The Bibliofile
Over the years we have been privileged to handle some truly remarkable materials: rich archives, unique copies of rare books, and important historical artifacts. And we've made some interesting discoveries along the way. The Bibliofile collects the extensive catalogue descriptions of some of our past highlights, most of which now reside in research institutions.
A richly detailed diary of Gold Rush California 1850-1852
Pangborn, David Knapp (1803-1874). Manuscript journal, 1850-1852, 1862-1864. 256 pp.; about 6½ x 8½ in. Bound in original calf journal with contrastin...
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Virgil FINLAY, Original art for H.P. Lovecraft's The Outsider (1939)
[LOVECRAFT, Howard Phillips] FINLAY, Virgil. The Outsider and Others. Original art for the dust wrapper of the book by H.P. Lovecraft (Sauk City: Arkh...
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Signed typescript for a coded play by Lynn Riggs, queer Cherokee nationalist
Riggs, [Rolla] Lynn (1899-1954). A World Elsewhere, carbon typescript, circa 1943-1947. The author has written his name, address (1 Christopher Street...
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Costume designs for Sir Henry Irving's 1898 production of Peter the Great
Karl, Charles (British, fl. 1885-1934). Costume designs for Sir Henry Irving’s production of Peter the Great, with associated materials, ca. 1897. Thi...
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Manuscript Journal of a Transatlantic Quaker Mission, 1796-97
Farrer, William (1738-1826) A Journal of a Religious Visit to Germany & Holland by William Farrer as Companion to David Sands in Company with Will...
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A Comprehensive Alpine Herbarium
Caviezel, Michael. Flora des Berninagebietes. Pontresina, Switzerland: M. Caviezel, ca. 1880. 151 leaves, 37cm. Cover bright, contents sound, but spin...
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A Rare Pictorial Life of St. Catherine With Manuscript Translations in Catalan
SWELINCK, Jan (fl. 1609-1660) and Thomas DE LEU (1560-1612). D. Catharinae Senensis Virginis SS. Ord. Praedicatorum vita ac miracula selectiora formi...
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A Sampler from the Mission to Tahiti
Pritchard, George (1796-1883); Armitage, Leah (b. ca. 1828); Pitman, Charles, Rev. (1796-1884). Lines Written on the Arrival of Mr. and Mrs. Pitman in...
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A Unique Pairing of Two Devotional Works of the Counter-Reformation
FISHER, John (1469-1535). Psalmi Seu Precationes D. Ioannis Episcopi Roffensis. Item: Psalmi Aliquot selecti ex Dauide. [with Pedro DE SOTO (1493-1563...
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An Early Text on Medicine and Cookery for the Canadian Settler
HOIT, Richard C., The Canadian farrier, or farmer’s manual for the treatment of horses, net cattle, sheep & swine. By a practical farrier. To whic...
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An Italian Manuscript on Physics, with Discussion of Benjamin Franklin
BARTALONI, Domenico (1726-1798). Physicae tam Generalis, quam Particularis. Tractatus decem hoc uno Comprehensio Volumine. A Dominico Bartaloni elabor...
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Dr. SEUSS, The Seven Lady Godivas (1939). Inscribed to an Early – and Highly Influential -- Booster
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Dr. SEUSS, The Seven Lady Godivas (1939). Inscribed to an Early – and Highly Influential -- Booster
Seuss, Dr. [Theodore S. Geisel]. The Seven Lady Godivas: The True Facts Concerning History's Barest Family. New York: Random House, 1939. First editio...
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