Greensboro, N. C. Published by The Apostolic Messenger Office, (n. d.). 1st printing presumed, ca early 1900s. 31, [1 (blank)] pp. 7-3/8" x 4-7/8". Original publisher's printed grey paper covers, stapled. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Godbey "was one of the most significant evangelists in the early stages..... More
Detroit, Michigan: Ford Motor Company, [1934]. 1st printing. Unpaginated, though 16 pp. Every page except 1 with a color illustration of a Ford V-8 model, or some aspect of a Ford car. Page 1 begins with the DeLuxe Tudor Sedan, p. 1 Oblong 8vo: 7" x 9-1/8". Grey paper covers..... More
London: Printed for Anne Brewster, 1680. 3rd edition (Wing M1397). 96, 93 - 156 [= 160] pp. 8vo: A - K8. 6-1/4" x 3-3/4". Modern brown half-calf with marbled boards. Speckled edges. May "was an English poet, dramatist and historian. Partly as a result of his early pamphleteering, May was..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1955. 2nd Printing. 209, [3] pp. 8vo. Hardback. Dust jacket. More
London: John Long, 1957. 1st Edition. 192 pp. Frontispiece. 8vo. Black cloth binding. Grey paper dust jacket printed in red & white. More
Detroit, Michigan: Ford Motor Company, [1935]. 1st printing. Unpaginated, though 16 pp. Each page with a color illustration of a Ford V-8 model, beginning with the DeLuxe Tudor Sedan, p. 1 Oblong 8vo: 7" x 9". Color printed paper wrappers, stapled. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. "New..... More
Chicago: O. W. Gordon, 1880. 1st Edition. Not in Cordasco. 306 pp (including Index). Frontispiece of Wesley. 12mo. 7-5/8" x 5-3/8". Original publisher's brown cloth binding with gilt stamped spine lettering. More
[San Diego]: [1968]. 1st Printing. A tri-fold blue paper folder, with interior pocket housing 6 sheets, each depicting a drawn image of one of the honored guests. Accompanied by an IAHF brochure / membership application. 8-1/2" x 7". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. "The International Aerospace Hall of..... More
Burbank, California: Compiled and Published by the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, (1940). 1st Printing. Part I: Major Breakdowns [Wings, Controls, Fuselage, etc]: Part II: Complete Aircraft [Single Engine, Twin Engine, Multi-Engine]; Part III: Miscellaneous, comprised by 12 sections all together, with divers paginations in each section. Profusely illustrated with drawings, and..... More
Paris: Maison de la Bonne Presse, (n. d.). Early, if not the first, printing, ca 1942. 103, [1 (blank)] pp. Text in French. 12mo. 7" x 4-3/4". Printed buff paper covers. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Branly was a French inventor, physicist and professor at the Institut Catholique..... More
Paris: H. Dunod et E. Pinat,, Editeurs, 1917. Deuxieme edition. 119, [3] pp. Illustated with drawings & schematics. Portrait of Edouard Bradley inserted at rear. 12mo. 7-1/2" x 4-3/4" Original publisher's printed orange paper covers. More
Paris: Ernest Flammarion, Editeur, (1923). Novelle edition. 288 pp. Illustated with drawings & schematics. 12mo. Printed grey paper covers. More
Chicago: National Institute of Practical Mechanics, (1912). Third Edition. 829 pp (including Index). Illustrated. 12mo. 6-3/4" x 4-3/8". Red flexible leatherette binding, with gilt stamping. Red marbled paper esp. Red edgestain. More
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1940. Eleventh Impression of the Seventh Edition. x, 415, [1 (blank)] pp (including Index of Subjects). Illustrated. 8vo. Light blue cloth binding with dark blue lettering. Yellow & black dust jacket. More
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1936. Seventh Impression of the Sixth Edition. xiv, 447, [1 (blank)] pp (including Index). Illustrated. 8vo. Green cloth binding with gold lettering to spine. No dust jacket. More
New York: The Norman W. Henly Publishing Company, 132 Nassua Street, 1913. 1st Printing. xvi, 154, 29, [1 (blank)] pp. 29 page publisher catalogue at rear. Profusely illustrated from b/w photographs, and with drawings & schematics. 7-1/2" x 5-1/8". Original publisher's light blue cloth binding with dark blue printed lettering..... More
London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd., 1923. xiii, [3], 116, [19 (adverts)] pp. Illustrated with drawings, graphs & schematics. 6-1/2" x 4-1/8". Original publisher's orange cloth binding with black stamped lettering & graphic to front board. Advert eps. More
Paris: A La Libraireie Encyclopdédique de Roret, Rue Hautefeuille, 10 Bis, 1847. Nouvelle Édition, Revue, Corrigée et Considérablement Augmentée. x, 314 pp. Two folding lithographic plates after p. 306. 5-3/4" x 3-1/2". Period green quarter leather binding with black & green marbled paper boards. Speckled edges. A popular veterinary manual..... More
New York: Horace Liveright, 1930. 1st Edition. [8], 296 pp. Frontispiece. 8vo. Red cloth binding with gold stamping. No dust jacket. de Forest "was an American inventor, self-described 'Father of Radio', and a pioneer in the development of sound-on-film recording used for motion pictures. ... His most famous invention, in..... More
Paris: Societe Parisienne D'Edition, 1928. 1st Edition. 329, [1] pp. Illustated with drawings & schematics. 8vo. Black cloth spine [later?] over green diamond cloth boards. More
Boston: Daniel Gunn & Co., Printers, 1891. 1st Printing. Not in Romaine, though see p. 96 for 4 later [beginning 1896] Master & Wells catalogues / lists. 81 pp [inside rear wrapper paginated as p. 81]. Inside front wrapper as frontispiece. 16mo. 5-9/16" x 3-1/2". Red paper wrappers, printed in..... 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
Shanghai: Chinese National Committee on Intellectual Co-operation, 1856 Avenue Joffre, 1936. 1st Edition. [4], 282, [2], xxiii, [1 (blank)] pp. 8vo. 8-3/4" x 5-7/8". Original publisher's red cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering. No dust jacket. More
Neuilly: Riegel, (n. d.). 1st Printing. Broadside Color illustration by Sem [a.k.a. George Goursat (1863 - 1934)] to top left of menu. 16-1/8" x 11". White card stock, primarily printed in purple, with restaurant name in dark pink at top. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Sem used to..... More
Aberdeen [Stuttgart?]: Printed for James Hay, and Sold by all Booksellers in Town and Country, 1788 [1872]. 1st printing thus. 23, [1] pp. "The Maid's Prayer", p. 24. Printer's ornament to t.p. 12mo. 7" x 4-5/8". Lacks wrappers [remnants along spine fold], now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Wilkes..... More
