Dan Cupper (Phototgraphy by Ken Murry):
Crossroads of commerce: The Pennsylvania Railroad calendar art of Grif Teller - signiertes Exemplar
2016, ISBN: 9780962560217
Taschenbuch, Gebundene Ausgabe, Erstausgabe
Portable Trunk Pubs, No Reprint Date Reprint of the original 1991 trade samples catalog of novelty paper goods, toys and miniatures of all sorts. 94 pages, in like-new condition. Flex co… Mehr…
Portable Trunk Pubs, No Reprint Date Reprint of the original 1991 trade samples catalog of novelty paper goods, toys and miniatures of all sorts. 94 pages, in like-new condition. Flex covers, spiral binding. Replica/reprint published by Portable Trunk Publishers, 2016. A delightful look at at a fabulous assortment of classic novelty item popular in the early 20th century. This catalog shows models, varieties, kitch styles available to purchase wholesale for retail shops, gift and department stores, and general merchandise jobbers. Includes airplanes, mechanical animals, toy cars, candy containers, dolls, paper dolls, doll kits, greeting cards and bags, Halloween novelties, flip books, folk toys, doll house miniatures, tea sets, cats, card decks, puppets, postcards, plush toys, note cards, magnets, marbles, masks, origami, paint sets, mugs, rulers, railroad items, water guns, whistles, wood toys, yo-yos, valentines, tub toys, windup toys, snappers, shopping bags, Victorian scrap novelties, puzzles, kaleidoscopes, jump ropes and much much much more... see the index picture above. Ideal catalog for collectors, designers, restorers, or antiques dealers of novelty kitsch toys and paper ephemera. Paper / Soft cover reprint edition in very good condition, flex covers, cloth bound, a sturdy book. Overall good copy, informative resource. It would make a great gift for the fan in your life, even if that's you. Clean and Unmarked Text. Very Good condition. Text is in English. Reproduced in black and white as issued. Defects: None found. **Some of the text is small, so it's a little hard to read. Modern, undated replica. Facsimile Edition. Very Good Condition. Please see photos. Thanks for looking at our items. As found. Satisfaction guaranteed. Arrives shrink wrapped, well padded, ready to enjoy.. Soft Bound Flex Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Illus. by Fully Illustrated. Trade Samples Replica Catalog., Portable Trunk Pubs, No Reprint Date, 3, England: Raphael Tuck & Sons, LTD, No Date Listed [Circa 1940, 1949 or 1956]. First Edition. Paperback. Near Fine. 9.5" x 5.25. Illustrated. RARE. FIRST EDITION, circa 1940, 1949 or 1956. Can be painted with either chalk, crayons or paint. Oblong paperback. Cover is illustrated in beautiful chromolithograph picture (color lithograph), with twelve coloring pages inside. Also contains pages on "How to Paint the Pictures" and "The First Train". At the foot of the cover it notes that publisher Tuck and Sons Limited were Fine Art Publishers to Their Majesties the King and Queen and to Her Majesty Queen Mary. Unpaginated. Shows mild shelf wear. Some offsetting within pages, yet all pictures are uncolored and unmarked. Full refund if not satisfied. <br><br>ABOUT THE PUBLISHER: Raphael Tuck was born in 1821 in a small village in Eastern Prussia, an area that is now Poland. He worked as a carpenter and, at age twenty-seven, married Ernestine Lissner. To improve their opportunity to increase their income, the Tucks moved to Breslau. The family grew and by the early l860s they had seven children, four sons and three daughters. Their lives were disrupted by the Prusso-Danish and Austrian War (1864-1866) and the decision was made to move again. Raphael went to London in 1865 and found work and housing; his family soon followed. Within a year or two after arriving in London, Raphael and Ernestine opened a small shop where they sold prints and frames. The shop flourished and the business expanded rapidly. Ernestine proved to be a good business woman, an organizer by nature, and a perfect administrator. Raphael was very creative, skilled technically, and also a perfectionist. In 1869 they moved to larger premises and sons Herman, Adolph, and Gustave joined the business. In addition to the selling and framing of pictures, they entered the field of publishing, producing black and white lithographs, oleographs, and chromolithographs. Special attention was paid to color reproductions. [...] A brief discussion of 19th century printing may help contribute to an understanding of the influence of Raphael Tuck & Sons as a publisher. The company listed “chromos†or chromolithographed pictures as one of their specialties. It is the process of chromolithography that resulted in the beautiful books, cards, and prints produced in the mid-19th century. A chromolithograph is a color lithograph. Lithography was invented in at the end of the 18th century and originally it was a printing process achieved by etching an image into stone with nitric acid tocreate either slightly elevated or slightly depressed image areas. Eventually, as workers began to fully understand the chemical nature of the process, designs were drawn or painted with greasy inks onto water-absorbing limestone. The non-image areas were treated with gum arabic and were well moistened with water, after which ink was applied with a roller. The oily ink adhered only to the greasy image area and was repelled by the water-saturated, non-image area. The image was then printed with a special press in which a scraper bar was drawn across a sheet of paper laid over the inked-up stone. Lithographic stones were heavy, cumbersome, difficult to register, and subject to breakage. Lithographs were printed in one color, usually black, and any color was added to the print by hand. (Info from Vintage Pop Up Books dot com)., Raphael Tuck & Sons, LTD, 4, Richmond, Virginia, USA: Old Dominion Chapter, National Railway Historical Society, 1998. 