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6644Card-mounted photograph; image 7 1/2" x 9" mounts are 9 3/4" x 10 1/2" approximate size; view of downtown parade scene a few businesses identified on their buildings: Geo. C. Riggs Job Printing Paper & Stationery Mather Brothers Wholesale Grocers; only vehicles visible are pushcarts and horse-drawn wagons; image circa 1880; slight edge tips wear to mount; image a bit faded; interesting and worth more research; good condition. Good. unknown books
1966288936London: Studio Vista Limited 1966. First. hardcover. very good/good. Illustrated b/w and color. 161 pages 12 pages of advertisers' announcements. 4to. Orange boards spine slightly cocked dust wrapper shows tear with some image loss at top edge d.w. now protected from further damage with mylar. First edition. London: Studio Vista Ltd. 1966. A very good copy in a good wrapper.<br/><br/> Studio Vista Limited unknown books
1860657831860. Good. Appears to utilize albumen photographs in a light orange card. No name on card. Photo clear but not sharp. Small tear in lefthand image. Two pieces missing from back panel on mounting. View looks from a distance directly at one of the corners so that you see two sides of the building. <br/><br/> unknown books
190068719n.p. 1900. Paperback. Very Good. 18 x 9cm. Card slightly concave as usual. Printed along the sides of the photos: "New Education Series Stereoscopic Views. American and Foreign Views. Sold by Canvasser." Four or five poorly-clad African American boys one of whom is grinning and has a watermelon partly concealed under his shirt. Partially readable poster on a wall behind the boys announces: "Second Annual Excursion C. R. Hubert Republican Club Stockton Pa." <br/><br/> paperback books
1882403664Buena Vista CO: Times Book and Job Rooms 1882. Small 8vo 6 1/2 x 5 inches. 5 6-37 38-40 pp. including advertisements. Original printed wrappers; quarter morocco slipcase. Some soiling a few discreet paper repairs. FIRST EDITION of this scarce pamphlet on Buena Vista published three years after it was founded. "The south-western portion of Colorado ten years ago was a howling wilderness through which the red man and wild animals roamed almost unrestrained. To-day Leadville boasts of 14000 population" p. 5. This promotional brochure has sections on the social advantages of the area the city government and resources and details local businesses most of whom advertise on the endleaves. For the section on Cottonwood there is a description of the hot springs and mines as well as the New York and Toronto Company and the El Dorado Company. Other sections cover Mount Princeton and La Plata District. The text is signed in print at end by A. Vinette who is described on p. 32 as the owner with A. D. Butler of the first extension of the Missouri Gulch called the Falcon. No copies are recorded at auction in at least the past fifty years. Not in Graff Sabin. Howes B-937; Wynar 3470. <br/><br/> Times Book and Job Rooms unknown books
191082170n.p. 1910. Very Good. 18 x 9cm. Card almost entirely flat unlike some stereo cards. Light scuffing and wear. No caption front or back and no identification of publisher or date. BTW and two other African Americans are seated at left end of back row. All men are wearing suits; two are holding white hats. We've seen several groupings of BTW with the white Tuskegee trustees. This a bit more integrated but we wouldn't be surprised if many of the prosperous-looking whites were trustees. <br/><br/> unknown books
194210120Los Angeles: Wetzel Publishing Co. Near Fine in Near Fine dj. c.1942. First Edition. Hardcover. nice tight copy very minor soiling to top edge but no significant wear; jacket bright and clean with a trace of wear at several corners a couple of very tiny tears/chips along top edge. The first of several novels by this midwest-born L.A.-based author "active in club life" and a former "motion picture critic for 'Hollywood Lowdown'" not one of your major trade papers. The book presents "the living breathing story of the Pearson family told intimately and with brutal frankness from the personal viewpoint of the chief character Florrie Pearson the youngest. The mad unsavory escapades of her blood kin are lived through in the book with stirring realism. Early experiences the frustration of abject poverty turbulent times in America during 1917-1942 and last but not least their hot blood mixed with a strain of Cherokee Indian are among the causes that lie back of their sinful guiltiness as Florrie explains it." Last but not least indeed: as the author explains in her 4-page! foreword "the family's problem was one of a common handicap shared by their particular blood kin the problem of 'bad blood' or blood in which racial tendencies were said to be 'bad.' Also the frustration that comes with poverty." But lest you think you've stumbled into a midwestern Tobacco Road the author also assures us that "at no point does the book descend to the stark vulgarity sometimes masquerading under the pose of being merely 'brutal frankness.' But neither do I as an honest author make the unpardonable mistake of prudish understatement where merciless realism is called for by the story." So there you go: brutal frankness but not "merely" thus merciless yet stirring realism not an ounce of prudish understatement which as we all know is unpardonable but rather explicitly racist overtones which apparently are OK. Got it . Wetzel Publishing Co. hardcover books
