The HAND - BOOK Of STANDARD Or AMERICAN PHONOGRAPHY. In Five Parts.
New York: Andrew J. Graham, (1858). Later printing, ca 1860s. Divers paginations. 12mo. Original publisher's brown cloth binding with gilt stamping to spine & front board. More
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A THREAD ACROSS The OCEAN. The Heroic Story of the Transatlantic Cable.
London: Simon & Schuster, 2002. 1st edition. 239 pp (including Index). Illustrated. 8vo. Hardback. Dust jacket. More
SAPPHO. A Tragedy in Five Acts.; Translated by Ellen Frothingham.
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1876. 1st Edition thus, i.e., by this publisher / translator. 136 pp. 12mo. 5-7/8" x 4-1/8". Original publisher's terra-cotta cloth binding with black & gilt stamping. Red edgestain. More
The KINETIC DRIVE. It Phenomena and Control.; Wesley M. Carpenter Lecture before The New York Academy of Medicine, 1915.
Philadelphia and London: W. B. Saunders Company, 1916. 1st Edition. 71, [1 (blank)] pp. Illustrated with plates. 8vo. 9-1/2" x 6". Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering to spine & front board. More
![DIARIES Of A HOMEOPATHIC DOCTOR In TRAINING, 1876 - 1880. [accompanied by] Large Collection of Family Diaries and Nine Daguerreotypes. Willis Alonzo Dewey, Josiah Earl Dewey, 1858 – 1938, 1828 – 1892.](/pictures/thumb/45397.jpg?v=1542150510)
DIARIES Of A HOMEOPATHIC DOCTOR In TRAINING, 1876 - 1880. [accompanied by] Large Collection of Family Diaries and Nine Daguerreotypes.
1876. Five diaries belonging to Willis Alonzo Dewey, plus 29 diaries and one record book kept by his father, Josiah Earl Dewey (lacking 1872 and 1883); ~20,000 total words in Willis’s diaries, ~80,000 in Josiah’s. Leather and cloth wallet bindings, showing various degrees of wear and light chipping, internally clean... More
TWENTY TWO SELECT COLLOQUIES Out of ERASMUS ROTERODAMUS, Pleasantly representing several Superstitious Levities That were Crept into the Church of Rome In His Days.; To which are added, Seven more Dialogues, with the Life of the Author. By Mr. Tho. Brown.
London: Printed for Daniel Brown, George Strahan, B. Motte, and the Executors of Richard Sare, 1725. Later edition (ESTC T138079]. [28], 404 pp. Laid-in, a 1951 receipt from "Dauber & Pine Bookshops, Inc., 66 Fifth Avenue, New York", recording the sale of this book for $18.50. Frontispiece copperplate engraving of... More
ANNALS Of The ARTISTS Of SPAIN.
London: John Oliver, 1848. 1st Edition. 3 volumes. Illustrated. 8vo. Period full brown calf bindings with elaborate gilt stamping. AEG. Gilt dentelles. Marbled eps. More
The JOHN W. CAMPBELL COLLECTION Of ORIENTAL SILK RUGS. Descriptive Catalogue.
(n. p.): (n. d.). Unpaginated. Illustrated. 4to. Linen cloth spine over blue paper-wrapped boards. Describes 106 rugs in Mr Campbell's collection. More
2000 YEARS Of SILK WEAVING.; An Exhibition Sponsored by the Los Angeles County Museum in Collaboration with the The Cleveland Museum of Art and The Detroit Institute of Arts.
New York: E. Weye. Printed by Anderson & Ritchie, The Ward Ritchie Press, Los Angeles. 1944. 1st Edition. xi, [1 (blank)], 63, [1 (blank)] pp of text. Suite of 87 b/w photographic images follows text. 8vo. Green cloth spine over green patterned paper wrapped boards. More
CALIFORNIA PLANT DISEASES. Bulletin No. 218.; University of California Publications. College of Agriculture. Agricultural Experiment Station. Berkeley, California.
Sacramento: W. W. Shannon. Superintendent State Printing. 1911. 1st Printing. [2], [1039] - 1193, [3] pp. Illustrated, primarily with half-tone photographic images. 8vo. 8-7/8" x 5-3/4". Printed self-wrappers, stapled. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
The HISTORY Of ROME.
Cambridge: Printed by John Smith ... for John Taylor, Waterloo Place, Pall Mall, 1828 / 1832. 1st Edition(s) in English. Cf. PMM 267. 2 volumes: xvi, 556; x, 639, [1 (blank)] pp. A 3rd volume in this English translation was published in 1842. 8vo. 8-3/4" x 5-3/8". Period full polished... More
The HISTORY Of HAMPTON COURT PALACE In TUDOR TIMES... STUART TIMES... ORANGE And GUELPH TIMES.
London: George Bell and Sons, York Street, Covent Garden, 1885 - 1891. 1st Edition. 3 volumes. Illustrated. 8vo. Period half leather with brown cloth boards, with joints professionally refurbished. TEG. Marbled eps. More
DOSAGE TABLES. Fumigation Studies No. 5. Bulletin No. 220.; University of California Publications. College of Agriculture. Agricultural Experiment Station.
Sacramento: W. W. Shannon. Superintendent State Printing. 1911. 1st Printing. Not in Gabler, though see G44558 for another title by this author [incorrectly recorded by Gabler as 'Woodward']. [2], 33, [5] pp. Fold-out chart follows p. 6. 8vo. 8-15/16" x 5-7/8". Printed self-wrappers, stapled. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
MANUFACTURE Of DRY WINES In HOT COUNTRIES. Bulletin No. 167.; University of California Publications. College of Agriculture. Agricultural Experiment Station.
