POEMS by Gage, Mrs. Frances Dana - 1872

[Olympia, WA], 1935. Silver gelatin composite photograph (250 x 200 mm) with small tear-off monthly calendar for 1936. Inscribed "Merry Christmas, The Bowmans". A few minor nicks and spots at the edges. Excellent, unused condition. A remarkable piece of early aviation ephemera, this calendar was produced as a Christmas greeting by the early female aviator Marguerite (Martie) Bowman (1901-1985) and her husband Leslie, also a pilot. It depicts Bowman flying in her WACO INF biplane, registration number NC625Y, in formation with two others, and includes portraits of Bowman, her husband, and their daughter Larnie Bowman Allen. We have learned from one of the Bowmans' grandchildren that Larnie joined the family profession, becoming a wing-walker at eight and soloing at twelve. The Bowmans established an aviation business together and, during the 1920s, 30s and 40s, Martie Bowman ferried planes from factories and regularly participated in air races. She competed in the 1930 Women's Dixie Air Derby from… Read More

Illustrated with 13 full-page Art Nouveau / Art Deco black-and-white wood engravings by Jo Daemen. Folio. Brown cloth, with decorative gilt vignette on cover. Rotterdam, W.L. & J. Brusse, 1927. First Edition. Limited to 700 copies, set in the Erasmus of S.H. de Roos, and printed on handmade Van Gelder paper by G.J. Thieme in Nijmegen. This copy # 98. Jo Daemen was a Dutch graphic designer, illustrator, draftsman, glass artist and poet. She began her training in 1907 at the School of Applied Arts in Haarlem. She became a book cover designer for Brusse publishers in Rotterdam in 1909, and went on to illustrate sheet music and short stories for the magazine De vrouw en haar huis. Daemen also wrote lyrics for the Bussum pianist and singer Jacoba Craamer. She worked for some time in the studio of the famous glass artist Willem Bogtman. In 1919 Daemen became a member of the Nederlandsche Vereeniging voor Ambachts- en Nijverheidskunst (V.A.N.K.). The objective of the socialist-oriented association was to… Read More

New York: Philip Goodman, 1918. First Edition, First Issue. Hardcover. Octavo, 218 pages; VG; contemporary full navy cloth binding; spine with yellow lettering; mild shelf wear and soiling; previous owner's bookplate at front pastedown; bookplate offset; publisher's name misspelled at title page 'Ppilip Goodman'; pages clean; CX consignment; NOTE: Shelved in Room G. 1346326. Special Collections.

NBM Publishing, 2014. Hardcover. Used- Near Fine Condition. Book is clean and tight. Book shows very light shelf wear. Binding is slightly bent toward the front cover. 4" light indentation in back cover. Appears unread. No markings on the inside of the book. Photos are of the book we have here at Barbed Wire Books. Beautiful, bright, crisp copy!

Unfortunately, not much is known about the photographer Diby Yao Christophe, but his photo book, Du twist à cocody, ou l'art de la natte, is an amazing document of hairstyles from the Ivory Coast of the 1970s.

This very scarce book was made between April 1970 and June 1972, in collaboration with the Institut d'Ethno-Sociologie
in Abidjan, which was at the time of publication the capital of the Ivory Coast. Interestingly, the book was published in French and English, by the French publisher Éditions Dalfoz, in 1972, translated by Timothy and Kathryn Weiskel.
Christophe ends his book with this very powerful statement:
"Why do some of our stylish women prefere [sic] bleached hair or wigs to genuine African creations? One's real hair, in my opinion, is worth more than faked hair, and an art evolved over time is always better than imported styles of others. I meet many of you who pretend to be European, trying to dress and act like white women.
Oh, my Black Sisters, why are you trying to forget… Read More

[Olympia, WA], 1935. Silver gelatin composite photograph (250 x 200 mm) with small tear-off monthly calendar for 1936. Inscribed "Merry Christmas, The Bowmans". A few minor nicks and spots at the edges. Excellent, unused condition. A remarkable piece of early aviation ephemera, this calendar was produced as a Christmas greeting by the early female aviator Marguerite (Martie) Bowman (1901-1985) and her husband Leslie, also a pilot. It depicts Bowman flying in her WACO INF biplane, registration number NC625Y, in formation with two others, and includes portraits of Bowman, her husband, and their daughter Larnie Bowman Allen. We have learned from one of the Bowmans' grandchildren that Larnie joined the family profession, becoming a wing-walker at eight and soloing at twelve. The Bowmans established an aviation business together and, during the 1920s, 30s and 40s, Martie Bowman ferried planes from factories and regularly participated in air races. She competed in the 1930 Women's Dixie Air Derby from… Read More

Illustrated with 13 full-page Art Nouveau / Art Deco black-and-white wood engravings by Jo Daemen. Folio. Brown cloth, with decorative gilt vignette on cover. Rotterdam, W.L. & J. Brusse, 1927. First Edition. Limited to 700 copies, set in the Erasmus of S.H. de Roos, and printed on handmade Van Gelder paper by G.J. Thieme in Nijmegen. This copy # 98. Jo Daemen was a Dutch graphic designer, illustrator, draftsman, glass artist and poet. She began her training in 1907 at the School of Applied Arts in Haarlem. She became a book cover designer for Brusse publishers in Rotterdam in 1909, and went on to illustrate sheet music and short stories for the magazine De vrouw en haar huis. Daemen also wrote lyrics for the Bussum pianist and singer Jacoba Craamer. She worked for some time in the studio of the famous glass artist Willem Bogtman. In 1919 Daemen became a member of the Nederlandsche Vereeniging voor Ambachts- en Nijverheidskunst (V.A.N.K.). The objective of the socialist-oriented association was to… Read More

New York: Philip Goodman, 1918. First Edition, First Issue. Hardcover. Octavo, 218 pages; VG; contemporary full navy cloth binding; spine with yellow lettering; mild shelf wear and soiling; previous owner's bookplate at front pastedown; bookplate offset; publisher's name misspelled at title page 'Ppilip Goodman'; pages clean; CX consignment; NOTE: Shelved in Room G. 1346326. Special Collections.

NBM Publishing, 2014. Hardcover. Used- Near Fine Condition. Book is clean and tight. Book shows very light shelf wear. Binding is slightly bent toward the front cover. 4" light indentation in back cover. Appears unread. No markings on the inside of the book. Photos are of the book we have here at Barbed Wire Books. Beautiful, bright, crisp copy!

Unfortunately, not much is known about the photographer Diby Yao Christophe, but his photo book, Du twist à cocody, ou l'art de la natte, is an amazing document of hairstyles from the Ivory Coast of the 1970s.

This very scarce book was made between April 1970 and June 1972, in collaboration with the Institut d'Ethno-Sociologie
in Abidjan, which was at the time of publication the capital of the Ivory Coast. Interestingly, the book was published in French and English, by the French publisher Éditions Dalfoz, in 1972, translated by Timothy and Kathryn Weiskel.
Christophe ends his book with this very powerful statement:
"Why do some of our stylish women prefere [sic] bleached hair or wigs to genuine African creations? One's real hair, in my opinion, is worth more than faked hair, and an art evolved over time is always better than imported styles of others. I meet many of you who pretend to be European, trying to dress and act like white women.
Oh, my Black Sisters, why are you trying to forget… Read More