602814-panel cabinet-size 5 1/2" x 9" folding view book of America cities buildings scenery: New York Boston Philadelphia Niagara Falls Cincinnati Chicago St. Louis Kansas City Yosemite Valley Pacific Coast Salt Lake City; no publisher no date listed but probably Wittemann circa 1880's looks like the Glaser process; some edge tips wear to beige cloth gilt & black titled & decorated covers; bit of a bend to boards; a couple of images with a little abrasion; good condition. Hard Cover. Good. Hardcover books
188740555Columbus OH: Ward Bros 1887. 1st printing thus Rocq 7944. Green paper covered boards over a black cloth spine. Gilt stamped lettering to front board rear board stamped in blind. Moderate wear to binding rubbing soiling and age-toning all apparent. Paper edges rubbed slightly age-toned. 1st & last panel affixed to binding. An About VG example. 16 page printed booklet on San Diego tipped onto rear paste down. 13 1 blank 15 1 blank pp. Accordion style 15 panel fold-out of 29 photographic images of divers San Diego scenes & landmarks including a 4 panel Bird's Eye view of the city & environs. 5-7/8" x 5" <br/><br/> Ward Bros hardcover books
33967n. p. n. d. Ca late 1920s / 1930s. Buff printed paper wrappers with small photographic onlay 1-5/8" x 2-14" of "Botafogo" to front wrapper rivet bound. 9 b/w actual photographs 9" x 6-1/2" therein one panoramic 2-section fold-out 17-5/8" x 6-1/2". A little wear chipping & age-toning to wrappers. Photos generally Nr Fine with the fold-out showing a bit of use to folds/lower corner. All-in-all a VG item. Oblong format: 7-1/8" x 10" <br/><br/>The interior photographs depict Botafogo Beira Mar Vista da Cidade Rio de Janeiro - Praca Floriano Vista Chineza Copacabana Rio de Janeiro - O Pao de Acucar Copacabana from above & Panorama do Corcovado - Rio de Janeiro panorama. Possibly 'made to order' for tourists as we have seen other copies with different photographs inside. unknown books
175110664London: Printed for & Sold by Rob. Sayer at the Golden Buck opposite Fetter Lane Fleet Street. & Hen. Overton at the White Horse without Newgate 1751. Engraved by N. Parr after Canaleti. Engraving with original colour. Printed on laid paper. In good condition with the exception of being trimmed within the platemark. Corners are stained. Image size: 9 3/16 x 15 3/16 inches. A beautiful Vue d'Optique of the Rotunda House at Ranelagh.<br/> <br/>During the eighteenth century "vues d'optique" or "perspective views" became extremely popular in England and Europe. Like other optical prints they capitalized on a connoisseur market eager for the latest novelty. English publishers such as John Bowles and Robert Sayer had great success with these optical views which quickly developed into a collecting craze that swept through print shops on both sides of the Channel. "Vues d'optiques" were specifically designed to create the illusion of perspective when viewed with a zograscope or perspective glass. These viewing devices used a series of reflecting mirrors to enhance the illusion of depth in the print creating a veritable "view" for the onlooker. Typically these prints depicted city or landscape views and were horizontal in format. They had roughly the same dimensions and were sold with heavy opaque colouring so as to show the tints when viewed through the lens. In their heyday optical prints were a technical revolution; they could be seen in almost every fashionable drawing room and were enjoyed by the poorer classes in print shops or at traveling fairs. For a small fee the citizens of Europe and England could travel the world without leaving their village. The "vue d'optique" was the first medium to bring the visible appearance of the wider world to a large European public. Ironically the artists and engravers who created these prints rarely had first hand knowledge of the scenes depicted hence the views were often not as accurate as they were advertised to be. As a result of their constant handling optical prints such as these are rare especially in good condition. They are not only beautiful images but a fascinating glimpse into the history of printmaking.<br/> <br/>Clayton The English Print 1688-1802 140-141. Printed for & Sold by Rob. Sayer at the Golden Buck, opposite Fetter Lane, Fleet Street. & Hen. Overton at the White Horse witho unknown books
189849371Meadville Pa / St. Louis Mo: Keystone View Company 1898. Pink mount slightly bowed with publisher imprint to either side caption under right image. Rounded corners. Blank verso. Now housed in a mylar sleeve. Light wear & soiling. Photo clear & sharp. A VG example. Domed b/w images of 7 men on a dock with a dozen or so sea turtles being gathered. Oblong format: 3-7/16" x 7" <br/><br/> Keystone View Company unknown books