Sacramento: W. W. Shannon. Superintendent State Printing. 1905. 1st Printing (Gabler G9464). 66, [2] pp. Illustrated. 8vo. 8-15/16" x 5-13/16". Printed self-wrappers, stapled. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Per Gabler, Bioletti "a University of California (Berkeley) viticulturist and an important figure in the development of the pre-Davis and... More
VIRTUOUS TREASURES. Chinese Jades for the Scholar's Table.
Hong Kong: The University of Hong Kong, 2008. 1st Edition. SIGNED by Humphrey Hui on the t.p. 223, [1] pp. Text in English & Chinese. Profusely illustrated, with much in color. 4to. 11-5/8" x 9-3/8". Grey cloth binding with gilt stamping to spine & boards stamped in blind. Decorative eps... More
AMERICAN BRASS & COPPER CO. Catalogue "36"; Everything in Metal Supplies.
Berkeley: Press of Lederer Street & Zues Co. Inc., (1936). 1st edition thus. [8], 252 pp. 3 pages of b/w photos at front; items with image depicting the screw, bolt, whathaveyou. 4to. 11-1/4" x 8-3/4". Gold pebbled cloth binding with embossed company logo to front board. Blue paper eps. More
FOOD In HISTORY.; New, Fully Revised and Updated Edition.
New York: Crown Publishers Inc, (1988). 1st Edition thus. xvi, 424, [6] pp. Index at rear. Illustrated. 8vo. Grey papered boards with green cloth spine. Red title lettering stamped to spine. Dust jacket. More
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LIST Of PRESCRIPTIONS "USEFUL" [Hand inked cover title].
Ca late 1800s. Unpaginated, though ~ 172 pages of blue lined paper; last 20 pages blank. 7-3/4" x 3-3/4". Commercial volume, "Reynolds Consecutive" 38; green cloth spine over brown marbled paper boards. Printed paper title onlay to top board. A volume of over 150 manuscript home medical remedies, ranging from... More
The GEORGIAN ERA: Memoirs of the Most Eminent Persons, Who Have Flourished in Great Britain, From the Accession of George the First to the Demise of George the Fourth. In Four Volumes.
London: Vizetelly Branston and Co. Fleet Street, 1832 - 1834. 1st Edition. 4 volumes: 582; 588; 588; 588 pp. Text double column. Index Vol IV. Frontis plate in each volume. Crown 8vo. Period deep purple half-leather with purple cloth boards. Vol. I: The Royal Family; The Pretenders and Their Adherents;... More
ENGLAND & WALES. Philips' Series of Travelling Maps.; Price 3/6.
London & Liverpool: George Philip & Son, 32, Fleet Street, (n. d.). Ca mid-1880s. Colored map: dissected and mounted on muslin, 20 panel, 26" x 221-1/2", displaying 56°N --> 50°N; 5°W --> 1°E. Scale: 1 degree = 69.15 English miles. Inset of Scily Islands. Case: 6-3/4" x 4-5/8". Purple cloth... More
The VIRGIN QUEEN. Elizabeth I, Genius of the Golden Age.
New York: Addison-Wesly Publishing Company, Inc., 1991. 1st Edition. ix, [5], 287, [3 (blank)] pp (including Index). Illustrated 8vo. Hardback. Dust jacket. More
The KIT-CAT CLUB. Friends Who Imagined a Nation.
London: Harper Press, 2008. 1st Edition. xix, [1 (blank)], 524 pp (including Index). Illustrated. 8vo. Hardback. Map eps. Dust jacket. More
ASSUMPTION COLLEGE TORANDO RECONSTRUCTION FUND.
Worcester: 1953. 1st Edition. 14 single sheets, with type-written double-space text to recto of each, staple upper left. Text contains 4 different "pitches": "A Wind That Kindled A Spirit" [3 pp], Untitled [2 pp], "Our Lady Of The Tornado [noted at top: 'For a Catholic Audience', 4 pp], "A Revisit... More
![SYNOPSIS CRITICORUM ALIORUMQUE S. SCRIPTUREAE INTERPRETUM. Volumes II - IV [Volume IV in 2 books]. Matthew Poole.](/pictures/thumb/35276.jpg?v=1542148998)
SYNOPSIS CRITICORUM ALIORUMQUE S. SCRIPTUREAE INTERPRETUM. Volumes II - IV [Volume IV in 2 books].
London: Typis E. Flesher, 1671 - 1676. 1st Edition. Five volumes, with 2 columns per page: [10 leaves], 2050, [3 (blank leaves)]; [8 leaves ], 2178, [3 (blank leaves)]; [10 leaves], 1620, [3 (blank leaves)]; [10 leaves], 2022, [3 (blank leaves)] pp. Text is in Latin. 16-1/2" x 11". Full brown leather bindings. Very heavy set; extra postage necessary. More
WALNECK'S JAPANESE MOTORCYCLE "CLASSIC'FIEDS" Volume 1 - Number 1.
Woodridge, Illinois: Walnecks', Inc., 1984. 1st Printing. 24 pp, including wrappers. Illustrated with b/w photographic images. 16-3/4" x 11-1/4". Self-wrappers. "America's new collector newspaper of old, new & unusual Japanese motorcycles. Parts - Bikes - Tests - Want Ads & Events Included." Of special note is the feature article on... More