[Hughesville?]: (n. d.). 1st printing (presumed), ca 1885. Not found in Bolton. Single sheet broadside, 14-3/8" x 6-3/8", 44 lines of text. Hughesville a small town in Pennslyvania. This playbill advertises a local dramatic production centered on Dickens' famous child character Oliver Twist, as played by Edith Paulscraft. Bill Sikes... More
San Francisco, Cal. Thomas Houseworth & Co. (n. d.). Ca 1884. One photograph with the two views, square edges. Verso blank [i.e., no publisher printing], lavender color. 3-3/8" x 6-7/8". Stiff-stock orange card mount, printed with black. Rounded corners. More
![CHEVROLET 1941. We Invite You to Look Behind This Great Trade Mark. [Cover title]. Chevrolet Dealer's Showroom Sample Catalogue.](/pictures/thumb/39901.jpg?v=1436912349)
Detroit: General Motors Corporation, Chevrolet Motor Division, (1940). 1st printing. 79, [1] pp. Graduated tabbed fore-edge, identifying the divers sections, e.g., 'Detail Design', 'Body Design', & 'Vacuum Power Gearshift'. Over 100 colour illustrations, text illustrations, diagrams (many in 1 or 2 colours, some black & white), including 6 flap overlays... More
[Chicago]: [Chicago Flexible Shaft Company], (n. d.). Circa 1905. Broadsheet, printed recto and verso. B/w engravings, b/w/red center illustration to recto. 36" x 23-3/4". Thin offwhite paper printed in black and red. An extraordinary piece of promotional literature for the Chicago Flexible Shaft Company, specialists in sheep-shearing and horse clipping... More
London: R. Birchall, No. 133 New Bond Street, (n. d.). 11, [1 (blank)] pp. Engraved designs to title page. 12-3/4" x 9-1/4". Half-bound brown leather spine with marbled paper-covered boards. Gilt lyres stamped five times between gilt rules to spine. Rubbing and wear to boards and edges, one gutter break... More
n. p. (1956). 64 leaves, plus 8 unused leaves at rear, containing 363 letters or ~600+ typed/handwritten pages, inside their original envelopes; envelopes affixed by their back panels to the leaves, usually three to a page and in chronological order. Ephemera varies from single-sheet cards and a telegram printed recto... More
San Francisco: E. Cherry, 1884. 1st edition (Cowan I, p. 186; Cowan II, p. 525; Bothamley 7). [2], ii, 107, [1 (blank)] pp. Pp 77 - 107 Kellogg's "Essay Upon Redwood." Illustrated with 24 mounted, original albumen photographs, with 15 captioned in purple ink. A Palmquist listing, these herein vs... More
New York: D. Van Nostrand, 192 Broadway. 1864. 1st edition (Nevins I, 230; Sabin 57742; Seagrave, p. 524). Not in Broadfoot. iv, [5] - 277, [13] pp. 11 pages of publisher adverts follow text. Last leaf blank. 12mo. 7-5/8" x 5". Original publisher's blue cloth binding with gilt stamped title... More
Genève: Au Siège Comité International de la Croix-Rouge, 1885. 1st edition. PRESENTATION copy, INSCRIBED from Barton, "To my friend, / Dr. Joseph Gardner / with sentiments of esteem and cordial regard. / Which words cannot express. / Clara Barton. / Washington D. C, March 15, 1889." Further, a 2 line... More
[Paris]: 1917 - 1920. 1st printing. 71 issues [of 154]. 24 or 32 pages each. Text in French. Illustrated. 8vo. Color printed pictorial paper wrappers. Many with original wax paper protective wrapper. Approximately half of a series of short, ro- manticized French World War I novels un- der the editorship... More
London / New York: Beadle and Company, 118 William Street. (1862). 1st edition (Johannsen I, p. 371; Seagrave, p. 662). Not in Broadfoot, nor Nevins. [5] - 100 [= 96] pp. Frontis of Major-General Benjamin F. Butler. Full page wood engravings of Banks, Burnside & Baker. 12mo. 6-9/16" x 4-5/16"... More
Wormsloe: Privately Printed - Dodd Mead & Company, Publishers. 1907. 1st edition (Howes L-567). Limited to 500 cc. 2 volumes (369, [1 (blank)]; 328 pp). Index concludes Volume II. Frontis in each volume. 8vo. 9-3/4" x 6-1/2". Original maroon cloth bindings with gilt stamped title lettering to spine. More
