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Liberty Magazine Sept. 8, 1934 (Erle Stanley Gardner)
Publisher: New York, Liberty Publishing Corporation: 1934
Magazine isn't perfect, but what a find to see a short story, The Case of the Curious Bride, by Erle Stanley Gardner at the very back. He's not even on the cover! But Gardner's here and the story features one of his most popular characters -- Perry Mason. It's also nicely illustrated in vintage 30's style. The other interesting note is a rebuttal about women's intelligence by the novelist Kathleen Norris. The magazine is clean and tightly bound but shows small chips to bottom edge and a few tiny edge tears to outer side edges which I have repaired with very small pieces of invisible archival t... View more info
Postcard President McKinley Home Canton, Ohio Mrs. McKinley (1903 Unused)
Publisher: Canton, Ohio, C.C. Dueble: 1903
Very handsome collectible postcard showing the Canton, Ohio home of President McKinley. The small photo inset at upper right corner shows the image of Mrs. McKinley. The card is actually dated 1903, which is good because it is unused -- no mesages, no postmark. President William McKinley was assasinated in 1901, two years before the card's publication. View more info
The Melish Case; Challenge to the Church (Episcopal church 1950's Extra Ephemera Laid-in)
Publisher: Brooklyn, New York, The Melish Defense Committee: 1950's
Nice copy, clean and tightly bound. Retains pledge sheet and envelope for remitting money to the Defense Committe. Small bit of staining around staples and light soil to back -- overall quite good with pristine pages. A 64 page report on the famous case involving Rev. John Howard Melish, who had been rector at the Episcopal Church of the Holy Trinity in Brooklyn Heights, New York for 45 years before being ousted due to the leftist leanings of his son and associate rector, Rev. William Howard Melish. A major thrust of the defense was that the Church had insinuated itself into the relationship b... View more info
Comment Magazine; A Monthly Journal of Informed Opinion (2 issues 1961)
Publisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard Political Participation Council: 1961
Edition: Volume Two; Numbers One & Two
Very nice clean magazines, seldom seen. Both issues from 1961 -- October and December. The October issue contains a special section entirely devoted to the press. The articles there include The Fourth Estate, A Prescription; To Sell A Shelter; Black and White, and Read All Over; No News Is Bad News; and Reporting the Scandals in Boston. Other articles are Temples of the Black; The GI's Two Koreas; and Democratic Man, Aristotle, and John Birch. The December issue is divided into two sections -- the Impatient Minorities and War And Uneasy Peace. 23 pages each. View more info
Political Ephemera Richard Nixon 1968 Election (7 items)
Publisher: Various: 1968
Here we have a collection of seven political ephemera items printed for the 1968 re-election campaign of Richard Nixon. The star piece is the cardboard audio record which contains excerpts (in his voice) taken from his nomination acceptance speech August 8, 1968. Next up is a color postcard (unused)showing the Nixon family in a happy moment. And then we have a clipboard sponsored by Newsweek for delegates which contains several unused 1968 Republican Convention Score Cards for Republican Candidates. There's also a blank piece of Ohio for Nixon letterhead and three brochures -- Re-elect the Pr... View more info
The Journal of Decorative and Propaganda Arts Summer 1990
Publisher: Miami, Florida, The Wolfson Foundation of Decorative and Propaganda Arts: 1990
Edition: Summer
This is the only issue of this magazine I've ever seen, but it's a stunner. Beautiful art and lots to read. Magazine is quality printed on coated paper and has numerous illustrations in both full color and black and white. The articles in this issue include: The Posters of Sven Brasch; Thirties Sculpture in the Manship Tradition Born Again in the Eighties; Pondering the Poducts of Propaganda --Art and Thought on the Periphery; Jose Guadalupe Posada, Lampooner; A Conversation With John P. Axelrod; Attilio Calzavera -- Stories From an Archive; Graphic Art in America -- The Artistic and Civic Pos... View more info
Just A Few Easy Questions A Look At Federal Grand Juries (Edge City Comix, 1975)
Publisher: Edge City Comix: 1975
Condition: Good-plus
Rarely do you see these underground comics from the 1970's, but here we have one and tightly bound and with no names or writing. The area by the spine is rubbed a little and there is some light creasing to cover corners, but the inside pages are pristine. The cover is colorful -- the comic is in black and white. It was put together with the help of the San Francisco National Lawyers Guild in an effort to educate people in the mechanics of the legal system with a radical edge. At the back of the text is an article entitled Our Constitutional Rights by Clayton Van Lydegraf from a statement read... View more info
