Gravestone & Monument Design and Sales Archive of F.J. Scholz & Son, Evansville, Indiana, 1880s-1890s

Very good. Small archive consisting of: a 7.5" x 9.5" sketchbook titled "F.J. Scholz's Own Design Book," containing 38 hand-drawn designs for gravestones on 12 pages; a single 11" x 13 sheet with 9 hand-drawn monument designs by Charles Scholz dated 1885; two original photographs of monuments; six sales cards with mounted engravings of gravestone designs, each with handwritten prices and notations in German; and an 1891 business card for the Scholzs' company, Evansville Steam Marble and Granite... Read More

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Collection of Photographs of Cars, Trucks, and Specialty Vehicles from a Pasadena Rental Car Company that Catered to the Movie Industry in the 1920s

Twenty-seven (27) 8” x 10” photographs showcasing high-end vehicles for rent from the Iowa Garage in Pasadana, California, owned by former race car mechanic Eugene Lajunie (b. 1885). Each photo is accompanied by a typed caption giving the model number, color, some specifications, and the price per day to rent with a driver. Vehicles include many touring cars and cabriolets made by Renault, Packard, and Daimler; a Sunbeam roadster, town cars, taxis, a limousine, army trucks, a French truck... Read More

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Report from the Committee Appointed to Inquire into the State and Condition of the Countries Adjoining to Hudson's Bay, and of the Trade Carried On There (In: Reports from committees of the House of Commons which have been printed by order of the House, and are not inserted in the journals, Vol. II)

[London], 1776. Hardcover. Near fine. Folio. Second edition of this important report, first issued in 1749 and bound here (as issued) with 12 other committee reports first published between 1737 and 1765. Folio, 486 pp, with one folding map (not related to the Hudson's Bay report), in a later binding of quarter leather and marbled boards. Each report has its own title page, but a title page for the full volume is lacking; otherwise a fine copy. According... Read More

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Four Photograph Albums Documenting Training and Service in the Imperial Japanese Army in the Interwar Years

Very good. Four photograph albums containing a total of 558 mounted images documenting military training and service in Japan in 1920s and 30s, all in very good condition. Although we acquired these albums together, they appear to have belonged to different people. Most, if not all, were officers. One album has handwritten captions, the others do not, but do have some group photographs with captions in the negative. Two identity documents are tipped in to one album that,... Read More

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The Missionary Herald: Containing the Proceedings at Large of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions - 29 Volumes (348 issues) dating from 1822-1856

Boston: American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, 1856. Hardcover. Good. A substantial but incomplete 29-volume run, comprised of volumes 18 (1822), 20-21 (1824-25), 23--48 (1827-1852), and 52 (1856). One physical volume containing two years (24 issues), otherwise each ontains a full year (12 issues). Mixed bindings, with some volumes in contemporary calf or paper-covered boards, some in later three-quarter leather or buckram, some only stitched together (no further binding). Most ex-library, some with detached boards or torn... Read More

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Presentation Photo Album Showing the Facilities of Hiram Walker & Sons Whisky Distillery in Peoria, Illinois

Very good. Flexible leather binder containing 29 black and white, 8" x 10" photographs inserted back-to-back in clear sleeves. Stamped in gilt on the cover with the name of the owner/recipient, James Stubbers, as well as the Hiram Walker name and logo. Each photo has a typed caption. Fine condition. Hiram Walker & Sons was founded in Windsor, Ontario, by American entrepreneur Hiram Walker, who focused on creating, branding, and marketing an uncommonly smooth and palatable whisky. His... Read More

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Skillman's New-York Police Reports, Illustrated with Engravings. Written in 1828-29

New York: Ludwig & Tolefree, 1830. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 8.5 x 5.25 inches, 151 pp, with engraved frontispiece and four additional illustrations. In original boards, with what appears to be later (but not recent) cloth over the original cloth spine. Boards worn, front board only just attached, some losses to spine cloth; good. Early ownership signature (Joshua Hodsdon, Yarmouth) on front free endpaper, printed label on rear pastedown admonishing the reader to "Never wet your thumb or... Read More

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Ten Minutes for Refreshments

New York: Great American Tea Company, 1886. Near fine. Original chromolithograph advertising poster, 22 x 32 inches. A stunning print with exceptionally rich color, archivally backed. Professional restoration to edges and a few small spots on the printed area. Near fine. "Ten minutes for refreshments!" was the well-known cry of railroad conductors across the United States before dining cars became common on trains. Hungry and thirsty passengers would rush off the train and into the depot, where they... Read More

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Wanderings in West Africa from Liverpool to Ferndando Po

by A F.R.G.S. [Burton, Richard Francis]

London: Tinsley Brothers, 1863. Hardcover. Very good. Two volumes in the rarest binding state (without Burton’s name or FRGS on the spines), but with a “second edition” slug on the title pages. This state was apparently unknown to Penzer and was probably the result of an attempt to boost sales by the publisher, as the text is unchanged. Plate of Julu house is the frontispiece to Volume I, and the map (now detached and laid in) is in... Read More

