This very amusing French transfer plate making fun of tennis and tennis players. A great item for the tennis enthusiast. Vintage tennis collectibles are hard to find. It was manufactured by St. Amand, probably in the mid 1920's. There is some very light staining around the inside of the rim, but it does not detract from the attractiveness of the piece. Diameter is 7 3/4 inches. The photograph of the plate has some reflections which make it harder to see the details -- sorry.

rare first edition of Dynamo by Eugene O'Neill, the only American playwright to win a Nobel Prize. This is a very good copy of the 1929 first edition of the play. This copy was purchased in 1957 from a well-known antiquarian bookseller on Madison Avenue in New York City whose firm had purchased 10 copies when the book was published and still had one some original stock remaining. There is some sun fading on the spine, a split of the front hinge and an incipient split of the back hinge...

George III sterling stuffing spoon by William Sumner, London, 1799. The spoon is 11 5/8 inches long and in very good condition. There is a crest of a raised armored arm holding a dagger.

Real photo postcard of Crystal Cascade at Pinkham Notch in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. The card is numbered 1520 on the front. There are some minor smudges on the back which can be seen in the scan. The card is unused. It was purchased by a woman who was 15 years old in 1920 and was attending a summer camp in the Adirondacks. The card can be sent by First Class Mail for $2.00. It can be combined with the other postcard lot I am offering for the same shipping cost.

These two cards depict Tuckerman Ravine from Bootts Spur, Mt. Washington, and Hermit Lake in Tuckerman Ravine. The first is numbered 553 on the front while the second is numbered 507. Both were produced by The Shorey Studio of Gorham, New Hampshire. Both appear to be in very good, unused condition (there are minor smudge on back on first card, visible in scan). I am not a postcard specialist so cannot give the condition in terms used by postcard dealers...

These cards were given out by banks and other institutions to help French people understand the value of the new euro currency compared to the franc which had been in use for many years. They are interesting and informative records of the transition period, which actually lasted for several years. The euro currency was introduced on 1 January 2002 and both currencies were legal to use until 17 February 2002 after which only the euro could be used...

Original McGraw-Hill hardcover editions of these interesting books complete with dustwrappers. Many photographs (160 in each volume). Handsomely decorated boards. Books are in very good condition with minor wear on wrappers. Former owner's name on front pastedowns. Price includes free media mail shipping in the USA.

"14 FASCINATING WALKS THAT FOLLOW THE PATHS OF THE MOST WIDELY READ MYSTERY WRITERS, THEIR SLEUTHS AND CHARACTERS." -- from the cover. Authors are Alzina Stone Dall and Barbara Sloane Hendershott. Walks are: Bath, Brighton, Cambridge, Canterbury, Dorchester/Charmouth, Ely, Greenwich/Blackheath, Newmarket, Oxford, Salisbury, Shrewsbuy, Stratford-on-Avon, Thames River trip, and Windsor/Eton/Ascot. Includes maps. Endpapers are maps of England...

The definitive book on Hitchcock chairs and furniture. Large softcover book in very good condition. Almost like new but with the very slightest curl to cover. First edition, second printing 1977.

Rare Lincoln item -- sale of the only signed, titled and dated version of the Gettysburg Address manuscript in existence. "The Unique and Final Holograph Manuscript Known as the Bliss Copy Together with An Album of Other Manuscripts and Autograph Letters all Written and Brought Together for Benefit of the Sanitary Commission Fair Baltimore - 1864." This catalog was for a sale on April 27, 1949, at Parke-Bernet Galleries (predecessor to Sotheby's) in New York City...

"A vivid chronicle of a great American family whose members prove to have been every bit as entertaining — and almost as important — as they thought they were," Geoffrey C. Ward, former editor of American Heritage magazine and author of Before the Trumpet: Young Franklin Roosevelt -- quoted on the inner flap of the dust wrapper. Published by Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, New York, 1986. 297 pp., 27 illustrations. Price includes free shipping by media mail.

Large quarto book (12 3/8 by 9 1/2 inches) by Elemore Morgan, a professional photographer and father of the well-known landscape painter Elemore Morgan, Jr. Described on the dust wrapper as "A Study in Photographs and Words" by Elemore Morgan and Ed Kerr. Printed on high quality paper, it contains 101 duo-tone photos. each one occupying a page. Published in 1962 by Claitor Book Store, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.