19th Century

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A Short History of the Ancient Israelites With an Account of Their Manners, Customs, Laws,...

Adam Clarke; Claude Fleury

A Short History of the Ancient Israelites With an Account of Their Manners, Customs, Laws, Polity, Religion, Sects, Arts, And Trades, Division of Time, Wars, Captivities, &c. A Work Of The Greatest Utility

Hardcover. Philadelphia: William M'Clane, 1813. Octavo (18x11cm); 150 leaves, 330 pp. Frontispiece illustration of Adam Clarke, L. L. D. Title page states; "Written originally in French by the Abbe Fleury, Much enlarged from the Apparatus Biblicus of Pere Lamy, and corrected and improved throughout by Adam Clarke, L. L. D.)..... More

Price: $150.00

The Adventures of Gil Blas, of Santillane, Abridged. Alain Rene Le Sage

Alain Rene Le Sage

The Adventures of Gil Blas, of Santillane, Abridged

Hardcover. Leominster: Salmon Wilder for Isaiah Thomas, September 1810. Octavo (17x10cm); 148 pp. Marbled paper over boards with leather binding on spine. Substantial wear to corners and edges. Front and back hinges are starting, but binding remains sound. Bookplate for previous owner (Hugo Storm) on front pastedown. Name..... More

Price: $75.00

Poems and Ballads. Algernon Charles Swinburne

Algernon Charles Swinburne

Poems and Ballads

First Edition. Hardcover. London: Edward Moxon & Co., 1866. First Edition, Second Issue (see below). Rebound in marbled paper-covered boards with leather spine and corners. Octavo; vii, 344p. Missing adverts at back. Front board cracked and separating 3/4 of the way down joint, likely to separate fully soon. Covers scuffed..... More

Price: $250.00

Broadside] Mr. Clother Gifford, Practical Phrenologist and Physiologist. Clother Gifford

Clother Gifford

[Broadside] Mr. Clother Gifford, Practical Phrenologist and Physiologist...

First Edition. [Boston?, n.d., ca. 1850s]. First Edition. Small printed broadside flyer (20x14cm.), accomplished in manuscript. Light foxing, previous folds, else Very Good. Small handbill advertising a lecture delivered by abolitionist phrenologist Clother Gifford on Monday and Tuesday, October 17 and 18 in the School Room in Mansfield..... More

Price: $450.00

La Divina Commedia [The Divine Comedy] (3 Volumes). Dante Alighieri, Luigi Portirelli, Girolamo...

Dante Alighieri; Luigi Portirelli [ed.]; Girolamo Tiraboschi [intro.]

La Divina Commedia [The Divine Comedy] (3 Volumes)

Milano: Societa Tipografica de Classici Italiani, 1804. First Thus. Three Volumes. Octavo. I: lxvii, 336pp, [2]; II: li, 441pp., [3]; III: 453pp., [3]. Three black and white illustrations plus frontispiece. Quarter contemporary leather with marbled cardboard boards. Brown leather spine labels. Speckled edges. Includes life of Dante written..... More

Price: $250.00

The History of England from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Abdication of James the Second...

David Hume

The History of England from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Abdication of James the Second 1688, by David Hume, Esq., A New Edition with the Author's Last Corrections and Improvements to which is Prefixed a Short Account of His Life Written by Himself (Six Volumes)

New York: Harper and Brothers, 1854-1855. Complete six-volume set. Octavo; Vol. I xxxii + 483pp; Vol. II xii + 526pp; Vol. III xv + 466pp; Vol. IV xvi + 572pp; Vol. V xvi + 556; Vol. VI xvi + 554pp, including 174 page discursive index covering all six volumes. Engraved..... More

Price: $200.00

Reports of the Trials of Colonel Aaron Burr, (Late Vice President of the United States,) for...

David Robertson [short hand]

Reports of the Trials of Colonel Aaron Burr, (Late Vice President of the United States,) for Treason, and for Misdemeanor, in Preparing the Means of a Military Expedition Against Mexico, a Territory of the King of Spain, with Whom the United States Were at Peace, in the Circuit Court of the United States, Held at the City of Richmond, in the District of Virginia, in the Summer Term of the Year 1807, to Which Is Added an Appendix, Containing the Arguments and Evidence in Support and Defence of the Motion Afterwards Made by the Counsel for the United States, to Commit A. Burr, H. Blannerhassett and I. Smith, to Be Sent for Trial to the State of Kentucky, for Treason or Misdemeanor, Alleged to Be Committed There. [Volume 1 Only of 2 Volumes.]

Philadelphia: Hopkins and Earle, 1808. Second Edition. Volume One only of a two volume set. This copy is from the library of journalist and White House speechwriter William Safire. Octavo; 596 pp. Contemporary calf binding with red and black title labels on spine with lettering in gold. All..... More

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The Political Text Book: Containing the Declaration of Independence, with the Lives of the...

