York, PA: Perrtz, (n. d.). Ca 1880s / 1890s. Pale yellow mount, lettered in red, rounded corners. Photographer imprint stamped to verso. Photograph: 5-9/16" x 3-7/8". Mount: 6-1/2" x 4-1/4". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. On-line research suggests Stetson's drama troupe subsisted for a significan period of time..... More
Lustrum Press. Printed by Lyle Hoffman, Los Angeles, (1970). 1st Edition. Unpaginated. Typography by Vernon Simpson. 46 b/w photographic images. 12-3/8" x 8-7/8". Black paper covers, with photographic image to front cover. Gibson "is an American art photographer best known for his photographic books. His images often incorporate fragments with..... More
Glendale, California: Printed by Patrick Reagh, 1988. 1st Edition, limited to 300 cc. INSCRIBED PRESENTATION copy, SIGNED by the author. Unpaginated. Illustrated by J. Todd. 8vo. 8-3/4" x 5-3/4". Maroon leather spine, gilt stamped lettering, over patterned-paper boards. Bound by Bela Blau, Los Angeles. "Presented to members of the Roxburghe..... More
Van Nuys, California: Printed by Richard J. Hoffman, 1987. 1st Edition, limited to 500 cc. INSCRIBED PRESENTATION copy, SIGNED by the author. 78, [2] pp. Illustrated by J. Arlington Todd. 4to. 11-1/4" x 8". Brown cloth spine over brown patterned-paper boards. Bound by Bela Blau, Los Angeles... More
Buffalo, N. Y. Bliss Bros. Artistic Photographers, [1890]. Elaborate photographer imprint to verso. At bottom is inked "Compliments / of / Hersich - St. John / 1890 / H. H. T. S." Image: 5-3/8" x 3-7/8". Mount: 6-9/16" x 4-1/8". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Both brothers were..... More
Divers places, including San Francisco & Corpus Christi: 1968 - 1971. Album with 30 leaves of black mounting paper, 27 with ~ 250+ [mostly] color snapshot-style photographs, attached at top, many with captions to verso. Some loose & laid-in. Album: 11" x 14". Photographs: 3-1/2" x 3-1/2". Red faux-leather commercial..... More
Aberdeen: Free Press Office, 1873. 1st printing thus, i.e., of this catalogue. 59, [1] pp. 12mo. 5-3/8" x 3-1/4". Original publisher's printed buff paper wrappers, sewn. Some rudimentary on-line research determined Cades operated a lending-library of stereoviews, which certainly would explain the markings herein. Cf. Stereo World; Vol 14, No..... More
(n.p.): 1982-1983. Tri-fold photo album. 37 color photographs. Folded: 7-1/2 x 4-1/2". Open: 7-1/2" x 18-3/4". Card stock, self wrappers, each quadrant numbered (1-10, 11-20, 21-30 and 31-40), printed in white. Photographs are scotch-taped in at head of each photo. Each photo has a handwritten caption either in blue or..... More
Portland, Oregon: Woodard Clarke & Co. Chemists, (n.d.). C. 1895-1898. [48] pp., ms annotations in pencil. 153 original b/w silver gelatin photographs, all about 4" x 3-1/4"-5” x 3 1/2”, mounted. Oblong format: 11 1/4" x 15-1/4". Period brown pebbled cloth album with blind-stamped panels, white moire paste downs. A..... More
(various): c. 1946 - 1947. 29 leaves. Approximately 240 letters (on USO and U.S.S Alexander J. Luke letterhead) and 80 post cards. Many loose (and tipped in) ephemeral items as well. Illustrated post cards, some photographes in envelopes. Approx: 12-1/2" x 10". Brown faux leather boards, tan thick paper leaves..... More
(n. p.): c. 1924 - 1932. 45 unnumbered album leaves with numerous items slipped in, and approx. 30 loose items. Hundreds of b/w photos, postcards, ms letters, playbills, menus, newspaper and magazine clippings, original sketches and watercolor paintings, invitations, receipts, church programs Album: 10-1/2" x 14-1/2" Quarter dark-blue leather and..... More
(n. p.): (n. d.). C. 1899 - 1902. [48] pp., ms annotations in pencil. 91 original b/w photographs, all about 3-1/8" x 3-1/8", slipped under the leaves into square frames, one b/w photo postcard slipped in. Oblong format: 7" x 11-1/2" Period red cloth album with "Photographs" stamped in silver..... More
Soeul, Korea: 1952. 25 leaves of black 'construction' mounting paper. 199 b/w images, of the 'snapshot' variety [3 spots evident were photos probably removed]. Approximately 10% captioned with white ink [no images examined out of the album, so additonal captions may be present on versos]. Album: 8-3/4" x 1`2-1/2". Images..... More
