New York: Isaac Collins and Son, 1801. First Edition. Two Volumes Bound in One. Octavo. 328 p.; 248 p. Contemporary full calf decorated in gilt with red spine label and inset ownership label of Timothy Nostrand, a merchant from New York, on front. Marbled endpapers. Volume one missing..... More
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Dublin: William Porter, 1795. Volume Two only. Octavo. 542 pages plus index. Full contemporary tree calf with red and black leather labels and gilt lettering to spine. Pindar was the pseudonym for John Wolcot, the English satirist. Worn at edges, joints, and along spine, but binding is sound..... More
New Edition. London / Edinburgh: H.D. Symonds / Robertson and Berry, 1792. New Edition. Quarto; [ii], 77pp +1 ads. Green paper-covered boards with white cloth spine. Front board and endpapers completely detached, with back board becoming so but still holding by a few inches of cloth. Covers edgeworn, scuffed, smudged..... More
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New York: A Byron Preiss Book / Nantier Beall Minoustchine, 1993. Limited Edition, this being #867 of #1000. Signed by Bradbury and six contributors on limitation. Octavo. Unpaginated. Color illustrations throughout. Illustrated dust jacket. Purple boards stamped in dark red. Dust jacket gently worn along edges. Boards a...... More
New York: A Byron Preiss Book / Nantier Beall Minoustchine, 1993. Limited Edition, this being #753 of #1000. Signed by Bradbury and seven contributors on limitation page. Octavo. Unpaginated. Color illustrations throughout. Illustrated dust jacket. Purple boards stamped in dark red. Dust jacket gently worn along edges. Boards..... More
Temple, PA: The Consistory, 1959. Octavo. 69 pages. Black and white photographs. Pale blue wraps stamped in black. Covers sunned at spine with some intermittent staining. Sound in binding and pages unmarked. More
London: Robert Tyas, 1839. Second Edition. 24m0 (5.5" x 3.75"); 76pp. Four illustrations by John Leech. Full calf with gilt lettering and borders, with gilt decoration to all edges. Marbled endpapers and pages edges. Bookplate of Charles T. Hebbert on front pastedown, with bookseller's ticket of Cawthorn & Co. at..... More
New-York: Leavitt, Trow & Co., 1849. Large octavo (23cm.); full contemporary sheep, gilt spine in five compartments, black gilt-lettered morocco spine onlay, all edges marbled; iv,xv,[1],cxli,[3],425,[1],12pp.; steel engraved portrait frontispiece (tissue guard). Light scuffing to leather at extremities, short hairline split at head of upper joint, some toning and foxing..... More
First Edition. Hardcover. Oxford: Blackwell Reference, 1990. First Edition. Quarto (9" x 11.25"); 239pp. Pictorial dust jacket. Navy textured paper binding with lettering stamped in gold on spine. Dust jacket has only minor rubbing and light edgewear on corners. Binding is sound. Corners are square. Inscription from previous owner written..... More
Philadelphia: Johnson & Warner, 1813. Octavo; 385, 341pp. Text in two columns. Contemporary brown leather binding with spine label. Heavily edge-worn with leather rubbed through to board on corners. Spine chipped away at head. Front and back hinges repaired with white cloth tape by previous owner. Tape also used to..... More
London: G. and W.B. Whittaker, 1824. Early reprint. 12mo; full contemporary brown straight-grained morocco, black gilt-lettered spine label; iv,[4],xii,[1]-385,362*-384*,[385]-716,12(ads)pp.; woodcut frontispiece, 47 leaves of plates (collated and complete). Boards a bit scuffed and expertly reattached at a later date with archival repair at spine foot to match, tiny..... More
Bernville, PA: St. John's (Host) United Church of Christ, 1976. First Edition. Octavo (23.5cm.); publisher's red gilt-lettered leatherette; xii,[2],240pp.; illus. throughout. Light soil to upper cover, the Church ownership rubberstamps and private owner's pressure stamp to endpapers, else Very Good or better. More
Second Edition. Dublin: P. Wogan, P. Byrne, W. Sleater. J. Moore, J. Jones, A. Grueber, W. Jones, R. Weite, J. Rice, and R. M'Allister, 1791. Second Edition. Part 1 (all published). Octavo; viii, 366 p. [A]5 B-2A8. Leaf 2A8 [blank] removed. Lacks fold-out chart of Constitution. Contemporary mottled calf with..... More
London: Baldwin, Cradock, & Joy, 1825. This copy is from the personal library of journalist and language expert William Safire. First Edition. 12mo; vi, [2], 136 pp. Rebound in blue cloth with marbled paper. Lettering stamped in gold on spine. Small library stamp for St. Charles College Library in..... More