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[North East, Maryland. Likely 1870s-1880s]. Broadside. 17 x 8 inches. Folds, as issued. Stains at left edge; soil to verso and some old creases; good. An ephemeral price list illustrated with nine engravings that advertise razor strops made by North East, Maryland company. An 1878 Maryland directory noted the firm had removed from Philadelphia to North East and could "produce and ship to all points of the country immense quantities of patent razor strops, spectacle and eyeglass cases." Illustrated 19th century American broadsides devoted to barbering -whether for self-care at home or in a barbershop- are scarce, especially of any notable size. One example located in the Jay T. Last Collection.

New York, NY: Chelsea House Publishers, (1969). 262pp. 11¼ x 7½ inches. Publisher's black cloth in dust jacket. One corner-tip of book's front cover and jacket bumped, jacket with small tears at crown. Both very good. An autobiography of Jack Johnson, the first African American heavyweight champion. "He emerged in 1926, after a twenty-seven year career in the ring, as an introspective, sensitive man who believed that his life was a full life, and above that, a human life which he felt compelled to describe in this authentic, non-"ghosted" autobiography." (dust jacket)

[Np. June 7, 1933]. [1]p. Typed Manuscript Signed. Sm. Folio Sheet. Pencil signature. Folds; Near Fine. Typed manuscript poem, "Jack's Radiovisionettes," written in tribute to radio/proto-television actor Jack Wolseifer-"one of the Radiovisionaries." The poem celebrates the integration of aural and visual media in an era when mass-entertainment radio and early experiments in television were on the rise. In 1928, New York City radio station WMCA presented the first regular visual-not just sound-broadcasting feature. "WMCA staged a real novelty by presenting the first picture broadcasting feature last evening. A group of players introduced as the Radiovisionaries lived up to their name by enacting a home scene of 1930 during which a family group received pictures of a prize fight scene and of Col. Lindbergh. The action, of course, was imaginary but the picture sending was not. The photographs went on the air through the Rayfoto apparatus invented by Austin G. Cooley."¹ Cooley is today celebrated as… Leer más

[See Description.] Five items: Three portrait photographs of Jacques Hanonnet de La Grange inscribed and signed by him; one dated 1908, another written in English and undated, a final image dated 1933 showing him wearing a monocle,  posed with numerous medals of honor on his chest. A resume dated circa 1915 or so is seen on a 1-page mimeograph sheet. Additionally, there is a signed photograph of an unknown man. The resume shows that Jacques Hanonnet de La Grange was awarded or appointed the Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur, the Grand Officier de St. Sava de Serbie; Commander de la Couronne de Belgique and so forth. In France, his duties include activities in the maritime an transportation fields and he appears to have served during the First World War. His father was Alexandre Hanonett de La Grange (1852-1906), chevalier de l'Ordre de la Légion d'honneur, Capitaine au 19e Dragons. Condition, overall is very good with some items showing light foxing, creases from handling or storage, toning from age.

[Buffalo]: University of Buffalo, 1962. 241pp. 8vo. Publisher's cloth binding; dust jacket. A near fine copy. First edition, first printing and containing detailed descriptions, collations, and notes.

Durham: Duke University Press, 1957. First Edition. 249 pages. 8vo. Publisher's black cloth and dust jacket. Light foxing to edges, first and last few pages; jacket has some small losses, tears; now in protective cover. Overall, Very Good. Biography of Radical Republican journalist and diplomat James Shepherd Pike (1811-1882) of Maine. Pike was the author of The Prostrate State: South Carolina under Negro Government (1873), an indictment of Radical Reconstruction.

Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, (1968). 8vo. Hardcover, pictorial dustwrapper. Edges of textblock are foxed; binding and contents otherwise clean and presentable. A good or better copy. First edition of this rich biographical treatment of the life of Black Reconstruction leader James T. Rapier of Alabama, and a "fascinating view of the upper strata of Black society before and after the Civil War and an integrated portrayal of Reconstruction in Alabama." Inscribed and signed by John Hope Franklin, Series Editor, and dean of African-American history.

[Truk Island, September 2, 1945.]  3½ x 5 inches. Black and white photograph. Top white margin trimmed; near fine condition. Small photo is captioned, thus: "Here's a shot of the surrender of the island of Truk. Adm. Murray is the the [written twice] big wheel. It was signed on the battleship Portland. Two of us covered the whole deal." Aboard the Portland, on September 2, 1945, Vice Admiral Chuichi Hara, Commander, 4th Fleet, signed the document surrendering the base at Truk, Caroline Islands. This photograph is likely unpublished.

Philadelphia: Published by Thomas Bradford, Printer Book-Seller & Stationer, No. 8, South Front-Street, 1796. 44pp. 8vo. Pamphlet. Neatly removed; foxing to initial leaves; Very Good. Philadelphia printing, also printed in Boston and New York, and first printed in Philadelphia in 1795. "The unfavorable terms of the Jay Treaty, leaked prior to its ratification by the Senate, created a public furor. After the South Carolina legislature condemned it. Harper, a congressman from that state, explained in this address to his constituents why he approved of the treaty. He defended Jay's character and conduct, which had been maligned, and argued that Jay's appointment as Minister Plenipotentiary, even though he was Chief Justice, was constitutional. Although he agreed that the treaty did not embody all U.S. demands, he held it an aPpropriate diplomatic compromise and a measure for peace. "-Sheidley. Evans 30540. Sabin 30424. Sheidley 22 (Boston printing).

