Los Angeles. Anderson & Ritchie. 1950. Limited 850 copies. cf. Olmsted, Keepsakes, XIV and Ritchie 103. 4 pp. and smaller 4 pp slip. 10" x 6-1/2". Self wrappers, deckled tail, letterpress printed in black, teal and touches of green. Slip is a reproduction of an old menu, printed on white... More
Los Angeles. Anderson & Ritchie. 1950. Limited 850 copies. cf. Olmsted, Keepsakes, XIV and Ritchie 103. 4 pp. and one slip. 10" x 6-1/2". Self wrappers, deckled tail, letterpress printed n black, teal and touches of green.. Slip is a reproduction of an old menu, printed on white card stock... More
(Oakland). 1943. 1st Printing. 4 pp. unnumbered. Illustrated upper wrapper, few small vignettes and decorative borders. 9" x 6". Light green, textured paper, green and red lettering, now housed in a mylar sleeve. More
San Francisco. Rice Ptg. c. 1940s. 1st Printing. 4 pp. unnumbered. Pictorial upper wrapper. 11" x 6-1/2". Illustrated card stock wrappers, leaves printed in green lettering, now housed in a mylar sleeve. More
San Francisco. Allied Printing. c. 1940s. 1st Printing. 4 pp. unnumbered. Illustrated upper wrapper, vignette of a wine jug on lower wrapper. 11-2/8" x 8-6/8". Multi-colored pictorial, card stock, self wrappers with red, blue and some green lettering. Now housed in a mylar sleeve, Stamp reads "C.H. Muller Brut 4.00 2.25" More
Providence / Boston: Published by Elder J. S. Mowry / For Sale by D. S. King and Co., 1843. 1st Edition (American Imprints 43-1448). viii, [9] - 162, [2 (blank)] pp. Frontispiece of Ms Salome. 12mo. 6-1/4" x 3-3/4". Original publisher's purple cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to... More
(n.p.). c. 1960s. 1st Printing. Printed bifolium. Illustrated upper wrapper, decorative borders inside. 8-1/2" x 6". Gold, flexi-bound card stock, black lettering, now housed in a mylar sleeve. More
(California). (1978). 1st Printing. Broadside, letterpress printed. One large pictorial portrait of Senator John Briggs. 14-1/2" x 23". Single sheet, red ink stencil illustration, black ink text. Senator John Briggs was the man behind California Proposition 6 (Nov. 7 1978) which would have banned gays, lesbians and anyone else who... More
(n.p.). c. 1940s. 1st Printing. Printed bifolium. Illustrated wrappers - line drawings of small trains and dates below each. 9-1/2" x 6". Gray, card stock, self wrappers, brown lettering, now housed in a mylar sleeve. A dining car wine list from the New York Central System. More
(n.p.). c. 1950s (?). 1st Printing. 4 pp. unnumbered. Illustrated upper wrapper. 9" x 4-2/8". Card stock, self wrappers, black lettering. Now housed in a mylar sleeve. On the lower wrapper is "A Guide to Ordering Wine" with seven bullet points. More
San Francisco: 1906. 1st Printing. 8 pp. "Map of the Ruined District", p. 8. ~ 22" x 15". Printed self-wrappers. "San Francisco is prostrate, but is not crushed." So starts the frontpage piece on the quake's aftermath, with other articles addressing damage to San Jose, Stanford & Agnews State Hospital. More
(New Orleans). c. 1970s. 1st Printing. 8 pp. unnumbered. Decorative borders. 9-1/4" x 7-3/4" Blue wrappers and leaves, dark blue lettering, stapled. Now housed in a mylar sleeve. More
St. Louis, Mo. Cavanagh - Kelly. c. 1960s - 1970s. 1st Printing. 4 pp. unnumbered, housed in larger wrappers. Pictorial upper wrapper, decorative borders on menu. Folio, 17-3/4" x 12". Tan, card stock wrappers, black decorative lettering, soft pink illustration to verso of the wrappers. Menu is white card stock... More
(n.p.). c. 1970s. 1st Printing. Printed bifolium housed in larger wrappers. Small vignette and decorative boarder on first page. 14" x 10". White, card stock wrappers with green and pink lettering. White paper leaves with black type. All held together by a white cord tie. Now housed in a mylar... More
(New Orleans). March 18, 1949. 1st Printing. 4 pp. unnumbered. Colored illustration to upper wrapper, couple of vignettes inside. 10-3/4" x 9". Card stock, self wrappers, black lettering, now housed in a mylar sleeve. The Roosevelt is still open today, managed by Waldorf-Astoria Hotels and Resorts. This menu has an extensive... More
(New Orleans). c. 1970s. 1st Printing. Printed bifolium, with two slips. Illustrated upper and lower wrappers. 12" x 9". Brown, card stock self wrappers, printed in black, black lettering with prices written in blue ink. One slip is white tissue paper, with black type. The second slip is white paper... More
East Bay. Allied Printing. c. 1960. 1st Printing. 4 pp. unnumbered. Illustrated upper wrapper, small vignette on lower wrapper. 8-3/8" x 5". Paper, self wrappers, pink and dark gray illustrations and lettering, now housed in a mylar sleeve. Ink inscription reads : "6-10-60 Our first try & it was good - " More
(n.p.). c. 1940s - 1950s. 1st Printing. 4 pp. unnumbered, housed in larger printed wrappers. Die-cut shape as an onion, small vignettes throughout. Approx. 8" x 9". Blue and white, card stock wrappers, white paper leaves, dark blue lettering, small slip tipped in on first page, now housed in a.... More
San Francisco. Schmidt Litho Co., c. 1930s - 1940s (?). 1st Printing. Broadside. Full color lithograph. 4" x 10-1/2". Loose leaf, print in color to recto. Now housed in a mylar sleeve. More
San Bernardino, Ca. Researched and Compiled by Steven Herrick. Self Published. May 11, 2016. 1st Edition thus. 64 pp. Two Images of maps. 11" x 8-1/2" Pictorial wrappers. More
Dallas: Armed Forces Publications, [1955]. 1st Edition. Unpaginated, though ~ 100 pp. Profusely illustrated in color & b/w. 4to. 12-5/8" x 9-5/8". Original publisher's dark blue cloth binding, embossed with ship bow & anchor, gold & white lettering. Color photographic eps [depicting the base]. More
(New York). c. 1930s - 1940s. 1st Printing. 4 pp. unnumbered. Illustrated upper wrapper. 10-3/4" x 7". Tan, card stock wrappers, brown lettering, now housed in a mylar sleeve. Pencil marking reads "Out at 2:30" suggesting that the luncheon menu is over. More
(n. p.): 1969. 100+ sheets of "The Plaza" [famous NYC hotel] letterhead, with mss notes recording key points/aspects of "Black Heritage" episodes, beginning with 7 January 1969. The holograph notes begin with the first episode on January 7th, and continue with elaborate details on 40+ other episodes, which comprise nearly... More
Hartford, Conn. Taylor & Huntington, (n. d.). Ca early 1880s. Verso with description of the Sanitary Commission, as well as a publisher blurb on the War series, and an extensive "A Word as to Prices". Dual photographs, domed. Orange mount. Oblong format: 4" x 7". Housed in a clear mlyar sleeve. More
Palo Alto. Lewis Osborne. 1968. 1st Edition. 704/2100 copies. 86, [2] pp. Illustrated. 10-1/2" x 7". Red cloth, stamped in gilt to back strip, gilt illustration of two crosses sabers on upper board, front end papers has a map of "The Region of the Indian Wars" and the lower end... More
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