Antique Books & Ephemera #57
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ANTI-MORMON EPHEMERA - How to Meet Elders - Recruiting Methods Handouts
ANTI-MORMON EPHEMERA by Hans P. Freece, "The Mormon Elder and How to Meet Him" handout, also two pieces on secret marriages, as shown. Dates around 1920.
1914 Polish Religous Devotional Articles Catalog
1914 Polish Religous Devotional Articles Catalog, as shown, good condition, 96 pages.
Original hand Written Letter from Joseph Ashby-Sterry, Author (1874)
Original hand Written Letter from Joseph Ashby-Sterry, Author, comes with bookplate as well signed by Sterry, letter dated 1874, sized 6" x 8" good condition.
Stuttgarter Skizzen Von Fritz Busse by Hermann Missenharter (1958) 22 Color Illustrations
Stuttgarter Skizzen Von Fritz Busse by Hermann Missenharter, Published by Cantz Verlag, Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt, 1958. (lx). 22 colour illustrations. 26 monochrome illustrations. A sketchbook of drawings and watercolours of the city of Stuttgart, Germany by Fritz Busse. Internally good, loose binding. Pale blue cloth backstrip with gilt printed titles and colour illustrated paper covered boards. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
CIVIL WAR HOSTAGES - Hostage Taking in the Civil War by Webb Garrison
CIVIL WAR HOSTAGES - Hostage Taking in the Civil War by Webb Garrison, White Mane Publishing Company, Shippensburg, PA, 2000, first US edition, hard bound no dust jacket, good condition, viii, 287 pages, illus, maps, bibliog., index. Anyone who regards the American conflict as having been civil in the ordinary sense of that term has only to read the hostage story to realize that in 1861-1865 conflict was uncivilized with no holds barred. Soldiers and civilians alike were targets of hostage takers; even females were not safe when a commander thought he could use hostages to forces concessions from the enemy. Ordinary citizens occasionally took men in uniform as hostages, and guerilla units on both sides captured enemy civilians whose names they didn't bother to record.
RARE Daddy Darwin's Dovecot by Juliana Horatia Ewing (1884) First Edition
Daddy Darwin's Dovecot by Juliana Horatia Ewing, Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, London (1884). Illustrated by Randolph Caldecott; B & W Illustrations (illustrator). First Edition; 8vo; 52 pages. A charming First Edition in fair/good condition. Undated but published in 1884, Some wear throughout, expecially along the spine. The country tale by the author of Jackanapes. Seventeen illustrations by Randolph Caldecott, including the colored frontispiece. Biographer and children's book author Roger Lancelyn Green praised Ewing's works as the "first outstanding child-novels" in English literature.
TEN COPIES of THE MOTHER'S MAGAZINE from 1838
HE MOTHER'S MAGAZINE from 1838, dis-bound issues, in good condition.
SCARCE White Stains by Aleister Crowley - EROTIC POETRY
White Stains by Aleister Crowley, Published by Brooklyn: Earths Religions Supplies (1970). Hardcover. Book Condition: Good. Scarce edition, hardbound. Privately Printed in the early 1970s - reprint of 1898 edition. White Stains contains various poems in both English and French which can also be regarded as individual works. The majority of these poems are overtly sexual in content. Crowley claimed that he had written White Stains for the purpose of rewriting Richard von Krafft-Ebing's Psychopathia Sexualis in a lyrical form. As with other works of Crowley, obscenity is celebrated.
Beautiful German-American Coffee Co. Billhead with Color Parrot
German-American Coffee Co. Billhead with Color Parrot, TWO OF THEM, as shown sized 7" x 5" really nice set. From 1908.
Large Antique & Vintage EPHEMERA LOT
Large Antique & Vintage EPHEMERA LOT, everything shown, billheads, New York marriage reports, many interesting hand written letters, signed (?) letters from authors (probably printed), Ancient Order of United Workmen forms, among other items, 30+ total. ALSO HAND WRITTEN GERMAN DOCUMENT FROM THE 1870's NICE!
LARGE COLLECTION of Early 20th Century Decorative Company Billheads.
LARGE COLLECTION of Early 20th Century Decorative Company Billheads. Includes State of New York, a lime company, CARRIAGE BUILDERS, a high school, Republican State Committee, banker lawyer, Diamond dealer, Vineyard, Pianos, Cigars, and more. 15 in total.
Plain Tales from the Hills by Rudyard Kipling (c.1890)
Plain Tales from the Hills by Rudyard Kipling, Published by Thomas Y. Crowell & Co. (ca.1890), New York. Cloth-Covered Boards with leather spine. Good condition. Hard to find early American edition in good condition. Blue cloth-covered boards with gold title and design. Pages are clean and tight. Spine and corners are very lightly worn. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾"
LARGE COLLECTION of 19th Century Presidential Portrait Engravings
19th Century Presidential Portrait Engravings, Zachary Taylor, Theodore Roosevelt, Benjamin Harrison, Millard Fillmore, Calvin Coolidge, Warren Harding, all sized 7" x 9", in good condition.
