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"WOMAN'S BUSINESS - MAN RAISING"; From Speeches of The Flying Squadron

[Temperance] - Geisel, Carolyn E. · 1915 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$82.50 (€74.85 | £62.44 | ¥13,176)

Indianapolis, Ind: Hanly & Stewart, 1915. 1st Printing. Brown wrappers stapled, black lettering, now housed in a mylar sleeve. 16 pp. One illustration on upper wrapper. 7-1/2" x 5-1/4". A VG+ copy, blue ink stamped on upper wrapper by the Flying Squadron Foundation. Light soil...

OLD YORKE INN.; Route 130

[Restaurant Menu - Hightstown, N.J.] · 1964 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$27.50 (€24.95 | £20.81 | ¥4,392)

Newark: Yogg & Co. Newark, N.J. 1964. 1st Printing. White card stock wrappers, full color illustration to upper wrapper, pink leaves with red and black lettering, one slip is white card stock with red lettering and typed in black. The other slip is white paper, typed in blue. ...

KELLY'S. TURRIS FORTIS MIHI DEUS.; Washington and Atlantic - Los Angeles

[Restaurant Menu - Los Angeles] · 1950 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$27.50 (€24.95 | £20.81 | ¥4,392)

Los Angeles: Martin Printing Co, 1950. 1st Printing. White, plasticized card stork, self wrappers, printed in green, blue and black, two "menu holder clips" glued in (no slip though), now housed in a mylar sleeve. Printed bifolium. Small illustration to upper wrapper. 16" x 11...

LAFFITE'S

[Restaurant Menu - Louisiana(?)] · 1950 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.62 | ¥8,784)

(n.p.): , 1950. 1st Printing. Card stock leaf, decorated like an old piece of paper, printed in black and red, now housed in a mylar sleeve. Broadside. Small vignette of a ship to head. 19-1/2" x 12-1/2". A VG copy. Edges a bit rubbed, vertical crease due to being folded, over...

TODAY'S SPECIALS - The NEW 20th CENTURY.; Cold Service Suggestions

[Railroad - Menu] · 1902 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$33.00 (€29.94 | £24.97 | ¥5,270)

(n.p): , (n.d.). 1st Printing. White paper, slipped into a larger card stock leaf, now housed in a mylar sleeve. Broadside, held in a large leave. 8-3/4" x 5". A VG copy. Some age toning and light soiling. We assume this menu to be from the 20th Century Limited passenger train...

PETRA, Or The EXCAVATED CITY, The Ancient Capital of the Land of Idumia, and JERUSALEM

[Advertising Broadside]. Swift, Mr. - Lecturer [presumed the Rev. Eli Smith, of Boston] · 1841 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$1,650.00 (€1,497.00 | £1,248.71 | ¥263,515)

Norwich: M. B. Young, Print, 1841. 1st printing. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Broadside, 13 lines of introductory text at top, over 2 columns of text describing the paintings to be exhibited. A job printing announcement, with the city, lecture location therein, day ...

INTERIOR VIEW - F. M. REICH JEWELRY STORE.; "The FAIR 226 S. SPRING L.A." [penciled verso annotation]

[Los Angeles Local History] · 1910 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$368.50 (€334.33 | £278.88 | ¥58,852)

[Los Angeles ?]: , (n. d.). Ca 1910. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Single b/w albumen photograph, with dark brown mount. Verso blank. Landscape orientation: 10-1/4" x 13-3/4". Slight bow to mount, with some edgewear [not, for the most part, affecting the image], bump...

BATTERY B 38th FIELD ARTILLERY. ARTILLERY BRIGADE (Camp Lewis Wash. Nov. 1918)

[Unit Photograph]. Hulbert, Robert W. - Photographer · 1918 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$137.50 (€124.75 | £104.06 | ¥21,960)

Tacoma: Robt. W. Hulbert, Souvenir Booklet Service, 1918. 1st Printing. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Photographer's imprint & pencil note to photograph verso. Oblong panoramic format: 7-1/4" x 18-7/8". Minor wear, a few nicks to the edges, right edge trimmed, still,...

LUNCH - CAMILLE'S ROTISSERIE.; Tendered by Mr. A. B. Spreckles to Mr. John McLeran Before his Departure for Europe

[Restaurant Menu - San Francisco] · 1923 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$110.00 (€99.80 | £83.25 | ¥17,568)

(San Francisco): , 1923. 1st Printing. White card stock, color illustration of three child at tail (two ballerinas and one bay in a suit) and one child dressed as a chef at the head, blue lettering, now housed in a mylar sleeve. Broadside. Color illustration of children. Appro...

CRILLO'S SPECIALTY KITCHEN.; Golden Gate International Exposition San Francisco 1939

[Restaurant Menu - San Francisco] · 1939 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$88.00 (€79.84 | £66.60 | ¥14,054)

San Francisco: Canessa Printing Co, 1939. 1st Printing. Illustrated, card stock wrappers, leaves printed in green and blue. Slip is printed in black and yellow ink to a white paper. All now housed in a mylar sleeve. 4 pp. unnumbered, in larger printed bifolium with slip. Illus...