Liberty; A Magazine of Religious Freedom (First Quarter 1912)
Publisher: Washington D.C., The Religious Liberty Association: 1912
Edition: Vol. VII, No. 1
Were it not for an old price sticker which damaged a small area between the T and Y at the top of the title on front cover, this magazine would be very good. It measures 6-1/2"x9-1/2" and remains relevant to our times. It's illustrated throughout and covers myriad articles including: The Freedom of the Press Endangered; A Visit to a Dutch Prison; Increasing Church Attendance By Law; James Madison on a Modern Problem; An Inadequate Remedy for Religious Intolerance; Should the State Teach Religion?; Fundamental Principles of Religious Liberty; Spain and Religious Liberty; and America a Beacon-Li... View more info
The McKinley National Memorial and President McKinley's Last Speech (1907/1901)
Publisher: The McKinley National Memorial Association: 1907/1901
Condition: both items very good
I acquired these two presidential collectibles together and decided to keep them that way, as they came from the same previous owner. The larger booklet is The McKinley National Memorial and is very handsome with its raised medallion at the front, its deckled page edges, and the two tipped-in photographs-- one of the president and the other of the memorial. This booklet is a soft cover which measures 7"x10" and has eight decorated pages printed on excellent heavy paper. The smaller booklet measures 3-1/2"x6-1/2" and has 16 pages comprised of the speech given by the President in Buffalo, New Y... View more info
Picture Scoop Magazine October, 1942 (1st Issue)
Publisher: New York, Picture Scoop Inc.: 1942
Edition: Vol. I, No. 1
This isn't a magazine you see too often, but it's a lot of fun to read. It's big one too, measuring 10x1/2" x 13-1/2" with lots of different types of stories and many, many photographs which catch the spirit of the 40's. Some stand-out stories include: a serious piece titled "Should We Draft Labor?"; Gerald L.K. Smith, successor to Father Coughlin; How To Win An Army Commission; The Story of Uncle Sam; Pleasure and Patriotism at New York's Stork Club; and Fashion with Jane Russell. There's also Hitler jokes by Danny Kaye and others. Magazine is clean and nice save one small light stain to fro... View more info
France Illustration Magazine July, 1948
Publisher: Paris, Revue Hebdomadaire: 1948
Very large magazine measuring 11"x15", published in Paris in the FRENCH Language. The cover photo shows a scene from the United States Republican Convention in Philadelphia that year. The magazine was political, but it also discussed books, science, art, and cinema among other topics. The stories in this issue cover the politics Of Finland and their elections; Rouen, the tourist port on the Riviera; the ransom of liberty; the clouds of Cuba; electricity; and the Grand Week of a horse race. Magazine is clean and nice with no label. Only faults are a small tear to outer edge of front cover repai... View more info
Senator Margaret Chase Smith Ephemera 1962 (SIGNED)
Publisher: Washington D.C., 1962
All items in this three piece lot concern the same topic which required the ministrations of the Republican senator from Maine in 1962, Margaret Chase Smith. It began with a request for a pass to the Senate Gallery by a man from Maine who had the endorsement of their mutual friend. Ralph Lovell. Smith responded affirmatively in a typed letter which was also signed and included this brochure which reads Sen, Margaret Chase Smith Welcomes You to your Nation's Capitol. The last item is the gallery pass requested for August 13, 1962 for the inquirer and his wife. It too is SIGNED by Margaret Chase... View more info
Friday Magazine July 11, 1941 (Ann Sheridan, Windjammers, Poll Tax, Sorcery)
Publisher: New York City, Friday Inc.: 1941
Edition: Volume 2, number 23
Beautiful cover art featuring the lovely actress, Ann Sheridan. The magazine is not too common and is clean and tightly bound, though it does have a few faults. I repaired the spine at top and bottom and a few tiny edge tears at back with almost invisible archival tape which is holding well. The only ther is a bit of brownign to lower back cover (see photo). Magazien is huge at 10-1/2" x 13-1/2". Story topics include Ann sheridan, FDR and poll tax, windjammers, guerilla doctors of Shensi, and sorcery. View more info
Ken Magazine July, 28, 1938 (Ernest Hemingway Boxing, Germans in South Tyrol, FDR as Counter-Revolutionary)
Publisher: 1938
Edition: Vol. 2. No. 2
