8vo. 520pp. Rebound in quarter-calf & marbled boards, period style, spine ruled & lettered in gilt. Frontispiece & 7 inserted plates (two folding). Occasional foxing and some offsetting from plates, but in general a very clean and very good copy. Ownership signature on the recto of the frontispiece dated 1847, with a later biographical description penned beneath it. An agreeable copy of this uncommon collection of middle-eastern narratives. Maundrell's account was first published in 1703, and saw numerous editions. Pitts's account was published in 1704, and that of the Prefetto of Egypt in 175... View More...
Disbound, 16pp. Self-wrappers. Vertical tear across half the first leaf at spine (not affecting text), spine splitting and a bit ragged from old binding, very good. Mazzini was an influential Italian politician, activist, and revolutionary. Published the same year as the first edition, unaccountably scarce. View More...
Original printed wrappers. 14pp. Browned at edges, a very good copy. "Reprinted from 'The Forum,' Vol. VII, July, 1889. An offprint, paginated [553] - 566. View More...
8vo. [318]pp. Contemporary half-calf & marbled boards, title in gilt on a red leather spine label. Boards rubbed, moderate shelf wear, front hinge weak but intact, very good in general. Nice engraved frontispiece of an Etymological Tree. Very uncommon. View More...
12mo. 176pp. Full calf, spine ruled and titled in gilt, gilt borders to covers. Marbled end papers. Light wear to edges, evidence of ancient staining to the fore-edge of the first few leaves, a clean very good copy. An extra digit has been added in pen to the date on the title page, so it reads: "M. DC. LXXVIII". The second section, "A View of the Suedish and Other Affairs, as they now stand in Germany. This present Year, 1675, With Relation to England." (pp.153 -176), has a separate titlepage also dated 1677. In 1657 Meadows was sent as the English envoy to Frederick III of Denmark; later he... View More...
12mo [though Brunet says 18mo]. Quarter calf & marbled boards, marbled end papers, spine gilt. Upper edge marbled, silk bookmark intact. Two engraved frontispieces. The two works bound together, 168 + [120] pages. Moderate edge wear to boards, old stain to inner margin of title and frontispiece of the first work, some notes and ex libris in pen on a front blank; a clean very good copy. The translator's name has been added in pen to the title page of the first work. The first French edition of this famous work by Meibom (1590-1655), first published in Latin in 1639 (See Brunet I, 677). It was t... View More...
Original brown cloth, designed and lettered in gilt. Old stain to upper corner, a few marks to cloth, a very good copy. Inscribed by the author on the front end paper, "With Kind Regards / Wesley Mills". Mills was an important Canadian physiologist, and a close associate of William Osler. View More...
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London: Printed for Abel Swall and Tim. Child, 1695. First edition.
Seller ID: 56666
4to. Full contemporary calf, the covers panelled and with floral motifs; upper cover detached, wear and chipping to the spine and corners. Upper margin cut from the title leaf, ownership signature at the upper margin of the second leaf. Foxing and yellowing to early and late leaves, quite heavy in some places, minor worming to margins of early and late leaves, a few old marginal stains, generally very good. Complete with two inserted plates, and 56 maps & plans within the text. Of two recorded variants, this is of the variety with the description of the index on the title page reading: "With a... View More...
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Paris: Chez Knapen, 1789. First edition.
Seller ID: 56687
8vo. Full calf, spine gilt, spine lettered in gilt on a red panel: "Poesie / De La / Montai". Engraved title page. Wear to edges, front hinge cracked but still partly intact, generally very good otherwise. Rear fly leaves have been supplied, and are slightly smaller than adjacent leaves. 164pp. This copy lacking the final 6 leaves (L3 - L8) which print the Table des Matieres and publisher's ads; leaves L1 & L2 are present, which contain the two letters from Voltaire to Montagne. A scarce book. View More...
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NY: For David Bliss, 1806. First American edition.
Seller ID: 55486
12mo. Frontispiece portrait of Moreau. Tree calf, red leather spine label lettered in gilt. Upper hinge cracked, but the cover is still holding by a thread. Library stamp on title of Dartmouth College, and their duplicate/sold stamp on the front end paper; also other library markings including a decorative label on the front end paper, of United Fraternity's Library. A clean and very good copy otherwise. View More...
