Seattle: The Metropolitan Press, (1905). 1st Printing (Smith 4109 [incorrectly noting 112 pages]). [8], 132, [24 (adverts)] pp. Illustrated throughout with b/w half-tone photographic images Folding map at rear. 9-1/2" x 6-3/4". Blue printed paper covers, gold & black lettering, image of a dog sled traveling across a map of..... More
(n. p.): Shawnee Press, 1955. 1st edition. 48 pp. 10-1/2" x 7". White printed & illustrated stiff paper wrappers. Stapled. Poems by James Weldon Johnson, based upon American Negro folk sermons. Music by Roy Ringwald, based upon American Negro Spirituals. More
Chicago: Sears Roebuck & Co., 1898. Single sheet of thin pink paper, printed in black. In upper left, "A705-4-28-98-100M", presumably a printing code. Illustrated with two large wood engravings: a miner panning for gold & a parlor scene depicting a couple listening to the "wonderful talking machine". Each image with..... More
Oakland, California: Published by the Student Nurses of the Fabiola School of Nursing, 1925. 1st Printing. 74, [6 (adverts)] pp. Atricles throughout on divers aspects of nursing, e.g., pp 39 - 41, "A Little Glimpse of Public Health Nursing", Elizabeth Gordon Fox & pp 42 - 43, "Peaks in the..... More
(n.p.): Ca 1940s - 1950s. 1st Printing. Printed bifolium. 4 pp. Unnumbered. Picture of Al Williams with parrot to upper wrapper. Multiple illustrations surrounding the menu items. 12-3/4" x 9-1/4". Card stock, self wrappers. Printed in red and black. Now housed in a mylar sleeve. More
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(n.p.): 1962-1968. 1st Printing. Two Bifoliums. Five loose leaves. All pieces have small illustrations and/or decorative borders. Main menu: 11" x 8-1/2". Second bifolium: 6-1/2" x 4-3/4". Three loose leaves: 10-1/2" x 6-1/2", one 12" x 8" and the last one approx. 9-3/4" x 13-3/4". Menu bifolium is white card..... More
New Milford, Ohio: 1958. 1st Printing. Single sheet, printed recto only, 25 lines, large ornamental type in top 3 lines. 13" x 10-1/8". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. "Wishing to make a permanent business, I have adopted this method, and now offer goods at REDUCED PRICES!" Gurley follows with..... More
(n.p.): c. 1980s - 1990s (?). 1st Printing. Bifolium, housed in larger wrappers. Small bifolium inside (wine list) and two other pieces of ephemera related to the novel "The Maltese Falcon". Menu wrappers with full page/full color illustration by San Francisco artist Dennis Ziemienski. Some smaller illustrations throughout. Menu: 16"..... More
[Atlantic City]: Atlantic Foto Service, (n. d.). Ca 1920. Unpaginated, though 16 pp. Page 1 a textual description of the city. 31 captioned, full color images of divers City & Boardwalk scenes, 30 postcard size [2 / page]. 8-5/8" x 6-5/8". Color printed paper covers, now housed in an archival..... More
London. Routledge & Kegan Paul. 1982. 1st Edition. 164 pp. 9" x 5-1/2". Gray cloth wrapped boards, silver lettering to back strip. In dust jacket. More
Winnipeg, Manitoba. Turnstone Press, 1978. Presumed 1st Edition. 57, [1], [(1 blank)] pp. 8-3/4" x 5-3/4". Tan cloth wrapped boards, Printed in black and red to upper board, black lettering to back strip. In dust jacket. More
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New York: Chas. Magnus [fl. mid 1860s], (n. d.). Ca mid-1860s. Cf. Wolf, AMERICAN SONG SHEETS 379b. Single sheet, lithographically printed, recto only. 1st song with 3 verses of 8 lines each + 4 line chorus; second with 4 8 line verses with 4 line chorus. Text printed in blue..... More
New York: Chas. Magnus [fl. mid 1860s], (n. d.). Ca mid-1860s. Cf. Fuld 200 [for the 1st printing, published by Pond]; Wolf, AMERICAN SONG SHEETS 2653c. Single sheet, lithographically printed, recto only. 3 verses of 8 lines each + 4 line chorus, text printed in blue. Advert at bottom. Hand-colored..... More
