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14498Archive of 13 Vintage Horse Racing photos 3.2" x 2.3" Part of an album. Russian Military Officers Horseback riding on a manege or racetrack. The riders are wearing typical Russian outfits of 1920's. unknown books
14881Original vintage photograph of the Farmer's Loan and Trust Building and F.W. Woolworth dated 1926. Emphasizing the size and scale of the building the photograph also depicts the early cars and street traffic of the city. A notation in the lower left corner states "Farmer's Loan Trust Bldg. 5AY & 415tC17650. Copyright 1926 by Irving Underhill NY." The photo is striking and large measuring approximately 13x11". In very good condition. unknown books
14884Vintage black and white photo of New York City marked 1902 by A. Loeffler. Copyrighted in 1902 the photograph shows the historic Park Row Building which rises up above the bustling city streets. Marked on the back "Charles L. Ritsmann 228 Fifth Avenue Between 26th and 27th Sts. NY" and measuring 7x9.5" and in very good condition. unknown books
14883Original Gelatin silver print black and white photo of a New York street scene dated on the bottom "3-20-1916." The photo depics the Hermitage Hotel and Paramount Pictures Broadway Theatre as well as a series of charming early automobiles and streetcars. With a vintage tag that reads in part: "Location - 7th Ave 40-41Sts. Camera at Sta 27602 15' W of center line. View - Facing north showing condition of street surface." Measures 7.5x9.5" with very minor chipping to edges. In very good condition. unknown books
284823unbound. very good. Excellent grouping of thirteen signatures in various formats with some duplication encompassing famous stage performers of the 19th and early 20th century including: John Drew Jr. - signed card dated 1901; James O'Neill - signed sheet; Edward Loomis Davenport - signature mounted to a card; Ada Rehan - signature across a notel Mary Francis Scott-Siddons - signature dated Nov. 30 1874; W.H. Crane - signed card; Helena Modjeska - gorgeous salutation and signature dated Oct. 15 1878 New York; Fanny Davenport - 3 two cut signatures and an A.N.S. on a card May 1 1899; Otis Skinner - signature on a panel dated 1916; Scott Siddon - "with his complements."; William Powell the elder - signed card. All items are in very good condition.<br/><br/> unknown books
19502738861950. unbound. All the pages measure 3.75 x 4.75 inches and are signed by various actors and actresses of the Golden and Silver ages of Cinema including: Jackie Coogan 1914 - 1984 best remembered in Charlie Chaplin's classic film "The Kid" 1921 and for his television role as Uncle Fester in "The Addams Family"; Sabu 1924 - 1963 the first Indian actor to achieve great success in Hollywood -- he died at the age of 39; James Mason 1909 - 1984 an English actor who made the transition to American films and became one of the biggest stars in Hollywood; Douglas Fairbanks Jr. 1909 - 2000 iconic American actor and highly decorated naval officer during World War II; and Robert Donat 1905 - 1958 English actor best remembered for his roles in Alfred Hitchcock's "The 39 Steps" 1935 and "Goodbye Mr. Chips" 1939 the latter earning him the Academy Award for Best Actor. All items are boldly signed and in near fine condition.<br/><br/> unknown books
195122982New York: Dell Books 1951. First edition thus. Paperback. Near Fine. Thin pocket paperback book. Published as 10C Dell Book Number 33. First publication in book form. A gorgeous near fine example. Cover painting by Robert Stanley. <br/><br/> Dell Books paperback books
1940D12491Paris n.d. c. 1940s. Paperback. Very Good. Staple-bound full-color illustrated wraps; 12mo; pp. 12 illustrated in b/w throughout. Covers very lightly rubbed and faintly soiled. Internally clean. Cartoons of naked ladies on rocket ships printed in b/w so this would make an excellent coloring book. <br/><br/> paperback books
