Philadelphia: Henry Altemus, n.d. Hardcover. Folio. Unpaginated. Gray illustrated cloth hardcover with title on the front cover and the spine. Light edge wear to the cloth extremities. Illustrated with one hundred illustrations with blank versos. Description (Letter-Press) faces each illustration. Some light soiling to a few of the blank versos..... More
New York: Harper and Brothers, n.d. Revised Edition. Hardcover. 12mo. [1], 382 pages, [2]. Illustrated. Brown cloth hardcover with gilt illustration and title on the front cover and spine. Cloth is chipped on the spine, board edges and joints. Light to moderate toning and scattered foxing to the contents. 1853..... More
[Virginia]: n/a, n.d. Photograph Album. Picture Album. Approx. 11" x 8.5". Felt covered boards with loose and partial metal closing clasp and a mirror inside a heart shaped metal frame. Mirror is cracked. Contents include 21 photographs of various types, people, and places. A few adults in the pictures but..... More
[Virginia]: n/a, n.d. Photograph Album. Picture Album. Approx. 11" x 8.5". Decorative felt covered boards with metal closing clasp, metal corners, mirror inside a metal frame, and a metal bar on the back cover. Mirror is cracked. Binding a little loose but intact with no loose sheets. Contents include 20..... More
Texas, Virginia: n/a, 1890's-1930's. Scrapbook. Scrapbook. Approx. 12" x 10". Decorated and illustrated cloth covers. "Mark Twain's Adhesive Scrap Book..." paper label on the front paste down. The front cover is detached. The back cover is near detached. The spine is faded, torn and chipped. The cloth covers are frayed..... More
London: Printed by Bayliss, 1798. Leather bound. Octavo. [3], 255 pages, [1] page "Reference to the Plans facing Page 99", [1] page blank, [1] page "Note...", [1] page facsimile of the original French manuscript. Illustrated with frontispiece of the tower and one plate in text (page 99). Dark brown leather..... More
London: Printed for Thomas Bassett, at the George in Fleet-Street, and Benj. Tooke. 1694. Second Edition. Hardcover. Folio. 507 pages, [1] page of "A Catalogue of Some Books Printed for Benj. Tooke, [2] pages "A Table of Texts of Scripture", [2] pages "The Table of Authors Who Re Cited in..... More
Containing An Account of the Lives, Characters, and Writings of the Most Eminent Persons Deceased in North America, From Its First Settlement. Boston: John P. Jewett and Company, 1867. Third Edition. Hardcover. Quarto. [3], x, 905 pages, [2]. Brown calf leather binding with red leather title label on the spine..... More
A Unique History Communicated by Robin Goodfellow, Fairy Historian. Philadelphia: Gebbie & Co., 1893. Antiquarian Edition. Hardcover. Tall quarto. x, 479 pages. Cloth covered boards with leather corners. Spine is missing. Boards are detached. Damp-staining to the first 36 pages bottom edges. Illustrated with 15 'photogravures' and 18 colored illustrations..... More
New Haven CT: Bethany Trading Company, 1989-1992. Catalog. Oblong glossy, color pictorial catalogs. Misc. numbers. Number 3 1989 15 pages. Number 4 1990 16 pages. Number 6 1992 20 pages. Light wear and and a couple of small creases to the 3 catalogs. Catalogs present dozens of various meteorites specimens..... More
New York: Laura B. Starr, 1883-1885. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo's Two volumes. Vol. I. January 1884 - December 1885: 290 pages. Vol. II January 1885- December 1884: 326 pages. Paper covered boards with dried, cracked leather covered spines and corners. Covers are worn and rubbed. Front cover volume 1 is..... More
New York: Redfield, 1853. First Edition. Hardcover. 12mo. 2 volumes: 348 pages; 360 pages, [12] pages of advertisements. Frontispiece engraving of the author. Covers are ruled in blind with gilt titles on the spines. Cloth is lightly chipped head and base of the spines and lightly worn on the extremities..... More
