Search Results: Authors starting with I from Ian Brabner, Rare Americana (ABAA)

[Jackson, Mississippi, 1874]. Broadside. 9 x 12 inches. Folds; some ink burn; short separation at one fold; very good. 1874 advertising broadside for a United States Army quartermaster's sale in Reconstruction-era Mississippi, apparently unrecorded. The sale of camp stores and garrison equipage was held in Jackson, Mississippi by order of Lieutenant I.O. Shelby, A.A. Quartermaster & Acting Commissary of Subsistence. The articles of condemned quartermaster's stores for sale included stoves, mule collars and bridles, tools, and various agricultural implements. Garrison equipage included various tents, shovels, and axes. Also sold was such food preparation and commissary property as butcher's cutlery and equipment, measures and scoops, and "1 Molasses Gate." Because of Mississippi's pre-Civil War heavy dependence on cotton and enslaved labor to plant and harvest it, the state remained under Reconstruction and military supervision until 1876. A sale of U.S. Army surplus agricultural implements, mule… Read More

[Likely New York: Printed for the Office of War Information. November 28, 1944]. Original Photograph, 7 x 9 inches. Stamped on verso in black "Notice...Wide World Photo" and in red "Received DEC 4 - 1944."  Affixed caption sheet has separated cleanly at fold line. Some creases and light stains; Good. A compelling World War II combat photograph depicting African-American troops at the front. The images captures members of a mortar company of the 92nd Infantry Division Buffalo Soldiers firing upon German troops. A caption sheet dated November 28, 1944 states that the photograph was intended for "...William B. King's AP [Associated Press] News features story on 92nd Division combat troops in Italy" -to be published or released for publication on December 5 of that year. The text continues: "Members of a Negro mortar company of the 92nd Division praise the Lord, pass the ammunition and heave it over at the Germans in an almost endless stream near Massa, Italy. This company is credited with liquidating… Read More

Garden City, New York: Anchor Press/Doubleday, 1976. First Edition. 168pp. Sm 8vo. Hardcover. Remainder spray to bottom edge of text block. Very good in a like dustwrapper with rubbing along the seam of its front flap. Four short stories by Swedish film director Ingmar Bergman including The Touch, the basis for his first English-language film in 1971. The other three stories also became movies: Cries and Whispers (1972); The Hour of the Wolf (1968), a psychological thriller starring Max von Sydow and Liv Ullmann; and The Passion of Anna (1969), also starring von Sydow and Ullmann, for which Bergman was awarded Best Director at the 1970 National Society of Film Critics Awards.

New York: Pantheon Books, (1977). First American Edition. 123, [1]pp. Sm. 8vo. Cloth; dust jacket.  Hardcover. Illustrated with stills from the movie. Small remainder mark to top-edge of book else near fine in a dustwrapper in like condition. Screen play of Ingmar Bergman's second English-language film, released in 1977 and starring David Carradine and Liv Ullmann.

New York: Pantheon Books, (1976). First American Edition. 118, [1]pp. Sm. 8vo. Hardcover. Illustrated. Near fine in dustwrapper that has a short crease line to its rear flap. English-language screenplay of director Ingmar Bergman's 1976 psychological drama Ansikte mot ansikte (Face to Face), starring Liv Ullmann and Erland Josephson. The movie won Best Foreign Film for 1976 at the Golden Globe Awards.

New York: Pantheon Books, (1978). 84, [1], [7]pp. Sm. 8vo. Hardcover. Illustrated with stills from the movie. Remainder mark on bottom edge of text block else fine in dustwrapper in like condition. First American edition. English-language screenplay of Höstsonaten (1981), Ingmar Bergman's final film for theatrical release starring Ingrid Bergman (in her final film role) and Liv Ullmann.

New York: Arcade Publishing, (1994). First English-language edition. 153pp. Hardcover. Fine in dustwrapper. Novel by film director Ingmar Bergman, the basis for the 1992 Swedish drama, Söndagsbarn (Sunday's Children), directed by his son Daniel. Based on the life of Ingmar's father, Church of Sweden minister Erik Bergman.

