Chicago: The N. K. Fairbank Company, (1902). 1st printing thus. Unpaginated, though 16 pp. Each page illustrated with a Kemble drawing, alternating between color & b/w facing pages. 6-3/4" x 4-5/8". Printed self-wrappers, stapled. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. A promotional piece for Fairbank's Gold Dust Washing Powder..... More

San Francisco: Thomas Houseworth & Co. Photographers, 12 Montgomery St., opposite Lick House, (n. d.). Ca 1874. Square, separate images. 3-9/16" x 6-15/16". Orange colored mount [rounded corners], with publisher imprint to right end; series name to left; scene caption under right view. Violet verso, blank. More

Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard. Successors to Carey & Co., 1839. 1st edition thus (Gimbel A31; Smith American 3, pp 96 - 97; Tillotson - Clarendon OT, p. lv; Vander Poel B90; Wilkins, p. 15). [2], [11] - xii, 13 - 212 pp, double column of text. 4 preliminary blank leaves..... More

First printed in York, and now Reprinted in London: For Charles Greene, 1642. 1st printing thus (ESTC R235199; Wing H3509?), i.e., issue without "1642" printed in the title. Unpaginated, though 8 pages. Title within ornamental border. Printer's ornament to t.p. Head-pieces; decorative initials. 4to: A^4. 7" x 5-3/8". Binding remnants..... More

Chicago and New York: Rand McNally & Co., (1892). 1st printing thus. 44 pages of text. Colored folding map ["Rand McNally's New Business Map of Arkansas", © 1890. 21" x 27-1/8"] at rear. Booklet: 6-1/2" x 4". Printed buff paper wrappers, stapled. More

London: Chappell & Co, Music & Musical Instrument Sellers, 124 New Bond Street, (n. d.). Ca mid-1810s. 7, [1 (blank)] pp. 12-3/4" x 9-1/4". Half-bound brown leather spine with marbled paper-covered boards. Gilt lyres stamped five times between gilt rules to spine. Rubbing and wear to boards and edges, one..... More

London: Richard Bentley, 1838. 1st edition, 1st issue (Eckel, p. 140). 2 volumes: xix, [3], 288; xix, [1 (blank)], 263, [1], 36 pp. Publisher catalogue concludes Vol II. Illustrated with 13 plates by Geroge Cruikshank. 8vo. 8-1/8" x 5". Original publisher's pink ribbon-embossed cloth bindings. Yellow eps. Housed in a...... More

Detroit: General Motors Corp., Chevrolet Motor Division, (1975). 1st edition. [1], 92, [1 (blank)] pp. Printed on white glossy stiff-stock paper. 12 page "1976 Chevrolet Consumer Information" booklet at rear. Filled with color illustrations, cloth & vinyl samples, etc. Oblong format: 10" x 13-1/4". Housed in a brown 'wood-grain' 3-ring..... More

Los Angeles, William Thomas Kellaway, 1934. 1st printing thus. Not in Gimbel, nor Hearn. Unpaginated, though 32 pp. Leaves unopened at top, with text printed alternatively recto, verso. Decorative initial capital letter. 16-1/2" x 12". Printed brown paper wrappers with large black title lettering to front wrapper; twine tie. Scarce..... More

London: Printed for G. Robinson, 1773. The 3rd edition, Corrected. x, [2], 284, [4] pp. Eratta penulitmate page; last page blank. Untrimmed. Many gatherings unopened. 43 fold-out copperplate engravings of divers geometric forms, mechanical devices, &c. 4to: A4 a2 B - 2O4. 10-1/2" x 7-3/4". Later tan calf spine over..... More

London: Printed for William Leak ... 1647. 1st edition (Goldsmith 926; Wing C-304). [8], 235, [1] pp. Last page blank. Typographical headpieces. Typographical border to initial capital letters. 4to: A - 2G4 2H2. 8-1/2" x 6-1/4". Modern brown quarter-calf binding with marbled paper boards. Maroon leather title label to spine..... More

Bruxelles: LaCrosse Et Cie, Libraires - Editeurs, 1839. Nouvelle edition. 6 volumes, 2 fold-out plates, 8vo. Brown qtr-leather with marbled boards. Marbled eps. From the library of John Fiske, American Historian & Philosopher, with his bookplate and signature (dated June 1863 - a Harvard graduation present perhaps?) in each volume..... More