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Paris, France: Collection ""La France Vivante"" , ca. 1934. 15.6 x 21.2 cm. Interesting story of French civil aviation in the years leading up to World War II. La politique du dirigeable. Records de vitesse. Air France. Air Afrique.R�gies en Afrique. Transports sans subventions d'�tat. L.A.N.A. Air Bleu. Le ""Pou du ciel"". Paper-backed book, front and back covers present but detached. Inscr. On ffep: ""Lester Hoyt Watson Paris 4/4/36"" Includes separate Air Bleu schedule, inserted. Poor. . Catalogs: Scientific/Aviation.

Firenze, Italia: Tipografia Della Biblioteca Di Cultura Liberale, 1909. 10 x 16 cm. La Calvizie - Sue cause: Grandi progressi ha fatto e fa ai nostri tempi la scienza medica; ma se ci troviamo a domandare non tanto ai profani, quanto anche a molti dei medici, che cosa sia la calvizie vedremo molti di essi imbarazzati a rispondere. Certificati medici. Altre Attestazioni. Anche, Orario estivo da Roma a Napoli, Torino, ecc. Paper booklet, edges slightly tanned, good. . Catalogs: Advertising/Medical.

Paris, France: Les �ditions de l'Atelier/Les �ditions Ouvri�res, 1999. 15.5 x 22 cm. "Une Oeuvre Toujours Au Coeur L'Acualite"" par Claude Willard; ""Une Monde Que Nous Avons Perdu?"" par Michel Caron (CFDT); ""Faire Oeuvre de M�moire"" par Louis Viannet (CGT); ""La Commune n'est pas Morte"" par Marc Blondel (CGT-FO); Eug�ne Varlin biography; ""La Commune de Paris: Un Mythe Fondateur"" par Ren� Berthier (F�deration anarchiste, Groupe F�vrier); ""�ph�m�re et Fertile Commune"" par Jean-Claude Barbarant (FEN); ""Les Ma�ons, de la Conciliation aux Barricades"" par Andr� Combes (Grande Orient de France), ""Les Le�ons de la Commune de Paris"" par Louis Mexandeau (PS); aussi les contributions de Dominique Comelli (FSU), Sylvie Jan (Femmes Solidaires); Pierre Dharr�ville (JOC); Jwean-Jacques Kirkyacharian (MRAP); Fod� Sylla (SOS Racisme), etc. Paper booklet very good. . Catalogs: History/Social Commentary.

The La Crosse Co, ca. 1910. 9 x 16 cm. Three pieces of advertising, printed on both sides, promise ""No more lame backs, dirty hands or soiled clothes"" when you use this self-wringing mop, duster and window washer. Three small pieces of advertising fastened together with a straightpin. Good. . Catalogs: Advertising.

New York, NY: New York Symphony Society, 1880. 17 x 25 cm. Berlioz was impressed with the work of Goethe, and wrote parts of this opera as he traveled through Hungary, Austria and Bohemia. First scene opens without overture, as Faust is wandering amid the plains of Hungary.Mephistopheles appears in Part II. Paper booklet, lightly worn, top wrap has several chips in edge, good. . Catalogs: Music/Opera.

Dallas, TX: Banks Upshaw & Co, 1943. 26 x 36 cm. Scholastic newspaper in French. ""Voici Le Maroc�Avant la guerre, le Maroc �tait plac� sous le protectorat de la France."" Front page includes story about Morocco and large illustrated map. ""Les Marocaines Sont Des Dames Qui Ignorent La View Au Grand Air"" ""Les Mis�rables"" par Victor Hugo, part VII. Drawings of Fantine and Cosette, etc. School newspaper, horizontal folds torn, poor. . Catalogs: Educational.

ephemera, ca. 1890. 8 x 11 cm. Elaborate valentine with two layers of paper lace on front, with greeting inside. paper valentine, good. . Catalogs: Ephemera.

New York, NY: The Ladies' Floral Cabinet and Pictorial Home Companion, 1872. 34 x 44 cm. Monthly periodical features articles about flower culture, children, poetry, story about girls in Japan, Bashfulness, back page all interesting ads. Newspaper, worn, some folds torn. Poor. . Catalogs: Women's/Ephemera.

New York, NY: The Ladies' Floral Cabinet and Pictorial Home Companion, 1873. 34 x 44 cm. Monthly periodical features articles about flower culture, children, poetry. About Matrimony: Whom do great men marry? Entertaining company. Man and Woman in Love. Fan flirtations. Newspaper, worn, pages uncut, some folds torn. Poor. . Catalogs: Women's/Ephemera.

New York, NY: The Ladies' Floral Cabinet and Pictorial Home Companion, 1872. 34 x 44 cm. Monthly periodical features articles about flower culture, children, poetry; Rustic shelter in Prospect Park, Brooklyn. Fun for the Family. Newspaper, very good. . Catalogs: Women's/Ephemera.

