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1880S8009Washington D.C.:: Government Printing Office 1880. 1880. First edition. 4to. iv 528 pp. Frontis. port. index. Gray cloth gilt spine; covers off spine ends worn covers freckled by silverfish. Inscribed by S. S. Cox. Bookplate & rubber stamp top edge of Lawrence Badash. AS IS. Government Printing Office, 1880. hardcover books
187326237New York NY: Not Published 1873. A folding announcement for the wedding at the Methodist Episcopal Church in NY of this prominent Baltimore MD physician and his fiancee. Elaborately engraved invitation copper-plate style in black on polished paper. On the opposite side of the text is an embossed stylized coat-of-arms. Approx. 5 1/4" x 6 1/2" size; simple folded paper format; some offsetting to the printing on the embossment side. Light wear in very good condition. Ephemera. Soft Cover. Very Good. Not Published paperback books
189524890No Place Listed: Not Published 1895. A collotype of this statue of Sir Francis Drake in Great Britain attached at top back edge only to a cardstock window-matte. Collotype approx. 6 1/2" x 8 1/2" overall size with some rubbing of the paper in the right margin. Matte measures 10" x 12"; some edge-wear; in very good condition. . Photograph. Not Bound. Very Good. Not Published paperback books
18641722738th Cong. 1st Sess.: HMD21. 1864. 34pp disbound. Light scattered foxing. Very Good. HMD21. unknown books
189936737San Francisco: Independence Print 1899. Light blue stiff-stock paper printed in dark blue ink. Horizontal fold lines. Penned name & address to verso. A VG copy. Single sheet printed recto only. Typographical border. 8-5/16" x 5" <br/><br/>An invitation / handbill of sorts to attend this musical evening. "Admission / Afternoon 25 Cents. Evening 50 Cents." Independence Print unknown books
1887SKU1025407Government Printing Office 1887. Hardcover. Good. 1887 Hardcover. Good condition- clean binding is loosening but still intact moderate overall wear with corner and edges rubbed through has tanned page edges and foxing on front and back end pages no other marks or notations. lz Government Printing Office hardcover books
18671320027Washington DC: Government Printing Office 1867. Hardcover. Octavo 596 pages; G; fully bound in brown leather spine has embossed lettering; binding has heavy shelf wear with the top and bottom of the spines missing chunks has fraying and bumping on the fore edge corners has streaks and patches of rubbing throughout; pages have age toning and blotching have minor detachment in several locations endpapers have pencil markings; shelved case 1. 1320027. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Government Printing Office hardcover books
189725325Hamden Connecticut: Hamden Card Works 1897. Four black and white printed sides to one large sheet. From the text: ".Remember these are all hidden name cards. The name is printed in the center of the card and the floral ornament can be raised at one end to show the name when desired.We allow a cash commission of 25 per cent on cards sold at these prices or you can select any of the premiums on our List not shown." Each style of card offered is illustrated including showing decorative and fringed border-work and with descriptions of each style; 32 different cards are shown. Including a variety of fancy beveled edge cards gold & silver bevel and colored envelope-style die-cut silk fringed combination packages of cards photo cards and more. Approx. 9" 5/8 x 13 3/4" size; printed on thin newsprint paper stock. Old fold lines edge tips wear few tiny holes; old edge-repairs not in imagery or text; in good condition. First Edition. Not Bound. Good. Hamden Card Works paperback books
188225246Boston Massachusetts: D. Lothrop & Co. 1882. 12 pages; with black and white illustrations throughout. Advertising books for sale with descriptions prices binding variants if desired. Natural history books by Amanda B.Harris Tennyson poetry travel family-oriented & children's publications including magazines - Wide Awake Babyland Our Little Folks The Pansy; at back is "A Complete list of the Popular "Pansy" Books & lists of other other authors with series titles. Approx. 6 1/2" x 9 1/2" size; printed sewn paper covers with a small illustration. Light edge wear to the wraps little darkened tips chipped back cover with a small discoloration at top margin inner top corner chipped away; in very good condition. First Printing. Soft Cover. Very Good. D. Lothrop & Co. paperback books
1856D12674London: Dean & Son 1856. Paperback. Fair. Original stitched illustrated wraps; 8vo 243x167mm; with 7 colored lithographs one double-page alternately printed on the recto or verso with some blank pages in between. Publisher's ads printed on rear cover. Covers lightly chipped along the edges with small stains at spine tips from old tape repairs. Some dusty finger-smudges but overall internally not so bad. Scarce. OCLC locates just 4 copies. All the trappings of highfalutin human Western weddings -- except that when fine monkeys get married they travel by pug-pulled carriage. <br/><br/> Dean & Son paperback books
