TRAVEL PHOTO ALBUM: CALIFORNIA, NEW MEXICO, ARIZONA, KANSAS, ALABAMA AND TEXAS
by [Photograph Album]
(n. p.), (n. d.). C. 1899 - 1902. Period red cloth album with "Photographs" stamped in silver to the upper board, white moire endpapers. Boards a bit soiled/frayed, photos are still quite clear, with a few faded to yellow (a few of the portraits at the end); overall VG.. [48] pp., ms annotations in pencil. 91 original b/w photographs, all about 3-1/8" x 3-1/8", slipped under the leaves into square frames, one b/w photo postcard slipped in. Oblong... Read More
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ORIGINAL AUTOMOTIVE FABRICS. 1971
by [Fabric Sample Book]
San Francisco / Sacramento: Distributed by Scovel & Sons Co, 1971. 1st Edition Thus. Dark green 3 ring binder, with gold printing to front board. Explanatory text printed to paste-downs. Some light general wear & soiling to binder. Signs of modest use to mounting leaves. Very Good.. 24 pp, with 12 subject tabs to right side [e.g., "Ford & Mercury"]. 819 vinyl & cloth samples affixed to the 24 pages.h Oblong format: 11-3/8" x 15-1/2" Sample book by... Read More
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The MOUNTAIN MUSE: Comprising the Adventures of Daniel Boone; and the Power of Virtuous and Refined Beauty
by Boone, Daniel [1734 - 1820] - Subject. Bryan, Daniel. Ritner, Jacob B. [1828 - 1873] - Former Owner
Harrisonburg: Printed for the Author: By Davidson & Bourne, 1813. 1st edition (American Imprints 28029; Field 199; Harris Collection, p. 42; Sabin 8787; Wegelin 889). Period full brown sheep binding with red leather gilt stamped title label to spine with 7 horizontal rules to same, speckled edges. General wear to binding. Usual age-toning & foxing to paper; ffep lacking lower quarter. Prior owner signatures [one dated 1858] of Jacob, and Emeline, Ritner. A solid VG copy.. 252, 12... Read More
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CROMWELL'S BLOODY SLAUGHTER-HOUSE or His Damnable Designs laid and Practised by him and his Negro's in Contriving the Murther of his Sacred Majesty KING CHARLES I. DISCOVERED. By a Person of Honor
by Charles I, King of England [1600 - 1649]. Cromwell, Oliver. Gauden, John [1605 - 1662]
London: Printed for James Davis, and are to be sold at the Grey-hound in St. Pauls Church-yard, 1660. 1st Edition (Abbott 1043; Wing G351). Later binding by Riviere & Son, full red morocco, triple gilt border rule to boards. AEG. Spine with elaborate gilt tooling, five raised bands. Gilt stamped title to spine. Gilt dentelles. Very minor binding wear. Age-toning to eps & text paper. A handsome & pleasing VG+ - Nr Fine volume.. [8], 131, [13] pp.... Read More
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The HORSEMAN'S FRIEND, or Pocket Counsellor, by George Colby
by Colby, George
Gettysburg: J. E. Wible, Printer, North-East Cor. of the Diamond, 1866. 1st Edition. OCLC records just 3 holding institutions. Period brown cloth over marbled paper boards. Binding well worn, soiled, and shows evidence of being damped at some point in the past. Text paper age-toned. Slight gutter break after p. 18. A Good copy.. 30 pp. Rear paste-down with printed addendum sheet attached, providing 3 paragraphs on hoof issues/medicinal treatments. 16mo. 5-1/2" x 3-3/4" Rare end-of-war guide to... Read More
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The TALE Of MR. TOOTLEOO
by Darwin, Bernard [1876 - 1961] & Elinor
London: The Nonesuch Press, 1925. 1st Edition (Keynes 27). Original tan paper boards with red decorations & red medallion in center of top board. No dust jacket. General wear & soiling to boards. Top board faint vertical crease. Corners curled. Withal, Very Good.. Unpaginated. Beautifully illustrated with color lithographic plates. Oblong format: 7-5/8" x 10-1/4"
