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Photo illustrated cardboard hand fan printed in black and orange within an orange monotone decorative border of birds and flowers, including a regal peacock on the handle; the main image, which measures 5\" x 7\", shows a tranquil domestic scene of a father reading a newspaper, the mother knitting a new item, a baby boy on the floor playing with a ball, and a young girl who at first glance is un-occupied, but upon closer inspection, seems to be standing at the ready to turn the pages for her father, as he is unable to do so himself as both his hands are occupied holding his wife's yarn (!); upper right hand corner with small crease and handle with tiny, minor abrasion. The condition of the fan is NEAR FINE. #001085","brand":"Wallace \u0026 Clark, Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41033016148117,"sku":"001085","price":225.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0459\/2589\/2245\/products\/homesweethome.01.20210904.jpg?v=1630782882"},{"product_id":"varga-portfolio","title":"Varga Portfolio","description":"(Vargas, Alberto) illustrator. VARGA PORTFOLIO. [Chicago]: Esquire, Inc., (1945). FIRST EDITION. Folio - 13-3\/4\" x 10-1\/2\". Original publisher's green cloth backed color pictorial paper covered board portfolio with light wear to the edges for what is a nice example of the portfolio; p. [2] of portfolio has a calendar for each month of the year (1946) surrounded by twelve tiny lovely Vargas girls. [12] leaves of colored plates, each measuring 9-5\/8\" x 12-13\/16\", laid in cloth pocket attached to p. [3] of the portfolio; each of the [12] leaves, one for each month of the year, printed with a full color illustration by Vargas of one of his pin-up girls dressed in seasonal attire, along with the year and the month and a four line verse that ties it all together, e.g., \"February: The month of February \/ is the briefest of the year, \/ So please forgive my costume -- \/ It's just a symbol, dear!\" The plates are bright and clean with little evidence of handling. The condition of the portfolio is VERY GOOD +. No copies located on OCLC\/WorldCat. RARE #001086","brand":"Wallace \u0026 Clark, Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41040537157781,"sku":"001086","price":1125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0459\/2589\/2245\/products\/vargaportfolio.01.20210905.jpg?v=1630882431"},{"product_id":"cleaver-for-president-of-the-united-states-of-america-power-to-the-people-black-power-to-black-people-1968-presidential-campaign-poster","title":"Cleaver for President of the United States of America . . . Power to the People . . . Black Power to Black People [1968 Presidential Campaign Poster]","description":"(Black Panther Party) CLEAVER FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA . . . POWER TO THE PEOPLE . . . BLACK POWER TO BLACK PEOPLE [1968 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN POSTER]. [California]: The Black Panther and Peace \u0026amp; Freedom Parties, [1968]. 16-15\/16\" x 21-15\/16\". Campaign poster printed in black and white with a portrait of Eldridge Cleaver, who had joined the Black Panther Party in 1966 after being released from prison, and was nominated as a presidential candidate two years later, running on the Peace \u0026amp; Freedom Party ticket. Although he was not technically old enough to run being just 32 years old, he still appeared on a number of the ballots. A Cleaver presidency would have been a unique one seeing as how Cleaver had jumped bail in November 1968 fleeing to Cuba, before eventually settling in Algeria, not returning to the United States until 1975; very faint horizontal crease and small area of slight toning to margin at lower right corner. The condition of the poster is NEAR FINE. Only one copy located on OCLC\/WorldCat (University of California, San Diego). RARE #001088","brand":"Wallace \u0026 Clark, Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41046507520149,"sku":"001088","price":1600.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0459\/2589\/2245\/products\/cleaverforpresident.01.20210906.jpg?v=1630951026"},{"product_id":"deans-a1-dolls-and-toys-retail-showcard","title":"Dean's \"A1 Dolls and Toys\" Retail Showcard","description":"(Dean's Rag Book Co.) DEAN'S \"A1 DOLLS AND TOYS\" RETAIL SHOWCARD. London: Dean's Rag Book Co., Ltd., [circa 1922]. 9-13\/16\" x 9-13\/16\". This card was designed to be displayed in a retail setting to promote the \"A1 Dolls and Toys\" which Dean's launched in 1922. Pictorial showcard with decoration and titles printed in black and red on stiff white cardstock with two bumped lower corners for what is a lovely example of this early 20th century doll and toy advertising card. This is the actual showcard reproduced on p. 215 in \"Dean's Rag Books and Rag Dolls\" by Peter and Dawn Cope; from the Dean's archives. The condition of the showcard is NEAR FINE. RARE #000917","brand":"Wallace \u0026 Clark, Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41418652778645,"sku":"000917","price":225.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0459\/2589\/2245\/products\/a1dollsandtoys0120200216.jpg?v=1636076612"},{"product_id":"paul-revere-engraved-aaron-willard-watch-paper-boston-1781","title":"Engraved Watch Paper for A[aron] Willard, Watch \u0026 Clock Maker, Boston [Engraved by Paul Revere, Boston, 1781]","description":"\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"11\"\u003e(Paul Revere \/ Horology \/ Revolutionary War Era) (REVERE, Paul) engraver. Engraved Watch Paper for A[aron] Willard, Watch \u0026amp; Clock Maker, Boston.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"12\"\u003eBoston, 1781. Circular watch paper measuring 2\" in diameter. A premier museum-grade artifact of early American ephemera and horological history, consisting of an original circular paper insert designed to sit protectively inside the concave back of a pocket watch. The engraved face features a complex allegorical composition showing an angel blowing a horn at the top, a tree branch, a pocket watch, Father Time, a rooster, and a central advertising cartouche reading \"A. Willard \/ Watch \u0026amp; Clock \/ Maker \/ Boston.\" The outer edge retains its six original radiating slits used to contour the flat paper into a watch case. The verso features an invaluable contemporary manuscript record written in dark ink: \"Enos Clap. Clean'd. $1.00. March 10, 1832;\" tracking its actual historical placement and service history over half a century after its printing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"13\"\u003eThe physical condition of the item is graded \u003cstrong\u003eVERY GOOD\u003c\/strong\u003e (utilizing the standard antiquarian book grading scale for works on paper). The paper presents honest signs of age and functional use within a timepiece, including overall light browning and one small dark stain to the front surface. The engraved lines remain clear and sharp, and the paper matrix is structurally sound with no significant loss or tearing to the delicate edges.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-path-to-node=\"14\"\u003ePaul Revere's Horological Engravings and the Willard Dynasty\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"15\"\u003eThis extraordinary artifact captures a direct, documented commercial intersection between two of the most celebrated figures in early American craftsmanship: silversmith and Revolutionary patriot Paul Revere (1735–1818), and legendary Boston clockmaker Aaron Willard. Originally conceived as a utilitarian barrier to prevent dust from entering a watch mechanism, watch papers evolved into highly sophisticated miniature advertising mediums. Revere’s personal shop ledger, the \u003ci data-index-in-node=\"464\" data-path-to-node=\"15\"\u003eRevere Day Book\u003c\/i\u003e, contains a definitive entry in July 1781 specifically charging Aaron's brother, Simon Willard, six shillings for 100 prints intended for \"Your Br Aron for Watches.\" Revere's distinctive iconography—merging the traditional figure of Father Time with a rooster symbol of vigilance and an angel of fame—embodies the unique graphic language of the nascent American republic, bridging fine copperplate engraving with commercial utility.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-path-to-node=\"16\"\u003eSeries Bibliography, Census, and Market Scarcity\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"17\"\u003eThe survival rate of 18th-century watch papers is infinitesimally low due to their fragile paper composition and their regular destruction or replacement during routine watch servicing. This specific Aaron Willard issue was considered entirely lost to history for over a century until a single specimen was tracked down in 1935 and ultimately gifted to the American Antiquarian Society in 1948. A current global sweep of the \u003cstrong\u003eOCLC\/WorldCat database locates a total of only 3 specimens preserved in institutional special collections worldwide\u003c\/strong\u003e: all of which reside permanently within the Paul Revere Collection at the American Antiquarian Society. This represents an extraordinarily rare opportunity for private collectors, offering a chance to acquire a legendary Revere printing that is virtually unobtainable outside of permanent museum archives. Bibliographically documented in Clarence S. Brigham’s definitive text, \u003ci data-index-in-node=\"842\" data-path-to-node=\"17\"\u003ePaul Revere's Engravings\u003c\/i\u003e (1954, pp. 122-123). \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"17\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHIS EXCEEDINGLY RARE 1781 WATCH PAPER, ENGRAVED BY THE HAND OF PAUL REVERE AND DOCUMENTING THE COMING TOGETHER OF EARLY AMERICA'S FOREMOST ARTISAN AND HOROLOGIST, REPRESENTS A CRITICAL ACQUISITION FOR INSTITUTIONAL SPECIAL COLLECTIONS OR EXTRAORDINARY PRIVATE COLLECTIONS DEVOTED TO THE HISTORY OF THE ENGRAVINGS OF PAUL REVERE, AMERICAN HOROLOGY, OR REVOLUTIONARY WAR ERA EPHEMERA.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e# 000926\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wallace \u0026 Clark, Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41425444405397,"sku":null,"price":14750.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0459\/2589\/2245\/products\/reverewatchpaper0120200502.jpg?v=1636257799"},{"product_id":"the-childs-book-about-birds","title":"The Child's Book About Birds.","description":"(Chapbooks) THE CHILD'S BOOK ABOUT BIRDS. Concord, N.H.: Published by R. Merrill, 1843. FIRST EDITION. 48mo - 3-3\/8\" x 2-5\/16\". Original green paper wrappers string-bound as issued, with titles and decoration printed in black to front wrapper and publisher's advertisement within a decorative border design printed in black to back wrapper for what is a lovely copy of the book; gift inscription on p. [2] of wrappers. 8 pp. The book contains descriptive information on and a woodcut illustration of seven different species of birds: the goosander, falcon, toucan, ostrich, bittern, nightingale and stormy petrel; a title-page woodcut vignette of a rooster brings the total number of woodcuts in the book to nine; very minor spotting\/staining internally for what for the most part is a very fresh and clean copy of the book. The condition of the book is NEAR FINE. Only eight copies located on OCLC\/WorldCat. RARE #000928","brand":"Wallace \u0026 Clark, Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41425446076565,"sku":"000928","price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0459\/2589\/2245\/products\/childsbookaboutbirds0120200502.jpg?v=1636257997"},{"product_id":"the-passionate-child-a-story-about-little-ellen","title":"The Passionate Child: A Story About Little Ellen","description":"(Chapbooks) THE PASSIONATE CHILD: A STORY ABOUT LITTLE ELLEN. New Haven: Published by S. Babcock, circa 1844. 48mo - 3-11\/16\" x 2-1\/8\". Original yellow paper wrappers string-bound as issued, with titles and woodcut within a decorative border, all printed in black to front wrapper and publisher's advertisement within a decorative border, all printed in black to back wrapper with minor soiling\/spotting for what is a nice copy of the book; gift inscription to p. [2] of wrappers. 16 pp. The book tells the story of Little Ellen, a cruel and bad-tempered young girl with the habit of hitting and kicking her nurse when she doesn't get her way. After being punished more than once for her bad behavior, Little Ellen finally realizes she is causing grief and unhappiness to her mother, her nurse and herself, and from then on becomes an obedient and docile child (and who said there was not value in tying up one's misbehaving children?); illustrated with a total of nine woodcuts: one on p.