New Haven: S. Babcock, 1848. Reprint. Octavo. 420 pages. Black and white illustrations throughout. Full contemporary sheep with gilt lettering to spine. Olmsted coined the term radiator, was one of the first to observe Halley's comet, and is generally considered a pioneer in the field of meteor science..... More
Hartford: Case, Tiffany and Burnham, 1841. Two volumes; quarto; recent full brown morocco, gilt-lettered spines, new marbled endpapers (also retaining three of the original marbled endpapers), all edges marbled; 736,[2],737-1440pp.; engraved frontispieces, twenty-six leaves of plates, including four leaves of maps. Extremities a bit rubbed, small loss to..... More
Cincinnati: Swormstedt & Poe, 1855. Later edition. 16mo. 166, [2[, 197 p. Original blue-green cloth, gilt lettering and decoration. First published in 1844-1845, the memoirs of a retired itinerant Methodist minister. Boards worn with exposure. Hinges starting but binding holding. Foxing to pages but overall text legible. [Howes S-953]. More
Philadelphia: T. Allwood Chapman, 1861. Octavo. 240 pages. Brown boards blind stamped front and rear and spine lettered in gilt. Elias Hicks was an influential Quaker minister and anti-slavery activist, advocating for a consumer boycott of slave-produced goods, and helping bring about the abolition of slavery in his..... More