Paris: G. Decaux; A. Quantin, 1882. Hardcover. "Troisième Édition." [6], ii, 400 p., frontispiece and 24 leaves of plates (including 1 map): many in-text drawings; 31 cm. Red morocco spine with six spine compartments between raised bands; gilt-tooled title in second comparment; marbled paper over boards. Top page edges gilt..... More
Philadelphia: Macrae-Smith Co., 1946. Hardcover. 264 p.: illustrations; 21 cm. Blue cloth with dark blue spine and cover titles, and spine decoration. Top page edges red. Illustrated dust jacket printed in blue and red; in mylar cover. Publisher's advertisements on back flap and back section. Elizabeth Headley was one of..... More
London: J. Jenkins, 1815. 1 hand-colored aquatint etching 261 x 328 mm (image is 153 x 223 mm); mat is 14 x 17 inches. Published May 1, 1815. From The Martial Achievements of Great Britain and Her Allies from 1799 to 1815. In Near Fine Condition: very lightly soiled in..... More
Boston: John W. Folsom, 1795. Hardcover. 190, [2] p.; 17 cm. Signatures: A-P6 Q6 (12mo). Last leaf blank. Contemporary full calf; red morocco spine label with gilt-tooled title. Six spine compartments between double gilt rules. Former owner's name inscribed on front free endpaper: Samuel G. Allen. Early American Imprints, first..... More
London: 1783. Hardcover. 2 volumes (xii, 263, [1] p.; viii, 315, [1] p.); 18 cm. (12mo). Modern? half calf with marbled paper over boards. Six spine compartments between raised bands. Red morocco label in second compartments with gilt-tooled title "Letters of Junius." Gilt-tooled decoration in remaining compartments with "London 1783"..... More
Liegnitz [Legnica]: David Siegert, 1752. Hardcover. 3 titles bound together: [14], 296 p.; [14], 221, [5] p.; 29, [3] p.: 2 frontispieces (both signed Boetius); 17 cm. Signatures: )(8 (-)(8) A-S8 T4; )( (-)(8) A-O8 P4; A-B8 (8vo). Contemporary half calf with five spine compartments between raised bands. Dark brown..... More
Philadelphia: Porter & Coates, 1870. Hardcover. ix, [2], 12-184 p.: frontispiece, in-text plans and line drawings; 18 cm. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt-stamped spine title and decoration; blind-stamped decoration on both boards. Dark brown endpapers. Frontispiece is an elevation of the garden front of a stable of Fairman Rogers, Philadelphia..... More
New York: J. M. Hager, 1865. Paperback. 32 p.: illustrations; 15 cm. Sewn; grey wrapper with portrait of J. M. Hager. Wrapper title and copyright statement. "Matthews & Warren, Stereotypers & Printers, Buffalo, N.Y." Inside front wrapper and both sides of back wrapper have advertisements for Steinway & Sons pianos..... More
Chicago: Modern Philology, 1916. Paperback. pp. 129-176 [46 p.]; 24 cm. Light green wrapper with black wrapper title. Former owner was Gerald Eades Bentley (1901-1994), the author of the foundational seven-volume work The Jacobean and Caroline Stage, as well as other works on Shakespeare and other authors of the English..... More
Dessau, Germany: Directorium gez. Oechelhauser, 1880. Paperback. [22] p., 1 leaves of folded plates; 34 cm. Contemporary dark blue card wrapper. Text is in German script reproduced via an early means of reproduction. The leaves of plates are titled: Dessauer Generatorofen, and M. Gladbacher Generatorofen. Final page of text ends..... More
Paris: En Vente chez Boulangé, 1914. Paperback. 28 p., 30 leaves of plates; 36 cm. White paper cover with black spine title and gilt illustration on front and back. This is no. 350 of a limited edition of 350 copies. Title page printed in red and black. In Near Fine-..... More
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A Geneve [i.e. Paris]: Cazin, 1782. Hardcover. Volumes 2 and 3 of 4 ([4], 347, [1] p.; [4], 276 p.); 13 cm. Contemporary speckled calf with six spine compartments. Leather labels in second and third compartments with gilt-tooled title and volume number; gilt-tooled decoration in remaining compartments. Triple gilt-ruled borders..... More