[1] of wrappers, one on title-page and seven illustrating the story within text;  internally with light spotting\/staining. The condition of the book is VERY GOOD. SCARCE #000929","brand":"Wallace \u0026 Clark, Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41425451057301,"sku":"000929","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0459\/2589\/2245\/products\/passionatechild0120200503.jpg?v=1636258357"},{"product_id":"tales-and-pictures","title":"Tales and Pictures","description":"(Toy Books) TALES AND PICTURES. [London]: [Publisher not identified], circa 1871. 8vo - 9-9\/16\" x 7-1\/8\". Color pictorial stiff paper wrappers, string-bound as issued, with various advertisements on pp. [2-4] of wrappers with no faults to be found for what is a fresh, lovely copy of the book. [18] pp. including wrappers. This is a children's magazine filled with stories and verses about cats and kittens and dolls and toys, all things that would be of interest to a child; illustrated with four beautiful full page chromolithograph, one of which is signed \"N. Culpeper,\" with additional black and white drawings within text; one small area of discoloration in the margin of one of the chromolithographs, otherwise the book is pristine internally. The condition of the book is FINE. No copies located on OCLC\/WorldCat. RARE #000930","brand":"Wallace \u0026 Clark, Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41425454792853,"sku":"000930","price":200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0459\/2589\/2245\/products\/talesandpictures0120200508.jpg?v=1636258638"},{"product_id":"hoffman-fuck-the-system-yippie-ephemera-1968","title":"Fuck the System","description":"\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"11\"\u003e(American Counterculture \/ Political Radicals \/ Ephemera) [HOFFMAN, Abbie] \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"11\" data-index-in-node=\"58\"\u003eFuck the System.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"12\"\u003e[New York]: [Publisher not identified], [1967 or 1968]. \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"12\" data-index-in-node=\"56\"\u003eFIRST EDITION\u003c\/b\u003e. 16mo - 6\" x 3-1\/2\". 30, [2] pp. including photo-pictorial wrappers. Essential and rare piece of early Yippie ephemera, closely preceding and setting the thematic foundation for Abbie Hoffman's later landmark work \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"12\" data-index-in-node=\"284\"\u003eSteal This Book\u003c\/i\u003e. Bound in the original publisher's staple-bound black and white photo-pictorial paper wrappers. Though Hoffman is not explicitly identified within the booklet as the author, the attribution is firmly established by bibliographical record; implied authorship and publication information are detailed in Hoffman's \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"12\" data-index-in-node=\"612\"\u003eRevolution for the hell of it\u003c\/i\u003e (New York: Dial, 1968), which reproduces a complete facsimile of this pamphlet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"13\"\u003eThe physical condition of the item is graded \u003cstrong\u003eNEAR FINE\u003c\/strong\u003e (utilizing the standard antiquarian book grading scale for works on paper). The delicate photo-pictorial paper wrappers exhibit only minor handling wear and touches of light rubbing along the spine, remaining a spectacular, structurally sound copy. Internally pristine, clean, and bright, with a compelling contemporary personal addition: an early owner has utilized an orchid ink pen to neatly fill in the counters of various printed lowercase letters (such as a, d, e, o, and p) on occasional pages, and has added a hand-written \"Free Poem\" in French within the gutter of pages 16-17, lamenting the overabundance of police in the poet's world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-path-to-node=\"14\"\u003eGuerrilla Survival and Radical Advocacy in the Yippie Underground\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"15\"\u003eProduced anonymously for distribution among the radicals, hippies, and activists of the late 1960s East Village, \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"15\" data-index-in-node=\"113\"\u003eFuck the System\u003c\/i\u003e serves as a practical, underground survival guide for navigating New York City without capital. The text forms a comprehensive, fascinating compendium of local sources where an individual could obtain essential goods and services for free, opening with advice on securing \"Free Vegetables - Hunt's Point market . . . Just tell them you want to feed some people free and it's yours.\" Beyond basic sustenance like Free Booze, Free Clothes, Free Furniture, and Free Transportation, the booklet functions as a legal and medical lifeline for the counterculture community. It compiles vital underground resources and tactical advice covering Draft Resistance, treatment for venereal disease, runaway shelters, protest demonstrations, legal aid, Dope Tips and Bad Trips, and establishing communal living structures. It stands as a primary socio-political blueprint of the Youth International Party's philosophy, capturing the raw, operational reality of the 1960s radical left.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-path-to-node=\"16\"\u003eSeries Bibliography, Census, and Market Scarcity\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"17\"\u003eBecause these ephemeral survival handbooks were printed cheaply on low-grade paper stock and distributed directly on the street for immediate use, their survival rate is extraordinarily low. Most copies were heavily thumbed, confiscated during political demonstrations, or discarded, making pristine examples nearly non-existent in the market. A current global sweep of the \u003cstrong\u003eOCLC\/WorldCat database locates only seven copies\u003c\/strong\u003e preserved in institutional special collections worldwide: highlighting its extreme rarity outside of permanent museum and university archives. The preservation of this fragile pamphlet without heavy staining, split spines, or missing leaves represents a remarkable historical anomaly, further elevated by the poignant, localized nature of its contemporary French poetic inscription.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"18\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"18\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eTHIS SPECTACULAR SURVIVING COPY OF AN ANONYMOUS 1960s RADICAL MANIFESTO, CAPTURING THE IMPRINT OF THE EAST VILLAGE COUNTERCULTURE AND THE ORIGINAL DISSEMINATION OF ABBIE HOFFMAN'S REVOLUTIONARY STRATEGIES, REPRESENTS A CRITICAL ACQUISITION FOR INSTITUTIONAL SPECIAL COLLECTIONS OR EXTRAORDINARY PRIVATE COLLECTIONS DEVOTED TO THE HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN COUNTERCULTURE, 20th-CENTURY RADICAL POLITICS, OR UNDERGROUND EPHEMERA.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e# 000945\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wallace \u0026 Clark, Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41494128099477,"sku":null,"price":2800.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0459\/2589\/2245\/products\/fuckthesystem0120200525.jpg?v=1637347403"},{"product_id":"1750-poor-richard-improved-almanac-benjamin-franklin-hall","title":"Poor Richard Improved: Being an Almanack and Ephemeris . . . for the Year of our Lord 1750. . . . Fitted to the Latitude of Forty Degrees, . . .","description":"\u003cp id=\"p-rc_95a18f4dcb7e38d4-117\"\u003e(Colonial Science, Early American Imprints, History of Medicine) \u003cspan class=\"citation-2527\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2526 citation-2527\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2525 citation-2526 citation-2527\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2525 citation-2526 citation-2527 citation-2528\"\u003eSAUNDERS, Richard (pseudonym); FRANKLIN, Benjamin; GREW, Theophilus. \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePOOR RICHARD IMPROVED: BEING AN ALMANACK AND EPHEMERIS . . . FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 1750. . . . FITTED TO THE LATITUDE OF FORTY DEGREES, AND A MERIDIAN OF NEAR FIVE HOURS WEST OF LONDON . . .\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2525 citation-2526 citation-2527 citation-2528 citation-end-2528\"\u003ePhiladelphia: P\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2525 citation-2526 citation-2527 citation-2528 citation-end-2528\" style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003erin\u003csup class=\"superscript embedded\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2525 citation-2526 citation-2527\" style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eted and Sold by B. Franklin and D. 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[36] pp. Original printed self-wrapper\u003csup class=\"superscript embedded\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2522 citation-end-2522\" style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003es, uncut, housed in a later protective binding of brown morocco covered boards with the spine gilt in compartments.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2522 citation-end-2522\"\u003e\u003csup class=\"superscript embedded\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp id=\"p-rc_95a18f4dcb7e38d4-119\"\u003eThe physical condition of the item is graded \u003cstrong\u003eFINE\u003c\/strong\u003e (utilizing the standard antiquarian book grading scale for works on paper). \u003cspan class=\"citation-2521\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2520 citation-2521\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan 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class=\"citation-2478 citation-2479 citation-2480 citation-2481 citation-2482 citation-2483 citation-2484 citation-2485 citation-2486 citation-2487 citation-2488 citation-2489 citation-2490\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2478 citation-2479 citation-2480 citation-2481 citation-2482 citation-2483 citation-2484 citation-2485 citation-2486 citation-2487 citation-2488 citation-2489 citation-2490 citation-2491\"\u003eThis 1750 edition of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2478 citation-2479 citation-2480 citation-2481 citation-2482 citation-2483 citation-2484 citation-2485 citation-2486 citation-2487 citation-2488 citation-2489 citation-2490 citation-2491\"\u003ePoor Richard Improved\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2478 citation-2479 citation-2480 citation-2481 citation-2482 citation-2483 citation-2484 citation-2485 citation-2486 citation-2487 citation-2488 citation-2489 citation-2490 citation-2491 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The volume contains Franklin's characteristic prefatory essay\u003csup class=\"superscript embedded\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2478 citation-2479 citation-2480 citation-2481 citation-2482 citation-2483 citation-2484 citation-2485 citation-2486 citation-2487 citation-2488 citation-2489 citation-end-2489\"\u003e, written under his famous pseudonym Richard Saunders, which humorously assigns the blame for various typographical errors in the preceding 1\u003csup class=\"superscript embedded\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2478 citation-2479 citation-2480 citation-2481 citation-2482 citation-2483 citation-2484 citation-2485 citation-2486 citation-2487 citation-2488 citation-end-2488\"\u003e749 edition to his journeymen printers.