The GREATER NASH SIX. Model 691 Series.
[Milwaukee?]: (n. d.). 1st printing, ca 1924. 23, [1] pp. Illustrated primarily from b/w photographs. 10-1/2" x 8-1/2". Printed brown paper wrappers, stapled. More
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INSIDE INFORMATION On The "CA" DOUBLE WASP.
East Hartford, Connecticut: The Calvin Picone Studio [for] Pratt & Whitney Aircraft, Division of United Aircraft Corporation, (n. d.). Ca 1946. Unpaginated, though 32 pp. Illustrated throughout, mostly with b/w half-tone photographic images. 9-1/4" x 9-1/2". Photographically illustrated paper covers, die-cut in the shape of a propellar hub. The Pratt..... More
The PRUNING KNIFE. Being a Prospectus of the American Appendicitis Corporation (Unlimited).
Chicago: Published and Sold by Barrett Incorporate First National Bank Building, (1922). 1st Printing. 107, [3] pp. Talking pictures and cover by Griff Jay. 12mo. 7-1/4" x 5". Greyish brown covers printed in purple. More
The GENERAL GAZETTEER; or, Compendious Geographical Dictionary. ... Illustrated by Maps.
Montrose [Scotland]: Printed by and for D. Buchanan, sold by him, & W. Creech, et al, 1801. The Twelfth Edition, with Considerable Additions and Improvements. Unpaginated, though ~ 722 pages. Text double column. 7 inserted folding copper-plate maps. 8vo. 13.5 cm x 21.7 cm. Period full brown calf binding maroon..... More
SAN RAFAEL COOK BOOK. 1906.; Compiled by the Ladies of San Rafael San Rafael, California. Price - - $1.00 Copyrighted 1906.
[San Rafael?]: (1906). 1st Edition thus, and 2nd Edition overall (Axford, p. 357 [giving a date of 1907 ?]; Cook, p. 29). Cf. Brown 51, for the first edition of 1898. [3] - 222 pp. Contributions attributed. Advertisements throughout. Half-tone b/w photographic vignette of the First Presbyterian Church to first..... More
The MYSTERIOUS KUNDALINI. The Physical Basis for "Kundali (Hatha) Yoga" in Terms of Western Anatomy and Physiology.; Foreword by Sir John Woodroffe, Kt. (Arthur Avalon)
Bombay: D. B. Taraporevala Sons & Co. "Kitab Mahal": Hornby Road, 1929. Second Revised and Enlarged Edition. 1st published in 1927. xiv, [2], 89, [1 (blank)], vi, v, [1 (advert)] pp. Drawing of the human form, p. [xvi]. 7-1/8" x 4-3/4". Original publisher's dark maroon cloth binding with black stamping..... More
VILLAS Of FLORENCE And TUSCANY.
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Co., 1922. 1st edition thus. 411, [1 (blank)] pp (including index). Full color frontis. 299 illustrations and photographs. 4to. 11" x 7-3/4". Blue cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering to spine & front board. TEG. More
DEVELOPMENT & CHARACTER Of GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE.
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1906. 3rd Printing. xxviii, 454, [2] pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Blue cloth binding with gilt stamped spine lettering. TEG. More
A HISTORY Of AMERICAN ART. In Two Volumes.
Boston: L. C. Page Company, 1902. Early printing, first published in 1901. 2 volumes: 328; 287, [1 (blank)] pp. Contents - V1: I. American Art before 1828. II. Our Landscape Painters. III. The Old School. IV. The New School. V2: I. American Sculpture. II. The Graphic Arts. III. American Art..... More
COLOR CEMENT HANDICRAFT.
Worcester, Massachusetts: The Davis Press, (1922). 1st Edition. 201, [3 (blank)] pp. Profusely illustrated, with a color frontispiece. 8vo. 9-3/4" x 6-7/8". Silver-grey buckram cloth stamped in blue & orange. More
The LIVING PAST.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1930. 1st edition. 144 pp. 8vo. Blue cloth binding with gilt stamped spine lettering. Tomato red dust jacket printed in black. More
ENGLISH SEAMEN In The SIXTEENTH CENTURY. Lectures Delivered at Oxford Easter Terms, 1893 - 4.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1895. 1st US Edition. [10], 228 pp 8vo. Original publisher's brick red cloth with gilt stamped spine lettering & a gilt stamped devide to front board. More
ORIENTAL RUGS And CARPETS.
New York: Review Publishing Company, (1904). 1st Printing. [2], 116 pp (including Index). Illustrated with b/w images. 9-5/8" x 6-1/4". Flexible red cloth covers with silver stamped lettering. More
JINGLES From JAPAN. As Set Forth by the Chinks.
San Francisco: A. M. Robertson, 1901. 1st printing. 43 pp. Printed Japanese-fold style. Illustrated with 43 relief printed black & orange color drawings. 10" x 7-3/4". Printed paper wrappers, stab-sewn in the Japanese fashion. More
SOME COGNITIVE ELEMENTS Of RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE.
