N.p. The Riverside Press, 1908. 8vo, pp. 127; black and white photographic portrait frontispiece; contemporary purple cloth, gilt-stamped upper cover and spine, khaki endpapers; ex-Minnesota Historical Society with usual markings, spine toned, ink blot on top edge, interior fine. More
[Washington? 1885?]. 8vo, pp. 15; stitching; a good tight copy. Reprint of an address given by Adams to the President and members of the Alumni Association of the University; first printed in The Chronicle. More
Washington, [D.C.]: [press of J.H. Furst Co., Baltimore], 1910. First edition, signed by Henry Adams at the end of the introductory letter; 12mo, pp. vi, 214, [2]; original green cloth, spine a bit sunned and with a small snag in the cloth (not effecting any lettering), otherwise very good. "In... More
Amsterdam: Johannes Allart, 1798. First edition, 8vo, pp. viii, 237, [1]; text in double column; contemporary marbled paper-covered boards, quite rubbed, spine and edges faded and toned, top half-inch of spine head paper perished, interior fine. French entries, Dutch equivalents. Not in OCLC, Zaunmuller, or Vancil. More
Brewster, MA: Forty-One Doors, ca. 1950s. Bifolium, 4to; black and white illustrations, text on pp. [1-3] only; fine. Advertisement for a nine-week summer school held at the Aikens's Cape Cod farmhouse Forty-One Doors. Offered rate of $375, inclusive, for board, resident, and tuition. The Aikens had also run a similar... More
Burlington, N.J. printed by John S. Meehan, 1815. First edition, 12mo, 16 & unpaginated lexicon in double column, a nice copy in full orig. sheep, wavy blindstamped fillets on spine. In the advertisement on the verso of the title, the author hopes for the need of an unabridged version of... More
New York: Modern Language Association of America, 1993. First edition, 8vo, pp. xi, [1], 152; as new in original wrappers. More
New York: Modern Language Association of America, 1993. First edition, 8vo, pp. xi, [1], 152; as new in original gray cloth lettered in purple on spine. More
London: Longmans, [et. al.], 1868. 2 volumes, royal 8vo; ex-library copy with usual markings, small cracks in upper hinges, spines and joints rubbed, small cracks in spine ends, else good or better in contemporary quarter brown morocco gilt over blue cloth. These two volumes contain documents from the thirteenth to... More
Oxford: Oxford Historical Society, 1898. First edition, 8vo, 2 vols., pp. xlix, [3], 336; [6], [337]-725, [1]; 15 facsimiles (some double-page) bound in at the back; fine set in orig. blue cloth. More
Evanston and Chicago: Northwestern University, [c1959]. First edition, 8vo, pp. xiv, 495; illustrations in text throughout; a fine copy in the dustjacket with small tear at upper edge of back panel and some rubbing. More
London: printed for T. Davis and J. Dodsley, n.d., [1767]. First edition, second issue, 4to, pp. [2], 4, [4], xvi, 395; recent brown calf-backed marbled boards; very good and sound. John Ryland's copy, with his dated (1768) signature on the title page, and with a one-and-a-quarter page quarto manuscript account... More
London: Benj. Tooke, 1711. 8vo, pp. [12], xiii, [1], 212, [2], 40, [4] ads; 1 full-page engraved illustration; removed from binding; a very good copy. See Printing and the Mind of Man, 90: "In 1553 [Ascham] began the work which has made him famous, The Scholemaster. The book was occasioned... More
London: printed for T. Davis and J. Dodsley, n.d., [1767]. First edition, second issue, 4to, pp. [2], 4, [4], 395; full contemporary speckled calf, red morocco label; joints cracked, spine ends chipped level with text block, lower headband gone, extremities rubbed, minor spotting, else a good and reasonably sound copy... More
New Britain, Conn. The Record Press, 1908. Edition limited to 250 copies, 8vo, pp. 205; black and white photographic frontispiece, 5 plates; later limp blue cloth, gilt lettering on upper cover, manuscript paper spine label; ex-Minnesota Historical Society with usual markings, gift bookplate from the University; general light shelf wear, interior mostly fine. More
Philadelphia: [Philadelphia Inquirer], 1884. 8vo, pp. 3, [1]; self wrappers; fine. Last page provides list of the economic papers published by Baird; this pamphlet a reprint of a letter written to the editor of the Philadelphia Inquirer, April 30, 1884. Scarce, only one copy in OCLC, at the American Philosophical Society Library in Philadelphia. More
n.p. Cast by Randolph Bertin at the foundry of Bradley Hutcinson, [ca. 1990]. Bifolium, 12mo; fine. A short, entertaining essay on the author's experience at "Monotype University" at the Hill & Dale Private Press and Typefoundry. Not in OCLC. More
Bruxelles: Emile Van Balberghe, 1987. 8vo, pp. lix, [1], 358; facsimiles; original pale blue printed wrappers, near fine. Bibliography of Italian language textbooks and dictionaries produced for French speakers, printed from 1510 to 1660. More
['s-Gravenhage, Netherland: Ministry of Education and Science, 1976.]. First edition, 8vo, pp. 86; illustrated throughout; fine in original pictorial wrappers. More
Pittsfied, Massachusetts: 1928-1932. 3 volumes, 8vo; black and white photographic portrait frontispieces, illustrations throughout; Book I in original grey, tape-bound printed boards, Books II and III in original half tan cloth over printed boards; ex-Minnesota Historical Society with usual markings, Books I and II with gift bookplates from Williams College... More
San Francisco: International Society for General Semantics, 1991. 8vo, pp. xix, [3], 185; original white wrappers, near fine. More
Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1936. First edition, 8vo, [4], vi & 185pp., fine in orig. green paper-covered boards, paper label on spine; printed presentation card from the author laid in. The texts of 13 speeches by the president of Johns Hopkins. More
Philadelphia: Joseph and Edward Parker, 1832. 18 volumes text, plus 2 volumes of plates; 4to, original mottled calf, red and black morocco labels on spines; some internal tears, minor rubbing and scuffing, occasional mild to moderate dampstains, some foxing, several flyleaves loose with tears, one partially torn away, but in... More
Philadelphia: Thomas T. Ash, Adam Waldie, printer, 1831. Square 16mo, pp. 170; 8 wood-engraved plates; original blue cloth, printed pink label on upper cover; 3 signatures extended and the whole slightly shaken, otherwise very good. A mother's presentation to her daughter at the top of the title page reads: "Eliza... More
Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1890. First edition, 8vo, pp. 400; ex-Minnesota Historical Society library with bookplate stamped withdrawn, small white adhesive label at bottom end of spine, all else very good in contemporary half black morocco and marbled boards, light wear to extremities. The first publication by the Swiss-born... More
