Paris: J. Hetzel & Co., Maison Quantin, No date [c. 1885]. 1/4 leather. Three volumes. 12mo; Vol. I 199pp, Vol. II 259pp, Vol. III 243pp; quarter-bound dark red pebbled leather, marbled paper over board; gilt tops; marbled endpapers; green silk ribbon in Vol. I and II; scuffing to edges and..... More
Boston: The Yankee Publishing Company, 1945. First Edition. Cloth. First edition. 8vo; 457, [1]pp; navy cloth over board, blind stamped borders, gilt title to front and spine; pictorial endpapers of a lighthouse and sailboat in a storm; 2 gift inscriptions to ffep; color frontispiece; illustrated plates both in color and..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1972. First Edition, First Printing. Stiff wraps. First edition, first printing. 8vo; 192pp; color pictorial glazed stiff wrapper, price on front; light age-toning of paper, one telephone number in neat ink on a page margin; near fine. Cookbook coming from the early 1970s Hippy Culture..... More
Bourne, Massachusetts: Bourne Historical Society, 1926. Fred SMALL, et al photographic illustrations. Stiff wraps. 3 5/8” x 6”; [32pp]; brown stiff wrapper, title in double border on front, historical society seal to rear; two staple binding; half-tone photographic illustrations in sepia with titles; fine. Listed in WorldCat but not held..... More
Bath, [Maine]: Eastern Times Press, 1860. First Edition. Stab Sewn. First edition thus. 8vo; 45pp; printed wrapper; publisher’s stab sewn binding; fold-out map, 8 3/16” x 6 3/16” within the neat lines; light soiling to wrapper, chipping at fold, wrapper fragile but holding, binding tight; very good. Williamson 8306. From..... More
[Wales, UK]. Ephemera no binding. 3 4/4” x 4 ¾” glazed white paper envelope; relief printed stamp to flap side. Near fine. Unused 19th century envelope from the town of Pontmorlais in Merthyr, Wales, with highly decorative cartouche framing the business name. More
New York: General Office and Factories, 1913. Boards. 8vo; viii, 566pp; black stamped orange cloth over board; owner’s name in ink and errata slip tipped in on ffep; vignettes printed in yellow, company name in red on title page; first 8pp glazed heavy stock; additional pages added between 24/25, 168/169..... More
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1940. First Edition. Boards. First edition. 4to; v, [i], 250pp; yellow and black pictorial green cloth over board, pencil presentation inscription to front pastedown; b&w photographic illustrations from a ranch, many full-page; unclipped yellow pictorial dust jacket, bookseller’s ticket to rear flap; light soiling and wear..... More
[Cleveland, Ohio]: [Perfection Stove Company], 1915. Staplebound. 12mo (6” x 3 3/8”); 23pp; color pictorial stiff wrapper; 2 staple binding; color line-block illustration throughout; light spotting to front upper wrapper at fold; near fine. Detailed illustrations of oil heaters and rooms of the house where they can be used. More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1964. Donald and Eleanor FRIEDE, editors. First Edition. 1/4 cloth. First edition, first printing. 8vo; 446pp; quarter-bound in white cloth and blue paper over board, vignette illustrations in blue to front board and spine, facsimile signature to front; pictorial endpapers; owners’ name in large script..... More
Philadelphia: H.C. Peck & Theo. Bliss, 1860. Boards. 12mo; 300pp + 4pp ads; blind stamped decorative medallion inside triple border, royal blue cloth over board, gilt stamped title to spine in decorative borders; aquatint frontispiece with tissue guard; binding solid; light scuffing boards, edges and bumping of corners with some..... More
Augusta, Maine: Gannett and Morse, No date [c. late 1880s]. Boards. 12mo; 12 plate fold-out; maroon blind stamped decorative border with title gilt stamped on front cover; paper spine; illustrated with gray tone chromolithographs, not photographs; paper spine has chipping and is fragile; very good minus. Scarce, only two located..... More