Washington, D.C.: The Associated Publisher's, Inc., c.1961-1963. 14, [2 (blank)]pp. Pamphlet. 8¼ x 5¼ inches. Yellow stiff paper wrappers; stapled. Near fine. 1960s Middle and Junior High School social studies unit guide promoting the values of diversity. The guide was prepared for teachers to promote geographical knowledge of the United States, skills for reading and gathering information, and "to help pupils get acquainted with; learn to appreciate and to respect all Americans from diverse racial, religious and nationality backgrounds." Author Edyth H. Ingraham was a school principal in Philadelphia and was that city's chapter president of the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History. The guide, which highlights the achievements of numerous ethnic groups in America, was published by the Black publishing house, The Associated Publishers, Inc. of Washington, D.C., and contains an extensive bibliography "for the development of respect for the Negro American."

New York: G.W. Carleton & Co., Publishers, MDCCCLXXX [1880]. 526, [2 (ads)]pp. Octavo. Publisher's gilt and blind stamped cloth binding. Contemporary ownership inscription of Mrs. Geo. J. Besser.  Small corner stain to front cover, one hinge starting, a few gatherings proud. This copy with exceptionally bright spine gilt. An 1880 edition of Ingraham's The Sunny South; or. The Southerner at Home, Embracing Five Years' Experience of a Northern Governess in the Land of the Sugar and the Cotton (1860). The book, ostensibly a collection of letters penned by Kate Conyngham in the 1850s, was, in fact, authored by Ingraham, a Maine native known for his romantic novels in the 1830s and 1840s.Observations of life along the Mississippi River, in Nashville, Natchez, the New Orleans. The renaming of this edition was a deliberate reference to Albion W. Tourgee's book A Fool's Errand, published a year earlier in 1879, a bestseller, and "the first literary work to deal with Reconstruction." (DAB). Howes I-50 and… Read More

[Washington, D.C.: United States Department of the Interior.] 1960. 102 pages. Illustrated. Comb bound with clear plastic covers and Very Good. A survey of the history and sites associated with the American Revolution. Sites include: Bennington Battlefield State Park; Buckman Tavern, Massachusetts; Morris-Jumel Mansion, New York City; Valcour Bay; Webb House, Connecticut; Princeton Battlefield, New Jersey; John Dickinson House, Delaware. Military operations, the naval war, and politics and diplomacy are also explored.

[Washington, D.C.: United States Department of the Interior.] 1961. 89 pages. Illustrated. Comb bound with clear plastic covers. Very Good. Subjects include: The Great North River; The West India Company; The Patroons; Peter Stuyvesant; Swedish Interlude; The Dutch Return to the South River; Last Years of New Netherland; Architecture of New Sweden and New Netherland. Sites explored: Fort Christina State Park, Delaware; Swedish Cabin, Morton Homestead, Pennsylvania; Van Cortland Manor, Croton-on-Hudson; Philipsburg Manor, Tarrytown; Fort Crailo; Sleepy Hollow Church.

Omaha, Nebraska: Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Midwest Region, 1964. [6], 43, [1]pp + Two fold-out maps. 11 x 8½ inches. Illustrated stiff paper covers; plastic comb binding. Illustrations from photographs and after artwork by Francis Lee Jacques and C. Bertsch. Very Good. Proposal to establish Voyageurs National Park along the forested northern border of Minnesota and its glaciated lake country "...recognized as the finest canoe waters in America." (p1) With two fold out maps colored in blue showing the proposed boundaries of the park and the then-current land ownership.

[Washington, D.C.: United States Department of the Interior.] 1962. 142 pages. Illustrated. Comb bound with clear plastic covers and Very Good. An in-depth survey of Alaska Aboriginal culture. Contents include: Saint Lawrence Island, Alaska in Asia; Sites near Bearing Strait; Kotzebue Sound; Aleutian Islands; The Pacific Forested Rim; Brooks Range; Kobuk River; Yukon - Kuskokwim Valleys; Southern Interior.

Washington [D.C.]: [United States Department of the Interior], 1963. ix, 109pp. Fish and Wildlife Service Circular 167. 10¼ x 8 inches. Illustrated stiff paper covers. Tables. Very Good. Scientific investigations of pesticide use in the United States, including DDT, and its effects on wildlife. With sections devoted to commercial fisheries and sport fisheries; wildlife toxicology studies and the effects of pesticides on birds, small mammals, and fish; and a section on "Recommendations for Minimizing Dangers of Pest Control and Pesticides to Fish and Wildlife."

