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
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1873-1900. Octavo; about 1000pp per volume. Between 400 and 500 line-engravings and full-page illustrations per volume. Thirteen volumes half-bound in utilitarian library sheepskin with marble boards; 8 volumes bound in brown-black library buckram. All stitching of textblocks solid, and all textblocks clean and whole..... 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
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1964. First Edition. Octavo (22cm.); publisher's cloth in grey dust jacket; ix,[5],268pp.; four folding map plates, additional text illus. Jacket a bit chipped along extremities with some discrete tape repair to verso, spine a shade darkened, small piece of paper stuck to upper cover cloth else Near..... 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
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
Cincinatti: Poe & Hitchcock, ca. 1860s. First Edition. 32mo (12cm.); publisher's cloth-backed marbled paper-covered boards, gilt spine; 32pp.; woodcut frontispiece and illus. throughout. Boards a bit rubbed and spine gilt almost entirely effaced, front free endpaper mostly torn away, light soil throughout text block, else Good to Very Good overall..... 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
[St. Clairsville, OH]: [Horton J. Howard], 1832. First Edition. Octavo. 23 pages. Wraps. Ex-library. The Associate Reformed Synod of the West seceded from the Associate and Reformed Presbyterians in 1820 over disputes over the administration of the sacraments and was Independent through 1858. Through the course of its..... 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
Hartford: A.S. Hale and Company, 1870. First Edition, published by subscription only. Octavo; xi, [xii], 13-501pp. Engraved portrait frontis, with 14 plates and fold-out facsimiles, all present. Rebound in brown buckram with leather spine and corner tips. Boards rubbed and bumped at corners and down joints, with a small chip..... More
Boston: Crosby, Nichols, and Company, 1856. Sixteenth Edition. Octavo. 264 pages. Frontispiece and added engraved title page. Green publisher's cloth decorated in gilt. All edges gilt. Worn with brief exposure to top of spine and corners. Light staining to spine and front panel. Binding is sound. Foxing to..... More
[Washington, DC?: Democratic Congressional Committee? ca. 1893.] Octavo (23cm.); bifolium; 4pp. Dark shallow damp stain along top half of spine edge, stock uniformly toned and rather brittle with a few short closed tears, none quite approaching text, tiny hole mid-rear panel touching a few words without loss of meaning;..... More
Baltimore: T. Newton Kurtz, 1873. Stated Sixth Edition. Blue leather bookplate on front pastedown from the personal library of journalist William Safire. Octavo; 548 pp. Brown morocco binding with gilt decoration on cover and spine, and gilt dentelle. All edges gilt. Binding has some rubbing on edges. Hinges..... More
Philadelphia: Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger, 1878. First Edition. Octavo. 224 pages. Black and white frontispiece with tissue guard. Brown boards stamped in gilt to spine and blind stamped vignette to front and rear boards. Worn and cracked at top of spine near front joint with some light wear..... More
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Germantown: Michael Billmeyer, 1828. Octavo pamphlet; 34pp. Self-cover with hand-threaded binding reinforcement. Text printed entirely in black-letter, and in German. Edges show some insect taste-testing, and erosion in layers, but pages are whole. Back cover missing. Obtrusive, but necessary, repair to front cover in archival tape by previous collector..... More
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1876. Second U.S. Edition, complete in one volume. 688 pages plus 4 p. advertisements. Black and white illustrations. Maroon cloth stamped in black and gilt. Spine ends and corners worn with some exposure and fraying. Binding and interior are sound. Includes a...... More
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London: Edward Moxon, 1835. First Thus. Three Octavo Volumes. 356p; 340p; 296p. With printer's error in pagination - page 108 numbered 110 in volume 2. Half morocco over marbled boards. Ruled in gilt; four raised bands; gilt decoration to spine. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers with bookplate of Oregonian businessman..... More
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New York: J.C. Derby, 1855. First Edition. 12mo (14.5cm.); contemporary dark brown morocco over marbled paper-covered boards, manuscript spine label; x,[11]-315pp. Ex-Sunday School of the Oak Street Methodist Episcopal Church (Norristown, PA) with their usual markings including contemporary manuscript to front pastedown, boards scuffed with some exposure at..... More