The WORK & PLAY Of ADRIAN WILSON. A Bibliography with Commentary. Edited by Joyce Lancaster Wilson
Wilson, Adrian [1923 - 1988] - Subject 158 pp. Tipped in frontis portrait by Ansel Adams; Illustrated. Folio. 16-1/8" x 10-3/4" Designed & printed by Adrian Wilson assisted by Margery Cantor, Zahid Sardar, and Jim Wehlage at the Press in Tuscany Alley, San Francisco, California. Quarter brown morocco over decorated beige linen boards, gilt lettering on spine- $275
- $275
DYLAN THOMAS. A Bibliography
Thomas, Dylan [1914 - 1953] - Subject. Rolph, J. Alexander. Sitwell, Dame Edith - Foreword xix, [1 (blank)], 108 pp. 16 pages of illustrations & facsimiles. 8vo. 8-1/2" x 6" A VG copy [edge foxing, sticker abrasion ffep upper rt corner] in a VG jacket, which has a sun-tanned backstrip. Brown cloth binding. Blue dust jacket with dark blue title lettering printed to front panel and spine- $28
- $28
REPORT Of The WESTERN SANITARY COMMISSION, On the White Union Refugees of the South, Their Persecutions, Sufferings, Destitute Condition, and the Necessity of Giving Aid and Relief on Their Coming to Our Military Posts
Yeatman, Jas. E. [1818 - 1901]; Greeley, C. S.; Partridge, George; Johnson, J. B.; Eliot, W[illiam. G[reenleaf. 1811 - 1887]. - Western Sanitary Commission 44 pp. 8vo. 8-3/4" x 5-7/8" "The Western Sanitary Commission was a private agency based in St. Louis that was a rival of the larger U.S. Sanitary Commission. It operated in the west during the American Civil War to help the U.S. Army deal with sick and wounded soldiers. It was led by abolitionists and focused on the needs of Freedmen. It was founded in St. Louis August 1861 under the protection of General John C. Frà mont and under the leadership of Reverend William Greenleaf Eliot and James E. Yeatman. Its first mission was to care for the wounded from the Battle of Wilson's Creek. In its first six weeks it established four large general hospitals with over two thousand beds. It later set up convalescent facilities. A major activity was acquiring adequate stocks of medicines and medical supplies for the hospitals run by the U.S. Army. Working with Dorothea Dix it took charge of finding women to be civilian nurses and nurses' aides in Army facilities. The Western Sanitary Commission generally handled all sanitary affairs west of the Mississippi, and operated on a budget of $50,000 a month (about one-fourth the size of the rival national organization). The money came from private fundraising in the city of St. Louis, as well as from donors in California and New England. Parrish explains it selected nurses, provided hospital supplies, set up several hospitals, and outfitted several hospital ships. It also provided clothing and places to stay for freedmen and refugees, and set up schools for black children. It continued to finance various philanthropic projects until 1886." [Wiki] Age-toning. Rear cover almost detached. With a nod to the rear cover, a VG copy. Original publisher's printed light brown paper covers. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve- $248
- $248
RANDOM THOUGHTS On DICKENS.; Being a Speech Delivered at the Annual Dinner of the Philadelphia Branch of the Dickens Fellowship in Celebration of the 119th Anniversary of the Birth of Charles Dickens, February 7, 1931
Dickens, Charles [1812 - 1870] - Subject. Farr, Chester N., Jr. 11, [3 (blank) pp. 8vo. Modest wear & soiling. Bit of age-toning to paper. A VG - VG+ copy. Reprint of the 1931 1st edition issued by Charles Sessler.- $17
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Los INSURGENTES, Continuacion de Sacerdote Y Caudillo. Novela Historica
Mateos, Juan Antonio [1831 - 1913] 600, [4] pp. Illustrated with 2 [of possible 10?] lithographic plates ["Lit. de Iriarie"]. 8vo. 9-1/8" x 6" General wear to binding. with some minor abrasions at backstrip ends. Period binder label to front paste-down. Age-toning to paper. Very Good. Period brown calf half-bound, with marbled paper boards- $105
