Filled with remembrances, signatures, and drawings, by men and women in post WWI. Most of the remembrances are from 1919, with some later ones being from 1920-1926. Many are from women soldiers in the Q.M.A.A.C, and other British Women's army corps;; and many are from male soldiers in the R.A.S.C. and similar army corps. It was a time of love and death, love lost and love being sought. Many of the signatures come from Curragh (a notorious training camp in Ireland).

There are some lovely and sad drawings and texts, dealing with parting and death. Including a lovely poem by Emily Dickinson with an associated drawing. One "poem" by a woman soldier is very racially offensive, but is the only one that I found..

I'm not sure who this belonged to, possibly Maria Macaulay, but clearly a woman in the Q.M.A.A.C.

Leather covers, 6.5x7 inches (17x18 cm), 60 leaves all with writing and/or drawings, some on both sides of the leaf, some on one side only.

VERY GOOD condition, tight, bright, clean and clear.

A look at post WWI, not from the perspective of battle weary men, but from that of an army woman who, from the tone of the comments in the autograph book, seemed to send soldiers off and bring them home with a friendly female touch.

About the QMAAC (from Wikipedia):

******The Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC), known as Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps (QMAAC) from 9 April 1918, was the women's corps of the British Army during and immediately after the First World War. It was established in February 1917 and disbanded on 27 September 1921.******

WONDERLAND '98. READ IT THEN PROFIT BY YOUR READING AND GO AS SEE IT. REACHED BY THE NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY. Text by Olin Wheeler.

ST. PAUL: Northern Pacific Railway / Chas. S. Fee, 1898

Pictorial wrappers with a bare-breasted goddess of fertility, two naked cherubs, and a cornucopia on the front cover, 6.75x9.75 inches (25x17.5 cm), 103, [5] pages. Illustrated throughout with drawings, photographs, and full-page maps.

Promotional publication promoting the Northern Pacific Railway route and the lands and National Parks it crossed. Issued yearly.

GOOD condition: The covers have edge wear, tears and chips to the spine, and a small corner piece missing from near the bottom of the spine, but the front and rear wrapper images remain bright and clear. Internally, there is some professional reinforcement to the inner hinges, making this a solid, well bound copy; the pages are tight, bright, clean, clear and unmarked.

The original 1898 issue of Wonderland '98 with the art-deco bare-breasted fertility goddess cover is quite hard-to-find.

THREE IMPORTANT FRENCH REVOLUTION DOCUMENTS, SIGNED:

(1) EXTRAIT DES REGISTRES DU COMITÉ DE SALUT PUBLIC DE LA CONVENTION NATIONALE...l'an deuxième de la République française une et indivisible... [Extract of the Committee for Public Safety...1793-1794].

Single-fold 4-page document, 8.75x13 inches, printed and manuscript, written on 3 pages (front and inner two pages.

SIGNED by FIVE MEMBERS of the Powerful Committee:

Lazare CARNOT, Jean-Marie COLLOT D'HERBOIS, Jacques-Nicolas BILLAUD-VARENNE, Pierre Louis PRIEUR, and Robert LINDET.

GOOD condition, soiling, toning, edgewear, corner creases and wear, horizontal creases from being folded to a small size; still solid with writing that is bright and legible throughout. Brilliant signatures.

(2) LÉGION D'HONNEUR / Paris, 1814

À MONSIEUR LIEUTENANT GÉNÉRAL COMTE BELLIARD, GRAND CORDON DE LA LÉGION D'HONNEUR.

Official document awarding the Legion of Honor Grand Cross to Lieutenant General COUNT BELLIARD. SIGNED illegibly. Paper document, 7.5x12 inches oblong, printed and manuscript on one side only.

GOOD condition: some creasing, soiling and toning, still solid, bright and clear.

The Grand Cordon of the Legion of Honor, aka the Grand Cross, is the highest award that France can bestow upon a citizen.