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The LIFE And ADVENTURES Of NICHOLAS NICKLEBY
by Dickens, Charles [1812 - 1870]. "Palette, Peter" [pseudonym for Onwhyn, Thomas]
London: Chapman and Hall, 186, Strand, 1839. 1st book edition (Smith I, 5. Mixed stated of textual errors noted by Smith, e.g., lacks capital H for how, p. 512; but has 'suprise' for surprise, p. 586 ). Fine full russet leather binding, in the style of Bayntun [and probably is, though we find no binder stamp], with title gilt tooled in second compartment, author in 3rd compartment, 5 raised bands with elaborate gilt tooling in other compartments. AEG. Marbled... Read More
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The PERSONAL HISTORY Of DAVID COPPERFIELD
by Dickens, Charles [1812 - 1870]
London: Bradbury & Evans, 11, Bouverie Street, 1850. 1st volume edition, with 1850 to engraved title & 'Norwich' p. 558, but with 'screwed', p. 132 (Smith I, 9). Custom bound in a deep,and lovely, full russet leather binding by Bayntun, elaborate gilt decorated spine, gilt stamped Dickens bust to front board, gilt facsimile signature to rear board, gilt dentelles, AEG, marbled eps. Bright gilt, a pleasing & enviable Fine copy of Dickens classic tale, now known to be primarily... Read More
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FOUR PLATES Engraved Under the Superintendence of Hablot K. Browne and Robert Young, to Illustrate the Cheap Edition of "BARNABY RUDGE." EMMA HAREDALE, DOLLY VARDEN, BARNABY And HUGH, MRS. VARDEN And MIGGS. Published with the Approbation of Mr. Charles Dickens
by Dickens, Charles [1812 - 1870]. Browne, Hablot K[night. 1815 - 1882]. Young, Robert
London: Chapman and Hall, 1849. 1st edition thus (Gimbel H1002 [second set]; NCBEL III, 795; VanderPoel B171). Housed in the publisher's printed, pale blue-green portfolio-style paper-wrappers. "Price One Shilling.". Wrappers beginning to separate along spine fold. Edge rash to plates. Minor soiling. A VG set.. Plates on plate paper, no tissue guards. Wrappers: 10-1/4" x 6-13/16". Plates: 10-15/16" x 7" An uncommon piece of Dickensiana, this the first time we've handled the set with these larger dimensions [the... Read More
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EXTRAORDINARY GAZETTE. Speech of His Mightiness on Opening the Second Number of Bentley's Miscellany, Edited by "Boz."
by Dickens, Charles [1812 - 1870]
[London]: [Richard Bentley], 1837. 1st printing (Eckel, pp. 173 - 174; Gimbel E-33). Printed self-wrappers. Housed in a custom brown quarter leather chemise, gilt stamped lettering to front board. Some modest thumbing & soiling, and evidence of being disbound from another volume. Unobtrusive old paper repair along spine fold. Withal, a VG copy, in a VG chemise, which shows wear & rubbing along the spine.. 1 printed sheet, folded once vertically forming a 4 pp leaflet. Masthead vignette, by Phiz,... Read More
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The FREE-HOLDERS GRAND INQUEST, Touching Our Sovereign Lord the King and His Parliament
by [Filmer, Robert. 1588? - 1653]. Capell, Algernon, 2nd Earl of Essex [1670 - 1710] -Former Owner
[London]: Printed in the three and twentieth year of the Raign of our Soveraign Lord King Charles, 1648. 1st edition (Laslett, p. 47; NCBEL I, 2338; Wing F-912). Modern brown quarter calf [appears late 20th C] with marbled paper boards. Only light wear to binding. Age-toning to paper. Period marginialia throughout. A VG+ copy of this important political treatise.. [8], 64 pp. Printer's device to t.p. Head- tailpieces. 4to: A - I^4. 7-9/16" x 5-5/8" Freeholder "is the prime source... Read More
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LIGHTNING In The EAST
by Fisher, Howard S.
