London: 1967 - 1969. 1st printings. ~ 6 - 10 pages per issue. Printed, in a typewritter-style font, on white, green or pink paper. Issue No. 2 for 1969 with drawing as front cover, p. 1. ~ 13" x 8". Printed self-wrappers, stapled. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve..... More
(London). "Privately Printed - Not for Sale" 1931. 1st Edition. 11, [1(blank)] pp. 9-1/2" x 6-1/4". Red, paper wrappers printed in black. Paper leaves, printed in black. Stapled. Now housed in a mylar sleeve. Nancy Clara Cunard (10 March 1896 – 17 March 1965) was a writer, heiress and political..... More
London: Printed for the Author, and may be had of all Booksellers in Town and Country, 1747. 1st Edition thus. [2], 182 pp. 12mo. 7-1/4" x 4-1/2". Period tan half-leather binding with marbled paper boards. Black leather spine label. Red edgestain. From ESTC, we find this "an expanded version of..... More
[Baltimore, MD]: (n. d.). 1st Printing, ca 1880. Broadside, printed on grey paper. 11" x 8-3/8". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Circular announces that Buschmann & Clarke have "purchased the interest of Bryan & Clarke in this establishment", who herewith "offer this our first Circular and Price List"..... More
Kowloon, Hong Kong: Christian Witness Press, (n. d.). C. 1970s. Seven broadsides printed in color. 30-1/4" x 21" Attached at the top-edge with maroon tape. These posters were said to bring the viewer closer to God, especially when viewed in sequence. Five of the posters depict a man's face with..... More
London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1867. 1st Edition. Two vols., bound in one, [i-iv] [1] 2-384; [i-iv] [1] 2-384 pp. Sixty-four wood-engraved illustrations, including thirty-two full-page plates, and thirty-two vignettes in text. 8vo., 8-1/4" x 5-1/2" Contemporaneous half polished green calf, marbled paper covered boards, backstrip with five raised bands..... More
[Indianapolis, IN]: J. Walter Hannon, Indiana Telephone Company, 1920 - 1955. 3 Photograph Albums, of varying pages. Two typewritten notebooks, one folder of Indiana journal publications laid-in, and many loose photographs and adverts. Many b/w photographs throughout albums (some sepia toned), including 28 photo postcards; most group company photographs commercial..... More
Gottingen: Johann Christian Dieterich, [1795]. 1st edition thus (Crane sale, lot 484). [10], 1 - 254, [Q8 lacking], 257 - 296 pp. Untrimmed. Illustrated with 17 b/w plates + frontis. 12mo, in 6s. 6-3/8" x 3-7/8". Period marbled paper boards. More
Divers places & locales: 1936. All items housed in 38 clear plastic sleeves, placed in a large tan vinyl 3-ring binder. Items affixed, recto & verso, of black stiff-stock mounting paper. A wonderful photograph & ephemera collection documenting an unidentified lady's summer trip aboard the R.M.S. Berengeria. This large album..... More
[London]: Printed in the yeare, 1648. 1st edition (Wing B-1090). [2], 92, [2 (blank)] pp. Royal arms device to t.p. Decorative initial capital letters. Head- tailpieces. 4to: A - M^4. 7-5/8" x 5-3/4". 18th C full speckled calf, with extra gilt decorated spine. Red speckled edges. Preliminary blank with period..... More
London: Hurst and Blacket, Publishers, Successors to Henry Colburn, 1854. 1st edition (Sabin 19111). [2], 315, [3], 23, [1]; [2], 328, 8 pp. Publisher catalogue concludes each volume. 8vo. 7-3/4" x 4-1/2". Modern green half-morocco Morrell bindings, with marbled boards & eps. TEG. Fairly rare work on the subject, with..... More
