NYC Menu
Menu from Reuben's Restaurant New York
NY: Reubens, 1950

13" x 10". Fold-out menu and cocktail & liquor list. Illustrated cover. Good+, covers are toned, with hand soil and minor staining, light middle fold. Arnold Reuben founded his restaurant in 1908; it moved to 6 East 58th St in 1935 and is illustrated on the front, along with caricatures of 16 of the restaurant's celebrity customers. The menu is not dated - circa 1950's, based on prices. The menu offers 44 "famous sandwiches", each named for a celebrity, including Jack Benny, Judy Garland, Milton Berle, Ed Sullivan, and Jackie Gleason.
Inventory number #014367

Trade Catalogue
GKS Suntone Furniture. Catalog No. 6R
Evansville, IN: George Koch Sons, 1940

Quarto. 16 pp; profuse b/w photographs on every page showing the furniture. Staple bound with illustrated cover. Includes original order form, return envelope, and discount notice. VG, a clean, unmarked copy; covers show light soil. The catalog introduces Suntone, the company's new line of wrought iron furniture. Illustrated are table and chair sets, chaise lounge, small tables for lamps, plant stands, wall shelves, and more.
Inventory number #014366

Trade Catalogue
Illustrated Catalogue of Bottling Machinery, Brewer's Requisites, Aerated Water Machinery, Hotel and Bar Supplies, Etc.
London: L. Lumley & Co., Ltd., 1912

Quarto. xxiii, 672 pp; b/w illustrations on every page, a few enhanced with silver highlights; a few tipped-in specification sheets or multiple-pp catalogs, extensive 18-pp index. Tan cloth with brown stamped lettering on cover and spine; grommeted hole at top corner at spine for hanging on a string.
Inventory number #014365

Donnelley, Gaylord
To Be a Good Printer: Our Four Commitments
Chicago: R.R. Donnelley & Sons, 1977

First edition. Octavo. xiii, 110 pp; frontispiece portrait of author & portraits of four family members. Gilt-stamped two-tone brown cloth. Fine, a clean, unmarked copy.
Inventory number #014357

von Solodkoff, Alexander
Russian Gold and Silver
London: Trefoil Books, 1981

Square quarto. 238 pp; over 200 b/w & color illustrations; lists of makers; Russian town marks, index of marks & signatures; bibliography; index. Brown cloth with gilt-lettered spine with dustjacket. Near Fine/Near Fine, a clean, unmarked copy. A well-illustrated history of Russian gold and silverwork from the 17th to 19th centuries.
Inventory number #014350

Innes-Smtih, Robert
Notable Derbyshire Houses
Derby: Derbyshire Countryside Limited, 1972

Quarto. 135 pp; profuse b/w photographs with some in color. Red textured cloth with dustjacket; illustrated endpapers. VG/VG, a clean, unmarked copy; price-clipped jacket, spine toned and ends lightly chipped.
Inventory number #014345

Tobias, Tobi
An Umbrella Named Umbrella
NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1976

First printing. Octavo. 45 pp; illustrated by Lady McCrady. Green cloth-backed boards with dustjacket. Near Fine/VG, a clean, unmarked copy; unclipped jacket lightly soiled. A Chinese paper umbrella, lost on the upper west side of New York City, passes through the hands of many people, including a cleaning matron, street gang, alcoholic vagrant, and piano teacher, before it gets home to its loving little mistress again.
Inventory number #014344

McPhee, John
Irons in the Fire
NY: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1997

Octavo. 216 pp. Tan paper-covered hardcover with dustjacket. Near Fine/Near Fine, a clean, tight unmarked copy; jacket crisp with no wear. A collection of seven essays, originally appearing in The New Yorker.
Inventory number #014343

Fiell, Charlotte & Peter, ed.
Decorative Art 60s: A Source Book
Cologne: Taschen, 2000

Quarto. 575 pp; thousands of b/w & color illustrations; index. Text in English/German/French. Flexible binding. VG, a clean, unmarked copy with minimal cover wear. This is an excellent visual reference to the interiors and decorative arts of the 1960s. The editors have compiled highlights from the "Decorative Art" yearbooks published by Studio magazine.
Inventory number #014342

Drexler, Arthur
Transformations in Modern Architecture
NY: Distributed by New York Graphic Society, 1979

