Search Results: Titles starting with L from Stellar Books & Ephemera, ABAA

Oelrichs Land Co. Oelrichs, South Dakota circa 1909 Photo on Board Photo is 4 x 5 inches on 6 x 7 decorated bevel edged mount with no back stamp but extensive annotations in pen. Light rubbing to the silver gel photo with mild rubbing and soiling to mount. Remnant of label on verso. Very Good Condition. Oelrichs is a very small community southeast of Hot Springs, just north of the Nebraska Stateline, in Fall River County, South Dakota. Founded in 1885, this photo was taken circa 1909 showing a wood building with porch and boardwalk. The annotations notes the building was formally the Swallow Hotel. Four people are identified as Mr. Barker, Bess Ellis Barker, W.K. Thomas and John Drake. The Oelrichs Land Company rans short ads in the Hot Springs Weekly Star from 1906-1909.

Moscow, Tennessee, 1895. W.S. Bell. Large Archive of Stereoviews of Hunting Dogs, Circa 1895 Moscow, Tennessee (380 Images) W.S. Bell. 380 stereoviews on curved tan, cream or grey mounts. Generally, in very good condition. Typical edge wear to mounts. 22 cards have annotations on verso; rest are blank. These likely are amateur photos and the photo quality reflects this with a variety of exposures and some movement captured. Considering the circumstances of field photography, often in dense brush during hunts, the images are quite remarkable. We know little about W.S. Bell but luckily he left an amazing archive of photographs of late 19th--early 20th century hunting dogs in and around the small town of Moscow, Tennessee. According to the Amercian Kennel Club, the five most popular breeds of dogs in 1890 were working gundog breeds. While we are not experts in dog identification, the majority of dogs in these photos are probably English Setters and Pointers--both species in the top five of popularity… Read More

William Doxey. Lark, The--Issues 1-24 plus the Epi-Lark, 1895-1897, William Doxey, San Francisco. 5.5 x 7.5 inches. Various paginations. Complete run of The Lark including the Epi-Lark. Overall, better than average condition for these fragile single issues. Typical chipping, especially to wrappers and fore edge. Light toning to paper as common. Several pages found uncut. Good Condition. In a latter-day brick colored slipcase with leather stamped title on spine. Rare run of the single issues of the well-known San Francisco humor magazine founded in 1895 by Gelett Burgess and William Doxey. These fragile little booklets most often are found bound in two volumes. Volume 1, number 1 appeared May 1, 1895, with the famous couplet by Burgess: I never saw a purple cow I never hope to see one; But I can tell you, anyhow, I'd rather see than be one! The little literary magazine gained popularity and soon reached a circulation of 3,000 but quickly lost steam and published their last volume in April of… Read More

[Late 18th Century Connecticut State Tax Collectors] Collection of 16 Manuscript Documents Codifying "Collector of State Taxes" for 1790-91 Connecticut Towns. Various sizes. Generally good condition. Mostly written on scraps of laid paper (several with partial watermarks) variously showing at least one rough edge plus chips or light moisture damage to edge. Good Condition. Small archival collection of formal notifications to the Connecticut State Treasurer of who was elected to be official collector of state taxes for 16 Connecticut towns. Included are: Wethersfield, Haddam, Glastonbury, Pomfret, Windham, Somers, Lisbon, Hartford, Mansfield, Hebron, Stafford, Hartland, Stratford, Killingly, Stamford, Winchester, and Canaan. All in manuscript with town clerk signatures, the name of the collector, the date of the town meeting plus docketing on verso. I imagine the position of tax collector was not favored by many. A nice little collection from the annals of Connecticut history from 1790-91.

