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26737Flanders New Jersey: Railroad Avenue Enterprises Black and white image of this locomotive approx. 7 3/4" x 10" overall size. Back with identification and Railroad Avenue Enterprises stamp; they held negatives and reprinted these images as this; we purchased a group of these vintage reprints from a collector. From the evidence of photographic paper age and wear we estimate these as having been printed in the 1970s-80s time period. Some surface crinkling soiling; in good condition. Photograph. Not Bound. Good. Railroad Avenue Enterprises paperback books
26731Flanders New Jersey: Railroad Avenue Enterprises Black and white image of this locomotive approx. 7 3/4" x 10" overall size. Back with identification and Railroad Avenue Enterprises stamp; they held negatives and reprinted these images as this; we purchased a group of these vintage reprints from a collector. From the evidence of photographic paper age and wear we estimate these as having been printed in the 1970s-80s time period. Light wear; in very good condition. Photograph. Not Bound. Very Good. Railroad Avenue Enterprises paperback books
26732Flanders New Jersey: Railroad Avenue Enterprises Black and white image of this locomotive approx. 7 3/4" x 10" overall size. Back with identification and Railroad Avenue Enterprises stamp; they held negatives and reprinted these images as this; we purchased a group of these vintage reprints from a collector.From the evidence of photographic paper age and wear we estimate these as having been printed in the 1970s-80s time period. Light wear; in very good condition. Photograph. Not Bound. Very Good. Railroad Avenue Enterprises paperback books
26733Flanders New Jersey: Railroad Avenue Enterprises Black and white image of this locomotive approx. 7 3/4" x 10" overall size. Back with identification and Railroad Avenue Enterprises stamp; they held negatives and reprinted these images as this; we purchased a group of these vintage reprints from a collector. From the evidence of photographic paper age and wear we estimate these as having been printed in the 1970s-80s time period. Some surface crinkling edge-wear; in good condition. Photograph. Not Bound. Good. Railroad Avenue Enterprises paperback books
26730Flanders New Jersey: Railroad Avenue Enterprises Black and white image of this locomotive approx. 7 3/4" x 10" overall size. Back with identification and Railroad Avenue Enterprises stamp; they held negatives and reprinted these images as this; we purchased a group of these vintage reprints from a collector. From the evidence of photographic paper age and wear we estimate these as having been printed in the 1970s-80s time period. Light wear; in very good condition. Photograph. Not Bound. Very Good. Railroad Avenue Enterprises paperback books
26729Flanders New Jersey: Railroad Avenue Enterprises Black and white image of this locomotive approx. 7 3/4" x 10" overall size. Back with identification and Railroad Avenue Enterprises stamp; they held negatives and reprinted these images as this; we purchased a group of these vintage reprints from a collector. From the evidence of photographic paper age and wear we estimate these as having been printed in the 1970s-80s time period. Light wear; in very good condition. Photograph. Not Bound. Very Good. Railroad Avenue Enterprises paperback books
26753Flanders New Jersey: Railroad Avenue Enterprises Black and white image of this locomotive approx. 7 3/4" x 10" overall size. Back with identification and Railroad Avenue Enterprises stamp; they held negatives and reprinted these images as this; we purchased a group of these vintage reprints from a collector. From the evidence of photographic paper age and wear we estimate these as having been printed in the 1970s-80s time period. Some surface crinkling soiling; in good condition. Photograph. Not Bound. Good. Railroad Avenue Enterprises paperback books
26742Flanders New Jersey: Railroad Avenue Enterprises Black and white image of this locomotive approx. 7 3/4" x 10" overall size. Back with identification and Railroad Avenue Enterprises stamp; they held negatives and reprinted these images as this; we purchased a group of these vintage reprints from a collector. From the evidence of photographic paper age and wear we estimate these as having been printed in the 1970s-80s time period. Some surface crinkling; in good condition. Photograph. Not Bound. Good. Railroad Avenue Enterprises paperback books
26724Flanders New Jersey: Railroad Avenue Enterprises Black and white image of this streetcar system approx. 7 3/4" x 10" overall size. Back with identification and Railroad Avenue Enterprises stamp; they held negatives and reprinted these images as this; we purchased a group of these vintage reprints from a collector. From the evidence of photographic paper age and wear we estimate these as having been printed in the 1970s-80s time period. Light wear; in very good condition. Photograph. Not Bound. Very Good. Railroad Avenue Enterprises paperback books