Augusta Vindelicorum: Matthaei Rieger, 1777. An early edition, first published in 1774. 2 volumes (xl, 668, [2]; xxxii, 605, [3] pp). Printed glosses. Eratta concludes each volume. Text block untrimmed & unopened. T.p. printer's device. Head- tailpieces. 8vo. 8" x 5". Period plain blue paper wrappers. More
Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1868. 1st edition. 80 pp. 6-7/8" x 4-1/2". Original publisher's purple cloth with gilt stamping to front board. More
New York: Harcourt Brace and Company, (1936). 1st trade edition. INSCRIBED PRESENTATION copy from Sandburg to close friend, and long-time associate, Tom Ferril. [8], 286 pp. 8vo. Blue cloth binding. Blue and red dust jacket. Inscribed on ffep by Sandburg, in blue fountain pen, to fellow poet, Thomas Ferril: "Tom... More
New York / London: Crosby Gaige / Faber & Gwyer, Ltd. 1928. 1st edition. SIGNED by the author. Limited to 600 cc. 49, [1] pp. Printed by William Edwin Rudge. Typography by Frederic Warde. Illustrations by Cecil Salkeld. 8vo. Purple cloth backed purple boards. Gilt lettered red leather title label to spine. Glassine wrapper. More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, Publishers. (1905). Reprint. Ca late 1920s. Cf. Russo, p 227, for the series title genesis. 195, [1] pp. With pictures by Will Vawter. 8vo. Tomato red cloth binding with gold lettering. Color pictorial dust jacket, "with individual designs on wrapper and cover." From a uniform... More
![EXAMEN D'Un LIVRE Qui a pour Titre [by A. Louis], Parallele des Differentes Methodes de Traiter La MALADIES VENERIENNE; Dans lequel on réfute les sophismes de l'Auteur, & on démontre, par les faits les plus authentiques, la supériorité des Dragées anti-vénériennes sur tous les remèdes anti-vénériens connus jusqu'ici. Medical, Keyser, Antoine. 1723 - 1792 Louis.](/pictures/thumb/30079.jpg?v=1436912193)
Amsterdam & Paris: Chez P. F. Gueffier, 1765. 1st edition. [6], xxi, [1], 215, [1] pp. 8vo. 7-1/2" x 4-1/4". 19th (?) C. green patterned-paper boards, with black leather title label to spine. Early pink wrappers bound-in). More
Nueva York: Imprenta de S. W. Benedict, No. 16, Calle de Spruce. 1851. 1st Edition in Spanish (Cowan, p. 79; Lone 4; Zamorano 80, #11 [for the English edition]). 439, [1], XIII, [1] pp. 8vo. 9" x 5-5/8". Period full brown sheep with later rebacking to style. This the Spanish... More
London: Henry Colburn, 1825. 2nd edition, 2nd issue (Keynes 82). [4], 408, [4] pp. Adverts last 4 pages. 8vo. Original green publisher's cloth with gilt stamped spine lettering (professionally recased). Pale yellow eps. Per Keynes, this second edition with a slightly altered text from that of the first edition, to... More
1916 - 1941. SIGNED (5 pcs). LaGuardia, or "Little Flower," is widely regarded as one of the best mayors in New York City history, whose tenure redefined the office. He was the 99th mayor of the "Big Apple", serving his populace from 1934 - 1945. For those twelve years, the... More
(n. p.): The American Monthly Review of Reviews, (n. d.). Ca 1909. Cf. Monaghan 1361n. Unpaginated (though 12 pp). 38 period cartoons reproduced in half-tone. Laid-in facsimile. Textual commentary accompanies, as well as the original cartoon caption. Folio. 11-1/2" x 8-3/4". Buff card stock wrappers, stapled. Front wrapper onlay of... More
New York: Doubleday Doran & Co. 1930. 1st edition. vii, [3], 345 pp. With drawings by the author. Crown 8vo. Rust colored coth with gilt spine lettering. Red topstain. Pictorial eps. No dust jacket. "A modern reader will find much wit, originality, and beauty of language and atmosphere in O's... More
Edinburgh: Archibald Constable, 1821. 1st edition (Todd & Bowden 149Aa). Vol I & II with first state of printer's imprint; Vol II w/o imprint. Vol II with 'ere'. 3 volumes. Half-titles present. 8vo. 7-1/2" x 4-3/4". Early green muslin cloth bindings. Hand lettered paper title labels to spine. More
