Akron, Ohio: The Werner Ptg. And Mfg. Co., 1887. First Edition. Octavo. 131 pp. This unique cookbook includes recipes such as Oyster Croquettes, Frizzle Beef, Eggs Au Plat, Royal Diplomatic Pudding, English Currant Bread, White Mountain Cake, Hickory Nut Macaroons, Spanish Pickles, and more. Also included is a discussion of..... More
Chicago, IL: Consolidated Book Publishers, 1943. 12mo. 336pp. Favorite stories, verse, and cartoons for the emtertainment of servicemen everywhere.... frorm authors; Vincent Starrett, Rudyard Kipling, Damon Runyon, J. D. Salinger Ellery Queen, O. Henry, Elbert Hubbard and more. Comically illustrated in color and in black and white. The first edition..... More
Santa Monica, CA: Kenneth Karmiole, 1990. First Edition. Octavo. no pagination, Signed by Ward Ritchie. illustrated with examples of bookplates with notes of provenance. List of names. Bound in 14 black cloth over brown and white decorative paper covered boards spine lettering gilt. A fine copy. More
Mexico: Instituto Nacional De Antropologia e Historia, 1962. First Edition. Folio. Spanish, English (and others) text: 634pp. Some pages unopened. A massive treaties on the bibliography of printed texts on archaeology and ethnology in Middle America and North Mexico between the years 1514 and 1960. Entries in original language. Map..... More
Devonport, Nd(ca.1927): Swiss and Co. Thick Quarto. Half-title, color frontispiece, xxii, (1) pp. 492pp., with an index and a chronological index, illustrations and plans, 7 folding maps in rear pocket. The introduction explains why the text was set up in 9 parts and appendices which includes the casualties, services of..... More
(Tucson, AZ, 1997): Self Published. First Edition. Octavo. 120pp. Signed by the author. Collection of newspaper articles and advertisements for the 1800's, chiefly from Arizona Daily Star, The Tucson Citizen, and The Tombstone Epitaph. The greatest source on newsmakers, such as Geronimo, Victorio, The Earp Brothers, and more. Bound in..... More
Raleigh: Edwards & Broughton Printing, 1921. First Edition. Cloth. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 12mo., 486pp. Bound in brown cloth boards, with gold title on spine. Interior clean and tight; Outer boards are lightly soiled, with foxing on fore pages). More
Denver, CO: for the inter-State Co. By The Smith-Brooks Printing Co., 1914. Oblong Quarto. A fine copy with 22 full color tipped in plates on black paper of which one is a two page panoramic view, bound in maroon pictorial paper wraps with color illustration mounted, string bound, lettering gilt..... More
Madrid and Barcelona;: ediciones Oromi. Quarto. Four parts in one volume, 445pp., 537pp. advertising, (5)pp. index to advertisers, (1) errata. The advertisements are displayed in black & white, some are full page in bold colors, some with tissue guards. The ads include items such as aviation, banks, home appliances, scientific..... More
Sante Fe, NM; (1994): Clear Light Publishers. First Edition. Quarto. Inscribed by the author to Bev & Earl [Vance] who owned the famous Ranch Kitchen Restaurant in Farmington, New Mexico on route 66, a close friend of Gorman and contributed two recipes for this book. 129(2)pp., with 55 illustrations and..... More
Cornwallville, N.Y. Hope Farm Press, 1963. First Edition. Stapled Wraps. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. vi, 19, (6)pp. A valuable checklist of early U.S. Army stories by Charles King. Inlcudes a suite of 6 photographs of cloth covers. In original blue wrappers. Signed (in 1967) by the author..... More
Np/Np, 2009. Quarto. Dr. Henry Eyring, a world renowned chemist, was a grandson of Henry Karl Eyring. President Henry B. Eyring is Dr. Henry Eyring's son and First Counselor in the Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 305pp(p.306 blank) photo-illustrated in color and black & white..... More
Vilnius: Np, 1968. First Edition. Quarto. xxxvi[i], 286 pp. Text in Lithuanian and Russian. with the errata laid in. Illustrated with 273 full page illustrations by V. Bachen and V. Armal. Pages 257-285[1] pp. Contains the explanations of each illustration. The compiler of this book, in 1911, saw a Lithuanian..... More
Raleigh: Council of State, State of North Carolina, 1937. First Edition. Hard Cover. Ocatvo. 788pp., index. Portrait of Gardner on frontispiece. Several pages in middle of book have their corners bent. Boards have light age wear. Very Good. More
Albany: State of New York, 1910. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall. Volume 1: Very Good, 713pp. The official record book of celebration, with science & arts exhibitions, parades and races (on Hudson River), and news of all the civic services that make living in New York..... More
Santa Fe, NM: The Press of the Territorian, 1965. First Printing. Stapled Wrap. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 8vo., 44, (4)pp. Annotated checklist of noted gunmen, thieves and murderers of New Mexico's violent past. In light green paper wraps, with black letters on front cover (some offset shadowing)..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1836. First Edition. Small Octavo. 273pp., compiled by H.R. Howard.Contains the trials, confessions, and execution of a number of Murrell's associates in the state of Mississippi during the summer of 1835, and the execution of five professional gamblers but the citizens of Vicksburg, on the..... More
Baltimore: Gateway Press, 1997. Octavo. 292 pages. Issued in a very small print run. The records showed everyone over the age of 16 who owned a horse or a cow. comparing the annual accounts help determine the widow as well as the death of each person listed. Bound in red..... More
New York; (1938): Carlyle Straub. Limited Edition. Thick Quarto. First printing limited to 3000 copies. The present copy is number 677. Portrait frontispiece, 866pp.plus a reproduction of the original manuscript for The Raven tipped in, reproduction a a manuscript letter from Poe tipped in, reproduction of the original newspaper publication..... More
San Antonio, Texas: The University of Texas, 1972. First Edition. Octavo. 123pp., signed by Carl Hertzog, Al Lowman, William R. Holman and book designer William (Bill) Wittliff, illustrated, with a bibliographical listing of books and pamphlets produced by Hertzog listing 361 works only lacking a couple items that had not..... More
Chicago: The Mark Twain Society of Chicago, 1940. Stapled Wraps. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 12mo., 5 pp. Limited to 300 copies. Foreword by Franklin J. Meine. Bound in black lettered dark brown wrars. This copy has been inscribed by "Mike Fink" and signed "Mike Fink" where compiler's..... More
Prescott, AZ: Prescott Courier, Inc., 1958. Re-issue. Stapled Wrap. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 16mo., 15pp. A keepsake chapbook issued to support the maintenance of the Old Governor's Mansion in the first terrirorial capitol, Prescott, AZ. Illustrated with photos of buildings and property, and includes a poem by..... More
Raleigh: North Carolina Historical Commission, 1929. First Edition. Cloth. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 618pp. Bound in brown cloth boards, with embossed gold title on spine (spine title is worn, and panels are scuffed and stained; foxing to fore edge). Interior clean and tight. More
Raleigh: Edwards and Broughton Co., 1927. First Edition. Cloth. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 560pp. State agencies and institutions. Bound in brown cloth boad (lightly soiled with minimal shelfwear.) Interior clean and tight. More
Boston: Wells and Lilly, 1822. 12mo. Wells and Lilly. William Oxberry (1784-1824) was a struggling bookseller who became enamored with theatre. He began to publish the New English Drama in 1818 and by 1822, his plays were published on both sides of the Atlantic. The plays in this volume are..... More