London: Printed for William Sheeres, 1641. First Edition. Leather-bound. 12mo. 7" x 5 1/2'. 118 pp (lacking frontispiece portrait and the final blank leaf). Scarlet crushed morocco A lovely rebinding in scarlet crushed morocco by renowned London binders Sangorski and Sutcliffe (signed in gilt on front turn-in), single-ruled in gilt..... More
London, England: Peter Cole, Printer and Bookseller at the sign of the Printing-press in Cornhil, near the Royal Exchange, 1662. Leather-bound. 8vo. Contemporary brown calf crudely reinforced on the spine with maroon diced leather. 1662 Date in black letters to front board. Manuscript label to spine. Several grayish-blue flecks to..... More
Cincinnati: U.P. James, [1847] 1854? Later printing. Softcover. 4to. (9 1/4" x 5 3/4"). Original illustrated reddish- wraps. India paper. Minor age-tanning and staining/tideline throughout, and marginal spotting. viii +144 pages. With price of twenty-five cents printed at the top of front wrap. 13 illustrations. Text in double columns. Howes..... More
Boston, Mass: State-Press / Adams and Larkin (Printers to the General Court), 1795. First Edition. Hardcover. Folio..13 3/4" x 8". Volume I only, of one ever published -- despite the "Vol I" in the title) Bound in original blue paper-covered cardboard boards, as issued. Original covers detached but present, rear nearly..... 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
Philadelphia, PA: Macrae Smith Company, 1932. Stated First Printing. Hardcover. 12mo (7" x 4.5").xi, half-title, 49pp., blank. Bright silver boards with red shaker and cocktail glass design and red lettering to front board. Very light bump along fore-edge, around 2.5" down. Several very small splash-stains to last three pages, and..... More