[Leadville, Colorado] [Baby Doe Tabor] Archive of Letters, Notes, Clippings, Paperwork, Scraps and Ephemera from Horace Tabor and Baby Doe Tabor. Collection all in protective sleeves. Most of the material has been well preserved and remains in very good condition. Many of Baby Does handwritten notes were written on scraps, old calendars or envelopes and the condition reflects this. Her writing can be a little difficult to read but most of the longer notes have been transcribed. Overall, very good condition. Horace Austin Warner "Haw" Tabor (1833-1899), also known as "The Bonanza King of Leadville" arrived in Colorado in April 1859 during the Pike's Peak Gold Rush. He was accompanied by his first wife, Augusta, and their son, Nathaniel. In 1860, he tried prospecting at California Gulch in Oro City, the area that would eventually become Leadville. But after those prospects were not successful, he relocated to Park County, settling in Laurette. There, they operated a store and Horace served as the… Read More

New York: George W. Stewart, 1940. Hardcover. Good/None. Leaping Silver, Lee Wulff, George W. Stewart, New York, 1940, 149 pp., 10¼ x 7⅞ inches. Dark green boards with gilt titling to spine, stained and scuffed cover and spine, light soiling to top text edge, shelf wear to bottom edge, endpaper toned. Limited, autographed edition, 393/540 copies printed. Good condition. No slipcase. Words and pictures on the Atlantic Salmon. "Lee Wulff was an artist, pilot, fly fisherman, author, filmmaker, outfitter and conservationist who made significant contributions to recreational fishing, especially fly fishing and the conservation of Atlantic Salmon." Wikipedia.

Boston, Massachusetts: Bazin & Chandler, 1853. Very Good. [Biblical Studies] A Lecture on the Deluge: Delivered in the City Hall, Charlestown, Mass., on Sunday Evening, January 9, 1853. Bazin & Chandler, Boston, Massachusetts, 1853. 29pp. 9 x 5 5/8 inches. Light brown string-tied pamphlet with black imprint on front. Some foxing, light soiling and chipping. Interior exhibits light foxing. Very Good. Lecture by Robert Townley (1816-1894) debunking the biblical story of the great deluge of forty days and nights of rain. "The science of Geology, however, demonstrates that the faith [deluge] is a superstition which has no foundation in fact." Townley was a pastor at Boston's First Universalist Church and a known Preterist, or one who holds that the prophecies in the Bible about the End Times have already been fulfilled. 6 copies found in institutions including 4 in the United States (Columbia, Harvard, State Library of Mass and Asbury Theological Seminary in Kentucky) as of January 2023.

Glendale, California: Arthur H. Clark Company, 1938. First. Good/None. Legends of the Spanish Southwest, Cleve Hallenbeck and Juanita H. Williams. Arthur H. Clark Company, Glendale, California. 1938. 342pp. Illustrated with folding map. 9.5 x 6.5 inches. Light blue boards with gilt on spine. Top edge gilt. Spine lightly soiled especially at base. Slight slant to book. Previous owner's bookplate inside front board. Small crack inside front hinge. Clean interior with tight binding. Several pages uncut. Good condition. Collection of legends from the southwest states of New Mexico, Texas, Arizona, and California. 8 illustrations accompany the text.

Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1980. First Edition Thus. Deluxe Issue, one of six copies specially designated for the author, publisher, printer, binder, editor, and publisher's files, this one marked "Binder's Copy" and signed by Bowles on a preliminary leaf. Octavo (23.75cm); pictorial paper-covered boards and patterned cloth back strip, with title label mounted to spine; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; [6],7-292,[8]pp. Scattered foxing to upper edge of text block, else Near Fine in a lightly rubbed, Near Fine dustjacket. The first Black Sparrow Press edition of Bowles's second novel, with a new preface by the author. Designed by Barbara Martin. Black Sparrow published this edition in wrappers; there are 1000 cloth trade copies; 350 hardcover copies have been numbered & signed and 26 lettered copies plus the 6 Deluxe editions reserved.

1910. Letter Press File, Cripple Creek Mining District, 1909-1910 12 ¼" x 10" letter press file book, moderately worn, soiled and chipped. 1000 leaves of letter press in varying degrees of legibility, though mainly clear and in Very Good condition despite the expected soiling at edges and wrinkling to the onion-skin pages. Predominantly typescript with handwritten addenda and signatures; a few wholly manuscript. Additional 60 pp. index of correspondents, handwritten, at rear of book. Letter press leaves can be a little daunting to read however by placing a white sheet behind each leaf we find them fairly easy to read. This is a letter press file book documenting two years of activity in the Cripple Creek Mining District of Colorado. It was kept by Hildreth Frost, a prominent figure in mining. Frost earned his law degree from Harvard and worked as a lawyer on matters relating to the mining industry in Cripple Creek and Leadville, Colorado. He was Captain of a Colorado National Guard unit deployed… Read More

Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin Company, 1930. First. Hardcover. Good/Good. The Life and Art of Dwight William Tryon, Henry C. White, Houghton, Mifflin Company, Boston and New York, 1930, xvi, 227 pp., 10¾ x 7¾ inches. Black spine with gilt titling, gray board front and back, light scuffing and soiling to front and back covers, corners dinged, soiling to top edge pages, deckle fore edge, pages toned, signed inside front cover. First edition, signed. Good condition. Dust jacket chipped along top and bottom edge, soiling to spine and edges, shelf wear. Good condition. "Biography by a favorite pupil of Tryon, we relive the interesting life of one of our most gifted painters...his art is revealed at full length by text and by elaborate illustration, his life as a fisherman and sailor, his long experience as a teacher are told in detail." Includes supplementary reproductions of paintings in back of book.

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1891. 1891 Appleton Edition. Hardcover. Good/None. Life of an Artist: Art and Nature, Jules Breton, D. Appleton and Company, New York 1891, x, 350 pp., 9½ x 7½ inches. Vellumboards with gilt titling to spine and cover, slightly soiled top edge gilt, cover and spine soiled and scuffed, wear to bottom edge, corners worn to boards, former owner's name plate inside cover, pages toned. 1891 Appleton edition. Limited edition, 116/500 copies. Good condition. "With charming frankness and simplicity Jules Breton relates in this volume his memories of boyhood, the aspirations and struggles of youth, and the associations of those later years when Delacroix, Millet, Corot, Rousseau, Daubigny, and others of that memorable company still lived to the glory of the national art which Breton himself represents so worthily.

New York, 1843. Good. [Lithography] Merchant's Exchange Document Signed by George Whitefield Hatch, New York, July 6 1843, 7.75 x 9.75 inches, bifolio 4 pp. Bifolio leaf, both typed and manuscript; signed by "Geo. W Hatch Engraver" and "W J. Coe Agent". Some slight wear and small holes along folds; 1 inch hole to last page, content not affected; good condition. This document details the placing of seals by Hatch and Coe on a package containing a plate of the Hudson River Bank, plate 5.5.5.10. It is signed by Hatch and Coe certifying that they placed the seals of Rawdon, Wright & Hatch and Wm. J. Coe. It is also signed and dated July 7, 1864 by the person who received it. On the backside of the letter is a circular stamp for New York, dated Jul. 6; it is addressed to an A. C. Hagg, whom I could not find any information on. George Whitefield Hatch (1805-1867) was an American lithographer, portraitist, and viewmaker based in New York. He studied engraving and painting under Asher Brown Durand, and… Read More

N.P., N.D.. Very Good. Chagall, Marc. [Lithograph, Fine Art] Seven Marc Chagall Lithographs from the Bible Series, Marc Chagall, N.P., N.D., various sizes. Seven black and white lithograph prints; five are approximately 11 x 14 inches, with two larger prints measuring 11 x 15.75 inches and 11 x 16.75 inches. Some have minor creasing and toning to edges; very good condition overall. This lot contains seven unsigned lithograph prints by Marc Chagall. The images are from his Bible Series, which he created from 1931-1939 and 1952-1956, after traveling to the Holy Land in 1931. Chagall was commissioned to illustrate the Bible Series by art dealer and publisher Ambroise Vollard, who believed the Bible was "the most important piece of literature of all time and the cornerstone of Western tradition" (Andrew Weiss Gallery). Marc Chagall (1887-1985) was a Belarusian and French artist who created works in many different mediums including painting, drawing, stained glass, ceramics, and tapestries. He began… Read More

Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow, 1969. Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1969. First Edition. Limited Issue, one of six copies specially bound and designated for presentation (5) and the binder (1), this one marked "Binder's Copy" and signed by McClure on the colophon. Octavo (24.5cm); coarse blue cloth, with title labels mounted to spine and front cover; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; [8],9-42,[6]pp. Fine in a Very Good+ dustjacket, with moderate rubbing and cloudiness. A volume consisting of a collection of McClure's poems written in 1961, and his play, "The Raptors," from 1957.

