Search Results: Titles starting with A from Peter Austern & Co. Books & Ephemera / Brooklyn Books

Book. Very Good. No Binding. signed. 1939. Original textile art. -- 'A CHEERFUL KITCHEN'-- SIGNED 'CGG'. Framed In original burlwood frame, 17"x 21"; original textile, matted under glass, measures 11"x14". Handmade art, probably by a woman, with initials 'CGG' inked at bottom right-corner. A fine example of domestic African-Americana art. An inked homily describes the scene-- A Cheerful Kitchen-- Bright and Gay--- Will Make All Troubles-- Fade Away -- 1939, CGG. Art textile shows two domestic Black workers, a cook and manservant, busy in a country kitchen. Made of fabrics sewn on linen, crayon and pencil-- in shades of peach, pink, gold, cream, black and brown. From estate of Eric Carlson, a professional dealer of 19th-20th century French and American prints and drawings and a university professor of art history at SUNY-Purchase In excellent condition-- one corner of original burlwood frame is dented. Domestic s&h $50.

Handwritten. Good. Hardcover. Approx 5" x 7", 25 entries, 1889 - 1891..

Ephemera. Good. No Binding. A slightly used complete deck of 'weasel' cards [52+2 jokers]. Original box & deck from c2003 [not the Newamax reisasue]. This is a complete set of casino quality poker playing cards depicting the 54 worst leaders and celebrities who opposed America's involvement in Iraq and are now charter members of "The Axis of Weasels." The members of this very exclusive club of weasels are also known as "HOLLYWOOD'S MOST WANTED" and the "UNITED NATIONS AXIS OF WEASELS," as well as "HALL OF SHAME AXIS OF WEASELS." See the world's greatest weasels each wearing the beret of Saddam Hussein's Republican Guard, and beneath each photo is each Weasel's quote revealing his anti-American ranting..

Indianapolis: The Bobbs-merrill Company, 1927. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 8vo - over 7¾. God made man, like Himself, lonely. The animals had mates, but man had a soul. God admired this distinction, but man at that time did not. Man tried to make friends with the animals, but a day came when the divine loneliness could not be endured, so God made Lilith, the most seductive body of a woman the oldest poets remembers. However Lilith had no soul, so God created Eve and divided the one soul between them. Not exactly what Adam had asked for. Screen reader support enabled. .

NY: Vantage Press, 1980. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 1980. 1st edition. --'ADDICTIONS, CULTS, And DISEASE - THE FINAL SOLUTION'-- Inscribed/ self-published by DR. PAUL M. D'AMICO. Dr. Paul M. D'Amico is an osteopathic physician; his avocation throughout his medical career has been biochemical addictions. This has resulted in Dr. D'Amico's being associated with various rehabilitation centers mainly in NY State, including 3 years as medical director of the New Horizons Rehabilitation Center in Lake Huntington, NY. Very good condition. With a few marginal notes & underlining sprinkled about. 172 pages. .

New York: Blue Ribbon Books, 1932. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Gertrude Atherton. 8vo - over 7¾. Gertrude Atherton was an American author. Many of her novels are set in her home state of California.She wrote many best sellers 1920s -1930s In addition to novels, she wrote short stories, essays, and articles for magazines and newspapers on such issues as feminism, politics, and war. She was strong-willed, independent-minded, and often controversial for her anti-communist views..

Cupples & Leon Book. Good. Hardcover. Aladdin- Oversized version of well known classic. With vivid full page pictorials in color. A bit of chipping on spine and some edge wear, a loose page, but otherwise no real issues. Clean and intact. Cupples & Leon Publishers 1915., About 15 inches tall..

Book. Illus. by Walter Bacrymsky. c1984, NYC. A watercolor portrait approx 11x14 inches..

Book. The original 1 inch Arcade Photos comes from Chicago's White City Amusement Park in 1912. Reproduced recently as part of a retrospective series of early American photographs. Approx 5x7 inches. mounted on a matte board..

Havana, Cuba: Revista Cineagrafico, S.A., 1960. Graphic Novels. Very Good. Printed Wrapper. 1st Edition. 1960 1st edition. An original album of Communist propaganda directed at Cuban children to reinforce the party line while the victory was still fresh. Designed for children, the comic album is a blow by blow retelling of Fidel Castro's guerrilla war with the Batista government from 1952-1959. Each scene from the revolution is pictured on a trading card given away with Felices canned fruits. Castro is the hero in the forefront [inspired by Jose Marti's Cuban independence movement in the 1800s,with Marti's image in the sky], is flanked by his brother Raul and of course Che. Each page is illustrated with guns, grenades, Cuban flags, and tanks. The cards picture backroom dealing by Batista, the suffering & sacrifice of the Cuban people, battle scenes, and the brave guerrillas fighting for Cuba's future..

Book. Very Good. Hardcover. This original 1974 album from Alcatraz Prison in San Francisco Bay contains 58 rare and unique photos of "The Rock", original ticketing ephemera & news clippings..The makers of this album were among the first visitors allowed to officially tour Alcatraz in July 1974, shortly after the island was ceded to the National Parks Service to administer. The scrapbook is a piece of history that captures the essence of the infamous prison and its surroundings. The photos showcase the prison's harsh conditions, & the prisoners' environment. The album offers a unique glimpse into what once was one of the world's most notorious prisons. Included in the album , though not identified as such , is a sliver of whitewashed concrete, likely an actual' piece of the Rock' snatched up during that initial tour opening of the prison in 1974. The album is approx. 12"x12" and is in excellent condition.