[Washington, D.C.: United States Department of the Interior.] 1960. 22 pages. Illustrated with maps and photographs, fold-out maps. Comb bound with illustrated covers. Near Fine. An in-depth survey of the proposed Needles National Recreation Area in Utah. Contents include: Present land owners and use; Geologic resume of the Needles Salt Creek Area; Biology of the Needles area, vegetation and animals; Archaeological resume of the Needles - Salt Creek Area.

[Washington: Department of the Interior. 1958.] 12 pages + 4 original b&w photographs + 2 folding maps bound-in, to rear. Quarto, original stiff wraps with a photo mounted to the front cover. Proposal for this Kansas national park offering a brief text covering history, analysis and recommendations. The report is notable for its four 8 x 10 inch original photographs showing sample views of prairie land and topographical formations. This copy has scattered pencil marginalia suggesting it was previously owned by one involved with the National Park Service.

[Washington, D.C.: United States Department of the Interior.] 1960. 122 pages. Illustrated. Comb bound with clear plastic covers. Very Good. Sites and buildings explored include: Tuskegee Institute, Alabama; Kentucky School for the Deaf; Transylvania College, Kentucky; Chatauqua Institution, New York; Cooper Union, New York; Voorlezer's House, Staten Island; Carlisle Indian School, Pennsylvania; Hampton Institute, Virginia; Virginia Military Institute.

[York, Pennsylvania: np, 1939]. Approx. 8½ x 11 inches folded, opening to 17 x 21¾ inches. Half tone illustrations from photographs; map. Very Good. Large broadsheet for the 1939 York Inter-State Fair held in York, Pennsylvania near the Pennsylvania-Maryland border. The advertising piece opens and displays -in colors of red, white, and blue- more than 45 images touting the fair's numerous events: "Greatest array of carnival attractions.  •  Products of richest farms and orchards in Eastern United States.  •  Newest farm machinery-industrial and commercial exhibits.  • Pedigreed poultry and livestock-champion steer herds.  •  Brilliant night lighting of entertainment and parking areas....  •  Harness and running races on fastest half-mile track...." Other entertainments include "Frank Wirth's brand new all-girl revue, 'Here's to You'", The Spring Garden Band, and a midway carnival by James E. Strates Shows. As a special feature on "Thrill Day Saturday" only, "Flash Williams and His… Read More

Baltimore: Wm. A. Flamm & Co. Publishers, 1907. 50 x 66 inches. Printed on two sheets; original linen backing and ties; wooden rollers. Browning and moderate flaking at top and bottom edges, tender where the map meets the rollers; tideline about 10 inches below top edge; light wear to cloth edges; overall toning; unvarnished; Good. Early twentieth century wall map of Baltimore and its environs including parts of Baltimore, Howard, and Anne Arundel Counties, Maryland. Baltimore City, its harbor, and the upper reaches of the Patapsco River are shown at the bottom center with Towson, Maryland to the north. The span of the map covers Owings Mills and Ellicott City to the west and Perry Hall and Sparrow's Point to the east. The map was drawn by J.W. Jamison of Baltimore. Color highlights indicate railroad and local transit lines, the bounds of a "Free Delivery" zone in Baltimore City, and designated ship lighterage areas in the harbor and the various branches of the Patapsco River. OCLC records one copy at… Read More

[New York, aft. 1908]. [4]pp. 1 Typed Letter with annotations + 3 typed leaves. Sm. 8vos. Wear to edges of leaves with some loss to margin of letter; good. [sold with:] London, June 2, [18]76. [3]pp. 1 Autograph Letter Signed. Sm. 8vo. Bifolium. Accompanied by a cyanotype photo (3 x 4 inches), a magazine clipping, and a newspaper clipping. Folds; separation at some folds; good. Isabel Fiske Conant a.k.a. Isabella Fiske Conant Three typed sonnets and a typed letter by prolific late 19th and early 20th century poet Isabel Fiske Conant (1874-?). One sonnet, "At Edward MacDowell's Grave," celebrates the memory of the composer and founder of The MacDowell Colony of artists in New Hampshire. Appropriately for a composer, the poem evokes musical imagery: "I leave a wild-rose where he rests and sleeps, And yet I know he is not truly here More than in winter-pines' symphonic deeps, Or in arpeggios of the summer year..." Conant's letter makes reference to a "sonnet contest" that she intends to enter, apparently… Read More