circa 1860 - 1870. Deck of 20 illustrated playing cards, 3 5/8 x 2 9/16 inches, hand-colored, with 2 card with printed game instructions. All housed in the original box with color printed label on the lid. A few cards have light soiling or foxing as does the blank paper... More about THE NEW GAME OF SNIP, SNAP, SNORUM; [Box Title
N.p. (France): ca.1890. A set of three jigsaw puzzles, each 11 3/16 x 14 12/16 inches. These wood puzzles have machine cut pieces. The puzzles' images are color half-tone reproductions from paintings. The sides of the puzzles are gold textured paper, and the reverse a plain blue paper. Each has... More about VICTORIAN JIGSAW PUZZLES
London: Printed for Thomas Boys, 1817. First edition. 8vo., half-tile, xxv, 191 pp., [with] A DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF THE APPARATUS & INSTRUMENTS EMPLOYED IN EXPERIMENTAL AND OPERATIVE CHEMISTRY, IN ANALYTICAL MINERALOGY, AND IN THE PURSUITS OF THE RECENT DISCOVERIES OF VOLTAIC ELECTRICITY. MANUFACTURE AND SOLD BY FREDRICK ACCUM, OPERATIVE CHEMIST... More about CHEMICAL AMUSEMENT:; COMPRISING A SERIES OF CURIOUS AND INSTRUCTIVE EXPERIMENTS IN CHEMISTRY...
New York, Chicago, San Francisco: Wilson-Western Sporting Goods Company, 1930. First edition. 2 volumes. 8vo. The wrappers are illustrated with Rogers Hornsby in batting stance on the front cover. There are some marginal tears and general wear and soiling, especially to the Made -To -Measure catalogue; else in very good... More about WILSON READY-TO-WEAR (and) MADE-TO-MEASURE BASEBALL UNIFORMS, SEASON 1931
London: Henry G. Bohn, 1846. Fourth ed. 2 volumes. 12mo., [vol. I] xxiii, 528 pp.; [vol. II] xii, 548 pp.; each with engraved portrait frontispieces. Half calf and marbled boards. The tips are rubbed; light foxing to portraits and title page. A very good copy. A vast survey including information... More about A HISTORY OF INVENTIONS, DISCOVERIES, AND ORIGINS.; Translated from the German, by William...
London: John Murray, 1834. Second edition. 16mo., viii, 351 pp., over 80 text illustrations. Printed cloth over boards. The binding has been expertly rebacked with the original printed spine laid-down, new endpapers were added. Very good. Written shortly before the introduction of photography, this book discusses vision, optics, optical illusions... More about LETTERS ON NATURAL MAGIC, ADDRESSED TO SIR WALTER SCOTT, BART
Paris: Librarie Encyclopédie de Roret, 1839. First French edition. 24 mo., 286 pp., 2 folding engraved plates, in seven panels each. Bound with 90 pp. catalogue for ENCYCLOPÉDIE DE RORET dated June 1857. Quarter-morocco with tips and marbled paper over boards; spine with raised bands, gilt title on spine. Moderate... More about NOUVEAU MANUEL DE MAGIE NATURELLE ET AMUSANTE
Richmond: West & Johnson, 1863. First edition thus. 12mo., xiii, (i), 14-216 pp., with 12 plates (two folding). There are childish pencil scribblings on the table of contents, and on 3 of the plates. Pale blue cloth with the original paper label affixed to the upper board. The paper label... More about THE PRACTICE OF WAR: BEING A TRANSLATION OF A FRENCH MILITARY WORK ENTITLED,; "MAXIMS,...
Santa Fe: Twin Palms Publishers, 1998. First edition. Large 8vo., (100) pp., plus 127 full-page color plates. Fine, as new in dust jacket. Selections from Dr. Burns' outstanding collection of 40,000 examples of medically related photograph, from the inception of the medium through its' first one hundred years. Includes extensive notes on each illustration. More about A MORNING'S WORK: MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE BURNS ARCHIVE & COLLECTION, 1839-1939
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New York: Fairchild Aviation Corporation, 1927 ca. 4to., [60] leaves plus interleaves, photo-illustrated. Mimeographed typescript, printed on rectos only. Stiff paper binder with printed label on upper cover, bound with brads. A few creases and nicks to the binder, with a slight bump to the upper tip of the first... More about CIRCULAR REGARDING SALE OF STOCK
circa 1863. Original albumen photomontage, 21.6 x 10 cm. Very good. The earliest, and certainly the most infamous of disasters to befall climbers on Mont Blanc was the 1820 expedition of Dr. Joseph Hamel, a Russian naturalist and Counselor of State to the Czar, climbing after a heavy snowfall against... More about Boussolle du Docteur Hamel perdue au grand plateau, à la catastrophe du 15 aout 1820, retrouvée...
Southampton: Photo-Zincographed by Her Majesty's Command at the Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton, Colonel Sir H. James, Director. 1862. First ed. Folio, (vi), 16 pp.; illustration, text in red and black. The original 4 pp. prospectus has been tipped-in following the text. Decoratively blind-embossed cloth with gilt title and emblem, recased... More about DOMESDAY BOOK OR THE GREAT SURVEY OF ENGLAND OF WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR, A.D. MLXXXVI. FACSIMILE...
