Berlin: Morawe und Scheffelt, 1918. Hardcover first edition - A story in Polynesia by this German poet - laid in is a slip which notes "Dieses Buch wurde als Blockbuch gedruckt, es darf daher an den Seiten nicht ausgeschnitten werden" (This book was printed as a block book, it must therefore not be cut out on the sides.) Small format. 57 pp plus colophon: "Das Buch wurde wahrend des grossen krieges in der druckerei des Deutschen Kommunalverlags in Berlin-Friedenau gedruckt (The book was printed during the great war in the print shop of the German municipal publishing house in Berlin-Friedenau)" Although not one of the numbered 200 copies, this is bound in brown leather with gilt lettering on the spine, narrow gilt bands on cover.

Leipzig: Verlag von Otto Spamer, 1914. Hardcover first edition - A comprehensive textbook by this German chemist, who discovered and gave his name to several chemical reactions, among them the Bucherer reaction, where he realized its reversibility and its potential especially in industrial chemistry. TEXT IN GERMAN. (English title: "Textbook of color chemistry: Including the extraction and processing of the tar as well as the methods for the preparation of the preliminary and intermediate products.") Illustrated with many formulas, index. xi, 557 pp.

Cleveland, Ohio: Central Publishing House of the Reformed Church in the United States. (1899.). Hardcover first edition - A hymnal, composed by A H Hess, organist for the Evangelisch-Reformirten Zions-Gemeinde in Buffalo, New York. Entirely in German in the traditional Deutsche Schrift (except for the copyright notice.) Oblong format, measuring approximately 8 by 11 inches, 143 pages plus an alphabetical index. Bound in black cloth with leather spine and corners, gilt lettering on front cover.

Providence, RI: Burning Deck, (2001). First edition - The fifth in the "not quite annual" series DICHTEN, each of which features work in English by one German writer. Translated from the German by Harry Mathews, Christopher Middleton and Rosmarie Waldrop plus a "guest appearance" by John Yau. 120 pp. ISBN: 1-886224447.

Berlin and Leipzig: C. F. Peters n.d. [ca. 1880's]. Hardcover - Piano and vocal score (in German / Deutsch). Interesting inscription on the front endpaper - "For my greatly gifted friend and pupil, Raylyn Kinney - a cornerstone for her future library of musical rarities." and signed Homer Henley (1872-1939, San Franciso music critic - for the Argonaut) and dated Christmas 1932. 27.5 cm tall by 19.5 cm. 172 pp.