26755Flanders New Jersey: Railroad Avenue Enterprises Black and white image of this locomotive approx. 7 3/4" x 10" overall size. Back with identification and Railroad Avenue Enterprises stamp; they held negatives and reprinted these images as this; we purchased a group of these vintage reprints from a collector. From the evidence of photographic paper age and wear we estimate these as having been printed in the 1970s-80s time period. Some surface crinkling; in good condition. Photograph. Not Bound. Good. Railroad Avenue Enterprises paperback books
4626An unusual compelling albumen photograph painted to highlight the youthful face hands and neck of a 19th century woman. Light ruffles around the neck and wrists also highlight her jewelry as well as her rather severe long sleeved high neck dark dress. Something about the image evokes Nathaniel Hawthorne. The 6.5 by 8 inch albumen print is attached to a 7 by 8.5 hard board that has darkened and dried with age. The photograph may have been heavily painted with oils. Condition: since the paint is of uneven thickness it creates both a shimmery effect in good light as well as a sheen in a scan that creates the effect of fading. The board does show chipping along the edges slightly affecting the upper and lower corners of the photograph; tape residue on verso. unknown books
WALTER-FILM004067No binding. Fine. Photo Group of fourteen 14 8 x 10"" 20 x 25 cm. photos USA. Ethel Waters Jeanne Crain dir: Elia Kazan; Twentieth Century Fox. One photo trimmed for publication one with printed text on verso JUST ABOUT FINE. This is one of a few post-WWII Hollywood films which attempted to come to grips with racism. It was compromised in various ways including the use of a white actress as Pinky a light-skinned African American. But it also contained distinguished performances from various Black actors including an Oscar-nominated turn by Ethel Waters as the protagonist's mother. Waters is in eight of these photos; five feature other African American actors including two of the legendary Nina Mae McKinney in her first major studio film in twenty years since the 1929 HALLELUJAH. unknown books
187824961New York N.Y.: Jacob H. Studer & Co. 1878. Plate LXXV; A single original colored plate of these birds; measures approx. 11 1/2" x 14" overall size; nicely chromo-lithographically colored. Light wear; old mounting residue at top on the back; colors bright clean and in very good condition. . Art. Not Bound. Very Good. Jacob H. Studer & Co. paperback books
14823785Venice:: Erhard Ratdolt 14 October 1482. FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION of Hyginus' "Poeticon Astronomicon". Quarto:. 19 x 14 cm. Collation: a-f8 g10 a1 blank a2r dedication to M. Fabius Quintilianus a3r text g9r commendatory poem by Jacobus Sentinus g10r poem and verse colophon by Johannes Santritter g10v blank. 58 leaves. 31 lines. Types 3:91G text 7:92G heading on a2r 91 Gk a few words. Title on a2r printed in red 11- 7- 5- and 3-line white-on-black woodcut initials. 47 half-page woodcuts probably designed by Johannes Santritter of the constellation and planet figures. Illustrated with 47 half-page woodcuts of the constellations and the planets personified. The text of Hyginus was first published in an unillustrated edition in Ferrara in 1475. A very good copy in 18th c. stiff vellum. The initial blank is soiled and stained. Light stains to top of second leaf and leaves d1-2. Soiling to f1 and blank verso of final leaf with faded inscription. The "Poeticon Astronomicon" more correctly the "Astronomica" is an ancient Roman work on the constellations chiefly based on the work of the Greek scientist Eratosthenes 3rd c. B.C. The work was traditionally attributed to the first century writer C. Julius Hyginus the Director of the Palatine Library under the Emperor Augustus but the extant text is now believed based on stylistic analysis to be an abridgement of Hyginus' work made in the late second century. The fact that the order of the constellations in the poem follows precisely that of Ptolemy's "Almagest" further strengthens the case for a second century date. A remarkable aspect of Hyginus' text is his insistence on the use of astronomical models in particular a celestial globe as an aid to teaching or explaining astronomical principles and phenomena particularly for "discussions on the inter-relationships between the constellations and especially between the constellations and the celestial circles."Lippincott p.4Like Manilius' "Astronomicon" and Proclus' "Sphaera" a text that Hyginus sought to improve upon the "Poeticon Astronomicon" was of special interest to Renaissance astronomers who desired accurate editions of ancient texts from which they might derive a clear understanding of the astronomical knowledge of the Romans and Greeks thereby establishing a firm foundation upon which to undertake astronomy's "renewal".Hyginus' text which gives detailed accounts of the myths associated with each of the constellations served as source material for artists in the Middle Ages and Renaissance one of the most famous examples of