Gary, Indiana: The Class of 1925. Oblong. Later called the Emersonian, it is incorrectly reported in most sources that 1925 was the last year when Emerson High School remained an all-white school. As this yearbook shows, however, there was one black student, Frances Anderson (p. 46), who came in 1922..... More
Flagstaff, AZ: Northland Press, 1983. First Edition. Soft Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 8vo., 55pp. Illustrated checklist of artist members, with photograph, biographical sketch and signature facsimile. Each artist includes samples of recent paintings or sculpture. In illustrated wraps. More
Flagstaff, AZ: Northland Press, 1984. First Edition. Soft Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 8vo., ~55pp. Illustrated checklist of artists, their photograph and biographical sketch. Paitings and sculptures. In illustrated wraps. More
1865. This two page hand-written report by J.M. Pierce for Captain Alanson W. Snyder from the Camp at Washington, D.C. After a list of ten being discharged, there are two important lists. The first is the list of deaths listing the names of those who died, the dates of their..... More
Flagstaff, AZ: Northland Press, 1987. First Edition. Soft Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 8vo., ~55pp. Illustrated checklist of artists, with photograph, biographical sketch, and example of paintings or sculptures. Price list for Phoenix Art Museum sale. In illustrated wraps. More
Muroto, Japan: The Institute of Cetacean Research, 2005. First Edition. Decorated Boards. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 110pp. A promotional package to support continued whaling harvests (in the face of world decline in whale stocks, and international pressure for conservation). Selected articles on traditional whaling in and around..... More
. M.B. Marcell of Oregon was the photographer who had already photographed the 1911 Pendleton Round up. He was famous for taking images of the horse both at his success and also of those shots as the horse dislodged him. He came in 1914 to take images of the Miles..... More
Atlanta, GA: Albert Love, 1952. Quarto. 250 pages. The 43rd was disbanded in November 1945 but as the Korean War began in was reinstated in 1950. The men were trained for combat in just 28 weeks. By February, 1951, 3400 men left for combat duty in Korea. One of the..... More
Np; [1940]: A-D Publishing Company. Octavo. 39pages and [21] pages. Illustrated. One of the elite publications for the movers and shakers in design, advertising, and all aspects of publishing. Besides the many fascinating caricatures of well-known personalities (e.g., Tallulah Bankhead, Charles Chaplain), there are hand mounted colored paper samples by..... More
Australia (1977): Rigby Limited. First Edition. Quarto. 149pp. written and illustrated by Australia's Children. A marvelous look at the history of Australia through the eyes of children and illustrated with their imagination. Bound in orange pictorial cloth decorated in brown and white, spine lettering white, some fading to edges of..... More
London: Caradoc Press,; George Webb & Co.,(Printers), 1905. First Edition. Octavo. Engraved frontispiece, 152pp. (6) pp. ads. nicely illustrated with etchings, wood cuts and photogravures by H. G. Webb, Derwent Wood, Baron de Meyer, and Frank Brangwyn. A "little magazine" from the early 20th century. Poems and longer prose by..... More
Saint Louis, MO: Washington University, 1859. First Edition. Stapled Wrap. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 8vo., 84pp. The words of the new Chancellor are a rich combination of scholarship in past histories, and optimism for the Nation. The pamphlet is covered in stiff, library wrapper, with black cloth..... More
Geneva: World Health Organization, 1953. First Edition. Original Paper Back Version. Octavo. 276pp. Anthology of articles on zoonosis by experts in the field. Illustrated, tables, foldout charts. Outer panels darkened, with old Game & Fish department library number on spine. More
London; nd [ca. 1840]: J. L. Marks. 12mo. (8)pp. with several hand colored plates printed only on one side, bound in pictorial printed wrappers, previous owner's name dated 1840, some darkening to edges and soiling, spine with separation. A good copy of this very scarce, fragile and very early hand-colored..... More
1903. A playbill by the Chestnut Street Opera House announcing the special engagement of Henry Irving and his company. What is interesting is the Philadelphia Inquirer had announced in a special headline on November 12, 1903 was that "A SUDDEN DROP IN MUSICAL COMEDY .. IN FAVOR OF MORE SUBSTANTIAL..... More
1893. three-fold lithographic color ad for Moline Plow's Flying Dutchman Sulky Plow ( measuring approximately 8 7/8" x 5 9/16"), planned for the exhibit at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair the beautiful picture shows Chicago in the distance with a farmer in the foreground operating his Sulky Plow, and happy..... More
[Sebaldus Mayer, Dilingae], 1570. Quarto. Title in red; fleuron, rule, and date in black, text printed in red and black throughout, with musical staves printed in red; Finely printed on heavy paper. )( )( 4, A-I4 K-U4 X-Z4 a-i4 k-o4 [o4 is a blank] (*3). Quite scarce liturgical text with..... More
Chicago; 1942-1945: Philip Andrews Publishing. Quarto. Complete sets exist only in university libraries, here are 33 issues bound in 6 heavy duty bindings. These were, of course, the best unclassified works on military aviation and included enormous detail in the B-17, B-24 and B-25 issues. Articles by major generals and..... More
Pecatonica IL: Al Khamsa Inc., 1993. Quarto. 671p. Beginning with a map showing the tribes of the Arabian peninsula, the book explains the origins of the Arabians (distinguishing them from thoroughbreds) with extensive pedigree and progreny index. An essential guide to the Al Khamsa Arabians in the United States that..... More
1934. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Dutch text; 241p. A good copy of the set with both original paperwraps with maps and plans including many colored and some folding. Volume is a continuation of Nota van toelichting. More
Paris; 1867: Justus Perthes. 12mo. 1116p. book plate of Robert Robinson-Zwahr co-author of Die Bremerverwandtschaft in Deutschland und in Texas (the Bremers and their kin in Germany and in Texas) Six engraved portraits (Caroline, Princess of Royale de Saxe; Constantin, Grand Duke of Russia; Helene, Princess of Slevig-Holstein; Isabelle d'Orldeans..... More
Stockton, California; (1967): Jim Breen Books. Quarto. 68 pages. While the Haras De France is rare (OCLC records only the copy at Bibliothèque nationale), this copy is unrecorded in OCLC or NUC. This list of broodmares, and supplements of stallions here includes the name, the year of foaling, sire and..... More
Philadelphia: Carey & Lea, 1832. Cloth. Octavo (7¾" - 9¾" tall). Limited. 551 pp. Dr. Valentine Mott's article on Extirpation of the Parotid Gland with two hand colored plates. Dealing with a penetrating wound of the abdomen by Zina Pitcher of the US Army. More
Boston; 1834-1837: Ball and Marshal; John L. Sibly and Benjamin H. Greene, and William D. Ticknor. Small quarto. This comprises all three volumes, each in the original monthly parts fully illustrated throughout.. Volume I: 536 pages (Sept. 1834-August 1835). Voluime II: 520 pages (Sept. 1835--Aug. 1836) and Volume III, 486..... More
New York: Collector's Bookshop, 1941. First Edition. Stapled Wraps. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 8vo., 31pp. Annotated checklist of collectable titles by women authors of inventory by famous bookshop. Many famous authors are includes (Alcott to Parker to Wylie) with unusal tibits on publishing history, inscriptions, and provenance..... More