Compliments Smith (3 results)

8vo; stapled pictorial covers; softcover pamphlet; 5 pages; black and white photographic illustration of "The Old Butcher Wagon" on cover; foxing throughout else a very good copy.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 160 pages. Illustrated. New Dances for the Ball: The Annual Collections of France and England in the 18th Century (pp. 164-173) Ingrid Brainard Triple Pavans: Clues to Some Mysteries in 16th-Century Dance (pp. 174-181) Julia Sutton Spectacle in Milan: Cesare Negri's Torch Dances (pp. 182-196) Pamela Jones What Did Prince Henry Do with His Feet on Sunday 19 August 1604? (pp. 198-202+205-207) Judy Smith and Ian Gatiss Dance and Dance Music in the Netherlands in the 18th Century (pp. 209-219) Joan Rimmer 'Ill-Compliments and Arbitrary Taste'?: Geminiani's Directions for Performers (pp. 221-235) Peter Walls A 17th-Century French Manuscript on Organ Performance (pp. 236-241+243-245+247-251) William Pruitt.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. A remarkably preserved early-20th-century photographic accordion souvenir of Daytona, produced ca. 1915 and distributed as a promotional piece by R. L. Smith & Co. The item is comprised of 16 connected panels in stiff accordion format: 11 black-and-white halftone photographs of Daytona and Daytona Beach, 4 panels of descriptive text, and one blank terminal panel. The front cover features a pictorial scene of Casino Burgoyne, accompanied by a rhyming promotional poem; the rear panel advertises concerts and events at the casino. Condition: Softcover; folded stiff wraps with accordion-fold interior; glued construction. Carefully handled; a hint of age-toning; no flaws. Provenance / Rarity: This appears to be an unrecorded Daytona promotional view-book. No copies are listed in OCLC/WorldCat, and no sales records or dealer catalogues indicate another example in commerce. Daytona-area tourist ephemera of this periodparticularly Casino Burgoyne materialis scarce, as most productions were ephemeral, cheaply made, and heavily used by visitors. Surviving accordion photographic view-books from East Coast Florida (exclusive of St. Augustine) are notably uncommon. Research Value: Material of this type offers significant institutional interest for: +++ local cultural history (Casino Burgoyne was Daytona's major social & entertainment venue until the 1920s). +++early Florida tourism and resort development. +++visual documentation of Daytona and Daytona Beach preautomobile land boom. +++ephemeral commercial printing and regional advertising. +++photographic interpretation of Florida's Atlantic Coast ca. 19101920. Such items fill gaps in regional visual history collections, complementing postcard archives and early Florida travel literature. The photographs document the Daytona waterfront, inland scenery, streetscapes, and natural features at a moment when the region was transitioning from Gilded-Age resort town to early automobile-era tourist center. The production quality and subject selection indicate a commercial printer working for local business promotion, likely in small quantities.