A selection of books and ephemera exhibited at the Rare Books LA first virtual bookfair October 15-18, 2020
New York: American Telephone and Telegraph Company 1953. First Edition. 263 pages. Original blue printed paper wrappers. Spine slanted, lightly soiled and worn at extremities. Upper spine corner bumped tearing spine paper and with some creasing. A good copy. Entire issue offered of the Bell System Technical Journal Volume XXXII..... More
not stated: Frederick H. Evans circa 1900. First Edition. Grey paper mount 22.5 x 30.5 cm and stamped "FHE" in a monograph form. Tipped on platinotype photograph print is 15 x 19.5 cm. Evidence of glue ghosting where tipped on at two corners. Inscription on verso in hand of Frederick..... More
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Self-published 1987. First Edition. Typed letter signed from Noam Chomsky to "Evelyn" (Evelyn Fox Keller) on MIT watermarked paper regarding the Italian publisher Eleuthera books: "My friends Amedeo Bertolo and rosella Di Leo, of Eleuthura books in Italy, wrote me that they'd contacted you about some possible collaboration..... More
44t43. [ Argo Park, Rochester, NY ]: [ Defender Photo Supply Co ] after 1912. Folio. 7 1/4 x 12 1 /4 inches. Black paper over rough cloth spine with paper label overlay "Defender Photo Papers" on the front cover. The sample book consists of three thick boards (the outer..... More
![Item #28102 [ Sample book ] Defender Photo Papers [ cover title ]. Defender Photo Supply Co](https://kuenzigbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/28102_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1602524559)
Berlin: Dr. Benninghoven & Sommer Institute of Anatomical Models January 1905. First Edition. 40 pages. Oblong 8vo (22.5 x 14 cm). Crepe paper style wrappers, stapled. Chipping and soiling to the wrappers. Staples are rusted, and some evidence of moisture exposure internally (no active mold). Wrappers coming loose from textblock..... More
Unknown: [ Underwood & Underwood ] [ 1922 ]. Later printing. An unframed silver print mounted on backing board showing Steinmetz (the Father of Electrical Engineering and the founder of the GE Research lab) and Thomas Edison examining some insulators on a laboratory table at GE in 1922. While this..... More
![Item #24593 [ Photograph ] A Wonderful Image of Thomas Edison and Charles Steinmetz Examining...](https://kuenzigbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/24593_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1602607798)
France: Army Printing and Stationary Services (Printed in France) 1918. This archive contains three items: 1) Notes on the Interpretation of Aeroplane Photographs (3rd edition): 11 pages plus double fold-out in rear. Original blue printed wrappers, stapled. 8 1/4 x 13 inches. Dusty, rusting to staples. 2) Illustrations to Accompany..... More
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Self-published 1889. First Edition. One sheet of 15 x 10 inch bristol board. Black ink on white paper, with paper repair and small chip upper left. The assigned application serial number was 311,732 and it was received by the US Patent Office (USPTO) on May 22, 1889. The..... More
![Item #28096 [Original art, Design Patent] DESIGN PATENT 19,179 "Meat Rack" C. A. / Gloekler...](https://kuenzigbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/28096_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1602439198)
Japan: Electrotechnical Laboratory 1956. First Edition. [2], viii, [2], [10 plates], [1]-214 pages. 7 1/2 x 10 1/4 inches. 4to. Original blue cloth with white titling on spine and front panel. Minor bumps to corners and wear to the extremities. Errata sheet tipped in on rear pastedown. INSCRIBED by author..... More
London and Glasgow: Richard Griffin and Company 1854. xii, 329, [2], 32, 8 pages. 8vo. (5 x 7 3/4 inches). Publisher's red cloth gilt, with blind-stamped decorations front and rear panels. Chromolithograph frontis (foxed). Tissue guard damaged. Corners bumped, partially unopened, soiling and minor bubbling to the cloth with darkened..... More
