Search Results: AMERICANA from Champ & Mabel Collectibles

Chicago: Missions-Vännens Expedition, 1933. Embossed cloth. Good/No Jacket. 112p. Name on fly leaf, moisture stain and a bit of warping on top page edges on last few pages. Almanac for Swedish immigrants to the United States for 1933. Text in Swedish. B&w decorations and photographs. (6-3/4"x4-7/8")

Pittsburgh, Penn.: Croatian Fraternal Union of America, 1939. Soft Cover. Good+. 38p. Cover stained, name on front cover. B&w photographs. Wire bound. (11"x8-1/2")

[Montpelier, Vermont]: Vermont Bureau of Publicity, 1931. Stapled wraps. Very good. 7p. Leaflet creased with stain on top, staples oxidized. Speech by the Vermont governor encouraging Bostonians to move to Vermont where the standard of living is less than in the big city. Broadcast from Boston radio station WBZ, July 25, 1931. (9"x6")

Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1951. Leaflet. Very good. Single sheet has been folded twice into four panels, text on recto . Along the right side are three pocket-sized instructions to be carried in pockets or wallets. (11"x8-1/2")

Chicago: Jugoslav Directory & Almanac Publishing, 1926. Cloth. Very good/No Jacket. [290p.] Endpapers toned, a few pages have minimal pencil markings, cover has fade spots on front and scratches on back with corners lightly worn. Designed for the Yugoslavian communities of Croats, Serbs, and Slovenes in the United States, including contemporary advertisements, articles of interest to these communities, fraternal organizations, and a partial directory of countrymen and women in the United States. Some text in English. B&w photographs. (10-1/2"x7")

New York: Twayne Publishers, 1956. (First Edition). Cloth. Very Good/Good+. Joseph, George. [189p.] A few pages foxed, jacket edges have small tears and edges scraped. "A hilarious yet profound treatment of American attitudes on everything from poets to plumbing." B&w illustrations. (8-3/4"x5-3/4")

Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1951. Leaflet. Very good. Single sheet, double-sided, folded into 10 panels. Crease on top front corner. Includes maps, points of interest, history of the area, recreation areas, and accommodations. Laid in "Information to Supplement 1951 Blue Ridge Parkway Folder." Blue text and map and blue-toned photographs. (Folded - 9-1/2"x4"; unfolded - 9-1/2"x40")

Paterson, New Jersey: C.M Herrick, Book & Job Printer, 1894. Stapled wraps. Very good. [16p.] Staples oxidized. Member certification page completed for 1904. (5"x3-1/2")

Chicago: Century of Progress, 1934. Softcover. Very good. Some offsetting of plates. Wire spiral binding. 30 color plates. (8-1/2"x11-1/4")

Chicago: Chicago Association of Commerce, [1935?]. Stapled wraps. Very good. Unpaginated (approx. 66p.) Wrap edges lightly scraped. A promotional and pictorial review of Chicago, Illinois, in the 1930s highlighting its business environment. Includes photos and information about its buildings, location, financial services, government offices, newspapers, libraries, universities, colleges and schools, churches, parks, museums, monuments, concert halls, hospitals, department and specialty stores, candy manufacturers, publishers, meat packers, food products, transportation, aviation, power resources, hotels, restaurants, sports facilities, theaters, and other places of interest. B&w maps and photographs. (6-1/4"x9-1/2")

Chimney Rock, North Carolina: Chimney Rock Co., [1950?]. Leaflet. Very good. Single sheet, double-sided, folded into 4 panels. Brochure. B&w illustrations and b&w and color photographs. (Folded - 9"x4"; unfolded - 9"x16")

Los Angeles: Japanese American National Museum, 1993. Softcover. Good +. 66p. Cover corners worn and front top corner creased. A "limited edition retrospective of the Japanese American National Museum from 1985 through 1993" in Los Angeles, California. Laid in a letter dated February 1994 from the Chairman of the Board of Trustees and the Executive Director & President of the museum in appreciation of contributions toward the publishing of this book. B&w photographs. (12"x9")

[Chicago]: Fenger High School, 1940. Leaflet. Very good. Single sheet, double-sided, folded into 3 panels. Stains on front and lightly creased. Laid in creased single sheet with Fenger High School alma mater. Program for the commencement exercises with list of graduates and class officers. Blue text.(Folded - 8-1/8"x5-3/4"; unfolded - 8-1/8"x17-1/8")

1982. Saddle bound. Very good. 57p. Cover spine slightly sunned. B&w photographs. (11"x8-1/2")

St. Louis: Scruggs-Vandervoort-Barney, [1922?]. Stapled wraps. Very good. Unpaginated (approx. 8p.) Promotional brochure for the Scruggs Vandervoort Barney department store to be distributed to the American Medical Association convention attendees featuring the store's services and sights of interest in St. Louis. B&w illustrations. (5-3/4"x4")

[Fort Myers, Florida]: [Thomas A. Edison Winter Home], [1950?]. Stapled wraps. Good. Unpaginated (approx. 48p.) Pages and back wrap moisture stained. Biography of Thomas Alva Edison and a guide to his Fort Myers Winter Home with an emphasis on flora. B&w illustrations and photographs. (6"x4")

Cedar Rapids, Iowa: Cedar Rapids Public Library, 1996. Softcover. Very good. [x], 81p. Gift note on inside front cover, cover corners lightly worn, back cover and last few pages have a vertical crease near fore edge. History of the Cedar Rapids Public Library. B&w photographs. (8-1/2"x11")

[Tallahassee, Florida]: [Department of Agriculture], [1933]. Brochure. Very good. Brochure for Florida's exhibition at the Chicago World's Fair, 1933-1934. Includes brief accounts of the history, recreation, homes, health, agriculture, and industry of Florida with a list of the exhibit units. Single sheet, double-sided, folded into 4 panels. (Folded - 9"x4"; unfolded - 9"x16")

[s.l.]: [s.n.], [n.d.]. Leaflet. Very good. Single sheet, double-sided, folded into 2 panels. Information regarding the Fontana Dam, North Carolina, near the Tennessee line in the Great Smoky Mountains that was part of the Tennessee Valley Authority water control system for flood control and power generation. Leaflet. B&w photographs and map. (Folder - 8-1/2"x5-1/2"; unfolded - 8-1/2"x11")

Berkeley, California: McCutchan Publishing Corp., 1971. Stapled Paper Wraps. Very Good. [vi], 67p. Cover edges scraped. (9"x6")