MADELINE And The GYPSIES.
New York: The Viking Press, 1959. 1st trade edition [Pomeranz A26a (bis)]. 56 pp. Illustrated in color. 4to. Mint green linen-weave cloth covers stamped in black on front & spine. Color pictorial dust jacket. More
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JACK BROWN In PRISON; or, The Pitcher never goes so often to the Well but it is broke at last.; Being the Fourth Part of the History of TWO SHOEMAKERS. Cheap Repository.
London / Bath: Sold by J. Marshall (Printer to the Cheap Repository for Moral and Religious Tracts) ... and R. White, Piccadilly, London ... By. S. Hazard, at Bath ... [1796]. 1st printing (Spinney 57). 23, [1] pp. "Z" p. 21. "The Prodigal Son" pp. 22 - 23. Untrimmed. Last..... More
LETTERS To MONSIEUR H*** Concerning The Most Antient Gods or Kings of Egypt, and the Antiquity of the First Monarchs of Babylon and China.; Intermixed With a great Number of Curious and Entertaining Particulars, describing the Origin of the several Deities among the Heathens. Translated from the French.
London: Printed for J. Roberts, in Warwick Lane, 1734. 1st Edition in English. [4], 110, [6] pp. Index last 6 pages. Lacking final advert leaf. 8vo. 7-3/4" x 4-3/4". 19th C. speckled tan half-calf binding with marbled paper boards. Red leather title label to spine. Red edge-stain. Later eps... More
OEUVRES De DELILLE, Precedees D'Une Notice Sur sa Vie et Ses Ouvrages.
Paris: Furne, Libraire Editeur, 1832 - 1833. 1st edition thus, i.e., by this publisher. 10 volumes. Text in French. Frontispiece engraving of Delille to Volume I. 8vo. Period green quarter-morocco bindings with green & black marbled paper boards. Marble eps. More
REMINISCENCES Of MY DAYS With ROLAND HAYES.
Orangeburg, S.C. (1944). 1st printing. INSCRIBED PRESENTATION copy from Harris to Rev. S. A. Wragg, of the Atlanta Episcopal Diocese. 27, [1 (blank)] pp. Laid-in a bifolium advert, with the Harris frontispiece reproduced on p. 1, relevant bio of Harris to p. 2, and Press Notices, p.3; page 4 blank..... More
ELECTION BALLOT. For President, Jefferson Davis of Mississippi. For Vice-President, Alex. H. Stephens, of Georgia.; Virginia Electorial Ticket, for the State at Large.
(n. p.): [1861]. 1st printing (presumed). Single sheet leaflet of flimsy blue paper, printed recto only. 27 lines of printed text, with the bottom 16 listing candidates for the divers state districts. 5-1/16" x 4-1/16". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Davis was inaugurated as President of the Confederacy..... More
ASSUMPTION COLLEGE TORANDO RECONSTRUCTION FUND.
Worcester: 1953. 1st Edition. 14 single sheets, with type-written double-space text to recto of each, staple upper left. Text contains 4 different "pitches": "A Wind That Kindled A Spirit" [3 pp], Untitled [2 pp], "Our Lady Of The Tornado [noted at top: 'For a Catholic Audience', 4 pp], "A Revisit..... More
CABINET CARD PHOTOGRAPH Of A SAILOR.
Vallejo, Cal. Chas. McMillan, (n. d.). Ca 1890s. Image shows a mustashioed, albeit otherwise unidentified, man, in his sailor garb, hands at hips, standing on what appears to be a battleship deck [but is actually a staged background]. Photograph: 5-1/2" x 3-7/8". Mount: 7-7/16" x 5-1/4", with photographer imprint at..... More
CIVIL WAR ERA HOLOGRAPH DIARIES Of A NORTHERN DEMOCRAT "COPPERHEAD". 1859 - 1879.
