![GRABORN PRESS]. The Tragedie of Iulius Caesar (i.e. The Tragedy of Julius Caesar). Pictures...](/pictures/thumb/3325.jpg?v=1608408124)
San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1954. First edition thus. Large folio. [2], LIV, [1] ff. Printed in red and black. With 7 half-page linoleum-cut illustrations by Mary Grabhorn. Original publisher's boards after a design by Grabhorn, red morocco spine (slight nicks at head and tail). Very light occasional foxing as..... More
London: Longman (et al.), 1859. First Edition. 8vo. xii, 308 pp. With folding map of the eastern U.S. and Canada with original outline coloring and author's route in red. Later 3/4 black roan over dark green boards (edges somewhat worn). Map neatly repaired; on title the author's name written in..... More
New York: Cassel, 1885. First Edition. 16mo. [2], 190 pp. Original publisher's brown gilt- and silver embossed decorated cloth, a.e.g. A bright copy in excellent condition, almost flawless. When does a ranching story have nothing to do with ranching? This book "is without either story or ranch; it is about..... More
Randolph, NY: 1890-1893. 8vo. 88 leaves, on the rectos (and some verso) are pasted newspaper cuttings, texts, portraits, MS notes, and some drawings; at end three newspaper cuttings loosely inserted. Contemporary leather covers stitched with cord in the Japanese style (see below). In excellent condition. This album -- compiled by..... More
![Poems [Second Series] Edited by two of her Friends. Emily Dickinson](/pictures/thumb/3293.jpg?v=1608177950)
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1891. First Edition. 8vo. 1 blank leaf, 1 f. (recto blank, verso with publisher's advertisement announcing prices for the First and Second series), 2 ff. facsimile of Dickinson's manuscript of "Renunciation" which appeared in the First Series), 230 pp., 1 blank leaf. Original grey cloth, gilt, top..... More
Washington DC: T. Barnard, Printer, 1846. 8vo. 16 pp. + final blank. Extracted from a bound volume. Title-page inscription cropped, but clearly signed by the author, another inscription on verso of final blank. Preserved in a mylar L-sleeve. THE WIDOW OF SOUTHWEST EXPLORER GEN. ZEBULON MONTGOMERY PIKE SEEKS HER RIGHTFUL..... More
New York: Appleton and Company, 1884. Twelfth edition. 8vo. Frontispiece engraved by Bobbett-Hooper, 274 pp. + [2] pp. advertisements. Original publisher's brown cloth, gilt, decorated endpapers. Cloth covers with some minor blemishes, lower corner of back cover inexplicably abraided. Overall in excellent condition, the gilding glowingly bright, without any cracks..... More
![CHAPBOOK]. [BOOKSELLERS]. The Shipwreck; or, Humanity Rewarded. New Haven - 1820 Juvenile Chapbook](/pictures/thumb/3277.jpg?v=1605391704)
New-Haven, CT: Sidney's Press for J. Babcock & Son, 1820. 32mo. (103 x 60 mm). Woocut frontispiece, title-page, alphabet on verso with uppercase roman and italic type, pp. [5]-30 + 1 p. ads for J. Babcock & Son. Contemporary (original?) American "Dutch" gilt floral wrappers, stitched (overcase stitching at a...... More
Harrisonburg, Virginia: Ananias Davisson, 1818. Second edition, Revised and Improved. 12mo. vi, 5-240, [2] pp. (final endleaf excised). Contemporary full calf, brown leather label, gilt lettering. A little discoloration to the fore-edges of the text block; slightly worn; a little foxed throughout. ¶ CONTAINS STERN WARNINGS CONCERNING BORROWED BOOKS. ¶..... More
![SOVIET DESIGN / PROPAGANDA]. Union of Soviet Socialist Republics / New York World's Fair 1932....](/pictures/thumb/3272.jpg?v=1605064871)
[New York]: Pavilion of the U.S.S.R. at the New York World's Fair, 1939. First Edition. Tall pamphlet (230 x 105). 12 pp., stapled as issued, original wrappers printed in red and black. Remarkable but little known Soviet graphic design, intended for liberal distribution at the 1939 New York World's Fair..... More
![AMERICAN FOLK MAGIC / GRIMOIRE]. Der lange verborgene Freund, oder Getreuer und Christlicher...](/pictures/thumb/3270.jpg?v=1605064867)
Harrisburg, PA: s.n., 1840. Stated Third Edition (but see below). 12mo, 84 pp. Contemporary patterned paper over boards, contemporary sheep spine (binding worn but perfectly sound; damp-staining at the foot of the gutter for the first several gatherings; textblock a bit foxed as is true in all copies). Completely unsophisticated..... More
![A Concrete Poet's Auto-Bibliography]. Lieferbare multiples, Mappen, Bücher, Kataloge, Plakate...](/pictures/thumb/3265.jpg?v=1605064862)
Hannover: Totalkunstbetrieb Timm Ulrichs, 3 Hannover 1, Postfach 6043, [1970 or 1971]. 1 mimeograph sheet (295 x 210) printed in blue on rose paper. Rare: not in KVK or OCLC. This mimeographed "Liste 2" is certainly one of the EARLIEST bibliographies of Ulrichs' graphic work, compiled (and originally typed?) by..... More
![ALPINE HERBARIUM / ALBUM OF COMPOSED OF PRESSED SWISS FLOWERS AND PLANTS]. Flora de la Suisse...](/pictures/thumb/3264.jpg?v=1604983140)
