Performing Arts from Citation Books, ABAA/ ILAB

Original lithographed poster on cardboard measuring 22 inches by 14 inches promoting the upcoming magic show at Denver, Colorado's City Auditorium. Undated but circa 1949. Margins & verso toned, slight foxing, trace edge wear, otherwise near fine. A splendid poster with strong visual appeal which was probably never displayed. Apparently quite an event, the show featured Sir Felix Korim, S. Juhasz Shepard,… Read more about this item

Original poster on cardboard measuring 22 inches by 14 inches promoting the upcoming magic show at the Proctor High School Auditorium probably in Minnesota. Undated but circa 1940's. Moderately toned mostly evident in the margins & verso, light soiling & foxed, brief edge wear, otherwise very good. A splendid poster with strong visual appeal which was apparently never displayed.

Original poster on heavy card stock measuring 22 inches by 14 inches promoting the upcoming magic show at "Bluffs Gymn" probably in Junction City, Kansas which was sponsored by the F.F.A. (Future Farmers of America). Undated but circa 1940's. The bottom of the poster is completed in manuscript providing place, time, date, & sponsor. "On the Stage - In Person"… Read more about this item

Montreal, Canada: Les Productions Claude Vignon, Inc., no date (circa 1970's). Marquee poster on medium paper measuring 22.5 inches by 17.5 inches featuring provocative illustrations from photographs. Couple of almost indiscernible short creases, trace edge wear, otherwise near fine. A visually compelling poster for a production for which we were unable to find any information. The illustrations, however, indicate it was quite… Read more about this item

[Paris]: Chez "Eve"/ Ateliers M. A. D., no date (1938 ?). First edition. Oblong octavo (7.25" x 8.5"), 12 unnumbered pages, with illustrations throughout from photographs often featuring "les Jolies Filles d'Eve" who generally pose sans attire. Publisher's pictorial stapled paper wraps, with whimisical cover illustration by Auguste Liquois. Slight edge wear, lightly foxed, small loss in the lower margin of… Read more about this item

London: Kegan Paul,Trench, Trubner & Co., 1922. First edition. Octavo (8.75" x 5.75") viii & 333 pages, indexed. Publisher's maroon cloth lettered in gilt on the spine. Slight wear at spine extremities & corners, foxing/ offsetting at endpapers & pastedowns, otherwise near fine. Sydney Grew & wife Eve also wrote a book on Bach which was a title in the Master Musicians… Read more about this item

[Nashville Tennessee: Radio station WSM], no date (ca. 1942). First edition. Oblong octavo (8.5" x 5.25"), 48 pages, with illustrations from photographs. Publisher's pictorial stapled paper wraps opening from the top. Moderately toned & lightly soiled, slight edge wear, otherwise very good or better. The introduction by Albert E. Gibson, who was Promotion Manager for Radio Station WSM, provides a brief biography… Read more about this item

San Francisco: published by the club, no date (pre zipcode, 1950's?). Promotional brochure, bifolium, light card stock, single sheet measuring 7.25 inches by 8 inches folded once vertically, illustrated including a two page spread of the performers in drag, with suggestions "for your drinking pleasure" on the rear panel offering Scotch for $1.15 and other distilled spirits at $1.10. Slightly soiled,… Read more about this item

Volume 1. The Hillbilly and Western Scrap Book, Over 100 Stars, Personal Autographs [in facsimile], Caricatures, Cartoons, Over 125 Pictures, 45 Biographies. With: Volume 2. The Hillbilly and Western Scrapbook, Photographs, Biographies, Autographs. Over 200 Stars of Radio, Television, Stage and Screen. (cover titles). Cincinnati, Ohio: Scrapbook Publishers/ Jordan O. Zimmerman (copyright), 1949 & 1950. First editions Oblong quartos (8.5" x 11"),… Read more about this item

New York: Wm. A. Pond, (1864). First edition. Small oblong quarto (6.75" x 10"), 79 & [1] pages. Publisher's pictorial paper wraps. Small losses at the spine, wraps soiled, modest edge wear, previous owner's signature in ink at the left side of the front cover (possibly A.H. Douglas who sold musical instruments in New Jersey), occasional foxing, last leaf with 1.25… Read more about this item

