Harrison, NY: Harbor Hill Books, 1979. Illustrated by Maney, J. Arthur. Hardcover. Reprint of the 1901 edition. 455pp + advertisements. Blue cloth stamped in gold on the spine panel. With illustrations from photographs by J. Arthur Maney. Two tiny spots to fore edge. A bright, fine copy in very good+... More about The Mohawk Valley, Its Legends and Its History
Richmond, IN: Rerick Brothers: Topographers and Publishers, 1893. First Edition. Hardcover. 21.5 x 16". Brown half leather and cloth, gold lettering on the front panel. All edges stained red. With historical and statistical data, more than thirty lithographed maps, some of which are hand-colored and some double-page. Includes maps of... More about The County of Wayne, Indiana, an Imperial Atlas and Art Folio, Including Chronological Chart,...
Venezia: Presso Giovanni Battista Sgava, 1648. First Edition. Hardcover. Volume one. [64], 406, [1]p. With some pagination errors. Contemporary full vellum with lettering in ink on the spine, sprinkled edges. Engraved title, frontispiece of the author and twenty inserted plates with copper engraved portraits. Initials, head-pieces and tail-pieces. Gamba mentions... More about Le maraviglie dell'arte, overo le vite de gl'illustri pittori veneti, e dello stato. Ove sono...
New York: Printed for the Author, 1881. First Edition. Hardcover. xii, 636pp. Original brown cloth stamped in blind on the sides and in gold on the spine. Sixteen illustrations and a folding map of Harlem. Wear to corner tips, light soiling to cloth, the spine was rebacked but the original... More about Harlem (City of New York): Its Origins and Early Annals. Prefaced by Home Scenes in the...
Milano: Tipografia e Libreria Pirotta e C., 1841. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition in Italian. Five books in one. xxxv, 362pp. Contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards, spine lettered and decorated in gold. Head-pieces and initials. Originally published in Latin in 1840, the text documented the Great Plague of Milan... More about La peste di Milano del 1630. Libri cinque cavati dagli annali della città e scritti per ordine...
London: Printed for A. Strahan; T. Cadell; and J. Balfour, 1788. Fifth Edition. Hardcover. Fifth edition, complete in three volumes. xlvii, [1], 388pp; 499pp; 439, [39]pp + [1]p of publisher's advertisements. Modern red half morocco over marbled boards, spine with four raised bands, lettered and decorated in gold. With four... More about The History of America. In Three Volumes
San Francisco: H. H. Bancroft and Company, 1865. First Edition. Flexible cloth. 100pp. Original brown limp cloth decorated and lettered in gold, all edges gilt, yellow endpapers. A story in verse of California's Volunteer company that fought in the Civil War with the 2nd Massachusetts Cavalry. Long inscription in pencil... More about The California Hundred: A Poem
Milano: Edizioni Aurora, 1934. First Edition. Softcover. Chipping to spine ends and edges, mild foxing and stains throughout. A good copy. Includes a short history of the MAS boats, various accounts of the operations in which they participated (Cortellazzo, Fasana, Buccari and others), and a facsimile of the message left... More about Gli arditi del mare: le gloriose imprese dei M.A.S. in guerra
Paris: Victor Retaux et Fils, Libraires-Editeurs. Third Edition. Hardcover. 369pp. Contemporary brown full morocco, boards decorated in gold, spine with four raised bands with gold lettering and decorations, gilt inner dentelles, top edge gilt others uncut, marbled endpapers. From the private library of the Postulazione Generale in Rome, with their... More about Au berceau de l'autre France: Le Canada et ses premiers martyrs. Avec de nombreux dessins a la...
Philadelphia: Printed and Sold by D. Hogan, 1803. First Edition. Hardcover. iv, 103pp + index. Recent gray marbled boards, brown leather label lettered in gold on the spine. Includes Upon Human and Divine Laws, and Their Consequences, Upon Prophane Swearing, Upon Drunkenness, Upon Gaming, Upon Duelling, etc. A few tiny... More about Charges, and Extract of Charges, on Moral and Religious Subjects; Delivered at Sundry Times, by...
London: The Folio Society, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Four volumes in slipcase. xxxvi, 444pp; xxii, 374pp; xiv, 240pp; xxiv, 479pp. Pictorial cloth. With color and b&w illustrations. A fine set in near fine slipcase with light rubbing on the top edge. ; Octavo. More about Empires of the Ancient Near East Complete Set in Slipcase. (The Babylonians. The Persians. The...
