New York, NY: Grove Press, 1992. Reprint edition. Paperback. Octavo (8vo). xxx, 313 pages of text including an index. Paperback (softcover) binding in almost new condition, except for minor sunning to the spine and a minor paperclip crease to some pages; protected in archival mylar. Signed and dated by the..... More
San Francisco, CA: City Lights Books, 1992. Reprint edition. Paperback. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 57 pages of text, [i] blank, followed by [v] pages containing a list of works, written and recorded, by Ginsberg. Paperback (softcover) binding in almost new condition, protected in archival mylar. Signed and..... More
London: Henry G. Bohn, 1846. First Edition. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 157 pages of text including an index, followed by [i] page containing a publication list of works by the author. Original cloth binding with moderate shelfwear. Minor foxing and a few small spots of soiling..... More
Chicago, IL: George R. Swiderski, 2015. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). xviii, 485 pages of text. Hardcover binding in new condition. Unclipped dustjacket in new condition. Illustrated with 62 pages of photographs, most of which are in color. The text is clean and unmarked. First edition, first printing. More
Oxonii [Oxford]: E Theatro Sheldoniano, Prostant apud Hen. Clements Bibliopolam Oxoniensem, 1685. First Edition. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. [20],187 pages of text. Lacks the frontispiece. Full original leather binding with gilt decoration on the boards, with hinges professionally mended and modern leather spine labels. Previous owner's..... More
London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longman, 1833. 4th Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). xxxvi, 589 pages of text, followed by [i] page of errata. Includes an errata and addenda slip bound in prior to page 1. Leather spine and corners, with marbled paper-covered boards with minor wear. Binder identified..... More
London: Lupton Relfe, 1822. First Edition. Hardcover. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. xiv, [ii], 327 pages of text, followed by [i] page of publisher's advertisement. Circa 1870 binding of green half morocco and pebbled cloth-covered boards; hinges and top corner of the front board professionally mended. All closed..... More
London: Printed for J. Johnson, St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1795. 3rd Edition. Hardcover. Quarto (4to). Part I: 3rd edition, printed 1795; xx, 200 pages of text. Part II: 4th edition, printed 1794; viii, 218 pages, followed by Additional Notes with 124 pages. Leather spine and corners with marbled paper-covered boards; hinges..... 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
London: Printed for C. Corbet over-against St. Dunstan's Church, 1750. Second edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). 61, [i] blank, 32 pages of text. Original full leather binding with some wear; hinges professionally mended. The title page is moderately browned, and the final page of text is foxed. The paste-down endsheets are..... More
Edinburgh and London: Printed for William Blackwood, John Murray, and Robert Baldwin, 1813. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). 265 pages of text. Full original calf binding with one corner bumped and moderate shelfwear; hinges and spine extremities professionally mended. Ex-libris of Society of Writers to the Signet gilt stamped on..... More
London: Printed for T. Osborn, C. Hitch and L. Hawes, J. Whiston et al, 1759. Seventh edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). Two volume set. Vol. I: lii, 419 pages of text followed by [i] page of publisher's advertisement. Vol. II: [xvi], 532 pages of text. Original leather bindings with unusual hand-patterned..... 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
London: Printed for T. Payne, at the Mews-Gate, 1775. Second edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). [iii]-xvi, 198 pages of text followed by [i] page of combined errata/advertisement. Leather spine and corners with marbled paper-covered boards with moderate rubbing and shelfwear; protected in archival mylar. The first and final few pages have..... More
Philadelphia, PA: Mathew Carey, 1792. Early edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). 276 pages of text. Original full calf binding with a small chip to the bottom of the spine and moderate shelfwear; protected in archival mylar. The first and final few pages are lightly damp stained, and are browned in the..... More
Newburyport: Edmund M. Blunt, 1808. First American edition. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 366 pages of text. Original full calf binding with moderate to heavy shelfwear and discoloration, remaining intact and attractive. The title page has parts of the title handwritten in an old hand, and it..... More
Boston, MA: Benjamin B. Mussey & Co., 1851. First Edition. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 266 pages of text followed by 6 pages of publisher's advertisement. Original embossed and gilt decorated and lettered binding with minor to moderate shelfwear and rubbing; uncommon in red cloth. Protected in..... More
Albany, NY: J. Munsell, 1859. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). 91 pages of text. Original pebbled cloth spine with minor darkening to spine and minor shelfwear; protected in archival mylar. There is a tiny stain to the top corner of the first two pages, and the title page has a...... More
New York, NY: Grosset and Dunlap, 1925. Reprint edition. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 448 pages of text, followed by [ii] pages of publisher's advertisement. The date of publication is not stated, but is estimated to be circa 1925. Green cloth binding with white and black lettering..... More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1936. First trade edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). xii, 684 pages of text. Number 195 of 751 copies signed by W. Somerset Maugham and the illustrator Randolph Schwabe on the limitation page. Tan cloth binding with moderate shelfwear and bumping, moderate darkening to the..... More
![A SEA MONSTER. [Sea Moss Samples] Collected on the Shores of Long Island Sound. Mrs. M. L. Fondey](/pictures/thumb/019656_1.jpg?v=1604785045)
Long Island, NY: unpublished, 1864. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto (4to). A collection of 41 pages of mounted pressed sea mosses. Bound in a maroon hardcover gilt-stamped cloth binding, which has been rebacked in plain maroon cloth. Minor discoloration on the boards along the spine due to tape removal prior to..... More
no place of publication listed: No publisher listed, 1931. First Edition. Unbound. 48mo - over 3 - 4" tall. Bookplate expertly removed from book. Thought to be the bookplate of accounting expert Arthur Edward Andersen (1885-1847) but could be the bookplate of his son. Beautifully printed in 1931 with artist..... More
Philadelphia: H. S. Tanner, 1832. First Edition. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. xii, 341 pages of text, [i] blank, followed by 10 pages of publisher's advertisement. Original publisher's cloth-covered boards rebacked with well-matched cloth, and the original printed paper label reproduced in near facsimile. A few pages..... More
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1891. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). Incomplete: Lacks two plates. xiii, [i] blank, 404 pages of text including a bibliography and an index. Recent quarter leather binding with marbled paper-covered boards. Front cover cloth bound in as the front endpaper. Lacks the half-title page, frontispiece..... More
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1870. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). xxiv, 319 pages of text. First state binding: Original beveled black cloth binding with red decorations and gilt lettering. The boards are worn and rubbed, with some restoration attempt including imperfect recoloring to the spine and affecting the inner..... More