[Rarebooks] F/S Ephemera List of 20 selected eclectic items

[Garry R Austin]

The following is an E-Catalogue of twenty selected unusual pieces of 
ephemera. Each is fully described and priced net to all including 
postage. Enjoy!

(NYC / Grand Central) Wartime Guide To Grand Central Terminal. (New 
York) New York Central, c1942.                                      $15.00
Octavo, (9" x 4") brochure that unfolds to 15.5" x 18"; illustrated; "A 
City Within A City"; Photograph and an exploded diagram ("Behind The 
Scenes Of Grand Central Terminal In Wartime") of the interior of this 
great building;

(Petroliana / Esso) Selected Views of the United States. Trenton NJ: 
Esso Touring Service, c1953.                                           
          $15.00
Accordion fold souvenir style post card album. 3.75" x 6";  Nine 
double-sided panels of American views; Mount Vernon; Planter's Hotel, 
Charleston SC; Niagara Falls; Boardwalk, Atlantic City; etc. 
interspersed are six Esso advertisements, touting various services; 
Batteries, Rest Rooms, Maps et al. This example from Greene's Esso 
Service Center in Wilmington Vt. This copy still has the business reply 
card to obtain maps for your prospective trip. Uncommon!

(Culinary) Windsor Hotel, Saratoga N.Y. Luncheon Menu, September 12, 
1902. Embossed card stock measuring (7" x 4.25");  There is a Coat of 
Arms at top left; Age toned and lightly soiled else very good; Soups, 
Roasts, Salads, Cold Meats & More. "All drinking water used in this 
hotel is filtered by Weaver's Non-Chemical using Filters, strictly free 
from Fermentative and Cromengenic Germs", So There!!                     
                                  $15.00

(Pacific Northwest) Sitka Spruce, A Quality Wood Of High Service. 
Seattle: West Coast Lumber Trade Extension Bureau, (1927).             
                  $20.00
Quarto; pp; 16, illustrated with photographs; original printed pictorial 
paper wrappers, stapled; Very good. Trade publication; highlighting uses 
of this wood, airplanes, sporting craft, musical instruments etc.

(Mixology) Gyer, William (Editor). The Merry Mixer or Cocktails and 
Their Ilk, A Booklet of Mixtures, Fizzes, and Whizzes. New York: James 
E. Pepper & Company, 1933.                                             
$35.00
First Edition. 24mo; pp; 63, illustrated with decorations by Herbert F. 
Roese; original printed stiff paper wrappers; Appropriatley there is a 
round stain on the front wrapper from a glass, spine paper edge is 
started else very good. A first of the classic handbook to mixology, 
with a guide to mixers, recipes for gin, rum, fizzes, and cocktails. 
This copy was a premium gift from Simon Simons of Hartsdale NY, a Liquor 
Store.


(Wm Morris Agency Copy) Theatre Workshop: Act of Acting Issue Oct-Dec 
1936. New York: New Theatre League, 1936.                             $18.00
Octavo; pp; 93; illustrated with a plate of a "Danseuse" by Matisse; 
ads; original printed paper wrappers; a good or better copy, the 
wrappers are faded, with edge wear, internally very good and complete; 
"A quarterly Journal of Theatre and Film Arts"; Lee Strasburg, G. H. 
Lewes, Tommaso Salvini & others; What is most intriguing is the ink 
ownership statement at the top of the upper wrapper, "Wm Morris Agency, 
1270 Sixth Ave"

(Labor) Constitution And By-Laws Of The Providence Trainmen's 
Association Revised March 19, 1924. (Providence: Publisher not 
identified), 1924.                                                     
                              $20.00
32mo; pp; (23); original printed gray paper wrappers lettered in black 
within a decorative rule; very good. Quite Scarce. OCLC lists this but 
without any locations.

(Pacific Northwest) Port Orford Cedar, Its Properties and Uses. 
Marshfield Ore: Port Orford Cedar Products Co. (1929).                   
                      $25.00
Quarto; pp; 31, (i); illustrated with photographs and a map;  original 
printed pictorial paper wrappers; Very good. Trade publication for 
lumber yards and architects.

(NYC) A Map Of New York City Showing how all routes rail, motor, bus, 
air & steamship conveniently lead travelers to the Herald Square Hotel. 
(New York) Herald Square Hotel / Colonial Restaurant, c1920.             
              $20.00
Octavo, (9" x 4") brochure that unfolds to 16" x 9"; illustrated; map is 
three dimensional centering on Mid-Town Manhattan, drawn by Richard Edes 
Harrison; map covers one full expanded face of the brochure; Updated 
rates tipped on to a face of the brochure; "Double room, running water 
$2.50" ; "Double room, private bath $6.00" It is located at 116 W 34th St.

(The South Shore) Murphy, J.F. What to See at Plymouth: the Tourist's 
Guide With Maps & Illustrations. Plymouth, Massachusetts: Taunton: G.S. 
Harrington Job Print, for J.F. Murphy, 1896.                             
                  $20.00
24mo; pp; 60; illustrated with black and white plates and a map; 
original yellow printed paper wrappers; very good, partially uncut; A 
very nice 19th century tourist's guide.