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Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1853. First edition.
Seller ID: 55362
Two volumes. Brown cloth stamped in blind, spines lettered in gilt. Shallow chipping to spine ends, a couple of worn spots on the front hinge of Volume I; a clean very good set otherwise. Palissy was a French Huguenot potter and engineer. View More...
A lithograph, not coloured, mounted on heavy stock. Image size is 53cm x 34cm on a sheet measuring 57cm x 40cm. Pin holes in upper corners, old stain to upper left margin, evidence of some old marginal repairs, generally clean and very good. Imprint at the bottom: "Jno. Patterson, Sergt. 91st Regiment, delt. 16th Oct. 1840 / B.W. Thayer's Lithography, Boston". A copyright notice beneath the title in miniscule type reads: "Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1841 by Wm Carrall [Carroll? Carrell?] in the .... office of the District Court of Mass.". An uncommon depiction of Napoleo... View More...
Authors are W. Albert Noyes, Jr., Philip A. Leighton, and Gerhard K. Rollefson. Paris: Hermann et Cie, 1938. Original wrappers lettered in black & red. Upper cover loose, spine partly chipped away and remainder loose, clean and very good otherwise. Three leaves have been excised at the beginning of the first work but it appears to be complete - possibly they were a part of the previous issue (see below). A bind-up of three works, separately paged. Illustrations in the text. Noyes (W. Albert): Rapport entre la spectroscopie et les reactions initiees par la Lumiere. / Leighton (Philip Albert): ... View More...
Original printed wrappers. 32pp. Ink stamp and numerical sticker on upper front wrappers, also an ink stamp on title, a very good copy. He describes the contents, and additions by year from 1870 - 1880. In Italian. View More...
An image measuring 7.5 x 4.5 inches, on a stiff card backing measuring 9.75 x 6.75 inches. Nice condition. Captioned on the reverse: "Feb. 9th 1899". There is an ink stamp as well: "W.A. Garrett Photo / 526 Carolina St. L.A. Cal." The photo is of a group of 14 people, 12 women and 2 men, quite elaborately dressed. They stand & sit in front of giant palm trees, perhaps at a hotel; just barely visible through the trees are a couple of posters which advertise medical products, one is for OKAY SPECIFIC, which treated Gonorrhoea and Cleet. A nice image of a group in 19th century California. View More...
London: Benj. Bragg, 1706. First edition. 4to. 96 pp. Disbound. First few leaves are loose, final two leaves are ragged on the edge, with some loss of text from the outer edge. This book has been trimmed to a slightly irregular shape, probably to fit in with some other books during binding; the trimming has caused the loss of some characters and marginal printed notes throughout, also many signature marks and catch words have been at least partially eradicated. So, a somewhat imperfect copy, offered with all faults. An uncommon book. View More...
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Brechin: D.H. Edwards, 1894. First edition.
Seller ID: 55374
Blue cloth, beveled edges, designed and lettered in gilt. Brown coated end papers. Illustrated title page, many illustrations in the text, and several inserted plates. One leaf of ads at rear. A little dust soiling, spine darkened slightly, a bit of shelf wear to tips; a very good copy. Scotland, near Tarfside and Loch Lee. View More...
Black cloth, spine designed and lettered in gilt. Marbled page edges. Engraved pictorial title page, and six folding maps and plates. Upper front cover a bit marked, some wear and a white mark on the spine, a clean very good copy in general. Small name stamp on end paper and title page. The final 180 pages and the folding plates all relate to coal mining in Pennsylvania. Plates illustrate coke ovens, a coal washing machine, and a columnar section from a shaft; the others are detailed maps of coal mines. View More...
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London: Houlston & Wright, [1858 - date of Preface]. First edition.
Seller ID: 55271
Brown cloth stamped in blind, decoration in gilt on front cover. Pale yellow coated end papers. Publisher's 4pp. catalogue bound in at the front. Frontispiece diagram. A little wear to spine ends, a very good copy. A curious work on the economical use of time. View More...
