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Over the years, the good folks at Princeton Architectural Press have supplied this blogger with numerous titles from its cataloge to share with readers of ephemera.
Not only would I like to once again thank this excellent publishing house for its thoughtfulness in sending me these materials, but I also want to provide new readers with a roundup on the posts that were generated from their contributions:
Here's a chance to own Thrills Incorporated science fiction magazine (Vol. 1, No. 2) April, 1950, which is up for grabs on eBay.
According to the listing, Thrills Incorporated was comprised of 23 issues from March 1950 until its demise in June, 1951. The first 12 issues were standard comic size, whilst issues 13-23 became digest size.
"A scarce Australian item from the fifties," says the seller.
The ephemera blog: It's a thrill a minute, yes?
This original Award Document for acts of Bravery or Meritorious Service to Italy
is up for bid on eBay. It is made out to recipient Amedeol Strazzera. One of the signatures is that of Mussolini and the other by P. Boselli.
"These Italian Orders are extremely rare and even rarer when they come with their original Award Document," say the seller. "This Order was also awarded by the then Mussolini Fascist Government to high ranking German Officers during World War II.
The Order of the Crown of Italy (Ordine della Corona d'Italia) was an conferred by the Kingdom of Italy. Established by King Victor Emmanuel II on 20 February 1868 to commemorate the Italian unification, the Order was awarded to both civilian and military for Bravery and also for Merit.
After Italy became a republic in 1946, the Order was effectively replaced by the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic.
Up for grabs on eBay is one double-leaf out of the small Chronicle of the World by Hartmann Schedel (Latin edition). Augsburg, Schönsperger, 1497 A.D.
According to the listing, the small Chronicle of the World, written by the Nuremberg physician and humanist Hartmann Schedel, is one of the most important fifteenth-century German prints. The work, which was financed by the Nuremberg merchants Sebald Schreyer and Sebastian Kammermeister, first appeared in the Latin edition in June 1493, followed by the German translation by the Nuremberg treasury scribe Georg Alt in December of the same year. In 1497, Schönsperger printed a shortened version in Augsburg, the so-called small Schedel Chronicle of the World. Hartmann Schedel (1440-1514) was a German physician, humanist and historian, one of the first cartographers to make use of the printing press. Schedel is best known for his writing the text for the Nuremberg Chronicle, known to Germans as Schedel's World Chronicle, published in 1493 in Nuremberg.
This original Alexander Hamilton autograph
is up for bid on eBay.
According to Wikipedia, Alexander Hamilton (January 11, 1755 – July 12, 1804) was the first United States Secretary of the Treasury, a Founding Father, economist, and political philosopher. Aide-de-camp to General George Washington during the American Revolutionary War, he was a leader of nationalist forces calling for a new Constitution; he was one of America's first Constitutional lawyers, and wrote most of the Federalist Papers, a primary source for Constitutional interpretation. Hamilton was the primary author of many of the policies supported by the Federalist Party.
This Coke bottle, up for bid on eBay, was produced for the Georgia Association of Convenience Stores' 25th anniversary Convention held at the Biltmore Estate in Asheville.
"It has been quite some time since we last posted this very-hard-to-find Coke bottle on eBay," says the seller. "...now is your chance to add it to your collection!"
Biltmore House is a French Renaissance architecture revival Châteauesque-style mansion near Asheville, North Carolina, built by George Washington Vanderbilt II between 1889 and 1895. It is the largest privately-owned home in the United States, at 175,000 square feet (16,300 m2) and featuring 250 rooms. Still owned by one of Vanderbilt's descendants, it stands today as one of the most prominent remaining examples of the Gilded Age, and of significant gardens in the Garden à la française and English Landscape garden styles in the United States
This infamous poster was sold by The Doors was sold by The Doors at the same time as The Doors Tour Programs, according to the eBay seller listing the poster.
"But as rare as the Tour Programs are, these posters turn up even less frequently," says the seller. "The poster is 17 x 21 inches, and is in near mint condition. It has never been hung or rolled, and has always been stored flat in a plastic sleeve. It has no holes, tears, scratches, creases or fading. Although the back has some light staining from storage, the front looks like it just came off the press. This is a hard to find poster in exceptional condition."
"Give Your Career Wings!" shouts this 1940s-era Pan Am Airlines stewardess pamphlet, which is up for bid on eBay.
