London: B. T. Batsford Ltd, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. 184pp. Blue cloth stamped in gold on the spine. The story of the first full-scale naval battle in the war with Revolutionary France. With numerous b&w illustrations and diagrams. Name on the front free endpaper. A fine copy in very good..... More
Portland, ME: Hoyt, Fogg & Donham, 1879. First Edition. Hardcover. 371pp. Original brown cloth stamped in blind on the sides and lettered in gold on the spine. The book covers the years 1775-1875 and includes an index of subjects and of surnames. Wear to extremities, spine heel frayed, light soiling... More
London: H. D. Symonds, 1795. First Edition. Hardcover. 137pp. Modern brown cloth stamped in gold on the spine. Old repair to the verso of title page and of page 137, some foxing to endpapers. A near fine copy. ; Octavo. More
Providence, RI: Soldiers' and Sailors' Historical Society, 1890. First Edition. Printed wrappers. Personal Narratives Fourth Series, No. 9. Edition limited to 250 copies. 48pp. Original yellow wrappers lettered in black. Describes the Burnside Expedition and the engagement at Roanoke Island. Library stamp on front cover, chipping to edges, lower corner... More
London: John Murray, 1837. First Edition. Hardcover. Complete set in three volumes. xxxii, [1], 406pp; xxxiv, 446pp; xxiv, 404pp + [2], 8pp of publisher's advertisements. Errata slips in each volume at the end of the list of plates. Finely bound in green half calf over marbled boards by Scura of... More
Portland, ME: Loring, Short, and Harmon, 1877. First Edition. Hardcover. vi, 956pp. Brick red cloth with black and red labels lettered in gold on the spine. One foldout frontispiece print (View of Belfast), two foldout maps, one foldout facsimile plate and several illustrations. Hinges are weak, bookplate to front pastedown... More
London: Published by T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1816. First Edition. Hardcover. viii, 174pp. Maroon cloth, all edges uncut. Frontispiece and twenty inserted plates with engravings by the author from drawings by T. Hastings. Some offsetting and scattered foxing, light discoloration and rubbing to cloth. A very good copy. ; Quarto. More
London: The Folio Society, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. A fine copy in the original glassine wrapper in fine slipcase with two tiny dents to top edge. ; Octavo; 256 pages. More
London: Chatto and Windus, 1876. Hardcover. xiii, 639pp + 36pp of publisher's advertisements. Original green cloth stamped in gold on the front panel and the spine panel. Color frontispiece, twelve plates with steel engravings, and more than three hundred in-text illustrations. Front hinge a bit weak, light wear to the... More
Berlin: Hauptverein für Christliche Erbauungsschriften in den Preussischen Staaten, 1861. Pamphlet. 24pp. Self-wrappers. With two portraits affixed on the verso of the title page. The title page is almost completely split at spine, light foxing. A good+ copy. In the German language. ; Small octavo. More
Firenze: G. C. Sansoni - Editore, 1935. First Edition. Pictorial wrappers. ix, 327pp. Original wrappers. A history of Japanese expansion between 1854 and 1934. With photographs and sketches by the author. Light chipping to spine with a small mend to spine head. A near fine copy. In the Italian language. ; Octavo. More