Paris: J.-B. Baillière et fils, 1874. First Edition. Hardcover. 543pp. Original cloth, spine rebacked in leather. Former library copy, rubbing to extremities. A good+ copy. ; Octavo. More about Les fonctions supérieures du système nerveux. Recherche des conditions organiques ed dynamiques...
Boston: Printed for the Author, 1802. First Edition. Printed wrappers. 45pp. Original printed wrappers. Unbound. Several chips along the edges, toning to pages. Housed in a custom chemise and quarter green morocco slipcase in fine condition. Sabin 17682. ; Octavo. More about A New World Planted; or, The Adventures of the Forefathers of New-England; Who Landed in...
London: James Clarke & Co., 1892. First Edition. Hardcover. 121pp + 10pp of advertisements. Original blue limp cloth lettered in gold on the front panel. With severeal in-text illustrations. Label ghost to lower edge of front cover, previous owner's name in pencil, a hint of wear to spine ends. A.... More about A Popular Handbook of Nonconformist Church Building
Philadelphia: For James Humphreys, and for Benjamin and Thomas Kite, 1808. First US Edition. Hardcover. Two volumes in one. xvi, [17]-430pp + 2pp of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary full tree calf, red leather label on the spine lettered in gold. Wear to extremities, front joint partially cracked, small loss to head... More about Medical Reports, on the Effects of Water, Cold and Warm, as a Remedy in Fever and Other Diseases,...
London: Published by Thomas Kelly, 1841. Hardcover. xvi, 472pp. Recent red half calf over marbled boards. Frontispiece and eleven inserted plates with engravings of the village of Polstead and its church, portraits of Maria Marten, William Corder, the execution scene, and more. The Red Barn murder was one of the... More about An Authentic and Faithful History of the Mysterious Murder of Maria Marten, with a Full...
Albany, [NY]: Weed, Parsons and Company, Printers, 1865. First Edition. Hardcover. 118pp. Brown cloth stamped in blind and lettered in gold on the front panel. Contemporary inscription and previous owner's name on the front pastedown endpaper. Internally clean. Some soiling and foxing to endpapers, spine missing, wear to extremities, front... More about Legislative Honors to the Memory of President Lincoln. Message of Gov. Fenton to the Legislature,...
La Haye: 1763. First Edition. Hardcover. Two parts in one. vi, 167pp; 187pp. Contemporary full calf, spine decorated and lettered in gold, marbled endpapers, marbled edges. Joints partially cracked, fairly heavily worn leather, owner's name on flyleaves. Internally very clean. In the French language. ; Twelvemo. More about L'enfant trouvé; ou mémoires de Menneville
Madrid / France: Chez Copin Frères / Chez les principaux Libraires, 1809. First Edition. Hardcover. viii, 172pp. Contemporary green half calf over marbled boards, spine lettered and decorated in gold, edges uncut. In the preface, the author, himself a victim of the Inquisition, recounts the story of his wife’s suffering..... More about Précis historique sur l'Inquisition, son établissement en Italie, en Espagne, en Portugal et...
Capolago: Tipografia Elvetica, 1837-8. Hardcover. Eleven volumes in five. 310, [1]p; 388pp; 441pp; xxxii, 363pp; 410pp; 304pp; 545pp; 342pp; 410pp; 351pp; 365pp. Contemporary quarter polished calf over marbled boards, spines lettered and decorated in gold, edges stained blue. A comprehensive history of Venice, originally published in Paris in 1819. Translated... More about Storia della Repubblica di Venezia
Milwaukee, WI: Georg Brumder's Verlag, 1879. First Edition. Hardcover. iv, 400pp. Green cloth decorated in blind and gold and lettered in gold on the front and the spine, all edges stained red. Soiling and rubbing to cloth, pages are heavily toned, both hinges cracked. A good copy. In Bitting, p. 115. ; Octavo. More about Praktisches Kochbuch für die Deutschen in Amerika
Chicago: Fleming H. Revell Company, 1898. Illustrated by Cassidy, Bert. First Edition. Hardcover. 198pp. Beige illustrated cloth stamped in black on the sides and the spine. Frontispiece and four inserted plates by Bert Cassidy. Mild spine slant, covers and spine slightly warped, previous owners' names in pencil on the front... More about Whether White or Black a Man
Boston: Lee and Shepard, Publishers, 1884. First Edition. Hardcover. An essay on the theory of storms originally printed in Science in 1883 and here presented in its entirety and revised. 90pp. Original brown cloth stamped in black on the front and the spine. With nineteen illustrations and two inserted plates... More about Whirlwinds, Cyclones and Tornadoes
Paris: Lehuby, 1838. First Edition. Hardcover. 326pp + 12pp of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary full tree calf, spine decorated in gold and with black leather label lettered in gold, marbled edges, marbled endpapers. Engraved title, frontispiece, and two inserted plates. Light scattered foxing, some fading to spine, mild wear to extremities... More about Le petit matelot, ou voyage en Océanie: relation attachante et animée des mœurs, usages,...
