London: William Pickering, 1831. 8vo, pp. iv, [3]-198, [2], xxiv; contemporary half green morocco over marbled boards by Riviere for Basil Montagu Pickering, gilt-decorated spine in 6 compartments, gilt-lettered direct in 1, t.e.g.; near fine. Not in Keynes. More
London: William Pickering, 1830. First edition, 8vo, pp. [8], civ, [2], 265, [1]; woodcut heraldic ornament on title-page; contemporary half black morocco over marbled boards, spine gilt in six compartments, marbled endpapers, t.e.g.; binding rubbed at edges, endpapers lightly foxed, else very good. Keynes 82. More
New York: Russell's, 1867. First edition, 12mo, pp. 300; ex-Hartland Free Library, Hartland, Maine, with bookplate marked withdrawn on front pastedown and small rubber stamps on pp. 3 & 33;; extremities a little worn and frayed, especially at spine ends, a couple smudges on covers, and spine slightly faded; internally..... More
London & New York: Alexander Strahan, 1866. First edition, 8vo, [iii]-[xvi], 428pp. (lacking the half-title), 2 tinted lithograph city views (Chicago in 1831 and San Francisco in 1848); later half polished blue calf gilt, rubbed and worn, old library sticker at base of spine, upper joint tender, else good. Diverse..... More
Providence: Sayles, Miller & Simons, printers, 1853. First edition, 8vo, pp. 29, [3]; bound with, as issued: Abstract Exhibiting the Condition of the Institutions for Savings in Rhode Island, on the First Monday of October, 1853, from the returns made to the General Assembly at its annual October session, Providence..... More
[Los Angeles, California]: Gruen Associates, 1981. Oblong 4to; black & white photographic illustrations, maps, city plots (some in color); Arranged in seven sections (with sub-sections) which include: Background and Overview, Transportation, Housing, Landscaping, Leisure-Time, Retail Environment, & Implementation and Operational Strategy; near fine in original pictorial wrappers, spiralbound. An expansive..... More
New York: Appleton, 1876. First American edition, 8vo, pp. [6], 176, [10] ads; old private library rubberstamp on endpaper, small spot on spine, else a fine, bright copy in orig. green cloth, gilt-lettered on upper cover and spine. "This work is founded on the view of Currency and Banking taken..... More
Providence: published by Hutchens & Cory, Miller & Hammond, printers. September, 1827. First edition, small 8vo, pp. 40; original printed tan wrappers; skillfully rebacked; near fine. More than 1600 taxpayers are listed, with columns for real estate taxes, personal taxes, and total taxes paid for each, including some non-residents. The..... More
[Philadelphia: Wirtz & Tatem, July 4 - August 8, 1838]. 8vo (11½" x 7"), 6 issues, pp. 96 (consecutive); in sheets and unopened, light foxing, very good. With: The causes of the present crisis. Shown by an examiner [drop title]. [Philadelphia, 1837], 12mo, pp. 23, [1]; removed from binding, light..... More
Padstow, Cornwall: Nov. 15, 1805. 4to (approx. 9½" x 7½"), approx. 20 lines and 150 words; previous folds, mathematical calculations and a note regarding Mr. Rawlings on the verso, likely by the recipient, Rev. William Sandys. Thomas Rawlings (d. 1820), provincial banker and wealthy Cornish merchant, addressed to “Dear Sir”..... More
Glendale: Arthur H. Clark Co., 1953. First edition, 8vo, pp. 352pp., frontispiece and 5 graphs in the text; a very good copy or better in orig. blue cloth. Issued as Vol. 4 in the publisher's American Waterways Series. More
Shanghai: South China Herald, [c1873]. First collected edition, folio, pp. [4], 149, [1]; 2 plates, 1 folding, quarter green morocco over marbled boards; disbound, boards separated, final gathering loose, ex-library with perforations and light pencil annotations in margins. Annotations likely by M. Lynwood Garrison, an American scientist in metallography, with..... More
Paris: Centre d'Études de Politique Étrangère, Paul Hartmann, 1939. 8vo, pp. 397; tables and diagrams throughout, color folding map in rear; original drab wrappers (soiled) printed in orange and black, spine badly rubbed, partially perished tape repair to foot, general heavy shelf wear; occasional pencil notes in margins, later (1951)..... More
New York: Dutton, 1903. First edition, 8vo, pp. liii-[liv], 647; illus. in text; very good, sound copy in orig. red cloth; ex-MHS. More
London: A. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1791. First edition, 4to, pp. xii, 364, [12]; 2 large engraved folding maps; recent quarter brown calf over marbled boards, red morocco label on spine; fore margin of one map miscreased. This copy with the ownership signature on the half-title of "C. Wm. Admiral..... More
Lola, Wisconsin: Krause Publications for Society of Paper Money Collectors, Inc., [1973]. First edition, 4to, pp. 76; numerous black & white facsimilies of bank notes; a fine copy in original maroon cloth with gilt-lettered upper cover and spine. More
Peoria: printed by Benjamin Foster, 1855. First edition, 8vo, pp. iv, [5]-72; some foxing on the early leaves, else fine in original printed salmon wrappers. "Root was a former common-school teacher who moved to Peoria County from Ohio in the fall of 1830. He apparently became a farmer after moving..... More
Baltimore: The John Hopkins Press, 1933. 8vo, pp. 140; later red cloth, gilt-stamped spine, original printed wrappers bound in; fine. Series LI, Number 4 of The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science. Bound with: "Hezekiah Niles as an Economist" by Richard Gabriel Stone. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins..... More
New York: National Chamber of Industry and Trade, [1882]. 8vo, pp. 16, printed self-wrappers; light edgewear, corner of upper cover creased, spine splitting, good and clean. Sanial was a prominent American socialist, running for New York Mayor twice as a Socialist Labor Party candidate. More
Philadelphia: Grigg & Elliott, 1832. 8vo, pp. [4] ads, lvi, 455; contemporary full sheep, black morocco label on gilt-paneled spine; light foxing, spine darkened, sheep scuffed and with some peeling, historical society bookplate and with perforated stamp in bottom margin of the first leaf of ads and title page; 1837..... More
Philadelphia: Grigg & Elliott, 1836. 8vo, pp. [8] ads, lx, [61]-488; contemporary full sheep, maroon morocco label on gilt-paneled spine; moderate foxing, spine darkened, sheep scuffed and with some peeling, historical society bookplate and with perforated stamp in bottom margin of title page; early ownership signature of Norton Asa Hulbert..... More
Jeffersonville, IN: 1863. Manuscript ledger, 10.5" x 6", pp. [205]; removed from binding, spine perished, flyleaf loose and one ledger leaf loose, assorted contract drafts laid and tipped in. The first handful of pages are simply names and values, but entries quickly become more detailed, recording the nature of each..... More
Canberra: Australian National University Press, [1967]. 8vo, pp. xvi, 334; mapped endpapers, numerous tables and charts, extremities lightly soiled, otherwise a fine copy in original red cloth with gilt lettering on spine, pictorial dust jacket. More
London: Griffith and Farran, 1879. First edition, 8vo, pp. viii, 484, 24-p. Griffith and Farran catalogue at the back; hinges starting, old guest house rubberstamp on first leaf of text, the whole a little shaken, but otherwise a good, bright copy in orig. blue cloth stamped in red and gilt..... More
Cambridge: The University Press, 1961. First edition, 8vo, pp. vii, [1], 225, [1]; numerous tables and graphs, warmly inscribed to scholar Gwin J. Kolb by the author on front free endpaper; fine in original brown cloth with gilt-lettered spine, in a lightly soiled and spotted dust jacket. More
