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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
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
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
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
Trenton: Republican Leader, 1922. 1st Edition (presumed). Unpaginated. Three b/w photographic images. 8-3/4" x 6". White paper wrappers, stapled, with b/w photographic image and black title lettering printed to front wrapper. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. More
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
Aberdeen, Wash. J. H. Johnson, 1926. Presumed 1st Edition. 116 pp. B/w illustrations throughout. 8-1/2" x 5-13/16". Tan wrappers. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. Exposé of a variety of con tricks, hoaxes, etc., a great many of which the author attests to having fallen for, himself. As..... More
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
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
[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
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
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