Cincinnati, OH: Printed by Morgan, Lodge, and Fisher, 1827. First Edition. Hardcover. 100pp. Contemporary full black leather lettered in gold on the front and the spine, edges stained yellow. Engraved frontispiece and one inserted plate. With the bookplate of noted collector Otto Orren Fisher to front pastedown endpaper. Wear to... More about Cincinnati in 1826
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, (1870). Hardcover. 254pp + 10pp of publisher's advertisements. Original brown pictorial cloth stamped in gold on the front panel and the spine panel, rear panel stamped in blind, brown endpapers. Frontispiece and thirty-two woodcut engravings. Spine ends worn, spine panel slightly faded, small spot... More about My Apingi Kingdom: with Life in the Great Sahara, and Sketches of the Chase of the Ostrich,...
Philadelphia: James Kay, Jun. & Brother, 1844. First Edition. Hardcover. 136pp. Contemporary full calf with red leather label lettered in gold on the spine. Previous owner's name on title, covers are almost completely detached, some foxing to endpapers. A good- copy. Uncommon. ; Octavo. More about A View of the Relation of Landlord and Tenant in Pennsylvania, as Affected by Acts of Assembly...
New York: Robert Carter & Brothers, 1858. First US Edition. Hardcover. 408pp. Original brown cloth stamped in blind on the sides and lettered in gold on the spine. Collects letters related to the Indian Rebellion of 1857 (also known as the First War of Indian Independence) and addressed to the... More about The Indian Rebellion: Its Causes and Results. In a Series of Letters from the Rev. Alexander...
Cahors: J.-P. Cambarieu, 1846. First Edition. Hardcover. 318pp. Contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards, marbled endpapers. A history of the town of Cahors during the Middle Ages. Rubbing and stains to covers, wear to extremities, scattered foxing, stain to fore edge of the last several leaves. A solid good+ copy... More about La commune de Cahors au moyen-age. Documents historiques et coutumes. Imprimés aux frais du...
New York: National Temperance Society and Publication House, 1877. First Edition. Hardcover. 248pp + 12pp of publisher's adverstisements. Original green decorated cloth stamped in black on the front and black and gold on the spine, yellow endpapers. Frontispiece. Light wear to extremities. A near fine copy. ; Octavo. More about Moody's Talks on Temperance, with Anecdotes and Incidents in Connection with the Tabernacle...
Milano: Giuseppe Bernardoni, 1853. Second Edition. Hardcover. Dark red half-morocco, leather label stamped in gilt to front cover, ornate gilt spine, marbled edges and marbled endpapers. A description of the architecture of the Carthusian monastery of Pavia. Seventy copper engravings, eight of which are double spreads. Heavy wear to corners... More about La Certosa di Pavia descritta ed illustrata con tavole incise dai fratelli Gaetano e Francesco...
Paris: F. Kellerhoven, [1860]. First Edition. Hardcover. 218pp + index. Finely bound by Belz-Niedree (signed on the turn-ins) of Paris in full red morocco tooled in blind and gold on the front and rear panel, edges ruled in gold, spine with five raised bands, gilt lettering and decorations, gorgeous gilt... More about La légende de Sainte Ursule, Princesse Britannique, et de ses onze mille vierges, d'après les...
London: Hippolyte Bailliere, 1853. First Edition. Hardcover. Part of The Ethnographical Library. 6pp of advertisements, xiv, [4], 239pp. Modern brown half calf over marbled boards, spine lettered and decorated in gold. Four color plates, two folding maps (one of the seats of the Papuan Race in the Indian Archipelago; the... More about The Native Races of the Indian Archipelago. Papuans
New York: J. & J. Harper, 1830. First US Edition. Hardcover. 117pp + 9pp of advertisements. In reality 97 pages as pages 114 to 117 are numbered incorrectly. The author's first novel. Original cloth backed boards, paper label lettered in black on the spine. Light scattered foxing, some pencil markings... More about Falkland. By the Author of "Pelham," "The Disowned," "Devereux,"...
Philadelphia: Printed by F. & R. Bailey, 1795. First Edition. Hardcover. 88pp. Original boards. With the bookplate of the Brown University on the front pastedown endpaper. Old name and date on title, another name on the verso of the Advertisement leaf, newer paper label applied to the spine. A good... More about Resignation, a Poem. In Two Parts, and a Postscript. To Mrs. B*******
Philadelphia: Times Printing House, 1888. First Edition. Hardcover. 30pp. Original brown stiff wrappers lettered in gold on the front cover. Mild rubbing and wear to covers. A near fine copy. ; Octavo. More about Doctor Mistletoe's Telephone. A Play for Children, by the Author of "Deception"
Boston, New York, and London: Lamson, Wolffe and Company, 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. Compliments of Olmsted Brothers card tipped-in. 23, [114]pp. Green cloth stamped in gold on the front panel. Fifty-one photographs, six lithographs and three large folding maps of the Stony Brook Reservation, Middlesex Fells and Blue Hills at... More about Vegetation and Scenery in the Metropolitan Reservations of Boston. A Forestry Report Written by...
