London: Houlston and Wright, 1862. Early edition. Cf. Gabler G18050, for the 1855 edition. 108 pp. "Management of Wine", pp 15 - 31; "Brewing Beer", pp. 32 - 63. Frontispiece of dinner party table setting; 3 "Bills of Fare", pp. 92 - 94. 6-3/8" x 4". Pebbled terra-cotta cloth covering..... More
Glasgow: Joseph Swan, Engraver, 1837. Later edition, first published in 1834. lii, 104 pp. 3 engraved t.p. & 23 inserted steel engravings, tissue guards. 8vo. 9-7/8" x 6-1/2". Original publisher's brown muslin cloth binding with gilt stamped title & ornamental frame to front board, within gilt stamped: "Swan's Lakes of..... More
[Santa Cruz ?]: Bell System, 1922. 1st edition thus. vi, 10, [2 (inserted wallpaper advert)], 11 - 26, [2], 16, 8, [2] pp. Adverts throughout. An old sales receipt laid-in. 8vo. 9-1/8" x 6". Stiff stock paper covers, printed in dark blue. Cord hole in upper left of text block..... More
London: Printed and sold by John Marshall, at the Cheap Repository, No. 17, Queen-street, Cheapside, [1799]. 1st Printing (ESTC T36374; Spinney 174). 15, [1 (advert)] pp. P. 15 signed "L". Page [16] contains "A List of Tracts", in 3 categories, beginning with "Madge Blarney, &c." and ending with "Jack Flint..... More
Paris: Moderne Imprimerie, 1913. 1st Printing. INSCRIBED PRESENTATION copy ["with thanks for a very happy afternoon"] from Sarah S. Stein to Ray Sullavin (?). Unpaginated, though 12 pages. Illustrated. 6" x 4-5/8". Original orange paper covers printed in black, stapled. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. Sarah Stein..... More
Cincinnati: Published by U. P. James, 1839. 1st edition thus (American Imprints 55382). Cf. Smith, AMERICAN 3, p. 115. iv, 216; [2], 196 pp. Cancel title leaves in both volumes [from a comparison to our 1839 2 vol Lea & Blanchard copy, apparently using the L&B sheets, an aspect not..... More
New York: Published by the Royal Baking Powder Co., (1877). 1st printing thus, ca 1878. Cf. Axford, p. 352 & Bitting, p. 410 for the 1882 [and later] editions. Not in Cagle [though see 1011n], nor Wheaton & Kelly. OCLC records 4 holding institutions. [2], 32, [2 (adverts)] pp. 2..... More
London: Printed for John Murray, 1814. 1st edition. Presentation copy. 255 pp. 8 pp publisher catalogue at rear. 8vo. Later pale yellow paper wrappers with paper title onlay to front wrapper. Inscribed by the author to one "Megendorff" (?). More
London: Printed for Nathanael Ranew ... and Jonathan Robinson, 1689. 1st edition (ESTC R968; TC II, 264; Wing L2929). [2], 29, 28, 39 - 46 pp. Text continuous despite mispaginations. 4to: A - E^4. 7-3/4" x 5-3/4". Later (19th C?) brown half calf binding with drab paper boards. Rebacked, with..... More
San Francisco, Cal. 1879. 1st edition (Cowan II, p. 556). 60 pp. Text double column. Frontispiece. 4 inserted chromolithographs. 8vo. 8-7/8" x 5-3/4". Original publisher's green cloth binding, with elaborate gilt stamping. The Chronicle newspaper was founded in 1865 as The Daily Dramatic Chronicle by the two teenage brothers, Charles..... More
Boston: Little Brown & Co., (1900). 1st separate edition (BAL 230). [2], 54, [2] pp. Publisher adverts last 2 pages. Frontis & 2 inserted plates. 8vo. 7-1/2" x 5". Green cloth binding with dark green stamped spine lettering & gilt, red & dark green stamping to front board. Dust jacket..... More
Detroit: The Griswold Press, [1929]. 3rd edition. [2 (blank)], 28, [2 (blank)] pp. Illustrated with 13 images of the car, it's systems & including one of the Hupmobile factory. 8vo. 8" x 6-1/16". Paper covers, printed in light & dark brown. Stapled. Robert Craig Hupp, a former employee of Oldsmobile..... More
