The Knight of the Lion Signed Gerald McDermott First edition 1979 Vintage hardcover story book
First edition, inscribed by the author with a drawing on the half-title page. Large octavo in black paper wrapped boards over a maroon cloth-wrapped spine, richly illustrated with black & white etchings. This is a "very good" or better large vintage hardcover with a tight spine, and crisp board hinges. Aside from the writers inscription on the title page depicting a charging knight on a horse with a lance (see images), no writing. No loose, torn or folded pages. The text block closes tightly and is square, Board corners are square, mildly worn at tips. Top edges of the boards are somewhat sunned. The original dustjacket is price clipped, other wise un-marked. Some slight edge wear, a little chipping at corners and at spine edges. Some light scuffing in places in the white background on the back side. Overall very pleasing, now protected in a removable archival sleeve for proper presentation. A wonderful find! Striking and charming. Will ship promptly, carefully packaged.
The Knight of the Lion Signed Gerald McDermott First edition 1979 Vintage hardcover story book
First edition, inscribed by the author with a drawing on the half-title page. Large octavo in black paper wrapped boards over a maroon cloth-wrapped spine, richly illustrated with black & white etchings. This is a "very good" or better large vintage hardcover with a tight spine, and crisp board hinges. Aside from the writers inscription on the title page depicting a charging knight on a horse with a lance (see images), no writing. No loose, torn or folded pages. The text block closes tightly and is square, Board corners are square, mildly worn at tips. Top edges of the boards are somewhat sunned. The original dustjacket is price clipped, other wise un-marked. Some slight edge wear, a little chipping at corners and at spine edges. Some light scuffing in places in the white background on the back side. Overall very pleasing, now protected in a removable archival sleeve for proper presentation. A wonderful find! Striking and charming. Will ship promptly, carefully packaged.
Tomie de Paola “Helga’s Dowry” 1977 1st edition picture story book in original dust jacket
First edition, with full printers line on copyright page verso. Quarto in decorated brown paper boards, egg shell finish pages, full color throughout, unpaginated. This is a "very good" vintage children's hardcover with a tight, crisp binding and hinges. There are no loose, torn or folded pages. No writing. The pages are bright. The board corners are not bumped, the spine head and heel just slightly so. Minor surface wear on the semi-glossy paper wrapped board, most visible if held to the light at the right angle. The original vintage dust jacket is not price clipped, showing the original price of $7.95 inside the front flap. Some chipping, and small closed tears with some creasing on the front corners and lower spine edge. Some minor chipping at the spine head and the back cover flap folds (see accompanying images). A very nice, vintage children's book with charming art and story! Will ship promptly, carefully packaged.
Tomie de Paola “Helga’s Dowry” 1977 1st edition picture story book in original dust jacket
First edition, with full printers line on copyright page verso. Quarto in decorated brown paper boards, egg shell finish pages, full color throughout, unpaginated. This is a "very good" vintage children's hardcover with a tight, crisp binding and hinges. There are no loose, torn or folded pages. No writing. The pages are bright. The board corners are not bumped, the spine head and heel just slightly so. Minor surface wear on the semi-glossy paper wrapped board, most visible if held to the light at the right angle. The original vintage dust jacket is not price clipped, showing the original price of $7.95 inside the front flap. Some chipping, and small closed tears with some creasing on the front corners and lower spine edge. Some minor chipping at the spine head and the back cover flap folds (see accompanying images). A very nice, vintage children's book with charming art and story! Will ship promptly, carefully packaged.
Edmund Dulac Rubaiyat Print: Vintage Arabian Nights Illustration
Authentic vintage book page, not a scanned reproduction, in quality vintage condition. No tears or writing or folds.
This book page has been salvaged from a nearly 50 year old art book that was orphaned or damaged in the binding. It may have some signs of age, but this adds to the unique charm. Some pages have light foxing, spotting or imperfections in the margin(s), however, the artwork will not have flaws. No hand written marks on either side.
