Unknown. 78 unnumbered pages, circa 1940's. A curious item from either a serious bookseller or collector of American authors' first books. Neither is the author identified nor is there a date in this carefully typed list. Since the latest item we noted is Margaret Mitchell's Gone With the Wind, we..... More
Seattle, Washington, [1943]: Published By Authority of Commanding General By the Material Command, Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio. First Edition. Octavo. 387pages and (35) page alphabetical index, fully illustrated with full page and folding pages showing every part of the B-29. Each page of text is marked Restricted. Copies are uncommon..... More
(Canam, New York, Dec. 1957 Issue.). Quarto. The book bonus for the Pulp "For Men Only" has one of the earliest pieces of Shaara's writings on the Civil War. This issue also containes Eugene Cunningham's "This Gun is the Law" and Louis L'Amour's "Survival of Mr. Dyea". A good copy..... More
1937. 4p. measuring 5" x 3" advertises Talking Pictures and Dancing at the Memorial Hall in Wolfeboro, Pineland (Center Ossipee) and at the Opera House in Sanbornville. Besides advertising dancing at these places and the Wolfeboro Casino there were a list of the talking movies of the time starring Shirley..... More
Denver: Np, 1889. First Edition. Octavo. Color die-cut booklet, with images. 48 pages of which 45 are color sketches of floats designed for the festival. With Colorado facing a severe depression from the Silver Crash of 1893, Major Hooper of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad proposed a festival that..... More
[S.l.:s.n.], 1795. Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Speckled boards, gilt decorative spine, spine paste-on has edge chips. 64pp. More
Np/Np/nd(ca,1900). An un-mounted chromolithographed French children's board game measuring 11 1/4" x 11 1/4" square with a circular game which looks like a pie cut into wedges, the cuts contain six rows of black numerals against a pink background radiating from a central gold decoration, each slice incorporates a colorful..... More
A full page ad for the Franklin car measuring "18 x 22". George Hageman, Distributor of the Franklin for Arizona, 2nd Street and Adams, Phoenix. One of the great early races occurred in Arizona's first year as a state. An air-cooled Franklin, driven by the legendary Ralph Hamlin, covered a...... More
Lisboa, Portugal: Junta De Investigacoes Colonials, 1956. Original Wraps. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall. 336p. [84] p. of plates. Portuguese text with summaries in French and English at the end of chapters. Profusely illustrated with photographs, folding plates of maps, etc. More
Front page of the Gazette in February 7, 1794 announces Stock Brokers Office, No. 16, Wall Street, Leonard Bleecker announces his specialty will be Purchase & Sale of Stocks as a stock broker. He also agrees to quickly process orders from Philadelphia, Boston or any other part of the United..... More
Morristown, NJ: General Douglas MacArthur Military Academy, 1970. First Edition. Quarto. Presentation copy. This copy is warmly inscribed by the Academy President to Senator Barry Goldwater. 96pp. Illustrated military school annual. Bound in full blue morocco with raised gilt armourial academy insignia. Near fine. More
London: William Clowes, 1822. Octavo. 401pp., (8)pp. publisher's ads. engraved vignette title page and regular title page. The books of the army regulations were often reprinted because of new advances in the military regulations, other times reprinted because of deletions of old regulations no longer of use. These books were..... More
1989. Folio. Color photographs. Text in English and Russian. More
London: Arms and Armour Press, 1977. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 186pp., index, fold-out maps. More
Syracuse, NY: Syracuse Public Library, 1928. Octavo. 30pp. A checklist of great writers, many of which are considered classics today. And this great time-piece lists the 'rising stars' that have all but been forgotten. staple bound in original pictorial wraps with photographs of various writers. Rear panel has crease and..... More
London: Will Goldston. Ltd., 1935. Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Vol # 1. Summer 1934 - Spring 1935. Some foxing to outer page edges. Light wear to all edges of binding. Prior owners name in ink and library stamp (Magic Circle Library) on loose end paper..... More
Ljubljana: Narodna Gallery, 1979. First Edition. Soft Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Czechoslovakian and English text. 8vo., 119pp. The essay on gothic art in Bohemia in two languages, followed by a long suite of color and b&w plates on paintings and sculpture. Bound in paper wraps, with..... More
Philadelphia: George R. Graham, 1845. Tall Octavo. 284p. Jan-December (complete). This is the issue with the frontispiece of Edgar Allen Poe, facing page 49 and the first published biography of him on pages 49-53. James Russell Lowell's article on Poe includes the following poems in the February issue: "To Helen"..... More
This cabinet card photograph of Company K, shows Civil War Veterans gathered at Bennington, Vermont in 1891 for their 30th reunion. A close examination shows most of the men have their unit insignia on their Civil War caps. The Encampment took place in conjunction with the Bennington Battle Monument Memorial..... More
Washingon, DC: Perdue, 1910. Orginal Wraps. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 26 unnumbered pages Published April, 1910. A glimpse into the humor and life of he Grand Canon (Grand Canyon) magazine published for the crew of U.S.S. Colorado. Publishes all the ports along the Pacific Coast and South..... More
Berlin: Staatsverlag Der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik, 1967. Quarto. Second Edition. 2. Ueberarbeitete und erweiterte Auflage. 461 pp. with plates. In original cloth and dust jacket. More
Rio De Janeiro: Ministerio Das Relacoes Exteriores, 1917. First Edition. Octavo. Text in Portuguese. 237pp. This is a deposition of scores of letters and memoranda, thoroughly covering the tension of the times. Bound in 3/4 brown morocco over brown pebble grained cloth, raised bands with compartments lettered and decorated in..... More
Noumea, New Caledonia: Noumea. Stapled Wraps. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Stapled wrap, with folded interior pages (~3). Noumea is the capital city on the Main Island of New Caledonia, in the French territory in the southwest Pacific. The pamphlet appears to be ca. 1930. The folded interior..... More
Davisville, RI: Military Training Department, 1944. First Edition. Loose Leaves. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 43pp. Efficient breakdown of chemical agents, cleanup, and treatment in war conditions. String-tied leaves, with two holes for ring-binder. Black title on manilla paper. More
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1895. Printed on paper as check to A.C.M.I. [Arizona Co-Operative Mercantile Institution] from R.C. Kinder in the amount of $4.55 to Joe L-? in Black Canyon, Arizona Territory. While perfectly legal, checks in Arizona Territory in the 1880's and 1890's were usually on printed bank stock. Joseph Fish had been..... More