Long Beach: 1917. 1st Printing. Single sheet, header & footer job printed, with bill of fare printed mimeo style in the center, recto only. 20 lines of mimeo with date at head. At bottom, included in the 2-line footer, are places for Name & Room number, blank in this copy..... More
Berkeley: Published by Howell-North, 1963. 5th edition. 72 pp. Contains a new preface written just for this edition. Illustrated, primarily from photographs. Decorations by E. S. Hammack. Maps & lettering by Frederic Shaw. 8vo. 9" x 6". Color pictorial paper covers, stapled. More
Meriden, Conn: (n. d.). Ca late 1880s, cf. OCLC entries 19890210 & 20010622 [both held by CHS]. Snow & Co not found in Romaine. 20 leaves of mounting stock, of which 19 have 122 samples, typically 3 samples mounted per page. Samples are of varying designs, colors, typography, etc. Most..... More
New York: Frank Tousey, Publisher, 24 Union Square, (1902). Later printing, ca 1904 [dated from a Work & Win advert]. 58, [6] pp. Preface signed [in type] by Brady, and dated April 1, 1890. Publisher adverts last 6 pages. 12mo. 6-1/4" x 4-1/16" White paper wrappers printed in blue. Rear..... More
New York: Frank Tousey, Publisher, 29 West 26th Street, (1898). Later printing, ca 1900. 59, [5] pp. Publisher adverts last 5 pages. 12mo. 6-1/2" x 4-1/8" Printed paper wrappers, with full color image of 2 boys aloft, furling a sail, to front cover. Rear advert for the series, which lists..... More
Detroit, Michigan: Ford Motor Company, [1935]. 1st printing. Unpaginated, though 16 pp. Each page with a color illustration of a Ford V-8 model, beginning with the DeLuxe Tudor Sedan, p. 1 Oblong 8vo: 7" x 9". Color printed paper wrappers, stapled. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. "New..... More
Boston: Russell, Shattuck, & Williams (J. D. Freeman, Printer), 1835. 1st Printing (American Imprints 31563). 35, [1 (blank)] pp. 8vo. 8-1/4" x 5-1/4". Disbound, now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
San Francisco: Wobbers, Inc., (n. d.). Ca 1938. Not found in Rocq. Unpaginated, though 48 pages. Each page with a captioned b/w half-tone photograph of a San Francisco scene or landmark, e.g. "Scene at Fisherman's Wharf" and "Golden Gate Bridge". Oblong format: 9-1/8" x 11-1/8". Yellow paper covers, stapled. Now..... More
[Washington]: (n. d.). Ca early 1870s. War Department seal, photo credit, and title imprinted on peach verso, all in red, followed by 4 lines descriptive text of the view, along with the initial portion of the expedition itself. Two domed b/w albumen photographs, affixed to a yellow mount, rounded corners..... More
Los Angeles: Trans-Anglo Books, 1965. 2nd revised Edition. INSCRIBED & SIGNED by the Author on the t.p. 238 pp. Profusely illustrated, primarily from b/w photographs. 4to. 11-1/4" x 8-5/8". Red cloth binding lettered in white. Route map eps. White dust jacket printed in red & black, with photographic image of..... More
Chicago: The Hansen Company, for U. S. Steel, (n. d.). Ca early 1960s. Unpaginated, though 84 pages. Illustrated in color by Mead. Oblong folio: 10-3/4" x 14". White vinylized cloth binding with embossed black title & tri-color U S Steel logo to the right thereof. Filled with wonderful illustrations by..... More
Long Beach: 1917. 1st Printing. Single sheet, header & footer job printed, with bill of fare printed mimeo style in the center, recto only. 20 lines of mimeo with date at head. At bottom, included in the 2-line footer, are places for Name & Room number, blank in this copy..... More
Boston: 1807. Bifolium, with manuscript sales receipt to p. 1 [19 lines]; mss address to p. 4 [Charles H. Atherton Esq / Amherst. N.H.]. 9-7/8" x 7-3/4". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Parker was a prominent publisher and bookseller in 19th C Boston. He published musical scores as..... More
