Specimen type pages. National Library Editions [cover title].
[New York: Bigelow, Brown, 1930]. 8vo, pp. [79]; 4 b/w plates; near fine in the original maroon cloth gilt. With TLS from C.C. Bigelow and a color plate laid in. More
[New York: Bigelow, Brown, 1930]. 8vo, pp. [79]; 4 b/w plates; near fine in the original maroon cloth gilt. With TLS from C.C. Bigelow and a color plate laid in. More
Saint Paul: Brown & Bigelow, ca. 1910-early 1930s. Large, heavy (50 lbs.), oblong folio (approx. 18" x 24"), containing approx. 718 samples of color lithographs on approx. 115 linen-coated leaves, including trade cards, advertising cards, calendar specimens, etc., each primarily measuring 10" x 4.5" (some slightly varied); a few instances..... More
Providence: H. H. Brown, printer, Market Square, 1829. 8vo, pp. 15, [1]; original drab wrappers; lightly toned; very good. American Imprints 37968; Bartlett, p. 63. More
Providence: H. H. Brown, printer, Market Square, 1830. 8vo, pp. 24; original drab wrappers; lightly toned; very good. American Imprints 668; Bartlett, p. 63; not found in Sabin. More
Providentiæ: typis H. H. Brown, 1830. 8vo, pp. 30; original drab wrappers; lightly toned; very good. "Republica Insulæ Rhodensis" appears on cancel slip affixed to title page. Ownership signature at the top of the front wrapper of J. L. Tilllinghast. American Imprints 669; Bartlett, p. 61; not found in Sabin..... More
[Providence: Hugh H. Brown, printer, 1817. 8vo, pp. 23, [1]; original self-wrappers; lightly toned; very good. Not in American Imprints; Bartlett, p. 61; Sabin 8617. More
Providence: Jones & Wheeler, printer, September 7th, 1808. Broadside, approx. 17¼" x 10½", text within a medley of type ornamental border; the lower half rather stained, previous folds with neat, professional repair on verso. Program of day's events with names of participants and titles of orations, poems and disputes: Salutary..... More
[Providence: 1876.]. Heavy folio, with a title leaf, contents leaf, and 97 mounted salt and albumen photographs of administrators, faculty, and the graduating class, all but three with signatures affixed; original heavy brown morocco, gilt-stamped covers with panel enclosing the title, gilt-lettered direct on gilt decorated spine, a.e.g.; some of..... More
Providence: Knowles, Anthony & Co., printers, 1856. 8vo, pp. 23, [1]; neatly rebacked; lightly chipped, text slightly toned, else very good in original printed gray wrappers. Ownership signature at the top of the upper wrapper: "Judge Merrick." Stern and heavy handed, Wayland did bring about progressive ideas for discussion in..... More
Providence: Knowles, Anthony & Co., printers, 1851. 8vo, pp. 16; original tan printed wrappers; some soiling else near fine. At the top of the list of donors, John Carter Brown who gave $20,000. Bartlett, p. 58. More
[Connecticut]: Archon Books, 1972. Second edition, revised, 8vo, illustrated frontispiece, fine copy in original dust-jacket. Very thorough compilation of reviews and public comments made on Boswell from first publication to contemporary times. More
Xiamen: Xiamen University Press, 2005. 8vo, pp. 2, 2, 7, [1], 335, [1]; parallel text in Chinese and English; text illustrations throughout; illustrated stiff paper wrappers; one corner slightly bumped, near fine. Inscribed by Brown with a pen illustration on upper flyleaf. Laid in is a CD with audio of..... More
Kalamazoo, MI: The Governmental Publishing Co., 1875. First edition, small 8vo, pp. 210; frontispiece and full-page map, illustrations, charts, and tables throughout text; original dark green pebbled cloth lettered in gilt on front cover and spine; the gilt slightly tarnished, the spine worn with top end chipped away, and scuffed..... More
Philadelphia: Robb, Pile & M'Elroy, 1858. 8vo, pp. [2], 34, [2]; original printed tan wrappers; spine with short cracks else near fine. The ship William Brown struck an iceberg in 1841 and quickly sank. Some of the crew and passengers escaped in two boats. One of the boats swamped and..... More
New York: The Ronald Press Company, [1942]. 8vo, very good copy in original dust-jacket, minor tears and chipping. A volume of a series in English, edited by Ernest Bernbaum. More
[Providence: publisher not identified, 1839.]. Folio broadside (approx. 16" x 8½") text triple column under the running head; signed in type by Fenner Brown, Aaron White, Jr., "and four others," dated Cumberland, October, 1839 at the end of the third column; some light foxing at top; previous fold, near fine..... More
[Providence: publisher not identified, 1839.]. Folio broadside (approx. 16" x 8½"), text triple column under the running head; signed in type by Fenner Brown, Aaron White, Jr., "and four others," dated Cumberland, October, 1839 at the end of the third column; some light creasing at top; previous fold, near fine..... More
Jamaica, Queensborough, New York: Marion Press, 1911. First printing, limited to 300 copies, this 1/298 on regular paper, 8vo, 43 numbered leaves, frontispiece portrait, original blue paper-covered boards lettered in gilt, bottom of spine chipped away, lacks publisher's box. This copy signed by Brown, and with a Grolier Club bookplate..... More
New York and London: Samuel S. & William Wood, and Sampson Low, Son & Co., 1858. London edition after the second edition, revised and improved, large thick 8vo, pp. xx, [21]-1070, [2]; engraved frontispiece portrait (spotted); rebound in modern full green cloth, gilt title on spine; owner's signature on title..... More
n.p. [Chicago]: [press of Hartzell, Lord Co.], 1907. Only edition, sq. 12mo, pp. [8], 159, [1]; frontispiece and 31 illustrations from photographs in the text; original white cloth lettered in gilt on upper cover and spine; some soiling of the cloth; very good. Inscribed "Compliments of Grace Owen Brown" on..... More
Norfolk, CT: New Directions, [1940]. First edition, 8vo., jacket clipped and chipped, address label on front paste-down endpaper, paste-down endpapers slightly stained. Very good. More
Norfolk, CT: New Directions, [1943]. First edition, 8vo., original printed wrappers; price clipped, very good. More
Providence: H. H. Brown, 1838. 12mo, pp. viii, [9]-153, [3] ads; original heavy printed paper wrappers (soiled and a little worn), name clipped from top of front wrapper and title page without loss of text; some browning and foxing, corners curled; good and sound. Later owner's signature in pencil on..... More
Providence: H. H. Brown, 1836. 12mo, pp. vi, [1], 8-144; original heavy printed paper wrappers, loosening, and dampstained and with a scorch mark on the front; some browning, corners curled; good and sound. AAS only in OCLC. American Imprints 39797; Bartlett, p. 216; Spear p. 306 (adds Providence Public, LC..... More
Llundain: William Mackenzie, [1870]. Large 4to, pp. iii, [1], 594; steel-engraved frontispiece, 21 plates of maps and illustrations, additional text illustrations throughout, lithographic decorative title page printed in yellow and blue; contemporary three-quarter black morocco over cloth, gilt spine; edges a bit rubbed, cloth unevenly faded, textblock fine. 4 copies..... More