Ephemera
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The Dansant at the Cafe Royal, London, 1971 [Programme]
Derek Roe; Margot Macrae; Cecil Beaton; Hettie Jacques
Paris and London: Nina Ricci, 1971.
Programme for The Dansant ’71 insired by L’Air du Temps by Nina Ricci, created by Derek Roe. Texts by Margot Macrae and Cecil Beaton. The occasion presented fifty years of fashion from the Cecil Beaton Collection. The programme consists primarily of British advertisements, highlights include an advert for Valium Roche. This copy signed by English actress Hettie Jacques (1922-1980) to the front cover. Unrecorded in OCLC. -
Lands of Sunlit Nights: Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland
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23cm x 21.5cm. 36 pages, black and white illustrations, maps. Illustrated saddle-stapled wrappers.
Scandinavian travel booklet for a US audience.
Insect damage and splitting to spine. Vertical fold as issued. Good Condition. -
The Wonder of Australia by The White Car Service [Time Table]
The White Car Service
Cairns: The Prompt Printery, No date.
Promotional booklet and time table for early 20th century North Queensland cab company White Cars. -
Minnesota’s Vacation Land Supreme
St. Louis County Club
Gilbert: St. Louis County Club, No date.
Circa 1940 brochure advertising activities, sights, and accommodation in St. Louis County. Colour map centrefold by Frank Antoncich in the cartoon map style of Ruth Taylor, St. Louis County, Minnesota. -
Know Ohio: A Souvenir of the Buckeye State
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First Edition.
25.5cm x 17cm. 64 pages, black and white illustrations. Pictorial saddle-stapled wrappers.
1cm closed tear to spine crown. Minor creasing, soiling, insect damage to wrappers. Very Good Condition. -
Installation Masonic Temple, Neil Street, Toowoomba, Thursday. 23rd, Oct, 1930
Darling Downs Royal Arch Chapter, No. 194
Toowoomba: McD, & R., 1930.
Rare Queensland Freemasonry ephemera. -
Spokane (4 Volumes)
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23cm x 20.5cm. 4 volumes. Black and white illustrations, maps. Quadfolds.
4 variants of a Spokane brochure, all with the same cover image, but with differing content. Issued while the Grand Coulee Dam was under construction, 1933 – 1942.
Minor soiling and chipping. 2 with tiny holes from insect damage along some folds. Each vertically folded (as issued). Very Good Condition. -
Longview, Washington: The Land of Opportunity
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23cm x 20.5cm. [8] pages, black and white illustrations, maps. Illustrated saddle-stapled wrappers.
Longview…A Planned City, Founded in 1923, Invites Your Consideration and Investigation
Minor insect damage to fore-edge of front panel. Vertical fold (as issued). Very Good Condition. -
Seattle: A Seattle Sampler
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9cm x 21.5cm. [8] pages, colour illustrations. Quadfold.
Very minor insect damage to edges. Near Fine Condition. -
Seattle in Washington State: Seattle’s Invitation to You…
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9cm x 21.5cm. [8] pages, monotone illustrations. Quadfold.
Seattle…a Place to Live. Seattle…a Place to Work. Seattle… a Place to Visit. Seattle…a Place with a History.
. Fine Condition. -
Journeys in the Charmed Land: 11 Vacation Days Around Seattle
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23.5cm x 20.5cm. 12 pages, black and white illustrations. Pictorial saddle-stapled wrappers.
Guide to an 11 day holiday in and around Seattle, including Rainier, Tacoma, Mt. Baker, and more, for a grand total of $94.29.
Minor rubbing to wrappers. Very Good Condition. -
Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin: At the Foot of Lake Winnebago Extends a Hearty Welcome
Fond Du Lac Association of Commerce
Fond Du Lac: Fond Du Lac Association of Commerce, No date.
Gateway of the Famous Fox River Valley. Contents: Scenes in Fond du Lac Show the Progress of a Live City. A City of Extensive Educational and Recreational Facilities. Places of Interest Offer Delightful Memories to the Visiting Public. Fond Du Lac Offers Industry Excellent Opportunities and Co-operation. An Ideal Farming Community Surrounds the City of Fond du Lac. Churches of Every Denomination are Found in the City of Fond du Lac. Fond du Lac City Offers Ideal Convention Facilities to All. Points of Historic Interest About Fond du Lac. -
Newcastle, Wyoming: Where Progress Lights the Skies
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20.5cm x 8.5cm. Quadfold.
Promotional brochure with basic history and facts, map.
Very minor tanning. Near Fine Condition. -
Wyoming
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10cm x 15cm. 23 pages, illustrations, some colour. Illustrated saddle-stapled wrappers.
Booklet of facts and historical snippets on Wyoming. Includes colour illustrations of the state bird and state flower. Wonderful Wyoming Frontier for fun paper patch laid in.
