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
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
Barre, MA: A. Alden, n.d., circa 1835. Broadside, 21.5 by 18 inches framed under glass. A seven-figure image of the stages in a woman's life from one to ninety years of age by Albert Alden (1812-1883). Only three known copies in WorldCat at the Library of Congress, Williams College, and Duke University, with the American Antiquarian Society's copy being out of WorldCat. This particular copy is hand colored, which is quite rare (the AAS's copy..... READ MORE about THE LIFE AND AGE OF WOMAN
Price: $1,250.00 Order nr. 110138
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
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
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
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
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
N.P. Privately Printed, 1952. 16mo. printed folder hold title page, introductory page, and 19 example broadsides. Designed by G.H. Petty. "Here are some slightly off-color pearls of wisdom picked up along the Gay White Way and from random detours along the Primrose Path." A collection of small broadsides printed in different colors. Interesting examples of graphic design. READ MORE about EFFEMERA
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 118968
Peterborough, NH: Robert Hauser, n.d. broadside, 10 3/4 by 14 3/4 inches. Self portrait print by Gillian Tyler (b. 1963), known for etchings of wildlife, and for illustrating children's books. Part of the 'Face to Face' series commemorating the 80th anniversary of Lynd Ward's birth. Signed by the artist. READ MORE about Print
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 115977
Mt. Vernon (NY): A. Colish Inc., 1980. broadside (18 x 24 in. / 46 x 61 cm.). Limited to 50 copies. A text excerpt from the 1962 Belknap Press/Harvard U. Press reprint of D. B. Updike's (1860-1941, founder of the Merrymount Press) 1922 work "Printing Types: Their History, Forms and Use." A "keepsake printed for The Second National Conference on Metal Typecasting & Design on the occasion of their visit to A. Colish, Inc., Mount..... READ MORE about ON THE INVENTION OF PRINTING; THE CUTTING AND CASTING OF TYPES IN RELATION TO THEIR DESIGN
Price: $96.00 Order nr. 52316
Oxford, England: The Alembic Press, n.d., but 2003. broadside (11 3/4 by 8 3/4 inches). Commemorates Oak Knoll Fest X, New Castle, Delaware. Minor creasing at bottom. READ MORE about OAK KNOLL BOOK FEST, TEN YEARS FOSTERING THE FLOWERING OF FINE BOOKS
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 127074
N.P. American Printing History Association, 1994. folio. clam-shell box with paper cover label containing a four-page printed introduction by Michael Peich, a printed broadside listing participants and 29 broadside contributions by different private presses. Limited to 200 sets, A Type Miscellany, Twentieth Anniversary Broadside Portfolio was designed by Jerry Kelly with preliminary pages printed by The Stinehour Press. Contributions made by Dwight Agner, Mark Argetsinger, Lowell Bodger, John DePol, Morris Gelfand, Darrell Hyder, Steve Miller..... READ MORE about A TYPE MISCELLANY, TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY BROADSIDE PORTFOLIO
Price: $650.00 Order nr. 41174
