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19062082702114906852Heino Publishing Company 1906. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of pages: 5 2 272p Size: 22cm Heino Publishing Company paperback
194055321Omaha NE & Chicago IL: Union Pacific Railroad Printed by Poole Bros. Feb. 1940. 4to. 7.75 x 9 in. 16 pp. which folds out into large oblong folio 30.75 x 18 in. pictorial map by Gerald A. Eddy on verso with numerous photo illustrations map on recto. Self-printed colour-illustrated softcovers cover art of Boulder dam minor shelfwear slight wear to crease folds still VG copy. First edition of this splendid promotional brochure by the Union Pacific Railroad extolling the amenities facts about Boulder Dam and Lake Mead Boulder and Las Vegas on the eve of World War II. Worldcat locates 1 copy Library of Congress. Union Pacific Railroad, Printed by Poole Bros., paperback
194052059Omaha NE: Union Pacific Railroad Oct. 25 1940. 4to. 11 1 pp. Numerous photo illustrations map on back cover. Self-printed softcovers cover art photo of the air-condition Art Deco streamlined Las Vegas railroad station slight creasing shelfwear still VG copy. First edition of this scarce promotional brochure by the Union Pacific Railroad extolling the amenities and available boating cruises fishing and swimming at Boulder Dam and Lake Mead as well as the Las Vegas night life on the eve of World War II. Worldcat locates 1 copy Univ. of Missouri St. Louis. Union Pacific Railroad, paperback
1946305397Chicago Rock Island Lines 1946. 1946. 15" x 9". Brochure folds to form 24 pages. Printed in orange and black by Rand McNally. Illustrated with b/w halftone photographs; map and drawings. Fine. No signatures or bookplates. Includes information on: Palm Springs - La Quinta; San Diego; Santa Barbara; El Paso Texas; Tucson & Phoenix Arizona; Guaymas Mexico; Los Angeles. No Binding. Fine. Chicago, Rock Island Lines, 1946. unknown
1964140685Cannes France: N.p. 1964. Original souvenir programs and film credits material showcasing some of the films from the 1964 Cannes Film Festival. It was this festival the seventeenth one to be held that the award name was changed from the Palme d'Or to the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film the name used until 1974 when it returned to its former title. French and English language. <br /> <br /> Films represented in the collection include George Roy Hill's "The World of Henry Orient" Gianfranco Mingozzi's "I mali mestieri" 1963 documentary of the city of Palermo Gyula Macskassy and Gyorgy Varnai's "1 2 3." Hungarian short film on mathematics Nobuko Shibuya's Grand Prix award winning "The Price of Victory" Japanese volleyball documentary Glauber Rocha's "Black God White Devil" a Brazilian Western. Also included is a credit sheet detailing a special showing of "Naissance du Cinema" a documentary about Louis Lumiere held in the Grand Hall at the festival presented on the centennial of Lumiere's birth. <br /> <br /> Programs and credit sheets housed in a "Henry Orient" promotional folder. Near Fine overall. N.p. unknown
189837912Chicago: Poole Bros. 1898. 1898. COLORADO. 8 1/2" x 6 1/2" in color pictorial wrappers. 44 pp. illustrations. Information on Manitou Colorado Springs Pikes Peak the Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway side trip to the Grand Canon of the Arkansas various parks the Rocky Mountain Limited etc. Double-page drawing of "The Rocky Mountain Limited" above the floor plan of the train above a line map of the route from Chicago to Denver. Numerous illustrations of scenes along the Great Rock Island Route. Wear and rubbing to corners and spine. A nicely produced booklet. Poole Bros., 1898. unknown
18851099Chicago: Geo. F. Cram 1885. Good plus. Large folding pamphlet approximately 20 x 41.5 inches. A few small chips and short closed tears at edges; several short separations and very minor losses along folds. Contemporary agent's ink stamp on cover panel. Tape repair across portion of horizontal fold; one panel with patches of light staining. A scarce colorful promotional for the Rock Island Route as well as its national and international connections with a fascinating stamp of an Australian sales agent. One side of the sheet prints an extensive promotional text and timetables for the various routes and services of the Chicago Rock Island & Pacific Railway. The main side of the sheet prints a map of the United States with state borders shaded in four colors highlighting the principal routes of the Rock Island from Chicago to Minnesota Iowa and Kansas and its connections to points on both the East and West Coasts. An inset map at lower right promotes the Rock Island as part of a transcontinental route between the United Kingdom Ireland and Australia. Most interestingly this copy is stamped on the cover panel with the information of a George. H. Hibbard "Australian Passenger Agent America's Cons'd Trans-continental Railways 6 Bridge Street Sydney N.S.W." Hibbard was evidently the agent in charge of distributing information about the trans-America route in Sydney one of its end points.<br /> <br /> Several issues of this map were published during the 1880s all scarce. We locate copies of the present 1885 issue at Stanford SMU and the Library of Congress. Geo. F. Cram unknown
