Washington, D.C: U. S. Government General Land Office, 1827. First Edition. Unbound. Vellum land grant for 80 acres in Tippacanoe County, Indiana to Abel Janney, dated May 15, 1827. Signed by the 6th United States President (1825-1829) John Quincy Adams, and countersigned by George Graham, Commissioner of the General Land... More
Salzburg, Austria: Not published, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. Folio. Folio ledger, bound in red leather, with three large brass or brass/silver armorial calling card holders affixed to and protruding from the front cover. The pre-1958 inclusions are on separate smaller sheets that are tipped-in, presumably from a previous guestbook. There... More
Philadelphia: J. W. Moore, 1854. First Edition. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 192 pages of text. Original cloth binding is moderately rubbed at the extremities, with minor loss, and minor sunning to spine, remaining intact. Protected in custom-fitted archival mylar. The front endpaper is lacking, and the... More
London: Printed for the Author, by Dryden Leach; and sold by W. Flexney, G. Kearsly, T. Henderson, J. Coote, J. Gardner, and J. Almon, 1763. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto (4to). Multiple works bound in one volume. The first part, [iv], 369 pages of text. Contains The Rosciad, The Apology, Night... More
London: Printed for H. Rhodes, in Fleet-Street; R. Parker, at the Royal Exchange, and S. Briscoe, the Corner Shop of Charles-Street, in Russet-Street, Covent-Garden, 1696. First Edition. Paperback. Quarto (4to). [x], 103 pages of text, followed by [i] publishers advertisement. As published, the pages 51 to 64 are excluded. Removed... More
London: Printed for T. Woodward, at the Half-Moon over against St. Dunstan's Church in Fleetstreet, and J. Peele, at Locke's Head in Pater-noster-Row, 1727. First Edition. Hardcover. Folio. [iv], 770 pages of text. Modern maroon cloth binding with minimal shelfwear; printed paper label is rubbed. Final page torn, creased, soiled... More
London: Printed and sold by Mary Hinde, 1759. Fifth edition. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. [xiv], 126 pages of text, followed by [iv] pages of publisher's advertisement. Bound in full speckled calf by Riviere & Son; front hinge repaired, with minor rubbing to binding, and the boards... More
Chicago, IL: E.E. Eaton, 1883. First Edition. Paperback. Octavo (8vo). 158 pages of text, incomplete, lacking the rear wrapper and the index which would have extened to at least 164 pages (total). The original printed front wrapper is torn, chipped, and discolored from several strips of clear adhesive tape. The... More
Palm Desert, CA: 1961. First Edition. Americana; U. S. President 1953-1961; 1 page typed letter, signed, to Jack Conlon, National Commander, World Wars Tank Corps Association. Eisenhower, Dwight David (890-1969). More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc. 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). xii, 372 pages of text including an index. Hardcover cloth binding has numerous small spots of minor soiling and/or discoloration, and minor shelfwear. No dustjacket but protected in custom-fitted archival mylar. A few pages and a rear... More
Genoa, Italy: Hieronymus Bartola, 1587. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). Italian history; 93 pages; 20.8cm; full old leather building; hinges weak; spine badly chipped; title page torn; bookplate; owner marks. More
London: E. G. for John Haviland, 1641. Sixth edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). Judaism; religion; 277 pages; [23] pages index.; 17.7cm; full old blind stamped leather binding, re-backed; ink notes throughout not affecting text; owner marks. 18th or 19th century binder closely cropped the page edges. Title continues "...what customes the... More
London: Printed for T. Waller in the Temple, 1742. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). [i] page of publisher's advertisement, xxxiv pages of preface within which are an additional [iv] pages containing the dedication, 400 pages of text, followed by [xxx] pages of index, followed by [ii] pages of publisher's advertisement... More
Chicago: Rand McNally & Company, 1958. First American edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). 384 pages of text. Hardcover binding with minimal bumping to corners. The unclipped dustjacket has minor to moderate rubbing to the extremities; protected in archival mylar. Signed and inscribed by the author on the half-title page in the... More
Chicago, IL: Gallery312, 1996. First Edition. Paperback. Square octavo (8vo). 72 pages of text. Paperback binding in nearly new condition; protected in custom stiff archival mylar. Illustrated by numerous color and black & white photographs. Contains an introduction by David Travis, Curator of Photography at the Art Institute of Chicago... More
New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1998. Expanded edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). 719 pages of text. Hardcover binding in almost new condition. The unclipped dustjacket is slightly sunned on the spine with minimal shelfwear; protected in archival mylar. Includes over 3275 illustrations, including 94 plates in full color and 107 in... More
London: Printed for W. Innys and R. Maney, 1738. Second edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). Two volume set. Vol. I: [xiv], 367 pages of text, followed by [iii] pages of publisher's advertisement. Vol. II: 363 pages of text followed by [ii] pages of pubisher's advertisement. Both volumes have been rebound circa... More
New York: PM Publishing Company, 1936. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). A bound volume containing twelve consecutive issues, which comprise a complete Volume III of the publication. Includes the months of September 1936 through August of 1937 or Numbers 1-12. Bound in blue cloth with a leather spine label; moderately... More
New York: Harry N Abrams Inc, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Folio. 216 pages of text including a bibliography, chronology and an index. Hardcover binding is in almost new condition, with minimal shelfwear and soiling to the edges. The original unclipped dustjacket is minimally shelfworn, with a tiny tear on the... More
Trenton, NJ: Not published, 1880. First Edition. Unbound. Quarto (4to). Document signed by George B. McClellan as Governor of New Jersey, on December 9, 1880. The letter is written on engraved State of New Jersey Executive Department letterhead. Written in a secretarial hand, it reads "His Excellency, Alonzo B. Cornell... More
London: Printed for R. Dodsley, at Tully's Head in Pall-Mall, 1737. First Edition. Hardcover. Folio. 19 pages of text, [i] blank. Circa 1940 hardcover binding of ordinary paper-covered boards, with minor shelfwear and creasing. Text with minimal soiling and/or foxing. First state of the Second Epistle, with footnote 15 misnumbered... More
Tokyo, Japan: published by author, 1938. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto (4to). 116 pages of text. Hardcover burlap covered boards are spiral bound, with minor shelfwear and discoloration. Stained on bottom left corner, discoloring the bottom half of the first few pages, but only a tiny corner of the following text... More
Boston: Porter E. Sargent, 1914. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto (4to). Original parchment-covered binding is moderately browned and shelfworn, with a scuffs and several spots of discoloration. Original paper spine label is cracked but intact. Protected in custom-fitted archival mylar. Contains numerous tipped-in and in-text illustrations. Number 53 of 100 copies... More
London: Printed for J. Johnson, 1804. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). xxiv, vi, 503 pages of text followed by [i] errata. Rebound in full black cloth with a leather spine label; new endpapers. Complete with two folding maps in excellent condition and two folding plates. The two maps have had... More