1939. 14 b/w images, 7-7/8" x 9-7/8". Possibly unpublished; while it's entirely reasonable to expect these images may have been published in a small forum, such as in a government journal or report, initial research is unable to confirm such. Initially appointed by President Taft in 1911, no doubt as..... More
1948. 30 leaves of black mounting-stock paper. 118 b/w photographs [evidence of some removed], plus 10 RPPCs. Most photographs captioned, as are all RPPCs. Album: 7-1/2" x 10-3/4". Images mainly 2-1/2" x 3-1/4" [xx] and 3-1/2" x 5-1/8". Photographs mounted in a twin-screwpost commercial photograph album. The "General W. A...... More
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[Providence, RI]: [1881]. 1st edition thus. 27 leaves of stiff-stock mounting board. Album contains 200+ original albumen photographs. Folio. 16-1/2" x 12-1/2". 3/4 brown leather album with gilt stamped title lettering to front board. Bevelled edges. AEG. Marbled eps. A hefty class photo album of Brown University students and faculty..... More
[Indianapolis, IN]: J. Walter Hannon, Indiana Telephone Company, 1920 - 1955. 3 Photograph Albums, of varying pages. Two typewritten notebooks, one folder of Indiana journal publications laid-in, and many loose photographs and adverts. Many b/w photographs throughout albums (some sepia toned), including 28 photo postcards; most group company photographs commercial..... More
[Seattle, WA]: Ca 1930. 10 pp. autographs pages, unused except for five penciled names (all dated 1930) + 40 leaves of black mounting paper, unpaginated, with last two leaves unused. Images mostly snapshot size of 2-1/2” x 3-1/2”, or 3-/12” x 4-1/2”. Laid in: A menu from Thanksgiving dinner 1929..... More
[Puerto Rico]: 1948. 1st Edition. 32 leaves of black mounting paper, with 72 mounted b/w captioned [text in English & Spanish] photographs [71: 4-11/16" x 6-7/8"; 1: 9-3/4" x 7-3/4"]. 4 additional b/w "snapshots" laid-in, as are a number of Ecuadorian newspaper clippings & an Esso road map of Puerto..... More
Riverside International Raceway: 1981. 14 leaves of clear plastic mounting leaves, 12 images per leaf. 164 color 3-1/2" x 4-7/8" snapshots of the race, drivers, maintenance, pit shops, etc. Album: 11-7/8" x 12-1/2". Housed in a generic commercial dual screw-post vinyl album, tan with triple gold perimeter rule to covers..... More
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Riverside International Raceway / Long Beach, California: 1981. 18 leaves of clear plastic mounting leaves, 12 images per leaf. Laid-in are 2 additional [one of Rutherford in his Penzoil 5 car]. The preponderance of images depict the cars on track. 96 color 3-1/2" x 4-7/8" snapshots of the Winston Cup..... More
New York: Published by Pach Brothers, Photographers. [1903]. 1st edition thus. 19 leaves of stiff-stock mounting board. Album contains 352 original photographs: 52 Alumni (1-3/4" x 2-1/4") and Faculty, including then president of the university and [future] US President Woodrow Wilson, 266 Students (1-3/4" x 2-1/4"), 10 Sports (7" x...... More
Rome: Consiglio regionale delle Marche, 1999. 1st edition thus. 4 page introductory text [in Italian]. High-quality half-tone reproductions of 10 b/w photographs by Ferroni, as held by Archivio Gruppo MISA. Portfolio: 16" x 11-3/4". Image size: 10-3/8" x 8-1/4" [as printed on a stiff-stock glossy sheet 15-3/4" x 11-5/8"]. Housed..... More
Divers places & locales: 1936. All items housed in 38 clear plastic sleeves, placed in a large tan vinyl 3-ring binder. Items affixed, recto & verso, of black stiff-stock mounting paper. A wonderful photograph & ephemera collection documenting an unidentified lady's summer trip aboard the R.M.S. Berengeria. This large album..... More
(n. p.): (n. d.). 1st edition thus. 22 leaves. 300 b/w photographs ranging in size, mainly 3" x 4-1/2" and 2" x 2". Few photographs missing. Some photographs contained in an envelope in rear of album. 10-3/4" x 16". Black lacquered album with peacock and Mount Fuji mother-of-pearl inlay to..... More
