Oxford: Printed at Clarendon Press by W. Dawson, T. Bensley, J. Cooke, 1798. 22 cm. Full contemporary red straight-grained morocco, covers panelled and decorated with gilt tooling, flat spine panelled and richly gilt, with gilt title, marbled endpapers. All edges gilt, with a colored painting of Henley Bridge, on Thames... More about THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER
London: Printed by John Jarvis, 1792. 23 cm. Full contemporary red straight-grained morocco, gilt rules, gilt decorations and blind tooling on boards, flat spine with gilt rules, ornaments, and title, gilt inner dentelles, marbled endpapers (split to front endpaper). All edges gilt, with a colored painting of the “Priory, Christchurch... More about THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER
London: Published for John Reeves, Sold by George and William Nicol and Scatcherd and Letterman, 1807. 24 cm. Full contemporary red straight-grained morocco, single gilt rules on covers and flat spine, gilt title on spine, gilt inner dentelles, marbled endpapers. All edges gilt, with a colored painting of “Durham Cathedral”... More about THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER
New York: Doubleday & McClure (Edmund Evans, engraver & printer), 1897. First American edition, 1/1030 copies (this #980). 8vo. 91 pp. Illus. from line drawings, color plates, marginal decoration, text framed by thin double-rules, decorated endpapers. Child's pencil signature on verso of front endpaper, but a good solid copy. Original... More about A Book of Nursery Rhymes. Illustrated by Francis D. Bedford
(Croydon: Croydon Advertiser Printing Works), [1934]. First edition. Small 4to. 93 pp. Illustrated plates, color frontispiece. History, description of collections and premises, list of members with their angling publications, etc. Original gilt-stamped decorated two-tone cloth. Very good. More about THE BOOK OF THE FLYFISHERS CLUB, 1884-1934
Columbus, OH: A.R. Harding, Publisher, nd [1912]. Sale catalogue. 16mo. 32 pp. Illustrated. Offering subscriptions to the publisher's monthly 'Hunter-Trader-Trapper" and weekly "Camp and Trail," "also books on hunting, trapping, fur farming, ginseng growing, camping, fishing." Not in Phillips. Not recorded on OCLC. Pencil notes on outer wrappers, else very... More about Books and Publications on Outdoor Subjects
(Savannah, GA: Savannah Morning News [for Wymberley Jones DeRenne], 1911. Second edition, greatly expanded from the 1905 first edition, 1/200 copies. Large 4to. 268, (2), xxviii pp. Illustrated, plates, frontispiece of the Wormsloe Library, title page facsimiles, large folding facsimile of a portion of the engrossed Constitution of the Confederate... More about Books Relating to the History of Georgia in the Library of Wymberley Jones DeRenne, of Wormsloe,...
Boston, (MA): Boston Gazette [Printed by Russell & Cutler], 1812. Printed broadside, 17 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches, the head printed in bold type. When Revolutionary War hero General Benjamin Lincoln, in his role as collector for the port of Boston, managed to get the contract to build the Cape... More about Boston Gazette, Extra. / Thursday, April 2, 1812. / Highly Interest- / ing letter. / [followed by...
New Orleans, LA: T. Fitzwilliam & Co., Lith.; Paul C. Boudousquie, C.E., Del., Mobile, Ala. 1889. Matted, glazed, and framed. 50 x 30 cm. map, within a slightly larger border. Map is lightly creased from folding, printed in pale yellow and blue, showing Mobile Bay at the center, and the... More about BOUDOUSQUIE'S REFERENCE MAP OF MOBILE AND VICINITY
New York: Lith. of Chs. Magnus, nd [ca. 1850]. Illustrated letter sheet, 10 3/8 x 8 3/8 inches. The color view at the head featuring a wooded square with a fountain in the foreground of a business district, the street teeming with pedestrians, horses and carriages, and riders on horseback;... More about Bowling Green [caption title below a color view of that New York City neighborhood, 3 x 7 inches
(Bradenton, FL: Bradenton Chamber of Commerce [Printed by the Florida Grower Press, Tampa]), nd [1926]. Small 4to folded to narrow 8vo. (15) pp. [printed double-column]. Illustrated, plates, small state map. Original color illustrated wrappers, stapled. Very good. Promotional, describing Bradenton as "a true conception of the Florida most people seek-a... More about Bradenton, Florida: The Friendly City [cover title
NP: np, [1800-1815]. Broadside. 31 x 23 cm. A poem, eight stanzas of four lines each. Edges rough, some wear at folds with a little separation. An unrecorded variant of "Truxton's Victory," the text differing slightly, though expressing same content. First two lines of each stanza only rhyme and the... More about THE BRAVE YANKEE BOYS
