Malden / Boston / New York: The Perry Pictures Company, (1898). 2nd edition, ca 1900. 32 ll: title leaf, followed by 31 leaves of b/w images. Each image [~ 4" x 6"] to leaf recto, captioned. Versos blank. Printed on glossy paper. Booklet with horizontal format: 5-1/4" x 8". Original... More about PROVINCETOWN By The SEA
Philadelphia: Lindsay and Blakiston, 1850. 1st US Edition. Not found in Cordasco. xi, [2], 14 - 386, [2] pp. The veterinary material comprises pp. 13 - 137, including even a few pages devoted to "Poultry and Rabbits." Adverts last 2 pages. 8vo. 8" x 5". Publisher's original brown speckled full... More about The DRUGGIST'S GENERAL RECEIPT BOOK: Containing Numerous Recipes for Patent and Proprietary...
Düsseldorf: Kommissionsverlag, Lesch & Irmer (C. Schassnit Nachs?), (1914). 63, [1] pp. 4-5/8" x 3-3/8". Brown wrappers printed in black and orange. OCLC records just 1 institutional holding of this item (British Library). More about DIE FELDGRAUEN. Soldatenlider
(n. p.): (1990). 1st edition. Number 20 of 150 printings. Broadside. Large color illustration Oblong format: 10-3/16" x 13". Illustration pasted to white mounting paper. Title penciled in below. More about COURT Of The GOLDEN BOUGH, CARMEL. 20/150. Jeff Siner, '90
New Echota: Printed by Issac H. Harris for the Cherokee Nation, 1828. Facsimile reprint. Single sheet folded twice as a newspaper. 15-1/2" x 11-1/2". Currently housed in a mylar sleeve. Part of the text is in English and part of it is in Chreokee. More about CHEROKEE PHOENIX. Vol. I. No. 12. Wednesday May 14, 1828
London: Martin Secker, 1923. 1st Edition [Roberts A24.a]. 255, [1 (ad)] pp. 8vo. 7-3/4" x 5-1/8". Brown cloth, gilt stamped lettering to spine, rule stamped in blind to boards. In cream dust jacket with printed red lettering. Scarce in the dust jacket. More about The LADYBIRD
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1978). 1st edition. 207 pp. B&W illustrations. 8vo. 25cm x 17.5cm. Brown cloth binding. Brown dust jacket. Excellent reference. Book mainly comprised of the artist's illustrations. More about PHIZ! Illustrator of Dicken's World
San Jose: Pollock, The View Artist / Hurlbert Bros. & Co. Print, (n. d.). Ca early 1890s. View dated from verbiage found on card verso. Elaborate publisher imprint to verso, describing Pollock's business & services offered. 8-1/2" x 10-1/2". Scalloped edges. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Somewhat to... More about No. 111. SANTA CLARA VALLEY COVERED With FOG. Taken from Mount Hamilton
[Baltimore, MD]: (n. d.). 1st Printing, ca 1880. Broadside, printed on grey paper. 11" x 8-3/8". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Circular announces that Buschmann & Clarke have "purchased the interest of Bryan & Clarke in this establishment", who herewith "offer this our first Circular and Price List"... More about CIRCULAR. Monumental Export Bottling Co. No. 139 N. Howard Street, Baltimore, MD
Thomasville, GA: A. W. Moller. For Sale by J. E. Robinson, Broad Street. (n. d.). Ca 1890. Orange mount [recto], grey verso, rounded corners. Company stamp to verso. 5" x 8". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. The Piney Woods Hotel opened in 1885, and was located between Broad... More about CABINET CARD ALBUMEN PHOTOGRAPH. Views of Thomasville and Vicinity. No. 74. Piney Woods Hotel
[Oakland, California?]: E. F. Kiessling, Publisher. (n. d.). Ca early 1920s. 68 [= 88] pp, including 3 paginated [e.g., 8a, 8b etc] inserts. Adverts primarily from Visalia businesses. The occasional illustration. 8vo. 9-1/4" x 6-1/8". Printed green paper wrapped boards. "Visalia" at base of front board. A promotional how-to for... More about CUPID'S BOOK. Visalia Issue
San Diego: Coonley Photo "Pepper Tree" (1894). Rectangular creme-colored mount, round corners. "Loring's H St. Book Store" stamp in lower margin. Complete 6 line "Loring's H St. Book Store" stamp to verso. 5-1/4" x 8-1/2". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More about CABINET CARD ALBUMEN PHOTOGRAPH. 349. Marriage Place of Ramona Tile - Roofed Adoda at Old Town
(n. p. (n. d.). Ca late 1860s / early 1870s. Rectangular creme-colored mount, square corners, no imprint. 4-1/2" x 7". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More about CABINET CARD ALBUMEN PHOTOGRAPH. NORTHERN CHEYENNE WIGWAMS.; "An Indian Camp in California....