[Champion, NY]: 1859 - 60, 1862 - 64, 1866, 1875 - 76, 1878 - 79. 10 diaries, one per year here offered. Smallest volume: ~ 375 unnumbered pages (dates printed, one entry per page, plus front and rear matter). Remaining volumes: ~120 unnumbered pages (dates printed, 3 entries per page)..... More
SOUVENIR ALBUM. South Africa. Xmas, 1949.
Paarl, South Africa: 1949. 20 leaves of manila paper mounting stock. Illustrated with one real snapshot photograph [of the compiler] and 34 captioned b/w half-tone photographic images, sizes ranging from ~ 1-5/8" x 2-3/4" [3] to ~ 8-1/4" x 10-3/4" [11], with the remainder falling somewhere in between. A color..... More
CORA O'KANE; or, The Doom of the Rebel Guard. A Story of the Great Rebellion. Containing Incidents of the Campaign in Missouri under Generals Fremont and Sigel, and the Thrilling Exploits of the Unionists under Major Zagonyi.
[Claremont, N. H.]: Published by an Association of Disabled Soldiers. 1868. 1st edition (Menendez 1012; Wright II, 2770). [2 (blank)], 84, [2 (blank)] pp. 8vo. 8-7/8" x 5-5/8". Original publisher's green printed paper wrappers. "A highly partisan pro-Union account of the 'doom' of the Rebel guard in Missouri." [Menendez]... More
THOUGHTS On The ABOLITION Of The SLAVE TRADE, and Civilization of Africa; with Remarks on the African Institution, and an Examination of the Report of their Committee, Recommending a General Registry of Slaves in the British West India Islands.
London: Printed for J. M. Richardson ... and J. Ridgway, PIccadilly. 1816. 1st edition (Sabin 44709). vii, [1 (blank)], 235, [1 (blank)] pp. 8vo: [A]^4 B - P^8 Q^4 R^2. 8-3/8" x 5-1/8". Modern brown quarter calf binding with marbled paper boards. More
SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. A Valley Which Has Won the Title of the "Garden of the World." Its Resources and Its Progress. Issued by the San Jose Board of Trade.
San Jose, Cal. Smith & Wilcox, Mercury Job Rooms. 1890. 1st edition (Rocq 13841). 87, [1] pp. Illustrated with wood engravings, many full page. 8vo. 9-1/4" x 5-7/8". Printed grey paper wrappers, with rear wrapper having a wood engraved image of the Hotel Vendome, San Jose. Somewhat uncommon promotional piece..... More
On BOARD The SS MONGOLIA. San Francisco to New York, via the Panama Canal.
1925. 28 leaves of black construction paper, the first with an introductory 5 line verse & graphic [in white ink]. 27 leaves with 2 b/w photographs [4-1/2" x 3-3/8"] per side [= 108 photos]. Numerous blank leaves at rear. Captioning to approximately 20% of the images. Map of journey affixed..... More
DR. MARIGOLD'S PRESCRIPTIONS. Charles Dickens's New Christmas Story. Price 10 Cents.
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers. 1866. 1st US edition (Gimbel B290). 48 pp (including wrappers). Text double column. 8vo. Original publisher's printed buff paper wrappers, sewn. More
SKETCHES Of A TOUR To The LAKES, Of the Character and Customs of the Chippeway Indians, and of Incidents Connected with the Treaty of Fond du Lac. Also, A Vocabulary of the Algic, or Chippeway Language, Formed in Part, and As Far as it Goes, Upon the Basis of One Furnished by the Hon. Albert Gallatin.
Baltimore: Published by Fielding Lucas, Jun'r. 1827. 1st edition (American Imprints 29575; Field 994; Howes M-132; Pilling 2383; Sabin 43407). viii, 493, [1] pp. Chippeway vocabulary 7 pp at rear. Illustrated with 29 inserted lithographed plates, 18 hand-colored. 8vo. 8-1/2" x 5-1/4". Modern speckled tan quarter-calf binding, with marbled paper..... More
ALTAER - GEHEIMENISSEN Ontvouwen in drie Boecken.
