London: Longman's, Green & Co, [1878]. Later printing. Hardcover. Duodecimo (5" x 7.25"), green red and gilt-stamped pictorial cloth with gilt spine. All edges gilt. Back cover decorated in blind. 312pp. Profusely illustrated throughout the text "with the original wood engravings by Thomas Bewick". Two former owners' names and an..... More
1856. Second royal octavo edition. The royal octavo edition of Birds of America as first published in 1840-44, and was followed by several more editions. This plate is from the second edition, published in 1856, distinct for the colored backgrounds. They are also a little different in that one species..... More
1856. Second royal octavo edition. The royal octavo edition of Birds of America as first published in 1840-44, and was followed by several more editions. This plate is from the second edition, published in 1856, distinct for the colored backgrounds. They are also a little different in that one species..... More
New York: Scribner, Armstrong and Co., 1873. Hardcover. Small octavo; pp; (x), 336, (iv), ads; folding map, frontispiece and twenty-two black and white plates; original pictorial terra-cotta cloth, stamped in black and gilt; Taylor compiled and arranged this volume. A remarkable relic of Gilded Age publishing offering a look at..... More
New York: IvisonPhnney & Co., 1860. First edition. Pictorial boards. Large quarto, pictorial paper covered boards with black leather spine. Unpaginated. Title page with publisher''s ads and list of maps on verso, followed by 11 page appendix of statistics and vocabulary. There are 37 pages of maps, most of which..... More
New York: The Grolier Club, 1891. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of three hundred forty-four copies on hand made paper printed by the De Vinne Press; Octavo; pp. (x), 115, and a colophon; Three plates; full polished red morocco with the Grolier Club insignia in gilt at center of the front..... More
London: George Graves and John Harding, 1817. Enlarged edition. 11.75 X 18.75 We will be offering a number of original hand colored engravings from Curtis' FLORA LONDINENSIS. These are from the enlarged edition of 1817. The print measures 11.75 x 18.75 inches, with a plate mark of 10 x 14..... More
New York: Covici, Friede Publishers, 1928. Limited Edition, 1/275 copies signed by the author. Hardcover. Octavo; pp; 265 plus a colophon; Color frontispiece and black and white plates by the author; black cloth, gilt and decorated blue and red paper covered boards in a slipcase; Slipcase worn at edges; Very..... More
Chicago: Callaghan & Co., 1903. First Edition. Hardcover. Three volumes, complete; Octavo; pp; I; lviii, 528, II; (iv), 565; III; v, (i), 522, index; illustrated with a frontispiece in each volume and four additional plates; blue cloth lettered in gilt;. A handsome set. More
Ithaca N. Y. Mack, Andrus, & Co. Printers, 1848. First Edition, first issue. Hardcover. Octavo; pp; xvi, (i), 18-399; frontispiece portrait; full brown leather with a leather spine label lettered in gilt;. Howes A-131; "White, fervent Prebyterian missionary and political propagandist, describes his trip out in 1842 and back in..... More
London: John Murray, 1822. Only Edition. Hardcover. Two volumes; Octavo; pp; I;3xii, 63; II; iv, 365; rebound in modern brown cloth, gilt, and tan boards, with half titles; Institutional call numbers on the verso of the title pages with no other indications of institutional ownership;. Volume I discusses the Constitution..... More
Berlin: H. Boettcher, (1984). First Edition. Hardcover. Large quarto; pp; 274, (ii); profusely illustrated with color and black and white plates; pictorial glossy tan boards lettered in white;. Catalog of works (1863-1912) on the basis of a list of paintings by the artist himself. With a page of signatures as..... More
Sandpoint: Krokee Co., Publishing, 1994. Thomas Hunter. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Limited collector's edition of 225 copies. This is number 76. Octavo, grey gilt-stamped cloth with grizzly bear motif. 142, (3)pp. Illustrated by Thomas Hunter. Very good or better. This copy has an original watercolor by Thomas Hunter on the front..... More
London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavos; pp. I; xvi, 432 with index. II; xxiv, 547; three quarter brown morocco and marbled boards and end papers, top edges gilt, spine labels lettered in gilt; 19th century bookplate of Charles H. Spencer; minor scattered foxing;. A handsome..... More
Paris: Editions Bossard, 1923. Second Edition. Wraps. Two volumes; Octavo; pp; I; xvi, (5), 6-518, tables; II; (5), 6-597, tables; Illustrated, eighty-eight text illustrations, sixty-six photogravures, twenty-two maps, seven special designs, (dessinees); original publisher's printed paper wrappers; To avoid any confusion, this edition is in french; Some minor edge wear..... More
Boston: Marshall Jones Co., 1919. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo; pp. xiv, (ii), 139; Frontispiece map plus twenty-two photographs; Foreword by Anthony Fiala; pictorial tan cloth, lettered in brown; Very good. Adventure in British Guiana! An account of a river trip up the Mazaruni from Georgetown, British Guiana in search of..... More
Philadelphia: 1818. Manuscript. Philadelphia, 29, Aug't, 1818. Two pages 7.75" x 10" . The firm is informing the Captain that an invoice from W. W. Israel of St. Barts and "18 puncheons rum on board the Ship Syren" arrived. This is Winter's rum and the agents are assuming that the..... More
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1919. First American edition. Hardcover. (1919). Small octavo (5" x 7.5"), green cloth with pictorial paste-down illustration on the cover. 341pp. Color frontispiece by M. L. Kirk. Near very good with light soil and wear. By the author of Anne of Green Gables, this..... More
Philadelphia: John B. Perry, (1845). First edition. original cloth. Sextodecimo (3.5" x 5.75"), brown cloth decorated in blind. 210pp. with an etensive appendix and eight engravings. The illustration on the copyright page shows through to the title page. Endpapers foxed, more so in the front. A very nice copy of..... More
Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin Company, 1905. This edition, designed by Bruce Rogers, utilizing Brimmer type, and limited to 335 numbered copies, this is copy #97. Hardcover. Octavo; pp; (iv), 231, (i), colophon; three quarter blue crushed morocco and marbled paper covered boards and marbled endpapers, top edge gilt..... More
London: The Honey Dun Press, 1974. One of 400 copies printed on Abbey Mills Greenfield Laid Paper and bound by A.F. Sismore. Standard Limited Edition, being numbered 330 of an edition of 380 copies for sale. Hardcover. Octavo; pp; (xii), 42, [1]; Hand-colored facsimile of the frontispiece used in the..... More
Albany: Charles van Benthuysen, 1860. Cloth. Albany: Charles van Benthuysen, 1860. Octavo, brown cloth decorated in blind with gilt titles. 15 folding maps and plans of canals, locks, bridges, culverts, etc. Most maps have some closed tears from rough handling, but all material is present. One map has tape repair..... More
New York: The Derrydale Press, 1940. First edition, limited to 550 copies. Cloth. (1940). Duodecimo (4 3/4" x 7"), navy cloth, gilt, with an oval lozenge with an illustration of a creel with fish, top center. Corners illustrated with trout flies. Top edge gilt. 401pp. Illustrated by Milton C. Weiler..... More
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co., 1911. First American Edition, English Sheets. Hardcover. Octavo; pp; 327, (i); sixteen plates and maps including the frontispiece; gilt decorated and lettered blue cloth; This copy lacks one plate "Map #5, p224";. "A science fiction story intended for the younger reader and trying to give..... More