New York: Harper & Brothers, 1835. First Edition. Hardcover. In two volumes. 220pp; 239pp + 8pp ads numbered 17-24. Brown figured cloth, paper label lettered and ruled in black on the spines. Wear to extremities, cloth is faded; volume one has a stain to front panel, a tear along the... More about The Brothers. A Tale of the Fronde
New York: Oliver Dodd, Publisher, 1890. First Edition. Hardcover. 200pp. Quarter brick red cloth over paper covered boards, spine lettered in gold. An anti-black novel set in Memphis, Tennessee. Wear to corners and cloth, numerous numbers in pencil on endpapers and last page, lacks rear free endpaper. Wright III.2636. ; 12mo. More about Nicholas Blood, Candidate
New York: Charles Scribner, 1853. First Edition. Hardcover. 343pp + 4 pp of advertisements. Brown cloth stamped in gold and blind on the front and the spine. Frontispiece and nineteen inserted plates. Plates state B. Fairly heavy wear to spine and extremities, cloth is faded, scattered foxing throughout. A good-... More about American Game in Its Seasons. Illustrated from Nature, and on Wood, by the Author
New York: Stringer & Townsend (Late Burgess, Stringer & Co), 1849. First US Edition. Hardcover. In two volumes. x, [11]-360pp; vi, [7]-367pp + note. Green cloth stamped in blind on the sides, gold vignette on the front, spine decorated and lettered in gold. Frontispiece and five inserted plates in each... More about Frank Forester's Field Sports of the United States, and British Provinces, of North America
Lisboa: Em Casa da Viuva Bertrand e Filhos, 1846-53. First Edition. Hardcover. Eight books in four volumes. xiv, 518, [1]p; 514, [1]p; 455pp; xix, 488pp. Contemporary red quarter calf, spines lettered and decorated in gold, all edges marbled. Neat bookplate on the front pastedown endpaper of volume 1. A few... More about Historia de Portugal
Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1886. First Edition. Hardcover. 96pp. Original blue cloth stamped in gold on the front panel. With eight inserted photographic plates and forty-seven foldout plates, some of which are very large. They represent plans of dockyards (Portsmouth, Cherbourg, Dumbarton, Belfast, London, etc.), ships (Riachuelo, Naniwa Kan... More about Report on European Dock-Yards
London: Printed by George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, 1814. First Edition. [1], 1350-1352pp. Disbound. A fine copy. ; Quarto. More about Anno Quinquagesimo Quarto. Georgii III. Regis. Cap. CLX. An Act to enable His Majesty to settle...
Dublin: Printed by George Grierson, 1812. First Edition. [1], 306-308pp. Disbound. A fine copy. ; Quarto. More about Anno Quinquagesimo Secundo. Georgii III. Regis. Cap. XXXVII. An Act for settling and securing a...
Dublin: Printed by George Grierson, 1812. First Edition. [1], 14-26pp. Disbound. A fine copy. ; Quarto. More about Anno Quinquagesimo Tertio. Georgii III. Regis. Cap. IV. An Act for granting a Sum of Money for...
Roma: Apud Lazarinum Rev. Cameræ Apost. Typographum, 1802. First Edition. Self-wraps. vii, 56pp. Self-wraps, stitched. Includes a large foldout table with the names of the cathedrals and churches in various French locales, their patron saints and the limits of their dioceses. The papal address concerns, in part, a pact with... More about Sanctissimi domini nostri Pii Papæ VII. Allocutio habita in consistorio secreto Die XXIV - Maij...
Boston: A. Williams & Company, 1874. First Edition. Hardcover. 64pp. Brown cloth stamped in gold on the front panel. A hint of foxing to edges, very mild soiling to cloth. A near fine copy. Jessel 748. ; Small octavo. More about The Game of Modern Ombre; Its Rules and Regulations, with Practical Hints for Beginners, and...
London: Ingram, Cooke, and Co., 1853. Illustrated by Flaxman, John. Second Edition. Hardcover. Complete in two volumes. vi, [1], 8-340pp; vi, [1], 8-324pp. Full brown paneled calf elegantly decorated in blind on the front and rear panel, spines with raised bands, light brown calf labels lettered in gold, black and... More about The Iliad of Homer, Translated by Alexander Pope. With an Introduction and Notes, by the Rev....
