The Case of Dunkirk Faithfully Stated, and Impartially Considered. By a Member of the House of Commons.
London: Printed for A. Moore, 1730. First Edition. Self-wraps. 32pp. Stitched. Light toning to pages. A near fine copy. ; Octavo. More
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The Brothers. A Tale of the Fronde.
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
Nicholas Blood, Candidate.
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. ;..... More
American Game in Its Seasons. Illustrated from Nature, and on Wood, by the Author.
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
Frank Forester's Field Sports of the United States, and British Provinces, of North America.
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
Historia de Portugal.
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
Report on European Dock-Yards.
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
Anno Quinquagesimo Quarto. Georgii III. Regis. Cap. CLX. An Act to enable His Majesty to settle an Annuity upon Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales, during the Joint Lives of His Majesty and of Her Royal Highness.
London: Printed by George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, 1814. First Edition. [1], 1350-1352pp. Disbound. A fine copy. ; Quarto. More
Anno Quinquagesimo Secundo. Georgii III. Regis. Cap. XXXVII. An Act for settling and securing a certain Annuity on Earl Wellington and the Two next Persons to whom the Title of Earl Wellington shall descend, in Consideration of his eminent Services.
Dublin: Printed by George Grierson, 1812. First Edition. [1], 306-308pp. Disbound. A fine copy. ; Quarto. More
Anno Quinquagesimo Tertio. Georgii III. Regis. Cap. IV. An Act for granting a Sum of Money for purchasing an Estate for the Marquis of Wellington and his Heirs, in Consideration of the eminent and signal Services performed by the said Marquis of Wellington to His Majesty and the Public.
Dublin: Printed by George Grierson, 1812. First Edition. [1], 14-26pp. Disbound. A fine copy. ; Quarto. More
Sanctissimi domini nostri Pii Papæ VII. Allocutio habita in consistorio secreto Die XXIV - Maij MDCCCII. Item conventio, et litteræ apostolicæ tam sub plumbo, quam in forma brevis super præsentibus Galliarum negotiis ecclesiasticis.
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
The Game of Modern Ombre; Its Rules and Regulations, with Practical Hints for Beginners, and Suggestions for More Advanced Players. According to "Hobah".
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
The Iliad of Homer, Translated by Alexander Pope. With an Introduction and Notes, by the Rev. Theodore Alois Buckley, M. A., F. S. A., with Flaxman's Designs, and Other Engravings. In Two Volumes.
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
Letters on Missions; Addressed to the Protestant Ministers of the British Churches.
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
The New York Lancet. Volume I and Volume II January 1, 1842 to September 10, 1842.
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
The New Pocket Hoyle, Containing the Games of Whist, Quadrille, Piquet, Quinze, Lansquenet, Pharo, Rouge et Noir, Cribbage, Matrimony, Cassino, Reversis, Put, Connexions, All Fours, and Speculation. Accurately Displaying the Rules and Practice, as Admitted and Established by the First Players in the Kingdom.
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
Souvenirs d'un voyage dans la Tartarie, le Thibet et la Chine pendant les années 1844, 1845 et 1846.
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
Esther the Gentile.
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
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Pia desideria. Lib III ad Ferdinandv[m] IV, Hung. ac Boemiae regem.
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
The History of Derby; from the Remote Ages of Antiquity, to the Year MDCCXCI. Describing Its Situation, Air, Soil, Water, Streets, Buildings, and Government. With the Illustrious Families Which Have Inherited Its Honours. Also, the Ecclesiastical History, the Trade, Amusements, Remarkable Occurrences, the Eminent Men, with the Adjacent Seats of the Gentry. Illustrated with Plates.
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
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A Manual for the Use of Visiters [sic] to the Falls of Niagara: Intended as an Epitome of, and Temporary Substitute for, a Larger and More Extended Work, Relative to this Most Stupendous Wonder of the World.
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
The Works of Washington Irving. The Knickerbocker Edition.
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1881-2. Hardcover. Complete set in twenty-seven volumes. Green half morocco over marbled boards, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt. Each volume with frontispiece, engraved title, and illustrations. Includes: Oliver Goldsmith, Spanish Papers, Wolfert's Roost, Astoria, Conquest of Granada, Knickerbocker, The Crayon Miscellany, Bracebridge Hall, The..... More
Early History of Western Pennsylvania, and of the West, and of Western Expeditions and Campaigns from MDCCLIV to MDCCCXXXIII. By a Gentleman of the Bar. With an Appendix, Containing Besides Copious Extracts from Important Indian Treaties, Minutes of Conferences, Journals, Etc., a Topographical Description of the Counties of Allegheny, Westmoreland, Washington, Somerset, Greene, Fayette, Beaver, Butler, Armstrong, Etc.
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..... More
Geography Epitomiz'd; or, The London Gazetteer. Being a Geographical and Historical Treatise of Europe, Asia, Africa, and America. Wherein the Several Empires, Kingdoms, Principalities, States, Provinces, Islands, Counties, Bishopricks, and Chief Cities of the Whole World Are Particularly Describ'd; Their Extents, Situations, &c. Together with a Concise Account of the Inhabitants, Their Behaviour, Manners, Politicks, Religion, &c. The Rivers of Note, Productions of Soil, Rarities of Nature...
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
An Address to the Members of the American Antiquarian Society, Pronounced in King's Chapel Boston, on Their First Anniversary, October 23, 1843.
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