Port Said: Comianos et Sarolidis, 1875. Unmounted Photograph. Photo shows the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII) arriving at Port Said while en route to India on his grand tour in 1875-1876 to the eastern reaches of the British Empire. An unmounted albumen and silver salts print on paper..... More

London: Gerald G. Swan Ltd., 1942. First Edition. Hardcover. Jacket title. Blue cloth over boards, title stamped in gilt onto upper board and spine, 12mo size (7.25 inches tall), pp. 254, *n.b. volume issued without rfep as per "Book Production War Economy Standard" notice printed on copyright page. Volume w...... More

Philadelphia, PA: Kimber & Sharpless, Uriah Hunt, and Nathan Kite, Booksellers, 1832. Reprint. Hardcover. Uncommon Philadelphia imprint, complete in one volume. Full leather over boards, 8vo (8-5/8 inches tall), pp. [i]-liv, [55]-672, index. Volume with wear to covers, faint water stain to bottom corner of first few leaves, occasional soil..... More

Nelson, BC: n.p., 1921. Musical Score. Date from registered letter rubber stamps on verso of mailing envelope. A manuscript orchestral score, arranged with professional help during the "Roaring 20's" by Virginia Johnstone [of Johnstone Road] in Nelson, B.C., and G.B. Lombardi in Chicago, IL. Her orchestral score includes the Piano..... More

New York: The Century Company, 1913. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Publisher's green cloth with title and decorations stamped in black and dark green onto upper board and spine, 16mo (6-5/8 inches tall), pp. (iv), 169, (1) ads, tissue-guarded frontis, copyright page with "Published, May, 1913" and "1913" printed at..... More

Compton, CA: McDonald's Party House, [1944]. Broadside. Billed as "The Greatest Attraction of It's Kind Ever Offered as a Floor Show in Southern California" this rare piece of Compton, CA ephemera was printed to advertise the first annual circus held at the McDonald's Party House in Compton, California in August..... More

Montreal, QC: Wm. Notman, n.d. Mounted Photographs. Three 19th c. photographs of Niagara Falls, together creating a virtual panoramic view which includes both the American Falls and the Canadian Horseshoe Falls. Photos are titled in negative "920 - Horse-Shoe Falls From Canadian Side Niagara", (albumen and silver salts print on..... More

Moscow: Central Committee of the Komsomol, 1939. Hardcover. "Shevchenko was convicted in 1847 of explicitly promoting the independence of Ukraine, writing poems in the Ukrainian language and ridiculing members of the Russian Imperial House... according to the secret police, he was a champion of independence." wiki. Text in Cyrillic, publisher..... More

Honolulu: Traffic Safety Commission of Honolulu, 1934. Paperback. Early and uncommon road sense Hawaiiana, with no holding institutions located by OCLC and no other copies currently available in commerce. Cover title continues "and Other Hawaii Automobile Laws, Including Territorial Laws, Army and Navy Post Regulations, etc." Side-stapled paper wraps, 12mo..... More

Tripoli, Libya: 1911. Loose Photograph. A rare wartime image from the very early days of the Italo-Turkish War in November 1911. The ink caption on verso reads "The floods of Tripoli caused by Arabs damming the main conduit outside town. Note the Italian mules & horses knee-deep. Nov. 15 1911"..... More