New York: Robert Carter & Brothers, 1861. First Edition. Hardcover. One of the Carter's Fireside Library. 120pp. Blue decorated cloth stamped in blind on the sides, and lettered and decorated in gold on the spine. Pale yellow endpapers. Frontispiece and five inserted plates with illustrations engraved by Felter and Williams..... More
Hardcover. Black morocco, marbled endpapers, marbled edges, brass clasp. Ninety-five handwritten leaves plus several blanks. The first twenty numbered leaves are verbatim excerpts from titles such as Principles of Human Physiology by William Benjamin Carpenter, Outlines of Physiology in Its Relations to Man by John Gray McKendrick. The actual diary..... More
New York: American Tract Society. Hardcover. 146pp. Brown cloth stamped in blind on the sides, spine lettered and decorated in gold. Three inserted plates with illustrations. Light wear to extremities and text block. A very good copy. ; 24mo. More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1849. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. viii, 1451pp + [4]pp of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary full sheepskin with black leather label lettered in gold on the spine. With the bookplate of Dr W. N. Engle on the front pastedown endpaper. Wear to extremities, joints are almost completely split..... More
Firenze: Giuseppe Molini, 1822. First Edition. Hardcover. 511pp + errata. Brown half calf over marbled boards, spine lettered in gold. According to the publisher, some of the poems in the Rime are here published for the first time. Includes annotations by Antonio Rienzi. Some foxing to title page and first..... More
Venetiis (Venice): Aldus (In aedibus haeredum Aldi, et Andreae Asulani soceri), 1536. First Edition. Hardcover. iiii, [i], 6-28 numbered leaves + 26 numbered leaves, [1], [2] unnumbered leaves including index, errata, colophon, and printer's device. Aldus engraved printer's device to title page and and verso of last leaf. Later full..... More
New York: D. Van Nostrand, Publisher, 1873. First Edition. Hardcover. Van Nostrand Science Series no. 1. 76pp + 14pp of publisher's advertisements. Boards. A couple of tiny tears to spine ends, minor spots to covers. A very good+ copy. ; 16mo. More
Edinburgh: Printed by Thomas Turnbull, 1818. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. xvi, 598, iv, 38pp + table. Contemporary brown full calf, red morocco label lettered in gold on the spine, edges stained blue. Large engraved foldout map. With the armorial bookplate of Maclean of Ardgour on the front pastedown endpaper. An in-depth..... More
New York: Frank F. Lovell and Company, N.D. Hardcover. Aldine Edition. Circa 1880s. 230pp. Gray decorated cloth stamped in black on the front panel and in gold and black on the spine panel. 1889 inscription on the front free endpaper. Front free endpaper partially split. A bright, fine copy. ;..... More
Middletown, CT: Printed by T. & J. B. Dunning, 1804. First Edition. Printed wrappers. v, 34pp. Self-wrappers, stitched. Published in response to an oration delivered in Wallingford, CT, by Abraham Bishop upholding the ideals of secular republicanism, which Backus disputed. Name on title, chipping to edges, soiling and some scattered..... More
Paris: Alexis Eymery, Libraire, 1821. First Edition. Hardcover. In two volumes. xxxii, 415pp; 445pp. Contemporary full tree calf, spines decorated in gold and with red calf labels lettered and decorated in gold, all edges sprinkled. Engraved frontispiece in volume I. A short inscription from the original owner on the front..... More
St. Louis: G. I. Jones and Company, 1880. First Edition. Hardcover. viii, 271pp. Blue cloth decorated and lettered in gold on the front and the spine. Frontispiece and three inserted plates. Some dampstains to covers, endpapers and top edge, previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. A good copy. The..... More
London: Thomas Hatchard, 1852. First Edition. Hardcover. vii, 78pp. Original dark brown cloth stamped in gold on the spine and in blind on the sides. Bound by J. Dean at the Strand. Hand-colored frontispiece, one plate of the vessel Yathunah-gee-mohn, and two folding plates: the first, a view of the..... More
[No place given]: No Publisher, N.D. Hardcover. Circa 1840s. 190pp. Contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards, spine lettered and decorated in gold. Text in two columns. The life and times of Dante Alighieri. Initials stamped on the front free endpaper and on the verso of the title page, some wear..... More
Eton: Printed for Joseph Pote, Bookseller, 1746. First Edition. Pamphlet. Disbound, in later wrappers. 26pp. Inscribed and dated by Edward Ballard (the Vicar of Old Windsor) on the title. Old dampstain affecting the lower margins, scattered foxing, small stamp on title. A good+ copy.; Octavo; Signed by Author. More
Bangor, ME: Burrill & Pray, 1846. First Edition. Self-wraps. 16pp. Light edge wear, some minor foxing, some folding creases. A good+ copy. ; Octavo. More
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1896. Illustrated by Newell, Peter. First Edition. Hardcover. viii, 171pp + 4pp of publisher's advertisements. Original green pictorial cloth stamped in gold, black, and red on the front panel and the spine panel. Signed by Peter Newell on the verso of the title page..... More
Torino: Dalla tipografia di Giacinto Marietti, 1829. Hardcover. [14], 382pp. Contemporary full vellum, spine decorated in gold, and with brown and black leather labels lettered in gold, all edges stained yellow. Covers a period ranging from Emperor Taicosama to the death of Constantine King of Bungo. Light scattered foxing throughout..... More
Venezia: Nel priv. stabilimento nazionale di G. Antonelli Ed. 1853. Hardcover. xv, 272pp. Contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards, spine lettered and decorated in gold. Few tiny wormholes to spine barely affecting the gutter of some of the leaves. Light rubbing to covers and mild foxing to text block. A...... More
Troy, NY: Printed by O. Penniman and Co., 1803. First US Edition. Hardcover. 162pp + 2pp of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary full calf with leather label on the spine. Engraved frontispiece. Wear to extremities, front board partially split at spine, soiling to rear board, foxing to text block. A good copy..... More
Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson and Brothers, (1852). Hardcover. 226pp. Original green cloth elaborately decorated in black on the sides and on the spine panel, gold lettering on the spine. Rear hinge starting, slant to spine. A good+ copy. The publisher's address in this edition differs slightly from the one listed..... More
Sacramento: Solomon Alter, 1853. First Edition. Hardcover. 261pp. Purple cloth lettered in gold on the spine. With six inserted plates, four of which are on green paper. Cloth is faded along the edges and on the spine panel, previous owner's name on front free endpaper, faint stain affecting the lower..... More
New Ulm, MN: 1880. First Edition. Hardcover. 352pp. Green cloth stamped in gold on the front and the spine, all edges gilt. Portrait frontispiece. Mild edge wear. A near fine copy. In the German language. ; 12mo. More
Roma: Voghera Carlo, Tipografo di S. M., 1886. First Edition. Hardcover. 371pp. Original pictorial cloth, elaborately decorated in gold and black and with a portrait of Cavour on the front panel, decorated in black on the rear panel, lettered and decorated in gold on the spine panel. Binding signed by..... More
Paris: P. Didot, (1794). Second Edition. Hardcover. viii, 106pp. Quarter brown leather. With thirteen inserted plates. Mild scattered foxing, some wear to extremities. A very good+ copy. ; Octavo. More