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[Habana (Havana, Cuba): Imp. El Score, Luz 45, 1930]. [4]pp. Program. Approx. 9 x 6 inches. Bifolium. Text in English and Spanish. Brief pencil annotation on verso. Folds; minor handling; very good. Official program for the "Habana-Madrid" frontón or jai-alai venue in Havana, Cuba. The Basque/Spanish sport of jai-alai, played extremely fast with a small ball, was popular among gamblers. This program for the evening of March 6, 1930 list five games to be played that night including doubles (partidos) and elimination (quinielas) matches. The leading players and their uniform "colors" are noted, no doubt to assist the following of the fast game-play and to keep track of one's gambling. Admission prices are noted for premium, court side, bleacher, and stand-only admissions. Reserved seating for tourists was also available. English-language texts explain the game, the rules of scoring as well as how to bet on the "pari-mutual" (parimutuel) system for both doubles and elimination singles matches.  

Lindenwold, New Jersey: Seidman Productions, [1987]. [3], 4-66, [2]pp. Quarto. Pictorial self-wrappers. Color and half tone illustrations from photographs; ads. Light foxing around edges of front cover; near fine. A scarce "official" program from a high spot in American boxing: the 1987 boxing match between Marvelous Marvin Hagler and Sugar Ray Leonard. This world middleweight championship super fight has been described as one of the most disputed fights in the history of boxing. Leonard won by a split-decision, but sportswriters, pundits, and fans contested the outcome, and the fight continues to remains a source of controversy in the boxing world.

[Daytona, 1898]. Photograph on card mount with scalloped edges and ribbon hanger. 7 x 5 inches. Image lightened; faint rubbing in margins; very good. Rare. Invitation to cards and dancing on March 11, 1896 at the Opera House in Daytona, Florida, one of the first events sponsored by the Halifax River Yacht Club. The yacht club's first meeting was held just two months earlier, its organizers eager racers of gaff-rigged catboats. The invitation itself is a photograph. The image incorporates a scene of sailboats racing on the Halifax River and a photo-reproduction of the handwritten invitation. Right around the time of the dance, "Laurence Thompson, a founding father of Daytona and one of the original 13 members, gave permission to construct a wharf from his premises on Beach Street, including the 'riparian rights'." (History of the Halifax River Yacht Club, accessed online) The Halifax River Yacht Club is believed to be the oldest yacht club on the East Coast still at its original location.

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1874. [256]pp. First Edition. Bound in green cloth. 8vo., large folding frontispiece view; modestly illustrated with vignette engravings throughout. Rear board with extensive but mild small bubbling to cloth; a very good and clean copy with bright gilt to spine and upper cover. Story, mission, progress, and multiple descriptions and viewpoints of life at Virginia's Hampton Institute for African Americans and Native Americans; this title published almost a decade after the close of the American Civil War. The content is varied, from a brief section on the Ku Klux Klan to testimonials: one being from a formerly enslaved woman who came to Hampton to be educated; another being a public address by a young woman graduate. From page 171 and onwards, the text is devoted to an early collection of "Cabin and Plantation Songs" with scored music and lyrics printed. The spine is lettered in gilt: "Hampton and Its Students / With the Slave Songs."

New York: Random House, 1991. 337 pages. Illustrated. Hardcover. A fine copy in dust jacket. First edition. Inscribed on the title-page by biographer Neeli Cherkovski and dated in the year of publication.

[Reading, Pennsylvania]: News Print, 1881]. [4]pp. Circular. 7½ x 5 inches. Bifolium. Decorative typography and border on upper cover. Faint creasing and light stains; very good. Promotional circular for teacher of elocution and public dramatic reader and entertainer, John M. Stephen of Reading, Pennsylvania. Stephen was a graduate of Philadelphia's National School of Elocution and Oratory and was the 1881 winner of a gold medal at a contest held at that city's Academy of Music. The circular announces that Stephen was "now arranging for [the] coming season" of 1882 and includes 13 testimonials and press notices including three from teachers of voice culture, articulation, or recitation and gesture at the National School of Elocution and Oratory. Stephens' previous programs included a readings of "The Dukite Snake" and P.S. Gilmore's poem "Columbia,"  the addresses "Spartacus to the Gladiators at Capua" and "Rum's Maniac," and selections from Shakespeare's Julius Caesar and Richard III.

