London. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, Paernoster-Row. 1811. The Second Edition. (Stated). Two vol., [xii] 261; [4] 215 pp. 8vo, 6-1/2" x 4-1/4". Half red morocco, marbled paper covered boards, back strip stamped in gilt, all edges speckled red, marbled end papers. More
Chicago and New York: Herbert S. Stone, 1900. First Edition. [viii] 218 [4 ads] pp. Title printed in red and black within decorative border, numerous b/w plates. 8vo., 6-1/4" x 4-1/2" Publisher's yellow buckram with rules and lettering in dark blue, floral decoration on light blue ground to upper board... More
[San Francisco]: Calhoun, Printer. 1860. 1st Printing. Broadside leaflet. 7-3/8" x 4" Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. The headline production presumed to be inspired by Mrs Hofland's 1842 novel, "The CZARINA: An Historical Romance of the Court of Russia." A scarce early San Francisco playbill for the Lyceum Theatre... More
London: E. Rimmel, [1874]. 1st printing (presumed). Bolton, BL no. 25. Single leaf folded vertically to form (4) pp. Elaborate pictorial title-page. Folded: 9-3/8" x 7-5/8" Printed self wrappers. The Gaiety Theatre, The Strand, London, was where Dickens saw his last play in 1869. This production of The Battle of... More
(n. p.): 1879. 1st printing (presumed). Broadside on thin peach colored paper. 11-1/4" x 5" Printed self wrappers. A "programme" for a reception of dramatic scenes from "Old Curiosity Shop", "David Copperfield" and Mr. Pickwick. Very scarce indeed, no library holdings found. More
Boston: Loring, Publisher, (n. d.). Reprint (1870), BAL 1, 158. 148 pp. 4 plates including frontis. 8vo, 6-3/4" x 4-1/2". Publisher's green peppled cloth, stamped in gilt to upper board and back strip, brown endpapers. More
London, New York: William Heinemann, Doubleday, Page & Co., 1908. First Trade Edition. [i-vi] 1-134 pp. 40 color plates mounted on tan paper with captioned tissue-guards, and numerous drawings in b/w. 4to. 10" x 7-1/2" Original tan cloth with gilt-pictorial and lettering to upper board, gilt lettering to backstrip. One... More
[San Francisco]: Published by James Delkin. Printed at the Grabhorn Press. 1941. 1st Edition (Kherdian 26; Magee 364). 500 cc. INSCRIBED PRESENTATION copy, SIGNED by Saroyan: "To P. K. From Bill Saroyan" [P. J. Tomajan, fellow Armenian-American author]. [20] pp. 6 pages of prefatory text by Saroyan. 30 Color illustrations... More
New York, Toronto, London, Sydney: McGraw-Hill Book Company, (1966). First Edition, Second Printing (so stated). xvi, 351 pp. 12 b/w illustrations and 2 maps. 8vo., 8-1/2" x 5-3/4" Quarter blue cloth and light blue paper boards with Philip IV Coat of Arms stamped in blind to upper board, lettering in... More
New York: George Lane, for the Methodist Episcopal Church, at the Conference Office. 1840. Revised, Enlarged, and an Index Added. 326 pp. Engraved frontisportrait, with tissue guard. 8vo., 7-3/8" x 4-5/8" Contemporaneous mottled calf, backstrip with gilt rules and a red title label, lettered in gilt. More
New York: Zamani Productions, (1981). 1st Printing. Unpaginated, though 36 pages. Black & white drawings by Tom Feelings. Oblong format: 5-1/2" x 8-1/2". Black paper covers with white lettering, stapled. More
Hialeah, Florida: Gary Brown, 1970. 1st Printing. 40 pages, including wrappers. Illustrated. 11" x 8-1/2". Printed white card-stock paper wrappers, stapled. This magazine of comic art published by Brown in only two issues, the first being 4 years prior, in 1966. Of limited distribution, the two issues now quite uncommon... More
Mountain View, California: Pacific Press Publishing Association, (1972). 1st Printing. 64 pp. Illustrations by Howard Larkin. 12mo. 7-1/2" x 4-3/4". Color printed white glossy paper wrappers, stapled. More
Mountain View, California: Pacific Press Publishing Association, (1973). 1st Printing. 64 pp. Illustrations by Howard Larkin. 12mo. 7-1/2" x 4-3/4". Color printed white glossy paper wrappers, stapled. More
Boston: 1879. 1st printing (presumed). Single sheet folded once to make four pages. Engraved headpiece, and small engravings in text for ads. 11-7/8" x 9". Printed self wrappers. Apparently this play a crowd favorite at the Boston Museum, for Bolton records earlier performances in 1877 & 1878 [cf. CH 80 & 83]. More
[New York]: J. C. Foreman, 1879. 1st printing (presumed). Single sheet folded once to make four pages. Engraved headpiece, and small engravings in text for ads. 14-1/4" x 10-3/4" Self wrappers. Playbill for an early American performance of "Engaged" during the successful Poole & Donnelly era at the Grand Opera... More
[San Francisco]: [Herald Steam Presses], 1854. 1st printing (presumed), ca 1854. Single sheet folded once to make four pages (verso blank), Unfolded: 18-7/8" x 11-3/4" Self wrappers. A scarce (only other known copy at UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library) playbill from the early days of theatre in San Francisco, with numerous... More
[Boston?]: 1871. 1st printing (presumed), ca 1870. Single sheet folded once to form four pages. Engraved borderds and illustrations in text. Folded: 10-1/4" x 6-9/16" Self wrappers. A playbill for a production of "No Thoroughfare" at the Boston Theatre, with Charles Fechter playing the role of Jules Obenreizer, and Carlotta... More
Mexico: Geminis, 1944. 1st Edition. 133, [7] pp. 7-5/8" x 5-7/8". White paper wrappers, printed in red & black. More
New Haven and London: Yale University Press, (1985). First Edition. xiv, 205 pp. B/w frontispiece 8vo., 9-1/2" x 6-1/2" Full lavender cloth stamped in gilt to backstrip, and original pictorial dust jacket. More
New York: Scribner, (1999). 480 pp. B/w illustrations. 8vo., 9-1/2" x 6-1/2" Quarter green cloth and teal paper covered boards, original pictorial dust jacket. More
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Boston: Boston Job Print, Alden Street, (n. d.). 1st printing (presumed), ca 1880. Not found in Bolton. Single sheet broadside, 10-1/4" x 4-3/8", 17 lines of text. A playbill advertising LeMoyne & "His Celebrated Company", with "the entire Company in both Pieces." as appearing at Bangor Maine's famed Norembega Hall... More
New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, (1992). 1st Edition. xxiii, 495; xvii, 656 pp. Illustrated. 8vo., 9-1/2" x 6-1/4" Full yellow cloth stamped in black to backstrip, original pictorial dust jackets. More
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1968. 1st edition. ix, [3], 109, [1 (blank)] pp. B/w frontis. 9-1/2" x 6-1/4". Navy cloth binding, gilt printed lettering to spine. Lavender DJ with navy lettering printed to spine and cover. More
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1991. 1st Edition. xv, [1 (blank)], 581, [1 (blank)] pp (including Index). Illustrated. 8vo. Blue cloth binding. Red dust jacket. More