[New York]: Earl Carroll, undated, circa 1930's. Seven half tone color cards from photographs on thick card stock measuring approximately 5 & 5/16 inches by 3 & 3/8 inches. Five of the cards read "Earl Carroll's Vanities, Made in the U.S.A," two read "Made in the U.S.A" only. Toned mostly on the versos, couple of small scuffs on the backs of… Read more about this item

[Orangeburg, South Carolina]: unpublished, September, 1950 - June, 1956. Quarto (10.5" x 8.25"), 154 pages recorded in different hands & inks in "Standard Blank Book No. 21." Binding a bit rubbed & soiled, otherwise very good & internally about fine. A voluminous account of this auspicious group providing minutes, membership rolls, summaries of educational presentations, and often descriptions of performances & events.… Read more about this item

New York: Orion Press, 1970. First American edition. Octavo (8.25 x 5.5"), 439 pages, profusely illustrated. Publisher's black cloth lettered in blue & silver, in pictorial dust jacket. Top edge stained blue. Margins slightly sunned, otherwise fine in near very good, lightly soiled dust jacket with edge wear including modertate losses mostly at the bottom of the rear panel. "It is… Read more about this item

Cavendish, Vermont: Baptist Church, 1885. Original broadside/ handbill, octavo (9.25" x 6") printed in black ink on light paper. This copy signed faintly in ink at the upper margin by Hudson: "Please admit Mr. & Mrs. [?] Ward, Complimentary, Mrs. H.B. Hudson." Old folds, edge wear including nicks & short tears, signature faded, otherwise Good. Although from Brooklyn, Mrs. Hudson apparently spent… Read more about this item

No place [Havana ?]: Revista Musical Cubana, 1952. Broadside Handbill, octavo (8.75" x 5.5"), 1 pp., with separate publicity photo of Santos (5.25" 3.5"), rubber-stamoed on the verso apparently relative to his later tour of Venezuala. Broadside with small losses at the corners affecting one letter, old folds, toned, otherwise good or better. Photo corner creased, some loss of emulsion in… Read more about this item

New York: Th. Lacombe, May 15, 1852. Printed & decorated paper wraps, sewn.. New York: Th. Lacombe, volume 1, number 1, "15 Mai, 1852." First & probably only edition. Quarto (11.5 x 8.25"), 12 pages printed in two columns plus covers. Original printed & decorated paper wraps, sewn. Text in French & English. OCLC finds a single copy at the New… Read more about this item

Union, South Carolina: Federation of South Carolina Music Clubs, (1948). Printed paper wraps. Union, South Carolina: Federation of South Carolina Music Clubs, (1948). First edition. Octavo (9" x 6"), 22 pages. Original printed, stapled paper wraps. OCLC locates two copies as of 6/3/2023. Soft vertical crease throughout, lightly soiled, otherwise very good. "As South Carolina grew, so grew her music." It wasn't… Read more about this item

Chicago: Bloom (photographer or studio). Original satin finish silver gelatin photograph on double weight fiber paper measuring 10 inches by 8 inches (including borders) depicting magician"Carlyle" fanning a deck of cards. Signed, Inscribed, & dated by Carlyle in 1940. Rubber-stamped on the verso, "Loaned by Carlyle Magician, Original." Slightly wavy, unobtrusive scratch, inscription a bit light, brief edge wear, light soiling… Read more about this item

New York: Wm. Hepner & Co., no date (ca. 1910s). Octavo (9" x 6"), unpaginated [30 pages plus covers], illustrated throughout, with pricing. Original stapled paper wraps. Not found in OCLC although a version with 40 pages is found at Harvard & the University of Chicago (accession # 56572716). Covers & first blank page partially separated, edge wear including small… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Cinema Associates/ distributed by Fanfare Films, Inc., 1961. Folio (15" x 10.5"), 4 pages, illustrated, on glossy paper. Folded three times horizontally causing color break, slight edge wear, rubber-stamped "Fanfare Films" on the front cover, otherwise very Good. Characterized by IMDb as Neo Noir, the film revolves around insurance investigator "Duke Wallace" who, "using his special technique with women," is… Read more about this item