Boston, MA: Charles H. Whiting, ca. 1895. 14 x 10 cm. Booklet of laundry slips for use in hotel, home when sending laundry out: aprons, chemises, collars, corset covers, drawers, dresses, goloves, night caps, night gowns, shams, etc. Paper booklet, very good. . Catalogs: ephemera.

New York, NY: Seidler, ca. 1885. 8 x 13 cm. Advertising card shows unattractive, tie-less man with one eye shut, holding similar-looking dog, with same eye shut. Advertising card, reverse blank. Good. . Catalogs: Advertising.

Cincinnati, OH: L. Swormstedt & J.H. Power, 1850. 16 x 25 cm. Splendid collection of elegant engravings, poetry, music, religious thoughts, travel, all manner of literature, book reviews, commentary, attacks on ""corrupting literature."" Impressive array of reading for educated women: Lead article for February discusses three books on The Jesuits, gives a colorful description and discussion, but ends with a stern message against the ""Romish denomination."" An Incident of the Hungarian War. Adulation of Kossuth. ""Tracks of a Traveler"" for September relates journey from Canada to Syracuse to Albany and eventually to Martha's Vineyard and Boston, MA. In Boston, editor attends wild meeting of the ""radical, abolition, non-resistant, woman's rights, anti-Church, no-government, general-reform, out-and-out, come-out, Garrisonian Society of Fanatics. Never since the flood, has there been such a congregation of lunatics, as were assembled."" Report from Germany on new strides in women's equality. Red… Read More

New York, NY: S.H. Moore Company, 1910. 28 x 40 cm. Cover picture shows young woman with peach ribbon in her hair and peach dress. She sits pensively with chin in her hands. Art by Edwyn Chambers.""The World About Us"" Fact and Comment: Teamwork; Shopping-- be cheerful to shopclerks; Manners--Good manners are always fine, whetehr they are clothed in homespun or purple and linen. Decency: The moving picture craze has carried the assault on decency to every town and village. Itr may be your boy or girl who will be corrupted if you fail to do your part as a citizen and as a Christian. ""The Professor's Holiday"" by Imogen Clark. ""The Bungalow at Cheever's"" by Cornelia A.P. Comer. ""The Spirit of Brucewood Farms"" by Marie Booth Russell [Mrs. Robert B. Mantell]. ""How Women Can Earn Money"" by Laura A. Smith-- The Woman Agent: Be a good talker, dress neatly, with cheerful manner; do not harangue. Ad for American Radiator Company: ""Soon all housewives will know"" how to escape from the tyranny and… Read More

Jersey City, NJ: ephemera, ca. 1890. 11 x 17 cm. Color picture of attractive woman with large hat; on reverse is ad for the Jersey City Evening Journal with list of fire signal stations. Card is clipped at one corner and reverse shows signs of having been pasted in an album. Fair. . Catalogs: Advertising/Ephemera.

Augusta, ME: Lakewood, Inc, ca. 1936. 10 x 23 cm. Pamphlet advertises Lakewood Theatre and bungalows run by Herbert L. Swett, on Lake Wesserunsett near Skowhegan, Maine. [Note: Lakewood in 2004 is celebrating its 104th season. This pamphlet advertised the 36th season.] Paper pamphlet, good. . Catalogs: Travel.

Skowhegan, ME: Independent-Reporter Co, 1940. 15 x 20 cm. Booklet for Lakewood Theatre production week of June 3rd 1940, ""Hindle Wakes"" a drama in three acts by Stanley Houghton and featuring Allan Tower, Ann Mason, Louise Campbell, Rosalind Ivan and Percy Kilbride.Next week: ""Margin for Error"" by Clare Booth, with Hume Cronyn and Don Terry. Lakewood Theatre and bungalows are run by Herbert L. Swett, on Lake Wesserunsett near Skowhegan, Maine. [Note: Lakewood in 2004 is celebrating its 104th season. This booklet advertised the 40th season.] Paper booklet, good. . Catalogs: Advertising.

Concord, NH: State of New Hampshire, 1838. 15 x 22 cm. Governor of New Hampshire, upon hearing that the Lancaster Bank of Coos County, NH was negotiating sale of stock to persons living outside New Hampshire, and putting in circulation an increased amount of irredeemable paper, ordered Bank commissioners to examine the bank. This reports results of that examination. Paper booklet, pages loose, worn, leading edges of pages browned, poor. . Catalogs: History/Financial.

1894. 15 x 18 cm. Simple leaflet describes school, lists faculty, describes town of Lancaster and railroads to reach it; also tuition and board. Paper leaflet. Good. . Catalogs: Advertising/Educational/Ephemera.

Plymouth, MA, 1886. 21 x 28 cm. Addresses by Rev. George H. Bates, Rev. Frank B. Sleeper, Rev. Wm. P. Burnell; Anti-slavery Sentiment of Plymouth by Rev. Isaac A. Grandy of the African M.E. Church. Paper, moderate wear, good. . Catalogs: Religious.