Oakland, California: 1948. An archive of 15+ vernacular hand-inked documents of Oaks games & players, 1947 - 1950. Includes 4 page Oakland Tribune memorial publication, which duplicates the newspaper's front page for September 27th 1948 [announcing the Oaks as Champions], an interior photographic spread of the team members & last..... More
London: Trubner & Co., 1889. 1st edition. viii, 304 pp. Illustrated. 12mo. Original dark mustard-yellow cloth with gilt & brown stamping. More
Gettysburg: J. E. Wible, Printer, North-East Cor. of the Diamond, 1866. 1st Edition. OCLC records just 3 holding institutions. 30 pp. Rear paste-down with printed addendum sheet attached, providing 3 paragraphs on hoof issues/medicinal treatments. 16mo. 5-1/2" x 3-3/4". Period brown cloth over marbled paper boards. Rare end-of-war guide to..... More
London: Printed for Will. Whitwood, at the Angel and Bible in Little Britain, 1692. Third Edition (Gabler 15610; Wing C-3697). Cf Bitting, p. 82, for the 1675 edition; Simon GASTRONOMICA 335 & 336, for 2 earlier editions. [8], 183, [13] pp. Advertisement last 2 pages. ’The Mystery of Vintners: or..... More
London: Sold by H. Woodgate, Near the Chapter Coffee-House, St. Paul's Church-Yard, [1768]. The Fourth Edition [ESTC T4982]. First published as ’A New Form of Prayer and Thanksgiving for the Happy Deliverance of John Wilkes, Esq.’. [1] - [10], [10] - 17, [1] pp. Dedication signed [in type] by 'youngtypo'..... More
London: Printed by Edward Owen, in Warwick-Lane, 1753. 1st Edition, State 2, with "ship of a". Precedence not established. 46 pp. Two fold-out tables: "List of all Prussian Ships Taken" & "List of all the Neutral Ships, taken by British ships in the last war". 4to. 10" x 7-5/8". Disbound..... More
London: Printed in the Year, 1756. 1st Printing. Printed by William Bowyer; his records show 500 cc printed. [2], 38 pp. Headline for pp 24 - 28: A Further Account of the Domesday Survey. 4to: A1 B - D^4 E^5 F2. 9-1/2" x 7-1/4" Disbound, red edgestain. Now housed in..... More
London: Printed for J. Roberts, 1723. 1st Edition. [2], 38 pp. Lacks half-title & dedicatory leaf. Head, tailpieces. Decorative initial capital letters. 4to. 9" x 6-7/8". Disbound, now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Shaw was the son of Robert Shaw, A.M., master of the grammar school at Lichfield. On..... More
London: Printed for the Author, By His Majestey's Law Printers, and Sold by T. Whieldon, in Fleet-Street, 1786. 1st Edition. [6], 554, 40, [60] pp. 40 page Appendix with separate pagination, register & Index. 8vo. 8-1/4" x 5-1/8" Period full brown calf binding. More
London: Printed for T. Copper at the Globe in Paternoster Row, 1742. 1st Edition (ESTC T2954). [2], 78 pp. Untrimmed. 8vo. 8-1/2" x 5-3/8". Original printed self-wrappers, stitched. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
New York: American Sports Publishing Company, (1928). 1st edition thus, and 3rd edition overall (? Cf. Phelps & Sabine, p. 195). [4], 68; 76; 62, [14] pp. Divisional t.p. for each section. Adverts at front & rear, with front dated 6-28. Frontis & other internal photographic illustrations of Tilden, Johnston..... 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
Flint, MI / Greenwich, CT: General Motors Corp., Buick Motor Company / William Melish Harris Association Merchandising Displays, (1959). Presumed to be complete but we are unable to verify. 33 clear plastic transparencies, three upholstery sample catalogues: 3 leaves (graduated thumb tabs) w/ 19 samples; 4 leaves (graduated thumb tabs)..... More
