Whittier, CA: The Daily News and East Whittier Review, 1969. 1st. Paperback. 15" x 11 1/2" magazine. 72pp. Printed on newsprint paper. Profusely illustrated. Color printed wrappers in near fine condition. Scarce Nixon presidential collectible. Special edition of Whittier's two newspapers published in honor of the Nixon family and the..... More
New York: Social Register Association, 1935. First Edition. 12mo. 197 pp. 1 pp Dilatory Domiciles printed on salmon paper at front. Black cloth with red ruling and lettering. Small spot to lower front board else a fine copy. Contains full names and addresses of members of prominent families grouped together..... More
St. Helena, CA: Silverado Publishing Company, 1975. 1st. Hardcover. Limitied #2655 of 3336 copies. Oblong 4to. 263pp. Bibliography. Photo-illustrations. SIGNED by the author. Brown padded gilt decorated blindstamped leatherette in near fine condition (minor wear). Next day shipping. Celebrating our 15th year - all domestic orders ship with Delivery Confirmation..... More
Garden City: Doubleday, 1982. Advance uncorrected proofs. Paperback. Octavo; 9x0, 463pp. Fine copy in yellow wrappers. Next day shipping. Celebrating our 20th year - all domestic orders ship with Delivery Confirmation Tracking Number - Images available upon request. More
Saint Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1968. 1st. Hardcover. INSCRIBED to former Stanford President Richard Lyman & his wife by the author to the ffep; ALS laid in. First edition. 8vo. 159pp, including notes and index. Purple leatherette covered boards; gilt titles to spine; original illustrated dust jacket. Book is fine..... More
New York: Brewer and Warren, (1930). First Edition. 8vo. [iv], 325 pp. Full-page map. Red cloth with black design & lettering in publisher's color illustrated dustjacket designed by George Annand. Small bookseller label inside rear cover; light spotting on one page; else a fine, bright copy. Here is "...the story..... More
[St. Louis]: St. Louis Public Library, [1912]. 1st. Original wrappers. 12mo; 48 pages illustrated with 19 photographs. Original beige stapled wraps with title and date and design element printed to front cover. General soiling/darkening, a few stray marks to front cover, o/w a Very Good copy. More
Harrisburg, PA: Eagle Books, 1956. 1st. Hardcover. #208 of Limited First Edition. Octavo. xxiv, 342pp. Index. Maps; illustrations. Brown leatherette with gilt lettering, map endpapers in near fine condition (slight wear at spine ends; mild abrasion to rear board; owner name). SIGNED by the author on the limitation page. The..... More
Webster Groves MO: City of Webster Groves, 1975. 1st. Hardcover. Octavo; (vi), 282 pages. Inscribed on ffep 'To ---/All best wishes from a/long time friend/Clarissa Start/Dec. 1975' Laid in is a Jan. 13, 1976 review of the book. More
Np: Mystic Seaport Museum, 1992. 1st. Paperback. First edition. 4to. 158pp, including appendix and bibliography. Black & white illustrations; facsimile copies of documents. Rose color wrappers; titles and illustration to front board; titles to spine. A fine copy. More
[Washington DC]: United States Patent Office, 1920. First Edition. 8 1/2" x 11" U.S. Patent Office application (attached to a 7" x 11 1/4" sheet containing 3 drawings illustrating the concept. Fine condition. On October 23, 1919 Winifred S. (Mother) Stoner (c1870-1931) applied for a patent for 'a new and..... More
Portola Valley CA: Woodside Priory School 2008, 2008. 1st. Hardcover. Quarto; 181 pages. New, unread copy in Near Fine dust jacket.t. Next day shipping. Celebrating our 15th year - all domestic orders ship with Delivery Confirmation Tracking Number - Images available upon request. More
Np: Walsworth Publishing Company, (1982). 1st. Hardcover. Quarto; 528 pages. More
New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1957. 1st. Leather bound. 8vo. 242 pp. Index. Black & white photo-illustrations. The owner's name 'Walker G. Stone' is stamped in gilt to front cover; Stone was vice president of the company and editor-in chief of the Professional and Reference Book Division (pictured on..... More
Pella IA: The Booster Press, 1922. 1st. Hardcover. First Edition quarto; 344pp. Near Fine copy in brown leathette with raised title and device, b/w illustrations. Next day shipping. Celebrating our 20th year - all domestic orders ship with Delivery Confirmation Tracking Number - Images available upon request. More
New York: The Fund For the Advancement of Education, 1957. 1st. Paperback. 8vo. 117pp. Tables. Printed wraps in near fine condition (minor wear to extremities). More
New York: W.W. Norton, 1954. 1st. Ho. Octavo, 211 pages. More
New York: Gould Banks & Co., 1843. Second Edition Revised and Greatly Enlarged. Hard Cover. Octavos; in early 3/4 morocco and marbled boards. More
Rochelle, Illinois: The Rochelle News, 1922. 1st. Hardcover. SIGNED by George W. Unger, Commissioner for Public Health and Safety. First edition. 8vo. 266pp. Black & white illustrations. Brown cloth covered boards; gilt titles on red leather label to spine. Light wear to extremities, more so to spine ends and corners..... More
Boston: Press of Emery and Hughes, 1887. First Edition. Both copies are from the family of Robert Lockhart of Co. C First Maine Cavalry, with their pencil notations indicating passage from grandfather to father and grandfather to grandson. Copy 1: Large 8vo. 735, [1] pp. 69 photographic plates comprising 307..... More
Tombstone, AZ. The Tombstone Epitaph, 1967. First Edition. INSCRIBED "To Rick Reese, a good friend and fellow struggler in the world of journalism. Ben T. Traywick". Richard Langton Reese (1942 - 2022) was an environmental activist who founded the Greater Yellowstone Coalition and an alpinist who participated in the North..... More
London & New York: Whittaker, Treacher, & Co., 1832. Hervieu, Auguste. 1st. Hardcover. Complete in One Volume. Reprinted for the Booksellers. First American Edition. 8vo. viii, 325pp. 8 black & white tissue-guarded plates by Auguste Hervieu. Original blue-green cloth covered boards; titles to paper label on the spine. Moderate wear..... More
Boston: Wells and Lilly, 1823. 1st. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. x, 508p, [2]. Black & white frontispiece; engragings. Full leather hardback with wear to extremities & spine; numerous amateur repairs, including covering the boards in clear packing tape, and using the same tape to repair loose prelims; internally clean; a...... More
Washington, D.C. US Civil Rights Commission, 1998. Softcover. Quarto, 52 pages; Stapled Wraps. 'A Summary Report, Background Paper and Transcript'. More
Washington DC: Ritchie and Heiss, 1847. 1st. Hardcover. Thick 8vo. xlix, [1]; 704; 111, [1]; 74 pp. 6 large fold-out charts; 9 folding maps. Original leather binding with red gilt lettered title label to spine. A good copy (boards holding by strings (more so to front board); some loss to..... More