[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 original blue cloth. Issued as Vol. 4 in the publisher's American Waterways Series. "Based on primary source material, Rector's study reveals the intimate details of..... More
St. Joseph, Michigan: published by Consulting Engineer Publishing Company, n.d., [ca. 1957]. First edition, 8vo, pp. [14]; 10 color woodcuts by Reed; original pictorial wrappers with another color woodcut by Reed; light soiling else near fine. Virginia only in OCLC. More
London: The Hudson's Bay Record Society, 1958-1959. Limited edition for subscribers only, to The Hudson's Bay Record Society, this copy no. 623 (vol. 2 unnumbered), 2 volumes, 8vo; 6 plates (2 in color), 2 folding maps (1 facsimile), maps on endpapers; original blue cloth, gilt lettering and vignette on spines;..... More
[London]: The Champlain Society for the Hudson's Bay Record Society, 1948. Limited edition for subscribers only, of which this is no. 513; large, thick 8vo, pp. lxi, [1], 415, [1], x; 5 maps, 4 folding; original blue cloth, gilt-stamped spine, t.e.g.; light soiling to board edges, a near-fine, unopened copy..... More
London: The Hudson's Bay Record Society, 1954. Limited edition for subscribers only, of which this is no. 513, large 8vo, pp. xxx, 392, xiii, [1]; 3 black and white folding maps in rear; original blue cloth, gilt-stamped spine, t.e.g.; a fine, uncut copy. The Hudson's Bay Record Society publication no..... More
London: The Hudson's Bay Record Society, 1951-1952. Limited edition for subscribers only, of which this is no. 513; 2 volumes, thick 8vo, pp. xciii, [2], 382, xiv; lxii, [1], 313, [1], xiii, [1]; original blue cloth, gilt-stamped spines, t.e.g.; second volume slightly skewed, corners bumped, else a very good, unopened..... More
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[London]: The Champlain Society for the Hudson's Bay Record Society, 1942-1946. Limited edition for subscribers only, large 8vo, 3 volumes; frontispiece in volume III only, as issued; original blue cloth, gilt-stamped spine, t.e.g.; one volume with a slightly toned spine, and bumped corners; the rest fine. A 1675-78 volume was..... More
London: The Hudson's Bay Record Society, 1957. Limited edition for subscribers only, of which this is no. 513, large, thick 8vo, pp. lxii, 357, [1], xiv, [4]; original blue cloth (very lightly soiled), gilt-stamped spine, t.e.g.; touch of rubbing to lower board, else a fine, unopened copy. Hudson's Bay Record..... 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
New York: May 4 and 27, June 19, 1815. Manuscript 7¼" x 4¾" on recto and verso of a single sheet, with signatures of T.A. Anderson, Stephen B. Hoffman, Maria Roosevelt. Legible. One side of the sheet is a receipt (May 27, 1815), signed by Maria Roosevelt in which she..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1910. 2 volumes, large 4to, pp. xxiii, [1], 479, [1]; xx, 663, [1]; frontispiece portraits, 234 plates on rectos and versos of 117 sheets, hundreds of other illustrations in the text; illustrations are largely photo-engravings or wood engravings; contemporary and likely original half black morocco..... More
Gilbraltar: 15 June, 1826. 4to (approx. 9¾" x 7¾"), integral address leaf and docket on verso, Salem (Mass.) roundstamp dated August 8; old folds, paper a little toned; very good, written in a bold and legible hand. Together with: another two-page letter signed to Rotch & Co. of New Bedford..... More
Princeton: Princeton University, 1954. pp. vii, [1], 90, [4]; stiff blue paper wrappers; light rubbing to spine, ex-library with call number on upper cover and perforated stamp on title page, very good. More
Minneapolis: S.E. Olson & Co., ca. 1890s. Broadsheet (336 x189 mm.) printed on stiff cardboard; color illustration on recto; miniscule loss to top right-hand corner not affecting text, else fine. Advertisement for Olson's Bargains, "The People's Favorite Bargain Resort," whose department register boasts five floors of goods at 213 and..... More
Minneapolis: Salisbury & Satterlee Co., 1910-11. Small 4to, pp. 170; illustrated throughout, mostly beds, but also box springs and mattresses; original gilt-embossed green wrappers; very good and sound. Three pieces of company ephemera laid in. More
Leipzig: June, 1904. Uncommon if not rare French edition of this catalogue of printing presses; 4to, pp. [2], 31, [1]; frontispiece and 8 photoengraved plates of presses, plus 24 illustrations in the text; original embossed cloth showing laurel leaves and berries; some soiling but on the whole, very good. Thirty-five..... More
London: The Hudson's Bay Company, 1920. First edition 4to, pp. xv, [1], 129, [1]; color frontispiece, 2 maps (1folding), 18 plates (1 folding, 1 in color and most composite), other illustrations in text; original embossed wrappers, yapp edges; edges cracked and shipped; in all a good copy or better. More
New York: Henry Bessey, 1886. First edition, 8vo, pp. [2], 31, [1]; original printed blue wrappers; removed from binding; very good. Two fore-edges have been extended to accommodate an early reader's notes. Regarding the importation of Russian wool for carpets, its valuation by customs officials, and duties paid. Not found..... More
New-York: G. P. Putnam and Company; London: Sampson Low, Son & Co., 1854. Folio, pp. xi, [1], 207, [1]; wood-engraved frontispiece and pictorial title page inserted, 4 wood-engraved plates and 1 chromolithograph, plus over 500 wood-engraved illustrations throughout; original decorative brown cloth, gilt-stamped on upper cover and spine; spine with..... More
London: The Hudson's Bay Record Society, 1973. Limited edition for subscribers, of which this is no. 1079, 8vo, pp. lviii, 212, xvii, [1]; frontispiece and three folding maps; full black cloth gilt in gray printed dust jacket, light spotting to board edges, frontispiece wrinkled from damp, text clean and sound..... More
Calcutta: Superintendent Government Printing, 1908. First edition, small folio, pp. [4], 2, [10], 20; 6 photomechanical plates, each with a descriptive leaf of text; ex-Oregon Agricultural College with bookplate, pressure stamp on title page, pocket inside back cover, else a very good, sound copy in contemporary if not original cloth-backed..... More
Elgin [and Inverness]: printed by A. C. Brander [and the Inverness Journal Office], 1833. First edition, 12mo, pp. [9], 4-98, 131-170; 4 tables (2 folding, 2 double-page), and 9 table (2 double-page) bound in at the back; original green muslin, printed paper label on spine; a few small cracks and..... More
Albany: State University of New York Press, [1986]. First edition, 8vo, pp. xii, 206; tables and illustrations in the text; publisher's canel slip pasted to copyright page, all else fine in original red cloth stamped in blue and white. "This is an important book on a subject of significance both..... More