the text's influence being the splendid ceiling painted around 1511 by Peruzzi for Agostino Chigi in the Sala di Galatea of the Villa Farnesina See Förster Farnesina-Studien 1880 p. 40.One of the chief interests in Ratdolt's editions of Hyginus 1482 and 1485 lies in the illustrations of the constellations the first such illustrations to appear in a printed book. These images derive from medieval manuscript and other artistic sources –though a specific source has not been identified. The figures appear in medieval European costume and in the words of Redgrave "There is a vigour and quaintness about these woodcuts which merit recognition." These images proved enormously influential serving as models for the representation of the constellations in stellar atlases and celestial maps for centuries to come."In many instances these medieval European often mythological constellation figures differed notably from those used by Ptolemy and his Islamic successors . Several stylistic conventions first published in Ratdolt's woodcuts endured for several centuries both in the numerous editions of Hyginus and in the various maps derived therefrom . Ratdolt's figures led directly to those of Jacob de Gheyn 1600 and through him to those of Johannes Bayer 1603." Warner The Sky ExploredThe Contents of Hyginus' "Poeticon Astronomicon"Hyginus tells us that he intends to give a better description of the celestial sphere than Aratus had done in his "De Sphaera". Book I gives a brief overview of the cosmography of the universe the celestial sphere the Earth and its zones and the Zodiac. Book II is a compendium of myths related to the constellations the five planets Mercury Venus Mars Saturn and Jupiter as well as the Sun Moon and Milky Way.Book III is Hyginus' star catalogue. It is in this book that Ratdolt's woodcuts appear. "Each constellation is described in the same order as in Book II in terms of its location relative to the surrounding constellations and the celestial circles with some indications being given as to the overall shape and disposition of the figure. In addition Hyginus provides a list of the positions of the stars relative to the figure itself describing the placements in terms of 'left' and 'right' and 'above' and 'below' in line with the tradition of descriptive star catalogues. Moreover he tends to list the stars from the top of a figure downwards or from the head to the feet regardless of the orientation of the figure within the sky. This is very different from the way the more mathematically-oriented astronomers such as Hipparchus or Ptolemy describe the constellations."Book IV returns to the subject of cosmology and to astronomical topics such as the position of the constellations on each celestial circle the unequal division of the night and day and the risings and settings of the constellations relative to the signs of the zodiac. He discusses the movements of the Sun and the Moon and the five planets and touches upon Pythagorian notions of the harmony of the spheres." Lippincott Kristen "The textual tradition of the De Astronomia of Hyginus" pp. 10-11 BMC V 286; BSB-Ink H-459; CIBN H-334; Essling 285; Goff H-560; HC 9062; Hind II p. 462; IGI 4959; Klebs 527.2; Pollard/Perrins 31; Redgrave 30; Sander 3472 Erhard Ratdolt, 14 October, books
18022433S W Fores 1802. Loose_leaf. Hand colored etching. Very good. Williams Charles. A waggish sense of humor is presented here in this etching. A massive butcher presides in front of his stall pointing out the benefits of a gargantuan joint of beef. His clientele dressed in ostentatious costume look on as he points of the merits of his wares: "There is not such dignified Beef in the Market - believe me Right Honorable every Inch of it; Coronets marked in the fat and Genealogy in the lean - had it pon Honor - from my Lord cram Bullock - delicious! - you may smell the Oil Cake a mile - no vulgar ingredients - only half a Crown per pound - a mere trifle - I have indeed some low bred beef at Sixpence but I am sue Sir it would not suit your refined Taste." The gentleman answers: "Why look ye - Master Suet as I am not over ambitious if you please - I'll have a slice of the Citizen." His wife adds: "Husband dont be so Wulgar I say send home a Sir Loin of true Nobility." Light foxing small close tear to top edge. Past crease marks visible. <br /> <br /> <br/><br/> S W Fores unknown books
197724689Cuba: Union de Escritores y Artistas de Cuba UNEAC 1977. Poster in colors text in Spanish. Also printed at bottom edge: C.P. "Evelio Rodriguez Curbelo"/Taller experimental. Approx. 20" x 30" size; in very good condition. Poster. Not Bound. Very Good. Union de Escritores y Artistas de Cuba UNEAC Paperback books
194325434New York NY: William Howard Taft High School 1943. 80 pages; with black and white illustrated student art and poetic prose contributions throughout all with author accreditation and with staff names. Printed at the Comet Press Brooklyn. Approx. 5 1/4" x 7 1/2" size; illustrated stapled softcover; some edge tips wear to the binding spine paper splitting; couple of stray pencil marks; contents in good condition. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. William Howard Taft High School paperback books