Troy, NY: Published by Wright, Goodenow, and Stockwell, 1808. First US Edition. Hardcover. 236pp. Contemporary full tree calf with red leather label lettered in gold on the spine. Portrait frontispiece. Small wormhole to the margin of the first twelve leaves (not affecting text) and front pastedown endpaper, and to rear... More about Travels in the Year 1806, from Italy to England, Through the Tyrol, Styria, Bohemia, Gallicia,...
Malines: P. J. Hanicq, 1844. First French Edition. Hardcover. vi, 304pp. Contemporary full mottled calf decorated and lettered in gold on the spine. Frontispiece and nineteen inserted plates. Small bookstore label to front pastedown, library markings on half-title and title page, otherwise clean. Rear joint is almost completely cracked, wear... More about Voyages aux Montagnes Rocheuses, et une année de séjour chez les tribus indiennes du vaste...
London: Merric Smith, 1832-3. First Edition. Hardcover. In two volumes. xviii, 258pp; 277pp. Contemporary quarter leather and boards. Wear to extremities, light toning and soiling to text blocks, small bookstore label residue on the front pastedown of volume 1, boards fairly heavily rubbed. The rear free endpaper of volume 1... More about Craven Derby; or, The Lordship by Tenure, Includes, The Ladye of the Rose: An Historical Legend,...
Paris: Henry Tardieu / Joseph Chaumerot, 1808. Hardcover. xxiv, 306pp + 2pp of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary quarter calf, edges stained red. Frontispiece and two engraved plates. With the bookplate of Arthur J. Moulton on the front pastedown endpaper. Faint stain affecting the top edge of the text block, front hinge... More about Le physionomiste, ou l'observateur de l'homme. Considéré sous les rapports de ses moeurs et de...
Paris: Briasson, 1771. First Edition. 9pp + 35 plates. Disbound. Includes thirty-five engraved plates on fishing by Benard and Groussier. Originally contained in one of the volumes of plates, which was part of the Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. One tiny wormhole to inner..... More about Pêches, pêches de mer, pêches de rivieres. Fabrique des filets, &c
London: W. Satchell & Co., 1883. First Edition. Hardcover. Reprints in a strictly faithful and literal transcript the edition of 1613 published by Roger Jackson. 62pp. Quarter leather. Spine was rebacked. Light wear to extremities, some foxing, affecting mostly endpapers and first few leaves. A very good copy. ; Octavo. More about The Secrets of Angling
Virginia, NE: F. Boegle, 1889. First Edition. Printed wrappers. x, 158pp. Original grey wrappers. Bookplate of James A. Guilfoil and date on the inside of the front cover. Chipping to spine and edges, front cover partially split, two faint spots to back cover. Internally clean. A very good copy. Howes... More about A History of the Comstock Silver Lode & Mines. Nevada and the Great Basin Region; Lake Tahoe...
London: Chapman and Hall. Hardcover. The Charles Dickens Edition. Half blue calf over marbled boards, spine elaborately decorated in gold and with red leather labels lettered in gold, marbled edges and endpapers. Frontispiece and seven isnerted plates. Dickens commemorative stamp affixed to one page. Light fading and wear to leather... More about Barnaby Rudge. A Tale of the Riots of 'Eighty
London: Chapman and Hall, N.D. Hardcover. The Charles Dickens Edition. Half blue calf over marbled boards, spine elaborately decorated in gold and with red leather labels lettered in gold, marbled edges and endpapers. Frontispiece and seven isnerted plates. Previous owner's name and date (1878) on the flyleaf, Dickens commemorative stamp... More about The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
London: Bradbury & Evans, 1857. Illustrated by Browne, H. K. First Edition. Hardcover. xiv, 625pp. Contemporary brown half calf, spine with five raised bands, gilt decorations and titles, marbled endpapers and marbled edges. Tissued frontispiece, engraved title, and thirty-eight plates by H. K. Browne (Phiz). First edition with the errata... More about Little Dorrit
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1869. First Edition. Hardcover. 182pp + 10pp of publisher's advertisements. Original green cloth stamped in gold on the front panel and the spine panel. Mild slant to spine, light wear to extremities, name in pencil on the flyleaf, some faint spots to cloth. A.... More about A Few Friends and How They Amused Themselves. A Tale in Nine Chapters Containing Descriptions of...
Genova: Presso Bernardo Tarigo, N.D. Hardcover. Mid to late 1700s. xxxvi, 156pp. Contemporary full calf, edges decorated in gold, spine decorated in gold and with leather label lettered in gold, marbled edges, marbled endpapers. A collection of aphorisms on morality with sections on the obligations of man, passions, women, differences..... More about L'economia della vita umana tratta da un manoscritto indiano di un brammano antico. Opera...