- $105
MEMORANDUM BOOK / EXPENSE BOOK. Dos – a – Dos
Unpaginated, though 40 pp. Front Dunwoody section: 14 pp with mss entries. Rear section with 13 pp of mss entries. 3 blank pages. The pages with entries have varying degress of fulsomeness, from completely filled with manuscript notes, to just a few lines. Used primarily as a expense & employment record, one medicinal recipe is note: "To Make Pills". Cuts are captioned, from top left, clockwise: "Two Sturdy Bull Dogs", "The Fox and the Goat", "A Dog and his Shadow" & "An Ass and his Master". 7-5/8" x 6-3/8" For one entry of May 16, 1815, John signs his name "John Dunwoody Executor", a position perhaps explaining the need of this volume, i.e., to record actions in that capacity. Of particular note in this volume are a number of entries for female employment, e.g., an April 1808 entry with just 4 lines of writing [though that with some historical import, "Hana Davis Came here on tryal, to Stay and Remain untill [sic] She Arived [sic] to the Age of Eighteen years in our Service by her Father's & Mothers Consent". Much wear to covers, with front cover top layer pealing at corner & edges. One leaf with top 1" excised. Many entries "X"d out [indicating completion?]. A Good copy of this rare survivor. Stiff[er] stock covers, stitched, with 4 woodcuts to front cover, title hand-inked. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve STORIES From The CHRISTMAS NUMBERS
Divers paginations. Illustrations by Rey Abruzzi. Royal 8vo. Printed to be distributed as Christmas greeting from Mr Dalton, with his presentation card laid-in. VG+ (spine sunned) in a VG slipcase (shows some wear & sunning at extremities). Mustard yellow cloth binding with decorative stamped front board. Gilt spine lettering. Slipcase A STRANGE STORY [as published in] ALL THE YEAR ROUND. A Weekly Journal. Nos 120 – 150.; Saturday, August 10, 1861 – Saturday, March 8, 1862
120 - 572 pp. A bound volume of 31 weekly issues. 8vo. 9-1/2" x 6-3/8" Average wear, age-toning to paper, a VG copy. Custom half leather binding, black spine & corners over black cloth boards CARTE De VISITE [CDV] PHOTOGRAPH [Albumen]
Gurney imprint, with their 1867 copyright notice, under Dickens image; verso with the Gurney device in center [707 Broadway]. Image: 8.8 cm x 5.4 cm. Card: 10.6 cm x 6.3 cm. Nice contemporaneous CDV of Dickens with the photograph affixed to stiffer card stock. Image shows Dickens formally dressed in coat & tie, standing, right hand on the back of a chair, facing the viewer head-on. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve The SEA SLIPPER; or, The Amateur Freebooters. A Stirring Tale of the Sea. Beadle’s Dime Library. Vol. IX. No. 113. December 22, 1880
24 pp (including wrappers). Text triple column. Partially unopened. Large wood engraving to front wrapper. 8vo. 12-5/8" x 8-3/8" Scarce Dime novel, with OCLC recording just 2 holding institutions. Age toning to paper. Some edge chipping & soiling. Bookseller stamp & price [5¢] to front cover. A Good copy of a very fragile item. The PACIFIC OCEAN In HISTORY. Papers and Addresses Presented at the Panama-Pacific Historical Congress Held at San Francisco, Berkeley, and Palo Alto, California July 19- 23, 1915
[1], vii, [1], 535, [10 (blank + Macmillan Advertisements)] pp. 8vo. 9-3/4" x 6" Includes speech "The Share of Spain in the History of the Pacific Ocean" written in original spanish. Minor shelfwear to spine and board edges rubbed. Previous owner signature to FFEP and half-title page. Circular perforated stamp to title page indicating Advance Copy. A tight, solid VG+ copy. Blue cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering to spine YOUNG JACK HARKAWAY And the Pearl Divers of Ceylon. The Five Cent Wide Awake Library. Vol. II. No. 1281. August 21, 1896
