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
[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
[New York]: 1924. 1st Printing. SIGNED by the Ambassador. Broadside, with a 'plate' impression applied. Image of Howard, with credits & accomplishments listed underneath, as well as the evening's menu. Graphics by Chas. Sindelar [signed in the plate]. 18" x 13". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. "Esmé William..... More
[New York]: 1923. 1st Printing. Broadside, with a 'plate' impression applied. Image of Farrand, with credits & accomplishments listed underneath. Graphics by T. Sindelar [signed in the plate]. 18-1/8" x 13-1/8". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. "Livingston Farrand was an American physician, anthropologist, psychologist, public health advocate and..... 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
New York City: Baseball Magazine Co., (1925). 1st printing (presumed). 218, [6] pp. Index at rear. 6-3/4" x 5-1/8". Original brown paper covers, with black title printing to front cover. More
[New York]: 1922. 1st Printing. Broadside, with a 'plate' impression applied. Image of Oppenheim, with credits & accomplishments listed underneath. Graphics by T. Sindelar [signed in the plate]. 17-1/2" x 12-1/4". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. "Edward Phillips Oppenheim was an English novelist, a prolific writer of best-selling..... More
[New York]: 1921. 1st Printing. Broadside, with a 'plate' impression applied. Image of Harvey, with credits & accomplishments listed underneath. Graphics by T. Sindelar [signed in the plate]. 17-3/8" x 12-3/8". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. "George Brinton McClellan Harvey was an American diplomat, journalist, author, street railway..... More
[San Francisco]: [1976]. 1st printing (presumed). Single sheet of poster board, with menu mounted thereon, twin flaps open to display menu underneath. "Great Menu Award" seal affixed in lower right corner. Verso with Sheraton imprint & image of stagecoach & horses. 18" x 12". Now housed in an archival mylar..... More
Boston: Published at the Anti-Slavery Office, 25 Cornhill, 1846. Early printing (American Imprints 46-7296; Blockson Catalogue 10153; Dummond, p. 113), first published in 1845. Not in the Library Company Afro-Americana Catalogue, though see 10892, listing a Marsh imprint. vi, [7] - 126 pp. Frontispiece of Walker. T.p. cut of a...... More
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1898. 2nd edition, and 1st edition with this title (cf. Nevins II, p. 139). ix, [5], 210 pp (including Index). T.p. printed in red & black. Frontis + 2 inserted portrait plates. Sanitary Commission medallion to t.p. 12mo. 7-1/2" x 5". Original green cloth binding with gilt..... More
Mexico: Impresa por Leandro J. Valdes, 1844. 2nd edition, corrected and enlarged. N.B. Sabin lists only the 4th and subsequent editions, cf Sabin 26466. [2], IV, [3] - 184 pp. Head- tailpieces. 2 plates. Numerous intratextual figures. Tables. 8vo. 8-1/4" x 5-1/2". Period full contemporary green & brown mottled Mexican..... More
Saint Louis: Published by The Sporting News. Publisher - C. C. Johnson Spink, (1976). 1st printing thus. 536 pp. Occaional illustration. 6-3/8" x 4-7/8". Blue, red & white paper covers. Front cover with b/w photographic images of Tom Seaver, Joe Morgan, Jim Palmer & Fred Lynn. More
[San Francisco]: [Exhibitors Art & Design Service, Inc.], [1939]. Six-panel brochure. Illustrated front panel. 4-1/2" x 2-1/2". Cream paper, blue/tan illustrated front panel, brown printed lettering. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Souvenir brochure from the 1939 GGIE. It is likely that it originally accompanied the Official Souvenir Silver..... More
San Francisco: Thomas Houseworth & Co., (1866). Ca 1870. Cf. Palmquist, p. 99. Square, separate images. 3-3/8" x 6-7/8". Orange colored mount [rounded corners], with publisher imprint to each end; scene caption under right view. Pale pink verso with publisher imprint, noting the award of the Bronze medal at the..... More
[Worcester, Massachusetts ?]: 1874. 1st printing presumed. 14 lines, printed recto only. 5-15/16" x 4-1/2". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
[San Francisco ?]: 1903. 1st Printing. Single sheet, printed recto only, 3 stanzas of poetry, 14 lines, printed in red ink. Wood engraving to left of sheet, musical score underneath. Oblong format: 7-3/8" x 9-1/8". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
[San Francisco]: The Bohemian Club, 1960. 1st Printing. Broadsheet, printed both sides. Large graphic to recto. 20-7/8" x 16-3/8" Stored folded, in an archival mylar sleeve. More
Minneapolis: Published by Fred P. Hutchinson, (1935). 1st printing thus. 96 pp. Illustrated with b/w player half-tone photographic images. 8-1/2" x 5-5/8". Paper covers, printed in shades of brown. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
