An interesting collection of 15 items uploaded to the second edition of Marvin Getman's Virtual Bookfair on July 7, 2020.
Boston, Massachusetts: Artistic Publishing Association after 1881. Title leaf + [10] pages of text + 72 numbered "plates" (photomechanical reproductions of photographs of buildings, local sites, etc) most two per leaf, (printed on recto only) and with interleaved tissues. 10 1/2 x 13 3/4 inches. Folio. Publisher's brown leather embossed..... More
Boylston Station, Boston, Mass. Self-published [ 1877 ]. First Edition. 6 1/8 x 16 1/2 inches. Tan paper printed in black. Folded as if for mailing, one tape repair on verso (some show-through). Very Good.
This broadside proclaims Dr. Crabtre's virtues, includes various testimonials (one dated 1877), wherein he..... More
London: Taylor and Francis 1858-1859. [2-volume title], [1]-327 pages. 8vo. (6 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches). 1/4 leather over marbled boards. Spine label "Photographic Society Journal 1858-59". Front joint tender (cords showing), rear joint starting. Overall light wear to the binding. Two pages were stuck together (pp 176/77) and when..... More
[ No. 42 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA ]: Heeren Bro's & Co. 1881. [2], [2-blank], [81]-184 pages. 100+ pages total. Oblong 12 x 8 1/2 inches. Stiff printed wrappers over thin black cloth spine. Tipped in at pp 83 is small reduced price list for Prentiss' Patent Vises and small..... More
Brisbane [ Australia ]: H. Pole & Co. Print. [1917]. Approximately 15 x 40 inches. Tears and creasing at extremities. Large ragged chip missing lower right (approx 3 x 6 inches at widest points) with some loss of content. Printed on thin paper, in bright red and blue. Given the..... More
[ no place ]: [ Juragua Iron Company ? ] c1900. First Edition. A great archive of photographs of a mining camp and surrounding areas in Santiago de Cuba. 16 smaller images (7 x 10 inch mounts), 12 larger (11 x 9 inch mounts). (we're including one other that is..... More
[ no place ]: Self published 1845. Oblong 12 x 9 1/4 inches. Tan paper, printed in black lettering. Folded vertically, with several early tape repairs on the verso. Paper tanned. Good.
Dr. William Mather notes in this "traveling lecture" broadside that he will be showing experiments on Magnetism..... More
728 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA: William Y. McAllister c1867. Broadside, approximately 10 x 12 inches. Margins apparently trimmed top and bottom edges with no apparent loss. When purchased, this item was in a frame (provided if desired to the purchaser). Folded, creased, short closed tear to the bottom edge. Grey..... More
Wareham, MA: self published 1861-1871. First Edition. Not paginated but [132] pages. 4 x 6 inches. Thin leather covered wraps, worn, spine slanted. A holographic notebook marked "The Property of the Mechanics Union No 8 Wareham Mass" on the front flyleaf, and fully used (a few pages excised in rear)..... More
Rouen: Chez Raphael du Petit Val 1588. 32mo. [approximately 4.5 (tall) x 3 inches]; pp. 911, [81]; old calf rubbed and lightly worn at tips, recently rebacked in morocco retaining earlier boards; contemporary endpapers spotted and stained; title page with wood engraved device; some text leaves shave at top edge..... More
Delaware: Dravo, US Navy, others 1944. A collection of seventy-five 10 x 7 3/4 inch photographs in a post bound binder with card cover. Card cover is in tatters with small paper label noting "Progress Photographs LSM". Rear card cover perished. Overall condition of the images varies, with many clean..... More
Boston, Massachusetts: S. W. Chandler & Bro. Lith 1854. Approx. 22 1/4 x 28 1/2 inches. Thin paper, black printing. Previously folded (roughly 5 x 8 1/4 inches). Bright and clean, trimmed mostly to black borders on right and left, larger margins top and bottom. Near Fine.
“Mount Auburn..... More
208 Broadway, Cor. Fulton St. New York: [ Department of Docks ] Evening Post Steam Presses 1878. First Edition. 80 pages plus 3 plates, two of which are folding. 8vo (5 3/4 x 9 inches). Printed tan wrappers, string stitched. Additionally, three stab holes at spine (probably was in a...... More
[ Washington DC ]: US Patent Office 1842. Four pages plus fine colored patent illustration in watercolor and ink. Folio (11 x 15 1/2 inches). Bound by a faded pink silk ribbon. Front and rear leaves on vellum. The first page is an official United States patent document (engraved form)..... More