Quarto. 168 pp; 352 b/w photographs; list of architects. Paperback with deep gate fold illustrated covers. VG, a clean, unmarked copy. The exhibition on which this book is based took place at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, from February 23 - April 24, 1979.
Inventory number #014340

Bargiel-Harry, Rejane et al
La Petite Reine: le Velo en Affiches a la Fin du XIXeme: 31 mai-23 septembre 1979 au muse de l'Affiche
Paris: Musee de l'Affiche, 1979

Oblong quarto. Unpaginated, [50] pp, includes 110 images of bicycle posters, in color & b/w illustrations; bibliography. Text in French.. Paperback with bright yellow image on front cover. Near Fine, a tight, unmarked copy, tiny bump to bottom corner.
Inventory number #014339

Dain, Phyllis
The New York Public Library: A Universe of Knowledge
London: Scala Publishers, 2000

First edition. Octavo. 144 pp; numerous color & b/w illustrations. Glossy paperback. Near Fine, a long gift inscription of front free endpaper, else an unmarked copy. A richly illustrated history of the New York Public Library, founded in 1895.
Inventory number #014338

Coddington, Grace with Michael Roberts
Grace: A Memoir
NY: Random House, 2012

First printing. Quarto. 333 pp; well-illustrated with color & b/w photographs. Orange paper-covered hardcover with dustjacket. Near Fine/VG, a clean, unmarked copy with tight binding; unclipped jacket with slight wear to bottom of spine. A memoir from Grace Coddington, Vogue's longtime creative director, and a former model.
Inventory number #014336

Parke-Bernet Galleries
French Provincial Furniture & French Garden Furniture and Statuary Assembled by Mme Renee Guibal, Haut du Val (near Versailles)
NY: Parke-Bernet Galleries, 1952

Octavo. 81 pp; b/w photographs of various items. 411 lots. Wraps. VG, minor toning to covers, one corner creased. Sale no. 1353, Wednesday & Thursday May 28-29, 1952.
Inventory number #014331

[Trade Catalogue] Dairy Equipment
Tubular "A" Cream Separators, Price List
West Chester, PA: Sharples Separator Co., n.d.

n.d., ca. 1909. Measures 6.25" x 3.5." 24 pp; lots of b/w & one color illustrations. Color illustrated wraps. VG, a clean, unmarked copy; covers bright, no wear. A sales promotion brochure demonstrating ease of use and labor saving, with illustrations showing women operating various models. Tubular A cream separators are designed to be used at dairies with up to 10 cows.
Inventory number #014324

[Ephemera] Rock & Roll
Family Dog Postcard. Crowds Bug You? 1967 Jul 1 Thursday Night Show John H. Myers
San Francisco: Family Dog Productions, 1967

5" H x 14" W. Avalon Ballroom Thursday night show promotion postcard designed by John H. Myers. 1967 July 1 Thursday Night Show. Illustrated stiff card. VG-, vertical creasing on right side, pin holes in corners; reverse side blank with no writing, lightly toned. Great psychedelic graphics.
Inventory number #014321

Mosley, Walter [Signed]
A Little Yellow Dog
NY: W.W. Norton, 1996

First printing. Octavo. 300 pp. Hardcover with dustjacket. Fine/Fine, a crisp unmarked copy; unclipped jacket shows no wear. Inscribed by author on title page. First issue of Ransom Notes, Barnes & Noble's mystery newsletter, laid in.
Inventory number #014314

Mosley, Walter [Signed]
Bad Boy Brawly Brown
Boston: Little, Brown, 2002

First printing. Octavo. 311 pp. Hardcover with dustjacket. Fine/Fine, a crisp unmarked copy; unclipped jacket shows no wear. Signed by author on title page. REVIEW COPY with press release and publisher letter laid in.
Inventory number #014313

Mosley, Walter [Signed]
Blonde Faith [Advanced Reading Copy, Signed]
Boston: Little Brown, 2008

Advanced Reading Copy. Octavo. 310 pp. Paperback. Fine, a crisp unmarked copy. Signed by author on title page. The tenth novel in the author's "Easy Rawlins" series of mysteries,
Inventory number #014311

Mosley, Walter [Signed]
RL's Dream
NY: W.W. Norton, 1995

First printing. Octavo. 267 pp. Cloth-backed hardcover with dustjacket. Fine/Near Fine, a clean unmarked copy; unclipped jacket with no wear. INSCRIBED by author on title page.
Inventory number #014309