Philadelphia: Porter & Coates, 1873. Hardcover. ii, [1], 464pp. Finely bound by E. Walker's Sons of New York (bindery blindstamp on rear free endpaper) in full brown morocco decorated in blind and gold on the front panel and in blind on the rear panel, spine in compartments with four raised... More about The Queens of American Society. Sixth Edition
London: Madden and Malcolm, 1845. First Edition. Hardcover. xi, 220pp. Original brown cloth stamped in blind on the sides and the spine and lettered in gold on the spine. Former library copy with bookplate on the front pastedown endpaper and blind stamp on the title page, loss to spine ends... More about Credit, the Life of Commerce: Being a Defence of the British Merchant Against the Unjust and...
New Bedford, MA: Printed for the Author by E. Anthony & Sons, 1890. First Edition. Hardcover. xi, 239pp + index. Green cloth stamped in gold on the spine, decorated endpapers. Illustrated frontispiece, several illustrations. Signed and inscribed by Charles S. Kelley, President of the New Bedford Protecting Society, and whose... More about History of the Fire Department of the City of New Bedford, Massachusetts, 1772-1890
Lugdunum Batavorum et Roterodami [Leiden and Rotterdam]: Ex Officina Hackiana, 1664. Hardcover. [10], 784, [20]pp. Contemporary full vellum with title handwritten in ink on the spine panel, edges sprinkled red. Engraved title page, head-pieces, initials. Light soiling to covers, short tear to vellum on the edge of the front board... More about Colloquia, cum notis selectis variorum, addito indice novo, accurante Corn. Schrevelio
Troy, NY: Pafraets Book Company, 1902. First Edition. Hardcover. vii, 201pp. Original dark green cloth lettered in gold on the spine panel, top edge gilt, others uncut. Frontispiece and thirty inserted plates with photographs. Old gift inscription on the flyleaf, front hinge a bit weak, some leaves roughly opened, light... More about West Point in the Early Sixties, with Incidents of the War
London: Elliot Stock, 1892. First Edition. Hardcover. The Book-Lover's Library. xi, 206pp. This is the scarce large paper edition. Publisher's quarter morocco over green cloth, spine lettered in gold, top edge gilt, others uncut. With the bookplates of Alexander Moffatt (23 Abercromby Place, Edinburgh) and James J. Waring (of the... More about Books Condemned to Be Burnt
Paris: Goubaud et Cie, 1856. First Edition. Hardcover. 380pp. Contemporary marbled boards. With twelve hand-coloured wood engravings depicting various styles of clothing, and numerous b&w in-text illustrations including embroidery styles. Articles on home economics, travels, beaux-arts, history, the Louvre and the Tuileries Palace, and much more. Front board is detached..... More about Le Moniteur des dames et des demoiselles. Guide des travaux de dames 1855-1856
London: Printed for Bernard Lintott, [1708]. First Edition. Hardcover. [16], 400pp. Pages 39, 48 and 336 are misnumbered (respectively 36, 84 and 363). Modern brown mottled calf over mottled boards. Engraved frontispiece by Michael Van der Gucht, head-pieces and initials. Contributions by Elijah Fenton, Sir John Denham, Lord Halifax, Lord... More about Oxford and Cambridge Miscellany Poems
Edinburgh: Printed for Bell & Bradfute, 1813. Hardcover. In five volumes. xxxii, 400pp; viii, 432pp; vii, 395pp; vii, 430pp; viii, 450pp + 2 pp of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary brown full calf, sides with double gilt fillets and decorations in blind, edges with gilt decorations, spines in two shades of brown... More about The History of the Progress and Termination of the Roman Republic. A New Edition, in Five...
New York and Auburn: Miller, Orton, and Mulligan, 1875. First Edition. Hardcover. 352pp + 4pp ads. Original brown cloth stamped in blind and gold and lettered in gold on the spine. Large foldout map, thirteen full page wood engravings. Cloth is faded, mild foxing and a few smudges to leaves... More about The States and Territories of the Great West; Including Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri,...
Boston: Crosby, Nichols and Company, 1854. First Edition. Hardcover. 256pp. Brown cloth stamped in blind on the front, rear and spine, and lettered in gold on the spine. Engraved frontispiece. Foxing to pages, light wear to extremities. A very good copy. Dr. Wilmarth was the president of the American Hygienic... More about Memoir of Butler Wilmarth, M. D.; One of the Victims of the late terrible Railroad Catastrophe at...
London: Joseph Baker, 1845. Illustrated by Delamotte, W. A.; Delamotte, F. G. First Edition. Hardcover. ix, 96pp. Tan half calf stamped in gold on the spine, marbled edges, marbled endpapers. Frontispiece and numerous woodcut engravings. Includes History of Tobacco, Different Kinds of Tobacco, Advice to Young Smokers, Qualities of a.... More about Smoking & Smokers, an Antiquarian, Historical, Comical, Veritable, and Narcotical Disquisition