\u003csup class=\"superscript embedded\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2478 citation-2479 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embedded\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2478 citation-end-2478\"\u003e\u003csup class=\"superscript embedded\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp id=\"p-rc_95a18f4dcb7e38d4-121\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2471\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2470 citation-2471\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2469 citation-2470 citation-2471\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2468 citation-2469 citation-2470 citation-2471\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2467 citation-2468 citation-2469 citation-2470 citation-2471\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2467 citation-2468 citation-2469 citation-2470 citation-2471 citation-2472\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2467 citation-2468 citation-2469 citation-2470 citation-2471 citation-2472 citation-2473\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2467 citation-2468 citation-2469 citation-2470 citation-2471 citation-2472 citation-2473 citation-2474\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2467 citation-2468 citation-2469 citation-2470 citation-2471 citation-2472 citation-2473 citation-2474 citation-2475\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2467 citation-2468 citation-2469 citation-2470 citation-2471 citation-2472 citation-2473 citation-2474 citation-2475 citation-2476\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2467 citation-2468 citation-2469 citation-2470 citation-2471 citation-2472 citation-2473 citation-2474 citation-2475 citation-2476 citation-2477 citation-end-2477\"\u003eOf primary historical and scientific import is the text accompanying the calendar entries for\u003csup class=\"superscript embedded\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2467 citation-2468 citation-2469 citation-2470 citation-2471 citation-2472 citation-2473 citation-2474 citation-2475 citation-2476 citation-end-2476\"\u003e April. This section features an active editorial advocacy for smallpox variolation (inoculation), an early and controversial medical pr\u003csup class=\"superscript embedded\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2467 citation-2468 citation-2469 citation-2470 citation-2471 citation-2472 citation-2473 citation-2474 citation-2475 citation-end-2475\"\u003eocedure in the American colonies. The text frames the practice using both statistical and theological arguments, stating that while traditional infection loses\u003csup class=\"superscript embedded\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2467 citation-2468 citation-2469 citation-2470 citation-2471 citation-2472 citation-2473 citation-2474 citation-end-2474\"\u003e one in seven individuals, inoculation saves 99 out of 100, concluding it \"impious to reje\u003csup class=\"superscript embedded\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2467 citation-2468 citation-2469 citation-2470 citation-2471 citation-2472 citation-2473 citation-end-2473\"\u003ect a Method discovered to Mankind by God's good Providence.\" The ephemeris and astronomical calculations were prepared by the prominent mathematicia\u003csup class=\"superscript embedded\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2467 citation-2468 citation-2469 citation-2470 citation-2471 citation-2472 citation-end-2472\"\u003en Theophilus Grew. The work is illustrated with thirteen distinct woodcuts, comprising the traditional \"Anatomy\u003csup class=\"superscript embedded\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2467 citation-2468 citation-2469 citation-2470 citation-2471 citation-end-2471\"\u003e of Man's Body\" zodiacal man diagram and twelve seasonal calendrical headpieces.\u003csup class=\"superscript embedded\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2467 citation-2468 citation-2469 citation-2470 citation-end-2470\"\u003e\u003csup class=\"superscript embedded\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2467 citation-2468 citation-2469 citation-end-2469\"\u003e\u003csup class=\"superscript embedded\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2467 citation-2468 citation-end-2468\"\u003e\u003csup class=\"superscript embedded\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2467 citation-end-2467\"\u003e\u003csup class=\"superscript embedded\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"citation-2465\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2464 citation-2465\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2463 citation-2464 citation-2465\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2462 citation-2463 citation-2464 citation-2465\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2462 citation-2463 citation-2464 citation-2465 citation-2466 citation-end-2466\"\u003eBibliographic Scarcity\u003csup class=\"superscript embedded\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2462 citation-2463 citation-2464 citation-2465 citation-end-2465\"\u003e and Census\u003csup class=\"superscript embedded\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2462 citation-2463 citation-2464 citation-end-2464\"\u003e\u003csup class=\"superscript embedded\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2462 citation-2463 citation-end-2463\"\u003e\u003csup class=\"superscript embedded\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2462 citation-end-2462\"\u003e\u003csup class=\"superscript embedded\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp id=\"p-rc_95a18f4dcb7e38d4-122\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2458\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2458 citation-2459\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2458 citation-2459 citation-2460\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2458 citation-2459 citation-2460 citation-2461 citation-end-2461\"\u003eAlmanacs served as utilitarian, daily reference ephemera in the eighteenth century and were typically discarded, wo\u003csup class=\"superscript embedded\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2458 citation-2459 citation-2460 citation-end-2460\"\u003ern to fragments, or heavily annotated at the conclusion of their calendar year. Complete copies preserved with their full pagination, original self-wrappers, and un\u003csup class=\"superscript embedded\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2458 citation-2459 citation-end-2459\"\u003etrimmed margins are uncommonly scarce. This printing is documented in standard bibliographies of early American imprints, includin\u003csup class=\"superscript embedded\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-2458 citation-end-2458\"\u003eg Evans 6324 and Campbell 423. A current global \u003csup class=\"superscript embedded\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003esweep of the OCLC\/WorldCat database locates only 6 copies preserved in institutional special \u003cspan class=\"citation-2457 citation-end-2457\"\u003ecollections worldwide.\u003csup class=\"superscript embedded\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp id=\"p-rc_95a18f4dcb7e38d4-123\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAN EXCEPTIONALLY PRESERVED, UNTRIMMED PHILADELPHIA IMPRINT FROM THE PRESS OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, PRESERVING A CRITICAL RECORD OF COLONIAL MEDICAL HISTORY AND ENLIGHTENMENT-ERA PUBLIC ADVOCACY, REPRESENTING A CRITICAL ACQUISITION FOR INSTITUTIONAL SPECIAL COLLECTIONS OR EXTRAORDINARY PRIVATE COLLECTIONS DEVOTED TO THE HISTORY OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN IMPRINTS, EARLY AMERICAN PRINTING, OR EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY MEDICINE.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e#001101\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wallace \u0026 Clark, Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41820547252373,"sku":null,"price":35000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0459\/2589\/2245\/products\/poorrichard1750.02.20220121.jpg?v=1642867495"},{"product_id":"rare-1810-uncles-present-new-battledore-jacob-johnson","title":"The Uncle's Present, a New Battledoor [sic]","description":"\u003cp\u003e(Battledores) The Uncle's Present, a New Battledoor [sic]. Philadelphia: Published by Jacob Johnson, 147 Market-Street, [between 1810-1815]. FIRST EDITION. 16mo - 6-7\/16\" x 3-13\/16\". Russet stiff paper self-wrappers, formed like an envelope, with a flap that folds over the fore edge of the book, with upper case alphabet above a central image of sheep by a tree, with numerals  followed by publication information below, and with \"READ, AND BE WISE\" in the upper margin on front wrapper; back wrapper with lower case alphabet above a central image of a horse, with italic lower case alphabet below, and with \"READ, AND BE WISE\" in the upper margin; flap printed with \"COME, READ AND LEARN;\" minor chipping to the paper along the upper edge of back wrapper and a short split to the paper at the tail of the flap fold where the paper wasn't completely glued to the underlying stiff paper wrapper, for what is an extremely bright, clean copy of the book. [6] pp. including wrappers. The book is a twenty-four letter alphabet book (no J or U), illustrated with engravings of street vendors and their particular cries as captions, e.g., A a: Almanack, will you buy an Almanack?; B b: Buy a Broom: Mop, Brush, or hair broom?; C c: Chairs to mend old chairs to mend?; additional publication information printed on inside of flap; clean internally with title flap and final page of alphabet not pasted down to the underlying wrappers. The condition of the book is NEAR FINE. SCARCE, especially in such nice condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e#001102\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wallace \u0026 Clark, Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41820616261781,"sku":"001102","price":1500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0459\/2589\/2245\/products\/theunclespresent.01.20220116.jpg?v=1642868214"},{"product_id":"1873-galveston-texas-yellow-fever-quarantine-broadside","title":"Notice of Quarantine. Galveston, Texas, May 15th, 1873","description":"\u003cp\u003e(Western United States, Texas Imprints, Public Health)\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eHURLEY, C. W. (Mayor). \u003cstrong\u003eNOTICE OF QUARANTINE. GALVESTON, TEXAS, MAY 15TH, 1873; SIGNED IN TYPE, \"C. W. HURLEY, MAYOR.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGalveston, Texas: Mayor's Office, 1873\u003cb\u003e. FIRST EDITION. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-978 citation-979 citation-980 citation-981 citation-982 citation-end-982\"\u003eLetterpress broadside, measuri\u003csup class=\"superscript embedded\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-978 citation-979 citation-980 citation-981 citation-end-981\"\u003eng 13-15\/16\" x 8-1\/2\". The sheet exhibits one horizontal an\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-978 citation-979 citation-980 citation-end-980\"\u003ed two vertical folds from contemporary filing. Physical defects are limited to two minor, short closed tears to the margin of the bottom \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-978 citation-979 citation-end-979\"\u003eedge and one to both the left and right margins at the horizontal fold line. The verso displays historical ink offsetting from a manuscri\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-978 citation-end-978\"\u003ept document against which it was stored.\u003c\/span\u003e The physical condition of the item is graded \u003cstrong\u003eNEAR FINE\u003c\/strong\u003e (utilizing the standard antiquarian book grading scale for works on paper).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eEpidemic Mitigation and Maritime Commerce on the Texas Coast\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis broadside represents the official municipal posting of a critical \u003cb\u003estatewide maritime quarantine\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e in Galveston\u003c\/strong\u003e, issued in response to a major outbreak of yellow fever. During the 19th century, the Texas Gulf Coast suffered repeated epidemics that severely disrupted public health and regional commerce. At the time of this publication in 1873, the etiology of yellow fever was poorly understood, with medical authorities operating under the theory of miasma (foul air) and contaminated shipping ballast rather than vector transmission.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe mandate, signed in type by Galveston Mayor Charles W. Hurley, effectively restricted incoming shipping traffic at the port—the primary economic engine of Texas—to prevent the introduction of the disease from arriving vessels. It was not until the turn of the 20th century that scientific consensus proved the disease was \u003cb\u003emosquito-borne\u003c\/b\u003e, leading to targeted sanitation, drainage programs, and eventual eradication in the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eBibliographic Documentation and Institutional Census\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-948 citation-949 citation-950 citation-951 citation-end-951\"\u003eEphemeral broadsides documenting early public health enforcement in\u003csup class=\"superscript embedded\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-948 citation-949 citation-950 citation-end-950\"\u003e the Western Gulf region have a low survival rate due to their temporary administrative nature. This specific imprint is documented in the definitive bibliog\u003csup class=\"superscript embedded\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-948 citation-949\"\u003eraphy by Ernest W. Winkler and Llerena B. Friend, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-948 citation-949\"\u003eCheck List of Texas Imprints\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-948 citation-949 citation-end-949\"\u003e, where it\u003csup class=\"superscript embedded\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-948 citation-end-948\"\u003e is recorded as Winkler \u0026amp; Frien\u003csup class=\"superscript embedded\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003ed No. 3210. A current global sweep of the \u003cstrong\u003eOCLC\/WorldCat database locates 0 copies \u003c\/strong\u003epreserved in institutional special collections worldwide, marking this duplicate survival as an undocumented commercial scarcity \u003cstrong\u003e(Winkler and Friend located a single copy in the Texas State Archives and Library).