[Los Angeles]: 1966. 1st printing. Newspaper format: 39, [1] pp. 5 columns. Text in English. Filled with adverts from local businesses, many, if not most, by Japanese firms. Illustrated with drawings & b/w photographic images. 17" x 11-3/4". Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. As noted, a rare..... More
Chicago: Religio - Philosophical Journal, (n. d.). 1st separate printing [presumed], ca 1883. Not in Gimbel. [3] - 10 pp. Text double column. 9-1/8" x 6-1/16". Printed wrappers, stapled [probably later]. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. "Of all the remarkable stories of the alleged appearance of ghosts..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers. (n. d.). Ca early 1920s. Single sheet, printed in red, both sides. 6 cuts, 3 per side, accompany the text. 11" x 8-1/4". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. "The House of Harper has won the deserved reputation of having on its list..... More
London: MacMillan & Co., 1910. 1st edition. 418 pp (including index). Frontis + four inserted portrait plates. 8vo. Red cloth with gilt spine lettering. Orange patterned dust jacket. Uncommon in dj. More
Carson City, Nevada: E. J. Parkinson, 1880. 1st Printing, of this issue. One sheet, folded once, to form 4 pages, 6 columns per page. 21" x 13-3/4". Now housed, folded, in a clear archival mylar sleeve. In this issue is printed text [p. 3] of City Ordinance #53: "For the..... More
London: Printed for Robert Harford at the Angel in Chornhil, near the Royal Exchange, 1680. 1st edition thus [i.e., by this publisher], and 2nd edition overall [Wing E3105A]. [16], 31, [1], 143, [1] pp. Frontispiece, plus 22 inserted plates (some folding). 8vo: A8 2A - B8 2B - K8. 2A2..... More
[Baltimore, MD]: W. M. Chase, (n. d.). Ca late 19th C. Image shows a line of long guns on a ship. Publisher & series title bracket images. Verso with list of Chase's "New Stereoscopic Views." A po has penciled on the verso, next to the underlined view title, "W. S...... More
San Francisco: Published by H. W. Faust, (1892). 12th Edition. Relief shown by hachures. Depicts drainage, rancho and tract names, block numbers, radial distances from Ferry Building, railroads and street railways, selected public buildings, etc. Adverts in margins. Printed in sepia. 26" x 32". Map mounted at some past juncture..... More
Black Rock City, Nevada: 2001. 1st Printing. Each one sheet of white paper, folded once horizontally. NB. Date for Friday issue misprinted as "30 August" vice "31 August". One sheet inserted, in b&w outline, a whimsical "Color Me" of the 'Burning Man'. Illustrated with b/w half-tone photographic images. Gazette: 17"..... More
London: Chapman and Hall, [1867]. 1st printing. Unpaginated, though 4 pages. P. 3, price list for each title; p. 4 a 'specimen page'. Facsimile signature to p. 1 & 2, which was used on the boards of the set. 7" x 5-1/4". Printed self-wrappers. Now housed in a clear archival..... More
Black Rock City, Nevada: 2007. 1st Printing. One sheet, folded twice. Illustrated with b/w half-tone photographic images. Folded: 11-1/8" x 8-1/2". Printed self-wrappers. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. Burning Man is a week-long large-scale desert event focused on "community, art, self-expression, and self-reliance" held annually in the..... More
New York: E. Anthony. (1859). Ca. 1859/60. Copyright notice printed under view. Stereo image of the parade ground, mounted to an off-white stiff-stock paper mount, lettered in black ink. Printed paper title label to verso. Oblong format: 3-5/16" x 6-3/4". Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. "Anthony &..... More
London: Printed and Published by W. Webb, at His Wholesale and Retail Theatrical Warehouse, 146, Old Street, St. Luke's. (n. d.). Ca 1880. 18 pp. Unopened. 6-1/8" x 3-7/8". Original publisher's printed buff paper wrappers, sewn. Rear wrapper with an advert listings other plays sold by Webb. Now housed in..... More
