The ROSSLYN, LIQUOR MENU.; Liquor Wine and Beer.
(n.p.). c. 1940s. 1st Printing. 4 pp. unnumbered. Decorative borders. 10-2/8" x 6-1/2". tan, card stock self wrappers, dark blue and red lettering, now housed in a mylar sleeve. More
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A DIRECTORY Of PRINTERS and Others in Allied Trades. London and Vicinity 1800 - 1840.
London: Printing Historical Society, 1972. xxvii, [1], 234, [2, blank] pp. 9-1/2" x 6-1/4". Blue cloth stamped in gilt to the spine. Light tan dj printed in black and red. More
BOOKS On MISSIONS And MISSIONARIES.; Hodder and Stoughton, Publishers.
New York: George H. Doran Company. Publishers in America for Hodder and Stoughton. (n. d.). 1st printing (presumed), ca pre-WWI. One sheet, printed both sides, folded twice, to form a 4 panel brochure. Folded: 6-1/8" x 3-1/2". Unfolded: 6-1/8" x 13-5/8". Printed light peach colored paper. Now housed in an... More
LITERARY HISTORY Of The UNITED STATES. Vol. I & II.
New York. The MacMillan Company. 1948. 1st Edition. Vol. 1: xx, 636 pp. Vol. 2: vi, [637-638], 1422 pp. 9-1/2" x 6-1/4". navy blue cloth, stamped in gilt to upper board and back strip, in orginial dust jacket. More
ANTIQUARIAN BOOKMAN. Vol. I. No. 20.; The Weekly Magazine of the Antiquarian Book Trade ... Issued from the Offices of Publishers' Weekly. Mary 15, 1948.
New York: R. R. Bowker Company, 1948. 1st printing (of this issue). 799 - 858 pp. Photographic image of Chicago's 'Booksellers' Row" to front cover. 8vo. 9" x 6". Printed paper covers, stapled. An early issue of this stalwart publication of the Antiquarian Book Trade, published from 1948 - 1967... More
HURRY CALL For MAGAZINES
(n. p.): American Library Association, Library War Service. (n. d.). 1st printing (presumed), ca 1917 - 1918. Broadside, printed in red & black. 11 lines of text, 4 printed in red. 22" x 14". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. The Library War Service was established by the American... More
OBSERVATIONS, ANECDOTES, And CHARACTERS, Of BOOKS And MEN.; Arranged with Notes by the Late Edmund Malone, Esq.
London: John Murray, 1820. 1st edition thus. viii, 302 pp. 8vo. 7-3/4" x 5". Period dark green half-leather binding with marbled paper boards. Speckled red edges. From the extract affixed to the preliminary pages, it was speculated there were two mss of Spence's ANECDOTES, one used to print this edition... More
The STORY Of STREET LITERATURE: Forerunner of the Popular Press.
Santa Barbara / Oxford: American Bibliographical Center--Clio Press, (1973). 1st Edition. ix, [1], 182 pp (including Index). Illustrated. 9-1/2" x 6-1/2". Dark blue cloth binding with gilt title lettering stamped to spine. Black and white pictoral dust jacket with white title lettering printed to front cover and spine. More
A HISTORY Of The BOOK In AMERICA. The Enduring Book:Print Culture in Postwar America.
Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, (2009). 1st Edition. xvi, [2], 618, [2 (blank)] pp including Notes and index. Several b/w illustrations. 9-1/2" x 6-1/2". Black cloth binding with gilt title lettering stamped to spine. Dust jacket. More
A HISTORY Of The BOOK In AMERICA. Print in Motion: The Expansion of Publishing and Reading in the United States, 1880 - 1940. Volume 4.
Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina, (2009). 1st Edition. xvii, [1 (blank)], 699, [1 (blank)] pp including epilogue, notes and index. Several b/w illustrations. 9-1/2" x 6-1/2". Black cloth binding with gilt title lettering stamped to spine. Dust jacket. More
A HISTORY Of The BOOK In AMERICA. The Industrial Book, 1840 - 1880. Volume 3.
Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, (2007). 1st Edition. xix, [1 (blank)], 539, [1 (blank)] pp including notes and index. Several b/w illustrations. 9-1/2" x 6-1/2". Black cloth binding with gilt title lettering stamped to spine. Dust jacket. More
A HISTORY Of The BOOK In AMERICA. An Extensive Republic: Print, Culture and Society on the New Nation, 1790 - 1840. Volume 2.
Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, (2010). 1st Edition thus. xix, [3], 697, [1 (blank)] pp including index. Several b/w illustrations. 9-1/2" x 6-1/2". Black title lettering with gilt title lettering stamped to spine. Dust jacket. More
A HISTORY Of The BOOK In AMERICA. The Colonial Book in the Atlanic World. Volume 1.
Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, (2010). 1st Edition thus. xxiv, [2],638 pp including appedex, notes and index. Several b/w images. 9-1/2" x 6-1/2". Black cloth binding with silver title lettering stamped to spine. Dust jacket. More
The FASHIONABLE NURSE.; A Study of Stylish Professional Dressing, 1910 - 1970.
Middlebury, CT. Velocity Print Solutions. 2013. 1st Edition. 63 + [1 ad] pp. Original Illustrations by Sammi Yang. 11-1/4" x 8-3/4". Red cloth boards, silver lettering, pictorial dust jacket. More
BIBLIOGRAPHY Of CALIFORNIA LITERATURE. Monograph #8.; Fiction of the Gold-Rush Period. Drama of the Gold-Rush Period. Poetry of the Gold-Rush Period.
(n.p.): California Literary Research. (n.d.). 1st Edition thus. 123 pp. 10-3/4" x 8". Red cloth (library binding), black lettering to back strip. More
BIBLIOGRAPHY Of CALIFORNIA LITERATURE PRE-GOLD RUSH PERIOD.; Monograph #7
(n.p.): California Literay Reserach. (n.d.). 1st Edition Thus. 69 pp. 11" x 8-1/2" Tan paper wrappers, housed in larger boards by the library. More
AMERICAN BIBLIOGRAPHY.; A Chronological Dictionary of all Books, Pamphlets and Periodical Publications Printed in the United States of America from the Genesis of Printing in 1639 Down to and Including the year 1820 with Bibliographical and Biographical Notes.
New York. Peter Smith. 1941. Reprint. Divers Pagination. 10-1/4" x 7". Blue cloth, black lettering stamped to back strip. Twelve Volumes. Please see item #45765 for volume 13 & 14 (including indexes and supplements). More
The AMERICAN BIBLIOGRAPHY Of CHARLES EVANS VOLUME 13 And 14.; Including the Printers Index, the Supplement and the Index to Supplement.
Worcester, Mass. American Antiquarian Society. 1959. 1st Edition. Divers Pagination. 11-1/4" x 9". Red cloth, gilt lettering to back strips. Five books total. Please see item 45767 for volumes 1 - 12. More
AMERICAN OPERAS: A CHECKLIST.
Warren, Michigan. Harmonie Park Press. 1992. 1st Edition. xxiv, 334 pp. Two black and white illustrations. 10-1/4" x 7-1/4" More
WOMEN And FILM: A BIBLIOGRAPHY.
Metuchen, N.J. The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1976. 1st Edition. ix, 278 pp. 8-3/4" x 5-1/2". Blue cloth, gilt lettering to upper board and back strip. More
BALLET In ENGLAND: A BIBLIOGRAPHY And SURVEY.; C. 1700 - June 1966.
London. The Library Association. 1968. 1st Edition. 224 pp. 5 pp of black and white photographs including frontis. 8-1/2" x 6". Light blue cloth, silver lettering to back strip. More
NAIONAL INDEX Of AMERICAN IMPRINTS THROUGH 1800.; The Short-Title Evans. Two Volumes.
(n.p.). American Antiquarian Society & Barre Publishers. 1969. 1st Edition. Vol. 1: xxv, 548; Vol. 2: xxi, 549-1028 pp. 10-1/4" x 7-3/4". Red cloth, gilt lettering to back strip. More
GUIDE To The STUDY Of UNITED STATES IMPRINTS. VOLUME 2.
Cambridge. The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. 1971. 1st Edition. [iv], 405 - 1050 pp. 10-1/4" x 7-1/2". Clean cloth, gilt lettering. More
HOMOSEXUALITY.; An Annotated Bibliography.
New York. Harper & Row, Publishers. 1972. 1st Edition. xiii, 550 pp. 9-1/2" x 6-1/4". Purple cloth, stamped in gilt. More
A GRAMMAR Of COLOR. Arrangements of Strathmore Papers in a Variety of Printed Color Combinations According to The Munsell Color System.; With an Introduction by Professor A. H. Munsell and explanatory text with diagrams illustrating the application of the System to work in the Graphic Artss by T. M. Cleland.
Mittineague, Mass: Published by the Strathmore Paper Company, 1921. 1st Edition. 28 pp of text. 2 color proof plates engraved by Rudolph Ruzicka [showing a Vogue design by Helen Dryden], followed by 19 folding color-printed specimens demonstrating color combinations. Volume: 13" x 8-5/8". Sample portfolio envelope: 13" x 8-7/8". Brick... More