A selection of 15 items (with an additional 6 posted later) for your holiday viewing pleasure.
[ Reims, France ]: [ no publisher ] 1909. First Edition. Oblong. Approximately 19 x 15 1/2 inches. Stitched together linen cloth. Frayed at the edges, several tears the largest upper right. Some burn-through from the black ink used to print "Rue SEMAINE D'AVIATION | 1909 | REIMS". Flag colors..... More
[ Reims, France ]: [ no publisher ] 1909. First Edition. Oblong. Approximately 19 x 15 1/2 inches. Stitched together linen cloth. Some burn-through from the black ink used to print "Rue SEMAINE D'AVIATION | 1909 | REIMS". Flag colors are blue/purple, white, and a faded red. Several patches of..... More
High St., W. Duxbury: A.M. Thayer & Son after 1881. First Edition. Broadside dimensions 9 1/2 x 12 inches. Buff paper printed in black ink. Chipping and edge tears along folds and edges. A number of folds are separating and this fragile item should be tissue backed or framed. Many..... More
London: The Royal Society 1908. First Edition. 463-544 pages + 2 plates. Original green printed wrappers. Binding bent at bottom, some spine perished. From the Philosophical Transactions, Series A, Vol. 207. Separately printed. Very Good. Wraps.
"A Current can be measured absolutely in the electro-magnetic system of units either..... More
New York: Gould and Newman 1838. viii, [9]-96 pages. Professionally rebacked with pebbled leather spine gilt over original thin cloth chipboard with copper titles and blind stamping. Green endpapers, with toned tissue repairs. Chipping/wear to the extremities. Occasional spotting internally. Illustrated in Part II with woodcuts. Penciled note on front..... More
[ Ware, MA ]: [ no publisher stated ] 1879. First Edition. Handbill. 5 x 10 1/2 inches. Thin pink paper printed in black. Crumpled and frayed with browning where the handbill was previously attached to an album (?). Paper is very thin and worn with small holes showing when..... More
Boston, Massachusetts: Ticknor and Fields January 1867. First Edition. [2-ads], 128, 8 pages. 6 1/2 x 10 inches. Buff wrappers printed in black ink. The entire issue offered (The Atlantic Monthly, January 1867, Vol 19, Number 111). Uncut, untrimmed. Badly soiled and stained wrappers with an indication of paper previously..... More
Boston, Massachusetts: Ticknor and Fields December 1866. First Edition. [2-ads], [649]-772, iv, [4-ads], 8 pages. 6 1/2 x 10 inches. Buff wrappers printed in black ink. The entire issue offered (The Atlantic Monthly, December 1866, Vol 18, Number 110). Uncut, untrimmed. Minor creasing, soft crease down the front panel, a...... More
[Boston, Massachusetts]: Nathan Hale at the office of the Boston Daily Advertiser 1818, 1819. First Edition. We offer a group of twenty two different copies of the Boston Weekly Messenger ( a weekly newspaper ) from 1818. Each roughly 10 x 6 1/2 inches, string stitched, typically 16 pages, and..... More
Erwin Hoyt Austin. [ Kinderhook, NY ]: James W. Hatch 1956. First Edition. [3], 2-[40] pages. 14 1/2 x 17 1/2 inches. Comb bound. Thick cardboard covers, set up as a flip-chart for teaching. The text is presented towards the teacher, and the artwork related presented to the children. Small..... More
820 Broadway, New York: Jerome Kidder M'f'g. Co. after 1884. First Edition. 65 pages. Small 8vo (8 x 5 1/2 inches) Printed light pink pictorial wrappers. Label of "Library of The Saturday Afternoon Club" covering an older inked inventory (?) number with associated staining. Modern white label with inked notations..... More
Boston: Arthur Bartlett ( 1909 ). Third Edition. 8 leaves plus blank endpapers. 4 x 6 1/2 inches. Thin white cardstock covered with green laid paper "dust jacket" with letterpress title "The Gipsy Trail by Rudyard Kipling". Leaf 1: half-title; Leaf 2: frontispiece; Leaf 3: title page/copyright page; Leaves 4..... More
Quincy, Illinois: Monroe Chemical Company [not dated]. First Edition. Two slightly different copies offered. Folder consisting of hinged cardstock with samples inlaid and flexible cloth spines. 9 7/8 x 6 3/8 inches. Overall external wear (scuffing, writing, edgewear) but inside samples in fine condition. We kept these together as they..... More
Kit Taylor. [New York, NY]: Norcross Inc. August 25, 1971. First Edition. 9 7/8 x 6 7/8 inches. A mixed media original illustration for a greeting card on artist's board. Green portions are pasted on with highlights added. Dimensions, printer instructions, and on the rear details about the item, artist..... More
[no place of publication stated]: Sears, Roebuck, and Co. 1934. First Edition. 1-2, 11-12 pages + plates 13-58, 58-62. Oblong 8vo (6 1/4 x 8 1/4 inches). Multi-color printed wrappers. Apparently complete despite the pagination. Verso contains a plate number (lower left). a description of the features and pattern name..... More
Billings. New York: Rudd & Carleton 1860. First Edition. iv, 111, [2], 6 pages (the last 8 advertisements). Original thin brown cloth backed paper blindstamped in a waved pattern and with titles stamped in copper gilt on the front panel. Endpapers in glazed blue/purple paper. Frontispiece is an engraving signed..... More
