Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1872. Revised Edition. Ten large octavo volumes. Frontispiece, maps, plates, and numerous small illustrations throughout each volume, including "Annual Revolution of the Earth Round the Sun" to volume three. Three-quarter contemporary sheep over marbled boards; gilt lettering to spine; five raised bands. Marbled endpapers and..... More
London: T. Boys, 1826. First Edition. Two volumes in one. 24mo; 360pp. Two engraved title pages with engraved five-portrait frontispieces opposite. Marbled paper-covered boards with leather spine and corner tips with leather title card to spine. Marbled page edges. Boards a bit bumped at corners and spine ends, with some..... More
Boston: Chez J.H.A. Frost, 1824. Second American Edition. 12mo. 379 pages + 3 pages advertisements. Contemporary sheep with spine lettered in gilt. Text in French, advertisements in English. Worn at extremities with exposure to edges and loss at spine ends, most significantly to top of spine with gatherings exposed..... More
Philadelphia: J.W. Bradley, 1859. First Edition. Octavo. 319 pages. Illustrated frontis, with black and white illustrations throughout. Blind-stamped brown boards with spine stamped in gilt. Boards worn at extremities, with cracking and bumping exposing the corners. Binding secure, though book opens easily between some gatherings with pages 115-125..... More
Cleveland, OH: Central Publishing House, [1899]. Slim 16mo (15cm.); publisher's brown cloth lettered and ruled in black; 94pp. Boards rather bumped and rubbed with some light soiling to covers and text block, tiny hole mid-spine, contemporary juvenile pencil notes to endpapers, later pen ownership signature to front free endpaper; Good..... More
Evansville: Antes Press, [n.d., but 1928]. First Thus. Large, slim octavo; publisher's blue blind-ruled cloth, gilt-lettered spine; 127pp. A few tiny surface scratches to boards, else Fine. Letters by the 19th-century Austrian Catholic missionary in Utica, New York, and Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin territory, translated from the original German. First..... More
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
Madison, WI: Wm. J. Park & Sons, n.d., ca. 1880s. Nineteenth Edition. 12mo (18cm.); publisher's brown decorative cloth stamped in black, blue floral endpapers; 64pp.; illus. and tables throughout. Extremities a bit rubbed, contemporary pencil ownership signature to front free endpaper, else Very Good and sound. More
![Collection of Three Broadsides] Absolutely Pure and No Adulteration. The Alden Vinegar. Alden...](/pictures/thumb/7251.jpg?v=1600455376)
N.p.: Alden Vinegar Company, 1894. Three broadsides (ca. 27x21.5cm to 35x21.5cm.); printed on pink, green, and blue stock. Previous folds, some chipping and splitting due to brittle paper quality, toning to extremities and along fold lines, else a Very Good collection. Date of publication based on date of testimonials... More
![I Promessi Sposi con Note Inglesi [The Betrothed with Appended Notes in English]. Alessandro Manzoni](/pictures/thumb/7498.jpg?v=1602085869)
Boston: S.R. Urbino / Schönhoff and Möller, 1870. Octavo; 615pp + 12pp of notes + 3pp of publisher's advertisements. In Schönhoff and Möller bookseller binding of blue-gray percaline, with gilt spine lettering and seller's medallion in gilt on front panel; blind-stamped borders on both panels. Main text entirely in Italian..... More
Paris: Charpentier, Librairie-Éditeur, 1867. Small Octavo: Vol I 356pp; Vol II 297pp; Vol III 455pp; Vol IV 428pp; Vol V 372pp; Vol VI 372pp; Vol VII 353pp; Vol VIII 308pp; Vol IX 248pp. Entirely in French. Quarter-bound in umber morocco with raised spine bands and gilt lettering. Boards in..... More
Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1850. First American Edition. Octavo. 216 pages + 48 p. of advertisements. Blindstamped brown cloth with spine in gilt. Frayed at spine ends with closed tears to rear joint at top and bottom, but boards remain firmly attached and binding sound. Bookseller ticket..... More
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
Paris: Hachette, [1960]. First Edition. Octavo (24cm.); publisher's green decorative leatherette stamped in red and gilt, gilt-lettered acetate jacket; 302pp.; 8 mounted color plates, text illustrations throughout. Minor shelf wear along spine edges, jacket a bit dusty with a few tiny losses at extremities, else a Very Good, internally fine..... More
![Remarks on the Influence of Mental Cultivation and Mental Excitement Upon Health [Inscribed]....](/pictures/thumb/7018.jpg?v=1597775332)
Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard, 1845. Third Edition. Small octavo (17.5cm.); publisher's brown gilt-lettered cloth; xxviii,[37]-204pp. A hint of shelf wear, some rather heavy foxing to textblock, else Very Good or better. Inscribed by the author on front free endpaper. One of the first popular works of social psychology, by..... More
Venice: "Presso gli Editori Sopraindicati Rio Terrà S. Toma al N. 1652," [c. 1830]. (The "editori sopraindicati" are not named, though space is allotted on the front panel for an individual bookseller's name.) Quarto volume of 48 engravings, each on its own leaf, with additional portfolio of 18 loose engravings..... More
![Travels of an Irish Gentleman in Search of a Religion [William McSherry's Copy]. Anonymous,...](/pictures/thumb/7358.jpg?v=1601133589)
Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 1833. First American Edition. Small octavo; publisher's cloth, printed paper spine label; viii,[13]-328pp. Some shelf wear, especially at spine ends, spine cloth toned and label's text mostly effaced, light foxing throughout textblock, else Very Good and sound. Pencil and ink ownership inscription of..... More
[London]: Mountcastle's Library, [1858]. First Edition. Octavo. Removed. 51 pages. Moderately soiled and worn; a good, sound copy. A mildly eccentric work, offering 100 suggestions for reform, a paragraph or two dedicated to each. Much dedicated to enlightened methods of industrial production (repealing the malt-tax to reduce drunkenness)..... More
![The Duke's Children [Limited Edition]. Anthony Trollope, Steven Amarnick, Joanna Trollope, ed.,...](/pictures/thumb/7483.jpg?v=1601925237)
London: Folio Society, 2015. First Complete Edition, Limited to 1980 copies of which this is no. 704. Two volumes; octavo; larger volume bound in half green morocco over cloth, top edge gilt; volume of commentary in full green cloth lettered in gilt, the set housed in matching cloth slipcase; xiv,702;[6],150pp.;..... More
London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co., 1893. Fourth Edition. Small octavo (19.5cm.); publisher's green decorative cloth, upper cover stamped in black, gilt-lettered spine; 142pp. Light shelf wear, corners and spine ends a bit bumped, hinges starting to crack and front free endpaper nearly separated (contemporary ownership signature); still, overall Very Good..... More
New-York: J.E.D. Comstock, [1847]. First Edition. Octavo (21.5cm.); contemporary half sheep over marbled boards; vi,[153]-426,[2],[9]-148pp.; 24 leaves of plates including 12 colored botanicals, woodcuts throughout text. Boards rather rubbed, contemporary ownership inscription of a Mary Hart to front free endpaper, rear endpaper torn away, else Very Good and sound, complete..... More
![Entretiens Populaires [2e Série]. Association Polytechnique, Évariste Thévenin, ed](/pictures/thumb/7115.jpg?v=1598288714)
Paris: Librairie de L. Hachette et Cie., 1867. 2e Édition. Small octavo (17.75cm.); contemporary red cloth-backed marbled boards, gilt-lettered spine; [4],vii,[1],262pp. General shelf wear, spines a bit toned, else Very Good and sound. Forms part of a series of popular science pieces published annually. Includes a contribution by the French..... More
![Entretiens Populaires [3e Série]. Association Polytechnique, Évariste Thévenin, ed](/pictures/thumb/7114.jpg?v=1598288579)
Paris: Librairie de L. Hachette et Cie., 1867. 2e Édition. Small octavo (17.75cm.); contemporary red cloth-backed marbled boards, gilt-lettered spine; [4],v,[1],253pp. General shelf wear, spines a bit toned, else Very Good and sound. Forms part of a series of popular science pieces published annually. Includes essays on the Suez Canal..... More
![Entretiens Populaires [4e Série]. Association Polytechnique, Évariste Thévenin, ed](/pictures/thumb/7112.jpg?v=1598288334)
Paris: Librairie de L. Hachette et Cie., 1864. Small octavo (17.75cm.); contemporary red cloth-backed marbled boards, gilt-lettered spine; [4],410pp. General shelf wear, spine a bit toned, light soil to preliminaries, else Very Good and sound. Forms part of a series of popular science pieces published annually. Includes hygienist Apollinaire Bouchardat's..... More
![Entretiens Populaires [6e Série]. Association Polytechnique, Évariste Thévenin, ed](/pictures/thumb/7113.jpg?v=1598288462)
Paris: Librairie de L. Hachette et Cie., 1866. Two volumes; small octavo (17.75cm.); contemporary red cloth-backed marbled boards, gilt-lettered spine; [4],237; [2],238pp. General shelf wear, spines a bit toned, else Very Good and sound. Forms part of a series of popular science pieces published annually. More