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(California?): (n. d.). Ca 1900 ? Recto with printed caption under image; verso blank. No photograher or studio indentified. Horizontal format: 1-3/8" x 2-9/16". Now housed in a mylar sleeve. More
(California?): (n. d.). Ca 1900 ? Recto with printed caption under image; verso blank. No photograher or studio indentified. Horizontal format: 1-3/8" x 2-9/16". Now housed in a mylar sleeve. More
[Berkeley, California]: Pequod Press, 1971. 1st printing, 1 / 15 cc. Single sheet of yellow card stock, printed recto only. The top portion with a quote from Anthony and Cleopatra: "Age cannot wither you, nor custom / stale your infinite variety; other wo- / men cloy the appetites they feed..... More
[Berkeley ?]: 1970. 1st Printing. Single ticket, printed recto only. 2-1/4" x 3-7/8" Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Duncan "was an American poet and a devotee of Hilda 'H.D.' Doolittle and the Western esoteric tradition who spent most of his career in and around San Francisco. Though associated..... More
(n. p.): (n. d.). Ca 1870s / 1880s. Recto with supplemental penciled note, under image identification note: "First Grand Prize of the South Western Gift Association / Value $5000.00 [flourish]". Image oriented horizontally. 2-1/2" x 3-15/16". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Morris setted in Fort Scott Kansas in..... More
[Annapolis?]: (n. d.). 1st printing, ca 1864. Card printed recto only. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. "The USSC established offices and storehouses, and homes for soldiers and their relatives, throughout Maryland during the war, in Annapolis, Baltimore, Frederick, and Sharpsburg. The main purpose of these USSC stations was..... More
[New Haven?]: 1882. 1st Printing. Blue card stock, printed in black ink, to recto only. 2-1/4" x 3-7/8". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
(n. p.): 1865. Single sheet, mss handwriting both sides, 43 lines, ~ 6 words per line, ~ 250 words. Includes a prior owner typewritten transcription of the letter [with, regrettably, some inaccuracies, e.g., Mrs DePew called DePen]. 7-7/8" x 4-7/8". Envelope: 3" x 5-1/4". Envelope with Atlanta June 9th postmark..... More
Philadelphia: Globe Ticket Company, [1925]. 1st printing thus, i.e., for this season. Booklet with 3 unused tickets, Games 17 - 19. Oblong format: 2" x 4-1/2". Black cloth spine over printed yellow paper covers. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. A rare survivor from Princeton's 1925 baseball season..... More
San Francisco: Hancock Bros, 1927. 1st Printing. Printed both sides in black ink, with each side having a pink background. Image of stadium to ticket recto, with stadium section plan to verso. Oblong format: 2-3/8" x 4-3/4". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. This 33rd Big Game was closely..... More
New York. S. Anagyros, A Corporation. One card. Full color illustration on recto. 2" x 2 2/3". Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. More
Edinburgh, Liverpool and Inverness. (n. d.). C. 1880s. One card printed on both side on green paper, one card printed on both sides on orange paper, one card printed on both sides on white paper and one broadside card printed on white paper. Small vignette illustrations on one card. Approx..... More
Philadelphia: Perkinpine & Higgins, 1865. 1st Edition. [1-2] 3-128 pp. Small 8vo., 4-1/4" x 2-7/8" Publisher's quarter cloth and printed paper wrappers. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. A "convenient pocket manual for soldiers in the army and navy." Contents include a Soldier's Calendar, a Pay Table and..... More
[Berkeley]: Roger Levenson, Tamalpais Press, 1966. Unpaginated, 8 pages. Small black ornament at head of each page. 2-1/2" x 4-1/2". Stapled light tan wrappers, with stamped black lettering and small illustration to front. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. Nice miniature, printed by Roger Levenson at the Tamalpais..... More
Williamsport, PA: MacCollin, S. E. Cor. Third & Pine Streets. (n. d.). Ca 1870s. SIGNED under the photograph. Elaborate photographer imprint to card verso. 4-1/8" x 2-7/16". Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. More
Philadelphia: American Baptist Publication Society, 530 Arch St. (n. d.). Ca 1858 - 1876. 8 pp. Cut, p. 1. 32mo. 3-7/16" x 2-5/16". Original publisher's printed yellow paper wrappers, sewn. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. OCLC records just one institutional holding (AAS) of this publication... More
Exeter: Published by E. Fellowes, [1837]. 1st printing thus (American Imprints 45638; Drake 4996). Unpaginated, though 32 pp. 16mo. 3-1/2" x 2-3/16". Plain pale green paper wrappers, stab-sewn. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. OCLC records just a single holding institution, as does Drake & American Imprints: AAS..... More
Pennsylvania: Hall and Sellers, 1773. 1st printing. Single sheet of paper, printed both sides. Engravings to both sides of the note. 3-5/8" x 2-7/8". Buff printed paper. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1934). Later printing, ca 1947. iv, 219, [1 (blank)] pp. 12mo. Light brown cloth with dark brown lettering. Orange pictorial eps. Dark orange/brown topstain. Yellow spine dust jacket. More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1930). Later printing, ca 1947. iv, 210 pp. Frontispiece on plain paper. 12mo. Light brown cloth with dark brown lettering. Orange pictorial eps. Dark orange/brown topstain. Yellow spine dust jacket. "Secret Panel" last title listed to front flap series advert. More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1929). Later printing, ca 1953. [4], iv, 214, [2 (blank)] pp. Frontis on plain paper. 12mo. Tan tweed cloth with dark brown title lettering stamped to front board and spine. Orange pictorial eps. Black topstain. Pictoral dust jacket with yellow spine. "Yellow Feather" last title..... More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1927). Later printing, ca 1948. [4], iv, 212, [4 (blank)] pp. Frontispiece. 12mo. Light brown tweed cloth with dark brown lettering. Orange pictorial eps. Black topstain. Yellow spine dust jacket. "Skull Mountain" last title listed to front flap series advert. More
(n. p.): (n. d.). Ca late 19th C (?). Single sheet. Engraved image: 20.4 cm x 16.2 cm. Nightingale's name printed underneath, in outline lettering, .5 cm in height. Image that of Nightingale after her return from Crimea, from a photograph [then] in the possession of Miss Hall, Lady Superintendent..... More
Cambridge: Metcalf and Company, Printers to the University, 1849. 2nd E. 84, [2 (blank)] pp. 12mo. Original publisher's printed light blue paper wrappers, sewn. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
San Francisco. Schmidt Litho Co., c. 1930s - 1940s (?). 1st Printing. Broadside. Full color lithograph. 4" x 10-1/2". Loose leaf, print in color to recto. Now housed in a mylar sleeve. More
Los Angeles: Published by the Security-First National Bank, (1930). 1st printing (Kruska & Robinston 229; Rocq 13618). 112 pp. Illustrated. 8vo. White paper covers printed in orange & black. Original mailing envelope. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. More