San Francisco: The History Company, Publishers, 1887. 1st Edition. xxxi, [1 (blank)], 792 pp (including Index). Original publisher's printed 1887 Prospectus Leaflet laid-in. Fold-out map at front. Numerous other intratextual maps. 8vo. 9-1/8" x 5-7/8". Original full publisher's deluxe full black morocco binding, with elaborate gilt stamping to spine. AEG..... More
London: Printed for E. Sanger ... and E. Curll ... 1712. 1st edition thus, i.e., as translated by Rowe (Foxon R280). [18], 51, [1 (blank)], 48, 48, 95, [1 (blank)], 29. [3] pp. Privilege & 2 page publisher advert follow text. Book III title leaf bound after Book I title..... 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
New York / New Haven / Hartford: Published by Saxton & Miles / Sidney Babcock / Henry S. Parsons, 1843. 1st edition (American Imprints 43-464). xii, [13] - 192, [2 (blank)] pp. Last leaf blank. Frontis of Yale College, 2 inserted plates [Views of New Haven], an inserted Plan of..... More
[Geneva]: Oliva Pavli Stephani, 1616. 21872.jpg. 169, [6] pp. Text double-column, in Greek & Latin. 5 page index at rear. Last page blank. Pinter's device to t.p. Headpieces. Decorative initial capital letters. 8vo: A - L8. 18 cm x 11 cm. Early paper boards, off-white in color. Hand-inked title to..... More
London: John Camden Hotten, (n. d.). 1st UK book edition (Eckel, p. 199). Circa 1870. [2], 89, [1] pp. 17 pp publisher catalogue, dated 1871, at rear. Building vignette to front wrapper. 16mo. 6-3/8" x 4". Early 20th C. red full sheep (color touch-up along joints); gilt spine lettering. Marbled..... More
San Francisco: Published by Edward Denny & Co., [1888]. 1st edition thus. A-H, 282 pp. Illustrated. 8vo. 9-1/8" x 5-3/4". Morocco-style full sheep binding with gilt stamping. More
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, (1921). 1st edition in French (Barton, p. 118). NB. Barton calls for a "$1.00" price on the dust jacket; this is incorrect. Per the 4th edition of The United States Catalog, this book was first issued with a "75¢" price. vi, 56, [2] pp..... More
Chicago, IL: Chicago Patent Shirt Co., (n. d.). Ca. 1920s. Unpaginated. Many color illustrations, stiff stock paper. Silk and cloth examples throughout. Oblong format. 6-3/8" x 9-1/2". Brown faux-leather embossed wallet-type portfolio, with accordion leaves within. Snap button closure, gilt embossed lettering and design to front of folder. More
Gutherie, Oklahoma: Co-Operative Publishing Company, (1936). 1st edition (Dykes KID, 233; Herd 1897; Howes R-281; Rader 2788; Six Guns 1856). . [12], 591, [1 (blank)] pp (including Index). 52 illustrations. Fold-out map at rear. 8vo. Black decorative cloth. Printed white paper dust jacket. More
New York: M. Witmark & Sons, (1904). 1st edition (Russo, p. 64-67). ASSOCIATION COPY, with the SIGNATURE of the stage manager George Marion to the ffep, as well as the tipped-in wrapper cover. 154 pp. 10-7/8" x 8-1/2". Specially bound in flexible maroon leather with gilt stamped title lettering to..... More
[London]: 1843. Single sheet of lithographed white glazed card stock, 8 lines of text, fancy fonts. Blank verso. Nickleby portrait of Dickens at top; ornamental wreath, with 2 cherubs, surrounding text. Card: 3-1/2" x 5-1/2" This ticket was to hear Dickens speak at a fundraising event held at the Manchester..... More
London: J. Templeman, 248 Regent Street ... J. Miller, 404 Oxford Street, 1837. Second Edition, a reissue of the 1st edition sheets with Horne's new introduction. Cf. NCBEL III, 1232. 152 pp. 12mo. 6-7/8" x 4-1/4". Original publisher's green cloth binding with printed paper title label to spine (professionally rebacked)..... More
