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1936144619New York: Hotel Astor 1936. Original lunch menu from the Times Square Hotel Astor in New York City dated Wednesday October 7 1936.<br/><br/>The successor to the Astor family's Waldorf-Astoria hotel an essential element of Times Square's growth into an entertainment location and a widely-known bar for pickups the Hotel Astor notably encouraged gay men to frequent the bar for pickups as well. The hotel was in operation from 1904 through 1967 featuring many well known musicians including Tommy Dorsey and Frank Sinatra with big band leader Vincent Lopez and his orchestra advertised on this menu. <br/><br/>The menu dates from a year after the hotel's first renovation and features an extensive partially French inspired cuisine including a Philadelphia Pepper Pot broiled mackerel turkey wings and a tomato cheese and asparagus cold salad as the daily specials. The hotel's location is now occupied by a 54-story office tower. <br/><br/>Single fold three-color menu 9 x 12 inches. Very Good plus with light soil. Hotel Astor unknown books
1954287067Hotel Corporation of America 1954. With recipes of the specialties of the great American hotels -- The Edgewater Beach in Chicago; Hotel Roosevelt in New York; The Mayflower in Washington; etc. Tab indexed; mid-century illustrations. 32 pp. [Hotel Corporation of America] unknown books
188627638San Francisco: A.L. Bancroft & Co. 1886. Contemporary staples in original printed wrappers. 24 16 pp. Folding frontis engraving of the Hotel Del Monte "America's Famous Summer and Winter Resort" laid in. Light wear minor spotting Good or better with many illustrations and advertisements from railroads and Bay Area business establishments.<br/><br/> Naturally the unsurpassed quality of the Del Monte is emphasized: it "reminds one infinitely more of a modern English country mansion than of an American watering-place hotel." Photo illustrations of the hotel and sketches of its interior abound. The pamphlet also dwells on the beauties and sights of Monterey-- Pacific Grove Retreat Point Pinos Light House Moss Beach Seal Rocks Cypress Point the Carmel Mission. The excellent climate is also noted. Advertisers include the Southern Pacific Broad Gauge Company the Park and Ocean Railroad the Market St. Cable Railway the Wilkins House in Santa Cruz the Pacific Ocean House and others.<br/>OCLC 54266041 2- Yale CA State Lib. as of June 2021 but collating only 24pp. Not in Cowan. Rocq 5713 similar but probably not identical item. A.L. Bancroft & Co. unknown books
1927SGG213B-17Del Monte CA:: Del Monte Properties Company circa 1927. Paperback. Very Good. William H. Bull 1861-1940. Stapled Folding Brochure. 9 x 4 inches closed. Two sheets of paper stapled together at the center fold 24 panels opens at the center-fold to 24 x 9 inches. Illustrated with water-colors and black-and-white photographs decorative initials the center-fold consists on 1 large color map of the Monterey Peninsula drawn by W. H. Bull; text clean unmarked. Folding brochure of self-wraps with colored drawings; binding square and tight rubbed especially at the folds. Laid in is an invoice from the Hotel del Monte rubber stamped "Paid" and dated January 31 1927 total charge is for $30.00 including room and board charge of $6.00 per night. Very Good. Del Monte now incorporated into the City of Monterey was a resort established by Charles Crocker one of California's Big Four railroad barons. The grounds of the luxury resort hotel were created through the Southern Pacific Railroad's property division Pacific Improvement Company which completed the first hotel on the property in 1880. The Hotel Del Monte included the hotel parkland polo grounds and a golf course as well as the seventeen-mile drive from the hotel to Pebble Beach which was developed as another portion of the resort. This brochure includes a color map illustrated by William H. Bull 1861-1940 a prolific and successful commercial artist. The Southern Pacific Company hired Bull as their first commercial artist and by 1915 he also produced work regularly for Sunset Magazine. He lived in San Mateo and produced illustrations for chamber of commerce publications. REFERENCE: Kurutz and Kurutz California Calls You pp. 98 164-165. Del Monte Properties Company, paperback books
1964262407Paris: Hotel Drouot 1964. paperback. Text in French. Illustrated with black and white photos of bindings and illustrations of books for sale. Very slim 4to paper wrappers dust wrapper. Paris: Hotel Drouot 1964. A very good copy.<br/><br/> Catalog of books with bindings by Marius Michel Pierre Legrain and Paul Bonet<br/><br/> Hotel Drouot unknown books
1900115747Paris: Hotel Drouot 1900. Softcover. Good- wraps discolored and worn at extremities; Small white label toward bottom of spine; Spine worn at top and bottom; Some discoloring around page edges and some light foxing; Moderate foxing to one plate. Off-white wraps; 47 pp. plus plates; 6 duotone plates on heavy card stock. Text in French; From the auction of M. Guyot de Villeneuve's collection of 18th-century drawings and prints from artists such as Boucher Eisen Gillot Greuze de Bosse Debucourt and more. Hotel Drouot paperback books
