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MEMORABILIA SOPHOMORUM, Edited and Published by the Freshman Class of the College of New Jersey, Princeton, New Jersey, June, 1858.

Price: $250.00

Publisher: Princeton, NJ, 1958. : 1958.

Seller ID: 36839

Condition: Good

- Octavo, 9-1/8 inches high by 5-3/4 inches wide. Softcover, bound in printed creamy white wrappers. The covers are stained, darkened and creased with a piece out from the tail of the spine. 68 pages. Good. A satirical publication by the Freshman class of the College of New Jersey, now Princeton University, with humorous contributions by unidentified students. Contributions include poems, soliloquies, essays, theatrical scenes playfully poking fun at themselves, classes, professors and academia. The poem, Characteristics of Sophomores includes such lines as ...But be content the Sophomores' fa...
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AUTOGRAPH. Signed "ROCHESTER" by the American comedian and actor on a card.

By: "Rochester" Anderson, Edmund Lincoln (1905-1977). African-American comedian and actor known as "Rochester" to early radio and television audiences.

Price: $95.00

Inscription: Signed

Seller ID: 97074

Condition: Very good

Very good. - The American comedian's autograph signed "Rochester" in purple ink on on 3-1/4 inch high by 2-3/4 card stock clipped from a postcard. The image of a pier is printed in color on the verso. Very good. The African-American comedian and actor Edmund Lincoln Anderson (1905-1977) was known as "Rochester" to early radio and television audiences. After starting his show business career on vaudeville, Anderson went on to play the character of Jack Benny's valet Rochester van Jones, known as "Rochester" on The Jack Benny Program broadcast on NBC radio. He was the first African-American to ...
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FINSK KUNST NA

By: ( Moe, Ole Henrik; Kuntsi, Simo; and Mallander, J. O.)

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Henie-Onstads kunstsenter, October 21-November 20, 1983. : 1983.

Seller ID: 3865

Condition: Fine

Henie-Onstads kunstsenter, October 21-November 20, 1983.. 1983.. Fine. - (Catalogue). Small quarto, softcovers bound in pictorial wraps (bumped & rubbed). 64 pages. Profuse b&w illustrations. Near fine.

Text by Ole Henrik Moe, Simo Kuntsi and J. O. Mallander.
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THE HIPPODROME USHER'S GAZETTE. Vol. 1, No. 8. April 30, 1916.

By: ("Chin Chin"). (Cash, Theodore; and McCue, Eugene; editors).

Price: $275.00

Publisher: New York: The Hippodrome, 1916. : 1916.

Seller ID: 97369

Condition: Fair

- Quarto, 11 inches high by 8 inches wide. Printed self-wraps with a pictorial banner title above 3 columns of text on the cover page. A four-page periodical, including the covers, illustrated with the title banner, a vignette decoration topped by an eagle framing the "Ushers Roll of Honor", a photo of R.H. Burnside on the cover page and three photographs depicting the parade led by John Philip Sousa in which the Hippodrome Scouts and the baby elephant Chin Chin participated. The bottom edges of the pages are dampstained and tears to the top edges have been repaired with clear archival documen...
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AFFECTING SCENES; BEING PASSAGES FROM THE DIARY OF A PHYSICIAN. Harper's Stereotype Edition

By: (A Scottish Physician)

Price: $50.00

Publisher: New-York: J. & J. Harper, 82 Cliff-Street, 1831. : 1831.

Seller ID: 23227

Condition: Good

New-York: J. & J. Harper, 82 Cliff-Street, 1831.. 1831.. Good. - Small octavo, tan linen over boards titled in black on the front cover & spine. The binding is bumped & darkened with spotting to the rear cover. There are short tears with slight fraying to the top & bottom of the joints. 352 pages plus 24-page publisher's catalog.There is scattered foxing. Good.

First American edition

These extracts from a late Scottish physician's diary were originally published in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine. First Edition.
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Image for SAVINGS BANK BOOK, For 31,000,000 People! : WHO IS RICHARDS? : AN ILLUSTRATION : WILLIAM BROWN. ADHESIVENESS. A DISTRACTED LADY. ILLUSTRATION. - No.2: WILLIAM JONES. COUNTERFEITERS DETECTED.

SAVINGS BANK BOOK, For 31,000,000 People! : WHO IS RICHARDS? : AN ILLUSTRATION : WILLIAM BROWN. ADHESIVENESS. A DISTRACTED LADY. ILLUSTRATION. - No.2: WILLIAM JONES. COUNTERFEITERS DETECTED.

