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London: Samuel French Limited, 1960. First edition in play form. 8vo. 90pp. Publisher's original powder blue wraps titled in dark blue and red to spine and front panel. A very good, clean copy indeed, with only some very light wear. Internally clean. Uncommon in such a bright, clean state.

London, 1903. A single sheet handwritten and printed "Engagement Contract" between Joseph Seebold and "flautisto" Louie Bacon, laying out the conditions of employment for a temporary contract in "Joseph Seebold's Ladies Orchestra". Bacon's weekly salary is given as £1.10.0, in addition to room and board and travelling expenses. Printed on the back of the contract is a list of rules members of the Ladies Orchestra were expected to follow, and a list of fines to be levied if these expectations were not met.Ladies orchestras were popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The Englishwoman's Year Book and Directory lists several ladies' orchestras operating in Britain during this time, including the English Ladies' Orchestral Society and Lady William Lennox's Orchestra. Wind instruments, including the flute and the piccolo, were considered particularly remunerative, making them attractive to musicians looking to make a living with their music. The Englishwoman's Year Book noted in 1900 that "A… Read More

New York: Random House, 1937. To Nathalie [sic], who does not have to go out to come in, and is in - Gertrude"The recipient of this extremely Stein-y inscription is Natalie Clifford Barney, the energetic lesbian expat poet, patron dame of the Lost Generation and founder of the Women's Academy (in response to the Paris based Men's Academy). She was famous for her salons, held at her home in Paris on Rue Jacob, and frequented by the glittering nobility of the Modernist movement including, at various points, Andre Gide, Pierre Louys, Sinclair Lewis, Rilke, Louis Aragon, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and the doomed but talented Harry and Caresse Crosby, not to mention the regular visits from Peggy Guggenheim, and Sylvia Beach, founder of the English bookshop in Paris, Shakespeare and Company. Barney was instrumental in the translation of passages from Stein's The Making of Americans, and Stein seems to have attended the salons on at least a couple of occasions; her partner Alice B. Toklas became a regular… Read More

1973. Loads of lovely ads including a full page for "Sweeney Todd Hair Beautists to Guys and Dolls". December cover photo of the Christmas Grotto at Selfridges featuring Alice Meets the Caterpillar. Gift, fashion and make-up suggestions, and calendar of shopping events of the month, shop opening hours.August: Softcover, stapled binding. 24 x 18 cm. xvi pages. A few small pencil notes within, prices. In very good condition, year written in ink on cover.September: Softcover, stapled binding. 24 x 18 cm. xvi pages. In very good condition, year written in ink on cover. December: Softcover, stapled binding. 24 x 18 cm. xxxvi pages. In very good condition, year written in ink on cover.