other photos with some edge tips wear to the mounts; overall in good condition. Photography. Not Bound. Good. Butteroff & Shadle & Busser paperback books
188222653New York: Sarony 1882. Cabinet card image of actor Osmond Tearle 1852 - 1901 with the photographer's name of Sarony 37 Union Sqr. N.Y. on the mount below the image; about 4 1/4" x 6 1/2" overall size; light wear; in very good condition. Photography. Not Bound. Very Good. Sarony Paperback books
188222661New York: Mason 1882. Cabinet card image of theatre actress Julia Wilson in her role as "Tot"; with the photographer's name of Mason New York on the mount below the image; about 4 1/4" x 6 1/2" overall size; light wear; in very good condition. Photography. Not Bound. Very Good. Mason Paperback books
194324999Jamaica N.Y.: Long Island Rail Road 1943. 4 pages; the first issue of this rail employee newsletter. Illustrated with a picture of Lillian Markowski of Cedar Manor pausing in her work as an engine wiper at Morris Park. ".she took over the job of her fiance who is now in the army." Headlines include noting the employees that were in the armed forces "What the White Report is and What it Means to You"; other pieces on women employees a 50 - year button awarded to conductor John O. Whaley; various letters; and other WWII - related transportation news. Approx. 8" x 10 1/2" size; light wear old fold lines; in very good condition. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Long Island Rail Road paperback books
193026475New York City N.Y.: Hi-Heat Gas Co. Inc. 1930. 20 pages; illustrated in 2 colors and photographic half-tones. Showing equipment and the plant of the company and with exterior views of Gurney's Inn Montauk Long Island; the home of Peconic Duck Farm owner Alexander B. Soyars at Riverhead; home of florist Peter J. Buse at Hicksville; NYC tailor C.F. Wetzel home at Remsenburg; Rev. John G. Hehr's home at Southold; the old Taylor Home at Heckscher State Park E. Islip and a few smaller images of the Syosset residence Thomas Whittaker proprietor of Green Acre Farm Langon's Restaurant in the same town and the home of builder Fred Hallock of Jamesport L.I. all of which are quoted with testimonials as to the efficacy of Hi-Heat's gas service. Approx. 6" x 9" size; illustrated stapled green paper covers; light wear; in very good condition. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Hi-Heat Gas Co., Inc. paperback books
195124035Allentown Pennsylvania: Not Published 1951. Listing the results for the Convair Trophy 10 laps car number driver auto type times 1st four places; J.S. Inskip Inc. Trophy 20 laps 1st six; same info and also for the Miller handicap Trophy 60 laps 1st twelve places; Cal Connell Cadillac Co. trophy winners also listed and ".This was the first sports car race held to date in Allentown and from all reports the twenty thousand spectators in attendance were highly pleased. Next important club events are the Mount Penn Hill Climb.David H. Ash Chairman Racing Committee"; approx. 8 1/2" x 14" size; typed sheet browned paper; light wear some darkening to paper; old fold lines; in very good condition interesting Allentown PA automobile racing ephemeral item. Broadside. Not Bound. Very Good. Not Published Paperback books
193024829Pittsburg Pennsylvania: Hachmeister-Lind Chemical Company 1930. 15 pages; illustrated in colors and black and white with the flooring applications of the Halicomp product. Frontispiece of the Canadian factory and general offices in Sarnia Ontario. The product is pictured being used in schools offices hospitals and more with detailed centerfold application specifications. Not dated circa 1930. Approx. 8" x 10 3/4" size color illustrated and printed stapled paper covers. Light wear; in very good condition interesting construction and building product history & advertising & typography layout item. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Hachmeister-Lind Chemical Company paperback books
195226595New York NY: Hammacher Schlemmer 1952. Mid-20th century 49 page catalogue for this New York City store; black and white illustrated throughout. Including information on custom built kitchens Scotch Kooler chrome kitchen ware toasters kitchen equipment knives the "Blue Magic" moisture absorbing product for salt and snack foods. Also product descriptions for Waring Blendor New Celebrity 2-Speed the Ateco Cake Decorator Beaucoup de Glace Cube Breaker Astral Refrigerator hot tables; also luggage & valet racks closet space savers and the Borg Scale. With details on bathroom items Venida Toilet Tissue the Expando Towel Dryer Stand Vita-Rol massage tool; with bar tools & cookery items-chafing dish Holland pewter jugs a buffet server egg-artichoke plates monogrammed matches wrought iron furniture a rattan lounge set by Debski connoisseur food items luggage items hostess materials card game equipment convenience items: Adjusto Table folding tables telephone stands Boontonware made of Melmac & the Fyre-Freeze ".guard for the home. Puts out blazes in time." Appliances and tools include rustproof magnesium ladders housekeeping items including vacuums dusters brooms & sweepers; cleaners; the Stanley Handyman set; Dennix metal legs a personal branding iron pet equipment & accessories self-winding car watch; portable refrigerator ice keeping items rotisseries barbecue items and more. Approx. 