San Francisco, CA: Jo Mora, Jr., 1933. First. Hardcover. Good/None. Mora, Jo. Log of the Spanish Main, Jo Mora, San Francisco. Jo Mora, Jr., San Francisco, 1933. Unpaginated ca. 133 pages, 9⅛ x 6 inches. Cream colored cloth boards with metal screw binding - missing one screw, cover has color title and pictorial. Soiled on front, back and spine, cloth on spine torn along edge and head of spine, cloth worn to boards at corners. First edition. Good condition. Please refer to pictures for condition. A humorous about the sights passengers would see on the the South American cruises on the Grace Line between Seattle and New York. "This amusing, entertaining Log was written and pictured by Jo Mora on board GRACE LINE ships during several cruises of the Spanish Main." All maps and illustrations drawn by Mora.

Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1938. First. Hardcover. Very good/None. Logbook of Minnesota Bird Life 1917-1937, Thomas S. Roberts, The University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, 1938, 355 pp.,9⅜x 6⅝ inches, signed first edition. Dark green spine with gilt tilting, front and back covers dark tan cloth, minor scuffing to bottom edge, light soiling to top edge pages, pages lightly toned, signed gift inscription by author on back endpaper, 1938. First edition, signed. Very good condition. Logbook of bird life in Minnesota. Thomas Roberts was an American physician known for his work in ornithology, bird conservation and for his a comprehensive account on the birds of the Minnesota area.

Philadelphia, PA: Lost Chord, 1944. First. Booklet. Very Good/None as issued. Lost Chord, Joseph J. Gudonis editor and publisher, assisted by Little Joe (5 yrs.--9mo) as Asst. editor and typesetter. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 1944. 16pp. 6.25 x 3.75 inches. Yellow wrapper with green screened design on front. Very light soiling. Clean interior. Very good condition. A curious little booklet produced in December 1944, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. OCLC notes two copies, one in New York and one in New Zealand and hints that this was a periodical, yet we find no other issues. The publishers were members of the American Amateur Press Association, the National Amateur Press Association and the United Amateur Press Alumni Association of which we guess only the first group may have actually existed. A humorous little booklet which includes a patented Lost Chord Cigarette Lighter (tear off half a page from the booklet, insert paper to flame then apply to cigarette).

Oldmill Paper Products Corp., Northwestern Yeast Co., Freihofer Baking Co., Nestlé's, Hershey Chocolate Corporation, Rumford Baking Powder by Rumford Chemical Works, Pet Milk Company, Rochester Candy Wks., Northwestern Consolidated Milling Co., General Chemical Co, 1930. Very Good. Lot of 10 Vintage Baking Recipe Booklets, Oldmill Paper Products Corp., Northwestern Yeast Co., Freihofer Baking Co., Nestlé's, Hershey Chocolate Corporation, Rumford Baking Powder by Rumford Chemical Works, Pet Milk Company, Rochester Candy Wks., Northwestern Consolidated Milling Co., General Chemical Co., 1920-1930s, various sizes. Lot of 10 vintage baking recipe booklets, including 6 with beautiful interior color illustrations. Includes Recipes for Delicious Crinkle Cup Cakes; Delicious Flavor Makes Better Bread; Bread the Most Important of All Foods; Delicious Recipes Including Toll House Chocolate Cookies; Hershey's Recipes; Rumford Southern Recipes; Ice Creams, Frozen Desserts by Pet Milk Company; The Useful… Read More

Japan, 1890. Very Good. Lot of 2 Suzuki Mannen Woodblock Prints, Suzuki Mannen, Japan, 1890s, 4.5 x 7 inches, 1 pp each. Two woodblock prints with black and red ink; paper is moderately toned but in excellent condition, with no apparent edge wear or creasing; each print mounted to white paper mat, but appear easy to remove with no or very little damage; very good condition. I was unable to find much information online about the artist, Suzuki Mannen (or Mannen Suzuki); they appear to have been a late 19th century Japanese artist, creating ukiyo-e woodblock prints. Ukiyo-e translates as "picture[s] of the floating world"; it was a Japanese art genre popular in the 17th through the 19th centuries, and oft-depicted subjects included kabuki theater actors, beautiful women, and sumo wrestlers.