Tuscaloosa, AL: Marmaduke J. Slade, Printer, 1837. First Edition. Octavo. 52 pp. Wraps, removed. Light chipping and soiling to wraps; loss along spine of front and rear wraps; binding sound; pages unmarked. Overall a Very Good copy of Woods' farewell address to the University of which he was President for..... More
Boston: Printed and sold by S. Kneeland and T. Green over against the Prison, 1738. First Edition. Octavo. vi, 286, [4] pp., though first six leaves lacking (provided in facsimile) as well as lacking leaves C4-C5, with no facsimile provided [collation: A4 B-D8 E-2L4]. Bound in modern full calf with..... More
Philadelphia: Published by John S. Cotton & Co., [1860]. Reprint. Octavo. [16] pp. Full-page hand-colored engravings to every other page. Illustrated wraps. Light chipping and soiling to wraps; binding holding soundly; interior unmarked. Very Good. Scarce re-telling of the classic fairy tale in verse. OCLC notes an original 1847 publication..... More
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1867. First Edition. Small octavo; publisher's purple pictorial cloth embossed in gilt, top edge gilt, brown glazed endpapers; iv,205pp. Moderate rubbing to cloth extremities, spine a bit toned, as is textblock, else Very Good and sound. BAL 5250. More
New York: Office of the Anti-Slavery Reporter, 1834. First Edition. 12mo. 46 pp.; wraps, removed. Light soiling and rubbing to wraps. Binding sound and pages unmarked. Very Good. James Birney was a prominent Kentucky planter and slave owner who gradually grew enamored first of the concept of colonization..... More
[Boston]: [Printed and sold by Rogers and Fowle in Queen-Street, next to the prison], [1743]. First U.S. Edition, though unfortunately incomplete, lacking the following: leaves A1-A2, including title and half title, top half of G2, near entirety of G3 (the final page of text) with only a small remnant remaining..... More
London: Printed for H.D. Symonds, in Paternoster Row, and Thomas Clio Rickman, No. 7, Upper Mary-Le-Bone Street, 1792. First Edition? 12mo (20cm.); modern brown cloth, gilt-lettered morocco spine label; 40pp. (A12 B6 C2, lacking half title page, otherwise collated and complete). Very occasional soil to textblock, else a Very Good..... More
London: J. Ridgway, 1795. Reprint. Slim octavo (21cm.); modern brown cloth, gilt-lettered morocco spine label; vi,[7]-60pp. (A-G4 H2, collated complete). Textblock a shade toned, occasional light soil, else a Very Good or better example. Later appearance of Paine's oft-reprinted 1782 pamphlet addressed to the French Abbe Raynal, whose critical..... More
Utica, NY: White & Floyd, Printers, Corner Broad and John Streets, 1881. First Edition. Octavo. 398 pp. + iv pp. contents bound at rear. Frontis; black and white illustrations. Brown cloth stamped in black and gilt. Boards show moderate wear and fraying along edges with general chewing. Binding is sound..... More
Boston: John P. Dale and Company, 1875. Second and Revised Edition. Thick octavo. 700 pp. + 1 page announcement. Black and white illustrations, complete. Black cloth stamped in silver. Boards edgeworn with shallow loss at base of spine, brief exposure to corners. Opens easily between gatherings but binding is holding..... More
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New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1849. First U.S. Edition. Two octavo volumes. 273 & 287 pp. + publisher's 12 pp. catalog dated July 1849. Fourteen in-text black and white illustrations. Original brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Boards edgeworn with chipping to crown of vol. I; general fading..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1895. Octavo; publisher's burnt orange pictorial cloth stamped in five colors; viii,[2],269pp.; frontispiece, full-page illus. throughout. Cloth margins a bit scuffed, light dust-soil to boards, spine gilt rather dulled, contemporary ownership signature to front free endpaper, lacking rear free endpaper, else a Good to..... More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1908. First Edition. Small octavo; publisher's blue gilt-lettered cloth, pictorial paste-on to upper cover, all edges gilt; x,70,[6]pp.; bronze medal bound in between pp. 32 & 33 in the recess of thick die-cut card stock. Very minor rubbing to cloth extremities, dark offsetting to leaves..... More
[New York]: Forest and Stream Publishing Company / American News Company, 1876. First Edition. 12mo; publisher's blue blind-embossed cloth, gilt-lettered spine; vi,348,[12]pp.; folding map plate, pictorial ads in rear. Scuffing to extremities with exposure at corners, shallow loss at spine crown, else Good to Very Good, internally clean and sound..... More
New York: New York Public Library, 1935. Limited Edition, numbered 407 of 500 copies on colophon (100 bound in calf and 400 in buckram as thus). Tall quarto (12.25" x 9"); xvi, 360pp. Color frontis with tissue guard, with draft facsimiles throughout. Blue buckram with gilt lettering and seal, housed..... More
Méjico: Oficina del Autor, calle del Espirita Santo, [1820]. 32mo (10x8cm.); modern stitched decorative wrappers; [32]pp.; woodcuts throughout. Light wear and foxing to textblock, margins rather crudely trimmed at time of production, else a Very Good example overall. Small pocket almanac providing major holy days, the phases of the..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1866. First U.S. Edition. Octavo. 291 pp. Frontispiece. Beveled brown cloth boards decorated in gilt; brown endpapers. Boards worn at extremities with brief exposure to corners and chipping to crown; general scuffing. Binding is sound. Ownership inscription to front fly leaf and stamp "Engles..... More
New Haven and Hartford: Published and Sold by John W. Barber and A. Willard, 1836. First Edition. Octavo. 560 pp. Hand-colored map; six plates; numerous in-text illustrations. Bound in contemporary calf tooled in gilt with leather label to spine; marbled edges and endpapers. Boards worn and scuffed with..... More
City of Washington: Printed by Blair and Rives, 1838. First Edition. Octavo. 325 pp. Almost entirely tables of information throughout. Dark green boards with gilt lettering to spine; yellow endpapers. Boards show light rubbing to edges and joints; mild general staining and scuffing. Binding is sound. Endpapers chewed and toned..... More