London: Printed by J.C. for H. Fletcher, 1657. Full Leather. Full leather with minor ruling and ornamentation. 5 ½ by 3 ½ inches. (8), 135 pp. Apparent variant from ESTC R202614 where Publike is spelled Publick, Country is spelled Countrey and Jenkins is spelled Jenkings. A work on English law..... More
New York: Burr Publishing Co, 1909. Wraps. Color illustrated wraps, with a string tied binding. Unpaginated. Black and white photos throughout. Single issue of this monthly magazine, relying heavily on photographs. Of note is a photo essay on Cuba and life in that country; a short photo illustrated essay on..... More
Paris: Editions MD. Wraps. no date. White card stock wraps decorated in blind, with a brown cloth spine. 12 card stock pages. Black and white tipped in photos throughout. All text in French. A photo album of sorts, depicting notable people from 1865 to 1910, along with short biographical entries..... More
Chicago: Rock Island Magazine, Publisher. Wraps. no date, presumed 1922. Color illustrated wraps. 48 pp. Black and white photos throughout. States, "From the Rock Island Lines Office of the President 1922," in pencil, on the first endpaper. A commemorative history of the Rock Island Railroad, looking back at its founding..... More
Springfield, OH: Crowell Publishing Company, 1933. Wraps. Folio. Color illustrated wraps. Folio. 114 pp. Illustrations throughout. Single issue of this long running journal featuring fiction, current events, fashion, etc. This issue notable for containing the fourth installment of "A Comedian Sees the World," by Charlie Chaplin, recalling his travels and..... More
New York: E. L. Garvin, Printer, 1837. Tabloid. Side folding tabloid newspaper. 8 pp. Edited by William Porter, the Spirit of the Times was a popular weekly newspaper from New York, discussing theater, horse racing as well as publishing humorous, satirical and fictional pieces. This issue mostly devoted to horses..... More
Chicago: Victor F. Lawson and Co, 1881. Tabloid. Large format tabloid newspaper. Single sheet, four pages. Single issue of this Chicago based newspaper,. This issue featuring two short paragraphs on the "Southern Colored Delegation," apparently visiting President-elect Garfield in Ohio, seeking to have an African-American appointed to his cabinet. Members..... More
New York: Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine for North America (Shriners), Publisher, 1926. Wraps. Color illustrated wraps, with a striking front cover illustration by W.T. Benda. 96 pp. Illustrations throughout. First issue of this magazine published by the Shriners organization for their members, offering a combination of..... More
New York: War Work Council of the Young Womens Christian Association (YWCA), 1919. Tabloid. Single sheet, side folded, 4 pp. With a few black and white photos. A bulletin issued by the War Work Council of the YWCA, originally formed in 1918 to raise funds to assist in World War..... More
Moscow: Moscow News, Publisher, 1989. Tabloid. Small tabloid format newspaper. 16 pp. Black and white photos throughout. Single issue of this long running newspaper that published news from within the Soviet Union/USSR, this with news of the election of Mikhail Gorbachev as the first ever President of the USSR Supreme..... More
New York: American Museum of Natural History, Publisher, 1927. Wraps. Printed wraps. 80 pp. Black and white photos and illustrations throughout. An offprint examining symbols used in Penobscot art and their cultural importance to the Penobscot people. With many examples of the designs used in decorating pots, baskets, etc. FAIR/GOOD..... More
Portland, ME: G.W. Morris, Publisher. Wraps. no date, circa 1900. Wraps, string tied. Oblong format. 80 pp. Black and white photos throughout. A photo book depicting the port cities and villages along the Maine coast, including Rockport, Lubec, Bar Harbor, Camden and many others. Includes ocean scenery, depictions of islands..... More
Hartford: Hudson and Goodwin, Printers, 1812. Tabloid. Large tabloid newspaper. Single sheet, 4 pp. Single issue of longest continuously published newspaper in the United States, now published as the Hartford Courant. The newspaper was founded in 1764, and was first published as a weekly, becoming daily in 1837. The first..... More
Baltimore: Passenger Department of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Publisher, 1903. Wraps. Illustrated white, gold and blue covers. 24 pp., plus ads. Photos throughout. Map of the railroad lines operated by the Baltimore and Ohio on the inside rear cover. A magazine presumably issued for passengers of the Baltimore and..... More
New York: The International News Company, 1899. Wraps. Illustrated wraps. Black and white photos and illustrations throughout. A collection of three issues of this general interest magazines, featuring photo illustrated articles on traveling from the Cape in Africa to Cairo, with photos of indigenous peoples and villages; the flashes from..... More
New York: The Century Co, 1896. Half Leather. Half leather with black boards. 960 pp. Illustrations and photos throughout. Bound volume of this monthly magazine including a piece by Thomas Edison and others on Roentgen and Roentgen Rays (x-rays), including x-ray photographs; an article on Africa; South Africa; the Alaska..... More
Washington: Carnegie Institute of Washington, Publisher, 1931. Wraps. Printed wraps. Folio. 157 pp., plus black and white photo and illustrated plates. Four works related to archaeology and archaeological findings in the Americas. This includes "Excavations at Baking Pot, British Honduras;" "Maya Astronomy;" "The Temple of the Wall Panels, Chichen Itza;"..... More
Philadelphia: Curtis Publishing Company, 1893. Wraps. Folio. Illustrated wraps. Folio. 36 pp. Black and white illustrations throughout. Columbia Bicycle tire as on the rear cover. Single issue of this general interest magazine for women. Includes a part of "the Brownies Through the Year," by Palmer Cox; hints on dressmaking; an..... More
London: The Bodley Head, 1960. First British Edition. Cloth. First UK edition. Yellow cloth in unclipped jacket. 191 pp. An account of Wright's travels through Spain, and his conversations with people from all walks of life, to understand the influence of religion and the rule of Franco on the people..... More