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Trade Catalogue of Rentable Dress Costumes

Trade Catalogue of Rentable Dress Costumes

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$950.00
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Seller: Type Punch Matrix
Title
Trade Catalogue of Rentable Dress Costumes
Seller
Type Punch Matrix (United States)
Condition
Very good plus.
Description
Derby: n.p., 1920. Very good plus.. Original photograph album of a variety of costumes and accessories able to be rented from a photography studio in Derby, England, including outfits emblematic of the Imperial mindset of the 1920s. Clowns, court pages in awfully short shorts, and a powder puff are just a few of the variety of fancy dress costumes to be rented from the County Carnival Stores (and photograph studio) in Derby - "an unlimited selection at reasonable prices" as described by the DERBY DAILY TELEGRAPH in September 1921, intended to be worn to events and celebrations. The outfits in this album range from the charming (a butterfly costume with wings and a matching hat with antennae) to the strange (who wants to dress up like a target?!) to the nationalist (the helmet, trident, and Union Flag-emblazoned shield of Britannia). Most notably, several costumes are of cultural dress, including a "Hindoo Rajah" and a "Spanish Gipsy," as well as "Scotch Dress," with a kilt and sporran. The accessories continue this theme: alongside fezzes, Native American headdresses, and turbans there are no fewer than 12 British military hats and helmets. The inclusion of these costumes speaks to the prevailing nationalism of the British Isles at the time, rebounding from the traumas of WWI while suppressing the rising volume of protests in the British Raj and elsewhere around the Empire. The photograph studio predates the costume arm of the business, with this album likely being produced around 1920 and then stamped with the County Carnival Stores name sometime after; we find the earliest mention of the carnival name in 1924. This is reinforced by the label and price changes over the years. An attractive snapshot of both a cultural mindset and the history of having fun. 5.25'' x 3.25'' (most photographs); 7'' x 10.25'' (album). Original brown cloth boards with title stamped in black to front and rear. 26 photographs laid onto leaves recto and verso, 11 hand-colored, many with printed location "County Studios 1 & 2 Bold Lane Derby" printed to lower edge; 108 small black-and-white illustrated cutouts of hats and other accessories. Photos and illustrations all with captions, many on printed labels pasted over earlier captions. [8] thick leaves. Scattered pencil annotations. Binding with light edgewear, some soil; a bit shaken. Leaves with scattered faint soil, some photos with mild rubbing. Firm.
The Looming Tower Al-Queda and The Road to 9/11

The Looming Tower Al-Queda and The Road to 9/11 by WRIGHT, Lawrence

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Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA
Title
The Looming Tower Al-Queda and The Road to 9/11
Author
WRIGHT, Lawrence
Seller
Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA (United States)
Description
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2006. First edition. Softcover. Velobound proof of this very well received book which won the Pulitzer Prize and was a finalist for the National Book Award. This book was also the basis for a mini-series with Jeff Daniels and Peter Sarsgaard. A very near fine copy with a slight lean. Scarce in this format.
The Grolier Club of The City of New York: Officers, Committees, Constitution, By-Laws, House Rules, Members, Annual Reports

The Grolier Club of The City of New York: Officers, Committees, Constitution, By-Laws, House Rules, Members, Annual Reports

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Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA
Title
The Grolier Club of The City of New York: Officers, Committees, Constitution, By-Laws, House Rules, Members, Annual Reports
Seller
Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA (United States)
Description
New York: The Grolier Club, 1910. First edition. Small hardcover. 145 pages. Printed in an edition of only 500 copies. A very good partially unopened copy in paper covered boards with vellum spine that has some darkening and some minor wear and slight foxing. No dust jacket.
Berenice Abbott

Berenice Abbott by ABBOTT, Berenice

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Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA
Title
Berenice Abbott
Author
ABBOTT, Berenice
Seller
Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA (United States)
Description
Winchester, MA: Lee Gallery, 1999. First edition. Exhibition brochure for a show that ran September 1999. Single sheet folded twice to create 6 pages. Includes 16 black and white images. A very good plus copy. Uncommon.
Literature and Liberalism: An Anthology of Sixty Years of The New Republic

Literature and Liberalism: An Anthology of Sixty Years of The New Republic by ZWICK, Edward. (Malcolm Cowley)

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Seller: Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
Title
Literature and Liberalism: An Anthology of Sixty Years of The New Republic
Author
ZWICK, Edward. (Malcolm Cowley)
Seller
Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9780915220069
Condition
Near Fine
Description
Washington, D.C.: The New Republic Book Company, 1976. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition, hardcover issue. Quarto. Foxing on the page edges, else near fine in very good or better dustwrapper with modest age-toning and a short tear. Excellent anthology containing a who's who of modern writers, uncommon in the hardcover issue. This is contributor Malcolm Cowley's copy with a letter from the publisher to Cowley sending the book.
MY AWKWARD COUSIN

MY AWKWARD COUSIN by ANONYMOUS

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Title
MY AWKWARD COUSIN
Author
ANONYMOUS
Seller
Antic Hay Books (United States)
Description
American Sunday-School Union, 1848. [ANONYMOUS]. MY AWKWARD COUSIN; Or, Caroline's Visit To Her Great-Aunt's Poultry Yard. Illustrated. Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union, [1848]. 16mo., embossed gray-green cloth. First Edition. An uncommon title. Very Good (some wear to extremities & intermittent stains in text; gilt on spine bright). $125.00.
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Poliakoff: Oeuvres recentes by Zervos, Christian

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Seller: Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
Title
Poliakoff: Oeuvres recentes
Author
Zervos, Christian
Seller
Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (United States)
Condition
VG
Description
Paris: Galerie Knoedler / Galerie Berggruen, 1959. Softcover. VG. Color illus. stapled wraps; Unpaginated, approx. 24 pp.; 1 bw photo; 8 plates, 2 color and 6 bw. Text in French; Includes an essay by Christian Zervos, as well as a chronology of the artist's life.

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