London: George E. Eyre and Andrew Spottiswoode, 1839. Hardcover. Six Acts of Parliament enacted in 1811, 1845, and 1847, bound together with the cover title "Colchester Navigation and Improvement Acts." [approx. 260], xvi p.; 31 cm. Contemporary half calf with marbled paper over boards. Five spine compartments between gilt- and..... More
Utrecht: Willem van Poolsum, 1703. Paperback. 56 p.; 19 cm. Signatures: A-G4 (4to). Disbound, but solid. Woodcut title vignette of a vase with flowers and initial letter. Knuttel, 14961. A report on victories of the Allied nations in the Netherlands against France and Spain in 1703. An extremely scarce pamphlet..... More
Paris: Firmin Didot Frères, 1835. Hardcover. Sixième Édition. 2 volumes: xxxii, [2], 911, [1] p.; [4], 961, [3] p.; 26 cm. Contemporary dark brown cloth with gilt-stamped spine titles. At head of title: "Institut de France." Engraved title pages; vol. 1 with engraved exterior view of Institut de France by..... More
Germantaun [Germantown, Pa.]: Michael Billmeyer, 1811. Hardcover. "Zweyte Auflage." Title continued: "mit Fleiss zusammen getragen, und in gegenwaertiger Form und Ordnung gestellt; nebst einem dreyfachen Register." [4], 39, [1], 412, [20], 20, [2] p.: frontispiece of David playing the harp, music; 17 cm. Contemporary full calf with six spine compartments..... More
Geneva [Geneve]: J. Herman Widerhold, 1681. Hardcover. Title continued: "Avec un Traité de la Poesie, Trois Dialogues familiers, la Comedie de la Moresse, des compliments, & une Guirlande de Proverbes, &c." 312, 87, [1] p.; 16 cm. Signatures: *4 A-N12 a-c12 d8 (12mo). Contemporary full vellum with writing faintly at..... More
Netherlands: 1710. Paperback. 8 p.; 19 cm. Signatures: A4 (4to). Possibly disbound from a larger volume. No publication information. Not in Worldcat or STCN; not in Knuttel. Intended as a continuation of J.M.G.V. Bouckart's satirical poem "Koning Lodewyk in de Griekse A tot Delft, op het Eyndigen der Campangje 1702"..... More
New York: Mark H. Newman & Co., 1851. Sartain, John. Hardcover. iv, 241, [1] p., engraved frontispiece portrait of Kossuth and 15 leaves of engraved plates: music; 25 cm. Dark green cloth with gilt-stamped spine title and decoration; gilt-stamped portrait of Kossuth on front cover, with the same blind-stamped on..... More
Philadelphia: George F. Cram, 1903. Hardcover. 350 p.: full-page and double-page color maps and charts, in-text illustrations; 38 cm. Dark green cloth with black and gilt stamped cover title dated 1903. All page edges red. George F. Cram (1842-1928) was the first American firm to publish a world atlas. This..... More
![Rouen--Fontaine de la Grosse Horloge [and] Fontaine Sainte-Marie [2 albumen prints](/pictures/thumb/005405.JPG?v=1491594324)
1889. 2 albumen prints. The first, Rouen--Fontaine de la Grosse Horloge, is 255 x 199 mm. on a cardboard mount (297 x 239 mm). Caption printed in photograph in lower right: "54. Rouen_Fontaine de la Grosse horloge." Written in ink at lower edge of image: "Rouen, August 25/89." Written in..... More
1880. 1 albumen print 224 x 272 mm. Mat is 16 x 18 inches. No identification of photographer, publisher, or location. On the hill above the river are a tent and a small structure with smoke coming out of the chimney. On the board walkway over the shallow river sit..... More
Washington, D.C. United States, 1864. 34 x 41 cm. Engraved eagle clutching the Ameircan flag. On Oct. 1, 1864, President Abraham Lincoln made an executive order thanking the volunteers for 100 days from Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, and Wisconsin who had been raised to aid the campaign of General Sherman by..... More
