Postcards

1900. Japanese Lacquer. Very Good. Oblong Quarto. Large Japanese Lacquer postcard album with bone and mother-of-pearl onlays. Undated, circa 1900. With 22 total postcards, 18 of which are hand-colored collotype postcards, 2 are actual black and white photographs, most measuring 3½"x5½" and are laid into 6 thick leaves with silk covers, each hand-painted with flower prints in watercolor. (Oblong 4to) 9¾x13¼, Japanese lacquer album in black, front cover with carved bone & mother of pearl inlays, showing a Japanese man rowing a boat and transporting two Japanese women, black leather spine. Collection of hand-colored postcards of the Nagasaki area. All inside surfaces and end papers are of silk and hand painted with soft colors and a delicate hand, showing country-side huts, rivers, lakes, birds, and sprays of flowers. Each page is prepared to accept 4 post cards, with orange threads intact. The hand-colored postcards are over a collotype photograph, some… Read More

1949. Unbound. Near Fine. Typed Postcard Signed to David McDowell of New Directions. Postmarked 29 November 1949 from Key West Monica providing a blurb for the American edition of Elio Vittorini's *In Sicily* (which was not used on the first American edition). Near fine. Good content, in full: "There is no warmer and sweeter spirit in the world today than that of the Italian and Sicilian peasantry. They are the true nobility of the world, and their spirit has been caught by Elio Vittorini's book IN SICILY. Tenn Williams. McDowell had a long and distinguished career in American publishing, working at New Directions, Random House, and Crown. For a short period in the late 1950s he and Ivan Obolensky published under their own imprint, most famously issuing the Pulitzer Prize-winning posthumous novel by his good friend James Agee, *A Death in the Family*.

Unbound. Fine. Real photo postcard (image directly from a negative, not printed). Approximately 5.5" x 3.5". Postmarked 21 July 1906 from Barnstable, and 22 July 1906 from Boston. About fine. Oval photographic image of Perkins sitting in a rocking chair on a porch, probably in Barnstable. Perkins has labeled the photo "Jack did it!" and has addressed the card (in effect Signing it) to himself at Apthorp House at Harvard (a distinguished Colonial home in Cambridge, now the Master's residence in Adams House). A nice, early, and perhaps unrecorded image.

England. Excellent condition. 45 paper cards, usually colored lithographs with pointille embossments in gold and silver, decorated with additional cut-out parts from other colored embossments, multicolored materials, gold-foil or silver-foil, many with silk applications. With English texts. Sizes vary (duodecimo to quarto), all mounted on thick modern handmade paper. Housed in a green protective cloth drop-down-back case. An extraordinary and exquisite assemblage of these delicate items.

Silver Lake, NH, 1962. Surface abrasion, not affecting text. Airmail postcard to Howard Rothschild in London, dated shortly before Cummings' death: "thanks immensely for the priceless information about Norway - & for the 2handedswordlifting Swedish hero. Let us know how you like guided tours in the proletarian paradise; & don't miss Lenin! Marion sends love." [With:] Four page Autograph Letter, signed, from Cummings' wife, Marion Morehouse, reading in part: "Thanks so much for the clipping, though I'm always dismayed by the way journalists misquote. C did say to Sonia [Orwell] that artists should be in the opposition but as for saying he'd not been happy since Roosevelt was elected, not only did he not say it but it's no the sort of thing he would say ...".

1905. framed. Vintage 5.25 x 3.25-inch postcard featuring a three-quarters bust-portrait of the actress with an intense look, no place, no date, circa 1905. Boldly signed in full across the bottom of the photo. Small crease in the upper right corner, but still in very good condition. Float-mounted on a dark gray background, matted in white, and set in a white wooden frame measuring 9.25 x 7 inches.<br/> <br/>

Ny, 1905. 12mo. Some browning at edges. 12mo.

