[Rarebooks] FS: EPHEMERA

[Norman Kane]

GITTINS, ANNE.  TALES FROM THE SOUTH SEAS.  SUVA [FIJI]: Government Press, (1954). 2ND impression.  Illustrated. Original pictorial wrappers, very good. (Folk tales from Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, Rotuma, Cook Islands, & New Hebrides.)  $20.00



MERCHANT’S GARGLING OIL SONGSTER.  Original pictorial wrappers in color, (clown singing the praises of Gargling Oil), just light wear.. Includes the calendar for 1889.  OCLC: Only 3 copies in the US & 1 in the UK.(Songs, palmistry, dreams, farming, &c.)  $75.00



IWW (INDUSTRIAL WORKERS OF THE WORLD).  SKANDINAVISK SANG BOK.  Seattle: Skandinaviska Propoganda Gruppen Av., n.d. Original wrappers, very good. (Socialisternes Marsch, Frihedssang, Proletarer, Wobblies er Best, Internationale [Rejs er, fordomte paa Jorden, Rejs dig, du Slave haer…] &c.)  $60.00



THE DINNER TO ALEXANDER WILSON DRAKE AT THE ALDINE CLUB … 1913. Original pictorial illuminated wrappers, excellent copy, with portrait laid in.  Includes art work for this tribute by Reginald Birch, F. S. Church. Timothy Cole, Kenyon Cox, Chas. Dana Gibson, Kemble, Parrish et al. Drake was a wood engraver, Art Directror of the Century Magazine, and a leading figure in the development of American illustration  - see DAB.  $90.00



GARRICK, DAVID.   KING ARTHUR OR THE BRITISH WORTHY. A MASQUE ALTERED FROM DRYDEN.  London, 1781.  Disbound,  55pp.   Half title lacking. $40.00



BILL OF EXCHANGE drawn on the Principio [Iron ?] Co. in favor of Samuel Pleasants for 200 pounds. Dated Philadelphia, July, 1768. Moderate wear.  Signed endorsement by Pleasants on the verso.  $15.00



HANNAH OGDEN.  REGISTRY COPY OF HER WILL, CHESTER (THEN CHESTER COUNTY) PA., 1783. 4 FOLIO PAGES: 1.- Printed document completed in hand, signed by John Beaton, Register of Wills. 2,3.- Fair copy of the will. (She leaves her large Bible, the largest piece of silver in  her purse, a walnut desk, wearing apparel, &c.)  4.- Docket. Repairs at folds, but complete.  Seal affixed.  $35.00



[BEGINNING OF A GREAT CAREER]. HOLT, DAVID.  TYPED LETTER SIGNED, JAN. 1997, from Poste Restante, Riga, Latvia. With photo.  “I am an American book dealer visiting family in Europe and I have just purchased a library …”  (Notorious scammer who was, for a time, the terror of the internet. Happily, I did not answer the letter.)  FREE



DRAPER, THEODORE.  LA REVOLUCION DE CASTRO, MITOS & REALIDADES. Buenos Aires, 1962. Orig. wraps. (Biblioteca de la Libertad 14-15. Includes correspondence with N.Y. Times  foreign correspondent Herbert Matthews who famously  reported on the Cuban Revolution.)  15.00



STURGIS, L[UCY] C.  THE OVERCOMING OF THE DRAGON. [1908]. Orig decorated wraps, some wear. Illus. 

Title page in English & Chinese.  (P. E. Church publication for youth.) $10.00



PELOQUIN. DEBUTS D’UN MISSIONAIRE. 5eme mille.. Montreal, 1921. Orig. wraps. Many photos. (Apostolic Missionary in China.)  $15.00



SEVEN CONTEMPORARY CHINESE WOMEN WRITERS. Peking, (1982). First edn. Orig. pictorial wraps, gift inscription on front blank. Illus.  $10.00



POCKET GUIDE TO JAPAN.  Tokyo, n .d., [193-]. Orig. pictorial wraps, good. Many illus & maps. Pre-war guide. Includes Korea, Manchuria, &c. $20.00



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