Ken magazine launched on April 7, 1938 via the founders of Esquire, but it lasted just a scant two years with two issues a month. It was political and controversial, so much so that Ernest Hemingway stopped writing for it after 14 issues. The magazine is oversized at 10" x 13-1/2" with 86 pages. This issue has a boxing article by Hemingway titled My Pal The Gorilla Gargantua. The cover story is Austrians In All But Name, a criticsm of the Reich for failing Germans of the South Tyrol. Other stories include Roosevelt as counter-revolutionary; water pollution in Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, and St. ... View more info
McCall's Magazine November, 1940 (Ku Klux Klan, Lenore Mattingly Weber)
Publisher: New York, McCall Corporation: 1940
Did you grow up reading the Beany Malone books? If so, the author, Lenore Mattingly Weber, is in this issue with a short story. Her name jumped right off the cover for me! Other items of interest are an article about the actvities of the Ku Klux Klan, a story by John P. Marquand, and preparations for Thanksgiving and Christmas. Oh, and of course those elegant fashion plates. The magazine is clean and tightly bound with a small tear to top and bottom of spine, both of which I repaired with almost invisible archival tape. Other than that there's a few tiny bits of edge wear and mild soil to ligh... View more info
Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper March 16, 1889 (President Harrison Inauguration. Sunday Drink Question. Anarchist Sunday Schools)
Publisher: Frank Leslie: 1869
Edition: Vol. LXVIII, No. 1,748
This popular 19th century newspaper is quite large at 11" across and 16-1/2" tall. It appears to have been bound with other issues at one time, as there is one section at top which remains threaded. The cover depicts the swearing in of Honorable G. Blaine as Secretary of State. Harrison had just won the presidential election, so much ink was used discussing his inaugural address, his cabinet choices,settling in with his family in the White House, the departure of Grover Cleveland, and a picture of celebratory fireworks at the Washington Memorial. The other two things that jumped out were anarc... View more info
Postcard Sword and Pen Home of Abraham Lincolm (1909)
Publisher: New York and Berlin, International Art Publishing Company: 1909
This is a beautifully designed card with much use of gilt and strong graphic images with Lincoln's home centered in a frame presided over by an angel. It's very clean and nice with just a couple pinhead sized spots of wear to top edge. The card has been sent in the mail and shows a postmark from a small town in Ohio on Feb. 12, 1909 and sent to Harrison County, Ohio. The message reads, "Lincoln's Birthday. Compliments from your nephew and grandson Harry G. Byden, Jewett, Ohio. For Aunt Lydia and Grandmmother." Card will arrive in brand new plastic sleeve View more info
Andy Warhol's Interview Magazine July, 1986 (Catherine Oxenberg Cover)
Publisher: New York, Andy Warhol: 1986
Edition: Vol. XVI, No. 7
Interview Magazine is a fun read. In addition to lots of close-up looks at famous people from all walks of life, it's also filled with gorgeous ads for high-end products. If you love graphic art you will love those ads. This issue of course has an interview with Catherine Oxenberg who is best known for her role on the TV show Dynasty and her portrayal of Princess Diana, but also these interviews too: The Kennedy Cousins (dynasty); Samantha Fox, Kathryn Harrold, Little Nell, William J. Casey (Washignton), Athol Fugard (theatre), Monica Vitti and Alberto Sordi (film), and Michael Musto (night l... View more info
Letters SIGNED Senator Robert A. Taft, OH; Congressman Reid F. Murray, WI (1945)
Publisher: Ohio and Wisconsin, 1945
Two letters about a minor matter brought with them a signature from Ohio Senator Robert A. Taft and longtime Congressman, Reid F. Murray. Both were Republicans trying to meet a request from a couple, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Niss of Bellville, Ohio. Murray received a letter from a Milwaukee attorney seeking a copy of the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture 1938 Yearbook titled "Soils and Men" for a Mr. & Mrs. Elmer Niss who had moved to Bellville, Ohio. Murray responded saying he would ask Sen. Taft. Taft wrote the couple saying he had no more copies. Under his signature though is written "Got 1938 Yearbook ... View more info
Official Program Twelfth Biennial Convention Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America Atlantic City, New Jersey 1938
Publisher: U.S.A., Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America: 1938
Very nice clean program with just two very tiny tears to top edge of front cover.It says on the bottom of that cover that it's a delegate's memo book and as such offers blank pages for notes on one side of the pages and information on the other. This delegate whose name is at the top -- Richard Wysocki -- did not write in it. In this case it would have been even better if he had. Nevertheless, early union material is always a great find. This program measures 4" x 9-1/4". View more info