1st Edition . Laminated Pictorial Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. 198 pages b/w photos - from the beautiful color painting on the cover, to the attractive layout, to the excellent photo reproduction. A chapter is devoted to each of the 16 major railways which operated in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Each chapter begins with a map of that rail system, followed by a brief corporate history. Various buildings along the line are pictured--some of them one-of-a-kind, some of them standard plans that were duplicated in multiple locations, some of them connected with a special event. While there are some contemporary photographs, many of them are from the great days of steam railroading and feature steam-powered trains, horses and wagons, and people in vintage clothing. Several pages each are devoted to the larger terminals, and architectural drawings are included for use by modelers, over 350 illustrations altogether. Unusual photographs show how depots were a vital part of many communities--sacks of Shenandoah Valley peach seeds awaiting shipment from the Woodstock depot for the manufacture of gas masks during World War I; soldiers returning from that war lined up in front of the Staunton depot; wagons of cabbages ready to be shipped from Rural Retreat, the "cabbage capital of the world"; and ambulances transferring wounded children to the train for transport to a hospital following a cyclone which hit a school in Clinchport. The text which accompanies the photos tells as much as is known about when each building was constructed and who built it, its style of architecture, when it ceased to be used or if it is still in service, and when demolished. But there are the human interest stories, too, such as this tale from Windsor depot : "Jack Davis, the last agent to work the depot, recalled stories of young men in the early years of the century drilling holes through the storage area floor [from below] and into whiskey kegs stored there. The kegs would be empty when the owners came to claim them." This is the first comprehensive history of all of Virginia's rail systems and will be an invaluable aid to historians and an enjoyment for all rail enthusiasts., Old Dominion Chapter, National Railway Historical Society, 1998, 3, UK: Heimburger House Publishing, 1998. Hardcover. New. A clean crisp well preserved 1998 Heimburger House Publishing hardcover in a fine tight binding. Little to no shelf wear. Text is bright and free of marks or underlining. Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. Heimburger House announces another new book offering, the Nevada County Narrow Gauge by Gerald M. Best, a 214-page hardbound history of this well-known narrow gauge line in California. With 284 photographs, maps, diagrams and rosters, Nevada County Narrow Gauge recounts the story of this short line railroad that served California's northern mines, mostly quartz gold mines. The line opened for business on May 24, 1876 when the first regular train ran between the two end points. High trestles, tunnels, steep grades and sharp curves, picturesque stations and yards are what this shortline was all about. The railroad ran between Colfax, through Grass Valley and up to Nevada City, California, north and east of Sacramento. The railroad, besides carrying large quantities of lumber, farm produce and feeds, Bartlett pears and peaches, grapes, walnuts, apples and citrus fruits, carried gold shipments for the San Francisco Mint-and never was this part of the business marred by a holdup or even an attempted one, though the total amount of gold shipped was $250 million. With the war in Europe, and permits to mine gold cancelled, the NCNG became more valuable as scrap. The gross revenue for 1941 was down $50,000 in two years to $118,000, and a Federal order to shut the mines in October of 1942 was the final blow. On July 10, 1942, the railroad ran its last revenue train. Some of the equipment went to the White Pass & Yukon, while some went to Hawaii for use by the U.S. Navy at Pearl Harbor. The Nevada County Narrow Gauge was a pioneer, there being only four other common carrier railroads of 3-foot gauge completed in California before May of 1876. It had been built without subsidy and outlasted many of its contemporaries except the Carson & Colorado. Over its 66-year life span, the rail line gave employment to hundreds of people, and made it possible for the mines to operate without interruption, and earning $7.2 million in revenues along the way. It's gone-but not forgotten! The book features a beautiful color painting of NCNG locomotive #5 on the dustjacket, painted by noted artist John Hugh Coker. The book was first printed many years ago., Heimburger House Publishing, 1998, 6, Lockridge Press. Hardcover. New. The Western Pacific was one of those underdog railroads that had a loyal following with railroad enthusiasts. The spectacular scenery, the California Zephyr, brightly painted locomotives and freight cars certainly caught many a fan's eye. This is a well-researched, high-quality book by author Jeff A. Asay. Jeff authored the Union Pacific in the Los Angeles Basin title for Signature Press. John Signor and Jonathan Signor helped with the maps and layout of this book. About 80 percent of the photographs are B&W as this is a history book using older photos with some later-day photographs in Color. You will not be disappointed in this book! The Western Pacific Railroad, from its inception in 1903 