NOTEBOOK 1967 - 68.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1969. 1st Edition. [14], 161, [1] pp. 8vo. Blue cloth binding. Violet topstain. Blue dust jacket. More
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The HAUNTED MAN And The GHOST'S BARGAIN. A Fancy for Christmas-Time.
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers. [1849]. 1st US edition [Calinescu Catalogue 91; Edgar & Vail, p. 25; Gimbel A120; Vander Poel B426(2)]. Not in the McGuire Catalogue. 34, [2] pp. Text double column. Advert leaf with "Sterling Works for Libraries" to recto. 8vo. 9-5/8" x 6-1/8". Original publisher's printed..... More
LONG BEACH SANITARIUM. Supper Menu. January 29, 1917.
Long Beach: 1917. 1st Printing. Single sheet, header & footer job printed, with bill of fare printed mimeo style in the center, recto only. 20 lines of mimeo with date at head. At bottom, included in the 2-line footer, are places for Name & Room number, blank in this copy..... More
CATALOGUE Of S & S NOVELS 15¢ Revised to January 1926.; The Right Books at the Right Price.
New York City: Street & Smith Corporation, 1926. 1st Printing thus (i.e., of this catalogue). 32 pp. 6-7/8" x 4-3/4" White paper covers printed in red & black. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Francis Scott Street and Francis Shubael Smith began their publishing partnership in 1855 when they..... More
At The STEVENSON FOUNTAIN [Portsmouth Plaza, San Francisco].; The California Poetry Folios : Part 3 : March 1947
[San Francisco]: The Book Club of California, printed by the Platen Press, Orinda, California. 1947. 1st Printing. Limted to 750 cc. One sheet, folded twic, printed french-fold. Laid-in a typed member announcement detailing this publication from the BCC's keepsake series. Ship graphic to p. 1 & p. 3. 9-7/8" x...... More
VIRGINIA & TRUCKEE. A Story of Virginia City and Comstock Times.
Berkeley: Published by Howell-North, 1963. 5th edition. 72 pp. Contains a new preface written just for this edition. Illustrated, primarily from photographs. Decorations by E. S. Hammack. Maps & lettering by Frederic Shaw. 8vo. 9" x 6". Color pictorial paper covers, stapled. More
The MEMOIRS Of MARSHAL FOCH.; Translated by Col. T. Bentley Mott Liaison Officer between Marshal Foch and General Pershing.
Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran and Company, Incorporated, 1931. 1st Edition. lxiii, [1 (blank)], 517, [1 (blank)] pp (including Index at rear). Illustrated, primarily with b/w photographic images Royal 8vo. 9-1/2" x 6-1/2". Original publisher's blue cloth binding with gilt stamping. White dust jacket printed in red & black..... More
AMONG The DAHLIAS. And Other Stories.
London: The Hogarth Press, 1957. 1st Edition (NCBEL IV, 728). SIGNED by Sansom [on a sheet affixed to the front paste-down]. 213, [1] pp. Crown 8vo. 7-1/2" x 5". Yellow cloth binding with brown stamped spine lettering. Brown & yellow dust jacket. More
A BREVIARY Of The HISTORY Of The PARLIAMENT Of ENGLAND.; Expressed in three parts: 1. The Causes and Beginning of the Civil War of England. 2. A short mention of the Progress of that Civil War. 3. A compendious Relation of the Original, and Progress of the Second Civil War. Written by Thomas May, Esq.
London: Printed for Anne Brewster, 1680. 3rd edition (Wing M1397). 96, 93 - 156 [= 160] pp. 8vo: A - K8. Modern brown half-calf with marbled boards. Speckled edges. May "was an English poet, dramatist and historian. Partly as a result of his early pamphleteering, May was commissioned by the..... More
ECCLESIASTES Or The PREACHER.
San Francisco: John Henry Nash, 1920. 1st edition (O'Day, p. 15). Copy #111 of 300. [8 (blank)], XVII, [7 (blank)] pp. Printed in red and black, engraved initials printed in blue. 12-1/8" x 7-1/8". Blue paper wrapped boards with printed paper title label to spine. Now uncommon in the trade..... More
THREE. Stories.
London: The Hogarth Press, 1946. 1st Edition (NCBEL IV, 728). 160 pp. Crown 8vo. 7-1/2" x 5". Orange cloth binding with gilt stamped spine lettering. Black & white dust jacket. Author's 2nd book of stories, and 3rd publication overall. More
SNOW & CO's [CALLING / VISITING CARD] SAMPLE BOOK. Meriden, Conn. [Cover title].
