Scheveningen. Keizerstraat. [Original photograph - Scheveningen - The Hague, ca. 22.5 x 16.5 cm - 'mothercard' to make a picture postcard] by Schalekamp, J.M. (1844-1912) - ca. 1890-1900

Yosemite Circa 1925: Putnam & Valentine / Harry Cassie Best, 1925. Original Photograph . No Binding. Fine. Original Photograph, Image 9 1/4" X 7 1/4" With Fine Detail. Fine Condition. Inventory Number In Pencil 4893. Stamp In Black Ink"Yosemite Valley, Cal. / Putnam & Valentine, Photo., Los Angeles, Cal." And Purple Stamp "Sold By / H. C.. Best, Yosemite". Putnam & Valentine Was A Partnership Of John R. Putnam And Carlton O. Valentine, Commercial Photographers, Active In Los Angeles, Circa 1898-1912. Biographies Of Western Photographers By Carl Mautz (Carl Mautz Publishing, 1997) Lists "W.S. Valentine," But According To A Finding Aid From The Seaver Center For Western History Research, Natural History Museum Of Los Angeles County, It Is Carlton O., Not W.S. John R. They Documented The Growth And Development Of Southern California Over A Fifty Year Period With John R. Putnam Primarily Handling The Photography And C. O. Valentine The Business End Of… Read More

Signed and framed 8 x 10 Presidential Portrait of Jimmy Carter professionally authenticated by JSA. Includes their ironclad Certificate of Authenticity. Frame measures 11x14. Condition is as new. Inv #2.

[no place]: [no publisher], [no date]. Very Good. Faux leather protective roll with three snap closures, containing one portrait on paper. The whole connected between two large (1 3/4 inch) dowel halves on one end. The salesman could add various portraits to the assemblage by separating the two half dowels, adding additional portraits, and screwing the assemblage together again. This example has a linen guard to protect the paper portrait as it is rolled and snapped shut. Leather roll is approx 17 inches wide and two foot long. Portrait in this case is of a distinguished man in a suit, shoulders up. Marked on the rear of this portrait (which is paper laid onto linen) is a stamp "Crayon" and various sizes and costs. Generally good condition, with some soiling to the faux leather, and minor creasing to the portrait. Large photographic prints were expensive and difficult to store and transport. This was one solution for photographers - a sample portrait that could be rolled up in a protective cover and… Read More

1951. Very good +. Gelatin silver print, 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. (241 x 190 mm) from the Roland Butler Collection, Press Agent, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (1930s-1960s) Roland Butler Collection hand stamp on verso. [On the website of the Robert L. Parkinson Library & Research Center (The World's Source for American Circus History), the woman in this photograph is identified as her circus colleague Cilly Feindt (Photograph CWi 3182). Friedel Luciana Paster's obituary in the Sarasota Herald-Tribune on Tuesday, July 23, 2002 page 6B, entitled "Horse Trainer was a star of Royal Lipizzan Show," provided several biographical detail: "Friedel's entire life revolved around her beloved horses," said former circus performer and friend Rebecca Nock Brodeur of Bradenton. "She trained at the famous Spanish Riding School in Vienna and was in her first horse show when she was 12. She later trained her three stallions and toured in shows all over the world with her parents, Otto and Luciana," Brodeur… Read More

Chicago: A. Wittemann, 67 & 69 Spring St., 211 & 213 Wabash Ave., The Albertype Co., 1893. Oblong 12mo. 7.25 x 4.25 in. [13 leaves (unnumbered).] With 12 sepia- and aqua-tinted photogravure plates. Embossed limp brown covers, raised lettering w/ gilt highlights on front cover, punch-sewn at gutter margin w/ blue silk ribbon, yapp edges (slight curving to cover, very minor shelfwear), still NF copy. First edition of these nicely executed photogravure images of the magnificent Columbian Exposition in 1893. The historic World’s Fair which ran almost six months, with grounds and gardens laid out by Fredrick Olmsted covering 630 acres, and a Midway skyline dominated by the 250-foot Ferris wheel designed by George Ferris. These photogravures depict the Machinery Hall, Admin Building and Court of Honor, the Lagoon, The Art Palace, Woman’s Building, the Japanese Hooden Palace on Wooded Island, The Krupp Gunworks building, and even the Monastery of “La Rabida.” Adolph Wittemann and his brother Herman… Read More

First Edition. Paris: Jean Budry & Cie, 1929. In two volumes: La Porte d'Entrée: JAFFA and JAFFA la Belle. Copy no. 321 of the initial 1 - 1000 numbered print run. Photos and full description available on request. Condition generally very good except for water staining to covers (particularly vol.2 extending to FEP, half-title and title pages) and very minor traces of mould close to bindings. Photos are unscathed in both volumes: 449 bandw historic photos in vol.1, plus 370 in vol. 2. : more than 800 photo heliogravures in excellent condition.

Pasadena Circa 1920 - 1930: Carnegie Institution, Mt Wilson, 1920. Original Astronomical Photograph . No Binding. Fine. Black And White Photograph. Original Astronomical Photograph, Circular, 15 1/4" Diameter. (Stars?) Circa 1920/1930.[Note- Gray/White Cloudiness In Part Of Photograph Is Due To Unavoidable Reflectivity Of This Quite "Live" Original Photograph, An Artifact Of My Photography, Not In The Original Photograph].

Pasadena : Carnegie Institution, Mt Wilson Observatory, 1937. Original Astronomical Photographs . No Binding. Near Fine/No Jacket. Black And White Photograph. Original Astronomical Photograph, Approximately 19 3/4" X 16", Image In Reverse (White Shows As Black). High Quality Mount Wilson Observatory Stamp On Verso With Data Negative No. Web23, Date 1937 July 11/12, Remarks: M31 Schmidt. Slight Discoloration In Upper Left Corner Outside Of Image.

Original Astronomical Photographs . No Binding. Near Fine/No Jacket. Original Astronomical Photographs, Composite Image On Sheet 14" X 11" Including Photos Zn11, Zn13, Zn15, Zn 17 And Zn19, With Detail Photographs Annotated Zn10, Zn12, Zn14, Zn16 Zn18 And Zn20. Undated And Unattributed. Pencil Annotation On Verso, P-10336.

Pasadena: Mt. Wilson Observatory, 1937. Original Astronomical Photographs . No Binding. Near Fine/No Jacket. Original Astronomical Photograph On Sheet 20" X 16", , Undated And Unattributed. One Of A Large Group Of Photographs From Mt. Wilson Observatory 1920-1955, With One Similar Sunspot Image Dated 8/8/1937. .