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
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
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
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
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
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
New York: Orange Judd Company, 1882. First Edition. Hardcover. Each volume complete in itself. 300pp. Green cloth stamped in gold on the spine. Illustrated. Frontispiece loose, faint pencil markings on some of the pages, previous owner's name on the flyeaf and on one of the pages. A good copy. BAL 8178. ; Octavo. More
Philadelphia: G. B. Zieber & Co., 1845. First Edition. Hardcover. iv, [5]-168pp. Brown quarter morocco and marbled boards, spine lettered and ruled in gold. With the armorial bookplate of E. Hubert Litchfield. Mild scattered foxing throughout. A near fine copy. Scarce. BAL 8085. In Van Winkle, p. 13. ; Twelvemo. More
New York: Stringer & Townsend, 1851. First Illustrated Edition. Hardcover. New Edition, Revised and Corrected. 200pp. Blue cloth stamped in blind on the sides, decorated and lettered in gold on the spine, yellow endpapers. Tissued frontispiece, engraved title and four inserted plates. Illustrations by the author. With the bookplate of... More
Amsterdam [Venezia]: A Spese di Francesco Pitteri, N.D. First Edition. Hardcover. 344pp. Contemporary full vellum with title handwritten in ink on the spine panel, all edges sprinkled red. Title vignette, initials. A history of the year 1741. With sections on the Battle of Cartagena de Indias, the assault of Prague... More
Ceillan Catai Tibet [Firenze]: 1785. First Edition. Wrappers. Printed anonymously in Florence, probably by Filippo Stecchi. 45, [3]pp. Contemporary decorated wrappers. A small pamphlet concisely describing the history, causes, and consequences of the Lutheran reformation. A few chips to the spine, a hint of foxing to the margins, two numbers... More