71194No place UK 1973. Movie Memorabilia Press book for the MGM film That'll Be The Day written by Ray Connolly. Sole printing. 36 x 23cm. A four-page brochure providing advertising and details of accessories / tie-ins. Together with four-page colour film synopsis 26 x 19cm giving cast and credits and film story. Some soiling to fold Press Book synopsis is fine. A British coming of age musical drama set in the late '50s starring musicians David Essex and Ringo Starr with guest appearances by Billy Fury and Keith Moon. The Beatles road manager Neil Aspinall helped assembled the holiday camp band appearing in the film. An accompanying soundtrack featuring vintage hits by Bobby Vee Jerry Lee Lewis Little Richard Dion The Everly Brothers Del Shannon and Ritchie Valens topped the UK album charts. The film's success led to a sequel Stardust 1974 with David Essex and Keith Moon reprising their roles joined by Adam Faith Marty Wilde Dave Edmunds and a young Ray Winston in his first film appearance. No place (UK), 1973 unknown
1958143074Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1958. Vintage double weight photograph on the set of the 1958 film showing Cyd Charisse getting her hair styled after a swim while Rock Hudson films with moment in the background. With a mimeo snipe on the verso. <br /> <br /> With a screenplay by Ernest K. Gann based on his 1958 novel about the captain and passengers of a rundown boat caught in a storm and struggling to survive. <br /> <br /> Filmed on location in Hawaii. <br /> <br /> 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown
1967014321San Francisco: Family Dog Productions 1967. 5" H x 14" W. Avalon Ballroom Thursday night show promotion postcard designed by John H. Myers. 1967 July 1 Thursday Night Show. Illustrated stiff card. VG- vertical creasing on right side pin holes in corners; reverse side blank with no writing lightly toned. Great psychedelic graphics. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by John H. Myers. Family Dog Productions Paperback
200777042Marion Massachusetts: Harsh Brutal Cold Productions 2007. Limited to 300 copies. The first demo by the heavy psychedelic rock band Elder featuring three tracks: 1162 Red Sunrise and Black Midnight.<br /> <br /> Elder are an ascendant American heavy metal group who take inspiration from progressive rock almost as much as from stoner metal and doom. The band formed in Marion Massachusetts in 2005 behind singer and principal songwriter Nick DiSalvo; bass player Jack Donovan and drummer Matt Cuoto completed the lineup. Their self-titled debut album 2008 was followed by Dead Roots Stirring 2011 released by MeteorCity Records and the breakthrough full-length Lore 2015 which was recently crwoned "Album of the Decade" by The Obelisk. Continuing to incorporate new elements into their sound Elder added guitarist Michael Risberg and new drummer Georg Edert releasing the album Omens 2020 which "answered any speculation about new directions with affirmation: evolution or extinction. Lush intricately interwoven melodies grow and dissolve into spaced-out jams; massive riffs thunder down into a churning sea of psychedelic sounds and unpredictable grooves carry away the listener" Elder website. Now based in Berlin Germany Elder recently opened for Tool on their 2024 North American tour.<br /> <br /> Copied on a white cassette tape without markings accompanied by the photomechanically reproduced insert and housed in the original plastic case. Near fine. Harsh Brutal Cold Productions unknown
1974300919<p>May 16 1974. Typescript. 4to. Gilt stamped dark blue leatherette upper cover with "Rock Hudson" stamped in gilt in lower right corner marbled endpapers. Very good. Approximately 131 pages. Hudson's specially bound personal copy with numerous holograph notations and corrections in both pencil and ink throughout. This play which marked Hudson's stage debut was produced by Joe Hamilton with musical direction by Al Mello costumes by Bob Mackie and co-starred Carol Burnett who was instrumental in persuading Hudson to join the production. Hudson had never performed on the stage before and had to sing the opening lyrics of the show. After previews in San Bernadino CA this typescript lists the telephone number of the San Bernardino Civic Light Opera the show went east. The American run was a success and included performances at the Huntington Hartford Theatre in Los Angeles. Hudson later starred in a London version with Juliet Prowse in 1976 where the critics were not so kind. Provenance: The estate of Rock Hudson through the late Tom Clark noted Hollywood publicist who was Hudson's associate and intimate friend for more than twenty years.</p> hardcover
