Chicago, IL: Esquire, 1939. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Limited edition. Twelve short chapters discuss the history and character of Esquire Magazine from it's inception in 1933 through 1938. These chapters are followed by ten "exhibits" that testify to it's degree of sophistication in both literary content and cartoons. The..... More
Boston, MA;: American Unitarian Association, 1908. Hardcover. The sketches making up this volume are reprinted from The Harvard Graduates' Magazine. Bound in original tan cloth with lettering in green, border and illustration in green and pink, and illustrated paper label on front cover.Top page edges in gilt, lower and leading..... More
Standard Oil Company of California [early 1940s]. Pamphlet. A travel guide briefly describing the principal central transcontinental highways, U.S.6, 30, 40, and 50, crossing the U.S. and lists some of the points of interest along them. 38 pages. Form M-393. Name and date stamps on the front and rear covers..... More
Duluth, MN: Clyde Irion Works Sales Company [circa 1913]. Staple bound. Thirty-nine pages illustrated with mostly full-page examples of their rail logging machinery.and equipment with descriptive data on each. Topics include the McGiffert Loader on rails or as a skidder, the deck loader, and the Clyde "Rapid" logging machine. Each..... More
New Britain, CT: Stanley Tools, 1939. Soft cover. 240 pages of Stanley tools with illustrations, descriptions and prices. More
New Haven, CT: Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Company/State of Connecticut, 1902. Soft cover. 32 pages with illustration and numerous tables. Bound in original cream colored stiff paper covers printed in black. Sticker removal and numbers on the upper left corner of the front cover. Corner crease to the front cover..... More
Chicago: Illinois Central Railway [no date, about 1960]. Al Mettel. Thick paper sheets. Four Al Mettel color prints of historical buildings in and around New Orleans. Promotional prints printed by Brown & Bigelow for the Illinois Central Railroad for the name train "The City of New Leans" which ran from..... More
National Capital Planning Commission/National Capital Regional Planning Council, 1959. Oblong softcover. Findings and recommendations of the Mass Transportation Survey consisting of an expanded network of highways and new express transit facilities. 87 pages with photographs, maps, graphs, profiles, illustrations, and proposed routes, plus large foldout map. Bound with plastic comb..... More
Philadelphia, PA: Running Press (1994). Lawrence, John. Hardcover. Miniature book measures approximately 2 3/4 x 3 1/4 inches. Color woodcut illustrations. Very fine in fine and bright dust jacket. More
Philadelphia, PA: Running Press (1994). Lawrence, John. Hardcover. Miniature book measures approximately 2 3/4 x 3 1/4 inches. Color woodcut illustrations. Very fine in fine and bright dust jacket. Together with tree ornament in a fine gift box. More
New York: Dutton Children's Books/Penguin Books, 1992. Kneen, Maggie. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Very fine and bright. An as new copy. More
Nashville, TN: Nelson, 1992. Savage, Ann. First edition. Hardcover. Unfold the story of the Twelve Days of Christmas... Tied with a ribbon, the illustrated boards open like a book or expand into a frieze with a length of nine feet. There is a flap to lift on each page. Complete..... More
Washington, DC;: United States Geological Survey/USGS/Government Printing Office/GPO, 1897. Hardcover. Chapters on dipping of cattle for ticks, investigations of diseases of domesticated animals, infectious leukemia in fowl, tuberculosis in swine, detection of tuberculosis in cattle, etc. 8vo. 362 pages plus many plates featuring organs, cells and micro-organisms, many of these..... More
Pittsburgh, PA: United States Sanitary Mfg. Co., 1925. Hardcover. 111 pages with illustrations and information on lavatories, drinking fountains, drain boards, sinks, baths, etc. Company's receipt card laid in. Bound in dark green cloth with lettering and emblem stamped in gilt and border stamped in blind. A fine copy. More
Eugene, OR: University of Oregon Mothers Club, 1976. First edition, first printing. Oblong comb binding. A collection of the favorite recipes of parents of University of Oregon students, and of prominent persons throughout Oregon and elsewhere. 316 pages of recipes plus index. Green plastic comb binding with yellow card covers..... More
Western Germany: Kruger. Stiff card cover. Vintage Kruger calendar, young angels and forest creatures, approximately 11" square, with applied glitter. Very good plus. More
Western Germany: Kruger. Card. Vintage Kruger calendar, young children and Nativity scene, approximately 11" square, with applied glitter. Near fine. More
Oakland / San Francisco, CA: C.W. Marwedel, 1953. Hardcover. 1404 pages with illustrations of tools and equipment, information and prices. Bound in original dark blue cloth with lettering background and design in white and light blue. Company name and address in pencil on the front endpaper. Title page creased and..... More
Brooklyn, New York: Jaymar Specialty Co., Inc. Disney Productions. Board. A collection of three Walt Disney frame tray puzzles for young children, each containing 30 pieces. Pictured are Dumbo with Huey, Dewey, and Louie, Mickey Mouse with jungle friends, and the three little pigs with the wolf. The individual pieces..... More
Racine, WI [1983]: Western Publishing Company, Inc. Disney Productions. Puzzle. A GOLDEN & FRAME TRAY PUZZLE for young children measuring approximately 11 x 14 inches with 22 pieces. Pictured is a train chugging along a cliffside with multiple Disney characters on board including Tinker Bell, Dopey, Jimminy Cricket, Pinnochio, and..... More
St. Paul, MN: Brown & Bigelow [mid 1940s to early 1950s]. J.R. Rosen and A.E. Hilton. Print. Color lithograph with tissue gaurd. Engraved by J.R. Rosen and illustrated by A.E. Hilton. Presented as a Christmas gift by the Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway. Printed signature of Lucian C. Sprague printed..... More
Cleveland, OH: Weldon Tool Company, 1942. Hardcover. 78 plus pages with illustrations, descriptions, and dimension and price tables. Bound in black cloth with lettering in white. Discount sheet fixed to the front endpaper. A fine copy. Appears as new. More
Portland, OR: Woodbury & Company, 1950. Hardcover. Products for boilers, blacksmithing, welding and wood working, shipbuilding, aircraft, mines, refrigeration, etc.. 646 pages with illustrations of tools and equipment, information and prices. Bound in original green cloth with lettering and illustration in white. Small pink stain to the leading edges of..... More
Unknown publisher [about 1896]. First edition. Soft cover. Collects eight essays and poems by various authors in memorial of Philip Stanley Abbot who parished on Mt. Lefroy in the Canadian Rockies. 82 untrimmed pages with frontis and ten photographic plates. Professionally rebound with new paper cover with original covers pressed..... More
New York, N.Y. Greenberg, Publisher, 1925. First U.S. edition. Hardcover. Rivalry for the hand of a girl results in a false charge, a duel, and a mysterious murder. A clean, wholesome, well told tale of a youth's unswerving loyalty to an ideal and its happy realization. Cover art by Harry..... More
