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Chicago, Ill. J. Regan & Co Publishers. 415-21 Dearborn Street, (1910). 1st Printing, p. 92. 93, [3] pp. Illustrated with drawings. 7-1/2" x 5-5/16". Original publisher's white paper covers, lithographed in red, green & black. NB. Publisher imprint to front cover gives an address of 415-427 Dearborn [misprint?]. Per McCue..... More
San Francisco: Thomas Houseworth & Co. No. 9 Montgomery St., opposite Lick House, (n. d.). Ca 1868 - 1869. Cf Palmquist, p. 95. Separate images, domed. 3-7/16" x 6-7/8". Orange colored mount [rounded corners], with publisher imprint to right end; series name to left; scene caption under right view. Violet..... More
New York: Geo. E. Woodward. Engraved and Printed by Korff Bro's. (1870). 1st, and only, edition (Hitchcock 430). 14 pages of printed text at front. Divers pages of text explaining each design & specification. 67 plates, complete. 4to. 11-3/4" x 8-7/8". Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt stamping to..... More
Chicago: Callaghan and Company, Inc. Law Publishers, (1938). 2nd Edition. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED, and SIGNED by the Author on the ffep. 143, [5 (blank)] pp. 7-5/8" x 5-1/8". Original publisher's purple cloth binding with gilt stamping to spine & front board. No dust jacket. More
Boston: George H. Ellis, 1889. 1st Edition. PRESENTATION COPY, with "Compliments of the Author" slip tipped-in prior to t.p. 293, [1 (blank)] pp. 12mo. 7" x 4-1/2". Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt stamping to spine. Light brown floral patterened paper eps. More
New York: Underwood & Underwood, Publishers. (n. c.). Early 20th C., ca 1905. Caption under right image. Publisher imprint to both sides. Verso with explanatory text, with caption in 6 languages. Stereo image mounted to stiff, grey card-stock. Oblong format: 3-7/16" x 7". Rounded corners. Now housed in a clear..... More
New York: Melpat Associates, [1982 ?]. 1st Printing. 352 pp. Adverts throughout. Filled with b/w half-tone photographic images of people, places & events. 4to. White glossy paper covers, with front cover depicting 32 b/w images of divers individuals. Rear cover a color advert for Kool cigarettes. "Well it was a...... More
San Francisco: The California Promotion Committee, 1903. 1st Printing (Rocq 8728). 112 pp. Index at rear. 2 page map at center of booklet. 7" x 3-7/8". Original publisher's rust colored pebbled leatherette binding with gilt stamped lettering to front cover. Red edgestain. A handy pocket guide to the City by..... More
New Orleans: [1940]. 1st Printing thus. 20 pp. Text in English. Illustrated with b/w drawings & half-tone photographic images. 6-5/8" x 5" Printed white paper wrappers, stapled. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Antoine's is a Louisiana Creole cuisine restaurant located at 713 rue St. Louis (St. Louis Street)..... More
Zanesville [OH]: 1857. 1st printing. One printed sheet, folded once vertically, for 4 pp. 13" x 9". Printed self-wrappers. Zanesville High School was founded in 1855. This monthly newspaper, begun 2 years later, written and published by the students of school [primarily the students' Scroll & Repartee Associations], with the..... More
London: Smith, Elder and Co., 65, Cornhill, 1859. 1st Edition (Howes M-118; Sabin 43355). vi, [2], 343, [1]; [4], 336, 24 pp. Vol II with 24 page, May 1859 publisher catalogue at rear. Illustrated with 10 tinted, inserted lithographic plates. 8vo. 8-1/16" x 5-1/8". Original publisher's blue cloth binding with..... More
(n. p.): Published by the Author, 1917. 1st Edition (Rocq 4739). 565, [3 (blank)] pp. Errata slip tipped-in prior to p. 87. Illustrated with drawings and from b/w photographs. 8vo. 9-1/4" x 6-1/8". Original publisher's light green cloth binding with black stamped lettering to front board & spine lettered in..... More