Goleta, California: Printed by Golden Coast Publishing Co., Inc, 1972. 1st Edition. Not in the Teitler Collection catalogue. Linen cloth binding with gilt stamped spine lettering. Purple dust jacket, with cover design by Nick Hoff. Extensive booksller pencil annotations to ffep [detailing divers aspects of the text] & the occasional faint pencil mark in a margin, otherwise Nr Fine in a VG+ jacket, which has light wear & a few rubs.. [3], iii, 240 pp. 8vo. 7-1/2" x... Read More
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WORKERS In The DAWN. In Two Volumes.; Edited by Robert Shafer
by Gissing, George [1857 - 1903]. Shafer, Robert - Editor
Garden City: Doubleday Doran & Company, Inc, 1935. 1st US edition (Collie In). Original publisher's blue cloth bindings with gilt stamping. Printed orange dust jackets, with b/w photographic image of Gissing to front panel [replicating frontispiece]. Voluumes with slight cock, bookplate, age-tonging to paper. VG+. Jackets with a modicum of wear, spine panels sunned, Very Good.. lv, [1 (blank)], 373, [1 (blank)]; [4], 436 pp. Bookseller slip laid-in. Frontispiece in volume I. 8vo. 7-1/4" x 4-7/8" This was... Read More
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SHADOWS Of The SUN.; Translated from Alejandro Perez Lugin's Spanish novel, "Currito de la Cruz" by Sidney Franklin
by [Hemingway, Ernest. 1899 - 1961]. Lugin, Alejandro Perez [1870 - 1926]. Franklin, Sidney [1903 - 1976] - Translator
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1934. 1st US Edition. Not listed in Hanneman. Yellow cloth with black lettering. Light orange topstain. Pictorial dj showing a bullfight [by Roberto Domingo]. VG (a bit cocked)/VG (minor wear & soiling).. [8], 439, [1 (blank)] pp. 8vo. 8-1/4" x 5-5/8" Hemingway assisted Franklin with dialogue in the translation- "... Have been working at a heavy clip ... Then edited, cut, and rewrote dialogue of a 422 page translation of... Read More
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CORVETTE C4 PHOTOGRAPHY SALES PORTFOLIOS From a Florida Custom Corvette Dealership
by [American Sports Car History]
Tampa, Florida: Distinctly Styled Corvettes, 1988. 1st Edition. All housed in 2 black leather zippered portfolios [13" x 16-3/8"], with handles. One with gilt lettering applied to one side: "D S C Greenwood". Images generally clear & sharp, Nr Fine. Portfolios show light wear, VG+.. 57 [primarily] large format [11" x 14"] color photographs of different Corvettes & divers aspects thereof, one stamped on the recto "Michael Daniel, [xxx] Photograph, Tampa" Here offered a no-doubt unique pair of... Read More
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ASSUMPTION COLLEGE TORANDO RECONSTRUCTION FUND
by [Worcester Massachusetts Local History]
Worcester, 1953. 1st Edition. Commercial metal snap-ring binder of black pebbled vinyl with gilt title lettering to front cover. Binder & photographs: Nr Fine. Text: age-toning, Very Good.. 14 single sheets, with type-written double-space text to recto of each, staple upper left. Text contains 4 different "pitches": "A Wind That Kindled A Spirit" [3 pp], Untitled [2 pp], "Our Lady Of The Tornado [noted at top: 'For a Catholic Audience', 4 pp], "A Revisit To Assumption College" [5... Read More
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The OFFICE Of SHERIFF, Shewing Its History and Antiquity:; The Manner of Appointing the High Sheriff, his Under Sheriff, and other Deputies; together with their respective Powers and Duties:- Particularly with Regard to the County-Court, Sessions, Circuit, Arrests on mesne Process, Bail, Juries, Executions, Escapes, Rescues and Replevins. To Which are Added, the Mode of electing Coroners, and returning Members of Parliament: with many useful Precedents, of Returns to Writs, and Proceedings in the County-Court, &c. calculated not only for the Benefit of Sheriffs, their Under Sheriffs and Deputies, but also for the Use of the Profession in General, and a Copious Index
