New York: Chs Magnus lith, (n. d.). Ca early 1850s, not before 1849. Broadside, unused. Text surrounding by a border chain comprised of the 13 state seals. 10-3/8" x 8-7/16". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Date of publication from the AAS record of their copy [cf. AAS Catalogue..... More
London: Printed for J. Johnson, No. 72, St. Paul's Church-Yar; and C. Elliot, Edinburgh. 1787. 1st Edition. ix, [3], 77, [3] pp. Last 3 pages a publisher list for "Books in Medicine, Surgery, &c." 8vo. 7-5/8" x 5". Modern tan quarter calf over marbled paper boards. NB. FWIW, this author..... More
Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1871. Early edition, 1st published in 1870. Cf BAL 7634. 2 volumes: 410; 393, [3 (blank)] pp. 12mo. 7-3/16" x 4-1/8". Green cloth binding with gilt title lettering and decorations to spine. More
London: Andre Deutsch, 1959. 1st UK edition. 319, [1 (blank)] pp. 8vo. Red cloth binding with gilt stamped spine lettering. Red dust jacket. Duddy Kravitz was very well received, and after its publication, according to The Oxford Companion to Canadian Literature, Richler became "one of the foremost writers of his..... More
(n. p.): (n. d.). Separate, square images. 3-3/16" x 6-7/8". Orange colored mount [rounded corners], with publisher imprint to right end; series name ["Pacific Coast"] to left; typeset printed label as scene caption affixed under right view. Verso, violet color, blank. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. "Most histories..... More
Philadelphia: J. W. Daughaday & Co., 1876. Single card, landscape format [1/15/16" x 3-3/16"], green card stock, 12 lines of text [different size fonts] printed, recto only, with black ink. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. "Printed on the Celebrated Model Printing Press Price, $6.00 to $50.00, On Exhibition..... More
Birmingham, England: BSA Motorcycles, 1954. 1st printing thus. 23, [1] pp (including wrappers). Illustrated, primarily in color. Landscape format: 6-3/4" x 9". Full-color, glossy paper covers, stapled. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. "BSA motorcycles were made by the Birmingham Small Arms Company Limited, which was a major British..... More
Spokane WA: Arthur H. Clark Co., 2001. 1st Edition. 544 pp (including index). Illustrated. Royal 8vo. Maroon cloth with gilt spine lettering. Issued w/o dj. More
New York: Random House, (1974). 1st edition. [8], 307, [5] pp 8vo. 8-5/8" x 5-7/8". Hardback. Red topstain. Black photographically illustrated dust jacket, design by Jon Lopez. More
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1882. 1st edition thus (cf. Blier, p. 150; NCBEL III, 955; Sadleir 1871). Not in Wolff. 123, [1 (blank)] pp. 12mo. 6-5/8" x 4-3/8". Grey cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to front cover. Red topstain. A popular 19th C. "after-death experience" collection of stories... More
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1873. 1st US edition (cf. NCBEL III, 1070). [2], 494, [8] pp. 6 pp of adverts follow text. Crown 8vo. 7-3/8" x 4-5/8". Original publisher's blue cloth binding with gilt stamping to spine. Light peach colored eps. More
Reading Massachusetts: Addison-Wesly Publishing Company, (1969). xxviii, 98, [2 (blank)] pp. Facsimile t.p. of the 1848 2nd edition. 8vo. 8-1/4" x 5-3/8" Original publisher's card stock paper covers, printed in red, with b/w image above title lettering. Brown "was a prominent abolitionist lecturer, novelist, playwright, and historian in the United..... More
Cesena: Gregoria Biasini, 1780 - 1781. 1st Edition. 4 volumes: vii, [1], 306; 276; 260; 331 [1] pp. Illustrated as follows - v1: 2 copperplate engravings, folding genealogical chart of Mexican Kings, lacks map; v2: 16 [of 17?] copperplate engravings, 5 folding; v3: lacking plate & map. Head- tailpieces throughout..... More
Deya Mojorca / London: The Seizin Press / Constable & Co. Ltd., 1935 [but 1936]. 1st Edition. 67, [1 (blank)] pp. Errata slip tipped in prior to ToC page. 8vo. 8-5/8" x 6". Linen cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering to spine. No dust jacket. Verse preface by Riding, who..... More
London: Faber and Faber Ltd, 1949. 1st Edition. 70 pp. 8vo. Orange cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering to spine. Blue dust jacket. More
[Lea Hurst?]: (n. d.). Ca 1910 ? On the top left side of the broadside is printed a "Pledge", describing /celebrating the link between Lea Hurst & Nightingale, as well as exalting Nightingale as a person. The right block, under Nightingale's photograph, summarizes Nightingale's unselfish approach to others, and her..... More
Dublin: Wolfhound Press, 1989. 1st Edition. SIGNED / LIMITED, #85 of 100 numbered copies. 64 pp. 8vo. 8-7/8" x 5-5/8". Hand bound in full brown morocco with blindstamping to front board, gilt stamped spine lettering. Marbled eps. TEG. Marbled paper slipcase with tan cloth edges... More
London: Published by Rodwell & Martin, 1825. 1st edition. [2], 2 pp [of text]. Hand-colored engraved title page, drawn by Goldicutt & engraved by Edward Finden [1791 - 1857]. 19 hand-colored engraved plates of divers designs found in a Pompeii apartment. Tissue guards. Small folio. 11" [28 cm] x 7-1/2"..... More
London: Printed for T. Wotton, at the Three Daggers in Fleet-street. 1723. 1st edition (Axford, p. 103 [for the 2nd edition]; Bitting, p. 440 [for the 2nd edition]; Cagle 1001; Maclean, p. 137; Oxford, pp 55-56; Vicaire, columns 794-795 [for the 1794 Dublin edition]. [4], 112, [8 (Index)], 82, [14]..... More
New - York: James Turney, Jr., 1839. 1st edition thus, i.e., 1st Turney One-volume edition (American Imprints 55377; Smith AMERICAN 4, p. 144 - 146; VanderPoel B127; Wilkins, p. 16). Not found in Edgar & Vail, nor the McGuire Catalogue. This edition also not in the Calinescu Catalogue, though see..... More
San Francisco: Book Club of California [the Lemoncheese Press], 2022. 1st printing thus. #28 / 50 cc. Broadside, 13" x 9-1/4". Poem, 4 stanzas printed in red ink, 18 lines total. 5 line colophon at bottom, printed in black ink. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. "This poem appeared..... More
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1977. 1st printing. xxiv, [2], 771 pp (including Index). Frontis + facsimile letter. 8vo. 9-3/8" x 6-1/4". Red cloth binding. Red & pale yellow dust jacket. The most complete edition of Dickens' letters, with this volume containing 1087 letters (284 previously unpublished). More
London: Jonathan Cape, 2019. 1st Edition. SIGNED by the Author on the t.p. 343, [3] pp. 8vo. 8-3/4" x 5-1/2". Red cloth binding with black lettering. Dark blue dust jacket, lettered in red & pink. More
London: Fudge & Co., Ltd., (1932). 1st edition. SIGNED by author on the ffep. 230, [2 (blank)] pp. Inserted plates + intratextual illustrations by Arens. 10-1/4" x 8". Scant. Beige rough-weave cloth printed in red lettering and geometric design to front board. More
New York: Penguin Press, 2018. 1st Edition. SIGNED by the author on the t.p. [12], 288, [4] pp. Original Vroman's sales slip laid-in. 8vo. 8-1/2" x 5-5/8". Linen cloth spine over off-white paper wrapped boards. Dust jacket. "A shocking and strangely tender novel about a young woman's efforts to duck..... More
