London: printed for J. Johnson, No. 72, St. Paul’s Church Yard, 1797. First edition of the author's first book, 8vo, pp. xvi, 231, [9]; uncut; folding plate; original blue paper-covered boards, cream paper shelfback, manuscript titling on spine; binding soiled, corners bumped and worn, spine chipped at head and tail..... More
London: W. B. Clive, University Tutorial Press Ltd., Drury Lane, n.d., [ca. 1912]. Small 8vo, pp. [4], 64, 15 (test papers and vocabulary), [1], 13 (translation), [1], 16 (ads); publisher's green cloth stamped in gilt on spine; very good, sound, and clean. The sections on test papers and vocabulary are..... More
New Orleans: Harmanson, 1937. Edition limited to 375 numbered copies signed by the author (this no. 218), 8vo, pp. 517, [3]; text illustrations, plates, double-page map; black and tan cloth with red morocco spine label, unopened; fine. A biography of Audubon that focuses particularly on his activities in Louisiana. More
Philadelphia: E. Ferrett & Co., 68 South Fourth St. 1845. 16mo, pp. 162; original tan printed wrappers; some creases and edge wear, but generally good and sound, or better. Timothy Shay Arthur (1809-1885) was a prolific writer, with Wright attributing over 75 titles to his credit, including the popular temperance..... More
Philadelphia: Lindsay & Blakiston, 1844. Second edition, published the same year as the first, small 12mo, pp. 71, [1]; single woodblock heading text; full brown cloth, gilt title on upper cover; light wear to boards, text foxed, large abrasion on upper pastedown, good. "Virtually forgotten now, Arthur did much to..... More
Philadelphia: Lindsay & Blakiston, 1844. Second edition, published the same year as the first, 12mo, pp. 71, [1]; single text illustration at head of text; original brown cloth, gilt title on upper cover; one square inch area of what looks like nibbling to the cloth (the board beneath is untouched)..... More
Philadelphia: J. J. L. Gihon, [1850]. 12mo, pp. [2], 3-130, 12 ads; wood-engraved frontispiece; original blind-stamped brown cloth; gilt spine lettering and decoration; spine extremities chipped; corners bumped; lightly foxed; front free endpaper excised; otherwise very good. Pencil inscription on front endpaper of "Mrs. A. Geweye / Spraker's Basin 1863."..... More
Boston: L. P. Crown & Co., 61 Cornhill; Philadelphia: J. W. Bradley, 48 N. Fourth St. 1853. 16mo, pp. 214; engraved frontispiece by Sartain; original red cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine; spine sunned, gift inscription to R. P. Watkins from his mother dated 1853, else very..... More
Boston: L. P. Crown & Co., 1853. First edition, 16mo, pp. [5], 6-214; original decorative gilt-stamped blue cloth; a.e.g.; spine extremities scuffed; covers rubbed; light foxing; otherwise very good. Timothy Shay Arthur (1809-1885) was a very prolific American author known for stories that promoted middle-class virtuosity. Wright II, 91. More
Boston: L. P. Crown & Co., 1853. First edition, pp. 214, [2]; engraved title page and vignette series title page; red cloth gilt; spine ends chipped, boards sunned, text lightly foxed. A moralistic tale. Wright II 91, second imprint listed. More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1845. First edition, 8vo, pp. [5], 6-155, [1]; original blind-stamped green cloth; gilt spine decoration; spine extremities chipped; corners bumped; otherwise very good. Bookseller sticker of F.S. Monroe, Taunton, Mass. Timothy Shay Arthur was a prolific author and publisher (Wright attributing over 75 titles to..... More
Philadelphia, [et al.]: J. M. Stoddart & Co., [ca. 1874]. 8vo, pp. 226, 29 (ads), [1]; original red publisher's cloth stamped in black and gilt; lower boards with damp at bottom edge, light wear, text clean and sound. With a calling card of Mrs. Irving H. Trowbridge, likely wife of..... More