Los Angeles: Garden City Foto Co., (n. d.). Ca 1900? Company stamp, in pink, to verso. Image shows the house then present at this LA location. 5-3/16" x 8-3/8". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More about CABINET CARD ALBUMEN PHOTOGRAPH. No. 220. Cor. Figueroa and Jefferson Sts. Winter Scene, Los...
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 about The GOLD DUST TWINS At Work and Play.; As Sketched by the Famous Artist E. W. Kemble
New York: Geographia Map Co. Ca 1940s. Single sheet, printed in colors, recto only, folded into 27 panels. Unfolded: 27" x 40-1/8". Folded: 9-1/2" x 7/8". Housed in publisher purple & yellow paper portfolio. Map shows postal zones, main auto routes, railroads, and motor coach and street railway lines. Also... More about The PREMIER STREET MAP Of OAKLAND And Vicinity, Featuring Transit Lines and House Numbers
San Francisco: Published by Fred B. Bain Inc, (1920). 1st printing (presumed). Single sheet of stiff stock, folded 3x for 6 panels, printed both sides, with map side have a rivet-mounted 6-7/8" central pointer as the "Patent Indicatior". 4 outer panels with Street names corresponding to pointer segments. One outer... More about E-Z GUIDE MAP Of OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA With Patent Indicatior.; Shows at a glance the exact...
San Francisco: 1887. A fill-in-the-blanks job-printed receipt for this California publisher, detailing layaway terms. Verso with blanks to record customer's payment record. 3-7/8" x 10". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. One Francis Cutting has deposited One Dollar, as of February 19, 1887, towards purchase of "1 Set Dickens"... More about LAYAWAY PURCHASE RECEIPT. P. F. Collier, Publisher, 14 Dupont Street, San Francisco. 2. 19 . 1887
Manchester, N. H. J. T. Langley, (n. d.). Ca early 1870s. Elaborate photograper imprint, in gold, to card verso. 6-1/2" x 4-1/8". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. "Thornton was an officer in the United States Navy during the American Civil War. In August 1862, he assumed command of... More about CABINET CARD ALBUMEN PHOTOGRAPH
(n. p.): 1911. 1st Printing. SIGNED by 18 of the dinner attendees, including Baxter. Unpaginated, though 4 pages. Dinner menu printed p. 3, other pages blank. Photographic b/w image of Baxter, in uniform, to front cover. 8-1/2" x 6-1/2". Printed stiff card stock covers, gold cord tie. Baxter a Naval... More about DINNER In HONOUR Of WILLIAM JOSEPH BAXTER • Naval Constructor • United States Navy; Tendered...
San Francisco: 1904. Unsigned. Single sheet, letterhed printed at top. 19 lines, double-spaced. ~ 200 words. Text concludes mid-sentence, implying a second sheet present at one time. Woodcut graphic, to left, depicting the firm's building [which was destroyed in the 1906 fire]. 10-3/4" x 8-1/4". Now housed in an archival... More about PAYOT, UPHAM & CO. Established 1854. Stationers, Booksellers, Engravers, Printers,...
London: T. C. & E. C. Jack, 1902. 1st edition thus, i.e., by this publisher. Cf. NCBEL III, 829. xv, [1 (blank)], 504 pp (including Index). Profusely illustrated. Crown 8vo. Original publisher's red cloth binding with gilt stamping. More about CHARLES DICKENS. His Life, Writings, and Personality
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1952. 1st Edition. 2 volumes (xxii, 585, xlvii; viii, [586] - 1159, [9], lxix - cxcvii pp). Illustrated. 8vo. Grey cloth bindings. Maroon topstain. Grey dust jackets. Maroon publisher's box. The most scholarly biography to-date. Somewhat uncommon in the first edition, as the title was also issued by the BOMC. More about CHARLES DICKENS His Tragedy and Triumph
[San Leandro ?]: 1912. 1st printing (presumed). Broadside. Lower left corner with the printed note: "Dutton Manor Addition is a subdivision into lots of a part of the property described in the deed from Mrs. Anna Rogers to W. H. L. Hynes and Oliver D. Hamlin, dated June 18, 1912... More about MAP Of DUTTON MANOR ADDITION Alameda Co., Cal. 1912. Scale: 100 ft = 1 inch
[New York]: [1917]. Ca 1917. SIGNED by the artist. Broadside. Image depicts a dancing clown, against a blue nightime background filled with stars. Image: 11-1/2" x 8-1/2". Board: 14-3/8" x 11". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Steele a free-lance illustrator who is best known for his magazine work... More about ORIGINAL COVER COLOR ARTWORK. Collier's The National Weekly. The Madness of May
