Washington: Government Printing Office, 1880. First Edition. Five volumes; octavo; uniformly bound in publisher's green gilt-embossed cloth; numerous plates throughout, including myriad folding, double-paged and color, text illus. throughout (collated and complete). Light shelf wear to cloth extremities, chiefly at spine ends, brief paper remnants to front cover of Vol..... More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1881. Third Edition. Octavo. 296 pp. + publisher's advertisements. Seven black and white illustrations including frontispiece with tissue guard, complete. Publisher's decorative cloth; floral endpapers. Corners of boards bumped, light wear to edges and joints. Binding is sound and pages unmarked... More
London: Greening & Co., Ltd, 1899. First Edition. Octavo. 196 pp. + 24 pp. advertisements. Black cloth stamped in gilt. Top edge gilt. Boards worn and scuffed and corners bumped. Binding sound. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown. Inscription on full title to previous owner "To the Rev..... More
London: Alfred Thomas Crocker, 1867. New Edition. Slim 12mo; publisher's green cloth embossed in gilt; [4],123pp. Light edge wear most notably at spine crown, foxing to textblock edges, else Very Good or better overall. More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1897. First Edition. 12mo; publisher's white decorative cloth elaborately stamped in olive green, top edge gilt; viii,227pp. Light dust-soil, contemporary bookseller rubberstamp and ownership inscription to front free endpaper, else a Very Good or better copy overall. Forms part of the Ivory Series. Rather..... More
New York: Sheldon and Company, 1861. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's green pebble-grained cloth, front cover stamped in gilt, brown glazed endpapers; mixed pagination; twelve full-paged color printed plates. Minor shelf wear, brief exposure at spine ends, corners softened, textblock a bit shaken in boards, else Very Good and sound, illustrations..... More
London: Frederick Warne & Co., [n.d., ca. 1887]. Small slim quarto; publisher's rust cloth-backed pictorial paper-covered boards; 55pp.; color illus. throughout. Some minor shelf wear and brief exposure at corners, juvenile 20th century ownership signature on half title page somewhat obscuring illustration, else a Very Good, internally bright and sound..... More
Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co., [1914]. First American Edition. Small, slim octavo; publisher's green cloth lettered in gilt; ix,[1],101pp. Cloth a bit toned at extremities, corners and spine ends bumped, spine gilt significantly dulled, else Very Good overall, internally clean and sound. English-language translation of Schnitzler's popular play (later..... More
Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2000. First Edition. Large octavo; publisher's boards in pictorial dust jacket; xii,284pp.; illus. throughout, many in color. Corners a bit bumped, slight curve to front board, else a Very Good to Near Fine copy. More
[Washington, DC]: [n.p.], 1804. Wraps. Duodecimo. 14 pages. Binding is worn but holding. Front cover split at bottom. A trifle soiled along edges. Report of a committee on a survey of buildings of DC. Pages 7-14 are the text of a letter from Benjamin Henry Latrobe giving his..... More
Washington: Blair and Rives, 1835. First Edition. Printed paper wraps. 16 pages. Publication of an address of Freemason Lawrenson of the Grand Lodge of DC to offer aid to the orphans of the city. Final page split along bottom half of spine, but holding. Overall very good copy..... More
Napoli: Montanino Editore, ca. 1960. First Thus, Limited to 1000 sets. Octavo; pictorial card chemise containing preliminary text leaves and thirteen leaves of color plates printed on stiff card stock. Some minor wear and dust-soil to chemise, else Very Good, contents fine. Series of plates depicting Neapolitan street..... More
Matthews, NC / Charlotte, NC: Heritage Publishing Company, 1985-1987. First Edition. Two volumes; quarto; publisher's cloth in white photo-illustrated dust jackets; 224, 272pp.; photographic illus. throughout. Vol. 1 dust jacket trimmed half an inch too short at time of publication (as usual with this volume), light wear to extremities of..... More
New York: Hodder and Stoughton, [n.d. but 1913]. First Thus. Large quarto; publisher's red gilt-lettered cloth, decorative gilt lozenge mounted to front cover; [6],359pp.; mounted color frontispiece, twenty leaves of plates with accompanying printed tissue guards. Light wear to cloth extremities, tiny soil spot to front cover, else a Very..... More
New York: Van Nostrand & Dwight, 1835. First Edition. Octavo. 22 pp. String-bound wraps, though with front wrap lacking. Front cover missing with some remnants along spine; rear cover remains, with some chipping along top portion of spine and at top edge. Binding nevertheless holding. Spotting to pages..... More
London: R.H. Porter, 1895. Second Edition with Supplement to rear. Octavo. 459 pp.; 7 pp. subscriber list; 31 pp. supplement bound in at rear. 9 illustrations and albumen photographs; map of Devonshire and two maps of migration patterns bound at rear, complete. Blue green boards stamped in gilt and black..... More
Philadelphia: John Campbell, 1865. Fourth Thousand. Octavo; publisher's tan blind-ruled cloth, gilt-lettered spine, brown glazed endpapers; 194pp.; engraved map and portrait frontispiece (tissue guards present). Some light wear and darkening to cloth extremities, brief flaw to upper cover cloth sizing, else Very Good and sound. Provenance: Inscribed and..... More
New York: W.J. Widdleton, 1868. First Thus. Slim quarto; publisher's decorative green cloth elaborately stamped in gilt, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers; [6],20pp.; albumen photographic frontispiece and six (of seven) albumen plates. Cloth a bit rubbed at extremities, most notably at spine ends and corners which show some exposure, front..... More