By: (A. Richards & Co.).

Price: $125.00

Publisher: New London, Conn.: A. Richards & Co. / D,s, Ruddock, printer, Daily Star, [1861]. : [1861].

Seller ID: 97266

Condition: Good

- Quadragesimo [48mo], a 4-3/8 inch high by 2-3/4 inch wide chapbook. Softcover, bound in the original printed yellow wraps, titled and decorated in black on the front cover with advertising on the rear cover. The covers are lightly soiled and stained with creasing to the top corner of the front cover. The head and tail of the spine are splitting. 8 pages, with the text printed within formal decorated frames. Very good. Advertising in the form of poems and verses proclaiming the virtues of A. Richards & Co.'s Combined Glue and Cement. RARE.
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BOOKS BY OFFSET 1941 - 1942. (Catalog). (Cover title)

By: (A.I.G.A.)

Price: $20.00

Publisher: (New York: The American Institute of Graphic Arts), (1942). : (1942).

Seller ID: 22922

Condition: Fine

(New York: The American Institute of Graphic Arts), (1942).. (1942).. Fine. - Octavo, softcover bound in pictorial gray, black & white wraps. The front wrap is slightly soiled. [26] pages, including 1 page of black-and- white illustrations. Near fine in a stamped & addressed mailing envelope.

Catalog for an exhibition presented by A.I.G.A. The four-page introduction concerns the various processes of printing by offset. This copy is in a mailing envelope addressed to E. Harold Hugo of the Meriden Gravure Company.
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ICE SKATING RINKS - THEIR CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE. Report of a Study Made by Engineering Service Department, A.M. Byers Company, Ambridge, Pennsylvania

By: (A.M. Byers Company)

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Ambridge, Pennsylvania: A.M. Byers Company, [circa 1965]. : [circa 1965].

Inscription: Signed

Seller ID: 32036

Condition: Very good

Ambridge, Pennsylvania: A.M. Byers Company, [circa 1965].. [circa 1965].. Very good. - Quarto, 11 inches high by 8-1/2 inches wide. Softcover, bound in stapled wraps titled with a black & white illustration of the Yale University Hockey Rink with exposed piping on the front cover. The corners of the covers are slightly creased. 32 pages, profusely illustrated throughout. Very good. From the Skating Library of Arthur N. Foxe, with his stamp on the front endpaper. A psychiatrist and criminologist, Dr. Foxe was an avid collector of skating books and even published a skating bibliography.A typed l...
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SELECTED POEMS OF S. FOSTER DAMON. Edited by Donald E. Stanford.

By: (Abattoir Press). Damon, S. Foster.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: The University of Nebraska at Omaha, NE: Abattoir Edirions, 1974. : 1974.

Seller ID: 35150

Condition: Very good

- Small quarto [6-1/2 inches high by 5-1/2 inches wide], soft cover bound in silver & light green striped stiff paper wraps with a printed label on the spine. The fragile paper is lightly chipped along the rear joint. 79 pages deckle-edged pages, including the colophon. Illustrated with color plates by Keith Achepohl. Very good.

Of a limited ediiton of 470 copies, this is number 319.

The book was printed on Wookey Hole paper and the plates were etched and engraved by the artist.
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NINETEENTH AND TWENTIETH CENTURY PHOTOGRAPHS. Property of Various Owners. Sale Number 4382. Public Auction: Monday, May 19, 1980 at 2 p.m. / Tuesday, May 20 at 10.15 a.m. and 2 p.m

By: (Abbott, Berenice; Bourke-White, Margaret; Cartier-Bresson, Henri; Renger-Patzsch, Albert; et al)

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York: Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc., 1980. : 1980.

Seller ID: 25046

Condition: Very good

New York: Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc., 1980.. 1980.. Very good. - Quarto [9-1/4 inches high by 8-3/4 inches wide], softcover bound in pictorial wrappers. The binding is lightly soiled & bumped & the bottom corner of the front wrap is lightly creased. Unpaginated. Profuse black- and-white illustrations. Near fine.

717 items are catalogued, most of them with an illustration. The catalog includes a list of estimated prices in the rear, and a list of prices realized is laid in.
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BERENICE ABBOTT

By: (Abbott, Berenice; Finley, Cheryl)

Price: $125.00

Publisher: East Rutherford, NJ: Commerce Graphics Ltd, Inc., 1988. : 1988.

