Wilbraham, MA: Wm. Frost Mobley, n.d. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 136 pages. Table of contents, introduction, price list. A collection of trade cards, broadsides, business stationery, and other ephemera. Black and white illustrations throughout. Signed by Mobley on contents page. READ MORE about CATALOG NUMBER 2 WM. FROST MOBLEY PRESENTS A VISUAL HISTORY OF TRADES AND PROFESSIONS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 122935
Philadelphia: Thomas Morrison, n.d. (c1832). Broadside, 27 by 20 inches in modern tiger maple molded frame. Broadside of the Declaration. Published by Morrison and printed by C.A. Elliott of Philadelphia. Copyright December 8, 1832. Central medallion bust of George Washington flanked by spread-wing eagles with printed text of the Declaration, printed facsimile signatures of the original signers. Within an architectural border with the title forming an arch around Washington's portrait. Information about the 27 states..... READ MORE about DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE AND GEOGRAPHICAL CHART OF THE U. STATES OF AMERICA
Price: $6,500.00 Order nr. 109824
N.P. n.p., n.d. Broadside, 22 x 15 inches. Text in Greek. A framed broadside with Greek words of wisdom from Plato's Apology, Stephanus pages 41c-42a. The maxim urges truth, righteousness, and good deeds before God. It concludes that all is known by God. Some gilding on frame chipped. Non-gilt portion scratched. READ MORE about Framed broadside with Greek quotation
Price: $150.00 Order nr. 119863
N.P. n.p., 1892. 4to. folded broadside loosely inserted in clear plastic folder bound into a library pamphlet binder. Handwritten list of officers, managers, and committee members for an unidentified organization for the years 1892-3. Notation on front cover "Iron gall ink on sized cotton 'broadside.'" READ MORE about "Officers and Managers for the Year 1892-93"
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 126238
New York: George F. Nesbitt & Co., n.d. broadside, 34 by 11 inches. Reproduction of a broadside advertising a banquet to be held on January 17, 1851, to commemorate the 145th anniversary of the birth of Benjamin Franklin at Niblo's to benefit the Printer's Library. Includes a listing of events of the evening and listings of the officers of the library and the program committee. Decorated border with illustrations of Franklin. Folded, and inserted in..... READ MORE about PRINTER'S BANQUET: CELEBRATION OF FRANKLIN'S BIRTHDAY
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 109595
New York: George F. Nesbitt & Co., n.d. broadside, 34 by 11 inches. Reproduction of a broadside advertising a banquet to be held on January 17, 1851, to commemorate the 145th anniversary of the birth of Benjamin Franklin at Niblo's to benefit the Printer's Library. Includes a listing of events of the evening and listings of the officers of the library and the program committee. Decorated border with illustrations of Franklin. READ MORE about PRINTER'S BANQUET: CELEBRATION OF FRANKLIN'S BIRTHDAY
Price: $14.00 Order nr. 109607
N.P. NFL Properties, 1992. broadside, (36 x 24 inches). Poster to accompany the 1992 Super Bowl, with illustrations of tickets from previous contests, Super Bowls I-XXVI. Full color. READ MORE about SUPER TICKETS
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 120654
New Castle, DE: New Castle Historical Society, 1999-. 4to. Single sheet printed on both sides and folded. Have the following: Fall 2003. READ MORE about TIDINGS
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 57925
N.P. n.p., n.d. 8vo. broadside, (9 1/4 by 5 1/4 inches). An anonymous poem, entitled "The Blind." With printed text at top, "The writer humbly prays that he to whom this may be presented, will keep it, and give something in return." Evidently handed out by a blind person seeking donations. Text of poem surrounded by decoration. Pencilled notation subtracting 1768 from 1838 on back. Foxing. READ MORE about TO THE PUBLIC
Price: $95.00 Order nr. 109409
N.P. Delaware Department of State, Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs, State Archives, n.d. oblong broadside with printed label at bottom. Facsimile of the original document signed by the Delaware delegates agreeing to the Federal Constitution. Foxed. READ MORE about We the Deputies of the People of the Delaware State in Convention met having taken into our...
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 92465
N.P. n.p., n.d. broadside (9 3/4 x 12 inches). Facsimile. Basire (1730-1802) was an English engraver who apprenticed William Blake. See Michael Bryan, Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Vol. 1 (London: George Bell and Sons, 1886), 91. READ MORE about A VIEW FROM THE INSIDE OF BRAZEN NOSE COLLEGE QUADRANGLE
