Chicago: Lithographic Textbook Publishing Company, (1939). 1st edition, with erratum tipped in at rear. [6], [2] - 280, [2 (erratum)] pp. Tipped in advert sheet after prelims, one prior to p. 17, one prior to p. 53, one prior to p. 93, one prior to p. 113, one prior to... More
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1987. 1st edition. 1 of 1200 copies. Designed and printed at the Arion Press. 54 pp. Illustrated, with some color. 8vo. 24cm x 16.5cm. Pale blue dloth spine over brick-red paper-wrapped boards. Gilt decorated spine and panels. BCC Publication Number 185. More
Philadelphia: Manufacturers' Book Co. (1899). Not in Zinman, though see 1225 for an edition by another publisher. Specimen pages and plates. Broadside of volume descriptions, followed by lined, horizontally-oriented subscriber sheets [4 lines completed]. 8vo. Original green cloth binding with black, red, silver and gilt stamping. Spine design stamped to... More
(n. p.): The Historical Press, (1901). Zinman 469. Specimen pages and plates. Laid-in 4 page leaflet, "Instructions to Agents. How to Sell the Complete Life of President McKinleyu and Story of His Assassination. ... Call particular attention to the number and character of illustrations..." Half-broadside of volume description/prices, follows by... More
Chicago: The Dominion Co. (1897). Not in Zinman, though see 1158 for this title issued by another publisher. Specimen pages and plates, with note affixed prior to t.p., "Special Notice. Only part of the illustrations are shown in this prospectus. The full book will contain...." Volume description page followed by... More
Chicago: Union Publishing House, 1897. Not in Zinman, though see 982 for an 1892 edition. Presentation leaf. Specimen pages and plates. Testimonials. Half-broadside of volume descriptions (3 binding formats), followed by lined, horizontally-oriented subscriber sheets. 8vo. 8-1/8" x 5-1/2". Mustard cloth binding stamped in black. Blue speckled edges. Sample bindings to front & rear. More
Chicago: F. C. Smedley & Co. 1896. 1st printing thus. Not in Zinman. Specimen pages & plates. Testimonials. Volume description/price page. Lined horizontal subscription leaves. 8vo. 8" x 5-3/8". Original brown cloth binding with gilt & black stamping. Brown patterned paper eps. Spine panel replica to front eps. More
(n. p.): Edgewood Publishing Company, (1896). 1st printing thus. Zinman 1068. Specimen pages & plates. Volume description/price page. Subscription leaves. 8vo. Original blue cloth binding with dark blue & silver stamping. More
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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
Chicago: Wilmore Book and Bible Company, (1925). 1st printing thus. Not in Zinman, though see entry 199 for another by Universal Book & Bible House. Divers paginations. Lined subscriber pages at rear, oriented horizontally. Preceded by a publisher precis about the book, as well as pricing information for the two... More
[Boston]: Pomegranate Books, [1995]. 1st printing. #111 / 350 cc SIGNED by Gorey. Broadside. Color center image by Gorey, 7-1/2" x 10-1/8". 20-7/8" x 13". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
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
San Francisco: Fine Print, 1982. 45, [3] pp. 8-3/4" x 5-3/4". Stapled grey wrappers printed in yellow and darker grey. More
Boston: Little Brown, 1901. 1st edition. 415 pp (including index). 4 pp of publisher adverts at rear. Partially unopened. 12mo. 7-1/4" x 4-3/4". White faux-vellum lettered & decorated in gilt. TEG. More
[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
Berkeley, CA: Serendiptiy Books, 1578 Le Roy Avenue, (n. d.). 1st Printing, ca mid-1960s. 76 pp. 8vo. 8-5/16" x 5-5/16". White paper covers printed in black, stapled. 1800 entries, with the introductory note stating "books listed herein are in reasonable but not perfect alphabetical order." More
[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
[Berkeley, CA]: Serendiptiy Books, 1790 Shattuck Avenue, (n. d.). 1st Printing, ca early 1970s. [2], 40, [2 (blank)] pp. 8vo. 8-1/4" x 5-1/2". White paper covers printed in red & black, stapled. 538 entries. "This catalogue contains out-of-print literary criticism, including biography, bibliography, etymology, linguistics, classical studies, philology, edited texts... More
[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
[Berkeley, CA]: Serendiptiy Books, 1790 Shattuck Avenue, (n. d.). 1st Printing, ca mid 1970s. 113, [1 (blank)] pp. 8vo. 8-1/4" x 5-1/2". White paper covers printed in red & black, stapled. 999 entries, presented in Serendipity's typical minimalist format. More
London: The Waverly Book Co., Ltd. (n. d.). 1st printing. Ca 1900. Divers paginations. Illustrated with sample plates. 8vo. Green cloth binding, with sample binding styles in front & rear. A sample book for this subscriber edition of Dickens' works... "Taken as a whole, the Special Authorized Edition offers to... More
London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne: Cassell and Company, Limited, 1910. xliv, 283, [1] pp. Five b/w plates including frontispiece. 8vo. 9-1/8" x 6-1/8". Navy cloth stamped in gilt with gilt ornaments, t.e.g. More
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
Washington, D. C. U.S. Government Printing Office, 1941. 1st printing. 21, [1] pp. Five black and white images, including reproductions of Cherokee newspapers and Bible excerpts. 7" x 4-3/4". Stapled tan paper wrappers printed in black. More
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
