New York: New York Peace Society, [1909]. Softcover. Good. Single sheet 12.5 x 18 inches, folding to 9 x 6.25 inches, printed in red and black. Short tears along folds, a few small splits at intersections; good. Scarce illustrated circular advocating allocation of government funds "for productive, humane, and enlightened..... Item #21322
Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1986. Very good. 115 pp text + c. 50 pp of black and white photographs. Original pictorial boards; no dust jacket. Light soiling to boards, internals clean. A well-illustrated, Estonian-language history of Estonian cycling. Publisher's description: "Koguteoses heidetakse sõnas ja pildis pilk rattasõidu sada aastat täitunud ajaloole..... Item #20454
1998. Soft cover. Very Good. 109 pp, plus ads. Comb binding. Short tear and a few smudges to front cover, no internal markings. Reproduces many historic photographs and early maps, and includes short text about notable events and institutions as well as census records. Item #12282
London: Printed by A. White & Co. Beautifully designed folding tariff card for the Arundel Hotel located on Victoria Embankment in London. 9.5 x 12 cm (ca. 3.5" x 4.5"), printed in a deep brown ink on pale blue cardstock with decorative gilt borders. The first page lists charges for..... Item #21630
Roper Organization, [1980]. First Edition. Softcover. Very good-. 110 pp. Light cover wear, small abrasion where a sticker was removed, and minor water damage affecting one corner. Contents clean, binding sound. Reports results of the fourth of eight polls conducted between 1970 and 2000 that surveyed American women and men..... Item #14520
New York: A-D Publishing, 1940. First Edition. Softcover. Very good. 102 pp, in original wrappers, with illustration, layout, and design by Ukrainian-American artist Irvine Kamens. Light wear to edges, contents clean, binding sound. Item #22283
Landsdowne, PA: Hamilton Press, 1962. Softcover. Very Good. 7 pp, with illustrations, in original wrappers. Light shelf wear to wrappers, light toning to edges; contents clean. Alphabet book, likely produced as a Christmas greeting. Vintage woodcut illustrations of animals--one for each letter, A-Z, with English and French names for the..... Item #2490
Hartford: E.T. Pease & Co., 1854. First Edition. Softcover. Very good. Pamphlet, 51 pp, sewn binding, original printed wrappers. Some paper loss to spine and at corners, binding tight, text clean. On March 2, 1854, a recently installed 50-horsepower steam boiler exploded at the railroad-car factory Fales & Gray Car..... Item #21005
Chicago: Mrs. T.M. Starr, 1896. Softcover. Very good. Fourth edition. 48 pp. 6.5 x 5 inches, in original stapled wrappers. A very good copy, with some chipping to the spine, ownership signature on front cover. Title continues: Including Concise Instructions for Coloring with Transparent Oil Colors and for Enameling Over..... Item #21706
[Washington]: [1813]. First Edition. Softcover. Very good. 233 pp + table of contents, in original plain blue wrappers. Partially unopened, some insect damage to wraps, moderate foxing throughout. Item #22299
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1904. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Senate Documents, Volume 21, Parts 1, 2, & 3. Three large folio volumes (approx. 15 x 19 inches) uniformly bound in publisher’s original three-quarter leather and marbled boards, with mounted red leather labels. All three volumes are very clean internally..... Item #20501
Santa Monica, CA: Michael Kohn Gallery, 1991. Softcover. Very Good. Exhibition catalogue. 7.5 x 10.5 inches, approximately 20 pp, with 21 illustrations. Light handling wear, stamp on rear cover; else clean and sound. "Given the selection of nearly forty years of work, we can view many of Katz's paintings as a...... Item #1433
Russian Socialist Federation, [1919]. Hardcover. Good. Oblong folio, 11 x 14 inches, string-tied, [47] pp, with half-tone photographs of scenes and people relating to the Russian Revolution. Place of publication not indicated; we have seen credible suggestions of both Petrograd and New York. We have seen other copies described as..... Item #20744
