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
London: Published by the Author and by Bell and Daldy, 1858. First Edition. Hardcover. xvi, 41pp + plates. Contemporary green half calf, red leather label lettered in gold on the spine. With forty-two leaves of plates of the St. John's Hospital, Northampton; Ford's Hospital, Coventry; St. Mary's Hospital, Chichester; the..... More
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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