San Jose: Published by Cottle & Wright, Printers, 338 First Street. 1878. 1st edition (Rocq 13742). 336 pp. Inserted advert leaf after p. 212. 8 cuts depicting divers San Jose buildings (primarily schools). Some illustrated adverts. 8vo. Recent black leather spine, gilt title lettering, over printed paper-wrapped boards. Advert eps..... More
Albany: Printed for Abraham Ellison ... 1793. 1st US edition (Evans 26177; Sabin 85206). 164 pp. 12mo, signed in 6s. 6-1/4" x 3-5/8". Period full brown calf, flat-back, with black leather title label to spine. More
Chicopee Falls, Mass. Stevens-Duryea Company, [1907]. 1st printing. 32 pages of text extolling the virtues & advantages of the Stevens-Duryea C-Six. Fold-out, accordian-style advert sheet picturing the divers C-Six models offered by the firm, with the reverse displaying cut-away veiws of the chasis. 9-3/4" x 5-3/4". Gold & green embossed..... More
St Louis, Mo. Printed at the Publishing House of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missourit, Ohio and other States. 1878. 1st edition. OCLC records just one institutional holding. 31, [1 (blank)] pp. 12mo. Modern marbled paper wrappers, with printed paper title label to front wrapper. More
London: Chapman & Hall, 1861. 1st edition (Eckel, p. 132; NCBEL III, 819; Smith II, 11). [8], 264, 32 pp. 32 page catalogue of books concludes volume, dated December 1860. 8vo. 7-1/2" x 4-7/8". 19th C. deep maroon full morocco binding by Reviere, with elaborate gilt decorated spine. TEG. Gilt..... More
London: Printed for Richard Bentley and Mary Magnes, 1685. 2nd edition (MacDonald 118b; TC II, 118; Wing B-664). [8], 62, [2] pp. 4to: A - I^4. 8-5/8" x 6-1/2". Later full brown calf binding, executed in a period style. Dryden contributed the Epilogue. More
Philadelphia: Published by E. Littell, & Co., at the Office of The Museum of Foreign Literature, 1842. 1st edition thus, and early US edition (Vander Poel B164; Wilkins, p. 20) Not in Edgar & Vail, Gimbel, nor the McGuire Collection catalogue. [5] - 241, [1 (blank)] pp. Text double-column. 8vo..... More
Madison, Wis. James Ross, State Printer. 1860. 1st edition thus. 301, [5] pp. Errata after text. 8vo. 8-1/8" x 5-3/8". Original publisher's tan half-sheep binding with drab paper-wrapped boards. Red cloth spine label. Rare edition of these state laws... OCLC shows no holdings. More
City of Washington: Office of hte Congressional Globe, 1869. 1st thus. cxiv, 777, [1]; xiii, [1], 56 pp. Separate t.p. for the Appendix. 2 seating diagrams at front. 11-3/4" x 8-3/4". Original publisher's tan half-calf with marbled paper boards. More
Londini: Excudebat R. Nortonus, 1654. 1st edition (Lowndes III, p. 1302; Watt. AUTHORS II, 583e; Wing L-229A). [4], 38 pp. Title proper & first part of other title information printed in Greek letters. Text in two columns, with Greek & Latin in parallel. Pinter's device to t.p. Tailpiece. Lacks frontis..... More
Lichfield: Printed and Sold by J. Jackson, for the Author. 1781. The Second Edition (NCBEL II, 682; Sabin 79478). SIGNED by the Author on p. 28. [2], vi, 47, [1] pp. 4to: 1 A3 [A4 = 1?] B - G4. 10-1/2" x 8-1/4". Later tan half-calf with marbled paper boards..... More
London: Jones & Co., (n. d.). Circa early 1830s. 3 volumes (Vol III - Plates). 206 (of 211) plates (one in duplicate, for a total of 207 plates). Intratextual woodcuts. 8vo. Original green publisher's cloth (professionally rebacked) with gilt spine lettering. Includes in Vol 2: Appendix 1: Chronological Tables of..... More
London: Printed for J. Hinton, 1757. 3rd edition (See Garrison & Morton 2201). First appearance of "Ulcerous Sore-Throat" (G & M 5050). 336 pp (including index). 8vo [ approx 5.25" x 8"]. A - Y8. Contemporary full calf with raised bands. According to G & M, this Huxham's best work..... More
