Norfolk CT: A New Directions Book, (1956). 1st trade edition (Ahearn APG 017b). SIGNED by Williams on the ffep. 117 pp. Tall 8vo. Black cloth spine with olive green & light blue horizontally banded boards. Dust jacket. More
Fredericton, N.B. New Brunswick Tourist Bureau, [1931]. 1st printing thus. Date of publication inferred from text on pages 2 and 3 of covers, which is titled: "Fishing and Hunting Seasons in New Brunswick (Revised to April 1st, 1931)" Unpaginated, though 28 pages. Text printed in brown, on glossy pale-yellow stock... More
London: The Gnome & Le Rhone Engine Co. (n. p.). 1st Printing, ca 1916. 62 pp. Profusely illustrated, including 2 fold-out engine diagrams following text. 8" x 4-3/4". Grey paper wrapped boards printed in black & yellow. "Price 2/-" printed to rear board. "The Le Rhône 9J is a nine-cylinder... More
Atlanta. Turner Publishing, Inc. 1994. 1st Edition. 192 pp. Profusely illustrated throughout. 12-3/4" x 9-3/4" Original red cloth boards with black stamped lettering, original pictorial dust-jacket, white endpapers, More
Oakland, Cal. Published by the United States Industrial Company. Printed and Bound by the E. S. Dowdle Co. (1904). 1st edition. Not found in Rocq. 128, [4] pp. Illustrated, with much from photographs. 3 folding maps: "Map of Oakland" [13" x 11-1/2"], "Map of Alameda" [7-1/2" x 11-1/2"] & "Map... More
[Washington, D.C.]: Grovernment Printing Office, 1945. 1st edition thus. Volume with 8 sections, each section separately paginated, ~ 160 pp. Illustrated with charts, tables, drawings, etc. 7-1/8" x 4-5/8". Original US Government faux black leather 6 ring binder, with gilt stamping to front cover. "The Air Navigator's Handbook is designed... More
Philadelphia: J. W. Moore, 1847 - 1848. 1st US Edition. viii, [9] - 525, [5]; viii, [9] - 552 pp. Volume I with frontis. 8vo. 9-3/4" x 6". Original publisher's brown cloth binding with gilt stamping to spine & boards stamped in blind. Yellow eps. Fry once described in the... More
Salt Lake City: (n. d.). Ca 1940s. Single sheet of light brown paper, printed in dark brown ink to both sides, folded once vertically to form 4 pages. Staped in are 2 smaller 2 page inserts, one printed on blue paper, the other yellow. Menu front with drawing of a.... More
Louisville: Courier - Journal Job Print, 1886. 1st edition thus (?), i.e., Louisville publisher. Not in Huth. 168 pp (including Index). Illustrated with cuts. 5" x 3-1/2". Cloth covered card stock boards, with gilt stamping to both boards. Uncommon work by this veterinary surgeon. Per OCLC, we see he first... More
![NURSING - REFORM For The INSANE. [drop title]. Edward Cowles.](/pictures/thumb/45143.jpg?v=1524419021)
[Washington, D.C.?]: 1887. 1st separate printing. [2], 16 pp. Frontispiece, captioned with "Fifteen Nurses. Class of 1886. McLean Asylum Training - School. Composite Made by Notman. From The Century Magazine for November, 1887." 8vo. Self-wrappers, sewn. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Apparently an offprint, which notes the piece... More
New York. Boni and Liveright. 1928. 4th Printing. [xiv], 461 pp. 8-3/4" x 6". Original brown cloth binding, paper onlay on upper board, faded gilt lettering on backstrip. More
(n. p.): (1862). 1st Printing (presumed). Not in Stephenson & McKee. Broadside, printed with black with light blue hand-colored portions. Typographical border. Scale ca. 1:450,000. With additional map inset in upper right corner: Northern Virginia, Maryland, Delaware & Southern Pennsylvania. 22-1/8" x 26-7/8". Shrink-wrapped, with white foamboard backing. Map provides... More
