![Chess Christmas Series] Les Mille et un Mats Inverses. Alain Campbell White](/pictures/thumb/3581.jpg?v=1606952882)
Paris, France: Numa Preti, 1907. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Two volumes in publishers original red decorative cloth, 16mo (6-1/8 inches tall), pp. vol. 1 [unpaginated], illustrated throughout w. chess diagrams ; vol 2 lix, [lx - blank], 231 [232 - blank], illustrated, author index at rear. Vol 1 w...... More
![E. A. Montgomery, Skidoo Gold Mine] 11 - circa 1905 Death Valley California Gold Mine Photos....](/pictures/thumb/3457.jpg?v=1606407962)
Death Valley, CA: c. 1905. Loose Photographs. An uncommon gathering of eleven early and historic Death Valley mining camp photos. Together they showcase some important Skidoo Mining Camp undertakings at different Skidoo mine sites including, the original Skidoo Mines Company stamp milll, the laying of the water pipeline into Skidoo..... More
New York: American Research Council, (1961). First Edition Printed for the Financial Trade. Hardcover. Red cloth over boards, title and call no. stamped in gilt onto spine, 4to (9-7/8 inches tall), pp. viii, 134, [2] ads, with tables, glossary and an index. Volume with light soil to cloth, text slightly..... More
![Gaming, Chess] A Selection from Chess Problems Composed During the Past 30 Years. Charles White,...](/pictures/thumb/3579.jpg?v=1605568198)
London: W.W. Morgan, 1885. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Red decorative cloth with title stamped in gilt onto upper board and spine, 16mo (6 inches tall), pp. ii, 148, color endpapers, illustrated with chess moves, positions, problems and strategies throughout. Volume w. some small stains to upper board, rubbing to..... More
New York, NY: American Home Magazine Co., 1912. Paperback. The first Montessori article to be published by Good Housekeeping Magazine, dovetailing with the release that year of the first American edition of Montessori's groundbreaking "The Montessori Method". Good Housekeeping Magazine Vol. LV No. 1, July, 1912. Side stapled illustrated wraps..... More
![Undertaker, Mortician] c. 1960 Esco Embalmers' Supply Company Catalog. The Embalmers' Supply Company](/pictures/thumb/3557.jpg?v=1605315123)
Westport, CT: The Embalmers' Supply Company, c. 1960. Paperback. Circa 1960 date from ads for grave markers on p. 94 which show "1884 -1935" and from the absence of their "Epic Line" of fluids which were introduced in 1963. Printed card wraps, 8vo (8 inches tall), pp. 100, publisher's addendum..... More
![Militaria, WW I ] 8 Circa 1919 B&W Photos of the 54th Canadian Infantry Battalion in Europe. 54th...](/pictures/thumb/3612.jpg?v=1605139142)
Europe: 54th Canadians (Kootenay) Regiment, c. 1919. Eight gelatin silver prints of the 54th Canadian Infantry Battalion taken while serving overseas c. 1919 in war-torn Europe. These images were possibly taken by a regimental photographer to help in documenting the key battlefields, villages, roads, etc. that the battalion advanced through..... More
![Militaria, Trench Art] No. 42 Company, Canadian Forestry Corps - W.W. I Wooden Frame. Anonymous](/pictures/thumb/3598.jpg?v=1604444002)
n.p. c. 1918. A hand-carved wooden frame (we believe it to be oak) designed to house the image of a soldier who served in W.W. I. At top "CANADA" and a crown are carved into a large maple leaf which supports both an axe and an adze, while lower down..... More
![Museum Handbill] The Lucy Maud Montgomery Birthplace. Lucy Maud Montgomery's Birthplace](/pictures/thumb/3611.jpg?v=1604359202)
New London, PEI: Lucy Maud Montgomery's Birthplace, c. 1965. Circa 1965 but not earlier, as the stated entrance price of "Adult Admission 50c" (currently about $5) seems appropriate for that time and along with other mentions within the text of the "Centennial Committee" (1965) and the date of "1964" which..... More
![Portrait Study] 7 - 1960's B&W Photographs of Young Women at Berkeley, CA. A. R. Betz](/pictures/thumb/3597.jpg?v=1604093642)
Berkeley, CA: A.R. Betz, c. 1966. Seven original 8 x 10 B&W gelatin silver portrait photographs of young women in Berkeley, CA during the 1960's. One photo has the photographer's rubber stamp verso "© 1966 BY A.R./ BETZ / BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA". All images have a slight curl to their shorter..... More
![Berkeley Beats, Free Speech Movement] 8 - 1960s B&W Photographs of Berkeley, CA. A. R. Betz](/pictures/thumb/3596.jpg?v=1604092562)
Berkeley, CA: A.R. Betz, c. 1966. Eight original 8 x 10 B&W gelatin silver documentary photographs of Berkeley, CA taken during the turbulent 1960s. One photo has the photographer's rubber stamp verso "© 1966 BY A.R./ BETZ / BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA". All images have a slight curl to their shorter 8..... More
![Nuclear Physics, R. Oppenheimer] Serving Through Science : The Atomic Age. J. Robert Oppenheimer,...](/pictures/thumb/3587.jpg?v=1603754102)
n.p. United States Rubber Company, (1945). Paperback. Contains a talk given on the radio by Professor Oppenheimer on the December 1945 New York Philharmonic Symphony Program titled "The Atomic Age" which begins "In the hour before dawn one day last summer, the hills of the Jornado del Muerto, a desert..... More