8" x 9" size; brightly color illustrated yellow & gray stapled softcovers; light wear. In very good condition interesting American business design history ephemera from the mid-twentieth century. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Hammacher Schlemmer paperback books
190323127New York: Cinch Mining Company 1903. Receipt number 53 made out to C.M. McKeever for 200 hundred dollars in payment for 200 shares of preferred stock in this company signed by the syndicate manager Chas. E. Bally on July 28 1903; back is blank; front with engraved green border-work nice eagle vignette at top center in black; approx. 9 1/4" x 11 3/4" size; printed on medium quality certificate paper stock by H.K. Brewer Co. New York; old fold lines edgewear and chipping soiling; in good condition and interesting American mining business history scripophily from the early part of the 20th century. First Edition. Not Bound. Good. Cinch Mining Company Paperback books
191923125New York: American and British Manufacturing Corporation 1919. Stock certificate No. 153 made out to C.M. McKeever. for a quarter share in this company signed by the president J.C. Stanley on July 1 1919 and the treasurer C.M. McKeever; with the company's blind-stamp corporate seal; also countersigned by C.M. McKeever as the Transfer Agent and the Registrar of the Metropolitan Trust Co. NY asst. sec. Benz; front with engraved orange border-work; approx. 7 3/4" x 10 3/4" size; printed on good certificate paper stock by American Bank Note Company N.Y.; old fold lines little edge tips wear clip-residue; with cancellation-hole; in good condition and interesting business history scripophily. . First Edition. Not Bound. Good. American and British Manufacturing Corporation Paperback books
192024200Philadelphia Pennsylvania: Various 1920. 6 identified-origin song sheets and one anonymous; The Welsh Society of Philadelphia 4 pages mostly printed double column lyrics for 31 pieces including the March of the Men of Harlech Yindlaith Gwyr Harlech Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau The Land of My Fathers David of the White Rock and many other Welsh songs along with American favorites 6" x 9" approx. size; "Sing!" Old Fashioned Song Sheet printed for free distribution under the auspices of the Philadelphia Music League of 1437 Spruce Street Phil compliments of Strawbridge & Clothier 34 songs double column American favorites Dinah Keep the Home Fires Burning Sweet Adeline America printed on light blue paper 6" x 9" approx. size; "Sing!" Song Sheet printed for free distribution under the auspices of the Philadelphia Music Bureau Room No. 402 City Hall Annex with permissions disclaimer "Supplied by Strawbridge & Clothier for the furtherance of community singing" 41 songs double column American favorites 6" x 9" approx. size; "Sing!" Song Sheet printed for free distribution under the auspices of the Philadelphia Music Bureau Room No. 402 City Hall Annex with permissions disclaimer "Supplied by Strawbridge & Clothier for the furtherance of community singing" 40 songs double column American favorites slightly different listings from the previous version 6" x 9" approx. size; Jere Shaw successor to Kraus & Shaw Inc. Amusement Enterprises Suite 728 to 732 Real Estate Trust Bldg. Broad & Chestnut Sts. Phila. Vaudeville Entertainers 18 songs America I've Got a Feeling I'm Falling I Faw Down An' Go Boom others approx. 3 5/8" x 9" size plain paper stock; Let me "Show" You Lew Gordon Entertainment Contractor Suite 307 Rush Bldg. 13 N. 13th Street Phil. Some We Can't Forget 35 lyrics printed boule column including a type-outlined Bouquet of Choruses She Wears a Yeller Ribbon In the Evening by the Moonlight Painting the Clouds with Sunshine more 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" size; with an anonymously - printed songsheet of 29 pieces Abide with Me! Oh! How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning Mandalay Down in the Subway more; 3" x 9" folded panels; a few pencil initials or notes; "song sheet" in pen on one; not dated circa 1920s; some edge tips wear and darkening to paper; in very good condition. First Edition. Not Bound. Very Good. Various Paperback books
