Woman's Studies from Peter Austern & Co. Books & Ephemera / Brooklyn Books

Book. Very Good. Soft cover. This is a circa 1900s handmade sampler of lace- tatting - crochet patterns. 125+ examples on dark green oil cloth pages. Approx 9x9 inches, in very nice condition.

Scrapbook. Very Good. Hardcover. 1931-1936 --Handwritten 'Commonplace Book/Journal'-- Yvonne O. Miller of Schenectedy, NY shows plenty of spark during the Great Depression. Her journal is a brightly collaged mash-up of torn ticket stubs and handwritten annotations. (94) pages of (175+) annotated items-- neatly assembled in chronological order-- movie ticket and football game stubs, menus, prints, all sorts of memorabilia.… Read more about this item

NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1962. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Inscribed by Mae West. The Western, from Silents to Cinerama, by George Everson and William K Fenin. Inscribed by May West across two pages- hinting at her relationship with famed Westerns actor Rory Calhoun [pictured]. Laid in- Las Vegas & Banbera,TX news articles, postcards, images, and the front &… Read more about this item

NY: Lothrop Company, 1960. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 1960, You Learn By Living by Eleanor Roosevelt, signed 1st edition, Harper & Brothers. Signed on the front endpaper by Eleanor Roosevelt. and later inscribed [as a Christmas gift] by Abba Schwartz, a close political associate of J FK, Robert F. Kennedy, and… Read more about this item

NY: McGraw-Hill , 1965. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by President Johnson on front free endpaper. A detailed look at the family history of President Lyndon B. Johnson, compiled by his mother, Rebekah Baines Johnson. This book was presented to Tammy Shelton, signed and autographed by President Lyndon B. Johnson. Includes a 4x6 color snapshot of President Johnson presenting the book.… Read more about this item

Photographic Image. Very Good. No Binding. c. 1920s,photographic postcard. Approx. 3.5x5.5 inches.

London: M. Lewis No.1 Pater-Noster-Row, 1770. Book. Good. No Binding. 1st Edition. Mary Lewis, Moravian and Independent, was a bookseller/printer in business with her husband, son-in-law, and daughter at 1 Paternoster Row, 1756-91. Upon the death of her husband, John Lewis, in 1754, Mary Lewis took over his printing business and bookshop at 1 Paternoster Row, only… Read more about this item