London, England: 1861. 1861 ALS From Mark Lemon to Charles Manby, Bedford Hotel Letterhead, Covent Garden, London, England, January 8 1861, 4 x 6.25 inches, bifolio 2 pp. Manuscript ALS on paper bearing Bedford Hotel embossed letterhead; in excellent shape, no edge wear or staining; previous fold lines; very.....
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1937. [Dime Novels] Peeps into our Sub-Literary Past (Issue 1-4) and 19th Century Peep-Show (Issue 5-13)--A Repository and Treasury of Notes and Queries on the Popular Writing of the Nineteenth Century, a Serial Revelation of a Vanishing Underworld of Romantic Composition Left in Darkness by Literati--1937 Thirteen issues bound.....
![Item #1543 [Mormon][Davy Crockett][Slavery][Mining] Daily National Intelligencer Bound Set,...](https://stellarrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/1543.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1716926352)
Washington: Gales & Seaton, 1834. Daily National Intelligencer Bound Set, January 1 - June 30, 1834, Gales & Seaton, Washington, 1834. 18 x 21 inches. Contains approximately 155 issues at 4pp each with a handful of 1pp supplements, assumed complete. First issue in this set is Wednesday, January.....
1993. A Service of Thanksgiving for the Life of Wallace Stegner, 1909-1993--May 3, 1993 3:00 p.m. Memorial Church Stanford University. 8.5 x 5.5 inches, [4pp.] Bifolium pamphlet on printed white card stock. Light toning to edges, bumped corner, very good condition. Program for memorial service for Standford Professor.....
Hillsdale, Michigan: Hillsdale Democratic Print, 1890. Three Tickets for Amphictyon Society of Hillsdale College Meetings, Spring Term, 1890, Hillsdale Democratic Print, Hillsdale, Michigan, 1890, 5 5/8 x 2.75 inches. Tickets printed on sturdy paper; all have light edge wear, and June 2 ticket has crease to one edge;.....
Boston, Massachusetts: Marsh, Copen, Lyon and Webb, 1841. Two 1841 Issues of Vol. III of the Common School Journal, edited by Horace Mann, Marsh, Copen, Lyon and Webb, Boston, Massachusetts, 1841, 6.25 x 9.25 inches, paginated 114-128 and 178-192. Two folded pamphlets; light edge wear; one has shallow chip.....
![Item #1487 [Racial Stereotypes] [Dime Novel][Westerns] [Mining] Beadle's Half Dime Library, Vol....](https://stellarrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/1487.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1716172027)
New York: Beadle and Adams, 1883. Beadle's Half Dime Library, Vol. XIII, No. 335, December 25, 1883 [containing] Old Double Fist; or, the Strange Guide, Joseph E. Badger Jr., Beadle and Adams, New York, 1883. 11 x 8 inches. 15pp. Periodical is stapled into plain brown paper wraps.....
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1980. First Edition Thus. Deluxe Issue, one of six copies specially designated for the author, publisher, printer, binder, editor, and publisher's files, this one marked "Binder's Copy" and signed by Bowles on a preliminary leaf. Octavo (23.75cm); pictorial paper-covered boards and patterned cloth back strip.....
Hollywood, California: Writers Markets and Methods, 1948. Writers' Markets & Methods Interview with Ray Bradbury--March 1948 Staple-bound periodical measures 8.5 x 11 inches and contains 22 pages. Lightly toned edges. Clean interior. In mylar sleeve. Very Good Condition. March 1948 interview with a young Ray Bradbury, who had.....
![Item #1383 [Western Americana] [Bat Masterson] [Wyatt Earp] [Buffalo Bill Cody] Archive of...](https://stellarrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/1383.jpeg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1712268729)
circa 1950s-1980s. [Western Americana] [Bat Masterson] [Wyatt Earp] [Buffalo Bill Cody] Archive of Western Author and Historian Carl Breihan, circa 1950s-1980s. About 25 items. Generally very good or better: a bit of scattered spotting and light toning, a touch of edge wear This is a small archive from.....
![Item #1251 [Pearl Buck, Literature] This Week Magazine by the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin,...](https://stellarrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/1251.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1708106445)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Philadelphia Bulletin, 1946. [Pearl Buck, Literature] This Week Magazine by the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, March 23 1946 Issue, with a New Short Story by Pearl Buck, Philadelphia Bulletin, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1946, 10.75 x 12.25 inches, 23 pp. Staple-bound color pictorial wrappers; moderate chipping to bottom edge, light.....
