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HOW To RUN The BASES.; Spalding Athletic Library. Group I. No. 232. Price 10 cents.
New York: American Sports Publishing Company, 21 Warren Street, [1908]. Ca 1908. [12], [3] - 44, [42] pp Photographic frontispiece of Spalding. Text illustrated with b/w photographic images, many from the World Championship Series. 12mo. 6-3/4" x 5-1/8". Blue wrappers with white lettering/design. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve..... More
An ANSWER To The CALUMNIOUS MISREPRESENTATIONS Of The "QUARTERLY REVIEW," The "BRITISH CRITIC," And The "EDINBURGH REVIEW," Contained in their Observations on Sir N. William Wraxall's Historical Memoirs of His Own Time.
London: Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies, Strand, by J. M'Creery, Black-House-Court, 1815. 1st Edition. [2], 62 pp. Half-title present. 8vo. 7-7/8" x 5". Disbound, but now housed in archival mylar sleeve. Response to Quarterly Review and to British Critic dated 22nd August, 1815; response to Edinburgh Review dated..... More
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J. [cover title].
(n.p.). Lord Menu Co., c. 1960s (?). 1st Printing. Bifolium. Folio. 19" x 8-1/2". White card stock self wrappers. Printed in black now housed in a mylar sleeve. More
OBSERVATIONS On The BILL Now Depending in the House of Lords, With Relation to the WOOLLEN MANUFACTURE.; By a Clothier.
London: Printed in the Year, 1731. 1st Printing (Goldsmith 6850). 8 pp. Printer's ornament to t.p. Headpiece, p. 3. Decorative initial capital letter. 8vo. 7-5/8" x 4-3/4". Disbound, now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Published anonymously, attributed to David Bindon in Goldsmiths' Catalogue. More
HUPP Model "H and HA" Service Parts List.; Issued as of February 15th, 1916. Prices Subject to Change Without Notice.
Detroit: Press of A. Drake & Co. [for] Hupp Motor Car Corportation, 1916. 1st Printing. 95, [1] pp. Index at rear. Illustrated with b/w photographic images. 8vo. Original green paper wrappers, printed in black. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. "Hupmobile was an automobile built from 1909 through 1939..... More
REMARKS On MR. FOX'S HISTORY Of JAMES II. In a Letter to a Friend.
London: Printed for Samuel Tipper, Leadenhall Street. W. Flint, Printer, Old Bailey. 1809. [2], 18 pp. 7-7/8" x 5". Disbound, now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. OCLC & COPAC only show one institutional holdong of this pamphlet: the British Library;. More
PRIVATE MEMOIRS (Never Before Published) of JOHN POTENGER, ESQ.; Comptroller of the Pipe, &c., in the Reigns of Charles II. James II. &c.; with a Letter to His Grandson, Going to the University. Edited by His Descendant, C. W. Bingham, M. A.
London: Hamiton Adams and Co., 1841. 1st Printing. viii, 82, [2] pp. 16mo. 5-3/4" x 3-5/8". Original publisher's brown cloth binding with gilt stamped title medallion to front board (professionally recased). Pale yellow eps. Fairly scarce work, with OCLC recording 8 holding institutions, with only 3 in the US... More
CALIFORNIA WINE COOKERY And DRINKS. 88 Easy Recipes for Delicious Foods and Wine Drinks.
San Francisco: Wine Advisory Board, 717 Market Street, (1967). 1st printing (presumed). 23, [1] pp (including wrappers). Illustrated with color drawings. 7-1/2" x 5-1/4". Printed wrappers, stapled. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
The COALITION: or, an Historical Memorial of the Negotiation for Peace, Between His Hightiness of C----M----T and His Sublime Excellency of H---Y---S.; With the Vouchers. Published by the Authority of One of the Contracting Powers.
London: Printed for J. Hinxman, in Pater-noster-Row, 1763. The Second Edition. 23, [1 (blank)] pp. 4to: [A]2 B - F2. 9-7/8" x 8-1/8". Disbound, now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. "C----M----T" = Claremont (Thomas Pellam-Holles); "H---Y---S" = Hayes (William Pitt). A satiric account of the negotiations between Pitt and Newcastle..... More
LUNCHEON.; Holland-America Line.
Holland. 1968. 1st Printing. Broadside. Full color illustration to head of menu. 13-1/4" x 8-1/4". White card stock leaf, printed in black and red. Now housed in a mylar sleeve. More
BREAKFAST. S.S. "RYNDAM".; Holland-America Line. Tourist Class.
Holland. 1965. 1st Printing. Broadside. Full color illustration to head of menu. 13-1/4" x 8-1/4". White card stock leaf, printed in black and red. Now housed in a mylar sleeve. More
WELCOME ABOARD!; Get-Together Dinner S.S. Independence.
