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 59 songs, without music. These include many popular songs of the time, including 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 63 songs, without music. These include many popular songs of the time, including the... More
Philadelphia: Steiner und Kämmerer, und H. Kämmerer, jun. 1797. Hardcover. Title contintued: "als auch für den öffentlichen Gottesdienst enthalten sind. Nebst einem Anhang des Heydelbergischen Catechismus, wie auch erbaulicher Gebäter. Nach einem Synodal Schluss zusammen-getragen und eingerichtet vor die Evangelisch-Reformirten Gemeinen in den Vereinigten Staaten von America." [8], 148, [8]... More
France: 1710. Paperback. "Traduit de l'Anglois." 24 p.; 20 cm. Signatures: A-C4 (4to). No publication information. At foot of p. 24: "Londres le 10, 20, Février 1710," although largely trimmed off in this copy. Knuttel, 15905. The identity of the English-language original, if it exists, has not been established. A.... 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
![Narrative of Privations and Sufferings of United States Officers and Soldiers while Prisoners of War in the Hands of the Rebel Authorities: Being the Report of a Commission of Inquiry, Appointed by the United States Sanitary Commission; with an Appendix, Containing the Testimony [bound in Howard M. Hoyt's Indestructible Binding]](/pictures/thumb/004173.JPG?v=1472082339)
Philadelphia: King & Baird, 1864. Hardcover. "Printed for the U.S. Sanitary Commission." 15, [3], 17-283, [1] p., 4 leaves of plates: 1 full-page map of the prison at Andersonville, Ga.; 23 cm. Contemporary half calf with marbled paper over boards; the leather spine covered a metal spine, Howard M. Hoyt's... More
Germantown, Pa. Christoph Saur, 1777. Hardcover. Title continued: "Ordentlich in XII. Theile verfasset. Auch mit nöthigen Registern und einer Verzeichniss versehen, unter welche Titul die im Anhang befindlichen Lieder gehörig: Auch zur Beförderung des so Kirchen- als Privat-Gottesdienstes, mit erbaulichen Morgen- Abend- Buss- Beicht- und Communion-Gebätlein vermehret. Fünfte und ermehrte... More
New York: Odyssey Publications, 1967. Hardcover. Facsimile of the 1896 edition (which was issued in 100 copies). This is no. 148 of a limited edition of 515 facsimile copies. [10], 61 p., frontispiece and 7 additional leaves of plates; 29 cm. Light blue paper over boards with white paper label... More
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Co. 1901. Hardcover. [9], 14-225, [1] p.: illustrations; 24 cm. Grey cloth with black spine and cover titles; red, orange, and black cover illustration. "Bobbs Merrill" at tail of spine. No dust jacket. Illustrated endpapers, captioned "Her Majesty and the Pewter Band." Illustrated title page. Illustrated in orange... More
Albany, N.Y. G.J. Loomis & Co. 1819. Hardcover. 300 p.; 15 cm. Contemporary tree calf; gilt-tooled spine title "Bradley on Revivals" and decoration. Early American Imprints, ser. 2 (Shaw & Shoemaker), 47417. The author, Joshua Bradley (1799-1855), was ordained in 1801; he served as the the minister of the First... More
![Les Isles Britanniques [map]. Louis Brion de La Tour.](/pictures/thumb/004430.JPG?v=1472082359)
Paris: Desnos, 1766. Map. Matted hand-colored copper engraving. Image size: 12 x 11 inches. Mat size: 17.5 x 18.5 inches. From de La Tour's Atlas Géneral, Civil et Ecclésiastique. This map can be found in several formats: with or without the separately printed decorative border, and with or without the... More
![The Dignity of Human Nature; or, A Brief Account of the Certain and Established Means for Attaining the True End of Our Existence [provenance: Thomas D. Moore, black Union sailor during Civil War]. James Burgh.](/pictures/thumb/003708.JPG?v=1472082307)
New York: James Oram, 1812. Hardcover. The third American, from the first London Edition. 527, [5] p.; 22 cm. Contemporary full tree calf with six spine compartments between double gilt rules. Red leather label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title "Burgh's Dignity." Small gilt-tooled decoration in other compartments. Subscribers Names... 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
