St. Anthony & Minneapolis: Croffut & Clark, 1859. First edition of the first directory of Minneapolis, 8vo, pp. [6], [15]-162, [2]; numerous advertisements throughout; later black cloth, with the insertion of 5 postcard photographs (one with the stamp of Edward Bromley) on the endpapers and paste-downs, a number of early... More
n.p., n.d. [at sea, on the road, 1893-94.]. 4to, pp. [82]; Liverpool stationer's label on paste-down, edges marbled, extremities a bit rubbed, else a very good copy in black limp morocco. Laid in are approx. 20 octavo manuscript leaves from an unknown American women's diary dated October 1887 - August... More
London: Bradbury, Agnew, & Co., [n.d.] (circa late 1800's). 3 volumes, 8vo, pp. 320; 304; 308; 30 hand-colored etchings and numerous woodcuts by John Leech, full contemporary polished tree calf by Mansell, a.e.g., marbled endpapers, armorial bookplate on front pastedowns, some light toning, hinges weak, spine ends chipped, 'Rome' binding... More
London: printed for the author, by R. Hindmarsh, 1791. First edition, 8vo, pp. [4], xvi, 500; engraved frontispiece and 32 engraved folding plates; contemporary full tree calf, gilt-decorated spine in 6 compartments, red morocco label in 1; joints wstarting, else very good. The last 15 pages of text consist of... More
Paris: L. Hachette et cie, 1860. First edition, 2 vols., 8vo, pp. [4], xxxvii, [3],500; [4], 644, [[4]; slightly later purple cloth; spines faded, else very good. More
London: The Hudson's Bay Record Society, 1955. Subscribers' only limited edition of which this is no. 621, large, thick 8vo, pp. c, 260, xiii, [1]; 3 black and white photographic plates, folding map plate in rear; original blue cloth (light damp staining), gilt-stamped spine, t.e.g.; spine rather faded, else a.... More
London: Bradbury & Evans, 1865. Second edition, 8vo, pp. 55, [1]; 4 lithographic plates; self wrappers, stitched, as issued; fine. "An investigation into the validity of supposedly eighteenth century photographs found at Soho, Birmingham, with interesting technical details of various reproduction methods. Five different editions and variants of the pamphlet... More
Milano: G. Silvestri, 1827. 12mo, pp. lvi, 295, [1]; engraved frontispiece portrait and 2 folding diagrams; original printed orange wrappers; a few interesting old private library rubberstamps; very good copy. Issued as vol. 208 in the publisher's Biblioteca Selecta series. Brunacci was a professor of mathematics at the University of... More
Cambridge: John Baskerville, 1761. First Baskerville edition, third title impression with the price of 8s. 6d. on the title page, 8vo, without sections x2b, 2N-2Q, as often; contemporary blue goatskin with elaborate gilt border, gilt-decorated spine in 7 compartments, a.e.g., marbled endpapers; boards and spine worn, armorial bookplate of the..... More
New York: Charles Scribeners Sons, and Paris: Goupil, 1900. Memorial Edition, limited to 1250 copies, large 8vo, 2 vols.; color portrait frontispieces and 22 plates, engraved tailpieces, original three-quarter red morocco over marbled boards, gilt paneled spine in 6 compartments, gilt-lettered direct in 2; t.e.g.; very slight cracking at spine... More
London [et al.]: T. Nelson and Sons, 1881. 12mo, pp. [9], 10-275, [1], [10] ads; double-page map, 31 full-page wood-engraved illustrations, 1 double-page; original pictorial terracotta cloth stamped in gilt and black on upper cover and spine; some wear at extremities and a small break in the cloth at the... More
Mt. Horeb: Perishable Press, 1969. Edition limited to "less than two-hundred copies," broadside, approx. 18½" x 12", text in double column under a running head; previous folds; very good. A catalogue of books published by Hamady 1964-1972, intended as a self-mailer (this copy with a rubberstamp return address, postage stamp... More
