The MONKEY PUZZLE.
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company Publishers, (1925). 1st US edition. [8], 311, [1 (blank)] pp. 7-3/4" x 5-1/2". Maroon cloth with orange stamped lettering to spine and cover. Orange topstain. Brown patterned jacket. More
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NINTH ANNUAL REPORT Of The BUREAU Of ETHNOLOGY To The SECRETARY Of The SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 1887 - '88.
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1892. 1st edition. xlvi, 617, [1 (blank)] pp. Many inserted plates (b/w & color illustrations) & intratextual illustrations. 11-5/8" x 8". Brown cloth binding, gilt stamped lettering to spine and front board. More
TWENTY - SECOND ANNUAL REPORT Of The BUREAU Of AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY To The SECRETARY Of The SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 1900 - 1901. In Two Parts.
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1904. 1st edition. 2 Volumes: xliv, 320, [2 (blank)]; 372, [2 (blank)] pp. Inserted plates and intratextual illustrations throughout. 11-1/8" x 8". Olive green cloth binding, gilt stamped lettering and design to spine and front boards. More
FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT Of The BUREAU Of ETHNOLOGY To The SECRETARY Of The SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 1883 - '84.
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1887. 1st edition. liii, [1], 564, [2 (blank)] pp. Inserted plates & intratextual illustrations. 11-5/8" x 8". Green cloth binding, gilt stamped lettering & design to spine and front board. More
The DISCOVERY Of AMERICA, By CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS; And The ORIGIN Of The NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS.
Toronto: Printed by W. J. Coates, King Street, 1836. 1st edition. 152, [2 (blank)] pp. 8vo. 8-1/2" x 5-3/8". Tan half-cloth binding over drab paper wrapped boards. Gilt stamped lettering to spine. More
NATURAL HISTORY Of BIRDS; With Engravings on a New Plan, Exhibiting Their Comparative Size: Adapted to the Capacities of Youth: With Authentic Anecdotes. Illustrating Their Habits and Characters: Together with Reflections Moral and Religious; Designed for Sabbath School Libraries, Families, and Common Schools.
Hartford: Published by D. F. Robinson & Co., 1830. 1st edition. [2], 216 pp. Frontispiece. Other illustrations issued in separate volume. 12mo. 7-3/8" x 4-1/2" Original publisher's yellow printed paper-wrapped boards with gilt-lettered brown leather spine. Speckled edges. More
ENGLISH HISTORY. The Chautauqua Text-Books. No. Four.
New York / Cincinnati: Phillips & Hunt / Cranston & Stowe, 1886. Later printing (1st published in 1878). 53, [3] pp. Illustrated. 16mo. 5" x 3-1/8". Printed, pale purple-colored wrappers. More
No. 172. WON'T YOU HAVE SOME CALIFORNIA GRAPES?; Views of American Scenery.
Marysville, California: J. J. Reilly, (n. d.). Ca late 1870s / early - to - mid 1880s. 2 separate photographs, with with 'arch' top. 3-7/16 x 6-7/8". Stiff-stock card mount, printed orange recto with blank lavender verso. Slightly rounded corners. Reilly lived in Marysville from 1878 - 1886, cf. Hickman..... More
POPULAR TRADITIONS Of ENGLAND. First Series: Lancashire. In Three Volumes.
London: Henry Colburn, 1841. 1st edition thus. PRESENTATION copy, with all 3 volumes INSCRIBED by the author. 3 volumes (iv, [2], 318; [4], 348; [4], 330 pp). Each volume illustrated with cuts. 12mo. 7-3/4" x 4-3/4". Period black half-leather bindings, with marbled paper boards. A condensed version of the author's..... More
An ESSAY On WOMAN, by J. Wilkes, Esq.
Aberdeen [Stuttgart?]: Printed for James Hay, and Sold by all Booksellers in Town and Country, 1788 [1872]. 1st printing thus. 23, [1] pp. "The Maid's Prayer", p. 24. Printer's ornament to t.p. 12mo. 7" x 4-5/8". Lacks wrappers [remnants along spine fold], now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Wilkes..... More
The AIRSHIP DRAGON - FLY.
