[Sacramento]: Printed at the State Printing Office, Friend Wm. Richardson, Superintendent, 1912. 1st Printing. Broadside, 25 lines of text. 13-11/16" x 9-5/8". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. "Whereas, H. C. Pingrey, of Galt, in the County of Sacramento, was on the 3d day of November, nineteen hundred and..... More
Nevada County, Cal. Executed and Published by John A. Fuller. W. Valance Gray, Lith., S.F., 1866. 1st Printing. Broadside, 27-3/4" x 24-1/4". Image: ~ 26" x 20" Rare mid-19th C. broadside celebrating the forming of the Union, a respectable Very Good [if not better] copy which was recently treated to..... More
New-York City: Photographed and Published by Ebbinghaus & Swift, (n. d.). Ca 1864. General title & publisher imprint under photograph. Descriptive pencil annotation to lower right corner. Image depicts a horse-drawn trolley ["Yorkville"], in front of the entrance to Cremorne Garden, with the lower half of the image showing the..... More
[Big Spring, Montgomery County, VA]: [1879]. 1st printing. Not in the Arents Catalogue. Broadside, printed with 3 columns of instructional text. 11-5/8" x 8-5/8". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. "This broadside explains a new patented process for curing leaf tobacco developed by John W. Barnett of Big Spring..... More
New York: Beadle and Company, Publishers, 118 William Street. (1864). 1st edition, Printing B (BAL 14916; Johannsen BEADLE, 72-DN). [4], [9] - 100 [= 96] pp. Frontispiece [included in pagination statement]. 16mo. 6-5/16" x 4-1/8". Original publisher's printed orange wrappers (Type V-DN). Per Johannsen, "Early part of the nineteenth century..... More
Washington DC: Review and Herald Publishing Association, (1986). 512 pp (including Index). Frontispiece photographic image of Ellen G. White, 1864. 8vo. Brown marbled buckram cloth with silver stamped lettering to spine. Map eps. More
Washington DC: Review and Herald Publishing Association, (1984). 509 pp (including Index). Frontispiece photographic image of Ellen G. White, 1878. 8vo. Brown marbled buckram cloth with silver stamped lettering to spine. Map eps. More
San Francisco: Copyrighted and Published by H. S. Crocker Co., 1894. 1st printing of each portfolio. Page of introductory text to each of the 2 volumes. 12 [13 in No. 2] chromolithographed images of divers Midwinter Fair scenes printed to leaf rectos, with explanatory text opposite. Landscape format: 10-1/8" x...... More
Sausalito: Co-published: Boot Studios and Scope Publishing Company, (n. d.). 1st edition, ca 1980. INSCRIBED PRESENTATION copy, SIGNED in the year of publication by Bernardi. Title leaf; leaf of preliminary explanatory text by Bernardi. Brief bio page, with b/w photographic image of the artist, follows drawings. 24 reproductions of her..... More
San Francisco: Press of The James H. Barry Company, 1915. 1st Edition (Cowan II, p. 278). 464, xl (Appendix) pp. Crown 8vo. Original publisher's dark green cloth binding with gilt stamped spine lettering. No dust jacket. More
Providence: Printed for the Society by E. A. Johnson & Company, [1917]. 1st Printing. 16 pp. Photographic frontispiece. Map, p. 8. Pamphlet accompanied by a black vinyl 3-ring notebook containing 24 ~ 8" x 10" b/w captioned photos of the excavation site. 8vo. Pamphlet with red paper covers printed in..... More
San Francisco: Paul Elder and Company, 1916. 1st Edition. vi, 34 pp. Textblock partially unopened. 12mo. Grey linen cloth binding with printed paper title labels to spine & front board. No dust jacket. "A Poem Dedicated to the Cause of Peace." [colophon]. More
Los Angeles: Times Mirror Printing and Binding House, 1927. Second Edition. INSCRIBED PRESENTATION copy, SIGNED in full by the author. 267, [5 (blank)] pp. Crown 8vo. Original publisher's dark green cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering. No dust jacket. More
(n. p.): 1794. Title leaf [tipped in on a stub], then 34 leaves with mss ink entries, with different situations explained, such as Inverse Proportion, The Single Rule, Compound Interest, Fellowship, and Rule Of Third etc. ~ 50 leaves of blank paper follow. Paper watermarked with heraldic lion over a...... More
New York: D. Appleton - Century Company, 1941. 2nd Printing. INSCRIBED & SIGNED by the Author on the half-title page, in the year of publication. xiv, 467, [1 (blank)] pp. Illustrated by E. H. Suydam. 8vo. Reddish orange cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering. Pictorial eps. Orange & gold dust..... More
Boston: Little Brown and Company, 1927. 1st edition (Cowan, p. 523). xxvi, 185, [1 (blank)] pp. Frontispiece. Illustrated from Old Prints. Fold-out map at rear. 8vo. Blue cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering to spine. Pale blue dust jacket printed in dark blue. More
Philadelphia / London / Grand Rapids: J. B. Lippincott Company / The Dean - Hicks Company, 1922. Second Impression. 99, [1 (blank)] pp. Illustrated, with some in color. Folio. 12-5/8" x 9-1/2". Linen cloth binding with black stamped lettering, with red, blue & gold stamped graphic to front board. No..... More
San Francisco: Sterett, Printer, 1863. 1st Printing. Single sheet of silk, printed in black, fringe edges. Entire with discrete typographical border. Courses [10, with 60 different dishes, obviously the night a very elaborate affair] printed in ornamental outline type, as well as a section on "Ornaments", apparently those items used..... More
Spokane, Washington: Published for The Eastern Washington State Historical Society by The Inland-American Printing Company, 1923. 1st Edition. #27 / 1000 cc. 333, [3 (List of Subscribers)] pp. Frontispiece, 15 drawings & inserted plates, 1 plan & 2 maps. 8vo. 9-5/8" x 6-1/2". Original publisher's maroon cloth binding with gilt..... More
Greeley, Colorado: (n. d.). 1st printing (presumed), ca 1940s? 83, [3] pp. Adverts throughout. Recipes attributed to their contributors. Table of Contents at rear. 7" x 5-1/4". Pale yellow paper covers, yapp edges, printed in black ink. More
San Francisco: Sumner Whitney & Co., 1879. 1st edition. 431, [3 (blank)] pp. 12mo. 6" x 3-7/8". Period tan full sheep binding with red & black leather spine labels. Title hand-inked to front board. More
Stanford University, California: Stanford University Press, 1944. 2nd Edition. xvi, 148, [2 (blank)] pp. Index at rear. Illustrated. Royal 8vo. Red cloth spine ocwe linwn cloth boards. Pictorial eps. Yellow dust jacket printed in red & black. More
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, The Riverside Press, 1911. 1st edition. x, 354, [2] pp. Index at rear. Frontis + a handful of inserted plates of black and white photographic images. 2 page map at rear. 8-1/4" x 5-3/8". Blue cloth binding with dark blue & gilt stamping..... More
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San Francisco: The California Promotion Committee, 1909. 1st Edition (Cowan, p. 193). 71, [1 (blank)] pp. Frontispiece. 3 other inserted plates, facsimile mss & map. 8vo. Orange cloth spine over black paper wrapped boards. Printed red paper title label to front board. More
[San Francisco ?]: 1948. 1st Edition. 134, [2 (blank)] pp. Printed presentation slip laid-in. Frontispiece showing past & present homes of the society. 8vo. 9-1/8" x 6-1/4". Light blue velour-type flexible covers, with gilt stamped lettering to front cover. Includes a brief history of the Society, pp. 7 - 10..... More
