Albany, NY: Riggs Printing and Publishing Company, 1886. Wraps. Brown wraps. 48 pp., plus 10 pages of ads. First issue of this little magazine, perhaps only lasting a few issues (based on OCLC records). The editor, Joseph Albert Lawson intended the magazine to publish "articles upon current topics of the... More
New York: W.W. Norton, 2016. Cloth. Cream cloth in unclipped jacket. 652 pp. Illustrations and photos throughout. An annotated edition of this classic work of literature, featuring critical and historical commentary along the text, as well as illustrations gathered from various editions and visual productions of the work. VERY GOOD... More
New York: The Century Co, 1891. Wraps. Illustrated wraps. Black and white illustrations throughout, including several by Frederic Remington. Single issue of this magazine, featuring: Besieged by The Utes-the massacre of 1879, recalling fighting between Native Americans and US troops in the West, illustrated by Frederic Remington. Also of note... More
Washington: Blair and Rives. 1841. Pamphlet. Pamphlet, lacking any wraps that may have been issued. 16 pp. A speech to Congress by President John Tyler, addressing topics such as the suppression of the slave trade and whether other countries have the rights to interfere or regulate what American ships may... More
San Francisco: Performing Arts Social Society, Publisher, 1982. Tabloid. Side folding tabloid newspaper format. 24 pp. Black and white photos and illustrations throughout. An issue of this newspaper produced by the Kerista Commune, a utopian community established in the 1960s, originating in New York and combining a practice of poly-fidelity... More
No place (Cambridge, England): Negative Reaction, Publisher (Bluebell Press, Printer), 1977. Wraps. Wraps. 11 ½ by 8 ¼ inches. 20 pp., including covers. Fourth issue of this fanzine from Cambridge, England providing a "professional" approach to coverage of the punk scene (see Triggs). Berniere and Primois cite this zine as... More
No Place: No Publisher. Wraps. No publisher, place or date. Perhaps late 1970s, early 1980s. Side stapled. 11 ¾ by 8 ¼ inches. 20 pp., including covers. Most pages glued together along the top edge (as intended). Black and white collage and clip art throughout. A magazine of poetry, combining... More
New York: Frank Seaman, Publisher, 1883. Wraps. Printed wraps. With a few illustrations. Lengthy section of ads in the rear. A general interest magazine edited by Dio Lewis, with some items related to women's issues and health. This issue includes a study of inebriety in women; a new remedy for... More
Petaluma, CA: Pomegranate Books, 2011. Hard Cover. Illustrated paper covered boards in matching jacket. Oblong quarto. 192 pp. Color photographs throughout. A primarily visual study of the architecture of Louis Henry Sullivan, a Chicago area architect who blended Art Nouveau aesthetics with practical needs in creating his influential style or... More
New York: The Jewish Museum, 1964. Wraps. Wraps. Unpaginated. Black and white and a few color reproductions of art throughout. Text in Italian and English. A catalog to a 1964 exhibition of artists, featuring four germinal painters: Morris Louis, Kenneth Noland, Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns; and including four younger... More
London: Printed for W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 1822. Quarter Leather. Stated fourth edition. Quarter leather with marbled boards. xxviii, 512; 542 pp. Caption below the frontis states 'published by W. Simpkin and R. Marshall June 1822.' With a frontis cameo portrait of Napoleon in volume one, plus a larger... More
Scotch Plains, NJ: Morning Sun Books, 1998. First Edition. Hard Cover. Stated first printing. Green paper covered boards in color illustrated dust jacket. Small folio. 128 pp. Color photos throughout. A work devoted to the railroad photography of William J. McChesney, providing an exhaustive look at the various railroads and... More
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1893. Wraps. Illustrated wraps. Black and white illustrations throughout. Single issue of this magazine, featuring articles such as: an illustrated article on the history of Texas; a story "Gabriel, and the lost Millions of Perote," featuring illustrations by Frederic Remington; an article on horse and... More
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1893. Wraps. Illustrated wraps. Black and white illustrations throughout. Single issue of this magazine, featuring articles/stories such as: "The Refugees. A Tale of Two Continents. Part I," by Arthur Conan Doyle; The Old Way to Dixie, discussing travel on the Mississippi River, including some racist... More
Montclair, NJ: The Montcliar Art Museum, 2000. Wraps. Illustrated wraps. Small folio. 124 pp. Color reproductions of paintings throughout. A catalog and monograph style work issued to accompany an exhibition of paintings by American artist, Will Barnet, commenting on and critiquing his work and his association with various art movements... More
New York: Time, Inc., Publisher, 1964. Wraps. Red wraps. Folio. 238 pp. Black and white and color photos throughout. A single issue of this journal devoted to architecture, with many short articles on a variety of buildings either almost complete or just completed. This includes the CBS building in New... More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1865. Cloth. Brown cloth. 512, 512, 460 pp. A detailed biography of Samuel Adams, focusing on his role in the forming of the United States, including his thoughts on British rule, and his actions during the American Revolution and after. POOR condition. Ex-library. Pockets, pastedowns... More
London: Thomas Hailes Lacy. Pamphlet. no date, perhaps mid 1800s. Pamphlet. 24 pp. A short drama revolving around the captain of a merchant ship. GOOD condition, lacking any wrappers that may have been issued. Minor foxing and staining to the front and last page. Some staining along the spine. More
Liverpool: Ismay, Imrie and Co., Publisher. Unbound. no date, presumed late 1800s, early 1900s. 17 by 8 ¾ inches. A single sheet, folded, with one side depicting a color map of the Atlantic ocean and the four sailing routes used between Liverpool and New York, including those for ice season... More
New York: Punk Publications, 1977. Wraps. Side stapled, color illustrated, comic book style, wraps. 11 by 8 ½ inches. 40 pp. Issue number 8 of this influential New York magazine, founded by Legs McNeil and John Holmstrom. Holmstrom, a cartoonist influenced by underground comics, 'dreamed of being for the punks... More
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, U.S.A. Portsmouth Marine Society, 2000. Cloth. First Edition. Cloth in unclipped jacket. 306 pages. With black and white photos and illustrations throughout, including a fold out depiction of the shipyard. An in depth history of the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard on the border of Maine and New Hampshire... More
London: China Quarterly, presumed Publisher, 1962. Wraps. Blue printed wraps. 22 pp. Offprint from the April-June issue of the China Quarterly, providing a history of the political career and political philosophy of Liu Shaoqi, anticipating him as a successor to Mao Zedong. While Shaoqi was a prominent leader of the... More
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1964. Cloth. Gray brown cloth in price clipped jacket. 169 pp. Black and white woodcut illustrations by John and Clare Romano Ross throughout. An illustrated selection of poems from Whitman's classic Leaves of Grass. GOOD jacket on a VERY GOOD book. General browning to the... More
No place (Cambridge, England): Negative Reaction, Publisher (Bluebell Press, Printer), 1977. Wraps. Wraps. 12 by 8 3/8 inches. 20 pp., including covers. Third issue of this fanzine from Cambridge, England providing a "professional" approach to coverage of the punk scene (see Triggs). With interviews/reviews of Cherry Vanilla, Elvis Costello, Squeeze... More
Pontypridd: Percy S. Phillips, 1912. Wraps. Orange printed wraps (MISSING) rear wrapper. 92 pp. Text in English. A fictional account of the history of the Welsh town Llantwit Fardre, mixing facts and history with fiction to present a look at life and people in the town. FAIR condition. MISSING the... More
