London: Peter Murray Hill, [1955]. 8vo, bifolium prospectus for a reprint of the 23 Annual Reports of the Aeronautical Society and the first 15 volumes of the Aeronautical Jounal. With a schedule and rates, proforma order form on integral leaf, and with a 1909 membership form for the Society laid..... More
New York: published by the Committee, no. 650 Broadway, 1837. 8vo, pp. [2], 38, 15 (appendix), [1]; original printed blue wrappers; inelegantly rebacked with duct tape, signature excised from top of the front wrapper, one page loose, but present; old literary society rubberstamp at base of title page, some edge..... More
Philadelphia: A. Winch, [ca. 1910s]. Small broadside prospectus, 8" x 5.5"; old fold, light soiling, shallow edgewear, very good. Two styles are advertised, a colored and extra colored copy for 13 and 25 cents respectively. Not found in OCLC. More
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[Herefordshire: Whittington Press, 1982]. 2 vols., including: Year 1981-2: 8vo, pp. 15, [1]; pen corrections, with a few entries crossed out as out of print; text illustrations; printed orange wrappers; fine. laid in is an advertising card for Matrix 5 and the reprint of Matrix 1. [with] 1983&1984: 8vo, pp..... More
Harper Woods, MI: Adagio Press, 1960s - 1980s. Broadsides, chapbooks, prospetuses, etc., all on various paper stocks and printed in assorted colors. All fine and contained in a ble cloth clamshell box. Approximately 20 pieces in all. More
Boston: Brewer & Tileston, 1871. 12mo, pp. 11, [1]; 3 maps (2 full-page and in color); pictorial self-wrappers; fine. Includes several pages of recommendations as well as sample text pages. Prospectus not found in OCLC. More
Various places and publishers: ca. late 1800s - 1930. Collection of 111 prospectuses and book advertisements, not including a few duplicates, largely from the late 19th century to the early 20th century, and the odd item either later in the 20th, or earlier in the 19th; including literature, many items..... More
Huddersfield, UK: Flece Press, Includes 6 prospectuses, 3 press catalogues, 3 greeting cards, 1 trade card, 1 chapbook, and 1 keepsake, plus occasional press correspondence. Motly printed letterpress and some limited in number. More
Newtown, Wales: Gwasg Gregynog, [1990s]. 4 prospectuses (2 of which large folio broadsides), a photocopied order form marked up in pencil by David Esselmont; New & Forthcoming Books, Autumn, 1990; a 12-page pamphlet "Gregynog" giving a history of the press and grounds; a small broadsheet indicating price changes;. More
Seattle, Vicksburg, Kalamazoo, et al. v.d. [ca. 1959-80s.]. Includes prospectuses, press catalogues, announcements, etc., about 22 in all, in various formats: boadsides, broadsheets, chapbooks, etc. Custom green cloth clamshell box, gilt-lettered spine. More
St. Paul: Webb Publishing Company. Three pieces of advertising matter for The Farmer's Wife, a periodical, aimed at club leadership. One bifolium printed in green offers 50 cents for every dollar earned by the club through subscriptions, with suggestions of how to obtain them. One typescript letter extoling the benefits..... More
Williamsburgh, Massachusetts: 1971. 12mo,, pp. [12]; printed in red and black; original green wrappers; catalogue of eleven titles from the press, with prices, limitation sizes, and other specifics. From the library of Kim Merker. More
[Incline Village, Nevada]: Huckleberry Press, [1991]. Light gray bifoliate wrappers printed in red and black (approx. (10¼" x 7¼") containing information about the Huckleberry Press and prospectuses of three books and one broadside it produced between 1989 and 1991, viz: Leatherneck Square, by Richard C. Schulz; Sea Bird, by Keith..... More
San Francisco: John Henry Nash, n.d., [1937]. Small folio bifolium, approx. 12" x 8½", previous folds; very good. Announcing three books of California interest: John Bidwell's A Journey to California; Alexander Forbes's California: A History of Upper and Lower California from Their Discovery to the Present Time; and, San Francisco..... More
Paris: 1812. Broadside (approx. 9¾" x 8¾"), 13 lines at the top detailing the illustration, size, price, availability, etc., beneath which a list of the engravings in double column; 2 small manuscript corrections to the text at the top, and two additional engravings listed in manuscript at the bottom. Not..... More
Bloomsbury: Nonesuch Press, 1937. Large 8vo, pp. 128; text illustrations throughout; original blue cloth, gilt-stamped on upper cover and spine; fine in fine original glassine dust jacket and the original publisher's box. Prospectus and retrospectus divided into 4 sections (sectional titles on orange paper), including Arthur Waugh's "Charles Dickens and..... More
London & New York: Nonesuch Press & Random House, 1932-1963. Four separate prospectuses in a terracotta cloth-covered clamshell box: 1) Prospectus & Retrospectus, 1932, a 16-page catalogue of upcoming books and books in print, with attractive pink pictorial wrappers; 2) 3 new Nonesuch books for the summer of 1934, 8-page..... More
Cummington, Massachusetts: The Cummington Press, [1948]. Edition of 500 copies designed and printed by Harry Duncan and Wightman Williams in Poliphilus and Blado; 8vo, pp. [12]; 3 illustrations by Wightman Williams printed in blue; unsewn; near fine in original printed yellow wrappers. From the library of Kim Merker. The entire..... More
Chicago: Press and Tribune Company, 1859. Broadside approx. 10" x 7¾" printed on blue paper; running head and terms above 3 blank columns for "subscribers' names,' 'post office,' and 'amount paid.' Previous folds, else fine. Not in OCLC. More
Philadelphia: The Franklin Press, [ca. 1899]. Broadsheet prospectus, advertising the revised edition of The Mercantile Speller, with "Indispensable for perfect communication in English" written in German, French and Spanish, two specimen pages on verso and index distinguishing homonyms; old folds, touch of soiling, near fine. Not found in OCLC... More
[London]: [ca. 1977]. Three 8vo leaves containing the following advertisements: Collection of novels from the most celebrated writers selected and revised by Mrs. Griffith. Printed for G. Kearsly, at No. 46 in Fleet-Street; and the other proprietors. The advertisement dated May 20, 1777. With a detailed summary on verso. A...... More
Paris: chez Visse, libraire, rue de la Harpe, près de la rue Serpente [de l'imprimerie de Couturier, 1787.]. 8vo (approx. 8" x 5½"), single sheet folded to make 4 pages; uncut; very good. Prospectus for volume II of a work projected to be "15 ou 16 volumes." In fact, only..... More
Maple Shade: The Pickering Press, 1983. Bifolium prospectus, pp. [4]; 8 x 6 in.; printer's device on first page, fine. Announcing A pickering potpourri and Eric Gill, Victor Hammer. More
[Bristol? Bi-Centennial Committee, 1880.]. Broadsheet (approx. 6¾" x 6"), wood-engraved Bristol seal at the top of the recto, flanked by the dates 1680 / 1880; a bit of soiling on the verso, but generally fine. A proposal to publish an octavo book of approximately 250 pages available as a pamphlet..... More
San Francisco: H. H. Bancroft & Co., n.d., [ca. 1868]. Small broadsheet, approx. 5½" x 3¼", toned, bottom margin chipped affecting the printed border. A well-known and comprehensive work on the natural wealth of California, describing its contents, and giving a description of the physical book - "royal octavo of..... More
