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BEFORE THE BRIDGE BURNED

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Smith-Eastman Covered Bridge, East Conway, New Hampshire [Two Original Photographs — 1937]

$35 $100 or less

WHEN THE NURSERY WAS JUST TOO SMALL

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[Perry Crib Company]

Perry's Patent Crib [Advertising Broadside / Trade Circular] [c1910], BROOKLYN INVENTIVENESS FOR THE URBAN HOME: An Ingenious Folding Bedside Crib for Apartment Living

$35 $100 or less

WITH ARTIST'S ORIGINAL PROOF — COPY #1 of 10

Barnwell, Ysaye M.; Curlee Raven Holton, illustrator

We Are... Words and Music by Ysaye M. Barnwell., WITH ORIGINAL ARTWORK PROOF AND THE ARTIST'S LETTER DOCUMENTING THE BOOK'S CREATION.

$475

A MODERNIST VISION OF SHAKESPEARE

Shakespeare, William; Robert Graves, preface; Clarke Hutton, illustrations; Edward Burrett, design.

The Sonnets, SHAKESPEARE'S SONNETS IN A FINELY PRODUCED SIGNED EDITION.

$875

OSCEOLA & THE SEMINOLES — 1841

[Welch, Andrew G.] — ‘Written by His Guardian’

A Narrative of the Early Days and Remembrances of Oceola Nikkanochee, Prince of Econchatti ..., OSCEOLA, SEMINOLE HISTORY & THE SECOND SEMINOLE WAR • THREE LITHOGRAPHS • WYMAN ASSOCIATION COPY

$850

THE ART OF A NEW NATION — Indonesia

Lee Man Fong, compiler

Paintings and Statues from the Collection of President Sukarno of the Republic of Indonesia [Lukisan dan Patung Kolleksi Presiden Sukarno dari Republik Indonesia], THE MONUMENTAL CATALOGUE OF PRESIDENT SUKARNO'S ART COLLECTION — 567 COLOR REPRODUCTIONS IN FIVE FOLIO VOLUMES

$795

FROM KOSTABI WORLD TO KIM ALEXIS

Kostabi, Kalev Mark (1960– ); Basil Chattington

Kostabi: The Early Years [Presentation Copy Inscribed to Kim Alexis — First Edition]

$245

YACHTS, CANALS AND THE FLORIDA TOURISM BOOM

Fort Lauderdale: Building the Waterfront City [Seven Original Press and Publicity Photographs, c. 1960–1962]

$325

A PLAYWRIGHT'S VERDICT ON TIME ITSELF

Shaw, George Bernard (1856–1950)

George Bernard Shaw — Autograph Response on Calendar Reform, 1922, GEORGE BERNARD SHAW'S SIGNED 1922 RESPONSE TO W. ARNOLD'S PROPOSAL IN BANK HOLIDAYS FIXED: FATHER TIME INTERVIEWED.

$425

NEW DEAL POLITICS

[Anonymous Political Pamphlet]

Boondoggle: The Story of the '$25,000' Memphis Dog House and Other Stories [WPA & New Deal Politics] [1936 Democratic Campaign Literature]

$80 $100 or less

THE DARK SIDE OF DESIRE

Henry, Barbara

Love & Violence [Signed — No. 3 of 10 Copies], TWELVE ORIGINAL LINOCUTS TELL A WORDLESS STORY OF INTIMACY AND CONFRONTATION—SIGNED, NUMBERED 3 OF ONLY 10 COPIES, AND BOUND BY BARBARA MAURIELLO.

$1,850

THE MUSICIAN AND THE MOMENT

Copi, Tom (1940–2015) Photographer

Roscoe Mitchell Performing — Art Ensemble of Chicago [Original Color Photograph] [Photographer's Copyright Stamp] c1980, ROSCOE MITCHELL — THE SOUND OF CHICAGO'S AVANT-GARDE JAZZ.

$80 $100 or less

REMEMBERING PROVENCE IN WORD AND IMAGE

Mauron, Marie (1896–1986); Christian de Gastyne (1909–1969), illustrator.

Marchés de Provence [Markets of Provence] [Inscribed by Marie Mauron], THE MARKETS OF PROVENCE — A WRITER'S TRIBUTE AND AN ARTIST'S MEMORIAL. Limited Edition, No. 242/600

$285

BEHAVIORAL MARKETING

Anheuser-Busch, Inc.

Budweiser Brand Advertising Division 1963 Anheuser-Busch ‘Pick a Pair’ Original Photographic Archive, Internal Corporate Promotional Stills — Busch Family Provenance

$180

NINETEENTH-CENTURY GET-RICH SCHEME

Young, M.

The Paul Brothers Violet Ink: The Most Valuable Household Secret Known [Advertising Broadside], FOR FIVE DOLLARS, M. YOUNG PROMISED NOT JUST AN INK RECIPE — BUT A BUSINESS.