Pontresina, Switzerland: M. Caviezel, n.d. (1860s - 1880s?). Large oblong 8vo. (230 x 190 mm). Altogether 12 leaves: 6 leaves with flower and plant identifications in manuscript, and 6 leaves with altogether 41 pasted-on pressed flowers (see below), each protected by original tissue guards. Original red cloth (a trifle worn)..... More
![COLONIAL BINDING - CONNECTICUT, 1760]. A Confession of Faith Owned and Consented to by the Elders...](/pictures/thumb/3262.jpg?v=1604930525)
New-London [CT]: Printed by Timothy Green, 1760. 16mo. [2], 118 pp. Collation: A-P4. With the Articles for the Administration of Church Discipline bound in with its own title page and the Timothy Green 1760 imprint, but the pagination and signatures continuous. Bound in contemporary American calf over thin wooden "scaleboard."..... More
![COLONIAL AMERICAN BINDING, ca. 1747]. No Cross, No Crown. A Discourse Shewing the Nature and...](/pictures/thumb/3261.jpg?v=1604894806)
Boston: Printed and Sold by Rogers and Fowle, 1747. Seventh Edition (but First American). Small 8vo. Two volumes in one. [24], 287; [5], 184, [4] pp. Contemporary American tooled calf. Flaw to the title page affecting one word and a small tear to one lower outer corner on leaf E1..... More
![Americana]. Catalogue of the American Library of the late Mr. George Brinley of Hartford, Conn....](/pictures/thumb/3256.jpg?v=1605053140)
New York: Sold at Auction by George A. Leavitt & Co., 1878-1897. First Edition. Five volumes, large 8vo. (10 3/8" by 7"). Original wrappers (chipping to extremities and partially defective). Interestingly, along top edges a former owner has written the number of the volume: I, II, III, IIII, IIIII (see..... More
![A Catalogue of the Library of the late John Henry Wrenn [...] edited by Thomas J. Wise. John...](/pictures/thumb/3258.jpg?v=1604855585)
Austin, Texas: [Printed by E.T. Heron, and Co., for] The University of Texas at Austin, 1920. First Edition. 5 vols., 8vo. Frontispiece portrait of Wrenn by Emery Walker, 12, 315 pp.; 4 ff. (first blank), 293 pp., 1 f. (blank); 4 ff. (first blank), 307 pp.; 4 ff. (first blank)..... More
![GHOST STORY BY A WOMAN AUTHOR]. A Brief Account of the Vision and Death of the Late Lord...](/pictures/thumb/3254.jpg?v=1604543222)
Stanford [New York]: Printed and Sold by Daniel Lawrence, 1804. First Edition. 16mo. 12 pp. Extracted from a binding, later wrappers (at one time the wrappers had been affixed to the pamphlet). Foxing and age toning as is true with almost all American imprints of this date. Preserved in a...... More
!["The Odyssey" (of a Prisoner). [Vernacular "Illuminated" Manuscript / Brass Binding]. Unnamed...](/pictures/thumb/3253.jpg?v=1604469470)
Luhansk, Ukraine: 1970s. Large 4to. (310 x 260 mm / 12" h x 10" w). 64 pp. of thick cardboard, of which 28 are completely filled with artwork, and the remaining 36 pages are blank. Elaborate vernacular brass binding a la repousse, the front cover bearing a soldier (Odysseus) with..... More
Pamona, CA / Chambersburg, PA: Edgar Rothrock / Sellers Funeral Home, 1939 and 1965 (not after). Blook: 245 x 175 x 40 mm. With printed "title-page" conjugate with front pastedown bearing title, directions to the Funeral Director, and imprint (Edgar Rothrock). Contains: 4 sections of printed pages, each section with..... More
![Scotland]. Letter Signed, to John Adam, Esq. concerning repairs to Dumbarton Castle. William...](/pictures/thumb/3249.jpg?v=1604252893)
Dumbarton, Scotland: 1790. Folio half-sheet, 1 p. (20 lines), name of the recipient on verso, 2 vertical and 4 horizontal folds, evidence of wax seal on verso, old tape repair at top margin (not affecting text), ink gall corrosion on outer margin, affecting one word. Preserved in mylar sleeve. An..... More
![EQUESTRIAN]. Bought of Holcomb & Cook, Manufacturers of Whips & Thongs [Billhead, accomplished in...](/pictures/thumb/3247.jpg?v=1604252892)
Westfield, Mass. H. Holcombe, E.G. Cook, 1880. Single sheet, three horizontal folds (trifle soiling along one fold on verso). The verso is docketed (no doubt by the purchaser): "Holcombe Cook / Bill $21.04 / July 17, '80." Curious relic of an era in which most transportation and industry was powered..... More
![INCUNABULA REFERENCE / SWEDEN]. Katalog der Inkunabeln der Kgl. Bibliothek in Stockholm. Teil 1,...](/pictures/thumb/2220.jpg?v=1604094062)
Stockholm: 1914-1916. First Edition. Together 3 vols. 8vo. and folio. 32, 330; [4], 4, 104, [8] pp. + 6 plates. One full-page plate in Teil 1 (Taf. VIII) and 15 illustrations in Teil 2 (Heft 1). Atlas: [6], 88 pp. (150 facsimiles). Original printed wrappers. Paper spines somewhat soiled, that..... More
London: Ellis and White, 1880. First Edition. Together 6 vols. 4to. COMPLETE SET. vii, [1], 1830 pp. In vol. I the etched portrait of Huth by C.W. Sherborn (tissue guard a bit crinkled), 2 double-page folding illustrations in vol. 5. PRINTED ON THICK PAPER, the textblock remarkably crisp and white..... More
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., 1929. First Edition. 8vo. xii, 330 pp. Illustrated with 8 full-page plates. Original red cloth (lacking dust-wrapper). Spine and top of back cover sunned, two tiny holes in the cloth near spine-title resemble a cute little vampire bite. In very good condition, the..... More