14, [2] pp. Adverts last 2-1/2 pages. Large wood engraving to 1st page. 11-7/8" x 8-3/8" Rare Half-dime novel, OCLC records only 1 holding institution [NIU]. Paper age-toned & brittle. Edgewear & chipping. Paper age-toned. A Good - Good+ copy. Printed self wrappers. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve Early, if not 1st, printing, rear advert lists through #1276 in the series. LOST In The TROPICS or, The Treasure of Turtle Key. And Other Stories. Fame and Fortune Weekly. Stories of Boys Who Make Money. No. 628. Octorber 12, 1917. Six Cents
31, [2 (adverts)] pp. Includes chapter XXVII of: Out for Everything, or, The Boy Who took Chances by Gaston Garne; Includes chapters V-VI of: The Cave of Gold, or, The boy Miners of the Rockies by Ed King; Includes some short articles and a short story: Old Graham's Gold by Kit Clyde. 11-3/16" x 7-7/8" OCLC records one institutional holding [NIU}. Age-toning & soiling. Some wear & edge chipping. An About VG copy. Printed paper wrappers, stapled. Color pictorial to front wrapper TOM PINCH. Adapted from Charles Dickens’ Novel of “Martin Chuzzlewit”. Saturday, March 19th, 1881, and Every Evening, at 7:30, The Performance will Commence with a New Comedy, (Ninth Time) in Three Acts. By Joseph Dilley and Lewis Clifton. Vaudeville Theatre. Strand.; Concluding with, at 9:15, (42nd Time) a New Farcical Comedy In Three Acts, adapted from the French, entitled DIVORCE
Single leaf folded vertically to form 4 pp. Each leaf with embossed border. Folded: 9-1/2" x 6" "Morley call this [production] 'sentimental & slight but dramatically effective'" [as quoted in Bolton]. Some age-toning & minor edge rash. A VG copy of this rare survivor. Printed self wrappers. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve The OCEAN BLOODHOUND; or, The Red Pirates of the Caribbees. Beadle’s Half Dime Library. Vol. XLVIII. No. 1139. July, 1903
16 pp. Text triple column. Last page with a 2 column series advert. Large wood engraving of the pirate Santillez to front wrapper. 4to. 11-3/4" x 8-1/4" OCLC records just one holding institution of this edition. Significant edge chipping. Paper with considerable browning, and quite brittle. A Good copy of a rare & fragile item. Printed self wrappers, stapled. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve Reissue of a title 1st published by Beadle & Adams in 1878. EVENT TICKET. Charles Dickens Esq. in the Chair. Athenaeum. Thursday, October the fifth, 1843. #476
Single sheet of lithographed white glazed card stock, 8 lines of text, fancy fonts. Blank verso. Nickleby portrait of Dickens at top; ornamental wreath, with 2 cherubs, surrounding text. Card: 3-1/2" x 5-1/2" This ticket was to hear Dickens speak at a fundraising event held at the Manchester Athenaeum, a local society engaged in promoting education in the city. At the time, Manchester was renowned across the world as one of the most important hubs of the Industrial Revolution, but its sudden growth had been at great social expense, and itâs believed that the strict utilitarian rules and poor pay imposed by factory owners on the city's workers inspired Dickens to imbue Ebenezer Scrooge with a lack of charity and empathyâ"as he famously says, âAre there no prisons? ⦠And the Union workhouses? Are they still in operation?â This, of course, on the heels of Nicholas Nickleby, a novel which also drew attention to the plight of underprivleged children. While tickets to Dickens' later readings [late 1850s / 1860s] come regularly to the market, tickets from early 1840s events are much less common, decidely so. Rare. General wear & age-toning. Faint evidence of prior mounting. A Very Good copy of this rare survivor.