[Chicago: Criterion Publishing Co., November 1898]. 25,[4] with remaining sheets paginated with each section in sequence with the related sections in volumes one and two, and [16]pp. of terminal adverts. Quarto. Cloth, formerly stamped in gilt. Heavily illustrated. Binding quite worn, nicked and shaken, but text block clean and very...
Paris: Chez L'Auteur, 1886. vi,178pp. Large octavo. Contemporary half morocco and marbled boards. One plate (4 microscopic views). Foxing early and late, extremities shelfworn with sharp bump to lower fore-tips cracking the boards but not affecting the text block. A good copy. First edition. Salleron (1829-1897) was first and foremost...
Bordeaux: P. Chaumas, 1857. 150,[4]pp. Octavo. Contemporary textured boards, half- title and advert leaf bound in. Illustrations. Boards a bit soiled and edgeworn, with repair to lower portion of upper joint, internally very good and clean. First edition. In addition to discussing the medicinal and health benefits and effects of...
Santa Barbara: Unicorn Press, Spring & Fall 1968, 1969 1972. Whole numbers one through four. Four issues. Number two is in printed boards, the remainder in printed wrappers. Illustrations and photographs. Light soiling to white portions of bindings, #2 has darkening at endsheet gutters from binder's glue, spines a shade...
Owensboro, KY: Industrial Publishing Company, 1895. vi,[2],[9]-310pp. Small octavo. Brick brown cloth, spine lettered in now faded gilt. Textblock uniformly browned due to the poor quality pulp paper but intact, cloth a bit dull and hand-soiled; just a good copy. First edition. OCLC locates a single copy of this edition.....
Paris: Bachelier, Libraire, 1824. Two volumes. [4],376pp. plus 3 folding plates; [4],352pp. plus errata and 5 plates. Octavo. Old speckled calf, spines gilt extra. Extremities and joints quite worn (but sound), occasional foxing and mild discolorations in text; a reasonably good set. First edition of this early work by the...
Paris & Bordeaux: Libraires associés/ Feret & Fils, 1899. 10,[2]pp. Octavo. Sewn printed wrapper. Pulp paper uniformly tanned, small snag at top margin of title, but a good, if fragile, copy. First separate edition, reprinted from the February 1899 BULLETIN DES TRAVAUX DE LA SOCIETÉ DE PHARMACIE DES BORDEAUX. OCLC.....
London & New York: John Lane the Bodley Head, 1911. Two volumes. Large, thick octavo. Light red cloth, decorated in gilt, t.e.g. Heavily illustrated with plates, including twenty-four in color. Endsheets show usual tanning, small private ownership blind-stamp in each front free endsheet, trace of foxing to fore-edges, a very.....
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Bordeaux: Imp. G. Gounouilhou, [nd but ca. 1880-90s]. 16pp. Printed wrapper. Illustrations. Early manuscript notation on upper wrapper repeated on label on upper wrapper, vertical crease, but a very good copy. A promotional on the modes of creating carbonated soft drinks, distributed by a firm d.b.a. "A la Carbonique Liquide.".....
Edinburgh: Porpoise Press, [1930]. Small octavo. Cloth, paper spine label. Map. Slight mottling to the spine label, trace of foxing to endsheets, but a very good or better copy, without dust jacket. First edition of the complete text of this highly regarded part-history, part-homage. The first chapter was published in...
Paris: L. Bouchard-Huzard, 1839. xv,[1],384pp. plus two folding plates bound at end. Contemporary half calf and marbled boards. Extremities rubbed, foxing and occasional spots throughout, but a good copy, with the half-title bound in. With the pencil ownership signature and scattered marginal annotations of a member of the Du Vivier...
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New York: J.M. Elliott, [ca. 1832]. Broadside, 12 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches. Woodcut illustration in upper portion, text surrounded by ornamental border. Light, even tanning, a bit lighter at the edges where covered by an earlier frame. Very good. A rare promotional broadside for Chang & Eng, the original...
