Eigenthum, n.d., ca. 1890s. Print. Handcolored engraving of Friedrichshafen, a city in Germany, on the shore of Lake Constance (Bodensee in German). Very good copy. Colors are sharp. Slight soiling at bottom edge, does not affect engraving.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; 20th Century Fox, 1940-1959. Poster. Lobby cards, 11 x 14 inches. All movies had Marsha Hunt as an actor. Near fine copies. With autographed paper 'Dearest Peter and Ann(e?), Enclosed a few more Mars than you may ever have met. - With love from all of us.' Followed by.....
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Marsha Hunt and Robert Sterling, 1941. Poster. Lobby card, original, 11 x 14 inches. Scene in color of group eating a meal, 'My rabbit! You've gone and cooked Emma! You cannibals!' First edition (first printing). Very good copy. Slight tanning to paper, foxing spot in margin on right. Stamp.....
Grolier Club, 1955. Print. Print, 6 x 9.25 inches, printed in black on white. Grolier Club Exhibition, April 19, 1955. Very good copy.
Laurence D. Viole, n.d., ca. 1940s. Print. Sheet, 11.5 x 12.75 inches; plate, 5.1 x 7 inches; etching, 4.3 x 6.26 inches. Printed in black on white. Laurence D. Viole (1896-1952) was a civil engineer and architect and noted Los Angeles etching artist. A near fine copy.
Permanente Cement Company, n.d., ca. 1950s. Poster. Poster, 11 x 14 inches, printed in black on white. Poster with drawn view of Shasta Dam. Ad for the Permanente Cement Company. A near fine copy.
Ansel Adams Gallery, 1974. Poster. Poster, 17 x 22.5 inches. Printed in black on white. 3 B/W photographic images by Jerry Uelsmann, Paul Caponigro and Ansel Adams above list of workshops with dates and participating faculty. A near fine copy. Previously folded twice into quarters. With 4 pages describing the.....
The Kanchenjunga Press, n.d., 1977. Poster. Poster, 12.3 x 16.1 inches. Printed in blue on black. Photographic image by Michael Yates. Robert Bringhurst, born 1946, is a Canadian poet, typographer, translator, and liguist. Poster is an advertisement for his book. A near fine copy.
Walter & Elise Haas Fund, Pacific Center for the Book, Friends of S.F. Public Library, S.F. Art Institute, Albatross Book Store, California Council for the Humanities, 1986. Poster. Poster, 14 x 17 inches. Printed in red, white, black and blue. Poster with photographic image of Spicer and schedule of the.....
Coyote's Journal, 1966. Broadside. Broadside, 11.7 x 18.6 inches. Printed in black and red on cream. Limited to 200 copies. Printed by Andrew Hoyem. Distributed by City Lights. Very good copy. Mild soiling and faint spotting with some edge and corner wear and wrinkling.
Department of English, West Chester University, 1990. Poster. Poster, oblong format, 13 x 20 inches. Line drawing by Christie Charbonneau. 'Reception: Thursday, 5 April 1990, 3:15-4:15, Special Collections Room, Francis Harvey Green Library.' Michael Peich founded the Aralia Press in 1982 at West Chester University to teach students the art.....
Burning Books, 1981. Poster. Poster, 11 x 17 inches. Printed in red and black on white. Image of bloodied man with text below. Burning Books is an artist-run organization founded by Melody Sumner Carnahan and Michael Sumner in Oakland in 1978. Very good copy. Mild edge wear.
My Dukes. Printed by Joseph Wilmot and Bill Little, (1971). Broadside. Broadside, 11.1 x 17 inches. Printed in black on white. Taken from Exile magazine, Autumn, 1928. Not from 'Simplicities,' but paragraphs 19-22 and 31-34 of the article,'Bureaucracy the Flail of Jehovah.'Gallup E2y. A near fine copy.
Gobierno de Chile Consejo Nacional de la Cultura y las Artes Fondart, n.d., ca 2005. Poster. Poster, 13.9 x 21 inches. Poster advertises an exhibition at Fundacion Victor Jara, Santiago. Victor Jara (1932-1973) was a teacher, theater director, poet and singer-songwriter who was killed during the dictatorship of Pinochet. Very.....
Grupo de Teatro Cubana de Acero, 1982. Poster. Poster, oblong format 16.75 x 23 inches. Printed in red and black on white. Text in Spanish. 'Premio festival de teatro la habana '82' printed on poster upper right. Albio Paz (born 1936) is a playwright, actor, and director. 'Huelga' won the.....
DICAP (Discotera del Cantar Popular), n.d., ca. 1973. Poster. Poster, 19.75 x 27.5 inches. The poster is the 64 album covers produced by DICAP between 1967 and 1973. DICAP was created by the Communist Youth of Chile. Very good copy. Some wrinkling and a short crease lower right.
Anson-Cartright Editions and Chatto & Windus, (1975). Poster. Poster, 11 x 21.5 inches. Printed in black and blue on white. Illustrated by Barbara Howard with drawn image of the poet. Richard Outram (1930-2005) was a noted Canadian poet . First edition (first printing). A near fine copy.
Pulp Press, 1976. Poster. Poster, 11 x 17 inches. Printed in black on tan. Illustration on upper right corner. Text concerns atrocities committed by Lieutenant Calley in Vietnam. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy.
Education Development Center, Inc., 1976. Poster. Poster, 11 x 17 inches. Printed in black on brown. Illustration of moving train by Jeanne Johns. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy.
Cloud Marauder/Sombre Reptiles, 1979. Poster. Poster, oblong format, 15.25 x 18.75 inches. Printed in black, red, blue green and brown on white with text to right. Ratch and Hayden founded the Cloud Marauder/Sombre Reptiles in Berkeley in 1978 and published 18 books between 1978 and 1994. First edition (first printing).Limited.....
Anton Koberger, 1493. Print. Leaf, 12.1 x 17.5 inches. Plate impression 10.25 x 15 inches. Printed in black on white. Text in German. Woodcut illustration by workshop of Michael Wolgemut (1434-1519). The Chronicle is a illustrated encyclopedia of world history based on the Bible. It is one of the best.....
16th century. Print. Leaf, 6 x 8 inches. Printed in black on white. In Latin. Illustrated on both sides with woodcuts. Leaf concerns the evangelist apostles with commentary surrounding the text. Leaf in very good condition. Provenance from the estate of Maurice Powers, founder of California Book Auction Galleries, San.....
n.p., 16th century. Trade Paperback. Leaf, 6 x 8 inches, printed in black on white. Woodcut illustration printed upside down. In Latin. Text concerns letter to the bishop printed in upper center with commentary surrounding. Leaf in very good condition. Provenance from the estate of Maurice Powers, founder of California.....
n.p., 16th century. Print. Leaf, 9.75 x 14 inches, printed in black on white. Written in Latin. Illustrated. From Bible with commentary by Nicholas of Lyra, a 14th century Franciscan teacher and influential biblical interpreter who emphasized the literal rather than the allegorical interpretation of the Bible. He greatly influenced.....
Peter Treveris, 1527. Print. Leaf, 7.5 x 11 inches. Printed in English in two columns in black. The Polychronicon by Ranuif Higden was the first history of the world written in English. It was first printed by Caxton in 1482, then by Wynken de Worde in 1495, and third, this.....