Produced by Army Air Forces Training Aids Division, (n. d.). Ca early 1940s. A four-panel fold-out, white cloth hinges, with the 3 interior panels providing a photographic cockpit layout, with numbered yellow tags to identify the gauge [e.g., airspeed] and/or control handle [e.g., throttles]. The center fold-out with instructions on... More
London: Chapman and Hall, 1854. 1st Edition. [2], 319, [1 (blank)]; [2], 308; [2], 326 pp. Post 8vo. 8-1/8" x 5". Original publisher's brown cloth binding with gilt stamping to spine & front board stamped in blind. Yellow publisher advert eps. Binder's ticket, "Bone & Son", to rear v. 1... More
London: George Routledge and Sons, (n. d.). Ca 1866. iv, [5] - 215, [7] pp. 4 pages of Beadle adverts follows text. Wood engraved frontispiece, "Story Telling in Maum Guinea's Cabin." 3 inserted wood engravings. Tissue-guards. 12mo. 6-9/16" x 4-1/8". Original publisher's blue cloth binding with gilt stamping to spine... More
San Francisco: Frank Eastman & Co., Printers, 1886. 1st Printing (Rocq 9081). PRESENTATION copy, with printed author presentation slip tipped-in at front. 20 pp. 8vo. 9" x 5-7/8". Original publisher's printed grey paper wrappers, sewn. Rodgers employed by the U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. More
Auckland: David Bateman, Ltd. (2006). 1st Edition. 160 pp (including Index). Filled with color images. Oblong format: 9-1/2" x 12-1/4". Original publisher's green cloth binding, gilt stamping, color photograph onlay to front board. Grey pictorial eps. Green cloth slipcase with gilt stamping & color photograph onlay to front board to one side. More
New York: United Litho Corp. [for Grosset & Dunlap], (n. d.). 1st printing, ca 1925 - 1930. Broadside, printed in black, brown, blue & orange. Image of 3 boys at top, one in a football helmet [center] and a scout hat [right]. Entire with single rule orange border. 21-1/8" x.... More
New York: Press of the Woolly Whale, [c. 1941]. One sheet. 8 x 14 cm. Contains a small reproduction of the title page of the book along with ordering & pricing information. More
Seattle: Press of Lowman & Hanford Co. (1922). 1st Edition (Smith & Mayhew 249). 108 pp. Illustrated with inserted photographic plates. Folding map at rear. 8vo. 8" x 5-1/2". Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt stamping to front board. More
San Francisco: Sunset Publishing House, 1915. 1st edition. SIGNED by the Author on a preliminary blank. [10], 179, [5 (blank)] pp. Original front wrapper bound-in at rear. Illustrated with cuts & inserted photographic plates. 6-7/8" x 5". Later full tan calf binding. More
Philadelphia: Dorrance & Company, (1932). 1st Edition. INSCRIBED PRESENTATION copy to John O. Burger, signed by the author, with a full signature. xi, [1 (blank)], 13 - 227, [1 (blank)] pp. Photographic frontispiece of the convention attendees, plus 8 b/w photographic images on 7 inserted plates. Crown 8vo. Maroon cloth... More
McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1979. 4th Edition. xii, 292 pp. Few instructional photos and diagrams. 8vo, 9" x 6". Tan stiff paper wrappers with white and navy blue lettering on upper wrapper, back strip sun-tanned also with white and navy blue lettering. More
New York: Christie's East. 1995. [104 pp]. Profusely illustrated throughout. 10-1/2" x 8-1/4". Stiff pictorial paper wrappers, black background with gold lettering. More
White Plains, MO. Bruce Hershenson. [1997]. [96 pp]. Profusely illustrated throughout. Full color. 11" x 9". Stiff pictorial paper wrappers, yellow lettering. "This book illustrates all of the winners of the six major categories of the Academy Awards (Best Picture, Director, Actor, Actress, Supporting Actor and Supporting Actress), from the... More
