1937. [French], 1937-38. Oblong folio, unpaginated, [1 price list], [14 glossy printed pages], over 500 hand stenciled wallpaper samples with numbers stamped to verso, distributor’s price list affixed to front pastedown. Original bolted cloth, company logo printed in gilt on blue and red striped diamond shaped paper affixed to upper... More about C.D. Tarif Album
1934. [French], 1934-35. Oblong folio, unpaginated, screen-printed wallpaper samples with numbers stamped to verso, with a notice from the distributors affixed to the front pastedown. Original bolted quarter blue cloth, snakeskin-patterned paper boards with title and date stamped in white to upper board and backstrip. Edges slightly worn; very good... More about Erbe 1
1936. [French], 1936-37. Oblong folio, unpaginated, screen-printed wallpaper samples with numbers stamped to verso. Original bolted quarter blue cloth, blue paper boards with title and date stamped in white to upper board and backstrip, leather handle. Edges slightly worn, upper board detached; very good. § A thick wallpaper sample book... More about Erbe No. 2
1937. [French], 1937-38. Oblong folio, unpaginated, screen-printed wallpaper samples with numbers stamped to verso, distributor’s price list affixed to front pastedown. Original bolted quarter blue cloth, blue paper boards with title and date stamped in white to upper board and backstrip, leather handle. Edges slightly worn; very good. § A...... More about Erbe No. 2
1930. [German], 1930. Oblong folio, unpaginated, over 100 full-page screen printed wallpaper samples, with sample numbers stamped to verso, distributor’s price list printed as front pastedown. Original bolted blue cloth, beige paper boards with company logo and simple line-design printed in blue to upper board. Edges slightly worn and chipped... More about H. M. Künstler-kart 1930
1930. [German], 1930. Oblong folio, unpaginated, over 100 full-page screen printed wallpaper samples, with sample numbers stamped to verso, distributor’s price list printed as front pastedown. Original bolted blue cloth, beige paper boards with company logo and simple line-design printed in blue to upper board. Edges slightly worn and chipped... More about H. M. Neuheiten 1930
1930. [German], 1930. Oblong folio, unpaginated, over 100 full-page screen printed wallpaper samples, with sample numbers stamped to verso, distributor’s price list inlaid to front pastedown. Original bolted black cloth with title and company monogram printed in gray, and marbled paper boards. Edges slightly frayed and chipped, faint scattered stains... More about Moderne Tapeten 1930. H. H
1930. Copenhagen: [circa 1930]. Oblong folio, unpaginated, over 100 full-page screen printed wallpaper samples, with sample numbers stamped to verso, distributor’s price list inlaid to front pastedown. Original bolted boards, black paper wrappers with embossed snakeskin texture and distributor information printed in green. Edges slightly frayed and chipped, faint scattered... More about Nordisk Tapet Industri A/S Tapetfabriken “Aladdin.”
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1930. [Switzerland], [circa 1930s]. 2 vols., oblong 4to., unpaginated, hundred of full-page screen printed wallpaper samples, with sample numbers stamped to verso, distributor’s description inlaid to first pastedown. Original bolted green cloth, with company logo and catalogue number stamped to upper board in black. Edges slightly frayed and chipped; internally... More about Salubra No. 28 C I [and] C II
1880. New York: Charles E. Graham & Co., n.d. [1880]. Thin 4to., [12] pp., black and orange printed illustrations. Color lithograph wrappers, staple bound. Significant chipping to edges, pages coming loose from staples, wrappers somewhat discolored; fragile but still good. § Puss in Boots Series No. 018. OCLC: 37875585. More about Sleeping Beauty
1839. [circa 1839-1860]. Daguerreotype approx. 2 3/4 x 3”, embossed copper mat, calf case 3 1/4 x 3 3/4” with a lily embossed on both sides, with a metal clasp, and a satin pillow to interior opposite the image which is protected by glass with a velvet and brass border... More about Woman and child
1900. Wurzen bei Leipzig, n.d. [circa 1900s]. Oblong folio, 16 pp., inlaid chromolithographic rug samples, with five textile samples inlaid on lower pastedown (lacking one), all with tissue guards, text in gilt. Brown and silver cloth boards, with original cord in block-stitching; very good. § Trade catalogue of the Wurzner... More about Wurzner Teppichfabrik Akt.-Ges
1992. Los Angeles: Zamorano Club, 1992. Small folio. xii, 93 pp. Clothbacked decorative boards, gilt spine. A fine copy. § First edition, one of 200 copies printed for the 21st Joint Meeting of the Roxburghe and Zamorano Clubs. Designed and set by Old Mill Graphics, South Pasadena. An excellent... More about Zamorano Club Programs 1928- 1991
1907. New York: McLoughlin Bros., 1907. Small 4to, three folded linen sheets [12] pp., color printed cover title and lower wrapper, illustrations printed in black and red on linen. Stapled pictorial linen wrappers. Clean copy with minor foxing and slight fraying at the top edge; very good. § Scarce... More about Picture ABC
1913. Akron, OH: Saalfield Publishing Co., 1913. Slim small 4to., [10] pp., four full page color illustrations and illustrated cover title, illustrations also in text. Pictorial wrappers, stab-sewn. Some tears and chipping to edges; good copy. § Number 114. Early printing of the same edition which would have been... More about Our Darling’s ABC
1955. San Francisco: 1955. Single black and white photograph, 13 1/4 x 10 3/8”, mounted on 1/8” thick board. Signed by Ansel Adams to lower right-hand corner, with his studio stamp, ‘131 - 24th Avenue San Francisco,’ and "Neg. No. AA-COM-1-83" to the back. Very good on a slightly toned... More about Marion Brown delivering a load of tan bark from the sheds across from the tannery
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 about “Oh, I done forgot dat Cream of Wheat.”
