The ECLECTIC ABECEDARIUM.
New York: Adama Books, (1983). 1st trade edition, ca 1985 (Toledano A86c). Unpaginated. Illustrated in b&w by the author. 12mo. 5-7/8" x 4". Laminated boards, cover design by Gorey. Issued without dj. More
New York: Adama Books, (1983). 1st trade edition, ca 1985 (Toledano A86c). Unpaginated. Illustrated in b&w by the author. 12mo. 5-7/8" x 4". Laminated boards, cover design by Gorey. Issued without dj. More
New York: Peter Weed Books, (1962). Later edition, ca 1995, first published in 1962. Unpaginated. Illustrated in b&w by the author. 12mo. Pale green paper wrapped boards printed in black & white. Pale green dust jacket duplicating binding graphics. More
New York: Peter Weed Books, 1993. 1st printing of this reissuance, first published in 1963. Unpaginated. Illustrated in b&w by the author. Sq 8vo. Yellow paper wrapped boards printed in black. Yellow dust jacket duplicating binding graphics. More
[Oakland ?]: 1971. 1st printing (presumed). Broadside, 16 lines of text, various size fonts. Verso blank. 3 b/w halftone photographic images: the Twins [1" x 2-5/8"]; The Voices of Christ Community Choir [5" x 6-7/8"]; Evangelist Ernestine C. Reems, Pastor [2" x 1-3/4"]. 17" x 11". Now housed in an..... More
New York: William Edwin Rudge, 1927. 1st edition. [10], 81, [5 (blank)] pp. Partially unopened. 8vo. 8" x 5-1/8". Linen cloth spine over gold marbled paper boards; black stamped title lettering to spine. Mauve paper dust jacket. This copy of Field's first book with a presentation inscription to the ffep..... More
London: Ernest Benn Ltd, 1929. 1st edition. 300, [4] pp. Index at rear. Frontispiece. 7 internal plates. 8vo. 9-5/8" x 6-1/4". Red cloth binding. Dust jacket. More
New York: Harcourt Inc., (1969). 1st trade edition. Unpaginated. Author's drawings to leaf rectos. Oblong format: 5" x 8-1/2". Yellow decorative boards. More
San Francisco: Printed by John Henry Nash, 1930. 1st printing. One sheet, folded once vertically to form a bifolium. 6 stanzas, 47 lines of text, p.1. Pp 2 & 3 blank. Colophon & holiday greeting, p. 4. Wood engraved headpiece p.1, by William Wilke. 15" x 10". Now housed in..... More
Littleton, N. H. Photographed and Published by Kilburn Brothers, (n. d.). Ca 1870s / 1880s. Stereo image, two square albumen photographs, of Telegraph Hill mounted to yellow stiff card-stock paper, slightly rounded corners. View & card number printed under right image. Kilburn imprint to verso. Oblong format: 3-3/8" x 6-7/8"..... More
New York / London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1896. 1st Edition. 310, [6] pp. Last 4 pages blank. Frontispiece. Tissue guard. 5 inserted plates on coated paper. 12mo. Pale blue-grey cloth binding with gilt stamping. More
Boston: Little Brown and Company, 1918. 1st US edition (NCBEL III, 1946). vi, 166 pp. 12mo. 7-5/8" x 5" Red cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering. No dust jacket. The author was a Captain in the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers- his literary style makes these stories quite distinctive... More
Carlisle: From the Press of A. Loudon, 1805. 1st edition (American Imprints 8617). xviii, [3] - 386, [4] pp. 4 pages of Subscribers' Names conclude volume. 12mo, signed in 6s. 6-5/8" x 4". Period full calf binding with maroon leather title label in 2nd compartment. Flat back. Stephens's account of..... More
Boston: Russell, Shattuck, & Williams (J. D. Freeman, Printer), 1835. 1st Printing (American Imprints 31563). 35, [1 (blank)] pp. 8vo. 8-1/4" x 5-1/4". Disbound, now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
Salt Lake City: Litmus, (1972). 1st Edition. Limited to 500 cc. 64 pp. 8-1/2" x 5-3/8". Red paper covers, printed in black, stapled. More
[Washington]: 1831. 1st printing. 23, [1 (blank)] pp. 8-1/2" x 5-1/4". Disbound. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
Boston: Flag of Our Union Office, 1847. 1st edition (Wright I, 1521). [5] - 100 [= 96] pp. Text in double column. T.p. cut. Full page wood-engraving, p. 13 [duplicated on front wrapper]. 8vo. 10-1/4" x 6-7/8". Printed buff paper wrappers with wood engraving of Neptune to front wrapper. Wrapper..... More
New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, (1940). 1st edition. INSCRIBED & SIGNED by the author. xi, [1], 195, [1] pp. 8vo. Blue cloth binding. Printed paper spine label. More
New York: Bantam Books, (1979). 1st pb edition. xlvi, 560, [2] pp. 7" x 4-1/8". Printed gold paper covers. More
London / New York / Toronto: Abelard- Schuman, (1962). 1st edition (presumed). SIGNED by the author on the ffep. 31, [1] pp. 8-3/4" x 5-1/8". Green cloth binding. Orange dust jacket. More
London: Faber and Faber, 24 Russell Square, 1967. 1st edition thus. SIGNED PRESENTATION copy from the editor. 166 pp. 8vo. Blue cloth binding with gilt stamped spine lettering. White dust jacket. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1981. 1st Edition. [4], iv, 83, [3] pp. 8vo. Blue paper covers printed in white. More
London / New York / Toronto: Abelard- Schuman, (1962). 1st edition (presumed). 31, [1] pp. 8-3/4" x 5-1/8". Green cloth binding. Orange dust jacket. More
London: Printed for M. Cooper, 1757. 1st printing (ESTC T44730). 28 pp. 8vo. 7-7/8" x 4-7/8". Disbound, now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. The defendents charged with dereliction of duty with respect to their part in the Siege of Minorca. More
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, Fourth Avenue and Twenty-Third Street, 1873. 1st Edition (Atwater 3137). 72 pp. T.p. printer's ornament. Text illustrated with 2 cuts of thermometers, and a few graphs. 12mo. 7-3/8" x 5". Original publisher's terra cotta cloth binding with black stamping. Born in France, Seguin emigrated..... More
New York: American Sports Publishing Company, 21 Warren Street, 1913. 1st printing thus. [6], 147, [33] pp. Volume concludes with 2 pages of b/w images of teams, 12 pages of Baseball Rulses & then 19 pages of Spalding adverts for sporting goods & equipment. Numerous b/w half-tone photographic images. 8vo..... More