186953665London: John Camden Hotten 1869. First Edition. First printing. Quarto 29cm. Publisher's quarter morocco over glazed boards; brown coated endpapers; xxi8032pp. Mild external rubbing primarily to board corners and spine ends; scattered faint foxing within; Very Good in the original publisher's binding. <br/><br/>A well-printed facsimile on thick paper with a substantial introduction and end-notes by Rae. John Camden Hotten unknown books
189941586Sacramento: A. J. Johnston Supt. State Printing 1899. Cloth covered spines black grey and blue over marbled paper covered boards. Handwritten title label pasted to front board of first volume. Moderate wear to bindings rubbing and scuffing. Spines of two volumes loose with gutter-type breaks textblock of volume 3 loose. Some pages torn within volumes some age-toning and rubbing to paper. Withal a Good set. 3 volumes. Unpaginated. Lined paper in pink and black. 2 volumes: 12-1/2" x 7-7/8". 1 volume: 13-3/4" x 8-1/2" <br/><br/>Includes: State of California Public School Register of Alviso District County of Alameda 1899; State of California Public School Register of Niles District County of Alameda 1901; and State of California Teacher's Public School Register of _____ School District County of ______ California 1903 but actually filled out for the 1905 school year. All books are filled out with student names attendance and even schedules in areas. Currently no similar items found for sale in the trade. A. J. Johnston, Supt. State Printing hardcover books
187124439New York NY: Johnson Fry & Co. 1871. Twenty - two images including the plates titled: Conrad and Medora dated 1867; the illustrated title page for 1871 'Byron & Moore Gallery'; and the images Kaled; Olympia; Gulmare; Rich and Rare engraved by Buttre after Fisher; Thou art not false but thou art fickle; Laura; Angiolina; Haidee; Medora; Leila; The Coming Step Buttre after Ward; Zelica Buttre after A. de Valentine; The Irish Girl Buttre after A. Elmore; Young Jessica Rice & Buttre after Ward; Parisina; Azim and Zelica Buttre after Corbould; Witch of the Alps; The Peri Bannister after Meadows; Maid of Athens; Don Juan and Haidee. Each image titled below; several with a verse from the relevant poem. The plates printed one side only on heavy paper stock and interleaved with plain paper guards. Previous owner name on front endpaper. Approximately 9" x 11 1/2" size; bound in gray-green decoratively blind-stamped cloth titled "Specimen" on front cover the back cover with the publisher name and address. Boards detached with edge and tips wear top cover stained spine covering gone. A few images with a little spotting in the margins and with evidence of being somewhat crudely edge-trimmed; generally the plates very clean and in very good condition an interesting specimen illustration book from this publisher. Specimen Book. Hard Cover. Good. Johnson Fry & Co. Hardcover books
187135576San Francisco: Alta California Printing House 1871. Modest wear with faint hotizontal fold lines to center. A VG example. 1 sheet printed recto only. 11-1/8" x 5-1/4" <br/><br/> Alta California Printing House unknown books
1848116Firenze ; Roma: Presso Pietro Ducci; Tipografia degli Ajani 1848. Together two pamphlets. 8vo. 31 pp.; 43 pp. Original wrappers; disbound. Two rare pamphlets on the regulation of printing in Florence and Rome during the critical period of popular unrest that was sweeping across Europe during the 1840's. The first pamphlet by Giuseppe Silvestri examines two recent articles of law that have an impact on the publication of religious information by the ecclesiastical authorities of Florence. The second deals more directly with the limitations placed on local printers in Rome and the restrictions and fines that accompany newly passed legislation. Although these two titles are cited in ICCU 9 and 6 copies only there are not copies cited in either NUC or OCLC. 116. Presso Pietro Ducci; Tipografia degli Ajani unknown books
185841639Boston: Boston Museum 1858. Buff printed paper. Moderate wear to edges some age-toning. Withal a VG example. Single broadsheet printed recto only. Decoratively engraved border. 18-1/2" x 6-3/8" <br/><br/>Not found on OCLC rare. (Boston Museum] unknown books
188243563Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office 1882. Hardcover. Very good-/No dust jacket. Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office 1882. Numerous b/w figures and maps. 525 pp. Hardcover. 8vo. Dark brown cloth. Gilt lettering to spine. Spine slightly faded; top edges dust-soiled else exceptionally clean and tight. Very good-/No dust jacket. Government Printing Office hardcover books
1833WRCLIT23992La Haye: Imprimerie d'Etat 1833. 61pp. plus four plates 3 folding. Octavo. Contemporary boards. Lower third of text lightly damp marked some tears or nicks at fore-edge one folding plate has a clean tear with no losses spine split. Withal a good untrimmed copy. First edition. Parallel texts and title pages in French and Dutch. An important survey of the early experiments in the proto- stereotyping processes with descriptions of examples and facsimile plates. Imprimerie d'Etat hardcover books