New York and London. Funk & Wagnalls Co., Ca. 1912. Unpaginated. 6 pages on 3 sheets. 6-1/4" x 3-1/2". Loose sheets, black type. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. Publishers promotional leaflets only, NO books. Books advertised also are: "How to Argue and Win" and "15,000 Useful Phrases,"..... More
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New York: Devin-Adair, [c.1944]. One sheet, folded. Illustration on front cover. 21.5 x 14. Self-wrappers. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. More
London: The Enitharmon Press, [1971]. 1st printing. Single sheet of pale grey paper, printed in black, recto only. 8-1/2" x 5-1/2". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. "In December 1971 the Enitharmon Press will publish two books by HUGO MANNING." The leaflet then gives publication details for "Encounter in..... More
London: Chapman & Hall, 1858. 1st printing (presumed). 32 pp. 8vo. 7-3/4" x 4-7/8". Printed self-wrappers. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. A rare catalogue from this venerable firm, primarily known as Dickens' main publisher. More
London: Bradbury & Evans, [1848]. 1st printing thus. Unpaginated, though 8 pages. "Goldsmith" with a bust of the subject; p. 2 with wood engraving from "Goldsmith"; p. 4 with cut from "Comic History of England"; other cuts pp 5 - 7. 8-13/16" x 5-5/8". Printed self-wrappers, off-white paper. Now housed..... More
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, (n. d.). 1st printing thus, ca 1971. Single sheet of blue heavy stock paper, printed in black & red, folded twice to form a 6-panel brochure. 8-1/2" x 4". Printed self-wrappers, now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Dated from the 4 "Signature Books" listed..... More
[n. p.]: Printed by Walter Dexter for His Friends, 1931. 1st edition. Limited to 50cc (this copy stamped #39). [2 (blank)], 9, [5 (blank)] pp. Facsimiles, pp. 4 & 5. Tall 8vo. 10" x 6-3/8". Brown, stiff printed wrappers; sewn. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. Macrone was..... More
London: Wm. Pickering, 1840. 1st book edition. 2 volumes [x, 324; vii, [1 (blank)], 343, [1 (blank)] pp. Index in each volume. 12mo. 6-7/8" x 4-1/2". Blue-green cloth bindings with gilt stamped spine lettering. Yellow eps. A selection of essays first published in the Morning Post, touching on such diverse..... More
Philadelphia: Printed and Published by Adam Waldie, 1836. 1st edition thus (Howes F-202; cf. Graff 1357, Rader 1419 for the separate printing). Not in Sabin. [4], 416 pp. Text triple column. Flint piece, pp. 284 - 288. 'Belles Lettres' - 4pp / issue [usually]. Steel engraved plate of Frederick Marryat..... More
New Orleans: Published by J. Curtis Waldo, 61 Camp Street, 1882. 1st Printing. One sheet [38" x 24-7/8"], folded [originally] twice. Just below the masthead is printed "Published by J. CURTIS WALDO, (Established 1869), Photo-Engraver and Publisher of The Present Age, The Royal Herald, The St. Louis Commercial Age, N.O...... More
London: Published by Effingham Wilson, Junior, 1836. 1st volume edition. vii, [1], 332 pp. Text double column. Nos 105 - 132. T.p. vignette, 30 intratextual wood engravings. 8vo. 8-9/16" x 5-3/8". Period (publisher's ?) brown half-calf with marbled boards & eps; spine gilt decorated; black leather title label. Wilson's literary..... More
New York: Frank Tousey, Publisher, 24 Union Square, [1911]. 1st Printing thus (i.e., of this catalogue). 31, [1] pp. Story paper extracts, with text printed double column. Adverts. 11" x 8-1/8" Printed paper covers, color front cover, stapled. Advert to rear cover. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. "Frank..... More