$65 $100 or less

THE POEM AS OBJECT

Price, Jonathan; Simon Brett, illustrator

Private View [Signed by Simon Brett — Rocket Press — One of 230 Copies], POETRY, HANDMADE PAPER AND WOOD ENGRAVING MEET IN A ROCKET PRESS EDITION OF 230.

$65 $100 or less

11 Midwest Photographs by Sinsabaugh - Limited Ed

Art Sinsabaugh & Sherwood Anderson

Mid-American Chants & Midwest Photographs, Using a 12x20-inch 'banquet' camera, Sinsabaugh captured the American Midwest in a panoramic format that necessitated this massive, oblong publication.

$450

SAMPLE COPY / PROMOTIONAL ISSUE WITH SALES LETTER

Clason, George S.

The Richest Man in Babylon Tells His System, AN EARLY FINANCIAL EDUCATION BOOKLET MARKED SAMPLE COPY, WITH ORIGINAL PROMOTIONAL SALES LETTER DOCUMENTING THE MARKETING OF CLASON'S FAMOUS BABYLONIAN PARABLE.

$75 $100 or less

THE PINE TREE STATE IN THE AGE OF RAILROADS.

Colton, G.W. & C.B. (Publishers)

'Maine' [1887 G.W. & C.B. Colton Map - Railroad & Canal Infrastructure], A CARTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT OF VICTORIAN MAINE.

$165

STEAM THROUGH THE COLUMBIA GORGE

Gifford, Benjamin A. (1859–1936), photographer

Original photographic print: The Chicago Special of the O.R. & N. Columbia River Gorge, Oregon, 1901., An original 1901 photographic view of the Chicago Special rounding a Columbia River Gorge curve, with steam locomotive No. 131, basalt cliffs, and trackside spectators.

$165

WHEN HOLLYWOOD DICTATED STYLE.

[Studio Photographers]

Three Hollywood Studio Fashion Publicity Photographs with Wardrobe Descriptions, c.1936, HOLLYWOOD FASHION ON PARADE — Film Stars, Original Studio Photography & 1930s Style

$80 $100 or less

Picasso & Éluard Landmark Surrealist Collaboration

Paul Éluard (Illustrations by Pablo Picasso)

Les Yeux fertiles [The Fertile Eyes], First edition Featuring 5 Picasso illustrations. A 'book-as-object' masterpiece from the G.L.M. press, pairing Surrealist lyricism with modernist graphic design on the eve of Guernica.

$650

PRA-KO-KU — German Confectionery Art — 1926

Weber, J. M. Erich (Dresden)

PRAKTISCHE KONDITOREI-KUNST: 'PRA-KO-KU' — Practical Pastry Arts: The World's Great Pastry and Confectionery Handbook., Engineered for the international 'Grand Hotel' circuit, featuring parallel text in four languages; This 'Pra-Ko-Ku' system volume was the standard Art Deco Dresden Confectionery

$275

WASHINGTON DC ZINE • 1980 • SATIRE • URBAN CULTURE

DIRT Magazine: Various contributors (editorial staff credited)

Washington, D.C. Underground Zine • Fall 1980 (Vol. 3 No. 2), A striking early underground 'caustic art' zine from Washington, D.C., capturing the tone and texture of DIY publishing culture at the start of the 1980s.

$35 $100 or less

CHILD’S VISION OF ALSACE AT MOMENT OF LIBERATION

Hansi (Jean-Jacques Waltz) (1873–1951)

Le Paradis Tricolore • Alsace • World War I • Chromolithographs • 1918 • Beaucoup D'Images, Issued at the close of the First World War, this richly illustrated patriotic children’s book celebrates the return of Alsace to France. Published for Christmas 1918.

$245

Folded Paper, Unfolding Ideas

Indiana University Graphic Design Program

Indiana University Graphic Design Press Archive 2001–2010 Letterpress Artist Books Collection [9 Keepsakes], A cohesive archive of experimental letterpress books [9] from Indiana University, 2001–2010, issued as keepsakes for the Fine Arts Library Benefit Dinner.

$600

THE MAGAZINE EVERY FAN WANTED

STARLOG GROUP

Fangoria No. 1 (Premiere Issue), WHERE HORROR CAME HOME: HORROR CINEMA • SCIENCE FICTION • POP CULTURE — Signed by Don Maitz — Poster Intact — Alien • Godzilla • Christopher Lee

$85 $100 or less

SIGNED by MANN • JAPAN VELLUM • HARRISON OF PARIS

Mann, Thomas (1875–1955)

A Sketch of My Life [Limited to 75 Copies on Imperial Japanese Vellum], Published by Monroe Wheeler's Harrison of Paris shortly after Mann was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature (1929), this memoir captures the author at the summit of his international fame.

