This booklet is clean and nice with no names or writing. The only defect is a light crease to the lower front cover. It measures 6" x 9" and has 28 pages which are sprinkled into the ample text. There's a map, much history, architecture, American memorials and more. View More...
Very pretty cover and two more paintings inside. The book has not been used and is very nice in its original white box. The book is without defect and the box nearly so. There are a couple small white spots on the white background which I almost missed. Otherwise it's a clean, sturdy box. The book measures 7-1/2" x 10" and is clean and bright inside and out. The binding is that of a ring binder that we used to take to school. The book has spaces for name, date and place of birth, age, and date of death. There's also room for photos, funeral notes, the names of officiants, music, the rituals at... View More...
Crisp and clean as new -- unused matte finis postcard with no names or writing and no postal marks or stamps. Divided back. The card shows two monuments at face, both located in the Finger Lakes area of New York. The Confederate Soldiers Monument was placed in the Elmira Cemetery in 1937 by the United Daughters of the Confederacy. Mark Twain's memorial is located in the Woodlawn Cemetery due to the fact that he spent the final part of his life in Elmira. Twain shares it with Ossip Gabrilowitsch, the brilliant concert pianist and orchestra conductor who was married to Twain's daughter, Clara Cl... View More...
I have seen these memorials for a couple members of the House and Senate, but this is the most contemporary. Representative John M. Ashbrook R., was a strong conservative, so much so that the 1982 Alamanac of Amderican Politics called his far right beliefs "almost a catalog of lost causes." But Ashbrook was heartily memoralized by his colleagues. The Ohioans who spoke were Clarence J. Brown, Dennis E. Eckhart, Willis D. Gradison Jr.. Tony P. Hall, Thomas N. Kindness, Delbert L. Latta, Bob McEwen, Clarence E. Miller, Michael G. Oxley, Donald J. Pease, Ralph Regula, John F. Seiberling, Bob Shama... View More...
Very nice, clean, tightly bound book published upon the death of Lucinda T. Guilford (Linda)in 1912 at the age of 88. Though born in New England, Guilford left her mark on Cleveland, Ohio where she dedicated her life to the education of young women. Though she taught at several schools, she is closely aligned with The Cleveland Female Seminary. The book is small at just 5"x8" with 60 tightly bound pages. Text consists of memoirs penned by close friends and a few poems by others. We also have available a catalogue for the Cleveland Female Seminary. View More...
Very nice clean, booklet which is illustrated with small black and white drawings. Covers such topics as introductions, invitations, how to be a considerate guest, young women and their escorts, table manners, behavior in public places, protocol for women who travel alone, the well dressed woman, funeral and mourning customs, children, business etiquette, and several pages on weddings. Booklet is pristine inside and out with 48 pages. Measures 5-1/2" x 8". View More...
These are private mailing cards which have not been used. The back of the cards indicate that they were "Private Mailing Cards" which were authorized by Act of Congress May 19, 1898 and continued through 1901. After that the buzzword was "postcard." The reason these were called Private Mailing Cards is because the government couldn't create enough new images to make the citizens happy, so private printers were allowed to print their own, as long as they maintained the authorization on the back. The house is the McKinley family homed located in Canton, Ohio. The second card shows the pallbearer... View More...
This is a fairly scarce booklet in above average condition.Pages are pristine with no names or writing. Uthe only fault is light toinign at spine area and a few small spot to back near spine. This booklet would be of interest to people with a relative from Cuyahoga, Lorain, or Medina County who served in the American Revolution. Each soldier is named along with the name of the cemetery in which he is buried if known. Some entries have quite a bit of biographical information and others are minimal. Booklet includes black and white photographs and has 32 pages. Measures 6"x9". Nice genealogical... View More...
A beautiful collection of floral prints with a folded flap explaining the story and meaning of each flower. All thirty are pristine and very beautiful, seemingly provided by a funeral home. I suspect that the set was made by another company and then purchased by the funeral home for distribtion as a subtle means to advertise their services. At any rate, it's a thing of beauty and the only one we've ever seen. The outer wrapper is a bit worn at the folds, but I ironed and repaired a few tears at the reverse side with archival tape and it once again looks presentable. The contents are pristine. View More...
Very nice, clean, tightly bound reprint of the original 1890 issue of the program for the President Garfield mausoleum dedication. The booklet measures 6" x 8-3/4" and has 140 pristine pages. Former owner's name is stamped on the first blank page at front. Otherwise no writing. Much information -- not fluff. View More...
Very nice clean booklet which tells a fascinating tale. George Whythe may not be a household name, but he was a big deal in colonial America -- first American law professor, abolitionist, noted classics scholar, Virginia judge, and the first of the seven Virginia signers of the United States Declaration of Independence. He also served as representative in the Continental Congress and at the Constitutional Convention.AND he taught and mentored to Thomas Jefferson, John Marshall, and Henry Clay. So when he turned up murdered it was no small mater. The booklet solves the case with 64 detailed pag... View More...
