This envelope full of loose items is something I bought ages ago and re-found it yesterday in a box in the storage closet. I like to rummage around n them to see what I have. As you can see from the pictures, this is a handsome envelope with the same graphic on the pages inside. They aren't bound as designed, but has text on both sides of each page. The contents page includes an intoduction, maps, items from the Carnegie Museum of Art Collevtion which are illustrated with black and ewhite photso. Also included are recommended books, five 4"x7"postcards, two, 5"x7" postcards and five 6" x 7-1/... View More...
This is a very attractive personalized bookplate showing what appears to be a photograph of Mary Foster Nassau and her husband, Robert Hamill Nassau, who was both an ordained Presbyterian minister and medical doctor. Mary was his second wife who accompanied him to central Africa near the Ogowe River where they, along with Robert Nassau's sister, Isabelle, served as missionaries. Mary died in 1884. Her husband retired in Pennsylvania and in 1909 wrote a book titled "The Path She Trod: A Memorial of Mary Foster Nassau." Bookplate is clean and unused and measures 3-1/2" x 4-1/2". Very nice for a ... View More...
Beautiful postcard with a close-up view of a lovely young African woman in her native dress with emphasis on her many pieces of jewelry. The sepia tone is quite attractive and the card is unused -- no writing to the divided back and no postal stamps. I have a total of 29 of these from Series 29. Card will arrive in plastic sleeve View More...
Very handsome cover on this tall music book which measures 7" x 10-1/2" with 56 pages. The music is from the Congo style, an African spin on the religious Mass used in churches. All aspects of the Mass are included from the Kyrie to the Agnus Dei, The lyrics are all in English. The first edition of this booklet came out in 1969. Booklet is clean and tightly bound with just a few penciled comments which could easily be erased. I didn't because they can sometimes be helpful. View More...
A very handsome card featuring the 8th battalion of Eritria located in the Horn of Africa. There is no date here, but is part of the Ethopian war. In 1936 Eritria, Italian Somalia and the newly conquered Ethiopia were merged under Italian rule and Eritrea became an industrial center. Card is very clean and bright and had not been used. It's slightly oversized at 4"x6-1/4". View More...
Very crisp, clean, unused postcard depicting in bright colors the Ethiopian War. No writing and no stamps. Measures 4"x6". We have several others which are likewise titled Battaglione Coloniale and others that have the same type of art, but have different titles. View More...
Very handsome slightly oversized postcard showing a Dubat fighter. The name Dubat means white turban and was used to identify troops from Italian Somaliland. There is no date, but the Dubats were hired in great numbers by the Italians during the Ethiopian War of the 30'. Card is unused and measures 4"x6". The little black spots you see on the front of the card are not a defect -- they're birds in flight! We have several other cards from the Ethiopian War too. View More...
Here we have a dozen postcards photographed in black and white showing wild animals which were preserved in Akeley African Hall of the American Museum of Natural History.The Akeley was named for Carl Akeley, naturalist, photographer, sculptor, and taxidermist. It was he who envisioned the hall in 1909 and collected many of the specimens for it. There are extensive descriptions on the back of each card. Subjects include an East African Plains Group, Gerenuk, White-Mantled Colobus, Giraffe and Grant Gazelle,Chimpanzee, Greater Koodoo, Mountain Gorilla, Klipspringer, African Elephant, African Li... View More...
Here we have 16 sepia toned postcards which are unused. No writing to divided back and no postage and/or stamping. The cards are part of a series titled Costumi Africa Orientale and were published in Italy. All are very clean and crisp and each will arrive in its own brand new plastic sleeve. The cost per card is $3. View More...
Beautiful annual magazine with much information on all sorts of fine textiles. I have another earlier issue, but this one grew significantly in size. Articles discuss Ming Mandarin Squares, two remarkable 15th century carpets from Spain, classic Greek textiles from Nymphaeum, practical definitions for three openwork techniques, traditional Berber weaving in Central Morocco, a Peruvian crossed-warp weave, and highstate caps of the Kongo and Mbundu peoples. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs printed on quality coated paper. Magazine measures 8-1/2" x 11" and has 100 pages. O... View More...
Very handsome high quality magazine printed on coated paper. Many articles, but I bought it for the one about Andy Warhol and his Silver Elvises. The article is a very long one at 17 pages measuring 9"x11" and illustrated throughout with black and white photographs. The author, David McCarthy, titled the article "Andy Warhol's Silver Elvises; Meaning Though Context at the Ferus Gallery in 1963." Wonderful not only for Elvis and Andy fans, but those who like the movies of the period. Other articles include ancient art, 17th century art, Louis Kahn, and Judaic Threads in West African tapestries.... View More...