New York: Published by Nafis and Cornish, 1846. Hardcover. 12mo. viii, 300 pages. Illustrated with engravings. Red leather covered boards with gilt illustration on the front cover and gilt title and designs on the spine. Leather is worn on the boards and spine. Small tear to the leather head of..... More
Boston: John P. Jewett & Co., 1856. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. viii, 473 pages. Brown cloth hardcover with blind stamped decorations on the covers and gilt title on the spine. Shelf wear and a couple of stains to the brown cloth. Slight lean to the binding. Light to moderate toning..... More
New York: Augustus K. White, 1830. Leather bound. Octavo. [2], 456 pages. Two frontispieces: Martin Van Buren and the illustrated half title page. 4 illustrations in text. Brown sheepskin leather binding with gilt decorations and title on spine. Leather is dry and cracked on the spine and rubbed on the..... More
4 volumes. New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavos. 4 volumes: xxxi, 660 pages; xii, 655 pages; xiii, 673 pages; xii, 515 pages. Illustrated. Blue-gray cloth hardcovers with gilt titles on spines. No dust jackets. Yellow top edges. Occasional light foxing to front end sheets and..... More
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1847. Fifth edition. Hardcover. 12mo. [3], xvi, 389 pages, [1] page blank, xv-xxiv "(Revised Edition) Publisher's Advertisement.", [8] pages of publisher advertisements, [2]. Frontispiece map/plan present. Brown cloth hardcover with gilt illustrated ship on the front cover. Gilt title on the spine. Slight lean to..... More
New York: A. S. Barnes & Co., 1854. Sixth American, From the Fifth London edition, Considerably enlarged. Hardcover. Octavo. [1], 324 pages, [12] pages of advertisements, [2]. Dark brown cloth hardcover with gilt lettered title on the spine. Illustrated with folding frontispiece, 12 plates (some folding), and figures in text..... More
with "The Life of the Author" by Patrick Murdoch. New York: Harper and Brothers, n.d. Later printing. Leather bound. Octavo. [2], xlviii, 320 pages. Illustrated. Black leather hardcover with gilt borders, gilt ornate designs on the covers and spine, and dentelle borders on the inner edges of the boards. Gilt..... More
Inscribed by John P. Jackson. London: Carl Rosa Opera Company, 1876. Soft cover. 12mo. xxii, 48 pages, [6] pages of advertisements. Illustrated with a frontispiece sketch (tissue covering is loose). Green cloth flexible covers with gilt title and design on the front. Some shelf wear to the front cover and..... More
Chicago: Belford, Clarke & Co., 1880. Hardcover. 12mo. 243 pages. Illustrated with frontispiece and 4 illustrations on text. Green cloth hardcover with black decorations and gilt title border on the front cover. Title on the spine. Title on spine has been enhanced with white pen. Toning to the end sheets..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1881. Hardcover. 16mo. iv, 402 pages, [8] pages [blank] for index use purposes. Blue cloth hardcover with nice gilt illustration and title on the front cover and spine. Illustrated with a frontispiece and tissue protected illustrations. A few birthdays written inside. Most of the pages for recording..... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. 12mo. 347 pages. Color frontispiece. Light blue cloth hardcover with title on the front cover and spine. Dust jacket present but in poor condition with several chips and taped repairs. Foxing to the half title page. Toning to the end sheets and..... More
London: Greening & Co. LTD, 1909. Hardcover. 12mo. 320 pages. Blue cloth hardcover with gilt stamped title and hawk illustration on the front cover. Gilt title on the spine. Toning to the end sheets and to the foredge. More
Atlanta: Peachtree Publishers, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Oblong folio. 152 pages. Illustrated in color. Hardcover with color pictorial dust jacket in very good condition. Foreword by Franklin Garrett. Writers include Elizabeth P. Stanfielf; William Robert Mitchell, Jr.; Elizabeth M. Dowling; and Robert M. Graig. Light wear to the dust jacket..... More
