New-York: Carlton & Phillips, 1856. First Edition. Small 12mo; publisher's brown blind-embossed cloth recently rebacked (rear free endpaper renewed); 136pp.; engraved frontispiece, five full-paged illus. Original portions of boards quite scuffed and rubbed with exposure along margins and corners, front hinge professionally reinforced, stock rather browned and foxed, faint juvenile..... More
Akron, OH: Werner Company, 1899. Slim octavo; publisher's cream pictorial cloth stamped in grey, black, and yellow; [30,7(ads)]pp.; four leaves of plates. Cloth rubbed and dust-soiled with significant spotting to sizing; still, Good overall, internally near fine. "Collection" of two stories for children, the first (though unattributed) by..... More
Belfast: R. Aickin & Co., 1896. First Edition. Octavo (20cm.); publisher's green gilt-lettered cloth; 128pp.; engraved frontispiece, pictorial Art Nouveau title page and text illus. Cloth rubbed at extremities, corners quite bumped and slightly frayed, spine gilt dulled at foot, front hinge cracked but holding, contemporary ownership signature of a...... More
New York: Dick & Fitzgerald, Publishers, [1858]. First Edition, Earliest Located Printing with all points present. Octavo; [viii] + 9-368pp + terminal 16pp of advertisements. Inserted frontispiece engraved in black and sepia, with tissue guard in place. Engravings by Avery throughout, reproducing originals by Phiz, Cruickshank, and many others. Olive..... More
Columbus: Steam Press of Smith & Cox, Statesman Office, 1853. First Edition, an ex-library copy with the small blind-stamp of Western Reserve Historical Society and "Dup" notation on title page. Octavo; 23 pages. Removed from original wraps (missing). Chip to fore-edge of title page, with no loss to text. Some..... More
Boston: Cummings and Hilliard, 1818. First American Edition, from the Third London Edition. Octavo. 196 pages. Original paper covered boards. Some loss to spine with exposure to gatherings. Binding otherwise sound. Contemporary ownership inscription to preliminaries and title page. Some staining to pages. More
Paris: Charpentier, 1860. First Edition. 12mo (18cm.); contemporary red cloth-backed marbled boards; [4],380pp. Some general shelf wear, spine a bit sunned, else Very Good and sound. Literary essays by the French journalist and liberal politician. More
New York: Samuel Wood & Sons, 1827. First English Language Edition. Octavo (22.5cm.); slightly later half sheep over marbled boards, brown gilt-lettered spine label; [2],viii,219pp.; five lithographic plates. Slightly ex-Cornell with their discreet markings, boards a bit rubbed and leather dried, else Very Good, internally fine. First published in..... More
New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1846. Stated "Three Volumes in Two." Octavo; Vol I 536pp; Vol II 509pp [+ 9pp of publisher prospectuses bound in]. Brown cloth. Gilt stamped emblem on front panel of both volumes; gilt lettering on spines. Both spines battered crown and foot, some peeling..... More
Philadelphia: Silas Engles, 1805. First Edition. Duodecimo. 358 pages plus errata. Lacks frontispiece. Full contemporary sheep with front cover crudely glued to spine. Gilt ruling and black label to spine. Edges scuffed, with a one inch abrasion tracing diagonally from front top corner of front board. Endpapers moderately foxed and..... More
Baltimore: F. Lucas, Jr. and Jos. Cushing, 1814. 12mo (13x8cm); 254 pp. Contemporary calf binding with black title label on spine. Notes in ink and pencil on endpapers and title page indicate this book belonged to a military student at West Point in 1818. Binding is sound. Some..... More
Easton, PA: Thomas J. Rogers, 1824. Third Edition. Octavo. 504 pages. Full tree calf with gilt decoration to spine and tan leather spine label. Worn and rubbed at extremities and joints with brief exposure. Preliminaries foxed. Professional tape repair to title gutter. Sketches begin with Samuel..... 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
