Boston: Eastburn's Press, 1845. 8vo, pp. 152; original pictorial green front wrapper, back wrapper wanting, and front wrapper present, but detached; moderate foxing; all else very good. Five characters in Chinese are printed upside down on wrapper and title page, suggesting this is an early if not first state as..... More

Providence: B. F. Moore, 1844. First edition, 8vo, pp. 115, [1]; text largely in double column; removed from binding, wrappers wanting, all else very good. Most of this report was published earlier in the Republican Herald according to the Preface which is signed: George Turner [and] W. S. Burges. American..... More

New York: William Gowans, 1859. First edition thus, 8vo, pp. vi, [1], 8-63, [1]; wood-engraved frontispiece of the moon; very good copy in original printed wrappers, wrappers lose, but present. An old bookseller's clipping laid in to another copy of the book we have handled notes that this is "one..... More

[Minneapolis: Harrison & Smith, printing house], 1888. First edition, with copyright notice slip pasted to verso of title, 8vo, pp. 176; gravure frontispiece portrait; 3 rub marks on upper cover, else very good in original green cloth, gilt-stamped on upper cover. Charlotte Van Cleve (née Clark, b. 1819) was the..... More

Boston: Clapp and Broaders, 1834. Square 16mo (approx. 5¼" x 4¾"), pp. vi, [1], 8-127, [1]; 14 full-page hand-colored engravings; original green cloth, printed paper label on upper cover; front hinge cracked, front and back free endpapesr excised, tear in the corner of the last leaf with loss to blank..... More

Boston: Boston University Mugar Memorial Library, [1969]. 8vo, pp. xii, 181; frontispiece portrait of the author; previous owner's signature on front paste-down, lightly toned, else very good in original blue cloth with gilt-lettered upper cover and spine. More

Kobe: Inoue Shinkou, 1889. First edition, fukurotoji binding, approx. 8.5" x 6"; 3 volumes, 16, 11; 12-21, [9]; 31, [1] leaves; 22 pages of illustrations, showing a variety of whales and aquatic mammals, whaling implements, and a one-page map of the entire Arctic coastline through to Spain; original blue paper..... More

[Elgin, Ills.]: David C. Cook Publishing Company, 1898. First edition, 8vo, pp. 96; text in double column; about 50 stock woodcuts throughout, largely of a floral or ornithological theme; near fine in original pictorial wrappers. Apparently, a Christian literature classic. Republished under several titles (Within the Gates, My Dream of..... More

[Marlborough], New York: David Gildea, July 23, 1938. Tall narrow broadside approx. 29" x 5½", printed in red and black; one central fold, the top edge slightly miscreased; all else near fine. A list of 107 Goudy types on hand at the Village Press. "This record of Goudy types, complete..... More

Cassel: Theodor Fischer, 1840. First edition, 8vo, pp. lviii, 181, [1]; folded insert facsimile of text of Andreas in Anglo-Saxon. These two poems from the late seventh/early eighth centuries are from the "Vercelli Codex," a book of Anglo-Saxon poetry preserved in the cathedral library at Vercelli, discovered in 1832. They..... More

New York: MCA Music, 1965. First edition, large 4to, (12" x 9"), pp. 30, [2]; illustrated; throughout, original pictorial self-wrappers; near fine. Thirteen songs, including Gospel Plow, Man of Constant Sorrow, Pretty Peggy-O, Song to Woody, and Talking New York. Chord symbols and guitar diagrams included. More

Los Angeles: February 9, 1992. 4to, (11" x 8¼"), pp. [8]; text in double and quadruple column; illustrated throughout, original pictorial self-wrappers; near fine. An offprint from the magazine, reprinting pages [15]-19, and 42-[43]. More

Chicago: Playboy Magazine, March, 1978. 4to, (11" x 8½"), pp. 250; illustrated throughout, much in color; original pictorial wrappers; very good. A lengthy interview occupying 35 columns over 29 pages. More