![SECOND FOLIO 1632]. "Romeo and Juliet" (bound with: Titus Andronicus, Coriolanus, and Troylus and...](/pictures/thumb/3326.jpg?v=1627856235)
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
![LGBTQ]. [BROADSIDE]. Contemporary Ballet - NYC 1980 - City Center November 25-30. Robert...](/pictures/thumb/3222.jpg?v=1627856233)
New York: Designed by Lake End Graphics Ltd. for the Contemporary Ballet Company, 1980. Folio (432 x 280 mm), single sheet folded twice to produce 3 panels. Printed in black and red. On recto: 12 b/w photographs by Robert Mapplethorpe divided by thin red lines. On verso: 3 panels with..... More
![PHOTOGRAPHY]. [CZECH MODERNISM]. Ceskoslovenska Fotografie. Complete Set of all 13 volumes,...](/pictures/thumb/3076.jpg?v=1627856225)
Prague: Svaz Ceskoslovenskkych Klubu, 1939-1941, 1946, 1949. Only Edition. 13 volumes, large 4to (ca. 275 x 220 mm). With more than 800 photographic plates by Avant-Garde Czech photographers. Original publisher's bindings: vols. 1-9 in decorated cloth with Avante-Garde designs by KAREL TEIGE in black, red, and gray; vols. 10-13 in..... More
![PHOTO BOOK]. Invisible City. Ken Schles](/pictures/thumb/2792.jpg?v=1627856225)
Gottingen, Germany: Steidl, 2014. Small square 8vo. Original publisher's cloth, slipcase. Preserved in mylar sleeve and custom black slipcase with silver foil-stamped spine label. This astonishing photo-book is a masterpiece we will forever regret selling. Signed by the photographer "Ken Schles NYC 2015" on the title-page, and preserved in a...... More
![PHOTO BOOK]. Urban Prisoner. Matt Weber](/pictures/thumb/116.jpg?v=1627856222)
New York: Sanctuary Books, 2004. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Large Quarto. 115 pp., with 108 black and white photographic illustrations of New York street scenes. Original Cloth, in dust-wrapper, black cloth slipcase a trifle dusty, overall in lovely state. DELUXE ISSUE, LIMITED TO 200 COPIES WITH A SIGNED WEBER PHOTOGRAPH, AND..... More
![CARTA EXECUTORIA MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM- Madrid 1769]. Certification of Arms and Genealogical...](/pictures/thumb/3541.jpg?v=1627181177)
Madrid: 1769. 4to (12 x 8 1/2 inches). Manuscript on vellum. 18 fols. = 1 f. (illuminated coat of arms, verso blank, large repair to outer margins, soiled) + 1 f. (illuminated title-page) + 33 pp. manuscript genealogy including 4 illuminated initials and 2 illuminated vignettes (some red borders in..... More
Providence, RI: The Providence Journal Print, 1892. First Edition. 8vo. 421 pp., with numerous illustrations. Recent wrappers. THE FIRST MURDER IN U.S. HISTORY COMMITTED THROUGH THE POSTAL SERVICE. THE SENSATIONAL TRIAL OF DR. THOMAS THATCHER GRAVES FOR THE MURDER (BY POISONING) OF JOSEPHINE A. BARNABY. DENVER, COLORADO, 1891, ILLUSTRATED WITH..... More
![MANUSCRIPT] Report to Luis Enriquez de Guzman, Conde de Alba, Viceroy of New Spain and Peru,...](/pictures/thumb/3477.jpg?v=1625077562)
Madrid: 1658. Folio (337 x 217 mm). Single sheet folded once to produce 4 pages. Small tears along edges, two of which affect the text on p. 1; large piece missing where original seal had been affixed (not affecting text), slight foxing throughout, some ink bleed. The once-sealed letter exhibits..... More
London: For T. Davies and T. Cadell, 1771. 2 vols. in one, 4to. vii, [1], 319, [4]; [4], 246, [2] pp. COMPLETE with 2 frontispieces and 15 plates (numbered 1-9 and 1-6), several engraved ornaments in the text, some dust-soiling or light browning; occasional staining (not objectionable). Contemporary calf, rebacked..... More
