Recent Arrivals from ZH BOOKS

Moundridge, Kansas: Gospel Tract and Bible Society. Near fine. Brochure, n. d. (20th century); 6 x 3 1/2; pp. [1], 2-7, [1]; pink stock, printed in red; very minor wear - in near fine condition.The story of a notorious, 19th-century horse thief, George Lennox, who was burried in a pile of rubble in a coal mine and pronounced… Read more about this item

S. l. (Columbus, Ohio): By the author, 1940. Very good. Single sheet of stationary, n. d. (late 1940s); 11 x 8 1/2; off-white stock, printed in red and illustrated with an exaggerated caricature of an African-American; a few small creases to corners and a very minor spot to upper margin; in very good condition.Founded in the early 20th… Read more about this item

New York: By the author, 1928. Very good. Fifth edition; 7 1/2 x 5 1/4; pp. 3-22, [1]; red wraps, printed and ruled in black; very light fading to margins and previous woner's signature to front wrap; a few minor spots to pages; in very good condition.A bible prophecy by the Australian Evangelical preacher Leonard Sale - Harrison… Read more about this item

Moskva (Moscow), 1979. First Edition. Very good. Pioneer cap, with label still affixed with a string; white cotton with red thread; bill trimmed with a red strip; appliqué of the logo and the colors of the games to the front, right portion of the hat; very light darkening of the white cloth; a small section of the fabric… Read more about this item

Shanhai: Tipografii Nikita - Do-Shin Press, 1949. Good. First edition presumed; 5 x 3 1/2; pp. I-V, [2], 4-286, [1]; original wraps appear to have been replaced by plain brown paper; chips to corners of first and last leaves and mild spotting; in fair to good condition.An unusual, apparently unrecorded in OCLC prayer book with Acathist Hymns, it… Read more about this item

New Haven: Thomas J. Stafford, 1857. First Edition. Very good. First edition; 8 1/2 x 5 1/2; pp. [1], 4-22; self-wraps, tied with a string (string replaced); several small nicks to edges and tips of spine; a few minor spots to wraps; in very good condition.Alexander Catlin Twining (1801 - 1884) was an inventor, astronomer, engineer, author, and… Read more about this item

New York: C. P. Huestis, 1840. Good. First edition presumed, n. d. (1840s); 7 1/2 x 4 1/2; pp. [1], 4-24; pictorial wraps with a hand-colored woodcut; illustrated with wood engravings; nicks and cuts to tips of spine and edges; scattered spots to margins; in good condition.An interesting intepretation of the classic Cock Robin tale, it was illustrated… Read more about this item

S. l.: s. n., 1827. Good. Wood-and-paper box; 11 x 4 ½ x 3 ¼; the exterior covered in lovely block-print paper, the interior in beautiful marbled paper; a small, separate compartment with a lid to the left; embossed label with flowers to top; ornate label with a manuscript note to one of the interior walls - “Zum… Read more about this item

San Francisco / Los Angeles / New York: Zemlia Kolumba, 1936. Good. First edition; 8 1/2 x 6 1/2; pp. 3 - 136; pictorial wraps; illustrated with plates; loss of paper to spine cover; text block separating; a few small pieces of tape along spine; in fair to good condition.The first of only two volumes ever published, the… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: American Sunday - School Union, 1832. First Edition. Good. First edition; 5 3/4 x 3 3/4; pp. [2], 3-36; marbled paper over boards and 1/4 morocco; title in gilt to spine (faded); illustrated with woodcuts; a few chips to paper along edges of boards; finger smudges to margins of pages; in good condition.An uncommon children's book on… Read more about this item

Various: By the authors, 1863. Very good. Five manuscripts and one document printed and partially filled in manuscript, 1863 - 1864; various sizes and formats; condition varies from near fine, with minor wear, to good, with spotting and small nicks to edges.An interesting group of Civil War material, the papers were written and signed by various commanding officers… Read more about this item

Minneapolis, Minnesota: Alfred Andersen & Co., 1900. Very good. First edition, n. d. (ca 1900); 4 x 3; pp. [20]; chromolithographed wraps; illustrated with engravings and lithographed plates; spotting mostly to back wrap; tiny nicks to tips of spine; in very good condition.Alfred Andersen founded his company in 1893, marketing household items and utensils and pattenting rosette, wafer,… Read more about this item

South Kingstown, Rhode Island: By the author, 1773. Very good. Manuscript document; 5 1/2 x 7; single sheet of laid paper, filled in brown ink; red wax seal to lower right corner (a bit dry and crumbly); old crease lines and a few minor spots; in very good condition.A receipt, written and signed by one Deborah Fowler, attesting… Read more about this item

Kaysville, Utah: By the author. First Edition. Near fine. First edition, n. d. (1930s); 5 1/4 x 3 1/2; pp. [4]; textured blue wraps, printed in black; minor wear to edges and corners; in near fine condition.An amusing and quite uncommon poem by, then, one of Utah's most published authors, it extolled the virtues of an old privy,… Read more about this item

New York: Sarony & Major, 1846. Very good. Hand-colored lithograph; 13 1/2 x 9 1/2; edges a bit unevenly trimmed; a small, closed cut to left margin; faint discoloration to bottom edge; in about very good condition.An image of a beautiful lady, seated in front of a window, it was created by the lithographic partnership of Napoleon Sarony… Read more about this item

Moskva / Petrograd : Gosudarstvennoe izdatelstvo, 1923. Good. Sixth, expanded edition, 1 of 5000 copies; 9 1/2 x 6 1/4; pp. [5], 6-165, [3]; pictorial wraps, designed by Evgenii Belukha; illustrated with portrait frontis of the author; rebacked, with several repairs to edges of wraps; in good to very good condition.Hailed as the Russian equivalent of Dr. Seuss,… Read more about this item

New York: N. Currier / Currier and Ives. Very good. Three hand-colored lithographs - "Gertrude," "The Little Flower Girl," "Look at Papa;" approx. 13 1/2 x 10; a fw small cuts to edges; age-toning; slight discoloration to bottom edge; overall in very good condition.A beautiful trio of lithographs, spanning the years from Nathaniel Currier's sole proprietorship until the… Read more about this item

New York: By the authors, 1852. Very good. Three documents, printed and partially filled in manuscript; approx. 6 x 12; illustrated with small engravings; a few small nicks to edges and mild age-toning; in very good condition.Abraham Bell (1778 - 1856) was born in a prominent Quaker family in Northern Ireland. Immigrating to New York in 1797, he… Read more about this item

New York: J. Julian & Co., 1890. Very good. Small broadside, n. d. (ca 1890); 8 1/2 x 5 1/2; illustrated with an engraving; upper right corner clipped; two tiny pinholes to upper left margin; in very good condition.An advertisement for a cigar lighter, called "the smallest , handiest, neatest and most durable lighter ever made...Burns as long… Read more about this item

San Francisco: Shannon-Commy Print, 1913. Very good. A small broadside; 8 1/2 x 5 1/2; illustrated with a photograph; backed with a slightly-larger card stock sheet; light age-toning and creasing; in very good condition.A circular for the arrest of a watchmaker and jeweler in the wind, it gave a description and a photograph of John Beltramo, wanted for… Read more about this item