Philadelphia: Flint & Co., 1874. Reprint. Thick folio (30.5cm.); full pictorial morocco, beveled boards displaying eight blind-tooled vignettes on each panel, elaborately gilt-tooled spine, marbled endpapers; xvi,175,[1],9-652,116,[2],655-880pp.; engraved frontispiece and added title page, sixteen leaves of plates including five color chromolithographs and one double-paged steel-engraved map in addition to hundreds..... More
London: Marcus Ward & Company Limited, [ca. 1888]. Presumed First Trade Edition. Two quarto volumes bound in one. [102], [4], 66 pp. Illustrations and decorations in terra cotta and black by Crane throughout first volume; sheet music to volume II. Bound in publisher's cloth decorated in gilt and red. Leather..... More
![Item #14693 Droll Stories: Thirty Tales [Limited Edition, Signed by Dwiggins]. Honore de Balzac,...](/pictures/thumb/14693.jpg?v=1670961840)
New York: Limited Editions Clubs, 1932. First Thus, Limited to 1500 copies of which this is no. 93. Three volumes; small octavos; publisher's black gilt-lettered cloth over pictorial paper boards, housed in original paper-covered slipcase; pictorial titles pages. Minimal shelf wear, most noticeably to slipcase, else a Very Good to..... More
Exeter, NH: William B. Morrill, Printer, 1883. First Edition. Octavo. 23 pages. In original brown wrappers. The highly lauded Unitarian minister delivers an address on the occasion of the Phillips Exeter Academy's centennial. Stebbins was an active minister for nearly a half century, preaching against anti-Chinese legislation, on..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1895. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's green pictorial cloth stamped in dark green, red, and gilt; vii,[1],192pp.; frontispiece, full-page illus. throughout (collated and complete), woodcut vignettes at head of each chapter. Moderate wear to extremities, corners gently bumped, damp stains to front cover fore-edge, spine faintly..... More
Philadelphia: Wm. J. Dornan, 1888. First Edition. Octavo; removed; [2],11pp. Title page separated but present, extremities a bit toned and brittle, faint vertical fold; overall Good, internally fresh. Address delivered by the leading Philadelphia physician on the need to reform the legal system in relation to mental illness..... More
Lancaster: Jacob Schweitzer, 1828. 12mo; full contemporary sheep, black gilt spine label; 360pp.; intaglio engraved frontispiece and eleven (11) leaves of plates depicting forty-four emblems (collated and complete). Ex-Philip Schaff Library of the Lancaster Theological Seminary with their internal markings, leather rather scuffed along extremities with exposure at corners, numerous..... More
City of Washington: A. & G. Way, 1808. First Edition. Octavo (21cm.); removed; 5,[1]pp. Light foxing, spine nearly split, else Good to Very Good, despite slightly musty odor. Exceedingly uncommon pamphlet reproducing three pieces of correspondence between President Thomas Jefferson and American engineer Isaac Briggs. Briggs had volunteered his..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1865. Early edition. Octavo. 354 pp. Black and white portraits and illustrations, complete. Publisher's blind-stamped green boards with gilt lettering to spine; pale orange endpapers. Corners bumped and brief exposure along bottom edge. Binding sound and interior unmarked. Field comments on..... More
Boston: Samuel Hall, 1801. Two volumes bound in one; thick 12mo; full contemporary gilt-panelled calf; xii,312; 274pp.; both title pages printed within decorative border. Leather a bit dried and rubbed, gilt significantly flaked away, rear joint cracked but holding, lengthy contemporary ownership notes to front endpapers, else a Very Good..... More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1894. First American Edition, after the Fifth English Edition. Octavo; publisher's green pictorial cloth stamped in dark green and gilt; xv,[1],423pp.; photographic frontispiece, sixteen leaves of plates including folding map, additional illus. in text. Light shelf wear, corners rather bumped and spine cloth a shade..... More
Cincinnati: Moore, Wilstach, Keys & Co., Printers, 1863. First Edition. Octavo. Original printed wrappers. 30 pages. Somewhat dust-soiled and stained; spine a bit worn and loose; a good, sound copy. A pro-Union address from the long-time Marietta College president and historian. Andrews attacks the principles behind secession and..... More