$1,800

THE SEARCH FOR SPIRITUAL ASSURANCE

Perkins, William (1558–1602) ; Fellow of Christ’s College, Cambridge

A Treatise Tending Vnto a Declaration Whether a Man Be in the Estate of Damnation, or in the Estate of Grace, ELIZABETHAN THEOLOGY — A 1591 TREATISE ON FAITH, CONSCIENCE, AND GRACE.

$1,800

A RUSSIAN SOUL IN FINE PRESS

Dostoevsky, Fyodor (1821–1881); Translated by Garnett, Constance (1861–1946)

A Gentle Spirit: A Fantastic Story. [Harrison of Paris] [Limited Edition of 50], ONE OF ONLY 50 COPIES PRINTED ON IMPERIAL JAPANESE VELLUM, BRINGING DOSTOEVSKY TO LIFE THROUGH THE ART OF HARRISON OF PARIS.

$1,600

A NOVELIST AT SEA

Michener, James A. (1907–1997)

SIGNED Postcard by James A. Michener [Radisson Diamond Cruise, 1992] [Malacca, 23 September 1992], SIGNED BY PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING NOVELIST JAMES A. MICHENER ABOARD THE RADISSON DIAMOND AT MALACCA, MALAYSIA, SEPTEMBER 23, 1992.

$45 $100 or less

RELIGIOUS VISIONS OF THE GENESEE VALLEY

Boerner, Steve

Grass Roots. Number 19, March 1984 [New York Religious History — 400 copies printed], RELIGIOUS REVIVALISM, PROPHETS, MILLERITES, AND UTOPIAN COMMUNITIES IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY UPSTATE NEW YORK. A LIMITED SMALL-PRESS PUBLICATION.

$24 $100 or less

THE LEIPZIG MEDAL WINNER — Circle Press

Smith, Ken (1938–2003) ; Poet — Screenprints by John Christie

Between The Dancers — Artist Edition, A MASTERPIECE OF COLLABORATIVE BOOK ART, THIS AWARD-WINNING VOLUME PAIRS THE VISCERAL POETRY OF KEN SMITH WITH SIX ORIGINAL SCREENPRINTS BY JOHN CHRISTIE.

$425

HISTORIC DAMASCUS — IN MAPS & PHOTOGRAPHS

Jamil, Rouhi

Damascus: Gate of a World [Illustrated Guide to Damascus with Folding Color Street Map], ILLUSTRATED MID-TWENTIETH-CENTURY GUIDE TO DAMASCUS, WITH TEN PHOTOGRAPHIC PLATES AND A DETAILED FOLDING STREET MAP.

$65 $100 or less

MAPPING THE INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES OF MESOAMERICA

Thomas, Cyrus (1825–1910); assisted by John R. Swanton (1873–1958)

Indian Languages of Mexico and Central America and Their Geographical Distribution, SMITHSONIAN BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY STUDY OF INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES, WITH A LARGE FOLDING COLOR MAP OF MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA, DATED 1909.

$75 $100 or less

THE BEAUTY OF TYPE

[The Three Generations Press]

Etc. Type Etc. [Letterpress Typography Specimen / Private Press Production], A PRIVATE PRESS CELEBRATION OF TYPE, INK, AND THE ART OF PRINTING: 1981.

$60 $100 or less

VICTORIAN ADVERTISING — 1887

[Wells, Richardson & Co.]

The Diamond Dye Almanac, 1887. Household Guide., Victorian Advertising Almanac — Chromolithographed Niagara Falls Cover — Patent Medicines, Infant Foods, and Household Products

$35 $100 or less

THE BLUES, THE DEVIL & THE CROSSROADS - PRESS KIT

Hill, Walter, director; John Fusco, screenwriter.

Crossroads [Original Columbia Pictures Press Kit — 10 Publicity Stills, Production Information & Original Folder], A COLUMBIA PICTURES PRESS KIT FOR WALTER HILL'S DELTA BLUES ROAD MOVIE.

SOLD

THE ENGINEERED KITCHEN — c1917

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Sill Stove Works

Sterling Range [Illustrated Promotional Booklet], SELLING THE KITCHEN RANGE AS A PIECE OF MODERN ENGINEERING.

SOLD

Blind Horse Books ABAA

Richard Oates

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DeLand, Florida, 32724
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Returns: Items may be returned within 30 days of receipt if not as described. We stand behind all descriptions, edition statements, and attributions.

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Blind Horse Books is a member of the Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association of America (ABAA) and adheres to its Code of Ethics.

We specialize in travel, exploration, fine press, and documentary material, with particular emphasis on printed ephemera, maps, photographic archives, and institutional publications from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Our inventory regularly includes material appropriate for academic, library, and museum collections.

We work carefully with provenance, condition, and bibliographic accuracy, and stand fully behind all descriptions and attributions. Items are selected with long-term research and collecting value in mind.

Blind Horse Books is operated by Richard and Dottie Oates and based in DeLand, Florida. We have been active in the antiquarian book trade since 1999 and are members of the ABAA, FABA, IOBA, and the Ephemera Society of America.

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