Los Angeles: Sunset Club, 1927. Hardcover. Near Fine. 246 pp + illustrations. Original parchment-backed paper boards, leather spine label; mild shelfwear, contents clean, binding tight. Number 211 of an edition of 220 copies. Includes essays by Fred L. Alles, Edward D. Lyman, Charles Dwight Willard, Homer P. Earle, Albert Shiels..... Item #3088
Los Angeles: Board of Harbor Commissioners, 1928. Hardcover. Good. 6" x 9.25", 91 pp, with index, illustrations from photographs, tables, and maps, includng a large folding map of Los Angeles Harbor and Vicinity mounted to the inside of the rear cover. Ex-library, with related stamps on two pages; no external..... Item #22168
London: Printed for the author and sold by J. Bell, at the British Library, Strand, 1785. Hardcover. Very good. Third edition, complete in five volumes, with all half-titles present. 12mo, uniformly bound in nineteenth century full-leather, re-backed with spines laid down. Wear to boards, bindings tight, text clean. Provenance: Bookplates..... Item #21765
Very good. A fascinating collection of materials relating to the 25-year career of a police sketch artist employed by the Camden County [NJ] Prosecutor's Office. Agent Clarence (Chuck) Pierce, Jr. (1933-2021) began working for the Prosecutor's Office in 1971, after an eleven-year stint as a patrolman with the Borough of..... Item #21971
Very good. Founded in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1936, the Westport Consumers' Cooperative Society was a self-described "association of neighbors and friends who have joined together for the purpose of supplying their needs more efficiently and economically than they otherwise could do." Through wholesale purchasing, the Society offered its members..... Item #22060
Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona. Soft cover. Very Good. Arizona Bureau of Mines, Mineral Technology Series Number 38. Bulletin Number 142. University of Arizona Bulletin,Volume VIII, No. 2. April 1, 1937. 148 pages, in original printed wrappers. Index, illustrations, folding chart. Coffee ring on front cover, otherwise very good with..... Item #12302
Printed by the Compton Litho. Company, St. Louis. Trade card, 3 1/4 x 5 1/8 inches. Undated, but 1880s. Some light rubbing to image, one tiny corner chip; very good. This uncommon and attractive card invites inquiries "for full and complete information touching on the products of Arkansas, her climate..... Item #21894
Firenze: Tip. Barbera, Alfani e Venturi, 1922. Softcover. Very good. 6.75 x 9.25 in., 32 pp, in photographically illustrated wrappers, with 11 half-tone illustrations in the text. Light dust soiling, wear to spine ends; very good. Describes the work of an asylum for war orphans opened in 1921 by the..... Item #20620
Bern: Kornfeld und Klipstein, 1973. Softcover. Very Good. Catalogue of an auction held on the 21st of June, 1973. 7.5 x 10.5 inches, approximately 200 pp, with illustrations (approximately 10 in color). Light shelf wear, light foxing to top edge, library sticker on front cover; contents clean. Text is in..... Item #583
Grenoble: Imp. F. Dardelet. Softcover. Undated, ca. 1920. 8.5 x 5.25 inches, [32] pp. Moderate handling wear; very good. Text in French. Timetables, rates, and itineraries for a variety of chauffer-driven routes stretching from the Alpine heights of Chamonix down to the Mediterranean shores of Nice and Marseille. The company's..... Item #20900
Stockholm: Malmö Konsthall, 1981. Softcover. Very Good. Exhibition catalogue. 8 x 11.5 inches, 75 pp, with illustrations (11 in color). Some handling wear, two stickers on back cover; else clean and sound. Text is in Swedish and English. Retrospective exhibition featuring Bærtling's painting and sculpture. Item #1980
San Francisco: San Carlos Park Syndicate. Undated, ca. 1907. Single-page circular, or possibly a removed advertisement, backed on linen. 9 x 6 inches, printed in green and red, illustrated with half-tone photograph of the San Carlos railroad depot. Minor damage to lower left corner; very good. An effusive promotional piece..... Item #21470