(3) REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE / DEPARTEMENT DE LA GUERRE...l'an 10 de la République française une et indivisible [1801-1802].

MANUSCRIPT LETTER on official MINISTER OF THE WAR letterhead, SIGNED by ALEXANDRE BERTHIER, the Minister of War, to his brother GENERAL LEOPOLD BERTHIER.

Single-fold 4-page document, 8.5x12 inches, printed and manuscript, letter written on the front page, addressee information on the back of the last page.

FAIR condition, the single-fold document is completely split at the fold, there is soiling, toning, edgewear, corner creases and wear, and horizontal creases from being folded to a small size; still complete (though split) with writing that is bright and legible throughout.

********************************** About the French Revolution SIGNERS of these documents (from Wikipedia):

JEAN-MARIE COLLOT D'HERBOIS aka "The Butcher of Lyon", b.1749 d.1796, was a French revolutionary. He was a member of the Committee of Public Safety during the Reign of Terror, and was responsible for the execution of more than 2,000 people in the city of Lyon.

LAZARE CARNOT, b.1753 d.1823, was a French mathematician, physicist, politician and a leading member of the Committee of Public Safety during the French Revolution.

JACQUES-NICOLAS BILLAUD-VARENNE, b.1756 d.1819, aka "The Tiger", was a French lawyer and a major figure in the French Revolution. He was one of the most militant members of the Committee of Public Safety, and is considered a key architect of the REIGN OF TERROR.

PIERRE LOUIS PRIEUR, b.1756 d.1827, was a French lawyer. During the French Revolution he served as a member of the Committee of Public Safety. He voted for the death of King Louis XVI.

JEAN-BAPTISTE ROBERT LINDET, b.1746 d.1825, was a French politician of the Revolutionary period. Lindet refused to sign the order for the execution of Danton and members of his party. When asked why, he replied: "I am here to protect citizens, and not to murder them".

AUGUSTIN DANIEL BELLIARD / COMTE BELLIARD, b.1769 d.1832 in Brussels, was a French general who was awarded the Grand Cordon [Grand Cross) of the Legion of Honor (Highest Order of the Legion of Honour) in 1814. Louis XVIII awarded him the title Peer of France.

LOUIS-ALEXANDRE ALEXANDRE BERTHIER, b.1753 d.1815, was a French military commander during the French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars. He was twice Minister of War and served as chief of staff to Napoleon Bonaparte. Berthier died by either suicide or murder shortly before the Battle of Waterloo.

VICTOR LÉOPOLD BERTHIER, b.1770 d.1807, was a French general of the Revolution and Empire. His brother was Louis-Alexandre Alexandre Berthier.

THE CHRISTMAS THINGY - ORIGINAL ART by ALAN CLARK, SIGNED & FRAMED.

Alan M. Clark was the Illustrator for the children's book THE CHRISTMAS THINGY by F. Paul Wilson. This is an ORIGINAL ARTWORK by Alan Clark. It pictures the THINGY holding a bunch of Christmas presents. The artwork is signed with Clark's typical monogram signature "AC" at the bottom left corner.

The image measures 4.5 square inches, the frame 11.25 square inches.

Both the frame and art are in FINE condition.

This auction is for the framed piece of Original Art by Alan Clark based on his illustrations for the children's book The Christmas Thingy. It does not include the book.

Alan M. Clark is an American artist and book illustrator. He has won many awards for his illustrations.

Four interesting pieces of California art ephemera:

(1) ART FOR WILSON RILES CAMPAIGN. Flyer announcing an auction in support of Wilson Riles' campaign for California State Superintendent of Public Instruction. Contributing artists included Robert Arneson, Roy De Forest, Ralph Goings, Tom Holland, Manuel Neri, Joseph Faffael, Mel Ramos, Wayne Thiebaud, Peter Voulkous, and William Wiley, among many others. Single sheet mailer, 8.5x11 inches. GOOD condition, toned on the blank backside, folds from being folded and mailed, stamp and address on the backside, folds a bit tender. In November 1970 Riles' upset win over incumbent Max Rafferty was described as "one of the most stunning upsets in California's political history". Riles became the first African American to be elected to statewide office in California.

