New York: published by the Committee, no. 650 Broadway, 1837. 8vo, pp. [2], 38, 15 (appendix), [1]; original printed blue wrappers; inelegantly rebacked with duct tape, signature excised from top of the front wrapper, one page loose, but present; old literary society rubberstamp at base of title page, some edge..... More
Philadelphia: Philadelphia Demokrat Publishing Co., [c. 1900]. 16mo, pp. [4], 347, [3]; an English grammar, wordlist, phrases and pronunciation guide for German speakers; full black cloth, gilt spine; boards a little soiled, text clean and sound, very good. The Demokrat was a German language morning paper and was the largest..... More
N.p., n.d. [Schoharie, N.Y.? 1856.]. Broadside, approx. 12¼" x 6½", text within a typographical border; previous folds, one with a short split; very good. The Order of Exercises includes a prayer, music, Eutropian journal, exaugural address, and a debate ("Resolved, that furnishing Sharpe's rifles and other munitions of war to..... More
[Minneapolis]: [Ampersand Club], [2016]. Broadside, 7.25 x 11 inches; fine copy. Invitation for annual dinner meeting with Greil Marcus. More
[Minneapolis]: [Ampersand Club], [1995]. Broadside, 11.75 x 9 inches; printed in black, red, and blue; fine copy. Printed at Pentagram Press with a wood engraving by John DePol. More
London: Bohn, 1887. Folio, pp. viii-[x], 74-[77]; plates throughout; contemporary half red morocco a bit scuffed and rubbed, else good and sound or better; ex-MHS. More
New York: Carlton & Porter, no date [ca. 1870s]. 12mo, pp. 214, [2] ads; 3 plates including frontispiece map; original blue cloth stamped in blind, spine decorated in gilt, plate to front pastedown, ink stamp and name in ink to rear pastedown, light dampstain to rear endpapers, still a good..... More
Hildesheim, Germany: Georg Olms Verlag, ca. 1978. Slim 8vo, pp. 97, [1]; original white wrappers (a bit soiled) printed in brown; light wear from handling; previous owner's occasional ink notes throughout, including upper cover. Publisher's advertisements in rear, as well as laid in prospectus for Early Modern English, Richard W...... More
![Item #5791 Annales antiquitatis. Chronological tables of ancient history [Middle Ages], [modern...](/pictures/thumb/5791_1.jpg?v=1468008692)
Oxford: printed and published by D.A. Talboys, 1835-38-39. First edition, folio, three parts in 1 volume, and issued collectively in 1840, pp. [2], 24, [25]-86; tabular text throughout, fully indexed, several pages of varying size, one folding; publisher's half red morocco over marbled boards, morocco label lettered in gilt on..... More
[Paris?]: chez Maillard, 1804. 12mo (approx. 7¼"); pp. 8; annotated and underlined in a contemporary hand. "Le bureau des Annales des sciences, de la littérature et des arts est à Paris, chez Maillard, libraire, rue du Pont Lodi, no. 1 ... La première livraison paroîtra le 10 thermidor an XII..... More
Madras: printed for private circulation only, by Graves and Co., 1862. First edition, 8vo, pp. vii, [1], 163; a bit of occasional spotting, else very good in original green cloth, gilt-lettered spine. With the ownership signature on the front free endpaper of "Dr. Gairdner ... Edinburgh." From the Preface: The..... More
Norwich: R.M. Bacon, [1806]. 4to, pp. 138; bookplate on front pastedown, endpapers lightly dampstained, upper cover detatched, extremities rubbed and worn, spine chipped, else good in original half calf over marbled boards. William Pitt (1759-1806), was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and best known for leading Britian in the..... More
London: Thomas Baskett, 1749. Folio, title page (verso blank), pp. 1511-1564; extracted from the Acts of Parliament "begun and holden at Westminster the 18th day of May, Anno. Domini. 1784." Removed from binding; very good. More