[New York: K & J Heyman and A & S Markelson. December 1956]. 80 unnumbered pages. Quarto. Photo-pictorial wrappers. Newsstand, or similar entity, has covered up the original $1 price lower left with white tape and added a lower price of 50 cents on a printed label to upper right corner cover. General signs of handling and light bumping at fore-edge. Essays and photographs published on the occasion of the 1956 Randall's Island Jazz Festival with performances by Billie Holliday, Dave Brubeck, Gerry Mulligan, Count Basie, Dizzy Gillespie and others. The New York Times estimated a crowd of over 15,000 in attendance.

[Upper Darby, Pennsylvania: np, c.1985?]. [1]p. Illustrated Poster. 14 x 10 inches. Yellow paper; printed in red. Near fine. Advertising poster for an appearance of the Count Basie Orchestra, likely from 1985, less than a year after the death of the legendary jazz pianist, composer, and bandleader, William James "Count" Basie (1904-1984). The concert was held at Upper Darby High School in Delaware County, Pennsylvania.

New York: The Ecco Press, (1974). First Edition. Hardcover. Illustrated. Small spots to front pastedown; one corner-tip bumped. Very good in price-clipped dustwrapper. Introduction by William S. Burroughs and translated by Paul Bowles. A recounting of a series of meetings between the author and Jean Genet in Tangier.

Paris: Les Papetiers Réunis, 22 rue du 4 Septembre, [1927-1928]. [24] pages. 10¾ x 8¼ inches. Black wrappers with color paste-ons to both covers; cord bound. Printed on two different paper stocks. Text in French and English. Scattered pencil annotations. Some creasing and short closed edge tears to wrappers and a few leaves; very good. French Jazz Age women's fashion catalog from the House of Jean Patou, featuring items from the 1928 Winter and Demi-Saison collections. Both collections feature dresses, shirts, sweaters, and coats and wraps, the latter articles always associated with a hat, bonnet, or coiffure (headpiece). The catalog includes some English-language text-including running tailpiece ads for the house's proprietary "Huile de Chaldée," the first sun tan lotion-and this warning from fashion designer Jean Patou, protective of his brand: "I intend by all means in my power to sue any copyists and their accomplices that I may discover." With two art deco-styled ads for the House of Jean… Leer más

New York, NY: Dodd, Mead & Company, (1981). 154pp. First Edition. Illustrated. Very good in a like dust jacket. "In The Jefferson Scandals: A Rebuttal, Virginius Dabney, former editor of the Richmond Times-Dispatch, winner of the Pulitzer Prize... presents his inquiry into the various allegations." (dust jacket)

Boston, MA: Beacon Press, (2001), later prtg. 163pp. Publisher's cloth, dust jacket. Near fine in a like dust jacket. "In a cogent analysis of the lives of George Washington, George Mason, James Madison, and of course Thomas Jefferson, he explores how class, education, and personality allowed for the institution of slavery in a nation conceived under the premise that, "all men are created equal." (dust jacket) Inscribed and signed by the author.

Allegheny, PA. [Pennsylvania]: Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society, 1899. 7 x 5 inches. 16pp., self-titled wraps, stapled binding. Near fine condition with mild corner crease to title-leaf and additional leaves. A rare and ephemeral survival, a nineteenth-century religious tract issued by the Jehovah's Witnesses in 1899. It is noted, perhaps optimistically, on p.[(2)] that of these various tracts "...hundreds of thousands are being circulated" -regardless, few of these tracts survive today, given their modest and somewhat fragile nature. From p.[(3)] the anonymous author(s) write: "Our text points to the close of the Gospel age, and not only tell us that the Lord will not gather his jewels sooner, but implies also that the only class to be gathered at that time will be the jewel class-he comes to make [sic? "take"?] up his jewels." Throughout, the tract uses many terms that would be familiar to a lapidary and extensively uses these terms as metaphor. The text even describes the Lord as "...the great… Leer más

London: Faber and Faber, (1964). 247pp. 10mo. Hardcover. Near fine in a very good dustwrapper with a sunned spine panel and a lightly soiled rear panel. First published in 1946, the first novel by this English poet, novelist, and librarian. This re-issue has a nine-page introduction by Larkin discussing his time at Oxford University and his friendship with Kingsley Amis.

New York: Warner Books, (1991). 340pp. 8vo. Boards. Illustrations from photographs. Near fine with dust jacket in like condition. First Edition, this copy signed by the author and with an additional presentation inscription with an illustration: "4-6-91 To Asher - Watch out for crooked cues [drawing of a pool cue] - Mike McCauley."

Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, (1973). Near fine in publisher's cloth and dust jacket. First edition and inscribed by the lauded historian Benjamin Quarles who contributes an essay within. This book is a combination of documentary evidence and scholarly essays with the goal to add to the body of literature to understand abolitionist John Brown and his unique place in 19th-century American history.

Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1991. 351 pages. Illustrated. Looking down from the top-edge of the book, there is a slight opening between pages, likely from a bookmark. Very good in lightly-rubbed publisher's clear acetate cover. First Edition. Identified as "J", one of 26 lettered copies, handbound in boards by Earle Gray and signed by the editor Seamus Cooney and Joyce Fante.