In this year of 2018 54 years have gone by when President Kennedy when he was shot and killed. This booklet in a hard cover shows 16 black and white photographs and has a short text which nonetheless shared the love of his family and epecially his children, Caoline and John. The booklet is clean and attractive with just this inscription -- "August 1964 from --------." The dustjacket has some rubbing to the spine jacket, but otherwise it's nice with the original printed price on the front flap. View More...
This is a remarkably scarce catalog by an artist who was born in Greece, but worked in Ohio at least for awhile. This catalog is very clean and nice with just some minor edge wear. The opening is a very good essay by Lucy Lippard who explains the artist's work and accompanis it with notes on the massacre memorials and on tile designs for urban spaces. The exhibition for which this catalog was published occurred in NYC from October 25 to November 17, 1984. Catalog measures 8-1/2" x 11" and has 14 pages printed on card stock. As this writing I have another catalog of Atherna Tacha's art. View More...
This is a gorgeous art catalog inside and out. What I like about it in addition to its beauty is the information it provides about the artist and her work. I like that there's photos of her creating these oversized sculptures. I also am taken with a section titled Ghosts and Sculpture, Harriet Hosmer and Patricia Cronin. Harriet Hosmer, as it turns out, was an artist who at the age of 20 in 1851 had a supernatural encounter. She, too, was a sculptor and here she and Cronin merge ghosts and sculpture and love and death in the 21st century. The catalog measures 8-1/4" x 10-1/4" and has 72 pages,... View More...
Beautiful exhibit catalog in clean tightly bound condition with no names or writing. The cover is fashioned of cardstock which serves as both cover and dustjacket with deep "endpapers." Twenty specimens were on exhibit and each has a full page, full color presentation with lengthy descriptions for all. The first work seen in the catalog is spectacular (see photo) of the painted pottery orchestral group of three musicians playing bells, chimes and drum. It dates from the Western Han Dynasty (206 B.C. -- A.D. 8). Catalog measures 8-1/2" x 11". Only fault is three page corner creases which I... View More...
This is a scarce little booklet published after the installation of the President James Garfield Memorial Statue in Lake View Cemetery in Cleveland, Ohio. There was one copy which came out in 1890, but it has only two pages of text. This later one debuted in 1894 with eight pages of text and two pages showing the state by state and territory contributions to the project which came to $134,755.70. Eventually it grew to $150,000. Following the financials the booklet is comprised of 16 photographs, one per page. I have attached the photo of the crypt. The book is hard cover and measures 6"x9". Ph... View More...
The main story in this magazine is about Teddy Kennedy, a night boat ride, the shift of his voters asking grave questions, and the death of Mary Jo Kopechne, a 21 year old women under the Dyke Bridge of Chappaquiddick. The other stories are the Moonshoot, Threatened America due to pollution, trash, smog, sprawl, noise and ugliness. There's also Sophia Loren's new baby and a black market with Vietnamese and Americans in a fliourishing business in corruption. There was also a panic in TV censorship.The magazine measures 10-1/4" x 13-1/4"and has 62 pages with many ads. View More...
Rev. Peter Marshall was the husband of Catherine Marshall who wrote the popular book "Christy" among others. The booklet shows the thoughtful short prayers Rev. Marshall to uplift each day. Rev. Marhsall held his post for two years, but fell very ill in the following January. The booklet tells what happened and what memorials took place. The booklet measures 6" x 9" and has 97 pages. The only fault is a little edge toning and the tiny nnme written on the lower corner of the title page. View More...
The book is clean and tightly bound with attractive endpapers. There are two inscriptions. The first reads, "For Mary, Louise ---? ---From Gram, Emily L. Harrod." The second inscription says, "Charles C. Taylor, Custodian of The Garfield Memorial, August 24th 1934. President Garfield died at Elberon, New Jersey, Sept. 19, 1881. The text of the book is very thoughtful and there are many pohotographs throughout.The book measures 6" x9" and has 140 pages. The cover is brown in the background with a design in green over the brown. These books aren't easily found, but they have with much info... View More...
This is a beautiful booklet, almost like new, a facsimile reprint of the original which was publshed at the government printing office in Washington D.C. in 1889. Chapters cover the similaritis of the arts and customs of the mound builders to those of Indians, architecture, tribal divisions, burial customs, removal of flesh before burial, body position (sitting or squatting), burial ceremonies, stone implements and pottery, stone graves, and Cherokees as mound builders. Illustrated with drawings. Measures 5-1/4" x 8-1/4". 54 pages. Pristine inside and out. View More...
