Thames: The Biography
New York: Nan A. Talese, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. Color Illustrated hardcover. No dust jacket. 481 pages. Minimal wear. More
History
The Worcester Association and Its Antecedents: A History of Four Ministerial Associations; the Marlborough, The Worcester (Old), the Lancaster, and the Worcester (New) Associations. With Biographical Notices of the Members
Boston: Nichols and Noyes, 1868. Hardcover. Small octavo. [1], xii, 426 pages, [1]. Illustrated with frontispiece and more steel engraved portraits in text.Brown cloth hardcover with gilt title on the spine. Slight lean to the binding. Edge wear to the cloth extremities. Rear hinge is broken. Front hinge cracked. Contents..... More
The American Quarterly Review Vol. XIV
Also includes Contents of No. XXVIII December 1833. Philadelphia: Carey & Lea, 1833. First Edition. Full calf. Octavo. [3], 560 pages. Brown calf leather binding with red and black leather title labels on spine. Leather is dry and rubbed on spine and board edges. Light scattered foxing to end sheets..... More
Sketches From The History of Napoleon Bonaparte Written For the Young
New York: Carlton & Porter, N.D. Hardcover. 16mo. 126pp., [2]pp advertisements, [1]. Frontispiece illustration. Brown cloth hardcover stamped in blind on covers with gilt title on spine. Pencil inscription from previous owner on right front flyleaf. Light edge wear to cloth extremities. More
England Under the Normans and Angevin Kings: 1075-1225
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xxx, 772 pages, [3]. [4] clean glossy photograph pages. Very good condition in black cloth boards with gilt lettering and seal to spine. Spine creased down the middle from book being left open. Dust jacket in very good condition with some shelf..... More
A Sketch-Book of the American Episcopate, During One Hundred Years. 1783-1883
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott and Co., 1884. Second Edition. Hardcover. Small octavo. [3], 5-368 pages. Blue cloth hardcover with fancy gilt title on the front cover and spine. Light shelf wear to cloth binding. Brown right front flyleaf has a closed edge tear. Armorial book plate of "Parry" on the..... More
History of the Panama Canal Its Construction and Builders
Washington DC: Historical Publishing Company, 1915. First Edition. Hardcover. Tall quarto. xii, pages 5-543 pages. Illustrated. Green cloth covered boards with brown leather corners and spine. Gilt title on the spine. Light rubs and edge wear to the leather. Interior contents are very sturdy and clean. A good copy. More
Fifty Years Ago
A New Edition, Revised. London: Chatto and Windus, 1892. Later printing. Three-quarter leather. 12mo. xv, 244 pages. Frontispiece illustration of the Queen. Illustrated. Three quarter dark leather with blueish marbled paper covered boards. Raised bands and gilt stamped title on spine. Blueish marbled end sheets and edges. Binding slightly shaken..... More
Italy, During the Consulate and Empire of Napoleon Buonaparte.
Translated from the Italian of Carlo Botta, By the Author of "Life of Joanna, Queen of Naples." Two volumes in One. Philadelphia: Towar & Hogan, 1829. Hardcover. 8vo. xv, 392 pages. Original publishers paper covered boards with paper title label on white cloth spine. Part of the paper title label..... More
Collected Papers Armorial, Genealogical, and Historical
Rehoboth, Massachusetts: Privately Printed. Rumford Press, Concord, 1959. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xii, various paginations. Burgundy cloth hardcover with gilt title on the front cover and spine. Illustrated. This book has 10 sections each with different page numbering. A limited edition of 80 copies. This copy is numbered 77. Previous..... More
Classic and Historic Portraits
New York: Redfield, 1854. Later printing. Hardcover. 12mo. [1], viii, 352pp., [12]pp advertisements, [1]. Brown cloth hardcover ruled in blind on covers with gilt title on spine. Edge wear to brown cloth. Light to moderate toning and scattered foxing to contents. Book plate of Jas. A. Gardner, Jr. Augusta, Ga..... More
London: A Social and Cultural History, 1550-1750
Cambridge: Cambridge Press, 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. Hardcover with illustrated dust jacket. xiv, 413 pages, [1]. Illustrated with plates and maps preceding page 1. Light shelf wear to the dust jacket. More
From the Cripple to Khrushchev
New York: Vantage Press, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 139 pages. Red cloth hardcover with title on the spine. Red illustrated dust jacket. Inscribed by the author on the right front flyleaf. Light edge and shelf wear to the dust jacket. More
A History of The Historical Society of Pennsylvania. In two volumes.
