8vo 8" - 9" tall; 552 pages; Volumes XI & XII of the 13 volume issue of Edgeworth's Works. Complete thus as a two volume set of Edgeworth works grouped as" Early Lessons." Contains complete texts thus of: Address to Mothers; Little Dog Trusty; The Orange Man; Cherry Orchard; Harry and Lucy; Rosamond & Frank (Parts I - IV) ; Preface to Parents; Sequel to Frank. Soundly bound in period speckled calf with 2 of 4 leather title labels to spines. Marbled paper endpages and marbled page block edges. Leather rubbed at board edges with some moderate skinning and scuffing at edges. Leat... View More...
8vo 8" - 9" tall; 185 pages; Handsomely bound in 3/4 grained morocco and paper covered boards. Gilt title lettering tooled to spine. Binding snug and contents neat. Some light toning to the page block edges adjacent to the morocco leather corners and spine. Hubbed bands and gilt rules across spine. Nice copy given professional binding/treatment by a prior owner. VG++ View More...
Engravings; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 840 pages; In publisher's embossed leather with decorative title lettering in gilt. Solid copy; no marks. A few mild spots of rub and a tiny tear to the leather at the edges. Endpages complete and sound. Page stock with expected mild toning; foxing to steel plate frontis. Image/plate facing page 42 has been repaired and reinserted. VG copy. ... Oversize book may require additional charges for expedited or international shipping. View More...
Good. No dust jacket as issued. ; 95 p. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 95 pages; 1/4 leather and paper covered boards. Slim volume in leather spine and paper over boards. Concordance printed three columns to a page. Leather spine surface rubbed and lightly chipped at ends with a crack starting rear outer hinge from tail of spine. Front board detached. Pencil ownership on front free endpage. Years of birth and death for Brown are penned in the margin on the title page. Presumably a leaf was laid in for pressing on the rear endsheet; the tannins over time have left a scorch mark to the paper stock... View More...
8vo 8" - 9" tall; 527 pages; Parts II & III only (of 3) , bound together in one volume. [4] bl, [16], 131; [32], 345, [3], [2] bl pp. In period full leather, aged and crazed to surfaces. Front board detached; binding broken cleanly mid-book between F8 and G1 in Part II. Part II with seaparate title page, contents and register and with separate pagination. Manuscript to front pastedown - "Borrowed of Mr. Whitt of Eastling." Ocaasional spotting to pages; sustained short ticks in margins but no notation or interlinear marks. Mild damp line top front corner of the first 30 or so l... View More...
Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 701 pages; 2nd, enlarged edition. Period full leather boards. Spine perished with binding cords and quire gatherings exposed. Boards tenuously attached by cords. Many signatures detaching and starting. Margins good and contents complete, including errata leaf at rear. Prior ownership of P. Middleton in manuscrip to front endpage; P M initials tooled in gilt to leather of upper and lower boards. Here and there some several pages lightly to moderately soiled. Front and rear endpages burned at edges from offset of leather turn ins. Pages starting at front edge ru... View More...
4to 11" - 13" tall; 195 pages; 1841 Blair & Rives, Printers. Washington DC. 1st edition. Oversize 4to HC in original quarter leather backed spine and paper covered boards with red leather title label to spine. Statistics subdivided under state, county, township. Presented in three columns: name (including widows), age, head of family as of June 1, 1840; two columnar sets each page. Soundly bound and generally neat in original binding. Scattered light foxing; a mild damp tide line across the top edge centered at spine. Presentation note mounted to front "Lovett Peters presented by Hon. William... View More...
16mo 6" - 7" tall; 614 pages; Small format 16mo in full marbled calf with red leather title label to spine. Soundly bound and clean. Leather lightly rubbed at extremities with shallow rub through at corner tips. Light opening creasing to spine surface, some page corners creased and occasional spotting or finger soiling to text. Shallow silverfish predation to edge of front pastedown and endpage. Solid copy. VG- View More...
24mo 5" - 6" tall; 384 pages; Small format, pocket sized Hymnal in full polished calf binding with leather title label to spine. Soundly bound and generally neat. Leather lightly shelf rubbed to surfaces. 384, 60 pp. Appendix of German Language Hymns at rear with separate title page and pagination. Light dust spotting and foxing to front edge of the page block. A few pages with superficial nicks and short margin tears. Prior ownership notation in pencil to front endpage. Solid neat copy. VG View More...
24mo 5" - 6" tall; 598 pages; Pocket sized 24mo in full grained leather with extended flap which folds over the front edge and fits into a pocket opening under the front edge of the cover. Gilt title lettering tooled to spine, just a little dulled. Stated 2nd edition, but recognized as the 3rd edition of this River Brethren Hymnal, after two editions of 1874. This is the all English language version of the 1876 edition. Scarce River Brethren hymnal has just mild reader wear to preliminary page edges. Expected general toning to page stock. Title page a holding but weak and with partia... View More...