Measures:
Full page - 8.5 x 11.75 inches tall
Illustration(s) - approx. 6.5 x 9 inches tall
Please note: The image(s) may not be centered on the page and there is a brief text blurb on the back detailing the image.
About Mr. Dulac (as read on Wikipedia):
Born in Toulouse, France, he began his career by studying law at the University of Toulouse. He also studied art, switching to it full-time after he became bored with law, and having won prizes at the Ecole des Beaux Arts. He spent a very brief period at the Académie Julian in Paris in 1904 before moving to London. Dulac painting Mrs. Wellington Koo, circa 1921. Settling in London's Holland Park, the 22-year-old Frenchman was commissioned by the publisher J. M. Dent to illustrate Jane Eyre. and nine other volumes of works by the Brontë sisters. He then became a regular contributor to The Pall Mall Magazine, and joined the London Sketch Club, which introduced him to the foremost book and magazine illustrators of the day. Through these he began an association with the Leicester Galleries and Hodder & Stoughton; the gallery commissioned illustrations from Dulac which they sold in an annual exhibition, while publishing rights to the paintings were taken up by Hodder & Stoughton for reproduction in illustrated gift books, publishing one book a year. Books produced under this arrangement by Dulac include Stories from The Arabian Nights (1907) with 50 colour images; an edition of William Shakespeare's The Tempest (1908) with 40 colour illustrations; The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam (1909) with 20 colour images; The Sleeping Beauty and Other Fairy Tales (1910); Stories from Hans Christian Andersen (1911); The Bells and Other Poems by Edgar Allan Poe (1912) with 28 colour images and many monotone illustrations; and Princess Badoura (1913).
SHIPPING: Your prints will be shipped promptly in a sturdy kraft shipping tube, by USPS Ground Advantage.
Edmund Dulac Rubaiyat Print: Vintage Arabian Nights Illustration
Authentic vintage book page, not a scanned reproduction, in quality vintage condition. No tears or writing or folds.
This book page has been salvaged from a nearly 50 year old art book that was orphaned or damaged in the binding. It may have some signs of age, but this adds to the unique charm. Some pages have light foxing, spotting or imperfections in the margin(s), however, the artwork will not have flaws. No hand written marks on either side.
Measures:
Full page - 8.5 x 11.75 inches tall
Illustration(s) - approx. 6.5 x 9 inches tall
Please note: The image(s) may not be centered on the page and there is a brief text blurb on the back detailing the image.
About Mr. Dulac (as read on Wikipedia):
Born in Toulouse, France, he began his career by studying law at the University of Toulouse. He also studied art, switching to it full-time after he became bored with law, and having won prizes at the Ecole des Beaux Arts. He spent a very brief period at the Académie Julian in Paris in 1904 before moving to London. Dulac painting Mrs. Wellington Koo, circa 1921. Settling in London's Holland Park, the 22-year-old Frenchman was commissioned by the publisher J. M. Dent to illustrate Jane Eyre. and nine other volumes of works by the Brontë sisters. He then became a regular contributor to The Pall Mall Magazine, and joined the London Sketch Club, which introduced him to the foremost book and magazine illustrators of the day. Through these he began an association with the Leicester Galleries and Hodder & Stoughton; the gallery commissioned illustrations from Dulac which they sold in an annual exhibition, while publishing rights to the paintings were taken up by Hodder & Stoughton for reproduction in illustrated gift books, publishing one book a year. Books produced under this arrangement by Dulac include Stories from The Arabian Nights (1907) with 50 colour images; an edition of William Shakespeare's The Tempest (1908) with 40 colour illustrations; The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam (1909) with 20 colour images; The Sleeping Beauty and Other Fairy Tales (1910); Stories from Hans Christian Andersen (1911); The Bells and Other Poems by Edgar Allan Poe (1912) with 28 colour images and many monotone illustrations; and Princess Badoura (1913).
