U. S. COAST SURVEY, 1872. This is an ORIGINAL MAP created by the U. S. Coast Survey in 1872, under the supervision of Benjamin Peirce and surveyed by R. M. Bache, of the Harbor of NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT. Expertly linen-backed for preservation and ease of handling. The map measures 25..... More
Washington DC: United States Coast Survey, 1874. First Edition. This is an ORIGINAL map: "BAY AND HARBOR OF NEW YORK", 1874, by the United States Coast Survey. Expertly linen-backed for preservation and ease of handling. Scale: 1/40,000. Image is 27" x 39" with a 2" white border. The Office of..... More
New York: Remington Arms UMC Company, Cikrca 1915. This is a lot of two (2) ORIGINAL Remington UMC Score Books for the United States Rifle, Model 1903 and the United States Magazine Rifle, Model 1898 (Krag). Except for one (1) pencilled 1917 entry, they are blank books. Illustrated Stapled wrappers..... More
Dansville, NY: Sandford Card Company, 1918. First Edition. This is an ORIGINAL 1918 Calendar affixed to a small card bearing the symbol of the ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR and the phrase: "Time wasted is existence; used, is Life.". The calendar contains all 12 months of 1918 on separate leaves..... More
Chicago: Atchison, Topeka & Sante Fe Railway, 1926. This is an ORIGINAL folding brochure entitled "Stop Off and Visit Grand Canyon National Park", published by the Atchison, Topeka and Sante Fe Railway ("All The Way") in 1926. Illustrated from period black and white photographs and a map of the Grand..... More
Washington DC: United States Post Office Department, 1932. First Edition. This is an ORIGINAL MAP of the 1932 United States AIR MAIL ROUTES of the Post Ofice Department. The map shows both operating routes and routes awarded but not yet operating. The service was turned over to independent contractors in..... More
New York: Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, 1938. First Edition. Cloth. 221 pp. Illustrated, including some color plates. Green cloth; gilt titling. 6" x 9 1/4". A grand book containing all things relating to the 154th Annivesary Dinner of this great Irish-American Society. Includes the Menu and a double page..... More
New Jersey: Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, 1939. First Edition. This is an ORIGINAL road map of Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland and Delaware. Published in 1939 by Standard Oil Company of New Jersey ("ESSO"). measuring 3 3/4" x 8" (folded) and 22" x 32" (unfolded). In addition to the..... More
Circa 1900. These are two (2) ORIGINAL calling cards, held together by a white hand-tied ribbon, uniquely and wonderfully announcing that "Miss Lillie Livingston" has married and become "Mrs. E. W. Sichel". Heavy cream card stock. The joined cards together measure 3 1/2" x 4 1/4". They were found among..... More
Washington DC: U.S. Coast Survey, 1860. This is an ORIGINAL map entitled "PRELIMINARY CHART OF DRAKE'S BAY CALIFORNIA". 1860. "From a Trigonometrical Survey under the direction of A. D. Bache, Superintenent of the SURVEY OF THE COAST OF THE UNITED STATES." Triangulation (1854-59) by A. F. Rogers and G. Davidson..... More
Hollywood: 20th Century Fox, 1960. This is an ORIGINAL movie poster (insert) for the 20th Century Fox film "WILD RIVER", starring Lee Remick, Montgomery Clift and Jo Van Fleet. Produced and Directed by Elia Kazan. Based on the novels by William Bradford Huie and Borden Neal. Expertly linen-backed for preservation..... More
Bad Wildungen, Germany: Tac Echelon, HQ 12th Army Group, 12 May 1945. First Edition. Single Sheet Paper. This is an ORIGINAL folded MAP showing the travels of the "Tac Echelon", Headquarters 12th Army Group in WWII through England, France, Luxenbourg, Belgium and Germany from 15 July 1944 through 9 May..... More
Chicago: Richfield Oil Corporation, 1940. First Edition. Illustrated Wrappers. This is an ORIGINAL 1940 Richfield Oil Corporation booklet containing maps of the Western United States. The maps are: (1) United States, (2) California, (3) Washington, (4) Oregon, (5) Arizona, (6) Idano, (7) Nevada, (8) San Francisco Bay Area, (9) Metropolitan..... More
