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Rosheim
Jean-Jacques Waltz Hansi (1873-1951). "Rosheim. Chemins de Fer d'Alsace et de Lorraine." France, ca. 1920. 24 3/4 x 39 3/8. Chromolithograph. Printed by Imp. Alsacienne, Strasbourg. Signed in image. Rosheim is a small wine-making town in Alsace, France, about fifteen miles from Strasbourg. $1,600



La Lorraine Pittoresque
Julien Lacaze (French, 1886-1971). "Chemins de Fer d'Alsace et de Lorraine. La Lorraine Pittoresque." [Alsace and Lorraine Railways: Picturesque Lorraine.] France, ca. 1925. 37 x 26. Signed in image. Several minor tears in margins expertly repaired. Poster has been backed with rice paper. 2 1/2 x 1/2 loss in margin which has been filled and in-painted. Pin holes in corner. $1,200



Meknes
Matteo Brondy. (1866-1954). "Meknes ses Remparts ses Cortèges Marocains, Syndicat d'Initiative et de Tourisme de Meknes (Maroci)." Algeria, 1927. 38 1/2 x 27. Chromolithograph by Baconnier. Signed in image. Twelve inch tear upper right hand side expertly repaired. Several other tears just into image. Upper left margin filled and inpainted-not affecting image. Poster has been backed with rice paper. Very colorful impression. Meknes is a city in Northern Morocco with a grand gate to the city that still stands today. $1,400



IRT poster
Poster for The [New York] Subway Sun. Published by the Interborough Rapid Transit Company. Vol. 2, No. 14. New York City, 1928. Screen print in two colors. 16 x 21. Printed by Stirlip Press. Twice folded as issued. Fine condition.

A satirical poster arguing for a fare increase to seven cents stating that the fares had been six cents since the Civil War so an increase by one cent after sixty three years should not be considered too much. To deny the fare increase would "stifle" transit development. $250



Ocean Liners
Lois Gaigg. [Norddeutscher Lloyd Bremen. Lloyd-Express. Bremen, Southampton, Cherbourg, New York. Schnellster Dienst der Welt] 1929. Chromolithograph. Top and bottom titles trimmed to image. Ten inch tear into image expertly repaired. Print has been backed with rice paper. Spotting in upper left hand corner of image. Otherwise image is mostly intact with very bright colors. Rare in any condition. The print shows the steamships Bremen, Columbus and Europa. $850



Union Terminal, Cleveland
Leslie Ragan. (1897-1972). "The New Union Terminal, Cleveland. New York Central Line." New York: Latham Litho Printing Co., 1930. 39 x 25. Several repairs into image and margins. Margins are time toned. Pin holes in margin corners. Signed in image. Poster had been backed with rice paper. Very bright impression. $2,800



Berlin
Jupp Wiertz (1888-1939). "Berlin, Germany: Evening Near the Memorial Church." [The Protestant Kaiser William Memorial Church]. National Railroad, ca. 1930. 39 3/4 x 25. Signed in image. Minor tear in margin expertly repaired. Poster has been backed with rice paper. Pin holes in corners. Minor scuffing in bottom margin. $1,400



Vesuvius
"Vesuvius and the Gulf of Naples." Naples: Richter & Co, ca. 1935. 38 x 23 1/4. Chromolithograph. Wear in margins with pinholes in bottom corners of image. Two repaired tears into image. Scuffing in sky. Poster had been backed with rice paper. $2,400



Air France poster
Luc Marie Bayle. (1914-2000). “Air France Amerique du Nord.” Paris: Hubert Baille, ca. 1950. 39 1/8 x 24 1/4 (paper size). Three horizontal folds in middle of poster; several repaired short tears in margins and small 1/2 x 1 1/4 semicircular loss of paper along bottom edge. Paper loss does not affect image. $850




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