Pico Avenue Church. San Marcos, CA
Pico & San Marcos Blvd., San Marco. California: No Date, circa early ?? 1900's. Original Watercolor. Signed at bottom right "EJD" -- Condition:. More
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Ballentine's Law Dictionary of Words, Terms, Abbreviations and Phrases Which are Peculiar to the Law and of Which have a Peculiar Meaning in the Law. Also Latin Phrases and Maxims with their Translations Including an Appendix ...
Rochester, N. Y: Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, 1923. First Printing of the Second Edition. Full leather. 8vo., limp pebbled leather, 636pp., appendix containing a list of abbreviations of law books with their meaning. An explanations of words and symbols used in law publications, and a table showing how to ascertain..... More
Buena Vistas Tales From the Past
Self Published, 2000. First Edition, First Printing. Paperback. 8vo., 199pp., illustrated, bibliography. -- Signed by the author on the title page. -- minimal wear to the corners; just slightly bumped. Contents: Mining Stories, Ghost Towns, Transportatio, Ranching and Farm Stories, Old Hotels and Camps, History of the Colorado Reformatory, Miscellaneous..... More
Lincoln at New Salem
Petersburg, Illinois: Old Salem Lincoln League, 1927. First Edition. Quarto, brown pebbled cloth, 147pp., Lincoln portrait, fold out pictorial map of New Salem, illustrations, index. -- Light fading to cloth at tip of the spine. Very minor edgewear to the extremities. -- Internally fine. Bookplate of Joseph Benjamin Oakleaf pasted..... More
Anza-Borrego Desert Guide Book. Southern California's Last Frontier
Borrego Springs, California: Anza-Borrego Desert Natural history Association, 1979. Revised Edition. Comb bound wraps. Talll 8vo., 154 pages, 2 fold-out maps bound in with map indexes on the verso; Borrego Valley Sector - North of Highway 78, Borrego Valley Sector - South of Highway 78. -- A separate large fold-out..... More
Butterflies and Rattlesnakes. Chronicle of a Life
Seattle: Norbert Press, 2006. First Edition. 8vo., 211 pp., illustrated with black & white and color photographs, index. Signed by the author. -- Corners bumped. Twickenham is an unincorporated community in Wheeler County, in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is located along the John Day River between Service Creek..... More
Smoke Eater
New York: Random House, 1941. First Printing (So Stated). Hardcover. 8vo., 251pp., black cloth lettered in red. illustrated in black & white by lois cunette. half-title page has a narrow dog-ear at the bottom front edge. -- Signed on the first free end-paper by the author. -- Extremities lightly rubbed..... More
Treatment of Casualties from Chemical Warfare Agents. NAVMED 220
Washington DC: United States Government Printing Office, 1944. Original wraps. 8vo., 83pp., 5 color plates, fold-out sheet. index. -- Name on written on front cover. -- Overall a clean, bright copy with a sound binding. More
The Flat Bow
New York - Milwaukee - Chicago: Bruce Publishing Company, 1939. First Revised Edition (NAP). Stiff wraps. Tall 8vo., 67pp., index, detailed sepia illustrations and how to diagrams. Front cover illustration signed BH [Ben Hunt]. More
Whisper In My Ear. A Golden Playtime Book
New York: Golden Press, Inc, 1964. Edition Not Stated (NAP). Boards. Oblong 12mo attached to a folio backing board with red plastic spiral binding. Extremities rubbed, bottom front corners on the backing boards bumped with resulting creases to boards (not extreme but noticeable), red spiral bindings have some damage but..... More
Illustrated Premium List with Cash Prices for Premiums of the London Tea Co
Boston: London Tea Company, 1893-1894. 26th Edition. Original wraps. Narrow Folio, 153pp., profusely illustrated. -- Front & rear cover partially separated along the spine edges, a few minor chips to the covers, tips of spine rubbed, corners a little bumped. Everything from Dinner and Tea Sets, Websters Unabridged Dictionary, Singer..... More
English Biscuit Advertising and Tins. Illustrated Price Guide
Kermit, Texas: Collector's Weekly, 1974. Original wraps. 8vo., 62pp., Introduction, Collecting Tins, History, Hints to Better Understanding, Index to Abbreviations of Company Names. Illustrated in black & white. Rear cover illustrated in color. -- First book solely on English biscuit advertising and English tins. More
Wilford H. Macy Family Cookbook. The Best of Five Generations
Del Norte, Colorado: Self Published, 1981. First Printing. Comb bound wraps. Printed for the 1981 Wilford Hammond Macy family union. 8vo., 79pp. Geneological information. Rear cover write-up of W. H. Macy's wedding and Macy family coat-of-arms. -- Name blocked out with black magic marker on the first end-paper. A few..... More
A Bibliography of the Geology and Mining Interests of the Black Hills Region. -- South Dakota School of Mines Bulletin No 11
