San Francisco: [1895]. Ca 1895. 79, [1] pp. Tall 8vo. 10-1/8" x 6-7/8". Green cloth spine over elaborately lithographed glossy stock covers. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. We find OCLC recording one institutional holding, the Huntington, who dates the catalogue as 1888, however, on page 14, advertising "New..... More
Newark [Rockaway N. J.]: Baker Printing Co. [Litho Service], 1912. Reprint, ca 1970s? 48 pp. Profusely illustrated with the divers types of locks offered by the firm. 8vo. 9-5/16" x 6-3/16". Original printed orange paper wrappers, stapled. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
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
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1873. 1st Edition thus (Cordasco 70-1236). xx, [17] - 1091, [1 (blank)] pp. Illustrated with numerous steel plates and wood-cuts. 8vo. Original publisher's tan full sheep binding with black leather title label to spine. An expanded, re-titled edition of the author's 1869 publication, A...... More
London: Addey and Co., Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, 1856. 1st Edition in English. 4 volumes. 8vo. Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt stamped spine lettering. Yellow eps. More
London: Chatto & Windus, 1906. 1st Edition. 2 volumes: xv, [i], 382, [2]; 367, [1], 32 pp. Index in Volume II, with concludes with a 32 page publisaher catalogue. 45 illustrations. 8vo. Original blue publishers cloth with gilt spine lettering. TEG. More
Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1851. 4th Edition, first published in 1818. vi, [2], 595, [1 (blank)] pp. Frontispiece of Curran. 8vo. 9" x 5-3/4". Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering to spine & boards stamped in blind. Pale yellow eps. With a new preface..... More
London: Printed for A. Millar, D. Wilson, and T. Durham, in the Strand, and T. Payne, at the Mews-Gate, 1764. xvi, 408 pp. Pp. 215 & 361 misnumbered 115 & 36 respectively. Pharmacopoeia divisional t.p., dated 1761, as p. [275]. "Diet Board" chart p. 378. 8vo. 8-1/4" x 5-1/4". Period..... More
London: Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer. 1870. 1st Edition (NCBEL III, 378). xiii, [1 (blank)], [3] - 162, [2] pp. The occasional woodcut. 8vo. 9-1/8" x 5-3/4". Original publisher's pebbled blue cloth binding with gilt stamped spine lettering. Turnbull presumed to be the author of "Chessmen in Action" More
London / Edinburgh: Printed for T. Cadell; G. G. J. and J Robinson; C. Dilly; and W. Creech, 1788. 1st Edition (Goldsmith 13538). 109, [1 (blank)] pp. 8-1/8" x 4-7/8". Disbound, now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
London: Printed for A. Moore, near St. Paul's. [1885]. First published in 1721. vii, [1 (blank)], 43, [1 (blank)] pp. Binder's blanks at rear. 7-1/2" x 5". Late 19th C. half green morocco binding with blue-green pebbled cloth boards. Gilt stamped spine lettering. TEG. Marbled eps. Recounting of the goings-on..... 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
Nottingham: Burbage & Stretton, Printers, 14, Long Row, [1802]. 1st printing thus. Broadside, printed in 3 columns, with title printed in 4 lines at top, with bottom 4 paragraphs [in two columns] a history of the office. Typographical border. 19-3/8" x 15-1/2". Stored folded, and housed in an archival mylar..... More
London: Printed for J. Debrett, 1786. 1st Edition (Goldsmith 13204). [2], vii, [1 (blank)], 96 [of 98] pp. 8vo. 8-1/4" x 5". Disbound, now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Attributed to the Earl of Buchan, David Steuart [sic] Erskine, cf. Halkett & Laing, v. 9 (1962). More
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Hearst Magazines Inc., 1951. 1st printing (presumed). 32 pp. Last page a "Sandwich Directory", offering 3 columns of sandwich recipes, etc., etc. Profusely illustrated, mostly in color. 11" x 8-1/4". Color printed stiffer stock paper covers, stapled. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
Philadelphia: David McKay, Publisher. (1882). 1st Edition thus, i.e., by this publisher [one of two editions issued in 1882, priority not established]. 367, [1 (blank)] pp. 8vo. Green cloth binding with gilt stamping. TEG. Pale green dust jacket printed in red. More
London: Trübner & Co., Ludgate Hill, 1875. 1st Edition. [4], 88, [4] pp. 12mo. 6-5/8" x 4-1/8". Original publisher's terra-cotta cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering to front board. "The success of a governess depends on a variety of elements, and the post of governess is a round of tasks..... More
[London]: [Printed for Weaver Bickerton, in Devereux - Court, near Temple - Bar], [1730]. 2nd edition. Cf. ESTC 222510. Pp. [2], 81 - 94 [= 16] pp. First leaf recto a bastard title, with "Price One Shilling and Six-pence" at bottom, indicating this section available separately from the volume itself;..... More
London: Charles Gilpin, 5, Bishopsgate Without, 1848. [6], 268, [4 (adverts)] pp. 12mo. Original publisher's brown cloth binding with gilt stamping to spine. Pale yellow eps. More
London: Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, Successors to Henry Coburn, 1857. 1st Edition. viii, 328 pp. Frontispiece and inserted plates, by H. S. Marks. 12mo. 8" x 4-3/4". Original publisher's red cloth binding with gilt stamping. Pale yellow eps. More
Coventry England: Standard Motor Company, Ltd., (n. d.). Ca late 1950s. 6 sections: Engine Cooling and Fuel; Clutch, Transmission and Propeller Shaft; Rear Axle, Brakes, Wheels and Tyres; Steering, Suspension and Shock Absorbers; Underframe & Body; Electrical and Ignition Equipment; Appendix. Each of the 6 sections individually paginated. Profusely illustrated..... More
Westminster: Ashburnham House, 1943. 1st Printing. 15, [1] pp. Illustrated with b/w photographic images. 8vo. Printed light brown paper wrappers, stapled. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
(n.p.). 1935. 1st Printing. Broadside. Color illustration of Bergen to head. 9" x 5-3/4". White card stock, printed in black and gray. Now housed in a mylar sleeve. More
(n.p.). c. 1917-1920. (?). 1st Printing. 24 pp unnumbered. Approx. 9-1/2 x 6-1/4". White card stock wrappers, printed in dark green with a red rule around each page. All menu items have been hand written in black ink. Stitched together with white string. Now housed in a mylar sleeve. About..... More
(n.p.): 1905. 1st Printing. Broadside. 5-3/4" x 3-3/4". Off white card stock, gilt lettering, colored embossing to lower corners, written in blue ink. AEG. Now housed in a mylar sleeve. "The Trocadero Restaurant of J. Lyons and Co. opened in 1896 on a site on Coventry Street, near the theatres..... More
