Toronto ? 1915. 25 leaves of black mounting paper, 19 pages of which have 85 b/w photographs affixed. Two pages at front with captions to photographs, one of which states, "The Start - Toronto 1915". Photos range in size from 3/4" x 3/4" to 3-1/8" x 4-1/2". Album: 5-3/4" x...... More
(n. p.): [1917?]. 1st publication [presumed]. Unpaginated bifolium, i.e., 4 pp. 10-7/8" x 6-7/8". Printed self-wrappers. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Publication reproduces, in facsimile, a letter from a French student, Odette Gastind, in the Lycée Victor Duruy in Paris to Mr John Finley, Commissioner of Education and..... More
London. Printed in Great Britain by W. Speaight & Sons. (1917). 1st Printing. Broadside. Three black and white photographs of "splinters of shells". 10" x 6-3/4". White paper leaf, printed in black ink. Leaflet disputing the German propaganda rumors that casualties were done by "unskillful methods of the English aviators"..... More
London. Printed in Great Britain by Hayman, Christy and Lilly, Ltd., 1916. 1st Printing. 4 pp. 11" x 8-1/4". Paper leaf, folded to make 4 pages. Text printed in black. Now housed in a mylar sleeve. Scarce in trade. More
Boston: Hudson Printing Company, 1919. 1st Edition. INSCRIBED PRESENTATION copy. 71, [5 (blank)] pp. Chapters: Jouy, Chateau-Thierry, Toul & Fleury. Frontispiece. 5 internal b/w plates. Laid-in, an albumen photograph of the author, with her signature on the verso. 12mo. 7-7/8" x 5-1/8". Grey cloth spine pver mottled grey paper wrapped..... More
New York: A. L. Burt, (1916). Early, if not first, printing, ca 1915. 249, [7] pp. 6 pp of publisher adverts at rear. Frontis on coated paper. 12mo. Pale blue cloth with black, red & orange lettering/pictorial (Mattson Style #1). White dust jacket, printed in orange & black, duplicating binding..... More
New York: 1923. 1st separate printing. 8 pp. 7-1/4" x 5". Printed buff paper wrappers, stapled. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
Washington DC: The Review and Herald Publishing Association, (1917). 1st printing (presumed). 128 pp. Illustrated, primarily from photographs. 12mo. 7-5/8" x 5-1/4". Printed paper wrappers, map of Europe depicted. Rear cover with photographic image of two individuals on camels, in Egypt. More
Tacoma: Robt. W. Hulbert, Souvenir Booklet Service, 1918. 1st Printing. Photographer's imprint & pencil note to photograph verso. Oblong panoramic format: 7-1/4" x 18-7/8". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Early image of the 38th Field Artillery Battery, which was formed just 3 months early (August 17, 1918) at..... More
Paris: Henri Babou and Jack Kahane, 1930. 1st edition thus, the "Authorized Unexpurgated Edition". 1 of 300 cc [unnumbered]. 2 volumes: xii, 194; 212, [2] pp. 10-1/4" x 8". Original publisher's printed buff paper wrappers, glassine dust jackets; marbled paper chemise & slipcase. Gilt stamped lettering to exposed side of..... More
London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., Ltd., 1915. 1st book edition (Bleirer, p. 129; Danielson, p. 43; Locke I, p. 147; NCBEL IV, 646). 86, [2 (blank)] pp. 16mo. 6-3/4" x 4-1/4". Pale blue boards printed in dark blue. Per Locke, "A celebrated short ghost story of the first..... More
(n. p.): Newark Photo Co., [1918]. Oblong photo: 7-5/8" x 43-1/8" Photograph housed in an early varnished brown wood frame. Rear exterior paper backing absent. Camp Hancock, active 1917 - 1919, was a U.S. Army World War I National Guard Mobilization and Training Camp established near Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia..... More
(n. p.): [1918 ?]. 1st printing, ca 1918. 22 images, 11 per side of one long sheet [43-3/4" x 6"], folded accordion style. All images in color, captions. Envelope pack: 4-3/8" x 6-1/8". In a mailable, wallet-style envelope pack. The cards portray 22 US ships of the era. Side one..... More
(n. p.): [1918]. 1st printing (presumed). 22 images, 11 per side of one long sheet [36-1/2" x 5-1/2"], folded accordion style. All images in color, captions. Envelope pack: 3-3/4" x 5-5/8". In a mailable, wallet-style envelope pack. Camp Upton, located at Yaphank, Long Island, was named after Emory Upton, a...... More
West Medford, Mass. Christian Women's Peace Movement, (1915). 1st Edition. 198, [2] pp. 8vo. 7-3/4" x 5-1/4" Grey paper-wrapped boards lettered in white. Gilt stamped CWPM medallion to front board. Called to the Colors" - Caroline A. Mason; "The White Zeppelin" - Eleanor Baldwin; "On the Field of Honor" -..... More
New York: Funk & Wagnalls Company, (1918). 1st Printing. Index Booklet: 35, [1] pp. Colored map with two insets. Scale: 1" = 8 sm; 1:500,000. Sleeve: 11" x 9". Map: 41-5/8" x 51-5/8". Index booklet: 10" x 6". Map & booklet housed in the original publisher's printed buff-paper sleeve... More
London: Cassell & Co., 2000. Reprint, first published the year prior. 224 pp (including Index). Profusely illustrated, with much in color. Royal 8vo. Hardback. Dust jacket. More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1918. 1st Edition. viii, [2], 231, [15] pp. 5 pages of publisher adverts follow text. Frontispiece of the author, in her nurse's uniform, from her 1917 passport photograph. 8vo. 7-3/4" x 5-1/8". Original publisher's green cloth binding with black & gilt stamping. "These letters were..... More
Lucenec (Kingdom Of Hungary). 1916 - 1917. [18] pp. Original pencil drawing to the recto of each leaf. 7 1/2" x 6 1/2". Stapled self wrappers. The sketches are primarily of uniformed men and some female figures. The sketches appear to be signed "Keszult" More
London: Darling & Son, Limited, 1915. 1st printing. 24 pp. 9-5/8" x 6-1/8". Printed blue paper covers, stapled. Cavell an American nurse shot by the Germans, after an accusation of her assisting prisoners to escape. More
1919. ~ 190 pp [last 15 or so leaves blank], 2 printed days per page, of which through August 5 have mss entries. ~ 1500 lines, ~ 6000 words. Commercial German 'Agenda' book, brown cloth spine over black flexible leather covers, with silver stamped 'Agenda' to front cover. Red edgestain..... More
(n. p.): (n. d.). Not in Borkan, nor Rawls. Broadside, pinte in blue, yellow & green. Poster shows a young woman in dark-blue uniform sitting at a switchboard while out a window in the background, a large of group of soldiers march by. 28" x 18-3/4" More
(n. p.): 1918. Cf. Borkan, p. 145 [right image]; Rawls, p. 152 [full page]. 28" x 18-3/4" More
New York: American Lithographic Co., 1918. 1st Printing (Borkan, p. 181; Rawls, p. 159). Single sheet broadside, printed in orange, brown & black on white paper. Image shows a doughboy, with books in hand, standing over a seated sailor, who is reading a book. 30" x 20" More
New York: A. L. Burt, (1916). Early printing, circa 1916. 252, [4] pp. 4 pages of adverts at rear. Frontis on coated paper. 12mo. Linen cloth binding with orange, red & black stamping. Tri-color dust jacket, printed on white stock, replicating the binding design. Rear panel advert lists through #6..... More
