no place: Not published, 1867. First Edition. Unbound. Octavo (8vo). 3 page letter written entirely in the hand of the author known as Aunt Fanny. Addressed to another author, Donald Grant Mitchell (1822 - 1908), who wrote under the pseudonym "Ik Marvel." Dated Feb 12th 1867. It reads "Thanks dear..... More
Hamburg, Germany: B. S. Berendsohn, 1840. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). Oblong book containing 50 engraved plates plus a quad-fold view of Hamburg. Original boards, rebacked in leather with endpapers renewed. Most plates are separated by a variety of different colored tissue guards. Title page in gold. Two plates contain..... More
London: Printed for Richard Bently, in Russell-Street in Convent Garden, 1692. Second edition. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. [vi] pages, followed by 178 pages of text. Original full leather binding is heavily worn on the spine, with splitting at the seams, remaining intact. Lacks the front and..... More
London: Printed for G. G. J. and J. Robinson Pater-Noster-Row, 1787. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). Two volume set. First edition in English. Original full tree calf bindings, with original green and maroon leather spine labels. The hinges, especially of the first volume, are tender, with minor to moderate rubbing..... More
Cambridge: not published, 1808. First Edition. Unbound. Quarto (4to). Three page letter mentioning student and traveling partner John Marten Cripps. The letter inquires of the publisher "whether it would not be better, when I bring the account of Greece to a conclusion in the fourth volume, there to finish this..... More
Salamanca [Spain]: En la Oficina de Dona Maria Josefa Rico Villoria, por Manuel de Vega, y Manuel Rodriguez, 1793. First Edition. Hardcover. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Two publications bound in one volume. Contemporary unrestored vellum binding with heavy darkening. First book: illustrated with a frontispiece of a...... More
London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1693. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto (4to). [iv], xxxix, [i] blank, 315 pages, [i] blank, 87 pages of text. New hardcover binding with a brown leather spine, green leather spine lable, and marbled paper-covered boards. New endpapers. Minor soiling and minor foxing to the first and..... More
New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1920. First Edition. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. [viii], 305 pages of text. Original dark green cloth boards with minor shelfwear including a few tiny and minor scuffs. No dustjacket; protected in archival mylar. Four leaves (pp173/174 + 175+176 and pp193/194..... More
Madrid: En la Imprenta de la Viuda de Francisco del Hierro, 1731. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). [xx], 308 pages of text followed by [xv] pages of index. Original contemporary full limp vellum binding with segments of the original ties intact; moderately worn with minor darkening/soiling to the spine. Inner..... More
Florence, Italy: In officina Laurentii Torrentini Ducalis Typographi, 1551. First Edition. Hardcover. Folio. 340 pages of text, followed by [iii] (index of illustrations, etc). Beautiful modern half leather binding with marbled paper-covered boards. Leather spine labels with gilt lettering; date of publication in gilt at bottom of spine. Title page..... More
London: Sold by Mr. Dodsley, in Pall-mall; Mr. Nourse, Mr. Millar, Mr. Vaillant, and Mr. Patterson, in the Strand; Mr. Waugh, in Lombard Street; and Mr. Willock, in Cornhill, 1753. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto (4to). Four volume set, complete with all maps and plates. Early full leather bindings with minor..... More
New Canaan, CT: Katzenbach and Warren, 1949. First Edition. Paperback. Quarto (4to). There is one introductory page of text. Each of four patterns is preceded by one page of explanatory text, interspersed with 20 pages of wallpaper samples, followed by one final page of text containing installation instructions. Designs include..... More
Annecy, France: Gardet editeur, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto (4to). 99 pages of text. Original full vellum binding in excellent condition. Illustrated with numerous color plates, including several fold-out. There were 200 copies of this publication, numbered 61 to 260, this one Number 91, printed on Velin D'Arches, signed by..... More
Louisville, KY: Printed by S. Penn, 1819. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). viii, [ii blank], 255 pages of text. Original blue paper-covered publisher's boards, with tan paper-covered spine; binding is rubbed, worn and chipped, remaining intact and attractive and protected in archival mylar. Illustrated with a fold-out map titled "Map..... More
Rockhills, England: Not published, 1856. No edition. Unbound. Quarto (4to). Three page letter written entirely in the hand of English architect and gardener Sir Joseph Paxton, and signed by him. An excellent letter of political content. Dated March 4 1856, it reads "My dear Lemon [quite likely Mark Lemon, editor..... More
London: Printed for Jacob Tonson at Shakespear's-Head over against Katharine-Street in the Strand, and John Barber upon Lambeth-Hill, 1718. First thus edition. Hardcover. Folio. 40 preliminary pages, followed by 506 pages of text, and six pages of index. [40], 506, [6] p. Full tooled leather rebinding in contemporary style, lettered..... More
Washington, DC: Not published, 1940. First Edition. Unbound. Quarto (4to). An 8 x 10 inch black-and-white photograph of Eleanor Roosevelt in formal dress as First Lady, sitting at a desk in the White House under the James Monroe portrait. Inscribed "To Mr. Max Abelman, with good wishes, [signed] Eleanor Roosevelt..... More
Paris: C. Reinwald et Ce. 1874. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). xiv, 181 pages of text. Hardcover: leather spine and paper-covered boards, minimally rubbed and shelfworn. Marbled endpapers. The text is lightly and evenly browned along the edge of the margins, and there are a few spots of foxing on..... More
London: Hakluyt Society, 1849. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). vi, xx, 260 pages of text. Original blue stamped hardcover binding with gilt spine lettering and front cover gilt stamp of the ship "Victoria." Moderate shelfwear and sunning to spine, with chips to spine extremities; protected in custom stiff archival mylar..... More
Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott, Grambo & Company, 1853. First edition, later printing. Hardcover. Quarto (4to). Five volume set; complete. Listed in Howes S183 as a "cheaper edition, smaller size and omitting volume VI...". Original full leather bindings with raised bands and a maroon and a green gilt-lettered leather spine label on..... More
Napoli, Italy: Giuseppe Severini, 1734. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto (4to). [xvi], 224 pages of text, followed by [iv] pages of errata. Original vellum binding with wear to the extremities and damage to the bottom of the spine from a label or shelf mark removal. Institutional stamp on title page and..... More
London: Printed for G.G. and J. Robinson, 1797. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto (4to). xx, 505 pages of text. Full leather binding, rebacked with original spine laid-down. Lacks the folding map. Contains 16 plates, of which two are fold-out, and a fold-out barometric table. Damp staining affecting the margins of most..... More
Washington D.C. Not published, 1971. First Edition. Unbound. Octavo (8vo). One-page typed letter, on NASA stationery and dated May 27, 1971, signed by Wernher von Braun as Deputy Associate Administrator of NASA. An educator in training has asked von Braun about the value or worth of mathematics in the education..... More
Boston, MA: Roberts Brothers, 1871. First edition, second issue. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). American poetry; 1st book edition [i.e. first edition, second issue]. This was first published in the form of a broadside in Washington, DC, 1871. 24, [4] pages; 19.8cm; original limp brown cloth binding; gilt title; protected in a...... More