Paris: Librairie j.-b. Baillière et fils, 1887. First edition. 8vo., half-title, [1] advert, 106 pp., 3 - 8 adverts, with 7 leaves of plates. Original printed wrappers, with an advert on the rear wrapper. The front wrapper is edge chipped and detached with no loss of text; the rear wrapper... More about LES ÉMOTIONS CHEZ LES SUJETS EN ÉTAT D'HYPNOTISME.; ÉTUDE DE PSYCHOLOGIE EXPERIMENTALE FAITES...
Paris: G. Masson, (1878). First edition. 8vo., xix, 673 pp., errata, 348 illustrations from charts, graphs, and drawings. Publisher's red cloth, titled in black ink on the upper cover and spine. There is faint foxing on the foredge, a slight smudge to the red cloth near the lower corner of... More about LA MÉTHODE GRAPHIQUE DANS LES SCIENCES EXPÉRIMENTALES.; ET PARTICULIÈREMENT EN PHYSIOLOGIE ET...
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1895. First American edition. 8vo., xv, 323 pp., 200 b&w illustrations, adverts. Publisher's red cloth, embossed with titling and design element on both boards in black ink, and on the spine in black and gold. There is very light fading, and one tiny spot... More about MOVEMENT
Paris: F. Savy; J. Rothschild, 1862. First edition. Small 8vo., 460 pp., illustrations. Printed paper wrappers. Dampstain to fore edge and lower corners of several leaves; ex-library stamp; scattered light foxing. The wrappers have been expertly repaired and a new spine has been applied, otherwise a very good, unopened copy... More about CAUSERIES SCIENTIFIQUES: DÉCOUVERTES ET INVENTIONS; PROGRÉS DE LA SCIENCE ET DE L'INDUSTRIE
Wien: K.K. Graphische lehr- und versuchsanstalt, 1917. First edition. 4to., [iv], 79 pp., 4 leaves of plates printed in photogravure and mounted to heavier paper, (3 portraits, 1 facsimile). Printed stiff wrappers. The wrappers show moderate toning and light handling. Internally, a near fine copy, housed in a newly made... More about JOHANN HEINRICH SCHULZE:; DER LEBENSLAUF DES ERFINDERS DES ERSTEN PHOTOGRAPHISCHEN VERFAHRENS UND...
Baltimore: The Theatre Guild, 1995. Stieglitz, Alfred. Original poster for the play staring Stacy Keach and Margot Kidder, 22 x 14 inches, printed in color on heavy stock. Slight bump at one corner, else fine. This "The Great American Romance" initially toured in 1995 with revivals ongoing to this date... More about STIEGLITZ LOVES O'KEEFFE; FLOWERS AND PHOTOS
Oberlin, Ohio: The Artist, 1972. Tacha, Athena. First edition. A single sheet, 5.5 x 14.25 inches, folded to make 5 panels. Text printed verso only. Very good in clear acetate sleeve as issued. Printed on pink glossy paper, not blue; which pretty much tells the story. More about DIFFERENT NOTIONS OF CLEANLINESS
Paris: G. Masson, [1884]. Fourth edition, entirely revised. 8vo., xi, 321 pp., color frontispiece with tissue guard, plus 3 color plates, 218 illustrations in text. Gilt decorated red morroco spine with textured red cloth, a.e.g. Slightly rubbed at extremities, occasional light foxing, else very good. A manual containing wonderful illustrations... More about LES RÉCRÉATIONS SCIENTIFIQUES OU L'ENSEIGNEMENT PAR LES JEUX
London & New York: George Virtue & Co., 1854. 2 volumes. Thick 4tos. [vol. I] engraved title page and frontis, clx, 832 pp.; [vol. II] engraved title page, iv, 1052 pp. Illustrated with 40 steel engravings and 2475 wood engravings in text. Later binding of cloth with leather spine labels... More about CYCLOPAEDIA OF USEFUL ARTS, MECHANICAL AND CHEMICAL, MANUFACTURES, MINING, AND ENGINEERING
's Gravenhage: Ter Algemeene lands drukkerij, 1833. First edition. 8vo., 61 pp., plus 4 plates (3 folding). Contemporary diced paper over boards, decorated with gilt, a.e.g. Ink owner's stamp on the blank verso to the title page. Lacking a tiny chip from the spine ends. Near fine. The Dutch and... More about VE RAPPORT SUR LES RECHERCHES, RELATIVES A L'INVENTION PREMIÈRE ET A L'USAGE LE PLUS ANCIEN DE...
(Santa Fe, NM: Twin Palms Publisher, 1994). Witkin, Joel-Peter. First edition. 4to., unpaged, over 100 sepia-toned photo-illustrations. A fine copy in dust jacket. With texts by Joel-Peter Witkin, Eugenia Janis, Stanley Burns, Rainer Maria Rilke, Aaron H. Esman, and James Crump. More about HARMS WAY: LUST & MADNESS, MURDER & MAYHEM
Folio, 343 manuscript pages, all but a few illustrated with a mounted original b&w silver photograph, each approximately 2 3/4 x 4 inches or the reverse. Cloth over boards with a chipped paper label affixed to the upper board. Finger soiling and glue staining, moderate wear to the board tips... More about MILLINERY SAMPLE BOOK