New York: Doubleday Page & Co., 1906. 1st edition (Smith H-825). 346 pp. Frontis + 7 inserted plates by Ruth M. Hallock. 8vo. Slate blue cloth binding stamped in black & white. More
The LIVE WIRE. Collection of Prohibition Songs.
Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, (n. d.). Ca. 1912. Unpaginated, but 28 numbered tunes within. Sheet music printed throughout. 7-3/4" x 5-3/8". Light brown paper wrappers printed in red ink, stapled. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. More
NARRATIVE Of The EXPLORING EXPEDITION To The ROCKY MOUNTAINS In The YEAR 1842, And To OREGON And NORTH CALIFORNIA In The YEARS 1843 - 44. Reprinted from the Official Copy. Published by Order of the Senate of the United States.
New York: D. Appleton & Company, 200 Broadway. 1846. 1st edition thus, i.e., an inexpensive text-only edition, omitting the maps & plates. Cf. Howes F-370 for the other editions. 186, [6] pp. Adverts last 6 pages. 8vo. 9-1/8" x 5-3/4". Original printed paper wrappers. "Price 25 Cents." Now housed in..... More
The PROHIBITION SONGSTER. Words and Music. For Prohibition Campaign Clubs, Temperance Organizations, Glee Clubs, Camp-Meetings, Etc., Etc.
New York: National Temperance Society and Publication House, 1884. 1st printing. 64 pp. Musical stanzas throughout. 12mo. 6-3/4" x 4-3/4". Lacks wrappers. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. OCLC records 5 institutional holdings. More
ENGLAND & WALES. Philips' Series of Travelling Maps.; Price 3/6.
London & Liverpool: George Philip & Son, 32, Fleet Street, (n. d.). Ca mid-1880s. Colored map: dissected and mounted on muslin, 20 panel, 26" x 221-1/2", displaying 56°N --> 50°N; 5°W --> 1°E. Scale: 1 degree = 69.15 English miles. Inset of Scily Islands. Case: 6-3/4" x 4-5/8". Purple cloth..... More
The BUTLER. By an Experienced Servant.; The Wine Department, by J. B. Davis, Wine Cooper. Houlston & Wright's Industrial Library.
London: Houlston and Wright, 1862. Early edition. Cf. Gabler G18050, for the 1855 edition. 108 pp. "Management of Wine", pp 15 - 31; "Brewing Beer", pp. 32 - 63. Frontispiece of dinner party table setting; 3 "Bills of Fare", pp. 92 - 94. 6-3/8" x 4". Pebbled terra-cotta cloth covering..... More
JUST An IMPROMPTU THOUGHT Or TWO. For William & Mrs. I. Schaffer. Midnight July 24th. or 25th. 1916.
[Napanoch, NY]: 1916. Broadside. Printing/type to recto only. 10-15/16" x 8-7-16". Pale blue laid linen paper, with watermark. Printed blue Yama Farms letterhead, typed poem. Typed poem with "Copy" noted in manuscript beneath the letterhead, though nevertheless presumed original to the occasion. The poem is addressed to William and Mrs..... More
The LONDON MERCURY. October 1921. Vol. IV No. 24.
London: The London Mecruy, 1921. 1st printing. xxiv, 561 - 672 pp. 10" x 7-1/4". Orange paper wrappers. With tipped on publisher's leaflet to front cover. Contains "Snake" by D. H. Lawrence; "The Poem" by Dorothy L. Sayers; "In Darkest Mendip" by George Moore; "Biography and Memoirs" by Maurice Hewlitt..... More
The PIRATE FAIRIES. A Fairy Thriller.; A Currawong Children's Book.
Sydney: The Currawong Publishing Co. 32 Jamieson Street, 1943. 1st Printing. 48 pp. Illustrated by Des. Connor 12mo. 7-3/4" x 5-1/8". Blue paper covers, with red, green & black graphic to front cover. Yapp edges. Rear wrapper with imprint upside down [so oriented by previous owner?]. Fairly scarce mid-20th C...... More
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