Harrisburg, Pa. Board of Commissioners for the Second Geological Survey, 1883. Hardcover. Second Geological Survey of Pennsylvania: 1883. xx, 574, 5, [1] p., frontispiece map and 54 leaves of plates: 60 in-text illustrations; 23 cm. Original grey cloth with gilt-stamped spine title. Without the separate atlas containing 25 large plates... More
Philadelphia: John C. Winston Co. 1904. Hardcover. 5 volumes: 473, 494, 532, 471, 494 p.; 20 cm. Bound in half green calf with marbled paper in blue, red, and gilt over boards. Six spine compartments between raised bands; gilt-tooled "Sea Tales" in second compartment, volume title in fourth, and floral... More
Dublin: L. White, 1789. Hardcover. "Printed for Messrs. L. White, P. Byrne, Grueber & M'Allister, T. Heery, J. Jones, J. Moore, and W. Jones." 2 volumes (vii, [5], vi, 555, [1] p.; xiv, [2], 544, [24] p.): 5 leaves of engraved plates (1 folded); 21 cm. 8vo. Contemporary tree calf... More
![La Science de l'Ingénieur, Divisée en Trois Parties, ou l'On Traite des Chemins, des Ponts, des Canaux, et des Aqueducs [3 volumes]. J. R. Delaistre.](/pictures/thumb/001209.jpg?v=1472082198)
Paris: Chez L'éditeur, 1832. Hardcover. 2nd ed., "Revue et augmentée par M. Laguerenne." Imprint includes: Lyon: Chez M. Favéro. 3 volumes: 57 folded leaves of plates, some in-text tables; 26 cm. Contemporary binding: calf spines with 6 spine compartments between double gilt rules. Black leather spine labels in the second... More
Council Bluffs: Yellow Barn Press, 1986. Hardcover. xv, [1], 39, [1] p.: 4 leaves with color, tipped-in samples of patterned paper; 25 cm. Blue cloth spine with navy and grey patterned cloth over boards; gilt-stamped spine title. Endpapers printed in a repeating mustard-and-white pattern. With original glassine dust jacket. This... More
Paris: Baudouin Frères, 1825. Hardcover. Title continued: "Précis historique inédit des événements de la soirée du 9 Thermidor an II, par C.A. Méda, Gendarme, Chargé de Réduire la Commune de Paris et les conventionnels insurgés; avec une notice sur la vie de l'auteur, mort géneral de brigade et Baron." [4]... More
![Traité Général de Droit Administratif Appliqué ou Exposé de la Doctrine et de la Jurisprudence par M. G. Dufour [4 volumes]. Gabriel Michel Dufour.](/pictures/thumb/005121.JPG?v=1478287116)
Paris: Delamotte Aîné, 1843. Hardcover. First edition. 4 volumes published from 1843 to 1845. xv, [1], 680 p.; [4], 3, [1], 622 p.; [4], 756 p.; [4], 780 p.; 22 cm. Contemporary calf spines with marbled paper over boards. Five spine compartments with red leather spine labels with gilt-tooled title... More
Philadelphia, Pa. McCarty & Davis, 1828. Title continued: "Addenda: containing a brief history of the Seminole War, and cession and government of Florida." "3d ed. Rev. and cor. by the author." 335 p.: frontispiece portrait; 18 cm. Contemporary full calf with six spine compartments between double gilt-rules; red morocco spine... More
Philadelphia: J. & A.Y. Humphreys, 1812. Hardcover. 256 p.; 18 cm. Contemporary half calf with six spine compartments between gilt rules; red leather spine label with gilt-tooled title. Marbled paper over boards. Former owner's name at head of title page: Geo. Metzger. First American edition. Early American Imprints, 2nd series... More
London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1955. Flint, William Russell. Hardcover. 123, [5] p.: color frontispiece, color title vignette, many in-text and full-page illustrations in sepia; 31 cm. Full scarlet morocco binding by Sangorski & Sutcliffe with six spine compartments between raised bands. Gilt-tooled spine title and gilt-tooled Golden Cockerel emblem on... 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
London: Religious Tract Society, 1893. Hardcover. 320, [2] p.; 20 cm. Publisher's dark blue cloth with gilt-stamped spine title. Dark brown endpapers. Publisher's advertisements on final two unpaginated pages. Former owner's name on half title: "A. Donaldson Smith 1898." This was possibly Dr. Arthur Donaldson Smith (1866-1939), an American doctor... More