by Impey John [d. 1829]
London: Printed for the Author, By His Majestey's Law Printers, and Sold by T. Whieldon, in Fleet-Street, 1786. 1st Edition. Period full brown calf binding. Binding worn, though solid. Leather spine label mostly chipped away. An About VG copy.. [6], 554, 40, [60] pp. 40 page Appendix with separate pagination, register & Index. 8vo. 8-1/4" x 5-1/8"
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The FIRST SERIES Of The MOUNTAIN, RIVER, LAKE, And LANDSCAPE SCENERY Of GREAT BRITAIN; Comprising a Selection of Sixty Exquisitely Coloured Views of Some of the Most Noted and Picturesque Scenes in England and Wales, Executed in the Highest Style of Art, with Descriptive Letterpress. Volume III
by Jewitt, Llewellynn [1816 - 1886]
Leeds: D. Banks, 11, Queen Street, 1878. 1st Edition. Original publisher's green cloth binding with black & gilt stamping. Bevelled boards. AEG. Yellow eps. Light wear at the extremities, but overall square & tight.. a bright VG+ copy.. 15 full color, chromolithographed plates, with each plate accompanied by a captioned guard sheet and two pages of text. Complete list of plates supplied on request. Folio. 14-3/4" x 10-7/8" The first two volumes of this set published in 1870,... Read More
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MEDFORD N. E. RUM, Manufactured Only by DANIEL LAWRENCE, For Sale in Franklin, at wholesale and Retail, by SOLOMON SPALDING, late of the firm of Reed & Spalding, Nashville, N.H.
by [Mid-19th C. Advertising Broadside]. Lawrence, Daniel
Franklin [N.H. ?], 1847. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Age-toning. Small spot in left lower margin, 1 cm x 6.5 cm piece missing from lower right margin. Withal, a VG copy of this uncommon item.. Single sheet broadside, typographical border, 17 lines of text. 17-3/8" x 14-5/8" The broadside continues: "Also, All kinds of Imported and Domestic Liquors. Also, A large Stock of West India Goods & Groceries, of the best quality, for sale cheap, at... Read More
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![Des SOINS A DONNER Aux MALALADES [Notes on Nursing]. Ce Qu'il Faut Faire Ce Qu'il Faut Eviter. Par Miss Nightingale Ouvrage Traduit de L'Anglais avec L'Autorisation de L'Authur. Precede d'une Lettre de M. Guizot et d'une Introduction par M. Daremberg](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/953/451/1538451953.0.l.0.jpg)
Des SOINS A DONNER Aux MALALADES [Notes on Nursing]. Ce Qu'il Faut Faire Ce Qu'il Faut Eviter. Par Miss Nightingale Ouvrage Traduit de L'Anglais avec L'Autorisation de L'Authur. Precede d'une Lettre de M. Guizot et d'une Introduction par M. Daremberg
by Nightingale, Florence [1820 - 1910]
Paris: A La Librairie Académique Didier et Ce, Libraires - Ãditeurs 35, Quai des Augustins, 1862. 1st French translation (Goldie 7iii). Period [publisher's?] black half leather binding with black pebbled cloth boards, gilt spine lettering. Red edgestain. General wear, with stress lines showing at top portion of front joint. Modern bookplate of one Damian Conals (?). Light age-toning to paper. A VG copy.. lxxx, 301, [1 (blank)] pp. Publisher ornament to t.p. 12mo. 7-1/4" x 4-1/2" Scarce 1st... Read More
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![OBSERVATIONS BOTH HISTORICAL And MORAL UPON The BURNING Of LONDON, September 1666. With an Account of the Losses. And a most remarkable Parallel between London and Mosco, both as to the Plague and Fire. Also an Essay touching on the Easterly - Winde [sic]. Written by way of Narrative, for satisfaction of the present and future Ages](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/581/017/879017581.0.l.0.jpg)