Edward Currier

The Political Text Book: Containing the Declaration of Independence, with the Lives of the Signers; The Constitution of the United States; The Inaugural Addresses and First Annual Messages of all the Presidents, from Washington to Tyler; The Farewell Addresses of George Washington and Andrew Jackson; and a Variety of Useful Tables, &c. &c.

First Edition. Holliston, MA: Warren Blake, 1841. First Edition. Octavo. 489 pages. Full contemporary sheep with title and ruling in gilt to spine. From the estate of author and Presidential Speechwriter William Safire, well known for his own Political Dictionary. In his preface, Currier writes of his goal..... More

Price: $200.00

Lady Geraldine's Courtship. Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Lady Geraldine's Courtship

W.J. Hennessy. Hardcover. New York: Charles Scribner and Company, 1870. First Thus. Octavo (8.25" x 6.5"); iv, 74p. Illustrations throughout by W.J. Hennessy. Rebound in green leather with gilt lettering and decoration, with gilt dentelle, marbled endpapers, and gilt page edges. Covers bumped at corners and scuffed along edges, with..... More

Price: $60.00

A Selection of English Synonyms. Elizabeth Jane Whatley, Richard Dublin, ed

Elizabeth Jane Whatley; Richard Dublin [ed.]

A Selection of English Synonyms

First American Edition. Boston: James Munroe and Company, 1852. First American Edition, from the Second London Edition. Octavo; 179pp. Stamped red cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering to spine. Covers heavily faded and soiled, with bumping to corners and spine ends. Front hinge cracked, with covers opening a bit shakily and..... More

Price: $45.00

The Novel: What It Is [William Safire Copy]. F. Marion Crawford

F. Marion Crawford

The Novel: What It Is [William Safire Copy]

New York: Macmillan and Company, 1893. First Edition. 24mo (5.25" x 3.75"); 108pp +8pp ads. Portrait frontis with tissue guard. Mottled blue gray linen boards with black and red lettering and illustration. Front board board bumped at top corner with an adjacent run to cloth. Boards otherwise smudged with a...... More

Price: $80.00

A Memoir of the Life and Labors of Francis Wayland, D.D., LL.D., Late President of Brown...

Francis Wayland; H.L. Wayland

A Memoir of the Life and Labors of Francis Wayland, D.D., LL.D., Late President of Brown University, Including Selections from his Personal Reminiscences and Correspondence (Volume I Only)

First Edition. New York: Sheldon and Company, 1867. Octavo; 429 pages +2 adverts. Brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Engraved portrait frontis. Boards are rubbed and bumped at corners and spine ends, with some runs to the cloth and a few stains and smudges. Pages toned with some fingerprinting..... More

Price: $60.00

The Diseases of Woman, Their Causes and Cure Familiarly Explained; With Practical Hints for Their...

Frederick Hollick

The Diseases of Woman, Their Causes and Cure Familiarly Explained; With Practical Hints for Their Prevention, and for the Preservation of Female Health

New York: T. W. Strong, 1855. Stated 33rd edition, much enlarged and improved. 15.5 x 10 cm; 467 pp. followed by one page of advertisements. Ten black and white illustrations and three color plates. Blind-stamped green cloth binding with text in gold on spine. Corners of cover rubbed through to..... More

Price: $100.00

The Matron's Manual of Midwifery, and the Diseases of Women During Pregnancy and in Childbed,...

Frederick Hollick

The Matron's Manual of Midwifery, and the Diseases of Women During Pregnancy and in Childbed, Being a Familiar and Practical Treatise, More Especially Intended for the Instruction of Females Themselves, but Adapted Also for Popular Use Among Students and Practitioners of Medicine

New York: T. W. Strong, 1849. 15 x 10 cm; 464 pp., followed by four pages of advertisements. Color frontispiece of Eve with Cain. 51 additional illustrations, two of which are in color. Blind-stamped brown cloth binding with lettering stamped in gold on spine. Cover rubbed and edges frayed. Pages..... More

Price: $100.00

Occasional Reflections, Offered Principally for the Use of Schools. George Dillwyn

George Dillwyn

Occasional Reflections, Offered Principally for the Use of Schools

Burlington, NJ: David Allinson, 1815. First Edition. Small octavo; [ii], 206pp. Contemporary speckled calf with red title card and gilt lettering / rules to spine. Covers rubbed and bumped along edges and corners, with some general smudging and soiling. Pages toned, with moderate to occasionally heavy foxing throughout, along with..... More

Price: $75.00

Irish History and Irish Character. Goldwin Smith

Goldwin Smith

Irish History and Irish Character

London: J.H. and Jas. Parker, 1861. First Edition. Octavo; 199pp + 8p of publisher's prospectuses bound in beaujolais boards blind-embossed on all surfaces with borders, ornaments, and pebbled ground. Gold lettering on spine. Spine heavily browned; lettering nearly illegible. Spine frayed crown and foot. Boards sunned or browned on..... More

Price: $35.00

A Manual of Scandinavian Mythology Containing a Popular Account of the Two Eddas and of the...

