![MEXICAN ART AND ARCHITECTURE / SPIRAL PRESS]. Casa Manana. Elizabeth Morrow, William Spratling](/pictures/thumb/3366.jpg?v=1614720302)
Croton Falls, NY: The Spiral Press, 1932. First Edition. 72 pp. Folio. Bound in original navy blue buckram, title gilt on front cover and spine, trifle wear along board edges, covers slightly scuffed, patterned blue and red endpapers. As is true in all copies, the textblock has a faint yellow/brown..... More
![WESTERN OVERLANDS]. Doniphan’s Expedition; Containing an Account of the Conquest of New Mexico;...](/pictures/thumb/3396.jpg?v=1612570624)
Cincinnati: U.P. James, 1847 (after). Later printing. 8vo. 144 pp. Title-page vignette, woodcut frontispiece, 3 full-page maps in text, 8 woodcut illustrations in text. Original wrappers (both front and back wrappers chipped with loss, some repairs). Some foxing throughout as is true in all copies. Uncut and largely unopened copy..... More
New York: Currier & Ives, 125 Nassau St. ca. 1870s. Original lithograph with hand-coloring (sheet size: 357 x 255 mm; image size without lettering: 315 x 200 mm), unmatted. Two marginal tears neatly repaired, one of which just touches image. Charming depicting of the Southern California coastline, being a romantic..... More
![TEXANA]. Exploration of the Red River of Louisiana, in the Year 1852 [33rd Congress, 1st Session,...](/pictures/thumb/3394.jpg?v=1612566662)
Third edition. COMPLETE SET of 2 vols. (text + Atlas). xv, [1], 286 pp. COMPLETE with 65 maps (plus one duplicate); Landscapes: I-XII; Geological Sections: 1, 3-11 (#2 not issued); Paleontology: 1-6; Zoology: 1-18 (plus duplicate of #5); Botanical: 1-17, 19-20 (#18 not issued). Original blind-stamped cloth, edges worn, outer..... More
![CALIFORNIA]. Sonoma County and Russian River Valley Illustrated. TOGETHER WITH: Map of Sonoma...](/pictures/thumb/3393.jpg?v=1612466834)
San Francisco: Published by Bell & Heymans, 1888. First Edition. Folio (350 x 258 mm). 86, ix, [1] pp., including fascinating advertisements. Original wrappers (chipped and foxed). Wrappers with two-color lithographs + 44 b/w lithographs illustrating the text (some extending over 2 pages), all by Britton & Rey, San Francisco..... More
![WOMEN IN THE WEST]. Prairie Sketches; or, Fugitive Recollections of an Army Girl of 1899. Mary...](/pictures/thumb/3392.jpg?v=1612466827)
Denver: [Privately Printed], n.d. (ca. 1899). First Edition. 8vo. (215 x 139 mm). 76 pp., photographic text illustrations (some full-page). Original green printed wrappers, slightly soiled, worn and chipped at head and tail, pencil inscription on back wrapper (SEE IMAGES), internally unmarked and unspoiled. NOT ex-library! A remarkable account of..... More
London: Cassell, 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. Large 8vo. xiv, 342 + vii, 342 [2] pp. With frontispieces in both volumes + 14 full-page plates. Original blue cloth, original dust-jackets. Text and jackets inexplicably FOXED (see images), but the paper is strong and free of all markings / stamps; jackets unchipped..... More
Austin, TX: Gammel Book Company, 1898, 1899, 1902, 1873. First Edition. Thick 8vo. Together 12 vols., COMPLETE. Contemporary lawbook bindings (sheep with red and black labels). Original owner's names scraped off spines of vols. I-XI, but this name is present on Paschal's Digest volume ("George Powell"). Front board of vol..... More
![EARLY WORK ON MISSOURI & MINING IN THE WEST]. Message of the President of the United States to...](/pictures/thumb/3386.jpg?v=1611628442)
Washington DC: Printed by William Duane & Son, 1804. First Edition. 8vo. (213 x 135 mm). [2], [1]-8, [11]-13 [1], [3]-22 pp., 1 blank f. (pagination irregular but the text is complete). Modern sympathetic wrappers. Sig. A with pronounced foxing, considerably less so in sigs. B and C. Stab holes..... More
![AUCTIONEER / CONFIDENCE MAN / MURDERER]. A Thrilling Story of James Hanahan alias James D....](/pictures/thumb/3384.jpg?v=1611618362)
N.p. [St. Louis?]: [Mrs. J.D. Burton], 1912. First Edition. 16mo. 2 blank ff., 32 pp., 2 blank ff. With reproductions of 5 photographs in the text. Original red printed wrappers bearing title, stapled as issued. Minor wear along spine fold, at one time folded vertically in half. In excellent state..... More
London: Printed by J. Macock for John Martyn, Henry Herringman, Richard Marriot, 1679. Second and most complete edition. Folio. With the engraved frontispiece portrait by William Marshall. Old calf, sympathetically rebacked. Frontipiece brilliantly inlaid with some loss; title-page with expert repairs crossing the text, a portion of lower corner replaced..... More
![Arkansas Map, ca. 1873]. Ross' New Sectional Map of the State of Arkansas [...] Compiled & drawn...](/pictures/thumb/3381.jpg?v=1611598743)
St. Louis: E.H. Ross, 1873 (or before). Lithograph map on banknote paper with original pale color wash for Arkansas counties; border to border: 86.3 x 73.2 cm; overall sheet size: 90 x 75.5 cm, ornate leaf border, folded into original brown blind-embossed pocket covers (15.5 x 10 cm), gilt-lettered on..... More
