Kalamazoo, Mich. H.G. Bulkley, nd [1852?]. Advertising circular. 34 x 10 cm. Printed in various sizes and styles of type. Some overall toning, but a very nice example. Bulkley declares that his kiln "dries thoroughly and cheaper than be any other Kiln," and thus eliminates the need to keep a...... More
![REPUBLIC OF TEXAS. COUNTY OF [SHELBY]. I [EDWARD WALLIS] DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR, THAT I WAS A RESIDENT...](/pictures/thumb/66690.jpg?v=1650135870)
Shelby Co., Republic of Texas: 13th January 1838. Partly printed document, completed in manuscript. 12 x 19 cm. Horizontal fold, some scattered foxing and toning, a few shallow chips to right margin. Edward Wallis declares he was a resident of the Republic of Texas in 1836, and that he "did..... More
Venetiis: apud Iuntas, MDLV. Colophon: Venetiis apud haeredes Lucaeantonii Iuntae. MDLV. Quarto. Collation: 6, A-Z4, AA-ZZ4, 3A-3Z4, 3&6, a-h4: 320 ff., foliated (vi) 1-184, 189-285 (I), (I) 2-32. Roman and italic types. Woodcut device on title page; full-page woodcut frame with portraits of Navagero and Fracastoro on 6v; numerous woodcut..... More
Single sheet, 31 x 20 cm., approx. 140 words. A manuscript document addressed to Mr. David Balch, Jr., and docketed on the verso, revealing the town of Topsfield's process by which their quota of men were procured to serve in the Continental Army, for a term of three years: "Sir..... More
St. Louis, MO: Published by Cutter & Trump SW corner Main and Olive Streets, 1884. 20 X 14 cm.. 47, [1] pp., illus. Brown cloth with gilt stamping on cover. Wear on edges. Previous owner's signature on front flyleaf. It was issued in paper and cloth our first time having..... More
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1920. Later printing. 21 cm. xi, 204 pp, 2 leaves. Green cloth, illustrated paper onlay on front cover. Corners and spine ends worn through, some soiling and spotting to cloth; small abrasion to frontis. illustration, at gutter. Inscribed by the author on the front endpaper..... More
[NP: np, ca.1932]. 22.5 cm. 32pp. Brown wrappers. Bookplate removed inside front cover. Six Guns 793: "Rare. A little known book containing some material on the Mason County War and Scott Cooley." Thomas Gamel was born in Willcox County, Alabama in 1846, and moved to Texas with his family in..... More
Chicago, New York: George M. Hill Company, 1900. First and only edition. 32 x 22cm. 29 leaves. Red cloth spine with illustrated boards. Some wear and paper loss along edges of boards, some mottling to spine, otherwise a bright clean copy. Gift inscription on flyleaf. More
London: The Limited Editions Club at the Curwen Press, 1937. 28.5 x 22.5 cm. xi, (3), 213,(1) pp., Illustrated with 12 water-colour paintings by Marie Laurencin. Signed by the artist. Copy #192 of 1500. White cloth slightly darkened on spine in original slipcase with small closed crack. More
Chicago, Akron, Ohio, New York: The Saalfield Publishing Company, 1903. First edition. 29 x 24 cm. [58]pp., illustrated in color. Illustrated yellow boards with green spine, a bright copy. Dust jacket with some rubbing, light soiling, chipping and tears along edges. More
Chicago, New York, London: Rand, McNally and Company, (1903). First edition. 30 x 23 cm.. 80, [2] pp. Illustrated throughout. Green cloth with decorative front cover, a bright copy. Dust jacket shows some wear with tears and shallow chipping around edges and a triangular piece missing from upper rear panel..... More
St. Petersburg [Russia]: 1876. 17.5 x 12 cm. 44pp. Pamphlet. Paper wrappers lacking, remnants of wrappers only on spine. One leaf torn at top repaired with archival tape. Prepared for the 1876 Philadelphia Exposition. OCLC: Chicago, Cornell, Hagley, NYPL, Univ. of TX, Austin, and Yale. More
Austin, Texas: R. Barrow, School Land Locator, 1912. Broadsheet. 33 x 12 cm. (2) pp. The counties listed on the recto are all in the eastern part of the state. Separate title on the verso, for the western counties: "In the Following Counties Settlement on the Land is Required." Both..... More