Paris: P. Jannet, 1858. 2 volumes; 12mo; original red blind-embossed cloth, gilt-lettered spines with "Bibliothèque Elzeverienne" at spine crowns and "P. Daffis, Éditeur," at feet; yellow glazed endpapers. Spines a bit darkened, else Near Fine. Later edition of the earliest work of French literary prose (ca. 1461), compiled by the..... More
Fitchburg, MA: [Livermore & Knight], 1896. First Edition. Oblong octavo; [28] pp. Illustrations and local advertisements throughout. Printed in three columns on coarse brown butcher paper. Stiff burlap wrappers with decorative ribbon binding and a wax seal. Side staple binding. Wrappers are cracked and separated from the text block..... More
New York: William Wood & Company, 1884. Second American Edition from the Third London Edition, Rewritten and Enlarged. Thick octavo; publisher's green decorative cloth, upper cover stamped in black, gilt-lettered spine; xiv,532pp.; illus. throughout. Boards quite rubbed with exposure at corners, chipping at spine ends, old dampstain at bottom textblock..... More
Milano: Dalla Società Tipografica de'Classici Italiani, 1822. 32mo (11cm.); full contemporary gilt-tooled morocco, gilt spine in five compartments, all edges gilt; 127pp.; engraved portrait frontispiece. Ex-British Embassy of Rome with their bookplate to front free endpaper, leather scuffed at extremities and joints significantly rubbed and cracked, 1cm. loss at spine..... More
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New York: Twayne Publishers, [1959]. Revised Edition of "Manassas." Octavo (21cm.); publisher's cloth in decorative dust jacket; 287pp. Small chips and some splitting along spine jacket folds, very light spotting of cloth sizing, corners gently bumped; overall still Very Good. Signed by the author on front free endpaper. Revised..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1896. First Edition. 12mo (18cm.); publisher's pictorial white cloth stamped in brown and chartreuse; 85pp.; frontispiece, illus. throughout. Cloth a bit rubbed and toned at extremities, spine dust-soiled, else Very Good, internally clean and fine. Charming guide to the Rhode Island beach resort of..... More
Philadelphia: Carey and Hart, 1842. Four Volumes from the Fourth (British) Edition. Octavos. Lacks maps. Full contemporary sheep; five raised bands to spine; spine titled and ruled in gilt. Bookplate of Alexander Little Page Green to front pastedowns of volumes 2, 3, and 4. Appears to have been..... More
First Edition. Charlestown: Geo. Davidson, 1824. First Edition. Octavo; viii, 448pp. Marbled paper-covered boards with brown leather spine and corner tips with title card to spine and gilt lettering. Covers heavily edgeworn and scuffed, with rubbing especially to corners and some chips and smudging to paper over boards. Front hinge..... More
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Boston: Benjamin H. Greene, 1847. Reprint. Small 12mo (16cm.); publisher's rose blind-embossed cloth, spine elaborately tooled in gilt; 144pp. Light shelf wear, corners bumped with brief exposure, cloth mostly faded to orange, later sticker to rear pastedown, else Very Good, internally near fine. With the contemporary ex libris..... More
New York: Inskeep and Bradford, 1812. Second Edition. Two small octavo volumes. 270 p,; 248 p. Engraved view of New Amsterdam 1640 to title page of volume I (incomplete - notes below). Modern rebind in brown cloth with brown leather spine labels with gilt lettering. New endpapers. Washington Irving's..... More
Hannover, PA: Wilhelm Daniel Lepper, 1802. First Edition. Octavo (20.5cm.); original calf-backed paper-covered boards; [4],256pp. Boards quite rubbed and worn with some loss at corners and chipping and loss of paper, leather cracked at joints but otherwise holding, rather dark damp staining along fore-edge of first three gatherings; contemporary ownership..... More
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London: David Stott, n.d. but 1883. First Edition. 12mo (16cm.); publisher's pale blue card wrappers lettered and ruled in black and red; [12],102pp. Light toning to extremities, especially spine, else Very Good and sound. Publisher's advertisement tipped to half title verso. Small unobtrusive ex libris tipped inside upper cover of..... More