ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES / Paper Ephemera Books

[Chicago]: Kurz & Allison, 1888. Ca. 27" X 20" (framed to 34" X 27½"). Color lithograph depicting the famed engagement, with the following caption beneath the image, at left: "Nov. 23'-25' 1863. Union -- (Gen. Grant.) loss: 757 kd., 4529 wd., 330 missg. -- Conf. (Gen. Bragg.) loss: 8684 kd., wd. & missg." Superb example of this title in the noted Chicago lithographer's famed series of Civil War battle scenes, bright and clean and lacking the dampstai... more information

Offered by Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA (Illinois, United States) +/-

One leaf from an unidentified magazine, c. 1917. Includes: Half page color illustration signed N.D. Johnson titled "A Busy Chimney" showing Santa Claus with his bag of presents and a stork with a baby meeting on the roof by the chimney, which they each need to use. -- Christmas Morning [a humorous poem] by Edmund Vance Cooke -- The Notion Counter by Douglas Malloch -- A Day With the Idiot by John Kendrick Bangs [on the reverse side]. The piece by John Kendrick Bangs is a humorous suggestion for ... more information

Offered by Classic Books and Ephemera (Pennsylvania, United States) +/-

Pleasantville, NY, U.S.A.: Reader's Digest Association, Incorporated, The, 1985. Hard Cover. Fair. Jacket has 2 small tears and several small white marks. Books has moisture damage. ... more information

Offered by John Rudy (Ontario, Canada) +/-

Mission Dayspring, 1901. Black and white reprint of angels ringing Christmas bells. Single leaf from the December 1901 issue of 'Mission Dayspring.' Suitable for framing. Light age toning.. Leaflet. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Ephemera. ... more information

Offered by Old Lighthouse Books (North Carolina, United States) +/-

"May you feel God's Presence in your heart this Christmas" The drawing is a stack of nicely gifted wrapped presents. Dimensions: 2'' x 6 1/2'' ... more information

Offered by ETERNALLYTHANKFULBOOKS.COM (Pennsylvania, United States) +/-

Knoxville, TN: Holmes-Darst Coal Corp.. Good+ in Good dust jacket. 1941. First Thus. Soft Cover. 94pp pamphlet. Cardboard covers, Purple & silver titles & decos. FHANT2 . ... more information

Offered by John McKenna (New York, United States) +/-

Alpine Express, 1998. Soft Cover. Near Fine. SIGNED on page 3 BY STEPHEN FRAHM, one of the contributing authors. 24pp stapled booklet. Contents clean. Front cover has a faint cup ring, and one small spot near spine. Short remembrances of Coastside, California. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information

Offered by LJ's Books (Wyoming, United States) +/-

Canada: Shell Canada Limited, 1971 Stapled bound. Light stain on front cover. Crease down rear cover, near fore-edge. Wear at top and bottom of spine. Shelf wear and rubbing. Bilingual - 14 pages in English and 14 pages in French. Illustration of Coats of Arms on each page. From book "A booklet containing descriptions of the Coats of Arms, and Floral Emblems of Canada and its Provinces and Territories...plus brief histories of each.".. Soft Cover. Good. ... more information

Offered by Trylinski Books (Saskatchewan, Canada) +/-

New York: Farrar & Rinehart, Inc., 1933. First edition An advanced excerpt in stapled wrappers, with an illustration of Colette on the front cover, of this brief biography. At sixty she was one of the most famous women of Europe, but just becoming known and published in the US. Much of the eight pages discuss her work, including that yet to be translated. An interesting and scarce piece of ephemera. Near fine (staples rusted). ... more information

Offered by Alexander Rare Books (Vermont, United States) +/-

Melbourne: Hoopla Theatre Foundation, 1980. 10 g. This theatre programme is in fact a sheet of A6 paper folded in half. Blue illustration and photographs to the " front and back " of the programme. The programme has suffered from quite noticeable creasing, handling marks and some browning. The rear panel has some small holes in it, commensurate with insect activity. A play about comedians who see'Showbiz' as their last chance to escape the own mundane lives. The play starred Cliff El... more information

