New York: McClure, Phillips & Co. 1904. 1st printing (BAL 2100). [6], 129, [1] pp. Frontispiece and 7 inserted plates, with color drawings by Jesse Wilcox Smith. 8vo. Bespoke full green morocco binding with elaborate gilt decorations, & red heart inlays to the four corners of each board. TEG. Gilt... More
![YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCEMENT. Sixth Annual Week - Day Excursion to Pacific Grove [. . .] Wednesday, June 17, 1891. Bunker Hill Day. Southern Pacific Company / Pacific Grove, Henry J. - General Secretary McCoy.](/pictures/thumb/43969.jpg?v=1490922120)
San Francisco: H. S. Crocker Company, 1891. One long sheet, oriented horizontally, printed both sides, in purple, folded three times to form a 12-panel brochure. Illustrated with 4 wood engravings (one 3-panel, "Views of Pacific Grove and Vicinity"; one 2-panel) and map (single panel). Unfolded: 21-3/4" x 7". Folded: 7"... More
Boston: L. Prang & Co. (1888). 1st Edition. Unpaginated, though ~ 250. Tinted frontispiece. 16 chromolithographed divisional title leaves, followed by a lithographed leaf of text [poetry]. Oblong format: 6-7/8" x 9-1/2". Tan linen cloth binding with color printed spine & boards. Marbled edges. A mostly blank recipe book adorned... More
San Francisco: Alley, Bowen & Co., Publishers, 1881. 1st Edition (Cowan, p. 568; Filby, p. 34; Howes S-101; Rocq 13729). xvi, [17] - 798 pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Original publisher's tan full-sheep binding, professionally rebacked to style, with original black & maroon leather title labels reused. Eps renewed. More
London: Printed for John Bullord at the Old Black-Bear in St. Pauls-Churchyard, 1690. 1st edition thus, issue with Bullord imprint (NCBEL II, 762; Wing D-2711; cf. Wither-to-Prior 337, for the Parker & Roper imprint). [16], 207, [1] pp. Last page blank. 8vo: A - O8. 7" x 4-1/4". Period full... More
London: E. and F. N. Spon, 1881. 1st separate printing. 19, [1 (blank)] pp. Text double column. Illustrated with cuts. 8vo. 9-3/4" x 6-1/2". Printed grey paper wrappers (lacks rear wrapper). OCLC records 3 holdings, none in the US. Rare pamphlet on the subject. More
London: Printed for Mathews and Leigh, Strand, by W. Clowes, 1809. 1st Edition. PRESENTATION COPY from the Author [in the third person] "with his kind regards. 11 Jan. 1810" viii, 228 pp. Frontis engraving of Carr. 8vo. 8-3/8" x 5-3/8". 19th C brown half-calf with marbled paper boards. Known primarily... More
![The CINCINNATI PLATFORM As It Is. [Drop title]. Democratic National Convention.](/pictures/thumb/41962.jpg?v=1443116118)
[Cincinnati]: [1856]. 1st Printing. Unpaginated, though 4 pages [last page blank]. Printed self-wrappers. This 4 page leaflet provides the party platform for the "1856 Democratic National Convention, which was the seventh political convention of the United States Democratic Party. Held from June 2 to June 6, 1856, prior to the... More
Philadelphia: M. Carey & Son, 1817. 1st printing thus (cf. Romaine, p. 70 for a similar catalogue for March 1817). 23, [1] pp. 12mo. 7-3/4" x 4-3/8". Publisher's printed self wrappers, sewn. Disbound, lacking other wrappers? Carey, beginning his career in 1785, was a monumental figure in the early history... More
[Edinburgh]: [1706]. 1st printing (ESTC T62804, recording 5 institutional holdings in 7 cc). Beginning paragraph decorative woodcut [1-3/4" square] with "T" in center. 15-1/4" x 9" [38.5 cm x 23 cm]. Broadside, printed recto only. "The Convention of Royal Burghs, more fully termed the Convention of the Royal Burghs [i.e.... More
[London]: Messrs. Puttick and Simpson, 1851. 1st printing, Large Paper copy. [6], 166 pp. Illustrated with 17 lithographed facsimiles, on inserted sheets. 11-7/8" x 9". Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to spine and front board. Pale yellow eps. Tipped-in to the front of the volume... More
London: John Murray, 1828. 1st edition thus (NCBEL III, 271). 4 volumes: ix, [3], 362; [6], 424; vii, [1 (blank)], 383, [1]; [6], 429, [1] pp. Copperplate frontispiece in each volume. 5-3/4" x 3-5/8". Period black half-sheep bindings with elaborate gilt decorated spines; marbled paper boards. More
