New Haven: Yale University Press, 1967-1969. Various editions. Hardcover. Hundreds of pages, some ills. Light shelfwear and soil; overall clean and sturdy). No d.j. (if issued?). From Henry Adams to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Vol. 5 is the 1969 first printing; vols. 1-4 are 3rd or 4th printings of 1967 and..... More
1990. Couch-Keen, Glenda. Equestrienne Australis: The Story of Australia's Horsewomen. Springton, S.A.: Side-Saddle Association of South Australia 1990. 333p, many photos, a few in color. Limited edition. As new hardcover, in d.j. (corners bumped, as received from publisher). ** A must for anyone interested in Australia, horse(wo)manship, or social history..... More
![The Annual Roundup [3 vols.]. Des Moines Theodore Roosevelt High School](/pictures/thumb/30058.jpg?v=1616763510)
Des Moines: 1931, 1932, 1933. First edition. Paperbound (one suede), tied with cord. Three yearbooks from Theodore Roosevelt High School, Des Moines, Iowa. The typical yearbook contents: photos of graduating seniors, clubs, teams, faculty, baby pictures, etc. One senior girl's ambition was to be private secretary to Rudy Vallee. ..... More
Baltimore: 1907. First edition. Stapled paperbound. Catalogue of dozens of framed pictures, mirrors, frames, hat racks, screens, display easels, and commodes. All described and priced. The back cover lists the firm's other home furnishing lines, and their warehouses in Baltimore, New York, Kobe (Japan), and Canton (China). The firm's factories..... More
![Menu]. Monterey Hotel San Carlos](/pictures/thumb/30055.jpg?v=1616763249)
No place [Monterey?]: No stated publisher, n.d. [1950s?]. Unbound sheet. A wide selection of canapes, soups, salads and cold plates, from the grill, sandwiches, steaks and chops, potatoes, vegetables, drinks. T-Bone for two cost $2.25. The hotel was torn down in the 1980s. One sheet of orange card stock, folded once. ..... More
No place [New York?]: Hot Record Society, n.d. [1938]. Unbound sheet. This leaflet lists the first 18 Hot Record Society reissues of 78rpm records (HRS 1-18), three originals (HRS 1000-1002), and the forthcoming album of the Q.R.S. Piano Solos by Earl Hines. The groups are the Chicago Loopers, Louis Armstrong's..... More
San Francisco: Daily Student Tours, 1961. No stated edition. Pamphlet. Pamphlet for Europe-bound college students. Tips on planning ahead, passport and visa, health documents and shots, foreign monies, your traveling wardrobe, packing, cameras and film, mail, shopping, highlights to see and things to do, U.S. Customs information, etc. Don't forget..... More
![Books [2 catalogues, ca. 1914-15]. Roebuck and Co Sears](/pictures/thumb/30051.jpg?v=1616763243)
Chicago: Sears, Roebuck, n.d. [ca. 1914-1915]. No stated edition. Stapled paperbound. Two catalogues of hundreds of books and magazines for sale by Sears, Roebuck. One is headed, "Greatest of All Bookstores at Your Service." Bestsellers, gift books, home study, practical arts, series books for boys and girls, history and current..... More
No place [San Francisco?]: privately printed, 1978. First edition. Unbound folded sheet. Announcement from Virginia and Ansel Adams in celebration of their 50th wedding anniversary. It features lines from Wordsworth beginning "I have learned," a brilliant reproduction of Adams's 1927 "Monolith, the Face of Half Dome, Yosemite Valley" with facsimile..... More
Chicago: F.H. Revell, 1882 or 1883. First edition. Unbound folded sheet. The outside advertises Revell's book and stationery departments (printing and binding was also offered). The inside presents the year's weekly lessons for Bible study: Studies in the Acts of the Apostles and Studies in the Old Testament. The firm..... More
No place: [Bradley], n.d. [1883 or later]. Paperbound, sewn with light cord. An instruction manual for farmers that will save "money, horse flesh and your temper" if you follow its directions. First, "open the box." Then go through the 19 steps for setting up your mower. The rest of the..... More
![Admission Ticket]. Pimlico Master of the Horse's Office. Royal Mews](/images/noimage.png)
London: Wyman & Sons [printer], n.d. [in or before 1901]. First edition. Unbound card. Grants "gratis" admission to a visitor and party of five to The Queen's Stables. The visitor isn't named; perhaps the ink scrawl reads "Mr" and was to be filled in later. The verso lists prohibitions on..... More
