New York, NY: Neale Publishing Company, 1917. First Edition. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 235 pages of text. Orange hardcover binding is sunned/faded on the spine, with minor shelfwear and soiling; protected in archival mylar. Illustrated with a frontisportrait of the author. Previously owned by Ulysses S...... More
New York, NY: W.H. Bidwell, 1864. Early edition. Hardcover. Royal octavo (tall 8vo). xiv, 411 pages of text. Three quarter maroon leather binding (hardcover) with minor to moderate rubbing to corners of boards; six spine compartments with tall raised bands with minor rubbing; marbled paper covered boards. Contains 42 black..... More
Chicago, IL: Hibbard, Spencer, Barlett & Co, 1918. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). Thirteen monthly issues bound in one volume. Each issue has the original color lithographed front cover and rear cover. Each number/issue has approximately 34 pages, and contains articles written by employees about company picnics, our Troops fighting..... More
Firenze, Italy: Appresso Pietro Gaet, 1755. First thus edition. Hardcover. Quarto (4to). Two volume set. Original quarter vellum bindings with green leather spine labels, and marbled paper-covered boards. Vol. I: xxii, 518 pages of text including an index. Vol. II: iv, 641 pages of text including one page containing corrections..... More
Worcester, MA: Printed by Isaiah Thomas, 1788. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). [iv], 389 pages including an index. Hardcover: rebacked in brown buchram with gilt lettering and design with original full leather boards retained. New endpapers; the front endpapers have ink notations from 1980. The title page and a few..... More
Bushy Park: Manuscript, 1780. First Edition. Unbound. One folio page 18-line handwritten document dated July 17, 1773. Signed by: North as Prime Minister; C. Townsend; C.J. Fox, Newcastle; Hardwicke; Thomas Coutts (attorney). It concerns payment to James Lord Forbes. American Revoluton; Revolutionary War; Frederick, Lord North (1732-1792). More
London: J. Stratford, 1805. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). Six volume set published between 1805 and 1809. Half leather binding is moderately worn, with small tears to the top edge of a few volumes, and one volume with minor chipping to the top of the spine. Contains 160 plates, of..... More
London: No publisher listed, 1669. First Edition. Paperback. Octavo (8vo). 31 pages of text followed by [i] blank. Long-stitched pamphlet, with three additional puncture holes from earlier stitching. Title page and last page are slightly soiled, and corners are slightly bent and creased. Several leaves with minor stain in margin..... More
Washington: no publisher, 1803. Unbound. Quarto (4to). One page letter, folded several times, with breaks in the folds, and heavy ink staining. Attractively framed with a small black-and-white portrait of the President. The letter, listed in Vol. 41 of "The Papers of Thomas Jefferson" (PTJ) reads "Washington July 18, 1803;..... 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
New York: Matthew Marks Gallery, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto (4to). 5 mounted color plates, followed by 16 pages of text, followed by black & white illustrations of 33 works, followed by 6 pages describing the works. Original grey hardcover cloth binding in almost new condition. Minor foxing to the..... More
London: Printed by James Cotterel, 1667. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto (4to). Two works bound in one volume. "Poems" [iii], 68 pages of text. Heavily browned and irregularly discolored, with some minor early marginalia, with several corners or small chips repaired. "A Sermon..." [v], 30 pages; Printed for Brabazon Aylmer, London..... 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
Jacksboro, TX: J. N. Rogers, 1889. First Edition. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. viii, [ii], [11]- 319 pages of text. Original mustard brown cloth, with minor scuffing to the spine, and minor discoloration from a personal collection label removed from the bottom of the spine. Ex-libris, with..... More
London: Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, 1869. First Edition. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" to 7¾" tall. [iv], 188 pages of text. Original cloth binding with gilt spine lettering and blind stamped boards. The spine is moderately darkened, the top of the spine is frayed and worn, and there is..... 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 A. Strahan; and T. Cadell in the Strand, 1789. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). Two volume set. First edition. Vol. I: viii, 437 pages of text. Vol. II: [ii], 389 pages of text, [i] blank, followed by [vi] pages of publisher's advertisement. Early full leather bindings with..... More
Paris: De L'Imprimerie Royale, 1749. First Edition. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Two volume set. Vol. I: xii, 342 pages of text. Illustrated by nine folded leaves of plates. Vol. II: [iv], 339 pages of text. Illustrated by six folded leaves of plates. Complete; each volume additionally..... More
Firenze, Italy: Del Turco Editore, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). 217 pages of text followed by [iv], 217 black & white plates. Full green Morocco leather binding by Giulio Giannini of Firenze (Florence) with an inlaid red leather spine label; protected in custom-fitted archival mylar. There is minor shelfwear..... More
New York, NY: Covici Friede Publishers, 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 317 pages of text. Original hardcover binding with moderate browning/sunning to the spine, a few small spots of staining, and minor shelfwear including a tiny tear to the top of the spine and..... More
New York, NY: Presbyterian Hospital, 1947. First Edition. Paperback. Quarto (4to). [12] page publication, plus the inside of the wrappers contain text. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs by Victor Keppler. This staple-bound paperback binding is in excellent condition, except for minimal soiling to the rear cover, one tiny spot of minor..... More
Washington: A. O. P. Nicholson, Printer, 1856. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto (4to). xx, 420 pages of text. Original brown cloth binding is quite worn, with half of the spine detached (but present) and chips missing, and the front board detached. Small label at the bottom of the spine. Theological seminary..... More
London: Frederick Etchells & Hugh MacDonald, 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto (4to). Original orange and white cloth binding with a slightly darkened spine, and minor rubbing, soiling, a touch of sunning to the extremities, and a few small spots of discoloration to the rear board. Minor separation of text block..... More
London: Printed for T. Payne, 1770. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). [viii], 257 pages of text. New quarter leather binding with green leather spine and maroon gilt-lettered spine label and marbled paper-covered boards (by Scott Kellar - Chicago). Title page was washed and light bleached, and the final page was..... More