Las Vegas, Nev. Nevada Publications, (1973). 1st edition, 2nd issue. 64 pp. Illustrated. Folding map, "State of Nevada 1973", in rear pocket; 24" x 16-3/4". 8vo. 8-3/8" x 5-5/8". Original publisher's green cloth binding with yellow lettering. More
Nashua: Published by David Marshall, 1842. 1st edition (American Imprints 42-1865]. 10, [2], [13] - 391, [3 (blank)] pp. Errata tipped-in to p. 391. 12mo. 7-3/4" x 4-7/8". Publisher's brown vertically-ribbed cloth binding with gilt stamping to spine & front board. Yellow eps. Now protected by a custom-cut clear mylar..... More
Black Rock City, Nevada: [2005]. 1st printings. Divers sizes. The entire now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. Items include: Map [folded] Burning Man mailer What When Where guide booklet [44 pp, including wrappers] Survival Guide [16 pp, folded] The Black Rock Gazette - ette [one sheet 13-5/8" x...... More
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Virginia, Nevada: E. Hurd, Photographer. 140 South C. Street, (n. d.). Ca 1872. Peach colored mount, with gold rule at the perimeter. Photographer imprint to verso. Photograph: 3-5/8" x 2-1/4". Mount: 4-1/4" x 2-1/2". Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. Scarce Nevada photographic imprint... We find no OCLC..... More
Carson City, NV: Virginia & Truckee Railroad Historical Society, (2014). 1st Printing. 35, [1] pp (including covers). Profusely illustrated, with much in color. 11" x 8-1/2". Color glossy paper covers. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. Collins & Drew provide a history of this short-lived, but important, rail-line..... More
(n. p.): Shell, [1960]. 1st printing [presumed]. One sheet, color printed, folded 3x, to form an 8-panel mailable brochure. Illustrated with 10 tinted images of divers California scenes, such as "Mother Lode Country" & "Mt. Lassen Natl. Park". Interior a pictorial map of the ski area & the surrounding environs..... More
Boston: Little Brown and Company, 1927. 1st edition (Cowan, p. 523). xxvi, 185, [1 (blank)] pp. Frontispiece. Illustrated from Old Prints. Fold-out map at rear. 8vo. Blue cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering to spine. Pale blue dust jacket printed in dark blue. "The record of a journey overland from..... More
Washington, D.C. M'Gill & Witherow, Printers and Stereotypers. 1872. 1st printing. 96 pp. 8vo. 8-5/8" x 5-1/2". Blue, cloth-covered flexible boards, with gilt stamped title lettering & miner image to front cover. Red edgestain. "The Sutro Tunnel is a drainage tunnel connected to the Comstock Lode in Northern Nevada. It..... More
Tahoe: 1881. 1st printing of this issue. Cf. Howell Cat. 39, #460. Unpaginated, though 4 pages. Pp 1 & 4 adverts; pp 2 - 3, local news. 7" x 5-1/2". Self-wrappers. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. A short lived publication, July 9, 1881--September 7, 1881, 52 issues..... More
Reno, Nev. Prepared by Thomas C. Wilson Advertising Agency, (n. d.). Ca 1960. Single sheet, printed in red & black, recto only. Image of the TWA Constellation airplane in the top center of the poster. 23-3/4" x 11" Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve [folded]. Harrah's Lake Tahoe..... More
New York: Ferd. Mayer & Co. Lithographers 96 Fulton St. 1866. Broadside, 13-1/2" x 14-1/2". Hand-colored. Relief shown by hachures. Depicts settlements, buildings, locations of mills & mining claims. Scale: 2" to 1 mile. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. RBH has a single entry for this map..... More
Berkeley: Howell-North, 1959. 1st edition thus. Reprint of the 1883 1st edition with added illustrations. 451 pp (including index). Profusely illustrated. 8vo. Dark grey cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering. Dust jacket. More