London: Charles Bill and the executrix of Thomas Newcomb, 1696. Small folio, pp. [18], being [473]-492 of the Acts of Parliament, removed; browned, some foxing. Text in black letter throughout. Establishes a provision for "Seamen who by age, wounds, or other accidents shall become disabled for future service at sea..... More
Boston: David Clapp, 1864. Small 8vo, pp. 30; original drab printed wrappers, ex-Minnesota Historical Society with usual markings, previous tears to front and back wrappers expertly repaired, front edges toned, back cover damp stained, contemporary pencil markings, including the indication of which former students had been killed. Annual directory for..... More
[New York]: The Colophon, 1938. 4to, unpaginated sections of varying length produced by 25 different printers; decorative title page designed by Rockwell Kent and a profusion of facsimiles and illustrations throughout; extremities lightly soiled and small stain on rear cover, else a very good, sound copy in original half light..... More
![Item #53354 Answer to the Knitting. [With:] The Knitting](/pictures/thumb/53354_1.jpg?v=1551742641)
Bury: Birchinall, printer, n.d., [ca. 1820s]. Oblong broadside approx. 10" x 14¾"; fine. Two poems, both with bawdy subtexts (i.e. 'knitting' = coitus), and possibly meant to be separated into 2 sheets. Birchinall appears to have been active as a printer in Bury 1806 to 1829. Not found in OCLC..... More
New Castle: Delaware Bibliophiles, Oak Knoll Books, 1991. Edition limited to 200 copies, this the bookbinder Greg Campbell's copy and out of series; 8vo, pp. 81, [3]; 4 mounted wood engravings, other illustrations in the text; original blue cloth-backed printed paper-covered boards; fine. Forty-Four B40. More
New York: The Grolier Club, 2007. First edition limited to 1500 copies designed and printed under the direction of Luke Ives Pontifell at the Thornwillow Press; 8vo, pp. [4], 11-93, [3]; 11 tipped-in illustrations (a number in color); fine copy in original red wrappers with printed paper label on upper..... More
[United States: ca. late 1930s.]. 10-page mimeograph typescript, folio (14" x 8½"); previous fold, bottom margins dog-eared; all else very good. Beginning: "It is probable that the ememy may employ tanks against our line, and that the tanks employed by him may be stronger and capable of quick movement than..... More
London: Samuel Bagster and Sons, 15 Paternoster Row, n.d., [1860 or before]. 16mo, pp. [4], 137, [2]; text in double column; publisher's full limp brown morocco, triple blind-ruled borders on covers, a.e.g.; top of spine chipped, stain at the top corner of the front board, ex-St. Mary's Hall Library, with..... More
London: Nonesuch Press; New York: Lincoln MacVeagh, the Dial Press, 1924. Edition limited to 1325 copies, this no. 625 of 1250 copies on japon vellum; folio, pp. [4], 237, [5]; engraved title page, head- and tail-piece, printer's ornaments; near fine in original full gilt-stamped parchment. Printed by Frederick Hall, printed..... More
London: Nonesuch Press; New York: Lincoln MacVeagh, the Dial Press, 1924. Edition limited to 1325 copies, this no. 903 of 1250 copies on japon vellum; folio, pp. [4], 237, [5]; engraved title page, head- and tail-piece, printer's ornaments; corners bumped, faint ring stain on upper cover; all else very good..... More
N.p., n.d. [Ohio: Sons of Veterans? ca. 1896]. Broadside, approx. 11¾" x 8½", appealing to the sons of Civil War veterans to rally behind "the brave soldier and noble American, Major Wm. McKinley, and suggesting that the sons unite into an association "to be known as the Union Veterans and..... More
London: Charles Whittingham at the Chiswick Press, 1900. Edition ltd. to 350 copies (100 reserved for the Rowfant Club), 8vo, (22) & 181pp., photogravure frontis, with first printings of poems by Dobson, Lang, Crewe, and Blunt; orig. quarter brown morocco rubbed and scuffed; good and sound. More
