Very nice, clean travel brochure offering a variety of summer tours to Spanish-speaking countries. It was then possible to take a 48 day tour in the high three figures per person. Photo illustrated in black and white. Fourteen tours offered with complete itinerary. Great travel ads. Measures 6"x8-3.4". Bright yellow, red and black cover art. Small bit of wear to spine only fault -- does not compromise integrity of binding. View More...
Very clean folding map of the northeastern states (USA) rendered in an attractive black and white. No tears tofolds and paper is very crisp. Retains original folder which is very much intact, but has faded at edges and shows wear and small tears along outer left edge. Overall quite nice though. Map is qyuite large, but is accordion folded. Accroding to the instructions o use you need only turn the folds as you would the leaves of a book. View More...
Very nice 16 page oversized catalog, measuring 12" tall and 8" across. Small tear to bottom of spine repaired with non-browing, almost invisible archival tape. Tightly bound. A few tiny tears to bottom edge likewise repaired and are barely noticeable. Caralog is in full color and has a fold-out for each of the four models. Much information and very high-end presentation. View More...
Book looks like new. Crisp and clean as a whistle inside and out. Measures 6-1/2"x9-3/4" with bright blue card cover and cream colored pages. Blue endpapers match cover and there are 98 pages. Illustrated with photographs in black and white showing building and samples of holdings. Contents encompass the history of the society, its membership and publications, the needs of the society, its library building and its resources. Indexed. View More...
Fourteen full-color, clean calendars all unused and purchased from a collector. Measure 8-1/2" tall and 11" wide. Hole punched as per design for hanging. No writing. Each calendar offers a full page color image of an historic plane and, beginning with the 1979 issue, a different historic aviation fact per day. All calendars are clean and nice. View More...
Wonderful wartime report from Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing covering all aspects of the business including power generation; power distribution; precessing items such as metals, coal, rock products, cement, forest products, pretroleum, rubber, chemicals, food, and solvent oil; industrial; construction and agriculture; and transportation. The book is oversized at 8-1/2"x11". Minor stubborn soil to spine and a few wrinkles there, likely endemic to the publishing process, but otherwise clean and tightly bound. There is also a letter laid-in to accompany it.The book does have text, but it's... View More...
Very nice, clean auction catalog with simple, but elegant, cover design showing a leaded glass window and five vases showing different styles of pottery representative of the Arts & Crafts period. Items include furniture, windows, art, pottery, lighting fixtures, rugs, Frank Lloyd Wright drawings, and jewelry -- 230 objects in all. Each is pictured, most in black and white, but there are also eight full pages of color photos showing multiple items, as well as color photos inside both the front and back covers. View More...
No date on this attractive illustrated catalog, but research shows it's betweem 1900 when the foundry opened its doors and 1911 when it merged with five other heating supply companies. The catalog is clean as a whistle inside and out with 28 illustrated pages. Picures are large and the products displayed optimally and accompanied by detailed text. View More...
Crisp, beautiful calendar still in oriignal publisher's shrinkwrap. Small crease to tip of lower back corner only fault. Gorgeous full color photographs showing the beauty of the island in all seasons. Measures 12" across by 9-3/4" tall. View More...
Very nice, clean program showing faint toning to upper right hand corner of cover only. Tightly bound with no creasing and no names or writing. A special issue commemorating Clevleland's 50 year history in aviation. In 1929 the city hosted the world's most important aviation event, the 10-day National Air Races and Aeronautical Exposition. Great articles, photos, and ads honor the past and celebrate the present. 104 pages. View More...
Bright red cover with gilt printing and design of old fire wagon at front. Measures 6"x9" and is clean and tightly bound. Only fault is one small spot to outer edge near spine at front. Numerous local ads, plus photographs and historical information about the fire department, as well as other Clinton points of interest including, the Red School House, Adam Stanton's Store, Pond's Extract Company, the Handle Factory, Clinton's Old Academy and more. 60 pages. View More...
