Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1945. Second Printing. [Publications of the Philadelphia Anthropological Society Vol III] Octavo; x + 126pp, including appendices and bibliography. Burgundy cloth with gold lettering on spine. Cloth mildly soiled, with some scratches, and nudging to crown and foot of sunned spine. Lettering darkened on spine..... More

London: Continuum, 2002. Signed by the author on half title to journalist William Safire with inscription "To William Safire, A fine companion in the platform party at Loyola College, Baltimore. Avery Card. Dulles, S.J., May 18, 2004." Octavo; 176pp. Illustrated blue paper wraps. Covers very lightly shelfworn, but with..... More

Oxford: Oxford University / Clarendon Press, 1922. First Edition. Octavo. 479 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth boards with spine stamped in gilt. Area the size of a dime cracked at top of spine. Cloth still attached but loose from binding. Rubbed at extremities and more heavily along top edge..... More

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

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

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

Halae Magdeburgicae: Sumtibus Orphanotrophei, 1766. Second Edition. Small octavo; 79pp +1 appendix. Dark brown cloth-covered boards. Covers edgeworn with scuffing and fraying along edges and corners, vertical creases down front and back boards, and chipping away of cloth over spine. Endpapers heavily foxed, with lighter occasional foxing throughout. 3" x...... More

[London]: N.p., 1675. Quarto; [xlii], 476pp. Rebacked brown leather with blindstamped borders and gilt lettering to spine. Covers bumped at corners with scuffing to leather (moreso to back). 6.5" diagonal tear across bottom of title page, with no loss. Page appears to have been removed preceding Stephen Crisp's "Testimony," and..... More

New Haven: J. Babcock & Son and S. & W.R. Babcock, Charleston, S.C.; Sidney's Press, 1821. At head of title "Genuine Edition, with Notes." Duodecimo. 300 pages. Allegorical frontispiece and three additional black and white illustrations. Two parts bound in one. Third part, which at the time was erroneously believed..... More

New York: Collins and Perkins, 1808. Stated Thirteenth English Edition, enlarged and improved by the author. This copy is from the personal library of journalist and language expert William Safire. Octavo; xi, [1], 324 pp. Contemporary calf binding with expected wear. Head and foot of spine heavily chipped..... More

Chicago: Independent Religious Society, 1908. First Edition. Small octavo; Side-stapled in paper wraps, rebound between protective stiff boards with canvas spine. Slight sunning to board edges; minor stains on front face. This record of a debate between a believer in the historical Jesus, Rev. Crapsey, and a disbeliever, Mr..... More

London: James Duncan, 1827. First Thus. Octavo. xxviii, 551 pages. Drab olive cloth with spine stamped in gilt. Worn with some exposure to extremities. Spine a touch faded. Some staining and scuffing to boards. Markings in pencil to endpapers; some light foxing to pages; binding is sound and pages otherwise..... 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