Gloucester, Massachusetts: Russia Cement Company, 1925. New Member's Edition. 32mo. (3"x4.5") Staple bound pamphlets in red pictorial wraps with cardstock mailer meant to resemble a slipcase. A 4-volume set of craft instructions using Le Page's Glue products. An advertising vehicle for the Russia Cement Company, each small volume is titled.....
Basel, Switzerland: Helbing und Lichtenhahn. 1904. Lot of 5 Basler Jahrbuch for 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, and 1908. Helbing und Lichtenhahn. The 1904 edition has rolled spine. Some boards are a touch faded. Included are two original bills of sale.
Navia, Asturias, Spain. 7.5" x 12" kraft paper bag with decoration in blue to front. A very nice little paper sack advertising a Hardware store in Navia, Asturias, Spain and emblazoned with what I'm sure is an unauthorized depiction of Felix the Cat salivating over a cocky Mickey Mouse...
Navia, Asturias, Spain. 7.5" x 12" kraft paper bag with decoration in blue to front. A very nice little paper sack advertising a Hardware store in Navia, Asturias, Spain and emblazoned with what I'm sure is an unauthorized depiction of Felix the Cat salivating over a cocky Mickey Mouse. The.....
Kansas City: T. G. Nichols Co., Inc., 1938. Illustrated by Donn P. Crane. 13.5" x 16.5" illustrated print on off white paper. Number 11a in a series of 36 "Character-Culture-Citizenship Guides" published by textbook publisher T. G. Nichols of Kansas City. This print has a nice image by illustrator Donn.....
Layton, UT: Gibbs Smith, Publisher, 2005. illustrated with photographs by Linda Svendsen. Stated First Edition. 4to. Green cloth bound boards with gilt titkes to front and spine. As the title states, an overview of much larger and grander homes in the Arts and Carfts style. With deeper dives into some.....
New York, NY: Penguin Group, 1997. illustrated with photographs by Douglas Keister. 4to. Black cloth covered boards with gilt titles to spine. A sequel of sorts to 1996's The Bungalow: America's Arts & Crafts Home, this is a beautiful book filled with photographs of the interior of several homes.
London: Korero Books, 2010. 4to (8.5"x11.25") in purple boards with gilt titles in a pictorial jacket. Rockabilly and punk inspired pin-up photography, some nudity.
Alhambra, California: Borden Publishing Company, 1965. Illustrated with Paul Klee's drawings throughout. First Edition. 4to. (9" x 12") Staple bound in pictorial wraps. An overview of Klee's drawings.
Frankfurt/Main, Germany: Goliath, 2010. illustrated with photographs by Christine Kessler. 8vo. Padded pictorial boards. From back cover: "Nylon Girls are revealed to you through the camera of Christine Kessler. She takes you on an erotic journey in the company of a harem of stunning beauties. Nylon Girls exposes the intimate.....
Alhambra, California: Borden Publishing Company, 1963. Illustrated with Rembrandt van Rijn's drawings throughout. First Edition. 4to. (9" x 12") Staple bound in pictorial wraps. An overview of Rembrandt's drawings.
Zurich, Switzerland: Edition Skylight, 2010. illustrated with photographs by Karl Louis. Large 8vo. Pictorial glossy card stock wraps. From back cover: "Karl Louis ensures the personality of the model matches that of the location, and this often inspires not just good single shots. but an entire series that tell their.....
Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press, 1982. illustrated with 24 color plates and 101 black-and-white photographs. 4to. (9" x 11.25") in blue boards with silver titles to spine, and blue pictorial jacket. From the Jacket flap: "The collection of Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan contains some of the world's finest examples.....