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LAYAWAY PURCHASE RECEIPT. P. F. Collier, Publisher, 14 Dupont Street, San Francisco. 2. 19 ....

LAYAWAY PURCHASE RECEIPT. P. F. Collier, Publisher, 14 Dupont Street, San Francisco. 2. 19 . 1887.

[Dickens, Charles. 1812 - 1870]. Collier, Peter Fenelon [1849 - 1909].

San Francisco: 1887. A fill-in-the-blanks job-printed receipt for this California publisher, detailing layaway terms. Verso with blanks to record customer's payment record. 3-7/8" x 10". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. One Francis Cutting has deposited One Dollar, as of February 19, 1887, towards purchase of "1 Set Dickens"... More about LAYAWAY PURCHASE RECEIPT. P. F. Collier, Publisher, 14 Dupont Street, San Francisco. 2. 19 . 1887

Price: $75.00

PAYOT, UPHAM & CO. Established 1854. Stationers, Booksellers, Engravers, Printers, Bookbinders;...

PAYOT, UPHAM & CO. Established 1854. Stationers, Booksellers, Engravers, Printers, Bookbinders; 100 Battery Street Cor. Pine

[San Francisco Business Letterhead - Typed Letter].

San Francisco: 1904. Unsigned. Single sheet, letterhed printed at top. 19 lines, double-spaced. ~ 200 words. Text concludes mid-sentence, implying a second sheet present at one time. Woodcut graphic, to left, depicting the firm's building [which was destroyed in the 1906 fire]. 10-3/4" x 8-1/4". Now housed in an archival... More about PAYOT, UPHAM & CO. Established 1854. Stationers, Booksellers, Engravers, Printers,...

Price: $135.00

KATE WOODMAN; or, The Heart Revealed. Alice A. Dodge

KATE WOODMAN; or, The Heart Revealed.

Dodge, Alice A.

New York: Published by the American Tract Society, (1865). Early, if not first, printing. [2 (blank)], 229, [3 (blank)] pp. Frontispiece + 2 inserted plates. 12mo. 6-5/8" x 4-1/4". Original publisher's purple cloth binding with gilt stamping to spine. Pale yellow eps. OCLC records just one institutional holding with this... More about KATE WOODMAN; or, The Heart Revealed

Price: $75.00

The BUTTERFLY BOOKS. An Enquiry onto the Nature of Certain Twentieth Century Pamphlets. Nicolas...

The BUTTERFLY BOOKS. An Enquiry onto the Nature of Certain Twentieth Century Pamphlets.

Barker, Nicolas.

London: Bertram Rota, 1987. 1st Edition. 283, [ (blank)] pp. Illustrated with plates. 8vo. Black papered boards with gold design stamped to front and rear boards. Black cloth spine with gilt title lettering stamped to spine. An expose of the Frederic Prokosch pamphlet forgeries, a la Carter & Pollard from... More about The BUTTERFLY BOOKS. An Enquiry onto the Nature of Certain Twentieth Century Pamphlets

Price: $50.00

DROMKEEN. A Journey into Children's Literature. Jeffrey Prentice, Bettina Bird

DROMKEEN. A Journey into Children's Literature.

Prentice, Jeffrey & Bird, Bettina.

New York: Henry Holt, (1987). 1st edition. 175, [1 (blank)] pp. Illustrated. 4to. Hardback. Dust jacket. More about DROMKEEN. A Journey into Children's Literature

Price: $20.00

ADVENTURE. Publisher Advert Sheet / Order Blank

ADVENTURE.

[Publisher Advert Sheet / Order Blank].

New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers. (n. d.). Ca early 1920s. Single sheet, printed, in red, both sides. 6 cuts, 3 per side, accompany the text. 11" x 8-1/4". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. "The House of Harper has won the deserved reputation of having on its list... More about ADVENTURE

Price: $25.00

BOOK COLLECTING As a Hobby. In a Series of Letters to Everyman. . H. Muir, ercy

BOOK COLLECTING As a Hobby. In a Series of Letters to Everyman.

Muir, P[ercy]. H.