Rapid City: South Dakota School of Mines, 1917. Edition Not Stated. Original wraps. Tall 8vo., 316pp., plus 7pp. index to names of authors and collectors. Nice fold out map of the Black Hills Region. -- Minimal light wear to the extremities. -- At Least:. More
Thompson Oil and Supply Company Catalog No. 1. Factory Supplies; Established 1900 - Incorporated in 1914. -- Thompson Oil and Supply Co. Manufacturers and Jobbers. Factory - Laundry - Mill - Hotel - Painters - Hospital Supplies. Compounders of Pennsylvania Lubricating Oils. Manufacturers of Paragon Vegetable Boiler Compound. -
Oshkosh, Wisconsin: No Date, circa early 1900's. Hardcover. Tall 8vo., 229 pages, many illustrations of various products. Black and white photo illustrations of the "Home of the Thompson Oil and Supply Co." and the "Thompson Oil and Supply Co's. Filling station. -- Binding slightly bowed. No other notable defects. More
Only One Man Died. The Medical Aspects of the Lewis and Clarkl Expedition
Glendale, California: Arthur H. Clark Company, 1979. First Edition, First Printing. Royal 8vo., 444pp., frontispiece, illustrated, double page map, three appendices, bibliography, index. -- Personal inscription to the second free endpaper signed "Frenchy Chuinard". -- Light were to the extremities of the dust jacket. No other notable defects. "Eldon “Frenchy”..... More
Gertrude & Heathcliffe
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1974. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo., 60pp., illustrations by the author. Jacket illustration also by the author. -- Front inside flap of the dust. jacket has edge fold (see photos). No other notable defects. A bright, clean, sound copy of the first printing. "Born..... More
Hazelton Spencer Ex-Libris Bookplate
Image size 5"x7". Mounted on front cover of "Reliques of Ancient English Poetry" by Thomas Percy, D.D. -- Printed name at bottom of the bookplate, Renzo Cellini ------------------ Roma. -- I could find very little about the illustrator, Renzo Cellini (see in comments below). He seemed to be quite famous..... More
Star Roan. An Adventure of California Rancho Days
Garden City: Double Day & Company, 1952. Later printing. Hardcover. 8vo., 209pp., blue cloth covers. Jacket painting and title page design by Millard Sheets. -- Signed inscription by the author on the dedication page, "Best wishes to all my readers. Stephen Holt. Pen name Harlan Howard Thompson Author". -- Dust..... More
The Flush Times of Alabama and Mississippi. A Series of Sketches
San Francisco: Bancroft-Whitney Co, 1887. Edition of 1887. 8vo., 330pp., green cloth covers, frontispiece "The Cure of Poetry". -- A tiny bit of wear to the extremities. Former owners' small personal name stamp on the first free endpaper. -- Tight, clean, bright copy. "Lawyer, author, and politician Joseph Glover Baldwin..... More
Portraits: Fort Rock Valley Homestead Years
Fort Rock Valley Historical Society, 1989. First Hardbound Edition. -- Limited Edition of 50 copies. This is No. 21. Hardcover. Tall 4to., 218pp., brown cloth covers, profusley illustrations, documents, maps, references for geology and early residents section, index. -- No notable defects. -- Only 50 hardbound copies of the book..... More
My Lady's Fortune Hunt
Boston: C. M. Publishing Co, 1908. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 378pp., decorated cloth cover, frontispiece, 7 black & white illustrations.-- Externally Near Fine Condition. Internally Very good+ with faint water stain to white margins to last 20-30 pages. -- Overall:. More
Trachoma and Related Disorders caused by chlamydial agents. Proceedings of a Symposium held in Boston, Massachusetts 17-20 August 1970
Amsterdam - London - Princeton: Excerpta Medica, 1971. First Edition. Royal 8vo., 186pp., 10 fully indexed issues, separate cumulative index. -- Signed by the editor. -- Top edge of the dust jacket has some rubbing. Dust jacket is affixed to the cover paste-downs with clear tape. All abstracts are published..... More
The Old Parish Church With the Ghost of Merton Hall
London: Ward & Lock, 1861. First Edition. 12mo., 261pp., all edges gilt, stamped cloth, frontispiece. -- Moderate wear to the extremities. Sound binding. "John Gibbs was a British Gothic Revival architect based in Wigan, Manchester, and Oxford, England. Gibbs wrote books promoting the Victorian Gothic architectural style including Designs for..... More
The Little Red Book of Baseball. A Complete record book of all important records made in major league baseball from 1876 to and including 1950. World series records from 1903 to 1950, inclusive
New York: Al Munro Elias Baseball Bureau, Inc, 1951. Twenty-Sixth Annual Edition. 8vo., Maroon cloth covers lettered in gold and Stamped: Compliments of National and American Leagues of Baseball with Hal Schumacher's name in caps at he center of the front cover in gilt. -- Little of the gilt worn..... More