(2) NORMA G. LEISTIKO DANCER'S WORKSHOP announcement. Card stock, 6.5x9.5 inches, image on the front, info on the back. GOOD MINUS condition, two stiff folds, toning on the backside, very cool photographic image.

(3) SUSAN HALL - Point Reyes Artist - 1969 Exhibition at the QUAY GALLERY, San Francisco. Fold-open, mailed announcement. Paper, 11.25x11.25 inches. One of her first solo exhibitions. Only FAIR condition, toning, foxing, folds, some folds have small tears. Still a scarce announcement, one of the artist's earliest exhibitions.

(4) U.C. DEPT. OF ART ATHLETIC SQUAD. Square 4.5 inch fold open card, only the front panel is printed, the other panels are blank. A group of what seems to be U.C. Berkeley Art Students and Professors who, presumably, also enjoyed sports. Some went on to have professional art related careers, others not. The people are all named, they include Raymond Saunders, Carl Worth, Richard Schuetz, Boyd Allen, Russell Gordon, Stanley Osher (a noted mathematician, perhaps brought into the club for his athletic abilities?!). GOOD condition, light toning, some pin holes to the top edge.

The items are all from the collection of Marvin Lipofsky, b.1938 d.2016, an American glass artist. He was a central figure in the dissemination of the American Studio Glass Movement, introducing it to California through his tenure as an instructor at the University of California, Berkeley and the California College of Arts and Crafts.

18 ARTWORKS, PF POUR FELICITER ILLUSTRATED ART GREETINGS, and LIMITED EDITION PRINTS, by a number of CONTEMPORARY CZECH ARTISTS. The items are all from the collection of Marvin Lipofsky, American glass artist, and instructor at the University of California, Berkeley, and the California College of Arts and Crafts, where he was responsible for training many studio artists. Almost all are signed and/or inscribed. Some have a limitation. From what I can determine, most are primarily glass artists

I cannot make out the signatures of all the artists. The items are:

5 by Eva Vlasakova - 3 signed, one with the inscription "You left without a word";

3 by Karel Vanura - 2 signed; 1 print by Ivo Rozsypal; 1 signed small print in a signed card by Bohumil Elias; 5 lovely lithograph prints all signed in an indecipherable (by me) hand;

1 limited signed print of a "girl", with indecipherable signature;

1 limited signed print 28/100, inscribed to Marvin Lipofsky in English but the signature is again too difficult to figure; 1 Pour Feliciter 1987 card signed.

All the items are in generally GOOD condition, folds from mailing, signs of handling, overall solid and bright.

About Czech PF Pour Feliciter greetings (from a knowledgeable Bohemian on the Internet):

******The Czech letters P-F ,"pé-efka", do not stand for Czech words but actually two French words "pour féliciter", which means to congratulate. It is a way of wishing luck in the New Year. In the Czech Republic PF greeting cards are often sent out a month before Christmas as part of a joint holiday (Christmas and New Year) greeting. The PF greeting is almost exclusively Czech; not even the French use it. The origin of this phrase in the Czech language is actually a total mystery and often disputed. One theory says that it was first used centuries ago when Czech noblemen spoke French as part of their "higher education". While French did not survive, the greeting did. One really big problem is that if Czechs use this greeting internationally, especially for business, nobody has a clue what it means.******

About MARVIN LIPOFSKY (from Wikipedia):

******Marvin Bentley Lipofsky, b.1938 d.2016, was an American glass artist. He was a central figure in the dissemination of the American Studio Glass Movement, introducing it to California through his tenure as an instructor at the University of California, Berkeley and the California College of Arts and Crafts. Lipofsky was one of the first American glass artists to travel to Czechoslovakia [now the Czech Republic], where a studio glass movement had arisen in the 1950s. This would be the first of many trips. He became well known and collaborated with numerous artists. Lipofsky's work has been collected by many public museums and institutions worldwide, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.******

Chinese American Artist John Way was a pioneer of mid twentieth century Chinese Abstraction. This is a scarce exhibition catalogue from early in Way's career where he found the essence of his style at the crossroads of east and west. There are no examples of this publication in OCLC collections worldwide.