1929185939Paris: Imprimerie Georges Petit 1929. Softcover. VG/G- covers are heavily worn and the text has been wear out. Spine cracked and faded. Previous owner attempted to pencil title back in. Pages are clean and tight. Would look great with a re-bind. Tan wraps. 46 pages 25 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations. Text in French. Collection Gustave Cahen. Translated: "Catalogue of watercolours drawings and sketches by Henry Monnier 1805-1877: from the collection of Mr. Gustave Cahen." 185 lots./ Sale held at the Hôtel Drouot room no. 10./ "Exposition publique le vendredi 7 juin 1929 de deux heures à six heures" from title page./ Introduction by Hector Brame./ Place of sale: Paris. Date of sale: June 8 1929. Imprimerie Georges Petit unknown books
1922867171922. HOTEL DROUOT. COLLECTION CH. HAVILAND. Paris: 1922. A series of auction catalogs of the collections of Japanese Art ceramics illustration and illustrated books including descriptions for the items as well as a total of 64 plates. The volumes comprise all Haviland auctions pertaining to Japanese Prints & books in a total of seven volumes. All catalogs are bound in paper covers some with slight soiling or tears all with spine reapairs in binder's tape. Interiors and plates bright and clean. First Sale November 27th-29th 1922: 20 plates 98p. Tenth Sale 2nd part June 4th-6th 1923: 16 plates 107p. Fourteenth Sale Febuary 4th & 7th 1924: 8 plates 88p. Fifteenth Sale October 20th-23rd 1924: 6 plates 70p. Sixteenth Sale March 2nd-4th 1925: 6 plates 62p. Seventeenth Sale June 15th-17th 1925: 4 plates 53p. Eighteenth Sale June 2nd-4th 1927: 4 plates 90p. An extensive group of volumes for reference research or historical interest Good condition. unknown books
1987178993Paris: Hotel Drouot 1987. Softcover. VG- wear to wrap edges interior very clean. Gold wraps with B&W illustration and lettering. Color illustrations. Unpaginated. 28 plates. French. Catalog for an auction of work by Diego Giacometti 1902-1985 Swiss sculptor and designer. Sale took place on 30 November 1987. Hotel Drouot unknown books
1933173950Paris: Galerie Georges Petit 1933. Softcover. Fair Wear to spine; Wraps loose and discolored due to age with some light foxing; General wear to page edges; Pages clean. Green wraps with black lettering; unpaginated numerous bw plates. Text in French; From the auction held October 27-28 1933; Lists 158 works. Galerie Georges Petit paperback books
1993179020Paris: Hotel George V. 1993. Hardcover. VG/VG light shelf wear two small stains on dust jacket top of dust jacket bumped interior clean and tight. Blue color-illustrated dust jacket with black lettering. Black cloth binding with silver lettering. Profusely illustrated in color and B&W. 144 pp. French. Catalog for a sale which took place at Hotel George-V on Friday 18 June 1993. Hotel George V. hardcover books
29018674Paris France: MP Marcel Picardo 12-Jun-02. A single fold menu for Hotel de L'Empire located in Paris France. The menu is most likely for their hotel restaurant and is dated June 12 1902. That night dinners had a choice been Turbot fish in a cream sauce or chicken. The hotel was located at No. 7 Rue Daunou and is no longer in existence though there is a hotel by the same name currently in Paris. The menu also has an advertisement for Redfern a store in Paris that sold Furs Robes Dresses Manteaux coats Lingerie and Trousseaux. Refern was a British tailoring firm founded in 1855 by John Redfern that had several stores across Europe. Its Paris extension was operated as a couture establishment which developed into a leading European Couture house while its other branches were mostly tailors and/or importers. The Paris branch closed in 1940. The menu as well as advertisement have gilded decorative elements with the Refern advertisement featuring a high society lady dressed in a fashionable attire and the menu depicting a hunting scene with a dog rifle and dead hare. Measures 9" x 8 1/4" <br/><br/> MP Marcel Picardo unknown books
196248156Canada: "Litho in Canada" 1962. 1st Printing. White card stock self wrapper printed in color to upper and lower wrapper lettering printed in blue and black. Now housed in a mylar sleeve. A VG copy. Some light soiling mostly to lower wrapper rubbing to edges light age toning to edges as well. 4 pp. unnumbered. Illustration of the hotel to upper wrapper. 11" x 8" <br/><br/> "Litho in Canada" unknown books
192847595Amsterdam 1928. 1st Printing. Off white card stock loose leaf printed to recto only. Printed in black now housed in a mylar sleeve. A VG copy. Some age toning rubbing to edges and corners. Now housed in a mylar sleeve. Broadside. Picture of "The Isla of Marken Holland". Approx: 5-3/4" x 3-1/2" <br/><br/> unknown books