London and Chesham: Gramol Publications Ltd., (n. d.). 98, [2] pp. 7-1/4" x 4-7/8". Black card-stock covers. More about BOOK COLLECTING As a Hobby. In a Series of Letters to Everyman

Price: $27.50

The VICTORIANS And AFTER. 1830 - 1914.; With a Chapter on Economics by Guy Chapman. Bonamy...

The VICTORIANS And AFTER. 1830 - 1914.; With a Chapter on Economics by Guy Chapman.

Dobrée, Bonamy & Batho, E. C. Chapman, Guy - Contributor.

New York: Robert M McBride & Co., 1938. 1st edition. 371, [1 (blank)] pp (including Index). 12mo. 7-3/4" x 5" Grey cloth binding. Dust jacket. A survey of the literature of the time. More about The VICTORIANS And AFTER. 1830 - 1914.; With a Chapter on Economics by Guy Chapman

Price: $25.00

A LIST Of The WRITINGS Of CHARLES DICKENS. [accompanied by] TNs from Parrish to W[illiam]...

A LIST Of The WRITINGS Of CHARLES DICKENS. [accompanied by] TNs from Parrish to W[illiam] Miller.; Compiled from the Collection at Dormy House, Pine Vally, New Jersey. Exhibition at The LIBRARY COMPANY Of PHILADELPHIA February 17 to March 10, 1938.

[Dickens, Charles. 1812 - 1870]. Parrish, M[orris]. L[ongstreth. 1867 - 1944].

[Philadelphia]: 1938. 1st printing (Gimble H356; Miller, p. 281). Unpaginated, though 18 pp (including wrappers). 7" x 4-3/4". Printed self-wrappers, stapled. Housed in a custom maroon cloth chemise; gilt stamped black leather title label to spine. The catalogue provides a chronological list of Dickens' works, as found in the Parrish... More about A LIST Of The WRITINGS Of CHARLES DICKENS. [accompanied by] TNs from Parrish to W[illiam]...

Price: $125.00

PORTRAIT Of An OBSESSION. The Life of Sir Thomas Phillipps, the World's Greatest Book...

PORTRAIT Of An OBSESSION. The Life of Sir Thomas Phillipps, the World's Greatest Book Collector.; Adapted by Nicolas Barker from the Five Volumes of Phillipps Studies.

Munby, A. N. L. Barker, Nicolas - Editor.

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1967. 1st edition. xvii, [1 (blank)], 278 pp (including index). Color frontis. 8vo. Black cloth binding. Purple top stain. Dust jacket. More about PORTRAIT Of An OBSESSION. The Life of Sir Thomas Phillipps, the World's Greatest Book...

Price: $25.00

The POPULAR BOOK. A History of America's Literary Taste. James D. Hart

The POPULAR BOOK. A History of America's Literary Taste.

Hart, James D.

New York: Oxford University Press, 1950. 1st Edition. [12], 351, [1 (blank)] pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Hardback. Dust jacket. More about The POPULAR BOOK. A History of America's Literary Taste

Price: $35.00

The OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS And The SPREAD Of LEARNING 1478 - 1978. An Illustrated History.;...

The OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS And The SPREAD Of LEARNING 1478 - 1978. An Illustrated History.; With a Preface by Charles Ryskamp.

Barker, Nicolas. Ryskamp, Charles - Contributor.

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1978. 1st edition. xiii, [1 (blank)], 332 pp. Profusely illustrated. 4to. Hardback. Blue patterned paper eps. Dust jacket. More about The OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS And The SPREAD Of LEARNING 1478 - 1978. An Illustrated History.;...

Price: $45.00

MAN COLLECTING. Manuscripts and Printed Works of WILLIAM FAULKNER in the University of...

MAN COLLECTING. Manuscripts and Printed Works of WILLIAM FAULKNER in the University of Virginia.; On Exhibition in the Rare Books and Manuscripts Departments of the University of Virginia Library Charlottesville Virginia. Honoring Linton Reynolds Massey 1900 - 1974.

Crane, Joan St. C. - Compiler. Faulkner, William [1897 - 1962] - Subject.

