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N.P.: n.p., 1939. broadside (9 3/4 by 12 1/4 inches). Signed and dated etching by Thomas W. Nason (1889-1971). Nason was a print maker from Lyme, Connecticut, known as the "poet engraver of New England." Nason became known for his poetic and somber observations of the rural New England landscape.
[Two Illustrated Envelopes] Vaudeville Illustrator Decorates His Correspondence to Fellow New-Yorker, Brevoort B. Barr by Merritt, Hal - 1920
by Merritt, Hal
[Two Illustrated Envelopes] Vaudeville Illustrator Decorates His Correspondence to Fellow New-Yorker, Brevoort B. Barr
by Merritt, Hal
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Centerport, Long Island, [NY], 1920. Very good, slightly browned edges, illustrations bright and clear.. 2 envelopes. Illus. with colored drawings. 3 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches. The first illustration depicts a winter scene of a man digging his car out of the snow. The second is of a man shaking hands with a bag of money. The first was the earlier, perhaps a bit before 1920, the second about 1923.
Hal Merritt was a famous Vaudeville illustrator; he provided the drawings for Will Cressy's 1914 book, "Continuous Vaudeville," was on the same bill with W.C. Fields, and was known as "the talking cartoonist." for his act "Chalk talks and monologue", where he accompanied his monologues with drawings on stage, The Philadelphia Keith-Albee Theater Manager's Report for June 27th, 1904 notes: "HAL MERRITT-15 mins. in one-Monologuist and mimic, with a little poster drawing. Well known on the circuit. Always makes good here, if not on too late. His poster work seems to go best. Good act."
Brevoort Bristol Barr (1869-1964) was a long time New York agent of the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co.
Hal Merritt was a famous Vaudeville illustrator; he provided the drawings for Will Cressy's 1914 book, "Continuous Vaudeville," was on the same bill with W.C. Fields, and was known as "the talking cartoonist." for his act "Chalk talks and monologue", where he accompanied his monologues with drawings on stage, The Philadelphia Keith-Albee Theater Manager's Report for June 27th, 1904 notes: "HAL MERRITT-15 mins. in one-Monologuist and mimic, with a little poster drawing. Well known on the circuit. Always makes good here, if not on too late. His poster work seems to go best. Good act."
Brevoort Bristol Barr (1869-1964) was a long time New York agent of the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co.
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- Place of Publication Centerport, Long Island, [NY]
- Date Published 1920
- Keywords , Americana, Art, Vaudeville, Illustration
WINDING ROAD
by Nason, T.W.
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Karambolage
by Odermatt, Arnold
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Gottingen: Steidl, 2003. First Edition. Essay and editing by Urs Odermatt. Small folio. Black cloth. Fine in Fine dust jacket. Text in German, French and English. With thoroughness and meticulous attention to detail, Swiss police officer Arnold Odermatt photographed automobile accidents on the streets of the Swiss Canton Nidwalden, documenting accident scenes and property damage during his 40-year career. In his photos the drivers have gone and the victims have been removed. All thats left are the wrecked cars that tell the stories of excessive speed, drunk driving, right-of-way errors and plain foolishness. The de-formed steel takes on a malleable quality. The cars become sculptures that show the sudden end to many hopes and dreams, the intrusion of the unforeseen into well-regulated daily life. What results from the picture-taking policeman's official work is a selection of melancholic, sometimes funny and always strange atmospheric photos of our mobile society.
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REPORTS OF THE NEW YORK HARBOR COMMISSION
by The Chamber of Commerce of New York
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New York: The Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York, 1856. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 316 pages; Fair; bound in brown cloth, spine has gilt lettering, front and back covers have embossing; binding has significant wear along the sides of the spine, with tearing, cracking, and minor detachment throughout, has severe damage at the top and bottom of the spine, with large chunks missing at both ends, has heavy discoloration, has wear along the top and bottom edges with minor fraying and bumping on the fore edge corners, front cover has pen markings; pages have heavy age toning, have crinkling and minor detachment in several locations, contains several fold out graphs; NOTE: Shelved in Room G. 1319512. Special Collections.