New York: The Century Co. 1917. 1st edition. vii, [3], 202, [2 (blank)] pp. 16mo. 7-1/8" x 4-5/8". Original publisher's orange vertically-ribbed cloth binding with black stamped title lettering to spine & front board. Orange & brown dust jacket. Albeit with some authorial enhancement, "This book is the thrilling day-by-day... More
Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson & Brothers, (1861). Very early printing, if not the first, of this edition, preceding by many years that of Hotten's 1870 "Hunted Down" (cf. Eckel, pp. 198-199; Gimbel D25 & D37). [7] - 245, [3] [= 242] pp. Text double column. 2 pages of publisher adverts... More
(n. p.): Micawber Fine Editions, 2000. 1st edition thus. #III of 10 cc hors commerce. Total limitation of 85 cc. SIGNED by Findeiss & Dean. 160, [4], ii - xxiv, [11] pp. Illustrated in color by Findeiss. With an additional suite of 11 SIGNED/Numbered loose plates. 8vo. 10-1/8" x 7-3/8"... More
New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1928. 1st edition. PRESENTATION copy, INSCRIBED from Fannie to "Beautiful Hilda" [Doolittle, aka 'H.D.']. [6], 41, [1] pp. Photographic frontis of Fannie Hurst, by Elzin of N.Y. 4 inserted photographic images of Fannie in text. 8vo. 7-5/8" x 5-1/4". Orange patterned-paper wrappers... More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, Publishers. (1908). Reprint. Ca late 1920s. Cf. Russo, p 227, for the series title genesis. 189, [7] pp. With pictures by Will Vawter. 8vo. Tomato red cloth binding with gold lettering. Color pictorial dust jacket, "with individual designs on wrapper and cover." From a uniform... More
City of Washington: S. A. Elliot, Printer, Eleventh Street West. 1827. 1st thus. [2], 67, [3] pp. 1st leaf, last leaf blank. 12mo. 6-1/8" x 3-3/4". Original drab stiff-stock paper wrappers with printed title label to front wrapper. Contains a wealth of service information, beginnning with the Office of the... More
London: Printed for Matthew Simmons dwelling in Aldersgate-street. 1649. 1st edition, issue with 'Parlament' (Wing E-1498, noting "Part of E1505"). [2], 12 - 28 [= 18] pp. P. 13 misnumbered as p. 12. Printed glosses to pp 19-20. Headpieces. Decorative initial capital letters. 4to: 2 C-D3 [-D4, a blank]. 6-7/8" x 5-1/8". Disbound, with leather remnants to spine. More
[London]: J. Newman & Co., 69, Southwark Bridge Road, [n. d.]. Ca. late 1840s. 2nd edition thus (Gimbel H1123; cf. Grego PICTORIAL PICKWICKIANA, p. 369, & Kitton DICKENS & HIS ILLUSTRATORS, p. 235, for a similar issue, noting Newman at 48, Watling Street; NCBEL III, 788 for the original 1837... More
![The LONDON CATALOGUE Of BOOKS, With Their Sizes, Prices and Publishers. Containing the Books Published in London, and Those Altered in Size or Price, Since the Year MDCCCXIV [1814] to MDCCCXXXIX [1839]. Books - On - Books, Robert Bent.](/pictures/thumb/29077.jpg?v=1436912182)
London: Published by Robert Bent, 1839. 1st edition thus. iv, 415, [1] pp. Cut of Bagster's Bible, p. 412. Printer's device, last page. 8vo. 8-5/8" x 5-1/2" Original publisher's brown vertically-ribbed cloth with gilt stamped title lettering to spine. Pale yellow eps. More
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers. 1877. 1st edition thus. Household edition (cf. Gimbel D68). INSCRBIED by the illustrator, Nast, at the top of the frontispiece. 383, [3 (blank)] pp. Text double column. Illustrated by Thomas Nast & Arthur B. Frost. 10" x 7". Highly decorative green cloth binding wight... More
Indianapolis: Bowen-Merrill Co, (1901). 1st edition, 3rd state (Schiller Collection, #77). [16], 245 pp. Illustrated by F[anny] Y. Cory. 12 inserted color plates (including frontis). 40 headpieces/tail pieces. 8vo. Green cloth with gilt lettering & pictorial paste-down on front board (1st state binding). Chemised, and housed in a custom green... More
Matted. Steele a free-lance illustrator who is best known for his magazine work, especially those portraying Doyle's Sherlock Holmes, as published in Collier's Weekly. More