\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA SIGNIFICANT AND EXCEPTIONALLY RARE SURVIVAL OF RECONSTRUCTION-ERA PRINTING, FORMING A VITAL DOCUMENTARY RECORD OF AMERICAN EPIDEMIC MITIGATION, REPRESENTING A CRITICAL ACQUISITION FOR INSTITUTIONAL SPECIAL COLLECTIONS OR EXTRAORDINARY PRIVATE COLLECTIONS DEVOTED TO THE HISTORY OF TEXAS IMPRINTS, NINETEENTH-CENTURY PUBLIC HEALTH, OR MARITIME COMMERCE.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e# 001105\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wallace \u0026 Clark, Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41820887613589,"sku":null,"price":8000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0459\/2589\/2245\/products\/noticeofquarantine.01.20220115.jpg?v=1642872172"},{"product_id":"1911-houston-rice-military-woodcrest-abstract-of-title-maps","title":"Abstract of Title to Rice Military and Woodcrest Additions to the City of Houston","description":"\u003cp\u003e(Western Americana, Texas History, Urban Planning) \u003cspan class=\"citation-1059\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-1058 citation-1059\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-1057 citation-1058 citation-1059\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-1056 citation-1057 citation-1058 citation-1059 citation-end-1059\"\u003eABSTRACT OF TITLE TO RICE MILITARY AND WOODCREST ADDITIONS TO THE CITY OF HOUSTON. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp id=\"p-rc_a866496c666d44da-52\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-956 citation-957 citation-end-957\"\u003eHouston, Texas: Stewart Abstract and Title Co., [1911]. Folio - 14\" x 8-1\/2\". Light green paper wrappers stapled at the top as issued, with text and decoration printed in black to front wrapper, with partial splitting to the front spine f\u003csup class=\"superscript embedded\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-956 citation-end-956\"\u003eold, minor creasing and darkening, and other signs of gentle hand\u003csup class=\"superscript embedded\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eling; Harris County Abstract Co. blue ink rubber stamp to top of front wrapper. 50 pp., including [2] folding cadastral maps showing numbered lots. The physical condition of the item is graded \u003cstrong\u003eVERY GOOD\u003c\/strong\u003e (utilizing the standard antiquarian book grading scale for works on paper).\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eEarly Twentieth-Century Houston Urbanization and Rice Family Provenance\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis exceptional real estate abstract traces the land title history of two prominent Houston neighborhoods from 1849 through 1911, providing invaluable primary-source documentation of early municipal expansion in Harris County. The property was acquired in 1871 by F. A. Rice, brother of William Marsh Rice (the benefactor and founder of Houston's Rice University). The tract remained in the Rice family until 1910, when F. A. Rice's children subdivided the land into twenty-five-foot-wide residential lots, establishing the \"Jo. S. Rice Military Addition.\" Originally developed with working-class bungalows and shotgun houses, the neighborhood underwent massive twenty-first-century redevelopment, making early documentation of its original boundaries exceptionally scarce. Accompanied by two detailed folding cadastral maps showing plat alignments and numbered lots, this copy features occasional contemporary ink corrections within the text, suggesting its use as a working draft or proof copy from the Stewart Abstract and Title Company office.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eMaterial Ephemerality and Institutional Scarcity\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAbstracts of title were compiled as bespoke, single-use legal documents for property transfers rather than mass-distributed commercial publications, rendering surviving early twentieth-century Texas municipal titles exceptionally fragile and rare on the market. Produced on thin folio stock and bound in fragile paper wrappers stapled at the head, very few examples survived the routine discarding that accompanied subsequent municipal land developments. A current global sweep of the \u003cstrong\u003eOCLC\/WorldCat database locates no identical specimens\u003c\/strong\u003e preserved in institutional special collections worldwide, underscoring its significant research value for scholars of Texas land speculation, Gulf Coast urban development, and early Houston family biographical archives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-1098 citation-end-1098\"\u003eAN EXCEPTIONAL AND SCARCE 1911 HOUSTON CADASTRAL ARCHIVE DOCUMENTING THE FOUNDATIONAL LAND DEVELOPMENT OF RICE MILITARY AND WOODCREST ADDITIONS, REPRESENTING A CRITICAL ACQUISITION FOR INSTITUTIONAL SPECIAL COLLECTIONS OR EXTRAORDINARY PRIVATE COLLECTIONS DEVOTED T\u003csup class=\"superscript embedded\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eO TEXAS HISTORY, HOUSTON URBAN DEVELOPMENT, OR RICE FAMILY HISTORICAL PAPERS.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e# 001113\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wallace \u0026 Clark, Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41887512526997,"sku":null,"price":4950.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0459\/2589\/2245\/products\/abstractoftitlericemilitary.01.20220204.jpg?v=1644120854"},{"product_id":"reckless-ralphs-twenty-five-cent-novel-library-no-2-1935-emmett-dalton-signed","title":"Reckless Ralph's Twenty-Five Cent Novel Library No. 2; Featuring \"Prison Delivery\" by Emmett Dalton; Signed by Emmett and Julia Dalton","description":"\u003cp\u003e(\u003cspan class=\"citation-503\"\u003eCrime and Punishment, Western Americana, Dime Novels and Fanzines) DALTON, Emmett; CUMMINGS, Ralph F. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-503 citation-end-503\"\u003eRECKLESS RALPH'S TWENTY-FIVE CENT NOVEL LIBRARY NO. 2; FEATURING \"PRISON DELIVERY\" BY EMMETT DALTON; SIGNED BY EMMETT AND JULIA DALTON ON THE FRONT WRAPPE\u003csup class=\"superscript embedded\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eR\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-484 citation-485 citation-486 citation-487\"\u003eGrafton, Mass.: Ralph F. Cummings, 1935. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-484 citation-485 citation-486 citation-487\"\u003eFIRST EDITION\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-484 citation-485 citation-486 citation-487 citation-end-487\"\u003e. 8vo - 8-5\/16\" x 5-7\u003csup class=\"superscript embedded\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-484 citation-485 citation-486 citation-end-486\"\u003e\u003csup class=\"superscript embedded\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-484 citation-485 citation-end-485\"\u003e\/16\". Origin\u003csup class=\"superscript embedded\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-484 citation-end-484\"\u003e\u003csup class=\"superscript embedded\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eal printed yellow paper wrappers, staple-bound and laid in wrappers as issued. 8 pp. Signed in ink on the front wrapper by former Old West outlaw Emmett Dalton and his wife, Julia Dalton. \u003cstrong\u003eAccompanied by a Letter of Authenticity from PSA\/DNA Authentication Services\u003c\/strong\u003e (Certification Number: AL04813). The physical condition of the item is graded \u003cstrong\u003eNEAR FINE\u003c\/strong\u003e (utilizing the standard antiquarian book grading scale for works on paper). Wrappers exhibit minor toning along the spine and lower edge of the rear panel, with a few light stray marks and minor signs of handling, remaining remarkably well-preserved, clean, and structurally sound throughout. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eOutlaw Criminology and Early Dime Novel Fanzine Publishing\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSelf-published by Ralph F. Cummings, \u003ci\u003eReckless Ralph's Twenty-Five Cent Novel Library\u003c\/i\u003e stands as an early pioneering fanzine dedicated to the preservation, history, and collecting of nineteenth-century American dime novels, nickel libraries, and story papers. The feature piece of this issue, \"Prison Delivery,\" was authored by Emmett Dalton—the sole surviving member of the notorious Dalton Gang following their disastrous October 5, 1892 dual bank robbery attempt in Coffeyville, Kansas. After surviving 23 gunshot wounds and serving 14 years in the Kansas State Penitentiary at Lansing prior to his gubernatorial pardon, Dalton repurposed his firsthand experience into a reformist critique of American penal policy. In \"Prison Delivery,\" Dalton offers pragmatic observations on rehabilitation and reintegration for the hundreds of thousands of individuals released annually from confinement. The issue additionally features publisher Ralph F. Cummings' commentary on popular juvenile fiction, \"Two Remarkable Heroes: The Deadwood Dicks, Senor and Junior, Are the Gentlemen.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eInstitutional Census, Provenance, and Market Scarcity\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGiven the fragile pamphlet format and small-scale self-publication by Cummings, original issues of this early collecting periodical are notably scarce in any condition, with signed association copies from Dalton extremely rare. 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Original yapp-edged green Japanese handmade paper wrappers, hand-sewn by master bookbinder Gerhard Gerlach as issued, with titles printed in light-colored ink to the front wrapper. Endpapers crafted from handmade Japanese paper. [28] pp., plus [4] leaves of price list dated September 1966 and [2] pp. overview and care instructions laid in as issued. Illustrated throughout with full-page black-and-white photographic plates of Nakashima furniture designs, including a tissue-guarded frontispiece interior view of the Conoid Studio and a two-page letterpress introduction by George Nakashima. The physical condition of the item is graded \u003cstrong\u003eVERY GOOD\u003c\/strong\u003e (utilizing the standard antiquarian book grading scale for works on paper). Wrappers exhibit light wear at the head and tail of the spine, minor scattered spotting to the front panel, and moderate staining to the rear wrapper, remaining structurally sound and complete with fragile yapp edges intact. 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Bound by renowned master bookbinder Gerhard Gerlach using handmade Japanese papers, the publication embodies Nakashima’s organic design ethos in both material construction and content. The accompanying laid-in price list from September 1966 offers an invaluable historical window into modern studio craft economics, listing baseline retail valuations ranging from $22.00 for a grass-seated stool to $460.00 for a large drop-leaf table.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eInstitutional Census, Trade Ephemera Survival, and Market Scarcity\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBecause these ephemeral trade catalogs were printed in limited distribution numbers for clients and studio visitors, surviving copies in original wrappers with laid-in ephemera remain exceptionally scarce. The delicate nature of the oversized yapp-edged Japanese paper wrappers rendered most copies prone to severe edge tears, spine splitting, or eventual loss. 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St. Louis, Mo.: Anheuser, Busch Brewing Assn., circa 1883. FIRST EDITION. 4to - 10-1\/8\" x 6-3\/4\". Staple bound light blue paper wrappers with titles and the brewery's trademark eagle on a shield bearing the stars and stripes, perched upon the brewery's star topped letter \"A\" printed in dark blue to front wrapper, and a bird's eye view of the \"Anheuser-Busch Brewing Association, Largest Bottling Establishment of the World\" and a \"Table Of Annual Sales\" from 1874 to 1882 printed in dark blue to back wrapper; light vertical fold, 1-1\/4\" separation to upper spine fold and minor wear, including light chipping to corners and edges, for what is still a very nice copy of this early brewery catalog. 16 pp. This is the earliest known Anheuser-Busch catalog, and according to Romaine, American Trade Catalogs, the oldest known American brewery catalog (page 21). The contents of the catalog are fascinating and lively, and include a \"Message to our Patrons,\" a display of counterfeit beer labels, illustrations of satellite breweries in Arkansas, Wyoming and Texas, a centerfold spread of their 1883 gold medal certificate, and a 3-page price list for their various brews, i.e., Anheuser-Busch Standard, Liebotschaner, Erlanger, Pale Lager, Faust Beer, and \"the Budweiser beer,\" priced by the bottle and keg; souvenir traveling cases, beer glasses and cork screws are also shown as items available for purchase from the brewery; internally with minimal wear. The condition of the catalog is VERY GOOD. Only one copy located on WorldCat (Missouri History Museum; Missouri Historical Society). 