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
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
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
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
[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
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
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
![Pamphlet] The High-German American Calendar, for the year 1829 after the blessed birth of our...](/pictures/thumb/6292.jpg?v=1588537311)
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
![The Prose Works of Charles Lamb in Three Volumes [Zaehnsdorf Binding]. Charles Lamb](/pictures/thumb/6005.jpg?v=1580240905)
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
![Broadside] Mr. Clother Gifford, Practical Phrenologist and Physiologist. Clother Gifford](/pictures/thumb/5354.jpg?v=1569346671)
[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. Gifford, later..... More
Philadelphia: Cowperthwait & Co., 1868. Stated 'Last Revised Edition.' Quarto. 108 pages. Original pictorial boards rebound with new spine with gilt lettering and new endpapers. Illustrations throughout including maps in color. Worn at extremities; corners exposed. Some damp staining to boards. Light foxing and tanning to pages, all..... More
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
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
New York: Redfield, 1856-1857. Later Printings of Vols I-III, with apparent First Printing of Vol IV. Octavos (7.5" x 5"); Vol I - Tales (1857): lv, 483pp, portrait frontis with tissue guard; Vol II - Poems and Tales (1857): xxvi, 495pp; Vol III - The Literati (1857): iv..... More
![The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire [Twelve Volumes]. Edward Gibbon](/images/noimage.png)
London: Vernor, Hood, & Sharpe, In The Poultry, 1806. "A New Edition." Twelve Octavo Volumes Complete. Frontis portrait and two fold-out maps to volumes 1 and 2. Full contemporary tree-calf with black and red labels and gilt decoration to spine. Worn along edges; corners bumped; some loss to..... More
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
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
Philadelphia: WM. Rutter & Co., 1875. Two Quarto Volumes. 990 p.; 1054 p. Black and white illustrations. Green cloth stamped in black and gilt. Worn at extremities; corners cracked. Rear joint of volume 1 cracked and separation at spine but binding is holding. Two inch tear to front..... More
Paris: Librairie Administrative de Paul Dupont, 1869. First Edition. Large Octavo. 124 pages. Original printed wrappers. A defense of the national tobacco industry from the director of the state tobacco industries. Rolland was better known as a collector of French folklore. A bit foxed and soiled;..... More
![The Novel: What It Is [William Safire Copy]. F. Marion Crawford](/pictures/thumb/5626.jpg?v=1571669162)
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
Philadelphia: Hayes & Zell, 1856. First U.S. Edition. Octavo. 300 pages + 4 pages of advertisements. Blindstamped brown cloth with gilt lettering and decoration to spine and central design to front board in gilt. Loss to spine ends, rubbing to edges, corners bumped and cracked. Binding is sound. Ownership inscription..... More
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
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1898. First Edition. Large Octavo. 272 pages. Black and white illustrations throughout. Brown boards decorative chess board to front and spine and front in gilt. Top edge gilt. The second in Young's 'Chess Strategetics' series and includes chapters on major tactics, geometric and sub-geometric..... More
New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1891. First Edition. Octavo. 423 pages. Frontis portrait. Purple cloth stamped in gilt at spine and front. Floral endpapers. Faded at spine; worn at extremities; corners bumped. Cracked at front and rear hinges and title page a bit loose, but holding. Overall a sound..... More
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