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New York: Dodd, Mead, and Company, 1973. 8vo. 200 x 130 mm., [7 3/4 x 5 1/4 inches]. 638 pp. Original brown publisher's cloth, head and tail of spine frayed, cloth boards a bit faded and marked.First edition. Dedicated "To all who are opposed to the aristocratic privilege of the..... More
Londoon: Henry C. Bohn, 1841. Thick 8vo. 210 x 140 mm.; [8 ¼ x 5 ½ inches]. Illustrated with a view of Bohn’s York Street premises and a title-page designed in antique style printed on card stock. Bound in original red morocco spine and tips, marbled paper covers; joints and..... More
London: Puttick and Simpson, 1866. 8vo. 220 x 145 mm., [8 ½ x 5 ¾ inches]. 53 pp. Uncut copy, stitched as issued. Auction catalogue of 1346 lots, principally of 17th – 19th century English book, which represent a typical gentleman’s library of the period. Bromley (1813-1866) was a distinguished..... More
Philadelphia: Hart, Late Carey & Hart, 1853. 8vo. [3], 4-426 pp., erratum. Later ownership stamp “Ex Libris Wilson H. Kimnach” on front flyleaf. Later three-quarter morocco binding with gray cloth covered boards. Spine with raised bands and gilt stamping, top edge gilt. First edition. Henry Charles Carey (1793- 1878) was..... More
[Portland, Maine]: John Cox, Mountfort's Wharf, [1843]. 8vo. 220 x 200 mm. (9 7/8 x 8 inches). 4 pp. Advertisement and image of the press on page 1; page 2 blank; page 3 with manuscript about sale and delivery of the press; page 4 addressed to Franklin Spofford of Bucksport..... More
Prospect Hill, December 21, 1831. 4to. 260 x200 mm., [10 ¼ x 8 inches]. 1 page, plus small portions of two other pages (folio sheet, folded), approximately 150 words. Written in ink, Moderate brown stain toward center obscuring a number of words. Letter laid down into marginal paper supports. This..... More
New York: 1827. Narrow folio. 332 x 208 mm., (13" x 8-1/8"), [5] pp., Printed on heavy paper, the final page addressed in manuscript to Messrs. Newhall & Eveleth, Boston. Old folds, one small hole where originally sealed. Some migration of ink through the paper. Still, about fine. Printed auction..... More
New York: Robert Craighead, Printer, 1840. 8vo. 235 x 150 mm., [9 ¼ x 6 inches]. 46, [1] pp. Original printed wrappers, detached from text block but present. Paper soiled at margins, otherwise a good copy. This copy is inscribed to “The Rev. John Richards with cordial regards, C. S...... More
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Chicago: McCormick, C.H. & Bros. 1868. 8vo. 235 x 150 mm., [9 ¼ x 5 ¾ inches]. 23, [1] pp., including wraps. Illustrated with 4 full-page and 1 half-page woodcuts of mowers in use. Orig. printed & pictorial wraps. Illustration of McCormick's Chicago factory complex on back wrap; image of..... More
New York: Geo. A. Leavitt 8 Co., 1884. Tall 8vo. 250 x 160 mm., [10 x 6 ¼ inches]. viii, 434 pp. 3142 lots. Contemporary red morocco spine and tips over marbled paper boards; some light rubbing to joints and head of spine. Very Good Copy. Priced throughout with red..... More
London: Published for the College by H. K. Lewis & Co., 1957. 8vo. 225 x 140 mm., [9 x 5 ½ inches]. 78 pp. Original blue paper wrappers, discolored by sun light on edges and back wrappers. Oldham essay is followed by W. A. Munford’s essay, “George Birkbeck and Mechanics’..... More
New York: F. B. Patterson, 1876. 8vo. 195 x 165 mm. (7 3/4 x 6 1/2 inches). 46 pp. Illustrated throughout with Original printed wrappers. Very nice copy. Andrew Carpenter Wheeler, journalists with the New York Times and the Milwaukee Sentinel and war correspondent for a syndicate of Easter Coast papers..... More
