Transcona, Mb. Wm. H. Gander, 1941. Three issues. 16mo. Lightly toned, minor wear. The first three issues of this amateur periodical. This charming work has a very meta vibe, with at least these first three issues being a newspaper about other newspapers and journals. The first issue focuses on The..... More
Guadalajara: Tipografía de la Escuela de Artes y Oficios, 1903. [2],23pp. Original printed green wrappers. Two staples in gutter margin; wrappers faded at edges. Minor dampstaining at top edge; even tanning. A small, apparently unrecorded, pamphlet with details of the history of Guadalajara and statistics regarding the city's population. The..... More
![Item #2353 Uncle Sam's A B C Book Printed on Linen [cover title]. Children's Books](https://mcbriderarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/McBRB2353_01.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1647027657)
[Chicago]: W.B. Conker Company, 1897. [12]pp. Publisher's self wrappers printed in red, white, blue, and black, the interior text printed in red and black. The whole printed on linen. Moderate wear and rubbing, minor soiling and toning, some light bleedthrough from the portions printed in red. A rare educational book..... More
Paris: En la Imprenta de Pillet Ainé, 1835. 186,15pp. 24mo. Contemporary quarter sheep and pebbled paper boards, spine gilt Some rubbing to boards; spine ends and corners with light wear. Ink burn from contemporary ownership annotations to half title and title page, causing minor loss. A scarce Spanish-language morality novel..... More
[Emporia, Ks. & Avalon, Mo.]: 1886-1888. [90]pp. Primarily folio, with some smaller leaves. Light soiling and wear, some edge tears and chipping. Lightly soiled and toned. Highly legible. A small archive of notes and essays written by student Emil Pelz during his time at Avalon College in Missouri and subsequently..... More
[Pennsylvania? 1957]. [76]pp. Quarto. Quarter cloth and paper wrappers. Spine perishing, corners chipped. Moderate wear, short edge tears to wraps. Toning and dust soiling, scattered staining internally. Accomplished in a competent, legible script. A fabulous handmade, manuscript journal, densely filled with Cold War–era space-race “clippings” copied out by hand --..... More
[Redwood City]: J.L. Strang, 1919. 47pp., including original photographic frontispiece. 12mo. Original red suede wrappers, string-tied. Light wear, text generally clean. Some slight silver mirroring to photo. A touching memento mori for boy-poet Alan Strang, who died in 1919 at the tender age of ten. In the introduction his father..... More
Boston: Printed and sold by S. Hall, 1794. 119,[6]pp. Lacks pp.47-50. Illustrated. 16mo. Original birch boards covered in green patterned paper. Front cover broken and two pieces separated but present. Spine heavily worn with loss at top and bottom. Rear cover detached and broken in two pieces. Minor soiling and..... More