OBSERVATIONS BOTH HISTORICAL And MORAL UPON The BURNING Of LONDON, September 1666. With an Account of the Losses. And a most remarkable Parallel between London and Mosco, both as to the Plague and Fire. Also an Essay touching on the Easterly - Winde [sic]. Written by way of Narrative, for satisfaction of the present and future Ages
by Sincera, Rege [pseudonym]
London: Printed by Thomas Ratcliffe, and are to be sold by Robert Pawlet at the Bible in Chancery-lane, 1667. 1st Edition (ESTC R1890; Wing O-92). [4], 36 pp. Untrimmed. Binder's blanks at front & rear. Head- tailpieces. 4to: A^2 B - E^4 F^2. 7-1/4" x 5-3/4". Modern brown half-morocco with brown cloth board. Gilt stamped title lettering to spine. Blue marbled paper eps. Binding - Nr Fine. Bookplate of Walter Flinn to front paste-down. Text block with small worm track... Read More
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DINNER GIVEN To NICHOLAS MURRAY BUTLER. President of The Lotos Club
by [Souvenir Event Menu]. Butler, Nicholas Murray [1862 - 1947] - Honoree
[New York], 1923. 1st Printing. SIGNED by Butler. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Only light wear & age-toning, Nr Fine.. Broadside, with a 'plate' impression applied. Image of Butler, with menu listed underneath. Horizontal orientation: 13" x 17-7/8" "Nicholas Murray Butler was an American philosopher, diplomat, and educator. Butler was president of Columbia University [1902 - 1945], president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and a recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. He became so... Read More
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The STORY Of WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY.; The Library of Useful Stories
by Story, Alfred T.
London: George Newnes, Ltd. Southhampton Street, (n. d.). Circa early 1900s. Ltigh blue cloth binding with git stamped spine lettering & front board printed in white & black. Slight lean. Average wear. Foxing to text-block edges. Age-toning to paper. Overall, Very Good.. 186, [2 (adverts)] pp. Illustrated with drawings & from photographs. 6" x 3-3/4"
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The FAMILY PHYSICIAN, NURSE'S GUIDE, And FARMER'S HORSE And CATTLE DOCTOR, In Three Parts.; Part First Gives the Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment of All Diseases Incident to Mankind. Part Second Gives the Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment of All Diseases of the Horse, Neat Cattle, and Sheep, and the Management of Hens, Turkeys, Ducks, Geese, and Bees. Part Third. Materia Medica, and the Preparation of Medicines
by Thresher, Dr. Leonard
Montpelier: Argus and Patriot Job Printing House, 1871. 1st Edition (Atwater 3522). Not in Cardasco. Original publisher's brown cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering to spine. Volume recased at some point in the past. White cloth reinforcement along paste-down side of hinges (intergral to the recasing). Prior owner signature & merchant stamp to front eps. Ffep with paper repair to fore-edge. Age-toning to paper. Withal, a square & tight VG copy of this somewhat uncommon book on the subject..... Read More
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TRIAL And IMPRISONMENT Of JONATHAN WALKER, At Pensacola, Florida, for Aiding Slaves to Escape from Bondage.; With an Appendix, Containing a Sketch of His Life
by Walker, Jonathan [1790 - 1878]
Boston: Published at the Anti-Slavery Office, 25 Cornhill, 1845. 1st printing (American Imprints 45-6701; Blockson Catalogue 10153; Dummond, p. 113). vi, [7] - 119 pp. Preface by Maria Weston Chapman, a noted Boston abolitionist and the editor of the anti-slavery journal The Non-Resistant. T.p. cut of a branded hand. 3 full page wood-engravings: pp. 27, 38 & 42. 12mo. 7-9/16" x 4-9/16". Original publisher's brown cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to front board. Modest extremity wear, title gilt... Read More
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