(San Francisco, CA?): (n. d.). Ca. 1930s? Unpaginated, [12] pp., with tabs, printed in blue with red borders. Hotel heraldry on each page as a header. 10" x 6-1/2" Stiff card stock wrappers with title printed in brown to upper wrapper, sewn-binding with brown cords. A wine and cocktail menu... More
(n. p.): (n. d.). Ca 1890s? A single sheet of cream colored paper folded once to make a four-page brochure/application. 11" x 8-1/2" Self wrappers. An application to the nursing school that was never filled out. Questions include "Have you any physical defects?" and "Are your sight and hearing perfect?" More
(n. p.): (n. d.). Ca 1850s? Manuscript broadside. Oblong: 4-1/2" x 7-1/2" In 1854 some of the women of Springvale, Maine formed a women's anti-slavery society called the "Daughters of Freedom", the "Sons of Freedom" society formed shortly after. This broadside annnouces an anniversary meeting and an upcoming convention for... More
Camp Meade, Maryland; Camp lee, Virginia; Camp Sheridan, Alabama; Taylor Field; Alabama. 1917-1919. 78 disbound black album leaves. Over 200 photographs and ephemeral pieces: forms, certificates, letters, notes, invitations, notices, memorandums, ms annotations &c.&c. 13" x 9-3/4" Decorative blue cloth portfolio with black cloth ties. This scrapbook documents Lieutenant Alexander... More
(n. p.): (n. d.). Ca. 1940-41? Unpaginated [36] pp. Original drawings, inlaid photographs, letters, newspaper clippings, greeting cards and clippings from magazines, text is ms or typewritten. Folio 14-1/2" x 12-1/4" Embossed cream paper covered boards with lettering in gilt to upper board, bolted and bound with yellow ribbon. This... More
New York: Press of the Woolly Whale, [c. 1941]. One sheet. 8 x 14 cm. Contains a small reproduction of the title page of the book along with ordering & pricing information. More
San Francisco: B. F. Sterett [and] Wm. B. Cooke & Co., Law Stationers, 1867. Two sheets of paper folded four times to make two pamphlets, printed to recto and verso. Official government document with ms notes, stamps, and wax seals, red and blue rules. Oblong format: 17" x 22" unfolded... More
London: Chapman & Hall, 1864-65. 1st edition (Hatton & Cleaver, pp. 345 - 370). 20 parts in 19. Some advert variances (+/-) from that found listed in Hatton & Cleaver; specific collation supplied on request. Illustrated with 40 plates by Marcus Stone. 8vo. 8-3/4" x 5-5/8". Original green printed wrappers... More
New York: Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Press, (n. d.). Ca. 1930s? 24 pp. Wrappers with pictorial title in color, and seven textual illustrations, company logo to lower wrapper. 8vo., 7-3/4" x 5-1/4". Wrappers, staple bound. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company was founded in 1868, by 1930 they insured every fifth person... More
Hudson: Printed and Sold by Ashbel Stoddard, [1795]. 1st printing thus (Drake 6048; Evans 29124). Unpaginated, though 48 pages. Last page an advert for Andrew Beers. T.p. with ornamental border rule. P. 2, an anatomical print of Man's Body, as governed by astronomical signs. 12mo. Period brown full calf binding... More
[Albany]: Printed by Charles R. and George Webster, [1794]. 1st printing thus (Drake 6033; Evans 27175). Unpaginated, though 36 pages. 12mo. Period brown full calf binding. Joints split, with much extremity wear & front board nearly detached. Black leather owner label to front board, "S. A. Coffin." Binding: Fair to... More
[Albany]: Printed by Charles R. and George Webster, [1793]. 1st printing thus (Drake 6020; Evans 25667). Unpaginated, though 30 pages. Lacking F2. 12mo. Period brown full calf binding. Joints split, with much extremity wear & front board nearly detached. Black leather owner label to front board, "S. A. Coffin." Binding... More
