London. "Sold at the Society's Apartments, Burlington House; and by Longmans, Green, Reader, And Dyer, and Williams And Norgate. 1869. 1st Edition. [4], 659, [1 (blank)] pp. 9" x 5-3/4". Publishers green cloth, decorative blind stamp to upper and lower boards, brown(?) /sunned(?) back strip, gilt lettering to back strip..... More
Kowloon, Hong Kong: Christian Witness Press, (n. d.). C. 1970s. Seven broadsides printed in color. 30-1/4" x 21" Attached at the top-edge with maroon tape. These posters were said to bring the viewer closer to God, especially when viewed in sequence. Five of the posters depict a man's face with..... More
USA: United Air LInes Inc., (1968). Signed in the plate by Jebary. Broadside. Large reproduction of a watercolor illustration by United artist Jebary of a banjo and steamboat. 40" x 25" More
Budapest: M. Deutsch, Artistic Etablishement, 1887. 1st printing. 16 pp. Text partially unopened. Illustrated with cuts. 8vo. 9-5/8" x 6-3/8". Printed buff paper wrappers. Advert to rear wrapper. No copies found on OCLC. More
London: Martin Secker, 1920. 1st edition, first state (Roberts & Poplawski A16). 371, [1] pp. 8vo. Brown cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to spine. No dust jacket. More
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Cranston, Rhode Island: 2002. Notebook: 11-3/8" x 9-5/8". Modern maroon vinyl notebook with 10 display/mounting leaves in transparent vinyl sleeves. This World War II Army Air Force scrapbook includes an excellent oral history entitled "FLYING BACKWARDS". The album is comprised of original WWII photographs and snapshots taken by and belonging..... More
(Washington): (Government Printing Office), (n. d.). 1st edition (presumed). [ca. 1901]. Individual volumes, divers paginations within each volume. Many inserted plates of b/w images, fold-out maps and charts / tables, & portraits housed within all volumes. 9-5/8" x 7". Black leather boards, gilt stamped lettering to spine. Boards stamped in..... More
(n. p.): United Airlines, (n. d.). 1st printing, ca. 1960s. Broadside. Full size image of bemused Hawaiian woman in white and yellow orchid lei with a yellow orchid in her hair, staring directly into camera. 40" x 25" More
(n. p.): (n. d.). Ca late 1890s. 12 ll of grey mounting paper. Illustrated with 12 mounted albumen photographs. Oblong format. 5-11/16" x 7-11/16". Photographs: 3-1/8" x 4". Black cloth album, with silver stamped title lettering to front board. More
(v. p.): 1898 - 1902. 201 numbered pages of lined paper. 9-7/8" x 7-5/8". Maroon half-leather binding with black cloth boards. The 'Kilpatrick' began life as the SS Michigan, beginning service in September 1891 as a cargo vessel with limited passenger accomodation. In 1898, she was sold to the US..... More
Edinburgh: Printed by the Heir of Andrew Anderson, Printer to the King's most Excellent Majesty. 1678. 1st edition (Wing C-7593). 20 pp. 4to: A - B^4 C^2. 7-5/8" x 5-3/4". Bound in later stiff grey card stock paper covers, with title hand-inked to front cover. This is a very rare..... More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1930). 1st edition. [v, 1], 196, [6] pp. 6 pages of adverts at rear. Frontispiece & 3 inserted plates by Bert Salg. 12mo. Original publisher's light brown cloth binding with orange outline lettering to front board. Color pictorial dust jacket. The scarce 4th & final..... More
Juneau: 1899. 2 pages, 47 lines, of text on 1 sheet of ruled tablet paper. Sheet size: 12-1/2" x 8" While waiting [im]patiently for the weather to break, this prospector writes his "darlings Ethel F. & May H." describing his circumstances— which he finds less than satisfactory, despite the good..... More
Boston: Press of Rand, Avery and Company, 1876. 1st edition. Not in Smith. 44, [4] pp. Adverts to penultimate leaf. Two fold-out maps: "Western Oregon" & "Routes from Atantic Ports to Oregon". 8vo. 9-1/8" x 5-3/4". Printed blue paper wrappers. More
London / Boston: Chapman and Hall / Tichnor and Field, 1867. 1st edition (Eckel, p. 236; Gimbel B-296; Kitton 22). 32 pp. 8vo. 21.5 cm x 13.5 cm. Original printed wrappers, sewn. A banquet with a "List made up almost entirely of Representative Men. It comprised within it upwards of..... More
Bible House, New York: Published by the Christian Herald, (1895). 10 volumes. T.p. vignette. 12mo. 5-7/8" x 3-7/8". Red cloth bindings with gilt stamped spine lettering. Red cloth publisher's box [8-3/4" x 6-1/8" x 4-1/4"], with interior lined with red marbled paper. Gilt stamped title lettering to front flip down..... More
Philadelphia: Ware Bros. Company, (n. d.). Ca 1890s. Not in Romaine. 68 pp. 60+ large b/w illustrations of divers carriages; 5 images of sleighs. 9-1/2" x 8". Stapled quires. Lacks wrappers. Rare trade catalogue from the hey-day of polite horse-powered travel- OCLC records no copies & only two total from..... More
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1934. 1st edition thus (Newman & Wiche 59). #1205 / 1500 cc. SIGNED by the Illustrator. 6 volumes. Printed by William Rudge. Illustrated by Valenti Angelo. 8vo. Natural tan cowhide blindstamped spines over light brown patterned-paper boards, designed by Macy. Slipcase. An unabridged translation..... More
London: W. Lewis and Co., 1816. 1st edition. 512 pp. Frontis + 12 inserted engraved plates. 4to. Period full calf binding; gilt lettered maroon leather title label to spine. More
London: John Andrews and J. Harris, 1781. 1 sheet, folded in 20 panels. Folded: 19.7 cm x 14.7 cm. Unfolded: 80 cm x 72 cm. Linenbacked & hand-colored, housed in the original marbled paper slipcase, with printed paper title label to one side. While many of Andrews' cartographic publications are..... More
London: Printed by R. Hodgkinsonne, and are to be sold by William Leak, by Thomas Firby, 1657. 1st edition (Wing C-7014A). [24], 669, [3] pp. Frontis. Head- tailpieces. Decorative initial capital letters. Copperplate printer's device to foot of 4P3 Folio: 2 a - b4 c2 A - 4P4. 11-1/2" x...... More
London: Printed for R. S. Kirby, 1814. 1st edition. x, [4], 212 pp (including index). Untrimmed edges. Frontis [some foxing & browning]. 8vo. Original paper-wrapped boards (professionally rebacked, with new paper spine label to style). More
London: MacMillan & Co., 1877. 1st edition. xxiii, [1], 513 pp. A3 is a second title leaf, entitled "AERIAL NAVIGATION. The Problem with Hints for Its Solution. By Ithi Kefalende. 1851". Appendix A, pp [493] - 496, is a list of aeronautic books used by the author in preparation of..... More
Londini: Typis Gul Strahan (& 12 others), 1758. 2nd edition. 234 pp + Index + Vocabulorum. Title page printed in red & black. 8vo: a8, [*]1, A-V8, X7. Full calf binding, with modern respining to style. Maroon spine label lettered in gilt. More