190923244Riverhead Long Island New York: Riverhead High School Debating Society 1909. 23 pages; editorial staff included Howard E. Duryea James C. Lutz A. Lowell Hallock Raynor D. Howell J. Wesley Warner Lila L. Howell Irene A. Tuthill; contents including original stories poetry humorous anecdotes; editorial comment - in this issue regarding Riverhead H.S. championship baseball teams and the lack of financial and student support and a note regarding the destruction of the County Review plant which printed the prior issues of "The Scribe" and apologies for printing delays due to the disaster; current topics also mentioned with comment on the murder of an investigator of the criminal Black Hand Mafia organization in Palermo Sicily arctic exploration with mention of Lieutenant Shackleton of the British Navy the Cleveland child kidnapping case of Willie Whitla and news of Standard Oil Company's acquittal in a major judicial case in Missouri; with a group of alumni news and doings; athletics scores and game descriptions and debating team record of subjects and win-loss chronology; senior class commencement honors lists; at front and at back are advertisements for many local businesses which supported the publication: Riverhead Savings Bank the Uptown Restaurant Stanley Rutger first class barber shop McCabe's Central Store Hallett Milling Co. The Griffin House The Woodmen Orchestra; Wm. F. Morell The Old Reliable Carriage Repository; Frank W. Satterly painter and paper hanger various attorneys Corwin jeweler and optometrist W. H. Sweezy clothier and haberdasher Howard the photo artist Amman photographer more; approx. 7 1/4" x 9 1/2" size; original printed and illustrated stapled paper covers some edge tips wear and darkening to binding contents in very good condition; interesting early 20th century Riverhead Long Island cultural social and educational ephemera. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. Riverhead High School Debating Society Paperback books
190823309Portsmouth New Hampshire: C.W. Bass Druggist 1908. 72 pages; with a useful index to the contents at front the following page with alphabetical listing of "Where to Trade" which lists baker banks points of interest; candy manufacturers hotels jeweler shoes trolley rides more; advertisements some illustrated throughout in black and white; also with illustrations of local visit-worthy historic buildings and houses; giving automobile routes Boston & Maine R.R. schedule barges Portsmouth & Exeter St. R.R. Atlantic Shore Line; U.S. Navy Yard ferry schedule schedule for the Steamer Queen City; tide tables post office locations & hours; interior view of Bass' drugstore & soda fountain with their menu & prices; approx. 3" x 4 1/2" size; illustrated stapled brown paper covers; little edge tips wear dustiness; a few of the points of interest have been pencil-ticked in the margins the record of a visit; in very good condition. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. C.W. Bass Druggist Paperback books
197523625Westminster Colorado: The Hunter Company 1975. 20 pages; black and white & sepia-tone illustrations throughout; products include frontier holster sets belts double sets carved leather decorative belt & holster sets holsters for automatics and revolvers; open end and spring belt holsters cartridge belts for hunters including shotgun shell belt & cartridge belts for plinkers and sportsmen; charts for holster sizes various gun types; floor racks for hunter product displays; hunter rifle scabbards hoods and cases shell bags carriers slings clip cases; section of police goods including holsters of various types Sam Browne belts straps more; police saps; a variety of tool pouches heavy duty utility and line belts; approx. 8 1/2" x 11" size ; pictorial stapled paper covers; with a typed letter signed dated 1976 on Hunter Co. letterhead by F.T. Clark president of the co. regarding sales of their products to a customer; with a 5 page price list for the products shown a couple of items circled as if for purchase; all items with light wear; in very good condition. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. The Hunter Company Paperback books