BAYOU BELLE - BILL Of FARE. "Come When You Will. We Have A Welcome For Thee".; Bridgeton, Saint Charles, Saint Louis, Natchez, and New Orleans Passenger Packet

[Restaurant Menu - Bridgeton, Missouri] · 1970 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.62 | ¥8,784)

St. Louis, Mo: Cavanagh - Kelly, 1970. 1st Printing. Tan, card stock wrappers, black decorative lettering, soft pink illustration to verso of the wrappers. Menu is white card stock with pink and black lettering. All held together by black cord tie, now housed in a mylar sleeve...

COLONIAL SETTLEMENTS Of NEW ENGLAND.; A Directory of Over 1,000 Towns, Villages and Plantations During the American Colonial Period of 1607 - 1850

Herrick, Steven · 2016 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$16.50 (€14.97 | £12.49 | ¥2,635)

San Bernardino, Ca: Researched and Compiled by Steven Herrick. Self Published, 2016. 1st Edition thus. Pictorial wrappers. 64 pp. Two Images of maps. 11" x 8-1/2". A VG copy, edges a bit rubbed, internally clean and bright.

A DOZEN GAINS In A DOZEN YEARS - PROHIBITION HAS..

[Temperance] · 1932 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$33.00 (€29.94 | £24.97 | ¥5,270)

Evanston, Ill: Signal Press, 1932. 1st Printing. Single sheet, yellow paper, black lettering, now housed in a mylar sleeve. Broadside. 9" x 6". A VG copy, creased horizontally and vertically (from being folded), small tears at edges of creases, corners and edges rubbed, some s...

The BOSTON POST. Tuesday Morning, August 17, 1858. Vol. LIII. Number 40

[Mid-19th C. American Newspaper] · 1858 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$49.50 (€44.91 | £37.46 | ¥7,905)

Boston: , 1858. 1st Printing. Printed self-wrappers. Unpaginated, though 4 pages. 9 columns of text per page. Elephant folio: 30" x 23-3/4". Previously bound (?), with wear & a few short splits, along spine fold. Age-toning, and signs of use. Horizontal & vertical fold-line. P...

MONGOMERY STREET, LOOKING NORTH FROM CALIFORNIA.; 126

[San Francisco California Stereoview] · 1880 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$159.50 (€144.71 | £120.71 | ¥25,473)

San Francisco: Thomas Houseworth & Co, (n. d.). C. 1880s. One stereoview mounted on orange cardstock, rounded corners, flat. Two albumen photographs, mounted side-by-side, rounded tops. Oblong format: 3-1/4" x 6-7/8". A VG copy, hints of rubbing and soiling at edges, one ink m...

CORRESPONDENCE With The UNITED STATES AMBASSADOR Respecting The EXECUTION Of MISS CAVELL At BRUSSELS

[WWI / Nursing]. Cavell, Edith [d. 1915] · 1915 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$49.50 (€44.91 | £37.46 | ¥7,905)

London: Darling & Son, Limited, 1915. 1st printing. Printed blue paper covers, stapled. 24 pp. 9-5/8" x 6-1/8". Age-toning. Light wear, with faint corner crease in upper left. Very Good. Cavell an American nurse shot by the Germans, after an accusation of her assisting prisone...

POCKET DIARY. 1 January 1919 - 5 August 1919

Rhea, Ralph · 1919 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$247.50 (€224.55 | £187.31 | ¥39,527)

: , 1919. Commercial German 'Agenda' book, brown cloth spine over black flexible leather covers, with silver stamped 'Agenda' to front cover. Red edgestain. Pencil loop to rear cover fore-edge. ~ 190 pp [last 15 or so leaves blank], 2 printed days per page, of which through Au...

DEMOCRATIC MEMBERS Of The HOUSE Of REPRESENTATIVES, 1853

[Massachusetts Local / Political History] · 1853 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$192.50 (€174.65 | £145.68 | ¥30,743)

(n. p.): , 1853. 1st Printing. Broadside, printed on blue paper, 16-1/2" x 11". Light edgewear. Fold-lines [3 primary]. Bit of age-toning on the outer folds. Overall, Very Good. The broadside divided into two main columns, with each column having divers counties listed [left: ...

A HISTORY Of The OAKLAND SPEEDWAY 1931 - 1941; Volume 1, Tracks of the West

[California / Automobiles]. Motter, Tom · 2002 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$60.50 (€54.89 | £45.79 | ¥9,662)

Rancho Cordova, CA: Vintage Images, 2002. 1st Edition thus. Blue cloth lettered in silver to the spine. White and multicolored printed pictorial dust jacket, red and black lettering. xiv, 198 pp. Profusely illustrated with b/w photographic images. Oblong 8vo. 8-3/4" x 11". Fin...

INDOORS!; Volume 3, Tracks of the West

[California / Automobiles]. Motter, Tom · 2004 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.62 | ¥8,784)

Rancho Cordova, CA: Vintage Images, 2004. 1st Edition (presumed). Blue cloth lettered in silver to the spine. White and multicolored printed pictorial dust jacket, red and black lettering. xii, 194 pp. Profusely illustrated with b/w photographic images. Oblong 8vo. 8-3/4" x 11...