Copperplate engravings; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 479 pages; Volume 3 only. In period polished calf with leather title labels to spine. Appears complete thus. Front board tenuously attached by cords; rear board tender in the joint. Rubbing and shallow chipping to leather at spine ends. Contents clean. G+ View More...
Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 546 pages; Volume II only. Period full calf. Boards detached; leather going black at edges and spine. Front flyleaf loose and laid in. Text block otherwise sound and complete save for half-title. Blind stamp top front corner of several leaves: "Middlesex Mechanics Assoc., Lowell 1825" along with bookplate to front pastedown. Expected light toning to page stock. Good only thus; needing rebacking View More...
4to 11" - 13" tall; 292 pages; Large 4to. , 12" tall. Bound in leather spine and corners over heavy brown cloth boards. Spine unlettered, as issued. Decorative bordered titles brightly in gilt to cover board. Profusely illustrated with large single and double sheet maps of the individual and grouped States and territories, all in color. Leather rubbed at edges and corners, a little tired at spine ends. Short open tear to leather at the base of the spine over the front hinge. Prior ownership ornately in calligraphic script to front endpage. All maps in excellent condition, save for... View More...
8vo 8" - 9" tall; 1805 Jacob Johnson & Co. Philadelphia. 1st American edition of Johnson's seminal dictionary, with the Preface to the Folio edition and Johnson's "Grammar" included. Xl; aprrox 900 pp. Full marbled calf with original green morocco label title lettered in gilt. Soundly bound and complete. Prior ownership of a James E Mifflens in manuscript to front flyleaf dated 1808. Leather rubbed with light abrasion at corner tips; small nick from leather at crown. Light creasing and crazing to leather at spine; text block slightly thickened at front edge with boards splaying a little. Occa... View More...
Spine Title: Elmer's Digest; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 728 pages; 1838 James M. Newell. Large octavo in full original calf leather binding. Prior owner name, Abraham Garrison, embossed in the leather of the upper board. Front board detached and rear board tenuously attached; leather at spine darkened with dulled red leather title label. Expected general toning and spotting, heavier in the gutter of the last 30 leaves. Last several leaves of the endex pulled free from the binding. Complete but fair to good only View More...
Color Plates; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 241 pages; Hardcover in publisher's bonded maroon leather style binding with color pictorial illustration mounted to the cover and gilt title lettering brightly to cover and spine. Special limited, signed edition of 750 copies, signed by both author and illustrator on the limitation page. This copy out of sequence and not numbered. Feels and appears unread and as new. Issued without dust jacket. Illustrated with 5 color plates on glossy stock and numerous b/w drawings by Jim Foote. Handsome copy is Fine or as new. ; Signed by Author & Illustrator View More...
12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 480 pages; 1st edition of the translation prepared by Rupp and the 1st English language American edition. Full calf. This is essentially a binding / restoration copy. The binding is almost completely split mid-book with a full vertical separation of the leather down the center of the spine. Shallow chipping to leather at spine ends; rubbing and rounding to corners. White paper adhering to the lower board from damp exposure. Page stock toned and lightly spotted, but still generally pliable if not supple. Endpages complete. No prior ownership indications. Fair to goo... View More...
8vo 8" - 9" tall; 424 pages; Full polished calfskin binding with gilt tooled morocco title label to spine. Text block snug and contents neat. Leather externals clean with just very mild rubbing at board edges. But both boards are only tenuously attached at the joints. Would benefit from some basic rebacking. G++ View More...
24mo 5" - 6" tall; 248 pages; Small format HC in publisher's black cloth covered boards, backed with polished leather spine, unlettered, as issued. Scarce original edition is complete. Damp ripple to cloth over boards. Spinebacking loosed from binding but intact, save for a small chip missing at the crown. Page stock unevenly toned with some pages darker and feeling stiff while others are creamy and more supple. Apparent exposure to damp storage has introduced a wave to the pages, but they all remain complete and clean, and generally supple. Several small abrasions to the cloth over t... View More...
Woodcuts; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 603 pages; 12mo in full leather. 2 volumes, complete. 292; 311 pp. Uniformly bound in period marbled calf with red morocco title labels to spines. Lacks the map of the world called for in Vol I, but the woodcut engravings of unusual rituals and customs complete as issued. Upper board of Vol I only tenuously attached by cords; light rubbing and wear to leather at extremities. A few superficial instances of worming to the leather of Vol I and a small half-dime area of predation loss to leather of upper board, Vol II. Some closed tears to endpapers of Vol I ... View More...
