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
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The BEASTLY BABY.
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
The INSECT GOD.
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
EVENT PROMOTIONAL BROADSIDE. The Famous O'Neal Twins, Peacock and Savoy. And Helen J. H. Stephens and The Voices of Christ Community Choir. Coming to Oakland, California. Dec. 4, 1971.
[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
The PALE WOMAN And Other Poems.
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
The BLOODY ASSIZE.
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
The IRON TONIC: or, A Winter Afternoon in Lonely Valley.
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
The SUGAR BOWL.; Written by Edward F. O'Day for the California and Hawaiian Sugar Refining Company.
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
985. TELEGRAPH HILL, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
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
The BABE, B.A. Being the Uneventful History of a Young Gentleman at Cambridge University.
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
TALES Of WAR.
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
A HISTORY Of The GRAND INSURRECTION; or, Struggle for Liberty in Ireland. Impartially Collected from Stephens, Hay, Jones, &c.; To Which is Added, A Short Account of the Insurrection, by Emmett; with his Famous Speech made to the Court before Judgment. Also, the Substance of the Celebrated Pamphlet Which has been Lately Published in England, Entitled An Inquiry into the Causes of Popular Discontents in Ireland, by a Country Gentleman.
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
An ADDRESS DELIVERED BEFORE The LITERARY SOCIETIES Of AMHERST COLLEGE. August 25, 1835. Published by Request.
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
The FLUTES Of GAMA.
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
SPEECH Of MR. EVERETT, Of MASSACHUSETTS, In The House of Representatives, On the 14th and 21st of February, 1831, On the Execution of the Laws and Treaties In FAVOR Of The INDIAN TRIBES.
[Washington]: 1831. 1st printing. 23, [1 (blank)] pp. 8-1/2" x 5-1/4". Disbound. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
The KING Of The SEA, A Tale of the Fearless and Free.; By Ned Buntline, Late of the United States Navy. 100 Dollar Tale.
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
COLLECTED POEMS. 1917 - 1939.
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
A GEOGRAPHY Of POETS. An Anthology of the New Poetry.
New York: Bantam Books, (1979). 1st pb edition. xlvi, 560, [2] pp. 7" x 4-1/8". Printed gold paper covers. More
COUNTERMOVES.
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
A CHOICE Of BROWNING'S VERSE.; Selected with an Introduction by Edward Lucie-Smith.
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
For The SLEEPWALKERS. Poems.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1981. 1st Edition. [4], iv, 83, [3] pp. 8vo. Blue paper covers printed in white. More
COUNTERMOVES.
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
The REPORT Of The GENERAL OFFICERS, Appointed to enquire into the Conduct of Major General Stuart, and Colonels Cornwallis and Earl of Effingham, December 8th, 1756.; To which is prefixed, His Majesty's Warrant.
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
FAMILY THERMOMETRY; A Manual of Thermometry, for Mothers, Nurses, Hospitalers, Etc., and All Who Have Charge of the Sick and the Young.
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
SPALDING'S OFFICIAL COLLEGE BASE BALL ANNUAL. 1913.; Spalding's Athletic Library. Group I. No. 1C. Price 10 cents.
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