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[16] pp. This promotional brochure for Galveston, Texas has one central vertical fold as issued, presenting as 16mo - 6-1\/4\" x 3-1\/2\"; inside we learn that Galveston is truly the ultimate vacation paradise; illustrated throughout in brown and white with photomechanical reproductions of actual photographs, including nine full page reproductions; also included is a full page map titled \"All Roads Lead To Galveston: Port AND Playground Of The Great Southwest\" by Clarke \u0026amp; Courts, Galveston. Notable local landmarks pictured include: Hotel Galvez, the seawall, Crystal Palace bath house, Rosenberg Public Library, Ball High School, John Sealy Hospital and Rebecca Sealy Hospital for Women, and two unnamed Texas bathing beauties. The condition of the booklet is NEAR FINE. Although listed in WorldCat, there are no libraries shown to have a copy. 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Tuck fifty cents under chicky's wing! Mail it to us, and enjoy your chance To help rechickenize Devastated France!\" The back side of egg printed with information explaining how \"Almost every chicken was destroyed in the French regions held by Germans. Eggs and chickens are needed to enable returning refugees to resume raising poultry, on which they have always depended\". Pull-tab on top of chick's head with two minor creases, otherwise item is without defect or damage. The condition of the item is NEAR FINE. EXCEEDINGLY RARE # 000767","brand":"Wallace \u0026 Clark, Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43226879918229,"sku":"000767","price":250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0459\/2589\/2245\/products\/rechickenizefrance0112212018.jpg?v=1675810507"},{"product_id":"deans-swimeesy-buoys-retail-showcard","title":"Dean's Swimeesy Buoys Retail Showcard","description":"(Dean's Rag Book Co.) 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This was the actual showcard reproduced on p. 214 of Peter and Dawn Cope's book, Dean's Rag Books and Rag Dolls; from Dean's archives. The condition of the showcard is NEAR FINE. RARE # 000802","brand":"Wallace \u0026 Clark, Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43240820146325,"sku":"000802","price":225.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0459\/2589\/2245\/products\/kuddlemeetoys0120190403.jpg?v=1676345069"},{"product_id":"deans-patent-evripoze-jointed-dolls-and-toys-retail-showcard","title":"Dean's Patent \"Evripoze\"-Jointed Dolls and Toys Retail Showcard","description":"(Dean's Rag Book Co.) DEAN'S PATENT \"EVRIPOZE\"-JOINTED DOLLS AND TOYS RETAIL SHOWCARD. London: Dean's Rag Book Co., Ltd., circa 1921. 10-1\/2\" H x 14-5\/16\" W. This card was designed to be displayed in a retail setting to promote the \"Evripoze\"-Jointed Dolls and Toys line which Dean's launched in 1921. Pictorial showcard die-cut along the top edge, with decoration and lettering printed in dark brown on a medium weight light brown cardstock with a tiny dark spot in the lower margin and one gently bumped corner for what is a lovely example of this early 20th century doll and toy marketing item. This was the actual showcard reproduced on p. 214 of Peter and Dawn Cope's book, Dean's Rag Books and Rag Dolls; from Dean's archives. The condition of the showcard is NEAR FINE. RARE # 000803","brand":"Wallace \u0026 Clark, Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43240832368789,"sku":"000803","price":225.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0459\/2589\/2245\/products\/evripozejointed0120190403.jpg?v=1676345438"},{"product_id":"deans-patent-tru-to-life-a1-dolls-and-toys-retail-showcard","title":"Dean's Patent \"Tru-to-Life\" A1 Dolls and Toys Retail Showcard","description":"(Dean's Rag Book Co.) DEAN'S PATENT \"TRU-TO-LIFE\" A1 DOLLS AND TOYS RETAIL SHOWCARD. London: Dean's Rag Book Co., Ltd., circa 1922. 10-1\/2\" H x 14-1\/4\" W. This card was designed to be displayed in a retail setting to promote the \"Tru-to-Life\" A1 Dolls and Toys line which Dean's launched in 1922. Pictorial showcard die-cut along the top edge, with decoration and lettering printed in dark brown on a medium weight light brown cardstock with minor soiling and gently bumped corners for what is a lovely example of this early 20th century doll and toy marketing item; two punched holes at center-top strung with string for hanging. This was the actual showcard reproduced on p. 214 of Peter and Dawn Cope's book, Dean's Rag Books and Rag Dolls; from Dean's archives. The condition of the showcard is NEAR FINE. 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This book was published by Chase \u0026amp; Sanborn, Tea and Coffee Importers, as an advertising giveaway; illustrated throughout with full color drawings, forty-six in all, of various mammals native to North America; final two pages feature advertisements for Chase \u0026amp; Sanborn; internally the book is fine. The condition of the book is NEAR FINE. Only one copy located on OCLC\/WorldCat (The Strong: Brian Sutton-Smith Library and Archives of Play). EXCEEDINGLY RARE # 000815","brand":"Wallace \u0026 Clark, Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43248579805333,"sku":"000815","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0459\/2589\/2245\/products\/northamericananimals0120190511.jpg?v=1676658549"},{"product_id":"my-smallest-dolls-room-furnished-nursery-code-no-10300","title":"My Smallest Doll's Room: Furnished Nursery (code no. 10300)","description":"(Paper Dolls) MY SMALLEST DOLL'S ROOM. 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Color pictorial folded card printed one side only with a colorful dairy scene featuring a lovely milk maid and a lot of cheese, milk and even more cheese; attached on either side of the dairy scene are a total of three very small paper dolls with extra outfits, and a lot more cheese and milk, all to be cut out (very carefully we would suggest) and played with for endless dairy themed hours of fun. Dairy panorama and paper dolls are enclosed within the original publisher's printed envelope which is age-tanned and foxed but remains completely intact and really quite lovely. The condition of the card is FINE. The condition of the envelope is VERY GOOD. SCARCE; there are six different designs in this series, all of which are quite elusive. # 000817","brand":"Wallace \u0026 Clark, Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43249767252117,"sku":"000817","price":200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0459\/2589\/2245\/products\/furnisheddairy0120190511.jpg?v=1676742690"},{"product_id":"my-smallest-dolls-room-furnished-fishery-code-no-10305","title":"My Smallest Doll's Room: Furnished Fishery (code no. 10305)","description":"(Paper Dolls) MY SMALLEST DOLL'S ROOM. FURNISHED FISHERY WITH SEVERAL DOLLS FOR DRESSING AND NICE TOYS FOR SAME. (code no. 10305). Germany: [Publisher not identified], circa 1920. 3-1\/4\" x 13-11\/16\". Color pictorial folded card printed one side only with a colorful seaside scene featuring three fishing vessels and a lovely sunrise or sunset, take your pick; attached on either side of the fishery scene are a total of three very small paper dolls with extra outfits, plus several containers that will surely soon be overflowing with the day's catch, all to be cut out (very carefully we would suggest) and played with for endless fishery themed hours of fun. Fishery panorama and paper dolls are enclosed within the original publisher's printed envelope which is age-tanned and foxed but remains completely intact and really quite nice. The condition of the card is FINE. The condition of the envelope is VERY GOOD -. 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Comprising 12 thin, flexible transparent mica overlays, each intricately hand-painted with detailed elements of elaborate Indian attire and various traditional accessories. Accompanied by one opaque backing card containing the baseline painted portrait and background scenery. The entire set is housed in its original, contemporary paper-covered, sliding-top wooden box. This exceptional optical amusement functions by layering the transparent sheets sequentially over the baseline image, immediately altering the costume, gender, and hairstyle of the portrait. The hand-painted overlays are preserved in spectacular, vibrant condition. For a comparable bibliographical reference regarding the history of paper cut-outs and moveable overlays, see Metken, Sigrid, \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"15\" data-index-in-node=\"845\"\u003eGeschnittenes Papier\u003c\/i\u003e, München: Verlag Georg D. W. 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The physical condition of the portrait backing card and wooden box is graded \u003cstrong\u003eVERY GOOD\u003c\/strong\u003e, exhibiting a few small, isolated areas of paint loss to the backing card that do not disrupt the central presentation, and typical, authentic light shelf wear to the paper-covered sliding box.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-path-to-node=\"17\"\u003eIndian Mica Paintings and the Colonial Moveable Toy\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"18\"\u003eOriginating primarily in regions such as Patna and Benares (Varanasi) during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, paintings on thin sheets of muscovite mica were originally created by native Indian artists to serve the tourist trade, particularly British East India Company officials. While the majority of these works were collected as standalone miniature paintings of local professions and festivals, this specimen represents a highly sophisticated, interactive variant: the transformation set. By utilizing the transparent, glass-like property of cleaved natural mica, the artist allows the viewer to physically manipulate the subject's identity, superimposing layered saris, turbans, jewelry, and distinct cultural accoutrements over a singular face. It stands as a brilliant precursor to the nineteenth-century moveable toy book and the modern celluloid overlay.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-path-to-node=\"19\"\u003eSeries Bibliography, Census, and Market Scarcity\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"20\"\u003eBecause of the extreme structural fragility inherent to natural mica—which easily delaminates, cracks, or flakes under fluctuating humidity—intact sets containing twelve original overlays and the original baseline card are practically non-existent on the open market. Most surviving examples have been broken up or suffered catastrophic paint flaking. A current global sweep of the \u003cstrong\u003eOCLC\/WorldCat database locates only one specimen\u003c\/strong\u003e matching a similar configuration preserved in institutional special collections worldwide: a structurally related ten costume overlay variant held securely within the permanent archives of the \u003cstrong\u003eMorgan Library \u0026amp; Museum.\u003c\/strong\u003e The presence of the original, contemporary paper-covered sliding wooden box makes this complete survival an extraordinary scarcity for institutions or advanced private holdings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"21\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"21\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eTHIS EXCEEDINGLY RARE CIRCA 1800 INDIAN COSTUME TRANSFORMATION SET, PRESERVED WITH TWELVE ORIGINAL HAND-PAINTED MICA OVERLAYS AND ITS CONTEMPORARY WOODEN BOX, REPRESENTS A CRITICAL ACQUISITION FOR INSTITUTIONAL SPECIAL COLLECTIONS OR EXTRAORDINARY PRIVATE COLLECTIONS \u003cspan class=\"citation-5261 citation-end-5261\"\u003eDEVOTED TO THE HISTORY OF ASIAN A\u003csup class=\"superscript embedded\" data-turn-source-index=\"66\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eRT, COMPANY SCHOOL DRAWINGS, OR PRE-CINEMATIC VISUAL CULTURE.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e# 000830\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wallace \u0026 Clark, Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43250679218325,"sku":null,"price":6750.