La Haye [the Hague]: Pierre Gosse Junior et Daniel Pinet, 1764. Hardcover. viii, 346 p.; 20 cm. Contemporary calf with six spine compartments between raised bands. Leather label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title "Mr. Pitt." Gilt-tooled decoration in remaining compartments. All page edges red. Engraved armorial bookplate on front..... 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
Boston: Wm. Bellamy, 1825. Hardcover. 152 p.; 22 cm. Red leather with gilt-tooled spine decoration and title; floral gilt-rolled border on each board. Former owner's name and date, John w. Stang, 1840, on front free endpaper and following blank leaf. Contains directions on fermentation and distillation for the production of..... More
Hereford, Eng. Lincoln Record Society, 1951. Hardcover. 3 volumes (149, 222, 217 p.): 1 map; 27 cm. Light yellow-green cloth (vols. 1 and 2) and light yellow cloth (vol. 3); black-stamped spine and cover titles with the emblem of the Lincoln Record Society on the front cover of each. Pages..... More
Philadelphia: National Publishing Co., 1866. Hardcover. 512, [2] p., double frontispiece and 32 leaves of plates; 23 cm. Modern binding in bonded leather with gilt-tooled spine label. Original marbled endpapers with modern hinge repair. Advertisement by the National Publishing Co. on page following text for agents to sell the company's..... More
Paris: Michel Lévy Frères, 1867. Paperback. Nouvelle Édition. [4], 356 p.; 19 cm. Light green wrapper. At head of title page and on front wrapper: Drames de l'Amérique du Nord. Publisher's catalog on back wrapper. Part of the publisher's series Collection Michel Lévy. Advertisement for Marie de Granfort by Chevalier..... 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
Glasgow: John Brown, 1766. Hardcover. 224 p.; 16 cm. Contemporary calf with six spine compartments between raised bands; modern leather label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title: Weavers. Modern japanese tissue repair of joints. Includes list of subscribers on pp. 217-24. The author, John Collinges (1623-1690), was an English theologian..... More
![The Deerslayer: or, The First War-Path: A Tale [vol. 2]. James Fenimore Cooper](/pictures/thumb/004271.JPG?v=1472082348)
Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard, 1841. Hardcover. Vol. 2 only. 282 p.; 19 cm. Original plain muslin; the back board retains the original purple, but the spine and front board are faded to brown. Printed paper spine label. J. Fagan, stereotyper; I. Ashmead, printer. BAL, 3895. In Very Good Condition: lacking..... 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
Philadelphia, Pa. Ormrod & Conrad, 1795. Paperback. 34 p.; 20 cm. Signatures: [A]4 B-D4 E2( -E2) (8vo). Disbound from a nonce volume. Early American Imprints, 1st series (Evans), 28594. The author, the Rev. William Duke (1757-1840), was an Episcopal minister and teacher in Maryland. When this work was published he..... More
![Practical Education: by Maria Edgeworth and, by Richard Lovell Edgeworth [2 volumes]. Maria...](/pictures/thumb/002039.jpg?v=1472082222)
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
Jerusalem: Kiryat Sefer Publishing House, 1985. Hardcover. [38], 1242, [6] p.; 28 cm. Dark green cloth with gilt spine title. Dust jacket and spine titles are: A New Concordance of the New Testament: Using the Hebrew and Aramaic Text. Contains two title pages, one in Hebrew and one in English..... More
London, Eng. G. Smith, 1742. First Edition. Hardcover. Title page cont'd: "With Other Useful and Necessary Tables." First edition. 1 vol.: chiefly tables; 30 cm. Signatures: pi2 A-D2 [a]2(a2+a3) b-s2 [A]2 B-2P (4to). Modern polished calf spine with marbled paper over boards. Slightly trimmed. Seven spine compartments between raised bands;..... More