Search Results: Authors starting with N from Armadillo & Dicker Books & Ephemera

Cambridge: at the University Press. Good. Hardcover. 1935. 1st thus.. “…Some Excelent Manscripts of Phisick, Cookery, Preserves &c which were the Palladum of Man Noble Familyes…” 1st thus, 16m o, cloth backed, paper covered boards. 45 pp. In tattered d/w. C ondition±: Good; front hinge lightly cracked, boards darkened. D ustjacket present but both panels tattered and lacking spine. Si gnature of Grant Dahlstrom (Ampersand Press) on fep. .

“Rundschau” / Camp Myles Standish. Very good. 1945-46. 3 issues of German POW Newspaper “Rundschau” / Camp Myles Sta ndish, Mass. . 946 22 pp. . t. 8-1/2x11”. News summaries, essays, poems, camp announcement s, drawing-contest-winners' artwork, humor and puzzles . ndition: very good; toning as expected for pulp newspapers .

Small format (approximately 6x9) newspaper, original and complete but disbound from a larger volume. Each issue 16 pp. consecutively numbered.

The Niles Weekly Register was a national magazine published in Baltimore from 1811 to 1848. The most widely circulated magazine of its time, the Register was the nation's first weekly newsmagazine and exerted a powerful influence on the early national discourse. This is a broken run of ten issues from March 25-April 8 [3]; May 6-May 13 [2], and June 3-June 24 [5]. Contents include extensive news and commentary on the final weeks of the War of 1812, the Napoleonic War in Europe; a proposed constitutional amendment concerning slave representation and apportionment in the creation of new states, the Trial of Andrew Jackson for opposing execution of the writ of habeas corpus, national population statistics, Indian affairs, and commercial and foreign news. An 8-page supplement to the last issue contains the entirety of the New French Constitution and Napoleon's… Read More

1st edition, 4to. Red cloth spine; light green paper over boards with chromolithographed title and illustrations on front board. Floral endpapers.
A Victorian "dissolving window" picture book from the golden age of the moveable book.
A tab is pulled at the lower edge, which animates and completely changes the illustration above. Artwork by Nister, who also served as publisher. The facing pages have accompanying poems by English poet and songwriter Frederic Weatherly. A charming, and scarce, item with 8 chromolithographic color transformations, all in Very Good working order.
CONDITION: Good-. Notoriously prone to wear, the covers are fair at best, with moderate soiling and severely cracked hinges that are nearly detached from the text block; numerous edge tears in the end papers which are also toned. The text block and transformations were printed on better quality paper. The text block is much better. Facing pages in good condition, some with minor edge wear and toning. All of the tipped-in… Read More

Novo Laughs / NOVO Comic Greeting Cards2 Sample Books, 13"x10"; cards mostly 4.25x5.5" in folded form. 36 greeting cards in each book
1945-1948 – humorous greeting cards, many depicting the misogyny and racial stereotypes of the period. Artists not identified; Birthday, Get Well, Graduation, Congratulations, Xmas.
In the form of two photograph albums, two-post, decorated burgundy covers, black paper pages, with two cards mounted per page.
Condition: individual cards range from Good with occasional folds and creases to Fine – mostly the latter. The album is fair only with extensive exterior wear, creases and tears to some of the pages – not affecting the cards.