Schenectady, NY: C. P. Wyckoff, 1797. First US Edition. Hardcover. xiii, 124pp + 2pp of publisher's advertisements (Wyckoff was one of the first printers in Schenectady; he established the first city newspaper in 1796 and owned a bookstore at the corner of State and Washington). Contemporary quarter leather over paper... More about Letters on Missions; Addressed to the Protestant Ministers of the British Churches
New York: J. G. Bennett and J. A. Houston, 1842. First Edition. Hardcover. Two volumes bound in one (Vol. I, No. 1-26 and Vol. II, No. 1- 11). viii, 416pp; 176pp. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards. Bound with some of the original wrappers. With illustrations. Former library book with... More about The New York Lancet. Volume I and Volume II January 1, 1842 to September 10, 1842
London: Wynne and Scholey and J. Wallis, 1802. First Edition. Original wrappers. 204pp. Red wrappers, all edges gilt, engraved title. Comes with its original cardboard slipcase lettered and decorated in red. Some foxing to title page, light soiling to covers, soiling to slipcase. About very good. Jessel 822. ; Twelvemo. More about The New Pocket Hoyle, Containing the Games of Whist, Quadrille, Piquet, Quinze, Lansquenet,...
Paris: Librairie d'Adrien Le Clere et Cie, 1850. First Edition. Hardcover. In two volumes. 426pp, 516pp. Light brown half calf, marbled boards, sprinkled edges, silk bookmarks, one foldout map. With the bookplates of U.S. diplomat Angus I. Ward on the front pastedown endpapers. Some wear to extremities, mild scattered foxing... More about Souvenirs d'un voyage dans la Tartarie, le Thibet et la Chine pendant les années 1844, 1845 et 1846
Topeka, KS: Geo. W. Crane & Co., Printers and Binders, 1888. First Edition. Hardcover. 167pp. Brown cloth stamped in blind and gold on the front panel and in gold on the spine, decorated endpapers. Kansas Senator Preston B. Plumb's copy with his bookplate to front pastedown. Very mild edge wear... More about Esther the Gentile
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Græcii (Gratz): Apud Franciscum Widmanstadium, 1651. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition from this publisher. [16], 436pp + [4]pp of index. Contemporary full calf, spine decorated in gold, gilt edges, marbled pastedown endpapers. Engraved title, engraved coat of arms, forty-six full-page engraved emblems (marked 0 to 45), initials, head-pieces, and tail-pieces... More about Pia desideria. Lib III ad Ferdinandv[m] IV, Hung. ac Boemiae regem
London: Printed by J. Nichols, 1791. First Edition. Hardcover. xiii, [3], 320pp. Modern green cloth, black morocco label lettered in gold on the spine. Includes a large foldout plan of Derby and seventeen plates engraved by Robert Hancock from drawings by George Moneypenny (in this copy bound at rear). Apparently... More about The History of Derby; from the Remote Ages of Antiquity, to the Year MDCCXCI. Describing Its...
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Buffalo, NY: Printed for the Author, by Charles Faxon, 1834. First Edition. Printed wrappers. 72pp. Light blue original wrappers. Quite likely the first guide about the Falls. Includes sections on Routes to the Falls; Directions to Visiters [sic]; Historical Notices; The Falls (Situation, Latitude, etc.); The Islands, Bridges, Staircases, etc.;... More about A Manual for the Use of Visiters [sic] to the Falls of Niagara: Intended as an Epitome of, and...
London: George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode, 1868. First Edition. Hardcover. Contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards, black leather labels lettered in gold on the spines. With several large foldout diagrams. The set includes patent #s 526-561, 1876-1900, 2178-2200, 2265-2300 and 2754-2786. Among them are Producing and Applying Motive Power... More about Five Volumes of British Patent Reports - New Series, 1868
Pittsburg : Harrisburg: A. P. Ingram, for Subscribers Only : W. O. Hickok, 1848. Hardcover. iv, vi, [17]-352, 406, iv, vi pp. Modern green cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Two foldout maps. Scattered foxing throughout, one of the maps has a tear and an old mend. A good copy. ; Octavo. More about Early History of Western Pennsylvania, and of the West, and of Western Expeditions and Campaigns...
London: Sackfield, 1718. First Edition. Hardcover. [12], 239, [26]pp. Modern full dark brown calf, spine with four raised bands, lettered and decorated in gold. Head-pieces and tail-pieces. A nice copy of a scarce early geographic gazetteer with a decidedly anglo-centric view of the world. The descriptions of most other countries... More about Geography Epitomiz'd; or, The London Gazetteer. Being a Geographical and Historical Treatise of...
Boston: Published by Isaiah Thomas, 1813. First Edition. Self-wraps. 28pp. Disbound. A few small stains and chip to title, toning to last leaf. About very good. Sabin 36030. Shaw & Shoemaker 28836. ; Octavo. More about An Address to the Members of the American Antiquarian Society, Pronounced in King's Chapel...
London: Marshall Russell and Co Ltd, 1897. First Edition. Original wrappers. 183pp. Original decorated wrappers. All edges uncut. Signed and inscribed on the front free endpaper to Countess Telfener, a friend who Lady Jephson mentioned also in her book Notes of a Nomad. Collects eight short stories and essays, some... More about A Canadian Scrap-Book. With Original Illustrations by the Author. (Signed and Inscribed Copy