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0459\/2589\/2245\/products\/micatransformationset.02.20210220.jpg?v=1676834757"},{"product_id":"32-sheets-of-childrens-writing-paper-with-combination-envelopes-and-friendly-seals-all-the-funnies-from-funnyland-code-no-307","title":"32 Sheets of Children's Writing Paper with Combination Envelopes and Friendly Seals all the Funnies from Funnyland (code no. 307)","description":"(Novelty) 32 SHEETS OF CHILDREN'S WRITING PAPER WITH COMBINATION ENVELOPES AND FRIENDLY SEALS ALL THE FUNNIES FROM FUNNYLAND (code no. 307). Racine, Wis.: Whitman Pub. Co., (1932). FIRST EDITION. Oblong 4to - 7-13\/16\" x 10-7\/16\". Blue cloth backed color pictorial printed card wrappers with a wonderful full color drawing, both front and back, populated with the comic strip characters to be found inside, in as new condition for what is a magnificent copy of the book. [17] leaves. The book contains [1] leaf of color \"Friendly Seals of Orphan Annie - Kayo - Little Folks - Smitty - Herby - Perry Winkle - With Which To Seal Your Letters\", and [16] leaves, each containing two color pictorial perforated sheets of writing paper, one side of each sheet is lined for the body of a letter, the back side of each sheet is lined for the letter's address; each individual sheet is designed to be folded in half and sealed with one of the included seals before mailing; the book is in pristine, unused condition. The condition of the book is FINE. No copies located on OCLC\/WorldCat. EXCEEDINGLY RARE; especially complete and in such nice condition. # 000845","brand":"Wallace \u0026 Clark, Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43263877611669,"sku":"000845","price":475.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0459\/2589\/2245\/products\/32sheets0120190818.jpg?v=1677386196"},{"product_id":"kit-carson-edwin-perrin-1862-cdv-photograph","title":"Rare CDV of Christopher \"Kit\" Carson and Edwin Perrin","description":"\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"18\"\u003e(Civil War Photography, New Mexico History, American West) \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"18\" data-index-in-node=\"59\"\u003eRARE CDV OF CHRISTOPHER \"KIT\" CARSON AND EDWIN PERRIN\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"18\"\u003eNew York: E. \u0026amp; H. T. Anthony, [1862]. Albumen carte-de-visite photograph mounted on original cardstock, measuring 4\" x 2-3\/8\". Studio portrait taken in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in January 1862, depicting Colonel Kit Carson standing at left in his Union Army frock coat alongside government expediter Edwin Perrin, seated with a walking cane. Publisher imprint of E. \u0026amp; H. T. Anthony on verso.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"19\"\u003eThe physical condition of the photograph is graded \u003cstrong\u003e(6\/10) - VERY GOOD\u003c\/strong\u003e (utilizing a standardized 10-point scale for photographic prints and original works of art, indicating moderate or mild condition issues that attract the eye under normal viewing conditions). Tone remains clear with light spotting and light, uniform age toning across the card mount.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-path-to-node=\"20\"\u003eCivil War Operations in the Southwestern Theater and the New Mexico Campaign\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"21\"\u003eTaken in Albuquerque in January 1862, this rare studio portrait captures Kit Carson during his military service as colonel of the 1st New Mexico Volunteer Infantry alongside Edwin Perrin. Sent to New Mexico in 1861 by United States Secretary of War Simon Cameron, Perrin acted as a secret government expediter tasked with helping arm local Union troops as Confederate forces under General Henry Hopkins Sibley prepared to invade the territory. Perrin worked directly alongside Carson during the defensive preparations leading up to the Battle of Valverde in February 1862 and remained attached to Carson's Southwest command throughout the early Civil War operations in the Southwestern Theater.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-path-to-node=\"22\"\u003eProduction Scarcity and Historical Preservation\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"23\"\u003ePublished by New York photographic firm E. \u0026amp; H. T. Anthony from negatives acquired during the Southwestern conflict, this dual portrait represents a rare survivor among contemporary visual records documenting Union military leadership on the New Mexico frontier.  A current global sweep of the \u003cstrong\u003eOCLC\/WorldCat database locates no recorded institutional copies.\u003c\/strong\u003e Carte-de-visite portraiture produced in Southwestern territorial outposts during active Civil War mobilization remains inherently scarce due to limited studio supplies, transport hazards, and restricted commercial distribution.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"24\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"24\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eEXCEEDINGLY RARE 1862 CARTE-DE-VISITE CAPTURING KIT CARSON AND UNION EXPEDITER EDWIN PERRIN AT THE OUTSET OF THE NEW MEXICO CIVIL WAR CAMPAIGN, REPRESENTING A CRITICAL ACQUISITION FOR INSTITUTIONAL SPECIAL COLLECTIONS OR EXTRAORDINARY PRIVATE COLLECTIONS DEVOTED TO THE HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR, NINETEENTH-CENTURY PHOTOGRAPHY, OR THE AMERICAN WEST.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"24\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e# 000712\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wallace \u0026 Clark, Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43344851861653,"sku":"","price":14000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0459\/2589\/2245\/products\/kitcarsoncdv.01.09302018.jpg?v=1680280049"},{"product_id":"wonderland-souvenir-program-revere-beach-mass-season-of-1908-featuring-pawnee-bills-great-wild-west","title":"Wonderland Souvenir Program, Revere Beach, Mass., Season of 1908, Featuring Pawnee Bill's Great Wild West","description":"(Wild West) WONDERLAND SOUVENIR PROGRAM, REVERE BEACH, MASS., SEASON OF 1908, FEATURING PAWNEE BILL'S GREAT WILD WEST. [Boston, Mass.]: [The Waters Press], [1908]. 4to - 10-1\/16\" x 7\". Staple bound color pictorial glazed paper wrappers with two short closed margin tears on the front cover, one measuring 1\/4\" and the other measuring 3\/8\"; back cover with a small triangle shaped loss measuring 1\/4\" x 3\/4\" to the lower fore edge corner; 1\" split to the tail of spine, pinch creases along spine and other minor signs of handling for what is a lovely copy of the book. [40] pp. including wrappers. The Wonderland Amusement Park operated from 1906 to 1911 in Revere, Massachusetts. Wonderland featured various rides, shows and other attractions. The 1908 season featured Pawnee Bill's Great Wild West. This elaborate show's cast of characters, numbering more than seventy in all, including a large company of Indians made up of braves of Comanches, Pawnees, Sioux and Utes. If one had any energy or stamina left after watching the fifteen scene Wild West Show, then other Wonderland offerings included: Palmistry Booth, Manning's Darktown, Open Air Circus, Human Laundry, Scenic Railway, Band Concerts, Chiquita \"The Doll Lady\", Hell Gate, Roller Skating, etc.; some minor signs of handling. The condition of the book is VERY GOOD +. Only one copy of any Wonderland program located on OCLC\/WorldCat and it was from the 1906 season. EXCEEDINGLY RARE # 000716","brand":"Wallace \u0026 Clark, Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43346147344533,"sku":"000716","price":725.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0459\/2589\/2245\/products\/wonderlandsouvenirprogram0110062018.jpg?v=1680370810"},{"product_id":"buffalo-bills-wild-west-combined-with-pawnee-bills-great-far-east-magazine-of-wonders-daily-review","title":"Buffalo Bill's Wild West Combined with Pawnee Bill's Great Far East. Magazine of Wonders \u0026 Daily Review","description":"(Wild West) BUFFALO BILL'S WILD WEST COMBINED WITH PAWNEE BILL'S GREAT FAR EAST. MAGAZINE OF WONDERS \u0026amp; DAILY REVIEW. [Buffalo, New York]: Courier Co. of Buffalo, [1909]. FIRST EDITION. 8vo - 9-9\/16\" x 7-1\/4\". Staple bound color pictorial glazed paper wrappers with the slightest touches of edge wear and a single closed tear measuring 3\/8\" on the bottom edge of the front cover for what is otherwise a brilliant, near pristine copy of the book. [60] pp. including wrappers. This is a stated first edition program for the inauguration of the 1909 American tour. This tour began with a three week engagement in New York City's Madison Square Garden with shows being performed twice a day. The first eight pages are the actual program of the show; the remaining pages contain essays on famous men, i.e. Buffalo Bill and Pawnee Bill, testimonials to Buffalo Bill's valor and additional essays on various topics concerning important aspects of the Wild West, e.g. History of the Wild West, The Story of the Battle of Summit Springs and Skirmish at Elephant Rock, Football Playing Horses, Passing of the American Indian and The American Cowboy. The book is illustrated throughout in black and white; interesting advertisements throughout including ads for Winchester Rifles, Iver Johnson Revolvers, Stetson Hats, Cracker Jacks, Pierce Arrow Motor Cars and Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer. All in all, this is an exceptional copy of the book. The condition of the book is FINE. One copy each of the fourth, eighth and ninth editions but no copies of the first edition located on OCLC\/WorldCat. 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Staple bound color pictorial glazed paper wrappers with Native American scene in the background and full length portrait of Buffalo Bill in the foreground to front cover; the slightest touches of wear to the front cover and light soiling and a fore edge corner crease to the back cover for what is a beautiful copy of the book. [36] pp. including wrappers. This souvenir booklet from Buffalo Bill's farewell tour is filled with tributes to Buffalo Bill who is \"about to resign the honors of leadership...to his young and capable associate in pioneer work, Maj. Gordon W. Lillie, 'Pawnee Bill'.\"; illustrated in black and white throughout; interesting period advertising throughout; a few pages with corner creases. The condition of the book is NEAR FINE. Only five copies located on OCLC\/WorldCat. 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This collection of Gorey ephemera contains thirty-three separate printed paper items in varying colors and sizes, written and\/or illustrated by Gorey; items include a self portrait, private Christmas greetings, drawings both previously published and unpublished, an unpublished book cover and book jacket, etc.; all items enclosed within the original publisher's beige cloth covered clamshell box which measures 9\" x 6-1\/2\" x 15\/16\". The condition of all printed items and the original publisher's box is FINE. A lovely collection of Gorey ephemera. # 000729","brand":"Wallace \u0026 Clark, Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43358134468757,"sku":"000729","price":600.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0459\/2589\/2245\/products\/fmra0111092018.jpg?v=1680924058"},{"product_id":"the-alamo-song-of-the-texas-ranger-sheet-music-hewitt-1846","title":"The Alamo, Song of the Texas Ranger","description":"\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"11\"\u003e(Texas History \/ Sheet Music \/ Mexican-American War) \u003cem\u003eThe Alamo, Song of the Texas Ranger;\u003c\/em\u003e written \u0026amp; composed for the piano forte by John H. Hewitt.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"12\"\u003eBaltimore: Frederick D. Benteen, (1846). Folio - 12-1\/2\" x 9-1\/4\". [2], 3–5, [1] pp.; unbound, three individual leaves as issued. A remarkable, historically significant survival from the opening months of the Mexican-American War, constituting the \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"12\" data-index-in-node=\"256\"\u003eFIRST EDITION\u003c\/b\u003e of John Hill Hewitt's aggressive martial ballad. Composed as a fierce, bloodthirsty call to action, the piece weaponizes the memory of the 1836 fall of the Alamo to incite American troops and Texas Rangers heading to the southern front. The score prints the complete notation for piano forte alongside three full verses of incendiary poetry, including the visceral refrain: \"Let the knife do its duty it has slept long enough, Its point will get blunt, its steely cheek rough; It thirsts for the blood of the Mexican herd Th' Alamo! th' Alamo! th' Alamo! remember the word!\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"13\"\u003eThe physical condition of the item is graded \u003cstrong\u003eVERY GOOD\u003c\/strong\u003e (utilizing the standard antiquarian book grading scale for works on paper). The sheets present honestly and beautifully, showing only minor signs of handling appropriate for 19th-century sheet music. Features light original storage folds, very faint offsetting from adjacent pages during storage, and minimal light spotting confined primarily to the final leaf. The paper matrix is bright, structurally crisp, and entirely free of the severe fraying, edge chipping, or heavy thumb-soiling that typically compromises fragile sheet music from this conflict.