Milano: Molina, 1821-1839. First Edition. Hardcover. Collana degli Antichi Storici Greci Volgarizzati. Three volumes bound in one. xlvi, 192pp; 248pp; x, 364pp. Contemporary full vellum with red and green leather labels lettered in gold on the spine. Engraved foldout map of the Persian Empire in volume 1; engraved foldout plate... More about La Ciropedia di Senofonte tradotta da Francesco Regis, professore di letteratura italiana...
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Lisbona: Per Michele Manescal da Costa, 1767-68. First Italian Edition. Hardcover. Complete in five volumes. Full titles of the first two parts are as follows: 1) Deduzione cronologica, e analitica parte prima, in cui per la successiva serie di tutti i governi della monarchia portoghese, decorsi dal Re D. Giovanni... More about Deduzione cronologica, e analitica. [with] Prove della parte prima della deduzione cronologica e...
Milano: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Tiny bookstore sticker rear flap, some underlining. A good copy in about fine dustjacket. ; Octavo. More about Caporetto: una battaglia e un enigma
Paris: Chez Lacombe, 1766. Hardcover. Second edition after the one from 1765. Two volumes in one. xvi, 246pp; 224pp. Recent green morocco, spine with raised bands, lettered and decorated in gold, all edges stained red. The memoires of Father de Singlande, military chaplain. Includes an account of the conquest of... More about Memoires militaires, et voyages du R. P. de Singlande, ancien aumônier des armées du Roi, reçu...
Pawling, NY: Published by the Author, 1877. First Edition. Hardcover. 507, [1]p. Original green cloth stamped in blind on the sides, lettered in gold and stamped in blind on the spine. Frontispiece of the city of Poughkeepsie and numerous illustrations. Lacks the folding map. Light edge wear, spine ends bruised... More about General History of Duchess County, from 1609 to 1876, Inclusive. Illustrated with Numerous...
Firenze: Vallecchi Editore, 1928. Fourth Edition. Printed wrappers. Fourth edition, revised and enlarged. 235pp. Original wrappers. Light toning and wear to spine. A very good+ copy. In the Italian language. ; Octavo. More about Kobilek: giornale di battaglia. Quarta edizione riveduta e integrata
London: Printed for T. Woodward, 1724. First English Edition. Hardcover. [18], 163, 252, 152pp. Contemporary full speckled panelled calf with large fleurons at corners, spine in six compartments with raised bands and gold decorations, speckled edges. Frontispiece of Hernan Cortès engraved by George Vertue, six engraved foldout plates, and a.... More about The History of the Conquest of Mexico by the Spaniards. Done into English from the Original...
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Boston: Hilliard, Gray, and Co., 1835. First Edition. Hardcover. Green half morocco over marbled boards, spine lettered in gold. 1) Volume 3; xii, 335pp; engraved title, three facsimiles, one plate, one map. 2) Volume 4; x, 403pp; engraved title, one facsimile. Boards are rubbed, wear to extremities, occasional foxing and... More about The Life and Treason of Benedict Arnold. [bound with] Lives of Anthony Wayne and Sir Henry Vane....
Vinetia: Appresso Gratioso Percaccino, 1569. Hardcover. [24], 283, [1]p. Old quarter calf over marbled boards, spine lettered in gold, all edges blue. Copper engraved title, portrait frontispiece, one foldout plate with the coats of arms of the Colleoni family, initials, head-pieces, tail-pieces and printer's device. The fascinating life and times... More about Historia della vita, et fatti dell'eccellentissimo Capitano di guerra Bartolomeo Coglione....
London: Printed for J. Debrett, 1792. First Edition. Hardcover. xx, 346pp. Modern green cloth. One engraved plate showing the capture of Louis XVI at Varennes laid in. Collects a series of letters written between June and October 1791, during the time between the King's flight from Paris and his signing... More about Letters from Paris, During the Summer of 1791
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2003. Hardcover. New in publisher's shrinkwrap.; Quarto. More about Saracens, Demons, and Jews: Making Monsters in Medieval Art
Trenton, NJ: Printed for Private Distribution, 1882. First Edition. Printed wrappers. 22pp. Original wrappers. Light toning, chipping and soiling to covers. A very good copy. ; Octavo. More about Washington's Reception by the People of New Jersey in 1789
London: The European Mail Limited, 1896. First Edition. Hardcover. vi, 178pp + [22]pp of advertisements. Original green cloth stamped in gold on the front panel and the spine panel. Decorated endpapers. An account of the South Sea Islands and their inhabitants. Many of the stories were originally published in The... More about Noqu Talanoa: Stories from the South Seas
Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union, (1835). Hardcover. 196pp. Half cloth over marbled boards. Frontispiece and several illustrations. Spine and edges worn, old damp stain affecting the first thirty leaves, sporadic spots or smudges. A good copy. ; 24mo. More about History of the Mission to Orissa (The Site of the Temple of Juggernaut