JOHN WAY

Published by Joan Peterson Gallery, Boston to accompany Way's solo exhibition. Printed by The Juvenile Press, Taipei, Taiwan, 1967. First and only printing. Softcover, Chinese stab binding, bound with white silk string, 10.25" x 6", 9 folded leaves of thin paper printed on one side only, front cover is an original lithograph on textured Chinese calligraphy paper. Text includes artist statement, previous exhibitions, and reproduced reviews from various publications. Only the cover is illustrated. GOOD CONDITION: complete as issued. There is a shoreline stain in the upper corner affecting all the pages except the front cover, and light edge and corner wear, otherwise bright, clean and unmarked. Scarce.

"I am searching / for an art form / which shows / the feeling of / powerfulness and subtlety, / the infusion of controlled /and uncontrolled images, / and / the sensations of / order and disorder, / perfection from imperfection." -- John Way 1967.

John Way [Wei Letang] (Chinese/American, 1921-2012) Born in Shanghai, Wei started his artistic studies under the great calligrapher Li Jian (1881-1956). He immigrated to the U.S. in 1956 and studied architecture at M.I.T., he worked in the Boston area until moving to San Francisco in the 1990s. Inspired by both traditional Chinese calligraphy and Abstract Expressionist painting, his work evokes the large gestural work of Robert Motherwell and Franz Kline. His artworks are widely exhibited, including a solo exhibition at the Shanghai Art Museum.

The Joan Peterson Gallery was an art gallery in Boston. Peterson was one of the most prominent art dealers in Boston from the late 1950s into the early 1980s. Her gallery showed the work of leading regional modernists. It closed in 1981.

MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT BY RALPH HEATHCOTE "Certificate of Mr. Maxwell's Marriage". SIGNED by Ralph Heathcote in his role as Minister Plenipotentiary, officiating the marriage of Edward Maxwell and Frances Herbert.

Dated "6th day of September, 1791".

One page, folio, 8x12.5 inches, with conjugate blanks. There is an official red wax seal. Backside has "Certificate of Mr. Maxwell's Marriage". Paper is watermarked with a large heraldic image and "Vorster & Zoonen".

The marriage appears to have taken place in Germany, with Bonn, Hesse-Cassel, and Cologne all being mentioned. But the marriage was between two Irish citizens.

The document reads in part: "I Ralph Heathcote, Minister Plenipotentiary of His Brittanic Majesty to the Courts of the Elector of Cologne, and to the Landgrave of Hesse-Cassel do hereby certify that EDWARD MAXWEll, of Finnebrogue, of the County of Down in Ireland, and Frances Herbert, Daughter of the late Rev. Robert Herbert of Dublin..."

Written and Signed by Heathcote. Also signed by six witnesses.

GOOD condition, numerous folds where likely folded to fit into a small envelope, some light foxing, a few corner creases, overall solid and bright.

An interesting genealogical document, handwritten on paper with unusual watermarks.

About RALPH HEATHCOTE (from Wikipedia):

******Ralph Heatchote, b.1721 d.1765. In 1748 Heathcote became curate of St Margaret's Church, Leicester, and vicar of Barkby in 1749. He moved in June 1753 to London, where he associated with John Jortin, Thomas Birch, Matthew Maty, and others, who met once a week to drink coffee and talk learnedly.

