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
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
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
(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
Wyomissing Hills, (PA): (Wyomissing Hills Inc.), 1915. First edition of this prospectus. 4to. 18, (1) pp. Illustrated from photographs, double-page color bird’s-eye view of the development; accompanied by the printed panel of the original mailing envelope. Cover title: “Wyomissing Hills, a Residence Suburb of Reading, Pa.” OCLC locates three copies..... More
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
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Boston: Oct.1, 1846. Broadside. 24.5 x 28.5 cm. Professionally rebacked, some browning and old staining, with a number of closed tears. Apparently no OCLC. Shows the transitional period of railroads operating with the canal and lake systems. The line to Worcester had been a single track until 1843. More
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
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
(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
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
[Wheeling, WV: The Sterling Company, nd] [ca. 1876]. Yellow folding box, 9 3/4 x 3 1/4 in., collapsed. Printed with advertising text and the company's trademark logo, a woman leaning against tree cornered by a snake, with an Indian with bow and arrow coming toward her. A very good example..... More
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
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
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
[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
(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
(London): Printed by order of the trustees (by Woodfall & Kinder, London), 1870. First edition. 12mo. 48 pp. More than 200 items described. Frank W. Hackett's copy, with his ownership signature, dated 14 October 1872, at the head of the front wrapper, his annotations filling the verso of the front..... More
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
Brookgreen Gardens, SC: 1936-47. Five folding pamphlets, including: SCULPTURE BY ANNA HYATT HUNTINGTON; VERSES IN THE GARDENS; MAP OF THE MUSEUM OF SMALL SCULPTURE; HISTORY; and a general museum pamphlet with illustrations. All designed to aid the visitor to the gardens. All very good. The set. More
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
[Hannibal, MO.?]: nd [late 1800s?]. Small broadside. 17 x 11 cm. Prepared by J.B. Brown, Hannibal, MO. Black lettered buff paper, printed in various sizes and styles of type. In addition to a long paragraph of directions for their use, the pills are described as "purely vegetable, and as they..... More
[Baltimore: Brown Chemical Co., nd] [ca.1882?]. Chromolithograph trade card, 11 x 7.5 cm., on stiff card stock. Printed by Burrow-Giles Lith. Co. 20 & 22 Gold St., NY. Pictorial image of Mrs. [Lily] Langtry, The Jersey Lily, on recto, wearing an apron and holding a pail. On verso is a...... More
[Brownsville, TX: nd] [ca.1934]. Promotional brochure. Single sheet, printed on glossy paper. 29 x 47 cm., folded in thirds, to 23 x 10 cm. Illustration in red of a small propeller airplane flying over the city skyline and crop fields on one outside panel, and the Brownsville Airport on another..... More
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