[Albany]: Printed by Charles R. and George Webster, [1792]. 1st printing thus (Drake 6006; Evans 24439). Unpaginated, though 32 pages. 12mo. Period brown full calf binding. Joints split, with much extremity wear & front board nearly detached. Black leather owner label to front board, "S. A. Coffin." Binding: Fair to... More
Albany: Printed by Charles R. and George Webster, [1791]. 1st printing thus (Drake 5997; Evans 23829). Unpaginated, though 34 pages. NB. OCLC records 36 pages, so evidently lacking the last leaf. Page 17 begins the "Constitution of the State of New York, established by the Convention, authorised, and empowered for... More
[Hudson]: By Ashbel Stoddard, [1790]. 1st printing thus (Drake 5984; Evans 22595). Unpaginated, though 22 pages. NB. OCLC records 24 pages, so evidently lacking the last leaf. T.p. with ornamental border rule. 12mo. Period brown full calf binding. Joints split, with much extremity wear & front board nearly detached. Black... More
Printed in Albany: Charles R. and George Webster, [1789]. 1st printing thus (Drake 5974; Evans 22254). Unpaginated, though 30 pages. NB. OCLC records 36 pages, so apparently lacking the final 3 leaves. 12mo. Period brown full calf binding. Joints split, with much extremity wear & front board nearly detached. Black... More
Printed in Hudson: By Ashbel Stoddard, [1787]. 1st printing thus (Drake 5952; Evans 20438). Unpaginated, though 24 pages. NB. OCLC records 32 pages, so possibly lacking the E gathering? 12mo. Period brown full calf binding. Joints split, with much extremity wear & front board nearly detached. Black leather owner label... More
Hudson: Printed by Ashbel Stoddard, [1786]. 1st printing thus (Drake 5942; Evans 20009). Unpaginated, though 24 pages. 12mo: [A]4 B2 C4 D2. Period brown full calf binding. Joints split, with much extremity wear & front board nearly detached. Black leather owner label to front board, "S. A. Coffin." Binding: Fair... More
Hudson: Printed and Sold by Webster and Stoddard. [1785]. 1st printing thus. Not in Evans, Bristol, nor Drake, M. Almanacs. Unpaginated, though 24 pages. 12mo: [A]4 B2 C4 D2. Period brown full calf binding. Joints split, with much extremity wear & front board nearly detached. Black leather owner label to... More
New York: James G. Gregory, 1861. 1st edition thus, e.g., 1st 2-volume edition, and 2nd US edition (Gimbel D38; Smith AMERICAN, 13 [pp. 379 - 380]). 2 volumes (336; 334 pp). Frontis by F. O. C. Darley in Volume I; by John Gilbert in Volume II. 12mo. Original publisher's green... More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1927). Circa 1928. [4], 216, [4] pp. Frontis. 12mo. Mustard colored cloth with 4 vignette front board. Full color dust jacket, with front flap listing to 'Talking Pictures'. More
[Newburyport?]: (1873). 1st Printing. 24 pp. Text double column. T.p. wood engraving of the school-house [duplicated on the front wrapper]. 2nd cut of the school, p. 16. 8vo. 9" x 5-3/4". Original publisher's printed blue paper wrappers, sewn. Lions, and tigers, and bears, oh my! Well, not quite. But in... More
(n. p.): 1999. Single sheet of orange card stock, business card printed to recto only. With Chinese characters at edges. Oblong: 2" x 3-1/2" Self wrappers. An orange business card for Lotus Bowl, "In Heart of S.F. Chinatown." More
(n. p.): (n. d.). Ca. 1960s? Single sheet of white card stock with menu items printed to recto and verso in black and red. Piccadilly crest at header on both sides. 15-1/2" x 11" Self wrappers. There is a notes beneath the desserts that "Ice Cream and Ices" are by... More
(n. p.): (n. d.). Ca. 1950s? Single sheet of white card stock fold three times to make a six page menu, printed in green and brown. Pictorial title page of lobster and shrimp, illustrations in borders around text. 12-3/4" x 8" Self wrappers. This Holiday Inn menu features mostly steak... More
