Paris: Georges Petit, 1910. 4to. 49 pp. 27 plates, picturing 118 examples, the text describing each individually. This copy extended by the addition al description of five more examples in manuscript, photographs of each mounted on four inserted leaves. Contemporary roan-backed red cloth, gilt spine title and gilt title on..... More
New Orleans, LA: Great Acquisitions Books, nd [ca. 1995]. Bookseller's catalogue. Small 4to. 45 pp. Illustrated. Offers 250 priced items, almost all with some connection to Louisiana. Old ink markings on front wrapper, two items circled in ink, else very good. Original decorated wrappers, stapled. (#5457). More
Philadelphia: The company, nd [1876?]. 4to. 8 pp. [printed double column]. OCLC locates two copies (Burndy, Winterthur). Folded (short split at fold). More
[Philadelphia: Henry Carey Baird], August 1, 1872. "Henry Carey Baird's Catalogue" [running title]. 16mo. 12 pp. Hunter and Co. was apparently jobbing Baird's list of approximately 200 titles. Printed self-wrappers, stitched. More
Pittsfield, [MA]: Milo Smith printer, 1810. Broadside. 52.5 x 42 cm. There were 36 seniors, 32 juniors, 33 sophomores, and 26 freshman mostly coming from the nearby states and western Massachusetts, but as far away as Ohio. Fine copy that has been folded. Ink notes on verso: "Catalogue of Williams..... More
[Pittsfield, MA: Printed by Chester Smith, 1800]. Broadside. 38.5 x 32 cm. Some breaks at folds, small piece missing top center, no loss of type. There were 13 seniors, 12 juniors, 26 sophomores, and 41 freshman mostly all coming from the nearby states and western Massachusetts. This copy bears the..... More
New York: Geo. A. Leavitt & Co., Auctioneers, 1884. Auction sale catalogue. 8vo. viii, 434 pp.; eight-page prospectus printed on yellow paper, with a portrait of Murphy, bound in at the rear, but without the 9-page addenda. 3142 lots (unpriced). From the library of Americana collector Frank C. Deering, with..... More
[Andover, Mass.]: Flagg & Gould, Printers, [1819]. Broadside, 47 x 29 cm. Typographical border. One blank corner torn off, slightly affecting the border, separation at horizontal center fold, with small hole in center. One name added in manuscript. The most prominent student, in the senior class, was Orville Dewey. The..... More
St. Paul [MN]: printed by James M. Goodhue, 1850. Disbound pamphlet. 22cm. 30, (1)pp. Some spotting to title page, else a clean copy. This catalogue, printed by Minnesota's first printer, in the second year of printing in Minnesota, is divided into two sections: Law Books [pp.3-11] and Miscellaneous Books [pp.15-30]..... More
Hamilton, (AL): Ford Bros. Printers, (1907). 8vo. (34) pp. Illustrated, class portrait plates. Original printed gold wrappers, stapled. Very good. Courses of study with texts, facilities, expenses, pupils listed by class, seventh to tenth grade, etc. Scarce; OCLC locates this title only at Auburn and there only 1906-1907 and 1916-1917..... More
New York: Grolier Club, 1891. First edition. 12mo. 32 pp. Describes 110 items. Original printed cream wrappers, stitched. Very good. (1547). More
Belfast, (ME): nd [ca. 1825]. Printed broadside, 10 x 7 inches (somewhat trimmed), employing several sizes and style of type, including a large display type for the headline. Nathan Read (1759-1849) served in the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts, 1800-1803; he moved to Maine in 1897 and was involved..... More
(Virginia Beach, VA: The hotel [Thomsen-Ellis Co., printers, Baltimore & New York]), nd [ca. 1925]. 4to. (25) pp. Illustrated, plates, 3-page folding panorama of the hotel and its beach club. Original illustrated marbled wrappers, tied; tour company stamp on front wrapper and endpaper, else very good. First edition (?). Elaborate..... More
[Ravenna, OH?]: 1856. Broadside, 24 x 20 inches, employing several styles and sizes of type, including a large display type for the horse's name (3 3/8 inches tall) and other large display types, with the text offering terms for stud service, places and dates for standing, Bullrush's pedigree as a...... More
Cloth, net $10.00. Half Calf, net $15.00. New Orleans, LA: F.F. Hansell & Bro., [1903]. Prospectus. 12mo. (3) pp., title leaf with portrait profile of Gayarre, interior double-page further description of the work, and a full-page illustration of the Hansell establishment. Very good. Printed self-wrappers. (#5545). More
NP: nd [1876?]. Original pen & ink drawing, 14 x 18 1/2 in., mounted, glazed and framed. The unnamed artist has placed a sketch of a domed building, likely Memorial Hall, designed by Herman Schwarzmann as the art gallery for the exhibition, at the top of the drawing. Uncle Sam..... More
(Belgrade Lakes, ME): The hotel (Press of john G. Allen, Boston), nd [ca. 1920]. Promotional. Small 4to. (11) pp. Illus. from photographs, map. Promotional for the hotel and its facilities on Belgrade Lakes, primarily advertising the excellent fishing for Brook Trout, Landlocked Salmon, and Smallmouth Bass. Apparently not recorded on..... More
NY: Chamber of Commerce, 1861. Broadside, 10 x 8 in., 6 paragraphs, with a blank integral leaf (docketed on verso). Folded as for mailing, but a very good copy. The special meeting was "called to consider the present alarming condition of the country." A committee issued this call for "subscriptions..... More
Holliston, [MA]: np, 1891. Two advertising handbills, 9 3/4 x 6 and 9 5/8 x 6 inches, employing several sizes and styles of type, listing the casts for an interlocutor, tambos, bones, and pianists, and the performers for musical selections, for solos and groups; the first evening's cast was all..... More
NY: Sutton, printer, 142 Fulton St. nd [ca. 1880]. Broadside, 9 1/2 x 7 3/4 inches, on blue paper, printed in various shades of blue, employing a number of styles and sizes of type, including several display types, the whole enclosed by an elaborate ornamental border. Some old folds, but..... More
Charleston, SC: (A.S. Willington & Co.), 25 March 1864. Vol. LXII, No. 19,725 [this issue only]. Double-folio. (2) pp. Includes an interesting article on the activities of divers in Charleston Harbor and other local news; as winter was winding down, there was not much war information, but notice was given..... More
Phila. Art Press, Loughhead & Co., n.d. (early 1900's). Stapled illustrated blue paperwraps. Small 8vo.; 8pp., on glossy paper. Photo illus. A promotional brochure for the city & the hotel. Mentioned are the Chicora Golf Links and the U.S. Government's construction project, building the largest Naval Station and dry dock..... More
Charleston, SC: News and Courier Book Presses [for the] Chamber of Commerce, 1880. 8vo. 23 pp. Original printed gray wrappers (a little soiled); some foxing, but very good. First edition. Turnbull IV, p. 106. More
[New York? or Philadelphia?]: The Association, (1924). Revised edition. 16mo. 16 pp. Charter and by-laws for this angling club, established in the 1890s by trout fishermen primarily from New York and Philadelphia, on the Brodhead, a tributary of the Delaware River, in Monroe County Pennsylvania; one of the most important..... More
Pittsburgh, PA: Myers, Schoyer & Co., Printers, 1876. First edition. 16mo (5 3/4 x 4 inches). 26 pp. "This association shall have for its object the protection and propagation of game and gamefish, the enforcement of all laws and ordinances, against the unlawful killing or selling of same; the advancement..... More
