Scarce original concert flyer for a 1969 concert advertising "The Exciting Tamla-Motown Star" Stevie Wonder, The Foundations "Build Me Up Buttercup," and "America's Glamorous Recording Stars" The Flirtations, appearing at the Odeon Theatre in Manchester on March 19. The booking form on the lower margin remains completely intact and blank. An incredible and rare example of 1960s Motown ephemera. Mild toning throughout, with trifold creasing; overall in fine condition. 5.7 x 11.4 inches (14.5 x 29.8 cm.).
Collection of seven 19th century colored prints, several of which depict French actors and actresses, taken from various books, including one print after the Dutch engraver Jan Luiken, a pair of lithographs from Decan of Paris, and one design from Louis Morin. Overall in fine condition. Six approximately 5.5 x 8.75 inches (14 x 22.2 cm.), one 6 x 10.25 inches (15.2 x 26 cm.). Read More...
Cabinet card photograph with facsimile signature of the greatest of all female sharpshooters, perhaps the greatest regardless of gender, a legend in her own time, who toured for many years with William Cody's Wild West Show. Her many feats astound merely in their retelling, such as splitting the thin edge of a playing card at 90 feet, then hitting it five or six more times before it hit the ground. Cabinet card with recto imprint of photographer Stacy of Brooklyn, showing Oakley posed with a display of shooting medals at her feet, a single shot Stevens rifle held over her shoulder and a shotgun leaning against the wall to her left. Original studio mount. Pinhole to upper edge, bottom edge of mount trimmed, image toned and scuffed, else fine. 4 x 6 inches (10.2 x 15.3 cm.). Read More...
Paris: J.-B. Baillière et fils. Le Problème Des Hydravions Destinés A La Traversée Aérienne Sans Escale France États-Unis D'Amérique. Extrait de la Science Aérienne Janvier-Février 1938. An extraordinary copy of this publication by the French aircraft designer and builder, one of the early aviation pioneers especially known for his development of reconnaissance aircraft used by the French in World War I and through the 1920s, inscribed to fellow pioneering aviation engineer Igor Sikorsky, who developed the first four-engine airplane and the first modern helicopter to be put into widespread use. A separately issued offprint extract of this article by Breguet from a 1938 issue of the aeronautical journal Science Aérienne, inscribed on the front cover in ink "A Monsieur Sikorsky / hommage trés sincere - / Louis Breguet" and additionally inscribed by Igor Sikorsky to the inside cover "This paper was discussed with Mr. L. Brequet on the way from Paris to Villacoublay on Nov. 16, 1938." and signed "I.S." With numerous annotations throughout in pencil, including small drawings, underlinings, mathematical notations etc. likely the hand of Sikorsky. 4to. 44 pp. Pale green cardstock wrappers. 7.25 x 10.5 inches (18.4 x 26.7 cm.). Mild wear and spotting to exterior cover, toning to pages; overall in fine condition. An extraordinary association copy. Read More...