Wynnewood, PA: Heden-Livingston, Inc., [1982]. First edition, 8vo, pp. x, [2], 148; 110 illustrations, mostly from photographs; fine copy in the dust jacket. More
London: J. & R. Dodsley, 1756. First edition, 8vo, pp. [2], xl, 536; slight cracking at the extremities of the joints, mild dampstain in the bottom margin, else a fine copy in full contemporary calf, gilt-paneled spine, red morocco label. One pamphlet and one farce (Captain O'Blunder) aside, this is Sheridan's first book. More
London: J. & R. Dodsley, 1756. First edition, 8vo, pp. [2], xl, 536; contemporary full blindstamped paneled calf, unrestored; one signature extended, else a very good copy. One pamphlet and one farce (Captain O'Blunder) aside, this is Sheridan's first book. More
[London: imprynted at London by Iohn Day dwellinge ouer Aldersgate, beneth saint Martyns. And are to be sold at his shop by the litle conduit in Chepesyde at the sygne of the Resurrection, 1550]. First edition, small 8vo (139 x 86mm), ff. [116], collating A-O P ; printed in Black... More
Delmar, NY: Scholars' Facsimiles & Reprints, 1977. Second printing, 8vo, pp. x, [2], 238; fine in original black cloth lettered in gilt on spine. More
Paris: Bobee et Hingray, 1832. 8vo, pp. [4] ads, [2], iv, 210; orig. blue wrappers, paper label on spine; edges curled, moderate wear, good or better. Contains grammar instruction, exercises, dialogues, sample letters of commerce and a long table of verbs. Popular manual, first appearing in the 1700s and in... More
Manchester: S. Johnson; Liverpool: T. Johnson, 1839. 12mo, pp. 360; woodcut vignette on title-p., contemporary full speckled calf neatly rebacked, new morocco label on spine. Includes selections from The Rambler, The Adventurer, The World, and The Gentleman's Magazine, as well as poetry by Elizabeth Carter, Hannah More, Mathew Prior, and... More
Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, 1954. 8vo, pp. xiii, [1], 449; original cloth in pale yellow dust jacket (a bit soiled) printed in maroon; jacket edges chipped and worn, mostly at spine head; small loss to back jacket cover not affecting text; interior very good. Grading guide for instructor and student... More
Camborne: An Lef Kernewek, 1968. Third edition, 8vo, pp. 34; text printed from typescript; original yellow printed wrappers, rust stains around staples, general light shelf wear, previous owner's ink notes throughout, including upper cover. Introduction by E.G. Retallack Hooper. OCLC locates one copy in the United States, at Brigham Young. More
New York: H.D. Robinson, 1835. First American edition, 12mo, pp. 198; orig. terracotta muslin-backed paper-covered boards, paper label on spine. An alphabetical list of nearly 200 words evoking philosophic discussion. Some of the entries are as long as 4pp., and others as short as a few lines. Vancil, p. 224. More
Tiverton: Gregory, Son, & Tozer, [1892]. 8vo, pp. 394, [2]; genealogical charts; original plum cloth, gilt-stamped spine; ex-Minnesota Historical Society with usual markings; spine faded to brown, corners a bit bumped; later (1906) inscription to the Society on ffep, else interior fine. More
New York: Sheldon & Co., n.d., [ca. late 1850s]. 16mo, pp. vi, [7]-164; original pictorial pink printed paper-covered boards backed in calf; some wear and soiling, but generally very good. First published in 1849. More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1914. First edition limited to 1000 copies, 2 volumes, large 4to, pp. xxii, [2], 368; 452; portrait frontispieces, plates throughout; publisher's blue cloth, gilt lettering on upper cover and spine, t.e.g.; ex-Minnesota Historical Society with usual markings, light shelf wear, volume 2 upper cover a.... More
London: R. Gilbert, 1827. First edition, 8vo, pp. 24; pages slightly foxed and browned, removed, else good or better. Staton and Tremaine 1461: "The university for which Strachan appeals, was founded in 1827 as King's College, with Strachan as its first president." From the library of William Sandys Wright Vaux. More
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1900. First edition, 8vo, pp. xiv, [2], 280, [8]; original blue cloth, gilt-lettered spine; spine a bit toned, extremities rubbed from shelf wear; front joint somewhat weak, else interior mostly fine. More
Detroit: H. Barns, 1857. 8vo, pp. 40; original orange wrappers (soiled); good tight copy of an address from the first official president of the University of Michigan. More
[Monterey: Larkspur Press], 1976. Edition limited to 650 copies of which this is no. 39, 8vo, pp. 66; original pale violet wrappers printed in maroon, French flaps, oriental-style binding with black string; near fine. More
Oxford [Ohio]: printed by W. W. Bishop, 1838. First edition, 8vo, pp. 22, [2]; disbound, stab holes; scattered light foxing. Thomas (1806-1866) was a Midwestern journalist and novelist "remembered as a loyal friend and correspondent of Edgar Allan Poe" (DAB). He here exhorts his listeners to "behold the respect and... More
New York: Columbia University Press, 1929. First edition, 8vo, pp. xxi, [1], 151; original red buckram and tan cloth boards, lettered in black on spine; but for some smudges, especially on the back cover, a very good copy. Writings by and about Dewey to July 1929. More
Madison: J.N. Purcell, 1900. First and apparently only edition, 4to, pp. xx, 889; profusely illustrated throughout; occasional pencil annotations in the margins; original full brown morocco lettered in gilt on upper cover, neatly rebacked to match, gilt lettering direct on spine; edges worn, but generally a good and sound copy. More
Boston: Crosby and Nichols, 1862. Boston edition (reprint), 214, [2]; engraved frontispiece, text illustrations throughout; original black cloth over drab pictorial boards; covers darkened, extremities a bit scuffed; later rubber stamp on front pastedown, else a very good, sound copy. At head of title: "Tower's Second Reader." 2 pp. of... More
New York: Columbia University Press, 1954. First edition, 8vo, pp. 85, [1]; near fine in original blue cloth, in a lightly worn, clipped and soiled dust jacket. More
London: William Pickering, 1834. 4to, pp. xvi, 358, [2], 118, [10]; 10 engraved plates, woodcut on title; original purple cloth, printed paper spine label; shelf-worn, a bit shaken, some offset from frontispiece to title, lightly foxed, still a good, sound copy. Keynes 93. More
Boston: Etheridge and Bliss, 1807. First edition, small 8vo, pp. 20; disbound; ex-Minnesota Historical Society with usual markings, modern staples and numerous pin holes along gutter edge from previous binding; first and last leaves heavily foxed, occasional spotting throughout. Shaw & Shoemaker 13751; Sabin 20587. More
Montreal: McGill University Press, 1966. First edition, 8vo, pp. xi, [5], 154; 22 photographic illustrations on rectos and versos of 8 plates; fine copy in the dust jacket. Signed by the author and three others on the title page. More