In 1746 Heathcote published a Latin dissertation on the history of astronomy, Historia Astronomiæ sive de ortu et progressu astronomiæ. He produced two pamphlets anonymously: Cursory Animadversions on the Controversy in General (1752), and Remarks upon a Charge by Dr. Chapman (1752); and in the following year wrote a reply to Thomas Fothergill's sermon on the uses of commemorating King Charles I's martyrdom. In 1755 he wrote a controversial work: A Sketch of Lord Bolingbroke's Philosophy. In 1761, he became one of the main writers in the Biographical Dictionary of 1761.

In 1767, Heathcote published an anonymous letter to Horace Walpole on the dispute between David Hume and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, which was attributed to Walpole himself. In 1771, he published anonymously The Irenarch, or Justice of the Peace's Manual; the third edition bore the author's name. The second and third editions have a long dedication to Lord Mansfield. In 1786, he produced a miscellany of anecdotes and dissertations, Sylva.

In August 1750 Heathcote married Margaret Mompesson, a descendant of William Mompesson of Eyam, and attained financial independence.******

SEVEN 19th Century (c.1869) CHINESE "Coolie" Indentures.

The Chinese were brought into Cuba to replace slaves that were starting to be freed (Slavery was officially abolished in Cuba on October 7, 1886, by a Spanish royal decree. This decree also outlawed "patronato," a system of slave-like indentured servitude. While the official abolition date was 1886, the process of emancipation was gradual and took place over many years.)

Seven Original Indentures, printed and manuscript, approximately 8.5x12 inches. Four are printed on one side only, two on both sides, and one folds open. All have MANUSCRIPT WRITING and SIGNATURES, and most have OFFICIAL INK STAMPS.

Condition: Various degrees of toning, all have horizontal center folds, one is starting to tear at its center fold, some edgewear, most are bright and clear, the one with substantial toning is less so.

LE FROU-FROU. Paris Journal of Humor and Light Eroticism. 25 issues, #80-150, Avril 1902 through Octobre 1902, including their "Contes Inedits" inserts, all bound together in a contemporary, embossed Simplex Binder. Includes the rare title page to this collection with its embossed gilt Frou-Frou illustration, the statement "1902 2e Semestre" (the second half of 1902), and the price of "6 francs".

Text in French, the humorous and risqué drawings speak for themselves in all languages.

GOOD Condition: The binder has some rubs, scrapes to the folds, and a couple white marks, but is solid and attractive; internally, the issues and pages are toned as normal, otherwise bright, clean and unmarked.

A nice set, includes drawings unique to this publication by some noted French artists of the day.

About LE FROU-FROU (from various Internet sources):

******LE FROU-FROU was a French magazine published from 1900 until the beginning of WWI. It was known for its humorous and risqué content, including illustrations of can-can dancers, cartoons, and humorous anecdotes of Parisian life.******

NOTIONS OF THE AMERICANS by JAMES FENIMORE COOPER. Two Volume Set. LONDON: Henry Colburn, 1828. First English Edition (following the first American edition published the same year).

A SIGNED MANUSCRIPT LETTER by his DAUGHTER, SUSAN FENIMORE COOPER, is tipped-in. A single page handwritten letter, written from "Riverside Cottage", addressed to "Mrs. Foot" and ending with"good wishes" for "Miss Stone". The letter is tipped on to a blank prelim of Volume I

Two Volumes, 3/4 leather and paper covered boards, marbled page edges (page edges of the closed book), 5.5x8 inches. Pagination: Volume I: xxiv, 459 pp. Volume II: xii,477 pp.

GOOD CONDITION: Spines professionally rebacked and inner hinges professionally reinforced making these complete, solid, very presentable copies. The original front and rear paper covered boards are scraped, shelf rubbed, and worn along the edges. Internally, there is foxing mostly on the first and last few pages of each volume then only a bit here and there. There is a lovely armorial bookplate of GEORGE MERRYWEATHER on the front pastedown of each volume.

RARE and UNIQUE with the handwritten letter by SUSAN FENIMORE COOPER, and the interesting provenance.