198524973Huntington NY: Bethel A.M.E. Church 1985. 40 pages; black and white illustrated throughout. With history of the church whose early records were destroyed by fire years ago; list of pastors photos of the board of stewards board of trustees stewardess board tabernacle choir Nellie Allen missionary society; senior usher board. Also notice of the events for the celebration of the anniversary and Sunday church school. With a general history of the A.M.E. church as well; the Rev. William H. Muldrow presiding elders & The Rt. Rev. Frank C. Cummings presiding bishop. With local advertisements for supporters and well-wishers at back. Approx. 8 1/2" x 11" size; illustrated heavy cream paper stapled covers. Light wear; in very good condition. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Bethel A.M.E. Church paperback books
193624956Mineola Long Island New York: Nassau County Emergency Relief Bureau 1936. xvii 135 pages. With a list of the county charter commission members headed by William S. Pettit; a summary of the charter with history and with details on the legislative executive county comptroller departments and the public works welfare health law police assessors taxes purchase & supplies departments; the civil service planning zoning & board of appeals elections village districts judicial - district courts. Cover marked 'file' and with the stamp of the New York State Board of Housing as well as a sticker with typed notation from the New York State Association on the front cover. Approx. 5 3/4" x 9" size; printed gray stapled paper covers. Binding with some edge-wear soiling bottom of spine paper chipped away bound securely; short closed tear at bottom edge of last leaf; contents clean and in good condition; interesting charter and legal structure information for Nassau County from the earlier years of its establishment. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. Nassau County Emergency Relief Bureau paperback books
193624955Mineola Long Island New York: Nassau County Emergency Relief Bureau 1936. 49 pages; with a triple folding-panel plate at back the Condensed statement of disbursements and commitments for the twelve months ended June 30 1936; which gives administrative payrolls executive and clerical accounts and statistics division breakdowns social services work relief payrolls state projects home relief county transients free milk operating expenses and the sources of funds. Contents of the report give information on the Federal agencies Works Progress Administration National Youth Administration Civilian Conservation Corps Administration of Home Relief and its sections Work Relief Special Services including subsistence gardens distribution of suits free milk and with a supplement which gives statistics and finances in tables for caseloads costs and more. Including the staff name listings for the departments involved. Approx. 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" size; printed yellow stapled paper covers. Volume with light wear binding a little darkened at edges; contents clean and in very good condition; interesting depression-era information for Nassau County. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Nassau County Emergency Relief Bureau paperback books
191827171Washington DC: Government Printing Office 1918. 326 pages; with two folding maps; the later separate Supplement is 11 pages printed on one side only. Front endpaper of the 1918 volume with the presentation stamp "From Frederick C. Hicks Congressman from Long Island." Frederick C. Hicks 1872 - 1925 U.S. Representative from NY and in that office from 1916-1923. Volume approx. 6" x 9 1/4" size; bound in the original cloth covered boards black cover & spine titles. Some edge tips wear & soiling to the binding; one map with closed tear; contents of book and supplement in good condition. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Government Printing Office hardcover books
192224009Riverhead L.I. New York: The Riverhead Savings Bank 1922. 44 pages; black and white illustrated throughout; printed in green and black with marginal comments and titles dates for chronology; portrait frontispiece of then-President Usher Benjamin Howell; history of the town of Riverhead given chronologically with snippets of information dates; followed by a "Contemporary Sketch" chapter which introduces the beginnings of the bank chartering incorporators organization & expenses showing some of the ephemera from the time - first set of books first bank book portraits of early secretary members presidents reports to the banking department bank employees of the time - Herbert H. Howell George M. Burns Archibald D. Skidmore Katharine G. Jenks; illustration of Riverhead's Main Street as it appears to-day; portraits of the board of trustees members; with a chronological list of officers and their tenures in office; a previous owner has marked several names in pencil as 'deceased'; prepared by Otis G. Pike secretary; arranged and printed by The Review Press at Riverhead; approx.6 1/4" x 9 1/2" size; original light gray printed paper wraps; the booklet with filing holes at left margin covers with some edge tips wear and closed tears at top edge; old faint discoloration at top edge of leaves; good condition interesting early Riverhead genealogy social and business history ephemera. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. The Riverhead Savings Bank Paperback books
