1913. Cream of Wheat Company: 1913. 10” x 13.5”color printed advertisement, with another color ad to the verso. Small damp stain to the lower edge; very good. § Print from a painting by Edward Brewer. Caption: “Oh, I done forgot dat Cream of Wheat.” Depicts a racist caricature of an..... More
1622. London: Printed by w. Stansby for Matthew Lownes and William Barret, 1622. Folio, (6, of 8), 1-248pp. Fine engraved portrait of Henry VII by John Payne, title within elaborate woodcut border of columns, strapwork, and scrolling vines, woodcut head- and tailpieces, initials, text within ruled borders. Contemporary calf, sides..... More
1831. Rochester: Published by S. Caddel, Gazette Office, 1831. Lithograph, 5.5 x 7.5 inches. § John Any Bird Bell was the youngest person officially to be hanged in the 19th century, at the age of 14. His crime was the murder of Richard Taylor, aged 13, for 9 shillings, on..... More
1896. London, Paris and Edinburgh: Boussod, Valadon & Co., 1896. Folio, [i], 202, [1, colophon] pp., color facsimile frontispiece heightened in gold, 39 photogravure plates of which 23 are full-page inserted plates, including one double-page spread and one facsimile letter printed on both sides, all with original captioned tissue guards..... More
1721. Paris: Denis Mariette, et al., 1721. 2 vols., 4to., xxxviii, 626 pp.; xx, 770 pp., 70 plates including one engraved map of Europe from the Atlantic to the Black Sea (vol. 2). Contemporary rebacked full calf, red edges, internally bright with minor foxing; very good. § First edition of..... More
1883. Mantes: Imprimerie du Petit Mantais, 1883. 8vo, vii, 596, (4) pp. Large paper copy. Engraved plate, folding map, and several in-text illustrations. Quarter blue morocco, marbled paper covered boards, marbled endpapers, backstrip with raised bands, titled in gilt. Backstrip faded, scattered foxing particularly of first and final leaves, very..... More
1808. London: Printed for William Miller by W. Bulmer and Co., 1808. 4to., xl, 293 pp., v, cli, engraved frontisportrait. Rebacked, full diced calf, gilt rules, dentelles, marbled edges and endpapers, backstrip with raised bands stamped in blind and gilt. Corners and edges of boards are rubbed and chipped, minor..... More
1883. Chicago: Coburn & Newman, 1883. 8vo, 354 pp., [6 pp. ads], 16 engraved illustrations including frontis. Original blind- and gilt-stamped brown cloth, gilt title to backstrip, green floral endpapers, mylar dust jacket. Very good copy with only slight bumping to head and tail of backstrip. § First edition. Variant..... More
1802. London: Strahan for the author, 1802. Large 4to, [3], (iv-xx), [1], 2-112 pp, (pages 61-112 printed music). With a hand-colored engraved frontispiece, drawn by Ibbetson and J. Smith and engraved by Rowlandson, and an uncolored tailpiece. Original leather-backed boards, printed label, all somewhat worn but sound. § First edition..... More
1949. New Delhi: February 1949. Printed invitation on a letterhead sheet with typewritten additions, approximately 10 x 15 cm. Printed dinner seating plan on letterhead sheet, approximately 12 x 19 cm. In fine condition, attractively framed together. Frame measures 32 x 27 cm. Not examined out of frame. Original mailing..... More
1968. San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1968. Folio, (8), 81 pp. Printed in red and black, illustrated with woodcuts from the original edition. Original quarter gray-colored cloth over decorated boards. Stuart B. Schimmel bookplate. A touch of sunning to the upper board, very good. Original prospectus, announcement and other..... More
1810. Newcastle: Printed by Edward Walker, sold by J. Booker, and Keating and Co., London, 1810. 8vo, xvi, 528 pp., with folding coloured map frontispiece. Contemporary half calf, flat spine decorated in gilt- and blind, marbled boards. Boards and backstrip moderately worn, hinges cracked, some offsetting of map onto title-page..... More
1930. [Tucson: Manufacturing Stationers, Inc, 1930]. 8vo, 94pp. With 16 drawings and photographs including three maps. Original blue cloth lettered in gilt on the upper cover. Pamphlet laid in at the back causing browning. A very good copy. § First edition. The story of the founding of Tuscon from the..... More
1681. Cincinnati: Bangs and Company; Longley Brothers, 1681. [Cleveland: L. E. Bernard & Co., 1856]. 8vo, 332 pp. Frontis. and 7 plates. Original green cloth, a version of the frontis. stamped in gilt on upper board and in blind on lower board. Backstrip sunned, a few spots on the upper..... More
1883. Baltimore: John Murphy & Co., 1883. 8vo, 134 pp. Three quarters dark green morocco ruled in gilt, raised bands, marbled boards and endpapers, top edge gilt. A very good copy, binding lightly rubbed, small chip in one front blank, and another with the trace of 1883 ownership inscription now..... More
1943. London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd., 1943. 8vo, 248 pp. Green cloth with gilt device on upper cover and gilt titles on backstrip. Hinges cracked but holding, occasional spotting, good. § A history of the Macmillan publishing house by the English-born novelist Charles Langbridge Morgan, author of The Fountain (1932)..... More
1812. London: Nichols, son, and Bentley, 1812-1816 and 1817-1858. 17 vols, thick 8vo, numerous engraved portrait plates (some folding) throughout both sets. Uniformly bound in contemporary russia gilt, marbled edges a superb set in almost flawless condition with only a couple of joints with small splits. Bookplate of Joseph Neeld..... More
1690. [London]: Printed MDCXC [1690]. 8vo, [4], 214, [18] p., [1] folded leaf. Title page in red and black. With a frontispiece portrait (A1v) signed: G: Kneller pinx: R: White sculp. Includes a folding table, with heading: A general state of account, relating to the 400000. l. per ann. payable..... More
1952. Riverside, CA: Empire Publishing Company, 1952. 12mo, 66 pp. text printed in blue. Original blue cloth, titled in gilt, covers a little spotted, internally fine. § Initial (first) edition of this directory of prominent Northern Californian families and the social clubs to which they belonged. The book lists the..... More
1955. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1955. Large 8vo, 97 pp. Publisher's black cloth, pictorial dust jacket, with fold-out pamphlet incorporating some color photography. A near fine copy in a moderately worn dust-jacket with several closed tears and a chip. § First edition. A book of essays edited by Wallace..... More
1920. Manchester, England: Joseph Brown, Maker, 7 Nicholas Street, n. d. Tall folio, three preliminary leaves with monochromatic illustrations of clothing and accessories, followed by 30 leaves with over 400 samples on the recto and verso of each leaf of the colors and designs of various clubs, organizations, and societies..... More
4. Publications of the Society of Bibliophiles at Brandeis University. Number 4. Waltham, Massachusetts, MCMLXX. 4to, 24pp. Black and white illustrations throughout. Brown wrappers lightly worn, else fine. § Copy #39. An English translation by Dr. Edmund Rosen of the story of creation as told in the Nuremberg Chronicle with..... More