SHIPPING: Your prints will be shipped promptly in a sturdy kraft shipping tube, by USPS Ground Advantage.
Armed Services Edition “The History of Rome Hanks” Joseph Stanley Pennell 1945 Vintage paperback book Civil War Tales
This is a "very good" vintage stapled paperback. No writing, no loose, torn or folded pages. Binding is intact and tight. Pages show some tanning on all edges. Upper corner is lightly jammed. "Gilbert O. Herman Capt., Air Corps" neatly typed on inside of front cover and on title page. A very pleasing, bright copy! Will ship promptly, well packaged.
Armed Services Edition “The History of Rome Hanks” Joseph Stanley Pennell 1945 Vintage paperback book Civil War Tales
This is a "very good" vintage stapled paperback. No writing, no loose, torn or folded pages. Binding is intact and tight. Pages show some tanning on all edges. Upper corner is lightly jammed. "Gilbert O. Herman Capt., Air Corps" neatly typed on inside of front cover and on title page. A very pleasing, bright copy! Will ship promptly, well packaged.
Quebec Esso Gas station travel Map [c.1954] 18 panel full color French English
This listing is for the original vintage item shown in the photograph(s).
Complete, not torn or folded. No writing. PRISTINE! Appears unused.
5x7" folded
Please see the images of the actual item above for the condition.
The item ship promptly, carefully packaged and insured if priced at more than $18.
I am always happy to combine shipping whenever possible.
Please contact me with any issues prior to leaving negative/neutral feedback or low detail ratings, as I will always do my best to solve any problems that may come up!
Region of Origin: Canada
Country/Region of Manufacture: Canada
Quebec Esso Gas station travel Map [c.1954] 18 panel full color French English
This listing is for the original vintage item shown in the photograph(s).
Complete, not torn or folded. No writing. PRISTINE! Appears unused.
5x7" folded
Please see the images of the actual item above for the condition.
The item ship promptly, carefully packaged and insured if priced at more than $18.
I am always happy to combine shipping whenever possible.
Please contact me with any issues prior to leaving negative/neutral feedback or low detail ratings, as I will always do my best to solve any problems that may come up!
Region of Origin: Canada
Country/Region of Manufacture: Canada
Cape Cod Bicentennial [1976] fold-out tourist trap “free” map Crisp!
Type of Advertising: Brochure
Color: Multi-color
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Original/Reproduction: Original
Date of Creation: 1976
Cape Cod Bicentennial [1976] fold-out tourist trap “free” map Crisp!
Type of Advertising: Brochure
Color: Multi-color
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Original/Reproduction: Original
Date of Creation: 1976
Seeing New York World’s Fair in Colors Souvenir 30p Brochure photos & pcards A1
This listing is for the original vintage item shown in the photograph(s).
1939 "Seeing N.Y. World's Fair in Colors" Booklet.
6 1/2" x 4 3/4"
Very good condition. No markings or writing, no tears, center pages not loose.
Please see the images of the actual item above for the condition.
The item ship promptly, carefully packaged and insured if priced at more than $18.
I am always happy to combine shipping whenever possible.
Please contact me with any issues prior to leaving negative/neutral feedback or low detail ratings, as I will always do my best to solve any problems that may come up!
Modified Item: No
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Theme: World’s Fairs
Year: 1939
Seeing New York World’s Fair in Colors Souvenir 30p Brochure photos & pcards A1
This listing is for the original vintage item shown in the photograph(s).
1939 "Seeing N.Y. World's Fair in Colors" Booklet.
6 1/2" x 4 3/4"
Very good condition. No markings or writing, no tears, center pages not loose.
Please see the images of the actual item above for the condition.
The item ship promptly, carefully packaged and insured if priced at more than $18.
I am always happy to combine shipping whenever possible.