[San Francisco ?]: (n. d.). 1st edition thus, and 2nd edition overall [preceded by a pamplet, 1879], ca 1880 [Cowan, p. 168; Graff 1075; Final Howes D311; Paher Nevada 476; Streeter Sate 3459 (first edition)]. INSCRIBED PRESENTATION copy. [6], [3] - 87, [1 (blank)] pp. Per Graff, new material begins..... More
Carson City, Nevada: E. J. Parkinson, 1880. 1st Printing, of this issue. One sheet, folded once, to form 4 pages, 6 columns per page. 21" x 13-3/4". Now housed, folded, in a clear archival mylar sleeve. In this issue is printed text [p. 3] of City Ordinance #53: "For the..... More
Reno, Nevada: 1918. 1st Printing. 116 pp. Illustrated with cuts. 9-1/8" x 6". Light brown paper covers printed in red & black. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. Interesting catalogue from a century ago... not only did Carlisle stock stationery supplies such as ink, pens & paper, but..... More
(n. p.): (2007). 1st Printing. Inside cover with the Burning Man fine print: "You voluntarily assume the risk of serious injury or death by attending and release Burning Man from any claim arising from this risk. blah, blah, blah." Closed: 2" x 2-1/8". Decorative green covers, with electric green lettering..... More
Black Rock City, Nevada: 2018. 1st printing (presumed). Broadside, multi-color printed. 25" x 14" More
(n. p.): (n. d.). Ca. 1963? Single sheet of card stock paper, folded once horizontally, to form a 4 page brochure/menu. Pp. 2-3 lists the menu options. Photographic title-page in color. Oblong format: 10-3/4" x 14". Self wrappers. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. The Riviera Hotel opened..... More
Black Rock City, Nevada: 2001. 1st Printing. Each one sheet of white paper, folded once horizontally. NB. Date for Friday issue misprinted as "30 August" vice "31 August". One sheet inserted, in b&w outline, a whimsical "Color Me" of the 'Burning Man'. Illustrated with b/w half-tone photographic images. Gazette: 17"..... More
Black Rock City, Nevada: 2001. 1st Printing. One sheet, folded once horizontally. Half-sheet single leaf insert, "Exodus 2001 the final participation" Illustrated with b/w half-tone photographic images. Gazette: 17" x 11". Insert: 11" x 8-1/2". Cartoon to lower portion of verso. Printed self-wrappers. Now housed in a clear archival mylar..... More
[Las Vegas, Nevada?]: (n. d.). Ca. 1961? Single sheet of white card stock paper, folded once vertically, to form a 4 page brochure/menu. Pp. 2-3 lists the menu options; p. 4 lists the hotel amenities with accompanying illustrations all printed in green. Illustrated title-page in color. 12" x 9". Self..... More
Reno, Nevada: Washoe County Title Guaranty Company, (n. d.). Ca early 1922. 57, [5] ll. Typescript recto only. Plat illustrations, leaf 2 & 12. 9-7/8" x 7-3/8". Original limp brown leather covers, bound with 3 brass brads, yapp edges. The lot in question faces Lander Street, between Marsh & St..... More
Black Rock City, Nevada: 2015. 1st Printing. One sheet, folded twice. Illustrated with b/w half-tone photographic images. Folded: 10-3/4" x 8-1/2". Printed self-wrappers. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. Burning Man is a week-long large-scale desert event focused on "community, art, self-expression, and self-reliance" held annually in the..... More
Black Rock City, Nevada: 2007. 1st Printing. One sheet, folded twice. Illustrated with b/w half-tone photographic images. Folded: 11-1/8" x 8-1/2". Printed self-wrappers. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. Burning Man is a week-long large-scale desert event focused on "community, art, self-expression, and self-reliance" held annually in the..... More
Reno, Nevada: 1979 / 1986. 53 photographs total, 26 color [3-1/2" x 4-7/8"] mounted in the album, 12 loose color snapshots [3-1/2" x 4-7/8"], 15 b/w loose images [14 - 5" x 7"; 1 - 5" x 3-1/2"]. 12-1/8" x 7-1/8". Brown faux leather commercial album, with gilt stamped 'stars'..... More
