San Francisco: The Porpoise Bookshop, [1957]. 1st Printing. One sheet, printed recto only, folded thrice, to fit the printed envelope. Sheet: 11" x 8-1/4". Folded: 5-3/8" x 3-1/8". Envelope: 3-1/3" x 6" A scarce order blank of new publications issued by this iconic mid-20th C San Francisco bookseller & printer... More
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1939. 1st edition. xiii, [1 (blank)], 308, [4] pp (including Index). 8vo. Blue cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to spine. Brown & yellow dust jacket. More
London: Dryden Press: J. Davy & Sons, 1883. 1st Printing. 132 pp. 8vo. Modern leather spine over the original brick-red cloth boards. Gilt stamped title lettering to spine. Patterned paper eps. More
New Haven: Yale University Library, 1980. 1st edition. 570 pp (including Index). Frontis. 8vo. Green cloth binding. Paper spine label. Issued w/o dj. Essential to any collector, or seller, of Dickens works. More
New York: William T. Comstock, (n. d.). Circa 1910. Bifolium, 4 full pages of text; single sheet, printed both recto and verso. ~9-1/2" x 6"; 9-3/8" x 5-5/8". White/tan paper, black printing. Two promotional lists of Comstock's latest publications of practical/technical works. More
Berkeley: Peter Koch, Printer, 2000. 1st Printing. Unpaginated, though 8 pages. Printers device to p. 8. 10-5/8" x 7-1/2". Self-wrappers, nested. Issued while Peter was in the midst of publishing Parmenides, includes a short history of his business as well as the price list for works still in print & available. More
Nieuwkoop: B. de Graaf, 1964. 1st edition thus, a facsimile with introductory text. 15, [3], [60 (facsimile)] pp. 8vo. 8-5/8" x 5-3/4". Blue paper wrappers with printed white paper title label to front wrapper. More
London: Messrs. Gadsden, Ellis & Co. 1873. 99 pp. + 8 pp. price list. 11 b/w lithograph plates by J. & R. Burt, including one fold-out plate. 11" x 7-1/4". Original stiff grey-green wrappers bound in half straight-grained burgundy morocco over marbled boards, with printed price list in plain blue... More
London: Printed by William Clowes and Sons, Limited. 1917. 1st Printing. 128 pp. Illustrated with plates, including 2 fold-outs. 8vo. Modern green half-cloth over green paper boards. Typed paper title label to spine. More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989. 1st Edition. xix, [1 (blank)], 296, [2 (blank)] pp (including Index). Profusely illustrated, with a few in color. Small Folio. 11-7/8" x 8-3/8". Original publisher's brown cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering. Printed buff paper dust jacket. More
![IT IS OUR PLEASURE To MAKE KNOWN THAT From THIS DATE On ALL ORIGINAL MILLINERY CREATIONS Of LILLY DACHE CHAPEAUX ARE To BE FOUND ONLY At RANSOHOFFS. [An Announcement and an Invitation.]. Grabhorn Press / Ransohoff's, 1898 - 1989, Lilly - Milliner Daché.](/pictures/thumb/42624.jpg?v=1456617475)
[San Francisco]: [Grabhorn Press], (n. d.). Ca 1930. Two-fold announcement printed in black with silver and bronze logo to interior panel, tissue guard laid in. 9-1/4" x 6-1/4" (folded). Offwhite wove paper. Grabhorn Press printed a series of announcements and color advertisements for Ransohoff's luxury women's apparel store, located on... More
[San Francisco]: [Grabhorn Press], 1934. One-fold announcement printed in black and gold with a decorative pale mauve base. 9-5/16" x 6-3/8" (folded). Pale grey laid paper. Grabhorn Press printed a series of announcements and color advertisements for Ransohoff's luxury women's apparel store, located on Post Street in San Francisco, beginning... More
[San Francisco]: [Grabhorn Press], 1935. One-fold announcement printed in bronze with decorative half-border. 9-1/2" x 6-1/4" (folded). Green paper. Grabhorn Press printed a series of announcements and color advertisements for Ransohoff's luxury women's apparel store, located on Post Street in San Francisco, beginning in the mid-1920s (Heller and Magee). This... More
