Seattle: Seattle Symphony, 1970. Program for the Seattle Symphony signed by renowned Swedish soprano Birgit Nilsson on her program listing. In Very Good condition with a single creased edge. View More...
The 1924 Paris Olympics ushered in many innovations that remain Olympic traditions. The games became the first to feature the Olympic motto, Citius, Altius, Fortius [Faster, Higher, Stronger.] The organizers built cabins near the stadium in Colombes to allow the athletes convenient access to the stadiums. The first Winter Games, retroactively named, occurred in January of 1942. A massive marketing campaign produced millions of promotional material including Luggage Labels, Poster Stamps, Stamps, Cigarette & Cigar Labels, and Posters, many of which displayed the first emblem created for an Olym... View More...
The Georgian Room Restaurant is a classic dining room in the Fairmont Olympic Hotel that has served as the social hub of Seattle for many decades. Decorated in a traditional Georgian style the restaurant served fine food to locals and tourists alike. Menu features prime rib dinner for a little over three dollars. Bi-fold with cover art depicting men and women in Georgian dress. Very Good with edgewear and creasing to the corners. View More...
The Georgian Room Restaurant is a classic dining room in the Fairmont Olympic Hotel that has served as the social hub of Seattle for many decades. Decorated in a traditional Georgian style the restaurant served fine food to locals and tourists alike. Menu features prime rib dinner for a little over three dollars. Bi-fold with cover art depicting men and women in Georgian dress. Edgewear, loss of paper to lower right front panel. Good. View More...
The Georgian Room Restaurant is a classic dining room in the Fairmont Olympic Hotel that has served as the social hub of Seattle for many decades. Decorated in a traditional Georgian style the restaurant served fine food to locals and tourists alike. Menu features prime rib dinner for a little over three dollars. Bi-fold with cover art depicting men and women in Georgian dress. Very Good with edgewear and creasing to the corners. View More...
Garden City: Hanover House, 1958. Paperback. First edition, first printing. Comics featuring the mischievous alter boy. Rubbing to the corners and spine ends, Very Good. View More...
NY: Viking, 2006. First US Edition. Essays on the history of reading. Two promotional letters and a fold-out poster depicting the timeline of reading are laid-in. Near Fine with mild edgewear. View More...
CA: Scrimshaw Press, 1974. Paperback. An ode to outsider fashion designs of the 1960's and 1970's. Includes early works by Kaisik Wong, very young Laurel Birch and the Cockettes in full costume. Fine with a hint of shelf wear. View More...
New York: Automobile Club of America, 1927. Slim guide on traveling from New York to Florida and parts in between. Includes strip maps and hotel suggestions. Several charming vignettes on the cover.7pp. Staple Bound. Chipping to the lower right corner. Very Good. View More...
Knopf: New York, 1992. Signed by Barnes on the title page. Unusual chapbook style promotional copy with text from the first chapter of The Porcupine. 29 pp. Staple-bound in olive green wrappers decorated with an unattributed woodcut. Fine. View More...
Britain: The Baynard Press,1926. Booklet advertising travel to Norway on the Royal Mail Steamship Arcadia. Descriptions of the various stopping points accompanied by photographic vignettes. Fold-out map consisting of the North and Baltic Seas. Oversized fold-out deck plan displaying detailed floor plans for all six levels of the Arcadia. Cover art by ?FB?. 21pp. Staple-bound. Ownership stamp from the Royal Mail Office in Seattle, light soiling to wrappers, missing one page. Good only. View More...
Photographically illustrated guidebook to the major attractions in Belgium. Published by Canadian Pacific to advertise transatlantic travel to Europe. Pasted in advertisement for Belgium?s Centenary Exposition. 36 pp. Staple-Bound. Minor rubbing to the pictorial wrappers. Very Good. View More...
RMS Empress of Britain was a steam-powered luxury ocean liner built between 1928 and 1931 for the Canadian Pacific Railway Company. The boat hosted King George VI and Queen Elizabeth on their trip from Canada to the United Kingdom in 1939. Brochure that folds out to a poster displaying photographs and descriptions of the many amenities on board the ship. Detailed deck plans of the ship are depicted on the verso. Minor soiling, two small splits along the folds. Very Good. View More...