(St. Paris - Carlisle, Ohio: 1862-63). Softcover. Commercially published Pocket Diary (by Denton & Wood), for the year 1863. Contains over 365 daily full-page manuscript entries written in ink and pencil. Bound in original black leather over flexible card covers with fore edge flap, with an expanding pocket on the... More

Berlin: Bayer, Juli 1934. Quarto. Periodical. 30 tipped-in black and white photographs. Text in German. Photographically illustrated blue wrappers. Front wrap very near detached but present, several chips on the spine, a few of the photographs are detached or have small creases at the corners, but all are present, good... More

Providence: Knowles & Vose, Printers, 1844. First edition. 68, [2]pp. Contemporary red half calf and marbled papercovered boards titled in gilt. Two pencil owner's name, one of Rhode Island historian Samuel Greene Arnold, and the later name of Cornelia Arnold Rogers, rubbing to the extremities of the calf, foxing in... More

London: The Studio, 1924. First edition. Oblong quarto. Papercovered boards with paper label on the front board. Edge wear and splitting to the spine edges, still a nice, very good copy. Inscribed by the artist: "To Ralph(?) from Frank." The first volume in the Modern Masters of Etching series. More

New York: National Souvenir Co., [circa 1925]. A noisemaker consisting of a 9" wooden paddle, affixed with two wooden balls attached to a strip of flexible metal. When shaken, the balls knock against the paddle, making an annoying "clacking" sound. The metal band is very slightly rusted, else the noisemaker... More

Brussels: 1932-1938. Oblong quarto. Measuring 8" x 12". String-tied gray cloth over paper boards. Contains 220 sepia toned or black and white gelatin silver photographs measuring between 1.5" x 2" and 5" x 7", some with captions in French. The album is near fine with some edgewear with near fine... More

New England. Oblong octavo. Flexible brown green boards with "Photographs" and "Souvenir of Atlantic City" in gilt. Near fine. A collection of 89 sepia toned photos measuring 4.75"x 2.75"and 11 sepia toned pictorial postcards measuring 3.5" to 5.5" as well as two road maps of Kentucky. The photo album is... More

North Africa, Tel-Aviv, Jerusalem, Cairo, Elarish, Tripoli, Tobruk, Benghazi: 1940-1945. Oblong small quarto. Measuring 7.5" x 10". String-tied green cloth over paper boards. Contains 119 sepia toned or black and white gelatin silver photographs measuring between 1.5" x 2.5" and 3" x 4", with captions. The album is very good... More

Marchand, Pennsylvania: [1847- circa 1900]. A collection of 21 ledgers, consisting of well over 6,500 manuscript pages, belonging to Judge Thomas B. Allison and his associates, Samuel C. Brown and Dr. John W. Morrow, the proprietors of a successful mercantile business in Marchand, Pennsylvania, a small village in northern Indiana... More

(New York and Tagier): (1950-99). Collection of music related materials and recordings, books and manuscripts, photographs and associated ephemera from the library of Phillip Ramey, a close friend and colleague of Paul Bowles, with more than 30 items Signed or Inscribed by Bowles. Most of the material dates from the... More

London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1948. First English edition. English version, with an essay on the work of Brecht by Eric Russell Bentley. Near fine in a lightly worn, very good plus dustwrapper with a small nick and tear at the foot and a little age-toning. Warmly Inscribed and signed by... More

London: Printed for J. Wyat, 1701. First edition. Small square quarto. [8], 16pp. Removed from a nonce volume. Old stitching, small stains near spine on rear wrap, else about very good. OCLC locates about a half dozen copies. More

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1930. First edition. Fine in lightly rubbed, very near fine dustwrapper. A lovely copy, and seemingly much scarcer than the ubiquitous signed and limited edition. More