[San Francisco]: [Grabhorn Press], 1929. One-fold invitation with printed color floral illustration to front. 9-1/2" x 6-1/4" (folded). Cream laid paper. Grabhorn Press printed a series of announcements and color advertisements for Ransohoff's luxury women's apparel store, located on Post Street in San Francisco, beginning in the mid-1920s (Heller and... More
London: Hafner, 1963. 1st edition. xv, [1 (blank)], 307, [1 (blank)] pp (including index). Color frontis of divers marbled paper samples. Illustrated with drawings throughout text. Suite of plates at rear. 8vo. Blue cloth. Dust jacket. More
![In 1848 FASHION WAS As NEW In ITS WAY . . . As FASHION IS At RANSOHOFFS TODAY! [Fall Fashions, 1948.]. Grabhorn Press / Ransohoff's.](/pictures/thumb/42607.jpg?v=1456617474)
[San Francisco]: [Grabhorn Press], 1948. Two-fold invitation (4 pgs) printed in green and brown. Brown illustration of a Victorian couple, with green text printed on their clothing. 9-3/4" x 6-1/2" (folded). Cream wove paper. Grabhorn Press printed a series of announcements and color advertisements for Ransohoff's luxury women's apparel store... More
Padova: Nel Seminario, 1809. 1st Edition. xii, 1 - 66, [4], 69 - 275, [1 (colophon)] pp. Copperplate frontis of 'Giannantonio Volpi'. T.p. copperplate vignette. Divisional t.p. with copperplate vignette. Inserted copperplate facing p. 16. 8vo. 8-1/4" x 5-1/2". Period half leather binding with marbled paper boards. Speckled edges. Volpi... More
Montague Mass. The Montague Press, 1913. 1st Printing. Not found in Walker. 7, [1 (colophon)] pp. Red typographical headpiece. 8-1/4" x 5-1/4". Printed, in red, grey paper wrappers, sewn. Before he started his 30-year career as printer for the Yale University Press, Rollins was an active citizen of the town of... More
![CALIFORNIA PRINTING. A Selected List of Books Which are Significant or Representative of a California Style of Printing. Part One [1838 - 1890]. Part Two [1890 - 1925]. Part Three [1925 - 1970]. Printing.](/pictures/thumb/42558.jpg?v=1455924040)
San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1980 - 1984 - 1987. 1st printing(s). 33, [7]; 34, [6]; 55, [3] pp. Illustrated. 4to. Printed paper wrappers. More
(n. p.): Between Hours Press, 1955. 1st printing. Number 39 of 85 copies. 4 pp. Printed by hand at the Bewteen Hours Press One red wood engraving. Oblong format. 3-1/4" x 3-3/4". Blue paper wrappers, sewn, with red book label to front wrapper. This copy of Happy Birthday Bruce Rogers... More
London: Bradbury & Evans, [1848]. 1st printing thus. Unpaginated, though 8 pages. Printed on green paper. "Goldsmith" with a bust of the subject; p. 2 with wood engraving from "Goldsmith"; p. 4 with cut from "Comic History of England"; other cuts pp 5 - 7. 8-13/16" x 5-5/8". Printed self-wrappers... More
Milford: 1881. 1st Edition. xiii, [3], 84, [2 (blank)] pp. 8vo. 7-3/4" x 4-3/4". Original publisher's brown cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to front board. Rare 19th C. catalogue from this small town free library, which was formed in 1868; OCLC records no holdings of this edition, noting... More
Metuchen, N.J. & London: The Scarecrow Press, Inc. 1979. 1st edition. 674, [6 (blank)] pp. 8-3/4" x 5-7/8". Pale yellow cloth binding, brown lettering stamped to spine and front board. More
New Castle: Oak Knoll Press, 2002. 2nd edition, revised & expanded. xxxii, 363 pp (including Index). Profusely illustrated. 4to. Blue cloth binding. Dust jacket. More
San Francisco: Gelber, Lilienthal Inc. (n. d.). 1st Printing. Broadside, printed in red & black ink. Wood engraving of a scribe at top. "In 1924, antiquarian Leon Gelber joined with businessman Theodore Max Lilienthal to establish the Gelber-Lilienthal Book Shop at 336 Sutter Street in San Francisco. As recalled by... More