Charlottesville, Virginia: University Printing Office, 1975. 1st Edition. #87 of 100 hardback copies. SIGNED by the compiler, with her corrections throughout. With a PRESENTATION card laid-in. [6], 142, [2] pp. Illustrated. 8vo. 9-1/4" x 6" Original publisher's green cloth binding, with gilt stamping. Crane was the UVa curator of the... More about MAN COLLECTING. Manuscripts and Printed Works of WILLIAM FAULKNER in the University of...

Price: $150.00

ZAMORANO CELEBRATES 90: Honoring the Contributions of Women to Books & Book Collecting in...

ZAMORANO CELEBRATES 90: Honoring the Contributions of Women to Books & Book Collecting in Southern California.

[Book Collecting / Trade History].

Ojai, California: Printed by Norman Clayton for the Zamorano Club, 2018. 1st Edition. #74, limited to 125 cc, this one of 75 bound for sponsors. SIGNED by 10 contributors + the printer on the colophon page. 64 pp. Illustrated from photographs. 8vo. 8-1/4" x 6-1/4". Brown leather spine over purple silk moire boards. Marbled eps. More about ZAMORANO CELEBRATES 90: Honoring the Contributions of Women to Books & Book Collecting in...

Price: $475.00

LETTER [TL] To Miss ANNE TENNEY From WALTER M. HILL, BOOKSELLER.

Hill, Walter M. Burgason, Phyllis - Secretary. Tenney, Miss Anne L. - Recipient

Chicago: December 12, 1941. Single sheet of letterhead. 16 lines of typed text, ~ 130 words. 11" x 8-1/2". Loose leaf, typed on Walter M. Hill letterhead, signed, by Hill's secretary, in black ink. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope. Mr Hill, a prominent Chicago antiquarian bookseller, responds to Miss... More about LETTER [TL] To Miss ANNE TENNEY From WALTER M. HILL, BOOKSELLER

Price: $20.00

The PEARL.; Newly Translated by John F. Crawford with Andrew Hoyem including the Middle English...

The PEARL.; Newly Translated by John F. Crawford with Andrew Hoyem including the Middle English text printed interlinearly from the British Museum manuscript Cotton Nero A.x Its four illustrations printed in facsimile together with a commentary on the poem.

[Fine Press]. Crawford, John F. & Hoyem, Andrew - Translators.

San Francisco: Grabhorn - Hoyem, 1967. 1st Edition. Limited to 225 cc. 125 pp, printed in red & black. Jeffrey Thomas bookslip laid-in 4 color-printed illustrations. 4to. 11-1/4" x 9-3/8". Quarter vellum over blue linen covered boards. This edition the first to have color reproductions of the illustrations appearing in the original manuscript. More about The PEARL.; Newly Translated by John F. Crawford with Andrew Hoyem including the Middle English...

Price: $245.00

CHOOSE The BEST. Sen-Sen Library Edition. Blook

CHOOSE The BEST. Sen-Sen Library Edition.

[Blook].

Rochester, N.Y. Sen-Sen Co., 1903. 1st printing thus. Lithographed front board with title in gold, a blue ribbon & "5¢" in a gold medallion. 7-1/8" x 5-1/2". A book-shaped box, AEG, meant to house Sen-Sen Gum. More about CHOOSE The BEST. Sen-Sen Library Edition

Price: $135.00

STUDIES In BIBLIOGRAPHY. Volume Sixty. 2018. David L. - Vander Meulen

STUDIES In BIBLIOGRAPHY. Volume Sixty. 2018.

Vander Meulen, David L. - Editor.

Charlottesville, The University Press of Virginia, 2019. 1st printing. 310 pp. 8vo. Grey cloth binding. More about STUDIES In BIBLIOGRAPHY. Volume Sixty. 2018

Price: $20.00

CHARLES DICKENS. First American Editions: The Christmas Books and Selected Secondary Works. A...

CHARLES DICKENS. First American Editions: The Christmas Books and Selected Secondary Works. A Bibliography.

[Dickens, Charles. 1812 - 1870]. Smith, Walter.

