New York: Charles Boni Paper Books, 1930. Paperback. "Published January, 1930." 313, [3] p.; 19 cm. Paperback with cover design by Rockwell Kent; map of southern Africa on endpapers. The Rockwell Kent-designed emblem of Charles Boni Paper Books on the title page. Second unpaginated page following text contains subscription information...
London: Gabriel Bedell and Thomas Collins, 1660. Hardcover. [4], 224, [16] p.; [8], 70, [2] p.; 18 cm. Signatures: [pi]2 B-Q8 A4 B-E8 F4 (8vo). Contemporary full calf with double blind-ruled border on each board and spine. Divers Politique Discourses was printed Thomas Ratcliffe, and The Memoires by Edward Mottershed...
Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1864. Hardcover. Wright & Potter, state printers. 1022, 8, 22, 20 p., [4] unpaginated pages of folded tables: many in-text tables; 24 cm. Original black cloth with gilt-stamped spine title. Blind-stamped decoration on both boards and spine. Yellow endpapers. "Public Document No. 8" at head of...
Leyden, Neth. Hendrik van Damme, 1705. 8 p.; 19 cm. Signatures: *4 (4to). Disbound. Woodcut initial letter. Not in Knuttel. A poem praising John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, as a military hero. In Very Good Condition: disbound and without stitching; leaves are separating at fold; pages are clean and bright.
Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Co., 1815. Paperback. First edition with half title and advertisements. Written "for the purpose of assisting the Waterloo Subscription." Printed by James Ballantyne & Co. for Archibald Constable and Co., Edinburgh; and Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, and John Murray, London. 56, 4, [2] p.;...
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1947. Hardcover. "First and second printings before publication." [2], viii, [2], 369, [1], vii, [3] p.; 22 cm. Blue cloth with silver stamped spine and cover titles. Top page edges red. Dust jacket with price on front flap; in mylar cover. Former owner's name and...
1931. 1 letter typed on letterhead with the address 104 Marlborough Street, Boston, Massachusettes, dated Oct. 14, 1931. Sims is replying to a Mr. Claghorn who has asked three questions. Sims thinks asnwering them would be very time-consuming and states that Claghorn has given no reason for Sims to waste...
1839. 1 sheet (11.5 x 16 cm.). Handwritten letter from Richard Henry Stanton (1812-1891) to George Morton Procter (1815-1884), dated Sept. 17, 1839. At the time, Stanton was practicing law in Maysville, Ky., and serving as the editor of the Maysville Monitor. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives...
New York: John P. Haven, 1831. Hardcover. "Sleight & Robinson, printers." Vol. 1 only: 357, [1] p.; 18 cm. 19th-century half calf with marbled paper over boards. Six spine compartments between raied bands; black leather labels in second and fourth compartments with gilt-tooled title and volume number. All page edges...
Harrisburg, Pa. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1900. Hardcover. [2], 952 p., 1 folded leaf; 24 cm. Dark green cloth with gilt-stamped spine title. Contains the name, residence, date of enrollment, rank, promotions, date of death or discharge of the officers and enlisted men of the Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, 1st through 19th...
Philadelphia: Strawbridge & Clothier, 1912. Paperback. [4] p.; 16 cm. Printed in black on grey paper. No date of publication; this exhibition was advertised in the Philadelphia Inquirer in Oct. 1912. The 20-foot long painting "The Battle of Gettysburg" was first shown in 1870 in Boston. It depicted the repulse...
Boston: Rowe and Hooper, 1814. Hardcover. 156 p.; 19 cm. Original white paper over spine and plain grey paper over boards. Pages are untrimmed. The subject of this volume is Jean Victor Marie Moreau (1763-1813), a French General under Napoleon Bonaparte, who was banished from France in 1803. He arrived...
1871. 2 p.; 20 cm. Writing on personal stationary with an embossed "S" at the head, from Newport Barracks on May 20, 1871, Swift thanks Belknap for his letters of May 16 and 17, and then thanks him for having done a favor for his son. Dr. Ebenezer Swift (1819-1885)...