New York: 1898. Not in Romaine, though see p. 267 for 2 catalogues by this firm [1878 & 1894]. [8], 73, [1 (blank)] pp. P. 73 an index. Illustrated. 12-1/2" x 9-3/8". Linen cloth 3-hole binder, with printed title lettering to front cover. Fairly uncommon trade catalogue in this specialty-..... More
Venetiis: Apud Joannem Salis, 1617. 1st edition thus. [32], 342, [6] pp. Printer's device to t.p. Head- tailpieces. Decorative initial captial letters. 8vo: a - b^8 A - X^8 Y^6. K2 mis-signed H2. 5-3/4" x 4". Period full vellum binding, with hand-inked title to spine. "Justin (Latin Marcus Junianius (or..... More
Lovedale South Africa. Printed at the Institution Press, 1886. 1st edition (Theal, p. 267). [2], ix, [1 (blank)], 134, [2 (blank)] pp. 8vo. Printed paper wrappers, sewn. Author's anonymously-published first book of South African poetry, of which OCLC locates just 1 cc in the US. Especially rare in this wrappered..... More
London: Richard Bentley, 1849. 1st edition. 3 volumes (xiii, [1], 436; viii, 432; viii, 412). Index. Eratta Vol I, after List of Plates. Frontis in each volume; 3 additional plates. 8vo. Late 19th C half-brown morocco with marbled boards. TEG. Marbled eps. More
New York: Dodd Mead & Company, 1956 / 1957 / 1958. 1st US printing of each volume (Woods A138[a]), published simultaneously with the UK edition. 4 volumes. 8vo. Hardback. Dust jackets. More
Philadelphia: Carey & Lea - Chestnut Street. 1832. 1st US edition (American Imprints 13317 & 14322a). xiv, [15] - 252. 26 page publisher catalogue at rear. Text block untrimmed & partially unopened. Illustrated with intratextual cuts. 12mo. Original publisher's rose-colored linen cloth spine over drab paper boards. Printed paper title..... More
New-York: Published by Collins & Co., 1827. The 5th US Edition (American Imprints 28098; Cordasco 20-0066). Reprinted from the 6th London Edition of 1826. 2 volumes (xxiv, [17] - 584; 475, [1]). Many woodcut figures throughout text. Volume I with one engraving & Volume II with 8 engravings (2 folding)..... More
Edinburgh: Archibald Constable, 1820. 1st edition, 1st issue (Todd & Bowden 146Aa). 3 volumes ([4], 348; [4], 351, [1]; [4], 367, [3] pp. 1 page advert at rear of Volume III). Edges untrimmed. 12mo. 7-1/2" x 4-1/4". Green cloth backed boards with printed paper title label to spine. NB. Vol..... More
London: John Wheldon, Bookseller, 1878. 1st printing thus. 34 pp, including rear wrapper. Printed double column, 1100 offerings. 8vo. 8-3/8" x 5-1/2". Printed yellow paper wrappers. A search of COPAC yields 3 results for other John Wheldon catalagues: 1891, 1904 & 1912. We find the Grolier Club has one Wheldon..... More
New York: John Lane, 1916. 1st edition (Schrader A14.1.a). Author's presentation Inscription tipped-in. 253 pp. Crown 8vo. Maroon cloth with gilt lettering (Binding Format A). Lacking the rare dust wrapper. A fairly scarce Mencken title in first edition- Schrader notes that the book was published 17 November 1916, yet 7..... More
London: Printed by Taylor and Francis, 1862. pp 269 - 270. Illustrated with a drawing. 8vo. Green printed wrappers. Weber a noted 19th century physicist [magnetic unit named in his honor]; this his copy, with his bold signature written across the top of the front wrapper. Lassell a prominent English..... More
London: Chapman & Hall, 1850. 1st Cheap edition (in volume form). xiv, [2], 303, [1 (blank)] pp. Text double column. Frontispiece. 8vo. Original green blindstamped cloth with elaborate gilt-decorated spine. The "Cheap" edition the first systematic reissuance of Dickens' works and begun in 1847, with Pickwick Papers, in weekly, monthly..... More
