Chicago: M.A. Donohue & Co., ca. 1915? Square 4to., stapled as issued. 6 leaves (12 pp.) including front cover and back cover, all printed on soft linen. Front and back cover plus 4 other pages printed in color, the rest monochrome (printed in blue/green) allowing for hand-coloring. VERY WORN and... More
Paris: [Noel-Jacques] Pissot, 1786 (i.e. 1787). First Edition. 8vo. [20], 206, 205-324, 15, [1] pp. Collation: a4 b8 (leaf b1/b4 bound out of order) c2 A-Tt4 A8, COMPLETE. Bound in original "temporary" drab wrappers pasted onto a printed waste, including a printed sheet of spine titles for a multi-volume edition... More
Newark, NJ: 1903. Single sheet, front and back. [11.5 x 8.5 inches]. Printed on trichromatic paper by Dill & Collins, Philadelphia, PA. Some age toning and faint stains. A very attractive piece of color printing, well designed and artistically executed. This is the 12th and last circular in the series "Jaenecke's... More
![First Spanish Emblem Book]. Emblemas Morales de Don Iuan de Horozco y Covarruuias, Arcediano de...](/pictures/thumb/2892.JPG?v=1571265845)
Zaragoza: Alonso Rodriguez, 1603-1604. Third Edition. 8vo. Three parts in one volume. Part 1: A-L8 (B4 mistakenly signed A4). Foliated 1-88. Parts 2-3: A-Z8, Aa-Ee8. Foliated [7], 201, 16. Altogether 320 ff. COMPLETE. Illustrated. Bound in early Spanish 19th-century marbled calf (or sheep?) with marbled endleaves, thin ornamental roll along... More
New York: Isaac Collins and Son, For John Murray, 1802. Tenth Edition, Corrected and Greatly Enlarged. 12mo in 6's. A-Z6, Aa-Bb6, COMPLETE. Two binder's leaves at front and back. Paginated: xi, [1], 280 pp. Bound in contemporary American tree sheep, single gilt roll along recessed bands and head and foot... More
![Tulip Mania]. Tooneel van Flora. Vertonend: grondelijcke Redens-ondersoekinge, vanden Handel der...](/pictures/thumb/2888.JPG?v=1571330224)
Amsterdam: Ioost Broersz, 1637. 4to. A4-C4, D2 [i.e. 28 unnumbered pages]. Bound in old paper wrappers. Some slightly browning, faint water damage at upper right corner of fols. 1-2, title-page with small paper repair in upper corner; final gathering (2 ff.) slightly detached from rest of textblock. Pasted onto the... More
Paris: Librairie Centrale des Beaux-Arts, 1904. First Edition. Folio (385 x 295 mm). Title-page (color collotype) + 50 color collotype plates after original photographs. Loose as issued in original cloth-backed illustrated boards (soiled, very worn and partially defective), three pair of cloth ties, all present. Title-page with original ownership stamp... More
![March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom [ORIGINAL LINCOLN MEMORIAL PROGRAM FLYER]. Civil Rights,...](/pictures/thumb/2886.JPG?v=1571080046)
1963. Pamphlet. Original printed Lincoln Memorial Program scheduled for August 28. 1963 during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Folded as issued (5 1/2' x 8 1/2"). 4 pages. Faint horizontal fold mark across the middle, otherwise in extraordinary condition. Very significant artifact of 20th century Americana which... More
![1920s Manuscript]. Westernized and Traditional Japanese Fashion for Women, Men, and Children,...](/pictures/thumb/1648.jpg?v=1570727075)
Late Taisho / early Show era (1920s). Oblong folio (225 x 195 mm). 30 leaves, stitched (modern threading). Preserved in mylar L-sleeve backed with lig-free board. Highly curious Japanese manuscript produced during the Roaring Twenties, being an amalgamation of Westernized and traditional Japanese fashion. Our manuscript was no doubt created... More
![Manuscript]. [Early Philadelphia binding]. [Commonplace Album of Poetry]. Sarah Kinsey Hayhurst,...](/pictures/thumb/2885.jpg?v=1570679422)
Philadelphia: 1840. Quarto (245 x 195 mm). 174 pp., all filled with neat cursive writing. Contemporary, no doubt Philadelphia, binding of diced russia calf, richly gilt: wide gilt border around sides, central frame on both covers, on the front the name of the first owner gilt: SARAH K. HAYHURST; smooth... More
![Mormons and Mormonism]. The Millennial Harbinger. Alexander Campbell](/pictures/thumb/2884.jpg?v=1570679415)
Bethany, Virginia: Printed and Published by the Editor, 1830-1831. First Edition. 2 volumes, 8vo (202 x 120 mm - 8" x 4.75"), contemporary Kentucky sheep, morocco spine labels. COMPLETE unbroken monthly run of the first two volumes, from Volume I, Number 1 (January 4, 1830) to Volume II, No. 12... More
![March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom [ORIGINAL LINCOLN MEMORIAL PROGRAM FLYER]. Civil Rights,...](/pictures/thumb/2883.JPG?v=1570679414)
1963. Pamphlet. Original printed Lincoln Memorial Program scheduled for August 28. 1963 during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Single-fold, 4 pages, vertical fold mark across the middle. Some stain marks, toning on lower half of the fold on the front page, (unrelated?) penciled number on back page... More
