London: Charles Eyre and William Strahan, 1782. [2], 787-788 p.; 32 cm. (folio). Disbound. Title page reads "Anno Regni Georgii III. . . . At the Parliament begun and holden at Westminster, the Thirty-first Day of October, Anno Domini 1780, in the Twenty-first Year of the Reign of our Sovereign... More
Ville Franche: Paulus Pinceau, 1702. Paperback. 31, [1] p.; 19 cm. Signatures: A-D4 (4to). Plain wrappers (not original). Woodcut title vignette of three heads with wings (printer's device?) and initial letter. "11" in ink in upper right-hand corner of title page. Knuttel, 14824. A very scarce pamphlet relating to the... More
New York: Beadle & Adams, 1878. Paperback. 15, [1] p.: 1 hand-colored woodcut by Nathaniel Orr; 29 cm. Wrapper included in pagination. Some pages not opened. Woodcut title at head of first page. Contains lyrics to 57 songs, without music. These include many popular songs of the time, some written... More
Schaffhausen, Switz. Johann Kaspar Suter, 1661. Hardcover. Bound together: three religious works published in Schaffhaussen by Johann Kaspar Suter in 1661, 1663, and possibly 1672. Johann Kaspar Suter (1635-1673) began printing in Zurich before moving in 1657 to Schaffhausen, where he was appointed by the town council to operate the... More
![L'Art de Vérifier les Dates, depuis l'Année 1770 jusqu'a nos Jours: Formant la Continuation ou Troisieme Partie de l'Ouvrage Publie, sous ce Nom, par les Religieux Benedictins de la Congregation de Saint-Maur Vol. 15 [Guiana/Guyana]](/pictures/thumb/002351.jpg?v=1472082237)
Paris: A.J. Dénaina, 1834. Hardcover. Volume 15 only of 16 volumes: [4], 536 p.: tables (1 folded); 21 cm. Contemporary calf spine with gilt-tooled spine title; marbled paper over boards. Marbled endpapers. Running title: Chronologie Historique de l'Amérique. The folded table is not included in pagination. This volume covers the... More
New York: Vanden Houten & Co. printers, 1887. Hardcover. 113 p.: illustrations; 25 cm. Dark blue cloth with gilt-stamped cover title; blind-stamped decoration on both boards. The chairman of the board of editors was Floy McEwen, later a well-known doctor. Includes illustrations by William H. Johns, later president of the... More
London: Mark Baskett and the Assigns of Robert Baskett, 1767. Hard Cover. [220] p.; 19 cm. Signatures: A-N12 O4. Contemporary full calf; five spine compartments between raised bands. Gilt borders on spine and on boards. All page edges red. Title printed within double rule. A leaf formerly attached to front... More
![The Sporting Magazine or Monthly Calendar of the Transactions of the Turf the Chace and every other Diversion Interesting to the Man of Pleasure, Enterprize & Spirit Volume the Sixth [April-Sept. 1795]](/pictures/thumb/004297.JPG?v=1472082350)
London: J. Wheble, 1795. Hardcover. 336, iv, 44 p., frontispiece, engraved volume title page, and 11 leaves of plates; 22 cm. Calf spine with six spine compartments between raised bands; black leather label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title; gilt-tooled volume and year in third compartment; marbled paper over boards... More
London: London Stereoscopic and Photographic Co. 1870. 1 albumen print 278 x 184 mm. Mat is 422 x 330 mm. No date of publication; evidence suggests it was produced around 1870. Following the Fire of London, the church of St. Mary Le Bow was rebuilt by Sir Christopher Wren in... More
![The Westinghouse Air Brake Company Instruction Book: The Quick Action Automatic Brake [with 4 large folded plans, 2 cards with moveable levers, & pamphlet]](/pictures/thumb/004924.JPG?v=1472082394)
Pittsburgh, Pa. Westinghouse Air Brake Company, 1890. Hardcover. 63 p.: tables, and, in pocket following text: 4 large folded plans, 2 cards with moveable levers over plans, and 8-page pamphlet; 17 cm. Black morocco-grain cloth with gilt-stamped title on flap: The Westinghouse Air Brake Co. Instruction Book. Errata slip tipped... 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
![Outlines of Pathology and Practice of Medicine [provenance: Surgeon General Joseph Rowe Smith]. William Pulteney Alison.](/pictures/thumb/005494.JPG?v=1495224561)
Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard, 1844. Hardcover. Printed by Griggs & Co. viii, [2], 15-424, 3-32 p.; 24 cm. Contemporary full calf with six spine compartments between double gilt rules; black leather label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title. Publisher's advertisements for medical books on 30 pages following text, along with... More
Carcassonne, France: Pierre Polere, 1798. Hardcover. [2], xv, [1], 246, [2] p.; 27 cm. Signatures: pi2 a-b4 A-2H4. Early 19th-century? calf spine with gilt-tooled spine title "Méchanique de l'Homme"; gilt- and blind-tooled spine decoration. Marbled paper over boards. All page edges lightly speckled blue. Corrections et Additions on 2. pages... More
