Ephemera from Eric James

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: The Franklin Institute of the State of Pennsylvania, 1949. Stapled paperback pamphlet, 16 pages, plus the foldout halograph facsimile reproduction of the handwritten will; very gently used, green cover, slightly larger than the text block, accordingly bumped and creased along edges, two very tiny tears to front top, light crease to… Read more

Amsterdam, Netherlands: Wereld-Bibliotheek-Vereeniging, 1960. Oblong softcover with dust jacket, 61 pages including illustrations;--- text in Dutch---;---"Tweehonderd Luxe-Exemplaren Werden Gedrukt op Kingdom, Dit is nummer 93";---very gently used, tight in binding, white cover gently bumped at spine ends and corners as it is slightly larger than the text block, pale foxing to front and back, interior very clean,… Read more

London, United Kingdom: Hodder & Stoughton Small 15 cm x 11 cm softcover pamphlet, undated (roughly c1880-1920 by my guess), consisting of 1. an outer brown paper folder with flaps printed on front with title and author over a square partially coloured floral motif; front and back age toned and lightly foxed, flaps much lighter with… Read more

Lake Geneva, Wisconsin: TSR, 1990. Digest-sized paperback, 160 pages; top edge age toned, tiny price sticker on ISBN code block on front cover, otherwise in very clean and unmarked unread condition. See also our listings for Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine,… Read more

Lake Geneva, Wisconsin: TSR, 1989. Digest-sized paperback, 162 pages; top edge age toned, tiny price sticker on ISBN code block on front cover, otherwise in very clean and unmarked unread condition. See also our listings for Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine,… Read more

New York: Association Press, 1962. Hardcover with unclipped dust jacket, second (1963) printing, xi + 273 pages; book very gently read, if at all, tight in binding, not a trace of shelf wear, very clean and unmarked throughout, pages fresh and white; DJ faded, two very tiny tears … Read more

New York: Fawcett Publications, 1952. Magazine with stapled and glued binding, "Third Printing 1958", 144 pages including black-and-white illustrations on every page;---(WARNING to the faint of heart: there are lots of pictures of naked people);----very gently used, tight in binding although a few pages are detached from one staple, tiny traces of shelf… Read more

New York: Life Magazine, 1986. Oversized softcover magazine, 134 pages with hundreds of colour and black-and-white photographs; front cover bottom half foxed and completely detached (therefore including two thirds of the Campbell's Soup pop art illustration), but text pages overall still intact and complete, all pages age toned around edges,… Read more

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1944. Hardcover with unclipped dust jacket, later printing, xv + 306 pages;---original bright yellow DJ with black lettering and front cover photo of author;---book very gently read, if at all, tight in binding, not a trace of shelf wear, very clean and unmarked throughout, pages fresh and white; DJ has… Read more

Los Angeles: Robert A. Harris/Images Film Archive/Zoetrope Studios, 1981. Oversized stapled paperback pamphlet, 16 pages including four-page centrefold, black-and-white photographs throughou (covers in colour), not a trace of shelf wear, very clean and unmarked, essentially as new.. Soft Cover. Fine.

London, United Kingdom: Hodder & Stoughton Slim hardcover without dust jacket, one of the series "Days With The Great Writers", undated (but c1910), 48 pages, plus five full page full colour reproductions and illustrated endpapers; gently used, but a century and more of wear at corners and edges, slight damage to spine top, severe bump to… Read more

Washington, D.C., U.S.A.: United States Government Printing Office for the United States Hydrographic Office, 1952. Oversized hardcover with plastic stay-flat spiral binding, xi + 240 pages; covers worn, scarred, rubbed and soiled from heavy use, ink signature on front cover and two more on title page, but binding strong, interior otherwise very clean… Read more

Both the Borba and the Arraiolos were built in 1948, Borba by William Doxford & Sons in Sunderland, UK, and Arraiolos by Bartram & Sons in Sunderland, UK, on the River Wear (see below);---Borba documents; 1. small typed 3-page "Tabela Dos Deslocamentos, N/M Borba", 2-hole punched, stapled, undated, unsigned; 2. typed letter to "Ship's… Read more

Artigues-près-Bordeaux, Gironde, France : S. N. I. Delmas, 1983. Stapled paperback pamphlet, 36 pages including full colour photographs; very gently used, very clean and unmarked. . Soft Cover. Very Good ++.

London: Winsor and Newton Digest-style paperback, undated (but "Thirty-Sixth Thousand" printing, c1940s/1950s), 64 pages; very gently used, just a hint of smudging to front cover, otherwise very clean and unmarked throughout.. Soft Cover. Very Good ++.

Montreal: Royal Bank of Canada, 1967. Mass market paperback, 186 pages, plus a colourful foldout map of Canada inside back cover (map has a small tear, apparently because the previous owner didn't realize that it has to be cut along the inner fold line to open properly; buyer beware!); very tiny traces of shelf wear, but… Read more

Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Royal Ontario Museum and University of Toronto, 1965. Stapled softcover pamphlet, 16 pages, black-and-white illustrations; very gently used, very clean and unmarked. See also our listing for Steven's Early Ontario Glass, and for R. R. H.… Read more

Chicago, IL, U.S.A.: Science and Mechanics Publishing, 1959. Magazine-style stapled paperback, 202 pages, illustrations on almost every page; light rubbing, chipping and creasing to covers, but gently used, cheap newsprint paper age toned,… Read more

Newington, Connecticut, U.S.A.: American Radio Relay League, 1965. Magazine-sized paperback, 255 pages including black-and-white illustrations on almost every page; gently used, light rubbing and bumping to exterior, one heavy spine crease, book opens flat at pages 98/99, ink signature on first (title) page, pale faded staining to four consecutive pages, all… Read more

Chicago, IL, U.S.A.: Science and Mechanics Publishing, 1959. Magazine-style stapled paperback, 192 pages, illustrations on almost every page; light rubbing, chipping and creasing to covers, but gently used, cheap newsprint paper age toned, but very clean and unmarked. See also our listing for Dorothy Pace`s The Complete Home Encyclopedia,… Read more