San Francisco: Teachers Exchange of San Francisco, (1972). 1st printing (presumed). 20 number 'flash' cards of white stiff-stock glossy paper which detail a classroom exercise useful for conveying a certain skill [e.g., Mechanical Drawing] or concept ["A Lucky Throw" - statistics & percentages, using dice throws]. A 21st card (on... More
San Francisco: Teachers Exchange of San Francisco, (1971). 1st printing (presumed). 15 number 'flash' cards of white stiff-stock paper, each with a geometric shape to recto & verso. 8" x 7" A tangram is "a Chinese geometric puzzle consisting of a square cut into seven pieces that can be arranged... More
London: Printed by Taylor and Francis, Red Lion Court, Fleet Street, [1885]. 1st edition thus. 184 pp. Some text in French. "Notification" leaflet, printed on yellow paper, tipped-in after p. 90. Illustrated with crude woodcuts. 6-3/8" x 4" [16.2 cm x 10 cm]. Original publisher's flexible brown covers, with gilt... More
London / Edinburgh: Reeves & Turner / William Patterson, 1871. Second Edition, Corrected and Enlarged. 2 volumes: vi, [2], 243, [1]; vii, [1 (blank)], 319, [1 (blank)] pp. Published without the numerous plates found in the first edition of 1866. 8-3/4" x 7". Original publisher's brown cloth binding with gilt... More
San Francisco: San Francisco Giants, 1999. 1st Printing. Ticket with image of Mays, McCovey & Marichal [+ one other, Cepeda? You can just see the 3x on the uniform]. 6" x 3-1/4" Accompanied by an Opening Day ticket to Pacific Bell Park, Fri Mar 31 2000 7:35 p.m., San Francisco Giants vs. Milwaukee Brewers. More
Chicago: Wahl-Henius Institute, 1901. 1st Edition. xv, 1, 266 pp. Numerous b/w illustrations, tables and equations in text. 8vo., 6.5" x 4.25" Original full limp leather with extended flap that folds over the upper cover and is stamped in gilt, backstrip stamped in gilt, AEG, floral endpapers. A scarce pre-prohibition... More
Yonkers, New York: 1852. Two leaves of stationary, one of which is folded to make four pages; 6 pp. total. 8-3/4" x 7-1/8" Self wrappers. A ms letter from Edward [F. Shonnard] to [his wife] Sophy [who was the sister of future New York Governor and Presidential Candidate Horatio Seymour]... More
[Worcester]: 1879. 1st edition thus (Cook, p. 107). 62 [of 66] pp. Recipes to leaf verso; business adverts to leaf rectos. 12mo. 7-3/4" x 4-7/8". Printed wrappers, sewn. A quite rare, albeit imperfect, benefit cookery book, reprising one published the Church the year prior, and of which we find only... More
London: Rider & Co., (n. d.). Later edition. 96 pp. Illustrated. 12mo. 7-1/4" x 4-7/8". Original publisher's yellow paper wrappers, printed in black & red. From a wrapper blurb, "Biblical and Pyramid prophecy vindicated. Further prophecies, up to September, 1936." More
Kowloon, Hong Kong: Christian Witness Press, (n. d.). C. 1970s. Seven broadsides printed in color. 30-1/4" x 21" Attached at the top-edge with maroon tape. These posters were said to bring the viewer closer to God, especially when viewed in sequence. Five of the posters depict a man's face with... More
Kowloon, Hong Kong: Christian Witness Press, (n. d.). C. 1970s. Four broadsides printed in color. 30-1/4" x 21" Attached at the top-edge with maroon tape. These posters were said to bring the viewer closer to God. The images progress much like a graphic novel, beginning with a figure running from... More
Kowloon, Hong Kong: Christian Witness Press, (n. d.). C. 1970s. Five broadsides printed in color. 30-1/4" x 21" Attached at the top-edge with maroon tape. These posters were said to bring the viewer closer to God. The images progress much like a graphic novel, beginning with two figures at the... More
(n. p.): (n. d.). Text ca late 1940s / early 1950s. 8 lined sheets of penciled notes, recto only [~ 900 words]. 7 pages of typed text, double spaced, ~ 188 lines, ~ 1500 words. Text accompanied by 20 loose photographs [some 2nd generation], 3 additonal affixed to a mylar... More
NY: Ballantine Books, 1991. 1st ed. 351 pp, 8vo. Creme cloth spine with white paper-wrapped boards. Dust jacket. More
London: J. Miles & Co., Ltd., Printers. [1911]. 1st edition thus. [12] pp. B/w illustrations in text and photographic reproductions. 4to., 9-5/8" x 7-3/8" Stable buff wrappers. This production ran at St. James Theatre from October 14, 1911 to December 1, 1911. "This was a stop-gap production because of the... More
(n. p.): Ediciones Populares S.A., 1964. [8] pp., printed in black, red and blue. Illustrated. 13-1/4" x 6" Self wrappers. An extensive list of prices for a French liqour store, in English. More
Rockford, Ills. For Sale by R. J. Hazlett, (n. d.). Ca 1880s / 1890s. 24 pp. Illustrated with 25 cuts, 2 full-color chromolithograhed plates. 6-1/16" x 3-7/16". Original pale yellow printed paper wrappers, staped. The I.O.G.T., or International Organization of Good Templars, "originated as one of a number of fraternal... More
(n. p.): Sports Publishing LLC, (2003). 1st Edition. [6], 233, [1 (advert)] pp. A few illustrations. 8vo. Black cloth binding. Full color dust jacket. More
Cleveland, Ohio: The Reflex Ignition Co., [1917]. 1st printing thus. 15, [1] pp. Printed by The Artcraft Co., Cleveland. Stapled to the title leaf is a 1917 Dealer's price list, printed on yellow paper [6-1/4" x 3-1/2"]. Illustrated with cuts & drawings of the divers available spark plugs. 7-1/4" x.... More
New York: Bonanza Books, (1965). 1st edition thus, i.e., by this publisher. 256 pp (including Index). Illustrated, with some color. Small 4to. Hardback. Dust jacket. More
London: Dennis Dobson Ltd., 1960. [i-vi] vii-xxii [1-3] 4-686 i-ix (index) [1 note] pp. B/w frontisportrait of John Maynard Keynes 8vo., 8-1/2" x 5-3/4" Publisher's full blue cloth with lettering in gilt to backstrip. Fourth impression, so stated. More
London, Paris & New York: Cassell, Peter, Galpin & Co., c. late 1870s. Second Edition. [i-iii] iv-viii [1] 2-244 pp. Two-page facsimile frontis 8vo., 7-1/8" x 5" Contemporaneous polished calf with hand-tooled gilt-patterned panels to both boards, backstrip with five raised bands, lettering, fillets, and flourishes in gilt, all edges... More
London: The Folio Society, 1998. 1st thus. 528 pp (including index). Illustrated, including many color plates. 8vo. Blue cloth binding; blue topstain. Slipcase. More
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1993. 1st edition. xi, [3], 457, [7 (blank)] pp (including index). Illustrated. 8vo. Hardback. Blue dust jacket. More
New York: Random House, (1993). 1st Edition. xxi, [1 (blank)], 503, [3 (including Index)] pp. 9-1/2" x 6-3/8". Hardback. Dust jacket. More
