Boston: 1807. Bifolium, with manuscript sales receipt to p. 1 [19 lines]; mss address to p. 4 [Charles H. Atherton Esq / Amherst. N.H.]. 9-7/8" x 7-3/4". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Parker was a prominent publisher and bookseller in 19th C Boston. He published musical scores as..... More
Berkeley: Published by the Twentieth Century Club of Berkeley. Press of A. Newman. 1914. 1st Edition (Glozier 325). Not in not in Axford, Brown nor Wheaton & Kelly. 146 pp. Adverts throughout. Newspaper extract & mss recipe card laid-in. 8vo. 9-1/4" x 6-1/4". Very pale green plactized binding, with dark..... More
[San Diego]: [1968]. 1st Printing. A tri-fold blue paper folder, with interior pocket housing 6 sheets, each depicting a drawn image of one of the honored guests. Accompanied by an IAHF brochure / membership application. 8-1/2" x 7". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. "The International Aerospace Hall of..... More
Burbank, California: Compiled and Published by the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, (1940). 1st Printing. Part I: Major Breakdowns [Wings, Controls, Fuselage, etc]: Part II: Complete Aircraft [Single Engine, Twin Engine, Multi-Engine]; Part III: Miscellaneous, comprised by 12 sections all together, with divers paginations in each section. Profusely illustrated with drawings, and..... More
San Francisco: Cooperative Printing Co., Publishers, 408 Sacramento, [1892]. 1st Edition thus. Not in Rocq, though see 12628, for one the year prior. 96 pp. Tipped-in advert leaf, printed on pink paper, after p. 4. Adverts throughout. Contains a b/w half-tone photographic image of all local post office branches. 10"..... More
Dover: Printed at teh Dover Gazette Job Office, 1850. 1st printing. SIGNED 4x by Fenner. 11, [1 (blank)] pp. Of particular note are pages 8 & 9, which list 48 ladies of the Association. 7-13/16" x 4-3/4". Original publisher's printed buff paper wrappers, stitched. Now housed in an archival mylar..... More
Columbus, Ohio: National Stereoscopic Association, (1980). x, 150 pp (including Index). Illustrated with b/w photographic images. 4to. Brown cloth binding. Maroon dust jacket. Essential reference for those researching, or otherwise trying to date/identify, Houseworth views. More
San Francisco: Book Club of California, 2020. 1st Printing. 10" x 8-1/8". Mustard colored portfolio, with green & black printing. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
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Boston: Edward Livermore, 5 Cornhill, (1852). 1st printing of this issue (Wheat, Maps of the Gold Rush, 212). Cf Drake 4698, for the 1797 first edition. 48 pp, including wrappers, untrimmed. CA descriptive text p. 39, providing details on local gold rush municipalities: San Francisco ["principal port of entry"], Sacramento..... More
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Washington: Government Printing Office, 1909. 1st edition. x, 801, [4 (blank)] pp. Illustrated. 9-1/8" x 5-7/8". Green cloth binding, gilt stamped lettering to spine & gilt stamped medallion to front cover (professionally recased). Also contains "Phototelegraphy" by Henri Armagnat, and "The gramophone and the Mechanical recording and reporduction of musical..... More
San Francisco: The Merchants National Bank, 1912. SIGNED by London. Check: 2-5/8" x 6-1/8". Holder: 3-5/8" x 6-7/8". Now housed in a clear acrylic check holder. "The Bohemian Club is a private club with two locations: a city clubhouse in the Union Square district of San Francisco, California and the..... More
[Washington]: 1831. 1st printing. 23, [1 (blank)] pp. 8-1/2" x 5-1/4". Disbound. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
Shreverport, La. Published by United Home Building Plan Service, (n. d.). 1st printing (presumed), ca early 1940s. Unpaginated, though 24 pp, each page depicting a different house plan. Short paragraph of descriptive text for each. Each plan illustrated with a b/w halftone photograph, with accompanying architectual plan / footprint. 10-1/2"..... More
New York: McGraw - Hill, (1952). 1st edition. 232 pp (including Index). Illustrated, much in color. 4to. 11-1/8" x 8-1/4". Green cloth binding. Dust jacket. More
Meadville, Pa / St. Louis, Mo. Keystone View Company, (1898). Domed b/w images of 7 men on a dock, with a dozen or so sea turtles being gathered. Oblong format: 3-7/16" x 7". Pink mount, slightly bowed, with publisher imprint to either side, caption under right image. Rounded corners. Blank..... More
[New York]: 1951. 1st Printing. Single sheet, printed both sides, folded horizontally to form a 4 panel menu. Printed in red & black. Rear panel with address blank, "Address menu and give it to your waiter. We will be glad to mail it for you. Your Hose The Union News..... More
Boston: Published by Redding & Co., 1886. 1st Edition (Axford, p. 317). Not in Bitting, Cagle, nor Wheaton & Kelly. 128 pp. Numerous adverts for "Redding's Russia Salve". 6-3/8" x 4-1/2". Original publisher's printed blue paper wrappers. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Author better know for her earlier..... More
Berkeley: The University Press, 1907. 1st edition thus. 208, [4] pp. 7-3/4" x 5". Printed buff paper wrappers. More
Marysville, California: J. J. Reilly, (n. d.). Ca late 1870s / early - to - mid 1880s. 2 separate photographs, with with 'arch' top. 3-7/16 x 6-7/8". Stiff-stock card mount, printed orange recto with blank lavender verso. Slightly rounded corners. Reilly lived in Marysville from 1878 - 1886, cf. Hickman..... More
South Hanover: Printed by James Morrow, 1837. 1st Printing. A variant? Cf American Imprints 44664 & Byrd-Peckham 690, which record a 16 page catalogue by this same name. 7, [1 (blank)] pp. 8vo. 8-1/4" x 5-1/8". Lacks wrappers, now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. "Founded by Crowe in 1827..... More
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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
