Monroe, N.Y. s.n., 1845. [approx. 120] p. book, with writing on the first half. Original calf back board. Attached is the official printed order to Samuel Pelcer, the collector of Monroe, for tax collection based on the assessment roll, with directions for the distribution of the collected money to the... More
Philadelphia: G. und D. Billmeyer, 1817. Hardcover. "Insonderheit aber denen Gemeinden des Herrn, zum Dienst und Gebrauch mit Fleiss zusammen getragen in gegenwärtig-beliebiger Form und Ordnung. Nebst einem dreyfachen, darzu nützlichen und der Materien halben nöthigen Register. Vierte verbesserte Auflage." [6], 572, [22], 55, [1] p.: music; 19 cm. Signatures... More
London: Printed by W. Strahan and M. Woodfall, for T. Waller, 1769. Hardcover. "The Second Edition, with many References and considerable Additions." Attributed variously to Robert Foley, Sir Geoffrey Gilbert, Matthew Bacon, and Henry Pooley. cf. British Museum Catalogue. Vol. 2 only. [22], 780, [42] p.; 37 cm. Folio. Contemporary... More
New York: John Martin's House, 1922. Hardcover. [12] p., 10 leaves containing 6 bookplates each; 27 cm. Blue cloth spine with illustrated paper over boards. Illustrated fixed endpapers. The text talks about the importance of books and the use of bookplates, including a list of 60 recommended books, with space... More
London: Haymarket Press, 1928. Flint, William Russell. Hardcover. xvii, 49, [5] p.: frontispiece and 3 additional leaves of color plates tipped in within printed borders with captions; 26 cm. Full flexible vellum with gilt-tooled spine title and cover title; white ties. Yapp fore-edges. Top page edges gilt. Title page printed... More
Nashville, Tenn. State of Tennessee, 1876. 1 sheet 43 x 35 cm. Printed commission form includes engraving of a seated woman holding a striped shield next to an eagle with its wings up, and a gold seal of the state. The election had been held on Aug. 3, 1876; the... More
London: Raphael Tuck & Sons, 1895. Paperback. [14] p.: illustrations (line drawings and chromolithographed illustrations); 37 cm. Chromolithographed card covers; upper edge of covers and pages is shaped to follow the front cover illustration. Front cover chromolithographed illustration is of three children, a bag of toys, and a cat chasing... More
New York: McLoughlin Bros. 1888. André, Richard. Paperback. [8] p.: 4 full-page chromolithographed illustrations; 27 cm. Chromolithographed paper wrappers with front and back wrapper illustrations, and full-page chromolithographed illustrations inside both front and back wrapper. Pages are stiffened linen. From the story by Charles Perrault. Identified as part of the... More
1776. 56 x 75 cm. Attractive calligraphy on vellum. Christopher Gullett of Exeter, gentleman, grants to the Rev. Saint Andrew Saint John of Somerly in Southampton Co., John Burton of Jacobstow in Devon Co., esq., and Ambrose Hall of London, administrators and assigns, the property known as Hayton in Sampford... More
Jersey City, N.J. Barr-Dinwiddie Co., 1892. Hardcover. 181 p.: many full-page and in-text illustrations; 25 cm. Red cloth spine with chromolithographed illustrated paper over boards. Illustration on front board includes Queen Victoria. Title vignette of the Tower Bridge. No date of publication. Imprint on the front board is McCarthy &... More
Paris: Presso Baudry, Libreria Europea, 1836. 4 volumes: frontispiece portrait of the author in vol. 1; 21 cm. Half black morocco with marbled paper over boards. Five spine compartments between raised bands with "Ariosto" in the second compartment and the volume number in the fourth. All page edges speckled red... More
Leipzig: Chr. Herm. Tauchnitz, 1909. Hardcover. Zweite, vollkommen durchgesehene und teilwweise Neubearbeitete Auflage. xvi, 766 p.: color frontispiece and 19 additional leaves of plates (7 in color), many in-text illustrations, including maps; 30 cm. Publisher's half diced calf with maroon cloth over boards. Gilt-stamped spine title. Top page edges gilt... More
San Francisco: Gelber, Lilienthal, 1936. Hardcover. xiv, [2], 173, [3] p.: frontispiece and 8 leaves of plates, including 1 facsimile and 2 portraits; 25 cm. Modern dark green calf spine with blind-stamped decoration. Orange paper over boards with decorative pattern printed in green and yellow. Frontispiece is a photograph of... More