No place listed [Skowhegan, Maine]: E.E. Sturtevant and Bixby and Buck, No date [c. 1880s]. Boards. 16mo oblong (5” x 6 ½”); accordion-fold [28pp]; embossed red glazed paper over board, gilt-stamped title to front; 14 glazed chromolithographed illustrated panels with photographic reproductions; light scuffing to boards, age toning to paper;..... More
Poland, Maine: Hiram Ricker and Sons, No date [c. 1885]. Boards. 16mo (5 15/16” x 5 ¼”); accordion folded [24pp]; gilt-stamped pebbled red paper over board, elaborate gilt border with title stamped in center, blind-stamped rear; black cloth spine; 12 full page chromolithographic illustrations mimicking photographs in grey on glazed..... More
Oakland, Cal. E.S. Denison, General News Agent, Central Pacific & Southern Pacific Rail Roads, No date [c. 1880s]. Boards. 12mo (7 ½” x 5 ½”); [18pp]; gilt and black stamped design on dark green cloth with embossed details to front, blind stamped rear board with embossed Seal of the State..... More
Yokohama: Kelly & Walsh, Limited, No date [c. 1900]. O.A. & O.M. POOLE, negatives. K. OGAWA, colotypes. Stiff wraps. 32mo oblong(4 3/8” x 5 ½”); [20pp]; stiff illustrated wrapper printed in grey and yellow, iris flowers to front, crying moon to rear; purple silk cord tie binding; all edges gilt;..... More
New York: A. Wittemann, 67 & 69 Spring Street, 1893. Boards. 16mo oblong (5” x 7 ¼”); [42pp]; gilt-stamped title to blue cloth over board pictorial scene of a lake with an pleine-aire artist’s sit in tan, white and black; decorative twisted silk cored at spine; grey and white printed..... More
San Francisco: The San Francisco News Company, No date [c. 1899]. Boards. 4” x 6” oblong [12pp]; gilt-stamped title to dark brown decoratively embossed boards; 12 accordion-folded glazed panels, grey-tone chromolithograph illustrations; birds-eye view of San Francisco to front pastedown. In 6 WorldCat libraries. From Ph. Frey & o’s Art Repository..... More
Montreal, P.Q. Canada Railway News Co., No date [c. 1880s]. Boards. 16mo square (5 7/8” x 5”); accordion fold [24pp]; gilt-stamped red pebbled paper over board, elaborate gilt border surrounding title including two griffins and an urn, blind stamped rear board; black cloth spine; 12 glazed accordion folded panels printed..... More
Printed in Germany: No date [c. 1880s]. Boards. 12mo (6” x 5”); [12pp]; gilt-stamped decorative borders and title on red pebbled paper over board; 12 accordion-folded glazed panels, grey-tone chromolithograph illustrations within a red & yellow border; portrait on front pastedown; significant fading to spine and a 2” strip of..... More
[Sydney, Australia]: No publisher, No date, [c. 1880s]. Boards. 12mo (7 ½” x 5 ½”)’ [15pp]; 15 accordion-folded glazed panels, grey-tone chromolithograph illustrations within a red border; gilt-stamped pictorial design on blue glazed boards, tan cloth spine; 7 panel birds-eye view map titled, “Panorama of Sydney Harbour from North Shore’;..... More
New York: Bryant Literary Union, 1901. Stiff wraps. 16mo; [32pp]; green stiff wrappers with printed decoration, photo of the Hudson River and title to front cover, black cloth spine, back cover advertisements for St. Denis Hotel, NY; verso front and recto back wrappers are illustrated advertisements; pages are card stock;..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, No. 82 Cliff-Street, 1834. Boards. 12mo; 95, [1]pp + 9pp advertisements, [3]pp; tan textured paper over board, yellow paper label with title onlay to front; fold-out map inserted before title page; light soiling and wear to boards, some internal spotting, small hole to front pastedown..... More
Brooklyn, NY: Fritschler & Selle, 1884. First Edition. Boards. First edition. 3 ½” x 5 ¼” oblong; [32pp]; gilt-stamped title, red embossed cloth over board; 16 illustrated grey chromolithographed panels on glazed paper; rear pastedown advertisement for Green Wood Carriage Service with the fares listed, marginalia in ink; small hole..... More
Portland, Maine: Chas. Frey, corner Congress & St. John Strs. No date [c. 1890s]. Boards. 16mo oblong (5” x 6”); accordion fold [32pp]; blind-stamped red glazed paper over board, gilt-stamped title to front; glazed accordion folded paper printed with 16 grey chromolithograph illustrations one side only; ½ panel width polyptych..... More