San Francisco: Leon C. Osteyee, 1906. First Edition. Pictorial wrappers. 128pp. Original wrappers. Photographs by J. D. Givens. Introduction by A. M. Allison. Chipping to spine, a few short closed tears along the edges, creases to back cover, two short tears to last page. A very good- copy. ; Oblong octavo. More
London: A. & C. Black, [1905]. Illustrated by Goff, R. C. First Edition. Hardcover. xii, 262pp + 4pp of publisher's advertisements. Red pictorial cloth stamped in black, white, orange and lettered in gold, top edge gilt. Tissued frontispiece and seventy-four inserted plates in color. With the armorial bookplate of Ward... More
New York: George Routledge and Sons, 1887. Illustrated by Poirson, V. A. Hardcover. xvi, 291pp. Original brown pictorial cloth stamped in gold, black, light brown, red, and blue on the front panel and the spine panel, aubergine endpapers. With one hundred and fourteen color illustrations by V. A. Poirson and... More
Paris: Librairie Internationale, 1869. First Edition. Hardcover. 380, [1]p. Red quarter morocco over marbled boards, spine lettered in gold. Original front cover preserved. Neat bookplate on the front pastedown endpaper. Light wear to extremities, last leaf of text soiled and creased, occasional foxing. A very good copy. In the French language. ; Octavo. More
Cambridge, MA: Published by the Author, 1853. First Edition. Hardcover. xxiv, 8, 8, 8, 8, 18, 6, 8, 8, 4, 8, 4, 12, 4, 8, 4, 16, 4, 12, 8, 12, 16, 55, [7]pp + 8pp of advertisements. Original brown cloth stamped in blind on the sides and the spine... More
Hartford, CT: Published by Hutchison and Dwier, 1835. Hardcover. 576pp. Contemporary full tree calf, spine decorated and lettered in gold, marbled edges. Frontispiece and thirty-six inserted plates with two engravings each. Draws from the works of Bernard Picart and Colin Mackenzie with important additions and alterations. With chapters on the... More
New York: Anson D. F. Randolph & Co., N.D. Illustrated by Foster, Birket. Hardcover. Edition limited to 500 copies. xii, 124pp. Contemporary brown half morocco over marbled boards, spine with five raised bands, elaborately decorated in gold, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. Frontispiece and seven illustrations by Birket Foster, head... More
New York: C. M. Saxton, Barker & Co., 1860. First Edition. Hardcover. 386pp + 10pp of publisher's advertisements. Original light brown cloth stamped in blind on the sides, gold lettering on the spine. Collects a series of letters written to the New York Tribune. The author describes his journey through... More
Chicago: The Blakely Printing Co., 1900. Illustrated by Greenlee, W. B. First Edition. Hardcover. 230pp. Red decorated cloth stamped in gold and black on the front and gold on the spine. Top edge gilt. Frontispiece and several inserted plates. Signed and inscribed by the author to her aunt and uncle... More
Dublin: Printed for the Author and Sold by T. Johnstone, 1811-4. Hardcover. Two volumes bound in one. 199pp; iv, [1], 6-48, [1], 51-216pp. Modern half calf over marbled boards, spine with four raised bands, gold lettering and decorations. Engraved frontispiece. The first title is a second edition, enlarged and continued... More
New York: Charles L. Woodward, Bookseller, 1889-95. First Edition. Hardcover. In two volumes. Limited edition. The first volume is #28 and is initialed by the author on the limitation page. The second volume does not have a number nor initials on the limitation page. viii, 449pp + index; x, 568pp... More
Paris: Librairie Hachette et Cie. Illustrated by Rapine, M.; Benoist, Ph.; Guillemin, E. First Edition. Hardcover. xii, 470pp. Sides in red buckram stamped in blind, spine in red morocco decorated and lettered in gold. All edges gilt. White silk moire endpapers, red silk bookmark. With eleven inserted plates and seventy-eight... More
London: John Murray, 1820. First Edition. Hardcover. Full dark brown leather with elaborate decorations on the covers and spine, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers. Sixty-three engraved plates by John Pye, George Cooke, George Hollis, J. Landseer and others. Heavy wear to corners and edges, rodent damage to upper half of... More
New York: Chautauqua Press, 1887. First Edition. Hardcover. 312pp. Original brown decorated cloth stamped in gold and black on the front and the spine. Foldout map and several illustrations. Previous owner's name on the front free endpaper, a touch of wear to extremities. A near fine copy. ; Octavo. More
Washington, DC: Buell & Blanchard, Printers, 1853. First Edition. Pamphlet. 15pp. Folded sheets. Light toning to pages, smudge on title page, light chipping. A very good- copy. Sabin 29640. ; Octavo. More
London: John Murray, 1818. First Edition. Hardcover. In two volumes. xvi, 530pp + errata; vii, 654pp + errata. Recent brown half cloth over marbled boards. Text blocks mostly clean, light foxing to first and last leaves. A near fine set. ; Quarto. More
New York: The New York Times, 1899. First Edition. Printed wrappers. 122pp. Original gray wrappers lettered in black. With an introduction by Francis Withing Halsey that explains how the correspondence started with a letter sent by Helen Church, a reader of The New York Times Saturday Review of Books and... More
Chicago: Our Possessions Publishing, Co., 1899. First Edition. Hardcover. 452pp. Original tan pictorial binding stamped in gold, red, black, and white on the front panel and the spine panel. Frontispiece and twenty-seven half-tone engravings made from photographs taken especially for this book. A few tiny spots to cloth on the... More
Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1866. First Edition. Hardcover. 352pp. Maroon cloth stamped in gold on the front and the spine, brown endpapers. Frontispiece and two plates with photographs. Inscription on the front free endpaper by John Pierce from Company G of Lowell, Mass, in the year of publication (his name... More
Lowell, MA: Milton Bonney, 1847. First Edition. Hardcover. 164pp. Brown cloth decorated in gold and stamped in blind on the front panel and lettered and decorated in gold on the spine, all edges gilt, tissued color frontispiece. Mild chipping to spine, some pencil annotations in text, light foxing. A very... More
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1883. Hardcover. vii, 378pp. Original publisher's brown pictorial cloth stamped in black and gold on the front panel and the spine panel, all edges gilt. Portrait frontispiece and several inserted plates with engravings. Light edge wear, contemporary owner's name on the front free endpaper. A.... More
Boston: W. P. Fetridge & Co., 1855. First Edition. Hardcover. 329pp + 16pp of publisher's advertisements. Blue cloth stamped in blind on the sides and in gold on the spine. Light rubbing to covers, mild wear to extremities, light foxing to endpapers. A very good copy. Wright II.647. ; Octavo. More
Hardcover. Brown half calf and marbled boards. A collection of several pamphlets pertaining mostly to politics. Three of them bear the signature of Sir William Jolliffe, one was inscribed to him by the author, and one includes an autograph letter signed by the author. Includes the following titles: 1) Character... More
Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1872. Hardcover. 511pp. Contemporary full green morocco with triple gilt fillets and gold floral decorations on the sides, spine in compartments with five raised bands, gilt lettering and decorations, gilt inner dentelles, all edges gilt. Sections on the geology of the Missouri valley; observations on... More
Cambridge: John Wilson and Son, 1886. First Edition. Hardcover. 21pp. Green cloth lettered in gold on the front panel. Portrait frontispiece. With the armorial bookplate of noted geologist and educator William Phipps Blake on the front pastedown endpaper. Old inscription on the front free endpaper, frontispiece tissue detached, mild scattered... More