1837690621837. 29 inches x 24 1/4 inches. 29 inches x 24 1/4 inches. An Important Nineteenth-Century Pennsylvania Jurist American School 19th Century. Troubat Francis Joseph 1802-1868. Portrait of Francis Joseph Troubat. Philadelphia c.1837. 29" x 24-1/4" image size. Oil on canvas in ornate nineteenth-century gilded wood frame small plaque reading "Francis J. Troubat/ Born 1802-Died 1868" to head of frame. Some minor nicks and chips to frame gilding slightly dulled otherwise fine. $5000. A prolific writer of legal texts Troubat is best known as the co-author with William W. Haly of The Practice in Civil Actions and Proceedings in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania in the District Court and Court of Common Pleas for the City and County of Philadelphia and in the Courts of the United States 1837. This portrait belonged to the Philadelphia Bar Association. Founded in 1802 it is the oldest association of lawyers in the United States. Its library where this portrait was last displayed was renamed the Theodore F. Jenkins Memorial Law Library in 1967. unknown 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
1815690611815. 25 inches x 20 inches. 25 inches x 20 inches. A Great Nineteenth-Century Pennsylvania Jurist American School 19th Century. Read John Meredith 1797-1874. Portrait of John Meredith Read. Philadelphia c.1815. 25" x 20" image size. Oil on canvas in ornate nineteenth-century gilded wood frame. Some minor nicks and chips to frame gilding slightly dulled otherwise fine. $3000. Read was elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1822 and 1823 and served as City Solicitor of Philadelphia from 1830 to 1833. He was appointed District Attorney of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in 1837 and held the office until 1845. Read became Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania in 1858 and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania in 1872. Read gained an international reputation for the depth of his knowledge eloquence and masterly arguments in the courtroom. Active in politics Read was an early supporter and organizer of the Republican Party. This portrait belonged to the Philadelphia Bar Association. Founded in 1802 it is the oldest association of lawyers in the United States. Its library where this portrait was last displayed was renamed the Theodore F. Jenkins Memorial Law Library in 1967. unknown books
1870690701870. 30" x 24. 30" x 24" A Philadelphia Lawyer Who Served as Pennsylvania's Deputy Attorney General American School 19th Century. Smith Lewis Waln 1846-1881. Portrait of Lewis Waln Smith. Philadelphia c.1870. 24" x 30" image size. Oil on canvas in ornate nineteenth-century gilded wood frame. Some minor nicks and chips to frame gilding slightly dulled otherwise fine. $1800. Lewis Waln Smith was a lawyer who served as Deputy Attorney General for the State of Pennsylvania. This portrait belonged to the Philadelphia Bar Association. Founded in 1802 it is the oldest association of lawyers in the United States. Its library where this portrait was last displayed was renamed the Theodore F. Jenkins Memorial Law Library in 1967. unknown books
1876690691876. 39-1/2" x 31-1/4. 39-1/2" x 31-1/4" A Notable Nineteenth-Century Philadelphia Lawyer and Democratic Politician American School 19th Century. Hirst William L. 1804-1876. Portrait of William L. Hirst. 31-1/4" x 39-1/2" image size. Oil on canvas in ornate nineteenth-century gilded wood frame. Some minor nicks and chips to frame gilding slightly dulled otherwise fine. $3750. Hirst had a thriving private law practice and was active in Democratic politics. In 1853 Hirst was elected President of the Democratic State Convention. He was an early proponent of the City of Philadelphia consolidation. This portrait belonged to the Philadelphia Bar Association. Founded in 1802 it is the oldest association of lawyers in the United States. Its library where this portrait was last displayed was renamed the Theodore F. Jenkins Memorial Law Library in 1967. unknown books
19101273c. 1910. Cards. Color illustrated postcard. Very good. 13.5 x 9 cm. Festive color illustrated and embossed vintage postcard Harvest theme with grapes and wheat. Postmarked Boston MA date obscured one cent stamp. Ink Stamp: "A Remembrance Sincerely yours Harold D. Perry 299 Washington St. Boston Mass." <br/><br/> unknown books
19102046Germany c. 1910. Cards. Color illustrated postcard. Very good. 14 x 9 cm. Festive color illustrated and embossed vintage postcard. Family greeting a young boy holding an ax and a turkey. Signed From Elizabeth To Grandma not postmarked. <br/><br/> unknown books
191312721913. Cards. Color illustrated postcard. Very good. 14 x 9 cm. Festive color illustrated and embossed vintage postcard. Pilgrim couple with pie turkey and gun. Postmarked Auburn ME Nov. 26 1913 one cent stamp "With love From A-" to Corinna Maine. <br/><br/> unknown books