19th Century Schenectady NY Picturebook
19th Century Schenectady NY Picturebook with the Potter Memorial at Union College. Fifty pages FILLED with photos. Unclear of date as this has no title page. Great history.
1850's Religious Hand Written Diary from New Hampshire
1850's Religious Hand Written Diary from New Hampshire, fair/good condition with wear. Entries are all over from the 1850's to mid-1860's.
An Essay On Church Polity: Outline Of The Controversy On Ecclesiastical Government (1847)
An Essay On Church Polity: Comprehending an Outline Of The Controversy On Ecclesiastical Government, And A Vindication Of The Ecclesiastical System Of The Methodist Episcopal Church. Abel Stevens, Published by Carlton & Porter, NY, NY (1847) 206 p. ; 18 cm. Good with ex-lib markings.
Northern Italy Including Leghorn, Florence, Ravena and Routes Through France (1913)
Northern Italy Including Leghorn, Florence, Ravena and Routes Through France, Switzerland and Austria by Karl Baedeker, Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, NY (1913). Cloth. Good condition. Maps (illustrator). 14th remodelled ed. 689 pp + 36 maps.
Life of Daniel Boone, the Great Western Hunter and Pioneer ca.1880
Life of Daniel Boone, the Great Western Hunter and Pioneer by Cecil B. Hartley, Published by Lovell, Coryell & Company, New York (ca.1880). Good condition.
Forty Lessons in Carpentry Workshop Practice (1896)
Forty Lessons in Carpentry Workshop Practice. Polytechnic Series. Charles F. Mitchell. Published by Cassell and Company Ltd. (1896). Black & White illustrations.
Shakespeare's Legal Acquirements Considered (1859)
Shakespeare's Legal Acquirements Considered. In a Letter to J. Payne Collier. Published by D. Appleton and Company, New York (1859), fair/good condition. Lord Campbell, author of "Lives of the Chancellors" and "Lives of the Chief Justices" , offers his opinion on Collier's postulation that Shakespeare may have been a law clerk before he was a playwright by citing internal examples of legal references in a number of plays.
More Kennedy Wit by Bill Adler (1965)
More Kennedy Wit by Bill Adler. Published by The Citadel Press, New York (1965). Good condition with good dustjacket. First Edition. (1st) A sequel to Adler's first collection of John F. Kennedy's humor. Many photos of Kennedy throughout, 95 pages. DJ front has photo of Kennedy at press conference, excerpts from book on back. For thousands of Americans, The Kennedy Wit seemed "the perfect way to remember him," as one letter to the publisher expressed it, and the book became one of 1965's leading national best sellers. Illustrated with 35 photographic reproductions.
The Wisdom of JFK by T. S. Settel (1965)
The Wisdom of JFK by T. S. Settel (Editor), Published by E. P. Dutton, New York (1965). Hardcover. Book Condition: Good condition in good dustjacket that has a few very small tears. 1st Edition. 128 pages. First edition, first printing. Dust jacket design by Thomas Ruzicka. Parts of Kennedy's speeches drawn together by topic.
CIVIL WAR NEWSPAPER - Evansville Indiana - August 16th 1861
CIVIL WAR NEWSPAPER - Evansville Indiana - August 16th 1861, good condition, many Civil War articles.
Memorable Quotations of John F. Kennedy Compiled by Maxwell Meyersohn (1965)
Memorable Quotations of John F. Kennedy Compiled by Maxwell Meyersohn, Published by Thomas Y. Crowell Co., New York, New York (1965). Good condition with fair/good dustjacket. 8vo - Between 7 3/4" and 9 3/4" Tall. 314 pages. This is a wide-ranging collection of quotations of one of the most articulate men ever to occupy the White House. It contains a representative selection of John F. Kennedy's views on domestic and international affairs as expressed during the 1960 presidential campaign and during his term as Chief Executive.
Of Poetry and Power Poems Occasioned By The Presidency and By The Death Of John F. Kennedy (1964)
Of Poetry and Power Poems Occasioned By The Presidency and By The Death Of John F. Kennedy by Erwin A. And Schwaber Glikes, Published by Basic Books, Inc., NY (1964). Hard Cover. Good with Good dustjacket, 155 p. Poems by 79 poets, from all schools, appearing together to praise and to criticize, to express shock and grief, to commemorate - included are Robert Frost, Charles Wright, Cynthia Ozick, Gwendolyn Brooks, Allen Ginsberg, John Berryman, May Swenson, Gregory Corso and more. Foreword by Arthur Schlesinger.
