St. Louis, MO: Antikamnia Chemical Co., n.d., ca. 1910s. First Edition. Octavo (21.5cm.); publisher's black stitched card wrappers printed in silvery-grey; [12]pp.; three chromolithographic illus., text printed from manuscript with line drawings throughout. Light wear from handling, else Very Good and sound. Rather bizarre promotional pamphlet issued by the St..... More

Chicago: Reilly & Britton Co., [1920-1921]. Octavo (20.5cm.); publisher's limp red pictorial reverse calf lettered in gilt; [88]pp. filled to completion. The volume quite heavily distended from more than one hundred added elements, endpapers cracked along hinges, stock uniformly toned, some of the mounted ephemera a bit worn, one photograph..... More

Batavia, NY: 1912-1917. Substantial archive relating to the case the People of New York v. Vincenzo Gatto, convicted of manslaughter in the first degree in the stabbing of Arthur Kearney. The archive consists of twelve (12) pieces of court documentation, including eighteen witness statements, ranging from one to thirty-eight typescript..... More

N.p. 1894. Oblong 12mo (14x17.5cm.); ribbon-bound tan card wrappers, stylized upper cover title in black ink manuscript; [8]ll. to which are mounted eight (8) original black ink cartoon drawings on stiff card stock, beveled decorative borders printed in multi-colored metallic ink. Wrappers a bit chipped at extremities with a few..... More

Roma: Tipografia delle Scienze, 1839. First Edition. Slim octavo (22cm.); contemporary green and decorative gilt textured paper-covered boards, contemporary manuscript private library label mounted to upper cover, red gilt spine label; 31pp.; engraved frontispiece. Light wear to extremities and spine, else Very Good, internally fine. Brief historical and technical introduction..... More

New York: 1834-1835. Sixty-nine manuscript receipts issued by local businesses to the owners of the coppered packet ship "Splendid" while docked in New York City from November, 1834, to June, 1835. Each leaf folded approximately 21x4cm. and bundled into two ribbon-tied packets marked in manuscript "6th vo[yag]e Splendid to Liverpool"..... More

Paris: Masson et Cie. 1905. First Edition. Paperback. Large 8vo; pp. [4], xv, [1], 454pp.; original buff printed wrappers (a bit a faint dampstaining along top edge and some soil spots); cracking to spine paper at crown without loss, else a very good, sound copy. Presumably the author's copy with..... More

London: Printed for John Churchill, (Executor to the late C. Churchill) and W. Flexney, 1769. Fourth Edition. Two volumes; octavos (21.5cm.); contemporary full calf, gilt spines in six compartments, red gilt morocco spine labels; [4],369; [2],330pp.; [A]2 B-2A8 2B2 & [A]2 B-X8 Y6. Boards rubbed along hinges with some exposure..... More

Dublin: J. Jones, 1790. Second Edition. 12mo; recent full brown morocco retaining original tree calf boards, red gilt spine label, renewed endpapers; vi,[3],429pp.; [A]6 B-T12. Ex-Maryland Historical Society with their occasional rubberstamps throughout, dampstaining to textblock, rather crude but serviceable new binding, else a Very Good, sturdy copy. First published..... More

Mankato, MN et al: ca. 1890s. Small oblong octavo (14x18cm.); publisher's grey card wrappers lettered in white; [16]ll. of pale grey stock to which are mounted sixteen (16) silver gelatin snapshots (all ca. 8x8cm.) on rectos only, usually with manuscript captions on facing page. Some photographs a bit overexposed at..... More

Massillon, OH: Myers Enterprises, 1959. First Edition. Quarto (28cm.); original grey post-bound pictorial card wrappers, housed in bespoke blue clamshell box, morocco gilt-lettered spine label; [4],97pp.; text printed mimeograph from original typescript. Wrappers a bit foxed and slightly soiled, minor wear from handling, else Very Good and sound. Self-published (and..... More

Paris: N. Bonnart, ca. 1690. First Edition. 12mo (15.5cm.); armorial binding of Madame de Maintenon, full crimson morocco adorned with her coat-of-arms on both covers, triple-ruled in gilt with diminutive repeating rampant lions at each corner, elaborate gilt spine in six compartments, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers; 100pp.; illus. and..... More

Portland, OR / Chicago: n.d., ca. 1940s. Quarto (29cm.); black cloth three-ring binder containing 250pp. of manuscript ink notes and diagrams on lined paper. Binder a bit worn at extremities, some splitting along upper cover spine edge, brief white splattering to rear cover, else Very Good, contents still quite clean..... More