191024853USA: No Publisher Noted 1910. Black and white image three young people dressed as: a hobo a Victorian miss and a top-hatted carnival show barker in a countryside. No photographic studio date or other identifiers; circa 1910. Image approx. 8" x 9 3/4" size cardstock mount measures 11" x 14". Cardstock chipped away at bottom left and top right corner; couple little spots in the image; in good condition. . Photograph. Not Bound. Good. No Publisher Noted paperback books
194524802Washington D.C.: Harris & Ewing 1945. Approx. 7 1/2" x 9 1/2" size with Harris & Ewing studio name in the image at lower left which was a noted photographic studio in Washington D.C. owned and run by George W. Harris and Martha Ewing. Not dated circa 1945. Old stain at top right corner; light wear; in good condition. . Photograph. Not Bound. Good. Harris & Ewing Paperback books
197225406Charlotte N.C.: The Lake Club 1972. A color poster signed in the plate by McKissick. On the back is the "Sample from Files." stamp of Bette Mandel Agent for Artists NY with the ink name Randall McKissick below. Poster approx. 14 1/2" x 20" size; printed in vivid colors on high-gloss heavy poster paper stock. Some faint spotting on right side of image one more obvious dark spot there; more so on reverse; old fold lines. In good condition an example of this artists' commercial poster work from the 1970s from his agent's files. Poster. Not Bound. Good. The Lake Club paperback books
24034Long Island New York: Not Published A retired engineer's reading list; consisting of 5 small hand-made booklets; the first four organized alphabetically by author; giving name and title of work; occasionally there is a remark penciled-in mostly 'buy again'; the last list is marked "Military" and also alpha-organized the list being similar adventure-thriller novels with a more pronounced military theme or background to the story; circa 65 'pages'; each with each page printed one side in an old computer-font 8-point type having 20 names & titles of books per page for a total of over 1300 individual books; the lists act as a modest bibliography of sorts for the genre the reader reading 8 David Baldacci titles 6 Gerry Carroll 11 Lee Child 8 Tom Clancy 13 Patricia Cornwell 17 Jeffery Deaver and so on; occasional additional pencil-note; occasional non-fiction noted as well usually regarding transportation titles; the small size of these booklets would enable the reader to quickly reference while out buying books; approx. 2 1/2" x 4 1/2" size; light wear to paper; in very good condition and an interesting history of reading in this genre for Frank E. Bunce 1920 - 2015 a retired aeronautical engineer of Grumman Aerospace Corp. . Only Edition. Staple-Bound. Very Good. Not Published Paperback books
197824803USA: Graphic Arts International Union 1978. Black and white portrait signed in the plate by the artist. At bottom left is printed "Compliments of the Graphic Arts International Union Copyright 1978 W.A.S." A side-portrait of the cigar-smoking George Meany 1894 - 1980 American labor leader ".Many thought he had long outlasted his time but no national voice for labor's cause replaced Meany's in the increasingly hard times the union movement experienced following his death." David Brody in the ANB. Approx. 11" x 14" size a little edge-wrinkling; in very good condition. . Art. Not Bound. Very Good. Graphic Arts International Union Paperback books
195424777Pittsburg Pennsylvania: Gulf Oil Corporation 1954. 153 pages Gulf advertisements at back. With two useful indexes by geographical sequence and alphabetical by cities. Black and white illustrations throughout of Long Island Sound boating & historical interest with each location having its own small harbor map as well. Contents also include information on U.S. Coast Guard regulations for motor boats stations marine motor fuel taxes the government services for the boat owner tide calendar code flags and storm signals buoyage lights intracoastal waterways telephone stations ship-to-shore distance tables northern ports. Folding color lithograph map in pocket at back approx. 17" x 31 1/2" size; reverse shows various harbors & Brooklyn. Some edge tips wear to spiral-bound illustrated paper covers; contents clean and in very good condition as is the map. First Edition. Spiral Bound. Very Good. Gulf Oil Corporation Paperback books