Brazos, Texas: May 22, 1864. Manuscript fieldnotes of a land survey made for the company. Single sheet. Small hand drawn map, 3 by 3 in., in corner. This was a late attempt by the confederates to start a wool factory to manufacture confederate uniforms. More about BRAZOS MANUFACTURING COMPANY
New Orleans, LA: Penick & Ford, October, 1936. 12mo. 48 pp. Illustrated from photographs. "100 delicious new recipes: gingerbread, cookies, cakes, pies, puddings, breads, muffins, waffles, griddle cakes & candies," an advertising recipe book for Brer Rabbit Molasses. Very good. Original color illustrated wrappers (a little soiled), stapled. (9155). More about Brer Rabbit's New Book of Molasses Recipes [cover title
NP: T.W. Ingersoll, c1898. Stereoview, 3 1/2 x 7 inches, a double-image color view of the Yosemite scene on a stiff card, imprinted "Views of the World Series," with "No. 50" added in pencil. Corners rubbed, some soiled, else very good. (1274). More about Bridal Veil Falls and Three Graces, Yosemite [caption title
Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Immigration, nd [1904]. First edition, apparently prepared for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis. 16mo. (1), 19 pp. Though dealing primarily with the various species of pines, the pamphlet describes each of the state's hardwoods, giving uses for the timber. OCLC... More about A Brief Description of the Forests of Louisiana and the Timbers They Contain
[Montreal?]: Canadian Pacific Railway, (1905). 8vo. 64 pp. Illustrated; plates, large folding map, ads. Original printed light blue wrappers (darkened at spine and edges), stapled. Very good. Promotional, issued under varying titles starting in 1892. More about BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA'S PACIFIC PROVINCE: ITS POSITION, ADVANTAGES, RESOURCES , AND CLIMATE
(Montreal: The Railway), 1893. 8vo. 31 pp. Illustrated; maps, one large folding. Promotional. Original printed wrappers (soiled); Library of Congress duplicate, with stamps and two small perforations. More about BRITISH COLUMBIA, THE PACIFIC PROVINCE OF THE DOMINION OF CANADA: ITS POSITION, RESOURCES, AND...
Oklahoma. Atoka, I.T. American Investment Company, nd [ca. 1905]. Small stain in one margin, not affecting text, else very good. Oklahoma just before statehood, with the western counties named, the eastern counties mostly numbered, and the "Osage Nation" given its own boundaries. An advertising map for the American Investment Company... More about Broadside railroad map, 9 1/2 x 13 inches, the counties colored in various shades of pastels
Montgomery, AL: The company, (1913). Promotional for the company. Oblong 4to. (12) pp. Illustrated with half-tones, portraits of the principals. Promotional description of the business, issued with the opening of new premises and celebrating 48 years in business; includes descriptions of the presses, the book bindery, and services offered. Not... More about The Brown Printing Company, Corner Dexter Avenue and McDonough Street, Montgomery, Alabama:...
NP: nd [19th century]. Wood engraving, 3 x 3 7/8 inches, carved into a 7/8-inch wood block, the manuscript title on the bottom edge of the block. A charming scene, the image pictures a religious revival camp site in a forest, with an empty open outdoor meeting room with roof... More about Brush Creek Camp Ground / Ky. [Mercer?] Co. [manuscript title on bottom edge of wood block
St. Augustine: Record Company, (ca. 1910). Stapled orange wraps with green lettering. 5 by 5 3/4 in, 8 pp., illustrated. Very good. Not in OCLC or Servies. More about THE BUCKINGHAM
VP, vd. Very Good. Contemporary three-quarter leather (scuffed) and brown cloth, gilt rules and title on spine. (#4388). (1) Explorations Made in the Valley of the River Madeira, from 1749 to 1868, by George Earl Church. [London: Published for the National Bolivian Navigation Co., 1875]. 8vo. viii, 355 pp. Includes... More about Building the Madeira and Mamore Railway, in the Valley of the Madeira River, Brazil and Bolivia,...
Philadelphia, PA: The saloon, 1865. The photograph is housed in a gilt-stamped light green envelope, produced for the purpose with a window on the upper panel through which the photo could be viewed, and annotated "The UVR Saloon / as it appeared in 1864 & 1865" in ink manuscript by... More about The buildings housing the Philadelphia Union Volunteer Refreshment Saloon at the "Foot of...
Raleigh, (NC): NC Dept. of Agriculture, 1910. First edition. 8vo. 50 pp. Illustrated from photographs, three color plates. "The Appalachian Mountain region [has] a cool climate [and] a longer growing season and a more abundant and brighter sunlight. This makes it ideal for the commercial production of hardy fruits." Cover... More about Bulletin of North Carolina Fruit Lands for Sale
