New York: Baptist Home Mission Rooms, 1883. First Edition. Hardcover. The first history of the Baptist Home Missionary Society, founded in New York in 1832 "to promote the preaching of the gospel in North America."..... More
Annapolis, Maryland: Hammerhead Enterprises, Inc., 1981. The creators of this game are no strangers to controversy. Already fighting protests and boycotts of their popular board game “Public Assistance – Why Bother Working for a Living?”..... More
A collection of brochures and photographs related to the aviation history of Catalina Island, which was first linked to the mainland by what was then the longest overwater flight in aviation history, accomplished on May..... More
New York: Library of Columbia College, 1895. First Edition. Hardcover. Frontispiece etching, with a few textual illustrations. Presentation bookplate from Mr. and Mrs. S.P. Avery and the Trustees of Columbia College on the front pastedown..... More
New York: Automatic Photograph Co., 1895. Wraps. Features 10 tipped in black and white photographs, accompanied by biographies of those pictured. Includes an essay about how the photographs were made using a new patent-protected process..... More
Oakland, California: Published for E.S. Babcock, Manager, by the Pacific Press Publishing Co., circa 1895. Wraps. 32 p. Oblong octavo. Bound with a sting tie in the original printed white paper wrappers (9” x 6”)..... More
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La Suze, France: Laurent Ramadier, 1987. La Suze, France: Laurent Ramadier, [1987]. The eighth issue of this influential crossover thrash fanzine, often cited as a French counterpart to Metalion’s seminal Slayer Magazine (Norway). Capturing glimpses..... More
Pamphlet. N.p.: N.p., n.d. (circa 1963). This eight-page pamphlet presents the views of many prominent Americans on the subject of slavery, including George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, John Jay, and Alexander Stephens. No author is identified..... More
London: James Blackwood, 1855. First Edition. Hardcover. Victorian era Christmas story with illustrations by Phiz (Hablot Knight Browne, 1815-82). 16mo. In a full brown calf binding by Morrell of London, with a red morocco spine..... More
Mannheim: Bibliographischen Instituts, 1962. Hardcover. Profusely illustrated, partially in color. Second edition, revised. Text in French, explanatory material in German. Original blue cloth binding, with white titles. Some general minor wear to the dust jacket;..... More
Seattle, Washington: Boeing Aircraft Company, 1943. First Edition. Hardcover. "The purpose of this Manual is to provide rapid and thorough familiarization with the proper flight and operational procedures for the B-29 Heavy Bomber." This is..... More
Kansas City, Inglewood, Dallas: North American Aviation, Inc., 1944. First Edition. Spiral bound. An original operator's manual for the North American B-25J Attack and Medium Bombardment Airplane, labeled "restricted" throughout the text. The B-25J was..... More
Pasadena, California: The Castle Press, 2011. First edition. Hardcover. 35 p. Frontispiece portrait, with ten color illustrations. First edition, limited to 250 copies. A miniature book (2 3/8" x 2 7/8"), bound by Mariana Blau..... More
Pasadena, California: Socio-Technical Publications, 1970. Hardcover. 59 p. Introduction by James S. Hutchins. 20 plates. A facsimile reprint of the 1891 publication issued by the War Department and widely regarded as the most valuable source..... More
1974. Spiral bound. Provides a listing of leather clubs and bars in Belgium, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Holland, Scotland, Sweden, and Switzerland. Also includes a brief article about what to wear ("European leather guys are..... More
Lincoln, Nebraska: Lincoln Auto School, circa 1911. Wraps. Unpaginated, [16] p. with numerous textual photographs and illustrations. Original printed green paper wrappers, bound with two staples. The front panel is die-cut, with a fold over..... More
San Francisco: Pacific States Telephone Companies, 1899. Hardcover. Scarce telephone directory for California, Oregon, and Washington from the end of the 19th century, with the names, numbers, and addresses of nearly 45,000 individuals. Of particular..... More
New York: The Hispanic Society of America, 1910. First edition. Hardcover. 20 volumes. An alphabetical listing of the printed books in the research library of The Hispanic Society of America. Founded in 1904 by Archer..... More
Boston: Gerald Shepard Howland, 1925. First edition. Hardcover. Reprinted from The Juvenile Miscellany, issue of September, 1826. Illustration on Page Five from The Juvenile Miscellany; Title-page Illustration and Tailpiece from Book of the Period; Engraved..... More
Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1892. First Edition. Hardcover. "Containing a History of this Important Section of the Pacific Coast from the Earliest Period of its Occupancy to the Present Time, together with Glimpses of..... More
London: The Hogarth Press, 1944. First edition. Hardcover. This wartime anthology includes newly published work by Edith Sitwell, Stephen Spender, Denton Welch, three Czech writers in exile, etc. Some mild foxing and browning to the..... More
[Mayfield, California]: Mayfield News, 1910. Wraps. Before there was Palo Alto, there was Mayfield. Founded in the 1850s, it was one of several small communities interspersed among the rural farmland of the 19th century San..... More
Sacramento, California: W.W. Shannon, Superintendent State Printing, 1910. First edition. Hardcover. Held Under the Auspices of the State Commission of Horticulture, at Pomona, September 13-14, 1910. Sacramento: W.W. Shannon, Superintendent State Printing, 1910. First edition..... More
Annapolis, Maryland: Hammerhead Enterprises, Inc., 1980. Its detractors called Public Assistance racist and sexist, but the creators of the controversial board game said it just mirrors reality and a broken system that allows people to..... More
El Paso, Texas: Hotel Greeters of America, Southwest Charter No. 16, 1941. Wraps. According to the publisher’s statement, this booklet was “widely distributed throughout West Texas, New Mexico and part of Arizona, by the principal..... More