Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1898. 2nd edition, and 1st edition with this title (cf. Nevins II, p. 139). ix, [5], 210 pp (including Index). T.p. printed in red & black. Frontis + 2 inserted portrait plates. Sanitary Commission medallion to t.p. 12mo. 7-1/2" x 5". Original green cloth binding with gilt..... More
[New York]: The Lotos Club, 1920. 1st Printing. INSCRIBED PRESENTATION copy, given by Ade to Melville E. Stone, in July 1921. 62, [2] pp. 7-7/8" x 5-1/2". Light brown paper covers, printed in maroon to the front cover, yapp edges. "George Ade was an American writer, syndicated newspaper columnist, and..... More
Mexico: Impresa por Leandro J. Valdes, 1844. 2nd edition, corrected and enlarged. N.B. Sabin lists only the 4th and subsequent editions, cf Sabin 26466. [2], IV, [3] - 184 pp. Head- tailpieces. 2 plates. Numerous intratextual figures. Tables. 8vo. 8-1/4" x 5-1/2". Period full contemporary green & brown mottled Mexican..... More
Saint Louis: Published by The Sporting News. Publisher - C. C. Johnson Spink, (1976). 1st printing thus. 536 pp. Occaional illustration. 6-3/8" x 4-7/8". Blue, red & white paper covers. Front cover with b/w photographic images of Tom Seaver, Joe Morgan, Jim Palmer & Fred Lynn. More
[San Francisco]: [Exhibitors Art & Design Service, Inc.], [1939]. Six-panel brochure. Illustrated front panel. 4-1/2" x 2-1/2". Cream paper, blue/tan illustrated front panel, brown printed lettering. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Souvenir brochure from the 1939 GGIE. It is likely that it originally accompanied the Official Souvenir Silver..... More
[San Francisco]: Bohemian Club, 1942. 1st Printing. Unpaginated, though 12 pp. Color frontis by Ray Sullivan 8-1/2" x 5-1/2". Off-white textured paper covers, stapled. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
[San Francisco ?]: (n. d.). Ca 1915? Single sheet, black funeral border, printed recto only, 6 paragraphs. Graphic at top, depicting a funeral procession, signed [in the plate] "Blatchly". Line of 7 printed green owls; line of 9 printed red devils. 14-7/8" x 10-7/8". Folded, and housed in an archival..... More
San Francisco: Thomas Houseworth & Co., (1866). Ca 1870. Cf. Palmquist, p. 99. Square, separate images. 3-3/8" x 6-7/8". Orange colored mount [rounded corners], with publisher imprint to each end; scene caption under right view. Pale pink verso with publisher imprint, noting the award of the Bronze medal at the..... More
Hartford: Printed by Cae, Tiffany & Co., Pearl Street, 1842. Second Edition. Not in American Imprints. 144 pp. The OCLC entry for this volume notes an errata slip inserted between the title leaf & the beginning of the preface; not present in this copy, nor is there evidence of it..... More
1971. Included with the archive are 3 medals [in cases]: a Bronze Star, and 2 Air Force Commendation medals; as well as a plaque, "Order of Valiant Knight of Hardcore", this latter awarded for "examplary [sic] courage leadership and actions from 13 July 1965 through 3 July 1966." Approximately 20..... More
[Worcester, Massachusetts ?]: 1874. 1st printing presumed. 14 lines, printed recto only. 5-15/16" x 4-1/2". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
[San Francisco ?]: 1903. 1st Printing. Single sheet, printed recto only, 3 stanzas of poetry, 14 lines, printed in red ink. Wood engraving to left of sheet, musical score underneath. Oblong format: 7-3/8" x 9-1/8". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
[San Francisco]: The Bohemian Club, 1960. 1st Printing. Broadsheet, printed both sides. Large graphic to recto. 20-7/8" x 16-3/8" Stored folded, in an archival mylar sleeve. More
Minneapolis: Published by Fred P. Hutchinson, (1935). 1st printing thus. 96 pp. Illustrated with b/w player half-tone photographic images. 8-1/2" x 5-5/8". Paper covers, printed in shades of brown. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
McMinnville, Oregon: 1928. "Author's Edition", SIGNED by the Author on a preliminary blank. 251, [5 (blank)] pp. Frontispiece. 12mo. 7-5/8" x 5-1/4". Original mustard colored cloth binding stamped with red ink. Brown patterned paper eps. More
Philadelphia: Charles H. Clime, Artist and Photographer, North Broad Street, ca 1880s. The image depicts two male [college?] baseball players, one presumably a catcher who we see holding his chest protector, catcher's mitt, and a faceguard. The other player holds a baseball and a case that we posit is for..... More
Chicago: Published by The Hotel Monthly Press, (1930). 1st printing (Bitting, p. 433). x, [2], 260, [16] pp. General Index at rear. 8 pages of publisher adverts conclude volume. Frontispiece of the Earl of Sandwich. Illustrated with 41 inserted plates. 6-3/4" x 3-1/2". Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt..... More
Pittsfield, Mass: Cataract, Print, (n. d.). 1st printing, ca 1840s [per OCLC entry]. Not in the Harris Catalogue. Broadside, 16 4-line stanzas, printed in two columns, seperated by a vertical single rule. First line: "Poor Tom was a slave, on the brink of the grave." Border of typographical ornaments. 11-1/2"..... More
Philadelphia: Perkinpine & Higgins, No. 56 North Fourth Street, 1859. 1st Edition. xii, [13] - 251, [3 (blank)] pp. 12mo. 7-3/8" x 4-3/4". Original publisher's brown cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering to spine & boards blocked in blind. Yellow eps. A penciled note on the ffep states this copy..... More
Saint Louis: Published by Charles C. Spink & Son, (1955). 1st printing thus. 544 pp. The occasional b/w photographic image. 12mo. 6-5/8" x 4-15/16". Blue, red & white paper covers. More
Saint Louis: Published by Charles C. Spink & Son, (1952). 1st printing thus. 589, [19] pp. The occasional b/w photographic image. 12mo. 6-3/4" x 4-7/8". Blue, red & white paper covers. Drawing of Stan Musial to front cover. More
Saint Louis: Published by Charles C. Spink & Son, (1964). 1st printing thus. 448 pp. Occaional illustration. 6-1/2" x 4-7/8". Blue, red & white paper covers. Front cover with drawing by Amadee. More
Saint Louis: Published by The Sporting News. Publisher - C. C. Johnson Spink, (1968). 1st printing thus. 517, [11] pp. Occaional illustration. 6-1/2" x 4-7/8". Blue, red & white paper covers. Front cover with b/w photographic images of Orlando Cepeda, Carl Yastrzemski, Mike McCormick, Jim Lonborg. More
Saint Louis: Published by The Sporting News. Publisher - C. C. Johnson Spink, (1978). 1st printing thus. 608 pp. Occaional illustrations. 6-3/8" x 4-13/16". Blue, red & white paper covers. Front cover with drawings of George Foster, Rod Carew, Nolan Ryan & Steve Carlton. More
Saint Louis: Published by The Sporting News. Publisher - C. C. Johnson Spink, (1973). 1st printing thus. 584 pp. Occaional illustrations. 6-1/2" x 4-7/8". Blue, red & white paper covers. Front cover with drawings of Steve Carlton, Johnny Bench, Richie Allen & Gaylord Perry. More
