Opening day ad & review for "Annie Hall"....

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, April 25, 1977



* "Suicide" NYC club advertisement

* Alan Vega - electronic punk music

* "Annie Hall" film advertisement

* Grand opening day movie premiere

* Satirical romantic comedy drama

* Director/actor Woody Allen - Diane Keaton



Page 46 has a full page advertisement for the World Premiere of the film ... See More  

1945 President Harry Truman speech...

MINNEAPOLIS MORNING TRIBUNE, April 26, 1945 



* President Harry Truman 

* World Security Parley 

* European war nears the end 



The front page has a nice banner headline: "'NEW WORLD' IS TRUMAN S. F. PLEA" with subheads. (see images)

Complete with 16 pages, light toning at the margins, small binding holes along the spine, generally nice.... See More  

Witnessing the birth of Bob Dylan's extraordinary career...

THE VILLAGE VOICE, New York, April 20, 1961 



* Bob Dylan - Robert Allen Zimmerman

* Very 1st public performance advertisement

* Gerde's Folk City music venue in Greenwich Village



An exceedingly significant newspaper which offers witness to the birth of the music career of the legendary Bob Dylan. And perhaps no better title exists for this content. Indeed, this notice may only hav... See More  

Death of Albert Hoffman... LSD pioneer...

LOS ANGELES TIMES, April 30, 2008



* Swiss Chemist Albert Hoffman death

* First to synthesize & ingest LSD drug

* Lysergic acid diethylamide - psychedelic

* Magic Mushrooms - psilocybin - psilocin



Page 6 of section B under "Obituaries" is a banner heading: "Swiss chemist discovered LSD" with lead-in: "Albert Hoffman, 1906-2008" and photo of Hoffman. (see i... See More  

Chicago Cubs baseball opens 1925 season...

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, April 15, 1925



* Chicago Cubs opening day victory

* Major League Baseball - MLB

* Best title to be had (very rare as such)



The front page has a nice banner headline for display: "CUBS WIN SEASON'S OPENER" with subheads. Box scores are in the sport's section.

Complete with 44 pages, light toning and some wear at the margins, generally good.... See More  

Paul von Hindenburg elected president.....

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, April 27, 1925



* Paul von Hindenburg

* 1st election as president of Germany

* 1st report w/ photos



The top of the front page has a nice banner headline: "HINDENBURG WINS BY 900,000" with subheads. Nice for display. Some related photos are on the back page.

Complete with 34 pages, light toning, some margin wear, generally good.... See More  

Nazi death camp revealed in 1945...

MINNEAPOLIS MORNING TRIBUNE, April 27, 1945 



* Ohrdruf (Buchenwald) Nazi death concentration camp

* Horrors being revealed for 1st time

* Demonstration of a whipping table shown photo

* World War II - WWII Germany



The front page has a three column photo with small heading: "Torture Demonstration" and brief text. (see images) The photo shows Generals Eisenhower and Patton be... See More  

Jewish Holocaust... public reality... Nazi atrocities...

CHICAGO SUNDAY TRIBUNE, April 29, 1945 



* Jewish Holocaust exposed w/ photo

* Nazi-occupied Europe exterminations reality 

* Buchenwald death factory discovered 



The top of page 4 has a somewhat famous photo showing malnourished prisoners in their bunk beds with heading: "Liberated from Nazi Concentration Camp" Also a one column heading: "FIND NAZI USED CAMP T... See More  

Ernest Shackleton's Nimrod Expedition... Much on the Pacific Northwest...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, April 3, 1909  There is a color cover on this issue called "Pacific-Northwest Number". The front page of this issue has an illustration of "Bird's-Eye View of the Alaska-Yukon- Pacific Exposition at Seattle."



However, perhaps the most notable article is: "Farthest South", which is of explorer Ernest H. Shackleton's record... See More  

1965 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak...

DETROIT FREE PRESS, April 13, 1965



* Palm Sunday tornado outbreaks - disaster

* 55 confirmed tornadoes - Midwest - Southeast



The front page has a nice banner headline: "State Twister Toll Mounts: 44 Dead, Loss in Millions" with subheads and 2 related photos. (see images)

Complete with 40+ pages, small library stamp within the masthead, small binding holes along the spine, nice co... See More  

Washington on the Treaty of San Lorenzo...

THE HERALD; A GAZETTE FOR THE COUNTRY, New York, April 6, 1796 



* President George Washington

* Pinckney's Treaty of San Lorenzo



Page 2 has a letter to the House concerning ratification of the Treaty of San Lorenzo, signed: Geo. Washington. Then "An Act" of Congress providing relief to soldiers injured or disabled in the military, also signed: Go. Washington.

Included a... See More  

Golden age of hip-hop music... Kool Lady Blue...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, April 13, 1982



* Danceteria nightclub w/ DJ Kool Lady Blue

* Beginning of new-school hip hop - rap music

* Break dancing - breaking - breakin in it's infancy

* LAST ONE IN INVENTORY ***



Page 77 has a heading: "A House Is Not a Home" with related photo. (see images)

I suspect this to be an extremely rare item bec... See More  

White House Easter egg roll...