Mucha's printed name appears to the left under the image and the Czech title to the right. Mucha has signed in his fine hand, "Mucha," above and perpendicular to his printed name. A note on provenance: the signed postcard originally came from Mucha's daughter. Ideal for display and exceptionally attractive. Autograph

Chunghwa Post, 2004. Hardcover. Used- Fine condition. Book is clean and tight. Book shows very light shelf wear. All stamps and postcards are included in the book. The plastic holders for the postcards on pg. 17-23 are coming slightly unglued. No markings on the inside of the book. Photos are of the book we have here at Barbed Wire Books.

Chicago, IL: Max Rigo, 1911. Folding panoramic postcard (290 x 195 mm). Professionally mounted, gazed, and framed using archival materials. Composite photographic image depicting the Chicago lakefront and early planes. The sender's and receiver's details filled out in black ink, and four landmarks noted on the image in the same hand. Marks from stamp, some toning and spotting of the verso, creasing and wear, particularly near the original folds (which are fragile) and at the corners and slightly affecting the image, small tape repair to one corner on the verso. Very good condition. A striking, oversized panoramic postcard photomontage depicting one of the most important aviation events prior to the First World War, the August 1911 International Aviation Meet at Grant Park in Chicago. The Chicago meet was the largest airshow held up to that time, only eight years after the first powered flight by the Wright Brothers. Over the course of nine days thirty-three amateur and professional aviators… Read More

Halstead and Walnut, Kansas: No Publisher, 1912. RARE. Two real photo postcards featuring team pictures of a Kansas High School football team. Mailed and sent Feb. 20, 1912 and Feb. 26, 1913. With great written content from player Everett Babcock to his friend, Robert Popkins, on the team, its season, and some of the players pictured. Both cards are Very Good. . Postcard. Very Good. 3 1/2" x 5 3/8".

Syracuse, Kansas : W. W. Kidwell,/ Kidwell's Studio Photo , 1916. Two real photo postcards, sent by mail Aug. 7 and Sept. 20, 1916. Both by W.W. Kidwell photographic studio, Syracuse, Hamilton County, Kansas. Sent from Syracuse, Kansas by Robert Popkins to his parents Sept. 20 and to his brother Chas. Aug. 7, both living in Halstead, Kansas. The cards titled No. 1 View of Syracuse and New Steel Bridge, Syracuse, Kans. In the message to his brother Robert describes a 2 1/2 hour trip with his mulke team "down to Syracuse" "had a runaway and then made them travel the rest of the way." He also mentions "it is still windy out here and the dust blows a fright". The one to his parents mentions "stayed all night in Bucklin and came to Dodge this morn. Caught No.9 here will see my Co. Supt. and then catch the 567 to Holly." He ends by saying "tell Everett there is no school in Kiowa Co." Both Very Good, the written sides with some toning. SCARCE. .… Read More

New York: DeWitt C. Wheeler, Photographer No date, circa 1908 -1910. Printed "Anglo Life Series" verso, featuring 3 cowboys with 3 horses and a building that appears to be a store. Sent to Mrs. Wesley Popkins, Halstead, Kansas, from Sada ?, concerning an upcoming visit. Very Good, with creases. New York photographer DeWitt C. Wheeler's works are found in the George Eastman Museum collection. . Postcard. Very Good. 3 1/4" x 5 1/2".

Oklahoma: No Publisher, 1941. Real photo postcard mailed Nov. 12, 1941 to Mr. Vernon Popkins, Halstead, Kans. from his sister. Features Osage Indian ceremony at Hominy, Okla. Part of the message reads "Well this is the way they dance down here. Had a big Pow Wow this fall ...". . Postcard. Near Fine. 3 1/2 x 5 1/2".

El Salvador: published in collaboration with Artes Graficas Publicitarias S.A de C.V and Banco Cuscatlan. 1999. English-Spanish text. Hardcover. Book: Very Good + condition; stitching on first and last signatures are visible. Dust jacket: Very Good - condition; friction wear to back of dust jacket likely caused by frequent sliding on table surface; slight wear on front of just jacket across the top and down the right side; slight wear on all corners of dust jacket; very small tear on bottom left corner on back of dust jacket. Photos are of the book we have here at Barbed Wire Books.