The MOUNTAIN MILLER. An Authentic Narrative. A Premium Tract. No. 254.
(n. p.): (n. d.). Ca 1840. 20 pp. Wood engraving of a house to p. 1. 6-1/2" x 4-1/4". Printed self-wrappers, sewn. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
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GREEK LAYS, IDYLLS, LEGENDS, &c. A Selection from Recent and Contemporary Poets.; Translated by E. M. Edmonds. With Introduction and Notes. Revised and Enlarged Edition.
London: Trübner & Co., Ludgate Hill, 1886. xvi, 288 pp. T.p. printed in red & black. 8vo. 7-1/2" x 4-3/4". Original publisher's blue cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering to spine & front board. More
The BIGLOW PAPERS. Second Series.
London: Trübner & Co., 60, Paternoster Row, 1867. Later printing. 190 pp. Frontispiece portrait of Lowell. 12mo. 7-1/2" x 4-3/4". Original publisher's blindstamped bright blue cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering to spine & ornament stamped in blind to the boards. More
The POETICAL WORKS Of WILLIAM FALCONER.; The Aldine Edition of the British Poets.
London: Bell & Daldy, York St., Covent Garden, 1870. xiv, 504 pp. Publisher adverts, on yellow paper, at front & rear. Publisher's ornament to t.p. Head- tailpieces. 12mo. 6-7/8" x 4-1/4". Original publisher's green cloth biinding with black & gilt stamping. More
The POETICAL WORKS Of ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING.
London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 15 Waterloo Place, 1897. 1st edition thus. xxi, [1 (blank)], 667, [13] pp. 12 pages of publisher adverts conclude volume. Frontispiece. Mss fasimile insert facing p. 315. 8vo. 7-7/8" x 5-1/2". Original publisher's blue-green cloth binding with gilt stamping to spine & monogram to front..... More
LAYS And LEGENDS (First Series)
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1892. Third Edition. viii, 197, [3 (blank)] pp. 12mo. Blue cloth binding with an extensive floral motif gilt stamping to front cover. 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
SPALDING'S OFFICIAL COLLEGE BASE BALL ANNUAL. 1914.; Spalding's Athletic Library. Group I. No. 1C. Price 10 cents.
New York: American Sports Publishing Company, 21 Warren Street, 1914. 1st printing thus. [6], 151, [36] pp. Volume concludes with 5 pages of team rosters, followed by 4 pages of b/w images of teams [8], & then 27 pages of Spalding adverts for sporting goods & equipment. Numerous b/w half-tone..... More
An ESSAY On The PUBLICK DEBTS Of This KINGDOM. Wherein the Importance of Discharging Them is Considered; the Provisions for that Purpose by the Sinking Fund, and the Progress Therein Hitherto Made, are Stated and Explained; the Sufficiency of those Provisions are Demonstrated; Some General Mistakes about the Nature and Efficacy of this Expedient Examined and Removed; and the Progress of the Sinking Fund Described and Computed from Midsummer, 1727.; To which is Subjoined, An Enquiry into the General Convenience of Reducing Farther the Interest of our Publick Debts below 4 per Cent. per Annum. In a letter to a member of the House of Commons.
London: Printed for J. Peele, at Locke's-Head in Pater-noster-Row, 1726. 1st printing (Goldsmith 6473). viii, 120 pp. Headpiece & decorative initial capital letter, A2r; tailpice A4v; headpiece & decorative initial capital letter, B1r. 8vo. Disbound, with binding remnants along spine. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Gould a successful..... More
REMARKS On A PAMPHLET ENTITL'D A DEFENCE Of The MEASURES Of The PRESENT ADMINISTRATION.
London: Printed by A. Moore, near St. Paul's. 1731. Second Edition (ESTC N12586). 25, [1 (blank)] pp. Lacking half-title leaf. 8vo. 7-7/8" x 5". Disbound, now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
A DUTIFUL ADDRESS To The THRONE Upon The PRESENT STATE Of G******T B********N.
London: Printed for J. Scott, at the Black-Swan, in Pater-Noster-Row, [1756]. 1st printing (ESTC T53025). iv, [5] - 28 pp. T.p. printer's ornament. Headpiece, p. 5. 8vo. 7-3/8" x 4-7/8". Disbound, now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. "The Ears of Princes, like those of great Beauties, are seldom blessed..... More
PIERRETTE And The ABBÉ BIROTTEAU (Le Curé de Tours).; Macmillan's Colonial Library No. 284.
London / New York: MacMillan and Co. Ltd., 1896. 1st edition thus. 4, viii, 238, [4] pp. Series advert last 2 pages. 7-1/2" x 5". Original publisher's pale pink paper covers printed in dark maroon. Series adverts to cover insides. Covers with printed statement, "This Edition is intended for circulation..... More
VIEW OF ANCIENT And MODERN EGYPT; With an Outline of It's Natural History.; Harper's Family Library No. XXIII.
New York: J. & J. Harper, 82 Cliff-Street, 1833. Later printing, 1st published in the US in 1831. 348 pp. Engraved folding map as frontis. Engravings. 12mo, bound in 6s. 6-5/16" x 4". Original publisher's printed linen cloth binding. Russell was bishop of Glasgow and Galloway and the author of..... More
POEMS Of THOMAS HOOD. Vol. I. Serious Poems. Vol II. Poems of Wit and Humour.