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1882. Hardcover. xi, [1], 70 p.: tissue-guarded frontispiece, 30 full-page illustrations; 26 cm. Publisher's grey cloth with red, black, and gilt embossed spine title, cover title, and cover illustration and decoration. Boards have bevelled edges. All page edges gilt. Dark brown endpapers with black decoration...
Paris: Just Tessier, 1838. Hardcover. Cinquième Edition. Vol. 1 only: [2], 6 leaves of tipped-in engraved plates; 21 cm. Contemporary half polished calf with five spine compartments between raised bands. Leather label with gilt-tooled title in second compartment. Gilt-tooled decoration on raised bands. Marbled paper over boards. Title vignette; historiated...
Paris: Furne, Jouvet et Cie. 1870. Hardcover. Treizième Édition. vol. 6 only: [4], 395, [1] p., frontispiece and 4 additional leaves of engraved plates; 21 cm. Contemporary half calf with six spine compartments between raised bands. Gilt-tooled title in second compartment, author and volume number in fourth, gilt-tooled decoration in...
1849. 1 leaf of light blue paper folded to make 4 pages, dated Jan. 26, 1849, Navy Yard, Portsmouth, N.H. Captain Daniel Turner, Commandant U.S. Navy Yard, Portsmouth, writes to Nathaniel Wilson, Purser of the U.S. Navy, with a copy of a circular from J. Y. Mason, the Navy Department...
Washington, D.C. Government Printing Office, 1863. Paperback. Revised edition. iv, 52 p.: tables (1 folded); 18 cm. Lacking wrapper; disbound from a nonce volume. Instructions from the Union War Department for record-keeping during the Civil War, with forms to be used, issued by Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton on...
Paris: A. Lahure, Imprimeur-Éditeur, 1898. Paperback. [4], 172, [6] p.: 24 leaves of tissue-guarded collotype plates, many in-text drawings; 34 cm. Original brown paper covers with "Detaille" printed in black on the front cover. Colophon states: "Achevé d'imprimer le 30 Novembre 1897." Title page printed in red and black. A....
Paris: Éditions Bossard, 1924. Ouvré, Achille. Paperback. 139, [7] p.: frontispiece portrait of Vauban, 1 leaf of a facsimile; 19 cm. Light green wrappers with black spine title and wrapper title. Title page in red and black. Collection des Chefs-d'Oeuvre Méconnus, no. 38. This is number 1,496 of a limited...
Bielefeld und Leipzig: Velhagen & Klafing, 1886. Knötel, Richard. Hardcover. vi, 569, [1] p.: in-text illustrations; 24 cm. Dark brown cloth with gilt-stamped spine and cover titles. Black and gilt stamped illustration on spine and front cover. Blind-stamped border on back cover. Green-and-black patterned endpapers. Illustrations are by Richard Knötel...
Iowa City, Iowa: Qara Press, 1961. Baasch, Norman. Hardcover. [16] p.: 2 linoleum cuts; 27 cm. Original light blue paper over boards with white paper label on front board, printed in black. "Printed by Gerald M. Stevenson, Jr. on Curtis Rag paper with linoleum cuts by Norman Baasch. Of an...
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1917. Paperback. [2], ix, [1], 116 p.; 19 cm. Blue cloth-cover paper covers printed in black. "Two articles in The Nineteenth Century and After (Dec., 1916, and April, 1917) have been embodied in substance."--p. vii. Contents: Preface -- Critical Examination of Various War-Aims -- Translation...
London: J. Debrett, 1793. Hardcover. "And now First Published from the Original Manuscript. With an Introduction by the Editor. Embellished with Portraits of Sir William Waller, and of J. Lenthall, Esq. Speaker of Cromwell's Parliament." [4], 14, [2], 326, [14] p.: engraved frontispiece portrait of Sir William Waller (signed R....
Wilmington, Del. Historical Society of Delaware, 1941. Hardcover. This is no. 81 of a limited edition of 395 copies subscribed prior to pubication and signed by the author. xviii, 620, [4] p., color frontispiece and 13 leaves of maps; 24 cm. Cream linen with gilt-stamped spine title. Maps on endpapers...
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