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Travels in China, Containing Descriptions, Observations, and Comparisons Made and Collected in the Course of a Short Residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on the Subsequent Journey through the Country from Pekin to Canton..

by Barrow, John

London: T.Cadell and W. Davies, 1804. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Quarto. pp. ix, [3], 632, with 8 plates (including frontispiece), five of which are hand-colored. Recent full calf with new endpapers, original red spine label preserved, three armorial ink stamps on the top edge of the text block. Tissue repair to first page of table of contents, ocasional foxing and minor soiling in the margins; overall quite clean and sound. "Barrow accompanied Lord Macartney's mission to the... Read More

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Northwest Coast of America. May 15,1826. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House, to which is committed the bill to authorize the establishment of a Military Post or Posts, within the Territory of the United States, on the Pacific Ocean, and to Provide for the Exploration of its Coasts and Waters

by Baylies, Francis

Report 213, 19th Congress, 1st Session. 22 pp, in an attractive modern binding of three-quarter leather and marbled boards, with gilt spine lettering. Light foxing and toning; very good. Congressman Baylies reviews various explorations of the northwest, including an apparently spurious one, in an effort to support the United States' claim to the Oregon Territory. Streeter (3339): "This pamphlet, after devoting a couple of pages to a report of a party in which Samuel Adams Ruddock was a member,... Read More

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Nouveaux Voyages aux Indes Occidentales; Contenant une Relation des Differens Peuples qui Habitent les Environs du Grand Feuve Saint-Louis, Appellé Vulgairement le Mississippi; leur Religion; leur Gouvernement; leurs Noeurs; leurs Guerres & leur Commerce

by Bossu, M. [Jean Bernard]

Paris: Chez le Jay, 1786. Second edition, two parts in one. 12mo, pp xx, 244, [4], 264 pp, with with four engraved plates after designs by Gabriel de Saint-Aubin. Fine copy in a later full-calf binding with red spine label. Jean Bernard Bossu was a French naturalist who traveled widely in the then-vast territory of Louisiana during several trips made between 1751 and 1772. According to Howgego (B138), "Bossu went out to Louisiana in 1850 as a captain of... Read More

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Sammelband of Seven Speeches by Edmund Burke, Including those on American Taxation and on Conciliation with the Colonies

by Burke, Edmund

London: J. Dodsley, 1785. Hardcover. Very good. Sammelband containing seven speeches by Edmund Burke, all issued in pamphlet form by Dodsley. In modern binding of three quarter leather and marbled boards, first speech with previous owner's annotations on title page (trimmed), some speeches with scattered foxing but generally very good, bound without half-titles or wrappers. Includes (listed in the order in which they are bound): Speech of Edmund Burke Esq., on American Taxation, April 19, 1774 (Fourth Edition,... Read More

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The Gulistan or Rose Garden of Sa'di

by [Burton, Richard Francis]

Benares: Printed by the Kama Shastra Society for Private Subscribers Only, 1888. Hardcover. Very good. pp. viii, 282; 7.5" x 5.25", bound in full white vellum with gilt spine lettering, date at base of spine, beveled edges. Boards show light dust soiling, internally clean and sound, with two small bookplates (E.T.D. Stokes and Francis H. Lindley) on the front pastedown. An influential collection of poems, stories, and aphorisms considered a landmark of Persian literature. Although he is uncredited,... Read More

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A Voyage Round the World; But More Particularly to the North-West Coast of America: Performed in 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788, in the King George and Queen Charlotte, Captains Portlock and Dixon

by Dixon, George

London: Geo. Goulding, 1789. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. large 4to, xxix, 360, 47 pp + 17 engraved plates, 5 folding maps and charts. Contemporary calf boards (rubbed through at corners), rebacked with new spine, original marbled endpapers retained. Armorial bookplate of John Bridge on front pastedown, Bridge's name and 1827 date written at head of title page, along with "This book belonged to H.R.H. the Duke of York." We believe this is the John Bridge of the... Read More

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Contes et Légendes des Nations Alliées [SIGNED]

by Dulac, Edmund (Illustrator)

Paris: L'Édition D'Art H. Piazza, 1917. Hardcover. Near fine. First French edition (published in English in 1916). Number 793 of 1000 copies signed by Dulac on the limitation page. Bound in cream cloth with an unidentified monogram on the front board, top edge gilt, original front wrapper and spine bound in at the rear. 11.75" x 9", pp iv, 149, with fifteen mounted color plated with captioned tissue guards, as well as decorative initials, bands, and tailpieces by... Read More

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Notes of a Journey through Texas and New Mexico, in the Years 1841 and 1842 [and] Notes on the Coast Region of the Texan Territory: Taken During a Visit in 1842

by Falconer, Thomas; Bollaert, William

London: Royal Geographical Society, 1843. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. First appearance of two important articles on Texas extracted from Volume XIII, Part 2 of the Journal of the Royal Geographical Society. 8vo, pp 199-226 and 226-244, bound in recent quarter cloth and marbled boards. Fine. Falconer's Journey through Texas and New Mexico (pp. 199-226) describes his travels from Galveston to San Antonio and then to Austin in 1841. This is followed by his account of the Texas Santa... Read More

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A Canoe Voyage of the Minnay Sotor; with An Account of the Lead and Copper Deposits in Wisconsin; of the Gold Region in the Cherokee Country; and Sketches of Popular Manners

by Featherstonhaugh, G.W.