Alabama (?): 1870s. Small 4to (245 x 190 mm). 26 pp. of manuscript entries on lined paper, bound with brads along the top edge (worn). Evidence of what may have been a cover sheet at front and back. Overall toning and soiling. Preserved in a lig-free phase box. Highly curious... More
Boston: John Weston, 1824. 12mo. [2], i-xiii, 14-216, [2] pp. Contemporary American mottled tree calf (or sheep?), red spine label, modest gilt rolls on the spine. Staining to outer margins at front and back as offsetting from the leather turn-ins, some browning as seems to be true in all copies... More
Jogjakarta, Indonesia: Departmen (sic) Perindustrian Rakjat, ca. 1950. Cloth. Oblong quarto. Two preliminary text leaves + 9 leaves with actual batik samples along with description and small mounted photos of persons making the fabric. Original samples measure 5 1/2" x 7 1/2". Printed map of Java on rear inside cover... More
Early 1960s. Loose_leaf. Important archive of original artwork for Dr Pepper soft drink advertising, most likely generated by artists and marketing staff of Grant Advertising Inc. Collection consists of 59 total items, 15 large and 44 small pieces, including 40 original drawings. Material includes a Dr. Pepper trademark specification sheet... More
![Child Rearing and Quack Medicine]. Shoni Yoiku Kogane no Ishizue. Teikan Ishida](/pictures/thumb/2880.jpg?v=1570632375)
Edo: Yamagataya Isuke...[et al.], colophon reads Bunkyu 2. 1862 (i.e. 1864). Revised and enlarged. Small 4to. (223 x 156 mm). 30 ff., complete. Original wrappers sewn in the oriental style (Fukurotojii), lightly worn and with a few small marks. A statement of the efficacy of a medicine is tipped-in to... More
![Taxil Freemasonry Hoax]. Le Diable au XIXe siecle, ou les mysteres du spiritisme. La...](/pictures/thumb/2879.jpg?v=1570718284)
Paris: 1893-1894. 2 vol., 4to. 964 + 960 pp., respectively. Illustrated with a number of (wood?) engravings. Bound in black quarter-sheep with marbled paper boards, smooth spine bearing gilt rolls; marbled pastedowns and endleaves. Advertisement for other works of occultism and freemasonry, including works by Abel Clarin de La Rive... More
![Medical Advertisement]. To the Public - Dr. Ward's Vegetable Asthmatic Pills. Thomas Hollis](/pictures/thumb/2878.JPG?v=1570632375)
Boston: D. Hooton, 1834 (ca.). Broadside, printed one-side on rag paper. Floral woodcut boarder. Tear along top margin, affecting woodcut border, repaired on verso with tape, small spots along left edge. Preserved in mylar L-sleeve backed with lig-free board. Scarce promotional broadside issued by Thomas Hollis, of Boston, a mid-19th... More
San Francisco: Louis Roesch Co., c. 1890s. Single leaf, red-brown color, some tears and small chips along the edges. Advertisement for a school children's "Play Day" at the Sutro Baths in San Francisco, which included bell ringing, acrobatic feats, dancing, and a special performance from the London Patomime and Comedy... More
London: William and George Law, 1850. Pamphlet. Small octavo. 46 pp. Original printed paper wrapper cover, front cover is slightly chipped around the edges. Leaves 11-14 have come loose from the stitching. Pages are age-toned. Contains two illustrations of various coffee-making processes and equipment on ff. 11r and 14v. Bookplate... More
![Scarce WWII Ephemera]. Report on the Flying Bomb: ID 549. British Information Services](/pictures/thumb/2872.JPG?v=1570632367)
Sept. 1944. 8vo. 14pp., original wrappers, stapled as issued. Illustrated with diagrams of German aircraft and bombs. Browned and very brittle on account of the wartime quality paper production. An alarming, extremely urgent report on the German "Flying Bomb" or V-1 Flying Bomb, issued the Ministry of Information on Sept... More
![Sci-Fi Fanzine]. The Journal of Science Fiction. Charles Freudenthal, Edward Wood](/pictures/thumb/2871.JPG?v=1570632355)
Chicago: Charles Freudenthal, 1953. Vol. 1 No. 4. 8vo. Original illustrated wrappers, stapled as issued. 80 pp. Original typescript containing articles, reviews, and a bibliography, with reproductions of photographs and diagrams throughout. Includes a 1952 index of other science fiction and fantasy magazines at the end. Some age-toning and wear... More
![IRELAND TROUBLES]. Archive of manuscript sermon material, ca. 1930s-1970s, containing over 150...](/pictures/thumb/2870.jpg?v=1570131928)
1930s-1970s. Archive of manuscript sermon material from 1930s-1970s of an influential Northern Ireland Presbyterian pastor, Rev. James A. McFarland (1904-1987), including over 150 sketches, outlines, and complete manuscripts. Meticulously organized chronologically in folders, and preserved in a large Hollinger box. MANUSCRIPT SERMONS WRITTEN DURING THE IRISH TROUBLES. James A. McFarland..... More
Midlothian & Waxahachie, TX: Penn Jones Publications, 1983 (Jun. 22). Vol. 7 No. 11. Staplebound. Original photocopy, original texts mainly typescript, profusely illustrated with reproductions of photographs, diagrams, maps, charts, and published articles from newspapers or magazines. Pioneering Texas newsletter whose original mission was to debunk the Warren Commission report;... More