Esslingen: J.F. Schreiber, 1895. Hardcover. 3rd edition. [2], 16 p.: color illustrations; 29 cm. Red cloth spine with paper over boards. Color illustrated front cover. Identified as publisher's No. 127 at foot of front cover. Title page in red and black. No publication date, but probably about 1895. Title vignette... More
Paris: Garnier Frères, 1880. Beaune, Ad. Hardcover. Nouvelle édition illustrée par M. Ad. Beaune. lix, [3], 492 p.: tissue-guarded frontispiece of the author, full-page and in-text illustrations, 1 2-page map; 25 cm. Dark green-black leather spine with five spine compartments between raised bands. Gilt-stamped title in second compartment and decoration... More
London: E. and R. Nutt, 1725. Hard Cover. Title page continued: "With Appeals (in several Cases of great Difficulty) to the House of Peers in Parliament, and the Proceedings thereupon. Also A Complete Collection of all the Writs and Process concerning the same. Together with a Preliminary Discourse, by Way... More
London: John Murray and John Major, 1830. Hardcover. civ, 411, [1] p.: frontispiece portrait of the author (T. Sadler pinxt., T.H. Watt sc.), 2 additional leaves of steel-engraved plates, and in-text illustrations; 22 cm. Contemporary full green polished calf with six spine compartments between raised bands. Red leather label in... More
New York: Dodge Publishing Company, 1909. Wain, Louis. Hardcover. [48] p.: 7 full-page color illustrations, many color illustrations with text; 25 cm. Grey paper over boards; black, green, and purple cover illustration of female cat with ball of yarn sitting next to kitten in a cradle. Grey fixed endpapers. No... More
Philadelphia, Pa. William Cobbett, 1796. Second Edition. viii, [1], 10-56 p.; 20 cm. Signatures: pi4 B-G4 (8vo). Disbound. Evans, 30213. William Cobbett complains about everyone, including Benjamin Franklin and various Philadelphia printers and booksellers, and defends himself against accusations that he was in the pay of the British while living... More
![Lionel Lincoln; or, The Leaguer of Boston [2 volumes]. James Fenimore Cooper.](/pictures/thumb/002121.jpg?v=1472082225)
New York: Charles Wiley, 1825. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition. 2 volumes: xii, 263 p.; 270 p.; 18 cm. 19th-century tree calf with six spine compartments between gilt rules. Two red morocco spine labels in middle compartments with gilt-tooled series title, Cooper's Novels, and title, Lionel Lincoln. Vol. 2 dated... More
Antuerpiæ [Antwerp]: Ioann. Cnobbarum, 1637. Hardcover. [8], 278, [2] p.: 2 full-page engraved illustrations (including portrait); 13 cm. Signatures: [3 dots]4 A-712 M8 (12mo). Contemporary parchment with blind-stamped decoration; lacking clasps. Engraved title page and initials. Inscribed on front free endpaper: "Pressented from Poe Kurz at Shelby October 29th 76."... More
![Professor Cullen's Treatise of the Materia Medica: with Large Additions, including Many New Articles, Wholly Omitted in the Original work by Benjamin Smith Barton [vol. 2]. William Cullen.](/pictures/thumb/002252.jpg?v=1472082232)
Philadelphia: Edward Parker, 1812. Hardcover. Vol. 2 only of 2 volumes: [4], 424 p.; 22 cm. Full contemporary tree calf with six spine compartments between double gilt rules. Red morocco label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title "Barton's Cullen"; gilt-tooled volume number in fourth compartment. Inscriptions on front endpapers: "Isaac... More
London: Society for Photographing Relics of Old London, 1880. 1 carbon print 176 x 228 mm. on orignal printed mount. Mat is 16.5 x 19 inches. A crisp image of the courtyard of the Queen's Head Inn with a woman looking out a thrid-floor window, two woman standing on a.... More
![Views in India, China, and on the shores of the Red Sea; Drawn by Prout, Stanfield, Cattermole, Purser, Cox, Austen, &c. from original sketches by Commander Robert Elliott, R.N.; with descriptions by Emma Roberts [2 volumes in 1]. Robert Elliott, , Emma Roberts.](/pictures/thumb/004378.JPG?v=1472082355)
London: H. Fisher, R. Fisher & P. Jackson, 1835. Hardcover. 2 volumes in 1: 68, 64 p., 64 leaves of steel-engraved plates, including 2 frontispieces (1 a color frontispiece engraved and printed by G. Baxter) and 2 added engraved title pages with imprint: Fisher, Son, & Co., London, 1835; 29... More
![The History of Ancient Greece, Its Colonies and Conquests; From the Earliest Accounts till the Division of the Macedonian Empire in the East; Including the History of Literature, Philosophy, and the Fine Arts [4 volumes]. John Gillies.](/pictures/thumb/002489.jpg?v=1472082242)
Philadelphia: James Y. Humphreys, 1822. Hardcover. Second American from the last London edition. 4 volumes ([2], 380, 358, 359, 395 p.): frontispiece maps (folded) in vols. 1 and 2; 22 cm. Contemporary calf with irregular dark horizontal patterns. Four spine compartments; dark green morocco labels in second compartments with gilt-tooled... More