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Rembrandt's Eyes
by Simon Schama
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf., 1999. First edition. Hardcover, brown cloth. 750pp. Fine in Fine dust jacket. Signed by Schama on the half-title page
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MOON-FACE
by London, Jack [Chaney, John Griffith]
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New York: The MacMillan Company, 1906. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Large 12mo., v, 273 pages; G-; Dark blue cloth spine with abstract graphic and slightly faded white lettering; Moderate soiling to front cover, slight fading to lettering, rubbing along hinges of spine and edgewear to head/tail, moderate edgewear along bottom of covers, and minor bowing to boards; Dampstain on top edge of textblock visible on interior pages and some shelfwear to bottom textblock edge; Previous owner's signature appears on ffep; t.e.g.; CX consignment; NOTE: Shelved in Room G. One of only 8400 copies from first printing. 1346272. FP New Rockville Stock.
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A Account of Two Voyages ... into China
by Backhoff, Feodor Iskowitz, and Zachary Wagener
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London: Henry Lintot and John Osborn, 1746. Folio. An extract of pp. 467-478 of Vol. VI of the third edition of Churchill's Voyages. Bound to style in quarter leather, red leather lettering piece, gilt; marbled paper boards. A near fine copy. Translated from the High-Dutch original. Backhoff traveled from Moscow to China via Siberia in 1654. Wagener traveled throughout Europe, Asia, Africa and America. This account is taken from his diary. He was in China in 1653. The account is quite short. .
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The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales
by Jon Scieszka
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SCIESZKA, Jon. The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales. [Illustrated by Lane Smith]. [NY]: Viking [1992]. 8vo, [48]pp. Color pictorial boards. Patterned endpapers; color illustrations on every page. A fine copy in original color pictorial dust jacket (no medal affixed, price-clipped). Signed by the artist, Lane Smith, with a full-page drawing of the Stinky Cheese Man on the front free endpaper. Scarce thus.First edition. 1993 Caldecott Honor Book! Following up on the success of their previous collaboration, The True Story of the Three Little Pigs, this award-winning duo created 10 new tales filled with humor and heart. With its unconventional page arrangement, and eclectic, frenetic mix of text and pictures, this delightful spoof has captured readers imaginations for nearly 30 years and influenced a generation of picture book authors. Copies signed by Lane Smith have grown quite scarce.
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THE BLIND BOW-BOY [SIGNED]
by Van Vechten, Carl
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1923. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 261 pages; VG-/None; quarter tan cloth binding, boards in green decorated paper; spine with age-toned paper label, with black lettering; some shelf wear and soiling; corners bumped; some soiling and age-toning to spine; spine label creased and age-toned; spine cocked; inscribed by Van Vechten at front free endpaper; frontispiece starting; bookseller's sticker at back pastedown; pages clean; CX consignment; NOTE: Shelved in Room G. 1347983. Special Collections.
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Box: Henry Brown Mails Himself to Freedom
by Carole Boston Weatherford
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WEATHERFORD, Carole Boston. Box. Henry Brown Mails Himself to Freedom. Illustrated by Michele Wood. [Somerville, MA]: Candlewick [2020]. Oblong 8vo, [56]pp. Color pictorial boards. Black endpapers; color illustrations on nearly every page. A fine copy in original color pictorial dust jacket (no medal affixed). With a bookplate signed by Newbery Honor author Carole Boston Weatherford. First edition. 2021 Newbery Honor Book! Henry Brown wrote that long before he came to be known as Box, he "entered the world a slave." Put to work as a child and passed down from one generation to the next — as property – he lost his wife and children when they were sold away out of spite. But Henry Brown found hope — and help —in the form of the Underground Railroad. And escaped enclosed in a box!
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Vaiden Trilogy: The Forge, The Store, and Unfinished Cathedral [FIRST EDITION]
by STRIBLING, T.S.
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Garden City: Doubleday, 1934. First Edition. Cloth. Good. 8vo. Publisher's cloth with pastedowns on spines and covers. This is a lot of first editions of Stribling's Vaiden trilogy. The middle volume, The Store, won the 1933 Pulitzer Prize. All three volumes are in Good condition and lacking their dust jackets. Each has sunning to the spines and some scuffing to the edges. Hinges are tender in all volumes. All were owned by a single collector, whose inscription is on the front free endpaper of each volume. An affordable complete set of first editions of the classic trilogy of Southern literature.
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