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Milano: [Branca e Dupuy]: Dalla tipogafia e libreria di Felice Busconi, 1834. 8vo. 200x 110 mm (8 x 4 inches). clvi, 211 pp. Contemporary paste paper boards, some minor staining, paper label rubbed; some minor evidence of mold to the final 15 leaves, no longer active and no real damage..... More
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In Napoli: Cuciniello e Bianchi, 1827. Folio. 400 x 280 mm., [15 ½ x 11 inches]. Printed title on upper board, 24 full page lithographic plates. Bound in original leather back boards, printed title on upper board; some rubbing to the paper on the boards and edges, sine very lightly..... More
New York: Merwin-Clayton Sales Company, 1911. 8vo. 240 x 155 mm. (9 1/2 x 6 1/4 inches).32 pp. Original printed wrappers. Very nice copy of Drake's modest collection of Shakespeare and early English literature, most in 18th and 19th century editions. The catalogue includes over 300 lots. (119)... More
Keene, New Hampshire, 1870-1885. Folio. 330 x 210 mm., [13 x 8 ½ inches]. 77 pp. of ruled paper Bound in contemporary calf backed boards over marble paper; leather joints and edges worn, with loss of pieces of spine; embossed stamp and bookplate of W.H. Spalter & Co., Bookseller &..... 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
Waterbury, CT. American Office - Print, ca. 1850. Broadside. 4to. 303 x 253 mm. (12 x 10 inches). Printed in various type faces and styles, with the text enclosed with a decorative border. Edges lightly browned a few minor chips to the edges, otherwise very a good copy. Matted in..... More
New York and Cincinnati: The Abingdon Press, 1915. 8vo. 200 x 140 mm., [8 ½ x 5 ¼ inches[. 184 pp. Illustrated throughout with a photographic frontispiece and 29 photographic plates in halftone and head-and-tail pieces designs, all by the author. Unsigned binding of blue cloth, with a gilt, black..... More
Philadelphia: Butler & Williams, 1845. 4to. 250 x 215 mm. (9 3/4 x 8 1/2 inches). Title and imprint appear on the front board. 18 double-page maps of the sky, 12 of which are colored by stencil. Original printed boards, black cloth spine; wear to edges boards and spine a...... More
Vicenza: per Giacomo Amadio, Stamp. Duc. e della Città. Ristampato per il Vendramini Mosca, Stamp. Duc. ec. 1765:. [Reformed Orders and Chapters of the Honorable Guild of the Casolini of this Magnificent City of Vicenza, printed under the Gastaldia of Don Bortolamio Cestari and Don Bortolamio Bergamino, year 1667. –..... More
Eu Clair, Wis. Free Press, Print, 1875. 8vo. 220 x 145 mm., [8 ½ x 5 ¾ inches]. 207, plus 4 pp. ads. Terra-cotta colored publisher’s cloth, title in gilt on upper board; minor wear to tips and head of spine. Bookplate of Frank and Ella Crover. First edition..... More
Orlando, Austin, New York: Harcourt, Inc., 2003. 8vo. 230 x 155 mm., [9 x 6 inches]. xii, 368 pp. Original cloth, dust jacket. Very good copy.Rubenstein, a professor from George Mason University, writes an adventure story, based on history, philosophy, and biography, to produce a highly readable account of the..... More
New York: Wynkoop and Hallenbeck, 1873. 8vo. 165 x 120 mm., [6 12 x 4 ¾ inches]. 49 pp. Illustrated with a frontispiece and seven plates. Bound in green publisher’s cloth, title in gilt on upper board, paper label on spine with title in ink. Very good copy, with a...... More
