PLAIN SONG. 1914 - 1916.
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1917. 1st US edition (Reilly, p. 253). viii, 87, [1] pp. 8vo. 8-1/4" x 5-1/2". Parchment spine over grey-green paper wrapped boards. Printed paper title label to front board. WWI poetry. More
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The REACH OFFICIAL AMERICAN LEAGUE BASE BALL GUIDE For 1913.; An Annual Compendium of Base Ball Records
Philadelphia: A. J. Reach Company, 1913. 1st Edition thus, i.e., for this year. 636 pp. Illustrated 6-3/4" x 4-3/8". Lacking original wrappers, with later buff stiff-stock paper covers supplied by a prior owner. More
AN ANSWER To That PART Of The PAMPHLET ENTITUL'D, Faults on Both Sides, Which Relates to the Deficiency of the English Army in Spain, at the time of the Battle of Almanza.; Being the Substance of Her Majesty's Message to the House of Commons concerning it.
London: Printed, and to be sold by A. Baldwin, near the Oxford - Arms in Warwick - Lane, 1710. 1st Edition (Goldsmith 4608; Kress 2645). 16 pp. Partially unopened. 8vo: A8. 7-7/16" x 4-11/16". Disbound, now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
SOFT PASTE CHILDREN'S MUG, With 1850s San Francisco Scene.
[San Francisco?]. Ca 1850s (?). Blank base. Wraparound image, in red, of San Francisco harbor. Height: 2-3/16" Diameter: 2-1/4". Overall width, with handle: 3-1/4" The scene on the mug reminiscent of an 1851 Currier & Ives print of San Francisco harbor, after a drawing by Wm. B. McMurtrie (cf. Currier..... More
HICKEY AGAINST HAMILTON And HERVEY: Or, a Proper REPLY to the Case of JOHN HAMILTON, As set forth by His Honourable Solicitor, In Relation to the Acquittal of JOSEPH HICKEY, Attorney.
London: Printed for N. Gibson, Bookseller, the Corner of Charles-Street, St. James's-square, [1751]. 1st Printing. 52 pp. Tailpiece, p. 52. 8vo: [A] - F4 G2. 7-13/16" x 5". Disbound, now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. The trial took place on 11 July 1751. Somewhat uncommon pamphlet documenting this mid-18th C...... More
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"Justice" "The Media" "My Doctor" [as published in] The WORMWOOD REVIEW. Volume 29, Number 1, Issue 113.
Stockton, CA: The Wormwood Review Press, (1989). 1st Printing. Copy #154 of a total 700cc run. 48 pp. Bukowski: pp 44- 46 (in double column). T.p. shillouette. 8-1/4" x 5-3/8". Printed pale blue paper covers, stapled. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Bukowski "was a German-American poet, novelist, and..... More
EVENT ADVERTISING TICKET. Robert Duncan Reads Passages. Le Conte School Auditorium.; Friday, March 13, 1970. 8: 00 p.m. Admission $1.00
[Berkeley ?]: 1970. 1st Printing. Single ticket, printed recto only. 2-1/4" x 3-7/8" Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Duncan "was an American poet and a devotee of Hilda 'H.D.' Doolittle and the Western esoteric tradition who spent most of his career in and around San Francisco. Though associated..... More
MAKING The LIST. A Cultural History of the American Bestseller 1900 - 1999.
New York: Barnes and Noble, (2001). 1st Edition. xxviii, 228 pp including index. 9-1/2" x 6-1/2". Tan papered boards with brown cloth spine. Gilt title lettering stamped to spine. Yellow dust jacket with black title lettering to spine. More
The ELIZABETHAN UNDERWORLD.
New York: St Martin's Press, 1992. BCE. xii, 230 pp (including Index). Illustrated. Royal 8vo. Black cloth binding. Dust jacket. More
DINNER GIVEN To NICHOLAS MURRAY BUTLER. President of The Lotos Club.; New York April 14th 1923
[New York]: 1923. 1st Printing. SIGNED by Butler. Broadside, with a 'plate' impression applied. Image of Butler, with menu listed underneath. Horizontal orientation: 13" x 17-7/8". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. "Nicholas Murray Butler was an American philosopher, diplomat, and educator. Butler was president of Columbia University [1902..... More
SWEET WINE And APPLE STRUDEL. Poems.
Concord, CA: Small Poetry Press, (2007). 1st Printing. 31, [1 (blank)] pp. 8vo. 8-1/2" x 5-3/8". White glossy stock paper covers, printed in color. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
SCENES In The LIFE Of A NURSE.