Youngstown, Ohio: The Whiteside Dental Mfg. Co., 1904. First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. This is a Dental Trade Catalogue entitled "A Treatise on Crown and Bridge Work", 1904, published by The Whiteside Dental Manufacturing Company, of Youngstown, Ohio. Stapled wrappers. 18 pqges. 4 1/2" x 5 3/4". Illustratedfrom drawings of dental..... More
Philadelphia: E. de Trey & Sons, 1898. First Edition. This is a dental Trade Catalog for Dr. E. de Trey's "Solila" brand Gold and Instruments. 1898. Illustrated from drawings of "Pluggers" dental instruments for application of the gold. Illustrated stapled wrappers with some gilt lettering and decorations. 6 pages. 5..... More
Philadelphia: The S. S. White Dental Mfg. Co., 1905. First Edition. Original wrappers with Text. 32 pp. Illustrated, primarily from drawings. Original brown wrappers with text. 6 3/4" x 9 1/2". Laid in are pages 9-10 from the December 1906 S. S. White catalog. The first half of the Catalog..... More
Berkeley: Howell-North Books, 1959. First Edition. Cloth. 382 pages. SIGNED by author Lucius Beebe in ink on the limitation page. First Edition. Limited "Gold Coast" edition, #850 of 1950 copies. Profusely illustrated including color tipped-in frontispiece from photograph of "The Virginia City", a private car built by Pullman and owned..... More
New York: Brown Brothers, 1928. First Edition. This is an ORIGINAL radio still photograph of FANNY BRICE 1928. Deluxe double weight stock. Black and White. 7 1/2" x 9 3/4". Per the snipe on the verso, "Fannie (sic) Brice will represent the Crosley Radio Corp. at the Radio Industries Banquet..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990. First Edition. Cloth-backed Boards. (xxvi) 579 (1) pp. SIGNED in ink by Kevin Brownlow on the title page. Illustrated dust jacket. Illustrated from 250 period photographs. Black cloth-backed black boards. Gilt cover and spine titling. 7" x 10 1/4". From the jacket flap blurb..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1954. First Edition. Cloth-backed Boards. 277 pages. A presentation copy, SIGNED/INSCRIBED by Gene Fowler in ink on the title page: "To my long-time friend Lucius Beebe, the arbiter. With the best / Gene / 1954". First Edition. Endpapers illustrated from photographs and drawings. Illustrated dustjacket..... More
San Francisco: Family Dog Productions, 1967. First Edition. This is an ORIGINAL FIRST PRINTING of a poster for a concert at San Franisco's Avalon Ballroom on August 24-27, 1967. Featuring Big Brother and the Holding Company (with Janis Joplin), Bo Diddley, Bukka White and Salvation Army Banned. This is the..... More
Denver: The Old West Publishing Company, 1962. First Edition. Illustrated Cloth. (xv) 304 (3) pp. Illustrated, including three folding maps. Edition limited to 1000 un-numbered copies designed and priinted by Lawton Kennedy, San Francisco.Small bookseller's sticker to front pastedown (The Cottage Bookshop. San Rafael, California). Notes. Index. Illustrated cloth. 7"..... More
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1980. First Edition. Cloth. 274 pages. Illustrated dust jacket. Frontis portrait. Illustrated from photographs. Index. Bibliography. Cloth. Octavo. Silver spine lettering. A well-researched biography of O'Hara, the hard-drinking author of Butterfield 8, Appontment In Samara, From The Terrace and Pal Joey. O'Hara..... More
New York: Harper & & Row, 1989. First Edition. Cloth. 412 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Notes. Bibliography. Index. White cloth with gilt spine titling. The story of the celebrity foreign correspondent reporters (Harry Scovel, Stephen Crane, Cora Taylor, Richard Harding Davis, James Creelman and others) covering the Spanish-American War in..... More
Los Angeles: Pegler/King Features Syndicate, 1960. First Edition. These are three (3) pages of ORIGINAL teletyped pages by WESTBROOK PEGLER of his King Features Syndicate column of July 12, 1960 concerning a political gathering that night at Chasen's restaurant in Hollywood, California, ostensibly hosted by singer Phil Regan, honoring David..... More