New York: Henry Holt & Co., 1907. Book. Very Good. One Quarter Leather. 8vo.1/4 brown calf/gilt. Marbled bd's & e.p's. Top edge gilt VG. Author associated with the pre- Raphaelite circle of artists and craftsmen fiction/binding.

NY: Random House, 1969. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾. 1st edition, third printing. Signed on the front cover by Arlo Guthrie.Excellent collectible condition. The "Alice" from the Arlo Guthrie song "Alice's Restaurant". "Alice" was restaurant owner Alice M. Brock, who with husband Ray Brock lived in a former church in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, where the song's Thanksgiving dinners were actually held. Both worked at a nearby private academy, the music- and art-oriented Stockbridge School, from which Guthrie had graduated. In 1969, Random House published The Alice's Restaurant Cookbook, which featured recipes and hippie wisdom from Alice Brock, as well as photos of Alice and Guthrie, and publicity stills from the movie. A tear-out record was included in the book with Brock and Guthrie bantering on two tracks, "Italian-Type Meatballs" and "My Granma's Beet Jam"..

NY: Rand McNally & Company, 1929. Book. Illus. by with Photos . Very Good. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Edition. The most popular radio program during the heyday of radio in America..

New York: Haybarn Press, 1993. Book. Illus. by Ed Colker. Fine. Hardcover. #19 of an edition of 100. Purple silk covered boards. Six color lithographs printed on Rives& Arches paper; one signed and titled lithograph loosely laid in. text handset in Baskerville type on Rives Heavyweight. Hand bound..

London: Edw. Moxon, 1842. Book. Poor. Hardcover. 8vo. Three vols, contemporary cloth; gilt lettering. A nice set that wants rebacking..

NY: Alfred A Knopf Inc, 1997. Book. As New. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. An ambitious, absorbing saga of family and community relations, set in present-day New Mexico. The town of Persimmon, which lies just across the Rio Grande from the Mexican-American colony of Apura, is inhabited by such harmlessly distracted souls as 30ish Gay Schaefer and her adolescent daughter Rita; Gay's cousin Heart, a remote woman who's a recovering cancer patient; and Denny Redmon, the high-school basketball coach Gay dallies with-- and strings along-- while living apart from the husband whom she's never divorced and with whom she has frequently reunited. Apura houses more desperate and dangerous people, such as 19-year-old Rudy Salazar, a powder keg whose anger and resentment over his culture's second-class status will flame out and touch the Schaefers . Boswell creates a vivid and disturbing picture of a society tested by the pressures of assimilation, in which the proud declaration that… Read More

International Publishers Co Inc, 1988. Book. Good. Soft cover. 2004 printing. "Angela Davis has been a political activist at the forefront of the Black Liberation, feminist, queer, and prison abolitionist movements for more than fifty years. First published and edited by Toni Morrison in 1974,' An Autobiography' is a powerful and commanding account of her early years in struggle. Davis describes her journey from a childhood on Dynamite Hill in Birmingham, Alabama, to one of the most significant political trials of the century: from her political activity in a New York high school to her work with the U.S. Communist Party, the Black Panther Party, and the Soledad Brothers; and from the faculty of the Philosophy Department at UCLA to the FBI's list of the Ten Most Wanted Fugitives. Told with warmth, brilliance, humor and conviction, Angela Davis's autobiography is a classic account of a life in struggle with echoes in our own time." Covers bright, text block square &… Read More

Comic. Near Fine. Hardcover. ALBUM BINDER of c1979 'ANNIE' COMIC STRIP PANELS -- drawn by artist Leonard Starr. Compiled in promotional 1970s 3-ring Burger King binder. Approx. 850-900 strips. 200 pp. 'Little Orphan Annie' was originally created by Harold Gray in 1924; it was seen in national newspapers for 50 years. The original strip was named for a poem entitled 'Little Orphant Annie', written by James Whitcomb Riley in 1885. Following the successful Broadway run of 'Annie-The Musical' in 1977, cartoonist Leonard Starr revived the original strip and renamed it 'Annie'. Starr continued to draw 'Annie' until his retirement in 2000; these 'Annie' comic strips are from Leonard Starr's 1979-era. In about fine condition-- mounted strips in excellent shape, bright, clean, colorful. Sleeves are all firmly in place. Individual panels appear to be sequentially ordered. Domestic s&h $15..

LaGrange, IL: Otto Hunziker, 1920. Book. Good. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Otto Hunziker was a pioneer in the American and international dairy industry, as both an educator and a technical innovator. Hunziker was born and raised in Switzerland, emigrated to the U.S., and studied at Cornell University. He started and developed the dairy program at Purdue University when such programs were at their infancy. At this same time, Hunziker was heavily involved with the development of the American Dairy Science Association (ADSA) and the standardization and improvement of many dairy tests and processes. Hunziker wrote several of the leading dairy processing texts, which continue to be cited. After leaving Purdue University, Hunziker managed research and operations at a large, national condensary, continued to drive ADSA's standardization and publishing efforts, represented the U.S. at international dairy congresses, and facilitated dairy industry improvements across the globe. Over… Read More