New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, Franklin Square, 1855. 1st printing. xvi, [1 (blank)], 186, [4 (blank)] pp. 16 page Index at front. 12mo. 7-5/8" x 4-3/4". Original publisher's red cloth binding, with gilt stamping to spine & both boards. AEG. Pale yellow eps. After the devastating 1853 fire, which..... More
Bradford: Printed in Great Britain by W. E. Berry, Ltd., [1958]. Cf. Bolton ATTC-115. An English “3-sheet” poster, in two overlapping sections, approximately 79” x 40". Stored folded, and housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. Here offered a scarce poster advertising a 1958 b&w British film based on Dickens'..... More
[London]: W. S. Johnson, "Nassau Steam Press," 59, St. Martin's Lane, W. C., (n. d.). Ca late 1870. Cf Bolton OCS22 & DC53. Single sheet, printed recto only. Landscape format: 13-3/8" x 16-5/8". Now housed in a clear archival mylar protector. Little Em'ly initially produced in late 1869 [cf. Bolton..... More
London: Printed for J. Hatchard, Bookseller to Her Majesty, 1805. 1st Edition. [4], 40 pp. Two folding copperplate engravings. 4to. 9-3/4" x 8". Disbound, now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1839. 1st edition (Goldsmith 31051). v, [3], 422, [2] pp. Partially unopened. Penultimate page - errata; last page an advert for other Lecount titles. Profusely illustrated, with the 10 fold-out plates at rear. 12mo. 8-1/8" x 5". Original publisher's black cloth with gilt stamped title..... More
Philadelphia: Published by Job T. Williams, (1861). 1st appearance. Single sheet, printed recto only, in four colors. Lithograph (not including text): 21-1/4" x 33-3/8". Sheet: 24-1/4" x 35-3/8". Printed on sturdy paper, and now in a modern matte board frame. The lithographer, Thomas S. Sinclair, was a Scotsmen who learned..... More
Paris: Librairie L. Conquet, 1885. Nouvelle Édition. xv, [1 (blank)], 140, [6] pp. T.p. printed in red & black. P. 140 mispaginated as 160. 4 page publisher advert at rear, dated Avril 1885. Illustrée de 34 eaux-fortes de Jules Adeline. 8vo. 7-7/8" x 5-3/16". Deep green full crushed morocco binding..... More
Sacramento, Cal: Solomon Alter, Publisher. 1853. 1st edition (Cowan [1933], p. 49; Greenwood IMPRINTS, 378; Rocq 6622). INSCRIBED by the author's wife [dated 1879]. viii, [9] - 261 pp. Illustrated with 6 plates (by Charles Nahl), on colored paper. 8vo. 7-7/8" x 5-1/8". Original publisher's purple cloth binding with gilt..... More
[Lugduni Batavorum]: Ex Officina Plantiniana Raphelengii, 1607. [8], 102, [10], 123, [1], 208, [8], 347, [1], 24, [32] pp. Printed glosses. Divisional t.p. (dated 1606). Title page device (Plantin. Haeghen 90). Decorative initial capitals. Internal woodcuts of warfare devices & diagrams of troop formations/deployments. 4to: *4 A - O4 2a..... More
New-York: 1842. [© 1844. Misprint?]. 1st US Edition (American Imprints 42-452; Cordasco 40-0079). x, [11] - 192 pp. 16mo. 4-3/8" x 2-3/4". Original verticall-ribbed brown cloth binding with gilt title lettering to front board, stamped vertically. More
New York / London: G. P. Putnam's Sons The Knickerbocker Press, 1931. 1st edition (stated). 295, [1 (blank)] pp. Crown 8vo. Dull yellow cloth binding with black stamped lettering. Yellow, green & black dust jacket [w/o a printed price, presumed so published by Putnam]. "Deprived of his good name and..... More
London: Printed and Sold by Andrew Sowle, 1683. 1st Edition (Bitting, pp 466- 467; Cagle 1029; ESTC R10677; Lowndes, p. 2716; Oxford, p. 43; Watt AUTHORS, 917; Wing T3200). [14], 669, [3 (adverts)] pp. P. 520 mispaginated as 502; 526 as 520; 527 as 526. Tables, pp. 520 - 526..... More
(n. p.): [1856]. 1st printing (presumed). 8 lines of type. Verso blank. Small cut of a river packet in center. Oblong format: 1-7/8" x 2-3/4". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 4, 1856. Democratic nominee James Buchanan defeated Republican..... More
