Philadelphia: Universal Book and Bible House, (1914). 1st printing thus. Zinman a541/1027. Specimen pages, plates, and spine/front cover samples, with the two titles bound dos-a-dos. Subscriber sheets at end of each text. Illustrated with maps & from photographs, some color. 8vo. Original red cloth binding. More about The STORY Of MEXICO. A Land of Conquest and Revolution. [with] The STORY Of The PANAMA CANAL

London: Published by F. Warne & Co., (n. d.). Ca 1888 - 1889. Single sheet, printed recto only. The main part of the item provides a two dimensional, color-printed view [spine & front board] of the volume's binding. Above & below are found the publisher and binder credits, repectively. 9-1/8" x 6-3/4" More about ON DUTY. Bound by George Simpson & Co

[Berkeley, CA]: Serendiptiy Books, 1790 Shattuck Avenue, (n. d.). 1st Printing, ca early 1980s. Unpaginated, though 65 pp [including inner rear cover]. 8vo. 10" x 7". White paper covers printed in red & black. 501 entries, from Abbott's FLATLAND to a number of Virginia Woolf items. More about SERENDIPITY BOOKS. Catalogue 44. Nineteenth & Twentieth Century Literature

[Berkeley, CA]: Serendiptiy Books, 1790 Shattuck Avenue, (n. d.). 1st Printing, ca early 1970s. 77, [3 (blank)] pp. 8vo. 8-5/16" x 5-5/16". White paper covers printed in red & black, stapled. 643 entries, beginning with Abrahams (William) and concluding with Zukofsky (Louis). More about SERENDIPITY BOOKS. Catalogue 26. Modern Literature

[Berkeley, CA]: Serendiptiy Books, 1790 Shattuck Avenue, (n. d.). 1st Printing, ca mid 1970s. 33 pp [including inner rear cover]. 8vo. 8-1/2" x 5-1/2". White paper covers printed in red & black, stapled. 266 entries, concluding with a multi-volume lot of B. Traven material, the entire catalogue presented in Serendipity's typical minimalist format. More about SERENDIPITY BOOKS. Catalogue 30. Modern Literature

New York: 1949. 1st printing. 8 pages. Front wrapper with cut depicting the base of a big tree. 8vo. 8-3/4" x 5-7/8". Printed green paper wrappers, stapled. The catalogue lists 60 items, with the first item, from 1839, Zenas Leonard's Narrative, the most costly, $2000. A *real* bargain today.Uncommon catalogue... More about A CATALOGUE Of BOOKS, PAMPHLETS & BROADSIDES, PRINTS, PAINTINGS & PHOTOGRAPHS PERTAINING...

Oxford: Published by Christopher Clarkson, 2005. 2nd Edition, with an Introduction and Corrections. xii, [2 (blank)], 23, [3 (blank)] pp. Illustrated with drawings. 8vo. 9-7/8" x 6-1/2". Printed paper wrappers. More about LIMP VELLUM BINDING. And Its Potential as a Conservation Type Structure for the Rebinding of...

[San Francisco]: The Book Club of California, (1947). Limited edition of 750 copies. 12 folders, most having 2 pgs of printed text. Folders: 10" x 6-3/4". Slipcase: 10-1/2" x 7-1/4". Most folders a single sheet folded twice; one sewn self-wrappers. In blue chemise and quarter-leather blue slipcase. No. 11 of... More about The CALIFORNIA POETRY FOLIOS

[Palo Alto CA]: Stanford University Library, 1954. 1st edition. Ltd to 500cc. Presentation copy. 23 pp, illustrated, 8vo. Salmon-colored paper-wrapped boards with paper label on front board. An exhibition at Stanford 11/7/54 - 12/11/54, primarily from the collection of Albert Sperisen. This copy inscribed by J. Terry Bender, the Special... More about ERIC GILL 1882 - 1940.; With an Introduction by Evan R. Gill

San Francisco: The Book Club of California, (2001). 30, [2] pp. Printed Publication Committee letter laid in. Color photographic images. 10" x 8-1/4". Wrappers printed in patterned pink and black with blue printed band, lettered in white and black. A catalogue from an exhibition at The Book Club of California, Jan. 10 - Feb. 26, 2001. More about FINE HAND BOOKBINDINGS For BOOK CLUB Of CALIFORNIA PUBLICATIONS. Keepsake for 2001

San Francisco: The Book Club of California, (1997). 13 folders, some three-panel. Tipped-in color and b/w photographic images, printed b/w images. 10-1/4" x 8-1/8". Tan paper portfolio printed in black, cardstock folders laid in. More about TWELVE TREASURES From The LIBRARY Of The BOOK CLUB Of CALIFORNIA. The 1997 Keepsake

San Francisco: Grabhorn Press, 1937. 1st revised and extended edition. One of 600 copies printed in July 1937. [13], 299, [2 (blank)] pp. Intratextual illustrations. 9-3/4" 6-1/2". Salmon cloth binding with title label pasted to spine. Gilt printed lettering to title label. Signed by "J. R. Knowland" -- Joseph Russell... More about The PLAINS And The ROCKIES. A Bibliography of Original Narratives of Travel and Adventure 1800 -...