![Mexico, Constitution - 1843]. Proyecto de bases de organizacion para la República Mexicana,...](/pictures/thumb/3380.jpg?v=1611592274)
Mexico City: Inprenta (sic) del Aguila, dirigida por Jose Ximeno, calle de Medinas num. 6, 1843. First Edition. 12mo (195 x 118 mm). 3 ff., [3]-51 pp. Original yellow ornamental wrappers, stitched as issued (upper wrapper with 1" tear, some chips and soiling, spine slightly defective, insignificant marginal stain at..... More
![CHIVALRIC ROMANCE - GUY OF WARWICK]. The Renowned History (or the Life and Death) of Guy Earl of...](/pictures/thumb/3373.jpg?v=1611322213)
London: Printed by A.M. for C. Bates, at the Sun and Bible (etc.), 1710 (circa). Quarto (189 x 155 mm). 79 pp. + 1 p. ads. Illustrated with 16 woodcut illustrations (4 of the woodblocks are repeated). Last line of imprint cropped with loss of the words: "Spur-street, and by..... More
![NURSING]. Organization of Nursing [in a Large Town]. An Account of the Liverpool Nurses' Training...](/pictures/thumb/3290.jpg?v=1610773571)
Liverpool: A. Holden (et al.), 1865. First Edition. 8vo. [8], 9-103 pp. With frontispiece and 1 plate (both depicting the Liverpool Nurses' Training School). Original flexible blue cloth, upper cover stamped in gilt with price: 2/6 (spine repaired, covers soiled, title-page and frontispiece toned and tipped in). DEDICATED TO FLORENCE..... More
![BIBLIOMANIA]. Le Bibliomane. Vingt-quatre compositions de Maurice Leloir. Charles Nodier, Maurice...](/pictures/thumb/3355.jpg?v=1610557501)
Paris: [Imprimerie Generale Lahure for]: Librairie de L. Conquet, 1894. 12mo. Contemporary burgundy levant morocco gilt extra by H.E. Laskine: triple gilt fillet around sides enclosing a blue morocco inlaid frame, turn-ins similarly gilt and inlaid, silk moire pastedowns and endpapers, the verso (and the recto opposite) of comb-marbled paper..... More
Boerne, Texas: J.C. Reinhard, 1905 (?). Photograph (163 x 105 mm) in good condition (tiny portion of top edge nicked); mounted on thick gray card (215 x 155 mm) in good condition (edges worn, abrasions affecting two letters of the photographer's name R[EI]NHARD). RARE AND EXTREMELY EARLY PHOTOGRAPHIC VIEW OF..... More
S.l. 1840-1860 (?). Small photograph (89 x 58 mm), irregularly trimmed; mounted on card (99 x 61 mm), likewise irregularly trimmed. Identified on card verso and recto in two different hands; on verso "Taken at the time UTC written." Print thumb-soiled; on subject's face a small portion of print flaked..... More
![SAN FRANCISCO WOMEN'S MAGAZINE]. The Hesperian. (Vol. II, No. 5). Mrs. F. A. Day, Hermione](/pictures/thumb/3347.jpg?v=1610661063)
San Francisco: Mrs. F.A. Day, 1859 (July). First Edition. Large 8vo. (253 x 170 mm). [193]-240 pp., 8 pp. ads at end. With a two-color lithograph portrait of Isaac J. Sparks; hand-colored lithograph of a Bearded Jay. Original illustrated wrappers (repaired), the front cover being a steel engraving by the..... More
![WOMAN AUTHOR]. A Woman's Error. Bertha M. Clay, pseud. of Charlotte Mary Brame](/pictures/thumb/3345.jpg?v=1609701123)
Chicago: M.A. Donahue & Company, 1900. 8vo. [2], 247 pp. Textblock weak and age-toned as is true of all copies on account of the cheap quality of the paper. Original publisher's green cloth, decoratively stamped in black and red (worn and somewhat soiled at head and tail, but generally in..... More
London: Tho. Cotes, for Robert Allot, 1632. [The Second Impression]. Folio (305 x 210 mm; 12 x 8"). Paginated 277-303. Large woodcut headpiece. Bound by Bernard Middleton in full calf antique, tooled to a Cambridge design: contrasting paneled boards with outer frame and inner panel sprinkled, fillets and corner ornaments..... More
Northampton, Mass. Smith College, 1932. First Edition. Large folio (460 x 315 mm). [6], 95, [2] pp. With 32 large silver gelatin photographs numbered I-XXXII (most measuring ca. 255 x 150 mm) and 2 small photographs in the text. Original blue cloth stamped in white (minor shelf-wear as expected with..... More
New York: United States Book Company, 1891. First American edition. 8vo. [2], 272, [1] pp. + 6 pp. advertisements. Original green quarter cloth over light green cloth boards, spine stamped in gilt, upper cover stamped in green (spine leaning, front board nicked, trifle wear at spine ends, minor toning or..... More
Mexico City: Fondo de Cultura Economica, 1988. First Edition. 2 vols., folio. 382; 414 pp. Profusely illustrated with reproductions of title-pages throughout. Original publisher's cloth, original dust-jackets (spines sunned). THE STANDARD BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ART BOOKS PRINTED IN MEXICO FROM 1554 TO 1760. Each item is meticulously described and there are..... More
![SECOND FOLIO 1632]. "Romeo and Juliet" (bound with: Titus Andronicus, Coriolanus, and Troylus and...](/pictures/thumb/3326.jpg?v=1609739462)
London: Tho. Cotes, for Robert Allot, 1632. 106 pp. Collation: aa-hh6, ii5 (sic. cc signed "bb"). Text printed in two columns. One column of fol. gg4 (p. 79/80) in Titus Andronicus with 4.5" x 4" facsimile, affecting 24 lines of text and the running title of the play, extended into..... More