Very nice, clean, tighly bound program issued for the commissioing of the U.S.S. Robert E. Peary at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington September 23, 1972. Measures 8" tall by 10-1/2" long and has 40 pages. Aside from toning to edges of cream card cover at front and overall at back, is is very clean and tightly bound with pristine pages. Attractive red, white and blue cover design and numerous photos of the ship and crew inside, as well, as pictures of Rear Admiral and adventurer Robert E. Peary for whom it was named. Much history about Peary, as well as stats and info on... View More...
Very attractive, colorful cover art and relative rarity make this piece of 1929 ephemera a stand-out. The booklet was published by the Cuyahoga Falls Chamber of Commerce in hopes of attracting new residents to the community located north of Akron. It's very clean and tightly bound with no glaring faults and measures 6"x9". Pages are printed on coated paper and illustrated throughout with black and white photographs. 27 pages cover all aspects of the town and why its real estate, amenities and low taxes made it a prime choice. View More...
Very nice, clean catalog for this Virginia Christian military academy designed to prepare boys for college. Spiral bound to lie flat and brown pebbled boards with gilt to face. Measures 8"x11" and has 117 pages. No names or wriiting and pristine pages -- high quality coated paper. Liberally illustrated with black and white photographs. Curiously, there is no date, but the President of the school at this time was Colonel James Caldwell Wicker who in 1950 as head of Fork Union made a splash in educational circles with a new type of curriculum. Th s appears to be from the 50's also, but l... View More...
Very nice, clean, four-sided brochure advertising Geo. L. Wood's Sons (late Geo. L. Wood & Son) Sole Proprietors and Manufacturers of "Paragon" Varnishes patented September 23, 1884. Though there is no date, we believe it to be from 1889 judging bythe testimonial at back stating how well the product withstood a Pennsylvania flood. Only fault is two horizontal creases. Attractive cover design shows horse and horseshoe. Inside explains properties of both the exterior and interior versions of the varnish, while back is reserved for testimonials. Measures 9-1/2" tall and 10-3/4" ... View More...
Clean blue card cover printed in back with gold medallion stating the year of 1940. Tied with gold cording and tassel. Measures 5"x7-3/4" and is likewise clean inside. In addition to the usual signatures and filled-in info about the class, there is a charming array of calling cards each slipped into its own designed spot -- a total of 14. At the back there is also a special pocket for momentos in which is found a handwritten menu for the class banquet which was held at the Lake Shore Hotel. In addition to pertinent info about the event, there is also a crisp folded coaster from the hot... View More...
Four beautiful, as new books, each dedicated to a different aspect of Asian travel. They were printed in 1976 and 1977 and issued as a set in '77. The books each have 23 pages and are lavishly illustrated with gorogeous color photography, but also much text. They measure 8-1/2" high and 12" across and fit neatly into their original decorative envelope. The envelope shows wear at corners, but is otherwise clean and nice. Topics are entertainment, shopping, travel, and food. All cover other Asian countries in addition to Japan. View More...
An unusual find in very clean nice condition. Measures 5-1/2"x8" with no real defect of note. Written partially in Swedish, partially in English. Photo illustrated in black and white. Begins with a biography of P.H. Ling, 1776-1839, founder of Swedish gymnastics and proceeds with two article in Sweidsh, one of which appears to be about the head of gymnastics program. All participants from both teams listed and several song lyrics follow. Ads at back. 32 pages. View More...
Nice, clean, tightly bound catalog showing a few spots of isolated edge wear and a thin strip of paper missing to front cover at bottom corner (see photo) which does not impinge on text. Also shows a small bit of soiling to very bottom of lower front edge and a small piece of clear tape to lower back corner. Pages toned, but clean. Measures 7"x10 and has 176 pages, plus a few additional pages of refrigerator parts and a few pages of household items. Illustrated throughout. View More...
Heavy cream colored card covers show mild soiling and faint edge toning. A small bit of light nibbling to outer back edge, but hardly visible, as damage was to outer paper only. Cream embossing to cover with school name and insignia and the date 1927. Tied with black and red cording. Measures apppoximately 6"x8". Interior pages clean as a whistle and numbering 12. Includes list of graduates, Class Day Exercises, Graduation Day Exercises and Founder's Day Address; the annual Contest in Declamation; a concert by the Musical Clubs; and the Sunday Service Commencement. Also lists members ... View More...
