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

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

[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

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

Lincoln, NE: J. H. Miller, Publisher, 1892. First Edition. Hardcover. [12], 171pp + 1p of publisher's advertisements. Original brown cloth stamped in blind and gold on the front panel. Binding shaken, wear to extremities. Internally clean. A fair copy. ; Octavo. 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

Privately Issued, [1932]. First Edition. Printed wrappers. 39pp. Original wrappers lettered in black on the front cover. Signed and inscribed by Battle on the first page: "Compliments of the author / Oct. 10 - '32." With a foreword by Mortimer A. Sullivan, mayor of Newport, Rhode Island. Vertical crease to... 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

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

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

Paris: E. Dentu and others, 1859-65. First Edition. Hardcover. Contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards. Titles as follows: 1) 32pp; Lettre de Rome par le duc de Persigny; Paris, E. Dentu, 1865. 2) 38pp; Question Italienne: Discours prononcé au Sénat, dans la séance du 3 Mars 1862 par son excellence... More

New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1867. First Edition. Hardcover. 478pp + 2 pp of advertisements. Green cloth stamped in blind on the sides and in gold on the spine. The author was professor of Gastronomy and founder of the New York Cooking Academy. Paul Watkins' copy with his stamp... More