Franklin, N.H. Published by Peabody & Daniell, (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..... More

Ca early 1900s. Divers sizes. All now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. A small group of materials, including three blueprints, an original black and white photograph, several loose leaves of original pencil sketches, various additional ephemera, etc.... evidence strongly suggests all from the files of Lyman Gilmore, Jr., a...... More

Philadelphia: King & Baird, Printers, No. 607 Sansom Street, 1864. 1st Printing. 24 pp. 8vo. 9" x 5-5/8". Original publisher's pale blue-green printed paper wrappers. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. "The United States Sanitary Commission was a private relief agency created by federal legislation on June 18, 1861..... More

[Boston?]: Leander Baker. Ca 1874 - 75. Yellow mount, flat, rounded corners. Imprint to each side. Verso blank. Separate, square b/w albumen images. 4" x 6-3/4". Now housed in a clear mylar sleeve. "The Boston City Hospital (1864–1996), in Boston, Massachusetts, was a public hospital, located in the South End..... More

San Francisco: John Howell, 1921. 1st Edition, 2nd issue with errata corrected (Flake 9500; Rittenhouse 610n). One of 50 copies issued illustrated with tipped-in facsimile title pages. [8], 193, [1 (blank)] pp. Illustrated with 40 facsimile [photostat] title pages tipped-in blank leaves interleaved within the volume. 8vo. Later tan fine-weave..... More

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

Tampa, Florida: Distinctly Styled Corvettes, Ca 1986 - 1988. 1st Edition. 57 [primarily] large format [11" x 14"] color photographs of different Corvettes & divers aspects thereof, one stamped on the recto "Michael Daniel, [xxx] Photograph, Tampa". All housed in 2 black leather zippered portfolios [13" x 16-3/8"], with handles..... More

Stillwater, MN: Lowell Inn, (n. d.). Ca 1960s? Unpaginated, though 24 pp [including wrappers]. Illustrated with drawings throughout. 5-1/2" x 4". Self-wrappers, stapled. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. "The Matterhorn Room of the Lowell Inn represents beauty and excellence in both the carving and culinary arts, but is..... More

Detroit, Michigan: Plymouth Motors, [1934]. 1st printing. Unpaginated, though 20 pp. Profusely illustrated with images of the automobile, as well as divers aspects thereof. Oblong 8vo: 7" x 9-1/8". Blue paper covers printed in light blue & silver. "Plymouth was a brand of automobiles produced by Chrysler Corporation. The brand..... More

Detroit, Michigan: Ford Motor Company, [1934]. 1st printing. Unpaginated, though 16 pp. Every page except 1 with a color illustration of a Ford V-8 model, or some aspect of a Ford car. Page 1 begins with the DeLuxe Tudor Sedan, p. 1 Oblong 8vo: 7" x 9-1/8". Grey paper covers..... More

Long Beach: 1917. 1st Printing. Single sheet, header & footer job printed, with bill of fare printed mimeo style in the center, recto only. 22 lines of mimeo with date at head. At bottom, included in the 2-line footer, are places for Name & Room number, blank in this copy..... More

Long Beach: 1917. 1st Printing. Single sheet, header & footer job printed, with bill of fare printed mimeo style in the center, recto only. 20 lines of mimeo with date at head. At bottom, included in the 2-line footer, are places for Name & Room number, blank in this copy..... More

Meriden, Conn: (n. d.). Ca late 1880s, cf. OCLC entries 19890210 & 20010622 [both held by CHS]. Snow & Co not found in Romaine. 20 leaves of mounting stock, of which 19 have 122 samples, typically 3 samples mounted per page. Samples are of varying designs, colors, typography, etc. Most..... More