New York: 1928. Unique. The first National Auto Show was held in 1900. Apparently, as early as 1915, the two-wheel industry was expanding so the national show split from the automotive industry to have their own independent show. The newly built Madison Square Garden accommodated track racing as well. Rare.....
Price: $45.00
Philadelphia, PA: [Mutter Museum], c.1980s. First Edition. Spiral Bound. Self-made and bound whimsical coloring book with cartoon images depicting odd medical conditions featured at the Mutter Museum. No record of production by museum, so could be individually produced. In very good condition, slightly foxed edges. Self-produced and bound with comb.....
Price: $25.00
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1893. Early Pears' soap advertisement published in Harper's Magazine Advertiser using racially insensitive illustration. Stain at one edge, two small chips (one missing, one repaired), tiny closed tear. Single leaf advertisement page.
Price: $45.00
Atwood, CA: Mother Productions, 1993. First Edition. Set of Mother Production's Perverted Priests! 1993 trading card set. Corrupted clergy, demented deacons, maniac messiahs, sinister ministers, heinous horny healers, lesbian nuns.... Includes Jim Jones, David Koresh, Jimmy Swaggart, David Berg, Father Divine...Includes order card, card list, and "Ten Conclusions List." 40.....
Price: $100.00
(New Castle, PA.): New Castle Courant, 1856-1896. First Edition. Poster. “Next to the Presidential election, the greatest occurrence among the people of this section this year will be the advent of S. H. Barrett & Co.’s great show, which will exhibit in Walnut Ridge on Saturday, October 18th. This monster.....
Price: $150.00
San Diego, CA: c. 1915. One of many memorabilia and souvenirs printed at the time of the San Diego Panama-California Exposition in San Diego in 1915. In 2015, San Diego celebrated its 100th year anniversary of the Exposition. The original Exposition was erected at the newly designed and created Balboa.....
Price: $50.00
San Diego, CA: [Edison Dye], c.1976-1979. Unique. Edison Dye is considered to be the father of motocross in the United States. In the late 1960s, Dye brought over many of Europe’s top motocross stars to race against the scrambles racers of America. During this time, Dye also founded a motocross.....
Price: $325.00
Everett, MA: Roland Teiner Co., 1952. Poster. Printed in the saturated blue of engineering blueprints, though on heavier stock. Their focus during WW2 had been largely military and, as the war ended, they were apparently brainstorming ideas about product areas... This was, very likely, an engineer's joke that was 'good.....
Price: $175.00
Pamphlet. Ethnically and racially exploitive advert item for Clark's O.N.T. Spool Thread. A series of short poems and etchings, each ending with "O.N.T." and playing on various stereotypes. Inside covers, front and back, are adverts. Light shelf/edge wear, light/even toning, else tight, bright, and unmarred. Color printed wraps, string bound.....
Price: $75.00
[Los Angeles, CA]: 1945. Sorority dance invitation held at the California Club, [Los Angeles] in 1945. Death/morgue themed with list of dances, i.e. Post Mortem Minuet, and fill-in-the-blank name list. Music provided by Paul Law and Orchestra, a San Francisco based swing band. The California Club is a members only.....
Price: $80.00
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San Francisco, CA: California Festival Association, 1938. First Edition. Original Wraps. Program for the 1938 San Francisco Civic Auditorium production of Faust, under the direction of Max Reinhardt. "The celebrated theater director Max Reinhardt, recognized in America primarily for his elaborate productions of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Franz Werfel’s.....
Price: $100.00
Honolulu, Hawaii: Hawaii Tourist Bureau, [after 1942 before 1959]. Featuring an image of the Island of Oahu and traditional Hulu dancer on the cover, inside depicts a map of the island with mountainous regions, major roadways and text providing information useful to tourists. The pocket size brochure states above the.....
Price: $85.00
Ireland: nd. First Printing. Three uncommon postcards with engravings of the secret operation of 24-25 April, 1914, in Larne. "The Larne gun-running was a major gun smuggling operation organised in April 1914 in Ireland by Major Frederick H. Crawford and Captain Wilfrid Spender for the Ulster Unionist Council to equip.....
Price: $250.00