Chicago: Continental Publishing, 1885. Folio. 192 pp. Illustrations (some in color); color maps. Gilt-decorated brown cloth. Front hinge cracked and partially holding; wear to covers & corners, previous owner name; a good copy. World atlas with geographic descriptions, sketches of places, etc. More
Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1893. 1st. Softcover. 1st edition thus. Octavo; 186 pages. More
Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1906. 1st. Softcover. 1st edition thus. Octavo; 258 pages. Next day shipping. Celebrating our 20th year - all domestic orders ship with Delivery Confirmation Tracking Number - Images available upon request. More
San Francisco: [Recorder Print. and Pub. Co.], April 5, 1909. First Edition. 8vo. 15 pp. Printed staplebound wrappers in very good condition (water stain on lower edges; light general wear). Scarce pamphlet on early San Francisco water issues; only 4 copies located in online institutions. Full title: Report of special..... More
Sacramento: State Office, 1892. Full Leather. 8vo. 45pp. Blue morocco with gilt lettering and decorative stamping to spine and boards; "E.G. Waite" gilt stamp to lower front board; all edge gilt; marble endpapers; decorative gilt stamping to inside board edges. A report of the transactions of the State Board of..... More
New York: Da Capo Press, 1975 - 1988. 8vo. Various paginations. Red cloth with silver lettering. Uniformly fine condition. The titles, authors and publication dates include: Jazz: Its Evolution and Essence, Andre Hodeir (1975) Music on My Mind, Willie the Lion Smith (1975) Jack Teagarden, Jay D. Smith & Len..... More
Philadelphia: Royal Electrotype Company, 1929. First Edition. Small 4to. 53 pp. Frontispiece. black & white photo-illustrated plates depicting printing techniques. Business card for Royal Electrotype Co. employee (salesman?) laid in. Striking gilt, green brown & orange decorative wrappers in near fine condition (with minor wear to sine ends; minor foxing..... More
Paris: OECD Publications, 2006. 1st. Paperback. Quartos; 377 pages and 443 pages. More
San Francisco: Published by Herrman Cohen, (ca. 1890). Uncommon viewbook of San Francisco in the latter 19th century (5 1/4" x 7 1/4"). 16 leaves with 50 photo-lithographs plus single-page panorama, within floral borders. Photolithography by Louis Glaser, Leipzig. Pictorial color cloth covers, with original silk tie; floral endpapers. Light..... More
San Juan Bautista, CA: San Juan Valley Improvement Club, ca. 1906. 12mo. [31] pp, unnumbered. Illustrations. Grey illustrated staplebound wrappers in near fine condition. The town of San Juan Bautista is one of the oldest incorporated towns in California, receiving its original charter in 1854. This little booklet gives an..... More
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1893. First Edition. Oblong 8vo (9" x 11"). 6 photo-gravure plates with tissue guards. Cream cloth spine extending 3" into covers, elaborate silver design on front; over floral ribbed-paper covered boards; cream cloth tips at corners. A very good copy (wear slong edges; light..... More
Published by Glacier Park Company, ca. 1910. Oblong 4to (10 1/4" x 13 1/4"). 12 leaves of hand-colored plates, after photographs by T.J. Hileman. Stiff cream softcover with striking graphic design & lettering on front cover; blue silk string tie with white tassells. A fine copy in somewhat worn &..... More
Chicago: Curt Teich & Company published exclusively for The Southern Pacific Lines, 1923. World History. Oblong 8vo. title page, [2pp] listing titles and descriptions for each color image; full-page map depicting much of the United States of America beginning east of Chicago along a line with New Orleans and detailing..... More
Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1884. 1st. Hard Cover. 1st edition thus. Quarto; [xii], 412 pages. With 'Lists and Distinguishing Signals of Vessels' in color. Next day shipping. Celebrating our 20th year - all domestic orders ship with Delivery Confirmation Tracking Number - Images available upon request. More
Hilton Head Island, SC: Transducers Research Foundat, 1994. 1st. Softcover. Quarto, (xvi) 267pp. Errata label to inside front cover. More
[San Francisco, CA]: Southern Pacific Railroad, [1910]. 1st. Hardcover. First Edition. Oblong 8vo. Unpaginated. Profusely illustrated with black & white photo-reproductions; photo-plate of the Mallet Compound Freight Engine built for Southern Pacific Sierra Grades; advertisements; includes portraits of Southern Pacific employees as well as the Athletic Association teams. Flexible black..... More
[New York]: [Wittemann Bro.], [1881]. First Edition. 16mo. Accordian-fold view book with 20 heliotype views from photographs on 6 leaves (13 x 100 cm, folded to 13 x 9 cm). Cream cloth with black design & lettering to front cover. Stain to front cover else a near fine copy of..... More
E. B. Lewis, distributor, ca. 1880s. Leporello album (3 1/4 x 5"). 12 captioned photolithographic images of various buildings in early San Jose. Gold embossed dark green covers, red cloth spine. Minor wear else a fine copy of this scarce tourist souvenir; we find only two copies of this size..... More
Concord, N.H. Rufus Merrill, ca. 1840s. 12mo. 16 pp. 8 woodcuts (including front cover). Title page stating "Part III. Stories About Dogs," with no imprint statement. Advertising for Rufus Merrill Toy and Juvenile Books on rear cover.Printed tan wrappers, stab-stitched. Light wear else a fine copy. Sections titled: The Dog;..... More
Moscow: Soviet Publishing House, 1966. 1st. Hardcover. 8vo. 708pp. Blue cloth. English-Russian-French-Spanish--Italian-German-Dutch. More
Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1900. 1st. Hard Cover. 1st edition thus. Quarto; [vii], 423 pages. Next day shipping. Celebrating our 20th year - all domestic orders ship with Delivery Confirmation Tracking Number - Images available upon request. More
San Francisco: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco: California Palace of the Legion of Honor, 1973. 1st. Paperback. Quarto. 175pp; Bibliography. Numerous full page color and black & white illustrations. Selections from the Norton Simon Inc. Museum of Art and the Norton Simon Foundation. More
London: Houlston, N.d. (1881). 5th Edition, Revised. Boards. Small octavo. (v0 (3) 188pp. Large folding map and numerous copperplate and wood engravings (including headpieces). Dark red diced fabricoid backed in black to simulate leather; paper title lable. An uncommon book, so successful in its time that it went into this..... More
Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1889. 1st. Hard Cover. 1st edition thus. Quarto; [xlv], 423 pages. With 'Lists and Distinguishing Signals of Vessels' in color. Next day shipping. Celebrating our 20th year - all domestic orders ship with Delivery Confirmation Tracking Number - Images available upon request. More
Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1893. 1st. Hard Cover. 1st edition thus. Quarto; [lv], 457 pages. With 'Lists and Distinguishing Signals of Vessels' in color. Next day shipping. Celebrating our 20th year - all domestic orders ship with Delivery Confirmation Tracking Number - Images available upon request. More