Paris: Societe Paritys / Lebotys, 1959. 108 pp. 16 color fashion drawings; ~800 pasted and tipped-in fabric samples. 16-1/4" x 12". Post binder with 3 brass posts. Publisher's pictorial glazed boards, white cloth joints. A mid-century salesman's sample catalogue from the summer collection of Parisian firm Société Paritys, a haberdashery..... More
Paris: Societe Paritys / Lebotys, 1958. 80 pp. 12 color fashion drawings; ~590 pasted and tipped-in fabric samples 16-1/8" x 12-1/8". Post binder with 3 brass posts. Publisher's pictorial glazed boards, red cloth joints. A mid-century salesman's sample catalogue from the winter collection of Parisian firm Société Paritys, a haberdashery..... More
Paris: Societe Paritys / Lebotys, [1957]. 97 pp. 16 color fashion drawings; ~ 740 pasted or tipped-in fabric samples. 16-1/8" x 12-1/8". Post binder with 3 brass posts, decorative screw tops. Publisher's color pictorial glazed boards, blue spine and joints. A mid-century salesman's sample catalogue from the winter collection of..... More
London: Printed by Thomas Ratcliffe, and are to be sold by Robert Pawlet at the Bible in Chancery-lane, 1667. 1st Edition (ESTC R1890; Wing O-92). [4], 36 pp. Untrimmed. Binder's blanks at front & rear. Head- tailpieces. 4to: A^2 B - E^4 F^2. 7-1/4" x 5-3/4". Modern brown half-morocco with..... More
1929. Album: 6"x 7-3/4". Album a commercial aligator leatherette style. This lot includes two diaries or journals that were kept during a "Grand Tour" trip to Europe from Canada aboard the R.M.S. "Doric" and the S.S. "Albertic". The journals were written by Miss Anita Cronk [from Chicago?]. The first journal, begun July 12th 1929..... 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
[Sheboygan, WI]: The Kohler Woman's Club, 1935. 1st printing. Not in Axford, Bitting, Brown nor Wheaton & Kelly. [1], 117 ll. Oblong format: 4" x 6". Pale green paper wrappers printed in dark green; red cord tie. The Kohler Woman's Club was established and presided over in 1917 by Marie..... More
Rome: Typis, & Sumptibus Antonii de Rubeis in Via Seminarii Romani, 1728 / 1723. 2nd edition of the Theatrum; 1st edition of the Appendix. [12], 154, [20]; 134, [2 (blank)], 168 pp. Appendix with numerous textual cancels [paste-overs]. Theatrum: 33 copperplate engravings (Duplicate III D2r [not in List of Plates];..... More
New - York: William Radde, 322 Broadway. 1850. 3rd US Edition from the 4th or Paris Edition (cf. Cordasco AA275, incorrectly titling the book "New Manual of Homoeopathic Medicine"). xxiv, 837, [7] pp (including Index). Advert leaf follows text. 8vo. Period (publisher's ?) black half-sheep binding & red marbled paper..... More
Heidelbergae: Johannis Ammonii, Bibliopolae. 1655. 2nd edition. [24], 441, [3] pp. Engraved t.p., which reads: "Bonus Princeps cum Illustribus Praetensionibus et Semestralibus Palatinis." Head- tailpieces. Decorative initial captial letters. 12mo: a^12 A - S^12 T^6. 5-3/8" x 3". Sammelband volume, in period full vellum, with title hand-inked to spine. Faint..... More
New York: A. J. Davis & Co., 1864. 1st edition thus (cf. Wright 888). xi, [12] - 425, [3] pp. Publisher list last 2 pages. Illustrated. 12mo. Publisher's blue-green cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to spine. "Eliza Woodson, a revision of My Early Days [1859], an autobiographical novel..... More
Coloniae Agrippinae: Ioannem Kinchium, 1619. 1st edition thus (i.e., with this imprint). [20], 782, [120] pp. Last leaf blank. Printer's device to t.p. Engraving to (:)1v. 8vo. Full vellum period binding. Blue edge stain. Title hand-inked to spine. Stubs to cloth ties. OCLC records 4 cc of this edition [none..... More
