St. Louis, Missouri: The Bethany Press, (1976). 1st Edition. INSCRIBED & SIGNED by the 3 authors. [10], 79, [3]. Profusely illustrated, primarily from b/w photographs. 10" x 7". White paper covers, printed in red & blue. "Stanley Frank Musial, nicknamed Stan the Man, was an American baseball outfielder and first..... More
Boston: Nichols & Noyes. John W. Turner, Printer, Groton Junction. 1866. 1st Edition. 69, [5 (blank)] pp. Mounted albumen photograph of Ms Waite as frontispiece. 12mo. 7-5/8" x 4-3/4". Original publisher's green cloth binding with title gilt stamped to front board. Uncommon "vanity" publication, with OCLC recording just 7 institutional..... More
London: John Camden Hotten, Piccadilly. Printed by Jas. Wade, 18, Tavistock-street, Covent-garden, 1865. 1st UK edition (BAL 1526). This edition not in Flake / Draper. [6], 167, 23 pp. Tipped-in publisher advert leaflet, on green paper, to front eps. Last 22 pages publisher adverts. 12mo. 7-/12" x 5". Original publisher's..... More
University of Alabama Press, 1946. 1st printing. 151, [3 (blank)] pp. 8vo. Printed red stiff-stock paper wrappers. More
London: John W. Parker and Son, West Strand, 1852. 1st Edition (Sabin 8047). iv, 291, [1], 8 pp. Publisher catalogue last 8 pages. 12mo. Original publisher's reddish-brown cloth binding with gilt stamped spine lettering. Yellow eps. More
[Oneida, N.Y.]: 1850. 1st Printing. Not in Afro-Americana, 1553 - 1906, nor Work. 14, [2 (blank)] pp. Folded & stiched, unopened. 6-5/8" x 4". Printed self-wrappers, now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Universally attributed to John Humphrey Noyes, founder of the Oneida Community, a perfectionist religious communal society established..... More
London: Printed for M. Collier, Bookseller at the Royal-Exchange, 1756. 1st Edition (Howes S368; Sabin 80046). [2], 111, [1 (blank)] pp. Lacking the half-title leaf. 8vo. 7-3/4" x 5". Disbound, now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Per Howes, a work "highly critical of the Ministry's futile policy in checking..... More
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Fitchburg, Mass. Anti-Tobacco Tract Depository, (n. d.). Ca 1860s (?). Leaflet, printed both sides. Recto, with 6 stanzas of anti-tobacco verse, 4 lines each. Verso with promotional advert for Trask's 'Tobacco Antidote', a 19th C. "nicoderm" if you will. Possibly an offprint of pages from the Anti-Tobacco Journal, with the..... More
Oakland, Cal. R. S. Kitchener, Printer. [1916]. 1st printing (presumed). Not found in Rocq. Unpaginated, though 16 pp. Last 3 pages include events held in the Auditorium through December in 1915, and continuing with scheduled events during 1916. Illustrated with 17 b/w half-tone photographic images, all captioned. Oblong format: 6"..... More
Boston: Pope Manufacturing Co., 1892. 1st Printing. 12 pages. Illustrated with 4 cuts of people on cycles, with t.p. having decorative ornamentation to left. 12mo. 5-5/8" x 3-3/4". Printed blue paper self-wrappers, sewn. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. "Pope Manufacturing Company was founded by Albert Augustus Pope around..... More
Boston: Pblished for the Association by Sewall Harding, 1853. 1st edition (Sabin 5787). vi, [7] - 348 pp. 12mo. Original publisher's deep purple cloth binding with boards stamped in blind & gitl stamped spine lettering. Pale yellow eps. More
Johnstown, New York: Karg Brothers, (n. d.). Ca 1920s. 8 photographs captioned, with white writing, in the image. 9 images operational in nature (e.g., "Clipping Room"), with the remaining 3 depicting office space & personnel (one of a great old walk-in safe). Image: 5-1/2" x 7-3/4". Mount: ~8-1/2" x 10-3/4"..... More
