Gotha: Friedrich Andreas Perthes, 1877. First Edition. Octavo; contemporary black cloth over marbled paper-covered boards, gilt-lettered spine; xiv,[2],527pp. Cloth rather scuffed with exposure at corners, brief splitting along front joint, some light foxing throughout, later ownership signature to front free endpaper, else Very Good and sound. Provenance: Attractive ownership..... More

New York: Modern Library, [copyright 1938 but ca. 1948 printing]. Thick octavo; publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket, black topstain; xii,1026,[2]pp. Light wear to jacket extremities, contemporary ownership rubberstamp to front free endpaper, else a Near Fine copy in Very Good jacket. Splendid copy of this Modern Library Giant..... More

[New York]: New-Jersey Historical Society, 1846. First Edition. Octavo; early 20th-century library cloth, black and red spine labels lettered in gilt; viii,[2],341pp.; engraved frontispiece, folding map plate. Cloth lightly rubbed and rather dust-soiled, spine toned, ownership ex libris of A. Van Doren Honeyman (1849-1936) to front pastedown, else a Very..... More

New Haven: Yale University Press, [2001]. First Edition. Quarto; publisher's simulated cloth in pictorial dust jacket; ix,[1],254pp.; illus. throughout, some in color. Moderate wear to jacket extremities including brief split to bottom inch of front jacket flap fold, verso tape repaired, very minor spine lean, else Very Good, internally clean..... More

Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, [1991]. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's paper-covered boards; xi,[1],235pp.; illus. throughout. Very light soil to boards, spine a shade sunned, else Very Good to Near Fine. Collection of essays on the scientific mores of the 19th century, the final three chapters devoted to the output..... More

New-York: C.S. Van Winkle, 1819-20. First Edition, Mixed Printings (see below). Seven parts in two volumes (bound without original wrappers, otherwise complete); octavos (21cm.); contemporary calf over marbled paper-covered boards, black gilt spine labels. Margins a bit scuffed, foxing to textblocks as well as some soil and damp spotting to..... More

Boston: Samuel T. Armstrong, 1815. Fifth Edition. 32mo (14cm.); full contemporary sheep, red gilt spine label; viii,[9]-228pp.; steel-engraved portrait frontispiece of Harriet Newell. Moderate rubbing to extremities, front joint starting, textblock toned, else a Very Good, still quite attractive copy. Publisher's advertisements printed on pp. [iii]-iv, stating that..... More

Lewiston, NY: Edwin Mellen Press, [2002]. First Edition. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's gray pictorial cloth; [6],ix,[1],170pp.; illus. Cloth and textblock a bit soiled, spine slightly cocked, else Very Good and sound. Inscribed and signed by the authors on front free endpaper. More

[Lynchburg, VA: H.E. Howard, 1989.] First Edition, Limited to 1000 copies of which this is no. 868. Octavo; publisher's grey pictorial cloth embossed in gilt; [6],123pp.; illus. throughout. Just About Fine. Signed by the author on limitation page. More

[Lanham, MD: Laura Virginia Hale and Stanley S. Phililps], 1981. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth printed in blue; xvi,353pp.; illus. throughout. Light shelf wear, most notably at spine ends, else Very Good, internally clean and sound. Inscribed and signed by Laura Virginia Hale to front free endpaper. More

Albany: Hoffman & White,1838. First Edition. Octavo; removed self-wrappers; 38pp. Moderate soiling and wear, otherwise a Very Good and sound copy. An essay by Tayler Lewis on expounding the need of an underlying current of religion to be applied to the scientific field. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 51269. More

Nashville: Hunt, Tardiff & Co. Printers, 1833. New Edition). Octavo; removed self-wrappers; 39pp. Foxed with some page wrippling. Very Good and in sound condition. Later 1833 edition of an address for the commencement of Cumberland College, later renamed the University of Tennessee. More

[Arcata, CA: Peter E. Palmquist, 1992.] First Edition, Limited to 300 copies. Slim octavo; publisher's glossy pictorial card wrappers; 96pp.; photographic illus. throughout. Minor wear to extremities, else Very Good to Near Fine. More