Te Keulen: In de Nieuwe Druckerye, 1645. 1st edition. 168 pp. Printer's device to t.p. Full-page copper-engraved plate bound-in after A1. 4to: A - X^4. 7-13/16" x 5-3/4". Early full vellum binding, with illuminated mss scraps used in binding structure [visible in hinge area]. "Joost van den Vondel was a...... More
The AMERICAN ABORIGINAL PORTFOLIO.
Philadelphia: Lippincott Grambo & Co., (1853). 1st edition (Howes E-17; Sabin 21682; Wagner-Camp-Becker 222a). 84 pp of text. Frontispiece, engraved title & 25 steel engraved plates by S. Eastman, U.S. Army. 4to. 12-7/8" x 9-1/2". Publisher's deluxe full leather binding with elaborate gilt stamping to spine & boards (joints professionally..... More
OLD BALLADS, Historical and Narrative, with Some of Modern Date; Collected from Rare Copies and Mss. A New Edition, Revised and Considerably Enlarged from Public and Private Collections, By His Son. In Four Volumes.
London: Printed for R. H. Evans, Pall-Mall, 1810. 3rd edition. 4 volumes (xxiii, [1 (blank)], 384; [8], 364; [8], 364; [6], 367, [1 (blank)] pp). Illustrated with a frontispiece in Volume I & t.p. vignette to each volume. 8vo. 8" x 5". Green cloth binding, ca 1840s, with gilt stamped..... More
A CURIOUS DANCE AROUND A CURIOUS TREE.
[London]: [St. Luke's Hospital], [1860]. 1st separate edition, second issue (Eckel, pp. 188-191; Gimbel B-216; VanderPoel B-465). 19, [1] pp. Binders blanks before & after the pamphlet. 7-1/4" x 4-3/4". Full deep maroon morocco binding with gilt spine stamping & elaborate gilt dentelles. TEG. Original pale pink printed wrappers bound-in..... More
The READING Of That FAMOUS And LEARNED GENTLEMAN, ROBERT CALLIS Esq; Sergeant at Law, Upon the Statute of 23 H. 8. Cap. 5. of SEWERS: As it was Delivered by Him at Grays-Inn, in August, 1622.
London: Printed for William Leak ... 1647. 1st edition (Goldsmith 926; Wing C-304). [8], 235, [1] pp. Last page blank. Typographical headpieces. Typographical border to initial capital letters. 4to: A - 2G4 2H2. 8-1/2" x 6-1/4". Modern brown quarter-calf binding with marbled paper boards. Maroon leather title label to spine..... More
PHILIP THAXTER. A Novel.
New York: Rudd & Carleton, 1861. 1st edition (Baird & Greenwood 2529; Cowan, p. 670; Gaer, p. 51; Wright 2658). viii, [9] - 350, [6] pp. Publisher list last 6 pages. 12mo. 7-1/2" x 5". Original publisher's purple cloth, with gilt stamped spine lettering & boards stamped in blind. The..... More
CHINESE TALES: Or, The Wonderful Adventures of the Mandarin Fum-Hoam. Related by Himself, To divert the Sultana, upon the Celebration of her Nuptials.; Written in French by M. Gueulette. And Translated by the Rev. Mr. Stackhouse, Author of the History of the Bible and Body of Divinity with Some Thoughts concerning Transmigration. By the Late ingenious Mr. Addison.
Dublin: Printed and Sold by W. Sleater, 1765. 2nd Dublin Edition. [2], iv, [2], 239, [5] pp. Adverts last 5 pp. Frontis. Head- and tailpieces. 12mo: A4 B - L12 M2. 6-5/8" x 4". Period full calf with maroon leather title label to spine. More
CONFESSION Du GENERAL BUONAPARTE A L'ABBE MAURY, &c, &c. Dediee au General Kleber.
Londres, Imprimé Pour L'Auteur, 1811. 1st edition. viii, 306, [1] pp. Frontis of Kleber. 8vo. Bound in 4s. [A] - Q R2. 5 1/4" x 6 1/2". Contemporary tan half-calf with marbled boards; black spine label. Imaginary dialogues between Napoleon and Marshal Berthier and the abbe Maury... More
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