Ephemera from The Owl at the Bridge

Two bookseller catalogues: Howland, 4-79, Full and By, 118 items; Kahn, Men and the Sea, 103 items, 3 illus.; both stapled in paper covers; both Good. Sold as a lot. Stock#ofc0289.

[Scranton, Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.] 1920s?. One sheet, 12.5 x 17 cm. (5" x 7"). "The Anthracite Line." "Copies will be made for each Conductor, Engineman and Operator or Dispatcher." Stock#40864. Good+. Price includes first-class postage.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Railroad, 1929. One page, two paragraph typed letter on PRR Letterhead, 20 July, 1929 re claim for lost chairs to Beaver Falls, PA. Stock# 39,903. Vg

Washington, D.C., Smithsonian, 1982. Printed color poster; 68 x 53 cm. Poster text continues: from The John Carter Brown Library / The National Museum of American History / The Smithsonian Institution / Washington, D.C. / Beginning October 12, 1982. White letters on blue background with color facsimile of the 1544 Agnese world map (32.5 x 43 cm.). Handsome poster… Ler mais sobre este item

Luna Press, Boston, Mass., 2010. Soft Cover. [16] p. depict the 2011 lunar year, including the moon's astrological locations and the trees of each cycle. Poems and artwork decorate each of the thirteen lunar months.

[Montreal, Canadian National Railways, 1959]. 7.5 x 12.5 cm. (3" x 5"). Filled in for Ste Anne station, train no. 10, Engine 454, conductor Kaine, Engineman Messer. Arrived 7:54 AM, left 7:55. Stock#40954a. VG. Price includes 1st class postage in US.

Hardcover. 48 halftone views plus a map; 8 x 12.5 cm. Illustrates the wonderful American Gothic buildings constructed for the Centennial Exhibition. Two views are of Japanese structures. Bound in embossed maroon cloth stamped in gold; pocket-sized; Very Good+. Stock#32761/h.

Rutland, Vermont, 1920. 1 page, 27 x 20 cm. From W.E. Osborn, Freight Claim Manager to a customer in Burlington sending forms. Stock# 40,866. Good, frayed edges.

Chicago, Rock Island Railroad, 1951. 5 x 9.5 cm. (2" x 3 3/4"). Pink ticket "Rocket Reservation Card." Stamped and punched. Stock#40953d. Vg. Price includes first-class postage.

Boston, he Merrymount Press, 1949. Broadside: 24 x 18 cm. Death notice of the Merrymount Press, Boston. The last thing printed by the Press. The Merrymount bibliography lists books for 1949. The broadside continues: "The mechanical equipment has been disposed of and the library has been acquired by the Henry E. Huntington Library....The actual work of the Press will… Ler mais sobre este item

New Haven, CT?, 1974. Soft Cover. [22] p.; 21 cm. Cover title; printed from typescript. A collection of passages from Thomas Bergin (of Yale) through Lady Hillingham thinking of England, a Walter Kaiser poem, to Martin Luther King's 1956 "Integrated Bus Suggestions". Inscribed by Morgan (i.e. [Alison] Morgan Stebbins, Henning's daughter). Emily Hahn's papers at Indiana University lists a… Ler mais sobre este item

Brown University, Providence, RI, 1968. Contributors include Ilse & Alexander Nesbitt of Third & Elm Press, George Weller, Malcolm Cowley, John Dos Passos, John Marshall, Chauncey Stillman, Lincoln Kirstein, Marianne Moore, Winfield Townley Scott, Charles Philbrick, Laurence Goldstein, Colin Wilson, Burges Green, Willard Maas, Hyatt Waggoner, Edwin Honig, Allen Ginsberg, Morton Paley, Roger Stoddard. 200 copies were printed,… Ler mais sobre este item

Philadelphia, Campbell Press, 1876. Soft Cover. 31 pages, 11 illus., map; 27 cm. "Printed in the Exhibition Building of the Campbell Press and Sold on the Grounds, to give children and young people some idea of the Centennial Exhibition." 1876 gift inscription from a Rhode Island mother to her son. Worn, color pictorial wrappers chipped; good. Stock#OB411 oversize.

Boston, Society of Printers of Boston, 1960. Soft Cover. [3] p.; 19 cm. Clarence E. Sherman will speak on Daniel B. Updike Master of Typography. The Harvard Club. Page ]3] is a biography of Clarence Edgar Sherman, 1887-1974. Stock#Flat187. Vg.

Keene,NH, Cheshire Railroad Company, 1865. 7 x 17 cm. ( 2 3/4 x 6 5/8 inches). Printed form, filled out in ink dated Sept 30, 1863 for carrying three barrels of crackers from Athol Mfg. to Manchester Station. Stock# 40,865. Vg.

'From Harper's Weekly'. 'Copyrighted, 1892, by Rogers & Sherwood'. 'Copyright, 1892, by Harper & Brothers'. Soft Cover. 64 p., many advertisements, photos, map; 25 cm. Magazine format. Events include Religious Observances; School and College Parade; Programme of the Naval Parade; Parade of United Catholic Societies; Military Parade; Unveiling of Columbus Monument; The Columbian Night Pageant; Fireworks and Decorations; Banquet;… Ler mais sobre este item

[New Haven, CT?] 1987. Soft Cover. [28] p.; 21 cm. Cover title. Continues a series begun with Emily Hahn. A collection of passages from Thomas Bergin (of Yale), the wonderful review of Lady Chatterley's Lover from Field & Stream, B. Feater on English Women. Inscribed by Morgan (i.e. [Alison] Morgan Stebbins, Henning's daughter). Stock#47869. Vg / soft cover.

"Another Great and Attractive Novelty! ...Monday, November 25, 1878... First Production in this Country of the Famous New Musical Absurdity, H. M. S. PINAFORE the New English Comic Opera, by W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan, one of the leading attractions of London for the past six months." "Approximately 150 unauthorised productions of Pinafore sprang up in the United… Ler mais sobre este item

Chicago, The Jno. Jeffery Mammoth Show Printing and engraving House [189-?]. Broadside, 21.5 x 11 cm. Joseph Jefferson, the most famous actor of comedies of his era, travelled with a troop and when not performing Rip van Winkle, performed other plays such as The Rivals. Jefferson had these sheets printed in Chicago and distributed them while in tour. This… Ler mais sobre este item

Two oversize matchbooks, each 11 x 8.5 cm., printed in white on blue showing the hotel façade, with 11 three-inch paper matches unused inside. 'Giant Feature Match Books, Lion Match Company, N.Y.' The size of the matches is unusual; the antisemitism much more common alas. Very Good condition. stock#27660/h. Shipping $1; buyer will be credited.