Rochester New York: Eastman Kodak Company, 1921. 32 pages; black and white cover portrait illustration; other illustrations of photographic portraiture inside, with the emphasis on the portrait film negative, Artura prints; with advertisments from photographic equipment & process suppliers at back; photos by Marcia Stein, New York; also section of.....
London: Chatto & Windus, 1913. xx + 84 pages; with a preface and notes by the editor; Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837-1909) English poet and critic, associated with Rossetti & William Morris, after a breakdown due to intemperate living, submitted to the care of his friend Watts-Dunton, in whose house he.....
Geneva: Charnaux Freres & Cie. 'No 475. - Chillon. Prison De Bonivard ' in image; appears to be albumen process or later; 7 3/4" x 10" size approximate; image with photographers' title below; photographer identifier in the image; no date but circa 1890s; historically significant for the association with Byron's.....
New York: T.E.M.& G.F. White, 1886. Interesting image; reminiscent of lower Catskills, Hudson scenery, mountain stream with castle-like building just glimpsed in background; image 6 " x 8 1/2" approximate size; cardstock mount adds about 2 1/2" - 3" border surrounding; photo mounted on original tan cardstock mount, with the.....
Paris: Librairie De Firmin Didot Freres, 1854. 558 pages; Italian text; full red leather binding, gilt titles and gilt decorations in compartments on spine, elaborate decorative gilt panels on front and back covers; gilt turn-ins, all edges gilt; some corner, tips wear and rubbing, darkening to spine leather; previous owner.....
New York, N.Y. Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., 1898. F. 713 pages; tissue-guarded black and white frontispiece portrait illustration of Tennyson. Previous owner name of Esther Wickwire on the front endpaper. Approx. 5" x 7 1/4" size; full brown ooze suede leather hardcover binding, with gilt cover & spine titles.....
London & Edinburgh: Cassell & Co. Ltd., 1890. A good likeness in colors of 1890 Colour Lithograph Portrait of The Archbishop of Canterbury; lithographed from a "...Photograph taken by the London Stereoscopic Company" with a facsimile signature below; paper 8 x 11" sheet approx. overall; Edward Henry Stanley, The Archbishop.....
London: Cassell & Co. Ltd., 1890. A good likeness in colors of The Duke of Argyll; lithographed from a photograph "...by Messrs. Elliott and Fry"; with a facsimile signature below; paper 8" x 11" sheet approx. overall; George Douglas Campbell, eighth duke of Argyll in the peerage of Scotland, and.....
London: T. Nelson and Sons, 1860. 98 pages; with an engraved frontispiece by M. J. (Jackson) illustration, with the title from part of the book " Yesterday there was a popish procession. an image of the Madonna was carried about, and when it approached, heads were uncovered, and people fell.....
New York: Mrs. Anna Randall Diehl, 1875. F. 72 pages + 12 pages of advertisements, mostly for publications and lectures being given on elocution by Mrs. Anna Randall Diehl and others; contents of this inaugural issue include mostly short articles for the use of elocutionary studies, some credited, others not.....
Chicago: Executive Office of the Association, 1903. F. viii + 422 pages, with lists of Committees and memberships thereof at the Convention, Contributors, names & addresses, convention Minutes, Constitution of the Association, lists of Officers, Members & addresses, index of Members, General Index, all at back; with material on Religious.....
London: Cassell & Co. Ltd., 1890. A good likeness in colors of The Right Hon. Earl Granville, K.G.; lithographed from a photograph by the London Stereoscopic Co.; with a facsimile signature below; paper 8 x 11" sheet approx. overall; Granville George Leveson-Gower, second Earl Granville (1815-1891) British politician, deeply involved.....
London & Edinburgh: Cassell & Co. Ltd., 1890. A good likeness in colors of Lord Cairns; lithographed from a photograph by the London Stereoscopic Co.; with a facsimile signature below; paper 8 x 11" sheet approx. overall; Hugh McCalmont Cairns, first Earl Cairns (1819-1885) Lord Chancellor and lieutenant of Disraeli.....
London & Edinburgh: Cassell & Co. Ltd., 1890. A good likeness in colors of The Right Hon. Earl of Shaftesbury; lithographed with a facsimile signature below; paper 8 x 11" sheet approx. overall; taken "...from a Photograph by the London Stereoscopic Company"; Anthony Ashley-Cooper, the seventh Earl of Shaftesbury (1801-1885).....
London: Cassell & Co. Ltd., 1890. A good likeness in colors of W.E. Gladstone; lithographed from a photograph taken by the London Stereoscopic Company, with a facsimile signature below; paper 8 x 11" sheet approx. overall; William Ewart Gladstone (1809-1898) British prime minister and author, "...Politically, his free-trade and constitutional.....
New York: Evans & Dickerson, 1854. A bound volume of this American nineteenth-century children's periodical; black and white woodcut illustrations throughout; 426 pages; with material concerning American & world history, philosophy, poetry, science, practical living skills for children, ie. "How to avoid Drowning" and "How to Make Presents"; riddles, more;.....
Boston: Lee & Shepard, 1872. F. 406 pages + (2) pages publishers announcements at back for "Live Books for Live Boys" and "The Best of American Fiction" which lists Virginia F. Townsend's A Woman's Word, and How She Kept It with a description & short review; black and white illustrations.....
Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1866. In three volumes; xxiv + 486 + xiii + 506 + xiv + 524 pages; Volume III with index for all; This being a special edition, No. 34 of one hundered copies published in this large-paper format, good wide margins and well-printed; dark blue-green polished.....
Melbourne Australia: 1929. Invitation card for this social event, Mr. Peabody's name handwritten in; printed in blue with Vires Acquirit Eundo crest; the Tourville was in WWII Operation Sea Lion and was in the Duquesne Class (1922-1962 scrapped); Captain Abrial was the last to leave Dunkirk; Sir Harold Luxton was.....
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1898. F. 84 pages; references at back; frontispiece illustration of the Map of New Netherlands from Adriaen Van Der Donck's 'New Netherlands' Edition of 1656; other black and white illustrations throughout the book, some by E.W. Kemble; folding plan of New York in 1695 by.....
Hartford, Connecticut: Case, Lockwood and Company, 1859. F. 46 pages, unopened and untrimmed, with very large borders; (from Trumbull's prefatory note, regarding the group of informal meetings at Plymouth in September, 1652, the special Meeting at Hartford, August, 1673 and meetings at Hartford & Boston on later dates): "...These records.....
Tucson Arizona: Tucson Sunshine Climate Club. Not paginated, but 28 page tour promotional for Tucson published by this group of local businessmen who wished to generate enthusiasm for the city as a tourist destination; black and white illustrated throughout with views of the town, amenities & attractions, Native American artifacts.....
New York: H. Bailliere, 1855. Original hand-colored plate from Prichard and Norris' Natural History of Man; approx. 5 1/2" x 9" size; slight toning; very good condition.
Milano: Libreria Antiquaria Ulrico Hoepli, 1930. 99 pages + 72 pages of plates from the offerings at the sale, bindings, title pages, more; some with color; index; estimated prices list laid in; text in Italian, occasional English translation; printed paper wraps binding; spine & cover paper with some wear, covers.....
Milano: Libreria Antiquaria Ulrico Hoepli, 1929. 105 pages + 83 pages of plates, some with color; several index selections; estimated prices list; text in Italian, occasional English translation; printed paper wraps binding; spine & cover paper with some wear, covers soiled, chipping to edges; covers detached, spine paper gone; contents.....
