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 fund "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
Long Beach, CA: Christar Publishers, 1984. Softcover. Near fine. Facsimile reprint of the 1932 original, which was distrbuted by the Long Baach Chamber of Commerce. 24 pp, illustrated with b/w photos. Minimal handling wear; about fine. Includes sections on parks and playgrounds, amusements, golf courses, hotels and apartments, beaches, the..... Item #20320
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
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
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1904. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 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, and all have scuffing to the leather. Black leather..... Item #20501
Quarter-leather album, 9.5 x 12 in., containing 97 large (almost all 7" x 9" or 8" x 10") black and white photographs mounted one per side on 43 leaves, with the final photo on the rear pastedown. Most are affixed to the page at only one edge, so the backs..... Item #21338
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
Clermont-Ferrand: Michelin & Cie. 1920. Hardcover. Near fine in a good dust jacket. 146 pp, with illustrations, maps. Bound in flexible cloth boards. Minimal wear to edges; else fine. Dust jacket has an old price stamp on the front and creasing and chipping to the top edge. In a protective..... Item #21084
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
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
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
Bermuda: Belmont Manor, 1929. Softcover. Very good. Brochure, 9 x 3.5 inches when folding, unfolding to 18 x 14 inches to reveal a "Detail Map of Belmont Manor Golf Course," surrounded by a border of 16 half-tone photographs of golfers, the course, and related amenities. Includes descriptive text on the..... Item #21292
New York: Marlborough, 2005. Softcover. Near fine. Exhibition catalogue. 9.5 x 11.5 inches, 37 pp, with 21 color illustrations. Very light shelf wear; else fine. Includes transcript of a conversation between Lira and Edward Shaw. Item #1968
San Leandro, CA: City of San Leandro, 1971. Softcover. Very Good. 39 pp, with illustrations, subscription form, in original illustrated wrappers. Very light handling wear, internally clean and sound. A compilation of "San Leandro Recollections" articles assembled to celebrate the city's 99th anniversary. Item #1327
Lowestoft, Kirkley and Oulton Broad: E.W.B. Squire & Son. Softcover. Very Good. Undated (but contemporary to the War) photographic view book, .7.5 x 9.5 inches, oblong, in original illustrated, string-tiedwrappers. One page of text and 13 views of damaged and destroyed buildings tipped in on rectos only of 13 leaves..... Item #2474
New Delhi: Ministry of Transport and Communications, Government of India, 1958. Softcover. Very Good. 120 pp, with illustrations, folding map, in original wrappers. Light handling wear, name stamp on inside cover; else clean. Includes information on the land and people, history, communications, useful hints, places of interest, cave temples, hill..... Item #2643
Softcover. Very good. Travel brochure. Undated, but internal evidence points to the late 1930s. Six panels printed on both sides, with a bright color cover and colored map, many photographic illustrations. 9" x 5" when folded, 14" x 29" when fully unfolded. Moderate handling wear. Describes the beauty and natural..... Item #21391
Bruxelles: Imp. J. Remy. Softcover. Near fine. Undated, but 1920s.7 x 5 in., 30 pp, b/w illustrations from photographs. Cover art signed "C.D." Slight edgewear; near fine. Claiming to be "the largest and most up-to-date motor hire company in Europe." Servauto offers cars with "specially built bodies for continental touring..... Item #20896