About SUSAN FENIMORE COOPER (from Wikipedia and other Internet sources):

******Susan Augusta Fenimore Cooper, b.1813 d.1894, was an American writer and amateur naturalist. She was the daughter of writer James Fenimore Cooper. Much of her life was devoted to her father and his writing. She often travelled with him and assisted in documenting and organizing his notes. Later in his life she served as his secretary and amanuensis. In addition she was a noted writer, naturist and suffragist.

Cooper published on diverse subjects, but she is best remembered as a nature writer. Her second book, Rural Hours (1850), published anonymously "By a Lady" offered a sharp eyed account of rural life in New York.

In 1855 Susan Fenimore Cooper and her sister, both unmarried and childless, built a home mainly with bricks and materials from the burnt ruins of Otsego Hall in Cooperstown, which her paternal grandfather had built and where her father and mother had lived. They named it "RIVERSIDE COTTAGE" and the sisters became known as "The Cottage Sisters." Riverside Cottage was later renamed Byberry Cottage.

Many of the houses on River Street were haunted with "uncanny things seen and heard". But, perhaps the most striking occurrence took place in 1894: Susan's ghost - complete in her ghostly wheelchair - was said to have taken itself out of the cottage and rattled across the street to the church where the whole town witnessed her going down the aisle in the middle of the Good Friday Service and then straight through the altar before vanishing altogether.******

About GEORGE MERRYWEATHER (from Wikipedia):

******George Merryweather was a British doctor and inventor.

His best known invention was the Tempest Prognosticator, a weather predicting device also called The Leech Barometer. It consists of twelve glass bottles containing leeches, which, when disturbed by the atmospheric conditions preceding a storm, climb upwards, triggering a small whalebone hammer which rings a bell. Merryweather said the more leeches that climbed, and the more the bell was rung, the greater the likelihood of a storm. He explained that the twelve bottles were placed in a circle in order that his "little comrades" might see one another and "not endure the affliction of solitary confinement".

The invention had great success and caused a sensation when it was put on show at the Great Exhibition of 1851. At this time he was an honorary curator of Whitby Literary and Philosophical Society. His device remains on permanent exhibition there.******

1938 SAN FRANCISCO / OAKLAND CHINESE TELEPHONE DIRECTORY plus a CHINATOWN TELEPHONE EXCHANGE OFFICE Pamphlet.

The Telephone Directory is 6.5x9.5 inches, 34 pages. Entirely in Chinese except for the cover which has a Chinese and English title.

The Chinatown Telephone Office San Francisco is a single-fold four-page pamphlet, 3.75x5.75 inches.

Both the Telephone Directory and the laid-in booklet are in VERY GOOD condition, the Directory has some scrapes to the rear cover, otherwise both are just gently used, tight, bright, clean, clear and unmarked. Both are well preserved and very presentable.

About the CHINATOWN TELEPHONE OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO / the Chinatown Telephone Exchange (excerpts from various Internet sites):

******At the turn of the 20th century, as more and more homes and businesses began utilizing telephones, an issue arose in San Francisco. The white operators tasked with connecting calls around the city were struggling to understand the residents of Chinatown. Not only was this a source of frustration for the operators, it meant that the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company was failing an entire population of the city.

The phone company solved this problem by giving Chinatown its very own telephone exchange and dedicated set of operators. Not only did these operators need to memorize hundreds - and later thousands - of local phone numbers (and who they belonged to), they needed to do so in several different dialects. What's more, while each phone in San Francisco was being used roughly four times a day, the phones of Chinatown were a lot more active - used, on average, eight times a day.

The Chinese Telephone Exchange's switchboard operators, with their exceptional memory skills, quickly became a point of public fascination. For decades, spectators would frequently stop outside the Chinatown building's windows to watch the operators working. The exchange finally closed down in 1949, as more and more people installed phones that could be self-dialed at home. But for many, the fascination with this most unusual operation has persisted.******

AVIATION SCRAPBOOK COLLECTION showing MANY AIRCRAFT from MANY MANUFACTURERS from the 1900s-1940s. ARRANGED ALPHABETICALLY first by MANUFACTURER then by DATE (though now a lot of the loose sheets are not in their proper alphabetical and/or chronological order - that will be your first order of business!).

