Cincinnati: Robert Clarke & Co., 1893. 8vo, pp. [6], 274, 72; ex-library copy, in later half buckram over marbled boards, partially perished library label on spine, label residue on endpapers, stamps, good and sound. More
New York: Grolier Club, 1912. 12mo, pp. viii, 105; original printed wrappers, slightly foxed, shallow losses and tears to edges, otherwise a very good copy. More
New York City: The New York Academy of Medicine, 1926. First edition; 8vo; pp. [6]; 20 illustrations; call numbers on spine and upper wrapper; very good in original paper wrappers. More
New York: George Leavitt & Co., 1883. 8vo, pp. [4], 120; original front wrapper bound in; priced in pencil throughout; ownership names of "Chas. S. Woodward" (trimmed) at the top of the front wrapper; also, "Dr. Geo. H. Moore" at the top of the title-page; bound in mid-20th century cream..... More
New Bedford: E. Anthony & Sons, 1893. 8vo, pp. 128; original pictorial stiff card wrappers; text a bit toned, else very good. List of books by authors and titles, plus a separate section for poetry. Also, an abstract of the by-laws and a list of members. Not found in OCLC..... More
Danville: Illinois Printing Co., 1903. First edition, 4to, pp. 712; ex-library copy with small sticker adhered to lower spine, bookplate stamped withdrawn, and perforated title-page; somewhat later library binding of green cloth lettered in black on spine, the spine a little darkened with a small stain, a little bit of..... More
Cambridge: E.W. Metcalf and Company, printers to the University, 1831. First edition, 8vo, pp. viii (misnumbered), 224; untrimmed, original paper-covered boards, cloth shelfback, original spine labels, ex-Providence Athenaeum, with their stamps and marks. Signed by Josiah Quincy, the president of Harvard, on flyleaf, and with a half page addendum by..... More
Albany: Charles Van Benthuysen, 1856. 8vo, pp. x, 402; disbound; includes rules and regulations of the library and an index; ex-MHS. More
Boston: Alfred Mudge & Sons, 1876. 8vo, parts I and II (complete) in 1 vol., pp. x, [3]575 (continuous), engraved frontis portrait, 2 ""special notice"" slips printed on blue paper tipped in; very good in contemporary half pebble-grain morocco over marbled boards; ex-MHS. Over 10,000 lots from the famed bookseller's..... More
Fall River: Almy Milne's Steam Press, 20 Main Street, 1861. 8vo, pp. 100; bound with: Appendix to the Catalogue of the public library of the city of Fall River, October, 1861, pp. 12; bound with: Appendix to the Catalogue of the public library of the city of Fall River, November..... More
Boston: Leonard & Co., days of sale May 7-10, 1861. 8vo, pp. iv, 116, 3; orig. printed wrappers, spine perished; good. Nearly 1200 lots, mainly early English literature and antiquities. More
Cincinnati: Truman & Spofford, 1855. 8vo, pp. xxxi, 307; tan buckram over boards, paper label on spine; foxing, ink blots to title page, otherwise a fine copy; short list of the library's holdings. More
Philadelphia: N.E. corner of Chestnut and Fourth Streets, 1822. 12mo, pp. 20; removed from binding; fine. "A. Finley has also constantly for sale a large collection of miscellaneous, medical, classical and school books, which he will sell on very reasonable terms." Alphabetical listing of nearly 300 titles. Pages 17 and..... More
London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1977-78. 2 vols., 8vo; illustrated; original green paper-covered boards; near fine. In order to illustrate the range of the collection, it has been catalogued alphabetically by town and chronologically within each town. More
Boston: Alfred Mudge & Son, 1882. 2 vols., 12mo, orig. printed wrappers, extremities chipped; ex-MHS. Accompanied by 2 other odd vols. of the same: Third Catalogue of the Collection Ancient and Modern, 1876; and, Sixteenth Catalogue of Works of Art Exhibited, Part 2, 1880. More
Cincinnati: Press of Wilstach, Baldwin & Co., 1871. Thick 8vo, pp. ix-[xii], 644; hinges cracked, else good or better in orig. green cloth gilt, t.e.g.; presentation copy from Poole, the librarian, to MHS; ex-MHS. Contains an historical sketch of the library and a floor-plan of the building. More
Manchester, Connecticut: Emanuel Lutheran Church, 23 September, 1995. 8vo, 4 frenchfold pp., original printed green wrappers; fine. Funeral services for the famed bookbinder. More
New York: D. Van Nostrand Co., Inc., [1948]. 8vo, [8] & 73-[74]pp., frontis portrait of D. Van Nostrand and 30 illustrations on plates and in the text; fine copy in original blue cloth. Retrospective history of a firm specializing in technical books. More
London: Sotheby & Co., 1968-69. 2 vols., 4to, pp. 105, [1]; 109, [1]; plates (some in color); light wear to spine ends, else near fine in original green paper-covered boards. Part I of the sale included 37 illuminated manuscripts of the 9th to the 16 century; Part II included 38..... More
Paris: Ader Picard Tajan, Hotel Drouot, 4 décembre 1987. 4to, pp. 106; illustrations and facsimiles in color and black and white throughout; black cloth stamped in gilt, decorative endpapers. As new. More
v.p. 1944-1968. 27 titles in 34 volumes (a few duplicates), all 12mo; mostly bound in pictorial wrappers, very good or better. Collection includes 18 titles printed in limited editions by the Oxford University Press, as well works printed at the William Byrd Press, the Press of the Good Mountain, the..... More
Middletown, CT: Robin Price, n.d., [2001]. Broadside (approx. 17" x 11") limited to 100 copies printed in blue and black; logo by John Alves, Hartford; and handmade cotton paper by John & Kathy Koller, Woodstock Valley. Fine. "Commissioned to celebrate the founding of the Connecticut Center for the Book." Counting..... More
[Los Angeles]: Robin Price, 1987. Broadside (approx. 12½" x 9½") printed in black; fine. Signed by the printer. "As quoted by Paul Hayden Duensing in his Fine Print article on Menhart, January 1987. Printed by Robin Price in honor of the 50th anniversary of the Private Press and Typefoundry of..... More
[Providence: Standard Printing Company, 1903], 1902. Large 8vo, pp. [5]-102; vignette title page printed in red and black; 16 plates, 2 facsimiles; original gray cloth stamped in white on upper cover and spine; a bit of flaking to the white stamping, else near fine. Laid in is an engraved presentation..... More
London: Lund, Humphries, 1960. First edition, 4to, pp. [20], xv-xl, 120, [20], 1-50; frontis.; illus. throughout; fine in jacket. Includes "Typophiles' adventures in bookmaking," by Paul Bennett and, "Porson's Greek Types," by J.M. Mosley. More
