n.p., n.d. but circa late 19th to, early 20th century. Folio ledger, containing approx. 190pp., including index, of more than 1500 family names describing the heraldic bearings of each, with numerous inserts tipped and pasted in, several original drawings of bearings and crests; all in a worn but sound ruled..... More
Matriti: ex typographia Divini Officii, apud Antonium Marin, 1753. Small 4to, pp. [12], 240, 15, [1] (Festum Sanguinis), 7, [1] (Officium S. Thuribii), [8] (Festo S. Euphrasii), 7, [1] (Lectiones ... Nocturni Infraoctavum S. Rosae a S, Maria), [4] (In Festo B. M. V. De Gauadalupe Mexicanae); text in double... More
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Tokyo: Heishiro [?], 1861. Large, folding hand-colored world map approximately 53" square (map itself is approx. 38" x 50"), the map surrounded by 158 hand-colored flags of nations, states, etc., with detailed tables at the bottom giving statistics on the world's largest rivers, mountains, lakes, islands, countries and their populations... More
Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union, [1836]. First edition, 12mo, pp. 72; engraved frontis illustration, title-page vignette, 5 illustrations in the text (1 full-page); contemporary quarter calf and blue paper-covered boards, lettered in gilt direct on spine; extremities worn, with boards soiled and scuffed and pages with some staining, but overall good... More
London: printed by James Bettenham for Paul Vaillant, 1751. First edition, 2 vols., 4to, pp. [4], lxxxvii, [1], 440, [16]; [4], 509, [1], [30] index, [1] explanation of the copperplates; engraved vignette title-pp. by J. Vander Gucht, engraved initials, tail- and head-pieces designed by S. Wale and engraved by J.... More
London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1904. Folio, pp. 43, [1]; large folding color lithograph map, self wrappers, stitched, as issued; old library rubberstamp on title, else generally fine. Notes on a journey undertaken in the summer months of 1902 from Peking to Outer Chihli and Mongolia with references to another... More
London: Routledge and Sons, n.d., [ca. 1870s]. 8vo, later half brown morocco gilt; very good. These look to be from Routledge's Railway Library series, but no wrappers are preserved and the occasional Routledge ads are generic. Includes: Mark's Reef; Bravo; The Headsman; Mercedes; Precaution; The Sea Lions; Jack Tier; Ned..... More
London: printed by M. Bennet, for Dan. Brown [et al.], 1703. First edition in English, folio, pp. [34], 431, [1], [17]; full contemporary paneled calf, red morocco label; slight crack at the bottom of the lower joint, else a very good, sound copy. The Dedication is signed J. G. (i.e.... More
Manhattan, KS: Crandall Press, 1949. Edition limited to 100 copies, 16mo (approx. 6¾" x 4¼"), pp. [3]-37, [5]; frontispiece portrait of Fisher, title page printed in green and black; original pictorial green printed wrappers a bit toned, but very good. The author-printer-farmer made attempts for 9 years to get his... More
Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, 1882. First edition, 8vo, pp. [4], 3, [1], 288; text in French and German, original gray paper wrappers bound in, decorated initials, head- and tail-pieces; contemporary half red morocco over marbled boards, gilt-ruled spine in 6 compartments, gilt title direct in 2, t.e.g., marbled endpapers; joints... More
London: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1902. 8vo, pp. xii, [2], 174; photogravure frontispiece, 11 plates, text illustrations throughout, title page printed in red and black; three quarter green morocco over green cloth, gilt-tooled and lettered decorative spine, t.e.g., marbled endpapers; spine faded to brown, extremities scuffed, else a near fine, very... More
London: William Pickering, 1847. First edition, small 8vo, pp. xviii, 265-[266]; engraved frontispiece portrait, title-page with Pickering device, title-page and text throughout within ruled borders; somewhat later full polished black calf gilt, some wear to extremities, spine ends chipped, joints rubbed and beginning to crack, overall very good and firm... More