Thousands of pictures of planes, their designers, pilots, etc., most clipped from magazines and journals of the day. I have never seen such a comprehensive collection of aircraft ephemera representing such a wide range of manufacturers. Many of the pictures were published in ephemeral publications and likely would be almost impossible to find today. This aviation scrapbook collection must have taken years to complete.

The aircraft manufacturers include Bell, Bleriot, Brown-Young, Buhl, Burnelli, Butler, Boeing, Brown, Cain, Curtis, Curtis-Reid, Cycloplane, Crusader, Cunningham, Davis, Douglas, Dare, Day, Flying Flea, Fokker, Ford, Franklin, General Western, Grumman, Kellett, Kinner, Lockheed, Martin, Pitcairn Auto-Giro, Porterfield, Ryan, Seversy, and, you get the idea, MANY MANY MORE.

The clippings are attached to approximately 600 large scrapbook sheets, 12x18 inches. Many of the sheets have clippings attached to both sides, many have lots of photos, some only a few (especially if the manufacturer had only a few planes that it produced). Some sheets have notes by the collector. The sheets were apparently bound in large three ring scrapbook binders, now about one-third of the scrapbook sheets are loose, the others are bound in three groups, each group held together with large metal rings, all lacking covers.

Condition: The scrapbook sheets are browned, brittle with age, and chipped and flaking at the edges (and continuing to chip and flake easily at the edges); the clippings themselves are in very good condition, bright and clear. An amazing reference collection that needs careful handling. If the scrapbook pages were put into sheet protectors and then into a set of binders they would make an incredible aviation history reference. Did I mention the edges of the shees chip and flake easily?

A unique collection gathered and organized by a completist.

INTERNATIONAL BUYERS PLEASE NOTE: This collection is very heavy (approx 50 pounds packed for shipping) and will require substantial additional shipping charges. After placing your order you will be notified of the additional charges and be able to accept or reject them before your payment is processed. Or you can contact us ahead of time to find out the shipping charge to your country. Thanks.

SIXTEEN ORIGINAL FASHION DESIGNER WATERCOLOR and PEN & INK ILLUSTRATIONS,

The illustrations are in Watercolor and Pen & Ink, folio size, 11.75 x 16.5 inches. They are dated 1987 - 1990. Each is SIGNED and dated by SIMON FOSTER. (I cannot determine who this Simon Foster is, though likely a London fashion designer.)

Included are design illustrations for FERRAGAMO SHOES, textile fashion illustrations for WHISTLES and BAZAAR , and a lovely watercolor illustration for LANGAN'S of LONDON (the iconic Brasserie & Members Club) which portrays his designs for formal Waiting Staff Uniforms.

Most of the textile illustrations have fabric samples pinned on them, the shoe illustrations have leather samples glued on them. I love the Ferragamo Shoes leather samples.

The illustrations are in VERY GOOD condition, there is a small tear, tape repair, and some signs of handling, here and there, overall bright and attractive.

INTERNATIONAL BUYERS PLEASE NOTE: This lot of fashion illustrations will require additional shipping charges. After placing your order you will be notified of the charges and be able to accept or reject them before payment is taken. Thanks!

An odd booklet titled: ARNE SAKNUSSEMM'S GUIDE TO INTERNATIONAL BROTHELS & HIS REVELATIONS OF THE TRUE PATRIARCHY.

Booklet, side-stapled, 30 pages. From the inside front cover: "WARNING: This book is for men only!!!"

