Cincinnati: 1876. One sheet of paper [9-1/4 x 5-3/8"] folded vertically twice, to form a 6-panel brochure. Interior 3 panels list 13 Kentucky whiskies, many with the crop noted [e.g., "Waterfill & Frazier, Anderson cty, Ky. Crop 1875, 76."]. Folded: 5-3/8" x 3-1/8" Printed self-wrappers. Now housed in an archival..... More
London: Griffith Farran Okeden & Welsh Newbery House Charing Cross Road, [1890]. 1st printing. 254 pp. Illustrated. 7-3/8" x 5" Decorative terra-cotta cloth binding with gilt stamping. Patterned paper eps. More
New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1905. 1st edition (Smith W-68). vii, [3], 398, [4] pp. Crown 8vo. Blue cloth binding. No dj. More
London: Martin Secker, 1930. 1st edition. [2 (blank)], 43, [3] pp. 7-5/8" x 4-3/4". Brown cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering to spine. TEG. Dust jacket. More
London: Hurst & Blackett, 1955. Uncorrected Proof. vii, [8] - 311, [1 (blank)] pp. 7-5/8" x 4-7/8". Buff card stock boards with printed black lettering. Green dust jacket. More
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, (1975). 280 pp [including index]. Prospectus laid-in. Illustrated. Folio. 12-1/2" x 9-3/4". Brown cloth binding. Dust jacket. More
New York: J. & J. Harper, 82 Cliff Street, 1831 [1832]. Early printing. 2 volumes (xx, [21] - 276; iv, [5] - 275, [5] pp). Frontis in volume I. Bound in 6s. 4" x 6 5/16". Linen cloth binding with printed black lettering. Cover date 1832. More
New York: Capewell & Kimmel, (n. d.). Ca late 1850s / early 1860s. Cf Clifford 408. Single sheet, printed recto only. Wood engraving [3-15/16" x 7-5/16"] of San Francisco harbor in top half, with printed caption underneath. 11" x 8-3/8". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Not found on..... More
London: Alfred W. Bennett, 1867. 1st edition thus (BAL 22259). Not found in the Wilson catalogue. [2], 46 pp. Text illustrated with 5 tipped-in albumen photographs (American scenes so notes the prelims) including a frontis of Whittier. 12mo. 7-3/8" x 5-3/8. Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1956. 1st edition. [10], 243, [3] pp. 8vo. 8-1/4" x 5-1/2". Pink cloth binding with white lettering to spine & front board. Rose colored dust jacket. An uncommon title from this author, primarily known for her nursing-themed Dodd-Mead Career Books. More
Santa Fe: Seton Village Press, 1938. 1st edition (Blanck, p. 463). Limited to 200cc (this #185). SIGNED by Seton, underneath the photographic image. This copy with dedication inscription underneath signature, "the author who dedicates this copy to his friend Ed & Eileen Sevets ... 1945" Unpaginated, though 12 pp. Printed..... More
New York: Greenberg, 1924. 1st edition. Limited to 1500cc. [6], 165, [3 (blank)] pp. Frontis of Gissing. 8vo. Dark brown cloth spine with lt brown paper wrapped boards. Printed paper title labels to spine & front board. Dust jacket. A collection of essays originally written as introductions to the Rochester..... More
[Louisville]: Courier-Journal Job Printing Company, 1889. 1st printing (presumed). Not found on OCLC, nor in the Arents catalogue. 7, [1] pp. Illustrated with 2 cuts, p. 2 & p. 8. Booklet: 8" x 5". Covers: 9" x 5-5/8". Embossed stiff card stock covers, deckle edges. Tobacco & Kentucky have long..... More
Oakland: Published by the Author, 1924. 1st edition. 93 pp. Errata slip tipped-in after ffep. Illustrated. 12mo. 20cm x 14cm. Green vertically ribbed cloth with gilt stamped lettering to front board. More
Salt Lake City: Litmus, (1976). 1st Edition. Unpaginated. 8-1/4" x 5-1/4". Pale mauve paper covers, lettering printed in orange. More
London / Hull: Reeves & Turner / Geo. Smith (Late Leng & Co.), 1873. 1st Edition. [4], 144 pp. List of benefactors pp. 26 - 28. 2 2-page plans at front. 4 internal wood engravings, one full page (of the hospital). 8-3/8" x 5-3/8". Original publisher's pebbled brown flexible covers..... More
Edinburgh: John Bartholomew & Co., (n. d.). Ca 1890. Single sheet, of stiff stock paper, printed both sides, folded twice to make an 8 panel brochure. Panels 2 & 3 provide details of the facility, as well as "Terms per Week" & "Meals". Entire inner portion [4 panels] comprise a...... More
San Francisco: Thomas Houseworth & Co., 317 & 319 Montgomery Street, (1866). Ca 1874. Title caption & view number printed under right image. Domed, separate images. 3-7/16" x 6-7/8". Orange colored mount [rounded corners], with publisher imprint to right end; "Lake Tahoe" to left. Pale pink verso, with Houseworth's Paris..... More
San Francisco: Thomas Houseworth & Co., 317 & 319 Montgomery Street, (1866). Ca 1874. Title caption & view number printed under right image. Square, separate images. 3-7/16" x 6-7/8". Orange colored mount [rounded corners], with publisher imprint to right end; "Lake Tahoe" to left. Pale pink verso, with Houseworth's Paris..... More
Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson & Brothers, (1845). Circa mid-1850s. Cf Wright I, 766 for the 1846 1st edition of "Pickings" & Wright II, 2692 for the 1853 1st edition of "Sketch Book". Bolton IV, 22 & 33. 216; viii, [21] - 202 pp. "Pickings": frontis, t.p. vignette, 6 inserted full-page..... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1916. 1st edition. 127, [1] pp. Hodder & Stoughton order blank laid-in. Frontis. Facsimiles. 12mo. 7-5/8" x 45-1/4". Blue cloth boards, with white stamped lettering. Black & white photographic onlay to front board. Printed eps, with paste-down duplicating "Menu of Dinner to Miss Burke at Verdun..... More
Corona Del Mar: The Sherman Foundation. Printed by Grant Dahlstrom at the Castle Press, Pasadena, California, 1971. 1st Printing. 20 pp. Illustrated, primarily from photographs. 8vo. Printed pale blue paper covers, stapled. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Sherman "was an American land developer who built the Phoenix Street..... More
London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, (n. d.). Ca 1901. 319, [1 (adverts)] pp. Illustrated by Leonard Linsdell. Head- tailpieces. Crown 8vo. Decorative blue cloth with gilt stamped title lettering. Pale green floral patterned-paper eps. A scarce title from the period / genre, with OCLC showing only 5 institutional holdings..... More
New York: HarperCollins Publishers, (1994). 1st edition. 274, [2 (blank)] pp. 8vo. Hardback. Dust jacket. More
Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Great Lakes Books, (1967). 1st Edition. Limited to 525 cc, this # 426. 32 pp. 8-3/8" x 6-3/8". Printed white glossy paper covers. More