until the Union Pacific takeover in late 1982, was always fending off one crisis or another, managing to remain independent through luck and clever financial maneuvering. George J. Gould, eldest son of Wall Street speculator Jay Gould, formed the WP to break Edward H. Harriman's railroad stranglehold at Salt Lake City and also to create a true transcontinental rail line. George was not up to the task and he lost control of the WP to banker Alvin Krech in 1916. Gould's WP from Salt Lake City to San Francisco was well built but expensive. His chief engineer, Virgil G. Bogue, did a masterful job locating the route and laying rails, but the final cost was much higher than anyone anticipated. Gould bankrupted the WP and the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad in the process and Krech seized them both. Krech made many improvements and additions but nearly pushed the WP into another costly bankruptcy. Wealthy investor Arthur Curtiss James rode to the rescue by taking control of the WP in 1926. James made the costly decision to build the Inside Gateway line from Keddie to Bieber, meeting up with the Great Northern. That and other WP projects, some successful and some not, ran WP into its second reorganization in 1936. James was long gone by the time WP found its way out of bankruptcy at the very end of World War II. More conservative management over the next twenty years kept the railroad in the black but it was always touch and go. A costly and tiresome fight against Southern Pacific's takeover bid in the early 1960s, followed by a lengthy effort to cut off the money-losing California Zephyr passenger train, weakened the WP to the point it was acquired by takeover specialist Howard Newman in 1970. Newman, aided by legendary operating executive Al Perlman, bolstered WP's finances, took it into a holding company, and then spun it off to a group of executives in 1978 headed by Mike Flannery. It was too late to save the railroad by then, and Union Pacific gathered it into its Missouri Pacific merger proceedings a year later. UP quickly brought the WP into compliance with modern railroad standards and it has served the larger company well. Today, much of the WP has been abandoned and some has been sold, but the original Bogue main line from the Bay Area to Salt Lake City remains intact and in operation. This book also relates the parallel story of the Sacramento Northern Railway, an electric interurban that Alvin Krech acquired for the WP in the 1920's for its freight traffic base. SN suffered the same precarious ride as its parent company and was finally merged into Union Pacific along with the WP. Contents: The Western Pacific: Introduction, pp. 1-10, From Salt Lake to San Francisco, George Gould's Dream of Empire, pp. 11-48, The Inevitable Demise of the Western Pacific, pp. 49-84, Revival Show: Alvin Krech Builds a Better Western Pacific, pp. 85-112, Alvin Krech and the Growth of the Western Pacific, pp. 113-144, Finance in the Fast Lane: The Arthur Curtiss James Era, pp. 145-184, Reorganization and Hard Work: WP in Wartime, pp. 185-222, Exhaustion and Endurance: Fred Whitman's Decade, pp. 223-266, The Decade of Uncertainty: Western Pacific Falters Under Christy, pp. 267-308, Signed, Sealed and Delivered, pp. 309-348, The Road Ends in Omaha, pp. 349-380, The Sacramento Northern: The Sacramento Northern Railway: WP's Piecework Empire, pp. 381-410, Betting on the Wrong Horse, pp. 411-452, Rebuilding the Wreckage, pp. 453-484, The Reckoning, pp. 485-505, Bibliography and Index, pp. 506-512. Lockridge Press, hardcover with dust jacket, 512 pages, 9 x 12 x 2 in., B&W and Color photographs, maps and illustrations., Lockridge Press, 6, Richmond, VT: Great Eastern Pub, 1992. Book. Illus. by Ken Murry. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Illustrator(s). First Edition. First Edition. Oblong quarto, brick red glazed paper covered boards with gilt title and spine titles. 184 pp. including index, bibliography and appendix detailing all of the commissioned oils on canvas that were published as Pennsylvania Railroad. SIGNED AND DATED BY PHOTOGRAPHER KEN MURRY ON TITLE PAGE. Includes, reprodutions of brochures, fliers and other promotional material, as well as vintage photographs of scenes that Grif Teller worked from and behind the scenes photographs of the artist at work, and sketches and developmental works, that were never used for calendar publications. Beginning in 1925 the Pennsylvania Railroad published annual catalogs with reproductions from oil paintings of the trains and facitlites of what was then arguably the most important and profitable railroad in the world. Of these 33 paintings 27 are signed by Grif Teller, who consequently became one of the most famous and sought after painter of railroad scenes. One section is devoted to a chronological reproduction of all 33 paintings with extensive background material and description. Also included is a selection selection of 90 commissioned railroad works not for the PRR, This book is thoroughly and meticulously researched and presents not only a working biography of Grif Teller and the calendars of the PRR, but also of the Osborne Company which published the calendars. This is an excellent collector's copy, with fresh glazed boards and sparkling gilt titles. Clean and nmarked throughout, with bright glossy pages and images, the only flaw is the faintest sign of rippling at the bottom page edges, indicating moisture but no marks or signs of damp and very inconspicuous except upon close examination. In a tight, clean, bright, glossy, sharp unclipped dust jacket. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. ., Great Eastern Pub, 1992, 5<