Philadelphia: The Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1940. Hardcover. Octavos. Two volumes. xxv, 441 pages; xi, 498 pages. Illustrated with black and white photographed frontispiece. Blue cloth hardcovers with gilt titles and seal to spine. Light shelf wear to the cloth bindings. Ink inscriptions written on the front paste down and..... More
The Book of Scotland
Edinburgh: Robert Buchanan, William Hunter, Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, & Green, 1830. Hardcover. Octavo. Later binding with recent restoration. [3], viii, 502 pages, [3]. Marbled end paper covered boards. Blue leather corners and spine. Covers were detached and scuffed. Leather recently dyed with blue paint. Covers reattached with blue mulberry..... More
The Great Republic: A History of America
New York: Random House, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Small quarto. Hardcover with illustrated dust jacket. 454 pages. Illustrated. Minimal wear. Very good. More
A Journal of Occurrences at the Temple, During the Confinement of Louis XVI, King of France
London: Printed by Baylis, Greville-Street, and Sold by the Author, 1798. Leather bound. Octavo. [2], 256, [2]. Frontispiece engraving of the Temple. One illustrated plate inside the book. Brown calf leather binding with raised bands, gilt decorations, and title on the spine. Front and back covers detached. Text is lightly..... More
Fallen Glory: The Lives and Deaths of the World's Greatest Lost Buildings
New York: Old Street Publishing, 2015. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. Black cloth covered boards with gilt lettered title on spine. Illustrated dust jacket. 566 pages. Illustrated. Illustrated end papers. Minimal wear. Very good. More
Early Railways
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. Glossy color illustrated hardcover. 64 pages. Illustrated. Minimal shelf wear. Very good. More
The Chinese: A General Description of the Empire of China and Its Inhabitants. Two volumes.
The Family Library Nos. 80, 81. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1836. Hardcover. 16mo. Two volumes: Volume I: [1], viii, pages 9-383 pages, [1]. Illustrated with frontispiece folding map and wood cuts in text. Volume II: [1], viii, 440 pages, [2]. Illustrated. Brown cloth hardcovers with gilt titles on the..... More
The Story of The Upper Canadian Rebellion Largely Derived From Original Sources and Documents. 2 volumes.
Toronto: C. Blackett Robinson, 1885. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavos. 2 volumes. Volume I: viii, pages 9-384 pages. Volume 2: viii, 382 pages. Red cloth hardcovers with bright gilt illustrations, black illustrations, designs, and titles on the front boards. Illustrated with frontispiece engravings both volumes, engraved title pages, one engraved portrait..... More
The England and Holland of the Pilgrims
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1905. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xii, 673 pages, [1]. Frontispiece, illustrations. Burgundy cloth hardcover with gilt title on the spine. Shelf wear to the covers. The right front flyleaf, front end sheet, and half title page are loosing from the text block. Previous owner's..... More
Whale Ships and Whaling: A Pictorial History of Whaling During Three Centuries, With an Account of the Whale Fishery in Colonial New England
Salem, MA: Marine Research Society, 1925. Hardcover. Octavo. 446 pages. Illustrated with black and white frontispiece, photographs in the text. Green cloth hardcover with gilt title on the spine. Covers are lightly toned. Illustrated end papers. Front hinge starting to pull. Bookstore book plate on the front paste down. More
The History, Civil and Commercial of the British Colonies in the West Indies. Volume III.
Volume III. only. Philadelphia: Printed and Sold by James Humphreys, At the Corner of Second and Walnut-streets. 1805. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. [1], viii, 9-352 pages. Volume III only of a 4 volume set. Tables I, II, III, IV, VI, and VII located in back. Table V not present (does..... More
The History, Civil and Commercial of the British Colonies in the West Indies. Volume 1.
Philadelphia: Printed and Sold by James Humphreys, At the Corner of Second and Walnut-streets. 1806. Hardcover. Octavo. Volume 1 only of a 4 volume set. [1], xxxviii, [1], 398 pages. Missing the frontispiece engraving of the author. Marbled calf leather binding with red leather title label on the spine. Right..... More