An EDITOR On The COMSTOCK LODE.; Foreword by Ella Bishop Drury.
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, (1936). 1st edition. xx, 343, [5 (blank)] pp. Illustrated from photographs. 8vo. Hardback. Dust jacket. More
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, (1936). 1st edition. xx, 343, [5 (blank)] pp. Illustrated from photographs. 8vo. Hardback. Dust jacket. More
Lancaster, PA: Steinman & Hensel, 1886. 1st edition. 108 pp. 8vo. Original green printed wrappers, sewn. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. More
Stillwater, OK: Redlands Press, 1956. 1st edition. 11 pp. 6" x 4 1/4". White wrappers, stapled. Printed paper label on front cover. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. More
[Park Hill, I.T.]: [Mission Press], (n.d.). Cf. Pilling 1214. 24 pp. 12mo. One sheet, folded [uncut & untrimmed]. Stapled along spine [done post-1870s]. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. More
Boston: E. Lincoln, 1806. 1st ed (Field 482; Sabin 21789). 36 pp. 23 x 15 cm. Grey wrappers, lacking front. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. More
Boston: E. Lincoln, 1806. 1st ed (Field 482; Sabin 21789). 36 pp. 19.5 x 12.5 cm. Disbound, lacks wrappers. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. More
[Washington]: (n. d.). 20 pp. 16 x 9-1/4 cm. Self-wrappers. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. More
(n. p.): Cooper Medical College, 1900. 1st ed (Cowan '33, p. 193). 30 pp. Frontis + 15 illustrations, from photographs, of The Spring Valley Water Works. 5" x 7 5/8". Buff printed wrappers, stapled. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. Fairly uncommon pamphlet, and quite useful to the..... More
[Providence ?]: Miller & Hutchens, Printers. [1821]. 1st Printing. Single sheet, ~ 44 lines of text. Typographical border. 13-1/4" x 8-1/4" Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. "Brown University is a private Ivy League research university in Providence, Rhode Island. Brown is the seventh-oldest institution of higher education in..... More
Franklin [N.H. ?]: 1847. Single sheet broadside, typographical border, 17 lines of text. 17-3/8" x 14-5/8". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. The broadside continues: "Also, All kinds of Imported and Domestic Liquors. Also, A large Stock of West India Goods & Groceries, of the best quality, for sale..... More
[New York]: 1923. 1st Printing. SIGNED by Butler. Broadside, with a 'plate' impression applied. Image of Butler, with menu listed underneath. Horizontal orientation: 13" x 17-7/8". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. "Nicholas Murray Butler was an American philosopher, diplomat, and educator. Butler was president of Columbia University [1902..... More
[Berkeley?]: (n. d.). 1st printing, ca 2016 - 2017. Illustrated with a drawing of two young people, on left, a girl with her skirt raised, with a young man to her right, fixated on the sight revealed. "VS" monogram in lower right. Underneath a montage of bananas & oranges, evoking..... More
New York: New York Weekly Tribune, 1849. 1st printing thus. Unpaginated, though 8 pages. Elephant folio: 21-1/4" x 16" The first article on California "communicated for the Tribune", originating in 'Camp, Buffalo Deer Creek, 90 West of Ft. Laramie, on the Platte River, July 3, 1849', where the piece concludes..... More
(n. p.): (1862). 1st printing presumed. Single sheet lithograph, printed recto only. Image size: 10-1/2" x 17-5/8". Entire: 14" x 19-5/8" The lithograph shows the Monitor and the Merrimack firing at each other during their historically important battle of 9 March 1862, with other named ships [Cumberland -- Newport News..... More
San Francisco: 101 Productions, (1969). 1st Printing. Envelope: 15-1/8" x 10-3/8" Illustrated brown envelope containing all pieces as called for in the instructions, including the flagpole. Rear of envelope contains a description of the importance of the Old Plaza Firehouse in Los Angeles, California, and the efforts to restore it..... More
(n. p.): (1881). 1st edition. Broadside, printed recto only. Large engraving by William R. Fish of Boston of the hotel and grounds. Caption reads: "Note: The Manager very reluctantly issues this Picture of Oakland Beach, it is so unlike pictures generally in flattering a place, for in this case instead..... More
San Francisco: 1886. 1st printing. 40 pp. Text in quadruple columns. Adverts throughtout, some adorned with cuts. Illustated with many wood engravings, e.g., p. 1 with a 6-1/2" x 4-1/2" depiction of "Residence of U. S. Senator Leland Stanford; (West View). Palo Alto, Santa Clara County." Folio. 15-3/4" x 11-1/4"..... More
San Francisco: 1884. 1st printing. 16 pp. Text in quadruple columns. Adverts throughtout, some adorned with cuts. Illustated with many wood engravings, e.g., p. 1 with a 6-1/2" x 4-1/2" depiction of "Early Spring in the Sierra." Folio. 15-3/4" x 11-1/4". Self-wrappers, stapled. A wonderfully rich, & now quick scarce..... More
San Francisco: 1884. 1st printing. 32 pp. Text in quadruple columns. Adverts throughtout, some adorned with cuts. Illustated with many wood engravings, e.g., p. 1 with a 6" x 9-1/8" depiction of "Fort Point - The Golden Gate - Entrance to the Harbor of San Francisco." Folio. 15-3/4" x 11-1/4"..... More
[Newburyport?]: (1873). 1st Printing. 24 pp. Text double column. T.p. wood engraving of the school-house [duplicated on the front wrapper]. 2nd cut of the school, p. 16. 8vo. 9" x 5-3/4". Original publisher's printed blue paper wrappers, sewn. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. Lions, and tigers, and..... More
Mendocino: M. Lynch, 1871. 1st Printing. Broadside, typographical border. 10" x 8". Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. Publisher info from OCLC. An election supplement from this short-lived [1870 - 1873] Northern California newspaper. Publication documents the results from 22 cities, giving returns for the Governor's race, to..... More
Oakland: Pacific Press Publishing House, Twelfth and Castro Sts. 1889. 1st printing thus. [3] - 32, [2] pp. Red rule border to each page. Illustrated with two inserted plates, "The College of St. Augustine, Benecia, Cal. - The Residence of the President" & "The Cathedral of St. Paul, Benicia, Cal."..... More
1905. Port-quarter image: 4" x 5". Starboard beam: 3-3/4" x 4-3/4". Port quarter image accompanied by typed caption label: "S.S. Alza Alaskan Gold Rush Steamer. / c.1905 (?)". Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. 2 silver gelatin photographs of the single-stack Alaskan steamer SS ALZA, circa 1905 -..... More
Detroit: Fleming & Davis, Book Printers, No. 52 Shelby Street. 1857. 1st Edition (Howes F283; Sabin 25228). 48 pp. 8vo. 8-1/8" x 5-7/16". Printed self-wrappers, stab-sewn. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. The “secret societies” include Free Masons, Odd Fellows, Sons of Temperance, Mechanics’ Mutual Protection, & Vigilance..... More
Long Island City, New York: Interboro Hoist & Body Corporation, Borden Avenue and Van Dam Street, (1926). 1st printing thus, i.e., for this year. Each section [A - Y] with a separate pagination. ~ 200 pp. Illustated throughout with b/w photographic images. 11-1/8" x 8-3/4". Bound in a brown 3-hole..... More