New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2019. 1st Edition. Limited to 425 cc. xx, 139, [1] pp. Illustrated. 4to. Green cloth binding, with gilt stamped spine lettering. Dust jacket. More about CHARLES DICKENS. First American Editions: The Christmas Books and Selected Secondary Works. A...

Price: $65.00

The PRINTED BOOK In AMERICA. Joseph Blumenthal

The PRINTED BOOK In AMERICA.

Blumenthal, Joseph. (1897-1990).

Boston, Massachusetts. David R. Godine - Publisher (In Association with the Dartmouth College Library). (1977). Reprint. xvi, 250 pp (including index). Illustrated. Tall 8vo. Maroon cloth binding with gilt spine lettering. Mustard yellow dust jacket, black lettering. More about The PRINTED BOOK In AMERICA

Price: $45.00

Pi. A Hodge-Podge of Letters, Paper, Addresses, Written During a Period of 60 years. Bruce Rogers

Pi. A Hodge-Podge of Letters, Paper, Addresses, Written During a Period of 60 years.

Rogers, Bruce. (1870-1957)

Cleveland & New York. The World Publishing Company. 1953. 1st edition. (stated). 185 pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Maroon cloth binding stamped in gilt. Dust jacket. More about Pi. A Hodge-Podge of Letters, Paper, Addresses, Written During a Period of 60 years

Price: $50.00

PROGRAMME A PERFORMANCE For MRS. RAY'S BENEFIT, On Wednesday Evening, March 10, 1852.;...

PROGRAMME A PERFORMANCE For MRS. RAY'S BENEFIT, On Wednesday Evening, March 10, 1852.; Richelieu, or The Conspiracy. To be Followed by Songs, Glees, and Duetts, buy The Sable Brothers. The evening's entertainment fo conclude with High Life Below Stairs.

[Silk Printing]. Bulwer-Lytton, Edward [1803 - 1873] - Playwright.

[n. p.]: 1852. 1st printing. Single sheet of silk, with lace embroidered edge trimming. 10-1/4" x 5-1/2". Housed in simple light brown wooden frame [12" x 7-1/2"]. "Gimbel Brothers" framing ticket to verso. "Richelieu; Or the Conspiracy is an 1839 historical play by the British writer Edward Bulwer-Lytton. It portrays... More about PROGRAMME A PERFORMANCE For MRS. RAY'S BENEFIT, On Wednesday Evening, March 10, 1852.;...

Price: $495.00

KVP FANCY WAXED PAPER. Paper Products, Uses

KVP FANCY WAXED PAPER.

[Paper Products & Uses].

Kalamazoo, Michigan: KVP Company, (1931). 1st printing thus. Goodly number of sheets still present, all gayly colored in green, orange, blue, white floral design. Portfolio: 6-5/8" x 11-1/2". Sheet of Waxed paper: 13" x 11". Housed in the manufactor's portfolio. "Wax paper (also waxed paper or paraffin paper) is paper... More about KVP FANCY WAXED PAPER

Price: $45.00

PROSPECTUS For] 'A Technique for Dealing with Artists'. Press of the Woolly Whale, W. A....

[PROSPECTUS For] 'A Technique for Dealing with Artists'.

[Press of the Woolly Whale]. [Dwiggins, W.A.]. [Prospectus].

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 about PROSPECTUS For] 'A Technique for Dealing with Artists'

Price: $10.00

PKD. A Philip K. Dick Bibliography.; With Annotations by Steven Owen Godersky. Philip K. Dick,...

PKD. A Philip K. Dick Bibliography.; With Annotations by Steven Owen Godersky.

[Dick, Philip K.] Levack, Daniel J. H. - Compiler.

San Francisco & Columbia, PA: Underwood/Miller, 1981. 1st hardback edition. Limited to 300 cc. 158 pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Linen cloth binding, decorated in with magazine cover images, lettered with silver stamping. Red pictorial eps. Issued without jacket. More about PKD. A Philip K. Dick Bibliography.; With Annotations by Steven Owen Godersky

Price: $125.00

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