Woodcuts; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 763 pages; 1797 Joh. Andr. Endter, Nurnberg. Period full pigskin over wooden boards. Front matter missing up to the title page. Title page printed in red and black. Title page and first several leaves with heavy toning and stains bottom third of the page and with shallow chipping and loss along those edges. Text block a little convex and starting from the boards with page block surface rubbed at front. Prior ownership at rear dated 1826. Straps and clasps lacking. Illustrated with woodcuts. Binding sound; text block complete. Good only View More...
12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 765 pages; 1858 American Bible Society. Full leather 12mo soundly bound in polished calf with decorative borders in blind to sides and gilt title directly to spine. Family Records of Martin Miller (son of Jacob abd Christianna Miller) and Anna Smith, 1826 - 1875, with births and deaths of their children. Mild shelf rubbing to leather at extremities and expected mild toning to page stock. VG View More...
12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 410 pages; Two volumes in 1. Soundly bound in full calf with red morocco title label to spine. 286; 124 pp. "Psalms" with separate title page dated 1845 by Peck alone. Soundly bound and generally neat. A short split in the leather along the front joint at the bottom. Prior ownership of the Hope Church of Mt. Hope penned to front pastedown. Moderate foxing throughout. VG- View More...
8vo 8" - 9" tall; 173 pages; 7th edition. Period calf leather. Rear board detached; upper board tenuously attached by cords. Boards chipped at corner and spine ends; some shallow chipping from leather along the rear joint. Decorative monogram in manuscript to front pastedown. Half-title and frontis present but front blanks lacking. Damp staining to top margins of the page stock. Binding or restoration copy. Fair only thus View More...
4to 11" - 13" tall; 177 pages; Tightly bound in full blue leather with elaborate decorative and title design stamped brightly in gilt. All edges gilt. Hubbed spine and silk moire endpages. Lovely copy. Feels and appears unread and entirely as new. Unused Easton Press bookplate laid in at front. Fine. ... Oversize book may require additional charges for expedited or international shipping. View More...
Color Plates ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 2002 Easton Press. Essentially new, still sealed in publisher's shrinkwrap. Bound in full leather with decorative borders and panels in gilt and color to cover and spine. All edges gilt; silk moire endleaves, hubbed spines and silk bookmarks sewn in. Illustrated by Edward J. Detmold. Still sealed in publisher's shrinkwrap. View More...
B&W Illustrations; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 218 pages; Oversize volume. This seventh volume of the annual has been rebound in full modern morocco leather with gilt tooled morocco labels to spine. Contents bright and clean. Illustrated with b&w photos. VG+ thus in a Fine binding ... Oversize book may require additional charges for expedited or international shipping. View More...
Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 2426 pages; 4 volumes, complete. Snugly bound and very attractive in period full calf with red and black morocco title labels to spines. All edges marbled. Moderate foxing to front and rear endpages of each volume. Contents generally bright and neat with just light exoected toning to paper stock. Mild shelf rubbing to leather at board edges. Handsome set with excellent shelf presence. VG+ thus ... Oversize book may require additional charges for expedited or international shipping. View More...
Oversize book may require additional charges for expedited or international shipping. ; 54 Engraved plates; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 690 pages; Large 8vo soundly bound in full speckled calf with black leather title label. 4th edition (12th thousand). Illustrated with over 50 engraved plates. Light surface scuffing to leather boards; mild spidering/cracking to leather at spine. Light foxing to endpages and mild scattered spotting to page block. Lacking front endpage. Otherwise solid and neat. VG- to VG ... Oversize book may require additional charges for expedited or international ship... View More...
Color Plates ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 2002 Easton Press. Essentially new, still sealed in publisher's shrinkwrap. Bound in full leather with decorative borders and panels in gilt and color to cover and spine. All edges gilt; silk moire endleaves, hubbed spines and silk bookmarks sewn in. Illustrated by Kay Nielsen. Still sealed in publisher's shrinkwrap. View More...
