Salem: Capital City Printers, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by the author ["Best Wishes, Margie']. Brown patterned cloth with cover titles in gilt. Corners nudged, general light wear, textblock square, binding tight. 55 pages. Frontis photo of Indian Dan, one plate. Text clean with general toning. Cultural and historical account..... More
New York: Funk and Wagnalls, 1884. First Edition. Paperback. 125 pages. Illustrated wraps. Octavo. Lightly soiled but bright. 1/3 inch chip to lower spine and small chip to top of spine, along with a few spine nicks and tiny chip to lower front corner. Textblock square and binding tight. Interior..... More
Boston, Mass: James W. Burditt & Co., 1810. Second Edition. Leather-bound. Octavo.Full original calf binding, red spine label with titles in gilt,and double-ruled in gilt. Corners bumped, general wear to leather. Front hinge cracked and loose, binding sound. Endpapers and title page browned, Moderate foxing throughout, but not to obscure..... More
Seattle, WA: Acme Press, 1963. Hardcover. Infinitesimal but of rubbing to extremities. Dustjacket shows a few small creases, closed tears and very small chipping -- particularly to very top of front panel and spine. Overall, tight, bright copy of this now-elusive record of a remarkable and unequaled synthesis of ambitions..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1887. First Edition. Hardcover. 230 pages+12 page publisher catalog. Green pictorial cloth with leaf design on cover and spine. Corners bumped, some edgewear, overall bright. Interior clean, no marks, etc. Nine stories told in Negro dialect of the time: Marse Chan. A Tale of Ole..... More
Paris. Printed at the English Press, Rue de Vaugirard, No. 970, Paris. 1795. First Edition in English. Pamphlet. 8vo. INCOMPLETE, lacking two leaves. 8vo. Disbound from a volume of pamphlets, with thin leather strip/remnants to spine. Printed in the Third year of the French Republic. Previous owner's written name (Frederick..... More
Boston: Greenough and Stebbins, Over the Palladium Office. 1808. Pamphlet. Removed from a bound volume of pamphlets. Leather remnants on spine. Edges neatly trimmed. Octavo, 5" x 8." pp. 32. Last gathering fully detached. 2 lines ink inscription to titlepage, top line shaved. Moderate foxing throughout. Lightly tanned. (Sabin 62650)..... More
Boston, Mass: Greenough and Stebbins, 1808. First Edition (or Second; see Sabin 62652). Pamphlet. 16 pp. 23 cm. Disbound from a volume of bound pamphlets. Small tear in last leaf. Some spots on title page, and final pages.16 pp. Pickering served in the Massachusetts militia and Continental Army during the..... More
Chicago, IL: Laird & Lee, 1904. Hardcover. Illustrated red and black cloth with titles in gilt, octavo. Heavy scuffing to boards, some chafing, spine title faded, corners worn. Binding solid. 317 pages. 35 illustrations taken from photos of the event, plus drawings in the "Gibson Girl" style of the era..... More
Boston, Mass: E. Russell, near the New Intelligence-Office and Auction-room, and next the Cornfield, Union-street. 1772. Removed. 8vo, pp. 70. Lacks titlepage and dedication, which is dedicated to 'All Friends of Liberty'. Begins with preface (first page nearly detached), but subsequently complete. xvi, 1 unnumbered page, 18-70 pages, 20 cm..... More
Boston, Mass: Munroe and Francis, 128 Washington-Street, 1826. Second Edition. Pamphlet. Octavo, 8 1/4 x 5 1/4. Removed from a book of pamphlets. pp. 58 + map. This copy lacks often-appended 30 pp. "Notes" section,Title page partially detached. Leather remnants to spine. Fold to upper right-hand corner of title page..... More
Boston: Richardson and Lord, 1823. First Edition. Hardcover. 603 pages. Large 8vo (8.75" x 5.25"). Quarter-bound, (leather spine) over plain, contemporary boards, both of which are detached. Corners chafed, stains to boards. Spine cracked and worn. Binding shaken but sound. Textblock clean and complete.Washington Library label with regulations pasted down..... More
London, England: T. Becket, the Corner of the Adelphi, in the Strand, 1778. Seventh Edition. Removed. 8" x 5 1/4" octavo. Removed from a book of pamphlets. 74 pages. Missing half-title and last advertisement leaf. First leaf nearly detatched, last 4 leaves fully detached. Ink stains and four holes (the..... More
Boston, Mass: John Russell, 1799. First Edition. Stitched Pamphlet. NOT TOM PAINE. NOT THOMAS PAINE. THIS BOOK IS NOT BY THE FAMOUS COLONIAL WRITER OF "THE RIGHTS OF MAN" OR "COMMON SENSE"8" x 5" octavo. 30 pages. Removed from a volume of pamphlets. Leather remnants on spine. Title-page clipped, upper..... More
Boston, Mass: John Russell, 1799. First Edition. Stitched Pamphlet. NOT TOM PAINE. NOT THOMAS PAINE. NOT THE GUY WHO WROTE "THE RIGHTS OF MAN" OR "COMMON SENSE" 9" x 5 3/4" octavo. Stitched as issued. Small tears along fore-edge and bottom of title page. Closed tears near stitching on first 4..... More
Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1868. First Edition. Hardcover. Three volumes, pebbled brown cloth with spine titles in gilt. Octavos, 9x6 inches each.. Corners bumped, some little chips to edges, volume one has some chipping along front edge. Textblock square to all volumes with bindings tight. xxii, 741pp; xxii, 498..... More
San Francisco, CA: The Wasp Publishing Co., 1886. Paperback. Magazine, stitched. ; 13.50" x 10". First page partially torn along fold. The Wasp (also known as The Illustrated Wasp), The San Francisco Illustrated Wasp, The Wasp News-Letter and the San Francisco News-Letter Wasp) was "an American satirical magazine" published from 1876..... More
San Francisco, CA: John Howell, 1936. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Large Folio, half-bound in dark-brown morocco (goat) over brown buckram, ruled in gilt. One of 100 copies upon Alexandra Japan paper. LACKS the following accompaniments: 1) Portfolio with extra plates, 2) Original California newspaper; 3) Original document or letter. Printed by..... More
Burnet, Texas: Eakin Press, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Brown paper over boards with spine titles stamped in gilt. Octavo. Corners sharp, some light general wear to cover. Textblock square, binding tight. In complete dust jacket with some wear and small chips to top of spine, small chip to top of..... More
Richmond, Virginia: Johnson Publishing Company, 1917. HARDCOVER. 8vo. Brown cloth-covered boards (7 1/2" x 5 1/2") with orange and black vignette to front board. Five-color illustrations throughout (orange, black, gray, brown and black. Rubbing and scuffing to extremities. Children's stick-on stars -- one each on many pages -- applied throughout..... More
Boston, Mass: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Brick red textured cloth. Slight depression to spine. Structurally very sound. Previous owner's printed name to front free endpaper. 298 pp. After an introduction to the nature and habits of the Grizzly, stories include (but are not limited to): "The Grizzly..... More