Please contact me with any issues prior to leaving negative/neutral feedback or low detail ratings, as I will always do my best to solve any problems that may come up!
Modified Item: No
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Theme: World’s Fairs
Year: 1939
Honeymoon cruise (?) Kodacolor photograph lot [15 pix] [1954] Jamaica (?) A1
This listing is for a lot 15 vintage color photographs documenting a young couple on a cruise.
There are 12 3.5 x 3.5" Kodacolor prints with a processing date of "Week of April 12, 1954".
Accompanying are 3 unlabeled color images from a different kind of camera measuring 3.5 x 2.5".
The paper is all in very good condition whereas the colors are somewhat seemingly faded. One of the smaller photos is spotted in the sky area.
Please see the images of the actual item above for the condition.
Interesting time capsule to be sure!
The item ship promptly, carefully packaged and insured if priced at more than $18.
I am always happy to combine shipping whenever possible.
Please contact me with any issues prior to leaving negative/neutral feedback or low detail ratings, as I will always do my best to solve any problems that may come up!
Modified Item: No
Country/Region of Manufacture: Jamaica
Size Type/Largest Dimension: 3.5 x 3.5"
Date of Creation: 1950-1959
Color: Color
Photo Type: Kodacolor print
Original/Reprint: Original Print
Honeymoon cruise (?) Kodacolor photograph lot [15 pix] [1954] Jamaica (?) A1
This listing is for a lot 15 vintage color photographs documenting a young couple on a cruise.
There are 12 3.5 x 3.5" Kodacolor prints with a processing date of "Week of April 12, 1954".
Accompanying are 3 unlabeled color images from a different kind of camera measuring 3.5 x 2.5".
The paper is all in very good condition whereas the colors are somewhat seemingly faded. One of the smaller photos is spotted in the sky area.
Please see the images of the actual item above for the condition.
Interesting time capsule to be sure!
The item ship promptly, carefully packaged and insured if priced at more than $18.
I am always happy to combine shipping whenever possible.
Please contact me with any issues prior to leaving negative/neutral feedback or low detail ratings, as I will always do my best to solve any problems that may come up!
Modified Item: No
Country/Region of Manufacture: Jamaica
Size Type/Largest Dimension: 3.5 x 3.5"
Date of Creation: 1950-1959
Color: Color
Photo Type: Kodacolor print
Original/Reprint: Original Print
Cole Brothers Circus vintage B&W photographs [1958-1960] Set of 4 3.5 x 5″ B1
This listing is for the original vintage photograph(s) shown in the scan(s).
Photo of train car is dated May 1958 in the margin, the others all show October 1960. No writing on backs, no idea where images were taken.
Please see the images of the actual item above for the condition.
The item ship promptly, carefully packaged and insured if priced at more than $18.
I am always happy to combine shipping whenever possible.
Please contact me with any issues prior to leaving negative/neutral feedback or low detail ratings, as I will always do my best to solve any problems that may come up!
Region of Origin: US
Modified Item: No
Framing: Unframed
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Size Type/Largest Dimension: Small (Up to 7")
Listed By: Dealer or Reseller
Date of Creation: 1950-1959
Color: Black & White
Photo Type: Gelatin Silver
Time Period Manufactured: Contemporary (1940-Now)
Original/Reprint: Original Print
Cole Brothers Circus vintage B&W photographs [1958-1960] Set of 4 3.5 x 5″ B1
This listing is for the original vintage photograph(s) shown in the scan(s).
Photo of train car is dated May 1958 in the margin, the others all show October 1960. No writing on backs, no idea where images were taken.
Please see the images of the actual item above for the condition.
The item ship promptly, carefully packaged and insured if priced at more than $18.
I am always happy to combine shipping whenever possible.
Please contact me with any issues prior to leaving negative/neutral feedback or low detail ratings, as I will always do my best to solve any problems that may come up!