London: Richard Bentley, 1847. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Two volumes, pp. xiv, 416, with lithographed frontispiece and 2 folding maps (all backed on linen); vii, 350, with linen-backed frontispiece. In a later simple blue loth binding. Both volumes well rubbed at the corners, evidence of removal of an ink stamp on title page of Vol. I, which also has a small white stain on the front board. Text clean, bindings tight; very good. Featherstonhaugh, a British-born gentleman... Read More

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The Builder, An Illustrated Weekly Magazine for the Architect, Engineer, Operative, and Artist (1846, 1850, 1852)

by Hansom, Joseph

London: Publishing Office, 1852. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Three bound volumes, 13" x 8.5", covering the full years of 1846 (624 pp + index), 1850 (624 pp), and 1852 (816 pp). All bound in original three-quarter leather and marbled boards -- all with considerable wear to boards, with scuffing and staining to leather, much of the marbled paper worn or torn away. 1846 volume has a cracked rear hinge and 1852 has a broken front hinge, otherwise internals... Read More

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Hesperos: Or, Travels in the West

by Houstoun, Mrs. [Matilda Charlotte]

London: John W. Parker, 1850. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Two volumes, viii, 293; viii, 279, in contemporary three-quarter leather and marbled boards, with gilt spine, red and black spine labels. Endpapers and all edges marbled. Leather scuffed, otherwise a very nice set, clean and sound. Bookplate of Arthur Dean on the front pastedown of each volume. Houstoun (1811-1892) was a successful British novelist as well as the author of several travel books and other works of nonfiction.... Read More

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Scenes of Wonder and Curiosity in California...A Tourist's Guide to the Yo-Semite Valley

by Hutchings, J.M.

New York and San Francisco: A. Roman and Company, 1870. Hardcover. Very good. Third edition, first printing of "the first book-length description of the state's natural attractions and the first work to describe the big trees and the Yosemite region in detail" (Currey & Kruska 164). 292 pp + [4] pp publisher's ads, illustrated with more than 100 engravings in the text. Original green cloth, with beveled edges, bright gilt lettering on spine and front board. Corners rubbed,... Read More

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The Rocky Mountains: or, Scenes, Incidents, and Adventures in the Far West; Digested from the Journal of Captain B.L.E. Bonneville, of the Army of the United States [The Doheny Copy]

by Irving, Washington

Philadelphia: Carey, Lea, and Blanchard, 1837. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Two volumes in original blue cloth with paper spine labels. Each volume 248 pp, and each with a folding map as frontispiece; publisher's catalogue at end of volume two. Housed in a black cloth slipcase. The Doheny copy, with Estelle Doheney's small leather bookplate on the front pastedown of each volume as well as a contemporary ownership signature ("Chas. Henry Hall / Harlem 1837") on the... Read More

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The Life of John Jay: With Selections from His Correspondence and Miscellaneous Papers, by his Son

by Jay, William

New York: J. & J. Harper, 1833. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Two volumes (pp. viii, 520; (4), 502) in original cloth with mounted paper labels on spines, complete with frontid portrait of Jay in Volume I. Bindings sound, text clean (very minor scattered foxing). Endpapers in Vol. II are foxed, and front free endpaper has some loss. Boards rubbed, chipping to spine labels, spine of Volume II sunned. Still a very good set overall. John Jay was... Read More

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Narrative of the Texan Santa Fé Expedition, Comprising a Description of a Tour Through Texas, and Across the Great Southwestern Prairies, the Camanche and Caygua Hunting-Grounds, with an Account of the Sufferings from Want of Food, Losses from Hostile Indians and Final Capture of the Texans, and Their March, as Prisoners, to the City of Mexico

by Kendall, Geo[rge] Wilkins

New York: Harper and Brothers, 1844. Hardcover. Good+. First edition in first state binding, with 1844 date at base of spine. Vol. I: 405 pp, with 2 lithograph plates and folding map (Texas and Part of Mexico and the United States showing the Route of the First Santa Fe Expedition); Vol. 2: 406 pp, with three lithograph plates. Chipping to head of spine on Volume I, both volumes with light foxing, mild spine lean, a few signatures spring,... Read More

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The Wonders of the Yosemite Valley and of California [Rare Edition with 20 Mounted Photos]

by Kneeland, Samuel

Boston and New York: Alexander Moore [and] Lee, Shepard & Dillingham, 1872. Hardcover. Very good. Third edition, revised and enlarged; second printing. Small quarto, pp. [v-x], xi-xii, 13-98, with two maps and 20 original mounted albumen photographs credited to Boston photographer John Soule. In publisher's green cloth with beveled edges; front board decorated in gilt, black, and rose; all edges gilt; each text page and each photograph bordered in red. A very good copy with rubbing and fraying... Read More

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