New York: McSpedon & Baker, Printers, 1853. 1st edition. 255, [3] pp. Title and text within mourning borders. "Obituary addresses on the occasion of the death of the Hon. Daniel Webster, delivered in the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States, 14th and 15th December, 1852": pp. 191..... More
(n.p.). April 12, 1960. 1st Printing. Bifolium. Black and white photograph to upper wrapper titled "AYR: Burns Cottage". 8-1/4" x 6-3/4". Off white card stock wrappers, printed in black, slip with typed menu items tipped in. Now housed in a mylar sleeve. More
(n.p.). 1955. 1st Printing. Bifolium. Picture of "Yosemite Falls" to upper wrapper. 7" x 4-3/4". White card stock, color photograph to upper wrapper, menu items printed in black. Short description of Yosemite Falls to lower wrapper, printed in gray. Now housed in a mylar sleeve. More
New York / Washington DC: Strohmeyer & Wyman, Publishers / J. F. Jarvis, Publisher, (1898 - 1899). Individual domed b/w albumen images, mounted side by side. Captioned underneath, with publisher & distributer imprints to the view sides. 3-3/8" x 7". Peach-colored mounts, concave. Versos blank. A nice cache of views..... More
(n.p.). (n.d.). 1st printing. Bifoliuim. Picture of "Yosemite Falls" to upper wrapper. 6-1/4" x 4-6/8. White card stock, color photograph to upper wrapper, menu items printed in black. Now housed in a mylar sleeve. More
(n.p.). c. 1940s-1950s. 1st Printing. Loose leaf, folded. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Folded: 4-1/2" x 6-1/2". Unfolded: 12-1/4" x 9-2/8". White, glossy paper, printed in black and mint green, folded twice. Now housed in a mylar sleeve. More
New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, (1970). 1st Edition. [10], 180, [2] pp. Illustrated with drawings by Deane Cate, including 3 maps. 8vo. Green cloth binding with black stamping. Dust jacket. More
Oakland, Cal. Pubished by William Halley, 1876. 1st edition (Bradford 2068; Cowan II, p. 260; Filby, p. 21; Norris 13; Rocq 3). iv, [2], v - xv, [1], 586, [6] pp. Illustrated with wood engravings, though lacking the sometimes-present hotel wood engravings at front. 8vo. Original publisher's black cloth binding..... More
Boston: Published by Wm. B. Fowle & N. Capen, 1843. 1st edtion thus, i.e., by this publisher (American Imprints 43-4144). Also known as the "Massachusetts Edition", as a special print run was commissioned for MA schools. 552 pp. Separate dated title pages for each part. Illustrated. 8vo. Original publisher's full..... More
San Francisco: Girls' High School, 1886. 1st Printing. One rectangular sheet, printed, in purple ink, on both sides, folded once vertically, to form a 4 page program. P. 1 with the program title, p. 2 the "Argument", p. 3 the Cast [Miss Minnie Bullis in the lead] & p. 4..... More
Boston: McKenzie Engraving Co., 1928. 1st Printing. Unpaginated, though 8 pages. Frontispiece. 8vo. 9" x 7". Original publisher's off-white stiff cards stock covers, with tasseled red cord tie [and center stapled]. Front cover with gilt embossed company arms, and lithograph of "Feneuil Hall. One Hundred Years Ago. From a rare..... More
Boston: Tuttle and Weeks, Printers. 1835. 1st printing (American Imprints 31691). 30, [2 (blank)] pp. 8vo. 9-1/4" x 5-1/2". Lacking original wrappers, with later oversize heavy stock brown rear cover affixed. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
Chicago: National Safety Council, (n. d.). Single sheet, printed recto only. 12" x 8-1/4". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Scarce iteration of this oft used phrase... a cursory search of the internet found none with this image of a German U-Boat sinking a freightor. More