Boston: The Gorham Press, (1917). 57, [7 (blank)] pp. 12mo. Pale blue cloth binding with dark blue stamping. Printed white paper dust jacket, with rear panel an advert for "Badger's Library of Religious Thought" More
GRADUATION PORTRAIT ALBUM NO. 8 [English Translation].; March of 10th Year of Showa Period.
Kure: [1935]. 12-3/4" x 9-1/4". Purple velour cloth binding, yapp edges, cord tie. Marble eps. More
PLYMOUTH'S FINEST.
(n. p.): Plymouth Division, Chrysler Corporation. [1941]. 1st printing. Unpaginated, though 20 pp. Filled with lovely full color illustrations of the car, and its divers systems, et al. Oblong format: 10" x 14". Color printed wrappers, stapled. The Plymouth De Luxe Sedan, their Finest.... I'm especially enamoured by the De..... More
1. FILIPINO TYPES: Manila Students.; An Attempt to Calssify the Littoral Population of Luzon and Adjacent Islands.
Manila: Bureau of Printing, 1909. 1st separate edition. Accompanied by a mss note, "With the author's compliments" calling card. 263 - 287, [6], 288 - 296 pp. Partially unopened. Illustrated with intratextual graphs & 3 full-page charts. 10-1/2" x 7-1/2". Original publisher's printed drab green paper wrappers. Now housed in..... More
The HISTORY And ANTIQUITIES Of MELROSE, OLD MELROSE, And DRYBURGH ABBEYS, with a Description of Abbotsford, Eildon Hills; Etc. Etc. Etc.
Melrose / Edinburgh: Misses S. & C. Cameron / W. P. Nimmo, St. James Square, 1869. Later edition, first published in 1847. [4], 95, [1 (blank)] pp. Frontis. 5 inserted plates. 12mo. 6-3/8" x 4-1/8". Original publisher's purple flexible cloth-covered card-stock covers, with gilt stamped lettering to front cover. "The..... More
CHEIRO'S LANGUAGE Of The HAND. A Complete Practical Work on the Sciences of Cheirognomy and Cheiromancy, Containing the System, Rules and Experience of Cheiro.
New York / New York / London: F. Tennyson Neely / Continental Publishing Co. / Nichols & Co., 1897. New 6th Edition. 162 pp. Appendix & adverts at rear. Fifty-five Full-page Illustrations, and over Two Hundred Engravings of Lines, Mounts, and Marks. Royal 8vo. 10-1/4" x 7-7/8". Original publisher's white..... More
A NARRATIVE Of The DREADFUL SHIPWRECK Of The VRYHEID (Late the Melville-Castle) Capt. Scherman, a Dutch Indiaman Bound to the Cape of Good- Hope, Which was Wrecked off Dymchurch Wall, near Dover, Nov. 23, 1802, by Which Catastrophe 454 Persons Perished! Written by One of the Survivors.
London: Printed for Tegg & Castleman, at the Eccentric Book Warehouse, 122, St. John-Street, Smithfield; ... Hartnell, Printer, 3, New-Street, Borough. [1803]. 1st Edition. iv, 28 pp. Folding copperplate frontispiece. Tailpiece. 12mo. 6-7/8" x 4-1/8". Period full brown tree calf binding with later respining to style. Later eps. Scarce publication..... More
WILLIAM KENTRIDGE. FIVE THEMES.
New Haven and London: Yale University Press, (2009). 1st Edition. 263, [1] pp. DVD at rear. Profusely illustrated. 10-3/8" x 9-3/4". Grey cloth bindind stamped in black. Dust jacket. More
EQUIPMENT SALES MANUAL And Dealers Reference Book.; Interboro Hoist and Body Corp
Long Island City, New York: Interboro Hoist & Body Corporation, Borden Avenue and Van Dam Street, (1926). 1st printing thus, i.e., for this year. Each section [A - Y] with a separate pagination. ~ 200 pp. Illustated throughout with b/w photographic images. 11-1/8" x 8-3/4". Bound in a brown 3-hole..... More
A NEW PICTURE Of CAR VALUE. 1935 Plymouth.
Detroit, Michigan: Plymouth Motors, [1934]. 1st printing. Unpaginated, though 20 pp. Profusely illustrated with images of the automobile, as well as divers aspects thereof. Oblong 8vo: 7" x 9-1/8". Blue paper covers printed in light blue & silver. "Plymouth was a brand of automobiles produced by Chrysler Corporation. The brand..... More
HANDY BOOK Of CARD GAMES.; Crowell's Handy Information Series.
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co, (1907). Early, if not first, printing. viii, 376 pp. 12mo. 5-3/4" x 4". Original publisher's green cloth binding with black stamping. From Bridge to Whist, and a lot in between. More