[Buffalo?]: 1952. 1st printing. 40 pp. Illustrated with drawings, plans & from photographs. Oblong format: 8-1/2" x 11". Blue paper covers, with white highlights & black printing, stapled. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Ah, 1952... Dwight was elected President, the economy was beginning to percolate even though the..... More
(n.p.): Circa 1960s (?). 1st Printing. Loose leaf. Full page illustration by Danish illustrator (and writer) Hakon Mielche to recto. Small vignettes to verso. 19-1/2" x 13-1/4". Thick, tan paper printed to recto and verso. Full illustration to recto printed in grays, red lettering reads "Scandia" to head. Verso printed..... More
(n.p.): "Menus by ALL PAK" Circa 1960s (?). 1st Printing. Bifolium. 4 pp. unnumbered. With 18 little slips. Several small vignettes throughout. Lower wrapper with a aerial view of the restaurants layout. 17" x 10-3/4". Glossy card stock, outer wrappers illustrated to look like wood printed in dark green to..... More
Sacramento: 1850. Bifolium of blue lined paper, folded once vertically, to form 4 pp. 2-1/2 pages of manuscript, ~ 68 lines of text, ~ 600 words. Script clear & legible [typed transcription included]. P. 4 addresss, Sacramento City postmark / 'paid' stamp. 10" x 7-7/8". Now housed in an archival..... More
San Francisco, California / Gray, Maine: 1875 - 1899. 14 pocket sized volumes, pre-printed (some are page-a-day style, some with brief spaces for three days a page) with regular entries, although sometimes she goes several weeks without writing. Diary size ranges from 4" x 2-5/8" [1875] to 6" x 3"..... More
New York: Beadle and Company, Publishers, 118 William Street, (1865). 1st printing (presumed). 29, [3 (blank)] pp. 1st leaf blank. Frontispiece, duplicating the cover graphic. Illustrated with cuts by H. L. Stephens and G. G. White. 6-3/8" x 4-1/8". Original publisher's printed orange paper covers. Now housed in an archival..... More
East Bay. Fontes Printing Co., November 30, 1945. 1st Printing. Loose leaf. Decorative rule to recto. 10-1/2" x 6". Tan, thin card stock paper. Printed in brown to recto and verso. Now housed in a mylar sleeve. "Hale's or Hale Bros., was a department store based in Sacramento with branches..... More
Lawrenceburg, Indiana (?): 1855. 1st printing (presumed). Broadside, printed on blue paper, with typographical border. Two columns. Ink emendation to a word in lower portion of second column [poem written by Mrs. Lane]. 15-1/8" x 10-1/2". Uneven trimming to right & left side. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve..... More
(n.p.): c. 1990s (?). 1st Printing. Illustrations of tropical drinks throughout. Die-cut like a Hawaiian shirt. Thick, hard plastic/wood (?), illustrated with t-shirt design to recto and verso. White paper glued to verso with menu items printed in black. More
(n.p.): [1973]. 1st Printing. Color vignette in center of recto and verso of food and drink. 12-1/2" x 12-1/2" (not including handle) Thick, plasticized card stock made to look wooded, with white paper over with menu items. (recto and verso). Printed in red, pink and black. Small round sticker to..... More
(n.p.): (n.d.). 1st Printing. Painted illustration of a tropical cocktail to the head of recto and verso. 13-3/4" x 7-3/4" Wood, hand painted in bright colors. Drink items painted in blue. Stands alone. Prices are in USD and Francs. Tropical drinks on side, liquor on the other. More
Los Angeles: The Ward Ritchie Press, 1974. 1st edition. 370 pp (including index). Illustrated. 9-1/4" x 6-1/4". Black cloth binding. Dustwrapper. More