London: Chatto & Windus, Piccadilly. 1893. 1st one-volume, and first illustrated, edition (Newbolt 56.3). [4], 332, 32 pp. 32 page July 1893 publisher catalogue [earliest version] at rear. Frontis [with tissue guard] + 7 inserted plates by Stanley L. Wood. T.p. device. 8vo. 7-1/2" x 5". Original publisher's green fine-weave..... More
London: Smith Elder and Co., Cornhill. 1842. 1st Edition. INSCRIBED PRESENTATION copy to one "Captain Aurthur" iv, 115, [1 (blank)], 24 pp. Errata slip tipped-in after the blank page, followed by a 24 page July 1842 publisher catalogue. Frontispiece map. 8vo. 9" x 5-5/8". Original publisher's brown cloth binding with..... More
London: Printed for the Author, and sold by all Book-sellers and Pamphlet-sellers. [1715]. 1st edition thus. vi, [7] - 23, [1 (blank)] pp. Head- tailpieces. 8vo: A - C4. 8-1/8" x 5-1/4". Printed self-wrappers, stitched. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Occasionally attributed to Jonathan Swift, cf. Teerink 865..... More
St. Louis, Mo: Rooms Western Sanitary Commission, No. 10, North Fifth Street. Printed by R. P. Studley and Co., 1864. 1st Printing. 44 pp. 8vo. 8-3/4" x 5-7/8". Original publisher's printed light brown paper covers. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. "The Western Sanitary Commission was a private agency..... More
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'Oak Knoll': Privately Printed, 1921 - 1940. 1st edition(s). Cf Fleck, Catalogue 86, B.15 - B.32. INSCRIBED PRESENTATION copies [4] to R. W. Chapman, presumed to be Newton's fellow Johnsonian, Robert William Chapman. Divers paginations. A few booklets are illustrated. 12mo. Blue paper wrappers. Cord tie. Housed in a custom..... More
Portland Oregon: Published by the Oregon Immigration Board. Printed by "The West Shore." [1888]. 1st printing (Soliday I, 1059). Not in Smith, PNW Americana. OCLC shows 9 institutional holdings. Unpaginated, though 24 pp (including wrappers). Text dual column. Illustrated. Cut to p. 2. 6 pages with 2 duo-tone images per..... More
London: G. F. Cruchley, 349 Oxford Street. 1822. Second Edition [stated]. A dissected, very detailed 25-panel, hand-colored in outline, linen-backed map. Title set in border top-right. Scale: 1" = 10.91 miles. Unfolded: 38-5/8" x 26-1/4"; Folded in Portfolio: 7-3/4" x 5-1/4". Housed in the publisher's original green paste-paper slipcase, with..... More
Avgvstae Vindelicorvm [Augsberg Germany]: Sumnptibus Fratrum Veith, Bibliofolarvm. 1788. 1st edition (Bigmore & Wyman I, p. 79). xvi, 207, [1] pp. Errata last page (which a prior owner has implemented via pen & Ink). Untrimmed. Head- & tailpieces. Illustrated at rear with 8 folding copperplate engraved tables of alphabets used..... More
Lowell, Mass: Published by Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., [1880]. 1st edition thus, i.e., for this year (Atwater S-87.9). Most unpaginated, though each of the 11 almanacs ~ 40 pp. Yellow printed wrappers for each. Publisher "Specimen Copies" leaflet tipped-in to ffep. Illustrated with cuts. 8vo. 8" x 5-1/8"..... More
London: Printed by Edward Owen, in Warwick-Lane, 1753. 1st Edition, State 2, with "ship of a". Precedence not established. 46 pp. Two fold-out tables: "List of all Prussian Ships Taken" & "List of all the Neutral Ships, taken by British ships in the last war". 4to. 10" x 7-5/8". Disbound..... More
London: Printed by Thomas Ratcliffe, and are to be sold by Robert Pawlet at the Bible in Chancery-lane, 1667. 1st Edition (ESTC R1890; Wing O-92). [4], 36 pp. Untrimmed. Binder's blanks at front & rear. Head- tailpieces. 4to: A^2 B - E^4 F^2. 7-1/4" x 5-3/4". Modern brown half-morocco with..... More