1968335889Hollywood: MGM 1968. Thirty-two 2.25x2.25 inch color negatives from Kodak Safety film depicting stills from the movie and some publicity photos. [MGM] unknown
191496128New York: Knickerbocker Press 1914. 1st ed. Hardcover. Very Good. frontis photos 148p. Original blue cloth. 21 cm. Top edge gilt. Some cover spotting and wear mostly on and round backstrip which is otherwise sound. Spine lettering darkened. No jacket. Roche came from a prominent white femily in Mobile Alabama. The first part of this book is Roche's discussion of slavery and what she saw as Black inferiorioty. What makes this book special is that pages 65-148 focus on the Clotilde probably the last known American-owned slave ship which brought a cargo of African captives to Mobile Alabama in 1859 and the subsequent experiences and opinions of those captives based in part on Roche's interviews with Cudjoe Lewis also known as Kazoola and Poleete two of the African captives on the Clotilde. Portions of the Roche book appear almost word for word and sometimes word for word in Zora Neale Hurston's article "Cudjo's Own Study of the Last African Slaver" in The Journal of Negro History Vol. 12 No. 4 Oct. 1927 at pages 648-664. Knickerbocker Press hardcover
190433326Chicago: DeBower Elliott Company 1904. 10 volumes. First Edition of the Collection. Profusely illustrated throughout with frontispieces and full page plates protected by lettered tissue guards some in colour many portraits and views of various areas and locales of Ireland. Large 8vo publisher's best bindings of full blue morocco the spines decorated and lettered in gilt the upper covers with gilt autograph facsimiles marbled endleaves top edges gilt. A very good set indeed with little evidence of use and very well preserved with the bindings all in quite pleasing and handsome condition. FIRST EDITION OF THIS FINE COLLECTION OF IRISH LITERATURE. Virtually every important writer in Ireland's long history of literary geniuses is included The volumes are arranged alphabetically by author and so can be used as one wishes with any particular volume useful on its own. From Alexander and Allingham to Yeats and the Gaelic Authors this is a very complete collection of the best of Irish writing throughout the centuries. <br> In ten volumes representative selections from the writers both ancient and modern are included. Nearly three hundred and fifty writers are represented. Also valuable and featured are a series of special articles on the subjects at hand including important contributions by William Butler Yeats.<br> Among the many illustrations both in black and white and colour are facsimiles of ancient Irish manuscripts ancient prints broadsides ballads portraits places and objects in the country and of scenery and incidents helpful in elucidating the writings. There are footnotes giving translations of the Irish words and phrases and a fine index to the entire work. DeBower Elliott Company unknown
193039980New York: Sears Publishing Co. Inc. 1930. 8vo. 6 299 1 pp. Beige cloth purple lettrng mnr dustsoilng w/ d.j. mnr chppng hd & ft of spine tape repairs to tears chppng VG-/Fair w/ frmr ownrshp signature on ffep. First edition of this amusing Jazz era story of a beautiful girl who persuades a millionaire to torn over $ 25000 to her without asking for a quid pro quo so she can break into society. Sears Publishing Co., Inc., hardcover
1016591934.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1900279751900. Very good condition. Located at the foot of the Flat Irons this institution offered capacity for one hundred guests massage aseptic operating rooms a "labratory of hygiene" medicated air for lung troubles five physicians trained nurses of both sexes treatment of diseases of the nose throat and lungs nervous system stomach and digestive system and diseases peculiar to women. A trade card advertising '.for those seeking health rest or recreation.' Located overlooking Boulder 29 miles from Denver. 5 1/2 x 3 1/8" Three views of the Sanitarium with the nameText printed in red on the verso of the card. unknown
18792976Mexico City 1879. Very good. 256pp. Small octavo. Contemporary quarter sheep and marbled boards spine gilt. Light wear to spine ends and corners; slight rubbing to boards. Light tanning and occasional foxing. Scarce and detailed Mexican military manual on the use of terrain for maneuvers and during combat. The author was a colonel in the Mexican Army Corps of Engineers and the work stems from attempts to improve the training and preparedness of the Mexican armed forces in the years following the overthrow of Maximilian. OCLC locates three copies at NYPL Sutro Library and the BNM. unknown
