[Oakland, Calif]: Published by Gagan & Fairchild, 1874. 1st printing. 4 pages, 8 columns. Adverts illustrated with cuts. 23" x 18". Printed self-wrappers. Now backed by cardboard, and shrink-wrapped. The lead story in column One is "The New Laws. A List of Thirty-nine Acts which have Gone into Effect." Great resource..... More
Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1912. Later printing, first published in 1907. Cf. Weber, p. 52 [for a 1927 edition]. 100, [4 (blank)] pp. With 35 illustrations from photographs. Oblong format: 8" x 10-7/8". Brown cloth binding with photographic onlay to front board; black stamped title lettering. Per Weber..... More
Baltimore, Md: J. C. Fuller & Co. Lith of Major & Knapp, 449 Broadway, New York, 1865. 1st Printing. Broadside, 3 column. Line Officers, Companies A - E, to left; Field & Staff Officers, as well as Non-Commissioned Staff in center; Line Officers, Companies F - K, to right. Wood..... More
[Seattle ?]: Alaska Steamship Co., The Alaska Line. Printed by Frank McCaffrey. (n. d.). 11 pages of text at front, followed by 13 pages of lined paper[unused], bracketed at top & bottom with b/w images of Alaskan scenery. Fold out map [4-1/4" x 22-1/8"], printed both sides, at rear. Diameter..... More
[San Francisco ?]: (n. d.). 1st printing (presumed), ca 1900 (?). 8 leaves, with images center mounted, with tissue guard & glue/glitter 3-D border. P. 1 with fern leaves as a surrounding decoration. Black & white images, 9 total, ~ 3-1/4" x 5-1/2". Most, but not all, captioned. Album: 5-3/8"..... More
New York: The Albertype Co., (1889). 1st Printing thus. 2 leaves of text [title leaf & folling page giving history of the park]. 36 leaves of b/w images, all captioned underneath. Oblong format: 5-1/8" x 7-1/4". Grey cloth covers, stamped in black & gilt, tan cord 3-hole tie. View include..... More
Louisville, Kentucky: [1934]. 1st printing (presumed). 32 pp. Illustrated with diagrams, drawings & from b/w photographs. 16mo. 6-1/8" x 3-7/16". Glossy white paper covers, printed in black & yellow, stapled. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Sisler, nicknamed "Gorgeous George", was an American professional baseball first baseman and player-manager..... More
[San Francisco]: (n. d.). Ca 1970s. Unpaginated, though 4 pages. Pp 2 & 3, drink menu. P. 4, menu for "The Black Sea Restaurant Kitchen at Keystone Korner." Added, at bottom, in blue ink: "11. Carrot Cake 1.00" Black & white image of jazz saxophonist to p. 1. 11" x...... More
[San Francisco]: [1939]. Ca 1939 / 1940. Single sheet, of card stock, printed recto only, in blue ink. Image of the restaurant at top of the menu. 7" x 5-5/8" [scant]. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. The "Gayway" a 40-acre midway at the Golden Gate International Exhibition [GGIE]..... More
New York: Wm. C. Bryant & Co., Printers, 41 Nassau St., Cor. Liberty, 1861. 1st Printing. 43, [1] pp. 8-7/8" x 5-3/4". Original publisher's printed paper self-wrappers, sewn. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. From Bellow's Preface, "The efficient aid rendered our Commission by the Woman's Central Association of..... More
Oakland: Grant D. Miller Mortuaries, (1942). 1st edition. 119, [1] pp. Illustrated. 8vo. 22cm x 14.5cm. Blue cloth spine over pale blue paper-wrapped boards. Map eps. No dust jacket. More
New York and London: The Studio Publications, Inc., in Association with Thomas Y. Crowell Company, (1958). 1st Edition. INSCRIBED & SIGNED by Kingman & Gruskin. 136 pp. Profusely illustrated with b/w images, and few color. 8vo. White linen cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering. Dust jacket. More
