(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
London: Chapman & Hall, 1840 - 1841. 1st edition (Eckel, pp. 67- 70; Smith I, p. 47). 3 volumes (306; 306; 426 pp). Vol I with MHC (weekly numbers) publicaton prospectus tipped-in at front. Frontis in each volume & 195 intratextual woodcut illustrations [primarily] by Phiz and George Cattermole. Bound..... More
Oakland, Cal. Pubished by William Halley, 1876. 1st edition (Bradford 2068; Cowan II, p. 260; Filby, p. 21; Norris 13; Rocq 3). iv, [2], v - xv, [1], 586, [6] pp. Illustrated with wood engravings, though lacking the sometimes-present hotel wood engravings at front. 8vo. Original publisher's black cloth binding..... More
London / Bath: Sold by J. Marshall (Printer to the Cheap Repository...) ... and R. White, Picadilly, London ... By. S. Hazard ... [1796]. 1st printing (Spinney 62). 16 pp. Untrimmed. Signed "S" at conclusion of text [cf. Spinney, p. 310]. Woodcut vignette [2-1/2" x 2-7/8"] on title page. 8vo..... More
Washington DC: 1851. Bifolium of blue paper, folded once vertically, forming 4 pages. Mss p. 1 only; ~ 25 lines, ~ 90 words. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. In 1850, President Millard Fillmore appointed Hall Postmaster General of the United States. He served in this capacity from 1850..... More
Soeul, Korea: 1952. 25 leaves of black 'construction' mounting paper. 199 b/w images, of the 'snapshot' variety [3 spots evident were photos probably removed]. Approximately 10% captioned with white ink [no images examined out of the album, so additonal captions may be present on versos]. Album: 8-3/4" x 1`2-1/2". Images..... More
Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson & Brothers, 306 Chestnut Street, (1866). 1st edition (McDade 775). 120, [8 (adverts)] pp. 8vo. 9-3/4" x 6". Original publisher's printed buff paper wrappers. More
[Louth]: 1795. Bifolium. 2 unnumbered pages of printed text; title printed to verso of second leaf, else second leaf blank. 9-3/4" x 7-5/8". White rag paper, bottom and fore-edge deckled. Black printed text. Auction catalogue from the 1795 sale of 38 lots of the freehold estate owned by the late..... More
Racine, Wisconsin: Mitchell-Lewis Motor Co., (1915). 1st printing. 48 pp. Illustrated throughout with images of the company's vehicles, as well as divers parts used therein. 11" x 7-7/8". Two tone brown paper wrappers printed in dark blue, stapled. Mitchell-Lewis Motor Company was founded in 1900 in Racine, Wisconsin as a...... More
(n. p.): 1961. 86 leaves of drawings, 2 printed sheets as programs, 1 newspaper clipping and 4 leaves of handwritten notes. 86 leaves of hand-drawn designs. 16 pencil and watercolor designs for ladies dresses, 70 pencil -only designs. Some backed on stiff tan paper, others loose on sketch-paper. Drawings in..... More
Chicago: A. Leese & Co. Engravers and Printers, 1891. 1st printing thus. OCLC records only 2 institutional holdings. 56 pp. Many intratextual illustrations and photographic images. 19" x 15". Color illustrated printed paper wrappers. A locally published work giving the history of Memphis, as well as local luminaries. 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
London: Printed for W. Rogers .. R. Knaplock ... A. Bell ... and T. Cockeril, 1701. 2nd Edition Corrected. Based on Cumberland's De Legibus Naturae Disquisitio Philosophica, first published 1672. lxxii, 384, 369 - 380 [= 396], [4] pp. Advert penultimate leaf; last leaf blank. 8vo: A^8 a - c^8..... More
Glasgow: John Symington & Co., 1837. 1st edition. 72 pp. Illustrated with cuts. 12mo, in 6s. 5-1/2" x 3-5/8". Gunmetal blue flexible cloth binding, with gilt stamped title lettering to front cover. Though not quite a word-for-word recreation, this work the stated progeny of Trusler's famous 1788 publication, of the..... More
London: Longmans Green and Co., 1914. 1st edition (NCBEL III, 810). 95, [1 (blank)] pp. Binder's blanks. Maclise's "Nickleby" portrait reproduced on front wrapper. 8vo. Early 20th C. 3/4 green morocco binding with marbled paper boards & eps. TEG. Original printed peachish-yellow paper wrappers bound-in. Dickens brought suit against 5..... More
Santa Barbara: Capra Press, 1979. 1st edition (Newman [2nd], 197; Wittman 234). ASSOCIATION copy. INSCRIBED by the author, on the t.p., to fellow writer, Tim O'Brien, the 1979 National Book Award winner [Going After Cacciato]. 96 pp. Frontis reproducing Dürer's "Melencolia 1". 8vo Brown cloth spine over green paper-wrapped boards..... More
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London: Printed for Hunt and Clarke, York Street, Covent Garden. 1827. 2nd Edition (Ferguson 1158). This the 'true' second edition, with that of 1830, also labled "Second Editon", being a reissue. [iii] - xxiv, 288 pp. No adverts. 12mo. 5-5/8" x 3-5/8". Lacks a1, half-title leaf. Modern brown quarter calf..... More
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Basileae: Apud Io. Heruagium, 1535. 1st edition thus, i.e., this publisher. Cf. Adams H-748. [8], 410, [2], 284, [4] pp. Numerous mispaginations, including p. 410 misnumbered 394. Text in Greek, with commentary. "Odyssey" has individual, dated t.p. Printer's device to each t.p. Decorative initial capital letters. Folio, primarily in 6s..... More
London: Saunders and Otley, 1836. 1st edition (D'Hannay, p. iii; NCBEL III, 705; Sadleir 1585; Wolff 4524). 3 volumes (vii, [1 (blank)], 291, [1 (blank)]; vii, [1 (blank)], 306; viii, 314 pp). Lacking half-titles. 12mo. 7-1/2" x 4-5/8". Period plum half calf with marbled paper boards; black leather title &..... More
London: Edward Bull, Holles Street. 1829. 2nd edition, stated. xi, [1], 368 pp. 12mo. 7-1/8" x 4-1/8". Original publisher's brown ribbon-embossed cloth with maroon-leather, gilt-lettered title label to spine & arabesque device blind-stamped to boards. More
Chicago: R. R. McCabe & Co., 1874. 1st edition (Soliday IV, 671 [incorrectly listing the title as "Life in the Southwest"]; Wright II, 2193). 422 pp. Illustrated with 2 facing full-page wood engravings, prior to t.p. 8vo. 7-1/4" x 5". Original publisher's orange cloth with gilt spine lettering & decorations..... More
New York: John Wiley & Son, 1866/71. 1st edition. 2 volumes in 1 [303; 488 pp]. 8vo. 9-1/4" x 6". Period green half-sheep with green marbled paper boards & eps (bound by Stikeman & Co). Raised spine bands & gilt lettering. TEG. Useful reference for one studying the publishing history..... More
Baltimore: Murphy & Co. Printers and Publishers, 1860. Early printing (cf. Howes J-143 [for the 1859 1st edtion]; Sabin 36266 [incorrectly noting an 1855 publication date]). 40 pp. 8vo. 8-1/2" x 5-1/2". Disbound. More
Muskogee Indian Ter. Phoenix Printing, 1890. 1st edition (Hargrett 179). 250 pp. 8vo. 8-5/8" Period tan full leather binding. Spine label mostly rubbed away. Perryman was Principal Chief at the time of this printing. Chapters include 'Crimes & Misdemeanors', 'Civil Laws', Acts of the National Council', and 'United States Statutes'..... More