London: Bemrose & Sons, 1890. 1st Edition. xx, 102, xxi - xxxviii pp. Roman numbered pages filled with adverts for medicinal, health-related products, trusses and foods. Frontispiece albumen photograph of Sister Eva. Facsimile inscription underneath. Head- tailpieces. Decorative initial capital letters. 8vo. 7-3/8" x 4-7/8". Original publisher's red cloth binding..... More
LILLIPUT LEVEE. Poems of Childhood Child-Fancy and Child-Like Moods
New York: Wynkoop & Sherwood, 108 Fulton Street, 1868. 1st US edition. vi, 209, [1] pp. T.p. publisher device. 11 [of12] inserted plates [lacking the frontispiece]. 12mo. 7" x 5". Original publisher's pebbled brown cloth binding with gilt stamping. More
MODERN METHODS Of ILLUSTRATING BOOKS.; The Book-Lovers Library.
London: Elliot Stock, 62 Paternoster Row, 1886. 1st Edition. vii, [1], 247, [1 (blank)] pp (Index at rear). 12mo. Tan buckram over brown paper wrapped boards. Bevelled edges. More
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'Three Fables from La Fontaine' [as published in] POETRY. October, 1953. Vol. 83. No. 1.
Chicago: 1953. 1st appearance (Abbott Cc 7 - 9). Pp 1 - 4 for Moore's 3 poems. 62 pp total. 7-5/8" x 5-1/2". Pale purple paper covers, with white lettering. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
The LETTERS Of MARY W. SHELLEY.; Collected and Edited by Frederick L. Jones.
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1946. Second printing. 2 volumes. Illustrated. 8vo. 9-1/2" x 6-1/4". Rough weave linen cloth bindings. Blue topstain. Pale blue dust jackets. Slipcase. More
SONGS From The GOLDEN GATE.; With illustrations by William Keith.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, (1895). 4th impression. SIGNED by Coolbrith. 159, [1] pp. Frontis piece of Coolbrith. 4 inserted plates. 12mo. 7-1/4" x 4-3/4". Green cloth binding with gilt stamping. Signed by Coolbrith on the ffep. More
DINNER To The RIGH HONOURABLE SIR ESME WILLIAM HOWARD; His Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the United States by the Lotos Club New York April 9th 1924
[New York]: 1924. 1st Printing. SIGNED by the Ambassador. Broadside, with a 'plate' impression applied. Image of Howard, with credits & accomplishments listed underneath, as well as the evening's menu. Graphics by Chas. Sindelar [signed in the plate]. 18" x 13". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. "Esmé William..... More
BOOKS HAVE THEIR FATES.
New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2001. 1st Edition. 199, [1] pp. The occasional illustration. 9-1/4" x 6-1/8" Green cloth binding. Green dust jacket. More
The ART And CRAFT Of PRINTING.; A Note by William Morris on His Aims in Founding the Kelmscott Press, Together with a Short Description of the Press by S. C. Cockerell, and An Annotated List of the Books Printed Thereat.
New Rochelle, New York: Printed by Clarke Conwell at the Elston Press, 1902. 1st edition (Walsdorf 93). Limited to 210 cc. [6], 44, [2], 19, [12] pp. Deckle edges. Unpaginated divisional t.p. for "The Ideal Book"; divisional t.p. for "An Essay on Printing". Laid-on are two samples of red-patterned wallpaper..... More
TALES Of SOLDIERS And CIVILIANS.
San Francisco: E. L. G. Steele, 208 California Street, 1891. 1st edition (BAL 1109; Baird & Greenwood 252; Wright III, 525). 300, [2 (blank)] pp. 8vo. 7-3/8" x 4-13/16". Original publisher's brown cloth with gilt stamped lettering to spine & front board (variant with leaf 19-8 excised). More
The REACH OFFICIAL AMERICAN LEAGUE BASE BALL GUIDE For 1924.
New York: A.J. Reach, Wright & Ditson, Inc., 1924. 1st Edition thus, i.e., for this year. 552 pp. Illustrated 6-11/16" x Original covers replaced with buff colored stiff stock paper. More
DINNER GIVEN To Dr. LIVINGSTON FARRAND. President of Cornell University.; By the Lotos Club New York March 10th 1923
[New York]: 1923. 1st Printing. Broadside, with a 'plate' impression applied. Image of Farrand, with credits & accomplishments listed underneath. Graphics by T. Sindelar [signed in the plate]. 18-1/8" x 13-1/8". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. "Livingston Farrand was an American physician, anthropologist, psychologist, public health advocate and..... More
The REACH OFFICIAL AMERICAN LEAGUE BASE BALL GUIDE For 1936.
New York: A.J. Reach, Wright & Ditson, Inc., 1936. 1st Edition thus, i.e., for this year. 319, [21], 48 pp. Last 48 pp "Official Base Ball Rules" Illustrated 6-11/16" x Front cover replaced with buff colored stiff stock paper. More