WHITE HOUSE YEARS.
Boston: Little Brown & Co., (1979). 1st edition. xxiv, 1521 pp (including index). Illustrated. 8vo. Blue cloth binding. Dust jacket. More
Boston: Little Brown & Co., (1979). 1st edition. xxiv, 1521 pp (including index). Illustrated. 8vo. Blue cloth binding. Dust jacket. More
Cincinnati: Moore Wilstach Keys & Co., 1860. 1st edition. 706 pp, illustrated w/ 100 intra-textual woodcuts, 8vo. Original brown publisher's cloth. Gilt decorated spine. Author the hardworking, 22 year Secretary of the Ohio State Board of Agriculture; this work grew out of an 1857 State Report on the subject... More
(n. p.): California State Printing Office, 1954. 1st printing (presumed). 32 pp. 9-1/16" x 6". Stiff orange printed paper wrappers, stapled. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. Rare in the trade. More
Chico [?]: 1983. 1st publication, privately distributed. vi, 64 ll. Typed text, printed recto only. 11" x 8-1/2". Maroon buckram cloth binding with gold stamping to spine and front cover. A work submitted by Ms Knight to the CSU Chico faculty "in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree..... More
(n. p.): (1990). SIGNED, in the plate, by the artist. 30 sheets of white paper, images to recto only. 9-1/8" x 6". Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. A collection of 30 color lithographed sketches of "Ditzy D'Elite", a "Marilyn Monroe" type woman, all in Vargas-like pin-up poses..... More
Götheborg: J. G. Lange, Senior. 1748. 1st edition. [16], 372, [4] pp. Volume concludes with one page Eratta, followed by 3 page publisher advert. Decorative initial capital letters. Large tailpiece, pp. 198 & 360. 8vo: )(^8 A - T^8 V - X^4 Y - 2A^8 2B^4. 7" x 4-3/8". Modern..... More
New York: Random House, 1929. Unpaginated, however, 8 pages. 10" x 6-1/4". Blue paper wrappers, sewn, with black title lettering and graphic printed to front wrapper. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
Leipzig: Verlag Von Quandt & Handel, 1869. 1st Edition. iv, 107, [1] pp. 8vo. Later brown cloth over green & black marbled paper boards [library binding?]. More
1916 - 1941. SIGNED (5 pcs). Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. LaGuardia, or "Little Flower," is widely regarded as one of the best mayors in New York City history, whose tenure redefined the office. He was the 99th mayor of the "Big Apple", serving his populace from..... More
Rouen: Chez Pierre le Boucher Libraire, 1734. 1st edition thus. [24], 426, [2], 52, 80, [4], 163, [1] pp. Title page printer device. Head- tailpieces. Decorative initial capital letters. 4to. Period full mottled calf with red morocco spine label to spine. Red edgestain. Marbled paper eps... More
Pasadena: Published by the Author, 1932. Reprint (cf. Ahouse A38a). 64 pp. 12mo. 7-1/2" x 4-7/8". Gray-green printed wrappers. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. "Nineteen letters to a small cog in the American economy: Judd is the prototypical workingman who sees his labor disappear into the system..... More
Philadelphia: 1861. 1st volume edition. 574, 546 pp. Profusely illustrated, including 10 fold-out color fashion plates. Thick 8vo. 9-1/2" x 6-3/8". Period (publisher's ?) black half-leather binding with black cloth boards. Please note, while we did not specifically notice any leaves or plates as missing, we have not fully collated..... More
San Anselmo, CA: The Ladies of Saint Anselmo's Church, 1908. 1st printing (Brown 84; Cook p. 31; Glozer 261). 168 pp. Advertisements throughout. 9-1/8" x 6". Grey printed paper wrappers. Includes sections such as: Beverages, Cheese Dishes, Eggs, Entrees, Fish, For the Nursery, For the Sick, Icings and Filings, Ices..... More
[Divers places]: 1946 - 1959. SIGNED by the Author. Divers paginations. Misc. sizes, many 10" x 7-1/4". Most printed self-wrappers, stapled. All housed in blue-spined casing with blue paste-paper boards. Typed title label, "Lambert", to spine. J. M. Lambert was a British ecologist and botanist perhaps best known for her..... More
Philadelphia: King & Baird, Printers, No. 9 Sansom Street, 1856. 1st Printing. 14 pp. Fold-out at rear, with 7 figures depicting divers aspects of the "Steam Hydrant". 8vo. 9" x 5-3/4". Later plain light brown paper covers. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Rare scientific treatise on this device..... More
New York: Published by the National Temperance Society and Publication House, 1889. Broadside. Typographical border, with elaborate fleur-de-lis in each corner. 8-1/2" x 5-1/16" Printed in leaflet form, this a letter from Iowa Governor William Larrabee [1886 - 1890] to Rev. C. C. McCabe, New York City, dated Feb. 26..... More
New York: William Radde, 322 Broadway. 1845. Later printing of the 2nd US Edition (cf. Cordasco AA329). Not in the Atwater catalogue, though see 2205 - 2207. 6, xvi, [17] - 264 pp. 16mo. 6-1/8" x 3-7/8". Publisher's original brown cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to spine &..... More
London: W. Lewis and Co., 1816. 1st edition. 512 pp. Frontis + 12 inserted engraved plates. 4to. 10-3/4" x 8-1/2". Period full calf binding; gilt lettered maroon leather title label to spine. More
Madison, Wis. James Ross, State Printer. 1860. 1st edition thus. 301, [5] pp. Errata after text. 8vo. 8-1/8" x 5-3/8". Original publisher's tan half-sheep binding with drab paper-wrapped boards. Red cloth spine label. Rare edition of these state laws... at the time of cataloguing, OCLC shows no institutional holdings... More
Philadelphia: Key & Biddle - 23 Minor Street. 1834. 1st edition (American Imprints 26289; BEAL 8549.50). vi, [2], [9] - 540, [2 (blank)] pp. P. 316 misnumbered 216. 8vo. 8-5/8" x 5-1/2". Original publisher's full sheep binding with gilt stamped title lettering to spine. Speeches of Lord Chatham (William Pitt)..... More
Poughkeepsie: Published by Paraclete Potter. P. & S. Potter, Printers. 1816. 2nd edition (American Imprints 37269; Cohen 8076). xii, 248, [4] pp. Index at beginning of volume. "Part II, The Clerk's Assistant", with divisional short-title leaf (P5). Contains selections of various useful practical forms, &c (pp. [177] - 248). Adverts..... More
Le Mans: Imprimerie Monnoyer 12, Place de Jacobins, 12, 1925. 1st Printing. 24 pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Original publisher's printed buff paper wrappers, stapled. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. More
Berkeley: University of California Regional Oral History Office The Bancroft Library, (1993). 1st Printing. Copy #6. [14], vii, [1 (blank)], viii, [1 (blank)], 309, [5] pp. Half-tone photographic portrait of Luna Leopold. 11-1/4" x 8-5/8". Bright blue buckram binding with silver stamped spine lettering. More
Matted: 12-1/4" x 13-7/8". Image: 6" x 8" An engaging image, in orange & black, rendered by ink & color wash. Embossed in upper left of image "Lafayette. Brooklyn, N.Y." More
Matted: 12-1/4" x 14". Image: 6" x 8" An engaging image, in orange & black, rendered by ink & color wash. Embossed in upper left of image "Lafayette. Brooklyn, N.Y." More