Gorinchem. Hoogstraat. [Original photograph - Gorcum - Hoogstraat bij Arkelstraat, ca. 22.5 x 16 cm - 'mothercard' to make a picture postcard] by Schalekamp, J.M. (1844-1912) - ca. 1890-1900

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.

Koln. Very Good with no dust jacket; Cloth; Karl Rudolf Bremer. Blue / grey cloth flex boards with raised grape decoration to front board. Very Good, edges rubbed, marbled end papers. Text is on German, French, and English. Sixteen photogravure plates with tissue guards of The Rhine from Mayence to Cologne. Unpaginated An Album with 16 Views From Nature Shots in Photogravure Together with Text and Title Page. ; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall .

2001. JENNIFER HOLLIDAY Black African American ACTRESS SINGER SIGNED & Inscribed Note & Dated, VG+ Condition, ,SHE STOPPED BY OUR BOOKSTORE BLUFF PARK RARE BOOKS in Long Beach Right Before she did Movie & Broadway Show, Dreamgirls, Later She won Oscar & was contestant on American Idol TV Show, but did Not Win & Lost lot of Weight, Personal Tragedy has followed Her. Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Unbound. Very Good/No Jacket.

Kiev, 1945. Original Photograph . No Binding. Near Fine. 23 Photographs, 7 3/4" X 5 3/4", Reprints By The Photographer, And Purchased Directly From Him In Moscow Circa 2000 By Me. Each Photograph Annotated On Reverse In Russian, One With A 13 Line Explanation. The Russians Sustained Huge Losses Due To Or Direction By Stalin, No General, And Hence Feel A Strongly Tht They Won Back Ukraine For Themselves, Forgetting The Slow And Bloody History Of The Russian Conquering Of Ukraine Over Many Hundreds Years From People Who Didn't Want Them There. Mankind Has A Short Memory, Remembering Only The Last Battle.

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 4193. Stamp In Black Ink"Yosemite Valley, Cal. / Putnam & Valentine, Photo., Los Angeles, Cal." And Purple Stamp "Sold By / H. C.. Best, Yosemite". Hand Coloring By Best. 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.… Read More

Tri-Star Pictures, Inc. 8 X 10 inches, Fine Condition,Autograph GUARANTEED AUTHENTIC. Signed by Author. Unbound.

NY, United Press International, January 6, 1963, first edition.. This is a wonderful photograph of two literary giants, John Steinbeck and Carl Sandburg, on the occasion of Sandburg's 85th birthday, the party was at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, although the two men were great friends, Steinbeck looks as if he's about to bite off the head of Sandburg who looks as serene as always, c.8.5X6.5 inches, UPI text about the photo is affixed to the verso which also carries the UPI photo credit. Fine.

London: London Stereoscopic and Photographic Co, 1870. Near Fine. 1 albumen print 278 x 184 mm. Mat is 422 x 330 mm. No date of publication; evidence suggests it was produced around 1870. Following the Fire of London, the church of St. Mary Le Bow was rebuilt by Sir Christopher Wren in the years 1668 to 1680. This 19th-century photograph shows the church and its neighbors, including the offices of the London Stereoscopic & Photographic Co. On the far right side of the photo are the offices of Keith, Prowse & Co., musical instrument manufacturer and music publisher. Cheapside itself is filled with horse-drawn vehicles and pedestrians. In Near Fine Condition: light creasing; clean and bright.

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.

Antipodes, 1900. - Two albumen prints - mounted on the recto and verso of an oblong of grey card. One side showing The Gap and South Head at Watsons Bay in the eastern suburbs of Sydney, Australia (circa 1903); and on the other side a view of the town of Hobart, Tasmania (from Lansdowne Crescent) taken by John Watt Beattie. - Two collodion paper prints showing the harbour of Lyttelton, New Zealand by an unknown photographer, and a landscape view across the Bealey near Christchurch, New Zealand taken by E. Wheeler & Son - these also mounted on the recto and verso of an oblong of grey card. - One unmounted collodion paper print is of the Waimangu Geyser, which is located near Rotorua, New Zealand. This says JM2070 on the front - and possibly refers to the James Ingram McDonald (the painter, photographer, filmmaker, museum director, cultural ambassador, film censor, and promoter of Maori arts and crafts) and may have been taken whilst he was employed by the New Zealand Government Tourist Department in… Read More