195047568n.p. 1950. Card stock self wrappers slip stapled in black lettering. Now housed in a mylar sleeve. A VG copy. Some foxing to wrappers dusty edges are corners are rubbed. Internally clean and bright. Bifolium with slip. Pictorial exterior wrappers internally decorative. 13-1/2" x11" <br/><br/> unknown books
199048597n.p. 1990. 1st Printing. Thick hard plastic/wood illustrated with t-shirt design to recto and verso. White paper glued to verso with menu items printed in black. A VG copy. Some soiling to paper as well as some age toning. Otherwise a nice copy. Illustrations of tropical drinks throughout. Die-cut like a Hawaiian shirt. <br/><br/> unknown books
47597n.p. n.d. 1st Printing. White thin card stock self wrappers printed in gray. Now housed in a mylar sleeve. A VG copy. Wrappers are lightly soiled with age toning internally clean and bright. Bifolium. Small vignette to upper wrapper. 8-1/4" x 3-3/4" <br/><br/> unknown books
47582n.p. n.d. 1st Edition. Off white card stock loose leaf printed in blue menu items typed in blue. Lunch recto dinner verso. Now housed in a mylar sleeve. A VG copy. Very light soiling and age toning overall a nice copy. Loose leaf. 6-6/8" x 4-6/8" <br/><br/> unknown books
191047219Portland 1910. 1st Printing. White card stock wrappers embossed upper wrappers with gilt textured white leaves with categorical tabs printed in red and black held together by a red cord tie and stapled now housed in a mylar sleeve. A VG copy. Soiling wrappers upper wrapper with possible water damage tie a bit frayed and sunned some red and black ink markings - adjusting and adding menu items light soiling to some leaves as well as some faint age toning to edges. Overall a nice bright copy. 20 pp. unnumbered. 10-2/8" x 7" <br/><br/>"Railroad magnate Henry Villard financed the Portland Hotel and construction began in 1882 but his finances collapsed—in part because of the Panic of 1884—and the construction stopped for five years. With only the foundation completed the site became known as "Villard's Ruins" and the bodies of two murder victims were found there before construction resumed. George B. Markle Jr. began a campaign to raise local money to complete the hotel. He generated enough interest and subscribers to his plan among them Henry W. Corbett Henry Failing Simeon Reed and William S. Ladd to get construction started again. Later investors included labor leader Ed Boyce. The Queen Anne Châteauesque hotel finally opened in 1890 and had eight floors and 326 bedrooms.It had cost well over a million dollars and eight years to complete." wiki The hotel closed in 1951 and all the furniture was sold at auction. unknown books
195047378n.p. 1950. 1st Printing. Off white card stock self wrappers printed in sepia and brown. Now housed in a mylar sleeve. A VG copy. Some age toning otherwise clean and bright. 4 pp. unnumbered. Pictorial upper wrapper. 8-1/2" x 5-1/2" <br/><br/> unknown books
194747377n.p. 1947. 1st Printing. Off white card stock self wrappers with an off white paper slip tipped in. Printed in sepia and dark brown. Now housed in a mylar sleeve. A VG copy. Light soiling to wrappers vertical crease due to being folded. Now housed in a mylar sleeve. Printed bifolium. Pictorial illustration to upper wrapper. 11-3/4" 9-1/4" <br/><br/> unknown books
193448653n.p. 1934. 1st Printing. White card stock loose lease printed to recto only in black and blue ink. Now housed in a mylar sleeve. A VG copy. Age toning and foxing to the edges. Creases due to being folded vertically and horizontally. One menu item written in black ink. Otherwise a nice copy. Broadside. Small vignette to head of menu. 13-3/4" x 9-1/2" <br/><br/> unknown books
192847417San Francisco 1928. 1st Printing. Off white card stock loose leaf printed in gold and navy blue. A VG copy. Edges slightly rubbed light soiling to recto. Pencil markings to entire verso as well as some scotch tape residue. Broadside. Small vignette of the hotel to head. 11" x 7-1/2" <br/><br/>A scarce Mark Hopkins menu. unknown books
193046838San Francisco 1930. 1st Printing. White card stock printed in red and black now housed in a mylar sleeve. A VG copy. Some soiling to leaf edges hae some age toning some creasing to the tail as well a few small tears short tear at head edges and corners are rubbed vertical crease from being folded blue pencil marking to head crossing out "Mural Room" to "R.S." overall a legible menu. Broadside. Small vignette at head. 14" x 8" <br/><br/> unknown books
192047304n.p. 1920. 1st Printing. White card stock self wrappers full color illustrations to wrappers menu items printed in black. Now housed in a mylr sleeve. A VG copy. Some light scuffing and rubbing to edges some light foxing internally overall a bright copy. Illustrated bifolium. Full color ful page illustrations to recto and verso of wrappers. 10" x 6-1/4" <br/><br/>The image on lower wrappper is "The American Indian" another one of the seven murals. unknown books