New York: Eastburn, Kirk & Co., 1814. Hardcover. Printed by D. & G. Bruce. 136 p.; 15 cm. Publisher's beige paper over boards; black spine and cover titles. Publisher's advertisements on back board; both boards printed within decorative border. Pages untrimmed. Lara written by Lord Byron; Jacqueline written by Samuel... More
New York: Orange Judd Co., 1887. Hardcover. "New edition. With descriptions of the later exotic grapes, and a select list of the native varieties by Dr. George Thurber, illustrated." xi, [1], 11-211, [1], 8 p., frontispiece: in-text illustrations; 19 cm. Dark green cloth with gilt-stamped spine title and decoration; blind-stamped... More
Hartford, Conn. S.G. Goodrich, 1825. Hardcover. Second Edition. 240 p.: in-text drawings; 18 cm. Contemporary full tree calf with six spine compartments between double gilt rules; leather label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title"Comstock's Chemistry." Inscription on front fixed endpaper: "From Est of Clara Hoffmann Dec 1926." Includes questions for... More
London: Cochrane and Pickersgill, 1831. Hardcover. 2 volumes: [4], lxiv, 327, [1] p.; [4], 324 p., 2 frontispieces, 15 leaves of plates; 17 cm. Contemporary half polished calf with marbled paper over boards. Five spine compartments between double gilt rules. Gilt-tooled title and volume numbers on spine. All page edges... More
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Augsburg: Joh. Jacobi Lotter, & Filii, 1801. Paperback. 2nd violin part only. 63, [1] p.: music; 34 cm. Signatures: *A- 2 (folio). Spine and corners covered in remnants of an earlier music manuscript; very faint marbled paper over boards. Paper label on front board with handwritten title: Violino II. The... More
Hague: Adriani Vlacq, 1652. First Edition. Hardcover. [16], 148 p.; 13 cm. Signatures: [fleuron]8 A-F12 G2 (12mo). Original vellum with title written on spine in an old hand. First edition. Published anonymously, but written by Pierre Du Moulin. See J. Shawcross, Milton: A Bibliography for the Years 1624-1700, p. 285;... More
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New York: George F. Hopkins, 1801. Hardcover. "The First American Edition." 2 volumes: vi, [2], 344 p.; [4], 333, [11] p.: in-text tables; 21 cm. Contemporary full tree calf with six spine compartments between gilt rules; red morocco labels in the second compartment with gilt-tooled title: Edgeworth on Education. All... More
Strasbourg: L'Imprimerie de F.G. Levrault, imprimeur de la Faculté de Médecine, 1837. Paperback. 27, [1] p.; 26 cm. Lacking original wrappers. "Ch Ravel" written next to title and a note in the same hand on the title page. Disbound from a collection of pamphlets owned by French homeopath Dr. Charles... More
London, Eng. John Nutt, 1699. 3d Edition. Hardcover. "The Third Edition, Corrected by the Author." [22], 94 p.: engraved frontispiece; 20 cm. 8vo. Expertly rebacked with the original leather spine label reattached and the original leather on the boards, decorated in a variant of the Cambridge style: sprinkled calf with... More
New York: S. Campbell, 1794. Hardcover. 237, [3], 98 p.: frontispiece; 14 cm. Signatures: A-U6; A-H6 I6(-I2-6) (12mo). Contemporary calf with modern archival spine and hinge repair. Remains of gilt-tooled spine label with title: Cain and Abel. Two unnumbered pages of publisher's advertisements follow text. Early Am. Imprints, ser. I.... More
Naples: Giuseppe Raimondi, 1754. Hardcover. [20], 288 p.; 23 cm. 19th-century? half calf with gilt-tooled spine title and gilt-ruled decoration on spine; marbled paper over boards. Grey endpapers. Woodcut initials. Errori Correzioni on p. [17]. Round label on front fixed endpaper for F.C. Schottin, bookbinder, Buffalo, N.Y. Faint stamps on... More
Reading, Pa. Carl Gock, 1822. Paperback. Gedruckt auf Kosten des Verfassers. 120 p.; 17 cm. 12mo. Signatures: A-K6; signature J is mis-signed H. Original plain grey paper wrappers. German Language Printing, 2571, which states that it has been attributed to the press of Heinrich B. Sage, Reading, Pa., on the... More