. Fine Condition. -
Places to See in Wyoming
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26.5cm x 20cm. [32] pages, black and white illustrations, map. Illustrated saddle-stapled wrappers.
Yellowstone National Park, Grand Teton National Park, Devils Tower, Shoshone Cavern and Old Fort Laramie National Monuments.
Very minor insect damage to wrappers. Near Fine Condition. -
Spend a Glorious Vacation at Virginia Beach, Virginia
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First Edition.
23cm x 20.5cm. [16] pages, black and white illustrations. Pictorial saddle-stapled wrappers.
The Finest Beach on the Atlantic Searboard. Early-mid 20th century tourist promotional booklet for Virginia Beach, Virginia.
Very minor general wear. Centre fold, as issued. Near Fine Condition. -
Installation Banquet
Lion and Lamb Lodge
[London]: Lion and Lamb Lodge, No date.
Circa 1908. Includes menu, musical entertainments, and list of Past Masters to 1907. -
[Korean Antiques Calendar for 1974]
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23.5cm x 9cm. 8 pages, colour illustrations. Leporello, mostly printed on one side only.
Calender illustrated with photographs of antique Korean ceramics. The greeting states Mry [sic] Christmas and Best Wishes for a Happy New Year, and has a similar greeting in Korean on the verso.
Minor shelf and handling wear. Very Good Condition. -
Zeiss Binoculars
Zeiss Binoculars
: Zeiss Binoculars, No date.
The Magic of Zeiss: A Front Seat View for all Occasions. -
Bundaberg Orpheus Singers present Handel’s Oratorio Messiah, Bundaberg Civic Centre, Saturday 11th December 1971
John Stoutley
Bundaberg: Bundaberg Orpheus Singers, 1971.
Programme for a 1970s choir performance by the Bundaberg Orpheus Singers. -
Greeting from Auckland, New Zealand
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15cm x 12cm. [16] pages, illustrations, some colour. Die-cut saddle-stapled wrappers.
Photographic views of Auckland, together with colour natural history illustrations, including several by George Arthur Gribbin.
Minor creasing and tearing to edges of die-cut. Very Good Condition. -
The Hongi Seals the Wish: Six Natural Colour Views of N.Z.
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First Edition.
10cm x 15cm. [6] pages, colour illustrations. Leporello
Souvenir booklet showing 6 views of Rotorua and Maori portraits. Unrecorded in OCLC.
Very small corner crease to the first image. Near Fine Condition. -
What We Get From Trees
U. S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service
: Forest Service, US Department of Agriculture, 1945.
Large folding information poster published by the United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service about the industrial uses of trees. -
Fox on Video
Fox Studio
Venice: Fox Studio, No date.
1980s promotional brochure from Californian gay physique and pornography studio, Fox. Promoting their videos School Daze, Bore and Stroke, Muscle Up, Intruders, Afternooners, and Hard to Come By. The verso promotes their magazines Lethal Meat, All Muscle, Foxhunt 4, 5 and 6, All Muscle and All Muscle 2, Hard to Come By, and Intruders. -
Fox Studio Presents Foxhunt 3
Fox Studio
Venice: Fox Studio, [1983].
Promotional brochure from Californian gay physique and pornography studio, Fox. Promoting their book 1983 book Foxhunt 3, as well as colour prints and slides for models Bart Forbes, Big Al, Paul Becker, Hawk Morgan, Scott Knox, and Jeff Elliot. -
New York via the Panama Canal and Havana
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23cm x 10cm. Single sheet, black and white illustrations. Quadfold.
Timetable and fares for cruises on the Dollar Steamship Line in Ships named after American presidents. May 15, 1937 issue.
Very minor chipping. Near Fine Condition. -
How to See Kobe
Tourist Association of Hyogo Ken
Japan: Tourist Association of Hyogo Ken, 1936.
History and sight-seeing places of Kobe, along with suggestions of hotels, shopping, eating and transport. August 1936 issue. -
Native Japanese Music: Popular and Classical: Specially Selected for Foreign Guests
Columbia Records
: Columbia Records, 1955.
A brief history of Japanese Music with a list of vinyl records of examples of the various types. -
From the Car Window
Japan Tourist Bureau
Tokyo: Japan Tourist Bureau, 1937.
‘This pamphlet is intended to enrich passenger’s mental baggage as much as possible by their attention to the principal places and drawing things of interest seen along the Tokaido Main Line from the car windows. A Tokyo – Kobe train journey of nearly 370 miles offers passengers varied attractions.” (from page 1). February 1937 issue. Survey form laid in. -
Additional Hotels in Japan
No author
[Japan]: No publisher, No date.
1930s Japanese hotels. A supplement of additional hotels which have opened since the publication of Yamaguchi’s Inns and Hotels in Japan.