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[Neuville, France]: ca. 1880. Oblong 4to. 260 x 350 mm., [10 ¼ x 13 ½ inches]. 56 leaves. Illustrated with 23 hand drawn maps. Title page is decorated with a floral frieze. Bound in red cloth, joint cracked but sound, corners bumped, and cloth soiled in places; with the initials..... More
Boston and New York: 1859. 8vo. 200 x 120 mm., [7 ¾ x 4 ¾ inches]. 71 pp. Original printed wrappers, stitched as issued; corners show some paper deterioration and minor chipping, text block shows some tide marks in the upper margin. Sound and not unattractive. Joint publisher’s catalogue containing..... More
Washington, Governement Printing Office: Department of the Interior Bureau of Education, 1883. 8vo. 230 x 145 mm., [9 x 5 1/2 inches]. 5 pp. Drop title, self wrappers; lightly soiled at edges.Academic prize of 5,000 Lira for the best dissertation on the use of the scientific method and the its..... More
Philadelphia: Thomas Dobson, 1813. 2 volumes. 8vo. 220 x 140 mm., (8 ½ x 5 ½ inches). [2], xxviii, 472 pp., iv, 551 pp. Illustrated with 21 folding plates of diagrams. Full contemporary calf, red leather labels; spines a bit rubbed, small chip from the head of spine of volume..... More
Klagenfurt, 1757. Manuscript on paper. Small 4to. 205 x 155 mm. 8 x 6 ¼ inches. 96 pp., plus initial and final blanks. Written in ink on good quality laid paper. Bound in full contemporary calf, all edges gilt; a few minor marks and stains to the paper stock, otherwise..... 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
Hartford: March 1st, 1815. Small 4to broadside. 245 x 200 mm., [9 ½ x 8 inches]. [1] page. Docketed "James Hillhouse/April, 1815" in an unknown hand on verso. Old folds, minor wear and browning to fore-edge. Very copy of this rare government document outlining the changes that will be made..... 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
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1971-2014. This archive consists of 12 file folders containing correspondence between Mel Kavin of Kater-Crafts Bookbinders of Pica Rivera, CA and the preeminent British restoration bookbinder, Bernard Chester Middleton. The Designer Bookbinders website says of Middleton: “Bernard was one of the most influential and respected bookbinders of our time. During..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1836. Seven volumes. 8vo. 205 x 130 mm., [8 x 5 inches]. Bound in brown publisher’s floral patterned textured cloth, title gilt at head of spine; corners a bit bumped, head of spine of a few volumes with minor chips, otherwise a very attractive copy..... More
New York: Wm. C. Bryant & Co., Printers, 1851. 8vo. 230 x 140 mm., [9 x 5 ½ inches]. 32 pp. Three tables, one folding. Original printed wrappers; a bit of soiling to wrappers and preliminary leaves and a few stains in the margins. The report for 1851 provides details..... More
Albany: Printed by Croswell, 1833, 1834, 1837, 1838 and 1839. Together five reports plus three miscellaneous government documents, concerning the sovereignty of South Carolina (1833) and the other referencing the banking system. Thick 8vo. 240 x 150 mm., [9 ½ x 6 inches]. Contemporary calf spine and tips over marbled..... More
Boston: William Ticknor, 1844. 12mo. 180 x 115 mm., [7 x 4 ½ inches]. 42 pp. Original blue printed paper wrappers. Charles Northend was the Principal of the Aborn Street School in Salem Massachusetts. His essay outlines his reaction to new theories of education that were circulating in the public..... More
Cincinnati: Moore Wilstach, Keys & Co., 1859. 8vo. 190 x 120 mm., [7 ½ x 4 ¾ inches]. [3], 478 pp., plus 2 pp. ads. Diagrams throughout. Original brown cloth; a bit soiled and the text in gilt on spine a bit faded. Preliminary leaves, including title-page foxed, otherwise a...... More
Boston: Carter and Hendee, 1832. 8vo. 185 x 120 mm. (7 1/4 x 4 1/2 inches).vi, 126 pp. Illustrated with one engraved plate and 4 woodcuts in the text. Original printed board, rebacked in cloth; boards a bit stained and scuffed, minor foxing to preliminary pages, pencil notes on endpapers..... More
Samarang [Java, Dutch East Indies], 1877-1880. 3 volumes. Small folio. 295 x 225 mm., [11 ½ 9 inches]. 7 leaves; 7 leaves; 6 leaves. Textured cloth limp covers; corners a bit bumped; hinges a bit weak, and the first volume loose in binding. The first two volumes contain a nearly..... More
Boston: Printed by Nathan Hale, 1827. 8vo. 210 x 135 mm., [8 ¼ x 5 ¼ inches]. 30 pp. Disbound. Boston School Board, organized originally in 1798, issued updated regulations which show the improvements and innovations of the educational system in the city. The text begins with the rules of..... More
London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1960. 8vo. 215 x 135 mm., [8 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches]. [xiv] 335 pp. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 8 plates. Original red cloth, dust jacket.Well researched biography of Johann Heinrich Petalozzi, the Swiss born Italian immigrant whose ideas about education reflected the transitions..... More
Washington: Printed by Gales and Seaton, 1840. 8vo. 215 x 140 mm., [8 ½ x 5 ½ inches]. 14 pp. Original green printed wrappers; removed from a tract volume, spine paper missing, otherwise very good copy. First edition of the constitution of the National Institution, which was organized to ensure..... More
In Venezia: Presso Gaetano Martini, 1809. 12mo. 170 x 110 mm., [6 x 4 ½ inches]. 36 pp. Eight engraved plates. Original blue drab paper wrappers; wrappers showing minor wear at edges and along the spine, otherwise a sound. An attractive copy of this calligraphy manual written for the use..... 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
Middletown (CT.?), 1814. Folio. 320 x 200 mm., [12 ½ x 8 inches]. 424 leaves. Textblock sewn with original drab paper wrappers. Wrappers with a few tears and folds at the edges, some staining, and a few ink marks; otherwise, a remarkably well preserved manuscript work book. Fine example of..... More
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Transylvania University: (Lexington, Kentucky): 1824. 4to. 8 ½ x 11 inches. Letter in ink, legible hand; fourteen lines; set into a paper border at a later date. Fine letter announcing a position opening for a professor of Natural Philosophy and Mathematics at Transylvania University. Holley asks Prof. Cleaveland if "you..... More
Paris: Chez Froment et Lequien, Libraires, 1827. Small 8vo. 165 x 105 mm., 6 ½ x 4 ¼ inches]. 334, [2] pp. Bound in decorated paper boards, vellum spine; rubbing to the paper on covers, edges bumped and worn, some minor foxing to the text block; sound copy. With the..... More