Up for bid on eBay is this signed personal check of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, dated Feb. 5, 1984, in the amount of $65.00.
The sellers says, "It is an un-cashed check...obviously, the recipient appreciated it more for the signature than the actual dollar value. It has been stored in a plastic sleeve and has no rips or tears, but is slightly faded from age."
It must be pain for the famous to try to reconcile their check book balance each month, no?
A very interesting, original Mexican-American War letter
is up for bid on eBay.
About this letter, the seller includes: "Aboard [U.S. troopship] J. M. COOPER, Jul 5 1847," from Albert G. Nicholson, a private with Company "H," 2nd Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, to his father, James W. Nicholson, Uniontown, Pennsylvania, forwarded to Genoa PA (both are in Fayette County; now part of greater Pittsburgh); (on address panel) partial black New Orleans/ LA, Mar 2 (1847) postmark + large "10c" postal rate, forwarded with additional 5c postage and blue Uniontown/ PA, Mar 15 (1847) postmark to Geneva PA.
The content of the letter reads, in part, reads as follows: "We are now about 150 miles from Tampico [Mexico], and had beautiful, calm weather the first two days, when it changed to a strong Northwester and we drifted back about 60 miles, at least. Three quarters of the Volunteers were sick. I never saw such a time, all sails were hauled in, and the storm was so great as to break away the ropes ... The provision barrels, which were out of the hold for convenience, such a thumping of barrels, camp kettles, pans & a box of the Guard's muskets you would not believe without seeing. Then the powder magazine broke & a few ran upon the deck & told the Capt. & Mate that the magazine was after them. Brother William is tolerable well, He had a slight touch of the diarrhea, but is better. The weather is now warm & a little rainy. We expect to arrive at Tampico tomorrow (off Tampico 3 miles). Will be there perhaps [in] 24 hours. We will leave our letters there & get further orders. We expect to be encamped on Lobos Island, 60 miles south of Tampico ... We have but a poor chance to write. I am writing [this letter] below on a box. Our Volunteers are getting well, only about 75 sick out of 3 companies. It is the dirtiest & filthiest place I ever saw, and we clean out once a day. I have got nearly well of my cold. Our officers were as sick as any of the privates, all mending ... It is uncertain where we will be any length of time ... [signed] Albert G. Nicholson. N.B. Direct your letters to care of COL W. B. Roberts, Tampico (2nd Regt. Pa. Volunteers), via Washington City & Mobile. Monday 12 O'c A.M. As all is quiet, so I commence to write a few more lines. Since Saturday we have had another calm and are yet about 130 miles off Tampico. We will anchor off there for a few hours, then get our orders & leave for Lobos Island. It is thought to be trained for the service, our sick are mostly about again. COL Roberts has had a severe sickness as most of them & is not well yet. Brother William [was in same regiment] is better of his cold & wrote Saturday to his wife. He will write to you from Tampico of Lobos Island ... I have had very sore eyes so that I could not see part of the time. The Doctor gave me some salts & eye water & they are much better, but still weak from the wind, salt water & smoke. July 10th. We are yet about 70 miles off Tampico and coasting in a slow zig zag way to keep off the land. We learned yesterday from a schooner that one of our vessels was driven ashore between Tampico & Vera Cruz & all taken prisoners. No further particulars as yet. Our provisions were bad enough from the first, but are worse & worse (moldy bread or biscuits) & bad coffee, fat pork, no pepper & not enough water. Oh, what a glorious country we used to live in (but not now). As the sailors are fixing the jolly boat, so we think that we will be in sight of Tampico tomorrow. Some of the officers will go out. We do not know where our destination is as yet ... [signed] Albert G. Nicholson."
After this letter was written, the seller adds, the 2nd Regiment finally landed on Lobos Island, and from there embarked for Vera Cruz, and arriving after the city surrendered the unit moved on into the interior by way of Puebla and Perote. During its time in Mexico, the 2nd Pennsylvania saw action at Tabasco, Cerro Gordo, Contreas, Cherubusco, San Pascual and at the storming of Belen Gate. Unfortunately, COL Roberts died in Mexico City on Oct 3 1847 of disease. The command of the Regiment was assumed by LTCOL John W. Geary, later a General in the Civil War and Governor of Pennsylvania.
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