Meriden, Conn: (n. d.). Ca late 1880s, cf. OCLC entries 19890210 & 20010622 [both held by CHS]. Snow & Co not found in Romaine. 20 leaves of mounting stock, of which 19 have 122 samples, typically 3 samples mounted per page. Samples are of varying designs, colors, typography, etc. Most..... More
HOW To BE A DETECTIVE.; By Old King Brady (The World Known Detective). In Which He Lays Down Some Valuable and Sensible Rules for Beginners, and Also Relates Some Adventures and Experiences of Well Known Detectives.
New York: Frank Tousey, Publisher, 24 Union Square, (1902). Later printing, ca 1904 [dated from a Work & Win advert]. 58, [6] pp. Preface signed [in type] by Brady, and dated April 1, 1890. Publisher adverts last 6 pages. 12mo. 6-1/4" x 4-1/16" White paper wrappers printed in blue. Rear..... More
HOW To BECOME A NAVAL CADET.; Complete Instructions of How to Gain Admission to the Annapolis Naval Academy. Also Containing the Course of Instructions, Descriptions of Grounds and Buildings, Historical Sketch, and Everything a Boy Should Know to Become an Officer in the United States Navy.
New York: Frank Tousey, Publisher, 29 West 26th Street, (1898). Later printing, ca 1900. 59, [5] pp. Publisher adverts last 5 pages. 12mo. 6-1/2" x 4-1/8" Printed paper wrappers, with full color image of 2 boys aloft, furling a sail, to front cover. Rear advert for the series, which lists..... More
NEAR The WALLS Of LION SHADOWS
Syracuse: The Salt Mound Press, (1969). 2nd Edition. INSCRIBED PRESENTATION copy from the author to Harold Witt, SIGNED by the author. 79, [1 (blank)] pp 8vo. B/W photographically illustrated paper covers. More
The SPELL Of The HOLY LAND.
Boston: The Page Company, 1915. 1st edition. xVii, [1 (blank)], 371, [1 (blank)] pp (including Index). Color frontis. Folding map. 55 inserted plates, of which 7 are full color. Crown 8vo. Green decorative cloth binding with elaborate gilt stamping. Green pictorial eps. TEG. Dust jacket, which replicates binding design... More
The JEWISH PROBLEM.; Reprinted from The American Scholar, Volume 60, Number 2, Spring 1991.
(n. p.): 1991. Offprint, and the 1st separate appearance. Pp 199 - 200 [i.e., 2 pages]. 8vo. Printed white stiff stock covers, stapled. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. A 12 stanza poem, subtitled "For Stanley Burnshaw" More
The GREER CASE. A True Court Drama
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1955. 2nd Printing. 209, [3] pp. 8vo. Hardback. Dust jacket. More
FAMOUS JUDGES And THEIR TRIALS. A Century of Justice.
London: John Long, 1957. 1st Edition. 192 pp. Frontispiece. 8vo. Black cloth binding. Grey paper dust jacket printed in red & white. More
The GREAT WHIRL Of EXILE.
Willimantic, CT: Curbstone Press, 1999. 1st Edition. 59, [5] pp. 8vo. Red glossy paper covers. More
LOVE In The CITY; A Comic Opera. As It Is Performed at the Theatre Royal in Covent-Garden.; The Words Written, and the Music Compiled By the Author of Love In A Village.
London: Printed by W. Griffen, in Catherine-Street in the Strand, 1767. First Edition (NCBEL II, 825). 69, [3] pp. Last 3 pages advert for W. Griffen. 8vo. 8" x 5-1/4". Disbound, with binding remnants along spine. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
NEVER BE A BOOKSELLER.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1929. 1st Printing. xiv, [2] pp. 8vo. 7-3/4" x 5-1/4". Pale blue paper wrappers, with black paper title onlay to front wrapper. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
The SECRET WARNING. The Hardy Boys Mystery Series #17.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1938). Later printing, ca 1961. iv, 220 pp. Frontis. 12mo. Beige cloth with dark brown lettering. Black topstain. Brown pictorial eps. Pictorial front panel dust jacket with yellow spine. More
ARCHIVE Of A FEMALE BODY BUILDER.
San Francisco: 1980s. Three binders of sleeved material, plus additional laid-in loose ephemera, et al. Details as follows: White hardcover three-ring binder: 29.5 x 29 cm. 17 sleeves containing 20 items -- ranging from contest programs and publications to ticket stubs and contestant ID number tags -- and 34 b&w..... More