Boston: M. H. Cleaves, Publisher, 40 Pearl Street. 1887. 1st edition thus. [2], 140, [6] pp. Illustrated adverts. 8vo. 9-1/8" x 5-7/8". Printed green paper wrappers, stapled. Now custom chemised & housed in a black quarter-leather slipcase, with marbled paper boards. The New England Telephone and Telegraph Company "was organized..... More

Liverpool: Printed by George Smith, 1837. 1st Edition (NCBEL III, 1212 [Landor]). v, [1], [3] - 232 pp. Lithographic portrait frontis. 8vo. 8" x 5". Original publisher's brown embossed cloth binding with printed paper title label to spine. TEG. Pale pink eps. Somewhat uncommon literary compilation, termed a "garland of..... More

New York: Frank Tousey, Publisher, 34 & 36 North Moore Street, (1895). Early, if not the first, printing of this edition. Advert to rear cover lists through the next title of this "10 Cent Hand Book" series. 62, [2 (advert)] pp. Illustrated with cuts. 12mo. 6-1/4" x 4" Printed paper..... More

London: Geoffrey Cumberlege Oxford University Press, 1952. 1st edition of this English translation. xii, 127, [1] pp. Bibliographical references, pp. 126 - 127. 8vo. 8-3/4" x 5-5/8". Blue cloth binding with gilt stamping to spine. Grey paper dust jacket printed in dark blue. "Avicenna was a Persian polymath who is..... More

Genève: Au Siège Comité International de la Croix-Rouge, 1885. 1st edition. PRESENTATION copy, INSCRIBED from Barton, "To my friend, / Dr. Joseph Gardner / with sentiments of esteem and cordial regard. / Which words cannot express. / Clara Barton. / Washington D. C, March 15, 1889." Further, a 2 line..... More

Wichita, Kansas: Published by The National Semi-Pro Baseball Congress, 1944. 1st printing thus. 148, [4], 24 pp. Inserts & Order blank sheets at rear. Numerous b/w half-tone photographic images throughout. 8" x 5-1/2". Red paper covers. More

Chicago: The Reilly & Britton Co., (1910). 1st edition, 1st printing (Beinvenue, p. 47). INSCRIBED copy ["Yours Very Ozily"], SIGNED in full by Baum, dated 1912. 295, [1] pp. Half-tone image of "Ozcot" [magazine extract?] tipped in over Baum's inscription. 16 inserted color plates, with b/w illustrations throughout by John..... More

[San Francisco ?]: 1903. 1st Printing. Single sheet, printed recto only, 3 stanzas of poetry, 14 lines, printed in red ink. Wood engraving to left of sheet, musical score underneath. Oblong format: 7-3/8" x 9-1/8". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More

[Boston]: Sold at the Bible & Heart, in Cornhill. (n. d.). Ca 1785. 1st printing thus, and evidently the 3rd US edition (Evans 19401; Ford 3015; Rosenbach 101). Single sheet, verse in thirty-eight stanzas, triple column. First line: "Now ponder well, you parents dear." Followed by two additional stanzas of..... More

San Jose, California: San Jose Printing Company, (1908). 1st printing. Not in Axford, Brown, Cook, Glozier nor Wheaton & Kelly. 112, [2] pp. Recipes signed in type. Inserted blank leaves [for notes]. Local business adverts throughout. Facsimiles of the letters sent by the first ladies. 8vo. 8-5/8" x 5-3/4". Original..... More

Detroit: General Motors Corporation, Chevrolet Motor Division, 1959. 1st edition. 116 pp. Over 200 color illustrations, color plates (many large, folding double-page), intratextual illustrations & diagrams. 36 interior upholstery color samples and 36 car color combinations spiral bound in rear. Oblong format: 10" x 13-1/8". Housed in a blue 19-ring..... More

New York: Published by Pach Brothers, Photographers. (n. d.). 1st edition thus. 19 leaves of stiff-stock mounting board. Album contains 352 original photographs: 52 Alumni (1-3/4" x 2-1/4") and Faculty, including then president of the university and [future] US President Woodrow Wilson, 266 Students (1-3/4" x 2-1/4"), 10 Sports (7"..... More

New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1846 - 1848. 1st US edition (Gimbel A104; Edgar & Vail, p. 24; Smith AMERICAN, 7; VanderPoel B197(1); Wilkins, p. 25). 20 parts in 19. Last two parts with imprint, "John Wiley". Illustrated with 36 plates after Phiz, redrawn & engraved on wood by J...... More