Offered by Syber's Books (Australia) +/-

Comprising, neatly written on 166-pages, advice on obedience of children from the, "Yearly meeting of ministers and elders 1805; "Some Account of……Eliz'h Ashbridge"; "A Brief Memorial of … …my mother Fidelity Wheeler"; "On Tythes"; "A Testimony deliver's by Isaac Sharples"; "Verses composed by Eliz (Brown) Wheeler and found in her Pocket Book after her decease"; "A Testimony from Hitchin monthly meeting convernin... more information

Offered by Bristow and Garland (United Kingdom) +/-

Manuscript on 68-pages, 4to (most likely by Richard Cockin of Doncaster) comprising: "A Speech deliver'd by an Indian Chief about the year 1710 in Reply to a Sermon preached by a Swedish Missionary in order to convert the Indians to the Christian Religion" (5-pages); "Advice to the Indians. To Netawattwaleman, and the rest of the head men of the Delaware Indians … … and all the other Indians living beyond the Ohio … … by Israel Pemberton 1773" 4-pages, with &... more information

Offered by Bristow and Garland (United Kingdom) +/-

New York: Penguin, 1995. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Light reading wear only, pencil mark on ffep. ... more information

Offered by John Rudy (Ontario, Canada) +/-

Ottawa: Government of Canada , 1981. A resolution adopted by the Parliament of Canada, December, 1981. Bilingual French-English. 28 pages per language. Stapled binding. White covers are yellowed. Interior clean and unmarked. Very little bumping along the edges. This edition is now out of print.. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information

Offered by Kukuchai Books (British Columbia, Canada) +/-

San Francisco, 1971, The San Francisco Council of Democratic Clubs Mailed flyer. 8 1/2 x 11 goldenrod sheet, mimeographed on both sides. VG (folded in quarters). Announcement of the endorsing convention of the San Francisco Council of Democratic Clubs where candidates for Mayor, Board of Supervisors, Sheriff and District Attorney of San Francisco will appear. Keywords: Ephemera politics municipal elections campaigns government Democratic Party ... more information

Offered by Diane Pyke - Books (California, United States) +/-

New Directions, 1954 Printed at Christmas 1954 for the friends of J. Laughlin and New Directions; a beautiful copy. Limited Edition. Stapled Wrappers. Near Fine Binding. No Marks of Any Kind. ... more information

Offered by Black Swan Books, Inc. (Virginia, United States) +/-

Philadelphia, Pa.: Philadelphia Inquirer, 1936 Illustrated paper wrappers printed in color. 32 p.; 23 cm. (9 inches). The attractive illustraiton on the front cover is repeated on the back cover. Issued as a supplement to the Philadelphia Inquirer for Nov. 15, 1936. Fittingly for a cookbook issued shortly before Thanksgiving, the first group of recipes is for a roast turkey dinner. Also included are recipes for dinners planned around various meats (guinea fowl, chicken, rabbit, pork, ham, lamb, and oyst... more information

Offered by Classic Books and Ephemera (Pennsylvania, United States) +/-

West Sussex: Flora Food Company . 16pp inc many colour photos - 1st Ed. Information about and recipes for Flora Alternative to Cheddar (low fat cheese substitute product). Immaculate.. First Edition. Pamphlet. Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by Taylor-Haw, Calvey. 6 x 8.5". ... more information

Offered by Books at Star Dot Star (West Midlands, United Kingdom) +/-

Chicago: David A. Smart. Very Good. 1937. First Edition. Card Covers. 194 pp. Stapled binding. Edgewear. Spine, corners rubbed. Includes an article by Bertrand Russell - Power by Seizure.; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall . ... more information

Offered by Riverwash Books (Ontario, Canada) +/-