Daisy shortcut (8 Ergebnisse)

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Zustand: Hervorragend. Zustand: Hervorragend | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher | Keine Beschreibung verfügbar.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. RARE: Only 6 copies held in the US in libraries, and only one other currently for sale. A beautiful 20 page souvenir Christmas storybook sent to children who mailed their letters to Santa in the Portland, Oregon, Golden Rule Bazaar department store's letter box -- the location is stamped above the publisher information on the title page. Illustrated throughout with chromolithographs, including one full-page illustration. The charming story incorporates a poem about the store. Some soiling to the cover and a split at the bottom spine, a closed tear to the title page, otherwise in great condition for a book of this type and age. The Golden Rule Bazaar was established by David Solis-Cohen in Portland in May 1882 as a branch of the San Francisco department store of the same name owned by the Davis brothers. Cohen was a noted writer (sometimes writing under the pen name "Daisy Shortcut", as here), who served as the Portland police commissioner and in the chamber of commerce, and was an important figure in the city's Jewish community as well as an Elk and Mason. A rare piece of Portland history as well as a lovely example of a late 19th-century illustrated children's book and department store advertising.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. First Edition. Philadelphia: Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger, 1876. First edition, 1876. Title page absent; book begins with Dedication on page 5. Burlesque humor about American history, illustrated with engravings. Brown pictorial hardcover printed in gilt, 9.75" tall, 82 pages plus 20 pages of Philadelphia advertising. Covers rubbed with some fraying to the extremities, front hinge internally cracked but secure, text block sound, page a bit age-toned but clean, name at top of front free endpaper. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.…

Softcover. Zustand: Very Good. First edition. 12mo. 20pp. Illustrated in color. Printed pebble-grain illustrated stiff wrappers. Small embossed library stamp, and small "released stamp", some modest soiling on the wrappers, and splitting along the spine, about very good. An attractive Christmas story, by David Solis-Cohen, a Philadelphia-born Jewish lawyer and toy importer who moved to Portland, Oregon in 1878, and loomed large in the civic life of that city. Very scarce. *OCLC* locates just six copies, over two records.…