New York: published by the Committee, no. 650 Broadway, 1837. 8vo, pp. [2], 38, 15 (appendix), [1]; original printed blue wrappers; inelegantly rebacked with duct tape, signature excised from top of the front wrapper, one page loose, but present; old literary society rubberstamp at base of title page, some edge..... More
New York: J. A. Gray, printer and stereotyper, 1860. First edition, 8vo, pp. 15, [1]; engraved portrait; near fine in original printed green wrappers. Horace Wells was a dentist in Hartford, Conn. who pioneered the use of anesthesia in dentistry, specifically nitrous oxide, first used in December 1844. Inscribed in..... More
[Providence: publisher not identified, 1884.]. 8vo, pp. 44; albumen frontispiece portrait; original tan printed wrappers; wrappers torn with loss at the top gutter. Includes an obituary written by his daughter, Jane Anthony Eames (signed J. A. E.) in the Providence Journal, January 23, 1884; notes on the memorial service of..... More
Haarlem, Holland: Joh. Enschede en Zonen for The Limited Editions Club, 1972. Edition limited to 1500 copies (this, no. 565) signed by the artist René Ben Sussan; 4to, pp. xviii, 502, [2]; translated from the French by Arthur Machen, water-color and drawing illustrations; a fine copy in full patterned cloth..... More
Alexandria: printed for the author, 1812. First edition, 8vo, pp. 56; removed from binding, wrappers wanting, half-title torn away, but present; all else very good. Opposing James Madison and supporting De Witt Clinton during the presidential campaign of 1812. American Imprints 25099; Sabin 70028. More
New York: Simon & Schuster, [1999]. First edition, 8vo, pp. 252; fine in original white and gray boards and dust-jacket. An insiders look at the magazine during the years under the direction of William Shawn. More
Leipsic: Karl Baedeker, 1902. Fourth edition, 8vo, pp. xxvii, [1], 548; 59 maps (18 folding, 14 double-page), tinted and/or with routes in color, 1 folding panorama of the French Alps, map on rear endpapers; very good or better in original red cloth, gilt lettering on spine and upper cover, with..... More
London: Jarrold & Sons, [1892]. Edition limited to 250 copies, 2 vols. in 1, 8vo, pp. viii, 106; 14, [2]; 2 facsimile title-pp. for the 1835 St. Petersburg editions; original gray paper-covered boards, printed paper label on spine; very good and sound. More
London: John Murray, 1859. 8vo, pp. ccxxiv, 464, 6 (ads); large folding map; original blue printed wrappers bound in at the back, later half brown morocco, gilt lettered direct on gilt-paneled spine, t.e.g.; some scuffing, but very good. After the preliminaries, the entire text is devoted to Burton's account. Penzer..... More
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London: John Murray, 1879. 8vo, pp. 4 (ads), cxxvii, [1], 444, 5-12 (ads); original blue cloth lettered in gilt on spine; spine darkened, top of spine chipped; large folding map (ragged at the fore-margin and with one short tear - no loss), 3 other unrelated folding maps; good copy. Burton's..... More
Oxford Univ. Press & Humphrey Milford: 1928. First edition thus, slim 4to, pp. [8], 197; a number of illus. in text, some full-p. and some hand-colored; orig. cloth-backed paper-covered boards, original printed dust jacket chipped at spine extremities (no loss of letterpress), a large tear repaired on the upper panel..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1887. First edition, 4 volumes, 4to, frontispieces, over 2,000 illustrations in the text; extremities a bit worn, edges bumped, else a good set or better in maroon cloth with paper labels on spine. An extensive dictionary of works and biography of painters as well as..... More
Manchester: printed for J. Haslington and sold in London by W. Richardson, 1793. 2 parts in 1, as issued; 8vo, pp. 208, xiv, [15]-69, [70-114], 115-203, [1]; viii, [9]-33; frontis portrait and 9 engraved copperplates; nice copy in contemporary quarter green straight-grain morocco over marbled boards. Includes a 60-p. dialogue..... More
New York: March 11, 1815. Single sheet (approx. 9¾" x 7½"), approx. 30 lines and 275 words, in ink; left margin erose, previous folds, break with an old tape repair at the bottom affecting several letters (sense remains clear); good. Charles D'Wolf (1745-1820), sea captain and merchant (and brother of..... More
Providence: Sidney S. Rider and Brother, 1867. First edition, 8vo, 14 leaves printed on rectos only; illustrated throughout; original pictorial terracotta cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover; light wear; near fine. With a manuscript poem entitled "Young Grimes" laid in, 10 quartets on a small octavo bifolium. More
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1877. 8vo, pp. xi, [1], 763; with appendix by George Rolleston ("General Remarks upon the Series of Prehistoric Crania"), index, wood-engraved illustrations throughout; original red cloth, gilt stamped spine; spine slightly sunned, else very good. Contemporary relevant clippings laid in. Called a "perfect treasure of information for..... More
[Los Angeles]: Helen of California, 1950. 4to, 42 leaves, mostly printed on rectos only on various color paper, each with a fashion design by "Helen" and each with accompanying text; full-page "fabric story" incorporporating a printed tree on which are applied various cool woolen samples in the shape of hearts..... More
London: Trustees of the British Museum; Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1964. First edition limited to 600 copies for the U.S.A. (this, no. 240); 2 volumes, folio, pp. xvii, [1], 178, [1]; ix, [1], plus 190 color and monochrome plates; fine in original red clloth and publisher's slipcase..... More
Boston: printed and published by Joseph W. Ingraham, Franklin Avenue, to whom communications, postpaid, may be addresed, May, 1821 - December, 1822. 20 issues in all, 8vo, original printed yellow wrappers; fine. This periodical lasted until 1826 when it merged with the Churchman's Magazine, to form the Episcopal Watchman. The..... More
Boston: Isaiah Thomas, Jun., November, 1813. 8vo, pp. 28; original drab blue wrappers, loose, but present; very good. The first annual report of the AAS. American Imprints 28836. More
New York: Grossman Publishers, 1971. First edition, 4to, pp. 160; fine copy in a fine, price-clipped dust jacket. Photographically illustrated throughout. More
London: G. & W. B. Whittaker, 1824. First edition, 3 vols., 8vo, pp. xix, [1], 276, [24]; 12 (ads for Longman, Rees [et al.] dated Oct., 1826), xv, [1], 431, [1]; 12 (ads, as above), xv, [1], 355, [1]; original paper-covered boards, paper labels on spines; some rubbing and cracking..... More
Boston and New York: Lamson Wolffe and Co., 1895. 16mo, pp. [2], ix, [1], 3-197, [1]; engraved tailpieces; biographical introduction by Rydingsvard; tan publisher's cloth with red, blue, black and silver printed design with strong Russian motifs, uncut, t.e.g.; boards soiled, upper free endpaper excised, very good in a custom..... More
Newport: Sept. 3, 1773. Approx. 3" x 7¼", in ink; previous folds, slight toning; very good; cut from a larger sheet, the left margin unevenly torn with slight loss to the 'B' in 'Bot.' "Aaron Lopez Bot. of Elisha Eldrige / 12 barrells pickled codfish £264 / deduct 5 hoops..... More
London: J. S. Virtue & Co., n.d., [ca. 1890]. 3 volumes, 4to, chromolithograph frontispiece and half-title page in each volume plus a complete compliment of 40 chromolithograph plates throughout by W. Christian Symons and W. Fred. Mitchell; contemporary half blue morocco, gilt-lettered direct on gilt-paneled spines; lightly rubbed and scuffed..... More
