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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
(North Haven?, Maine?): ca. 1864. 4to. broadside. 255 x 167 mm. [10 x 6 ¾ inches]. 12 stanzas of verse in two columns, with woodcut engraving of large sailing ship set beneath the title. American Navy Civil War verse broadside from North Haven Island, Maine,written by Harrison Beverage. The broadside..... More
New York: Wm. Hall & Sons, 1856, Folio. 323 x 260 mm., [12 ¾ x 10 inches]. 8 pp. Removed, illustrated with a color lithography printed in four colors. Some soiling to margins, trimmed closely at the bottom margin with loss of most of the word “New York”, otherwise very..... More
Boston: J. G. Torrey, printer, ca. 1838-40. Broadside. Folio. 400 x 275 mm. (15 3/4 x 11 inches). Text printed within an ornamental “greek key” border. Folded, with a printed strip of text with a change of address pasted beneath the title. Attractive and apparently rare broadside which advertises the manufacture..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1932. 8vo. 225 x 150 mm., [9 x 5 3/4 inches]. 200 pp. Illustrated with 20 collotype reproductions. Original black cloth; stamped in gilt, top edge stained black. Original cream dust jacket, plain wrappers. Bookseller's ticket of Paul Elder & Co., San Francesco to rear..... More
New York: John Wiley, 1863. 8vo. 240 x 150 mm., [9 ½ x 6 inches]. xvi, 156, [1] pp. Illustrated with 20 folding diagrams; tear to plate 6 without loss. Bound in publisher’s brown cloth, title gilt on spine; spine chipped and expertly repaired. Ownership inscription of C. Whitaker, and..... More
![Item #472 McCormick's Prize Harvesters, Mowers and Reapers. Chicago: Goodman & Donnelley, [1868]....](https://desimonecompanybooksellers.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/472.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1586627557)
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: Macmillan Company: a Giniger Book, 1966. Tall 8vo. 250 x 190 mm., [10 x 7 ½ inches]. 302 pp. Illustrated with 49 color photographs by Mario Carrieri, maps, historical views, and portraits of the Popes throughout the text. Pale blue publisher’s cloth, dust jacket. A very good copy. First..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1957. 8vo. 210 x 140 mm., [8 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches]. x, 374 pp. Illustrated throughout with color and black and white plates and maps of Rome on the endpapers. Original blue cloth, dust jacket; cloth very lightly faded with time and dust..... More
Boston: Higgins, Bradley & Dayton, 1858. 8vo. 200 x 120 mm. (8 x 5 inches). xxv, 9-345 pp., plus 17 pp. directory of leather companies; (same collation as Sabin and the copy at the University of Delaware). Original brown cloth, title in gilt on spine; cloth boards discolored otherwise a...... More
New York: Published at Fulton Street, (for the Author?), 1842. 12mo. 180 x 110 mm., [7 x 4 ¼ inches]. 72 pp. Illustrated throughout with woodcut images of the planets. Disbound, trimmed to outer margin. First edition. “No. 1.—To be Continued Annually.” This appears to be the only edition printed. ..... More
1849. Folio. 330 x 200 mm., [13 x 8 inches]. 2 pp. of text. Folio sheet folded into quarters after writing; small tears at folds, expertly repaired, light tide marks and some soiling to the paper stock. Likely the student essay of Dr. Charles Henry Strong (1828-1912) who was from..... More