Seller ID: 4456

Condition: Very good

East Rutherford, NJ: Commerce Graphics Ltd, Inc., 1988.. 1988.. Very good. - Quarto, 10-1/4 inches high by 9 inches wide. Softcovers bound in printed gray wraps. The covers are soiled and creased at the corners. [48] pages, including a one page essay by Cheryl Finley and 62 superbly reproduced illustrations of Berenice Abbott's evocative photographs, including her famous portraits of James Joyce, Edward Hopper, Eugene Atget and Jean Cocteau, as well as her brilliant architectural and abstract photographs. There is a narrow discolored line along the bottom of the first 4 pages, and some minor c...
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STATED AS FACT: Photographic Documents of New Jersey

By: (Abbott, Berenice; Hine, Lewis; Brigandi, Philip; Frank, Robert; et al). Bzdak, Michael

Price: $25.00

Publisher: (Trenton, NJ: New Jersey State Museum, 1989). : 1989).

Seller ID: 26415

ISBN-13: 9780938766094

Condition: Good

(Trenton, NJ: New Jersey State Museum, 1989).. 1989).. Good. - Small oblong quarto [8-1/2 inches square], softcover bound in printed wrappers. The binding is rubbed & bumped with a small area of the front wrap rubbed away where a sticker has been removed. 53 & [1] pages. Numerous illustrations in color and black & white. The contents are near fine. Good.

Catalog for an exhibition organized by Michael Bzdak and Charles Stainback and shown at the New Jersey State Museum from December 2, 1989 to January 28, 1990.
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ROLLO'S PHILOSOPHY. [AIR.]... A New Edition, Revised by the Author.

By: (Abbott, Jacob).

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York: Sheldon & Co., (1865). : (1865).

Seller ID: 36925

Condition: Fair

- 16mo, 6-1/4 inches high by 4-1/8 inches wide. Blue cloth titled and decorated in gilt & black on the front cover & the spine. The covers are rubbed, bumped & soiled. 192 pages. The title page is detached. Good. A volume in The Rollo Series consisting of 14 different titles.
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TYMPAN: Literatur/Grafik. (Cover title)

By: (Abels, Pio; von Berg, Helga; Ermert, Udo; et al). (Berche, Axel; Bulkowski, Hansjurgen; Glaser, Peter; et al)

Price: $20.00

Publisher: (Leverkusen, Germany): Tympan, circa [1978]. : [1978].

Seller ID: 26643

Condition: Good

(Leverkusen, Germany): Tympan, circa [1978].. [1978].. Good. - sc Octavo. Unbound sheets. The contents are laid into a maroon stiff paper case printed in white. The case is rubbed with a crease & tear to the top edge. Unnumbered, unbound sheets of cream stock printed in black, including texts and graphic contributions. The contents are very good.

Tympan publishes poems, short prose pieces, essays, photos and graphic art. The editors of this issue were Wolfgang Heyder, Bernd Kilian, Jens Pruss, Ulli Schoenwald and Ernst Specks. The text is in German.
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THE GEORGE ABRAMS COLLECTION. Days of Sale / Thursday 16th November 1989 at 7.00 p.m. and Friday 17th November 1989 at 11.00 a.m. / In the Grosvenor Gallery

By: (Abrams, George). (Needham, Paul)

Price: $35.00

Publisher: London: Sotheby's, 1989. : 1989.

Seller ID: 7083

Condition: Fine

London: Sotheby's, 1989.. 1989.. Fine. - Quarto, maroon cloth titled in gilt with color pictorial label mounted on front cover. Very lightly bumped; tiny stain to top edge of label. Unpaginated, with bid sheet laid in. Profusely illustrated with facsimiles in B&W & color. Near fine.

Each of the 238 items is catalogued and fully described with an illustration and estimated price.
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THE COURTSHIP AND WEDDING OF THE LITTLE MAN AND THE LITTLE MAID. (Indestructible Pleasure Books. With Colored Pictures).

By: (Absolon, John).