199211537Chicago: Ministry 1992. First Printing. Clear mylar covers with plastic spiral binding. Near Fine. Tour itinerary measuring 6†x 8.5†82-pages in length printed recto only; pagination ends on pp.41. Printed on white and pale blue stock with red wrappers. Bound in a black plastic spiral binding with clear mylar covers. The tour began on Tuesday November 24 with a show in Milwaukee and concluded in Honolulu on January 2. This was drummer Bill Rieflin's copy. Rieflin had moved to Chicago with his Seattle band the Blackouts. Eventually he and two other Blackouts brothers Paul and Roland Barker joined Al Jourgensen in filling out the Ministry roster. Ministry unknown
1970151354N.p.: N.p. 1970. Archive of 32 vintage photographs documenting the October 20 1970 collision of two trains along the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railroad line in Raytown Missouri. Also included in the archive is a single broadside reward poster offering $5000 for information pertaining to the accident. <br /> <br /> According to a contemporary newspaper article which appeared in nearby Jackson County's Independence Examiner the accident was believed to have been caused by juvenile vandalism to a nearby track switch. The collision and subsequent derailment resulted in the death of one engineer whose partial body is visible in several photographs. <br /> <br /> The photographs in the archive range from close-up shots of the mangled train cars and tracks to distance views of the surrounding woods. Frequently displayed in the images is a small handwritten police chalkboard noting the date location and case numbers. A vivid and interesting look at investigative photography and railway disasters in the late twentieth century. <br /> <br /> Photographs 10 x 8 inches housed in a manila envelope with the logo of Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Co. on the top left corner. Reward poster 9 x 12 inches. Poster and photographs Near Fine overall envelope Very Good plus. N.p. unknown
11842Toronto: Canadian Recording Industry Association 1978. Original Gold Record. Matted and framed behind glass. Very Good. 12-inch LP Gold Record matted and framed with plaque explaining significance. Slight fading to label on record and reproduction of the album cover. Frame measures 16.25 x 20.25 inches. Dated April 1978 this copy was presented to Heart drummer Michael Derosier. Awarded for Canadian sales of 50000 copies of the band's second album issued by Vancouver-based label Mushroom Records. The release of that album was embroiled in legal dispute after the label prematurely issued an unfinished version against the wishes of the band. The album was eventually certified "Platinum" in both the US 1000000 copies and Canada 100000 copies. Canadian Recording Industry Association unknown
1996List3140New York City: self-published 1996. Two stapled packets each with about twenty 8 ½ x 11 photocopied pages. Near Fine. The first two issues of Dee Dee Ramone’s fanzine “Taking Dope†from the collection of Ramones collaborator Daniel Rey. The zine was authored by Ramone his partner Barbara Zampini and cartoonist John Holmstrom who illustrated the covers for the Ramones’ Rocket to Russia 1977 and Road to Ruin 1978. The zines contain letters from Dee Dee lyrics descriptions of concerts and new bands that Dee Dee and Barbara were excited about and notes about Dee Dee’s intense dislike for Marky Ramone who—unlike the other Ramones—is always called by his real name Marc Bell; alongside doodles and photos of various figures in the scene. self-published unknown
197442452Flint: Brass Ring/WABX 1974. Fine. SUPPORT SUBURBAN ROCK AND ROLL!" The Dolls were presumably on tour to promote their recently released second album TOO MUCH TOO SOON while Kiss's self-titled debut album had been released only several months prior. An early record of KISS's career and their meteoric rise to fame alongside the Dolls who were one of their major precursors in glam rock. Broadside 17" by 11" approx. Purple sheet printed offset recto only in dark blue. Fine. Clean and vivid. Brass Ring/WABX unknown
200228716Seattle:: R 'n' R Press 2002. First Printing of the First Edition. A Fine tight unread copy in a Fine bright dust jacket. Thbis is number 326 of an unspecified number of the Limited Edition with a laid in colophon signed by O'Day. Author Pat O'Day was at the center of the Northwest rock 'n roll scene in the 60s and 70s first as the dominant top-40 radio disc jockey in the Seattle market and then as a national concert promoter with Concerts West. During his reign O'Day brought everyone from The Beatles the Who and The Rollings to regional headliners like The Wailers Paul Revere and the Raiders and The Kingsmen to Northwest concert goers. This is an inside look at the good the bad and the ugly of the rock 'n roll world in radio and concert in the Northwest. Illustrated with over 32 pages of vintage photographs by Jini Dellaccio. R 'n' R Press, unknown