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
Berkeley: Published by Howell-North, 1963. 5th edition. 72 pp. Contains a new preface written just for this edition. Illustrated, primarily from photographs. Decorations by E. S. Hammack. Maps & lettering by Frederic Shaw. 8vo. 9" x 6". Color pictorial paper covers, stapled. More
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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
Detroit, Michigan: Ford Motor Company, [1935]. 1st printing. Unpaginated, though 16 pp. Each page with a color illustration of a Ford V-8 model, beginning with the DeLuxe Tudor Sedan, p. 1 Oblong 8vo: 7" x 9". Color printed paper wrappers, stapled. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. "New..... More
Boston: Russell, Shattuck, & Williams (J. D. Freeman, Printer), 1835. 1st Printing (American Imprints 31563). 35, [1 (blank)] pp. 8vo. 8-1/4" x 5-1/4". Disbound, now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
San Francisco: Wobbers, Inc., (n. d.). Ca 1938. Not found in Rocq. Unpaginated, though 48 pages. Each page with a captioned b/w half-tone photograph of a San Francisco scene or landmark, e.g. "Scene at Fisherman's Wharf" and "Golden Gate Bridge". Oblong format: 9-1/8" x 11-1/8". Yellow paper covers, stapled. Now..... More
[Washington]: (n. d.). Ca early 1870s. War Department seal, photo credit, and title imprinted on peach verso, all in red, followed by 4 lines descriptive text of the view, along with the initial portion of the expedition itself. Two domed b/w albumen photographs, affixed to a yellow mount, rounded corners..... More
Los Angeles: Trans-Anglo Books, 1965. 2nd revised Edition. INSCRIBED & SIGNED by the Author on the t.p. 238 pp. Profusely illustrated, primarily from b/w photographs. 4to. 11-1/4" x 8-5/8". Red cloth binding lettered in white. Route map eps. White dust jacket printed in red & black, with photographic image of..... 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
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
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
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
[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
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
