Gutenberg Bible facsimile
New York: Brussell & Brussel, 1968. 3 volumes, folio, original white cloth stamped in black and gilt; 4 leaves with color illustrations. A facsimile of the Gutenberg Bible. More
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Secretary's record ... Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen [cover title]. Record of Chippewa Valley Lodge No. 425
Eau Claire-Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin: 1896-1940. Three quarto ledger books containing approx. 425 pages of recorded minutes for the Brotherhood of Locomotive Foreman (later, The Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen), kept in several different hands by different secretaries. There are gaps: the first volume runs from 1896 to 1906; the... More
United States Mail and Post Office Assistant 1860 - 1872. Established 1860 by J. Holbrook
Chicago: Collectors Club of Chicago, 1975. Edition limited to 300 copies (this, no. 33); 2 volumes, large folio, reproducting the first 12 years of this newspapere as published by the US Post Office. Original blue cloth lettered in silver, publisher's slipcase. Fine. A third volume completing the run to 1876 was anticipated but never published. More
Survey of London volume XXXVIII. The museums area of South Kensington and Westminster
London: The Athlone Press for the Greater London Council, 1975. 4to, pp. xxv, [1], 465, [3]; 118 plates, 100 figures in the text, 2 folding plates and 2 folding plans in cover pocket; very good, sound copy in the dust jacket. More
Survey of London volume XXXVII. Northern Kensington
London: The Athlone Press for the Greater London Council, 1973. 4to, pp. xxii, 415, [3]; 112 plates, 93 figures in the text, 1 folding plate and 3 tables, folding map in cover pocket; very good, sound copy in the dust jacket. More
Survey of London volume XLII. Southern Kensington: Kensington Square to Earl's Court
London: The Athlone Press for the Greater London Council, 1986. 4to, pp. xxiv, 502, [2]; 152 plates, 159 figures in the text, 1 folding plate and a folding map in cover pocket; the dust jacket is torn in several places but without loss;. More
Le Théologien françois dans lequel selon l'ordre de l'escole il est traicté des principes & des proprietez de la theologie
Paris: C. Josee, 1662. Folio, 3 volumes in 1, pp. [12], 940 [i.e. 942], [76] (pagination continuous); title page printed in red and black, printer's woodcut device on title page, sectional title pages for the second and third volume, woodcut initials and ornaments; tear in 2L3 (the last leaf in... More
Cyrus Hall McCormick and the reaper
Madison: published by the [Wiscon Historical] Society, 1909. Slim 8vo, pp. [5], 234-259, [1] (i.e. 32 pages); portrait frontispiece and 2 illustrations on 1 plate; McCormick centennial slip tipped in at title page; light spotting of covers otherwise near fine in oruiginal cloth-backed paper-covered boards. Originally published in the Proceedings... More
Retirement
[Bristol]: Wright & Albright; sold by Tanner, Brothers, Bristol, and at 6, Amen Corner, London, 1840. Oblong 32mo (approx. 2½" x 3½"); pp. 72; interesting binding in original limp embossed green cloth, black paper label lettered in gilt on upper cover; very good. Printed at John Wright's Steam Press, Bristol... More
With a warm presentation to his wife
Working on the railroad
Philadeklphia: Dorrance & Co., [1949]. First edition, 8vo, pp. x, 11-301, [1]; fine copy in original red cloth, dust jacket with very shallow chips at extremities. This copy warmly inscribed to (presumably) the author's wife: "To my beloved Linnie Alice: without your constant encouragement and help this book would not... More
William Augustus Thompson: a memorial. Printed for family and friends
[Boston: Todd, printer, n.d., [1876]. 8vo, pp. 88 (the last 3 blank but for the printed border), 2 lovely mounted photogravure portraits (Thompson and his wife, Maria Dobie); text within printed border throughout; original gray cloth stamped in gilt on the upper cover, a.e.g.; a few dings at the edges... More
The siege of Damascus. A tragedy
London: J. Tonson and J. Watts, 1735. 3rd edition 12mo, pp. 83, [1]; engraved frontispiece, title page printed in red and black; bound with: Otway, Tho[mas]. The history and fall of Caius Marius. A tragedy. London: printed by John Darby... for Mary Poulson..., 1724. 5th(?) edition, pp. 80, [4] (ads);... More
L. L. Bean Manufacturer
