[England: ca. 1906-1921.]. Small 4to, forty-one illustrations in all, most are tipped or pasted in, others are painted or drawn on the album leaves directly. The quality of some of these illustrations is unusually high and includes one by Ernest Aris (1882-1965), the author and illustrator of some 170 children's... More
New York: published by William Holmes, 216 Williams St. 1830. Small 4to (8" x 6"), with a striking engraved vignette title-p. followed by approx. 100 blank leaves; original full red straight-grain morocco, elaborate gilt borders on covers, gilt-decorated spine; one small crack at the bottom of the front joint; some rubbing; very good and sound. More
[1852]. Folio, unpaged (over 500 pages); contemporary blind-tooled reverse calf, edged in gilt-ruled calf, red and black gilt morocco spine labels ("Military Abstract Act, 1852"), marbled endpapers; edges rubbed and worn, small loss to spine head; interior about fine. Printed at head of each double-page: "Monthly Abstract of locations on... More
Heidelberg: University Library Heidelberg, 1970. First edition, 8vo, pp. 53, [2]; Special exhibition on the occasion of the visit of the Grolier Club of New York; fine in original gray printed stiff wrappers backed in orange cloth. More
Milano: Libreria Antiquaria Hoepli, 1953. 8vo, pp. 193, [3], profusely illustrated with color plates and illus. in the text; original gray paper-covered boards, pictorial color illus. on front and back covers (illuminated "A" on front, seashell on back); endpapers darkened, else fine. Auction catalogue with 200 lots, prices realized tipped-in... More
n.p. [likely New England]: [1832-50]. Small 8vo, [64]pp. of 16 are filled in, and list better than 375 titles; 4 early leaves have been excised, but the catalogue begins anew with a title-p., as above; contemporary vellum with metal clasp, the word "Catalogue" in ink on upper cover and spine... More
London: Sotheby & Co. 1968-69. 2 vols., 4to, pp. 105, [1]; 109, [1]; plates (some in color); light wear to spine ends, else near fine in original green paper-covered boards. Part I of the sale included 37 illuminated manuscripts of the 9th to the 16 century; Part II included 38... More
1901-1920. Collection consists of 17 typed letters, signed, and 3 autograph postcards, signed; many in original envelopes; very good or better. Includes items from the Black Cat Magazine, John Lane, Associated Sunday Magazines, the Critic and Literary World, and Herbert S. Stone & Co. An additional lithographically printed letter accomplished... More
[London], n.d. [ca. 1832]. Bound extracts from volume XXIV of Archaeologia, or Miscellaneous Tracts, 4to, 136pp., contemporary 1/4 brown calf gilt over brown cloth, top of spine chipped away, 33 engraved facsimile plates (one colored); good or better. With introductions describing each MSS. and their illuminations, followed by the full... More
Kingston, MA: 1799-1861. An archive of 85 letters to Benjamin (1778-1868) and Joshua Delano from 45 different correspondents - ship captains, merchants, agents, lawyers, and business partners - from various locations up and down the east coast, between Halifax, Nova Scotia and New Orleans. Subjects include prices current, availability and... More
New York: Braziller, n.d. [1966]. 8vo, 359pp., numerous color facsimiles, very fine copy of a richly produced book, in the publisher's box. Reproduced from the MS in the Morgan Library. More
New York: New York Public Library, 1934. Edition limited to 500 copies "reprinted in revised form from the Bulletin of the N.Y.P.L.," 8vo, pp. 32, [1]; text partially in double column, 5 full-p. illus. on rectos and versos of 3 plates; orig. printed wrappers bound in; contemporary half red calf... More
[Salem: 1815]. Large folio sheet (466 mm.); engraved vignette along heading; 7 1/2-inch tear from previous fold not affecting text. Printed form accomplished in manuscript listing the crew of the Salem-based schooner Agawam, bound for the West Indies, John D. Wilson, Master. The verso is filled out and dated 23... More
n.p., n.d. [at sea, on the road, 1893-94.]. 4to, pp. [82]; Liverpool stationer's label on paste-down, edges marbled, extremities a bit rubbed, else a very good copy in black limp morocco. Laid in are approx. 20 octavo manuscript leaves from an unknown American women's diary dated October 1887 - August... More
n.p., n.d. but circa late 19th to, early 20th century. Folio ledger, containing approx. 190pp., including index, of more than 1500 family names describing the heraldic bearings of each, with numerous inserts tipped and pasted in, several original drawings of bearings and crests; all in a worn but sound ruled... More
n.p., n.d. 1859-63. Oblong 8vo, 65 leaves, each interleaved with pink blotting paper, each page containing 3 pro-forma receipts (6 to a leaf), the first 23 leaves accomplished, the balance blank. Original full reversed calf, red morocco label on spine; very good. Apparently for a concern operating under the name... More
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[Japan?]: [c. early 20th century]. Accordion-bound large octavo artist's notebook, containing 25 double-page, hand-painted color images, including nature scenes, portraits of Hotei and Daruma, and village life. The images are minimalist and bold, with heavy influence from Chinese brush painting. The artist is anonymous, but quite talented. Bound in blue... More
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1970-1973. 4 volumes (of 10) in 2 slipcases, 4to; illustrations and facsimiles throughout, decorative endpapers; bound in original red cloth-backed linen in blue cloth slipcases, some shelf wear, interior fine. At head of title: "The Carl H. Pforzheimer Library". Volumes 3 and 4 edited by... More
Hong Kong: 1900-1901. Three quarto manuscript letters totaling 22 pages and approx. 6000 words on life in Hong Kong as an American expat. The author, "Katheryn," writes to her friend Jesse in Oregon, describing her daily routine and life in Hong Kong with her husband Tom, who works there. "Hong... More
Memphis: 1852. Folio, on integral leaves, previous folds with some splitting, else very good. A petition set in front of the Common Law and Chancery Court of Memphis concerning the payment for a slave named Bill whose original cost was $500, $200 of which appears to have been guaranteed by... More
St. Paul: February 23, 1854. 4to, 43 lines, approx. 330 words; previous folds, else fine, and with the original mailing envelope bearing an 1854 St. Paul postmark. Homes warns that St. Paul is no place to live: "I shall not give them much encouragement if they come here [and] must... More
London: Faber & Faber, [1969]. First edition, 4to, pp. xliv, 187; 80 illustrations; near fine in original gray cloth, dust-jacket. 63 manuscripts catalogued. The first catalogue of Abbey's Italian manuscripts. More
Collegeville, MN: Hill Monastic Manuscript Library, 1988-1990. First edition, 3 volumes, 8vo; frontispiece, facsimiles; original blue mottled cloth, gilt-lettering to spine and upper cover; fine. Addenda and corrigenda laid into Vols. I and II. Vol. III compiled by Amos and Jonathan Black. More
Collegeville, MN: Hill Monastic Manuscript Library, 1988. First edition, 8vo, pp. xlix, [1], 307; frontispiece, facsimiles; original blue mottled cloth, gilt-lettering to spine and upper cover; red ownership label at spine head, else. fine. Vol. I (of three) only. More
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New York [?]: kept over a a number of years, mid-1920s to late 1930s. 103-page quarto manuscript in double column, kept in a cloth-backed marbled-board binding presumably by Louis Apanowitz who apparently wrote a weekly column on chess for an unnamed newspaper, containing notes and summaries of chess matches and... More
