Coe's Crosstown Carnival
New York: New York Post, 1935. Hardcover. Illustrated end papers. Full page cartoons in black and white from the 30's. Coe was a cartoonist for the New York Post. Ruben Gabel introduction.
Depression
The Street that Never Slept: New York's Fabled 52nd Street - and the bootleggers, comics, characters, strippers, club owners, and jazzmen that made it swing
New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, 1971. Hardcover. 378 pp. With black and white photographs, Discography and Index. A book about 52nd Street in New York from its speakeasy days to influential jazz scene.
Lillian Ward of Henry Street
New York: Macmillan, 1983. Hardcover. 8vo.
Isles of Sunshine: Bermuda and the West Indies
Montreal: Canadian National Steamships, 1933. Softcover. Eight [8] 6" x 6" pages with color illustrations and black and white photos.
Isles of Sunshine: Bermuda and the West Indies
Montreal: Canadian National Steamships, 1933. Softcover. Eight [8] 6" x 6" pages with color illustrations and black and white photos.
The Smart Set: A History and Anthology with an Introductory Reminiscence by S.N. Behrman.
New York: Dial, 1966. Hardcover. 4to., 262 pp. Notes, index, and bibliography. Compiled in 1966 but based on articles drawn originally from the 1900-1930 period, with stories, plays, and verse by James Joyce, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Eugene O'Neill, Ezra Pound, D.H. Lawrence, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Dorothy Parker, Robinson Jeffers.....
Spirits of Just Men: Mountaineers, Liquor Bosses and Lawmen in the Moonshine Capital of the World
Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2011. Softcover. 8vo., 280 pp. Black and white photos. Map. Signed by the author. Tells the story of moonshine in 1930s America, as seen through Franklin County, Virginia, a place that many still refer to as the "moonshine capital of the world." Charles D. Thompson.....
A Century of Progress: Come to Chicago and You'll See More in '34
Chicago: Chicago Association of Commerce in Cooperation with Chicagoans, Inc., 1933. Softcover. 18" x 24" tabloid format. Folded horizontally. Contains photos and advertisements throughout. Rare. **OCLC** lists two copies at the Wisconsin Historical Society Library.
Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition
New York: Scribner, 2010. Hardcover. 8vo., 468 pp. Illustrations. Notes. Sources. Index. Okrent explores the origins, implementation and failure of Prohibition.
Tarheel Lightnin': How Secret Stills and Fast Cars Made North Carolina the Moonshine Capital of the World.
Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2019. Hardcover. 8vo.
The Roosevelt Omnibus
New York: Knopf, 1934. Hardcover. 8vo., 174 pp. The two rear chapters are unpaginated: Cartoons and Caricatures and Miscellany. Including an extensive section of photogravures in front. A very handsome illustrative tribute to the president.
Prohibition: Thirteen Years that Changed America
New York: Arcade Publishing, 1996. Softcover. 8vo. 272 pp.
Furness Bermuda Line West Indies Service 21 Day Cruises
New York: Furness Cruises, C1930. Softcover. 9" x 4" brochure with 24 pp. including color covers. Black and white photos throughout.
Furness Cruises to the Real West Indies
New York: Furness Cruises, C1930. Softcover. 18" x 16" single sheet folded into eight [8] 3 3/4" x 8 1/2" panels. Includes black and white photos and color illustrations. Includes "Ten Fascinating Islands of the Caribbean" and map poster on verso.
The Time That Was Then: The Lower East Side, 1900-1913-An Intimate Chronicle
New York: Dial, 1971. Hardcover. 8vo. 238 pp. Black and white photos. New York history.
Fortune Volume IV No. 4, October 1931
New York: Time, Inc., 1931. Softcover. Folio, 14" x 11 1/4." 139 pp. Perfect bound magazine printed on heavy paper. Unusual cover art by John Clinton Ellis depicts a closeup of two microphones. With color and black and white photos, illustrations, features and advertisements. A rare complete Depression-era copy of.....
Fortune Volume V No. 2, February 1932
New York: Time, Inc., 1932. Softcover. Folio, 14" x 11 1/4." 136 pp. Publication from the third year of publication of the business magazine founded by magazine publisher Henry R. Luce four months after the Wall Street Crash, and noted for its cover art, photography [featuring the photographs of Margaret.....
Andy Gordon
Cleveland: World Syndicate, C1940. Hardcover. 8vo., Unpaginated. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Pages are heavily toned but clean and very good. Dust jacket is lightly soiled.
The Architectural Forum, Volume 69, Number 1, July 1938
New York: Time, Inc., 1938. Softcover. 4to. 146 pp. Ring bound oversize pictorial red card covers. Remarkably well preserved copyWith black and white features, ads and plans throughout. Architectural Forum was an American magazine that covered the homebuilding industry and architecture. Started in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1892 as The Brickbuilder.....
The Architectural Forum, Volume 70, Number 1, January 1939
New York: Time, Inc., 1939. Softcover. 4to. 62 pp. Ring bound oversize pictorial red card covers. Remarkably well preserved copy. With black and white features, ads and plans throughout. Architectural Forum was an American magazine that covered the homebuilding industry and architecture. Started in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1892 as The.....
The Architectural Forum, Volume 72, Number 3, September 1940
New York: Time, Inc., 1940. Softcover. 4to. 266 pp. Ring bound oversize pictorial green card covers. Remarkably well preserved copy. With black and white features, ads and plans throughout. Architectural Forum was an American magazine that covered the homebuilding industry and architecture. Started in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1892 as The.....
Dorthea Lange
New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1966. Softcover. Square 8vo. Black and white plates.
Grouping of 30 Mid-1930s Philadelphia Record Supplement Hollywood Photo Prints
Philadelphia: The Philadelphia Record, 1936-1938. Softcover. 9 1/2" x 7 1/2." Thirty [30] aquatint photo prints of mid 30s era Hollywood stars and other celebrities. It appears as though these series of supplements were issued in 1933, 1936, 1937, and 1938, with a slightly larger Franklin Delano Roosevelt premium issued.....
The Bootlegger: A Story of Small-Town America
Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1998. Hardcover. 8vo.
Bawdy Ballads and Lusty Lyrics
Indianapolis: Maxwell Droke, 1935. Hardcover. 12mo. 80 pp. Described as "A Curious Collection of Somewhat Salty Classics Seldom Sung in Sunday School." Eight ballads and lyrics.