Philadelphia: The Penn Publishing Company, (1936). 1st edition. SIGNED by the author on the ffep [in the year 2000]. 224 pp. Frontis. Laid-in color snapshot of Wirt, holding this copy of the book, apparently with a prior owner. 12mo. Green cloth binding with black stamped lettering. Dust jacket. One of... More
New York: Architectural Record Publishing Company, 1918. 1st edition. INSCRIBED PRESENTATION copy, SIGNED by the author. [12], 274, [2 (blank)] pp. Profusely illustrated with plans, diagrams & from photographs. Royal 8vo. 10-1/8" x 7-1/8". Original publisher's blue cloth binding with gilt stamping to spine & front cover. While well represented... More
(California). (1953). All 1st Printings. All thirteen menus are 4 pp. unnumbered, with one menu having two additional slips. All menus illustrated with photographs. Three menus approx.: 11-3/4" x 9-1/2"; Nine menus approx.: 8-1/2" x 6-1/2"; One menu approx.: 7" x 4-1/2". All have pictorial self wrappers, now housed in... More
[Boston?]: 1871. 1st printing (presumed), ca 1870. Single sheet folded once to form four pages. Engraved borderds and illustrations in text. Folded: 10-1/4" x 6-9/16" Self wrappers. A playbill for a production of "No Thoroughfare" at the Boston Theatre, with Charles Fechter playing the role of Jules Obenreizer, and Carlotta... 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
Philadelphia: David McKay, (1903). Later printing. 384, 2 pp. Last 2 pp publisher adverts. 12mo. 5 1/4" x 7 1/2". Linen cloth pictorial binding (Mattson variant #5). Color pictorial dust jacket (signed "Wm Francis Taylor"). Book accompanied by a 11/24/1929 TLs (w/ additional 6 -line holograph note at bottom) & inscribed 'snapshot' photograph, both from Patten to a Mr Seymour Halpern. More
London / Dublin: Willis & Co Royal Musical Library, 75 Lower Grosvenor Street / 4 Westmorland Street, (n. d.). "Second Edition", ca 1820. 7, [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... More
[London]: (n. d.). Ca mid 1810s. [4] pp. 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 towards rear neatly and professionally repaired. A Good - VG item... More
Oakland, California: Distributed by Lederman Brothers, [1979]. 1st Edition Thus. 24 pp, with 12 subject tabs to right side [e.g., "Ford & Mercury"]. 768 [of 769] vinyl & cloth samples affixed to the 24 pages. Oblong format: 11-1/2" x 15-5/8". Black 3 ring binder, with silver printing to front board... More
Ca early-to-mid 1920s. Frame: 23" x 20". Painting, to matte: 16-1/2" x 13-1/2". Painting matted, and housed in a gilded wooden frame. Picture depicts an elevated view of the harbor from the hills to the South-SouthEast. More
London: Printed for Randal Taylor, 1691 [1780]. 1st edition thus, a spurious 18th C imprint copying the original 1691 date of publcation (cf. Wing C-5806 for the first edition of 1691; ESTC T213641 for this 18th C. edition). xx, 183, [1 (blank)] pp. Head- tailpieces. Lacks frontis plate. 12mo: a^10... More
San Francisco: Edw. J. Muybridge, Helios. (1868). Stereo image of Kah-choo-mah Flume in Yosemite Valley, mounted to yellow stiff-stock paper. Lettered in black ink. Oblong format: 3-3/8" x 6-7/8" More
![COMPARATIVE ANATOMY And ZOOLOGY. Professor, Robert E. Grant, M.D. F.L.S. F.R.S.E. Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. [Drop title]. Robert Grant, dmond. 1793 - 1874.](/pictures/thumb/39029.jpg?v=1542149183)
(n. p.): (n. d.). Ca late 1820s. 6, [2 (blank)] pp. 8vo. Modern marbled paper wrappers, with printed paper title label to front wrapper. Grant's course prospectus. Now quite rare. More