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-path-to-node=\"14\"\u003eJohn H. Hewitt and the Musical Propaganda of the Mexican-American War\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"15\"\u003eIssued immediately following the formal U.S. declaration of war against Mexico in May 1846, this composition stands as a stark example of how popular music was rapidly deployed as wartime propaganda. The composer, John Hill Hewitt (1801–1890), was one of the most prominent and prolific American songwriters of the 19th century, later becoming known as the \"Bard of the Confederacy\" during the Civil War. In \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"15\" data-index-in-node=\"408\"\u003eThe Alamo, Song of the Texas Ranger\u003c\/i\u003e, Hewitt channels the raw geopolitical tension of Texas annexation and border skirmishes into a highly rhythmic, aggressive march. By explicitly invoking the Texas Rangers and the rallying cry of \"Remember the Alamo,\" the piece bridges the legendary status of early Texas border fighters with the federal military campaign, capturing the exact nationalistic fervor that swept across the United States during the expansionist era of Manifest Destiny.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-path-to-node=\"16\"\u003eSeries Bibliography, Census, and Market Scarcity\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"17\"\u003e19th-century sheet music was inherently ephemeral, purchased for home piano performance and subject to high rates of discard, tearing, and heavy binding modifications. Because these sheets were issued completely unbound as individual leaves, complete sets with zero structural loss are extraordinarily difficult to find. Outside of our current inventory, surviving examples of this Benteen printing are virtually non-existent in commerce. A current global sweep of the\u003cstrong\u003e OCLC\/WorldCat database locates only 2 specimens \u003c\/strong\u003epreserved in institutional special collections worldwide: one held at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (James P. Boyce Centennial Library) and a second copy housed at the Texas State Library \u0026amp; Archives Commission. 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Original cream colored, morocco-textured heavy weight paper, color pictorial wrappers with white silk ribbon tie through two holes at spine; front cover with title printed in red and white with a picture of a girl and boy dancing, enclosed within a circle, printed in colors; back cover with words and music to \"God Save Our Gracious Queen\", printed in brown; moderate spotting to front cover, light spotting to back cover, light creasing to front cover and first two leaves for what is a very nice copy of the book. Cream colored endpapers. [4] pp., [4] leaves of plates. The book is illustrated by Greenaway with four full page full colored processional illustrations, each with a caption and two lines of verse relating to the Queen's birth, coronation, marriage and jubilee. The condition of the book is VERY GOOD. SCARCE # 000682","brand":"Wallace \u0026 Clark, Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43423006883989,"sku":"000682","price":450.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0459\/2589\/2245\/files\/queenvictoriasjubileegarland0108032018.jpg?v=1683669521"},{"product_id":"1888-89-old-judge-n173-cabinet-card-of-chicago-catcher-charles-hoover-graded-80-ex-nm-by-sgc-pop-1-of-1","title":"1888-89 Old Judge N173 Cabinet Card of Chicago Catcher Charles Hoover Graded 80 EX\/NM by SGC (Pop 1 of 1)","description":"(Baseball) 1888-89 Old Judge N173 Cabinet Card of Chicago Catcher Charles Hoover Graded 80 EX\/NM by SGC (Pop 1 of 1). New York: Goodwin \u0026amp; Co., [1888-1889]. An exceptionally clear albumen photograph measuring 3-7\/8\" x 5-7\/16\" on an original OLD JUDGE CIGARETTES pale yellow board mount measuring 4-1\/4\" x 6-1\/2\" depicting Chicago catcher Hoover crouched behind the plate, catching a ball with his bare hands, after the ball just caught the corner of the plate. \"[T]he Old Judge Cigarettes series N173, 1887-1889 ... consists of 407 cabinet cards total ...\" -- The Metropolitan Museum of Art website. The cabinet cards were too large to include in packages of cigarettes like other 19th century tobacco cards. Instead, they were received by submitting proofs of purchase to the manufacturer of the cigarettes. \"You will find a printed Slip in every box of OLD JUDGE or GYPSY QUEEN CIGARETTES you buy. On return to us of 25 of these Slips, or 25 Covers of Boxes in which no slips have been packed, we will mail you (prepaid) an elegant CABINET PHOTOGRAPH, handsomely mounted, of any Base Ball Player, in club uniform, you may select from our printed editions. In this way you can get the photograph of every player of prominence in any club in the country.\" -- Goodwin \u0026amp; Co., Old Judge Cigarettes advertisement circa 1888.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAs of this writing, there are only 532 SGC graded examples of the N173 Old Judge Cabinet Cards. Compare this to the 11,752 SGC graded examples of the smaller, N172 Old Judge Baseball Cards, and one can readily see the relative rarity of the Cabinet Cards. Also, only 42 of the 532 are graded 80 EX\/NM (SGC 6) or above. The offered card is in this rarefied grade range of this rarefied issue; also the only SGC graded example of this cabinet card! 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[5] pp., plus [5] section die-cut leporello and [1] leaf cardboard punch-out bases. \"Instructions How to Make Each Figure Stand Separately and Form Innumerable Tableaux\" printed to inside front wrapper; next are [4] pp. of text titled \"Feathered Friends\" followed by the [5] section leporello with chromolithographed thick paper punch-out figures of beautiful birds which is attached to the leaf of cardboard bases that is the book's back wrapper; book remains completely intact and un-punched as issued. The condition of the book is FINE. No copies located on OCLC\/WorldCat. 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London; Paris; New York: Raphael Tuck \u0026amp; Sons, Ltd., [1932]. 1st Edition; 2nd Printing; originally published between 1907 and 1910; re-issued in 1932 (first edition, first printing copies can be determined by the inclusion of \"PUBLISHERS TO THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING \u0026amp; QUEEN ...\" next to the publication information at the base of the \"Instructions\" page.) Color pictorial embossed glazed paper front wrapper with titles printed in blue and red; the back wrapper being a leaf of unprinted cardboard punch-out bases for holding the die-cut paper figures contained within for what is a beautiful copy of the book. [5] pp., plus [5] section die-cut leporello and [1] leaf cardboard punch-out bases. \"Instructions How to Make Each Figure Stand Separately and Form Innumerable Tableaux\" printed to inside front wrapper; next are [4] pp. story titled \"Cinderella\" followed by the [5] section leporello with chromolithographed thick paper punch-out figures of characters from the story which is attached to the leaf of cardboard bases that is the book's back wrapper; book remains completely intact and un-punched as issued. The condition of the book is FINE. No copies located on OCLC\/WorldCat. 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[24] pp., with a thick unprinted guard-leaf bound in between each printed page. Poor Will's Pocket Almanacks were smaller, abridged versions of Poor Will's Almanacks. The pocket almanac for 1784 contains information on myriad useful subjects including: lunar phases, weather, eclipses, the \"Yearly and General Meetings of the People called QUAKERS,\" scale of depreciation, table of simple interest, Supreme Courts in Pennsylvania, City Courts in Philadelphia, tide table, several distance tables for road trips from Philadelphia, etc.; paper is age tanned; a few pages with minute corner creases; internally near fine. The condition of the almanac is VERY GOOD. No actual physical copies located on OCLC\/WorldCat. 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The delicate original paper wrappers exhibit general light handling wear and age-toning to the extremities across all three issues, with a single notable irregular paper loss along the lower edge of the front wrapper of Vol. I, No. 1. Internally, all three issues remain exceptionally clean, bright, and securely attached to their original stitching, free of any significant foxing or other defects.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-path-to-node=\"14\"\u003eEdgar Allan Poe, James Russell Lowell, and the First Printing of The Tell-Tale Heart\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"15\"\u003eFounded by James Russell Lowell and Robert Carter, \u003ci data-index-in-node=\"51\" data-path-to-node=\"15\"\u003eThe Pioneer\u003c\/i\u003e was launched as an avant-garde vehicle to challenge the commercialism of contemporary literary magazines and foster a high-minded national literature. 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Unsigned Handwritten Letter by Mary Todd Lincoln Dated October 28, 1869 in Which She References \"My Dear Husband\" and Her Son \"Taddie.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"12\"\u003eFrankfurt, Germany: 1869. 8vo - 8-1\/16\" x 5-3\/16\". [4] pp. penned in ink on two adjoining sheets of black-bordered mourning stationery. Written from exile in Frankfurt to her close confidante Mrs. Sally Orne, this extraordinarily intimate, unsigned manuscript captures the widowed First Lady amidst a \"chapter of accidents\" (having severely injured both her writing finger and left thumb) as she coordinates political advocacy for her impending congressional pension. Letter is accompanied by a formal Letter of Authenticity issued by PSA\/DNA Authentication Services.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"13\"\u003eThe physical condition of the item is graded \u003cstrong\u003eNEAR FINE\u003c\/strong\u003e (utilizing the standard antiquarian book grading scale for works on paper). The delicate mourning paper remains remarkably bright and crisp with excellent ink contrast, exhibiting minor historic professional repairs to structural splitting along the primary mailing folds and central hinge, not affecting readability.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-path-to-node=\"14\"\u003eExile in Frankfurt and the Political Battle for the Lincoln Pension\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"15\"\u003ePenning this poignant letter during a period of immense psychological and financial distress in Germany, Mary Todd Lincoln writes with raw vulnerability, describing her surroundings as \"sear \u0026amp; drooping like my own sad heart \u0026amp; blighted hopes.\" Despite her physical hand injuries, Mrs. Lincoln updates Sally Orne on her son \"Taddie\" (Tad Lincoln) and covertly maps out political lobbying strategy for what she terms \"the coming struggle\"—the contentious, impending pension bill before the United States Congress. Explicitly referencing her late husband, she writes: \"I have always liked him [Colonel John Wien Forney] because my dear husband entertained so high an opinion of him,\" while urging Orne to press influential statesmen like Simon Cameron, General Nathaniel Banks, and Senator Henry Wilson. This magnificent manuscript serves as a vital primary record of Mary Todd Lincoln's active, behind-the-scenes orchestration of her financial survival, culminating in the successful passage of her pension nine months later on July 14, 1870.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-path-to-node=\"16\"\u003eBibliography, Provenance, and Archival Association Scarcity\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"17\"\u003eManuscript material from Mary Todd Lincoln's European exile remains exceptionally scarce on the open market, particularly correspondence containing explicit retrospective reflections on Abraham Lincoln and direct strategy regarding her historic pension battle. Sally Orne, a prominent anti-slavery activist and wife of a wealthy Philadelphia merchant, served as one of Mary’s few unyielding allies, making this specific epistolary exchange a core association artifact of 19th-century political history. 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[Detroit, Michigan]: Detroit Photographic Co., (1902). 