Seattle: The Metropolitan Press, (1905). 1st Printing (Smith 4109 [incorrectly noting 112 pages]). [8], 132, [24 (adverts)] pp. Illustrated throughout with b/w half-tone photographic images Folding map at rear. 9-1/2" x 6-3/4". Blue printed paper covers, gold & black lettering, image of a dog sled traveling across a map of..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers. 1874. 1st US edition (NCBEL III, 884; Sadleir 41; Smith 34). 255, [1 (blank)], 4, 4 pp (double column). 8 pages of publisher adverts conclude volume. 26 intratexual illustrations by Frank Holl. 8vo. 9-3/8" x 5-7/8". Original publisher's brown pebbled cloth binding with gilt..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers. 1868. 1st US edition (NCBEL III, 883; Sadleir 30; Smith 23). 235, [5] pp (double column). 4 pages of undated adverts conclude volume. 17 inserted illustrations by Millais [complete]. Plate at p. 77 bound-in upside down. 8vo. Original publisher's brown pebbled cloth binding with..... More
Fresno: Giligia Press, (1969). 61, [3 (blank)] pp. Illustrated. 9-1/4" x 5-1/2". Plain paper covers with black & white wrapper. More
London: Printed for R. Dodsley at Tully's Head in Pall - Mall, 1745. vi, [2], 32 pp. Head- tailpieces. 4to: A - E4. 9-1/4" x 7". Disbound. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
Fort Worth: General Dynamics, 1964. 1st Printing. 3 preliminary pages of typescript text, including a page written time-line of the aircraft's development, printed recto only. After 16 photographs, one typescript page inserted, "News Conference Personnel", followed by 3 photographs of the news conference. Laid-in a xerox extract of a column..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1941. 1st Edition. Unpaginated. Illustrated with b/w line drawings. 8vo. Grey cloth spine over brick red cloth boards, with fox design. Dust jacket. "Alexander McCormick "Alex" Sturm was an American artist, author, and entrepreneur who co-founded in 1949, the American firearm maker, Sturm, Ruger &..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1926. Later printing. xv, [1 (blank)], 538 pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Original publisher's blue cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering to spine & front board. Map eps. Author's second visit to the Arctic, and his experiences there. More
(n. p.): Ca 1930s. Ca 1933 - 1937. ~ 25 leaves filled with numerous momentos of trips from Seattle to the Far East & back. ~ 75 leaves total, final half of album blank. 10-3/8" x 14". Commerical scrapbook, with blue cloth spine & corners, with green cloth boards. Momentos..... More
Manchester: Published by The Daisy Bank Printing & Publishing Co., Wellington Street, Gorton, (n. d.). Ca 1914 [pre-WWI]. 32 pp. 8-5/8" x 5-5/8". Dull red paper covers, printed in dark blue, stapled. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. "The Red Barn Murder was a notorious murder committed in Polstead..... More
London: Baillière, Tindall & Cox, 8, Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, W.C., (n. d.). 1st printing, ca 1921. 1st leaf a fold-out, the printed Index to the coloured plates.. 5 color anatomical plates, #5 with a series of lift-up flaps. Oblong format: 6-7/8" x 9". Printed grey card-stock covers. More
Berkeley: Printed for the Wednesday Table, 2017. 1st Edition. Limited to 400 cc. 11, [3] pp. Printed letterpress by Richard Seibert, Berkeley, California. Frontis photograph of Barney, taken by Elvira Piedra on 23 July 2008 in his Berkeley shop. Folio. 17-5/8" x 11-1/2". Grey paper wrappers, printed in silver, sewn..... More
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1874. 1st Edition (Hubin I, p. 638; Wright II, 1873). 278 pp. Text double column. Book label of Lawrence Solomon laid-in. 2 cuts, p. 135. Musical scores. Royal 8vo. 9-1/4" x 6". Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering (professionally, and unobtrusively, rebacked). Dark brown..... More
(n. p.): Published in Canada by Oberon Press, (1977). 1st Edition. 127, [1 (blank)] pp. 8-1/4" x 5-1/4". Brown cloth binding. Orange dust jacket. More
Vancouver, BC: blewointmentpress, 1974. 1st printing. Limited to 700 cc. 41, [3] pp. P. 41 mispaginated as 49. 8-1/2" x 5-1/2". Pale blue card-stock paper covers, printed in black, stapled. More
Los Angeles: The Black Sparrow Press, 1969. 1st book edition. SIGNED by the author. #88 / 125 hardbound cc., out of a total limitation of 625 cc. 53, [3] pp. 8-7/8" x 5". Canary yellow cloth binding by Earle Gray. Bright yellow eps. Printed paper title onlay to front cover..... More
Saint Paul, MN: Graywolf Press, 1986. 1st Printing. [12], 81, [3 (blank)] pp. 9-1/4" x 6". Orange cloth spine over blue paper-wrapped boards. Pink dust jacket. More
Philadelphia & London: W. B. Saunders Company, 1945. 5th edition, 5th printing. 579, [1 (blank)] pp. Index at rear. Illustrated. 8" x 5-1/2". Original publisher's blue cloth binding. Printed pale blue paper dust jacket. More
[London]: Published by A. & F Pears Ltd, [1912]. Ca 1912 (cf. Gimbel B155 [Chimes]; B165 [Cricket]; B179 [Battle of Life]; B186 [Haunted Man]; Hearn, p. 178 for the set). 5 volumes (139, [1]; 147, [1]; 160; 144; 140 pp). Adverts begin & conclude each volume. 'Cricket' illustrated by L...... More
London: Grafton & Co., 1949. 1st edition. 160 pp (including Index). 8vo. Blue cloth binding with gilt stamped spine lettering. Brown & white dust jacket. More
Cleveland: The World Publishing Company, (1960). 1st edition. 255, [3] pp. Title page illustration. 8-1/2" x 5-7/8" Hardback. Dust jacket. More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1962. Third Printing. 444 pp (including Index). 8-3/4" x 5-3/4". Black cloth binding with gilt stamped spine lettering. Red dust jacket. Another classic in the genre, along with her work, "The Shaping of English Literature." More
Bloomington: Indiana University Press, (1970). 1st edition. xii, [2], 272 pp (including Index). Illustrated. 8vo. Blue cloth binding with silver spine lettering. Dust jacket. More
Chicago: Sears Roebuck & Co., 1898. Single sheet of thin pink paper, printed in black. In upper left, "A705-4-28-98-100M", presumably a printing code. Illustrated with two large wood engravings: a miner panning for gold & a parlor scene depicting a couple listening to the "wonderful talking machine". Each image with..... More
Rochester, N. Y. Post-Express Print, 1885. 1st Printing. Not found in Romaine. 36 pp. Adverts illustrated with cuts. 9" x 5-7/8". Original publisher's dark blue-green paper covers, printed in gold. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Somewhat uncommon publication documenting periodical publications in the late 19th C. OCLC records..... More
