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ca. 1910. Two original watercolor drawing on artists board. I: mat size 500 x 375 mm., [19 ½ x 15 inches] and image size 485 x 320 mm [19 x 12 ½ inches]. II: mat size 500 x 390 mm., [19 x 15 ½ inches] and image size 485 x...... More
Boston: Oliver Ditson & Co., 1858. Folio. 355 x 270 mm., [14 x 10 ¾ inches]. 5 pp. Removed, illustrated with a color lithograph designed by Wellington and printed by J. H. Bufford of Boston. Some natural discoloration to the paper stock. Split image showing the entry of General Havelock..... 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
Providence: A. M. Leland, [1855]. Oblong 4to. 255 x 340 mm., [10 x 13 ¼ inches]. Colored lithographic wrapper over two leaves of music. Removed, closely trimmed with loss of one letter; image with some spotting otherwise a clean and bright litho. Beautifully designed pumper truck with the motto, “Actuated..... More
No Place: No Publisher, [1847?]. 12mo. 150 x 120 mm., [6 x 4 1/2 inches]. 24 full-page wood engravings of birds, printed on one side of the paper only, each neatly hand colored with watercolor. Caption title appears on the first leaf. Publisher's brown cloth, embossed decoratative border in blind..... More
New York: Wiley and Putnam, [1853]. Sq. 4to. 248 x 220 mm., [ 9 ¾ x 9 inches]. Illustrated with 53 illuminated pages (hinged boards), with highly gilded and decorated borders; all edges gilt. Orig. beveled brown morocco, with gilt title in shield on front cover in blind on rear..... More
Chicago: P.L. Hanscom & Co., Printers, 1867. 8vo. 220 x 145 mm., [8 ½ x 5 ¾ inches]. 76 pp., Illustrated with one image in the text and 5 plates. Orig. printed wrappers; some light soling and minor wear; sound and attractive copy. Scarce genealogy of a pioneering family in..... More
St. Louis: Published for the Author, 1869. 8vo. 185 x 120 mm., [7 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches]. 100, [iv] pp. Illustrated throughout with wood engravins. Brown publisher's cloth, title gilt on spine. Cloth somewhat faded and worn, text block partially loose in binding.First edition. Post Civil War book of..... More
New York: Printed for the Booksellers, 1836. 12mo. 145 x 95 mm., [5 3/4 x 3 3/4 inches]. 288 pp. 25 full-page woodcut illustrations, a few on colored paper, plus woodcuts in the text. Publisher's embossed black leather gift book binding; joints cracked yet sound, head of spine chipped; some..... More
Philadelphia: John B. Perry, 1845. 12mo. 145 x 95 mm., [5 3/4 x 3 1/4 inches]. 131 pp. Illustrated with five full-page woodcuts. Brown publisher's cloth, decorated with embossed border design on both boards. Cloth faded in parts, head and tail of spine a bit chipped; some light tide marks..... More
Cambridge: Welch, Bigelow, and Company, 1863. Small 8vo. 185 x 117 mm., [7 1/4 x 4 1/2 inches]. 77, [1] pp. Wood engraved frontispiece. Original green publisher's cloth; head and tail of spine frayed, joints rubbed with some wear, paper label worn away. Book plate rubbed away. With faults a...... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1874. 8vo. 185 x 130 mm., [7 1/4 x 5 inches]. 220 pp., plus 8 pp. ads. Illustrated with Wood engraved frontispiece, nine full-page wood engravings, and numerous engravings in the text. Bound in green publisher's cloth, front cover decorated with gilt title and image..... More
New York: Mason Brothers, [1855]. 8vo. 190 x 135 mm., [7 1/2 x 5 1/4 inches]. 456 pp. Illustrated with 31 wood engraving and extra-illustrated with 11 original pen and ink drawing by the illustrator, Carl Doepler. Contemporary half calf over marbled paper boards; marbled edges; rebacked saving most of..... More
New York: Charles B. Richardson & Co., 1861. Large 8vo. 275 x 210 mm., [10 3/4 x 8 1/4 inches]. 224 pp. Engraved frontispiece portrait, engraved title-page, and seven engraved plates of portraits. Publisher's terra cotta cloth, gilt with title set with a decorative border on both boards. Some light..... More
Philadelphia and Boston: Carey & Hart and Hill & Broadhead, 1847. 4to. 275 x 225 mm., [10 ¾ x 9 inches]. 99 pp. Illustrated with an engraved mezzotint title-page and 9 mezzotint engravings by John Sartain. Brown publisher’s cloth, gilt title and decoration on the upper board and in blind..... More
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Andoversford, Gloucestershire; & Risbury, Herefordshire: Whittington Press, 1981-2017. 8vo. 285 x 200 mm., [11 x 8 inches]. Illustrated throughout. Bound in stiff boards and dust wrappers. First editions of volumes 1 – 36, the Index to Matrix 1-12 separately printed, and an additional copy of the reprint of volume 2..... More
New York: [1907]. 8vo. 220/ x 160 mm., [8 ½ x 6 ¼ inches]. lxi, [720] pp. Fully illustrated with thousands of medical instruments. Original red cloth stiff wrappers printed in black ink on cover and spine; binding showing some wear at edges and some fading of the red cloth;..... More