Price: $250.00

Publisher: New York: Sheldon, Blakeman & Co., No. 115 Nassau Street, [between 1856-1858]. [1856-1858] : [1856-1858]

Seller ID: 97509

Condition: Fair

- Sextodecimo (16mo), 7-1/2 inches high by 5-1/4 inches wide. Limp linen cloth covers titled, decorated and illustrated in red on the covers. The covers are stained, heavily chipped and frayed. A large piece is out of the rear cover. [14] pages on linen, "printed in oil colors by Joseph Barton, 15 Beaver St.", and illustrated with 6 full-page & one half-page bold color illustrations by John Absolon. The pages are creased and soiled with a few stains and the edges are slightly frayed. Fair. Although no date is listed, Sheldon, Blakeman & Co. published at their Nassau street address from 1856 to...
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RAMPIKE: special issue/numero special: SUBTERFUGE.

By: (Acker, Kathy; Bissett, Bill; Martel, Richard; Bowering, George; Morgan, Robert; Baer, Thomas; Richard, Alain-Martin; Sukenick, Ronald; et al.). Jirgens, Karl; editor.

Price: $125.00

Publisher: Toronto, Ontario: Rampike, (1988). : (1988).

Seller ID: 97382

Condition: Very good

SUBTERFUGE ISSUE CONTAINING AN INTERVIEW WITH KATHY ACKER - Narrow folio, 15-3/4 inches high by 6 inches wide. Pictorial wraps titled in red with a black & white illustration by Ulrich Tarlatt spanning both the front & back covers. The covers are lightly rubbed with a tiny chip to the middle of the spine. 87 & [1] pages with profuse illustrations throughout. Very good. A special issue subtitled "Subterfuge" of this twice yearly literary periodical with contributions in English and French. Worth noting is an interview with Kathy Acker by Karl Jirgens & Jim Francis, titled "Sense and Senselessne...
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DA [DIRECT ADVERTISING]: GRAPHICS AND SMALL PRESSES: The Paper Quarterly for the Graphic Arts. Volume LIV Number 2 Second Quarter 1968. Issue Theme: The Private Press.

By: (Adagio Press). Bahr, Leonard; et al.

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Westfield, MA: Paper Makers Advertising Association, 1968. : 1968.

Seller ID: 33647

Condition: Good

Westfield, MA: Paper Makers Advertising Association, 1968.. 1968.. Good. - Quarto [approximately 11 inches high by 8-3/4 inches wide], softcover bound in printed wrappers with a black-and-white vignette on each cover. The binding is bumped & soiled with some light creasing & chipping to the edges of the wraps & a few tiny ink stains to the front wrap. There is some foxing to the spine & to the front wrap at the tail of the spine. 28 pages of text plus a large section of advertisements with paper samples & examples of graphic design by association members. The last few paper samples are detache...
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ANSEL ADAMS 1902-1984

By: (Adams, Ansel).Alinder, James; Szarkowski, John; Newhall; Beaumont; et al

Price: $10.00

Publisher: (Carmel, CA): The Friends of Photography (1984). : (1984).

Seller ID: 24478

ISBN-13: 9780933286412

Condition: Very good

(Carmel, CA): The Friends of Photography (1984).. (1984).. Very good. - Quarto [approximately 11 inches high by 9-1/4 inches wide], softcover bound in pictorial white wrappers with an image from an Ansel Adams photograph stamped in blind on the front cover. The binding is very lightly bumped with creasing to the top corner of the front wrap. There is some light soiling & a few small stains to the wraps. There are 2 price- stickers on the rear wrap. 56 pages. Full-page & textual illustrations in black & white. Very good. Untitled 37. The Untitled series, published by the Friends of Photography,...
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GRAPHIC GRAFLEX PHOTOGRAPHY. The Master Book of the Larger Camera.

By: (Adams, Ansel; Abbott, Berenice; Morgan, Barbara; Morgan, Willard D.; Lester, Henry M.; et al.).

Price: $50.00

Publisher: New York: Morgan & Lester, Publishers, (1944). : (1944).

Seller ID: 97217

Condition: Good

- Royal octavo, 10-3/8 inches high by 7-1/2 inches wide. Orange cloth titled in black on the front cover and the spine. The covers are lightly soiled. viii, 430 & [6] pages, profusely illustrated throughout. A previous owner's name and address is penned in red at the top of the front endpaper. There is offsetting to the endpapers and pastedowns. The book has a musty odor. Good.

Seventh edition.

Included are articles by Ansel Adams "A Design For Printing", Berenice Abbott "How To Use a View Camera", Barbara Morgan "Photographing The Dance", among others.
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