Newark & New York: Benjamin Olds / John C. Totten, 1828. First Edition. 12mo (14.5cm.); publisher's black morocco-backed boards, gilt-lettered spine; xxxvi,[37]-178pp.; woodcut frontispiece. Boards a bit rubbed with some brief exposure, chiefly at corners, faint tide mark along bottom half of both boards bleeding into text block, contemporary pencil..... More
London: G. Scott, for J. Robson, 1770. First English Language Edition. Three volumes; octavo (22cm.); full contemporary calf, red gilt-lettered spine labels, all edges stained yellow; collated and complete: [A]-2F8; [*]2 A-S8 TU8 X-2D8 E2; [*]2 A-2E8 (final two leaves blank); folding plate of sheet music in rear of Vol..... More
Shanghai: Kwang Hsueh Publishing House, 1933. "Fifteenth Thousand" printing. 16mo (14x11x1.5cm); viii + 237pp + "Radical Index" of 70pp. Brown-black pebbled leatherette with gilt spine lettering and rules. Cover shows one white paint-like spot (1 cm) and several white speckles. Joints and hinges solid; textblock unmarred and unmarked. Chauncey..... More
![Item #5779 The Dictionary of Modern War [inscribed to William Safire]. Edward Luttwak, Stuart Koehl](/pictures/thumb/5779.jpg?v=1574773746)
New York: HarperCollins, 1991. First Edition with full numberline. Signed by Edward Luttwak without named dedication on full title to journalist William Safire with inscription "Since you read dictionaries... Edward Luttwak, In witness (?), June 1991." This book obtained directly from Safire's estate. Quarto; 680pp. Apparatus printed in two..... 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
Paris: Le Normant, 1814. Seconde Édition, revue et corrigée. Thick octavo; full contemporary mottled sheep, gilt-ruled spine with red onlay, pale blue laid endpapers; [2],lvi,919pp. Binding rather scuffed, leather cracked along spine edges, contemporary ownership inscription with old remnants of wax seal to front and rear endpapers, very occasional marginalia..... More
Bloomington: Indiana University Press, [1990]. First American Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth in black pictorial dust jacket; xvii,[3],236pp.; illus. throughout, including photographs. Light shelf wear, boards a hint bowed, else Very Good and sound. More
Boston: Charles Ewer, 1819. First American Edition, from the Second London Edition, Greatly Enlarged and Corrected. Thick Octavo. 1006 pages; text in double columns. Rebacked with original calf retained. Red spine label with gilt lettering. Boards a bit warped, with some shallow chipping to original leather along seams with..... More
London: Kegan Paul, Trench & Co., 1885. Limited Large Paper Edition, numbered 43 of 50 copies and signed "Charles Whittingham & Co." (the Chiswick Press). Bound by J.P. Gray and Son, Cambridge, with binder stamp at bottom of front pastedown. Bookplate of Percy Lancelot Babington, Esquire of Cossington in County..... 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
![Item #13757 Native Writings In Massachusett [Two volumes]. Ives Goddard, Kathleen J. Bragdon](/pictures/thumb/13757.jpg?v=1659706086)
Philadelphia: The American Philosophical Society, 1988. First Edition. Two quarto volumes. 471 pp.; 472-791 pp. Facsimile reproductions. Green cloth stamped in brown and gilt. No dust jackets as issued. Ex-library copies, though with minimal markings - only stamps to edges of text block, preliminaries, and title page. Light..... More
![Item #8660 The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. [Limited Edition]. James Boswell, Clement K....](/pictures/thumb/8660.jpg?v=1613587836)
London: Navarre Society Limited, 1924. Limited Edition of 2000 sets. Three volumes; publisher's maroon cloth in tan pictorial dust jackets, top edges gilt; frontispieces (tissue guards), seventy leaves of plates (one folding), including steel-engraved views, portraits, and numerous facsimiles. Light shallow chipping to jacket extremities, chiefly at spine crowns, dark..... More
New York: Sturgis & Walton Company, 1909. New Edition. Two volumes; quarto (25.5cm.); publisher's half linen over blue paper-covered boards, gilt-lettered spines, top edges gilt; xxxii,576; xv,[1],[577]-1172pp.; photogravure frontispieces and ten leaves of plates (tissue guards), additional illus. throughout text, many full-paged. General shelf wear, spines both rather toned, front..... More