London: Royale Baby Carriages, n.d. [ca. early 1960s]. First edition. 8-page color flyer advertising upscale baby carriages: the Newport, Warwick, Lincoln, York, Boston, Ely, Rye, and Guildford. One photo to a page. Except for the cover, the carriages are spookily absent of babies, and most of the mums in their..... More
![The Breeder's Gazette Farmer and His Wife! [cover title]. Virginia C. Meredith](/pictures/thumb/30042.jpg?v=1616762922)
Chicago: Sanders Pub. Co., n.d. [ca. 1918]. First edition. Paperbound. A lavish promotional brochure soliciting subscribers and advertisers to the weekly Breeder's Gazette, which reached "the very cream of the farming population." The tone is aspirational: "The Gazette is devoted to 'nurture and education' in better thinking about the fine..... More
Akron, OH: Rempel Riding Toys, 1958. First edition. Four-page color flyer advertising Rempel Riding Toys--three springed models, a tricycle "pony," a racing sulky, and a merry-go-round. All described and priced. Light handling wear and soil. Can be sent outside the US for less than the default shipping rate. More
![The New York Woman [first issue, 1938]; Edited for the Woman of Metropolitan New York. James...](/pictures/thumb/30040.jpg?v=1616762824)
New York: New York Woman, 1938. First edition. Paperbound. First issue of this weekly magazine, September 9, 1936, "after two years of intensive preparation." Fashion tips, society gossip, life-style advice for all up-to-date New York women: working women, young marrieds, young mothers, and those in search of a new look..... More
New York: Barneys New York, n.d. [1980s]. First edition. Unbound sheets. Three accordion-folded sheets, printed on card stock. "Man" consists of 16 panels printed on one side (7 photos + prices). "Woman" consists of 16 panels printed on both sides (12 photos + prices). "Home" consists of 16 panels printed..... More
New York: Gotham Book Mart & Gallery, Summer-Fall 1973. Gorey, Edward. First edition. Unbound stapled sheets. Lists 156 books and prices, headed by "Admonitory Hippopotamus. Not yet published, postponed." "This is only a partial title checklist of in and out-of-print books." Laid in: one sheet listing "Edward Gorey Posters" and..... More
No place: no stated publisher, n.d. [19th century?]. Unbound sheet. I have no idea why, by whom, or for whom, this piece of muleteer humor was made. Probably a piece of amateur printing. One leaf, folded once to make four panels. On the first panel is a hand-colored woodcut (or engraving)..... More
![Third Annual Dinner [menu printed on silk]. Boston Marketmen's Republican Club](/pictures/thumb/26593.jpg?v=1616764742)
Boston: Elwell French (printer), 1891. First edition. Unbound folded sheet. The dinner was held at The Quincy (address Sinclair and Mann), Boston, February 11, 1891. There are well over 10 courses, starting with Bluepoints Deep Shell and moving on to soup, fish, removes [beef and fowl], entrees, releve [orange de..... More
Cairo: E.A.O. of Egypt, 1967? First edition. Hardcover (leather spine rubbed). Ca. 350p, printed on one side; many photos. Some closed tears here and there, not affecting content. Fore-edges lightly foxed. Very sturdy. Some corrections or additions in purple ink by the former owner, an Arabian breeder who traveled to..... More
Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2006. First edition. Paperbound. 272p, many ills., some in color. The first major survey of the Surrealist magazine Documents (1929-30), edited by Bataille. It "combined an eclectic mixture of art, archaeology, ethnography, and popular cultue." Published in conjunction with the Hayward Gallery exhibition "Undercover Surrealism: Picasso..... More
Middleburg, VA: The Chronicle, November 18, 1955. First edition. Paperbound. 34p, many photos. Front cover worn and detached; back cover missing. This issue pays tribute to George Ohrstrom, owner of The Chronicle (now The Chronicle of the Horse) and creator of The National Sporting Library, who had recently died. His..... More
Warrenton, VA: Fifth Street Gallery of Sport, n.d. [ca. 1978]. Lyne, Aldin, Munnings, Lloyd, Ramsay, etc. First edition. Paperbound. [40]p, many black-and-white ills. Old mailing label and sticker removed. Covers lightly soiled. Catalogue of several dozen sporting paintings and prints for sale (some original, some reproduction), all illustrated. Some are..... More
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1977. Hyman, Trina Schart. Stated first edition. Hardcover. [48]p, double-page color ills. throughout. The Grimm fairy tale comes alive again through Hart's dense, sometimes dark, illustrations. A pristine copy; the jacket shows the merest shelf rubbing. More