Baltimore: John Murphy & Co., 1895. 8vo. 159 pp. Bound in blue publisher's cloth with gilt title on front cover and spine. Spine palm soiled, minor wear and tear along edges, corners bumped, small tears at head and foot of spine, front hinge slightly cracked. Textblock edges browned; pp. 126-127..... More
Lancaster, PA: Printed and sold by William Dickson for The Benefit of the Authoress, 1808. 12mo. 220 pp. Bound in full contemporary mottled sheep. Wear and tear along edges, corners bumped, front hinges cracked but holding. Smooth spine with double gilt roll dividing compartments, red morocco spine label in the..... More
Watertown, New York: L. Ingalls & Co., 1862. First Edition. xii, 13-294. Bound in tan ribbed publisher's cloth by John W. Gorse & Co. Corners bumped, small stains on front cover, hinges cracked (lower cords broken), wear to binding extremities. Foxing throughout as is true in all copies, pages 117-122..... More
![POLITICIZING THE VIRGIN DE GUADALUPE]. Defensa guadalupana. Manuel GOMEZ MARIN](/pictures/thumb/3479.jpg?v=1622764083)
Mexico City: Valdes, 1819. First Edition. 12mo. [10], 55 pp. Recent sympathetic wrappers. POLITICIZING THE VIRGIN DE GUADALUPE. The text of this scarce Mexican pamphlet is unusual. In it, the author Gomez Marin seeks to refute an attack on the plausibility of the apparition of the Virgin de Guadalupe, written..... More
![1863 AFRICAN SLAVES IN MEXICO]. Message of the President of the United States, Communicating, In...](/pictures/thumb/3500.jpg?v=1622658243)
Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1863. First Edition. [3] pp. (final page blank). Extracted from a larger volume. Preserved in a mylar sleeve backed with lig-free board. Little-known report to Congress, referencing the estimated 450 Negro Egyptians who were rounded up off the streets, beaten and forced onto a French..... More
![1592 MANUSCRIPT: AUCTION OF QUICHE MAYA LANDS IN GUATEMALA]. Testimonio del titulo venta......](/pictures/thumb/3476.jpg?v=1622608382)
Coatepeque (i.e. Guatemala): 1592. Folio (320 x 200 mm). 6 fols. + near contemporary wrappers, stitched, front wrapper with all pertinent information in cursive. Formerly folded four times, creating 16 small panels, two of the leaves have clean tears along horizontal folds from fore-edge to gutter margin, others with shorter..... More
![1691 CADIZ MANUSCRIPT]. Letter Dr. Francisco de Velasco to the Duke of Sessa, presenting Dr. Abel...](/pictures/thumb/3473.jpg?v=1622505571)
Cadiz: 1691. Single sheet, folded once. Pencil inscription at top with small black stamp, folded along vertical and horizontal crease, another later fold along spinal edge, small dirt stains along spine and foreedge. Visible watermark on 2f. Letter address on verso of 2f. This is a letter of recommendation /..... More
Washington DC: 1850. First Edition. Large folding lithograph map with U.S. Army routes in red (659 x 500 mm). Splits at folds on left where attached to text, light browning. Text: 8vo (224 x 140 mm). 14, [2] pp. (including final blank leaf), extracted from a larger volume and repaired..... More
![PALESTINIAN HERBARIUM / ALBUM COMPOSED OF PRESSED FLOWERS]. Wild Flowers from Palestine. Flowers...](/pictures/thumb/3516.jpg?v=1622333227)
Lowell, Mass. [The Author], n.d. (ca. 1910). Oblong 8vo. (125 x 170 mm). 13 pp. text, with 17 pasted-on pressed flowers, each with descriptive text opposite. Original publisher's green and white cloth (1/3 cream cloth, 2/3 green cloth with title gilt on front cover), some abraisons / discoloration to binding..... More