New York City: National American Woman Suffrage Association, [ca. 1908]. Small broadside, approximately 10 x 7 inches. Noticeably tanned, minor edge wear, a few short repaired tears. Very good. Backed on linen. A rare handbill version of an important women's rights pamphlet written by Susan Walker FitzGerald and published by...
London. 1834. [2],viii,48,[4]pp. Original printed wrappers bound into modern cloth, blank paper label affixed to front cover. Later ownership inscription to front free endpaper, modern bookplate on rear pastedown. Wrappers tanned, ink ownership name on front wrapper. Very good. A condensed version of the scarce London edition issued a year...
Boston, Ma. May 14, 1946. [2]pp. on letterhead of "Naval Department / Office of the Chief of Naval Operations." Accompanied by the mailing envelope. Quarto. Fine. In a half morocco and cloth folding box, leather labels. An engaging and informative letter, in which Richard Byrd describes some of his World...
Rochester, N.Y. July 22, 1900. [1]p. Likely clipped from a larger sheet of paper for display in an album, pasted to card stock along top and bottom horizontal edges, minor toning. Very good. A brief but punchy autograph note, signed by the legendary women's suffrage leader and social reformer. Susan...
Sacramento: State Office ... J. D. Young, Supt. State Printing, 1888. 218pp. Large octavo. Gilt lettered pebbled black cloth. Folding table. Early manuscript spine label, lower edges of boards show small scrapes, otherwise very good. First edition. The convention occupied four days in March and here are collected the papers...
Sacramento: State Office ...J.D. Young, Supt. State Printing, 1888. 144pp. Large octavo. Gilt lettered pebbled cloth. Early manuscript spine label. Very good. First edition. Includes Haraszthy's report as President, along with district reports, Herisson's "Viticulture in the South of France," technical reports from J. H. Wheeler, and a selected, substantial...
Sacramento: State Office ... James J. Ayers, Supt. State Printing, 1884. 184,67,[1],[6],[7]-61,[3],62pp. plus folding table. Large octavo. Gilt-lettered pebbled brown cloth. Illustrations and plates. Faint drip mark on upper board, mild edgewear and light soiling to cloth, first text section uniformly tanned, shallow discoloration at top edge of rear free...
San Francisco: Payot, Upham & Co., 1884. 148pp. Small octavo. Chocolate brown cloth, lettered in gilt. Signs of neat repair between the title and dedication leaves, otherwise a very, very good copy. First US edition. Translated from the Portuguese by John I. Bleasdale, with the translation dedicated to Arpad Haraszthy...
London. February 1909. 46pp. Octavo (22 x 14 cm). Printed self wrappers. Occasional illus. in the form of trade marks, etc. Slightly dusty, a couple corners creased, vertical crease, a few pencil notes, but very good. Merritt & Co. dealt in wines, liquors and associated beverages. The main office was...
New York: William Wood & Co., 1870. xii,71,[1]pp. plus 11 plates, 10 of them with facing descriptive text leaves, and 55,[1]pp. terminal catalogue. Large octavo. Brick red cloth, spine lettered and decorated in gilt. Engraved frontis. Spine extremities a bit frayed and rubbed, front inner hinge cracked with signs of...
Chicago: Published by Wm. Mida, 1884. 93pp. plus 26 interleaved pages numbered in roman. Small octavo (19.5 x 13.5 cm). Printed brick- brown wrappers. Illustrations, tables and adverts (one folding). Large colored folding map. Text block uniformly browned. wrappers detached and chipped in the spine area; a delicate, yet remarkable...
Paris: Librairie F. Savey, 1863. xxix,261,[3]pp. Small octavo. Contemporary half red morocco and marbled boards, half-title and advert leaf bound in. Binding a bit scuffed and rubbed at edges, with surface scrapes around crown of spine, otherwise very good. With a small bookseller's ticket in the corner of the front...
Brooklyn: Pinched Nerve Press, [1994]. Narrow quarto. Pictorial stiff wrappers. Illustrations. Upper portion of front wrapper slightly tanned, very good. First edition, Includes the "Neon Dada Manifesto" by Ken DiMaggio.