12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 216 pages; Bound in full speckled calf with red morocco title label at spine boldly and clearly tooled in gilt. Page block edges marbled; board edges rolled with a gilt pattern. Prior owner signatures to front and rear pastedowns and top edge of title page. Expected light foxing and toning scattered through text. Attractive copy of Anthon's widely read and often reprinted reference on Latin writing and poetry; quite uncommon in the 1st edition. VG+ View More...
8vo 8" - 9" tall; 1372 pages; 1733 Moller. Very stout octavo bound in sturdy (pigskin? ) leather over wooden boards with remanants of brass catches and clasps anchored with brass brads. Leather sides with decorative designs in blind. Later reinforcements with heavy leather straps across the top and bottom of the spine anchored with short iron and brass brads and collars. Binding is sound but there is a pronounced concavity to the page block with the middle portion of the book starting significantly at the front edge and the leather spine indented over the gapping back of the spine. Front and ... View More...
8vo 8" - 9" tall; 314 pages; 1810 William P. Farrand & Co, Philadelphia. 250; 64 pp Full period leather with red leather title label to spine. Leather splitting in the joints; front board only tenuously attached by cords. Surface abrasion to the leather where a strip of tape had been placed to reinforce the connection. Leather scuffed and rubbed extremities and surfaces. Several prior owner, period jurists and barrister names (Reading and Philadelphia PA) penned at front, including J Bouvier, Morgan Ash, W P A. Shelley [? ]. Several period clippings from law journals and case records clipped ... View More...
Woodcut plates; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 216 pages; In period calf with red morocco title label to spine. Light splitting to leather of the front joint but holding and sound. Light to moderate dulling of extra gilt at spine. Illustrated with engraved frontis and 8 woodcut plates. VG- View More...
8vo 8" - 9" tall; 587 pages; Bound in full leather, but with both boards detached. Leather at spine browned and chipping. Front endpage toned and brittle along the edges. 2nd free endpage very handsomely adorned withy a large, geometric manuscript bookplate, of Abraham Keyser at Germantown, dated 1846. First several free endpages loose. Text block sound - with light to moderate foxing. Candidate for rebacking; notable for the fine handrendered bookplate. G+ View More...
12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 184 pages; Bound in full polished calf with chained floral motif ruling to board edges, Soundly bound and clean. Leather at spine a bit sunned and fading with mild surface rub and scuffing. Prior owner name in manuscript to 2nd front endpage. Contents bright and clean. VG copy View More...
8vo 8" - 9" tall; 474 pages; 1791 G. G. J. And J. Robinson, London. Volume I only (of 7). Soundly bound in original treed calf with red and black leather title labels to spine. Prior ownership penned top edge of several of the first few leaves. Joints tender with partial and incipient splitting to leather. Front free endpage (and half-title) lacking. Mild damp staining to corner of first and last 35 or so pages. Shallow chipping from leather at base of spine; corners lightly bruised and light shelf rubbing to extremities. G+ View More...
8vo 8" - 9" tall; 490 pages; 1791 G. G. J. And J. Robinson, London. Volume V only (of 7). Soundly bound in original treed calf with red and black leather title labels to spine. Prior ownership penned top edge of several of the first few leaves. Shallow chipping from leather at base of spine; corners lightly bruised and light shelf rubbing to extremities. Superficial toning to fist and last few leaves. VG- to VG View More...
Steel Plate engravings; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 3 volumes, complete. Soundly bound in matching publisher's deluxe trade binding of full red pebbled calfleather with highly decorative borders and vignettes tooled in gilt to boards and decorative title desing sna flourishes gilt tooled to spines. [7], 698; 720; 726 pp. Some light to moderate scuffing and rubbing to leather at board edges; Vol I has a small piece of leather chipped from the crown and Vol III has shallow loss from leather at the tail of the spine. Tissue guarded steel engraved plates throughout, over 80 in total and including... View More...
8vo 8" - 9" tall; 319 pages; 1812 Edward Parker, Philadelphia. Volume I only (of two). Full leather binding; both boards detached but present. Chipping and loss to top inch or two of leather at spine. Title label chipped and dulled. Geavy damp stains to endpages and last 10 or so leaves. A spill on the worktable perhaps has left a dmap line in the top spine corner of the first 40 or so leaves. General toning to page stock. Text block sound and complete. Fair only View More...