New York: W. Atlee Burpee & Co., Seed Grower, 1888. First Edition. Octavo. 85 pp. + advertisements. Black and white illustrations. Printed wraps. Light soiling, spotting, and edgewear to wraps. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Scarce with no copies in retail at time of this writing in February 2023. More
New-York: Lane & Scott, 1851. Reprint. Small 12mo; publisher's brown blind-embossed cloth, gilt-tooled spine; 132,[12](ads)pp. Minor soiling to covers, spine slightly cocked and starting to split significantly along rear hinge, foxing to preliminaries, else a Good to Very Good copy overall. New Jersey clergyman's attack on the practice of..... More
New York: J.D. Sheldon & Co., 1874. 16mo (14cm.); publisher's grey wrappers printed within decorative border; 255pp.; pictorial advertisements throughout. Shallow chipping along wrapper extremities, small paper flaw to upper cover affecting some text with brief loss of sense; still, Very Good, internally near fine. Price list printed..... More
New Haven: J.W. Barber, 1831. First Edition. 12mo (20cm.); publisher's tan cloth, black gilt-lettered leather spine label; 120pp.; hand-colored map frontispiece, six leaves of hand-colored plates (tissue guards), woodcut vignettes throughout. Corners bumped, spine a bit cocked and leather label scuffed, light foxing throughout textblock, else a Very Good, sound..... More
![Item #25022 [Sammelband] The Life and Writings of Major Jack Downing, of Downingville, away down...](/pictures/thumb/25022.jpg?v=1672497174)
Two volumes in one; thick 12mo; contemporary half black morocco over marbled boards, gilt-lettered spine in five compartments. Minor scuffing to extremities, long closed vertical tears across pp. 201/2 and 237/8 of the first title affecting text without loss of meaining, textblock uniformly finger-soiled, mid-20th century ownership rubberstamp to front..... More
Second Edition. Pesaro: Annesio Nobili, 1834. Second Edition with corrections and additions. Small octavo (5.75" x 3.75"); xxx, 311p +2p indices. Many pages still uncut. Printed paper wraps. Back cover barely holding on at spine, with front torn 3.5" up. Corners bumped and creased with some toning and foxing. Spine..... More
Hartford: Press of The Case, Lockwood and Brainard Co., 1881. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's buff wrappers printed within double rule; 26pp. Shallow chipping at spine ends and corners, wrappers a bit dust-soiled, else Very Good, internally clean and sound. Eulogy delivered September 25, 1881, shortly after the death of..... More
New York: Orange Judd and Company, [1870]. First Edition. Octavo. 190 pp. + advertisements. Black and white illustrations. Publisher's rust-colored pebbled cloth decorated in gilt. Brown endpapers. Wear to edges with brief exposure and general spotting with white discoloration to spine. Binding sound. Scuffing and moderate chipping to..... More
Philadelphia: George H. Buchanan Company, 1909. First Edition. Small, slim octavo (19cm.); publisher's green gilt-lettered cloth; 66pp.; photographic frontispiece. Corners and spine ends bumped, else Very Good, internally clean and sound. Collection of religious poetry published nearly fifty years after the author's death at the premature age of..... More
London: J. Hatchard, 1816. Octavo; 174pp + 1p of errata + 1p of publisher's prospectuses. Calf with gilt outer border on front panel and blind-stamped inner border and ornaments. Rebacked in matching leather with new leather spine label, lettered in gilt. Reproduction marbled endpapers. Textblock edges ornamented in a brown..... More
Westminster, MD: Willow Bend Books, 2003. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's glossy pictorial card wrappers; [4],ii,207pp.; illus. throughout. A hint of shelf wear, else Just About Fine. More
New York: American Book Company, 1895. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's green gilt-lettered cloth; 310pp.; illus. throughout. Light shelf wear to cloth extremities, light dust-soil, ownership ex libris and rubberstamp to front pastedown, the former partly redacted, bookseller ticket and rubberstamp to front free endpaper, another ownership signature to title page..... More
Philadelphia: William B. Evans & Co., 1873. First Edition. Octavo. 349 pp. + 2 pp. ads. Black and white frontis with tissue guard. Publisher's brick red cloth stamped decorated in black and gilt. Brown endpapers. Corners and spine ends bumped and boards scuffed along edges, with an inch..... More