London: Samuel Richards and T. Mason, 1822. 12mo. Three volumes: viii, 319; (2), 321; (2), 326 pp., directions to the binder slip bound in at rear, along with two cancels which have not been used, instead bound in with the binder’s instructions. 12 aquatint plates. An oft reprinted tale first..... More
Raleigh, (NC): Walters, Hughes & Co., 1867. First edition. 8vo. 41, 21, xi, (8, ads for local businesses) pp., 3 folding maps of the city (1792, 1834 & 1847). Howes S-1160. Thornton 13497. Original printed wrappers. Spine professionally reinforced, but a sound copy. More
Washington, DC: A. Gardner, Photographer, 511 Seventh Street, nd [ca.1865-67]. Photographic prints, all mounted on stiff card stock with the imprint of Alexander Gardner's Seventh Street studio in Washington, D.C., including three prints of photographs on three sheets, and eight prints of illustrations on six sheets, each with a caption..... More
Paris: Chez F. Buisson, an IX, (1801). First edition. 8vo (20 cm). (6), viii, [9]-228 pp. 10 engraved plates at the rear, four folding. Corner of one leaf repaired, not affecting text, but a very good copy. Contemporary brown leather-backed black patterned boards (rubbed), marbled endpapers, gilt spine title. (11300)..... More
Philadelphia, (PA): J. B. Lippincott Co., nd [1929]. First American edition (from British sheets). Small 4to (26 cm). xiv, 234 pp. Illustrated from line drawings, plates. Czech Africa, p. 102: "Lyell provides rules for hunting big game, as well as chapters dealing with rifle selection and tracking game. The remainder..... More
![THE SPIRIT OF BAKERSFIELD AND KERN. Kern County, California 1908. [cover title]. California](/pictures/thumb/66665.jpg?v=1649018368)
Bakersfield: Kern Valley Printing Works, 1908. Oblong red lettered white paperwraps (soiled, some wear to edges), with a small illustration of the Kern County Court House on the front cover. 18 x 26 cm. (98)pp. Promotional history of the area, its businesses and leading citizens, with numerous photo illustrations. OCLC..... More
Missoula, MT: Boone and Crockett Club, (c1995). First edition of the author's journals from this expedition, 1/100 copies (this #22), signed by the author's son, the editors, and Paul Webster, President of the Boone and Crockett Club. 4to. xxx, (2), 196 pp. Illustrated from photographs from the expedition, plates, map..... More
[Chipley, Florida: 1908-1910]. Six small albums, cloth bound, 4 3/4 x 6 3/4 in., with decorative art nouveau style flower patterns on the covers of five of them, a stylized portrait of a woman on the sixth. The postcards, 3 1/2 x 5 1/4 in., are tucked in to paper..... More
[Muscatine, IA]? 1898. Single sheet, folded to 24 x 16 cm. 8pp., uncut. A recounting of previous reunions, a few short biographies of some of the original settlers in the area, and a paper by W.S. Fultz on the life of the pioneer farmer is printed here. A list of..... More
NY: December 7, 1855. Printed broadsheet. 25 x 20 cm. (2)pp. Old fold lines, a bit unevenly trimmed along top edge. The letter, addressed "Dear Sir-" gives the reason the building was needed and lack of another space suitable to hold their annual fair. Signed in type by D. Meredith..... More
NP: np, 1901. Stapled sheets. 21cm. (8)pp. Printing articles from several newspapers including the Kansas City Star, the Independence Sentinel, and The Clay County Democrat, by and about William H. Wallace. Wallace was the prosecuting attorney who brought down the James gang. He was running for the U. S. Senate..... More
Wenatchee, Wash. Letter Press and Presswork by The Republic Press, nd [ca. 1904?]. Printed paper wrappers. 23.5cm. (16)pp., illus. Date taken from a map of the county on the verso of front cover. Some archival tape on edge of inside cover, small hole punch at upper edge of wrapper and..... More
