London: C. Hitch, and L. Hawes, 1752. Twelfth edition, corrected, with additions, 24mo, pp. viii, 123, [1]; 26 woodcuts in the text, including title page; modern lavender boards, black gilt-lettered reverse calf spine label; small loss at bottom of p. [1] slightly affecting text without loss of meaning, else fine... More
London: J. F. & C. Rivington, T. Longman [et al], 1791. 16mo, pp. viii, 123, [1]; 26 woodcuts in the text; original brown buckram; previous owner's name in ink on upper cover and front opastedown (with a date of July 1794), moderate wear and some relatively minor staining; a good... More
Baltimore & London: The Johns Hopkins Univ. Press, [1989.]. First edition, 8vo, pp. xxii, [1], 477, [3]; illus.; fine in original red cloth, dust-jacket. The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science 107th Series (1989). "Based on an exhaustive study of original textbooks, teachers' manuals, and archival documents... More
New York: Philsophical Library, 1950. 8vo, pp. v, [1], 160; original cloth in grey printed mylar-protected dust jacket, jacket a bit worn, spine browned; a very good, sound copy. "Shows howt he multiple derivation of the English vocabulary--Teutonic, Greek, Latin and French--erects a barrier more effective than wealth and status... More
Minneapolis: H. W. Wilson Company, 1903. First edition, 8vo, 5 plates (1 folding map), 163 illus. (6 full-p.) by the Bureau of Engraving; extremities slightly rubbed else very good in orig. dec. maroon cloth gilt. This is a text book, designed for geology students at the University, the first of... More
Cleveland: E.C. Koeckert, 1903. 8vo, pp. 512; illustrations and color charts, some folding; original blue gilt-stamped cloth, edge wear; interior fine. 3 copies in OCLC, at SUNY Buffalo, Prior Health Science Library, and the University of Pennsylvania. More
New York: Columbia University Press, 1899. First edition, 8vo, x-[xii] & 213pp. plus ads, portrait frontis; near fine in orig. green cloth, ex-MHS. Mostly unopened. More
Cambridge: Press of John Wilson and Sons, 1866. 8vo, pp. viii, 80; original grey-green printed wrappers, edges a bit toned, bottom 2 inches of spine perished, else a very good, tight copy. Includes the biographies of the deceased alumni, many of whom were killed in battle during the Civil War... More
Long Beach: The California State University, 1983. First edition, 8vo, pp. x, 195; black and white photographic portrait frontispiece; original red printed wrappers; fine. Presentation slip from the University laid in. Cover and spine title: "From the beginning." More
Stockholm: Marquardska Tryckeriet, 1816. First edition, 8vo, [5]-144pp., contemporary quarter calf and yellow speckled paper-covered boards; fine. German grammar and reader, in Swedish. From the library of George Stephens. More
Chicago: Newberry Library, 1942. First edition, 8vo, pp. ix, [1], 161, [1]; near fine in orig. brick red cloth, gilt-stamped on upper cover, blue morocco label on spine. Over 1500 items, indexed, and with occasional annotation. More
Londres [i.e. The Hague]: Chez la Société typographique, 1773. 2 vols, 12mo, pp. [2], lxiv, 639; [2], 760, [2] errata; brown morocco-backed brown cloth boards, gilt lettering direct on spine; a good, solid copy. Edited by Alexander Gallitzin. Posthumously published. There are at least two separate editions, each with different... More
Boston: Thomas Todd Company, 1921. 8vo, pp. 222; black and white photographic frontispiece, one additional plate; contemporary three-quarter white cloth over blue cloth, gilt stamped upper cover and spine; ex-Minnesota Historical Society with usual markings, gift bookplate from Yale Class of 1870; white cloth a bit soiled, spine toned, interior... More
St. Paul, [MN]: The Pioneer Press, [1887]. 8vo, pp. [4], 261; portrait frontispiece of George Washington, 22 leaves of plates; original imitation tree-calf paper-covered boards, all edges red, green endpapers; edges a bit rubbed and worn, spine ends chipped, textblock good and sound. Annotated timeline of United States history. More
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1963. 8vo, pp. 442, [1]; text illustrations; original cloth in red and white price-clipped dust jacket (some soiling) printed in red and black; faint foxing, shallow chips and tears along jacket edges not affecting text; interior fine. More
Amsterdam & Leiden: Gerrit de Groot en Zoon and Samuel en Johannes Luchtmans, 1771. First edition, 4to, pp. [6], iv, [10], 1062; title page printed in red and black, text in triple column, full contemporary calf, gilt-decorated spine, red morocco label; a very good, sound copy. David van Hoogstraten (1658-1724)... More
London: printed for Giles Calvert, 1651. First edition thus, 12mo, [bound with, as issued:] The Petition and Argument of Mr. Hotham and A True State of the Case of Mr. Hotham; pp. 59, [1] , 142, [4], 93, [1], plus 2-page errata; containing the first printing of the 60-page introduction... More
London: William Pickering, 1843. 2 volumes in 3, first and only edition in English, 8vo; 37 engraved plates of which 5 are colored; original purple cloth stamped in blind, spines lettered in gilt, partially unopened, armorial bookplates to front pastedowns, frontispiece plate separated, cloth faded and worn, a bit shaken... More
Belfast: John Henderson, 1845. First edition, small 8vo, pp. 34; folding map; original tan printed wrappers (a bit spotted); very good. With an inscription at the top of the front wrapper, "Bishop of Sodor & Man to be returned to him." And an additional inscription at the top of the... More
New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1901. First American edition, 2 vols., 8vo, pp. xii, 539-[540]; viii, 541-[542]; 12 plates (7 photogravures), 1 illus. in the text. A good, sound set in original brown cloth, t.e.g. More
London: Chatto & Windus, 1965. 8vo, pp. 158; original boards in red, green, and brown printed price-clipped dust jacket (minor soiling); light shelf wear to jacket edges; previous bookseller's ticket on front pastedown, glue stain to rfep, else interior very good. More
[Philadelphia]: J. B. Lippincott, 1956. 4to, 40 loose-leaf, hole-punched cards, lacking Card 23; maps and illustrations throughout; ex-University of Rochester Library with usual markings, some tears from hole-punches and light stains; a good copy. More
London: Jarndyce, 1993. 8vo, unpaged; facsimiles, text printed from typescript; original cream pictorial wrappers printed in maroon and black; light shelf wear, previous owner has circled a few items in ink, else very good. Catalogue XCII, Spring, 1993. Laid in flyer printed on red paper advertising earlier catalogues. More
London: Jarndyce Antiquarian Booksellers, 1989. 8vo, unpaged; facsimiles, text printed from typescript; original cream wrappers printed in red and black; light edge wear, previous owner has circled a few items in ink, else very good. Catalogue of 490 items, mostly English, relating to language, education, and etiquette. More
Cambridge: Metcalf and Company, 1856. Not published, 16mo, pp. 68; original brown blind-tooled limp cloth, upper cover lettered in gilt; upper cover starting to detach, dampstaining to top half of fore edge of last 20 leaves; contemporary ownership inscription to front free endpaper of George B. Young, Harvard University, September... More