New York, N.Y. J. B.Colt Company [ circa 1922 ]. [8] + 24 plates + [2] pages. Page numbers are irregular. Binding is brass round head fasteners for easy removal and addition of pages. Well worn, soiled, thumbed, etc. First 8 pages are introductory material, then 24 plates (two in..... More
![Item #28113 [ Lighting ] COLT Carbide Gas Generators Pit Model "S" [ title page ] | Fixtures and...](https://kuenzigbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/28113_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1602614476)
Norimbergae [ Nürnberg ]: Operâ Joh. Bapt. Homanni [ John Baptist Homann ] [ 1742 ]. Sheet size 63.6 cm x 53.5 cm. (25 x 21 inches). Laid paper, several minor tape repairs on verso at fold top and bottom. A few unobtrusive worm pinholes (one pair in pink coloring..... More
London: Dawbarn & Ward, Ltd. 1906. 94, [4], 16 pages. 8vo. Brown cloth with black titling. Endpapers covered with advertisements. Penciled "1906" on the cover. The last 16 pages are a catalog of "Utility books and periodicals" supplied by Dawbarn & Ward, Ltd. Color frontispiece, occasional foxing (mostly to endpapers)..... More
Middletown, CT: Self-published 1889. First Edition. One sheet of 15 x 10 inch bristol board. Black ink on white paper. Some damage to the extremities (mostly upper left margins). Inked notes in black and red. Drawing witnesses were D. H. Haywood and C. E. Sundgren. Brown & Griswold were his..... More
![Item #28097 [Original art, Design Patent] DESIGN PATENT 19,110 "Hammock" Palmer. I. E. / Isaac E....](https://kuenzigbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/28097_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1602442713)
Roma: Tipografia Della R. Accademia dei Lincei 1910. [101]-156 pages plus five plates in rear. 9 x 12 inches. An uncut, unopened example in the original yellow printed wrappers. Complete, but with the textblock separated from the plate "block" in rear causing the spine paper to separate. Memorie Della R...... More
New York, NY: Bell Telephone Laboratories, Incorporated April, 1950. First Collected Edition. [1], 155 pages. Self wrappers. Blue cloth spine over stapled printed grey, black and blue wrappers. Five holes punched at spine as issued. Several tears to the thin blue cloth at the spine, corner creases. Light browning overall..... More
various: various 1899. Later Printing. We offer two items together: 1) Denver Doll as Detective, No 54, Vol V in the Deadwood Dick Library, Cleveland Ohio: The Arthur Westbrook Co., 1899. Later printing. Copyrighted 1882-1888 by Beadle and Adams, entered at Post office NY, NY as second class matter March..... More
Minneapolis, Minnesota: The American Physical Society 1932. First Edition. 191, [1 blank], 8 pages. 7 x 10 inches. The entire issue of the Physical Review, Vol. 39 #1 (Second Series), January 1, 1932 offered. Publisher's original green printed wrappers. A nice copy with minor browning to the covers and spine..... More
![Item #24518 [The Discovery of Deuterium] A Hydrogen Isotope of Mass 2 WITH Hydrogen Isotope of...](https://kuenzigbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/24518_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1602607798)
London: A. W. Penrose & Co 1904. 148, xxxii (ads) pages. 8vo. Publisher's red cloth gilt. Includes the often missing 4 x 2 1/2 inch Penrose colour scales in rear pocket (one four-page folding and one loose card). Light marginal dampstaining to lower right corner, lower edge and more significantly..... More
Cold Spring Harbor, New York: Self-published 1991. First Edition. Typed letter from James D. Watson (Director, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) to Evelyn Fox Keller (then at University of California) on Cold Spring Harbor letterhead: "Dear Evelyn, I would be pleased to talk with you and David Cohen about the Human..... More
Boston, Massachusetts: David Clapp & Son 1871. First Edition. [3], 128-381 pages + 2 lithographed folding plates and one table in rear. Original tan printed wrappers. No title page (as issues apparently). Explanatory notice tipped in apologizing for the delay caused by the necessary time taken by "experts" in transmission..... More