Grenville Pigott

A Manual of Scandinavian Mythology Containing a Popular Account of the Two Eddas and of the Religion of Odin

London: William Pickering, 1839. Presumed First Edition. Octavo; xliv + 370pp, including index. Rebacked in newer burgundy buckram with gilt spine lettering and new endpapers, with earlier post-publisher cloth retained over boards. Tape repair/reinforcement along gutter on half- and full title pages. Covers edgeworn and bumped at corners, with cloth..... More

Price: $170.00

The First of June: or, Schoolboy Rivalry. A Tale of Charlton School. H C. Adams

H.C. Adams

The First of June: or, Schoolboy Rivalry. A Tale of Charlton School

First U.S. Edition. Philadelphia: H. Hooker & Co., 1857. First U.S. Edition ("Complete from the London Edition"). 16mo (6" x 4"); 162pp. Blindstamped black cloth with gilt lettering and ornamentation to spine. Boards bumped at corners and spine ends, with chips at center of spine exposing binder's waste and shallow..... More

Price: $45.00

Alfred Lord Tennyson: A Memoir by His Son [Four Volumes]. Hallam Tennyson

Hallam Tennyson

Alfred Lord Tennyson: A Memoir by His Son [Four Volumes]

Boston: Dana Estes and Company, 1897. Limited 'Connoisseur' Edition, this being #37 of 250. Four volumes bound in three quarter leather over marbled paper boards; spines lettered in gilt; five raised bands; marbled endpapers; top edge gilt. Frontispiece and black and white illustrations to each volume. Includes selections of Alfred..... More

Price: $325.00

So Much of the Diary of Lady Willoughby, as Relates to Her Domestic History, and to the Eventful...

Hannah Mary Rathbone

So Much of the Diary of Lady Willoughby, as Relates to Her Domestic History, and to the Eventful Period of the Reign of Charles the First

Fourth Edition. London: Longman, Brown, Green, & Longmans, 1846. Fourth Edition. Octavo (6.75" x 4.5"); [iv], 220p. Elaborately blindstamped leather boards with red title card and gilt lettering to spine. Front board and first gathering of blanks separated, with back board cracked down spine and just holding by stitching. Covers..... More

Price: $50.00

New-England Legends. Harriet Prescott Spofford

Harriet Prescott Spofford

New-England Legends

Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1871. First Edition. Octavo; 40pp. Green boards with gilt lettering on spine; title and author stamped within gold surround on front panel. Seven 3/4-page engravings. Pebbled green cloth scuffed on spine and panels. Crown and foot of spine frayed. Top corners bumped into..... More

Price: $40.00

Two Discourses of the Objects, Pleasures, and Advantages, I. Of Science: II. Of Political...

Henry Lord Brougham

Two Discourses of the Objects, Pleasures, and Advantages, I. Of Science: II. Of Political Science, bound with Dialogues on Instinct; with Analytical View of the Researches of Fossil Osteology.

London: Charles Knight, 1864, 1844. First Editions. 24mo; 197pp, 272pp. Two volumes bound together in brown cloth-covered boards with brown leather spine and corner tips and gilt lettering/tooling to spine. Red staining to page edges. Boards bumped at corners with some fading and smudging to cloth and a few scuffs..... More

Price: $70.00

History of the School of the Collegiate Reformed Dutch Church in the City of New York, from 1633...

Henry Webb Dunshee

History of the School of the Collegiate Reformed Dutch Church in the City of New York, from 1633 to 1883

New York: Aldine Press, 1883. Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged. Octavo; xx + 283pp, including index. Brick-brown cloth with black stamped rules on front and back panels; gilt lettering on spine. Three portraits printed on stiffer card bound in, including one of Dunshee, author of the historical review which constitutes..... More

Price: $40.00

Quinti Horatii Flacci Opera. Interpretatione et Notis Illustravit Ludovicus Desprez,...

Horace; Louis Desprez [Ed.]

Quinti Horatii Flacci Opera. Interpretatione et Notis Illustravit Ludovicus Desprez, Cardinalitius Socius ac Rhetor Emeritus, Jussu Christianissimi Regis, in Usum Serenissimi Delphini ac Serenissimorum Principium Burgundiae, Andium, Et Biturigum [The Works of Quintus Horatius Flaccus, Annotated and Explained by Louis Desprez, Professor of Rhetoric for the Most Christian King, Intended for the Use of the Most Serene Dauphin of France, and the Serene Princes of Burgundy, Anjou, and Bourges]

Philadelphia: Joseph Allen, 1859. Octavo; xv + 560pp + Index of Important Topics 6pp (separately paginated) + Index of Complete Vocabulary 61pp (separately paginated). Entirely in Latin. Rebound in green cloth with gilt lettering on spine; no trimming of leaves or reduction of gutter during rebinding. Pages of principal..... More

Price: $40.00

Oration by Rev. Horatio Stebbins, D.D. Poem by Edward Hale, A.B. Horatio Stebbins, Edward Hale

Horatio Stebbins; Edward Hale

Oration by Rev. Horatio Stebbins, D.D. Poem by Edward Hale, A.B.

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

Price: $75.00

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