Portland ME: The Southworth-Anthoensen Press, 1937. 1st edition. Limited to 1500cc. xxvi, 114 pp. Errata slip at rear. Illustrated. 8vo. Green cloth spine with light green paper-wrapped boards. Paper onlay to front board. More
Honolulu: The Hawaiian Gazette Co., 1909. 1st edition thus, i.e., for this year. 157, [3 (blank)] pp. Illustrated with 12 plates of Chamber Presidents, 2 plates of divers buildings, a fold-out map of the Islands & a folding plan of Kahului Harbor. 8vo. Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt..... More
New York: S. M. Pettengill & Co., (1878). 1st edition thus. xv, [1], 332, [38] pp. Advertisements last 38 pages. Frontis of Pettengill. Inserted plate of George W. Childs. 8vo. Original publisher's terra-cotta cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering & geometric border design blocked in black. Blue-grey eps. Scarce..... More
New York: Scribner's, (1976). 1st edition. INSCRIBED. 85 pp. An occasional drawing. 8vo. Orangish cloth boards with black lettering. Dust wrapper. Long inscription by Baylor on the ffep. More
San Francisco: British War Relief Association of Northern California, 1940. 1st Printing. Not in Axeford, though see p. 303 for a 1941 NYC edition; not in Wheaton & Kelly. 125, [3 (blank)] pp. Pp 5-10, Calories, Minerals & Vitamins charts. Pp. 36 - 43, divers meat illustrations [e.g., Beef, Port..... More
San Francisco, Cal. Compiled and Published by H. S. Crocker Company, [1897]. 2nd Edition (Rocq 7988). 2130 pp. Adverst throughout, including some inserted. Fold-out map of San Francisco (with some archival repair). 8vo. 9-1/2" x 6-1/8". Modern maroon half-buckram binding with gilt stamped title lettering to spine. Green cloth boards..... More
Spokane, Washington: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1996 - 2001. 1st Edition. 8 volumes [of an eventual 9], divers paginations. 8vo.10-1/4" x 7-1/8". Tan fine-weave buckram cloth bindings with gilt stamping & red hightlights. Issued without jackets. More
Sherman Oaks, California: Alan C. Fox, Dealer in Rare Books, (1980). 1st PB edition. [4], 141, [7] pp. 6 page Index concludes volume. The occasional b/w illustration. 8vo. Marbled yellow printed paper covers, with image of Twain to center of front cover. An impressive catalogue of Twain material [765 items]..... More
London: MacMillan, 1975. 1st UK edition. xiv, 314 pp. 8vo. 8-3/4" x 5-5/8". Red buckram cloth binding with black stamped lettering. Issued without dust jacket. More
San Francisco & Columbia, PA: Underwood/Miller, 1981. 1st hardback edition. Limited to 300 cc, though despite the colophon's assertion all hardbound copies are "Signed", this one is not. 158 pp. Illustrated. 8vo. 9-1/2" x 6-3/8". Linen cloth binding, decorated in with magazine cover images, lettered with silver stamping. Red pictorial..... More
London: Printing Historical Society, 1972. xxvii, [1], 234, [2, blank] pp. 9-1/2" x 6-1/4". Blue cloth stamped in gilt to the spine. Light tan dj printed in black and red. More
New Haven: Yale University Library, 1980. 1st edition. 570 pp (including Index). Frontis. 8vo. Green cloth binding. Paper spine label. Issued w/o dj. Essential to any collector, or seller, of Dickens works. More
Saint Louis: Published by Charles C. Spink & Son, (1955). 1st printing thus. 544 pp. The occasional b/w photographic image. 12mo. 6-5/8" x 4-15/16". Blue, red & white paper covers. More
Saint Louis: Published by Charles C. Spink & Son, (1964). 1st printing thus. 448 pp. Occaional illustration. 6-1/2" x 4-7/8". Blue, red & white paper covers. Front cover with drawing by Amadee. More
Spokane WA: Arthur H. Clark Co., 2001. 1st Edition. 544 pp (including index). Illustrated. Royal 8vo. Maroon cloth with gilt spine lettering. Issued w/o dj. "One Hundred Twenty Proposed Additions to the Wagner-Camp-Becker Bibliography of Travel and Adventure in the American West. With 33 Selected Reprints." More
Charlottesville, Virginia: University Printing Office, 1975. 1st Edition. #87 of 100 hardback copies. SIGNED by the compiler, with her corrections throughout. With a PRESENTATION card laid-in. [6], 142, [2] pp. Illustrated. 8vo. 9-1/4" x 6" Original publisher's green cloth binding, with gilt stamping. Crane was the UVa curator of the..... More
Los Angeles: Edward Brothers Inc, 1948. 1st Edition. [4], 322 pp (including Index). Occasional illustration. 8-3/4" x 6". Brown cloth binding with gilt title lettering stamped to front board. More
London: The First Edition Club, 1924. 1st edition. #318/500 cc. 46 pp. 8vo. 8-1/8" x 5-1/8". Purple paper-wrapped boards with printed paper spine label. More
San Francisco: The Washington School Association, (1933). 1st printing. 9 typewritten pages [followed by many unpaginated leaves and sheets folded in] pp. A couple b/w illustrations / photographic images within. 11-3/8" x 9". Grey/brown three-prong folder, title embossed to front. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. Other articles..... More
New York. 1972. 1st Printing. Unpaginated. Illustrated from photographs. 9-5/8" x 8-1/4". Glossy white paper covers printed in black. More
New York: John Wiley & Son, 1866 / 1871. 1st edition. 2 volumes in 1 [303; 488 pp]. 8vo. 9-1/4" x 6". Period green half-sheep with green marbled paper boards & eps (bound by Stikeman & Co). Raised spine bands & gilt lettering. TEG. Useful reference for one studying the..... More
Newton Center Mass: The Wa - Wan Press, 1904. 1st edition. [2], 14 pp. Folio. 13-3/4" x 10-5/8". Printed grey paper wrappers, string tie. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
Philadelphia: The National Baptist, 1888. 1st Edition (Brown, p. 250; Cook, p. 224). [6], iv, [5] - 209, [19 (blank)] pp. Frontispiece of Aunt Mena. Wood engraving inserted opposite dedication page, presumably showing the orphanage. 8vo. 8-1/8" x 5-3/4. Original publisher's brown decorative cloth binding, with green floral patterned paper..... More
San Francisco: B. C. Vandall, Publisher. 1877. 1st edition thus. Cf. Rocq 7993. 1431, [1] pp. Advert eps, as well as throughout. Some adverts with cuts. 9-1/8" x 5-3/4". Black cloth spine, gilt stamped, over advert paper-wrapped boards. More
London: Griffith Farran Okeden & Welsh Newbery House Charing Cross Road, [1890]. 1st printing. 254 pp. Illustrated. 7-3/8" x 5" Decorative terra-cotta cloth binding with gilt stamping. Patterned paper eps. More