(n.p.). March 3, 1967. 1st Printing. Two bifoliums. Illustration of flags to card stock wrapper. 11" x 8-1/4". White card bifolium housing a white paper bifolium. Printed in navy blue and black. Now housed in a mylar sleeve. More
DINNER - S. S. STATEDAM.
Holland. Holland-America Line. September 10, 1965. 1st printing. Bifolium. Color illustration to upper wrapper. 11-1/2" x 8-1/4". Card stock, self wrappers, full color illustration to upper wrapper, menu items printed in black. Now housed in a mylar sleeve. More
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MENU. Le "SOLEIL ROYAL". [cover title]; Cie. Gle. Transatlantique - French Line.
France. Editions L'Atlantique. 1937. 1st Printing. Illustrated bifolium. Full color illustration of have of a ship. 10-1/2" x 8-1/2". Off white, card stock wrappers, color illustration (same) to recto and verso, black lettering, menu items in French and English. Now housed in a mylar sleeve. Menu for the "Normandie"... More
Cie. Gle. TRANSATLANTIQUE.; Panorama de Fès vu du Palais Jamaï.
(n.p.): August 9th 1924. 1st Printing. Illustrated bifolium. Color illustration to upper wrapper. A small vignette of a bowl of fruit and decorative borders to inside. 7-3/4" x 5-1/2". White card stock self wrapper, printed in blue and green. Menu items printed in red and black. Now housed in a...... More
REMARKS Upon The SOLAR And The LUNAR YEARS, the Cycle of 19 Years, commonly called the Golden Number, the Epact: and a Method of Finding the Time of Easter, as it is now observed in most Parts of Europe.; [Being part of a letter from the Right Honourable George Earl of Macclesfield to Martin Folkes, Esq., president of the Royal Society, and by him Communicated to the Same, May 10. 1750].
[London]: [Printed for Charles Davis], [1751]. 1st Edition. 18 pp. Fold-out Table follows text. 9-1/8" x 6-7/8". Disbound, now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
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DRAGOON In FULL DRESS. [cover title].; Dinner. S. S. Statendam.
Holland - American Line, Holland. 1st printing. Bifolium. Full color illustration to upper wrapper. 11-1/4" x 8-1/4" White card stock self wrappers, color illustration to upper wrapper, menu items black lettering, small vignette to lower wrapper. Now housed in a mylar sleeve. More
COLAZIONE - LUNCHEON.; Spiagge d'Italia - Versilia.
Italy. c. 1950s. 1st Printing. Illustrated bifolium. Full color illustration of Versilia (Tuscany). 12-3/4" x 9-1/4". White card stock, self wrappers. Color illustration to upper wrapper, letterpress printed in black. Now housed in a mylar sleeve. More
BREAKFAST.; Spiagge d'Italia - Capri.
Italy. c. 1950s. 1st Printing. Illustrated bifolium. Full color illustration of the isle of Capri. 12-3/4" x 9-1/4". White card stock, self wrappers. Color illustration to upper wrapper, letterpress printed in black. Now housed in a mylar sleeve. More
EMPRESS HOTEL.; Victoria, B.C.
(n.p.). Canadian Pacific Hotels. June 20, 1929. 1st Printing. Bifolium. Color illustration of the hotel to upper wrapper. 8-1/2" x 10-2/8". White card stock, wrappers, gilt lettering to upper wrapper, menu items printed in blue with decorative rule. Light and dark blue letter to lower wrapper. More
MENU.; Hôtel Métropole et des Bains.
(n.p.): "Imprimerie de la Vigie de Dieppe". (n.d.). 1st Printing. Broadside. Decorative lettering and illustration of a castle to head of menu. 6-1/4" x 4-1/4". White card stock leaf, printed in black. "Menu" and castle illustration are done by watercolor. Now housed in a mylar sleeve. We believe this menu..... More
CORNWALL And Its COASTS.
London: Chapman and Hall, 193 Piccadilly, 1865. 1st Edition. vii, [1 (blank)], 304 pp. 8vo. 8" x 4-7/8". Original publisher's dark green cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering to spine. Pale yellow eps. More
CORINIUM MUSEUM. A Guide to the Museum of Roman Remains at Cirencester.
Cirencester: Printed by George H. Harmer, 1905. Ninth Edition, Revised. 47, [1] pp. Binder's blanks at front & rear. 8vo. 8-1/4" x 5-1/4" Later full maroon morocco binding with gilt spine lettering, gilt dentelles, AEG. Deep maroon silk moire eps. Original grey printed wrappers bound-in... More
SIAI - MARCHETTI SF.260
Ca 1991. 19 fold-out mounting leaves, with 12 photographs per leaf. ~25 images at rear are of other SF.260s. 200+ color 'snapshot' photographs, 3-1/4" x 5". 13-5/8" x 7-3/4". Commercial Pioneer "Slip-in Pocket Photo Album X-Pando Post Style - JPF 46", maroon faux-leather covers. An interesting album, compiled by an..... More