Search Results: Ephemera from Dale Steffey Books, ABAA

Portland, OR: Hotel Hoyt RARE, (Worldcat locates 2 copies) advertising brochure for the legendary Portland Hotel Hoyt. No Date, circa 191?. Near Fine, small (1/4") tears at folds. 1 folded sheet. ([6] pages) : color illustrations with color drawing of the hotel, color photos of two of the rooms and the lobby, rates, and 4 paragraphs of description. The hotel featured 200 rooms and 100 private baths. Built in 1912, the Hoyt closed in 1972 and was demolished in 1977. After its 1962 renovation by owner Harvey Dick, its nightclub Barbary Coast Lounge and Roaring 20s Room attracted celebrities such as Johnny Carson and Duke Ellington. . One Page,Folded Twice. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 3 1/2 x 6".

Sioux City, Iowa : Sioux City Tent & Awning Co. No Date, circa 1904. Advertising card for Sioux City Tent & Awning Co. measuring 3 1/4" x 6", the front side features a black and white photograph of Camp Security, the verso reads "If You are Going to BONESTEEL Stop at CAMP SECURITY. Because - There are accomodations for about 1000 persons; the tents are all furnished with from two to four cots, new bedclothes and camp furniture; it is enclosed in a 6-ft. tight wire fence and is carefully guarded day and night; meals are served on camp grounds; everything will be run in strictly first-class order. Sleeping accomodations can be reserved any time at our Sioux City office. SIOUX CITY TENT & AWNING CO. 412 Jackson Street." In 1904 the Rosebud Sioux Reservation was opened to homesteaders, resulting in a land rush causing 100,000 people to come to North Dakota, about 30,000 of which came through Bonesteel, N.D. RARE. Worldcat does not locate any copies. . Cardstock. Very… Read More

Danville, Illinois: Lindley Garage, 1944. World War II patriotic calendar, 1944, 5 3/4" x 9", lithograph of General Douglas A. MacArthur before an American flag, with complete calendar and temperature gauge. Lindley Garage, Truck Repairing, Wrecker Service, 9 N. Franklin St., Danville, Illinois. Very Good, slight rubbing at edges. Uncommon. . First Edition. Calendar. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 5 3/4" x 9".

Los Angeles: Clifton's Pacific Seas Cafeteria, 1939. No date, circa 1940. Clifton's Cafeteria opened in the early 1930's during the height of the Great Depression, and instituted a "Pay As You Wish" policy ( seen in fine print on the card), never turning away a customer, and giving away many free meals. In 1939 it underwent a complete renovation and was transformed into a 3-story restaurant with South Pacific "Tiki" theme called Clifton's Pacific Seas. After Jack Kerouac ate there, he made mention of it in "On the Road". The restaurant closed and was demolished in 1960. The card is Very Good, small corner creases. Verso of card is blank. . First Edition. Cardstock. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 4" x 6 ".

The Proctor & Gamble Company, 1922. 11" h x 21" w original trolley car advertising sign for Crisco - "Crisco frying gives you Nature's delicious food flavors - unchanged. No smoke, No odor. Strain Crisco. Use it again and again. for Frying for Shortening for Cake-making". Signed in image lower left "Irvine", copyright number C-204. Very Good, printed on stiff cardboard, stains along edges, scant edge wear. A SCARCE sign with bright imagery of a sunny-side up eggs and biscuits breakfast, not found in online searches. Will ship flat, please select Priority Mail shipping to help defray costs. . Poster. Very Good. 11" h x 21" W.

Milwaukee, Wisconsin: The Gugler Litho Co. 11" h x 21" w original trolley car advertising sign for Wrigley's Chewing Gum, copyright number 102-B. No Date, circa early 1920s. Near Fine, soiling at margins and light edge wear. A SCARCE sign with exceptional and bright imagery that delights the eye, not found in online searches. Will ship flat, please select Priority Mail shipping to help defray costs. . Poster. Near Fine. 11" h x 21" W.

