Ephemera from Zephyr Books

1902. Written on a sheet of lined stationery in clear readable script.. Good, split into three pieces along two sharp fold lines, lightly toned.. 22.5x14 cm.. A very scarce letter and signature by the author of travel books, history, novels and poetry. weight: 0.1 lb.

No place., Circa 1885. Contemporary brown cloth album with gilt pictorial cover. . Good plus, 2 leaves loose from binding, on leaf lacks the top half. . 29.7x32.5x1.7 cm.. Most cards are French but a few have English text. Cards are pasted into album but a few have come loose. weight: 2.2 lb. 93 chromolithograph cards of… Read more about this item

New Bedford., Circa 1838. Contemporary half red leather over marbled boards, marbled endpapers. . Very good. . 19.5x12.5x1.7 cm.. A collection of popular poems transcribed in an elegant script. Poems by Percival, Burns, Shakespeare, Sigourney, Fitzgerald, and others. Script is quite small but legible. Back of front free endpaper has what appears to be the owner’s inscription “R.W.… Read more about this item

Paris.: j. Langlois., Circa 1919. Good. Missing a little material at the corners, a short closed tear at a fold. . 60x40 cm.. WWI Color illustration of wreckage at the Lens Mine.

London.: Rudolph Ackermann., 1807. Good, some soiling to margins, one print is missing a 6x3 cm piece at the upper left margin.. Images 22.5x31 cm.. Ackermann was a major publisher and printmaker in early 19th century London, famous for his hand colored aquatints of London scenes. 5 etchings of rural scenes.

New York.: Columbian Publishing Company., 1876. Good, paper toned, top edge chipped, short tear to left margin with a little loss. . 50x37.5 cm.. Printed on rice paper. Inset advertisement in lower corner. weight: 0.2 lb.

Rome.: Trans World Airlines., circa 1963. Very good. . 100x42.2 cm.. Artwork by Deufemia and D’Amico.. Italian text. An attractive poster from the golden age of air travel. A full Italian menu for the famous Da Meo Patacca restaurant with prices in Lira. Will be shipped rolled in a tube. weight: 0.2 lb.

Standard Oil, Makers of Essolube., Circa 1932. Very good. Printed wrapper is toned and has some tears to edges. . 30x45 cm.. A 150 piece jigsaw puzzle with the color cartoon by Dr. Seuss. In a plain black frame. Original brown paper wrapper in a mylar sleeve. weight: 1.7 lb.

Washington and Berlin., 1870 - 1889. Brown cloth, gilt decorations.. Good. Pages are brittle and many are detached from binding, Many items are no longer attached to the pages, as the paste has dried and released, cover on one volume is moisture damaged. . 37x29.5 cm.. Alfred Claparede was prominent Swiss diplomat who, in the the late 1880s… Read more about this item

circa 1830. Quarter brown cloth over green mottled boards.. Good, spine ends and corners worn, covers scuffed.. 26.5x35 cm.. An old scrapbook with 33 unused rough blue paper leaves. weight: 2.8 lb. 14 old book illustrations pasted to the rectos of nine leaves.

circa 1885. Brown cloth, black decorative borders, small chromolithograph illustration on cover.. Good, binding shaken, hinges split, two larger cards have scars from being stuck together.. 22x25 cm.. Heavy book, may require extra shipping. weight: 3.8 lb. Over 300 French chromolithograph trade cards pasted in to a contemporary album.

Circa 1690. Light foxing, otherwise very good.. Seven prints pasted on to two heavy paper leaves, each print 10x11.5 cm. Meyer was a major Swiss landscape artist in the late 17th century, however his work is quite scarce. weight: 0.2 lb.

Bourg.: Bureau du Journal de l'Ain., 1862. Unbound leaves in a printed folder.. Good plus, some edgewear, light foxing, old ink name to cover.. 31.5x24.5 cm.. French text. weight: .5 lb. 6 duo-tone lithograph plates by Lemercier.

Zurich.: Hofer & Burger., no date but 1884. Very good, one small glue spot scar low on first fold.. 28.2x93 cm.. German captions. Scarce panoramic view of the Bernese Alps from Jahrbuch des Schweizer Alpenclub, 19 (1883-1884). weight: 0.5 lb. One folding tinted lithograph panoramic view.

Paris., 1835. Very good, slight toning to edges.. 28x18.5 cm.. Captions in French and Spanish. Illustrations from Sainson’s Voyage Autour du Monde. 34 etched images on 17 leaves.

1993. Mounted on a 25.2x20 cm. black mat.. Very good.. 16.5x17 cm.. A cute gag with the “Invisible” Killer and the Koontz signature. weight: 0.2 lb.

[Lausanne].: Hignou., 1818. Good, light dampstains, on short hole in paper at fold. . 39.5x24.5 cm.. Rare early 19th century Swiss broadside. weight: 0.1 lb.

Roma.: Reverenda Camera Apostollca., 1785. Broadside.. Very good, . 39x26 cm.. Italian text. A broadside announcing a new edict regulating nude bathing in the public fountains and rivers of Rome. Uncommon. weight: 0.1 lb. Decorative headpiece printed in red and black.

[Geneve ?]: D.Nee, 1777. Very good, one very light crease affecting little of the image. . Image 15x22 cm. . weight: 0.2 lb. Copperplate etching of Lake Geneva with a boat at sail and two people launching a boat.

Geneva., No date. Good, a few spots of watercolor paint, probably from the artist’s studio, one small soiled spot at the lower corner.. 26x42 cm.. Curtat was a Swiss realist noted for his watercolors. weight: 0.1 lb. Original pencil drawing of long-stem cut roses.