![COLOR: TRADE CATALOGUE]. "Colorants Soudan": Colorants en Poudre Solubles dans les huiles et...](/pictures/thumb/3515.jpg?v=1622327702)
Frankfurt: I.G. Farbenindustrie AG, n.d. (ca. 1926). First Edition in French. Slim 8vo. Original publisher's yellow pictorial card wrappers. [8] pp. + 4 sample cards displaying 24 color samples, original acetate tissue guards present. Light shelf wear, wrappers very slightly soiled and toned. Easily the most attractive I.G. Farben catalogue..... More
![CALLIGRAPHIC MANUSCRIPT]: The Harper and Other Fables. By Aesop. Lawrence Aesop . Zimmerman,...](/pictures/thumb/3514.jpg?v=1622322783)
New York: Transcribed and Illustrated at Cooper Union, 1952. Small folio (261 x 167 mm). Calligraphic manuscript on paper. [2], 8 pp. Loosely inserted ink and watercolor drawing. Original hand-sewn blue wrappers; stitched to upper wrapper is a paper label lettered in manuscript: "The Harper and Other Fables." Old scribbles..... More
![DISABILITY LITERATURE]. Snatched from the Jaws of Death: A Thrilling Story of Modern Japan....](/pictures/thumb/3513.jpg?v=1622322109)
Philadelphia: Avil Printing Co. [for the Author], 1895. First Edition. 16mo. Engraved title-page (reproduced on front wrapper), 62 pp. including title-page with reproduction of a photograph of "Mary Anne, the Young Amanuensis" (slightly torn at the staples). Lacking wrappers. Worn, spine partially defective). Contemporary ownership inscription in pencil: "Benj[amin] Smith..... More
![RUSSIAN MANUSCRIPT ON BLUE PAPER]. Psalter + Troparia + Prayers. Russian - Psalms Bible](/pictures/thumb/3511.jpg?v=1622240823)
Russia: 1820-1830 (ca.). Small 4to (textblock: 210 x 165 mm. Binding: 215 x 175 x 80 mm). Bound in contemporary Russian calf (?) over wooden boards, catch on upper cover, portion of leather strap preserved, clasp lacking. Binding and text VERY WORN (see the 53 images on our website) and..... More
![METHODIST MISSIONARY'S VOYAGE TO INDIA, TYPESCRIPTS 1920-1921]. "Travel Letters August 1920 -...](/pictures/thumb/3507.jpg?v=1622050311)
1921. Quarto (10 1/4 x 8 1/4 inches). 46 leaves, including 4-page "Circular Letter" to friends (detached) and 1-page text "What Drought Means in India" (detached, text incomplete). With a few handwritten corrections and additions. WITH: Autograph letter signed: Deaville Walker to his son, written from Ceylon, dated Sept. 20..... More
![SPANISH SAMMELBAND 1766-1787]. Sammelband of decrees, provisions, and ordinances issued by the...](/pictures/thumb/3470.jpg?v=1622047862)
Spain (majority in Valencia): 1766-1787. Folio. 178 ff., numbered in 18th-century manuscript. Bound in contemporary vellum (worn), water stained along edges (including textblock), cracked hinges, spine slightly detached from textblock, small tears in vellum on covers and along spine. Ink inscription on front cover reads: "Yo Jose Fuentes" with the..... More
![MANUSCRIPT LABORATORY NOTEBOOK / ANIMAL HEALTH / FOOD SAFETY]. Project 00215: PCP feeding study...](/pictures/thumb/3506.jpg?v=1621888563)
Washington, D.C. David Firestone, US Food & Drug Administration, 1978. Unpublished. 4to. 200 pp., on ruled paper, written in manuscript in pen & pencil, numerous charts tipped-in, some w/ multi-coloured graphs & ink, highlights circled in red. Mustard-coloured cloth, black lettering stamped on front cover (some rubbing, edgewear, dustsoiling), w/..... More
