Barcelona, Spain: Imprenta Sucesor F. Sanchez, 1906. Small 8vo. 352pp. Numerous black & white photo-illustrations. Original green & creme decorative wraps with black lettering. Catalogue of textiles, fabrics and art objects. More
Boston, MA: P. P. Caproni and Brother, 1911. Cloth. 4to. 236pp. Hundreds of photo-illustrations. Original green cloth boards with dark green lettering to spine and cover. More
New York: Century Company, 1886. 1st. Hard Cover. Small quarto; viii, 964 pages. More
The collection includes 4 color postcards (used) - two have post dates of 1911 and 1914,the other two not discernible. Curiously, one post card depicts a woman holding a dog with the title "Why did doggie's master run away?" The collection also includes 3 color business advertisements Champion Chemical Works..... More
ca. 1930. 3 1/2 x 5 1/2". 7 photos show images of Indonesians, Africans and Caucasians in various activies; 6 photos show images of city streets & buildings; 1 of boats in a harbor; 7 photos show images of country scenery, bridges, the beach, and horses & cattle; two images..... More
Boston: National Economic League, 1922. 1st. Original wrappers. First Edition. Includes addresses by Edward A. Filene, Arthur Nash, Julius Henry Cohen and Alexander Irvine presented to The Economic Club of New York, May 3rd, 1922 with the Hon. George W. Wickersham presiding. 8vo. 45pp. Grey printed wrappers. Light wear; pencil..... More
Carmel-by-the-Sea: More-Curtis - Printed at the Carmel Pine Cone Press. (10 1/2" x 5 3/4"). Folding stiff grey printed & illustrated softcover. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner menu printed inside and on rear cover. Paperclipped is 2 printed sheets with additional menu items. Light foxing and spotting on front cover; a...... More
London: UN Information Organizations, 1945. 1st. Hardbound. Quarto, 718 pages. 'General'. More
London: UN Information Organizations, 1945. 1st. Hardbound. Quarto, 553 pages. 'Delegation Chairmen, Steering Committee, Executive Committee'. More
Shanghai: North China Herald, 1902-1905. First Edition. Volumes I - IV. Small 4to. Various paginations. Illustrated throughout with colored images, frontispiece with tissue guards, folding plates, drawings, fold-out map of Pootoo, "China's Sacred Island." Previous owner name "Lucy Ayers Pitman" and dated Nov. 27, 1915. Mrs. Pitman was the wife..... More
San Francisco: The Colt Press, 1938 - 1940. First Edition. Oblong 12mo. 55; 52; 63 pp. Woodcuts by Mallette Dean; Drawings by Lena Peters. Stiff paper covered illustrated boards with cloth backing in fine condition; housed in publisher's box with title label on front in near fine condition (split to..... More
Tokyo: The Nation's Friend Publishing Co., 1897. First Edition. Octavo; 540-638pp , photographs, illustrations plus ads. Good only (very fragile, spine mostly perished and splitting, library stamps) in tan wrappers. Volume II., Number 11, Whole No. 22 November 20th, 1987. Frontis photo of Baron Nishi and Mr. Hamao. Issue features..... More
Monterey, CA: The Monterey Jazz Festival, 1963. First Edition. 8 1/2" x 11". 32 pp. Includes photographs and biographies for the festival's many performers, such as: Bob Dylan, Peter, Paul, and Mary, The Weavers, The Rooftop Singers, Barbara Dane, The Modern Folk Quartet, Kajsa Ohman, The New Lost City Ramblers..... More
New York: Catalyst, 1993. 1st. Softcover. Quarto, 59 pages. More
1968. 7" x 5 1/2" autograph note matted in simple wood frame (13 1/4" x 11 1/2"). Dated December 2, 1968, Clementine gives her heartfelt thanks to Mr. O'Connell for thinking of her on her husband's birthday. (Winston was born November 30, 1874 and died January 24, 1965). Fine condition..... More
The manuscript note (3 1/2" x 4 1/2") reads "Genoa, March 20, 1890. Dear Sir, For me and for Peppina, thank you then for the 40th time; and we hope to see you again some time - Yours truly G. Verdi". Peppina was Verdi's wife, Giuseppina Strepponi, the great dramatic..... More
Frankfurt: Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft, 1981. 1st. Hard Cover. Folio; 248 pages. Text in German, English, French and Spanish. More
Chicago: Rock Island Lines, 1937. Small 4to [32] pp. Photographic illustrations. color illustrated wrappers in fine condition. A striking and early promotional brochure to encourage tourists to visit the Southwest, Arizona and California. Various sites include El Paso, TX; Carlsbad Caverns National Park; Juarez, Mexico; Tucson; Phoeniz; San Diego; Coronado;..... More
New York: Gustav H. Schwab, 1896. 1st. Oblong 8vo (6" x 9"). Numerous black & white photo-illustrations. Original grey wraps with 3 holes 7 string tie at left edge; decorative design and blue lettering to front cover. Early travel guide through Tangier, Gibraltar, Granada, Sevilla, Cordova, Madrid and Toledo. Text..... More
Vienna: International Atomic Energy Agency, 1974. 1st. Paperback. Three octavo volumes 233, 359 and 333 pages. More
Peking: Pei-T'ang Press, 1888. Original wrappers. First Edition. Tall 8vo.vi, [2], 7-52 pp. Folding sketch map of Peking and its environs. In English with occasional text in Chinese. Purple wrappers with black lettering. Lacking Plan of the City of Peking (facsimile copy of the plan laid in); rear wrapper cover..... More
Wailuku: The Maui Publishing Co., 1935. First Edition. Small folio (12" x 9 1/4"). 99 pp. 6 full-page photograpic reproductions; iIllustrations; business advertisements. Color pictorial wrappers in very good condition (rear cover has neatly pulled away from text block; staining to upper corner on cover and first few pages) Scarce..... More
Honolulu, HI: Paradise of the Pacific. Softcover. Quarto. 96pp. Beautiful color and black & white illustrations. Original color illustrated wrappers. More than 70 years of continuous monthly publication, under the reigh of King Kalakaua and the Territory of Hawaii...this issue being the Specifal Commemorative and Souvenir Edition as the first..... More
San Francisco, CA: American Principle, Inc., 1959. 1st. Spiral Bound. 4to. 436pp. Illustrations. Stiff black simulated leather covers with gold spiral binding and lettering. A Compilation with Marginal Notes and Illustrative Charts "... to assist students of Self-Government who believe that Christianity is the master principle of the American Constitution."..... More