Philadelphia: Henry F. Anners, 1847. First edition, 12mo, pp. [4], 5-181, [1]; original blindstamped brown cloth, gilt spine lettering; spine extremities cracked, lightly foxed; otherwise very good. Prize inscription on front free endpaper: "Presented to Benj. Hitchcock of Ward School No. 3 as a token of appreciation for his Industry..... More
Delhi, Varanasi, Patna: Motilal Banarsidass, [1977]. 8vo, pp. xxvii, [1], 473, [1]; fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. Preliminary matter in English, tantra in Sanskrit. Issued as volume XIII in the publisher's Tantrik Text series. A reprint of the 1929 Madras edition. More
Madras: Ganesh & Co., 1961. Third edition, 8vo, pp. xv, [1], 102, [2], iv, 99, [1]; color frontispiece; full red cloth; fine in chipped and price-clipped dust jacket. "Kãma-kalã-vilãsa is an important work in Sri Vidya, by Punyanandanatha, who is also famous as the commentator on Yoginihrdaya. Kãma-kalã is the..... More
Delhi: Caxton Publishers, [1983]. Later edition, with 5 texts added from prior editions; 8vo, pp. [4], viii, iv, [2], 54, 62, 50, [2]; introduction in English, text in Sanskrit; full blue cloth; stamp of Motilal Banareidas on endpaper, fine, in chipped dust jacket. More
London: George Routledge & Sons, Ltd. New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., [1916]. 8vo, pp. [8], 296; errata slip tipped in at p. 1; text in double column; original full green cloth, gilt title on spine; light rubbing to lower board, endpapers toned, bookplate of James Mead, Curator Emeritus..... More
[Washington DC]: The Mathematical Association of America, [2003]. First edition, large 8vo, pp. xiv, 194; pictorial paper covered boards; fine. Inscribed by Benjamin "my 260th=2^2x5x13th signed book ... and counting!" "This is a magical introduction to the simplicity, power, and beauty of bijective proofs ... [it] explores more than 200..... More
Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press, [2015]. First edition, 8vo, pp. xi, [5], 322; graphs and charts in text; full black cloth, gilt title on spine, fine in fine dust jacket. "Introducing graph theory's fundamental concepts, the authors explore a diverse plethora of classic problems such as the Lights Out..... More
London: Smith, Elder, & Company, 1911. First edition, 8vo, pp. vii, [1], 332, [4] ads; publisher's green cloth with gilt title on spine; light toning and edgewear: good and sound overall. Laid in is an autograph postcard signed by Benson on Magdalene College, Cambridge letterhead, where Benson served as headmaster..... More
London & New York: John Lane, 1897. First edition, slim 12mo, pp. [2], viii, 73, [1],; 12-p. John Lane catalogue bound in at the back; very good, sound copy in orig. beige buckram. Benson (1862-1925) was master of Magdalene College, Cambridge; a poet, essayist, novelist, and friend extraordinaire of many..... More
[Philadelphia]: Printed for private circulation, 1911. First edition, thin 8vo, pp. 92; near very good in original light tan cloth lettered and ruled in black on front cover, some soil and smudging overall and two small scrapes on front cover. More
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, [c1960]. First edition, 8vo, pp. viii, 312; fine in dust jacket. Bibliographical essays and descriptions on 21 ailments including auricular fibrillation, pernicious anemia, leukemia, diabetes, gout, and scurvy. More
Cincinnati & New York: Jennings and Graham & Eaton and Mains, [1912]. First edition, 12mo, pp. 160; frontispiece portrait, illus. from photographs; original maroon cloth stamped in gilt; very minimal edgewear to head and foot of spine, else fine in dust-jacket with chips at the edges. An argument against the..... More
Boston: Division of Research, Graduate School of Business Administration, Harvard University, 1948. First edition, 8vo, pp. xi, [3], 348; fine copy in original blue cloth, gilt-stamped spine, in a near fine dust jacket. Bifolium Abstract for the book laid in; presentation copy, inscribed: "Study carefully, regards from the author [signature..... More