London: C. Arthur Pearson Ltd., (1932). R.G.S Buckingham. First Edition, First Printing. Paperback. A first edition copy of The "Gilcraft" Series, No. 11 - with copyright page having "First published 1932" printed at head and price of "1/6 NET" printed at foot of spine. Printed card wraps, 12mo (7-1/4 inches..... More
New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1932. First American Edition, First (and only) Printing. Hardcover. Scarce and never reprinted. Black cloth over boards, quarter red and black patterned cloth with title stamped onto spine, red endpapers, top edge stained red, small 8vo (7-1/2 inches tall), pp. 299, "1932" printed..... More
New York, NY: Arbor House, (1986). First Edition, First Printing. Author's second novel, with the copyright page having "Copyright © 1986 by William Gibson" and a complete number line to "1". Cloth backed paper over boards, title stamped in silver onto spine, 8vo (8-1/4 inches tall), pp. 278. Volume with..... More
![Space Race] "Man and the Moon" by Yuri Gagarin and "Sherlock Holmes in Russia" in Sputnik Jan....](/pictures/thumb/3531.jpg?v=1600031403)
London: Daily Mirror Newspapers Inc., 1968. Paperback. Contains "Man and the Moon" by Yuri Gagarin and Vladimir Lebedev and "Sherlock Holmes in Russia" by Rostislav Olyunin among other stories and regular features. Digest size 8vo (7-3/4 inches tall), pp. 1-92, illustrated. Creases and bumps to corners, some toning, else clean..... More
![Photoplay Edition] The Light That Failed "The Book of the Film" Rudyard Kipling](/pictures/thumb/2160.jpg?v=1600031403)
London: Macmillan and Co., 1940. DJ artwork by Youngman Carter. Photoplay Edition. Hardcover. With "First published 1891" and "The Cottage Library 1940" printed on copyright page, "1940" printed at foot of title page. Blind stamped cloth w. title stamped in gilt stamped onto spine, 12mo (6-7/8 inches tall), pp. 289..... More
![WW I] Yukon Canadian Mounted Rifles. Anon. Photographer](/pictures/thumb/3453.jpg?v=1599419222)
n.p. c 1915. An uncredited military training photo, showing a troop of mounted men in uniforms wearing RCMP/Stetson-like hats and identified in pencil along right edge "YUKON Section CMRs". Waiting in the background are four more troop lines of mounted men (wearing regular military hats) awaiting their turn in front..... More
![Crime Club] The Needle's Kiss. Austin J. Small](/pictures/thumb/3305.jpg?v=1599150856)
Garden City, NY: The Crime Club, Inc. by Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1929. Artwork - credited to "HD" First American Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Stated first edition w. "1929" printed on title page. Black cloth over boards, title and Crime Club logo stamped in red onto upper board and..... More
London: Inkululeko Publications, 1974-75. Paperback. Perfect-bound printed wraps, 8vo (8-1/8 inches tall), pp. 128 ; 112 ; 124 [2 ads, 2 blank], illustrated with a map, woodblock prints and photo reproductions. All 3 volumes with some wear, light soil, creases and no. 62 w. spine rolled. Offers interesting historical perspectives..... More
![BC Studies : No. 22 - Summer 1974 [Chinese Immigrants ; Red Menace of 1935]. James R. Gibson,...](/pictures/thumb/2702.jpg?v=1595900282)
Vancouver, BC: University of BC, 1974. First Edition. Paperback. Printed card covers, 8vo (9-3/4 inches tall), pp. 96. The Oriental Immigrant and Canada's Protestant Clergy, 1858-1925 ; Vancouver's "Red Menace" of 1935 [waterfront] along with the regular features - Book Reviews and Bibliography of B.C. More
Jamestown, ND: C. C. Hibbs, c. 1890. Immediately apparent in the proprietor's makeshift store are his scattered available goods, a counter with a weigh scale on top and a painted sign hanging overhead "CIGARS & TOBACCO" or "STORES & TOBACCO" [?]. The sun can be seen through a low haze..... More
![San Francisco] c. 1918 Walton N. Moore Dry Goods Company Catalogue. Walton N. Moore Dry Goods](/pictures/thumb/3466.jpg?v=1586298302)
San Francisco, CA: Walton N. Moore Dry Goods Company, c. [1918]. Paperback. Date from Sealpax ad on p. 336e "1919 will be a record-breaking Sealpax year. Be sure to see your jobber early." 4to (11 inches tall), pp. 350, [352], illustrated throughout w. line drawings and many lithographed material samples..... More
![New Westminster Columbian College] Lux Columbiana School Magazine 1911 & 1912. T. Griffiths,...](/pictures/thumb/3488.jpg?v=1586214242)
New Westminster, BC: The Literary Society of Columbian College, 1911 / 1912. Paperback. Two separate prewar editions (Vol. 8 No. 6 - May 1911 and Vol. 9 No. 4. - Feb. 1912) of the Lux Columbiana student magazine, both predating the earliest copies [1913/14] found online in the New Westminster..... More
![Trade Catalogue, Maps, Globes] Furniture and Supplies for Schools : Catalogue No. 19-S....](/pictures/thumb/3486.jpg?v=1586019903)
San Francisco, CA: Rucker-Fuller Desk Company, c. 1919. Paperback. c. 1919 date from catalogue number. Staple-bound printed card wraps, 4to (12 inches tall), pp. [i -ad], [ii - blank], [1]-60, illustrated throughout w. line drawings and photo reproductions, index. Volume w. large stains to front cover, crease to upper corner..... More