San Francisco: Thomas Houseworth & Co., 317 & 319 Montgomery Street, (1866). Ca 1874. Title caption & view number printed under right image. Domed, separate images. 3-7/16" x 6-7/8". Orange colored mount [rounded corners], with publisher imprint to right end; "Lake Tahoe" to left. Pale pink verso, with Houseworth's Paris..... More
San Francisco: Thomas Houseworth & Co., 317 & 319 Montgomery Street, (1866). Ca 1874. Title caption & view number printed under right image. Square, separate images. 3-7/16" x 6-7/8". Orange colored mount [rounded corners], with publisher imprint to right end; "Lake Tahoe" to left. Pale pink verso, with Houseworth's Paris..... More
Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson & Brothers, (1845). Circa mid-1850s. Cf Wright I, 766 for the 1846 1st edition of "Pickings" & Wright II, 2692 for the 1853 1st edition of "Sketch Book". Bolton IV, 22 & 33. 216; viii, [21] - 202 pp. "Pickings": frontis, t.p. vignette, 6 inserted full-page..... More
Corona Del Mar: The Sherman Foundation. Printed by Grant Dahlstrom at the Castle Press, Pasadena, California, 1971. 1st Printing. 20 pp. Illustrated, primarily from photographs. 8vo. Printed pale blue paper covers, stapled. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Sherman "was an American land developer who built the Phoenix Street..... More
Los Angeles: The Ward Ritchie Press, 1953. 1st Edition. 111, [1] pp. Illustrated. 8vo. 9-11/16" x 5-3/4". Brown cloth binding, with gilt stamped spine lettering. More
Los Angeles: Press of Phillips Printing Co. 290 East 4th St. [1928]. 1st Edition. 197, [3] pp. Frontispiece [of the new clubhouse] + 9 tipped-in b/w half-tone photographic images. 8vo. 9-1/4" x 6-1/4". Brown paper covers, black embossed lettering, yapp edges. "Ebell of Los Angeles was formed as a women's..... More
New York: Basic Books, (2006). 1st Edition. xlii, 454 pp including index. Graphs. Charts. 9-1/2" x 6-1/2". Green paper boards with dark green spine. Silver title lettering stamped to spine. Dust jacket. More
Layton, Utah: Gibbs Smith, Publisher, (2000). 8th printing. INSCRIBED PRESENTATION copy, SIGNED by Powell. 160 pp. Profusely illustrated, mostly in color. 4to. 10-1/4" x 8-3/4" Tomato red cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering. Color printed glossy paper dust jacket. More
San Francisco: Chronicle Books, (1993). 2nd Printing. 224 pp (including Index) Profusely illustrated in color. 4to. 11-1/4" x 9-1/2" Green cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering. Color printed glossy paper dust jacket. More
New York: Penguin Studio, 1997. 11th printing. INSCRIBED PRESENTATION copy, SIGNED by Duchscherer. 184 pp. Profusely illustrated, mostly in color. 4to. 11-1/4" x 8-3/4" Black cloth binding with gilt stamped spine lettering. Color printed glossy paper dust jacket. More
New York: Simon & Schuster, (1996). 1st Edition. 224 pp. Profusely illustrated, mostly in color. 4to. 11" x 8-3/4" Red marbled composition binding. Green & yellow decorative eps. Color printed glossy paper dust jacket. More
Topeka, Kansas: Crane & Company, Printers, 1914. 1st edition. INSCRIBED, PRESENTATION copy, SIGNED as "the Author" 117, [3 (blank)] pp. Frontispiece photographic image of the author. 8vo. 8" x 5-1/2". Canvas covered paper covers, cord tie. Interesting essays on divers subjects, mainly on Kansas & points southwest, by this peripatetic..... More
New York: Published by Charles Magnus 12 Frankfort St N, [1865]. Cf. Milgram, AL-382. Bifolium, unused. Lithographed color scene of the Lincoln funeral procession at top of the sheet, with graphic depicting an aerial view of Abraham Lincoln's funeral cortege as it approaches New York City's City Hall, where the..... More
New York: Frank Tousey, Publisher, 21 Union Square, (1898). Later printing, ca 1900. 59, [5] pp. Publisher adverts last 5 pages. 12mo. 6-1/2" x 4-3/17" Printed paper wrappers, with full color image of a cadet squadron to the front cover. Rear advert for the series, which lists through #79. Now..... More
Lincolnwood: Publications International Ltd, (2007). 1st Edition. 320 pp (including Index) Illustrated. 6-3/4" square. Hardback. Dust jacket. More
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1900. 1st Edition. 323, [3 (blank)] pp. 8vo. 9-1/4" x 5-3/4". Original publisher's black cloth binding with gilt stamped spine lettering. "The Coinage Act of 1873, or Mint Act of 1873, was a general revision of laws relating to the Mint of the United States. By..... More
New York: Simon & Schuster, (2000). 1st edition. 431, [1] pp (including index). Illustrated. 8vo. Hardback. Map eps. Dust jacket. More
Richmond, Virginia: Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, 1926. 2nd edition, revised & expanded. 178 pp. Index at rear. Frontispiece photographic image of the Richmond branch. Fold-out chart after p. 158. 12mo. 7-3/4" x 5-1/8". Original publisher's blue cloth binding, with gilt stamped lettering and gilt medallion to the front board..... More
Boston: Houghton, Osgood and Company. 1879. 1st Edition. [8], 211, [5] pp. Adverts last 4 pages. Errata slip tipped in prior to first advert page. Frontispiece. Black & white photographic image inserted after p. 36 [frequently missing]. Numerous cuts in text. 12mo. 6-5/8" x 4-1/4". Taupe colored cloth, with black..... More
New York: The Penguin Press, 2004. 1st Edition. [12], 818, [2] pp. Index at rear. Frontispiece of Hamilton. 8vo. Hardback. Dust jacket. More
Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Published for the Authors, 1865. 1st Edition. 51, [1 (blank)], 20 pp. Last 20 pages an extract from Harper's, "Making Money". Frontis, 4 inserted plates, cuts in the Harper's piece. 8vo. 9-5/8" x 6". Original publisher's brown cloth binding with title gilt stamped to front board. Pale..... 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
[Providence ?]: 1833. 1st printing (presumed). Broadside, 35 lines of text. Title in ornamental outline font. Typographical border. 12-3/8" x 7-5/8" Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. "Early firefighters in the US were simply community members who would respond to neighborhood fires with buckets. The first dedicated volunteer fire..... More
San Francisco: Girls' High School, 1886. 1st Printing. One rectangular sheet, printed, in purple ink, on both sides, folded once vertically, to form a 4 page program. P. 1 with the program title, p. 2 the "Argument", p. 3 the Cast [Miss Minnie Bullis in the lead] & p. 4..... More
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Moulin - Bardell, (1937). 1st printing (presumed). Unpaginated, though 20 pages [of 24]. 10 columns of text. 23 b/w images, all featuring the 2 bridges, from various aspects & perspectives (including covers). Landscape format: 10-7/8" x 14". Black & white photographically illustrated covers, stapled. More
