London: Printed for John Murray, 1814. Early edition. Hardcover. Quarto (4to). Three quarter leather bindings, rebacked with calf and new red leather spine labels. The original boards are somewhat worn and rubbed. There is minor foxing scattered here and there, with some soiling, and a few page edges have dark..... More
Amstelodami: Ex officina Elzeviriana, 1658. Early edition. Hardcover. 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall. [xii], 573 pages of text. Original or very early full leather binding with primitive blind ruling and leather spine label with gilt ruling; front hinge repaired with compatible Japanese tissue. Measures 13.5 cm (5.25 inches)..... 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
Nashville, TN: Sunday School Publishing Board, 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto (4to). 52 pages of text. Maroon hardcover binding with a color illustration affixed to the front cover; protected in custom stiff archival mylar. The binding is heavily rubbed and soiled, with minor staining and/or discoloration, and chipping and fraying..... More
Hof: Johann Christian Martini, 1729. First Edition. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. xiv, 157 pages, [i] errata. Attractively rebound in full leather, with minimal shelfwear. Illustrated with a copperplate frontis. Small "L" with a circle around it stamped on the title page. Minor staining to pages 27-34..... More
Amsterdam, Netherlands: Coloniae, Prostant apud I. a Meurs Amstelodami, 1655. Early edition. Hardcover. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. [viii], 683 pages of text, follwed by [xxiv] pages of index. Original full vellum binding, with ordinary soiling and shelfwear. A few pages (near page 500) are misbound. Engraved title..... 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
New York: Ray Long & Richard R. Smith, Inc, 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). xx, 235 pages of text. Hardcover binding with minor sunning to spine extremities, and minor darkening along other edges. Unclipped dustjacket with moderate browing to spine, and several chips to extremites, and a few small..... More
London: Not published, 1760. Unbound. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Two page handwritten document, signed by King George the II (1683- 1760) and three Commissioners of the Treasury: Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle (First Lord) (1693-1768); Hon. Henry Bilson Legge (Chancellor of the Exchequer) (1708-1764); James Oswald..... More
Venetia, Italy: Plinio Pietrasanta, 1557. First Italian edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). [8], 125, [1], [8] pages; 20.7cm; 19th century marbled maroon vellum covered boards with minor shelfwear and slight cracking of hinges. Woodcut head- and tail-pieces, as well as woodcut initials. all original blankleaves before title page and after colophon..... More
London: Printed for William Gilbertson, at the signe of the Bible without Newgate in Gilt spur Street, 1653. Fourth edition. Hardcover. 24mo - over 5 - 5¾" tall. [xiv], 190 pages. Lacks an added engraved title page, and with 23 of 24 pasted-in copperplate cuts. Rebound in quarter leather with..... More
Philadelphia, PA: Printed by Eleazer Oswald, at the Coffee-House, 1786. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). Earliest American translation of Horace. xli, [i] blank, [1]-149 pages of text (Odes), [i] blank, 150-175 (Epodes), [i] blank, [177]-190 (Carmen Seculare), [191]-319 (includes Translations from the Greek and Latin including Odes of Anacreon, Elegies..... More
Bloomington, IN: MobiProducts, 1953. First Edition. Unbound. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. One double-sided sheet, with a hand-colored illustration of a mobile, with a note handwritten and signed below the descriptive text and the order stub to detach and mail in. Postmarked August 13, 1953 and addressed to..... More
no place of publication listed: No publisher listed, 1950. First Edition. Unbound. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Black-and-white photograph measuring 7.25 by 7.25 inches, showing Norman Rockwell at work as an illustrator. Signed and inscribed by the artist simply "sincerely, Norman Rockwell." There are a few minor creases..... More
London: Roper, Titon, Starkey, Baffet, 1675. Hardcover. English law; 509 pages [53 ]ages. 'Le Table' i.e. index; 32.5cm; full modern blind stamped leather binding; frontispiece portrait of author, barrister of Inner Temple 1618, judge of king's bench 1645, chief justice 1648; commissionerof exchequer 1954; works published posthumously; title page and..... More
London: Richard Bentley, 1833. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). xviii, 420 pages of text. Leather spine and corners with marbled paper-covered boards. The spine and top edge is slightly sunned/faded/browned and the hinges are slightly worn. Minor foxing on the first and final few pages, and very light scattered foxing..... More
Albany, NY: Printed by Packard & Van Benthuysen, 1814. Early reprint edition. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 146 pages of text followed by [vi] pages of subscriber's names. Illustrated with two plates titled "The Execution of Ten of Miranda's Officers" and "The Schooner Three Friends picking up..... More
Paris, France: Bohaire, 1833. Second edition. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Two volumes bound in one. Both half titles present. Vol I: [iv], iii, [i] blank, 232 pages including a table. Vol II: [iv] 330 pages including a table. Starting at the beginning, about three-quarters (75%) of..... More
Albany, NY: J. Munsell, 1864. First thus edition. Hardcover. Small quarto (4to). Two volume set. Vol. I: xxxii, 500 pages of text. Vol. II: viii, 630 pages of text including an index. This is one of only 50 large paper copies printed. Bound is contemporary (old) half leather with raised..... 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
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
New York: Kurt H. Volk, Inc., 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. A collection of 27 typographic designs. Contains each letter of the alphabet. Additionally, the title page contains an illustration of the letters K, H and V combined. There is an extra illustration of..... More
Fairfax, VA: Not published, 1760. First Edition. Unbound. Folio. A large document, measuring over 34 inches long and almost 15 inches wide, which transfers land from the Darrell family to George Washington for the price of 150 pounds of current money of Virginia. This land added to the Mt. Vernon..... More
Leipsic: Wilhelm Engelmann, 1897. First Edition. Hardcover. Folio. Large portfolio with moderate shelfwear and rubbing to the extremities, and moderate browing to the extremities. Two of the three string-ties are intact, as is the printed paper label. Contains [viii], 16 pages of text followed by 9 vivid chromolithographed color plates..... More