London: Hering & Remington, 1848. 1 hand-colored lithograph 429 x 533 mm. (image is 275 x 375 mm.; mat is 19.5 x 23 inches). The lithograph was created by Edmund Walker (1813 or 1814-1882) of Day & Son, after James Rattray's drawing. James Rattray (1818-1854) was a lieutenant in the..... More
Paris: Pagnerre, 1843. Hard Cover. 112 p.: frontispiece and 4 leaves of plates; 20 cm. Disbound. The trial of Irish political leader Daniel O'Connell (1775-1847). In Good+ Condition: light foxing on plates; otherwise, clean and solid. More
Stuttgart; Leipzig: Verlag des Herausgebers; Expedition des Klosters, 1847. Hardcover. "Aus Wilh. von Reinöhl's handschriftlichen und artistischen Sammlungen herausgegeben von J. Scheible." xvi, 1106, [14] p., 71 leaves of plates (a few folded, several hand-colored): in-text illustrations; 16 cm. Modern binding of flax paper over boards with gilt-tooled title on..... More
Paris: J. Baudry, 1885. Hardcover. [8], 19, [1] p., 100 leaves of plates; 46 cm. Half calf with marble paper over boards; gilt spine title. Marbled endpapers. No date of publication; generally thought to have been published in the 1880s. Ex-library: bookplate on front fixed endpaper of the library of..... More
Philadelphia: William Smith, 1860. Sheet is 48 x 57 cm. Image is 33 x 38 cm. Hand-colored lithograph produced by Magee's Lithograph Press, 48 S. 3rd St., Philadelphia. No date of publication. John L. Magee, artist, lithographer, and engraver, was located at 48 or 49 S. 3rd St., Philadelphia, only..... More
Philadelphia: Schelly und Lescher, 1836. Hardcover. iv, 618, [2] p.; 17 cm. Contemporary speckled calf with two clasps. Five spine compartments between raised bands. Gilt rules on either side of raised bands. Red leather label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title: Christliche Glaubens-Lehre. All page edges yellow. "Aufgenommen und auf..... More
Skippackville, Pa. J.M. Schünemann & Co., 1859. Hardcover. "Erste Amerikanische Ausgabe." vi, [2], 787, [1] p.: frontispiece portrait of Caspar Schwenckfeld; 25 cm. Original calf with five spine compartments between gilt bands. Gilt-tooled title in second compartment. All page edges speckled. Contents: Ermahnungen zur wahren und seligmachenden Erkenntniss Christi --..... More
1954. 43 black-and-white 8 x 10 photographs, which include 24 that were used in The Brick-End Barns of the Pennsylvania Dutch: A Record of Early American Architecture by J. William Stair (Lancaster, Pa.: Pennsylvania Dutch Folklore Center, Franklin and Marshall College, 1954), originally published in The Dutchman, vol. 6, no..... More
Dublin: Academy House, 1898. Paperback. Sold also by Hodges, Figgis, & Co., Dublin, and Williams & Norgate, London. [4], xiv, 12, [2] p., 12 leaves of photogravure plates: in-text illustrations and 1 full page of illustrations; 44 cm. Grey cloth spine; card covers printed in black. In Ireland, the High..... More
Exmouth, Eng. 1800. 1 folded sheet creating 4 pages; handwritten letter on 2 pages (signed), 1 page blank, address on the 4th page. Teignmouth notes that "Lady Teignmouth has lately presented me with another son." The engraved portrait (drawn by J. Richmond, engraved by W. Walker) was published by Hatchard..... More
Venice: apud Dominicum Nicolinum, & Socios [Domenico Nicolino], 1580. Hardcover. Vols. 4 & 5 (of 5) only. 2 volumes in 1. "Hac novissima editione recognitum, pluribusq; in locis accuratissime castigatum; cum quaestionibus, summarii & indice locupletissimo." 117 leaves [234 p.], 139 leaves [278 p.]; 37 cm. Signatures: A-P8 (-P7, -P8)..... More
Dublin: J. Watts, 1729. Hardcover. Vol. 2 only. [14], 767, [108] p.; 32 cm. Contemporary full calf with six spine compartments between raised bands. Leather labels in second and third compartments with gilt-tooled title "Vernon's Reports" and volume number. Corners of boards are rounded. Title in double line border. Former..... More
London: Thomas Davison, 1820. Hardcover. xiii, [3], 111, [1] p.; 23 cm. Contemporary binding with spine rebacked, retaining much of original red leather; plain pink paper over boards. Pages are untrimmed. In attractive modern slipcase covered in red and black paper; gilt-tooled title on slipcase spine: Battle of Waterloo. List..... More