Parigi Books
A selection of 45 items pertaining to America.
New York: Published by Evert Duyckinck, 1809. Hardcover. 380pp + 18pp index. Contemporary full calf with red leather label lettered in gold on the spine. Includes sections on the art of engraving; on metals; on the composition of varnishes; on manufacturing glass; on colors and painting; on gilding; on casting..... More
Philadelphia: Printed by James Humphreys for Cushing and Appleton, 1802. First US Edition. Hardcover. First US edition published the same year as the British. xvi, [17]-342pp + [4]pp of subscribers' names and [2]pp of publisher's advertisements. Recent tan half calf over marbled boards, spine with four raised bands, gilt lettering..... 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
New Haven, CT: 1883. Ephemera. Single page on folded letterhead of the Law Department of Yale College. Dated April 25, 1883. Baldwin was a jurist, law professor at Yale, co-founder and president of the American Bar Association, and Governor of Connecticut. The letter reads: "Dear Mr. DeLancey, I think you..... More
Palermo: Tipografia di Federico Garofalo, 1853. Hardcover. Originally published in Paris in 1809. Follows the text of the revised 1819 edition. 389pp. Contemporary dark green quarter calf lettered and decorated in gold on the spine panel, sprinkled edges. Text in two columns. A history of the United States from the..... More
Scranton, PA: J. A. Clark, Publisher, 1875. First Edition. Hardcover. 236pp. Later blue cloth lettered in gold on the spine panel, original wrappers preserved. With twenty-three large, cabinet-size photographs by William H. Schurch. Originally published in parts, the work was supposed to include fifteen issues but only ten were published..... More
London: Printed for G. G. J. and J. Robinson, 1787. First English Edition. Hardcover. First edition in English. xxxii, [4], 476pp (with one pagination error); [4], 463, [1]p. Contemporary full calf, spine in compartments with red and green leather labels lettered and decorated in gold. The board edges are also..... More
New York: Cornish, Lamport & Co., Publishers, 1852. First Edition. Hardcover. 371, [1] + [3]pp of publisher's advertisements. Original black cloth stamped in blind on the front and the rear panel, and lettered and decorated in gold on the spine panel. Lacks front free endpaper, blanks, and frontispiece, which is..... More
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
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 / Boston et al. Hastings House / Oxford University Press / Houghton Mifflin Company et al. 1937-43. First Edition. Hardcover. Described as “the finest contribution made to American patriotism” by cultural critic Lewis Mumford, this set comprises fifty-three volumes. The gargantuan undertaking by the Federal Writers’ Project (FWP)..... 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
![Item #30873 Family Record of [Captain] Simeon Long Printed Broadside. Genealogy - Family Records...](https://parigibooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/30873.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1568327417)
Nantucket, MA. Broadside. Printed broadside with the family record for Simeon Long. Undated. Simeon Long was the captain of a whaler in Nantucket, Massachusetts. He passed away in Claremont, New Hampshire in 1848. Measures 20 x 25 cm (8 x 10"). With ornamental border. A few small stains, three old..... More
Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1866. First Edition. Hardcover. 352pp. Maroon cloth stamped in gold on the front and the spine, brown endpapers. Frontispiece and two plates with photographs. Inscription on the front free endpaper by John Pierce from Company G of Lowell, Mass, in the year of publication (his name..... More
![Item #22320 A Manual for the Use of Visiters [sic] to the Falls of Niagara: Intended as an...](https://parigibooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/22320.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1453950239)
Buffalo, NY: Printed for the Author, by Charles Faxon, 1834. First Edition. Printed wrappers. 72pp. Light blue original wrappers. Quite likely the first guide about the Falls. Includes sections on Routes to the Falls; Directions to Visiters [sic]; Historical Notices; The Falls (Situation, Latitude, etc.); The Islands, Bridges, Staircases, etc.;..... More
Providence, RI: Sidney S. Rider, 1884. Second Edition. Hardcover. Second edition after the one published in 1844, enlarged and containing the most complete account of the trial. 153, [2]pp. Errata slip tipped in. Quarter leather and dark red cloth, spine lettered in gold. One foldout map of the vicinity of..... More
Middlebury, VT: Printed by Ephraim Maxham, 1841. First Edition. Printed wrappers. 92pp. Disbound. Includes the original front wrapper. Signed and inscribed by Thomas A. Merrill on the cover to I. P. Wheeler, founder of The People's Press: "I. P. Wheeler with the respects of T. A. Merrill." The historical sketch..... More
Albany, NY: Published by Order of the Common Council / Printed by E. B. Child, 1832. First Edition. Hardcover. 81, [3], 111, [1], xipp. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards. Engraved title vignettes. Text block is mostly clean with some scattered foxing throughout. Front cover split at spine, spine panel..... More
Albany, NY: 1865. Hardcover. Sixty six leaves. Brown leather stamped in gold and blind, all edges gilt. The book belonged to Sarah A. Baker of Earlville, Madison County, New York, a student of the State Normal School of Albany, NY. The Normal School, founded in 1844, became the College for..... More
London: Albion Press Printed : Published by James Cundee, 1805. First Edition. Hardcover. xxiii, [1], 467, [9]pp index + 3pp of publisher's advertisements. Recent deep brown half calf, five raised bands, spine ruled, decorated and lettered in gold. All edges gilt, marbled endpapers. Frontispiece and eight engraved plates by J...... More
London: Printed for A. Strahan; T. Cadell; and J. Balfour, 1788. Fifth Edition. Hardcover. Fifth edition, complete in three volumes. xlvii, [1], 388pp; 499pp; 439, [39]pp + [1]p of publisher's advertisements. Modern red half morocco over marbled boards, spine with four raised bands, lettered and decorated in gold. With four..... More
San Francisco: H. H. Bancroft and Company, 1865. First Edition. Flexible cloth. 100pp. Original brown limp cloth decorated and lettered in gold, all edges gilt, yellow endpapers. A story in verse of California's Volunteer company that fought in the Civil War with the 2nd Massachusetts Cavalry. Long inscription in pencil..... More
![Item #28603 Deduzione cronologica, e analitica. [with] Prove della parte prima della deduzione...](https://parigibooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/28603.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1485581296)
Lisbona: Per Michele Manescal da Costa, 1767-68. First Italian Edition. Hardcover. Complete in five volumes. Full titles of the first two parts are as follows: 1) Deduzione cronologica, e analitica parte prima, in cui per la successiva serie di tutti i governi della monarchia portoghese, decorsi dal Re D. Giovanni..... More
Boston: Russell and Cutler, Printers, 1810. Broadside. Letterpress broadside issued by Massachusetts Governor Christopher Gore in 1810. Text in two columns. The visible area of the broadside measures approximately 42 x 50.5 cm (16.5 x 20"). Minor loss at folds. Professionally framed by S. C. Rose and Co. of Boston..... More
Fitchburg, MA: J. Garfield Printer, 1836. First Edition. Printed wrappers. 111pp. Original yellow wrappers, stitched. Wear along the edges, scattered foxing throughout more pronounced on the first and last few leaves, name in pencil on front cover, lacks back cover. A good+ copy. Uncommon. Sabin 93600. ; Octavo. More