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
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MEMORIAL Of ENOCH BROWN And ELEVEN SCHOLARS. Who Were Massacred in Antrim Township, Franklin County, Pa., by the Indians, During the Pontiac War, July 26, 1764.
Lancaster, PA: Steinman & Hensel, 1886. 1st edition. 108 pp. 8vo. Original green printed wrappers, sewn. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. More
The STORY Of AQUA PURA.
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
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The EPISTLES Of PAUL To TIMOTHY [Translated into Cherokee].
[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
A DISCOURSE BEFORE The SOCIETY For PROPAGATING The GOSPEL AMONG The INDIANS And OTHERS In NORTH AMERICA, DELIVERED NOV. 7, 1805.
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
A DISCOURSE BEFORE The SOCIETY For PROPAGATING The GOSPEL AMONG The INDIANS And OTHERS In NORTH AMERICA, DELIVERED NOV. 7, 1805.
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
INDIAN SCHOOLS. An Exposure. Address Before the Ladies Missionary Societies of the Calvary M.E. Church, Washington, D.C., April 6.
[Washington]: (n. d.). 20 pp. 16 x 9-1/4 cm. Self-wrappers. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. More
A LECTURE About The WATER SUPPLY And SEWAGE Of SAN FRANCISCO.; Delivered Before the Cooper Medical College and Lane Hospital, February 16 1900.
(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
BROWN UNIVERSITY. Commencement --- Providence, September 5, 1821.
[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
MEDFORD N. E. RUM, Manufactured Only by DANIEL LAWRENCE, For Sale in Franklin, at wholesale and Retail, by SOLOMON SPALDING, late of the firm of Reed & Spalding, Nashville, N.H.
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
DINNER GIVEN To NICHOLAS MURRAY BUTLER. President of The Lotos Club.; New York April 14th 1923
[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
KNEE DEEP.; Every Tues. Night at Longbranch Saloon San Pablo at Dwight Berkely [sic]
[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
"California-- Deaths on the Land Route" and "Trail of the California Emigrants" [as published in] NEW - YORK WEEKLY TRIBUNE. Vol. IX No. 2. Saturday, September 15, 1849.
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
The FIRST BATTLE BETWEEN "IRON" SHIPS Of WAR.; The "Monitor" 2 Guns and "Merrimac" 10 Guns. The Merrimac was crippled and the whole Rebel Fleet driven off.
(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
The OLD PLAZA FIREHOUSE NO. 1. El Pueblo de Los Angeles. A Mini - Mansion Model Kit.
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
1881 OAKLAND BEACH HOTEL. 1st Brought Before the Public Generally for the First Time, and It Is the Second Season Under the Able Management of the Undersigned, who Takes Especial Pleasure in So Doing, for it is Certainly the Most BEAUTIFUL And ATTRACTIVE RESORT On NARRAGANSETT BAY [Rhode Island].
(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
RESOURCES Of CALIFORNIA. September, 1886.
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
RESOURCES Of CALIFORNIA. September, 1884.
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
RESOURCES Of CALIFORNIA. February, 1884.
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
EXPOSE Of NEWBURYPORT ECCENTRICITIES, Witches and Witchcraft. The Murdered Boy, and Apparition of the Charles - Street School - House.
[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
GENERAL ELECTION RETURNS, Of MENDOCINO COUNTY, 1871. Election Held September 6, 1871. Independent Disptach Supplement.
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
OFFICIAL REGISTER Of The COLLEGE Of ST. AUGUSTINE, Benicia, California.; Pro Ecclesia et Patria.
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
S. S. ALZA.
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
The PAST Of YPSILANTI: A Discourse. Delivered on Leaving the Old Presbyterian Church Edifice, Lord's Day, September 20th, 1857. Also, AN APPENDIX, Containing a History of Schools, Secret Societies, &c.
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
EQUIPMENT SALES MANUAL And Dealers Reference Book.; Interboro Hoist and Body Corp
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