London: Printed by William Bowyer; and Sold by Robert Gosling, 1726. 1st Edition (Goldsmith 6493). [24], 297, [31] pp. Subscriber list in prelims; index at rear. T.p. copperplate vignette. Head- tailpieces. Copperplate cuts. Folio. 15-3/4" x 10". Period full calf paneled boards with renewed tips & later respining to style..... More
(n. p.): (n. d.). C. 1899 - 1902. [48] pp., ms annotations in pencil. 91 original b/w photographs, all about 3-1/8" x 3-1/8", slipped under the leaves into square frames, one b/w photo postcard slipped in. Oblong format: 7" x 11-1/2" Period red cloth album with "Photographs" stamped in silver..... More
Paris: Societe Paritys / Lebotys, 1958. 80 pp. 12 color fashion drawings; ~590 pasted and tipped-in fabric samples 16-1/8" x 12-1/8". Post binder with 3 brass posts. Publisher's pictorial glazed boards, red cloth joints. A mid-century salesman's sample catalogue from the winter collection of Parisian firm Société Paritys, a haberdashery..... More
Paris: Societe Paritys / Lebotys, [1957]. 97 pp. 16 color fashion drawings; ~ 740 pasted or tipped-in fabric samples. 16-1/8" x 12-1/8". Post binder with 3 brass posts, decorative screw tops. Publisher's color pictorial glazed boards, blue spine and joints. A mid-century salesman's sample catalogue from the winter collection of..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers. [1849]. 1st US edition [Calinescu Catalogue 91; Edgar & Vail, p. 25; Gimbel A120; Vander Poel B426(1)]. Not in the McGuire Catalogue. 34, [2] pp. Text double column. Adverts last 2 pages [Recto: "Valuable Geographical Works", state not listed by Vander Poel]. 8vo. 9-5/8"..... More
San Anselmo, CA: The Ladies of Saint Anselmo's Church, 1908. 1st printing (Brown 84; Cook p. 31; Glozer 261). 168 pp. Advertisements throughout. 9-1/8" x 6". Grey printed paper wrappers. Includes sections such as: Beverages, Cheese Dishes, Eggs, Entrees, Fish, For the Nursery, For the Sick, Icings and Filings, Ices..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers. 1865. 1st US edition, later issue. Ca 1879. 48 pp. Text double column. Untrimmed. 8vo. 9-3/4" x 6-1/4". Original publisher's printed salmon paper wrappers, sewn. Dickens wrote Parts I & VII; for the contributions of the other authors, see Oppenlander, pp 150. Harper reissued..... More
Rome: Typis, & Sumptibus Antonii de Rubeis in Via Seminarii Romani, 1728 / 1723. 2nd edition of the Theatrum; 1st edition of the Appendix. [12], 154, [20]; 134, [2 (blank)], 168 pp. Appendix with numerous textual cancels [paste-overs]. Theatrum: 33 copperplate engravings (Duplicate III D2r [not in List of Plates];..... More
Heidelbergae: Johannis Ammonii, Bibliopolae. 1655. 2nd edition. [24], 441, [3] pp. Engraved t.p., which reads: "Bonus Princeps cum Illustribus Praetensionibus et Semestralibus Palatinis." Head- tailpieces. Decorative initial captial letters. 12mo: a^12 A - S^12 T^6. 5-3/8" x 3". Sammelband volume, in period full vellum, with title hand-inked to spine. Faint..... More
New York: A. J. Davis & Co., 1864. 1st edition thus (cf. Wright 888). xi, [12] - 425, [3] pp. Publisher list last 2 pages. Illustrated. 12mo. Publisher's blue-green cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to spine. "Eliza Woodson, a revision of My Early Days [1859], an autobiographical novel..... More
New York: Harper & Bros. 1870. 1st edition (NCBEL III, 828). viii, [9] - 147 pp (double column). 8vo. Printed wrappers. Issued shortly after Dickens' demise, and expands on a 10 June piece from the Daily Telegraph. Quite uncommon. More
