Hardcover
Preparing for Federal Radio Operator Examinations
New York: Prentice-Hall, 1948, hardcover. Book has green cloth over boards with minimal stains, some slight corner bumping, age tanning to pages, and pen mark on half-title page, otherwise very clean and neat. No dust jacket. Very good condition.
This book was created to help students qualify for radio operator licenses. It also gives students a background on the theory and practice involved in being a radio operator. The book covers basic radio laws, basic theory and practice, radiotelephony, radiotelegraphy, rules governing commercial radio operators, extracts from the Communications Acts of 1932. It also contains many illustrations of transformers, resistors, amplifiers, etc.
President Clinton, A Portrait Through Graphology, Astrology and Numerology
Brooklyn, NY: Pointeast Imprint, 1993. 49 pp. 2 7/8 x 2 1/4". LIMITED EDITION of 325 copies (75 in leather), this being # 93. Red cloth over boards, blind-stamped profile on cover, white title on spine, letterpresss, illustrated, tissue guard protected frontispiece, in fine condition. (Bradbury, Pointeast Imprint, 1)
The only miniature book published by this press, designed and printed by An-Khang Vu-Cong. Vu-Cong started his printing career in Vietnam. He came to the US and completed undergraduate and graduate studies and focused on printing and design in the early 1990s. Each author's section is signed by them and the publisher signed on the colophon.
Press-o-grams
(Pettigrew, AR): Burt Randle, 1939. (40 pp). Approximately 1/2 x 5/8". LIMITED EDITION of unknown quantity, usually done in 50 - 80 copies at most. Green leather cover, paper label on front cover, wire clasp. A fine copy, scarce. (Bradbury, Burt Randle, 1)
The miniature books published by Burt Randle were usually "photographic reproductions of his [Randle's] very small handwriting" according to Bradbury. This is Burt Randle's first publication, full of little snippets of sage advice. Very scarce, none currently listed in the trade and only 2 copies in WorldCat.
Pretty Polly, A Novel Panorama Picture Book
London: Ernest Nister, [1897]. Unpaginated. 7 3/4 x 9 1/2"; Red cloth backstrop with pictorial paste-down cover, edge wear to boards, cracked hinges, gift inscription on front free endpaper, four double page chromolithographic pop-ups in various conditions (one is damaged and one is mostly missing), some spotting and loose/torn pages, printed in Bavaria by Ernest Nister, "as is" in good condition only.
A beautifully produced book with lovely monochrome illustrations along with the chromolithograph pop-ups and accompanying stories. Very nice stories and poems for children, including the title stoy about the bird Polly, The Horse Parade, At the Sea, and The Rat Princess, among others.
Printing Throughout the World
Salt Lake City, UT: R. T. Porte & Son Printers, 1929. 144 pp. Approximately 10 x 10". First Limited Edition of 483 copies, this being #67. SIGNED by discoverer, R. T. Porte. Marbled paper-covered boards, cream paper-covered spine with 12 tipped-in illustrations, deckle edges, some foxing to pastedowns, red mark on spine title, otherwise in near fine condition. Marbled slip case is broken and missing a side so is barely functional. Only including it as it is somewhat scare and may perhaps be reparable.
A travelogue of the author's discoveries in printing as practiced around the world in places including the Far East, Cuba, Hawaii, Japan, Korea, Peking, New Guinea, New Zealand, Java, India and Europe.
Private Ownership or Socialism
Philadelphia: Dorrance and Company, 1925. First Edition, Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good. 218pp; Book has minimal wear to edges and spine, minor corner bumping, some shelfwear; some foxing to fore-edges; no dust jacket. Interesting chapter titles include: The Sixteenth Amendment - Unconstitutional; Taxation and the Courts; Representation of income in Corporate Control; Basis of Agreement Between Japan and United States.
Pronouncing Dictionary and Condensed Encyclopedia of Musical Terms, Instruments, Composers and Important Works
Philadelphia: Theodore Presser, 1880. 6 1/4 x 9 1/4". 87 pp. Brown cloth over boards with stamped design and gilt title, some rubbing and corner bumping, salmon colored endpapers with previous owner's signature on front paste-down endpaper, pages slightly stained in parts, good + condition.
An interesting combination of musical dictionary terms along with entries for other music related material. Appendix includes Synopsis of Pitch Notation and Melodic Embellishments. Would make a delightful gift for a nostalgic music teacher or music lover.
Psalms and Hymns Adapted to the Services of the Church of England
London: F. & J. Rivington, 1853. Hardcover, 3 1/4 x 5 1/2". Red moroccan leather over boards, gilt decoration rolled on covers and inside dentelles, all edges gilt with fore-edge painting of St. Paul's Cathedral in London, slight discoloration to endpapers and paste-downs, some blue marks to blank page preceding title page, otherwise very good to near fine.
The editor, William John Hall (1793 - 1861), Vicar of Tottenham, Middlesex, and Priest to Her Majesty, selected "those portions of every Psalm which best illustrate its general subject, and are calculated to be practically useful; together with such Hymns as, elevating and warming the heart..." as noted in the preface. Following the psalms is an index of the first lines of the psalms, the first lines of the hymns, a listing of the psalms and hymns suited to particular occasions, a list of the sizes the work was printed in, and other works by the same author. There is no music in this edition. Currently, there are no others for sale in the trade with this format, and only 5 listings in OCLC for this edition. None of them mention the fore-edge painting.
Record of Service of Connecticut Men in the Army and Navy of the United States During the War of the Rebellion. Compiled By Authority of the General Assembly Under Direction of the Adjutants-General.
New York: The Case, Lockwood & Brainard Company, 1889. 1071 pp. First Edition, quarter calf with burgundy cloth boards, gilt letters on spine with raised bands, minor rubbing to spine top and botton, some wear on bottom edges where heavy volume was pulled off shelf, interior slightly tanned but no marks, numbered black ink stamp "150" on bottom edge of pages. Overall, very good + condition. A very rare volume, still colorful and beautiful.
The New England state of Connecticut played a relatively small, but important role in the American Civil War, providing arms, equipment, money, supplies, and manpower for the Union Army, as well as the Union Navy. Several Connecticut politicians played significant roles in the Federal government and helped shape its policies during the war and the subsequent Reconstruction. This book is a must-have for a Civil War researcher in regards to the service personnel of Connecticut.
Reglamento Provicional, 1834. A Facsimile Edition of California's First Book
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1954. 16 pp. 6 1/2 x 9". LIMITED EDITION of 400 copies. Red cloth over boards with decorative design on cover and gilt title on spine, sun-faded spine, unopened pages, pocket in rear contains facsimile of original text, in very good condition.,
Originally printed in Monterey by Agustin V. Zamorano in 1834, this little book tells of the provisional regulations for the internal administration of the territorial assembly of upper California. Basically, these are the constructive plans for a new constitutional system for Mexico, based on the one set up in the United States.