London: printed for A. Millar, 1764. First edition, 4to, pp. vii, [1], 252, [4]; 23 folding engraved plates; bound with: A Supplement to Mr. Ferguson's Book of Lectures ... containing thirteen copper-plates, with descriptions, of the machinery which he has added to his apparatus, since that book was printed, London... More
[New York]: New American Library, [1964]. First American edition, 8vo, pp. 240; previous owner's bookplate on front paste-down, fine in original yellow cloth, in near fine dust jacket. More
New York: Redfield, 1854. First American edition, 12mo, pp. 376, [8] ads; 3 engraved plates; orig. dark green cloth, gilt lettering on spine; small hole at the top of the front joint, otherwise a near fine, bright copy in original green cloth, gilt lettering on spine. Franchere was a member... More
Kinsale, [Ireland]: printed at the 50th Regimental Press, 1877. Bifolium program (8.5 x 13 cm), pp. [4], the last blank; minor foxing, previous fold, formerly from an album, the remains of a card and an engraved illustration on the final blank. Also, a manuscript caption: "Programme, Garrison Nigger Troupe, Camden... More
Montgomery, Wales: David Esslemont, 2000. Edition limited to 350 signed copies (this no. 219), oblong folio, pp. xviii, [2], 131, [3]; hundreds of wood engravings, from details to full-page illustrations, in most cases printed directly from the blocks; accompanied by short descriptions of the projects in which they originally appeared;... More
London: Longmans, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Browne, 1827. Second edition of the first and most important revision of Johnson, 3 volumes, 4to, engraved portrait of Johnson after Reynolds, full contemporary sheep, rebacked in calf; gilt lettered direct on spine; spines quite faded, else very good and sound, with the half-titles... More
London: for T. Cadell, 1785. 8vo, pp. xv, [1], 233, [1] ads; contemporary full red straight-grain morocco, ornate gilt border on covers incorporating flowers and berries, gilt-lettered direct on gilt-decorated spine; very good. Fleeman notes that 1,000 copies were printed. Includes a Preface to the first edition of 1785, and... More
[London]: Cobden-Sanderson, 1921. 8vo, pp. 221; contemporary blue half-calf over blue cloth, spine decoratively stamped in gilt, t.e.g., marbled endpapers; spine a bit faded, joints just starting, some discoloration to endpapers, small booksellers label on front pastedown, gift inscription on front free endpaper, else an about very good, attractive copy. More
Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard, 1840. First edition, 12mo, pp. xxiv, 350 [i.e. 250]; original brown cloth, gilt-stamped spine; text foxed, slight spotting to lower board, else very good. "A humorous political satire [which targeted Democrats and] delighted many, especially the Whigs, of which the author was one" (DAB). Kennedy, a.... More
New York: Doubleday Doran, 1940. First edition, 8vo, pp. viii, [2], 390; bookplate; fine copy in a slightly chipped dust-jacket with loss to two letters of Lewis's name at the top of the spine. More
La Haye: Pierre Gosse Junior, 1758. Folio, pp. xii, 228, [2] errata and binder's directions, [2]; 40 engraved plates (16 double page and 4 folding), and 41 engraved vignettes; bound with: Bonneville, Supplement aux Reveries ou Mémoires sur l'art de la guerre de Maurice Comte de Saxe, La Haye, Chez... More
Paris: Augustin Courbé, 1650. First edition of the first French etymological dictionary, reprinted in 1694 in an enlarged edition in folio, and again in 1750 in 2 volumes folio; 4to, pp. [16], xxxviii, [2], 845, [1], [28] indexes, approbation, and errata; engraved vignette title page after Picart; 19th century quarter... More
Seattle: Superior Publishing Co., [1972]. First edition limited to 250 copies (this, no. 41); 4to, pp. 192; map endpapers; illustrated throughout; fine copy in an unclipped dust jacket and publisher's slipcase. Gummed Northwest logo label laid in. More
