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Featured Member
Michael Laird Rare Books LLC
Lockhart, TXhttp://michaellaird.com
Fine and rare books in all fields; early printed books and manuscripts; literary manuscripts and archives; historical documents; curious ephemera; historic bookbindings, antiquarian bibliography, and illustrated books of every description.
Selections from Member's stock
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![[TEXTILES - JAPAN, 1920s-1940s]. A lavish bridal kimono featuring lobsters](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/377/499/1664499377.0.m.jpg)
[TEXTILES - JAPAN, 1920s-1940s]. A lavish bridal kimono featuring lobstersby Anonymous Japanese Designers
Japan 1930
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![[SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS COSTUME AND HIGH SOCIETY]. Collection of 21 original color photographs of the Fiesta Parade](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/304/499/1664499304.0.m.jpg)
[SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS COSTUME AND HIGH SOCIETY]. Collection of 21 original color photographs of the Fiesta Parade "Queens and Princesses" in spectacular gowns and trains. TOGETHER WITH: The Order of the Alamo Presents The Court of Gardens (program)by Smith, Billo Matthews (photographer). The Order of the Alamo (publisher)
San Antonio : Billo Smith Studios / The Order of the Alamo , 1971
offered by Michael Laird Rare Books
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![[BOOKSELLING AND PYRAMID SCHEMES]. Catalogue of the National Library Association, a Union of Book Buyers. Organized in 1885 and Incorporated Under the Illinois State Laws](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/256/499/1664499256.0.m.jpg)
[BOOKSELLING AND PYRAMID SCHEMES]. Catalogue of the National Library Association, a Union of Book Buyers. Organized in 1885 and Incorporated Under the Illinois State Lawsby National Library Association (Corporation). BORLAND, G.W. (et al.)
Chicago : National Library Association , 1891
offered by Michael Laird Rare Books
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![[AERONAUTICS / AVIATION / TECHNOLOGY]. A superlative archive of three large Goodyear-Zeppelin Co. Factory albums filled with 314 linen-backed silver gelatin photographs documenting the construction, commissioning, flights, crews, and support staff for the company’s storied airship program](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/977/498/1664498977.0.m.jpg)
[AERONAUTICS / AVIATION / TECHNOLOGY]. A superlative archive of three large Goodyear-Zeppelin Co. Factory albums filled with 314 linen-backed silver gelatin photographs documenting the construction, commissioning, flights, crews, and support staff for the company’s storied airship programby Goodyear-Zeppelin Airship Factory Archive
Akron, Ohio : Goodyear- Zeppelin Corporation , 1934
offered by Michael Laird Rare Books
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![[SCOTTISH (?) BOOK ODDITY]. Nouvelles recreations physiques et mathematiques Contenant ce qui a ete imagine de plus curieux dans ce genre et que se decouvre journellement](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/592/498/1664498592.0.m.jpg)
[SCOTTISH (?) BOOK ODDITY]. Nouvelles recreations physiques et mathematiques Contenant ce qui a ete imagine de plus curieux dans ce genre et que se decouvre journellementby Guyot, Edme Gilles
Paris : Librairie rue S. Andre des Arcs , 1799
offered by Michael Laird Rare Books
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![[PALEOGRAPHY, GERMAN 18th Century]. Erbteilung Kagelmann-Oldesloe (cover title). [Transcriptions of German documents dated 1776]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/460/498/1664498460.0.m.jpg)
[PALEOGRAPHY, GERMAN 18th Century]. Erbteilung Kagelmann-Oldesloe (cover title). [Transcriptions of German documents dated 1776]by Kagelmann / Oldesloe / Sonnemann families
S.l. : Privately Printed , 1935
offered by Michael Laird Rare Books
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