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 120588
2 Volumes.
Washington, DC: United States Government, 1978. broadsides (15 by 10 inches). 2 Volumes. Facsimiles of a joint resolution of Congress and a Presidential proclamation, both dated June 14, 1978, honoring the 100th anniversery of American university presses. Both with the facsimile signature of President Carter. The joint resolution of Congress signed by House Speaker Thomas P. (Tip) O'Neill, Jr., and Acting President Pro Tempore of the Senate Paul Hatfield (D-Montana). Both documents stained. READ MORE about Joint Resolution of Congress and Presidential Proclamation honoring American University Presses
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 128626
Mill Valley, CA: (Jim Cummins, 1980). broadside (19 by 12 inches). Color poster depicting works of Beth Changstrom Pottery. Produced in Seattle, Washington, by Jim Cummins. READ MORE about BETH CHANGSTROM POTTERY
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 133437
Hanover, NH: University Press of New England, 1975. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xx, 51 pages. First edition. Introduction by Mason I. Lowanace, Jr. Facsimiles of numerous broadsides printed in Vermont during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Includes "A Wonderful Dream" by Dr. Isaac Watts, English hymn writer and author who was second only to Noah Webster in number of books published in Vermont. READ MORE about EARLY VERMONT BROADSIDES
Price: $18.00 Order nr. 24381
Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1985. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 24 pages. The Fifth Hanes Lecture. A series of lectures devoted to the history of the book. This one given by Alan Fern in 1985 is based on the similarities between the poster and the book. Includes a bibliography. Illustrated. READ MORE about OFF THE WALL
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 57220
N.P. n.p., (1981). broadside (14 by 20 inches). A quote from Fowles on a watercolor by Kathryn Clark, dated 1981. Quotation about Fowles' concern with the threat to the rural countryside in an increasingly urbanized society. Small tear at right edge. READ MORE about NATURE WRITTEN AND NATURE REAL
Price: $250.00 Order nr. 129064
(London, England: Reed Internatioonal Books Limited, 1997). small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 160 pages. Table of contents, list of useful addresses, glossary, index, acknowledgments. Color and black and white illustrations throughout. Book mark laid in. READ MORE about MILLER'S COLLECTING PRINTS & POSTERS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 125349
W. Lebanon, NH: Mink Brook Editions, 1986. poster 17 x 33 3/4 inches. matted, framed behind glass. One of 222 signed and numbered copies. Poster for the 1986 rededication of the Morris Library at the University of Delaware. Depicts students at work in the library, silhouetted against a window through which a view of trees can be seen; at the top, the sky is visible through a large skylight. The design creates the sense of..... READ MORE about THE HUGH M. MORRIS LIBRARY
Price: $200.00 Order nr. 51223
N.P. Yale University Art Gallery, 1978. oblong 8vo. stapled stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. Catalogue accompanying an exhibition at the Yale Center for American Art and Media Culture. Black-and-white illustrations. Wrappers soiled. READ MORE about DESIGN TO PERSUADE: AMERICAN LITERARY ADVERTISING POSTERS OF THE 1890'S
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 105489
Los Angeles: Hennessey & Ingalls, 1977. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xxvi, 303 pages. First edition, limited to 1,000 copies. An extensive bibliography which lists general titles, followed by specific titles relating to the movement in Austria, Belgium, and France. READ MORE about ART NOUVEAU, AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Price: $8.00 Order nr. 29192
New York: Frederick A. Praeger, (1969). small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 143+(1) pages. A manual about transferring art from one medium to another. Topics include the early methods of printmaking, such as lithography and etching, and the modern methods, electronic color scanners, collotype, etc. An invaluable reference for anyone involved in the graphic reproduction of works of art. Many illustrations in black and white and color, with detailed technique explanations. Jacket is price clipped. READ MORE about REPRODUCING ART, THE PHOTOGRAPHY, GRAPHIC REPRODUCTION AND PRINTING OF WORKS OF ART
Price: $12.50 Order nr. 44614
Baden-Baden: Staatliche Kunsthalle, 1972. 4to. stiff paper wrappers, dust jacket. 127, (3) pages. Written in German. Books from the collection of Sigrid Metken. With a foreword, and over 109 entries, as well as many black-and-white and color plates throughout. With the laid-in bookplate from Oak Knoll designating this book as from the reference library of H.P. Kraus. Minor wear. READ MORE about FRANZÖSISCHE BILDERBOGEN DES 19. JAHRHUNDERTS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 100699
(Santa Barbara, CA): Unicorn Press, 1970. broadside (18 by 11 1/2 inches). Unicorn Broadside 8. A poetic tribute to the library. Small blemish above title. Bottom edge uncut. READ MORE about THOUGHTS AFTER VISITING THE LIBRARY AT LENOX
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 129135
(New Haven, CT): Yale University, 1982. broadside (17 x 12 inches). Limited to 50 numbered copies. A Bibliographical Press Poetry Broadside issued by the library. Broadside of the poem A Basin of Eggs by May Swenson printed on hand-made paper for the occasion of the Bollingen Prize Reading which she won in 1981. May Swenson was an American poet and playwright with much of her work being devoted to children. READ MORE about A BASIN OF EGGS
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 99717
N.P. n.p., n.d. broadside, 10 by 13 inches. Street scene with signature of Ewald Thiel ((1855-1939), a German artist and illustrator born in Kamanten, East Prussia (now part of the Kaliningrad region of Russia). Additionally, Thiel was an illustrator for Karl May publications. Lightly soiled and bent at edges, with a sticker at upper right corner. READ MORE about Engraving of a street scene in Germany
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 119151