Freeport, Maine: Fall, 1932. Square 4to, pp. 40; illustrated front cover after Lynn Bogue Hunt; illustrated throughout with boots, caps, waders, camp kits, sleeping bags, snowshoes, rain gear, etc.; very good in original color pictorial wrappers. More
A catalogue of an exhibition of the Philip Hofer Bequest in the department of printing and graphic arts
Cambridge, MA: Harvard College Library, 1988. 4to, pp. xiv, 218; 100 items, full-page text illustrations throughout, bibliography, index; gray paper wrappers with title printed in red and white, fine. More
John Steinbeck: a collection of books & manuscripts formed by Harry Valentine of Pacific Grove, California
Santa Barbara, CA: Bradford Morrow, Bookseller, 1980. 8vo, pp. 154, [6]; keepsake for the manuscript of Cannery Row at Stanford laid in; text illustrations; gray paper wrappers, light rubbing to spine, very good. More
Frederick Manfred: bibliography and publishing history
[Sioux Falls, SD: The Center for Western Studies, 1981]. First edition, small 8vo, pp. 139, [1]; brown cloth, gilt title on spine, fine. More
A catalogue of the works of Linnaeus issued in commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the birthday of Carolus Linnaeus 1707-0778
Stockholm: Sandbergs Bokhandel, 1957. 8vo, pp. 179, [1]; very good in creme printed paper wrappers. Sandbergs Bokhandel catalog 12. More
Two decades of Hamady and The Perishable Press Limited
St. Louis: University of Missouri, 1984. Large 8vo, 106 entries, text illustrations, index; illustrated white paper wrappers; fine. "An anecdotally annotated check list with articles by & about the press for an exhibition at Gallery 210, University of Missouri St. Louis October 3 through November 4, 1984." More
The turn of a century 1885-1910; art nouveau - jugendstil books
[Boston]: Harvard University, 1970. Square 8vo. pp. [4],124, [4]; text illustrations, 142 items, bibliography, index; olive printed paper wrappers; fine. More
H. P. Kraus Catalogue 194: An Elzevier Collection. Books Printed at the Elzevier Press from the Library of the late Edwin Wolf II, with Addenda from the Stock of H. P. Kraus
New York: H. P. Kraus, [1993]. Thin 12mo, pp. 107, [7]; text illustrations, black pictorial paper wrappers; date in pen on title page, fine. More
Creative photography 1826 to the present: an exhibition from the Gernsheim collection
Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1963. 8vo, pp. 130; 48 photoreproductive illustrations; red paper covers, near fine. A catalog of over 1000 items, 700 of them photographs and the rest objects. "The most comprehensive survey of artistic photography from its origin to the present day. [1963]" More
A creative century: selections from the twentieth century collections at the University of Texas
[Texas]: The University of Texas, 1964. Narrow 8vo, pp. 71, [1]; facsimiles of the signatures of 100 important authors of the 20th century; gray printed paper wrappers, toning and light wear to wrapers, else fine. An excellent autograph reference for Jack Krouac, Audous Huxley, Robert Frost, Oscar Wilde, etc. More
George Cruikshank, 1792-1878. Editions originals & illustrees - suites gravees - estampes - dessins; avec quelques livres illustres par, ou en collaboration avec, Isaac et Robert Cruikshank. Collection Adrian W. Flühmann.
London and Paris: Benjamin Spademan and Benoit Forgeot, 2009. 4to, 222 items, color illustrations, bibliography and index; illustrated tan paper covers, fine. More
Anno Regni Georgii II... An act for the better repairing, paving, cleansing, lighting, and watching the highways, streets and lanes of and in the town and port of Sandwich, in the County of Kent...
London: Thomas Baskett, 1749. Folio, title page (verso blank), pp. 1511-1564; extracted from the Acts of Parliament "begun and holden at Westminster the 18th day of May, Anno. Domini. 1784." Removed from binding; very good. More
Tableau historique des événemens survenus pendant le sac de Rome en 1527 ... Transcrit du manuscrit original, et imprimé pour la première fois à Cologne en 1756, avec une note historique sur la famille des Bonaparte. Traduit de l'Italienne, par M. ***
Paris: Gabriel Warée, 1809. 8vo, pp. [2], 279, [1]; parallel text in Italian and French; slightly later quarter tan calf over marbled boards, red and black morocco label on gilt-paneled spine; very good. Translation of the author's Ragguaglio storico del sacco di Roma dell anno 1527 of which Gamba (Serie... More
