Americana from Michael Pyron, Bookseller, ABAA

New York: Bioplasm Company. Unbound. Near Fine binding. Bifolium. 5" x 4." Very crisp copy with only trivial wear. Bioplasm Company was one of a great number offering pseudo-remedies at the turn of the century. In his expose of patent medicines The Great American Fraud, Samuel Hopkins Adams singles out Bioplasm Company of "[deserving] some special attention. … Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Craig, Finley & Co, 1890. Broadside. Fair binding. Trifold, promotional broadside. 10" x 6.25." A promotional piece. Chipping to the extremities, in one instance, just touching some text; closed tear along the folds and above the folds; generally soiled with some stray pencil writing. Nevertheless, fantastic graphics with prices. Rare.

1865. Broadside. Very Good binding. Business card. 4" x 2.5." Light wear and evidence of pencil erasures on both sides. A card offered by O'Grady with place on the back for quotes rates for freight. It looks as if the pencil erasures were a mixture of random strays but perhaps some actual quoted rates. The markings are in… Read more about this item

Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1963. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. Octavo. [2], 61-144 pp. plates, illus. Off-print from BAE Bulletin 186. In original wrappers; all plates present as called for. Previous owner stamp on the front cover and the title page else clean.

Buffalo, NY: Courier Company, Printers, 1877. Original Wrappers. Very Good binding. Octavo. 137-192 pp., plate. As issued, stitched and in printed wrappers; one mounted photograph of black-winged catocala; textblock unopened. A bright copy with limited wear and soiling. Contents include the conclusion of D. S. Jordan's "Check List of Fishes of the Fresh Waters of North America"; F.… Read more about this item

Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1963. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. Octavo. [2], 145-210 pp. plates, illus. Off-print from BAE Bulletin 186. In original wrappers; all plates present as called for. Previous owner stamp on the front cover and the title page else clean.

Clanton, AL: Banner, 1945. Original Wrappers. Good binding. Octavo. [4], 66, [2] pp,, illus. First edition. As issued, stapled in original wrappers. Covers are stained and silverfished partly obscuring the title; early phone numbers in ink on the back cover; minor toning to the contents, but generally clean. A short memoir by Hughes with in text illustration as… Read more about this item

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1901. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Quarto. 261 pp., frontis, First edition. In publisher's cloth. Generally a clean, bright copy with only minor shelf-rubbing and clean throughout but for one page with a small ink smudge.

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1909. Hard Cover. near Very Good binding. Octavo. vii, [1], 451 pp. First edition. In original cloth. Only light wear; evidence of a shelf label removed from the spine; spine a trifle sunned; previous owner bookplate on the front pastedown as well as an ink number on the bottom of the title page, else… Read more about this item

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1902. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Quarto. 244 pp. First edition. In publisher's cloth. Minor soiling and shelfwear to the binding, but generally a presentable and solid copy; previous owner bookplate and ink ownership name on the front pastedown; minor tideline to the top margin few dozen leaves else clean.

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1932. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. Octavo. vii, [1], 191 pp., plates, illus. First edition. In original wrappers; all 10 plates on five leaves are present. Spine sunned; minor chipping to the bottom corner of the rear wrapper and the last 5 leaves, not text affected; small ink date on the verso of the… Read more about this item

Verona, Italy: Officina Bodoni, 1965. Quarter Leather. Very Good+ binding. Octavo. 108, [4] pp., plates, facsims. Limited edition, one of 225 copies. As issued, backed in green morocco with paper over boards; in publisher's card slipcase. A fairly fresh copy with some light and scattered foxing and a bit of a musty smell; clean throughout. Compliments of R.… Read more about this item

Stanford, NY: Printed by Daniel Lawrence, for Henry and John F. Hull, 1803. Disbound. Good binding. 12mo. 111, [1 (ads)] pp. Removed from volume. Remnants of binding on the spine; title page is loosening; generally toned; ink number in the bottom margin of p. iii. Autobiography of a Quaker convert. An early edition was printed at Philadelphia by… Read more about this item

[Washington], 1803. Disbound. Good binding. Octavo. 4 pp. Removed from volume. Minor chipping to the edges; age-toned. Petition to Congress (dated 14 November 1803) to incorporate the Directors of the Columbian Library Company, established for the erection and support of a Public Library. The original bill [House document (United States. Congress. House); 7th Congress, 2nd Session, no. 52]… Read more about this item

1886. Broadside. Good binding. Approximately 4.5" x 3," though J. & P. Coats is closer to 3.75" x 2.5." Aisquith's German syrup and the J. & P. Coats have been trimmed along a border; the Merrick Thread was mounted at some point and has glue residue on the back. Three charming advertisements.

[Philadelphia: William Cobbett], 1797. Disbound. Good binding. Octavo. 24 pp. Removed from volume, early plain salmon wrapper to the front, no rear wrapper. Wrapper is chipped with some pencil notations and rubber-stamped number; contents are a trifle foxed, but generally very good. This is an imperfect copy, having been separated from Erskine's work to which it… Read more about this item

[Camden, NJ]: William S. Scull & Co, 1890. Original Wrappers. Very Good binding. 16mo. [8] pp., illus. As issued, in chromolithographic wrappers. Light rubbing to the covers; short closed tears to the fore-edge margin of several of the leaves, nevertheless, a well-preserved copy of a scarce firm-issued promotional piece from a Camden, New Jersey business. Boscul Coffee was… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: T. S. Manning, 1826. Unbound. Good binding. Octavo. 8 pp. First and only edition. Unbound sheet, printed and folded. Soiling to the first and last page; moderate edgewear including some silverfishing, limited to the margin, so not affecting any text. Uncommon posthumous and sole edition of this address on deliverance, delivered as gentle corrections to… Read more about this item

[Washington]: Tippin & Streeper, 1847. Disbound. Fair binding. Octavo. 3, [1] pp. Removed from volumes. Leaves separated. Though brief, this speaks to some of the early needs of settlers. Uncommon and early territorial document.

Montgomery, AL: Roemer Printing Co, 1895. Hard Cover. near Very Good binding. Octavo. 143 pp., plate. First edition. Originally issued in wrapper, this copy bound in later cloth, wrappers are bound in; Smith's printed "compliments" slip tipped in to the title page. Some shelf numbers to the front wrapper and title page, else clean.