Most of the book is anti-women, anti-feminism, pro-men taking over and controlling everything including women. The latter part of the book is a supposed "Brothel Guide" but actually talks only about Korea and how easy it is to get Korean prostitutes cheap, and has a few crudely hand drawn maps. There is a single sheet stapled to the inside rear cover promoting cassette tapes for sale, with taglines such as: Reveals the Structure of The International Patriarchy; and Shows a Man how to treat His Females... you get the idea

Appears self-published but states: Copyright 1985 by the Almasi Scholars Research and Consulting Organization, which, according to the letter at the rear, is located in San Francisco.

GOOD condition, the booklet has a vertical crease where it was likely folded to fit into the back pocket of a MAN, and has signs of handling and age, but is holding together well and the inner pages are bright and clean.

Likely written by an Incel before the term even came into being.

HANDWRITTEN SERMON, possibly by Ebenezer Grant Marsh (per a previous owner). [NEW HAVEN, CT], 1799.

HANDWRITTEN SERMON addressed to sinners, possibly by Ebenezer Grant Marsh, an instructor in Hebrew at Yale. Marsh is known for his preaching during the Yale Campus Revival of 1802, the first of several college revivals to spread in the early 19th century.

Dated 1799 by the sermon writer on the cover page. A previous owner also wrote "Rev. Ebenezer Grant" in pencil on the cover page. I have no other reference as to who might have written this sermon, having not carefully read its every page.

Self made, folded paper, sewn binding, small 4x6.25 inch format, 22 leaves (44 pages). The 38 pages are hand-numbered in the upper corner. There are also 4 pages written upside down in-between pages 37 and 38, numbered 1 to 4, possibly the start of a new sermon.

FAIR condition: Toning, soiling, separation and chipping at the spine fold, folds tender and with holes but currently holding, corner loss to a few leaves affect some words, light edge losses to outer leaves. Please see photos.

About EBENEZER GRANT MARSH (from Columbia University Libraries, Marsh Family manuscripts):

******Ebenezer Grant Marsh, b.1777 d.1803, both at Wethersfield, CT. He was the son of Rev. John Marsh, and was noted as an outstanding young scholar, becoming a graduate instructor in Hebrew at Yale in 1798. He was licensed by the New Haven East Association of Ministers to preach, and was a preacher on campus during the Revival of 1802, the same year in which he was appointed Professor in Languages and Ecclesiastical History. He died in 1803 from "acute complications from cancer".******

Bolon was established in 1949 and is a third generation family owned Swedish design company that created woven vinyl flooring. Their products are designed and produced in Sweden and are quite expensive.

Published by Bolon AB, Ulricehamn, Sweden, no date, circa 1980s. Folded portfolio, paper covered heavy board, 12" x 8.75", metal front corner guards, folds open to 33" x 12", there are 54 different color samples pasted down, and 26 pages of technical data at the rear in English, German, French, and Spanish. The swatches range from 1.5" x 1.5" squares to 2.25" x 1.75" rectangles and two large 6.5" x 4.75" rectangles. VERY GOOD CONDITION: some small scrapes to the front cover, silver label from Floor Designs, Inc., At Showplace Square, San Francisco on the rear cover, a few penciled notations otherwise tight, bright, clean and unmarked. Uncommon.

FIVE VINTAGE ISSUES of AMERICAN CINEMATOGRAPHER from 1976: lacking only the April and October issues.

Includes the hard-to-find LOGAN'S RUN - HOW IT WAS FILMED issue.

Ten magazines, side-stapled, 8.5x11.75 inches, around 100 pages per issue. Illustrated.

GOOD conditions, the covers have shelf rubs, light soiling, and a mailing label "Cine-Idea / Oakland, CA"; all issues show some signs of handling and use; otherwise they are complete, bright, clean, clear and unmarked.

INTERNATIONAL BUYERS PLEASE NOTE: This lot of issues will require substantial additional shipping charges. After placing your order you will be notified of the additional charges and be able to accept or reject them before your payment is processed. Or you can contact us ahead of time to find out the shipping charge to your country. Thanks.