Fort Worth: General Dynamics, 1964. 1st Printing. 3 preliminary pages of typescript text, including a page written time-line of the aircraft's development, printed recto only. After 16 photographs, one typescript page inserted, "News Conference Personnel", followed by 3 photographs of the news conference. Laid-in a xerox extract of a column..... More
(n.p.): c. 1890s - 1900s (?). 1st Printing. Loose leaf, silk. Illustrated. 10" x 7-3/4". Off white piece of silk, printed to verso in red and blue. Text in red, illustration in blue. Now housed in a mylar sleeve. Menu items in French. Printed silk a very uncommon mediun..... More
Buffalo, New York: Stuart, 360 Main Street, (n. d.). Ca early 1880s. All photos with very good tone and details. All cards ~ 6-1/2" x 4-1/4", with photos ~ 5-3/8" x 4-1/8". All now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Scarce images by this elusive Buffalo NY photographer. More
London: Printed for M. Collier, Bookseller at the Royal-Exchange, 1756. 1st Edition (Howes S368; Sabin 80046). [2], 111, [1 (blank)] pp. Lacking the half-title leaf. 8vo. 7-3/4" x 5". Disbound, now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Per Howes, a work "highly critical of the Ministry's futile policy in checking..... More
New York: B. W. Huebsch, Inc., 1920. 1st Edition, 1st issue (Ahearn APG 008a; Johnson AFE 4th, p. 25). [6], 371, [1 (blank)] pp. Crown 8vo. Blue cloth binding with light blue topstain. Printed yellow dust jacket. 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
London: Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 1874. 1st edition. Not held by Sadleir, nor Wolff. 3 volumes: [4], 309, [1 (blank)]; [4], 320; [4], 307, [1 (blank)], 16 pp. Publisher catalogue concludes Vol III. 8vo. 7-5/8" x 5" Original publisher's deep plum-colored cloth binding with gilt stamped spine lettering. From an..... More
London: Printed by T. Bensely, Bolt-Court; and May be Had by the Author... 1804. Fourth Edition (Campbell 57). viii, 94, [2 (blank)] pp. Frontispiece of the Author. Dual page plate ["Mineral Paste Teeth"] prior to p. vii. 8vo. Later dark brown half leather binding with paste-paper boards. More
[San Francisco]: 1897. 1st printing (presumed). Single sheet, printed recto only, in red & black. 8 lines of text. 3 & 4th line ["Swimming Season / Of 1897"] printed in bright red. Oblong format: 12-7/8" x 16". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. "On March 14, 1896, the Sutro..... More
Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1848. 1st edition thus. Cf Smith, pp. 250 - 251. viii, [9] - 320 pp. Novel text in double column. Illustrated with a dual frontis, title page vignette & 6 inserted engravings, per Smith p. 251. 8vo. Modern brown quarter calf binding with complementary marble paper..... More
London: Printed for Private Circulation Only, 1937. 1st edition. #27/35 cc. 14 pp. 'Times' article [9 June 1938] mounted & bound-in at rear. 8vo. Custom bound in brown qtr calf with blue silk moire boards. "Mr Slum", described by Partington as a "pathetic and whimsical person" [from The Old Curiosity..... More
(n. p.). Wilson, Printer. (n. d.). 1st printing, ca mid-to-late 1830s. Broadside, printed double column. 9" x 7-1/4" A satirical piece, with 19 'items' listed, all ridiculing divers politicos / government... "WANTED - A few SPLIT VOTES to fill up the barges that start from Ely on Wednesday." "Just published..... More
Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson & Brothers, (n. d.). Ca early 1870s. Each volume ~ 400 to 500 pages. Illlustrated with reproductions of the original illustrations by Cruikshank, Phiz, et al. Crown 8vo. 7-1/2" x 5" Publisher's original morocco-style pebbled green cloth with gilt stamped spine & gilt-stamped Dickens' bust to..... More
Baltimore: Published for the Author, 1855. 1st edition (Bradford 2222; Cowan II, p. 274; Graff 1848; Howes H-401; Kurutz 327; Rocq 15852; Sabin 31272). xii, 300, [6 (blank)] pp. 12mo, signed in 6s. 7-3/4" x 5". Brown cloth binding with eleborate blindstamped decorations. Gilt stamped lettering to spine with gilt..... More
New - York: William Radde, 322 Broadway. 1850. 3rd US Edition from the 4th or Paris Edition (cf. Cordasco AA275, incorrectly titling the book "New Manual of Homoeopathic Medicine"). xxiv, 837, [7] pp (including Index). Advert leaf follows text. 8vo. Period (publisher's ?) black half-sheep binding & red marbled paper..... More
London: Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street. 1834. 1st edition (NCBEL III, 1392; Sadleir 1672). Not in Wolff. 3 volumes ([4], 300; [4], 311, [1 (blank)]; [2], 288 pp). 12mo. 7-5/8" x 4-5/8". 19th C. maroon morocco-style half-leather binding (by Budden), with marbled paper boards. Elaborate gilt-decorated spines. Marbled paper eps..... More
London: Printed by I.H. and R.Y. and are to be sold by Philemon Stephens and Christopher Meredith, 1629. 2nd Edition, 3rd issue (Gibson 118; STC 1161). [4], 248, [10] pp. "Table" comprises last 10 pages. P. 40 misnumbered 04; 208 as 218. Architectural title-page. Elaborate head- tailpieces. Historiated initial capital..... More
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, (1949). 1st edition (Mattson & Davis 16000.3; McCue, p. 70). 180, [4] pp. 12mo. 7-3/4" x 5-1/4". Grey cloth binding with blue stamped lettering on spine and illustrated front cover. Blue pictorial dust jacket. 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
London: Printed in the Year, 1695. One of two editions published in 1695, cf. McAlpin IV, p. 526; NCBEL II, 1041; Wing H-322. 32 pp. 4to: A - D^4. 8-1/2" x 6-1/8". Bound in later stiff buff-paper boards. More
York: Printed for E. Hargrove, Bookseller, Knaresbro'; And sold by all the Booksellers of York, Leeds, and Ripon. 1792. 1st edition (Lake & Wright, p. 137). 104 pp (including Index). Frontis depiciting 'Medal of the Yorkshire Archers', folding plate showing the [fictional] pedigree of Robin Hood & a plate of..... More
New York: E. J. Hale, 1872. 1st edition, BFTP (Gimbel D67). 564 pp. Royal 8vo. Publisher tan half-calf with marbled boards, eps & edges; elaborate gilt decorated spine. Red & green spine labels. This the first time we've handled the uncommon 1872 imprint- the NCBEL lists 1873 as the first..... More
London: Chapman & Hall, 1840-41. 1st edition (Eckel, pp. 67- 70; Smith I, p. 47). 3 volumes (306; 306; 426 pp). Frontis in each volume & 195 intratextual woodcut illustrations [primarily] by Phiz and George Cattermole. Bound in 6s. 10-3/8" x 6-3/4". Original publisher's brown cloth with Smith's primary binding..... 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