SW476-7380mostly American mostly early-to-mid nineteenth century. Ephemera. Very Good. A group of 20 it includes: Antique Tin Drefs' Mandrake Compound Liver Pills. Albany New York: Burdick & Son c. 1916. Yellow tin printed in black 48mm diameter. Manufactured by Burdick and Son. Top reads: "New Style Box Adopted July 1 1916 / Drefs' / Mandrake Compound / Liver Pills / Price 35 cents -- 40 Pills / 3 Boxes for $1.00 / Prepared for / Charles A. Drefs / Manufacturing Chemist / 280 Broadway / Buffalo N. Y." Bottom reads: "Dose / One Pill at Night When Required / Cannot Be Given to Children." 3 tins just a little scratched but overall bright and fine. They don't make 'em like this anymore. /// Admiral Dewey. The Maine Gold Eyed Sharps. 5/10. America c. 1950s. Two small folded packs 22 x 42mm of Maine Gold Eyed Sharps illustrated in full-color on the front with a small portrait of Admiral Dewey his ship and an eagle. Needles are preserved in black and gold paper with a printed star pattern with another banner on the inside reading: "Our easy threading parabola gold ey'd needles are warranted to excel all other brands in Finish and Quality the Eyes are Beveled and Gauged thereby making sewing much easier. Best in the World." A nice specimen of the era's typographic and packaging design. Illustration lightly chipped along the edges on one of the packets otherwise in excellent condition. /// Rodi Drawing-Pins. Germany early-to-mid 1900s. Sliding matchbox-style box of tacks 39 x 53mm. Printed in red green and blue it boasts "Pin will not pass through the head." Box a little faded and very faintly stained with just 3 pins left. /// Tin Box "Pick A Pin" New York: M. M. Oganesoff early-to-mid 1900s. Oval tin box 64mm at its greatest diameter 45mm tall with printed label and a hole in the top. Press down on the lid and a pin pops up! Tin a bit dust-soiled and darkened but functions just fine. /// Tin of Leather Polish: Columbus Russet Leather Polishing Paste. New York: Columbus Polish Corporation early-to-mid 1900s. Circular orange tin 75mm diameter illustration and lettering printed in black. Tin manufactured by Burdick and Son of Albany New York. A bit dusty and rusty. /// Dennison's Wire Shanks AND Gem Paper Fasteners. Framingham Mass. / New York: Dinnison Mfg. Co. / Cushman & Denison mid-1900s. Sliding matchbox-style box 22 x 40mm with blue and white label on the top. An elegant little item nicely presenting the typography of the time and full of shanks. SOLD WITH a small brown cardboard box 48 x 55mm printed and illustrated in black of Gem Paper fasteners. Top lid of box is broken but it's full of fasteners. Mad Men office supplies! /// M. K. I. Compact of Pink Blush. Baltimore MD: M. Ki. I. Co. c. 1950. Circular green compact 49mm diameter lettering and decoration in gilt; contains a block of bright pink blush and a small puff. /// Johnson & Johnson's Zonas Adhesive Plaster. New Brunswick NJ: Johnson & Johnson c. 1950s. Small tubular red white and blue tin; 25mm diameter 33 mm tall. A pretty little tin just a little scratched and now containing beads. /// Cuticura Ointment. Malden Mass.: Potter Dry & Chemical Corp. c. 1950. Small round silver tin label printed in red and black 40mm diameter. A little scratched otherwise fine. /// Vintage Tin of Recoton Melograph Needles. Switzerland early-to-mid 1900s. Small green tin with flip-top lid lettering "Melograph Recoton Laubschik" and musical notes printed in gold on the top. Gold paper seal printed in red is open but the box is nearly full. A few tiny scratches otherwise in excellent condition -- and quite uncommon. The Melograph similar to the Melodiograph is a mechanical apparatus for ethnomusicological transcription usually producing some sort of graph that can be preserved and filed similar to a recording of music. /// Agfa Plenachrome Film for Memo Camera. Binghamton NY: Agfa Ansco Corporation 1935. Small cardboard box 31 x 31 x 35mm printed in red yellow blue and white; and containing film cartridge. Someone has pencilled "shot" on the inside top of the box. Manufacturer's stamps on the bottom indicate the date. In excellent condition with a