5-1\/2\" x 3-1\/4\". Un-posted \"Photochrom\" postcard in EXCELLENT condition. The Detroit Photographic Co. was launched as a photographic publishing company in the late 1890's. They obtained the North American rights to what was a new Swiss photolithographic process (\"Photochrom\") that could produce, in quantity, color prints from black and white photographs that retained their photographic realism. Since color photography did not exist at the time, holding the exclusive rights to this process gave the company a significant advantage over its competitors. Offered here is a beautiful example of a postcard produced with this revolutionary method. # 000977","brand":"Wallace \u0026 Clark, Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43493479383189,"sku":null,"price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0459\/2589\/2245\/files\/bashfulbillyandsister.01.20200919.jpg?v=1686974135"},{"product_id":"buster-browns-book-of-travels","title":"Buster Brown's Book of Travels","description":"(Outcault, R. F.) BUSTER BROWN'S BOOK OF TRAVELS. St. Louis, U.S.A.: The Brown Shoe Co., (1912). FIRST EDITION. Oblong 32mo - 3-1\/2\" x 5\". Staple bound glazed paper wrappers with titles printed in black and red, and color drawings of Buster Brown, Mary Jane and Tige to front wrapper, and an advertisement for Buster Brown Blue Ribbon Shoes to back wrapper with minor spotting for what is a very attractive copy of the book. [16] pp. including wrappers. Illustrated by R. F. Outcault with full color drawings on every page; Buster Brown, Mary Jane and Tige travel by train to visit sites of various industries associated with the production of Buster Brown Blue Ribbon Shoes. Their travels take them to a ranch, a tannery, the cotton mills, a lumber camp, a coal mine, the Buster Brown Shoe Factory, the iron mills, a farm, a flour mill, a paper mill and a gold mine; each page features a full color drawing of the traveling trio at one of these locations, along with a four-line poem about the industry being visited; the fourth line of each poem is invariably \"The Buster Brown Blue Ribbon Shoe.\" If one were to suspect that this book was just one long cute advertisement for Buster Brown Blue Ribbon Shoes, one would be correct. The condition of the book is NEAR FINE. Only one copy located on OCLC\/WorldCat (The Strong: Brian Sutton-Smith Library and Archives of Play). 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This lot includes an 11-1\/8\" x 14\" glazed thick paper store sign, printed one side only in red, white and blue featuring a full body image of Little Lulu holding a large box of Kleenex tissues under her arm, and the text: \"FREE! Little Lulu Cut-Out Doll - Take One\" with an arrow pointing down to promote an in-store premium; light scattered handling wear but still in EXCELLENT condition. Lot also includes two thick paper, die-cut children's premium masks, one of Little Lulu and one of her friend \"Tubby\", the latter of which is sporting a white sailor's hat with \"KLEENEX\" prominently printed on it; both masks in NEAR MINT condition, complete and un-punched with the exception of Little Lulu's eye holes which are punched and have sadly been lost to time. The final two items are a pair of stand-up, die-cut, in-store premium paper dolls featuring Little Lulu and her trusty sidekick, a large box of Kleenex tissues; one of the pair is even designed to have a pleated Kleenex \"skirt\" added for Little Lulu to wear; both paper dolls are complete and in NEAR MINT condition. A RARE grouping of 1950's Little Lulu - Kleenex advertising and promotion ephemera. # 000996","brand":"Wallace \u0026 Clark, Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43494920781973,"sku":"000996","price":375.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0459\/2589\/2245\/files\/littlelulukleenexpromos.01.20201206.jpg?v=1687100669"},{"product_id":"midget-magician-periodical-near-complete-run-huggins-1951","title":"The Midget Magician. 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Lacking only the final issue (Vol. 4 No. 2).\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe physical condition of the items is graded \u003cstrong\u003eFINE\u003c\/strong\u003e (utilizing the standard antiquarian book grading scale for works on paper). The paper wrappers remain exceptionally clean, vibrant, and structurally sound throughout. Extremely minor, superficial edge spotting is present to the extreme outer margins of Vol. 1 Nos. 1, 2, 5, 6, and 7; all remaining thirty-two issues, plates, and laid-in ephemera remain in pristine condition with tight, unblemished interiors.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eMiniature Magic Periodicals and Mid-Twentieth-Century Conjuring Literature\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished quarterly between January 1951 and late 1960 in Hounslow, England, \u003ci\u003eThe Midget Magician\u003c\/i\u003e represents one of the most distinctive and extraordinarily limited serial publishing ventures in the history of conjuring literature. Conceived, edited, printed, and distributed exclusively by British magic enthusiast Wilf. Huggins, the periodical was produced in a true miniature 48mo format measuring just four inches tall. Each quarterly issue was strictly capped at an edition of merely 50 numbered and hand-signed copies intended for a tiny circle of private subscribers. Despite its diminutive physical scale, the journal maintained a rigorous editorial standard, offering trick breakdowns, historical sleight-of-hand commentary, bibliographic notes, and meticulously reproduced archival photograph supplements highlighting historic conjurers, automations, and legendary figures such as Professor Hoffmann.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSeries Bibliography, Census, and Market Scarcity\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-378 citation-379 citation-380 citation-381 citation-382 citation-end-382\"\u003eA current global sweep of the\u003cstrong\u003e OCLC\/WorldCat database locates 0 copies preserved in institutional special collections worldwide.\u003c\/strong\u003e Owing to its microscopic limitation of 50 signed copies per iss\u003csup class=\"superscript embedded\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-378 citation-379 citation-380 citation-381\"\u003eue, its private subscriber distribution model, and its small physical format, complete or near-complete runs of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-378 citation-379 citation-380 citation-381 citation-end-381\"\u003eThe Midget Magicia\u003csup class=\"superscript embedded\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-378 citation-379 citation-380\"\u003en\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-378 citation-379 citation-380 citation-end-380\"\u003e are virtually unrecorded in the trade and institutional records. 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The presence of all issued photographic plates, indexes, special playing card enclosures, and contemporary editorial correspondence from Huggins makes\u003csup class=\"superscript embedded\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-378 citation-end-378\"\u003e this 37-issue assembly an unparalleled primary reference set for mid-century magic publishing history.\u003csup class=\"superscript embedded\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAN EXCEEDINGLY RARE AND NEARLY COMPLETE SIGNED RUN OF ONE OF THE SMALLEST AND MOST RESTRICTED CONJURING PERIODICALS EVER PUBLISHED, REPRESENTING A CRITICAL ACQUISITION FOR INSTITUTIONAL SPECIAL COLLECTIONS OR EXTRAORDINARY PRIVATE COLLECTIONS DEVOTED TO THE HISTORY OF MAGIC, MINIATURE BOOKS, OR TWENTIETH-CENTURY PERIODICAL PUBLISHING.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e# 001087\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wallace \u0026 Clark, Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43549063970965,"sku":null,"price":7500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0459\/2589\/2245\/files\/midgetmagician.01.20230721.jpg?v=1689965885"},{"product_id":"death-notice-for-phillis-peters-formerly-phillis-wheatley-printed-in-the-massachusetts-centinel-wednesday-december-8-1784-no-23-vol-11","title":"Death Notice for Phillis Peters, Formerly Phillis Wheatley, Printed in the Massachusetts Centinel, Wednesday, December 8, 1784 [No. 23, Vol. 11]","description":"[Wheatley, Phillis]. Death Notice for Phillis Peters, Formerly Phillis Wheatley, Printed in the Massachusetts Centinel, Wednesday, December 8, 1784 [No. 23, Vol. 11]. [Boston]: Warden \u0026amp; Russell, December 8, 1784. FIRST EDITION. Bifolium, 10-3\/8\" x 16-1\/8\"; trimmed at the top edge effecting some text but none of the death notice. [4] pp. \"Phillis Wheatley Peters is broadly recognized as the first African American woman and only the third American woman to publish a book of poems. . . . [H]er first collection of poems, Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral--[was] the first book written by an enslaved Black woman in America. It included a forward by John Hancock and other Boston notables--as well as a portrait of Wheatley--all designed to prove that the work was indeed written by a Black woman. . . . In 1778, Wheatley married John Peters, a free black man from Boston with whom she had three children, though none survived. Efforts to publish a second book of poems failed. To support her family, she worked as a scrubwoman in a boardinghouse while continuing to write poetry. Wheatley died in December 1784, due to complications from childbirth. In addition to making an important contribution to American literature, Wheatley's literary and artistic talents helped show that African Americans were equally capable, creative, intelligent human beings who benefited from an education.\" Chicago - Michals, Debra. \"Phillis Wheatley.\" National Women's History Museum. 2015.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePhillis Peters nee Phillis Wheatley was buried without a headstone, with only a handful of newspaper notices to mark her death. The one offered in this listing is the earliest recorded by William H. Robinson in Phillis Wheatley and Her Writings, reads: \"Last Lord's day died Phillis Peters, formerly Phillis Wheatley, known to the literary world by her celebrated miscellaneous Poems.\" Chipped at the gutter, likely from previously being bound with other issues of The Massachusetts Centinel; preserved in a modern half blue morocco blue cloth box. The condition of the newspaper is VERY GOOD. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAt the time of this writing, no copies of any of Wheatley's death notices are recorded at auction by Rare Book Hub. EXCEEDINGLY RARE # 001201","brand":"Wallace \u0026 Clark, Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43838515380373,"sku":"","price":7500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0459\/2589\/2245\/files\/phillis_wheatley_death_notice_01_20231112.jpg?v=1699838199"},{"product_id":"jefferson-airplane-1969-summer-itinerary-typescript","title":"Jefferson Airplane 1969 Summer Itinerary Typescript","description":"(Music Interest) Bolin, Marty. Jefferson Airplane 1969 Summer Itinerary Typescript. San Francisco: Jefferson Airplane, 1969. [1] leaf measuring 8-1\/2\" x 11\". This typescript is on the verso of a sheet of Marty Bolin's engraved Jefferson Airplane letterhead stationery. The document details the schedule of the San Francisco based rock band, Jefferson Airplane, between May 27-September 12, 1969. May and June were mainly dedicated to recording with only one firm show date scheduled, a single set in Santa Barbara on June 6. On July the 4th, Jefferson Airplane was scheduled to perform \"one set at night\" at the Atlanta Pop Festival; the rest of the month of July was off with the exception of a \"Tentative\" trip to Moscow \"with Pennebaker and his crew, for the opening of the Monterey Pop Festival film at the Moscow Film Festival.\" August was filled with show and tour dates including for August 16: \"WOODSTOCK POP FESTIVAL, New York - one set at night (the name of this festival may be changed);\" and for August 22-23-24: the ill-fated \"SAN FRANCISCO POP FESTIVAL,\" later renamed the Wild West Festival, that was cancelled at the last minute due to the opposition to it by the local residents. Several other \"possibilities that may arise during the summer\" are also listed, including a tour of Japan in September; typescript, which is dated 5\/22\/69 closes with the apropos \"This is the summer situation as it appears now; however, 'everything is subject to change...'\" The condition of the typescript is VERY GOOD; leaf with minor spotting and soiling, and some soft creasing to the lower edge and one corner. # 001221","brand":"Wallace \u0026 Clark, Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44278740091029,"sku":"","price":950.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0459\/2589\/2245\/files\/jefferson_airplane_typescript_01_20240307.jpg?v=1709922145"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0459\/2589\/2245\/collections\/collindberghsgoodwillflight0120190511.jpg?v=1750624156","url":"https:\/\/wallaceandclark.com\/collections\/ephemera.oembed?page=8","provider":"Wallace \u0026 Clark, Booksellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}