FRANK LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York, April 23, 1887 This issue contains a slightly larger than a full page illustration entitled "Washington, D. C. -- An Unique Festival -- Egg-Rolling in the White House Grounds on Easter Monday" and has an accompanying article.

Also in the issue is: "Destructive Prairie Fires in Kansas -- Endangered Settlers Taking Refuge in the Plowed Fields... See More  

Review & premiere of "Village of the Damned", in a Los Angeles newspaper...

LOS ANGELES TIMES, April 28, 1995



* Best "Village of the Damned" advertisement

* Grand Opening Day movie premiere review

* American science fiction horror film

* Christopher Reeves last role before accident



A terrific issue on the premiere of the motion picture hit "Village of the Damned" and perhaps no better issue could be found than this, the leading newspaper from... See More  

From the capital of the Confederacy...

DAILY RICHMOND EXAMINER, Virginia, April 1, 1862  The entire front page is taken up with ads, and page 2 has an editorial beginning: "On Friday the 28th of March Mr. Davis made the first practical suggestion of a general measure for the support of the war which Congress has received from him..." which concerns a request for a draft of soldiers (see). Also on page 2 are: "Moveme... See More  

Colombia civil war beginning in 1948...

LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, April 12, 1948  



* Bogotazo - Bogota, Colombia civil war begins

* re. Jorge Eliécer Gaitán assassination

* Colombian Conservative vs. Liberal Party

* La Violencia (The Violence) conflict



The top of the front page has a two column heading: "Colombia Breaks With The Soviet" with subheads and photos of the key figures.

Complete in 8... See More  

Lincoln's Baltimore speech... Rare speech given outside of D.C.!

THE NEW YORK HERALD, April 19, 1864 



* President Abraham Lincoln - Lecture on Liberty

* Address at Sanitary Fair in Baltimore, Maryland

* Rare speech given outside of Washington D.C.



The most noteworthy content is found on the front page under the headings: "The Baltimore Sanitary Fair" "Important Speech of President Lincoln" and more. (see images) which includes e... See More  

Outlaw Raymond Hamilton re-captured...

THE TIMES-PICAYUNE, New Orleans, April 6, 1935



* Raymond Hamilton re-captured

* Outlaws Bonnie and Clyde fame



The front page has a two column heading: "HAMILTON CAUGHT WITHOUT FIGHT BY OFFICERS IN TEXAS" with subheads. (see images)

Complete with all 32 pages, light toning along central fold, tiny binding holes along the spine, generally in good condition.... See More  

1942 Doolittle raid of Japan....

SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, April 21, 1942



* The famous Doolittle raid of Japan

* U.S. Army Air Force B-25B Mitchell bombers

* USS Hornet aircraft carrier



The front page has a one column heading: "Raiders Came From Carriers, Tokyo Says". (see images) This was the famous Doolittle raid on Japan. It was not known at the time that James "Jimmy" Doolittle was involved due to s... See More  

1942 Battle of Bataan ends w/ fall to Japanese....

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass., April 10, 1942



* Battle of Bataan ends

* Allies surrender to Japanese

* Philippines Campaign

* World War II - WWII



The front page has a nice banner headline: "BATAAN EPIC ENDS AS JAPANESE HORDES OVERWHRLM U.S. SOLDIERS" with subheads. (see images) Nice for display. This Japanese capture would lead to the infamous Bataan Death March soon after.

Comp... See More  

1965 Martin Luther King Jr. civil rights movement...

THE DETROIT NEWS, April 2, 1965



* Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. going nationwide ?

* Post Selma to Montgomery, Alabama civil rights movement marches



The front page has a one column heading: "King Plans Rights Drive in All U.S." (see images) After the Selma to Montgomery, Alabama civil rights marches, King decided to take his movement nationwide. 

Complete with ... See More  

From Amsterdam in 1746...

LES ESTATS DE HOLLANDE, Amsterdam, April 22, 1746   



* Rare 18th century title

* Nice masthead



An uncommon title from Europe, having a nice engraving in the middle of the masthead and a decorative first initial on the ftpg. (see photos).  Written in French, with news reports from St. Petersburg, Stockholm, Paris, and elsewhere. Attached at the back is a single sheet "Sui... See More  

1869 Gold Hill, Nevada mine fire dsaster....

THE NEW YORK HERALD, April 9, 1869



* Gold Hill, Storey County, Nevada

* Comstock Lode - Virginia City

* Yellow Jacket Mine fire disaster



Page 7 has an article headed: "Burning of the Gold Hill Mines in Nevada" with subheads. (see images)

Complete with 12 pages, nice condition.

Only published for four years...

THE OLD WHIG, OR THE CONSISTENT PROTESTANT, London, April 21, 1736  



* Very rare publication

* Early 18th century British original



This is a very rare title, publishing for only 4 years with various news reports from Europe. There is a brief item on the back page noting: "...advice by a letter from South Carolina of the death of the Rev. Mr. John Fullerton, lately missionary at Ch... See More  

Republic of Ireland is created...

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, April 18, 1949



* Republic of Ireland is born

* Leaves the British Commonwealth

* "First Freedom Day"



The very top of the front page has a banner heading: "Irish Eyes Smile Through Tears on Freedom Day" (see images) 

Complete with 30 pages, light toning and minor wear at the margins, some small binding holes along the spine, small library st... See More