sticker for the National Recovery Association on the back. /// Y & S Licorice Wafers for Coughs Due to Colds -- Enjoyed by Smokers. Brooklyn NY / Moline IL / Philadelphia PA: National Licorice Company early-to-mid 1900s. Small tin 15 x 35 x 54 mm with flip-top lid orange printed in black. A little scratched but an interesting memento from the hey-days of tobacco even courting the consumer with an ad on the underside of the lid "Also comforting for smokers' irritated throats." /// Tintograph Color Box. Small circular tin 40mm diameter purple with "Tintograph Color Box" printed in black on the top. A little scratched but pretty. /// Sample Size Lava Chemical Resolvent Soap. St. Louis: Wm. Waltke & Co. early 1900s. Small cardstock box 20 x 40 x 58 mm printed in red pink and black; and containing an old sample of Lava Soap. /// Dill Super Seal Valve Insides. America early-to-mid 1950s. Small tin with sliding top 27 x 27 mm printed in orange blue and white. A bit scratched and difficult to open but contains 4 valves. /// Gold Compact Mirror with image of the Arthur Murray Dancers on the top. Gold compact mirror 70 x 70 mm with b/w photograph of Arthur Murray Dancers 4 couples doing the waltz on the top opens up to a mirror with engraved gold door housing a puff beneath it. Elegant. <br/><br/> unknown books
14882Original vintage Gelatin silver print photo of New York's Postal Telegraph and Home Life Buildings copyrighted 1895. The photograph provides a black and white aerial view of the street providing visual details of street traffic that includes both horse-drawn carriages and early trolleys. Marked on back "NYC Bldgs. Stc Postal Tel. Bldg." and stamped Charles L. Ritzmann Art Store." Minor chips to bottom corners and minor crease on top left corner neither effecting the image. Measuring 6.5x8" in very good condition. unknown books
1970149899N.p.: N.p. 1970. Collection of twelve vintage borderless reference photographs from a circa 1970s German adult film. With holograph pencil annotations on the verso including one reading "Au secours." <br/><br/>5 x 3.5 inches. Very Good plus. N.p. unknown books
1959135996Milwaukee WI: Nightstand Books 1959. First Edition. No. 1503. First Edition first printing of Ellison's most desired title with the code "NB 1503 a S n" as called for at the bottom left corner of the front wrapper. <br/><br/>About Near Fine a bright clean copy with the slightest bit of wrinkle but no creasing near the bottom of the spine panel and a minute closed tear at the bottom rear panel. Nightstand Books unknown books
15864Women's Field Hockey. A compelling and comprehensive 19 piece photographic collection of girls and women in field hockey from circa 1900 to 1935. The archive consists of 14 large photos sized approximately 8" x 10" and 6" x 8"; and 5 smaller photos measuring 5" x 7" and 4" x 6." Although played throughout Europe for hundreds of years as a sport for men field hockey was first introduced to the United States in 1901 as a women's sport by a visiting Englishwoman. <br/><br/>The earliest pieces in our archive document organized girls' teams already in existence at the beginning of the twentieth century. Field hockey was an immediate success as a sport for American college women and was further promoted and developed by the formation of the United States Field Hockey Association in 1922. Our archive includes dynamic action shots from this important time period capturing inter-city and collegiate play both in the U.S. and Britain in which the developing intensity speed and skill of the female athletes is fully apparent. Also included are posed team portraits of Swarthmore College Wellesley Mills College Rosemont College and the United States Touring Team and a fascinating photograph of a 1933 match in which girls played against boys in Oxford England. Some pieces show light edgewear wrinkling or light staining; in general the condition is very good. An essential collection of rare field hockey images during its early years as an important women's sport. unknown books