Region of Origin: US
Modified Item: No
Framing: Unframed
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Size Type/Largest Dimension: Small (Up to 7")
Listed By: Dealer or Reseller
Date of Creation: 1950-1959
Color: Black & White
Photo Type: Gelatin Silver
Time Period Manufactured: Contemporary (1940-Now)
Original/Reprint: Original Print
Lima Peru Hotel Crillon Paper pennant luggage label [c.1951] Unglued back A1
This is a listing for the item photographed.
Measures approx. 7" long and 3" tall.
The very tip is just hanging by a thread to the rest of the body.
The item ship promptly, carefully packaged and insured if priced at more than $18.
I am always happy to combine shipping whenever possible.
Please contact me with any issues prior to leaving negative/neutral feedback or low detail ratings, as I will always do my best to solve any problems that may come up!
Type of Advertising: Label
Modified Item: No
Country/Region of Manufacture: Peru
Original/Reproduction: Original
Color: Multi-color
Lima Peru Hotel Crillon Paper pennant luggage label [c.1951] Unglued back A1
This is a listing for the item photographed.
Measures approx. 7" long and 3" tall.
The very tip is just hanging by a thread to the rest of the body.
The item ship promptly, carefully packaged and insured if priced at more than $18.
I am always happy to combine shipping whenever possible.
Please contact me with any issues prior to leaving negative/neutral feedback or low detail ratings, as I will always do my best to solve any problems that may come up!
Type of Advertising: Label
Modified Item: No
Country/Region of Manufacture: Peru
Original/Reproduction: Original
Color: Multi-color
Grace Line Paper luggage label South America Caribbean New York unglued A1 1950s
This listing is for the original vintage item shown in the photograph.
Measures 3 3/4" across.
Please see the images of the actual item above for the condition.
As per photo, small chip in edge above the C in Grace.
The item ship promptly, carefully packaged and insured if priced at more than $18.
I am always happy to combine shipping whenever possible.
Please contact me with any issues prior to leaving negative/neutral feedback or low detail ratings, as I will always do my best to solve any problems that may come up!
Modified Item: No
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Grace Line Paper luggage label South America Caribbean New York unglued A1 1950s
This listing is for the original vintage item shown in the photograph.
Measures 3 3/4" across.
Please see the images of the actual item above for the condition.
As per photo, small chip in edge above the C in Grace.
The item ship promptly, carefully packaged and insured if priced at more than $18.
I am always happy to combine shipping whenever possible.
Please contact me with any issues prior to leaving negative/neutral feedback or low detail ratings, as I will always do my best to solve any problems that may come up!
Modified Item: No
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
German travel agency trip itinerary Dublin & Endinburgh papers lot [1963] B1
This is a lot of items that belong together and have to do with a proposed two week trip from Frankfurt, Germany to Dublin Ireland and Edinburgh Scotland that was to take place in July of 1963.
Included in this lot:
- Two typewritten signed letters from the travel agency to their client on watermarked onion skin letter head.
- One lined, handwritten list of what seems to be expenditures during this or another trip.
- 10 receipts for services or items.
The letters are in excellent condition. The lined paper is rumpled as seen in the scans. The receipts have tanned with age but are still crisp.
Please review the scans for full details.
Will ship promptly, carefully packaged in a rigid envelope.
German travel agency trip itinerary Dublin & Endinburgh papers lot [1963] B1
This is a lot of items that belong together and have to do with a proposed two week trip from Frankfurt, Germany to Dublin Ireland and Edinburgh Scotland that was to take place in July of 1963.
Included in this lot:
- Two typewritten signed letters from the travel agency to their client on watermarked onion skin letter head.
- One lined, handwritten list of what seems to be expenditures during this or another trip.
- 10 receipts for services or items.
The letters are in excellent condition. The lined paper is rumpled as seen in the scans. The receipts have tanned with age but are still crisp.
Please review the scans for full details.
Will ship promptly, carefully packaged in a rigid envelope.




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