(NYC / Grand Central) The Sky Ceiling Of Grand Central Terminal, New 
York, Its Constellation and Stars. (New York) New York Central System, 
c1925.  $15.00
Octavo, (9" x 4") brochure that unfolds to 16" x 9"; illustrated; very 
good; "The Astronomical Mural"; one side of the brochure completely 
illustrates the ceiling.

(Masonic) By-Laws Of Rural Lodge A.F. & A. M. Quincy Massachusetts, 
June, 1926. (Quincy Ma: Rural Lodge), 1926.                             
                  $20.00
24mo; pp; 14; original printed pebbled orchid paper wrappers lettered in 
black within a decorative rule; very good. OCLC locates four earlier 
editions but this one is unlocated

(Colonial Currency) (Wismer, D. C. Checklist of Continental and Colonial 
Currency For Collectors. (Hatfield Pa: Privarely printed, 
1927).                   $20.00
Octavo; pp; (12); original blue printed paper wrappers; very good; 
Arranged Geographically; The author states he is a member of the 
American Numisatic Assn.

(Harvard) Constitution And By-Laws Of The Randall Hall Association Of 
Harvard University. Cambridge: Carl G. Clark, 1902.    
                               $45.00
Unrecorded; 24mo; pp; 23; amendments and updated By-Laws have been 
pasted into place; original printed blue paper wrappers lettered in 
black; small stain at top right corner, edge wear, else very good. 
Scarce. Randall Hall, built ca. 1899, housed a dining hall, which was 
known for being the cheaper alternative to dining at Memorial Hall. The 
Randall Hall Dining Hall was also known for its student waiter system 
which was a way for students to reduce their expenses while attending 
the University. The hall also housed at one time or another two 
libraries and the Harvard University Press office. In 1962, Randall Hall 
was demolished to make room for William James Hall. There is one 
location (Harvard) of an 1900 imprint of this title but that printing 
only contains 14 pages.

(Sporting) L.L. Bean. L.L. Bean Inc. Fall 1955 Catalog.  Freeport, 
Maine: L.L. Bean Inc., 1955.                                             
$18.00
Square octavo; pp; 104; illustrated in black and white & color; original 
color pictorial paper wrappers;  Cover illustration of Geese On The 
Wing;  Light soil and minor wear to covers, else very good; Extemsively 
illustrated with hunting and fishing supplies and outdoor wear..

(English Travel) Arkell, Reginald. The Sunny South Coast By The London 
Brighton & South Coast Railway From London Bridge & Victoria. (London): 
Benn & Cronin Ltd., Nd, c1900.                                 $20.00
Square octavo; pp; 64 pages on 32 leaves; illustrated, photographs, ads, 
original printed color pictorial wrappers; Many advertisments, travel 
info, fishing & golf locations, well written travelogue style.

(Nazi Germany) Kommerell. Max and others. Passing through Germany; 
Published for the Deutsches Haus at Columbia University. Berlin: 
Terramare Office, 1933.                                     
                   $25.00
Octavo; pp; 111, (i); illustrated with forty black and white photographs 
including a map; original printed paper wrappers; Very good. Essentially 
a youth hostel guide book and a look at Germany on the eve of World War 
II. Particularly interesting is the Section on the upcoming Olympic 
Games, (1936) and the "Hitler Youth".

(Baking) Bradley, Alice. Decorate Your Own Cakes. Np: Woman's Home 
Companion, 1926.                                                    $15.00
Octavo; pp; 8 color illustrations; original printed pictorial paper 
wrappers; Light toning else very good. Quite scarce, OCLC locates just 
one copiy of this piece. Great feel of the 1920's

(London) Anonymous. Guide To The Palace Of Westminster; (An Illustrated 
Guide and Descriptive Account of the Palace Of Westminster - Wrapper 
Title). London: Warrington & Co., Nd, (1911).                     
         $15.00
New Edition. Octavo; pp; 87, (i), (ii), advertisements; illustrated a 
frontispiece and a folding color plan of the Palace at the rear and 
thirty-four additional black and white plates and photographs; original 
decorated red paper wrappers; Very good. Previous editions had the title 
of "The New Palace..." A very nice copy.

(Dance Card) Wachusett Council No. 21 Order Of United American Mechanics 
Second Anniversary Concert Programme & Dance Card, March 5, 1885;  $25.00
Four page Dance Card. Light sage card and black ink. Listing the ten 
musical pieces and the eleven dances for that evening. Principals listed 
on rear. Measures approx. 4 1/4 " x 3 1/4". The Order of United American 
Mechanics was an anti-Catholic American Nativist organization of the 
mid-19th century. It was founded in Philadelphia amid the anti-alien 
riots of 1844-45. It originally was called the Union of Workers. Members 
were required to undertake efforts to publicize and campaign against the 
hiring of cheap foreign labor and to patronize only "American" businesses.

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