San Francisco: The Bancroft Company, Printers and Publishers, 1887. 1st printing (Forbes 3914). 256 pp. Text double column. 8vo. 7-3/4" x 5-3/8". Apparently later, though probably still 19th C., maroon cloth binding with gilt stamped title to spine [Forbes indicates the volume published in black cloth]. Floral patterned paper eps..... More
Charlottesville: The University Press of Virginia, 1967. 1st Edition. [14], 189, [5] pp including index. Few b/w images. 10" x 7". Grey cloth boards with black cloth binding. Gilt initals stamped to front board and gilt title lettering stapmed to spine. No dust jacket. More
[Lancaster, Pennsylvania]: 1878. Unpaginated, though ~ 150 pp. ~ 3-5 lines per entry; ~ 8 words per line; ~ 8,000 words. Writing clear & legible. 8-3/8" x 7". Publisher's red cloth spine over red marbled paper boards, printed green paper title onlay to front board. While not signed by Nevin..... More
[Los Angeles]: Lord Menu Co., (n. d.). Ca 1960s / 1970s. Printed bifolium, so 4 pages. P. 1 a 4 paragraph history of the restaurant. Vignette drawing of the inn, p. 1. 18" x 11-7/8". Red velvet covers, with oval cut-out to front cover, showing the P. 1 drawing of..... More
San Francisco: Lawrence & Houseworth, Opticians, Importers of Stereoscopic Goods, Etc., Etc. 377 & 319 Montgomery Street, (1865). Ca 1865. Cf. Palmquist, p. 59. Square, separate images. 3-1/4" x 6-3/4". Yellow colored mount [square corners], with publisher imprint to right end; series name ["California"] to left; typeset printed label as..... More
New York: John Polhemus, Publisher, 1883. 1st Printing. 12 pp. Programme: Broadsheet, printed in two columns, folded twice. The Programme gives the names of the organizations & members participating, including a large representation from Ireland, also mentioned in the pamphlet. Map, "showing the points of interest along the route in..... More
San Francisco: 1855. Single sheet, 9-15/16" x 7-3/4", writing recto only, in ink, 23 lines, ~ 250 words. Writing quite clear & legible. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Andrews writes Du Pont concerning title to lots purchased "in this City", and difficulty attaining such for Du Pont's "power..... More
Austin: University of Texas Press, (1963). 1st Edition. 230 pp (including index). Illustrated. 8vo. Red cloth binding. Dust jacket. More
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Los Angeles: 1913 - 1931. 1st printings (presumed). Divers paginations, with the 1913 List being the most extensive, at 158 pp. Most pocket sized, from 6" x 3-1/4" to 7-3/8" x 4-1/8". 1913: cloth spine over printed fabric covered card stock. The remainder printed paper covers, stapled. Useful lot to..... More
New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, (1966). 186 pp. 8vo. 8-1/4" x 5-1/2". Red cloth binding. No dust jacket. More
Logtown, Eldorado County, California: 1851. SIGNED by McKemson at conclusion. Single sheet, 25 lines of mss, ~ 7 words per line, ~ 175 words. 2 sums penned to right of sheet. Docket summary to verso. All writing clear & sharp, entirely legible. 9-5/8" x 7-1/2" Now housed in an archival..... More
Honolulu: Published By J. M. Oat, Jr., & Co., Stationers and News Dealers, Honolulu, H.I. Printed by R. Grieve & Co., 1884. Fifth Edition, Revised (Forbes 3638). First published in 1854, a revised version of the 1881 edition. 124 pp. English - Hawaiian text presented side-by-side, in both phrases &..... More
[San Francisco?]. Ca 1850s (?). Blank base. Wraparound image, in red, of San Francisco harbor. Height: 2-3/16" Diameter: 2-1/4". Overall width, with handle: 3-1/4" The scene on the mug reminiscent of an 1851 Currier & Ives print of San Francisco harbor, after a drawing by Wm. B. McMurtrie (cf. Currier..... More