Leipzig: Johann Friedrich Gleditsch, 1741. Zweyte und verbesserte auflage, pp. [30], 1972 columns, [36]; engraved frontispiece, title page printed in red and black; full late 18th-century vellum (a few soil spots), unadorned spine, all edges red; late 19th-century rubberstamp of the Hofbibliothek, Kleinheubach on frontispiece verso; contemporary ownership rubberstamp, "F... More
Manila: Imprenta "Lawag" 1910. 16mo, 5.75" x 4"; pp. [2], [i-ii], iii-viii, [1], 6-30; 2 illustrations, original green printed wrappers; wrappers faded, with shallow chips at edges, spine partially perished, IFI stamp on first page. An Ayer Linguistics duplicate, with their release stamp on final page. The Iglesia Filipina Independiente... More
Philadelphia: Jacob Johnson & Co., 1805. First American edition of Johnson's dictionary, here printed in abridged form, and based on the London octavos; thick 8vo, pp. xl, [2], unpaginated lexicon in double column; full contemporary calf, red morocco label on spine; spine vertically creased causing looseness to one or two... More
London: Jonathan Cape, [1935]. Third [i.e. second complete] edition overall, preceded by the incomplete "Oxford Edition" of 1922 (8 copies only were printed, 6 still extant) and the rare privately printed "Subscriber's Edition" of 1927 (170 copies); this is the limited issue (750 numbered copies) of the first trade edition;... More
Minneapolis & Stockholm: Midnight Paper Sales, 1994. First edition of 250 copies, this one of 50 specially bound and with an extra suite of plates, 8vo, pp. 62, [4]; illustrated with wood engravings by Gaylord Schanilec; maroon quarter leather and marbled boards, housed in a gray cloth clamshell box, leather... More
New York: J.B. Lippincott Co., [1979]. First edition, 8vo., fine in like jacket. No. 18 in the Travis McGee series. More
London: William Heinemann, [1930]. First edition, 8vo, pp. [4], 270; fore-edges spotted, half title and title page slightly foxed, else a near fine copy in the dust jacket which shows slight wear at top of spine, and two old tape stains on the versos of the jacket flaps.. Page 147... More
[Philadelphia: Siddall Bros. 1891.]. Slim 8vo, 2 p.l., 23 folios (printed on rectos only); mounted photographic frontispiece; front free endpaper detached (but present), some wear at extremities, but generally very good in original olive green cloth, gilt-lettered on upper cover. Bookplate of M[oses] Finzi-Lobo. This copy inscribed "Miss Sergeant with... More
Athens, GA: Hill Street Press, [1999]. First edition, 8vo, pp. [14], iv, 118, [16]; one of 226 specially bound copies, signed by all 22 contributors (including Richard Wilbur, Alice Munro, William Maxwell, George Garrett, and others); this copy not numbered but belonging to the binder, Greg Campbell, Campbell-Logan Bindery; full... More
[Paris]: Gallimard, [c1953]. First French trade edition, 8vo, pp. 345-[347]; a very good unopened copy in original light gray wrappers printed in red and black, the spine and edges browning and with a few scattered stains, 1/2" vertical tear at lower front cover, spine ends a little worn, the pages... More
North Hills, Pa. Bird & Bull Press, 1977. Edition limited to 250 copies (this, no. 94), 4to, pp. 86, [4]; illustrations, facsimiles, paper samples, errata slip; generally a fine copy in original quarter tan morocco over pastepaper boards by Gray Parrot. A collection of seven anecdotes and reminiscences by the... More
Paris: L'Imprimerie Royale, 1693. First edition, second issue (with the correct date on the title page); folio, pp. [8], 94, [10]; 108 engraved plates; 19th century roan-backed marbled boards; joints rubbed, library sticker at base of spine, 2 MHS bookplates and an earlier engraved bookplate of P. T. Brown, perforated... More
London, Cape Town [et al.]: Sampson Low, [and] J. C. Juta & Co., 1898. First edition, 8vo, pp. xix, [1], 248; folding map printed in red and black, and 53 illustrations on 48 plates; spine ends rubbed, light overall wear, but generally a good, sound copy in original pictorial red... More
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