189743316East Aurora New York: The Roycroft Printing Shop 1897. 120 1 colophon pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original red cloth backed mustard boards uncut. Slight rubbing at tips minor soiling of spine some browning to text. Inscribed on ffep "For Mr. Frank W. Noxon with all good wishes from Elbert Hubbard". A very good copy. 120 1 colophon pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Inscribed by Elbert Hubbard. Ransome p. 405 no. 8 The Roycroft Printing Shop unknown books
185335557San Francisco: Printed for the Academy by F. A. Bonnard 1853. 1st printing Cowan II p. 93; Greenwood 379. Printed self-wrappers sewn. Age-toning to paper. Stain to top margin. A VG copy. 8 pp. 8vo. <br/><br/>Per Cowan "The first announcement of the Academy other than in the press." Printed for the Academy by F. A. Bonnard unknown books
185937005San Francisco: Published for Maguires' Opera House T. Maguire Proprietor Commercial Steam Presses 129 Sansome street 1859. 1st printing thus. Original publisher's printed green paper wrappers sewn. Music-themed adverts to rear wrapper & inner front wrapper. Average wear & soiling. Light foxing. A VG copy. 24 pp. 12mo. 6-15/16" x 4-3/16" <br/><br/>"Ernani is an operatic dramma lirico in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave based on the play Hernani by Victor Hugo. The first production took place at La Fenice Theatre Venice on 9 March 1844." Its US premier was in New York 1847. This performance starred Mr Henry Squires in the role of Ernani. Not in Greenwood though see #1189 for another 1859 edition of the ERNANI libretto. OCLC records just 3 institutional holdings of this edition. Rare. Published for Maguires' Opera House, T. Maguire, Proprietor [Commercial Steam Presses, 129 Sansome street] unknown books
181137526Reading PA: Johann Ritter 1811. 1st printing American Imprints 22488; Arndt & Eck 1865. OCLC records 6 holding institutions. Period quarter-leather binding with paste-paper wrapped boards. Wear to board edges. Top board beginning to detach in lower two-thirds of joint. Ffep nearly detached. Period pos to ffep and mss note affixed to front paste-down. Text paper browned & stained. A Good complete copy of this uncommon product from Ritter's prolific press. 104 2 pp. 12mo. 5-3/4" x 3-1/2" <br/><br/> Johann Ritter hardcover books
1871295Washington: Government Printing Office 1871. 4to. 290 x 230 mm. 11 1/2 x 9 inches. 4 205 pp. Illustrated with 7 chromolithographic plates 6 micro photographs and one lithograph. Bound in contemporary pebbled morocco spine and tips over marbled paper boards; edges rubbed but a sound and attractive copy. First illustrated edition; the text was published in an abbreviated form in 1869. This report was initiated by an outbreak of disease in a large number of Texas cattle that had been shipped north and landed in Cairo Illinois. The disease quickly spread and a government response was requested through the House of Representatives. A team lead by the English Professor of Veterinary Medicine James Gamgee and the botanists H. W. Ravenel of South Carolina traveled to Texas to find the origins of the diseased live stock. In an attempt to better illustrate their findings of the impact of the disease on the lungs spleens hearts and kidneys they employed the latest technology of chromolithographic printing and micro photography to produce highly legible detailed images of damaged organs. The color printed plates and photographs were produced in Baltimore by the Hoen & Co Chromolithographers and they demonstrate the use of color printing for medical research. 295. Government Printing Office unknown books
182631107Alnwick: Printed by M. Smith 1826. Some wrinkling fold lines & light soiling. A VG copy. One sheet printed recto only. Title printed in outline lettering. Quote from Shakespeare under the title. Text double column. 22 stanzas of 4 lines each. 10-3/4" x 8-5/8" <br/><br/>A printed ballad detailing the merits of the 4 candidates in the 1826 Northumberland parliamentary election: Henry George Viscount Howick; Matthew Bell; Henry Thomas Liddell & Thomas Wentworth Beaumont. Scarce item; no copies located on OCLC with only 1 copy located in the major on-line databases: The British Library. Printed by M. Smith unknown books
1881WRCAM13937On board the U.S.S. Trenton European Station 1881. Two pamphlets. 12; 16pp. 12mo. Fastened with bronze tack. Slight staining else good. A curious little pair of imprints printed on a U.S. Navy shipboard press sometime not long after the Civil War. The first the INSPECTION. pamphlet describes what an inspector should look for and contains the colophon "From the Press of U.S. Flagship Trenton European Station." The second pamphlet which describes the equipment to be carried on boats contains no colophon but is identical to the first in style and makeup and was found with the first pamphlet so it seems reasonable to assume that it is a product of the same press. unknown books