New York & London: The Century Co., (1925). 1st edition. vii, [1 (blank)], 253, [3 (blank)] pp. Frontis & 3 inserted plates by C. M. Relyea. Crown 8vo. Tan cloth binding with dark green & light blue lettering/graphic. Dust jacket, with replicates binding design. More
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1864. 1st collected edition (BAL 8829; Currier & Tilton, pp. 123-125). [10], 468, 22, [4 (blank)] pp. 22 page publisher catalogue, dated November 1863, at rear. 12mo. 7-3/8" x 4-5/8". Green publisher's cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to spine & boards stamped in blind. Brown clay paper eps. More
Boston: Press of Rand, Avery and Company, 1876. 1st edition. Not in Smith. 44, [4] pp. Adverts to penultimate leaf. Two fold-out maps: "Western Oregon" & "Routes from Atantic Ports to Oregon". 8vo. 9-1/8" x 5-3/4". Printed blue paper wrappers. More
New York: The Century Co., 1913. 1st edition, 1st printing (BAL 11942; Sisson p. 38; Smith L-454). [6], 290, [4] pp. Publisher adverts penultimate leaf; last leaf blank. Inserted color frontispiece. Crown 8vo. Blue-grey cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering & black stamped totem polls to front board [with "DD" monogram]. More
Boston / New York: Otis Broaders & Company / George Dearborn & Company, 1836. 1st edition (BAL 8729; Tilton, p. 24). Clipped SIGNATURE of Holmes tipped-in to ffep. xiv, [2], 163, [1] pp. 12mo, in 6s. 7-7/8" x 5". Green ribbon embossed cloth with a zigzag pattern (BAL Binding C [no priority]). Printed paper title label to spine. More
London: Sold by Rivington ... Hatchard ... and Asperne, 1806. 1st edition. 94 pp. Untrimmed. Lacks concluding List of Subscribers; that text present is complete. Head- tailpieces. 8vo: [A] - M^4 [-M4]. Original blue printed wrappers, bound in early blue paper boards. More
Iowa City, Iowa: The State Historical Society of Iowa, 1911. 1st edition (Broadfoot, p. 486; Nevins I, p. 41; Seagreave, p. 563). 134 pp (including Index). Frontis. Maps. 8vo. Bound in red broad-weave cloth with gilt stamping to spine & front board. TEG. Per Nevins, "A brief, terse, documented study... More
London: Printed for G. Robinson, 1773. The 3rd edition, Corrected. x, [2], 284, [4] pp. Eratta penulitmate page; last page blank. Untrimmed. Many gatherings unopened. 43 fold-out copperplate engravings of divers geometric forms, mechanical devices, &c. 4to: A4 a2 B - 2O4. 10-1/2" x 7-3/4". Later tan calf spine over drab paper boards. More
![The SPEECHES Of Sr. BENJAMIN RUDYER [sic] In The HIGH COURT Of PARLIAMENT. English Civil War, Sir Benjamin. 1572 - 1658 Rudyerd.](/pictures/thumb/22416.jpg?v=1542148656)
[London]: Printed for T. S., 1641. 1st edition thus (Wing R-2201). [2], 19, [1] pp. Last page a blank. Printer's decoration to title page. 4to: A - C4. Lacks A1, presumed half-title. 17.5 cm x 13 cm. Modern plum-colored wrappers. Rudyerd a noted politician and poet of the period... per... More
Indianapolis: Bowen-Merrill Co, (1901). 1st edition, 3rd state (Schiller Collection, #77). [16], 245 pp. Illustrated by F[anny] Y. Cory. 12 inserted color plates (including frontis). 40 headpieces/tail pieces. 8vo. Green cloth with gilt lettering & pictorial paste-down on front board (1st state binding). Chemised, and housed in a custom green... More
Bruxelles: LaCrosse Et Cie, Libraires - Editeurs, 1839. Nouvelle edition. 6 volumes, 2 fold-out plates, 8vo. Brown qtr-leather with marbled boards. Marbled eps. From the library of John Fiske, American Historian & Philosopher, with his bookplate and signature (dated June 1863 - a Harvard graduation present perhaps?) in each volume... More