Newport, Ark. Published by Suggin Productions, 1974. 1st Edition. 163, [3] pp. Text printed in script. Illustrated with drawings. 8-1/8" x 8-5/8". Spiral bound, with glossy red paper covers. "Who, what, were, are Suggins? Suggins were early settlers in Northeast Arkansas." [Foreword]. More
(n.p.): (n.d.). c. 1940s. Bifolium. Illustrated upper wrapper. 11-1/2" x 9". Off white paper self wrappers, printed in brown now housed in a mylar sleeve. More
(n.p.). 1913. 1st Printing. Broadside. Small vignette in red to head. 6-1/4" x 3-3/4" Off white card stock, letter pressed printed. Now housed in a mylar sleeve. More
(n.d.). 1934. 1st Printing. 8 pp. unnumbered. Small vignette to upper wrapper, one leaf with an illustration titled "Cathédrale de Strasbourg" and another leaf with an illustration titled "Vendanges en Alsace". 8-1/2" x 5". Thin, white card stock wrappers, upper wrapper printed in black with two lines cutting diagonally across..... More
(n.p.): c. 1940s. 1st Printing. Printed bifolium. Illustration of a man and women seated at a table with a violinist standing next to them (recto). Illustration of the building (verso). 9" x 6-1/4". White paper, self wrappers. Illustrations printed in black. Menu items printed in red and black. Now housed..... More
(n.p.). 1903. 1st Printing. Broadside. Small vignette stamped to head in blue ink. 7-5/8" x 4-1/2" White card stock, menu items printed in black, "Metropolitan Hotel - Washington, D.C." printed in a more decorative type. Now housed in a mylar sleeve. More
Oakland: Pacific Press, Twelfth and Castro Streets. 1879. 1st edition (Cowan, p. 325; Howes K-60). Not in Sabin. 46, [2 (blank)] pp. 12mo. 6-11/16" x 4-1/2". Buff printed wrappers. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. According to RBH, only one copy has come to market in recent history, fetching..... More
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(n. p.): (n. d.). Ca later 1800s. Black & white albumen photograph mounted to card stock, printed name underneath photo. Without photographer credit. 4" x 2-3/8". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Dickenson "an American orator and lecturer. An advocate for the abolition of slavery and for women's rights..... More
1898. Commercial diary, beginning with 16 printed pages, including an almanac calendar for the year, followed by pages of 'factoids', e.g., "States and Territories", "Value of Foreign Coins", etc. The followed by the diary portion [one page per day], memorandum pages, page for addresses [blank] & cash account pages [per..... More
(n.p.). (n.d.). 1st Printing. Broadside. Illustration of a front of a train to head. Approx: 20-3/4 x 6-1/2". Thick card stock, rounded head, printed in red, blue and black. Verso solid red. Now housed in a mylar sleeve. More
Danville, VA: 1918 - 1920. Unpaginated, though 200+ pp. Album filled with 150+ momentos, including calling cards, dance tickets, ribbons, patches, cigarette wrappers, gum wrappers, botanical samples, &c, &c. 7-1/8" x 4-3/4". Black half-calf binding over pebbled black cloth, marbled endpapers. This charming keepsake album documents not only the dating..... More
New York: Chas. D. Durkee & Co., (Incorporated.) Ship Stores and Chandlery, ... 2 & 3 South Street. Ca 1905 - 1907. Printed t.p. Volume unpaginated, though ~ 200 leaves [12 blank at rear]. Manuscript entries for every day, of varying length, in a 'matter of fact' style. We note..... More
San Francisco: Thomas Houseworth & Co., (n. d.). Ca mid-to-late 1870s. Two albumen photographs, mounted side-by-side, domed tops. Oblong format: 3-1/2" x 7". Orange colored mount, printed at bottom & both edges, slightly rounded edges. Verso blank. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