1936. London: George Harrap, 1936. Small 4to, 313, [i] pp. 12 full page engravings with numerous smaller engravings decorating the first letter of each fable. Original stiff vellum, gilt titles to backstrip, gilt rule to covers, with small pictorial decorations to corners and center, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, others... More about Aesop’s Fables. Translated by Sir Roger l'Estrange, Kt. With plates & decorations by...
1688. Colonia Agrippinae [Cologne]: Widenfelad et Berges, 1688. 12mo, [7] Bl., 451 [vere 441] pp., mispaginated. Very early vellum over baords, calf backstrip, clasps. Two old signatures on title-page. A very good copy of a scarce little book. § First printing of an apparently very scarce text on confession, only... More about Brevis Notitia Eorvm Qvae Scitv Vel Necessaria vel valde vtilia sunt Confessarijs in primo...
1835. London: William Pickering, 1835. 8vo., xciv, 303 pp., engraved frontisportrait, and Aldine device on the title-page. Contemporary half green calf, red marbled boards heightened in gilt, five raised bands with gilt-tooled panel decoration to backstrip, red and black morocco label strips with title information in gilt to backstrip, marbled... More about The Aldine Edition of the British Poets. The Poetical Works of Mark Akenside
1962. New York: Atheneum, 1962. 8vo, (12) 242, (2)pp. Original printed wrappers. § First edition, paperback issue. Inscribed by Albee: “For Ralph L. Abel [?] Edward Albee 1983.” Albee (1928-2016) was the adopted son of a wealthy well-connected theatre family: “the Keith-Albee organization had played a dominant role in the... More about Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf
1705. Coloniae Agrippinae: Meucherius, 1705. Thick sm. 8vo, 943, 144 pp. Early blind-stamped vellum over thin wooden boards, clasps. Early ownership inscription and notes at front and back, dated 1713. § An interesting collection of synonyms, epithets, poetical phrases, in Latin and German. According to Backer (Sommervogel) a revision, by... More about Gradus ad Parnassum] Novus Synonymorum, Epithetorum Et Phrasium Poeticarum Thesaurus...
1982. Greenbrae: The Allen Press, 1982. 2 vols. 8vo, original orange cloth lettered in black in brown cloth slipcase. [134]; [148] pp. Title-pages printed in gilt and orange, textual decorations in orange throughout. As new, virtually perfect as issued, with the prospectus. § One of 140 copies, unnumbered as... More about The Oresteian Trilogy. Agamemnon - Choephoroi - Eumenides
1963. Kentfield: The Allen Press, 1963. 4to, 47 ff. with 16 two-color wood engravings by Blair Hughes-Stanton. Original printed boards. A very good copy, prospectus loosely inserted. § Limited to 130 copies. The two-color wood engravings by Blair Hughes-Stanton are designed to represent the main characters' various emotional states. Likewise... More about The Beast in the Jungle, A Psychological Novel
1957. San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1957. 4to, 117pp. Original quarter cloth and patterned boards. One corner lightly bumped, but a very good copy. § Limited to 400 copies printed at the Allen Press. Edited by Henry Nash Smith and Frederick Anderson. More about Mark Twain San Francisco Correspondent. Selections from his Letters to the Territorial...
