New-York: Carlton & Porter, n.d. [ca. 1860]. Fourth Edition. Octavo; publisher's full sheep, red gilt-lettered morocco spine label; 319pp. Leather exceedingly dried with peeling along fore-edge of front cover, hair-line crack to front joint, some foxing and toning to textblock, else a Good, internally clean and sound copy... More
New York: Leavitt & Company, 1849. First Edition. Octavo. 268 pp.; fold-out map, "Map and Plan to Illustrated the Battle of Long Island Aug. 27th, 1776." Blind-stamped brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Boards chipped at extremities with loss; corners bumped and exposure to edges. Binding is..... More
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1957. First Thus, Limited to 1500 sets of which this is no. 432. Two volumes; large octavos; publisher's reddish purple cloth, pictorial paper spine labels, in original pictorial paper-covered slipcase; xv,[1],396pp.; [10],397-798pp.; color frontispieces, ten leaves of plates, additional vignettes throughout, grey pictorial endpapers printed..... More
![Item #14264 The Story of Rosina and Other Verses [Limited Edition]. Austin Dobson, Hugh Thomson,...](/images/noimage.png)
[London]: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner, [1895]. First Thus, Limited to 250 copies of which this is no. 141. Quarto; contemporary half navy blue morocco over marbled boards, gilt-lettered spine in six compartments, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, signed in rubber-stamp by Zaehnsdorf along bottom margin of front free endpaper verso..... More
New York [but London]: Hodder & Stoughton, n.d. but 1910. First U.K. Edition. Quarto; publisher's olive pictorial cloth embossed in gilt; viii,153pp.; tipped in color frontispiece, twenty-four (24) leaves with accompanying printed tissue guards. Very light shelf wear including tiny chip at spine crown, paper flaw to front pastedown from..... More
London: John Lane the Bodley Head Ltd, [1928]. First Thus. Octavo; publisher's cloth in black pictorial dust jacket printed in green, green topstain, housed in custom cloth slipcase; xxx,[4],217pp.; engraved frontispiece and nine (9) leaves of plates, including one double-paged, decorative cream endpapers printed in magenta. Dust jacket heavily restored..... More
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1936. First Thus, Limited to 1500 copies of which this is no. 774. Quarto; publisher's red pictorial cloth stamped in brown and gilt; [2],xix,[1],199pp.; color frontispiece and eleven (11) leaves of plates. Light shelf wear, old soil spot to textblock fore-edge not bleeding into leaves..... More
Boston: Printed for the Members of The Limited Editions Club at the Merrymount Press, 1934. First Thus, Limited to 1500 copies of which this is no. 693. Small quarto; publisher's green cloth-backed papier-peint boards, printed spine label, top edge stained red, in original paper-covered slipcase; xi,[1],100pp.; hand-colored frontispiece and five..... More
Troy, NY: O. Penniman and Co., 1803. First U.S. Edition. Octavo. 162 pp. + 2 pp. publisher's advertisements. Frontispiece. Bound in contemporary calf with black leather spine label. Boards chipped with loss at spine ends; exposure to corners. Binding is sound. Ownership stamp and inscription of a John..... More
![Item #14205 The Last Days of Pompeii [Limited Edition, Signed by Craemer & Mardersteig]. Edward...](/pictures/thumb/14205.jpg?v=1664199383)
Verona: Printed for the Members of The Limited Editions Club at the Officina Bodoni, 1956. First Thus, Limited to 1500 copies of which this is no. 432. Large octavo; publisher's decorative cloth in pale blue-grey dust jacket, yellow topstain, housed in original paper-covered slipcase; xx,[2],512pp.; two-toned illus. throughout. Jacket spine..... More
![Item #14203 The Spider and the Fly [Limited Edition]. Mary Howitt, Helen Macy, printer](/pictures/thumb/14203.jpg?v=1664202978)
London: Nonesuch Press, 1939. First Thus, Limited to 250 copies. Slim quarto; publisher's maroon gilt-lettered cloth; [11]pp. Cloth extremities faintly toned, else Near Fine. Lovely Christmas keepsake of Mary Howitt's famous 1829 poem, published by the founders of The Limited Editions Club George and Helen Macy. The type, Stempel's..... More
![Item #14201 Tales of Soldiers & Civilians [Limited Edition, Signed by Landacre]. ed., intro,...](/pictures/thumb/14201.jpg?v=1664199997)
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1943. First Thus, Limited to an unspecified number (presumably 1500) of which this is no. 329. Octavo; publisher's pictorial two-thirds sheep over linen stamped in gilt and brown, in paste-paper slipcase; xxx,222pp.; woodcut illus. throughout. Leather a bit scuffed at extremities and spine a shade..... More
Providence, RI: Israel Smith, 1831. First Edition. Octavo. 36 pp.; two black and white illustrations including frontis. Housed in recent blue paper wraps with French flaps. Shallow marginal chips and a few short tears in margins, mainly to first and last pages. Some paper repair along gutter margin of frontis..... More
London: George Routledge And Sons, 1888. Limited Edition of 800 copies, this being #310. Quarto. 208 pp. 12 full-page engravings with tissue guards, including frontispiece, complete; numerous in-text black and white illustrations. Bound in blue-green morocco by Bickers & Son with six compartments to spine and gilt decoration to front..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1889. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's red gilt-lettered cloth, black topstain; [2],331,[1],[4](ads)pp. Some scuffing to cloth extremities, corners bumped, spine rather sunned, contemporary and later ownership inscriptions to front free endpaper, else Very Good, internally sound. Considered one of the author's literary flops, the work..... More
Philadelphia: Press of M.D. Wood Printing Company, 1899. First Edition. Slim octavo; publisher's red textured paper-covered boards, upper cover lettered and ruled in gilt, all edges gilt; 63pp. Extremities a bit scuffed, evidence of glue residue to front endpapers from previously removed materials, rear hinge cracked but holding, mid-20th century..... More
London: James Parker And Co., 1899. First Edition. Octavo. 275 pp. Green cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Brown endpapers. Boards worn along edges with brief exposure to corners and a one inch tear along top of spine. Mild general scuffing and some dust soiling along top edge..... More
Portland, ME: Published by Shirley and Hyde / Printed by J. Griffin, 1828. Second Edition. Octavo; publisher's full tree calf, black gilt-lettered spine label; 576pp. Moderate wear to extremities with some brief loss of leather to upper cover and mid-spine, coin-sized loss at top margin of front flyleaf (blank), else..... More
![Item #14094 History of the Reformed Church of Germany, 1620-1890 [Inscribed and Signed]. James I....](/pictures/thumb/14094.jpg?v=1662654702)
Reading, PA: Daniel Miller, 1894. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's black blind-embossed cloth, gilt-lettered spine, floral endpapers; 646pp.; hand-colored double-paged map frontispiece, eleven leaves of plates. Ex-Library of the Schiff Society of Ursinus College with their contemporary rubber-stamps throughout textblock but otherwise free of markings, boards rather scuffed with exposure at..... More
Irving, TX: University of Dallas Press, 1976. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's brown printed card wrappers; [4],203pp. Moderate wear from handling, faint sunning to wrapper extremities, glueline exposed down hinges, contemporary ownership inscription inside front cover, else Very Good and sound. Collection of five papers on Lincoln's Gettysburg Address..... More