New York: Simon & Schuster, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. Folio. [xvi] pages of text, followed by 126 black & white gravures, intersperesed with a few pages of text, and followed by [ix] pages of text. The boards of the original hardcover binding with colorful design by Matisse are relatively clean..... More
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1941. First Edition. Paperback. Octavo (8vo). viii, 179 pages of text including an index. Original orange paper printed wrappers with minimal shelfwear and a crease to the rear cover. Previous owner stamp neatly on the margin of the front cover and the margin of the title..... More
Washington, DC: Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1924. First Edition. Paperback. Quarto (4to). 151 pages of text including a bibliography and an index. Original paperback binding with minor shelfwear. Protected in a linen clamshell box with a leather spine label. Contains 24 black-and-white plates and 98 in-text figures. Publication No 339..... More
London: Printed by Harrison and Sons, and Published by Trubner & Co., 1888. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto (4to). xvi, 494 pages of index including an index of places, an index of persons, and an index of ships named in the report. Original full cloth binding with minor shelfwear and rubbing..... More
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1809. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto (4to). 134 pages of text. Modern (ca. 1950) hardcover binding is browned on the spine, with a tear to the top of the spine, minor bumping, soiling, etc. Errata/explanation slip bound at the half-title. The text has minor foxing..... More
Amherst, MA: J.S. & C. Adams; J.H. Butler, 1841. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto (4to). 831 pages of text including an index. Two volume set. Rebacked with original boards reattached. Complete with 52 plates, including a large hand-colored fold-out map, other maps, and numerous lithographed plates, including several fold-out. Manuscript presentation..... More
Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). x, 105 pages of text. Limited edition of 1050 copies, signed and inscribed "Joy! [signed] Maya Angelou" on a special limitation page by the author. Complete with Easton Press Certificate of Authenticity and separate card titled "A Note..." also printed..... More
Philadelphia: Rice, Rutter & Co., 1865. Early edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). Volumes I & II of a 3 volume set only. In publisher's full leather deluxe royal octavo binding with raised bands, blind-tooled covers, and all edges gilt; minor shelfwear. Illustrated with hand-colored plates of which Howes says they are..... More
London: Henry G. Bohn, 1850. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto (4to). 207 pages of text including an index. Original cloth boards are slightly worn and rubbed, with minor bumping to the corners; rebacked in cloth with modern spine lettering in gilt. New endpapers. Complete; illustrated with a frontispiece, and 74 engraved..... More
London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1843. Second edition. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. xx, 624 pages of text including a glossary and an index. Original cloth binding with minor sunning to the spine and minor rubbing to the extremities. Illustrated with a frontispiece, title vignette, and..... More
London: John Murray, 1832. Second edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). Three volume set. Contemporary quarter leather bindings with moderate shelfwear and rubbing, and minor chipping to the leather spine labels. Some scuffing to the boards. Complete with 11 plates, including 3 frontispieces 2 of which are hand-colored, 4 plates, and 4..... More
New York, NY: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). [vi], 251 pages of text including a bibliography. Hardcover binding in almost new condition, with minimal shelfwear. Small ex-libris stamp on the title page with no additional markings. The text is clean and unmarked. Outstanding Dissertations in Linguistics;..... More
London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1840. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). xxiii, [i] blank, 270 pages of text. Original embossed cloth binding with moderate darkening and rubbing. Inconspicuously rebacked, with new endpapers added. Pages 33-72 are annotated and underlined in pencil. First edition. More
Lille, France: Imprimerie Liegeois-Six, 1896. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). [iv], 346 pages of text, followed by [i] page of errata. Quarter leather binding with rubbing to spine; marbled paper-covered boards are worn at the corners. Illustrated with a frontisportrait of Prevost, another plate of portraits, and 57 in-text figures..... More
London: Houlston and Stoneman, 1847. First Edition. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 88 pages of text. Contemporary cloth binding with minor soiling and shelfwear. Complete with the black-and-white fold-out map titled "Geological Map of England and Wales" drawn and engraved by J. Lion. The endpapers are soiled..... More
London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1828. 3rd Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). xxiv, 540 pages of text including an index, followed by [i] page publisher's announcement of another work by Bakewell. The announcement page and final blank leaf are stained. Quarter leather binding with raised bands over marbled boards..... More
Edinburgh and London: Printed for William Blackwood, Edinburgh; and T. Cadell, Strand, London, 1822. 4th Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). xxiv, 454 pages of text. Full calf binding is rubbed, with moderate shelfwear; rebacked in calf with original spine laid down. Complete with a frontisportrait and four plates, all of which..... More
London: Published by T. Kinnersley, Acton Place, Kingsland Road, 1816. Early edition. Hardcover. Quarto (4to). [viii], 716 pages of text. Illustrated with eight plates; incomplete, lacking the frontispiece and illustrated title page, as well as 8 plates. Several pages have tears, creases, and/or soiling. Rebound in ordinary black cloth. A...... More
London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co., Lim. 1896. First Edition. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 184 pages of text including a bibliography and an index. Original hardcover binding is moderately darkened, rubbed and worn, with several small bumps. The textblock is shaken, but all pages are attached, and..... More
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1876. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). xxiv, 467 pages of text, followed by [xii] pages of publisher's advertisement. Green cloth binding rebacked, with the original spine laid down, and well-matched reinforcement under the corners; new endpapers. Illustrated with one color plate and over 50..... More
London: Henry G. Bohn, 1847. First Edition. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. xvi, 17-430 pages of text including an index and publisher's advertisement. Original green cloth binding with moderate rubbing, and rear inner hinge beginning to loosen. Contains a fold-out hand-colored map, folding table, 19 plates and..... More
London: Printed for W.J. and J. Richardson; Otridge and Son; R. Faulder; Cuthell and Martin et al, 1896. Early edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). Two volume set. Contemporary bindings with leather spines and corners and marbled paper-covered boards. The corners are bumped, with moderate rubbing and scuffing. Complete with 7 copper..... More
New York, NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1914. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). xiv, 180 pages of text. Original blue hardcover cloth binding with moderate darkening and shelfwear. Signed and inscribed on a front endpaper by the artist "To the Severns from their friend + accomplice [signed] H.W. Ranger." There..... More
Londini [London]: Thomas Roycroft, 1669. First Edition. Hardcover. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. [xxxii] pages of preliminary text, followed by 4008 columns. Title page printed in red and black. Illustrated with an engraved frontisportrait by William Faithorne. The first 44 columns have two columns to the page; the..... More
Londini [London]: Ex Prelo Joannis Nichols, Typis Jacksonianis, 1786. First Edition. Hardcover. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. [ii], x, [ii], xxxii, [264], 89, [i] blank. Complete with half-title and 3-leaf subscribers' list, and one leaf containing a full-page engraving. Contains facsimile text in Alexandrian Greek type cut by..... More