(Cincinnatti): (The Proctor & Gamble Co.) 11" h x 21" w original trolley car advertising sign for Crisco, copyright number C-104, No Date, circa 1920. Near Fine, printed on stiff cardboard, left corners small chips. A SCARCE sign with tantalizing imagery, not found in online searches. Will ship flat, please select Priority Mail shipping to help defray costs. . Poster. Near Fine. 11" h x 21" W.

No Place: Ridgways Tea 11" h x 21" w original trolley car advertising sign for Ridgways Genuine Orange Pekoe Tea. No Date, circa 1920s. Very Good Plus, printed on stiff cardboard, shallow chip along bottom edge, light wear at edges. A SCARCE sign with vivid colors, not found in online searches. Will ship flat, please select Priority Mail shipping to help defray costs. . Poster. Very Good Plus. 11" h x 21" W.

Dayton, OH: Dayton Spice Mills No date, circa(1888) which was the year the Bryson Bonebreak Block was built in Los Angeles, and the date in ink at bottom margin below photo that someone has added. From the verso: " Handsome, Historical, Instructive. Photo-Lithographic View Cards. One card in each package of Jersey Coffee! ... Jersey Coffee is pure, clean, strong and fine flavored, and is the best package coffee on the market. Sold only in 1-lb. packages. Dayton Spice Mills Co., sole manufacturers, Dayton, Ohio, U.S.A." A Good complete card, several creases and small tears at edges. SCARCE, not listed at OCLC, which does list 9 of the 100 views that were issued to advertise Jersey Coffee by The Dayton Spice Mills Co. in the late 1800s. . Cardstock. Good. 2 5/8" x 5 3/4".

Concord, NH: William B. Ewert, 1988. This poem previously appeared in "Where Water Comes Together with Other Water" , published by Random House in 1985. One of 50 copies privately printed at the Firefly Press for William B. Ewert, Publisher. Designed by John Kristensen. Created to honor Raymond Carver on his induction into the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters on May 18, 1988. SIGNED by Carver. Near Fine, small faint sticker shadow above title. . SIGNED. Limited, Signed First Edition. Near Fine. 8 3/4" x 13 3/4". Broadside.

Georgia : Central of Georgia Railway Company, 1924. SCARCE. Near Fine, wrappers slight toning. 36 pp., Agreement, Rules Effective July 1st, 1921, pp. 3-15, Wages Effective Sept. 1st, 1924, Wage Scale pp. 15-36. . Eighth Edition. Stapled Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

Alaska: Pacific Coast Steamship Company , 1909. RARE advertising card for the Pacific Coast Steamhip Co. featuring a black and white photograph of three Native women, one with a child in carrier on her back, prepearing a meal over a campfire across water from a glacier. Card size 5 3/4" x 8", image size 4 1/4" x 7 1/2", with text underneath reading "AN ALASKA CHRISTMAS DINNER: Here's to good fortune for Nineteen Naught Nine ! May you always have food when the time comes to dine ! May you always find gold in your prospecting pan ! May Good health attend you ! Yours, (?)". Very Good, bottom left corner creased, small chip top edge. Native American. Gold prospecting. . Cardstock. Very Good. 5 3/4" H x 8" W.

Oneida, NY: Oneida Community, 1877. Ten complete issues all Near Fine, a few small corner creases, 3 issues with small notebook holes at spine. Includes Vol. II, Nos.3, 16, 33, and 47, Jan. 18, Apr. 19, Aug. 16, and Nov. 22, 1877, Vol. III, Nos. 9, 11, 14, Feb. 28, Mar. 14, Apr.11, 1878, and Vol. IV, Nos. 2, 11, 13, Jan. 9, Mar. 13, and Mar. 27, 1879. . First Edition. Newsprint. Near Fine. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall.

Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska, 1937. A notable folklore Association Copy, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on title page - "To Stith Thompson - "Hop, skip, down the wilderness" BA Botkin 6/30/37". Botkin is best remembered for his "A Treasury of American Folklore" and for his government positions at the Federal Writers’ Project, Joint Committee on Folk Arts of the Works Progress Administration and as chief editor of the Writers’ Unit of the Library of Congress Project. Stith Thompson is best known for his work on the classification of motifs in folk tales. His six-volume "Motif-Index of Folk-Literature "(1955-1958) is considered the international key to traditional material. The book is Good only, mostly because of wrappers- old tape mends at spine, 1/3 approx. of rear wrapper torn and missing, label taped at spine and stamped "Folklore Institute Reading Collection" title page. Contents are clean, tight, and unmarked. A SCARCE… Read More

Cleveland: Case Western Reserve University, 1980. Faint corner crease, Else Fine. In addition to Updike's story, includes stories by Susan Ludvigson, Mark Mirsky, and Judith Minty. Scarce.. First Printing. Printed Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued.

1983: No Publisher RARE. Original anti-nuclear protest poster for the 1983 June 20 blockade organized by Livermore Action Group, part of the International Day of Resistance, during which more than 1,100 protesters were arrested. Very Good, old tape marks and tape residue at corners, red "RUSH Greyhound Perishable" label at bottom edge, perhaps covering information about the blockade. Signed in the print J. Neel 1983 lower right. Not found at OCLC, OCMA, or through image searches. Suited for framing, will be shipped loosely rolled in sturdy mailing tube. . First Printing. Poster. Very Good. 19 3/4" x 13 3/4" .

New Haven, CT: Knights of Columbus, 1932. SCARCE Knights of Columbus ephemera. Application for Withdrawal is a single sheet printed both sides and tri-folded, on backside in pencil is "M.E.Council-2786". It is near Fine, with 3 small corner creases. The Application is also Near Fine, 4 pages, tri-folded, with 2 small closed tears at folds. The Application includes Application for Membership, Applicant's Declaration to Medical Examiner, Medical Examiner's Confidential Report, Instructions to Financial Secretary, and List of Prohibited Occupations from the Insurance Class. The Application is dated Dec. 18, 1932.. First Edition. Pamphlet. Very Good Plus/No Jacket, As Issued.

Los Angeles: John C. Brasfield No Date, circa 1940's. Very Good, small edge tears and rubbing to covers. Prior owner blind stamp front end page.. Numerous photographs by Maynard L. Parker. . First Edition. Pictorial Printed Wrappers. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

Charleston, SC, 1935. Bespoke project documentation book for the Works Progress Administration restoration of the Dock Street Theatre, Charleston, South Carolina, with the architect Douglas D. Ellington's. personal bookplate. Housed in an embossed calf binder with string tie, gilt lettering. 48 pages listed in table of contents which refer to 48 labelled sections, each with items such as a summary of the project, folder of photographs taken in Stoll's Alley, newspaper clippings, theatre programs and broadsides, research, records of holders of the property, maps, plans, photographs, drawings, and other related ephemera. Very Good, the leather binder with wear at spine ends and folders. Douglas D. Ellington (1886-1960), was a Native of North Carolina and trained at the Ecole des Beauv Arts, being the first American to win the top honor for decorative competitions at the École. In addition to his work on this theatre project, he designed numerous churches, residences, and government… Read More

Washington, D.C.: The White House, 1997. A unique personal archive of photographs and letters received by William K. Estes when awarded the President's National Medal of Science on December 16, 1997. Included are a SIGNED BY PRESIDENT CLINTON photograph of Estes receiving the medal from Clinton and a SIGNED BY VICE-PRESIDENT AL GORE photograph of Estes with Gore, and also two separate unsigned White House-issued group photographs, one of the awardees wth President Clinton and the other, the awardees with Vice-President Gore. In addition, a letter on White House stationery, dated May 14, 1997, SIGNED by Josh H. Gibbons, Asst. to the President for Science and Technology, to Estes confirming his selection as a recipient, a White House Press Release from the Office of Media Affairs, dated April 30, 1997, announcing the recipients, a congratulatory letter dated December 17, 1997 on U.S. Senate letterhead from the office of Senator John Kerry, Mass. SIGNED by Senator Kerry, and two programs for the… Read More