London: MacMillan and Co., Limited, 1897. 1st Edition. "Presentation copy" circular blindstamp to title leaf. 2 volumes: lxxxi, [1 (blank)], 355, [1 (blank)]; xii, 415, [3] pp. 2 page advert at rear of Vol II. Frontispiece portrait in each volume. Crown 8vo. Original publisher's maroon cloth binding with gilt stamping..... More
The WILD ASS'S SKIN (Le Peau de Chagrin).; Macmillan's Colonial Library No. 243.
London / New York: MacMillan and Co. Ltd., 1896. 1st edition thus. [4], vi, [ix] - xii, 382, [4] pp. Series advert last 2 pages. 7-1/4" x 4-3/4". Original publisher's pale pink paper covers printed in dark maroon. Series adverts to cover insides. Covers with printed statement, "This Edition is..... More
3000 MILES THROUGH The CLOUDS or Dropped Among an Unknown Race. "Pluck and Luck. Stories of Adventure." No. 812. Dec 24th, 1913.
New York: Frank Tousey, Publisher, 1913. Very early printing. Rear advert lists through # 814. 30, [2] pp. Text double column. 11" x 8". Color pictorial wrappers, stapled. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Not found on OCLC, nor in the Teitler "American Lost-Race Fiction" Collection catalogue... More
The MAGAZINE Of DOMESTIC ECONOMY. Volume the Second.
London: Published by W. S. Orr & Co., Paternoster Row; and W. & R. Chambers, Edinburgh, 1837. 1st volume edition [of this year]. [2], 380 pp. Article on Bread Ovens illustrated with 3 cuts. 8vo. 8-5/8" x 5-1/4". Period full cloth binding with gilt stamped black leather title label to..... More
1938 SOUTH AMERICA Summer Escorted Tours. American Express Travel Service.; No. 2624 -- 3-38.
(n. p.): 1938. 1st printing (presumed). Single sheet, printed both sides, folded 3 times, to form a 6 panel brochure. Illustrated with 8 tinted half-tone photographic images, one map, and a front panel graphic by Wiley Padan. Folded: 11" x 8-1/2". Self-wrappers, now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
TEMPLUM TRAGOEDIAE, CARMENT in Scholarum Instauratione Recitatum a Francisco Maria Marsy, è Societate Jesu.
Parisiis [Paris]: Apud Marcum Bordelet, 1734. 1st Printing. [6], 18 pp. Half-title leaf present. T.p. printer's ornament. 2 ornate headpieces. 12mo. 6-3/8" x 3-7/8". Disbound, now house in an archival mylar sleeve. More
MESSENGER'S MESSAGE. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.; Compliments of Rob. Boyd Messenger Boy.
(n. p.): (n. d.). Ca late 1800s / early 1900s (?). SIGNED by Rob. Boyd, Messenger Boy. Single sheet leaflet, printed, in 3 colors, recto only. Large image of the blue-uniformed message boy. 9-1/16" x 6-1/16". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. From Wiki, we find "Telegraph boys (also..... More
A PAWN In The GAME. The Viet Nam Diary of Sgt. Bruce Annello. Killed in Action May 31, 1968 [as published in] WIN. May 15, 1971. Volume VII, Number 9.
New York: WIN Publishing Empire, 1971. 1st Printing. 36 pp [including wrappers]. Illustrated with b/w half-tone photographs. 10-3/4" x 8". Blue paper wrappers, with white lettering & photographic image to front cover, stapled. Now house in an archival mylar sleeve. One of the many Vietnam KIAs... this one happened to..... More
SESOSTRIS: or, Royalty in Disguise. A Tragedy. As It is Acted at the Theatre Royal in Lincoln-Inn-Fields.
London: Printed for J. Crokatt, at the Golden Key near the Inner-Temple-Gate, 1728. 1st London Edition. Also issued in Dublin this same year. 64 pp. 8vo. ~ 8" x 5". Disbound, now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
The WHEEL Of FORTUNE: A Comedy. Performed at the Theatre-Royal, Drury-Lane.
London: Printed fro C. Dilly, In the Poultry, 1795. The Third Edition. 79, [1] pp. 8vo. Disbound, now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Cumberland was a civil servant in the Board of Trade and Plantations as well as a prolific playwright thought to have more than fifty plays to..... More
NO THOROUGHFARE. The Extra Christmas Number of 'All The Year Round', Conducted by Charles Dickens, for Christmas, 1867.
London: 1867. 1st edition (NCBEL III, 813; Parrish, pp. 66-67). 48 pp. Text double column. 8vo. 9-5/8" x 6-1/2". Blue printed paper wrappers, sewn. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. A collaborative effort by these two pre-eminent Victorian authors [cf. Oppenlander, p. 196, for a distribution of same]... More
MRS. LIRRIPER'S LEGACY. The Extra Christmas Number of All The Year Round. For Christmas, 1864.
London: 1864. 1st edition. 48 pp. Inserted at front, a 4 page advert, printed on blue paper. 8vo. 9-1/2" x 6-1/2". Blue printed wrappers, sewn. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Dickens wrote Parts I & VII; see Oppenlander, p. 150, for specific contributions of the other authors... More