New York: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1935. 1st edition (Baumgarten 2004, p. 52). Not found in the Blockson Catalogue. Unpaginated, though 62 pp. Black & white drawings by the author. Landscape format: 9" x 11". Green cloth binding with red stamped lettering. Yellow, black & orange pictorial dust jacket, which..... More
Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo & Co., 1851 / 1852 / 1853. 1st editions (Howes S 183; see Field 1379, for Part III and for a complete description of the entire series and its intrinsic & cultural worth). 3 volumes. Vol I: [6], (i - ii), iii - xviii, 13 - 568..... More
London, New York, Toronto & Melbourne [Division 1]: Cassell & Company, Limited, (n. d.). 1st edition, ca. 1894 [Gimbel H36]. Division 1 with t.p. Division 6 concludes with 2nd title leaf & an additonal leafwith Contents, List of Plates & Illustrations. 16 pages of text per division, with pagination continuous..... More
(n. p.): (n. d.). Ca early 1880s. Accordian format, beginning with a full-page portrait of George Washington with each subsequent leaf comprised of two oval bust portraits of presidents John Adams through Chester A. Arthur. Each portrait is accompanied by a facsimile signature. Pamphlet: 4-1/2" x 5-1/2". Entire 12 panels..... More
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London: Paget & Co., Publishers. 1843. 3rd edition. 1st published in 1842 (cf. NCBEL III, 960). [6], 593, [1] pp. 8vo. Period olive green half-leather binding with marbled paper boards. A pastiche on Dickens' Master Humphrey's Clock. More
(n. p.): Sikorsky Helicopter, [1962]. 1st printing. One sheet, printed both sides, folded 4x vertically, forming a 10 panel brochure. Illustrated with 6 drawings, one cut-out image of the turbine engine & a two-panel color photographic image of the S-61L in flight over downtown Los Angeles. Folded: 8-1/2" x 3-5/8"..... More
Garden City, N. Y. Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc., 1930. 1st US edition. [12], 211, [3 (blank)] pp. Frontispiece, on coated paper, of Percy Smith's 1916 drypoint image, "Solitude", of Thiepval, near the Somme. 8vo. Black cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering. Blue topstain. Dust jacket. "Just behind the trenches..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1922. 1st edition, second printing, first state (Bruccoli A.8.1.b1). 449, [3] pp. 2 pp of adverts conclude volume. Crown 8vo. 7-5/8" x 5-1/4". Blue-green cloth with gilt stamped spine lettering & front board lettering stamped in blind. Binding now protected by a custom-cut clear mylar..... More
London: Richard Bentley and Son, Publishers in Ordinary to Her Majesty the Queen, 1885. 1st Edition (Wolff 2071). 311, [1 (blank)]; 297, [1 (blank)]; 288 pp. Headpieces. Crown 8vo. 7-1/2" x 5". Original publisher's red cloth binding with gilt stamped spine lettering (all 3 volumes professionally recased). Bevelled edges. Author's..... More
New York: Henry Holt & Co., 1915. 1st US edition, 1st state (Crane A2.1). ix, [10] - 63, [1] pp. 8vo. 7-3/4" x 5-1/4". Steel blue cloth binding with gilt lettering/stamping. Lacking the rare dust jacket. More
Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1886. 1st book edition (Reginald 37976). Not in Sadleir, nor Tuck. 3 volumes: [4], 304; [4], 298, [2 (blank)]; [4], 283, [2], 24 pp. 24 page publisher catalogue concludes Vol III. 8vo. Blue cloth bindings with red stamped lettering & gilt stamped comet..... 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 for Thomas Tegg, 1841. Later edition, first published in 1826. 2 volumes: 8, viii pp, 1719 columns; viii pp, 1711 columns. Indicies at rear of Volume II. First 8 pages, Vol I, an 1843 publisher catalogue, with page 1 listing "... Books published in the Pickwick Style." Illustrated..... More
Dublin: Printed by J. Potts, at Swifts-Head, in Dame-Street; and J. Williams, in Skinner-Row, 1764. 1st edition thus, i.e., first 10 volume edition. 10 volumes. Title pages printed in red & black. 6 page publisher list begins Vol III. Frontispiece in Volume I, and Volume V [entitled, "First Three Books..... More
Paris: Chez Le Marchand, Libraire. AN XI [1803]. "New Edition" 2 volumes in 1 (viii, [9] - 91, [1]; 51, [1] pp). Separate half-title & t.p. for Part II. 12mo, in 6s. Modern full calf binding executed in a period style. Maroon leather title label to spine... More
Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson and Brothers, 806 Chestnut Street, (1859). 1st US book edition, first issue, second state, with the advert for the 25 different editions at front. Cf Smith AMERICAN 12, especially note 5). [2], [19] - 211, [13] pp. Text double column. 2 pages of adverts begin volume..... More
Seattle: 1945. [2], 105 - 189, [1 (blank)] pp. Image of the B-29 in flight. Numerous charts & graphs. 11" x 8". Bound in a black "A.A.F." screw-post binder. This B-29 manual offered in company with Tavistock Books ID #35852 [C-54 Manual]; price is for both flight manuals, which are..... More
New York: James Turney, 1838. 1st book edition, second issue by this publisher (Smith AMERICAN 2, pp 67 - 73). xii, 609, [1] pp. 32 plates by Seymour, Phiz, & Crowquill. 8vo. 9" x 5-3/4". Original publisher's purple cloth binding with gilt stamping to spine [Smith variant A], rebacked. Eps..... More
San Francisco: Lawrence & Houseworth, Opticians, Importers of Stereoscopic Goods, Etc., Etc. 317 & 319 Montgomery Street, (1865). Ca 1865. Cf. Palmquist, p. 59. Square, separate images. 3-1/4" x 6-3/4". Yellow colored mount [square corners], with publisher imprint to right end; series name ["California"] to left; typeset printed label as..... More
Boston: E. Lincoln, 1806. 1st ed (Field 482; Sabin 21789). 36 pp. 19.5 x 12.5 cm. Disbound, lacks wrappers. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. More
New York: William H. Colyer, 1838. 2nd US edition, 2nd state [Conningham 3297; Gimbel B66; Vander Poel B602(1)]. x, [25] - 232 pp. Frontis of Grimaldi, lithographed by 'N. Currier'. 12mo. Bound in 6s. 7-1/2" x 4-3/4". Original paper wrapped boards with red linen cloth spine & printed paper spine..... 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
Philadelphia: Printed for R. T. Rawle, Second-Street, by John Thompson. 1802. 1st US edition thus (American Imprints 2633). Two volumes in 1 (vii, [1], 321, [1] pp). Divisional t.p. to 2C4r. 8vo, signed in 4s. Period full brown sheep with a red leather title label to spine. Gilt dentelles to..... More
London: Chapman and Hall, 1848. 1st thus (NCBEL III, 798; VanderPoel B206). 4 steel engravings, each on a separate sheet. 9" x 6". Housed in a printed, pale green portfolio-style paper-wrappers. "Price One Schilling." More
