New York: Underwood & Underwood, Publishers. (n. c.). Early 20th C., ca 1905. Caption under right image. Publisher imprint to both sides. Verso with explanatory text, with caption in 6 languages. Stereo image mounted to stiff, grey card-stock. Oblong format: 3-7/16" x 7". Rounded corners. Now housed in a clear..... More
New York: Melpat Associates, [1982 ?]. 1st Printing. 352 pp. Adverts throughout. Filled with b/w half-tone photographic images of people, places & events. 4to. White glossy paper covers, with front cover depicting 32 b/w images of divers individuals. Rear cover a color advert for Kool cigarettes. "Well it was a...... More
San Francisco: The California Promotion Committee, 1903. 1st Printing (Rocq 8728). 112 pp. Index at rear. 2 page map at center of booklet. 7" x 3-7/8". Original publisher's rust colored pebbled leatherette binding with gilt stamped lettering to front cover. Red edgestain. A handy pocket guide to the City by..... More
New Orleans: [1940]. 1st Printing thus. 20 pp. Text in English. Illustrated with b/w drawings & half-tone photographic images. 6-5/8" x 5" Printed white paper wrappers, stapled. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Antoine's is a Louisiana Creole cuisine restaurant located at 713 rue St. Louis (St. Louis Street)..... More
Zanesville [OH]: 1857. 1st printing. One printed sheet, folded once vertically, for 4 pp. 13" x 9". Printed self-wrappers. Zanesville High School was founded in 1855. This monthly newspaper, begun 2 years later, written and published by the students of school [primarily the students' Scroll & Repartee Associations], with the..... More
London: Smith, Elder and Co., 65, Cornhill, 1859. 1st Edition (Howes M-118; Sabin 43355). vi, [2], 343, [1]; [4], 336, 24 pp. Vol II with 24 page, May 1859 publisher catalogue at rear. Illustrated with 10 tinted, inserted lithographic plates. 8vo. 8-1/16" x 5-1/8". Original publisher's blue cloth binding with..... More
(n. p.): 1938. 55 leaves of mounting paper, of which 24 have a total of 262 circular, printed paper / foil milk bottle tops, mounted 9 - 15 per page [all mounted on leaf recto]. Album: 14" x 10-5/8". Tops: various sizes & colors, 2-7/8" - 4-1/8". Album two-toned, green..... More
[San Francisco?]: 1954. 1st Printing. Unpaginated, though 8 pp. 11-3/4" x 8-3/4". Leaf dimension: 10-1/2" x 8" Textured off-white paper covers, printed in red, with black rule border. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. "To Herbert Hoover, good companion, cherished friend, upon his completion of this eightieth year of..... More
(n. p.): Published by the Author, 1917. 1st Edition (Rocq 4739). 565, [3 (blank)] pp. Errata slip tipped-in prior to p. 87. Illustrated with drawings and from b/w photographs. 8vo. 9-1/4" x 6-1/8". Original publisher's light green cloth binding with black stamped lettering to front board & spine lettered in..... More
San Francisco: The Bancroft Company, Printers and Publishers, 1887. 1st printing (Forbes 3914). 256 pp. Text double column. 8vo. 7-3/4" x 5-3/8". Apparently later, though probably still 19th C., maroon cloth binding with gilt stamped title to spine [Forbes indicates the volume published in black cloth]. Floral patterned paper eps..... More
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1915. 1st Edition. 587 pp. Printed glosses. 8vo. Tan buckram cloth with gilt spine lettering. More
Frankfort: Murray, Eddy & Co., 1864. 1st printing (presumed). Single sheet, printed in red & green, ornamental border. Red printed ornamental border. 21" x 8-3/8" More
Charlottesville: The University Press of Virginia, 1967. 1st Edition. [14], 189, [5] pp including index. Few b/w images. 10" x 7". Grey cloth boards with black cloth binding. Gilt initals stamped to front board and gilt title lettering stapmed to spine. No dust jacket. More
[San Francisco?]: Printed by Direction of the Bohemian Club, [1911]. 1st printing (presumed). Buff paper bifolium, printed in black. 9-3/8" x 6-3/16". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. A 15 stanza poem, 60 lines, in memory of fellow Bohemian Edward Robeson Taylor, authored by Taylor, who was the 28th..... More
[San Francisco]: 1959. 1st Printing. Printed bifolium. Color illustration to front cover, goldfish & naked lady 11-7/8" x 9" Blue card stock, self wrappers now housed in a mylar sleeve. More
[Lancaster, Pennsylvania]: 1878. Unpaginated, though ~ 150 pp. ~ 3-5 lines per entry; ~ 8 words per line; ~ 8,000 words. Writing clear & legible. 8-3/8" x 7". Publisher's red cloth spine over red marbled paper boards, printed green paper title onlay to front board. While not signed by Nevin..... More
[Los Angeles]: Lord Menu Co., (n. d.). Ca 1960s / 1970s. Printed bifolium, so 4 pages. P. 1 a 4 paragraph history of the restaurant. Vignette drawing of the inn, p. 1. 18" x 11-7/8". Red velvet covers, with oval cut-out to front cover, showing the P. 1 drawing of..... More
Ann Arbor: University Microfilms International, 1978. Xerox sheets, bound with a single staple at upper corner. 11" x 8-1/2". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
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Oppenheim, N. Y. 1833. One sheet of lined paper, bifolium, additonally folded in an envelope, with 3 pages of mss, ~ 100 lines, ~ 1000 words. Writing quite legible. Franked on an outer panel. With preliminary typescript. Unfolded: 12-1/2" x 7-1/2". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. A detailed..... More
[New York]: 1915. 1st Printing. Broadside, with a 'plate' impression applied. Image of Whitlock, with credits & accomplishments listed underneath. Graphics by T. Sindelar [signed in the plate]. 16-7/8" x 12-3/4". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Allen "was an American journalist, attorney, politician, Georgist, four-time mayor of Toledo..... More
San Francisco: Lawrence & Houseworth, Opticians, Importers of Stereoscopic Goods, Etc., Etc. 377 & 319 Montgomery Street, (1865). Ca 1865. Cf. Palmquist, p. 59. Square, separate images. 3-1/4" x 6-3/4". Yellow colored mount [square corners], with publisher imprint to right end; series name ["California"] to left; typeset printed label as..... More
New York: John Polhemus, Publisher, 1883. 1st Printing. 12 pp. Programme: Broadsheet, printed in two columns, folded twice. The Programme gives the names of the organizations & members participating, including a large representation from Ireland, also mentioned in the pamphlet. Map, "showing the points of interest along the route in..... More
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
![BLAKE MOFFITT & TOWNE. Paper Dealers. Lot of 11 Price Lists, 1913 - 1931 [9 pre-1919]. Trade...](/pictures/thumb/48961.JPG?v=1600817778)
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