Crisp clean booklet with just a few tiny isolated spots of edge wear. Paper is amazingly supple. Booklet measures 5"x8" and has 32 counted pages. Many photographs printed with a saturation of ink -- very handsome. Booklet advertises not just the tires though -- there's also batteries, spark plugs, tire rims, break lining. cushion connectors and flexible couplings, garden hose, industrial flooring -- and even boots. Interesting and well designed. View More...
Colliers's issues are most intresting and this one is no diferent. The front cover shows a handsome portrait of General Eisenhower. The article that goes with it was written by Brig. Gen. Julius C. Holmes and named it "Eisenhowr's African Gamble." There is also fction and many articles including thse: No Peace in Palestine, Show Girl Chaperon and more. There are also adsf or William Penn Blended Whiskey, Jeep,Chesterfield Cigarettes, Ethyl Corporation, Kelvinator, Dixie Belle Gin and more. The mgazine is clean and tightly bound with just a small chip to the top edge of the fron cover. View More...
ITEM # 5733 THE BURR McINTOSH MONTHLY FEB. 1905 BURR McINTOSH EDITOR PUB BY BURR PUB CO NY . ABOUT 80 PGS 6 X 12, TIED CARD STOCK BINDING LIMITED TEXT ,MANY FULL PG. PHOTOS, SOME IN COLOR OF FAMOUS PEOPLE FROM THE STAGE , ART, AND SOCIAL WORLD PLUS PICTS OF FAMOUS OR BEAUTIFUL PLACES . IN THIS ISSUE PHOTOS OF ETHEL BARRYMORE , EVELYN NESBITT WEST POINT LAWRENCEVILLE GRADUATING CLASS SEWICKLEY HGTS. AND MORE GOOD COND. INSIDE CLEAN BRIGHT AND TIGHT COVER HAS 1 " TAPE REPAIR TOP AND BOTTOM OF SPINE [ MIX MAG BOX 1 ] View More...
This booklet is like brand new, even though it's dated 1983. It derived from the discoveries the Univierty of Michigan's Expedition to Egypt from 1924-1935. The booklet measures 8-1/2" x 11" and has 50 pristine pages.There are many photos from the lengthly trip, and quite a few drawings.The contents include these chapters: "Karanis In Perspective; The Rural Economy; Domestic Life; and The Temples and the Gods. View More...
Book is perfect bound with no creasing to spine. Paper is crisp and clean inside and out and there is no cover lift and no names or writing. The only fault is a small bit of wear to corners of spine at top and bottom. Book measures 5-1/2"x 8" and has 114 pages. Many detailed drawings show the various specimens. Text is generous -- there is no date. Not commonly found. [ AG. / NAT. HIST. ] View More...
Clean, tightly bound booklet which offers an amazing amount of information on the trees of West Africa. It measures 4-1/2" x 7" and has 98 pages, plus two pages of conversion tables. The cover has two stamps, one from each previous owner -- the Thompson Mahogany Company and Winterich's Library (a private library of a business). Each entry provides data about additional names of a species, its distribution, the tree itself, its timber, its strength, its durability, seasoning it, workign qualities, uses, and supplies. Would be of interest to woodworkers and artists, as well as those who apprecia... View More...
The Spur touted itself as "a magine of the good things in life" and it was, even during the Depression, This issue covers a lot of ground, including polar exploration trips, the national celebration of the Walking Horse; Women amateurs in tennis, county fairs, King George VI sportsman, safari to the Belgian Congo, art at the Metropolitan Museum, and alcohol and why it would never be outlawed. The magazine is oversized at 10" x 14" with 56 pages. Major ads are for the Sherry Netherlands Hotel, the Plaza Hotel and Jamaica. The magazine is clean and tightly bound with two small tears, one to the... View More...
This is a crisp, beautiful booklet which was published using the informationgarnered by the Michigan University's Reconnaissance Expedition Kom Abou Billou, the Nicopolis of Ancient Terenouthis from March to April, 1935. There are no defects of note. the beoklet measures 8-1/2" x 11" and has 15 pages with many photographs throughout.I have photographed the Contents page so you cna see it (I hope). View More...
A very interesting publication centered on the use of staffs of all kinds -- staffs from Eastern and Southern Africa; heavy staffs from Chokwe and related peoples from Angola, Zaire and Zambia; the sculpted narratives of Luba staffs of office; staffs of Tabwas, herbalists, hunters and chief; Wes African staffs from the Coudron Collection; and an iron staff fr the Yoruba deity of farming. Text is expansive and there are manypicures in both color and back and white Catalog was issued for a 1994 museum exhibition held in Iowa, Michigan and Minneapolis. Catalog is crips and clean with no defect of... View More...
