New York: John A. Gray & Green, printers, 1865. 8vo, pp. 24; original printed gray wrappers; very good. Sabin 28015; Monaghan 527 noting 800 copies were printed: "Author regrets that Lincoln was caught in the devil's schoolhouse but blames his murder on the Copperheads." More
Boston: printed by Thomas Badger, Jr., 1823. First edition, 4to, pp. 152; printed music throughout; likely original quarter calf over marbled boards; light dampstaining throughout, extremities rubbed and worn; good and sound. Music and lyrics for 76 tunes, primarily with a religious bent. "A great proportion of the music has..... More
New York: Theo. Audel & Co., 49 W. 23rd St. 1951. 12mo, pp. [24], 1438, [6] ads; frontispiece portrait of Thomas Edison; thousands of illustrations; fine in original embossed black cloth, gilt-stamped spine, sprinkled edges. This manual was originally published in 1937 and regularly updated. This appears to be its..... More
New York: Theo. Audel & Co., 49 W. 23rd St. [1947]. Thick 12mo, pp. [18], 1607, [1], [8] ads; thousands of illustrations; fine in original embossed black cloth, gilt-stamped spine, edges stained red. This manual was originally published in 1938. This appears to be the fifth iteration, and the first..... More
New York: Theo. Audel & Co., [1937]. 8vo, pp. [viii], x-[xii], 525-[526], [5] ads; frontis. of Edison; extremities rubbed, spine ends rubbed, else very good in limp red morocco, a.e.g. The dictionary is vol. XII of the Audels New Electric Library series. More
Edinburgh: Scottish National Dictionary Assn. 1941-76. First edition limited to 2000 copies, 11 volumes, including the final Supplement and Bibliography; large quartos, uniform blue buckram, gilt-lettered spines; a fine set. At the back of the last volume are 20 printed questionnaires used in compiling the dictionary, as well as 4..... More
[Rochester, NY]: 1915. Square 8vo, pp. 45, [3]; original brown paper printed wrappers, owner's signature on cover and title page, near fine. A series of lessons on English derivatives of Latin and Greek. More
New York: Edward P. Allen, 1855. First separate edition, (the text appeared in January 1856 in the Transactions of the American Medical Association); 8vo, pp. 42, [6]; original printed green wrappers (dated 1856); very good. Green was the first American physician to specialize in diseases of the throat, and his..... More
Boston: printed by Hosea Sprague, 1807. 16mo, pp. 96; disbound; small tear on the last leaf (no loss), all else very good. Originally published in 1774. An elderly and infirm doctor writes letters to his daughters on the conduct of life. American Imprints 12694; see Osborne, p. 712 and Rosenbach..... More
Philadelphia: George Barrie, 1887. First edition, 2 vols., 8vo, pp. xxxi, [3], 407; viii, [2], 438; 2 engraved frontispieces; old bookplates, discarded stamps on endpapers, spines a little soiled else good and sound in orig. blue cloth. More
Aptos & Woodside, [California]: [Grace Hoper Press], 1969. Edition limited to 200 copies printed on mould-made paper from W.S. Hodgkinson of England, large 4to, pp. [6], 3-53, [1]; printed in red, black and blue throughout; cream cloth-backed decorated boards, gilt-lettered spine, plain paper dust wrapper; a fine copy. More
Saint Paul and Minneapolis: The Bruce Publishing Company, 1949. 8vo, pp. xi, [1], 153, [1]; over 50 illustrations in the text; near fine in original maroon cloth lettered in gilt on upper cover and spine. More
[London]: reprinted from the British Medical Journal, December 23, 1961. First edition, 8vo, pp. 8; staple-bound; fine condition. Presentation at the head: "To Dr. E. I. Kittle M.D. with kindest wishes from Douglas Guthrie Jan. 31, 1962." Also contains a type-written note to Kittle, dated January 31, 1962. A short..... More
Lewiston, Me. published by the author, and sold by agents, or sent by mail. Address the writer, 1872. 8vo, pp. viii, 9-160; albumen photograph of the author mounted as a frontispiece; original maroon cloth stamped in gilt on the upper cover; the binding somewhat faded and soiled, corners worn, but..... More
London: printed by Richard Clay ... and sold by Hatchard & Son [et al.], 1828. 8vo, pp. 24; bound with: [Worcester, Noah]. Tract no. 1 ... The substance of a pamphlet entitled a solemn review of the custom of war; showing that war is the effect of popular delusion, and..... More
Dresden: H. R. Dohrn, 1902. Second edition (first published Dresden, 1899, in 2 volumes), 8vo, pp. [4], 213; illustrations throughout text depicting canings, whippings, and mechanical spanking devices; contemporary if not original maroon cloth, covers decoratively blind stamped, spine ruled and lettered in gilt; extremities showing a little wear, but..... More
New York: for the Typophiles by the Bird and Bull Press, 1982. Edition ltd. to 1000 copies, sm. 8vo, pp. 76, [4]; 7 facsimiles, 3 folding; fine copy. Typophile Chapbook no. 56. The story of Nash's projected Bible, not finished, but intended to be his magnum opus. Printed by Henry..... More
New York: for the Typophiles by the Bird and Bull Press, 1982. Edition ltd. to 1000 copies, sm. 8vo, pp. 76, [4]; 6 facsimiles, 3 folding; fine copy. Typophile Chapbook no. 56. The story of Nash's projected Bible, not finished, but intended to be his magnum opus. More
Berkeley [et al.]: University of California Press, 1970. First edition, 8vo, pp. xi, [1], 167, [1]; portrait frontispiece, 10 illustrations on rectos and versos of 4 plates; original blue cloth stamped in silver on upper cover and spine, original glassine with a few minor chips, previous owner's bookplate; all else..... More
[San Francisco]: 1993. Edition limited to 500 copies; folio, pp. x, [2], 62; printed in red; 6 facsimile plates, one bifolium announcement tipped in; fine in original linen-backed decorative paper-covered boards, printed paper label on spine. More
Aubier: Editions Montaigne, 1944. Small 8vo, pp. 252; original drab printed wrappers (ink stain on bottom edge), crude tape repair along spine, edges chipped, 1-inch tear to top edge affecting the word "Germanique" of "Bibliothèque de Philologie Germanique"; pages mostly cut and uniformly toned; contemporary inscription on title page. Volume..... More
Chicago, Ill: McIntosh Galvanic & Faradic Battery Co, [1884]. Third edition. 8vo, pp. v, [2], 6-426; numerous wood-engraved illustrations in the text, several full-page; original pebble-grain brown cloth with gilt-lettered spine, very good with front hinge starting and a small tear to the cloth on the top of the spine..... More
Boston: David Clapp, printer, 1850. First edition, 8vo, pp. 11, [1]; ex-Sheppard Library, Mass. College of Pharmacy, with their stamp on front wrapper and first page of text, and with a "discard" stamp on the front; all else about fine. More
New York: Oxford University Press, 1994. Thick 8vo, pp. xviii, [2], 507; 8 leaves of plain photographic illustrations on rectos and versos; original cloth in white and silver pictorial dust jacket; near fine. Inscribed and signed by the author to Gwin and Ruth Kolb on title page. Additional gift inscription..... More
Philadelphia: printed by P. Byrne, 72, Chesnut-Street, 1802. First American edition, 8vo, pp. viii, [2], 404; 11 engraved plates (3 folding, all composite); contemporary full sheep, red morocco label on gilt-paneled spine; rubbed and scuffed, but sound. With an early ownership inscription on the title page: "Leod. H. Lyne /..... More