Portland, Maine: Thomas B. Mosher, 1895. Sonnets of Michael Angelo, trans. for the first time in English by John Addington Symonds, Michael Angelo Buonarroti, Thomas B. Mosher, Portland, Maine, 1895. 8 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches, XCV. Printed wrappers with yap edges. Toning to spine. Light chipping to edges.....
William Doxey. Lark, The--Issues 1-24 plus the Epi-Lark, 1895-1897, William Doxey, San Francisco. 5.5 x 7.5 inches. Various paginations. Complete run of The Lark including the Epi-Lark. Overall, better than average condition for these fragile single issues. Typical chipping, especially to wrappers and fore edge. Light toning to paper.....
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San Francisco, California: William Doxey, 1896-1897. [Maynard Dixon] The Lark Issues 1-24 (2 Bound Volumes) plus the Epi-Lark--Includes All Three Supplements Nos. 1-12, May 1895 to April 1896; Nos. 13-24, May 1896 to April 1897, plus the Epilark of 1897. Gelett Burgess, et al, William Doxey, San Francisco, California.....
Pittsburgh, PA: Canterman Bros. 1941. “Novelette” The Nucleus for the Novel Dealer, Collector or Swapper, January-February 1941, No. 1, Sam Canterman (editor), Canterman Bros., Pittsburgh, PA, 1941. 6 x 4.5 inches. 8pp. Staple bound, printed on newsprint paper. Moderate toning and minor creasing at corners. Good condition...
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[Cal State Long Beach] Archive of Published Works and Ephemera by Professor, Peace Activist, Artist and Author Peter Carr Archive of 15 items by or about Peter Carr. Majority of items are in at least good condition. All show some amount of toning, slight soiling and wear. Collection was.....
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[Homemade Book] Knight's Tale--Part One from Chaucer's Canterbury Tales Apparent homemade book with green paper over thin board. Front pastedown has become unglued. Book measures 9 3/16 x 6 inches with 24 unnumbered pages. Light soiling and edgewear; interior clean. Very good condition. Entirely charming and beautiful student-made.....
London: Library of Imperial History, 1973. Emerald green imitation leather slipcase with gilt stamped Churchill coat of arms to front; some light scuffing and indentations to boards; 1 inch separation of hinge of top and front boards; good condition. White vellum bound boards with gilt stamped border and Churchill’s family.....
London: Library of Imperial History, 1974. The Collected Works of Sir Winston Churchill Centenary Limited Edition Volume II: The Story of the Malakand Field Force, Winston Churchill, ed. Frederick Woods, Library of Imperial History, London, 1974, 9.5 x 6.5 inches, 233 pp. Emerald green imitation leather slipcase with.....
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow, 1977-1978. Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1977-1978. First Editions. Deluxe Issues, each volume one of six copies specially bound and designated for the author and members within the inner circle of the press, both marked "Binder's Copy" and signed by Corman on the colophons. Two octavo.....
[Unrecorded Captain Jack Crawford] Amazing Archive of John Wallace “Captain Jack” Crawford Including 23 Mostly Manuscript Items Including a Number of Unpublished and Unrecorded Short Stories, Poems and Plays. Items generally in very good condition. Minor chipping to some pages with no loss of content. Toning to most.....
1860's & 70's. Eight Ephemeral George Cruikshank Items including 2 ALS's in his hand, 1 ALS to Cruikshank, 3 Envelopes, a Business Card and Memorandum, 1860's & 70's Collection in fair to good condition. One letter with archival tape holding split sheet. Most items are somewhat worn and soiled.....
London: George Cruikshank, 1827. Phrenological Illustrations, or an Artist’s View of the Craniological System of Doctors Gall and Spurzheim, George Cruikshank, London, 1827, 15.5 x 11 inches, unpaginated w/ 6 plates. Pictorial wrappers; four pages of text and six plates with tissue guards, bound with tape; all plates present;.....
Reckless Ralph's Twenty-five Cent Novel Library--The Great Romances Their Influence on Minor Sensational Literature and the Dime Novel by G.H. Cordier, Ralph F. Cummings, Grafton, Massachusetts, 1935. 8pp. 5.5 x 8.25 inches. Staple bound glossy white wrapper with black imprint on front. Pulp paper interior. Wrappers separated about one.....
Grafton, Mass. Ralph F. Cummings, 1936. Ralph A. Cummings Standard Dime and Nickel Novel Catalogue of Old Weeklies, Novels, and Story Papers of America, Ralph F. Cummings (editor), Ralph Admari, W. C. Miller, Ralph F. Cummings (publisher), Grafton, Mass., 1936. 8.75 x 5.75 inches. 16pp. White wraps, staple.....