Westport, CT: Oryx Press, 2001. First Edition. Large octavo; publisher's glossy white photo-illustrated paper-covered boards, no dust jacket as issued; xxxvii,[1],377pp.; illus. throughout, text in double columns. Light dust-soil to boards else Very Good to Near Fine. Civil War reference in the form of a dictionary of terms and..... More
Hardcover. London: T. Pote and T. Payne, 1762. Octavo (20.5x13cm); xxxiii, [1], 231, [7], 27, [1] pp. Page 91 misnumbered 19. Brown calf binding on spine with blue marbled paper over boards. Letter F stamped in gold on spine. Boards rubbed on edges. Top of spine is chipped..... More
New York: Evert Duychink, 1821. Small octavo; 304 pp. Contemporary leather (sheep?) with red spine label. Boards a bit warped with a fair bit of rubbing, scuffing, and soiling to surface and edges. Dampstaining to initial pages and noticeable for the first 20 or so before disappearing into more general..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1916. Second Edition, revised and enlarged. Octavo; xii, 372pp. Green cloth with gilt lettering and rules to spine. Boards edgeworn and rubbed along joints and spine ends, with some dampstaining along top edges, not affecting inner boards or endpapers. Small bookseller's ticket on front pastedown..... More
Philadelphia: Griggs & Dickinson, 1832. Standing Edition, Greatly Improved. 24mo; 413pp. Contemporary brown leather with black title card to spine. Boards rubbed and bumped along edges and corners, with chipping at head of spine and leather worn away and cracking at bottom exposing gatherings. Split starting to front joint, but..... More
Port-au-Prince, Haiti: Imprimerie de l'Etat, 1937. Second Edition. Octavo; publisher's printed card wrappers; xviii,[2],320pp.; text printed in double columns throughout. Minor wear and some toning to wrapper extremities, especially along spine, paper label affixed along bottom margin of front cover "Couronné par l'Académie Française / Prix de la Langue Française..... More
Tokyo: San Ko Sha, 1930. First Edition. Octavo (22.5x16x2cm); [7] + iii + 272pp + 2pp of publisher's advertising. Tables of katakana and hiragana ideographs throughout, though instruction itself is entirely in English. Salmon dustjacket printed in black. Boards in dark khaki paper backed with marigold spine, lettered in gilt..... More
![Item #9804 Abridgement of Murray's English Grammar [Alger's Murray]. Lindley Murray, Israel...](/pictures/thumb/9804.jpg?v=1622666142)
Boston: Lincoln & Edmands, 1828. Improved Stereotype Edition. 16mo (6" x 3.5"); 122pp. Blue paper-covered boards with brown leather spine. Boards rubbed with exposure along edges and corners, showing some general soiling and smudging to surface. Leather spine scuffed with splits starting along joints and spine ends and some fraying..... More
Philadelphia: Hogan & Thompson, 1835. 16mo; vi, 164pp. Full sheep with red title card to spine. Printed in two columns after preface. Boards lightly warping, with scuffs to leather and some general smudging and soiling. Previous owner, a young J. Agnew Crawford, has written his October 1835 ownership name and..... More
First Edition. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1998. First Edition. Octavo. 283 pages. Inscribed by author to William Safire on front free endpaper. Inscription reads, "To: William Safire / with author's compliments / Michael Echeruo / 1998." A Hallmark Hanukkah card is also laid in and inscribed from..... More
Paris: Chez la Veuve Dutillet, 1775. Nouvelle Édition, revue, corrigée, & augmentée par l'Auteur. Two volumes; quarto (26cm.); full contemporary mottled sheep, marbled spines in six compartments with red and tan onlays, all edges marbled, marbled endpapers; [2],xxxviii,558; [2],602pp.; woodcut title page vignettes, head- and tail-pieces. Leather dried and scuffed..... More
![Item #12461 A New Universal Etymological English Dictionary [Scott-Bailey Dictionary]. Nathaniel...](/pictures/thumb/12461.jpg?v=1645212226)
London: T. Osborne and J. Shipton; J. Hodges; R. Baldwin; W. Johnston and J. Ward, 1755. Folio (16.25" x 10"); [xviii, 1080]. Engraved frontis and 11 plates, all present. Modern full leather with blind and gilt tooling; red leather title card to spine. Boards are sturdy, clean, and square, with..... More