Boston: The Carol Press, 1910. 1st Edition. Unpaginated, though 98 pp. 4-3/4" x 3-1/8". Parchment spine over blue paper boards, printed paper title label to front cover. One limerick per page, a total of 96. Somewhat uncommon book with OCLC recording just 5 institional holdings of this 1910 first edition [also..... More
Berkeley: Published by the Twentieth Century Club of Berkeley. Press of A. Newman. 1914. 1st Edition (Glozier 325). Not in not in Axford, Brown nor Wheaton & Kelly. 146 pp. Adverts throughout. Newspaper extract & mss recipe card laid-in. 8vo. 9-1/4" x 6-1/4". Very pale green plactized binding, with dark..... More
[San Diego]: [1968]. 1st Printing. A tri-fold blue paper folder, with interior pocket housing 6 sheets, each depicting a drawn image of one of the honored guests. Accompanied by an IAHF brochure / membership application. 8-1/2" x 7". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. "The International Aerospace Hall of..... More
Burbank, California: Compiled and Published by the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, (1940). 1st Printing. Part I: Major Breakdowns [Wings, Controls, Fuselage, etc]: Part II: Complete Aircraft [Single Engine, Twin Engine, Multi-Engine]; Part III: Miscellaneous, comprised by 12 sections all together, with divers paginations in each section. Profusely illustrated with drawings, and..... More
San Francisco: Cooperative Printing Co., Publishers, 408 Sacramento, [1892]. 1st Edition thus. Not in Rocq, though see 12628, for one the year prior. 96 pp. Tipped-in advert leaf, printed on pink paper, after p. 4. Adverts throughout. Contains a b/w half-tone photographic image of all local post office branches. 10"..... More
Dover: Printed at teh Dover Gazette Job Office, 1850. 1st printing. SIGNED 4x by Fenner. 11, [1 (blank)] pp. Of particular note are pages 8 & 9, which list 48 ladies of the Association. 7-13/16" x 4-3/4". Original publisher's printed buff paper wrappers, stitched. Now housed in an archival mylar..... More
Columbus, Ohio: National Stereoscopic Association, (1980). x, 150 pp (including Index). Illustrated with b/w photographic images. 4to. Brown cloth binding. Maroon dust jacket. Essential reference for those researching, or otherwise trying to date/identify, Houseworth views. More
San Francisco, Cal. Hayden Printing Company, 1902. 1st Edition. 36 pp. Illustrated with b/w drawings. 12mo. 6-7/8" x 5-1/8". Grey paper wrapped boards, with silver lettering outlined in gold. Scarce Children's book; scarce San Francisco imprint. OCLC records just one holding: UCLA. The NUC adds one more: LC... More
San Francisco: Book Club of California, 2020. 1st Printing. 10" x 8-1/8". Mustard colored portfolio, with green & black printing. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
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Boston: Edward Livermore, 5 Cornhill, (1852). 1st printing of this issue (Wheat, Maps of the Gold Rush, 212). Cf Drake 4698, for the 1797 first edition. 48 pp, including wrappers, untrimmed. CA descriptive text p. 39, providing details on local gold rush municipalities: San Francisco ["principal port of entry"], Sacramento..... More
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Washington: Government Printing Office, 1909. 1st edition. x, 801, [4 (blank)] pp. Illustrated. 9-1/8" x 5-7/8". Green cloth binding, gilt stamped lettering to spine & gilt stamped medallion to front cover (professionally recased). Also contains "Phototelegraphy" by Henri Armagnat, and "The gramophone and the Mechanical recording and reporduction of musical..... More
San Francisco: The Merchants National Bank, 1912. SIGNED by London. Check: 2-5/8" x 6-1/8". Holder: 3-5/8" x 6-7/8". Now housed in a clear acrylic check holder. "The Bohemian Club is a private club with two locations: a city clubhouse in the Union Square district of San Francisco, California and the..... More