[Harrisburg], February 8, 1802. 2 x 4½ inches. Laid paper. Small spindle-hole at center fold, some ink light at places; very good. The Harrisburg Church was organized in 1794. Worship was first held in the loft of the jailhouse, then in the local court-house. The General Assembly of Pennsylvania granted permission for this lottery to be held to raise five thousand dollars to buy the land and erect a permanent home for the church.  (Kelker, History of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania) A very rare Jeffersonian-era ticket, attractively printed by letterpress and with ornamental borders. This ticket-holder was awarded and paid out $5. Another example of this ticket sold in 2005 at auction for $750.

[America, 1945]. Two Posters, each 41 x 27 inches. Printed by lithography in red, blue and black. Folds; short tear at one fold of non-illustrated poster; crisp and vibrant and Near Fine. Two immediate post-WW II American movie theater posters advertising and promoting the sale of U.S. Treasury bonds during the early presidency of Harry S. Truman. The bonds were sold for the Eighth War Loan or "Victory" Loan campaign of October-December 1945. One poster even depicts a typed letter signed by President Truman on White House stationery: I have been told about the plans being projected by the Motion Picture Industry in support of the Treasury's Victory Loan. Knowing and appreciating what the theatres, the exchanges, the studios and Hollywood stars have dome throughout the war, I commend you for the enthusiasm with which your entire Industry is tackling this remaining big job. This same poster advertises "Victory Loan Bonds on Sale Here" and depicts a view of the U.S. Capitol. The second, more… Leer más

Boston: Forbes, [1918]. Poster. 28 x 21 inches. Color half tone illustration. A few small closed tears in margins; near fine. The American Red Cross experienced tremendous growth as a national humanitarian organization with the United States' entry into the First World War in April 1917. At Christmas time 1918, the Red Cross appeals directly to the American people to become members of the Red Cross and join in its humanitarian work of aiding soldiers and producing medical supplies for the war. Designed by "Golden Age" children's book illustrator, Jessie Willcox Smith, the poster shows a young boy placing a Red Cross service flag on public display, cleverly making the organization's emblem the central focus of the scene.

[Washington, D.C.]: The Service, 1962. 201 pages. Profusely illustrated, folding plate. Spiral comb binding, as issued. Near Fine. An exhaustive study of the history of Hawaii, studying the years between 1778 to 1910, as undertaken by the National Park Service. An excellent reference.

[Jacksonville, Alabama. 1864.] 6¾ x 5¼ inches. Foxed; Very Good. A rare Confederate Alabama broadside, General Beauregard's October 17, 1864 announcement of his assumption of command of the of the Military Division of the West, issued while Beauregard was headquartered at "Ten Oaks" in Jacksonville, Alabama. Beauregard was at Ten Oaks for only a few weeks. In part: "In assuming command of this important Military Division I enjoin on all officers and soldiers harmony, zeal, implicit and prompt obedience to orders, and confidence in themselves and their commanders; and success will then surely drive the enemy from our soil, and establish the independence of our country." On this same date, Beauregard also issued a Circular decrying the army of Sherman's occupation and control of Atlanta and appealed for aid, fresh enlistments and the return of AWOL- soldiers to their respective commands. "[Jefferson] Davis sent Beauregard to the western theater, on 17 October naming him commander of the Military… Leer más

Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1990. 377 pages. 8vo. Quarter patterned cloth and illustrated boards; printed spine label. Near fine in publisher's acetate dust wrapper in like condition. First edition. Limited to 26 copies hardbound in boards by Earle Gray lettered (copy F) and signed by the editor, Edward Field. Foreword by Gore Vidal.

Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, (1969). 8vo. 261pp. Illustrated. Hardcover in publisher's cloth binding. Light foxing to edges of text block; near fine in a dust jacket in like condition. First edition of this first biographical study of Henry Ossawa Tanner, the first African American artist to attain international distinction. Born in Pennsylvania, Tanner is known "not only for his early studies of Negro life, but for his landscapes and, more especially, his biblical paintings, which illustrate the fully developed poetic and mystical qualities of his work." Inscribed and signed by the Series Editor, John Hope Franklin.

Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, [1991]. 308 pages. Large Quarto. 308 pages. Softcover. Foxing on text block edges, occasionally affecting the margins of a few pages, else very good Profusely illustrated, an important exhibition catalog on Henry Ossawa Tanner, the first Black American artist to attain international distinction. Born in Pennsylvania, Tanner is known "not only for his early studies of Negro life, but for his landscapes and, more especially, his biblical paintings, which illustrate the fully developed poetic and mystical qualities of his work." (Marcia M. Mathews)

East Aurora, New York: The Roycrofters, MCMIII. [1903]. Thin folio. 36pp. Silk ribbon marker. Brown suede and papered boards with sunning, scattered stains and small scuffs, half inch loss at heel of spine. Binding good only; internally, clean and very good. One of an unknown quantity of tall copies of this appealing presentation of Henry David Thoreau's essay on friendship. Two initials and the signed colophon were illumined by Grace Fournier. Fournier was the daughter of Alexis Jean Fournier (1865-1948), the "court painter" of the Roycrofters who is extensively profiled in Head, Heart, and Hand: Elbert Hubbard and the Roycrofters. The book's ornaments were designed by Samuel Warner; the typography by Newell White; the presswork by George Parker. Provenance, in light pencil: "M.L. Goss. 1906." -perhaps a relative of Frederick Llewellyn Goss (1847-1915) of The Goss Printing Company of Chicago.

London: Quartet Books, (1985). 263pp. + back matter. First Edition, thus. Illustrated. Hardcover. Fine in publisher's dustwrapper. "A unique introduction to the life and art of Brion Gysin, a master of twentieth-century experimentation. William S. Burroughs has described Gysin as 'the only modern artist', and theirs remains the most important collaboration in modern literature." (publisher's statement) A lovely copy.

New York: Eaton & Mains and Cincinnati: Jennings & Graham, (1892). 99pp. First edition? 7¼ x 4¾ inches. Printed, stiff paper covers; sewn. Brief soil to covers; very good. [with] six-panel, illustrated, fold-out promotional brochure for the Howe Tube Company; very good. Health and deep breathing exercises for the benefit of tuberculosis patients written by Methodist clergyman, lecturer, and editor, Rev. James Monroe Buckley (1836-1920). Outdoor exercises are promoted as are the healthful climates of Florida, Georgia, Colorado, California, and Texas. Accompanied by a promotional brochure touting the use of "Dr. John M. Howe's Tube," an inhalation device claimed to cure or arrest various throat, lung, and digestive disorders such as bronchitis, hemorrhages, and lung congestion. The brochure contains a testimonial from Buckley who used the device for elocutionary exercises.

[Albany]: Albany Atlas, Nov. 1847. 32pp. 8vo. Self-wrappers. Printed in two columns. Minor creasing at tips; very good. "Free Trade, Free Labor, Free Soil, Free Speech and Free Men." Albany pamphlet issued as a newspaper "Extra" of the Albany Atlas, publishing the anti-slavery proceedings of the 1847 Democratic State Convention at Herkimer, New York. The convention resolved to adopt the provisions of the Congressional proposal known as the Wilmot Proviso which opposed allowing slavery in territories recently acquired from Mexico in the Mexican-American War. Congressman David Wilmot himself attended the convention. His remarks are summarized here and, to give a fairer account of his sentiments, the pamphlet reprints a speech he gave in Albany following the convention. Also found are speeches by former congressmen from New York, C.C. Cambreleng and Bradford R. Wood and John Van Buren, lawyer and son of President Martin Van Buren. The proceedings reveal a growing rift in the Democratic Party on the… Leer más

Published by The Evening News Company, Bridgeton, New Jersey, Christmas 1923. 55, [1]pp. First edition and limited, #140/300 copies. Pictorial tan burlap cloth covers mildly toned and mildly foxed; very good. Scarce American fiction, horses being the theme, in an interesting binding. This novelette was written by this Brazilian-born author who studied at Princeton, had a career as a consular official in Latin America, and then removed to New Jersey. (Benet's) Inscribed on the limitation page: "For Virginia from George Agnew Chamberlain" -with an added sentiment on the title-page.

New York: Published by Order of the "Union Safety Committee." 1851. 16 pages. 9 x 5¾ inches. Removed; without wrappers. Old stab holes, soft vertical center fold; faint foxing; very good. Sermon in support of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 by Rev. John C. Lord, leading conservative Presbyterian theologian, delivered at the Central Presbyterian Church in Buffalo, New York. Though opposed to slavery, Lord feared dissolution of the Union and urged compromise on the issue of the capture and return of fugitive slaves who were held legally in bondage. Lord's sermon, which engendered at least three published responses, stirred some controversy: "The right of revolution is a civil right, which can be properly exercised only, by a decided majority, under circumstances of aggravated oppression and upon a reasonable assurance of success. It is not for the Church, as such, to determine when a just ground for revolution exists, it belongs to the body of the people in their civil capacity.... The plea of sympathy… Leer más