New York: The New York Public Library, 1946. 1st separate printing. 26 pp. Index at rear. 10" x 7". Paper wrappers, stapled, with black title lettering printed to front wrapper. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. Catalogue of a cookery collection bequethed to New York Public, ranging in..... More
Philadelphia / London: J. B. Lippincott Company / Sampson Low Marston & Co., [1911]. 1st US Edition (presumed). xxvi, 363, [1] pp (including Index). Profusely illustrated, with some in color. Royal 8vo. 9-3/4" x 7-1/8" x 2-5/8". Original blue-green publisher's cloth with elaborate gilt-stamped lettering to spine & front cover..... More
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1987. 1st edition. 1 of 1200 copies. Designed and printed at the Arion Press. 54 pp. Illustrated, with some color. 8vo. 24cm x 16.5cm. Pale blue cloth spine over brick-red paper-wrapped boards. Gilt decorated spine and panels. More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Howe, 1920. 1st edition, mixed state (Pastore 7). [10], 451, [3 (blank)] pp. Last page blank. Crown 8vo. 7-1/2" x 5". Blue cloth binding with orange stamping / highlights. Lacking the rare dust wrapper, though now protected by a custom-cut clear mylar wrapper... More
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1881. 1st edition. xiv, 281, [3 (blank)] pp. Color illustrated frontis + intratextual b/w illustrations and photographic images on inserted plates. 11-3/4" x 9-1/2". Brown cloth binding, gilt stamped lettering to spine. More
Los Angeles. Anderson & Ritchie. 1950. Limited 850 copies. cf. Olmsted, Keepsakes, XIV and Ritchie 103. 4 pp. and smaller 4 pp slip. 10" x 6-1/2". Self wrappers, deckled tail, letterpress printed in black, teal and touches of green. Slip is a reproduction of an old menu, printed on white..... More
New York: Waterson Berlin & Snyder Co, (1916). Single sheet folded once to make 4 pp. Black and orange illustrated front wrapper with orange tinted photographic image placed in the center. Black and pink illustration to rear wrapper. 13-1/2"x 10-1/2". Printed self-wrappers. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve..... More
(n. p.): Released by Lippert Pictures, Inc., (n. d.). Ca. 1950. Single sheet, printed recto only. B/w halftone photographic reproductions and illustrations. 13" x 9-3/8". Very delicate, light pink printed paper. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. More
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1948. 1st edition thus (Newman & Wiche 188). #304 / 1500 cc. SIGNED by LaMonte. xv, [1], 450, [2] pp. Illustrations by Bernard LaMonte Royal 8vo. 11-1/4" x 8-1/4". Full plum-colored slik binding. Patterened printed grey silk covered slipcase. More
New York: Street & Smith, Publishers. 1909. Early printing of this edition. Internal advert for the series lists through #209. 28, [4] pp. Text double column. Adverts last 4 pages. 11" x 8". Color pictorial wrappers. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. Adventure in "the Colorado wilds." Scarce..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Howe, 1920. 1st edition, mixed state (FPAA III, p. 212). [10], 451, [1] pp. Last page blank. Crown 8vo. Blue cloth binding with orange highlights. Lacking the rare dust wrapper. More
[Oakland, California]: The Bibliophile Society of Mills College, 1939. 1st edition (Blasdale 50; Myerson A33). Limited to 175 cc; this copy #136. 21 pp. Mss facsimile as frontis. 8vo. 9-5/8" x 7-1/8". Gold cloth spine over brown & orange marbled paper boards. Printed title label to front board (Myerson Binding..... More
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New York: Random House, (1946). 1st edition thus. [10], 150, [2]; [10], 165, [3] pp. Illustrated by John Tenniel, colored by Fritz Kredel. 8vo. Blue / red quarter cloth bindings, over patterned cloth boards, with pictorial onlay to each front boar. Set lacks publisher's box. More
Vienna: (n. d.). 1st Edition in English (indicated), ca 1860s. OCLC records just 6 holding institutions of this edition. Engraved title page. 1 page of text: List of Contents. 70 chromotypographed images, one per leaf recto, with imprint of 'Chromo-Typographic & Kunstverlag von Ludwig Lott', replicating those "from the period..... More
London: W. Simkin & R. Marshall, 1832. 1st edition. 108 pp. 8vo. 9" x 5-5/8". Drab paper boards (probably 'later', quite competently executed in a period style). Printed spine label. Lewis "was an English chess player and author, best known for the Lewis Countergambit. He may have been the first..... More
[Victoria, B. C.]: (1931). 1st printing. INSCRIBED PRESENTATION copy, SIGNED by the Author in the year of publication. 28, [4] pp. 6-3/8" x 4-3/4". Black felt covers, printed in gold & pale blue. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
[Victoria, B. C.]: (1931). 1st printing. INSCRIBED PRESENTATION copy, SIGNED by the Author. 28, [4] pp. 6-3/8" x 4-3/4". Purple felt covers, printed in gold & dark blue. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1944. 1st edition thus (Newman & Wiche 160). #498 / 1200 cc. SIGNED by the Illustrator. xii, [4], 223, [3] pp. Illustrated with color drawings by Fletcher Martin. Royal 8vo. Full bound brown cloth with gilt stamping. Publisher's gold clamshell box. More
(divers places): (divers publishers), 1905. 245 postcards (142 color, 103 b/w), including 25 duplicates. ~3-1/2" x 5-1/2". Most white or buff cardstock illustrated to recto, with printed address block to verso. A large collection of used and unused postcards from the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exhibition in Portland, Oregon, held..... More
Philadelphia: Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co., 1847. 1st edition (BEAL 3713; cf Sabin 40798 for the more common 1848 edition). 715, [1 (blank)] pp. 8vo. 9-1/2" x 5-7/8". Modern light brown quarter-leather binding with marbled paper boards. Renewed eps. As a young man, Lewis became a printer, and practiced this business..... More
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Washington DC: 1904. 1st printing (of Booklet). Booklet: 12 pp. Letter: 2 sheets, imprinted recto only. Booklet: 6-1/8" x 3-1/4". Letter: 10-1/2" x 8". Booklet: printed self-wrappers, stapled. The booklet, authored by Bright, gives a history of the California King Gold Mines Company management, as he knows it, from 1901..... More
New York: Parke- Bernet Galleries Inc, 1953. 1st printing (presumed). [6], 55, [5] pp including bid sheet to rear. Several b/w photographic images and facsimiles. 9-1/2" x 6-1/4". Tan paper wrappers with dark blue title lettering to front wrapper and spine. More
Boston: The New Ideal Publishing Company, 1889. 1st printing. [3], 80 - 107, [1] pp. Illustrated with a diagram "illustrating the gradual evolution of the horse-family". 7-3/8" x 5-1/4". Modern marbled paper wrappers, with printed paper title label to front wrapper. "The publication of the series of essays on Evolution..... More
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, (1985). 1st Edition thus. Limited to 750 cc. 114, [14] pp. T.p. printed in color. Index at rear. Untrimmed. Illustrated. 14" x 9-1/2". Brown cloth binding with blind stamped press to front board and gilt title lettering stamped to spine. Clear mylar wrapper..... More
London: Ernest Benn Ltd., Bouverie House, Fleet Street, [1931]. 1st Printing. vi, 7 - 30 pp. 8vo. 8-5/8" x 5-1/2". White paper covers, printed in black, stapled. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
